The days when I fished in Daming

"I dare not go against the will of His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. This money is really too hot. Even if I were given it, I would not dare to take it!"

Tieniu is a little impatient. You are not afraid. I am afraid. Whoever dares to offend the current and future bosses will have a long life, right?
Thinking about it, it was indeed a bit embarrassing, so Zheng Xiong took a step back.

"Let's do this! I am not unkind and can understand your difficulties."

"Your Majesty has no money, and you can't dig it out no matter how hard you dig it. Just don't give me the money."

"The prince's place is rich. You can ask for it. The prince is kind, so feel free to ask for it. Don't be afraid."

"This~~"

Tieniu wants to cry but has no tears. Zheng Xiong is his direct boss. You must listen to what he says, but you must listen to the boss even more!

It’s obvious who is bigger.

I don’t have a long life, so how can I commit suicide?
Seeing Tieniu's delay in responding, Zheng Xiong asked again.

"Why, do you still have questions?"

Gritting his teeth, Zheng Xiong is his noble person after all, and he must listen to his words!
"no problem."

Hearing the answer, Zheng Xiong smiled with satisfaction.

If Tieniu is really wavering, Zheng Xiong will have to carefully consider Tieniu's weight in his heart.

Relaxing, Zheng Xiong inadvertently started another conversation.

"The stone cow you introduced must be your brother!"

With an almost affirmative tone, Tieniu smiled awkwardly.

"Yes."

He does not avoid relatives when recommending talents, and he has an iron-clad calculation in recommending people like this. As long as he has the ability, Zheng Xiong doesn't care.

Just tap it.

"When selecting talents, you can recommend them, but you must also be capable. Your ability still needs to be assessed. Not only will you be assessed by this government, but others will also be assessed. If the two don't match, it will definitely not last long. You have to understand this!"

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your teachings. Shi Niu has been with Xiao Xiao in the pharmacy a long time ago. His abilities are acceptable. Lord Marquis, please rest assured."

After a simple knock, Zheng Xiong continued.

"Let him also come here to collect 20 yuan, and divert a branch from the Qinhuai River through the fields of Jiangning."

Obviously, Shi Niu did not receive the same treatment as Tieniu. There was a difference between closeness and distance, so Zheng Xiong directly asked Tieniu to pass on the message.

Tieniu patted his chest.

"Please don't worry, Lord Marquis, I will definitely bring you the message."

"Well, go ahead! Go early and come back early. I'll be waiting for you here."

"Yes."

It was another busy day, Zheng Xiong looked like a prodigal, and nearly half of the money he had not warmed was lost in the blink of an eye.

That's good, at least my parents got a good night's sleep.

Never before did my family feel that having less money was a good thing.

Build a pig house, divert water, and add a road, the trinity.

Pig farms have a bright future.

Including rapeseed oil and sesame oil as expected, there is a high possibility of a bumper harvest.

The conditions are so good, it would make no sense if we don’t have a good harvest!
After arranging the construction things, Zheng Xiong turned around and started planning the pig raising operation.

It was said that Dr. Xu would have full authority to handle all the matters and leave them to him, that is to say, he was just saying it.

Zheng Xiong was not willing to let such talents be dragged down by the matter of castrating pigs and thus waste their research.

Professionals do professional things.

There are naturally more suitable candidates for the castration.

The establishment of a veterinary clinic is also a good source of income, so naturally it has to be taken over by someone specifically.Zhang Peng received an inexplicable order, asking him to select a few suitable doctors and send them to the veterinary clinic.

As the chief surgeon, Zhang Peng's selection was very suitable, and he quickly arranged for Zheng Xiong to be sent to the veterinary clinic.

Dr. Xu is happy to have new members join.

But when people actually arrived, there was some silence.

After a lifetime of treating diseases and saving people, you will finally gain some status.

Now this veterinary clinic, as the name suggests, treats livestock.

Treat pigs and dogs!
Shaking his head absentmindedly to dispel the ray of sadness, Dr. Xu continued to devote himself to the research of pig vaccines.

The new doctors were preparing for the upcoming birth wave under Zheng Xiong's orders. Zheng Xiong also made some piglets from time to time to gain experience for these people.

While he was busy with his own breeding, Zheng Xiong was not idle either.

Another extremely important thing is imminent, and there is not much time to delay.

That is the matter of increasing grain production.

In this short period of time, it is still unrealistic for hybrid rice to produce results within a period of time, even with some experience from later generations.

Coupled with the lack of sea routes, high-yielding crops cannot be found.

The only way now is to work on fertilizers.

As the saying goes, crops are as small as a flower, and they all depend on fertilizer.

In modern large-area harvests, in addition to major infrastructure projects such as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the diversion of rivers to the Huaihe River, fertilizer is an extremely important factor.

The nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers that were read separately, and the familiar Stanley compound fertilizer were all deeply implanted in Zheng Xiong’s mind and could not be forgotten.

There are many things made by local methods, and there are also a lot of homemade organic fertilizers. Anyone who often raises flowers and plants knows that the effect of homemade fertilizers is not bad.

Sorting through the memories of later generations, Zheng Xiong looked back at his current experience.

The Song Dynasty was the pinnacle of ancient China's economy. What many people don't know is that at the peak of the economy, food was an indispensable part.

Because of the huge increase in food, other people can turn their energy to other money-making businesses and exchange money for food.

The growth rate of food in the Song Dynasty was also incredible.

The first is the introduction of Champa rice. I believe everyone has learned about it when they were studying.

During the Song Dynasty, southern farmers cultivated many fine rice varieties and introduced fine foreign varieties.

The most famous imported exotic rice species are Champa rice (Vietnam) and Huanggrain rice (Korea).

Of course, Champa rice (also known as Zaohe or Zhanhe is an early indica rice) has undoubtedly the greatest impact.

It is native to central and southern Vietnam and was introduced to my country's Fujian region at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Champa rice has many advantages and is famous for its drought tolerance, short growth period and strong adaptability.

There is also a true story about Champa rice: In the fourth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1012), there was a severe drought in Jiangsu, Huaihe and Zhejiang provinces, and the paddy fields had no grain to produce. Song Zhenzong sent envoys to Fujian to collect 10 hu of Dendrobium rice seeds from Champa. (The unit capacity of the old measuring instrument is [-] buckets) and distributed to the Jianghuai and Zhejiang regions for sowing.

Soon Champa rice was also planted in Henan and Hebei areas. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Champa rice spread all over the country and became the main variety of early indica rice. It also became the main food eaten by farmers all year round.

Agricultural production technology in the Song Dynasty also underwent changes, with curved hoes specifically used for weeding, iron rakes used for breaking and loosening soil, and iron plows mounted on columbians... This greatly improved labor production efficiency.

In addition, in terms of water conservancy and irrigation, tools such as keel rollovers mainly appeared.

It can be seen that the agricultural technology of the Song Dynasty was greatly improved compared to the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The land and acres system of the Song Dynasty was also very advanced.

In the Song Dynasty, the system of private ownership of clans and state-distributed land was transformed into free land sales and contracting, which led to the disappearance of aristocratic clans and the replacement of the "manor system" that had prevailed since the Wei and Jin Dynasties with the landlord system and small-scale farming. Tenants became more free from then on.

For all these reasons, the Song Dynasty was not only the pinnacle of ancient economy but also the pinnacle of agriculture.

Of course, before that, we had to get rid of those high-yielding crops imported from Ming and Qing dynasties and later.

(End of this chapter)