Early the next morning, Tian Zhiyu was still thinking about the internal strength, Ma Bencai came over and knocked on his door, Tian Zhiyu thought that he was in a hurry, and when Ma Bencai came in, he heard him panting and said: "Brother Zhiyu, I have already done the matter of the experimental field you want, go, follow me to have a look, not far behind our house." ”

Tian Zhiyu also hurriedly changed his clothes, called Wu Lihan and Nuan Yue, originally thought that Luo Qi would have to rest for a while, he heard the noise of everyone, and also got up to see what was going on, and when he heard that it was about the experimental field, he immediately showed great interest and followed them.

Walking out of the back door of Ma Bencai's big mansion, Tian Zhiyu saw a large wheat field in front of him, and at the end of the wheat field, there were rolling hills.

Tian Zhiyu didn't expect that behind Ma Bencai's house was farmland, and it was such a big piece.

At this time, there were already two people who looked like farmers waiting at the door, and when they saw Ma Bencai coming out, they immediately greeted him, and Ma Bencai introduced these two to Tian Zhiyu as the tenants who would help him plough the fields in the future, one surnamed Chen and the other surnamed Li, so that Tian Zhiyu could call them Lao Chen and Lao Li in the future.

A few people walked along the path by the wheat field in the direction of the hills, and while walking the fields to rain, they observed the wheat here, and found that it was no different from the previous life, but it was not yet time to tassel, and the size of the wheat ears could not be seen.

When he walked near a grass hut, Ma Bencai turned to Tian Zhiyu and said, "Here, this is it, I got you ten acres of land, you can experiment as much as you want." I wanted to get more, but some of the tenant farmers disagreed, saying that it was about to start, and that the wheat would start to grow wildly, and they did not want to delay the harvest for a year. These ten acres of land are my own land, and I have not rented it to tenants, so you can use it as you please. ”

Tian Zhiyu originally only wanted to use two acres of land, but he didn't expect Ma Bencai to get him ten acres of land at once, and he was a little embarrassed and said: "Brother Ma, two acres of land is enough, so much is not needed." ”

Ma Bencai was quite unimpressed, and said: "Experiment more, compare the seeds, isn't this faster?" Lao Chen and Lao Li are both very good crop handles, you only need to be responsible for the planning, and the specific operation can be left to the two of them." ”

Tian Zhiyu couldn't laugh or cry.

Now that Ma Bencai is ready, Tian Zhiyu will no longer shirk, in addition to experimenting with the use of chemical fertilizers, Tian Zhiyu also plans to plant some vegetables, and even has the idea of a greenhouse in his mind.

A few people walked slowly around the wheat field, and Tian Zhiyu stayed behind to communicate with Lao Chen and Lao Li, asking carefully when to irrigate, when to fertilize, and what fertilizer to use.

After understanding this, Tian Zhiyu was somewhat sure that the key to the bumper yield of modern agriculture was chemical fertilizer, but Tian Zhiyu could not produce modern chemical fertilizer by himself. However, when they were in the army, the cooking class had their own organic fields, and they generally did not buy fertilizer, but made their own biological fertilizers.

At that time, Tian Zhiyu only felt that every time he walked near the farmland of the cooking class, he would smell a pungent smell, and later learned that they were using animal manure and plant straw, plus other things to make fertilizer, at that time Tian Zhiyu also felt why not buy fertilizer directly, the cooking squad leader smiled, and told him a big truth, and then Tian Zhiyu asked a few more words how to make it, and the squad leader was also idle and bored, and he talked to him for a long time.

Fortunately, there was nothing to do that day, so I was bored and chatted with the head of the cooking class for an afternoon, plus my ability to never forget and never forget, so I wrote down how to make it. I didn't expect it to come in handy now.

In life, who knows that a little thing you learn by accident will become your ability to settle down at some point, Tian Zhiyu couldn't help but think.

He chatted carefully with Lao Chen and Lao Li, about seeds, about greenhouses, about harvesting and so on.

At first, the two old farmers saw him as a fair-faced young man and didn't believe that he could farm, but through chatting, they found that he knew a lot of truths that they didn't understand.

Although Ma Bencai was chatting with Luo Qi on the surface, in fact, he had been quietly listening to Tian Zhiyu and the two chatting in private, and listening to their chats was really about farming, and seeing that the two admired Tian Zhiyu very much, they couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved about Tian Zhiyu.

"Boss Ma, will there be any difficulties for you to contract such a large piece of land in Dongyang?" asked Luo Qi.

Ma Bencai knew what Luo Qi was asking, thought about it and replied: "There are still difficulties, especially when Yu Hang has served as the prefect, at the beginning of his tenure, he will inevitably ask me to take the title deed and thoroughly inspect it to see if there is any forced buying and selling, whether it is expanding privately, Lao Ma has been doing business in Dongyang for decades, and he has been accustomed to the old rule of three fires when a new official takes office, and Lao Ma has other businesses in addition to this farmland, and he is more familiar with all the officials here, and there is no big problem." ”

Luo Qi nodded, he knew that a businessman doing business in other countries would always encounter problems in all aspects, especially a person like Ma Bencai, who was rich and rivaled the country, it was almost impossible to say that he would not be troubled at all.

He also knew that he was as smart as Ma Bencai, and he must have taken care of the layers of personnel, otherwise it would be impossible to stand in Dongyang for decades without major problems.

"Luo Xiang, do you want to meet the prefect of Yuhang?" asked Ma Bencai.

Luo Qi replied: "No, I came to Dongyang last year, it was Yuhang who arrived first, and I have already met Master He, and this time I came again, I came in a private capacity, without telling in advance, and I will disappear at this moment." ”

They walked and walked, and suddenly found that Tian Zhiyu and the two tenant farmers had fallen far behind, and when they looked back, they saw three people squatting on the ground to carefully observe the seedlings, only to see Tian Zhiyu pointing to the ground, and constantly asking the two, and the two old farmers also knew everything and explained everything they knew to him in detail.

"Luo Xiang, what are the chances of success in this experiment of Zhiyu?" asked Ma Bencai curiously.

Luo Qi thought for a while and said: "If I had just met Zhiyu and he told me that he had a way to double the grain production, I would definitely not believe it at all, and I would think that he was a liar, and he would inevitably be served with a meal." I've known him for so long, I've never seen him exaggerate and brag, and he's calm, unhurried, and always in his mind, so I now kind of believe he can do it. ”

Ma Bencai hurriedly smiled and said: "Indeed, at his age, he can have such an open mind and a calm character, and Lao Ma has never seen it, so I am willing to believe that he can do it." It's just that Lao Ma has a fact that he can't understand. ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" asked Luo Qi.

Ma Bencai hesitated, but still said: "It is said that at his age, if he can have a good performance in literature and martial arts, he can already be called a dragon and phoenix among people." Not only are they not ordinary people, but they can also farm, such a person, Lao Ma really doesn't know how to describe it. ”

Luo Qi smiled and said: "In fact, there are many such people in history, not to mention too far, you can say that the founding emperor of Dongyang, Zhao Weixin, and the five who later became kings, which one is not a civil and military all-rounder? As the saying goes, heroes are born in troubled times, and now in a peaceful and prosperous world, there is a lack of time and place for a person who is all-round in civil and military affairs. ”

Ma Bencai thought about it, and said: "Luo Xiang is right, Lao Ma thinks about it, there are not a few people who can be called geniuses in history, but Lao Ma himself has never seen it, so when he encounters the rain, he will be so surprised, it is really unheard of." ”

Luo Qi walked while thinking about something, and when he heard Ma Bencai say this, he said: "Yes, it is you and I lucky to meet a genius, so we must do our best to help him, achieve him, and let him give full play to his potential." That is not only his own luck, but also the luck of Dongyang and Shu. ”

"Yes, yes, Lao Ma has nothing else, in terms of money, he will definitely do his best to help," Ma Bencai thought that he had already given him five thousand taels of silver, but he lived in Yuhang, and he had to do farming experiments, which was a huge expense in all aspects, and he had to give him some more silver taels before leaving.

Luo Qi continued: "I really like this child, and I really hope that he can achieve something. And I really hope that he and Nuan Yue can go to the end, these two children, no matter which aspect is very compatible. But you also know that the status of the Nuan Yue family is there, and if Zhi Yu wants to marry Nuan Yue with his current identity, I am afraid that it will be difficult, so I hope he will make contributions as soon as possible. ”

Ma Bencai nodded and said: "What Luo Xiang said is very true, Zhiyu and Warm Moon Girl are talented and beautiful, they are a natural pair, and there is no more suitable match for them in this world." ”

As the two of them walked, Luo Qi said again: "If his experiment can really succeed, it will be the greatest achievement in history." In terms of poets, the old man has always admired Lao Du, especially like his 'Ande Mansion Tens of Millions, Shelter the World and the Poor Men are happy', and feel that it is the goal of all loyal ministers and good ministers to be officials, now it seems that Lao Du is considering, after all, it is only the class of scholars, and what Zhiyu has to do, what he thinks about is the people of the whole world, which he is greater than Lao Du. ”

Ma Bencai couldn't help but admire Tian Zhiyu, but what he thought about was that the experiment was successful, and the rolling money that followed.

When they reached the end of the field, they came to the foot of the hill, found a place to sit down, and waited for the rain to come.

The questions that Tian Zhiyu asked the two old farmers for advice have gone deep into a series of problems such as the germination, flowering, heading, harvesting and so on of rice and wheat.

Nuan Yue and Wu Lihan stood behind him, listening to him discuss with the old farmer very professionally, and they couldn't help but be very surprised.

When he had a sufficient understanding of the world's crops, Tian Zhiyu became more and more confident that he could achieve his goals. He was even thinking about polyploid breeding and hybrid rice, although he also knew that the probability of hybrid rice success was very small, but as long as he had an idea, anything was possible.

In addition, the old farmer also talked about the greenhouse.

There is already something similar to a greenhouse here, called a greenhouse, but the role of the greenhouse is now limited to cultivating flowers for dignitaries, and it has no role in farming.

The key to the greenhouse is plastic film, which is also something that Tian Zhiyu can't produce by himself, thinking of this, Tian Zhiyu can't help but feel a little annoyed.

He also knows that the emergence of anything new is the product of the continuous development of science and technology. If you want to have advanced greenhouses, you must have good quality plastic film, if you want to have good plastics, you must have modern machinery, if you want to have modern machinery, you can't do without metal smelting, and so on, the most important thing is the continuous progress of science and technology.

An industrial revolution is needed here, Tian Zhiyu couldn't help but think.

If he wants to have an industrial revolution, there must be a big explosion of basic disciplines such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, and the emergence of a large number of talents, which he cannot achieve by himself.

He knows the basics of mathematics, physics and chemistry, but it is a very difficult problem to spread this knowledge, if he goes to the school now and tells people that I teach you calculus, electromagnetic equations and organic chemistry, I am afraid that without the students to do it, those old gentlemen will beat him out first.

Tian Zhiyu comforted himself that as long as the grain output went up, it would naturally promote the development of handicrafts, industry and commerce, and the birth of the bourgeoisie.

Now that you have come to this world, you have to do something, in the past, when you read a travel novel, the protagonist could change that era through his own efforts, at that time, Tian Zhiyu didn't believe it very much, and felt that even if a person was powerful, it would be difficult to change the course of history.

Now that he has reached a point similar to crossing over, he has a lot of thoughts in his heart. He wants to become a peerless master, wants to rely on the red and green, and wants to walk the rivers and lakes freely, but now he sees that there are still many flaws in this world, and he can make some contributions with his own knowledge, so why not?