For this year's harvest, Han Chuan has been hanging his heart from preparing farm tools in winter to now, and now he has finally offered it, which can be regarded as a sigh of relief, and he can finally put his mind on two new crops.

There are actually two kinds of sweet potatoes he grows, one is a red sweet potato and a other is a white sweet potato. The former is eaten directly, and the latter contains more starch and can be made into vermicelli.

A pole was used to build a stand on the side of the wall, and the vines climbed the wall. When it was blooming, Han Chuan saw Han Wu spinning behind his ass, so he sent him to pollinate the flowers with a brush. Han Wu couldn't reach the heights, so he went to his brother for help. The pollination time was in the morning, and Han Xin was still teaching Zhang Dolphin a few studies, and when he heard that it was a serious matter, he sent them to study on their own, and rushed back to pollinate the flowers, while wondering: "How does this thing live in the wilderness?" If you plant it in the field, it won't tire people to death? ”

In the evening, he raised this question, and Han Chuan also learned and sold it from the book of heaven: "This is a small seed." When it is planted in the field, it will not be needed. He also told Han Xin in detail about the difference between male and female flowers, and Han Xin knew that there was such a special thing, so he recorded it when he was free, and when Han Chuan didn't know, Han Xin was about to sort out half of "Han's Agricultural Book".

Because he felt that the Book of Heaven could not be taken out, and the agricultural officials could only learn it from the Han family if they wanted to promote it, and they could only teach people by sorting it out.

Han Wu knew, but Han Wu didn't say it, he felt that it was their secret, don't tell Father.

After the wheat harvest came, the wild original melon, which was only the size of a child's fist, grew to the size of a human head in the backyard of the Han family, and it had begun to be able to be picked.

Lin Lu picked a melon, peeled it and cut it into pieces and steamed it, tasted it first, his eyes narrowed, and he hurriedly packed two bowls and put them in the basket to go to Chen's house.

Now there are old people in the Han family who come to borrow the stepping stone and the stone mill, and they are not allowed to be quiet, so Han Xin has been teaching in the Chen family recently. At this time, he was checking the learning situation of other people, and Han Wu was also obediently chanting repeatedly. Xu sat on the side and mended her clothes by the light of day, and Lin Lu came in and called her affectionately: "Come and taste the melons that my family tried to plant!" ”

"That's it, what your family Ashin and Martial brought back?" Xu put his clothes aside, recalling the fun that had been circulating in Taoxi for a while, and couldn't help but be happy, "That can really be eaten?" ”

Lin Lu quietly and proudly put down the basket, took out the steamed melon, and beckoned to the children: "I have steamed a lot, come and taste it." ”

Shi Qian is related to the Han family, and he is the least afraid of life, so he immediately rushed over with a cheer, picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. Zhang Dolphin was only half a step slower. Han Wu didn't even rob them, so he stomped his feet angrily, but it was Han Xin who took a piece and stuffed it in his mouth, so he became happy.

Before Shi Luo and Chen Hu could reach their mouths, they heard these two people screaming.

This is still Lin Lu deliberately cooled for a while, but the weather is hot, and it is still a little hot to take it. The two anxious stuffed their mouths, and they were reluctant to throw it away while it was hot.

There are so few opportunities for civilian children to eat sweetness, for the sake of the light sweetness that comes with the syrup, Zhang Dolphin would rather be smoked and written by Han Xinxin's twigs every day at first!

Now this melon, it really tastes sweet!

Xu Shi and Han Xin also got a piece and put it in their mouths and chewed it slowly. Han Xin didn't say anything, the first thing Xu thought of after swallowing it was: "This thing, maybe you can eat enough?" ”

Lin Lu couldn't hold his quiet posture anymore, and gestured with his hand: "One is so big, I counted it, there are three or four now, and there are unripe ones growing behind." ”

This melon has to have seven or eight catties, and the book of heaven says that one plant can bear six or seven, and their family has planted ten plants in the backyard, and they can always harvest sixty or seventy. That's about 400 pounds.

"It's sweet and real, steamed with rice, how much food do you have to save." Xu Shi eagerly shook Lu's hand, "This year's seeds, maybe sell some with my family?" ”

She is used to being poor, although she has the income of the workshop this year, but at the beginning of the business, she has not saved up the money to buy land, and she has to buy food to eat, and her heart is always unsteady.

Before Lin Lu could speak, Han Xin had already said: "Aunt Xu save me, why buy it?" Lin Lu hugged his son and was sincerely grateful: "My son is right." The grace of saving lives, now that my family has food as a substitute for food, if it is sold to your family, can I still be a man? ”

She had already packed up all the melon seeds, and took them out at this time and handed them to Xu, "The method of planting, the beloved has already taught Ah Xin." Next year, let Ashin teach Chen Hu to plant it, you follow and learn, and when it grows in June, you can save some food. ”

Xu wiped his eyes, took the melon seeds, and nodded heavily. She didn't think it was useful to say two words of thanks, so she just waited for the door to close the door and teach her son, so that he could remember the kindness of the Han family.

That's an afterword. At this moment, the adults are thinking about the food of the year, and the children only know that this melon is so sweet and delicious that they don't lose it. Even the shyest Chen Hu ate two pieces.

Shi cunning's big mouth was slow to eat, and he only ate two pieces, but he didn't grab Zhang Dolphin. Zhang Dolphin patted his belly after eating, and pulled Han Xin with hot eyes and whispered: "Is your melon a good plant?" There is also open space in my yard, and I will plant it next year, and I will call my mother to steam and eat it. ”

"Don't worry, there are a lot of melon seeds, my father should plant an acre next year, and I will give it to everyone at that time." Your father and my father are friends, and they will be divided. ”

Zhang Dolphin's eyes widened: "What do you mean?" ”

Han Xin didn't understand what his inexplicable temper was, and frowned, "I'll give it to you." ”

Zhang Dolphin was even more angry: "It's me who wants it, not my father and your father." They're friends, aren't you my friends? ”

Han Xin was stunned, and nodded after a while: "...... Right. "It's strange in my heart, when did he become friends with Zhang Dolphin.

Zhang Dolphin slapped him with satisfaction: "Remember, you gave it to me." "Go home and tell my mother that it was sent by my friend, and it has nothing to do with my father." ”

It's really naïve, Han Xin feels that although he is not as old as him, he is more mature than him, so he stays away from him in disgust and helps his mother wash the dishes and put them in the basket. He thought that if the harvest that his father said was not very different, in fact, this melon was not particularly important, and it would be a shock to everyone when the sweet potatoes were planted in the field next year.

Thinking of this, Han Xin smiled, and his jaw was raised. They Han family will definitely become a part of the farmer's name in the world. I don't know if it's the influence of those scattered dreams, obviously Han Chuan and Lin Lu only hope that their two children will be healthy and rich, but Han Xin himself unconsciously pursues more ethereal goals.

The mother in his dream is very demanding of him.

Taoxi soon learned that the Han family had really planted that gourd-like thing, as big as a human head, weighing seven or eight catties, sweet as honey - more importantly, it was hungry.

The melons are slowly ripe, and they can be put away when they are picked, and those who are good friends with the Han family have been assigned one, and the township Qiangfu Ji Yan has also been shared. Han Chuan also deliberately went out of Taoxi to meet Tian Qiangfu to offer melons.

Tao and after tasting it, they also appreciated it and asked about the cultivation in detail. Han Chuan opened his mouth, saying that he used his own compost, pinched off the excess branches, and carefully cultivated it with some luck to grow like this. Tao He wanted to repay him, Han Chuan took the opportunity to mention sweet potatoes, and wanted to ask the agricultural official to plead for himself when he reported, so that he could leave a few acres of land to plant pumpkins and sweet potatoes.

Because the Qin State is heavy on agriculture, he himself is Tian Dian, if he doesn't grow grain and grows these things that the agricultural officials have never seen, he will be convicted if he doesn't get it right, or it will be safer to get permission after the Ming Road. Han Chuan has a wife and children, so he doesn't want to take risks.

The official documents of Huaiyin County were reported layer by layer in a place that Hanchuan could not see, and they were sent to Xianyang.

Qin Heavy Cultivation War, how to reward the increase in grain production There are certain rules, which should have been promulgated and passed on soon, but this time it was delayed.

Prime Minister Wang Juan has the illusion that what he said last year was repeated by himself: "But the truth? The shilling Shaofu tried it out in Guanzhong Gongtian. ”

And when Tingwei Li Si was sitting idle, he also pondered this matter again in his heart.

This Huaiyin Mansion is not the first time that it has entered the sight of the emperor and Xianyang officials.

First of all, the Shaofu was particularly praised, especially in the border army, which strongly requested that this thing be supplied first. Then there is the cylinder car and the curved plow, the plough is just that, the iron ploughshare is not available for a while, and the use is not particularly obvious. The cylinder car was supervised by the king himself, stepped up to build, and was laid out in a suitable place. Li Si also knew very well that his own family was being built by others, and he was rushing to use it in his field to collect a lot of food.

Then the two artisan brothers offered "paper" again. At that time, there was a lot of discussion in the DPRK and China, believing that this thing was not strong, easy to wet and easy to destroy, and should not be carried out properly. But it was still the king's arbitrary decision to change the official correspondence between the DPRK and China to this thing.

Lees laughed at the fools. The king has to report two hundred catties a day, and whoever has been in power for nearly 20 years, facing so many bamboo slips every day, then after he sees such a thing as paper, he will immediately abandon the bamboo slips and take the paper.

However, now it is not used everywhere, only the bamboo material has to be soaked for 100 days, from Huaiyin County to the present, it is just the beginning of production. Only Huaiyin County took advantage of it and began to write official documents on paper a long time ago.

According to Lis, there is also an advantage to the fact that paper is easy to destruct, and if someone wants to change the text, bamboo and wood may be able to forge it, but the paper is changed word by word and the page is destroyed, which seems to be not easy to fake.

Now, the farmer who united the craftsmen to offer the cylinder cart and the quyuan plough has made achievements in the agricultural industry, and although the melon and vegetables are coarse, the taste is acceptable, and it can satisfy the hunger and replace the grain.

After tasting it, the king gave it the name "pumpkin" because it came from the south. This melon is ripe and edible from June to August, which can fill the shortage of food in Guizhou. See what is recorded on the paper, this melon can be planted in the field, or it can be supported in the yard, and a few plants can be planted, and there will be dozens of hundreds of catties of harvest. It has been decided that if this item is planted in the field, it will be rented in the same way as grain. As for planting in the house, farmers are allowed to do their own convenience and do not need to collect rent. In order to fear that the people have many kinds of these things, they will occupy the grain fields. In this way, the peasants should seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and they should plant a little bit in the house and make a little supplement.

The increase in rice yield is terrifying, if it is only an increase in yield, the reward will be issued last year, but Huaiyin County reported that it is a cultivated good seed, so it must be tested and verified before the reward can be given. As a result, the rice was planted, and this year, Huaiyin County reported the results of the wheat harvest, which also increased the yield of improved seeds, and the yield per mu was as scary as rice. Originally, the average yield of wheat was about four stones, and there were as many as six and a half to seven stones planted in the fields of the Han family.

However, he can do it twice a year, and the harvest of this good seed should also be real, is it better to wait for the results of wheat and rice to come out and enjoy them together?

While thinking about it, the king summoned him to the palace, and Li Si packed up his thoughts, boarded the car and went to the palace.