Chapter 187: Farm Fruits
"The king didn't dare to think about it."
Zhao Kuo felt a scorn in his heart, and glared at Lin Xiangru angrily, didn't he put himself on the fire rack to roast?
No matter which side is on the side, the other side will be unhappy.
"Xunzi makes sense, different periods have different systems, the past may not be suitable for the present, we must keep pace with the times, not follow the rules." Zhao Kuo thought for a moment and spoke.
Kong Chuan's face suddenly darkened, and he was thinking about whether he was really wrong? Is the way of Confucius and Mencius really not suitable for this era?
"However, I heard Xiangzi say that sharing food can be more hygienic and reduce the spread of diseases, so it is still worth advocating. But there are also benefits of eating together, which can promote communication and reduce food waste. β
"This king thinks that if you have money, you will pay attention to it, and if you don't have money, you will pay attention to it, there is no need to say what you want, maybe one day even ordinary civilians can eat meat? We can't hold the etiquette and prevent people from eating. β
After speaking, Zhao Kuo took a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.
This kind of thing is a trivial thing in the eyes of his later generations, you can eat how you want, as long as it does not affect others, no one cares about you if you have the ability to eat in heaven.
However, in this era, it caused a Xunkong dispute, and the reason for this was that the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were in a period of great social change, and various ideas were constantly colliding and intertwined, and no one could convince anyone.
It is precisely because of such a splendid cultural collision that China has been ahead of the world for nearly 2,000 years.
"I think that if Mr. Kong Chuan, if he wants to continue the debate, it is better to wait until the academy opens, and then the academy will definitely arrange a place for the two of them." Lin Xiangru said with a smile.
Although he does not belong to Confucianism, he also knows that the internal dispute of Confucianism is extremely fierce, and when the academy is opened, it will not be the dispute between Xunzi and Confucius, and even the eight factions of Confucianism will go into battle.
At that time, Zhao State will be able to harvest various ideas and talents like Qi State and consolidate Zhao State.
"It's the minister who is reckless, and he hopes that the king will atone for his sins." Hole piercing the archmate.
In the past, he had never been so rude in front of the monarch, but for some reason, every time he saw Xunzi, he couldn't control himself.
Zhao Kuo waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.
What Xunzi cared about was Zhao Kuo's last sentence, "Ordinary civilians can also eat meat!" But then his eyes darkened, and he shook his head.
Today, the vast majority of civilians have a lot of meat, and it's good to have enough to eat.
That is to say, Zhao Guo has always insisted on cash-for-work, as long as it is not the old, weak, sick and disabled, they can participate, so that everyone can have a full meal at noon, that's all.
As for other countries, they are not as good as Zhao Guo!
In this era, the life expectancy of civilians was generally low, and in addition to the causes of war and disease, physical loss was also one of the main reasons. If you eat two meals a day and still can't eat enough, after a long time, your body is malnourished and you suffer serious losses, can you live a long life?
Relatively speaking, the aristocracy is much better.
In order to encourage everyone to eat three meals a day, Zhao Kuo changed the morning food provided by the free work-for-relief meal to lunch, which was originally about 9 or 10 o'clock, but became lunch at 12 o'clock at noon.
In Zhao Kuo's mind, everyone is hungry in the morning, and they will inevitably come to work after breakfast, and similarly, they will have to eat when they go back in the evening. In this way, eating three meals a day will gradually spread.
In addition, a meal at noon is full, although only pickles and the cheapest vegetables in the season, but steamed bread and corn are enough. Even if you eat less in the morning and evening, your body will not continue to lose money.
As a result, not only did everyone not eat three meals a day as Zhao Kuo imagined, but instead went from eating twice a day to having breakfast and lunch twice.
In order to save food at home, this group of people eats two bites of mat bar at home in the morning, eats enough at the construction site at noon, and stops eating when they go home at night.
In this way, the burden on the family can be greatly reduced, and food can be saved for the wife and children, so that they can eat more and suffer less hunger.
It can't be said that these people are greedy for small gains, it can only be said that they are forced by the times, if they are not afraid of poverty and hunger, no one will be like this.
Unless all the people of Zhao can be convinced, even if they eat three meals a day, food. (This chapter is not finished!) )
Chapter 187: Farm Fruits
Enough, too.
Otherwise, they will not change, and they will not dare to change.
In Xunzi's view, it is completely impossible and unrealistic to let most people eat meat without even food and clothing now.
"Could it be that Xunzi doesn't believe it?" Zhao Kuo looked at Xunzi and said with a smile.
"I really don't believe it." Xunzi nodded, and did not choose to flatter Zhao Kuo because he was a monarch.
"This year, all the cultivated land in our Zhao country has been converted to Quyuan plough farming, and the water conservancy facilities in Shangdang, Handan, and Yecheng have been fully completed, and water conservancy facilities in other areas are also being built.
The watermill has covered all areas except Yunzhong and Yanmen. In addition, this year's wind and rain have been smooth. It is conservatively estimated that this year's grain production will be more than two and a half times that of King Huiwen's time. Zhao Kuo said loudly.
"Really?" Touching the dragon said excitedly.
Two and a half times as much, it doesn't sound real!
"Of course it's true, these are counted by us county by county." Wei Qi said unhappily.
He and Tian Dan are responsible for compiling the household Qi Min, Lin Xiangru and Lu Zhonglian are responsible for Xia Geng, and the four of them join forces, although the household registration has not been completed, but the land has been counted.
The reason why the output can be increased so much is because Zhao has five more counties: Shangdang, Yejun, Hejian, Jixi, and Taojun.
Although the area of the five counties is not large, except for Shangdang, which is mostly mountainous and some saline-alkali land between the rivers, all the others are cultivated land.
The cultivated land area of Zhao State has increased by more than sixty percent compared with before, and Zhao State has also added 200,000 captives to reclaim the famine, coupled with the role of water conservancy, Quyuan plough and other tools, so that such brilliant achievements have been achieved. @η²Ύε\/Shuge Error-free Debut~~
After this year, if Zhao and Qin go to war again, they will definitely not be dragged down because of the food problem.
"The farmer and the Tiancang brothers have also cultivated millet and rice with higher yields, which can be increased by about 20% per mu on the current basis. If there are no problems with the experiment this year, it can be gradually rolled out next year. Zhao Kuo threw a bombshell again.
To be honest, he didn't expect the farmer and the Tiancang clan to be so powerful, and it didn't take long to study the results in Zhao Kingdom.
Could it be that the incentives of the fiefdom have worked?
"The farmer has really cultivated high-yield food!" At this point, everyone couldn't sit still.
Don't underestimate these two percent, the more these two percent of food, Zhao Guo can feed millions more people.
"And the farmer is still cultivating higher yielding food, and the farmer is already working hard, what about you, the hundreds of families? What are you doing?
Confucianism, Legalism, and Mohism are called the three great scholars by the world, are they willing to lag behind the peasants? β
Zhao Kuo's voice pierced everyone's ears like a needle, everyone wanted to refute, but they were powerless to refute, even if they usually looked down on the farmer, they could only hold it in their hearts at this time.
Because the farmer really did it!
Xunzi opened his mouth and swallowed it back,
Mo Feng seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. He has always boasted of being the school with the greatest credit under Zhao Kuo.
Now, he had to admit that the credit of the peasant family had completely surpassed that of the Mo family.
"Nothing is impossible, the farmer did it, and we can do it. Perhaps it is a long way to make meat available to everyone, but we might as well set a small goal, such as making it possible for all the people in the country to have enough to eat within five years, and to be able to eat meat during the New Year's holidays. What do you think? β
Zhao Kuo stood up, holding a glass of wine in his hand, looking up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, with a faint light on his body.
"I want to follow the king!" Xunzi stood up.
"I want to follow the king!" Lin Xiangru stood up.
"I want to follow the king!" Everyone stood up.
"Okay, you will drink this cup with me." Zhao Kuo drank all the wine in the cup.
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At this time, the farmer tested the field.
Six or seven old men were all gathered together, their beards were all white, and they couldn't make up a good tooth together, and their eyes were all staring at the two-foot-square rice field in front of them without blinking.
I saw that the rice in the paddy field was heading, poplar, pollinating, filling, and maturing at a speed visible to the naked eye......
"Let's see how it goes. (This chapter is not finished!) )
Chapter 187: Farm Fruits
Now, take a look. Cangsu couldn't help but shout.
"What's the hurry, it's not the first test." Chen Xin scolded, but he didn't have time to wipe the sweat off his forehead, stretched out his old hands and carefully took off the ears of rice, and slowly put them on the table next to him, for fear of a slight bump.
The huge golden ears of rice lay quietly on the table, watched by a group of old men.
"How? What is the seed setting rate? Cangji asked impatiently.
"I'll touch it." Chen Xin held the ears of rice, counted them one by one, and said something in his mouth, and everyone stared at Chen Xin nervously, not daring to make any sound, for fear of disturbing him.
This is the most successful cultivation of the people in the past, and there is even hope to break the past record.
After coming to the Zhao Kingdom, everyone was treated with unprecedented respect, except that they were not allowed to spread the idea of the peasant family, Zhao Kuo met almost all the conditions.
Later, Zhao Kuo told them that as long as the yield per mu can be increased by fifty percent, they can be given a fief, and they can practice the peasant idea at will in the fief, and if they can improve more, the fief will be larger.
For the fiefdom, for the ideals in their hearts, and for the people of the world, the farmers and the Tiancang brothers cultivated good seeds day and night.
Chen Xin's talent can control the seed to evolve in the desired direction.
Xu Qingtian's talent can speed up the growth rate of plants.
Cangji's talent is to simulate the growth process of seeds.
Although others are not talented, they all have their own strengths.
With the cooperation of everyone, coupled with the knowledge and experience accumulated in the past, the first generation of good seeds was quickly cultivated.
"Nine out of nine." After a few breaths, Chen Xin said slowly.
This means that there is almost no deflated rice, and every grain is full.
"We made it!" Xu Qingtian clenched his fists and said excitedly.
The others were also ruddy, panting, and their hands were subconsciously clenched into fists.
The young man in the back looked at them worriedly, in case the excitement passed and they lost one or two, they couldn't afford it.
"Look at the other ears of rice." Cangji said, and everyone swarmed up, and in a blink of an eye, all the ears of rice disappeared.
"Six out of nine."
"Eighty out of nine."
"Nine out of nine. _o_m β
"One in nine."
"Ten percent!"
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Everyone reported their own data.
"How much did you just say?" Everyone suddenly looked at Cangji.
"The fruit yield is 10 out of 10, yes, I counted it twice." Cangji said firmly.
"Show me." Chen Xin's breathing was a little short.
Cangji handed the ear of rice in his hand to Chen Xin.
Chen Xin took it carefully, counted it twice, took a long breath, and said slowly: "It is indeed ten out of ten." β
Without waiting for everyone to celebrate, Chen Xin continued:
"The results of this test show that the yield has increased by 60%, but considering the different soils in different places, the differences in technology, and the inability to take care of them as carefully as ours, after popularization, the increase in yield per mu should be between 20% and 30%."
"It's already very good, and I believe that it won't be long before we can breed a good breed that can increase by 50% or even double even after popularization." Xu Qingtian said firmly.
"By the way, in addition to good seeds, we can also start from other places, such as planting methods, fertilization methods, and so on. When our two brothers used to farm in Luoyang, because the terrain was higher than other people's homes, they would dig ditches in the field to make ridges, and the ditches and ridges were alternated, and the seeds were planted in the ditch, and when weeding in the middle, the soil on the ridges was pushed into the ditch one by one to cultivate crops, and the next year, the ditches and ridges swapped places. β
"Our family's land is only in the middle of the field, and because of the high terrain, there is often no water. Since using this method, the yield is not only not lower than others, but because there is no need to take shifts, the output is much higher. Cangsu said.
"This is a good solution, why didn't you say it earlier?" Xu Qingtian glanced at Cangsu.
"I'm old and my memory is poor, isn't that just remembering?" Cangsu said.
"In that case, let's split into two teams, one team to continue to cultivate new seeds, and one team to study planting, fertilization, etc., you. (This chapter is not finished!) )
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What do you think? Chen Xin said.
He is the oldest of them, and he is usually the main one.
"Yes." The crowd nodded.
"Okay, a few of you, follow the master in the future." Chen Xin pointed to the young man not far away and said.
Of course, this young man is relative to Chen Xin, in fact, the youngest is in his thirties, and the older is even more than fifty years old.
"No, you let me take them? Or is it a person? Cangsu said incredulously.
How is it that the co-authorship is divided into two teams? One team for the others, one team for himself?
"If you don't take them with you, will you take us with you? You see, who of us can push the plow? Can you apply animal fertilizer? With them, all the dirty work can be done for them, and if you take us, you have to do all the dirty work. The old man is thinking about you. Do you understand? Chen Xin patted Cangsu on the shoulder and said earnestly.
Cangsu suddenly felt that what Chen Xin said was very reasonable.
Chen Xin continued to order: "Let's continue, let's keep the ears of rice with a seed setting rate of less than ninety-five for cooking at night, and pick them for six to ninety-ninety-nine, and continue to cultivate." The seed setting rate is 10% and cultivated individually. β
"No." Everyone bowed their hands. @η²Ύε\/Shuge*First update~~
Chapter 187: Farm Fruits