I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 250

This year, because the number of seeds cannot keep up with the demand for fields that have increased exponentially.

The sowing area of ​​sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn in the base area is not large, only two to three thousand mu in total.

But it will be different next year. Sowing [-] to [-] mu can be completely done, because this year's production is mainly from reserved seeds.

By the way, there are also wheat seeds from later generations. Judging from the growth, it has been basically confirmed that this variety is resistant to cold and drought. Even without modern fertilizers, the yield is not lower than the current good varieties.

The Xinghecheng Fertilizer Factory and Dongshanbao Fertilizer Factory are already under construction. The person in charge is Liu Shifu, and the fertilizer formula is of course provided by Huang Yi.

The smell of boiled excrement is too strong, so the soil fertilizer plant cannot be built in the city. It is chosen to be in the downwind of the city, and it is possible to choose a mountain that has been leveled out after mining stones.

The wages of workers in soil and chemical fertilizer plants are not lower than those in cement plants and steel plants. Two-thirds of them do not need to be paid, and only need to be paid according to their work performance.

These are the Tabunang families who have been sentenced to labor reform, and their food is divided into three classes.

Those who behaved well enjoyed the first-class food, which was no different from that of workers in the base areas.

The second-class food is much worse, half dry, half watery, and you can't see a little bit of meat.

The third-class meal is to eat bran swallowed vegetables, and you can only eat half a bag.

The attitude of labor reform is everything. If you have a good attitude and do your best to work, even if your strength is small and the amount of work you complete is not much, you can still enjoy first-class food.

Facts have proved that labor reform can really educate slave owners. After a few days of passive reform, they gradually began to change their attitudes. They worked hard to improve the standard of food...

Giving people hope is especially important!

Those who are sentenced to reform through labor are not given life tenure, basically three to 12 years.

The town governor will also commute the sentences of reform-through-labor activists, and those who have made great contributions may be granted amnesty.

In autumn and winter, the fertilizer factory produces a large amount of "fertilizer powder" to ensure that it can meet the needs of [-] mu of wheat fields when planting next spring.

Water conservancy facilities ensure the water for irrigation, and with soil and chemical fertilizers to boost, can the yield of wheat fields reach two stones per mu or even more?
Two stones of wheat are only three hundred catties in the Ming Dynasty, which is about 360 catties based on the market catties of later generations.

However, the average yield per mu of wheat fields in later generations is seven to eight hundred catties, and there are many good varieties with yields of more than one thousand catties per mu.

In the northern regions of the Ming Dynasty, the average yield per mu of wheat fields was less than one stone.

Therefore, scientific farming is very important. The long-term use of large quantities of soil fertilizers made of manure as the main raw material will not cause the soil to compact and degrade. On the contrary, the fields will become more and more fertile.

Huang Yi firmly believes that this research result will play a huge role in future generations.

The yield per mu of wheat fields can reach two stones, and 20 mu is equivalent to [-] mu. Next year, the base area will basically be self-sufficient in grain.

If the tens of thousands of acres of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are harvested again, the base area will definitely be able to accumulate a lot of surplus grain.

Food is too important. If he can accumulate 5 shi of grain, Huang Yi will dare to increase the population by 20, and he will be able to reclaim [-] mu of wasteland in the coming year.

The arable land area of ​​Inner Mongolia in later generations was as high as 4000 million mu.

It is definitely not a problem to select fertile basins with guaranteed water sources to reclaim one percent of the base.

Time flies, the sun and the moon shuttle, and the wheat fields are starting to ear.

During this period of time, Li Weida passed messages back and forth, and finally negotiated with the Geng family that the wedding date should be arranged before the autumn harvest, which happened to be the time when Dongshan Fort was completed.

At this time, Dongshan Fort had a population of over 360. Huang Yi stationed a total of [-] general soldiers here, and also formed a general auxiliary soldier and a general militia.

The center of Dongshan Fort is of course the newly built garrison mansion, which is similar to the county government, with the office area in the front and the living area in the backyard.

Huang Yi's wedding was arranged to be held at the garrison mansion of Dongshanbao. Governor Xuanda and the governors of Shanxi, Datong, Xuanfu, Bingbeidao, Chief Military Officer, Deputy General, General, Guerrilla, and Dusi came.

It's almost the number of civil servants and military generals below Governor Xuanda who came to congratulate him.

Of course, this is not Huang Yi's face at all, everyone is here to flatter Geng Ruqi.

Governor Xuanda respects his identity. He did not come to Dongshan Fort to send his daughter off to marry, but to lead Xuanda's civil servants and generals to inspect and accept the completed new city outside the Great Wall - Dongshan Fort.

Nowadays, Xuanda's civilian and military generals are more obedient.

Because all civil servants and military generals who have entered the eyes of Governor Xuanda can make military exploits and be rewarded and promoted by the imperial court.

Relying on solid military merits to get to the top, the promotion speed is fast, and the waist is strong. The only disadvantage is that the investment is too large and it costs money.

Huang Yi, who refused to be a kowtower, still went his own way. He had already agreed with Li Weida not to go to Xuanfu to pick up the bride.

Ask Geng Zhanghua to send the two brides to the base to get married.

This kind of request was somewhat unreasonable and difficult to handle, but at this time, Geng Ruqi saw the heads of more than 400 real slaves and more than 4000 young and middle-aged Tartars.

Talent is rare, good generals are hard to find, what's wrong with Huang Yi's temper, he has a lot of capital!
Geng Ruqi laughed at himself in front of Li Weida and Geng Zhanghua, the old man is thirsty for talents, and the old man doesn't care about politeness, so why not send his daughter to marry himself in order to meet his son-in-law?

The next thing was Li Weida's rush and matchmaking, and finally adopted the best of both worlds. The completion ceremony of Dongshan Castle coincided with Huang Yi's marriage to Meijiao Niang.

The power of the base area is growing, and Huang Yi's troops are unmatched outside Zhangjiakou.

But this brave man has strict military discipline and never bullies the weak to blackmail. Not only does he not rob business travelers, but he also escorts merchants.

As long as [-] carts of grain are left by the merchants who leave the customs, how can I put it, it can be said to pay road money, or it can be called paying taxes.

The soldiers and horses in the base area can ensure the smooth flow of business routes for two to three hundred miles.

By the way, that was last year, and this year the Harqin tribes were defeated, and the sphere of influence of the base area has expanded to the east by [-] miles.

Merchants who pay taxes in a regular manner will not find tribes blocking the road and asking for money when they sell for a thousand miles east.

If the property of the caravan is robbed by horse thieves and unsightly tribes, the base cavalry will deliver justice.

Huang Yi refused to make enemies everywhere, and made as many friends as possible, so he disguised himself very well, knowing how bad the eight imperial merchants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were, and didn't do anything wrong.

Instead, they are in cahoots with all the merchants, and even encourage the transportation team in the base area to pick up the work of the merchants to transport goods and grain.

The transportation team in the base area is relatively strong. When it was first established, it only transported coal to Zhangjiakou and Xuanfu, and transported grain, bamboo, cotton, cloth, porcelain and other materials back to the base area.

After nearly two years of development, it now has 2000 four-wheel carts with a load of three to four thousand catties, and [-] professional transport coachmen and repairmen.

　(This kind of history is often blocked, which makes me baffled. There is really no political or pornographic involvement. I really don’t know whether there is a standard for blocking?)
　　
　
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