It is not easy to go out of the door, and there is almost no public security in this era, so Cheng Nuo deliberately asked Li Laosan to find a few people who know the roots and know the bottom of the road to protect him.

However, as soon as there were too many people, the original tricycle was not enough, so he left it to Shi Jin to tinker with, and took the opportunity to perfect the sample.

There is a donkey market outside Xuanwu Gate, in order to facilitate travel, Cheng Nuo simply rented three donkey carts there, and drove a group of people to Yongding Gate.

But the road conditions in Beiping City do not feel good, especially out of the inner city, which is poor and smelly.

Guo Shouchun frowned: "This road is full of potholes, big potholes and small potholes, taking a car is like taking a boat, and the public doesn't come out to take care of it." ”

Li Laosan sat in front of the car and drove the donkey, controlling the direction to avoid the puddle: "Mr. Guo, don't you know that this road was a good road before, and when the Tartar was not dead, it was a serious royal road, and the soil paved every year was good soil pulled from outside the city." ”

"Then why are there so many pits now, it rained last night, and now they are all saving water."

"Hey, success is also loess." Li Laosan put the whip in his armpit and held his hands: "In order to survive the winter, the common people have to make briquettes every autumn, and in addition to coal, they also need to mix some loess to stick them together." But where does the soil come from? Although there are those who walk the streets and alleys and sell them, they don't have to pay for it, how can they dig the avenue quickly. ”

Suddenly, the donkey cart fell into a large puddle, and everyone on the cart was thrown up at once.

Guo Shouchun held on to the messy luggage, grinned at the teeth of his buttocks, and the smell was even worse: "It's just that the road is difficult to walk, it's still so stinky, throw everything on it." ”

Because he had just shaved his head, something was suddenly missing from his head, and it was a little cold when the wind blew, Cheng Nuo took a hat and put it on himself, and said happily: "Lao Guo, stinky is not necessarily a bad thing, I can take it and prescribe a prescription." ”

"Tell me about it." Guo Shouchun became interested.

"The yellow in the people, the white in the people, the cows, the horses, the hearth soil, and the herbs and frosts are divided into equal parts." Cheng Nuo shook his head: "Rootless water is picked evenly, the sun blows and dries, the car rolls finely, and the southeast wind sends it into the nose, which can eliminate the heart of fame and fortune." ”

Guo Shouchun is also a person with Chinese language skills, and he understands the mystery after a little recollection.

couldn't help but stretch out his finger and nodded Cheng Nuo with a smile: "Lao Cheng, Lao Cheng, with this recipe, you can become a traffic policeman." ”

The so-called medicinal materials are actually feces and urine, cow and horse dung, stove soil and plant ash, and they are basically frequent visitors on Beiping Road.

The prescription has also been prepared since that incident.

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, and there was a policeman standing at the intersection not far away.

When Li Laosan saw it, he immediately waved his hand and signaled to the people behind him to silence.

"Shhh, there's a 'road pile' in front of him, so he hit it, and he has to knock it again."

Although they didn't know the specific reason, Cheng Nuo and the others also put away their conversations.

The traffic patrol officer glanced at Cheng Nuo and felt that he was well dressed, like a lord with status, so he didn't pay much attention to them, and went straight to a few rickshaw drivers with a short stick.

The so-called traffic police are largely similar to the chengguan of later generations, collecting "street fees" from merchants to supervise the servants to clean the streets, repair roads, and prevent littering.

The big and small have a little power in their hands, and they can't afford to provoke the rich and powerful, so they extort weak pedestrians and rickshaw drivers, and they have to scrape a layer of skin no matter what.

"When I first pulled the cart, I didn't know how much money I had paid for the road stakes." After going out of the city gate to see the car and walking away, Li Laosan turned his head and gritted his teeth and said: "What kind of car is broken, the clothes are not neat and affect the city's appearance, and if you meet them, you have to spend a lot of money, otherwise the car mat will have to be taken away for you." ”

Li Laosan talked about his past life and complained about a lot of bitterness.

In the end, he said to himself: "If it weren't for the lack of food in the countryside, who would have gone to the city." ”

Cheng Nuo and Guo Shouchun glanced at each other and fell silent.

Both sides of the road are full of rape flowers, a large area of yellow Yingying, looking at the busy bees, the mood is finally better.

Guo Shouchun picked a branch and took it in his hand to observe it carefully: "Lao Cheng, you said that we have finished this inspection, what are we going to do next?" ”

"In the next step, let's focus on the three major measures of teaching, scientific research and promotion. Isn't the agronomy of Peking University preserved, and the teaching is in cooperation with them. Scientific research is to introduce advanced technology and excellent seeds from the West and localize them. When the time is ripe, we will carry out agricultural extension. ”

The front was fine, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, Guo Shouchun became interested, sandwiched the rape flowers into the book, and repeated: "Agricultural extension? ”

"Yes, agricultural extension." Cheng Nuo nodded affirmatively.

In fact, it is no wonder that Guo Shouchun is puzzled, the term was born very young, born from the term "extension education" at Cambridge University in 1873.

At that time, in order to meet the needs of the society for knowledge and technology, the universities of Cambridge and Oxford began to send teachers to various places to carry out teaching activities and provide educational opportunities for those who could not enter the university.

Later, the Western agricultural technology innovation gradually derived the term "agricultural extension", and it was spread to China until the end of this year.

Therefore, for China, Cheng Nuo was the first person to introduce the concept of agricultural extension.

Guo Shouchun closed his eyes and recited silently a few times, and nodded: "To promote the improvement of agriculture by the lecturers of agricultural schools, the inventors of farms, and the popularization of ordinary farmers, this concept is very good." ”

Writing down the vocabulary into the notebook, Guo Shouchun was a little excited: "Although there has been a saying of "persuading farmers" in ancient times, after all, it is only to persuade and supervise farmers to carry out agricultural production, but there is a lack of guidance, and what they grow depends on them from generation to generation, and the efficiency is too low. ”

Cheng Nuo said: "The concept of agricultural extension is not only these, but there are many more. ”

"Tell me about it."

"In a narrow sense, agricultural extension is not only about promoting agriculture, but also about promoting agricultural knowledge and skills in the future, and it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and this is only a narrow concept."

Guo Shouchun wrote down the words, and wanted to wait for Cheng Nuo to continue, but found that this guy had closed his mouth, and his face was anxious: "That's it?" What about in general? ”

Cheng Nuo smiled but did not speak, turned his head and quietly looked into the distance.

"The time has not yet come, you can't say it, you can't say it."

There are some things that can't be said in advance, even if it's a partner.

In particular, this broad sense of agricultural extension refers to the promotion of rural education and organization in addition to the narrow sense, the training of rural leaders, and the coverage of all the elements of rural improvement and construction.

This is waiting for the great man to do it.

Prepare silently and wait for the opportunity.

Guo Shouchun asked several times, but unfortunately he was prevaricated, so he simply studied it himself, and he didn't know what he was talking about.

The road continued to move forward, and everywhere he went, Cheng Nuo pulled Guo Shouchun to get out of the car to observe the growth of wheat nearby, and to keep a typical one.

Looking at the wheat seedlings in his hand, Cheng Nuoxin said: No wonder there is a joke in later generations that people in the city go to the countryside to cut leeks, and the result is wheat seedlings.

If you don't look closely at it from a distance, it's a bit like it.

The difference in leaves and size is not too big.

Looking back at Guo Shouchun, he found that he was squatting on the ridge of the field, his brows were tightly locked: "It's about to be the day when the wheat will return to green, and the leaf veins are yellow. ”

Bending down to touch the soil, he sighed again: "The moisture is not good, the rain last night was not thorough, and the bottom is still dry, I am afraid this year's harvest will not be too optimistic." ”

Regreening refers to the stage when wheat seedlings start to grow again after winter, and it is also the last process of the seedling stage.

This process is very important and requires weeding, watering, top dressing, insecticide, etc., and a little carelessness can lead to pests and diseases.

The professional work is handed over to professionals, and Cheng Nuo just follows behind.

"How big is the gap compared to the United States?"

Guo Shouchun stood up and patted the soil on his hands: "The gap is still very large, and there are problems along the way, rust, powdery mildew, and root rot, and I don't know about other places, but these plots of land should not have been selected and bred." ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head and sighed: "It is definitely unrealistic for ordinary people to choose and breed by themselves. You see if this will work, after the investigation of the double line, one is to introduce their seeds from foreign countries and cultivate them locally; The other is to collect excellent wheat seeds from all over the country and select the best of the best. I'll figure out how to do it. ”

"It's easy to talk about anything when you have money, but it's hard to rush, especially in agriculture. Wheat seeds from Italy and the United States are also good, so let's take our time. Guo Shouchun patted him on the shoulder: "By the way, I heard that Professor Rui Sihuan of Jinling University started the wheat single ear experiment a few years ago, and I will discuss and compare with him when the time comes." ”

"Exchange and cooperation, healthy competition, is good for everyone."

"Later, this land is almost over, go forward first, and then look at the others."

The two got out of the car and talked while walking, and after some distance they saw an old man weeding in the field.

Cheng Nuo took the initiative to step forward and said politely: "Uncle, are you alone?" ”

"What, what you say, I can't hear you." The uncle stopped what he was doing, propped up the hoe, and pointed to his ears: "Old, behind your ears, please be louder." ”

Cheng Nuo raised his voice: "Uncle, let me ask you if you are alone?" ”

"Oh, what am I doing? Didn't I hoe the pig seedlings, and tomorrow it will be good to manure. ”

This is not as simple as the back of the ear, Cheng Nuo continued to ask: "I see that you are very strong, and you have a high life this year?" ”

"What, ask me if I've eaten? I haven't done it yet, I'll eat it again after I finish hoeing, my wife made vegetable soup, do you want to eat it together? ”

Guo Shouchun was overjoyed on the side, Cheng Nuo couldn't stand it, and pointed to him and asked him to come over and ask for directions.

"Old Cheng, don't look at the jokes, I'm afraid this old man really can't hear it, do you have a way?"

"Of course."

"Then let's say it."

"Thou shalt not speak, thou shalt not speak." deliberately put on a look that Cheng Nuo had concealed before, Guo Shouchun smiled: "If you say it, it won't work." ”

Cheng Nuo immediately laughed angrily, and kicked him on the ass: "You can do it, then you come." ”

Guo Shouchun confidently came to the old man's house, put it next to his ear and asked, "Uncle, where is the nearest village nearby?" We've had a bit of a thing in the past. ”

The old man took a step back and looked up and down: "Hou Sheng, do you ask if there is a girl of the right age nearby and want to find a partner?" With your conditions, it shouldn't be difficult to find, how to get to the countryside? ”

Cheng Nuo's stomach hurt when he heard it: "Lao Guo, I won't say anything about you taking advantage of me, but you can't do it in this way, it's strange to have to say, it turns out that it doesn't work." ”

"What, uncle, then you can continue to be busy, so I won't bother you." Guo Shouchun couldn't hear Cheng Nuo's words, and ran over in a gray manner, a little unconvinced: "What are you laughing at, aren't you okay too?" ”

The two of them wanted to talk about each other, but they saw Li Laosan get off the donkey cart.

"Two gentlemen, I seem to see something, I'll try it."

Guo Shouchun originally wanted to question, but was dragged by Cheng Nuo's arm: "Lao Li, then you come, if it doesn't work, let's ask someone else for directions." ”

Li Laosan nodded, walked to the old man, pointed to Cheng Nuo over there, and said loudly: "Uncle, the two gentlemen are not here to collect taxes, nor are they officials, they are gentlemen from the university, who are here to help us farm." ”

The old man immediately stopped talking, picked up the hoe and rammed the ground: "How many generations of land have been planted, how can you be taught by others, face to the loess and back to the sky, just watch God appreciate the food." ”

Cheng Nuo has a long experience, and it is the first time he has seen it with flexibility.

"Uncle, so you can hear it!"

When the old man heard that he didn't collect taxes, he felt that these descendants were much more pleasing to the eye, and smiled honestly: "I'm old, I can't run anymore, so I can't live on these few acres of land, and there is no way." ”

Chatting with the old man in the back, pretending to be deaf is also a helpless way, used to fool the tax collectors.

According to the usual practice, after the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the peasants' lives should not be improved, but at least the land endowment should be reduced.

But in fact, on the contrary, the Beiyang government's taxes have increased, and money has been looted for various reasons.

Each mu of land has to be levied a piece of ocean plus five jiao, and this year it will be 100 catties of grain, and there will not be much money after paying the tax.

The key is that it is not satisfied, and there will be additional taxes for each mu in the future, such as security tax, education tax, deed tax, police bullet tax, health tax, etc., and you will be charged 600 Wen slaughter tax for killing a pig.

The Beiyang government collapsed in more than ten years, not without his reason.

As for the national government in the back, not to mention, taxes are increasing year by year.

In addition to trying to find someone to stutter, it is more to evade taxes and harsh the government.

Talking about this, the old man spat on the ground: "It's not a good thing, the taxes have been levied for ten years, and I still want to change my tricks and continue to make money." ”

After seeing Cheng Nuo and his party, I thought that it was the group of people who came to the countryside again to see if they could add another amount of taxes, and originally wanted to run, but then I thought about it, it was better to pretend to be deaf directly, so I had the joke just now.

Cheng Nuo was deeply touched: "Uncle, we are different from those people, we just want to see the crops in the field and find ways to increase the yield, so that life is not so difficult." ”

Pulling Guo Shouchun and the two of them began to talk about the benefits of agricultural extension, saying that they came for goodwill.

The old man smiled and waved his hand: "I haven't looked forward for a long time, why haven't you ever asked if there is a village nearby, go straight and meet the intersection, turn left and see an old locust tree, that is Xiaowangzhuang, that is my house, but unfortunately there are not a few households left." ”

Cheng Nuo was helpless, he had no results in his hands, and he just relied on his mouth to say how people believed it.

"Uncle, thank you then, you are busy, pay attention to your body, let's go first."

But he didn't go far when he saw the old man running over panting, carrying a clay pot in his hand.

"Housheng, you wait."

"What's the matter, uncle, are you letting us give you a ride, there are still many seats, sit down."

The old man refused Cheng Nuo's support, and instead handed over the clay pot.

"Hou Sheng, don't look at me as old and confused, but this heart is transparent and transparent, knowing that you are well-intentioned and people who do great things. But I'm old, maybe I'll be buried sometime, and I'll do you a favor when the time comes, and I can't bear to see good people without reward. ”

"When you get old, your belly is small. If you don't dislike it, this is a shepherd's cabbage soup made by my wife, and it's not valuable, there is tofu in it, it's fresh, and I'll take you to drink it on the way. ”