Chinese people have a natural love for food, and no matter how hard it is, they will not give up the pursuit of food.

As early as the Han Dynasty, the imperial court found that the yield per mu of wheat was higher than that of millet, so it advocated the cultivation of wheat, but the efforts for hundreds of years had little success.

After Zhao Hanzhang ate wheat rice, he unilaterally believed that wheat could not be promoted in the past because wheat rice was worse than millet rice.

It wasn't until Zhuge Liang invented steamed buns and dumplings became popular in the upper class after Zhang Zhongjing in the Eastern Han Dynasty that the proportion of folk wheat began to rise.

However, because wheat hulling and grinding require a lot of manpower, millet grown by the people still occupies the first place in the five grains.

It was not until the world was in turmoil and there was a famine that the people briefly gave up their taste and turned to planting wheat and soybeans, two high-yield crops.

Now that the world is stable, the people have begun to resume planting millet again, but this time, the planting rate of wheat is higher than that of millet, and even under the promotion of the imperial court, the cultivation rate of rice, which has been in the unoccupied position, has begun to rise.

One is because the yield per mu of wheat and rice is higher than that of millet, and the other is because of the stone mill and water mill promoted by Zhao Hanzhang for many years, especially after she ascended the throne, she required every village to have a stone mill, and ordered all prefectures and counties to build small and medium-sized water mills if there is a place near the water, so as to facilitate the people.

The water mill is not only convenient and labor-saving for rice cooking, but also fast and cheap for grinding noodles.

But where the imperial court was always beyond its reach, for-profit mills began to appear among the people, with livestock as the power and water power as the power.

It's hard money.

After Zhao Hanzhang heard about it, he praised them for their diligence and intelligence, and put the design drawings of the small water mill drawn by Fu Tinghan in the newspaper, so that those who intend to do this business will have many twists and turns.

As a result, more people grow wheat.

As for big landlords, big families, and big bureaucrats like Zhao Hu, Wang Dao, and Ji Yuan, they directly eliminated millet and planted a large number of wheat and rice that were more delicious and had a higher yield per mu.

Compared with ordinary people, they have no shortage of labor to refine the grain, and because they can take more risks, they privately contact Sinong Temple, buy the cultivated seeds, and plant them in front of everyone.

Sinong Temple also needs a lot of data to do research, so it will not refuse, as long as the people who come to buy seeds sign a contract to ensure that the seeds do not leak, they will sell them.

The planting data will be reported to Sinong Temple.

In the past two years, they have some good and some bad, but on the whole, there are many more good than bad.

However, the rate of return on agriculture is low, even if only one acre of ten acres of land is planted, the loss is greater than the income brought by the improved seeds, so everyone is much more cautious, and they are not as much as they sought after the good seeds produced by Sinong Temple at the beginning.

This time, Shen Ruhui came to the palace to complain, and by the way, he came to promote their newly researched Luoyang South No. 2.

"There are few people who recognize the good seeds, and the data collected by the ministers is less, and the time limit for research has been extended, especially for rice, and the ministers found that the yield of rice has risen higher than that of wheat, but it has also changed greatly, and the areas around Luoyang are cold and dry, and many places are not suitable for planting rice." Shen Ruhui wanted to go to Jingchu, or southern Yuzhou to do research.

Zhao Hanzhang saw that he seemed to be very interested in rice, and asked, "Is Shen Aiqing specialized in rice now?" ”

"Not really, but I think it's also interesting to grow rice," Shen Ruhui said: "Six of the ten people in the temple went to study wheat, three studied rice, and one was miscellaneous, so the minister felt that there were enough people who studied wheat." ”

And because Zhao Hanzhang recruits wise men, even if he is an illiterate old farmer, as long as he has good insights on planting, he can go to Sinong Temple to receive a salary, and now there are many people in the temple.

If it weren't for Shen Ruhui's strict management, there would be more people in Si Nong Temple who are about to catch up with Gewu Division, which is really terrifying.

Zhao Hanzhang thought about it for a while, and agreed that Shen Ruhui would go to Jingchu to do experiments during the rice planting period, but he did not agree to him staying for a long time, "I will ask Wang Yifeng to arrange a test field for you, although the conditions are mentioned, you will bring a few more people when you go and let them record the data." ”

After a pause, she said: "The Jingchu area is indeed suitable for growing rice, but there are more suitable places in the south than Jingchu, I heard that the southernmost weather is hot, that is, the winter is as warm as spring and summer, and those places can grow two crops of rice a year. ”

Shen Ruhui's first thought was, "Can the fertility of the land be supported?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "It is natural to add fertilizer, we are a test field, what we are looking for is speed, fertilizer is enough, and we are not afraid of the disappearance of soil power." The private sector is free to choose, and our goal is to increase the yield per acre, not just the total quantity. ”

When Shen Ruhui heard this, he began to think about the place further south, and said sadly: "Is Your Majesty talking about the Jiaozhou area?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "Jiaozhou, as well as the area of Hepu County in Guangzhou, Zhu Yazhou, etc., are all eligible. ”

Shen Ruhui: "But there is a miasma, they are all savages, and the ministers go to ......" Doesn't this cost him his life?

Zhao Hanzhang comforted him softly: "Aiqing will go to Jingchu to try first, as for Guangzhou and Jiaozhou, there is no hurry, Zhao Shen has been there for more than a year, I believe that it will not be long before Sinong Temple can go to where he wants to do the experiment, and he will go to do the experiment." ”

Zhao Shen didn't know that Zhao Hanzhang had such confidence in him, he had just crossed a mountain at this time, and the legs of the accompanying soldiers were trembling a little, this mountain was too shaky......

The guide stood aside and looked at Zhao Shen with a sneer.

I saw Zhao Shenzheng looking up at the opposite mountain with bright eyes, and exclaimed: "What a mountain!" ”

When I saw the spring water flowing down from the mountain stream, I couldn't help but sigh again, "What water!" ”

Zhao Shen knelt down directly to hold the water and drink, the water was cool and slightly sweet, refreshing, his eyes were shining, and he shouted loudly: "Come and drink water, Ben will live for more than 20 years, and it is the first time to drink such sweet water." ”

As soon as the soldiers heard this, they immediately stepped forward to take water to drink, and everyone's eyes lit up, and the fatigue on their faces dissipated a lot.

A soldier exclaimed: "If this is in Luoyang, such a stream on the mountain has long been cut off, even if it continues to flow, it will freeze, how can it still be drunk directly?" The weather here is really strange, there is no snow in winter, the weather is so cool and warm, and there is green everywhere. ”

Zhao Shen said: "The world is so big that there are no wonders, and there are more amazing things than this, you follow me and don't say anything else, and your knowledge can get longer and longer." ”

Soldier:...... In fact, they don't have to grow in this knowledge, they look at the green that catches the eye, they don't have Zhao Shen's love, they just want to cry.

When will I be able to get out there?

Zhao Shen was not in a hurry, seeing that everyone was tired and there was a water source, he let everyone rest in place, he walked around with a gossip plate, and after thinking for a while, he sighed: "Feng Shui treasure land, if you split a cave here to cultivate, life will be satisfied." ”

When the guide heard this, his heart was scratched like a chicken claw, and he wanted to come forward and ask, but he didn't dare.

Zhao Shen finished his work, took out the newspaper he received before, and frowned, "I know the new spinning machine, what is the sewing machine?" ”

Good night