Taking advantage of the fact that they had just eaten at this time and had no government affairs, Han Zhen chatted with Deng Song.

"Dean Deng has been idle at home in recent years?"

Deng Song nodded and replied: "Weichen's qualifications are dull, he has failed the imperial examination several times, and Pei Shilang has also recommended the minister several times, but there is no follow-up. Weichen also gave up the idea of entering the office, and devoted himself to studying his father's unfinished homework at home. ”

Han Zhen asked casually, "Can there be results?" ”

Deng Song said modestly: "I have some experience, after the joint efforts of Weichen and my father, the yield of Champa rice in the current trial field can be stable and more than one percent." ”

"Really?"

Han Zhen was overjoyed.

Don't think that the increase in yield is very small, and in the absence of chemical fertilizers and high-yielding hybrid rice, the grain harvest is almost fixed.

In order to achieve this yield, it took two generations of agronomists to devote themselves to research, which shows the high difficulty of it.

Besides, it doesn't seem like much to increase the yield of one acre of land, but in the entire land of Shandong, there are two or three million mu of cultivated land, which adds up to a lot.

"That's true."

Talking about this, Deng Song became interested and preached endlessly: "Weichen and his father have experimented with various fields, and the cultivation and sowing methods of each field are slightly different. For example, in paddy fields, the floating method is used, while in dry fields with relatively little water, deep planting is required. Another example is fertilization, dry fields like river mud the most, manure is second, on the contrary, river mud in paddy fields, but the effect is not great. ”

Although Han Zhen didn't understand well, he still showed great interest.

In fact, since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, the improvement of agricultural tools and farming methods have almost reached the extreme.

In the later Ming and Qing dynasties, the farming tools and farming methods of the Song Dynasty were still used.

It's not that these two dynasties don't want to innovate, but they can't innovate, and they have reached the top. At most, it is only on the basis of the original, to optimize the details of the farm tools.

Unless there are revolutionary developments, such as the emergence of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, there will be no qualitative change.

To put it simply, farming is a thing that is difficult to play with anymore.

Han Zhen asked, "Does Dean Deng have any research on cotton?" ”

"Cotton?"

Deng Song was stunned at first, obviously hearing this word for the first time.

After coming back to his senses, he said with some uncertainty: "What did the county magistrate say about Jibei?" ”

"What is Jibe?"

This time it was Han Zhen's turn to be dumbfounded.

Deng Song explained: "Uh...... Jibei people, only a few feet high, planted in February and March, autumn yellow flowers, in fact, when ripe, the skin is split, blooming like cotton. ”

"Yes, that's it."

Hearing Deng Song's description, Han Zhen nodded.

It turns out that cotton was called Jibei in the Song Dynasty, and I don't know who gave it the name, but after tasting it carefully, it is also a little elegant.

Han Zhen wanted to promote cotton, and it was too difficult for the people in the north to survive the winter.

The rich could keep out the cold with furs, and the well-off ones could be clothed with kapok, while the poor could only fill their clothes with reeds and even hay.

Every winter, countless people are frozen to death.

Last year, there was a big cold, and 866 people froze to death in Yidu County alone, and Zhao Ting also asked him for credit, saying that there were no more than 1,000 people who died in the big cold this year, which was actually the work of the county magistrate.

It's not that Zhao Ting is a sycophant, but the number of people who freeze to death every year is far more than 1,000.

Deng Song replied truthfully: "Wechen has no research on this matter. ”

In fact, cotton was introduced from overseas in the early Song Dynasty, but now it is only used as an ornamental flower, and a small number of wealthy people keep it in the backyard for ornamentation.

He was an agronomist and studied flowers.

Han Zhen instructed: "Cotton can be woven into cotton clothes, the effect of keeping out the cold is excellent, if it can be planted on a large scale, the people of the north can survive the cold winter, Dean Deng can start to study in his spare time." ”

"Wechen saved."

Deng Song nodded solemnly, thinking in his heart, when he got off the errand, he would ask the rich people in the city for some to come, and try to plant them for a year or two.

The weaving process of cotton is not complicated, Huang Daopo is a native of the late Southern Song Dynasty, she invented the cotton loom when she was young, but it did not spread.

Why?

It is because cotton has not been promoted for a long time.

It was not until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty that cotton was popularized throughout the country, and cotton clothing was gradually popularized among the people.

With cotton clothes, the people of the north can survive the long and cold winter.

However, Han Zhen also knows that if a crop wants to be studied thoroughly, it is impossible to do it in a few years, and this kind of thing cannot be rushed.

Taking a sip of tea, Han Zhen asked again: "Does Dean Deng know about animal husbandry?" ”

Deng Song said: "I know a little bit about it. ”

The ancients said that they understood a little, that is, they really understood.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen asked with great interest: "Does Dean Deng think it is okay to raise rabbits?" ”

"Rabbits?"

Deng Song smiled bitterly: "The county magistrate doesn't know anything, the hare is timid in temperament, but it is unruly, it is difficult to raise, and it is even more difficult to reproduce." ”

China's native hares, like zebras and mandarin ducks, cannot be domesticated.

Our ancestors have spent thousands of years telling us that the hare is really not good.

Han Zhen waved his hand and explained, "I'm not talking about an ordinary hare, but a burrowing rabbit transported from Great Qin in the Western Regions. ”

Deng Song said apologetically: "Weichen is shallow and doesn't know much about this burrowing rabbit. ”

The burrowing rabbit attacked from the Western Regions was originally used as a palace pet.

Later, although it gradually spread to the people, it was still used as a pet.

Han Zhen said eloquently: "This burrow rabbit is very easy to feed, and grows and reproduces rapidly, born rabbits, four to six months after the birth of adult pregnancy, a litter of less than six or seven, more than a dozen, a litter of one month, a year can conceive six or seven children." In this way, only a few burrowing rabbits can be bred into hundreds or thousands in a year. ”

"Actually...... How strange is it? ”

Deng Song was shocked.

What is the concept of a few burrowing rabbits, which breed hundreds or thousands a year?

And by the second year, I'm afraid there will be hundreds of thousands.

Hearing the two talk about agriculture before, Pei Huai was a little drowsy, but when he heard Han Zhen's words at this moment, he couldn't help but exclaim: "In this way, won't everyone in Shandong have meat in the future?" ”

Han Zhen nodded: "If you can really cultivate, it is true." ”

At first, only about 20 burrowing rabbits came to Australia, and 60 years later, the number of burrowing rabbits has exceeded 10 billion.

In fact, the cave rabbit is not delicious, there is almost no fat, it is all lean meat, and the meat quality is relatively woody, and the taste is very fishy.

But no matter what, it's all meat.

The key is that if the breeding can be successful, the price will be very low, more than a dozen rabbits, and the poor people can also consume it.

The meat can be eaten, and the fur can also be made into warm clothing.

Hiss!

Deng Song took a deep breath, and he couldn't wait to study the burrowing rabbit.

Seeing this, Han Zhen chuckled and said, "A cotton and a burrowing rabbit will be used as a research topic after the establishment of the College of Agriculture. ”

"Weichen takes the order!"

Deng Song bowed in response.

The next day, the official uniform and the farewell were issued.

Deng Song, who wore a big green official uniform, was full of energy, and wrote more than ten letters in a row, inviting like-minded friends to come to help, and he had the courage to post heroic posts.

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……

Hundreds of miles away in the city of Tokyo, the partisan struggle continues.

After bringing down Wang Huang, Li Bangyan was not satisfied, and was worried that Wang Huang would come back.

So Jin Yan said that Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng formed a party for personal gain.

Song Huizong didn't believe it at first, but Li Bangyan designed Song Huizong to go to Wang Hao's house.

Sure enough, it was found that Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng's mansion were only separated by a wall, and there was a door on the wall.

Song Huizong was furious, you must know that Liang Shicheng is his favored chamberlain, and he is so close to the prime minister of the current dynasty, what do he want to do?

After returning, Song Huizong dismissed Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng.

And Li Bangyan's political ally Cai You was not idle, and after stabbing his father in the back, he turned his head and began to attack his younger brothers Cai Yi and Zhu Mian.

Cai You first played the game, saying that Shandong, Shuzhong and Jinghu all had rebellions, and Jiangnan could not be lost again.

And the people of Jiangnan have been suffering for a long time, and Fang Layu seems to have shown signs of showing his head again, asking His Majesty to abolish the Huashi Gang.

Song Huizong was naturally unwilling, but what Cai You said made sense, in the current situation, if there was another rebellion in Jiangnan and Liangzhejiang, it would really be over.

As a result, Song Huizong had to endure the pain of abolishing the Huashi Gang.

Although Zhu Mian has not been demoted, he has lost Huashigang, which is basically equivalent to a wasted person.

Subsequently, Cai You united with Li Bangyan to impeach his younger brother Cai Cheng and form a party for personal gain.

With the previous examples of Wang Hao and Liang Shicheng, Song Huizong was convinced of this, so Cai Yi was demoted without any suspense.

At the same time, Cai You took advantage of the victory to pursue and drove all the Cai parties in the court, completely destroying the hope of his son Cai Jing recovering his face.

A good brother and brother, father and son.

When Li Bangyan and Cai You eradicated dissidents, what was the other prime minister, Bai Shizhong, doing?

In the dedication of auspicious rui!

This auspicious prime minister, in the years of his reign, has contributed more than 100 auspicious resources.

What kind of humanoid poria, golden insects, toads with ingots on their foreheads, and women with long beards......

The key is that every time, he can be ingenious and find some refreshing dedication to Song Huizong.

For example, today.

Bai Shizhong said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, when a man from Shanxi went up the mountain to hunt, he found that a white fox could speak people, and he was shocked, so he immediately captured it and presented it to His Majesty." ”

"Mouthful?"

Song Huizong suddenly became interested, and said with a surprised face: "Hurry up and present it to me to see." ”

Not long after, a man walked into the main hall with a bamboo cage in his hand.

After opening the bamboo cage, there was indeed a white fox inside.

It's just that this fox has soft hair, is unusually clean, and does not have the unique fishy smell of wild foxes, so you can see that it is artificially bred in captivity.

But where did Song Huizong understand this, stared at the fox and said, "This thing can really spit out people's words?" ”

"It's true!"

Bai Shizhong said confidently.

Song Huizong commanded: "Let it speak twice." ”

Hearing this, Bai Shizhong glanced at the people.

The man stretched out his hand and touched the white fox, and the white fox really opened his mouth, and the sound it made was different from that of ordinary foxes, and he listened carefully, as if to say: "Your Majesty, Hail!" ”

"Your Majesty is blessed!"

The white fox screamed several times in a row.

And the louder it is, the clearer the intonation.

Bai Shizhong took the opportunity to say: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, the white fox spat out people's words, shouting Your Majesty's blessings, this is an auspicious omen, meaning that my Great Song Dynasty is blessed!" ”

"Good!"

Song Huizong was overjoyed, looked at the man and said, "You have meritorious service, and the reward is ten thousand taels." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The man hurriedly bowed his head and thanked him.

The white fox, the more Song Huizong looked at it, the more he liked it, and ordered: "This kind of beast should not be taken lightly, Feng Xuanzheng is a doctor, and he is supported in the palace." ”

Okay, a fox, just like that, he was named a military attache of the fifth grade.

Thinking that Yang Weizhong, Han Shizhong and other generals sacrificed their lives and forgot to die to protect their families and defend the country, but they were not even as good as foxes.

"Your Majesty, a letter from the Han thief!"

At this moment, the eunuch Li Yan hurriedly entered the main hall.

(End of chapter)