Chapter 17 Spring Ploughing

Spring in Liaodong is later than in Jiangnan. When the first batch of ships in the south of the Yangtze River followed the south wind, they were about to arrive in Liaodong. He Xi is still preparing for spring ploughing at the moment.

There is no need to say how important food production is.

And He Xi was certainly able to get two million taels from Lan Yu, gold, silver, and copper coins, and other hard currency. The unexpected situation of the great hunger in Shandong has exacerbated the food shortage. Therefore, the importance of spring ploughing is even more important.

And the most important of these is the newly opened land.

During this period, the whole of Liaodong gave up all other labor, and all the armies also went to the fields to cultivate, except for the army that guarded the border and guarded the Tartars moving south.

This is actually the norm in an agrarian society, and even after liberation, there will be a long period of time, once it is the busy season of farming, there will be a shutdown of factories, the suspension of schools, and all people will work in the fields.

And the land reclaimed by the original Wei Institute in Liaodong.

In fact, there is no need to worry about it.

Because in the matter of Tuntian, a system has been formed in the Ming Dynasty. There are certain rules. He Xi doesn't have to worry too much. In fact, in He Xi's view, there is some room for improvement in their farming mode. But He Xi also knows that this is not the time to change the way of farming.

After all, agricultural production is based on stability. Once things change, it's not good. Besides, I don't know how many things have happened overnight. Don't make trouble for yourself.

But in the reclamation of wasteland. We have to find a way to improve.

Because of the Goryeo immigrants who migrated over, coupled with the hungry people in Shandong today, the number of people who ate increased the number of people. There is also more food needed. And generally speaking, the yield of the first year of the newly cultivated land is very low. If you want to have enough food, you have to find ways to increase the cultivated area.

Moreover, there are also such conditions in Liaodong.

There are a large number of war horses and pack horses in Liaodong. Moreover, Shenyang Iron Works, what kind of farm tools you want, what kind of farm tools you want. In addition, on the Liaohe Plain, there are enough plains for reclamation. Only then did He Xi make this decision.

At this moment, He Xi was looking at the situation in front of him with a few entourages.

Looking at the spring ploughing situation in front of you.

The rocks on the ground have been cleared. What big trees and grass were also cleared.

With an order, dozens of horses pulled the plough together. This plow is really big. It takes two horses to pull a plow, and at least two people standing behind it need to press the plow. It can turn over four or five ditches at once, and the plowshare is a steel pouring process. It's kind of a steel head.

Therefore, the work efficiency is much higher than that of ordinary cattle farming.

But it's not without its drawbacks.

The disadvantage is that horse ploughing is shallower than ox ploughing.

Nowadays, many wastelands are planted in the first season. The yield will not be too high either. This is a small problem and will not have much impact.

"Ahem." Ye Wang coughed violently twice, and Ye Shen supported his old father. On the one hand, follow suit. Ye Wang said: "This first season, soybeans are planted. One of the benefits of soybeans is that they don't choose the land. You can live whether you are raw or cooked. And for the time of spring ploughing, the card is not too tight, and it can be planted from spring to early summer. As long as it doesn't fall cold too quickly. There will be a harvest. ”

Speaking of which.

Ye Wang coughed violently a few more times.

After Ye Wang was knighted, it seemed that his wish had come true. I'm getting older, too. The body is getting weaker and weaker day by day. If he could, He Xi was not willing to let Ye Wang worry about it. It's just that the people in He Xi's entrainment, in Tuntian, the most proficient in cultivation are actually Ye Wang.

Even Huang Zicheng, who presided over the cultivation of the Hetao, was inferior to him in this regard.

Without him, although the tradition of the Ming army's Tuntian is too deep-rooted, Ye Wang has been in Liaodong for so long, and he has done the most things in Tuntian, he is most familiar with this piece of land in the Northeast, what should be planted, what can be planted? How to deal with this situation.

He's thought about it all.

He Xi has no opinion on Ye Wang's selection of soybeans that will be planted for one year first.

I don't know if it's the same as the hero, Ye Wang felt that Liaodong was suitable for planting soybeans, and many people in later generations also made the same judgment, and soybeans in the Northeast were well-known for a long time. Soybeans also existed as a staple food for a while during the Qin and Han dynasties.

But soybeans have inherent drawbacks. There is a beany smell, poor digestion, etc. What's more, the yield is low, the yield of soybeans is only four or five hundred catties, and the yield in ancient times was even less. One stone or so. More than 100 pounds. In the same way that millet, a traditional Chinese grain, was used as a reason for withdrawing from the main food crop.

It's just that now in this special situation, the advantages of soybeans such as not choosing the land have been revealed. However, even so, this time the yield per mu is less than a few dozen catties, less than a hundred catties.

Therefore, He Xi desperately reclaimed the wasteland, wanting to make up for the quality with quantity.

All new immigrants will be grouped, arranged and worked in groups. They need to do more than just reclaim wasteland, but also build a basic irrigation system.

He Xi looked at everything in front of him, along the line of the Liao River, all of the east bank of Liaodong, and part of the west bank of the Liao River. There are almost hundreds of thousands of men, all of whom are struggling to plough in the spring. This kind of horse-drawn plough also has it. Ox-drawn plows are also available. Even people pull plows.

In the area of animal power, although Liaodong had the last Naha seizure, cattle, sheep and horses, millions of mouths. But these spoils of war cannot be distributed only to Liaodong. At that time, Liaodong was sparsely populated. Not much was left either.

After all, in general, the means of production have always been in short supply in the entire Ming Dynasty.

And the difficulty of such a deployment is no less than sending troops to fight. And it's a big battle, He Xi secretly thinks to himself, and he may not be able to do this. Only this veteran general, who has been rooted in Liaodong for more than ten years, has this kind of means and prestige.

He Xi asked, "Old General Ye." How long does spring plowing last? ”

Ye Wang said: "It lasts for about a month, and after that, you can transfer manpower." Something else. ”

He Xi sighed and said, "Time is not waiting for me." ”

Even if He Xi got more than two million taels from Lan Yu, it would support the expenses of so many people. and engineering construction. It's also hard. The money is spent like running water, and there is no more. This is still He Xi used a lot of means to suppress it, so as to maintain stability.

Not to mention, anything else. Just a month ago, He Xi reformed Liaodong Yulu, pretending to be convenient to withdraw, and turned the physical Yulu issued into food stamps, which could be withdrawn in the warehouses of various health centers.

The people below are also very realistic, and they will really withdraw it immediately.

He Xi even thought of a lot of ways. For example, some things in the government can be sold directly with food stamps, instead of using grain. In addition, He Xi deduced well. The grain reserves of the people in Liaodong are still sufficient. I don't dare to say too much. But every household has about a few months of food.

This was all sent down by He Xi before.

Food is not the most important thing.

After a month of twists and turns, the food stamps were truly erected. In this way, the surplus grain can last for several months. But in any case, it will not last until the autumn harvest. It is estimated that there will be a gap in the middle.

After all, there are still many Koreans who do not have a fortune. But to eat.

Eating is also a matter of consuming food.

Although agriculture is the foundation of all industries, the current situation in Liaodong cannot be saved by agriculture.

He Xi said: "Ye Shen." ”

Ye Shen said: "The last general." ”

He Xi said: "You take care of your father. You have to worry a little more about things here. Don't let your father get tired. ”

Ye Shen said: "The last general understands. The last general will definitely take good care of his father. ”

Ye Wang said: "My lord, the old decay will not die for a while. Just adults. I don't know what adults are going to do? But this gap is too big. Looking at the old decay and trembling. Can you slow down a little, and if you slow down, you will be round. ”

He Xi sighed and said, "Old general, I don't understand the things of war, but you don't understand this thing. You don't know, when the gears of the industry turn, they can't stop. He's a steel behemoth that can't rest for a quarter of an hour. You can rest assured about this one thing. ”

"I can't go wrong."

He Xi actually wanted to stop more than once.

It's just that he ignores a problem. That's the sunk cost.

Agricultural production and industrial production have their own laws.