Liu Tai began to actively fight against the locust plague, and the disaster resistance plan was divided into a plan to implement winter wheat to solve the future grain problem, and a plan to dredge local water canals and rivers to dispatch the labor force of the entire Taishan County, and even the army to implement this matter.

In fact, although Liu Tai believes that winter wheat is the trend of the future, it is not easy to implement winter wheat.

Any crop cultivation is related to the people's food ration for a year, at least until there is a real benefit, experienced old farmers will not easily change their farming habits, after all, for them, changing crops is a very big risk.

Therefore, some farmers chose to accept Liu Tai's winter wheat and plough it first with the method of playing three strokes with and without dates.

At Liu Tai's request, Zhao An and his commanders often had to go down to the fields to assist the old farmers in reclamation.

The most important thing is to help the old farmers to implement the knowledge of using the soil to kill the locust eggs with the sun's rays.

And Liu Tai himself went to the field in person, firstly, in order to spread the knowledge of turning the soil and tell the truth to the farmers.

Secondly, Liu Tai wanted to ask those old farmers if they had any skills for farming and high yields.

If he could, Liu Tai wanted to compile the skills of these old farmers into a book and then promote them.

Under such circumstances, Liu Tai, who has been running in the fields for the past few days, found that some people actually chose to abandon the fields and did not cultivate winter wheat, which made Liu Tai feel a little incredible.

But they are not wasted land, they also obey Li Tai's words, turn the land over and dry it, and some will use plant ash to fatten the land.

But they had no intention of planting winter wheat, but instead seemed to be planning to take advantage of the locust plague to leave the land fallow for the land.

This made Liu Tai a little incomprehensible, and immediately asked the farmer for the reason.

"Back to the county guard, the old and young children and their families have gone to help the officials dig water conservancy, so they chose to leave the fields this year!"

The old farmer said sincerely, "As long as you are willing to work on this water conservancy project, the official family will take care of the food."

When the water conservancy project is repaired, who knows if we will be able to eat this bite again.

So the family is going to help with the water conservancy project, so it is also cost-effective for us! ”

When Liu Tai heard this, he was a little surprised, and asked, "Is this really cost-effective?" ”

"Good deal! Why not be a good deal! The farmer said seriously,

"Although the county guard promotes winter wheat for the good of everyone, it is too variable to change this kind of thing.

Xiao Lao'er had never planted this winter wheat before, so he didn't dare to hoe easily, so it was better to wait until everyone planted it and see what the result was.

As for eating the food of this government now, at least it will last until next year to grow more familiar corn, and Xiao Lao'er is more sure.

If winter wheat is really better than corn, the land is here, and it will not be too late to plant it again! ”

Liu Tai, who was running in the fields, was also thoughtful when he heard this very small farmer-style answer.

In the end, the people at the bottom have the vision of the people at the bottom, and they also have their own way of living.

His own efforts to promote winter wheat have brought hope to many farmers, but winter wheat is not the staple food of this era.

To be more precise, the cultivation of corn has become a path dependence, and if it were not for the locust plague that caused the lack of green and yellow crops, it would have been more difficult to promote winter wheat by themselves.

Moreover, winter wheat was cultivated in this era, and it was not a foreign product, but wheat was very disliked by the people of this era if it was not carefully ground to make it a delicious flour.

Therefore, although some farmers have land, they only choose winter wheat when Liu Tai guarantees that the official will buy it.

However, there are still some farmers who have a lot of grain stored at home, especially those who know what the taste of winter wheat is, and in their eyes, winter wheat will never become a staple food, let alone replace corn.

If it weren't for Liu Tai's other project to dredge the canals in Taishan, they would have chosen to plant winter wheat, after all, survival is the most important thing.

But they found that this water conservancy project is not the kind of conscription where the imperial court directly arrests you to serve the conscription, and you have to bring your own dry food to work.

Instead, the government provided grain, and as long as they were willing to work, they would have something to eat, so they decisively chose to move bricks for the water conservancy project.

Because although it is hard to move bricks during this period of time, and it is only for food, in the eyes of this type of people, moving bricks to water conservancy projects is just the same as planting winter wheat.

Since it is all excessive food, why don't you use this time to let the old people in the family stay and recuperate in the fields, and the strong people in the family go to move bricks to survive, and then come to plant corn next year.

If you plant winter wheat this year, it will not be easy to grow corn next year.

At least in the spring, when the winter wheat is still growing, it will not be easy to switch back to growing corn.

And Liu Tai soon found that this situation is not uncommon in Taishan County, especially those who are close to water conservancy facilities, have fields, and have more grain at home, most of them have this idea.

And Liu Tai discussed the situation he collected with Chu Yu.

Chu Yi thought that Liu Tai was annoyed by this matter, and couldn't help but ask, "Does the general want to forcibly order the people to cultivate winter wheat?"

If this is the case, the tax rate will be adjusted, so that the people who grow winter wheat will be taxed less, and the people who grow corn will be taxed more! ”

Liu Tai shook his head when he heard Chu Yi's words and said, "There is no need for this, the people in the fields know best what is more appropriate."

They prefer to grow corn rather than wheat because the process of corn is more mature than that of wheat.

Unless they see the benefits of wheat over corn, even if we force the order, we will only force the people to make trouble! ”

Chu Yi was somewhat relieved when he heard Liu Tai's words, no matter what, as long as Liu Tai didn't have anything to do, then the people below would basically not be affected by anything, and this kind of concern for the people at the bottom was also what Chu Tai appreciated the most.

Taishan County, which has now experienced a locust plague, has actually experienced no toss, after all, it is the most important thing to get enough food to get through this year smoothly.

"But ......," Liu Tai began, "we need to take care of the people who grow winter wheat." ”

"I don't know what you think?!" When Chu Yi heard Liu Tai's words, he became a little curious.

Since Liu Tai does not plan to use taxes to regulate the two, and he does not think of using other tough means, what kind of method will Liu Tai use to solve this matter.

"I want to link the water project that is being built with the wheat fields where wheat is cultivated!" Liu Tai said.

"Oh?" Chu Biao's face turned straight and said, "General, don't divert water from the cultivated fields where winter wheat is planted, those cultivated fields that don't cultivate winter wheat and prepare to plant corn next year don't divert water, so it will inevitably cause chaos!" ”

"Where do you think of it?" Liu Tai heard Chu Yi's words, but said, "How could I do such a bad thing!" ”

"Whew!" Chu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but was curious about Liu Tai, "How is the general going to do it?" ”

"In the process of building the canal, I want Xie Fei to build an official water mill in the area where the water is turbulent!" Liu Tai said to Chu Yu.

"The Water Mill? Is the water mill that Du Wuku studied? Chu Yu heard Liu Tai's words and said curiously,

"What does the king want these things for? I'm afraid it's quite a thing to build and repair, but it has to be used by the people for free? ”

"The water mill is not free for the people to use, after all, it is a trouble to maintain the water mill itself, and the people will never maintain the public things that are used for free."

Liu Tai shook his head and said, "So, every time we grind the materials, we take one out of twenty." ”

When Chu Yu heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help frowning and said, "If one out of twenty is a bit high, the people may not be able to use it!" ”

Liu Tai heard Chu Yu's words thoughtfully, and replied, "Then the people can also give us the chaff and soybean meal that have not been ground by the water mill to offset the ground grain." ”

"What does the general want these things for?" Chu Yi couldn't help but ask rhetorically.

"If you want to get some chickens and ducks to raise, these things can be collected and used as livestock feed in the future, people can't eat them, but it doesn't mean that livestock can't eat them!" Liu Tai explained to Chu Yu.

"If you use these refined grains to resist the grinding, I think the people will still be happy!" Chu Yu nodded.

However, Chu Yu thought for a moment and continued, "But if this is the case, will the people be happy to plant winter wheat?" ”

"If you want to change the farming habits of the people, it must be a long process, and the people must see the benefits before they can be happy to farm.

As an official, we must do our best to build supporting facilities for the people, so that the people can experience the benefits firsthand.

Naturally, the people don't need us to say anything, and they are willing to fight for their interests. ”

Liu Tai continued, "For example, planting winter wheat and growing corn.

Winter wheat is indeed rougher than corn when eaten directly, but if it is ground into flour, the taste of the two is almost the same!

Therefore, we need to build a large number of water mills to solve the worries of farmers who will cultivate winter wheat in the future. ”

"But even so, the two are only up to the same standard, and even winter wheat has one more process!" Chu Yu looked at Liu Taidao and said, "This means that the people need to contribute more, and there is no practical benefit!" ”

Normally, this is true, but don't forget that winter wheat is sown in autumn and harvested in early summer, which avoids the hottest summer.

For the people, it saves the trouble of farming in the hottest summer, and I believe they are still happy! ”

"For us, as the cultivation time changes, it will become more convenient for them to serve as conscripts in the future.

It seems that it is just a change in the cultivation of grain, but in fact it is the optimization of the overall production structure of the entire region! ”

Chu Yu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Liu Tai's words, some things don't need to be seen from the overall perspective, but he really found that the convenience brought by this kind of food change is not there.

This is also why although the water mill was invented in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is still necessary to wait for the Tang Dynasty to promote wheat on a large scale.

In fact, for Liu Tai, because of the arrival of the Xiaoice River morale, winter wheat is at least better than corn to survive in this era.

It's just that in this era, the upper-class scholars were able to eat flour-ground flour products, but they never thought of improving the living conditions of the lower-class people.

The alien races from the north live in internal strife and turmoil every day, and they don't even have time to sinicize the national system, so where is the time to delve into the relationship between wheat stone mill and flour.

But what Liu Tai hopes is to tap every potential of this era as much as possible, especially if there is already ready-made technology, he only needs to connect them a little bit to produce results, and Liu Tai likes it even more.

Wheat, at least for Liu Tai, is certainly a more important grain than corn.

History has proved that wheat can replace corn as the staple food in the north, which means that wheat is the development direction of the staple food in the north.

And compared to eating corn now, Liu Tai feels that the white steamed buns are accompanied by the sauce, which is the world's delicacy!

Of course, the implementation of wheat is not only because it is the staple food of the future, but because Liu Tai will definitely be involved in various projects in the future, and a large amount of labor will definitely be needed at that time.

At that time, migrant workers, a special type of work that has become a modern tear, naturally appeared in Liu Tai's eyes.

And if Liu Tai wants to develop the economy in a short period of time, he naturally needs to suffer from migrant workers and play with scissors.

In order to make farmers urban laborers more efficient, farmers who grow wheat are more likely to be exploited than those who grow corn.

Therefore, Liu Tai must carry out the construction of supporting facilities for wheat planting in the internal affairs, and now he is only preparing to build a water mill, and in the future, he will definitely use the water mill as a basis to build roads from various wheat fields to the water mill, and connect these into a large area.

Even in his own farm, he will strive to study the cultivation technology of winter wheat in an all-round way, to put it simply, winter wheat is the son of the version of the grain of this era for himself, at least until he has the opportunity to unify the world, this will not change!

Of course, if the world is unified, it will be updated version, and the upper limit of the population carried by winter wheat will not exceed 100 million no matter how high it is, so the crop version of the son will be changed to rice, but now winter wheat represents the future.

Chu Yu saluted Liu Tai quite respectfully at this moment, and then said, "I will make relevant administrative orders, and please rest assured General Liu, and I will also let some rumors go out, so that the people can feel the benefits of cultivating winter wheat!" ”

"Well, this aspect is to encourage the people, and when the winter wheat is harvested, I will conquer Gou Xi!" Liu Tai said very seriously to Chu Yu.

"The general is ready to conquer Qingzhou?!" Chu Yu couldn't help but feel surprised when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"Hmm!" Liu Tai nodded to Chu Yu and said, "This head-to-head fight with Gou Xi let me know that if under normal circumstances, I fight with Gou Xi, I am afraid that whoever attacks will suffer."

But Gou Xi sits in Qingzhou and has the resources of the entire Qingzhou, and it will definitely recover faster than my Taishan County.

So I played against him, and the only chance I could see was that I had food, and he didn't have a silver lining of food.

Winter wheat is harvested at the beginning of summer, corn is harvested in late autumn, I want to defeat Gou Xi, only this half a year window! ”

"I see!" Chu Yu heard Liu Tai's words and replied seriously to Liu Tai.

Keep me lazy for a day. There are six watches left, and I'll make a mark.

(End of chapter)