The sky is clear, the spring is late, and under the cloudless sky is a busy scene, and thousands of people in the group began to rush to plant spring wheat.

Following the cultivation of cotton, the Ruiwang Mansion of Xixian County made another big move, opening up 500 acres of wasteland near the county seat to plant spring wheat.

And there is still a lot of preparation to be done before planting wheat.

In addition to the spring wheat seeds that have been exchanged through the Wanjie trading system, the land required before sowing must be ploughed and sunned, and the bottom fertilizer must be applied.

Because it was sowing seeds after the tail of spring ploughing, as soon as people heard that the full-grained seeds that the princess was going to plant were actually high-yield spring wheat, their emotions were unprecedentedly high.

Earlier, there was not much land that could be planted near the former county, and the people who could not afford to open up the wasteland could barely harvest three or five buckets of barren plots, and the seeds sent by the princess Niangniang were said to have a yield of up to 1,000 buckets...... It should be a "miracle".

And such a terrifying yield actually comes from these seeds that they are sowing in their hands? How can this not be exciting!

There were not enough farm tools, so people used wooden shovels to shovel and branches to dig; The cattle and horses are not strong enough, and people carry them on their shoulders, and they should grind out blisters on everyone's shoulders, and they must also plow the ground with wooden plows; The water source is insufficient, and thousands of people must have dug a ditch leading to the former river at night to bring in the water source.

In this way, in this ancient feudal town, which could not use mechanization, it was able to achieve a sowing efficiency comparable to that of semi-mechanization.

Pei Qing was not idle, and after spending a hundred taels of silver to exchange for the "Spring Wheat Planting Manual", she became worried.

"Everything, everything!" She made a list on paper, "There is a shortage of agricultural technicians, a shortage of farm tools, a shortage of ploughing cattle, a shortage of iron, a lack of salt, and even a shortage of brick-burners!" ”

Therefore, after she handed over the "Spring Wheat Planting Manual" to the engraving craftsmen to print, she went directly to the cotton field to find Zeng County's order.

Ah Tao and Ah Xing followed the princess Niangniang, and when they heard that they went to see Zeng County's order in the cotton field, the female guard put aside the matter at hand, and just squeezed time to follow.

For Ah Tao, going to see Zeng County Ling is a very sweet thing that can make him remember bittersweet and sweet, and it can greatly enhance his sense of superiority.

In the past, she was a slave, Zeng County Ling was an official, she couldn't even eat wild vegetables, Zeng County Ling ate big fish and meat, and when she lived in a shack, Zeng County Ling lived in a big tiled house covered with gold bricks.

Now, she has meat to eat, lives in the spacious mansion of the palace, is highly respected everywhere she goes, and even has a faint momentum; And Zeng Xianling wore burlap clothes, ate chaff vegetables, and lived in a shack next to the cotton field.

Ah Tao didn't know the word "uneven world", but she knew that as soon as she saw Zeng County's downcast, her heart was very beautiful.

Zeng Xian Ling was weeding in the cotton field, he had never seen this plant, and he didn't want to work at all, but wherever he went, there were people watching, and if he didn't work, he wouldn't even have to eat rice bran dumplings.

In order not to be starved to death, Zeng County Ling could only lower his noble head and work in a silent manner.

Let the weeds be pulled, and let the soil be loosened.

And when he saw Ah Tao, who led people to copy his house, and Princess Rui, who stood calmly behind Ah Tao, this taste of swallowing his anger reached its peak.

Therefore, Zeng Xianling pretended to be blind, and did not react until Pei Qing walked next to him.

"The surname is Zeng, why don't you salute when you see the princess?" Ah Tao's voice came, and the tone was that of Zeng County, who hated the dog.

Zeng Xian Ling took a step forward, leaned over and pulled down a weed, but did not hear it.

At this time, Pei Qing's sweet voice came lightly, and she said with a light smile: "Lao Zeng, under the east fence of picking chrysanthemums, you can see Nanshan leisurely, the rural life arranged for you by this princess is good, right?" ”

Zeng County, who didn't want to deal with this woman, blew up.

"Princess Rui, if you want to beat or kill you, give me a word, so humiliating the reader, and I'm not afraid that the world will poke your backbone!" Saying this, Zeng Xian Ling threw away the weeds in his hand, and fire erupted in his eyes.

Compared with Zeng County's angry appearance, the beautiful and noble Princess Rui is like a fairy floating down from the sky, calm and relaxed: "People say that farming and reading heirlooms, farming is not ashamed, as a 'virtuous' scholar, Zeng County Decree can increase your qualifications and experience by doing some farm work, and you will not suffer." ”

Zeng Xianling has never seen a woman who can reverse black and white so much, his words are blocked in half, and he doesn't know how to talk back.

And Pei Qing didn't wait for him to talk, and asked directly: "I want to buy a craftsman, but I don't have it in my hand, I have to ask from within the wealthy merchant family, you have been in the county for so long, do you know the nearest wealthy merchant here?" ”

Zeng County's neck stiffened: "No, recognize, recognize!" ”

Pei Qing didn't look at him, and turned to Ah Tao and said: "Ah Tao, I see that Zeng County Ling has been a little full recently, this anger seems to be a little bigger, let's halve the food prepared for him, don't call him on fire again, you have to take medicine to blame the pitiful." ”

Zeng Xianling, who had been starving for several days, was dark, and glared at Pei Qing in disbelief: "Princess Rui, you, are you still human?" ”

His face was so gloomy that he almost burst into tears, and he lay on the ground with his hair scattered and wept.

Ah Tao said coldly beside him: "The surname is Zeng, my princess is so kind-hearted, if you are not grateful, forget it, why are you scolding?" ”

Zeng Xian Ling glanced at Ah Tao angrily, and suddenly walked towards the depths of the cotton field with heavy steps, shouting as he walked: "I am just dead, you don't introduce you to the wealthy businessman!" ”

Pei Qing looked at Ah Tao helplessly: "The play is over, it's really a bit too much." ”

Ah Tao was stunned for a moment, and then hung her head embarrassedly and said, "That...... Then go down and apologize to the person surnamed Zeng? ”

Pei Qing turned around with a chuckle and said leisurely: "No need, it's not that he has to, I'll go ask others." ”

This person is naturally Li Yi, who has followed the late Ruiwang for so many years.

*

"Want Si Nong? Blacksmith? Bricklayer? Carpenter? Saltsmith? Li Yi also felt a little incredible when he heard Pei Qing's request.

He asked cautiously, "Princess, do you have so much money?" ”

After all, the technology she provides, and the wages required by those craftsmen are also very low, but when it comes to craftsmen in so many industries, she also needs to "make the more of the merrier", which is another lot of money.

"Just say you don't know such a wealthy businessman." Pei Qing asked straightforwardly.

Li Yi muttered: "The money spent on cultivating a craftsman who is proficient in a line is not a small amount, just like the big family of the weaving line will train embroidery but will not train a needle grinder, the craftsmen cultivated by the big family are all specialized in one kind, but there is no such comprehensive as the princess, and everything else is just that, the salt smith is in charge of the imperial court, even if there is, it is not something that you can find a widow and princess." ”

Pei Qing waved his hand, not caring about the difficulties at all: "I have the "Encyclopedia of Farm Tools" in my hand, so I need a blacksmith." I also have the "Spring Wheat Planting Manual", so I need a farmer, but I only need a craftsman with a slightly higher level of literacy than ordinary people, if I really can't find such a craftsman, then I will train it myself - it's just a little more work. ”

Li Yi stared at her with strange eyes for a long time, and then said, "Princess, you don't plan to build your own inner library, right?" ”

The royal family has a treasury with a wide variety of craftsmen, all of whom are skilled in their own ways, but they serve the whole royal family.

What does Pei Qing mean, collecting so many kinds of craftsmen, but all of them are for her alone?

Although he had clearly recognized that she was not a mortal, Li Yi was still shocked by her spirit.

Pei Qing gave him an explanation in a slow voice: "To play fencing and farming, the more craftsmen in professional work, the better, so it's fun." ”

Li Yi was speechless.

After another moment, he lowered his head in contemplation, and his slender fingers twitched lightly on the table, as if he was thinking about something.

"According to your request, there is such a wealthy businessman......" he said in a slow tone, with a sense of uncertainty in his voice, "but I need a little time to get in touch with him." ”

After waiting, he watched her listen attentively, and his eyes darkened little by little, shrouded in a mysterious aura, and the whole person sank into the shadows.

"So, please write a letter to him by hand from the princess, and I will deliver it to him for the princess."

*

In the evening, the textbook in the princess's lecture hall was temporarily replaced with the "Spring Wheat Planting Manual", and the paper of the booklet printed in an urgent manner was a little rough, but fortunately, the handwriting and pictures were very clear, and Pei Qing took the lead in leading the first batch of students to learn the above knowledge.

"Princess Niangniang, this book is too difficult, we can't understand many words in it", Ah Tao felt that as a buried reading genius, he should be the first to ask questions when he encountered problems that he didn't understand.

Pei Qing asked her softly: "If there are any words you don't understand, take them out and talk about them, I can tell you about them." ”

Ah Tao pointed to several nouns on the booklet with a sad face and said, "What ammonium phosphate and urea...... We've never heard of any of these things, so what are they? ”

After asking the question, she realized that she was a little reckless, so smart and kind princess Niangniang, specially let people print out the book, even if there are difficult places in it, they try to think hard to study and study will definitely be able to understand, why bring it up to make the princess Niangniang upset?

"It's all my fault for being stupid." Ah Tao, who thought she was a lot smarter in the past few days, hung her head in frustration.

Pei Qing smiled dumbly, thought for a while and said: "It's not that you are stupid, but these things are not available anywhere at the moment, they are some special fertilizers, and if you want to make food high, you can't do without it—but at the moment, our feudal town can't produce it." ”

Ah Tao was stunned: "Can't we produce?" Where can it be produced? ”

Pei Qing shook his head and sighed and said, "There is no way to produce in the whole world. ”

Without the entire industrial chain, what can be used to make phosphate fertilizer and nitrogen fertilizer?

"This is the purpose of me leading everyone to read this book together," Pei Qing encouraged everyone present at the right time, "If you encounter words that you don't understand, you can come and ask me, and after everyone understands the whole book, we will promote this booklet throughout the Western Front, and strive to make everyone who farms the land understand the content of the booklet - do you want to let the land in our county harvest more grain in the autumn?" ”

The question was met with a unanimous response: "Yes!" ”

Pei Qing nodded with satisfaction: "Then we will work hard to study hard and strive to spread the knowledge as soon as possible." ”

Many of the first batch of students are from ancestral land, and after listening to the words of the princess, they were quite shocked.

You must know that the good way of farming is also passed down from generation to generation, and even a family heirloom, which cannot be leaked to the outside world.

However, the princess made such a valuable knowledge into a booklet, and promoted it to the entire county, which was something that the big officials of the imperial court did not do.

It is said that the imperial court had a chief farmer who supervised agricultural affairs, and I did not see any great farmer who went down to the field to explain these key points of farming to them, nor did I see any court officials who went to great lengths to make paper-making and engraving plates just to make them collect more grain, and made a booklet of their valuable knowledge.

What the court has never given them for many years, but the princess Niangniang passed it on to them without thinking about it, could it be that she was the reincarnation of a saint?

Everyone read very carefully, coupled with the systematic prestige bonus, the speed of the opening of the people's wisdom increased, and there were really people who memorized the entire booklet within a few days, and then took the dry food prepared by the palace and went down to the villages one by one to teach the farmers the key points of spring wheat sowing.

After planting 500 acres of spring wheat, the county's regimental training ended, followed by the land contract responsibility system launched by Ruiwangfu.

Whether it is the original land of the palace or the wasteland that was reclaimed later, people are allowed to contract, the contract period is 10 years, but the tax is only one percent of the grain, not only the lowest tax in the feudal towns of this dynasty, but also the lowest tax in all dynasties.

Originally, the land of the entire feudal town belonged to the Rui Wangfu, and the limited number of yeoman farmers could barely survive without starvation, but after the princess Niangniang introduced high-yield wheat seeds, both landed and landless, rushed to contract the high-yield wheat farming land of the palace.

Even if everyone has contracted so much land, there are still large tracts of uncultivated wasteland in the county, and there are even more land that was reclaimed in the previous dynasty but abandoned after the war.

Such a place is often frequented by homeless people, bandits, horse thieves, fanbangs, and wild beasts, and it is far away from the county seat, not close to the water source, and there is no security, so people do not like to go.

Now that there is already land that has been blessed by the princess and mother to plant, why take the risk of clearing the wasteland? In case you are robbed, or killed while farming, or even eaten by passing beasts, who should you talk to?