Zhu Biao looked at the lieutenant and nodded: "It's okay, everyone works harder, if that's the case, help them grab a season of grain, and change the wheat field to a paddy field." and leave them with good sickles and a stocking of livestock. ”

The generals didn't understand, looked at each other, and Feng Sheng said: "Your Highness, can rice and wheat be planted in rotation?" ”

The lieutenant chief took over: "Plant once, and next year they will harvest wheat and soybeans to raise the land." ”

"Yes, we have a lot of people and livestock, and if we stay there, we can save a lot of farm fertilizer, and they will not be short of fertilizer."

Zhu Fan followed up and said, even if you use what your own people have, you can lose all the way! Can't take it.

"I hope there is nothing wrong, otherwise there will be trouble with the food of our team." Fu Youde considers the problem of people eating horses and chewing.

The livestock are better, there is grass, the season is the best, people cannot eat grass as food, unless there is a great drought and famine, the grass roots and bark are gone.

The key is that it is impossible to replenish too much food in Datong, and the local people can't spend money to buy some food in order to survive.

Otherwise, why did the brigade leave Helin? I didn't grow food last year, and I can't wait to plant it again today.

If it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of smoked dried fish and the food saved, I could only write a letter to respond to Tianfu's request for help, and let the other side mobilize supplies and send them over, which would consume a lot along the way.

Everyone relies on the food saved by eating fish and dairy products, and it is good to catch it in winter.

"Don't be afraid, let's go hunting all the way, we march fast, the weather is good, a day is easy sixty or seventy miles, and a month will pass."

Zhu Fan was confident about this, and there were no shields, spears, broadswords, or armor in the team, so he stayed in Helin and asked the craftsmen to help create some defensive weapons and distribute them to various forts.

Except for some of the cars, the others were all supported by livestock, the palace maids in the team walked slowly, and the old craftsmen were not in good physical strength, so they rode livestock, and others tied their leggings.

The speed of the march depends on the condition of the horse, the horse cannot go too far, the endurance is not comparable to that of a person, the advantage is that the burden is heavy.

The most difficult thing to do is the steam engine and parts, this one has to be pulled by a car, and the rest is nothing.

The big deal is that people can still carry poles and take turns to hurry, there are no enemies, and there is no need to retain the physical strength of the livestock.

The bow is partly brought, and for the convenience of hunting, you can't always shoot with a gun, and the arrows can be reused, and the bullets are gone.

……

The next morning, the team, which had rested for a long time, returned to the road after packing up their things.

The cavalry set out to hunt around, and now that the grass is out, there are more prey, and no one cares about the ecological balance.

Time flickered, half a month passed, and Xiaoman's solar term arrived.

The recent march has been fast and the precipitation has decreased, especially in the small Manchurian in the north, where there is less precipitation.

Under normal circumstances, there is another month for the wheat to be harvested.

Everyone estimated the time and thought about what to do.

"Walk for another twelve or three days to Datong Road, they have not confiscated the wheat, should we wait for them to collect the wheat to help, or leave directly?"

When it was time to rest at night again, Zhu Fan asked the lieutenant again.

"Your Highness, but you told them in advance about the spring cold and letting them promote seedlings? It takes a lot of manpower to promote seedlings, and if they do that, we will almost be ready to harvest when we get to the place. ”

The lieutenant reminded Zhu Fan that Datong and Beiping had sent someone to tell him the order given by the prince.

Then he sighed again: "The consequence of this is that the growth cycle is shortened, the yield is reduced, let's go over to help harvest, plough the land, and guide them to plant soybeans quickly."

And with sorghum interplanting, teach them how to manage the field, part of our team first went to Beiping, also to help the people in Beiping harvest, plough the land, interplanting.

If their wheat was wasted, they would naturally grow rice, so that the imperial court would be exempted from field taxes and labor, and even transfer grain subsidies from other places. ”

Zhu Biao bowed: "It's just like this, at least there is a plan, it's better than discovering the situation and being in a hurry when the time comes." ”

The other generals nodded their heads, they didn't know much about it anyway, and for the first time they had heard of soybeans and sorghum being planted together.

In the past, they only knew that Xiaqiu Village was the first to carry out rice-jute interplanting and rapeseed and ramie interplanting, and that they had to have the help of large livestock to catch up with the fertilizer.

Later, the drought in Shandong allowed the people of Shandong to plant soybeans on wheat stubble, and the yield was low, but it was good to save manpower and have a harvest.

At present, it is to see that there is a lot of labor in the team, do not want wheat stubble, dig it directly, and immediately interplant soybeans and sorghum.

Sure enough, it was magical, there were people from Xiaqiu Village in the team, which was really reassuring.

……

On the same night, Zhu Yuanzhang went out to eat skewers again, this time he called Wei Su and Liu Bowen, and called Zeng Lu by the way.

Zeng Lu and Wei Su are familiar with each other, and the two of them are familiar with the history of the Yuan Dynasty, of course, everyone is familiar with it.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't let Sun Guifei come, only took Queen Ma, Sun Guifei went to the prince's mansion to talk to the princess, according to the progress, the prince couldn't come back in a short time, and Xiongying would be two years old in another month.

The late May of Yingtianfu is warmer and the weather is good, if it rains, it can be troublesome!

Today, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered kebabs, drank beer, and asked for ice-cold.

"I haven't seen you for half a month, everyone looks good!" Zhu Yuanzhang greeted Liu Bowen with a smile and Wei Su.

The two of them got his truth, put their hearts at ease, their emotions improved, and their bodies changed.

Especially Liu Bowen, he is not only in a good mood, but also eats and drinks, and his family lives in Xiaqiu Village, which is convenient for bathing and going to the toilet.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The two responded tacitly.

Zeng Lu watched from the side, he knew what happened half a month ago, and His Majesty deliberately showed it to everyone, so there were more guards in the dark and in the open today.

"The stars are shining! On sunny days, a few more sunny days, Ningguo Mansion, Taiping Mansion and the places where wheat is planted in Jiangnan will be opened immediately.

Henan and Shandong, plus Xi'an, Datong Road and other locations, have successively harvested winter wheat, Henan and Shandong will plant soybeans depending on the situation, this method is good.

Lourdes is the cold of spring when I heard about the beginning of spring? Is there any news you know? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't put his mind on eating skewers, he just wanted to see the people's livelihood, feel the excitement and prosperity, and what he said was the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Zeng Lu responded: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent people to many places to tell him that there is a cold spring, and news has come from all over the country one after another.

According to the method taught by the prince, the seedlings were urged in advance, and they were tired, but it was better than the harvest.

Spring wheat is most afraid of freezing to death when it is not tillered in spring, and now the yield is at most slightly reduced, but it does not hinder it.

Winter wheat was harvested later in the north than in the south, and Xiaqiu Village planted a lot of seeds last year, and the yield of their demonstration fields was always higher than that of others. ”

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head and sighed again: "Alas! It's a pity that the people don't learn well enough, and they need someone to teach them by hand. The prince didn't give a letter there, and we don't know where he went. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the winter wheat harvesting one after another, and naturally recalled the news sent from all over the country, and the prince ordered that he should immediately top dressing and watering, don't be afraid of freezing, and hurry up to urge the seedlings.

If no one reminds you every year, in the north, Shandong, and Henan, the people will eat grass roots and bark!

(End of chapter)