The first university in Dahan dedicated to teaching and studying agricultural production is located in a flat place twenty miles southeast of Jicheng, and its full name is "Yenching University College of Agriculture".

With the continuous expansion of the scale of Yenching University, the subdivision of majors has become the general trend, and now there are nearly ten colleges of various types starting with Yenching University, namely the School of Political Science and Economics, the School of Calculation, the School of Medicine, the School of Astrology, the College of Agriculture, the College of Equipment, the College of Liberal Arts, the School of History, the School of Architecture and other branches.

Among these faculties are the faculties of politics and economics, planning, medicine, astronomy, literature, and history, which are located in the main part of the university, as well as those located outside the city and even in other states and counties. For example, the Faculty of Mechanics and the Faculty of Architecture are located in the city, while the Faculty of Agriculture is located in the wilderness outside the city.

According to Liu He's plan, the academic system of Yenching University is divided into four grades, of which in the first and second years, students of all colleges are in the basic education institute of the ministry to receive a unified basic course, and after the students have passed the basic course, they will be divided into colleges according to their interests and the needs of various talents, and then enter the corresponding branch to receive professional courses. In order to ensure the quality of students, Yenching University not only has a strict entrance examination, but also has regular assessments every year, and if students do not complete the first year of study, they cannot be promoted to the second year; If a student cannot complete the basic course, he or she will not be able to enter a professional college for further study; If the student does not pass the final examination of the professional college, then he will not be recommended by the school for use, and he will have to find his own way after leaving the school.

It is precisely because Yenching University has strict and systematic assessment standards that since its establishment, it has become the leader of the northern academic community, leading the reform and development of Han culture and education.

The Faculty of Agriculture is in the middle of the rankings of all colleges, but it was founded a little later. It's not that the status of this college is really just in the middle of the list. Although the name of the College of Agriculture sounds a bit rustic, not as "high" as the College of Political Science and Economics, the College of Astronomy, and the School of Mechanical Engineering, in fact, the College of Agriculture is among the best among the colleges in terms of scale and placement of graduates.

In the agrarian era, a qiē thing about agricultural production and research was not a trivial matter. Although the students who graduated from the Agricultural College are not like the students who graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics, they can directly enter the state and county government and serve in the yamen, but they can start from the bottom of the village, and then grow up to become the township chief and county commander. So much so that in the future, he will grow into a county guard and a state pastor. In other words, the Faculty of Political Science and Economics can produce many high-level staff, but the Faculty of Agriculture is training local officials who truly understand agricultural production.

Because of the hosting of the first Agricultural Expo, the College of Agriculture has recently appeared frequently in the "Dahan Times", and even the number of students who are willing to apply for the College of Agriculture has increased a lot this year, and the threshold of the college's admissions office in the department is about to be broken.

In the early morning of that day, colorful flags were unfurled at the gate of the Agricultural College, and the soldiers in charge of guarding were five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, and the huge campus was surrounded by water.

In the anticipation of many. Hussar General Liu He rode in a quaint horse-drawn carriage, and finally came to the rostrum of the Agricultural Fair under the support of the entourage.

"Great General Wan Sheng!" Someone in the excited crowd suddenly shouted.

"Great General Wan Sheng! Wansheng! The people shouted in unison, and the scorching sound soared into the sky. Wave after wave.

Liu He looked at the crowd in the audience who kept waving to him, if he said that he was not excited, it would be a lie. To be a leader who is supported and loved by the people is Liu He's ideal and ambition. Now, although he doesn't dare to say that he can make the people of the entire Han Dynasty sincerely support him, at least in the land of the four northern states, he is the heaven of these people. It is their land, their hope and their tomorrow.

After the people shouted enough, Liu He stretched out his hands and pressed down, signaling the crowd to remain quiet.

Suddenly, there was silence in the crowded venue.

"To a fellow villagers, the long-awaited Agricultural Fair officially opened today! I would like to pay my highest tribute to all those who have fought tirelessly against drought, locusts, hunger and pestilence since last year! Because of your hard work and selfless dedication, we have done something that has not been done since the beginning of the world from last year to now! We, from last year to now, have saved the lives of 11 million hungry people! ”

"Today, we are holding this agricultural fair here to put the best quality seeds, the best agricultural tools, and the most labor-saving farming methods on the booth, so that people from all over the world can bring them back to their hometowns, contribute to the agricultural production of Dahan, and contribute to feeding more people in the future!"

"Now, I officially announce the opening of the first agricultural expo exhibition in Dahan!" As soon as Liu He's words landed, a dull explosion suddenly sounded in the distance, and then the sky was like thunder exploding, but the airburst fireworks set off to increase the atmosphere jumped into the sky.

In his previous life, Liu He's most annoying thing was to participate in all kinds of boring opening ceremonies, because at that time, as a student, he often had to participate in large-scale square performances, and it was the kind of free public welfare performances that only had cheap lunches to eat.

In this life, Liu He stood on the high VIP platform, facing tens of millions of ordinary people, and his mood had already changed. As a savvy politician, he knows how to use this square ceremony to inspire and add more prestige to himself, while ordinary people also need a strong leader who appears in front of the public from time to time to make them feel grounded and hopeful for the future.

At the end of the ceremony, Liu Hui and others accompanied Liu He to the venue, and began to visit one booth after another.

"General, this is the seed showcase. According to the statistics and collection of the College of Agriculture, at present, the main grain crops cultivated in Dahan are wheat, barley, rice, sorghum, soybeans, adzuki beans, and millet eight kinds, and the main vegetable and vegetable crops are wead, lotus root, bamboo shoots, mustard greens, celery, leeks, cowpeas, peas, broad beans, etc., and the main planted fruit trees are mulberry, grapes, oranges, grapefruits, peaches, plums, cherries, apricots, bayberry, jujubes, olives, pears, begonia fruits, persimmons, loquats, hawthorns, kiwi fruits, melons, etc, ginger, green onion and garlic, and there is only one animal husbandry crop, which is alfalfa. ”

Xiang Liu He explained that a student who was graduating from the College of Agriculture this year, and it can be seen from his fluent and detailed explanation that he had done all kinds of homework.

Although the student only said it once, Liu He didn't have to listen carefully to know that there were several crops, vegetables, seasoning crops and cash crops that were not among them, and these could not appear in the territory of the Han Dynasty in a short time. For example, potatoes and sweet potatoes that do not pick the fields, as well as golden grains corn, vegetables with high yields such as white radish, spinach, eggplant, pumpkin and winter melon, peppers and other excellent seasoning crops, cotton, sugar beets and tobacco and other important cash crops.

If Liu He had potatoes and sweet potato seeds in his hands, he dared to pat his chest and promise that with the current amount of land in the Han Dynasty, he could feed at least 200 million people; If Liu He had cotton seeds in his hands, he dared to pat his chest and say that he would not be able to say that in ten years, he would be able to make the people of the entire Han Dynasty warm.

After looking at the improved seed display area, Liu He came to the agricultural tools display area, where agricultural tools from all over the world are displayed, as small as a seed bamboo basket hanging on his waist, and as large as a large grinding mill that needs to be dragged by two oxen, which is simply everything, which is an eye-opener for Liu He.

In the agricultural tools exhibition area, the most eye-catching is a variety of new agricultural tools developed by the Academy of Equipment, because these agricultural tools use a large number of strong and lightweight steel components, so not only in the shape has been greatly improved, and many key parts of the lever, crankshaft, transmission belt design, so easy to operate, save time and effort, provoke onlookers to refuse to leave.

In the crowd, a merchant from Jingzhou suddenly stopped in front of Liu He's way, and Ding Guo, who was in charge of the guard, sank his face and was about to drive him away, but was stopped by Liu He.

"The grass people have the courage to block the way, and ask the general to atone for their sins!"

"Oh, I wonder what you said when you stopped me?" Liu He asked with a smile on his face.

"I'm a merchant from Yanzhou, and I dare to ask the general, are these new farm tools on display going to be sold to the outside world?"

"Well, as long as the agricultural tools that appear on the booth are either mass-produced or have already begun to be put into production, they can be sold."

"General, the grass people are from Yanzhou, I wonder if we can sell these farm tools from Youzhou to Yanzhou in large quantities?"

"Well, absolutely! If you want to buy in large quantities, you can go to the Macheng Farm Tool Workshop and have a detailed discussion with the big shopkeeper there, and maybe there are discounts. However, I would like to warn you that the price of these new farm implements is quite expensive, and you will have to prepare enough money before you are embarrassed to go to Horse Town. ”

Liu He's good-natured joke immediately attracted laughter from the crowd of onlookers.

Liu He never felt that it was wise to restrict agricultural technology, because he had many ways to defeat his opponents, so he would not blockade and restrict agricultural technology. As long as it can drive agricultural income across the country, Liu He does not mind providing the new technology researched by the agricultural college to other states for learning and reference free of charge.

After visiting the agricultural tools exhibition area, Liu He also continued to visit the farmhouse fertilizer accumulation display area, the crop pest prevention display area, and the crop storage display area with great interest...... It wasn't until he had carefully looked at all the exhibition areas that Liu He left the venue, and then a large number of ordinary people who craned their necks and waited to enter the agricultural college poured into the agricultural college.

On this day, all the people who entered the venue also received a free newspaper, the name of the newspaper was "Feng Pao", and the article on the front page was titled "Great Benefit of the World", signed by Liu He. (To be continued......)