The rainy season in the Hanzhong Basin is two months later than that in the Yangtze River Basin.

It is the beginning of the seventh lunar month, the corn has begun to pollinate, and the rice should be harvested in another 20 days.

Zhu Guoxiang got up after getting dressed, and the word "happiness" was pasted on the wall.

Shen Yourong was still sleeping, so sleepy that he didn't get up early for the first time.

Dean Zhu has been widowed for ten years, and he has never had a style problem, and his physique has improved after crossing, and he opened meat and tossed most of the night last night.

When I was brushing my teeth, I happened to bump into Mrs. Yan.

Mrs. Yan smiled and praised: "Young people's physical strength is good. ”

"Uh...... Good. ”

A very ordinary sentence made Zhu Guoxiang quite embarrassed.

Shen Yourong is still very reserved, he can't stand Dean Zhu too fiercely, and he screamed very loudly in the second half, don't count on the sound insulation effect of this broken thatched hut.

It wasn't until it was almost time to eat that Shen Yourong got dressed and came out. kept blushing, bowed his head and didn't dare to see anyone, just silently picked up the rice.

After breakfast, Zhu Guoxiang took Bai Qi out and came to the newly built village school.

It is said that it is a village school, just a few thatched huts.

There were exactly ten students, the oldest being 11 years old and the youngest being 6 years old. Even if Zhu Guoxiang was exempted, the villagers were reluctant to send their children, because children of a few years old could already help mow the grass.

Among these students, there were only two of them, not the children of the Bai family and their clan.

After waiting for a while, he found that there was one less student, and Zhu Guoxiang asked, "What about Bai Zhen?" ”

A little kid raised his hand: "Bai Zhen is sick." ”

Zhu Guoxiang didn't bother to ask, and said: "If you don't learn words this morning, follow me to the mountains to learn farming." ”

Hearing this, the nine children cheered.

Followed by a string of small monkeys, Zhu Guoxiang paced up the hill, and when he came to the cornfield, there were already many tenants waiting.

Zhu Guoxiang said loudly to the tenants: "People are divided into men and women, animals are divided into male and female, and this crop is also divided into male and female. See the top of the corn stalk no? It is the man who blooms, and the pollen is the seed of the man. The silk is drawn below, and the pollen falls on the filament, and even if a man has sex with a woman, he can produce food. Do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

The tenants laughed as they spoke, and several middle-aged women laughed very loudly, while the little ones blushed and did not speak.

Zhu Guoxiang continued: "This corn pollination generally depends on the wind blowing. But we don't plant much, we all rely on the wind to be matchmakers, some men can't get their mothers-in-law, and some women can't marry men. So, if we grow crops, we should be matchmakers at this time. ”

Such a popular description was understood by all the tenants, and they found it particularly interesting.

Zhu Guoxiang called the head of these tenants: "Zeng Da, I may have to move out next year." You have a good brain, you must remember what I said today. If there is anyone who doesn't understand next year, you have to teach them. ”

"I remember!"

Zeng Da was quite excited, thinking that he had become Zhu Xianggong's first apprentice.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Even if there is a lot of corn and the wind is enough, if the weather is very hot, the corn pollination still depends on people." Well...... It's like the heat can't stand it, and I don't have the heart to do that when I hold a woman at night. ”

"Hahahaha!"

Everyone laughed again when they heard this, and Zeng Da also turned his head to look at his wife.

Really, there is no need to deliberately memorize it, and everyone present remembers it firmly. It's just that the weather is too hot, people don't want to pop, and corn doesn't want to pop.

Zhu Guoxiang said again: "This person, the two like to do things at night, but corn likes to do things in the morning." Two or three quarters of an hour at the hour, and two or three quarters of an hour at the hour, is the time when the corn is most willing to cave house. If you want to make more grain, you should use corn as a matchmaker at this time. The marriage period is not long, only seven or eight days, and if the auspicious day of the zodiac is missed, the corn will not give birth to a baby. ”

The nine primary school students looked at Teacher Zhu blankly, and they didn't understand what they understood.

Zhu Guoxiang made 20 self-made powder pickers, made of bamboo poles, wooden boards and burlap bags. He first demonstrated how to take the powder, and then distributed the powder picker to the crowd, and supervised and taught him hand in hand.

After the tenants finished collecting the pollen from the land, Zhu Guoxiang began to teach again: "These are pollen, these are pollen sacs, and these are glume shells. We use corn as a medium, just pollen, nothing else. Bring in a sieve and sift out the pollen to remove excess debris. ”

The tenants studied very seriously, and it was about their future food and clothing.

After sifting the pollen, Zhu Guoxiang took out a homemade pollinator.

This thing is made of bamboo tubes, with a few small holes, and the pollen is scattered by shaking. When pollinating, part of the filaments should also be cut off, Zhu Guoxiang said while pollinating: "It's not good to be a matchmaker on a rainy day, you usually go to be a guest, and you won't go out on a rainy day." Corn pollination, it is time to choose a good weather media is marrying. ”

When the tenants have learned, go to another small plot of land and repeat all the processes just now.

It was not until it was confirmed that the tenants had a complete grasp of the tenants that Zhu Guoxiang left the pollinator and pollinator, and advised: "Remember, the wedding period is only seven or eight days, and come over every morning to be a matchmaker for corn, preferably from two quarters to two quarters in the morning!" ”

"I remember!" The tenants shouted.

Zhu Guoxiang smiled and said, "You guys are busy, you don't have to send me down the mountain." ”

Zeng Da, as a representative of the tenants, still sent Zhu Guoxiang down the mountain, and he had already appointed himself as Zhu Xianggong's eldest disciple.

Back at the village school, the students were sent home and had to come back in the afternoon to continue their classes.

Bai Ao and a few cousins left the school and went back to report to his grandfather about the morning class.

Bai Zongwang asked, "What did you learn today?" ”

Bai Ao replied, "Sir took us up the mountain to make a matchmaker for corn. ”

"Matchmaker?" Bai Zongwang was a little confused.

Bai Ao explained: "It's that the corn is getting married, and we want to be matchmakers for the corn." ”

The old white man seems to be ...... Understood.

He sent his grandson away, called Lu An, the son of the housekeeper, and instructed: "You don't have to do anything else these days, go to the mountains to see how the tenants serve the corn." ”

"Yes!"

Lu An has been learning to farm with Zhu Guoxiang and is about to become an expert in rice planting.

The days passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was time for the rice harvest.

The whole village was busy, with joy and apprehension. Because the autumn harvest is coming, it means that the autumn grain should also be delivered.

In fact, the positive endowment for summer and autumn is not much, about 10% (calculated according to the field, etc.), and the peasants can afford it completely.

What I am really afraid of is the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which are always levied together with the grain tax, and the miscellaneous taxes are often several times the regular tax!

Today's Great Song Dynasty is boiling oil with fire and brocade with flowers.

The Hehuang region has expanded its territory for thousands of miles, and the Western Xia has been pressed and beaten, and the Liao State has gradually declined. The ministers of the court, singing praises, all said that the Great Song Dynasty had entered a peaceful and prosperous era.

Since the Great Song Dynasty is so brilliant, the official family should also enjoy it.

This year, the palace was newly built in the Baohe Palace, with a total of 75 houses, which was called a magnificent building. All kinds of subsets of scriptures and histories have been moved to the Baohe Palace for collection, and Song Huizong has collected calligraphy and paintings all over the country, so many new houses have to be stuffed, right?

The Baohe Palace is nothing, and this year it was inaugurated with a new Yanfu Palace.

The area is also not large, smaller than the original palace.

It is probably the area of the imperial palace in the Northern Song Dynasty, which almost doubled directly. Prosperous weather!

Since it is a prosperous era, the old rites of the Tang Dynasty cannot be used, and it is not worthy of the unique temperament of the Great Song Dynasty. Huizong of the Song Dynasty personally wrote the copywriting and handed it over to the Council of Rites to improve, and the Kaiyuan Ceremony was abolished, and the imperial court changed to the Great Song Dynasty and the Five Rites.

The palace has been expanded, the etiquette law has been revised, and there must be corresponding identity support.

Song Huizong was summoned by Taishang Laojun in a dream, Laojun sat in the hall and said to Song Huizong: "You flatter the mandate of heaven, and you should revitalize my religion." ”

So Song Huizong issued an edict to look for Taoist scriptures throughout the country. He wanted to establish a Taoist school and compile the "History of Taoism". I don't know if there is a staff member named Huang Shang, who went to work to fish and wrote a book of "Nine Yin True Scripture".

In addition, Song Huizong also ordered that the title of the world's Taoist priests should be evaluated.

The title of Taoist priest is being formulated, and there will be 26 levels of Taoist ranks, 26 levels of Taoist officials, and so on.

A wild Taoist priest named Wang Laozhi didn't even have a degree. Originally, he was just a Shandong scribe, claiming to have been taught by Zhongli Zhenren, so he was recruited into the capital by Song Huizong. First, he was given the title of "Anbo Priest", and then he was named "Mr. Dongwei", and he was given a mansion to be a neighbor with Cai Jing, and there was an endless stream of visitors when the important ministers of the court came to visit.

In addition, Shengdingzhou was upgraded to Zhongshan Mansion, Suzhou was upgraded to Pingjiang Mansion, and Runzhou was upgraded to Zhenjiang Mansion. Kicked off the prelude to the promotion of Huizong Dynasty, the more prefecture-level administrative regions, the richer the world!

At its most, the Northern Song Dynasty had 37 prefectures in the country, of which 22 prefectures were promoted by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. He alone built more mansions than the other emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty combined. In addition to sounding more glamorous, as well as increasing administrative expenses, it seems to ...... It's useless.

The people of the world, bathed in the grace of God, are happy and happy.

The people of Shangbai Village are also very happy, and the government does not urge the collection of taxes owed in previous years. This year's miscellaneous signs, inexplicably, there are a few more.

For example, beef tendon, seven fifth-class households have one, and fourth-class households have to pay one. If there is no cow tendon, it can be converted into money, and it is said that it will be sent to the northwest to make bows and arrows.

The rice was dried and returned to the warehouse, and Lu An Xizizi came to report: "Master, the field (about 0.4 acres) planted by Zhu Xianggong has beaten 154 catties of millet (not rice) this year!" ”

"How much was last year?" Bai Zongwang asked.

Lu An replied: "Less than 120 catties." ”

In ancient times, the yield per mu of rice fields was calculated, sometimes it was "a few stones out of rice", and sometimes it was "a few stones out of the valley".

According to the calculation of rice without hulling, the yield per mu of paddy fields in the Song Dynasty was roughly as follows: 100 catties in the Yellow River Basin, 200 catties in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, 300 catties in Huainan area, 300-360 catties in eastern Zhejiang and Fujian, and 540-630 catties in Taihu Lake.

The yield of rice per mu in Hanzhong is comparable to that of Huainan and eastern Zhejiang.

"It's really an immortal law!"

Bai Zongwang was overjoyed when he heard this, the rice field that Zhu Guoxiang commanded to cultivate, the area was not even half an acre, and he could collect more than 30 catties of millet, which was equivalent to an increase of 70 catties per mu!

The old white man couldn't sit still and asked, "When will the corn on the mountain be harvested?" ”

Lu An replied: "The seeds have already been set, Zhu Xianggong said, you can boil tender corn and eat it." But I am afraid that we will have to wait another twenty days before the harvest. ”

"Then I'll wait." Bai Zongwang's mood was a little excited.

In less than 20 days, Lu An came back to report that the corn harvest had begun in several fields.

Bai Zongwang took Bai Dalang and went up the mountain on a sliding pole.

I saw many tenants breaking corn in the field, and picking baskets and baskets to their homes.

This is a high-yielding and drought-resistant breed that is resistant to insects and droughts, and the corn bears large and plump seeds.

Zhu Guoxiang was supervising beside him, and when he saw the Bai family's father and son coming, he clasped his fists and said: "The old man is fine outside, and Da Lang is fine!" ”

After the father and son returned the gift, they couldn't wait to know the yield.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "It has not been dried or threshed, and we have to wait a few more days." ”

The tenants hung the corn they had harvested under their roofs or dried it on the ground. After a few days, they began to peel the corn kernels, and they were already feeling the high yield of this thing.

Zhu Guoxiang grabbed a handful of corn kernels and remembered what his son said.

If it can really mutate, the seed can not degenerate......

After a few more days, the corn kernels dried.

The father and son of the Bai family went up the mountain again, and they also brought a large scale. Weigh one by one, a total of 584 pounds!

Alas, without chemical fertilizers it is so low-yielding.

Zhu Guoxiang felt sorry for this, even if the corn seeds he brought, even if they were planted in barren mountainous areas, if there was chemical fertilizer, they could easily harvest nearly 1,000 catties.

Bai Zongwang was wide-eyed, and asked, "Zhu Xianggong, how many acres of corn have you planted?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The total is more than one acre. ”

Bai Zongwang asked again: "With such a high yield of corn, can you only plant corn and not interplant the sweet potatoes and beans?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang explained: "Beans are used to fertilize corn, and sweet potatoes can also have high yields. If all corn is planted, the fertility is not enough, and the yield will be reduced if it is planted too densely. ”

"It's a pity." Bai Zongwang sighed.

Bai Dalang said: "Dad, it's a pity. Only more than one acre of corn was planted, and it was almost enough to catch up with two acres of rice in the field. ”

Zhu Guoxiang was worried about the degradation of seeds, so he gave them a vaccination in advance: "Corn is an overseas thing, and if it is planted again next year, it may not be suitable for water and soil, and the yield per mu will drop to two or three hundred catties." ”

"Two or three hundred catties is good, it's more cost-effective than growing corn!" Bai Dalang said excitedly, he was very serious about this matter.

"Hurry up." Bai Zongwang said.

Bai Dalang and Lu An hurriedly helped the old white man to stand up.

Bai Zongwang bowed and said: "I have thanked Zhu Xianggong on behalf of the people, this corn ...... Can you sell me a hundred catties of seeds? ”

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "Lu Tixue is there, and he wants to send thirty catties over." Xiang Zhixian to send ten catties over. The villagers of this village sell some from each family, totaling 20 catties. If the veteran wants to buy it, he can only buy fifty catties this year. For the rest, I will transport it back to Daming Village. ”

"Fifty catties is fine, how many acres can be planted?" Bai Zongwang asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "When selecting seeds, we should pick those with full particles. Fifty catties of corn selection, according to this method of intercropping, should be able to sow more than 30 acres of land. ”

Planting thirty acres of corn is enough, Bai Zongwang said: "I use three hundred catties of rice in exchange for fifty catties of corn!" ”

"Yes." Zhu Guoxiang is not a lion's mouth, he also wants corn to be promoted as soon as possible.

The news of the corn harvest spread throughout Shangbai Village in just a few days.

There was an endless stream of villagers who came to change seeds, and Zhu Guoxiang simply increased the quota and exchanged a total of 40 catties of corn for the villagers. And repeatedly told that when selecting seeds, we should choose the best of the best, and don't choose inferior varieties to affect the next generation.

The old white man looked at the fifty catties of corn he picked up at home, and he felt that the glorious era of the Bai family was coming.

There are not many paddy fields here, but there are many mountainous areas, and if all of them are planted with corn......

Zhu Guoxiang's prestige is unprecedentedly high, and now he is walking in the village, and the villagers immediately give way when they see him, and respectfully wait for him to pass. Moreover, it is all from the heart, and there is no compulsion.

The story that Zhu Ming made up blindly at the beginning was also remembered by the villagers again.

The villagers firmly believe that corn is planted by overseas immortals, and Zhu Xianggong must have met the immortals!

(End of chapter)