Early the next morning, Fang Yizhi set off to Sanbao Town to talk to Xiao Cheng, and Li Kang resumed his calm daily work.

It is expected that by the end of the six years of China, the population of China will exceed 200,000, and the pressure on the shogunate will be very great, so the busiest part of this period is the Ministry of Agriculture.

The current chief of agriculture and forestry is Zhao Guo, who has successively served as the director of the Fuxi camp, the mayor of Fuxi Town, the mayor of Fuxi Town and the supreme administrator of the seven towns, and the commander of Fuxi County.

"Lord Shangshu, this is the newly reclaimed farmland in the first half of this year and the agricultural plan for the second half of the year... This is a report on the current situation of animal husbandry in the eastern grassland, the possibility of animal husbandry in the eastern and southern plains of Chenggong Island, and the application of Suwu Town to develop animal husbandry... This is an overview of the forestry industry in Lingjun Town... This is.... ”

In the office of the chief of the third floor of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry building in the cabinet compound, Zhao Dongyang, director of the General Office, was lightly placing the reports neatly on Zhao Guo's desk, and patiently introduced them one by one.

"Okay..."Zhao Guo pinched the corners of his forehead, waved his hand, and then raised his head and said, "You go down first, I'll call you when I have something after I finish reading." ”

"No!" Zhao Dongyang replied and stepped back lightly.

Zhao Guo leaned heavily on the back of the chair and began to close his eyes to recuperate.

The large increase in population is indeed a good thing for China as a whole, but it is a big bad thing for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Food is the foundation of everything, once the people have nothing to eat, the energy that bursts out is quite terrifying... On the other hand, as long as they can eat, even if they can't eat enough, the common people will quickly adapt to it, learn to be obedient, and be willing to do anything difficult.

Although there was a surplus of grain in China last year, the output absolutely could not keep up with the crazy growth of the population, and large-scale land reclamation has become inevitable.

Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has a great responsibility!

"Whew..."With a long breath, Zhao Guo cheered up and started working.

At this stage, no matter how tired you are, you can only hold on, as long as you get through, you will be bitter, hello, hello, everyone.

And now although tired, but the status of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in the cabinet has also reached the highest point in history, although the cabinet has only been established for one year, all departments have to unconditionally cooperate with the work of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry without affecting their own operation, therefore, except for a limited number of ministries, most of them have become the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry de facto temporary subordinates, Zhao Guo's power has reached its peak.

There is nothing more than 'pain and happiness'!

Zhao Guo picked up the top copy of the stack of reports and opened it lightly.

"For example, Zou Guangyu, the mayor of Hui Town, made a report? Want to open up thousands of hectares of fertile land and be self-sufficient? Please allocate grain to grow cattle and farm tools? Hmph, what you say is better than singing!" Zhao Guo snorted lightly, he didn't think that Zou Guangyu could do this, and he didn't mention the problem of manpower, so he said that digging ditches and repairing water conservancy was not a matter of one or two days, and without water irrigation, the fields were just a good thing, and the data on paper was just good.

However, Ruhui Town is located on the edge of the Shihe River, and it is not impossible to rely on primitive manual water lifting, but it consumes more manpower, and it is impossible to have thousands of hectares of fertile land.

"Thanksgiving... Make a discount!" So Zhao Guo waved his pen and changed a small word, and 10,000 hectares of fertile land became 10,000 acres of fertile land.

Zhao Guo was obviously very satisfied with his revision, and said with a smile: "If there is a population of 1,000 in Ruhui Town, according to the family of five, there are 200 households, each family has 100 acres of pasture land, 20,000 acres of arable land, although it is still a little reluctant to fold 10,000 acres in half - they still have to participate in the construction of towns, and there will be many people in the factory in the future, it is impossible for everyone to run to participate in agricultural production - but you can send more serfs over... If these 10,000 acres of land are properly managed, then the grain supply in Ruhui Town next year will no longer be a problem...... I also want to inform Li Shangshu of water conservancy, and it is best to take the time to send someone over to solve the water conservancy problem. ”

After doing this, Zhao Guo threw the report aside, and this matter passed, as for the specific operation, how much grain should be allocated, how many ploughing cattle, how many farm tools, and how many serfs should be considered.

"Is there a problem with animal husbandry in the eastern grasslands again this year?" the second report made Zhao Guo's good mood half scrapped.

Animal husbandry in the eastern steppes has been in trouble almost every year since the year it was launched, either the sudden death of free-range cattle, or the deformed growth of captive sheep, and more importantly, the farrowing rate and cub survival rate of all livestock have not been high, which is really strange!

The key is to send a veterinarian to check, stunned that there is nothing famous, and what is said that the physical condition of livestock is 'beyond the ordinary stick', this kind of nonsense can also be said, Xu Guangqi, the director of the Department of Agriculture at that time, was angry, this famous good temper almost cut people with a knife, is it that the body is too good to die of a stick?

"Fourteen cows were killed for no reason?" Zhao Guo raised his eyebrows, this loss is quite large, if it is left in the ancient times of the old world, if fourteen cows die at one time, a large number of official hats will be taken off on the cliff, and even a group of people will be implicated in losing their heads.

Zhao Guo couldn't make up his mind, so he could only put it aside and prepare to meet Li Kang later.

After putting down the report on the eastern grassland pasture, Zhao Guo suddenly rummaged through the stack of reports that Zhao Dongyang had just sent in, and he was looking for the application report on the development of animal husbandry in the Chenggong Island Plain.

"Found it..."Zhao Guo picked up the report and quickly began to flip through it, "Maybe you can transfer the pastures of the eastern grassland to Chenggong Island, and it won't be possible to change places, right?"

Having said that, in fact, Zhao Guo is not very confident, and the ghost knows if it is because of the alien species such as cattle and sheep themselves

The indigenous species that were hunted out at the beginning did not live well in the eastern grasslands, and have been thriving to this day!

If that's the case, it's the same everywhere you move, unless you move back to Earth.

Then find the ranch application report of Suwu Town, and then put the three reports on animal husbandry together, and Zhao Guo planned to show them to Li Kang when the time came.

Next is the forestry report of Lingjun Town, which is nothing more than "the fruit growth in the orchard this year is gratifying", "how many new varieties have been planted", etc., which are similar to previous years, there are no surprises and no mistakes.

"Wang Siping is worthy of being an old farmer, and he is doing a very good job!" Zhao Guo gave a rare compliment, for many officials, this kind of steady, down-to-earth and hard-working local grassroots officials are the most likable, like the kind of capable officials who release a big satellite and big bomb at every turn, dazzling is dazzling, but often the ability to cause trouble is equally dazzling.