Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 290

The emperor sent envoys to speed up the whip, and ordered Wang Su, the governor of the Jinghai Navy, to continue to buy rice seeds from the South Vietnamese Luo State. The rice seeds did not need to be transported to the capital, but directly sent to Hunan, Eyue, Jiangxi, Qianzhou, and Guiguan.

He also ordered Anfujiang, Zhao Kuangning, and Mancun to speed up their march, and made sure to end the war before the spring plowing.

As for the [-] shi rice seeds that are intercepted in Bianliang, it can also be planted with seven or eight thousand mu of land.

There are also paddy fields in Henan, and there are many rivers in the territory. Along the Bianhe River, Woshui River, Ying River, and Rushui River, there are patches of paddy fields. Most of the paddy fields are fertile fields, and they are all owned. The population is obviously much denser than other places.

His Majesty the Emperor personally found a piece of land nearby. Dozens of households on the original land were relocated to other places. Li Ye paid ten guan money for each household.

"Your Majesty, this land is much bigger, it's not a paddy field!"

"The more than 2000 Wei Bo Yajun have been idle for half a year, and they have to be pulled out to work!"

At the order of His Majesty the Emperor, the Wei Bo Yajun who committed heinous crimes in the southern city of Bianliang were escorted one by one to dig ditches by the Bian River.

His Majesty the Emperor wanted to reclaim tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. The reason why he chose Chencun was mainly because the clay soil was more suitable for rice growth than sandy soil. As for whether it was a paddy field, it was not in Li Ye's consideration.

The more than 2000 Wei Bo Yajun removed their weapons and armor one by one, and registered them. Like the Caizhou Army, everyone was digitally branded on their faces. The identification of identities had already been done. Most of these 2000 people were relatives. Relationship, ten people form a group.

One escaped, and all ten people were beheaded. The Bianliang City Defense Army was in charge of guarding. Many of the families of these city defense soldiers were harmed by these Yamen soldiers. When the enemies met, they were extremely jealous, and their eyes were opened like bells. , stare very closely.

And Li Ye is planning his grand blueprint for growing rice.

The [-] mu of land is divided into two large areas according to the terrain. The first area of ​​[-] mu is directly sown with rice seeds, and the second area of ​​[-] mu is planted by transplanting seedlings.

The two districts are subdivided into several districts.

In the first area, rice seeds are directly sown, and then divided into half a catty per mu, nine taels, ten taels, until two catties per mu.

Divided by time, seeds are sown from the beginning of spring, and one mu of land is sown every day until Dafu.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were no thermometers or hygrometers, and the moon and the sun could not be used for reference. His Majesty the Emperor asked the officials to record the daily changes.

For example, when willows germinate, peach blossoms bloom, and bear fruit, the biological clock of nature can also be used as a reference.

As for the second district, the reason why [-] mu of land is needed is mainly because of the time for transplanting seedlings. Li Ye doesn't know how long it will take for the seedlings to grow in the field.

The more variables there are, the more land is needed.

This [-] mu of land is measured in mu, although all of it is planted with rice.

However, the rice on each mu of land has different information, such as the spacing of seedlings, the time of sowing, the method of sowing, the time of watering, the amount of watering, and so on.

Probably the same is that the fertility of these lands should be about the same.

As long as the autumn harvest comes, look at the yield per mu of land, and you can know some data, such as when is the best time to plant, how far is the planting interval, how long should the seedlings be cultivated, and how to retain water during the process?
Dong Jianzhong, the young supervisor of the Secretary of Agriculture, had experienced the baptism of raising pigs and farming in the Daming Palace. Hearing His Majesty's narration, he immediately felt like a pig, and his mind was muddled.

The one who can play so many tricks in farming, through all dynasties, is probably His Majesty today.

But no matter how hard I understand it, I feel that what His Majesty said is still reasonable.

Zhang Chengye also listened in a daze, in a cloud of fog, always feeling that he had grasped something and missed something.

"Whether you plant it right or not depends on whether the yield is high or not. This is understandable!"

Dong Jianzhong, Zhang Chengye, and Du Rangneng nodded. Shi Pu wasn't interested at first. Your Majesty, you don't worry about state affairs. What's the matter with worrying about this kind of land? It's really just to show off, and then look at the jokes of the court princes.

Pooh!A group of people who claim to be well-educated also have things they don't understand.

As for whether he can understand or not, that doesn't matter, Shi Pu was originally a martial artist, he has a clear understanding of himself, it is not normal for a martial artist not to know how to farm the land!

And Jing Xiang kept thinking, His Majesty the Emperor spoke too fast, there must be a purpose in doing so, and the purpose must be to find a better way, just like Daming Palace, but why did he do this?
Li Ye took a long breath, and said patiently: "You guys know about my pig raising!"

Shi Pu opened his eyes wide, hey!Your Majesty still has such hobbies?
"In order to determine whether the pigs are gelling or not, I specially selected piglets from the same litter, one gelling and one non-gelling, and then fed the same feed and lived in the same environment, except for the gelding and the non-gelling. The other situations are the same, so if you feed them in this way, it will be clear at a glance who is the heaviest and which method is the best?"

Jing Xiang said: "Your Majesty, I guess, if we add the various methods of feeding pigs, can we still know how to feed pigs so that they grow the fattest?"

Li Ye smiled and said to Jing Xiang: "Jing Aiqing, you understand!"

Jing Xiang said: "Your Majesty, I take the liberty to speculate whether Your Majesty wants to try all the methods of growing rice, and then find out the best method, and then spread it to the whole Tang Dynasty, so that the people can harvest more grain!"

Li Ye shook his head and said: "The Tang Dynasty has a vast territory, and most of the local climates are different. I just found out what is the best way to grow rice in Bianliang!"

call!
Zhang Chengye said: "I have the audacity to ask Your Majesty, what method was used to arrange the fields to be planted just now, the more I think about it, the more mysterious it becomes!"

Li Ye laughed and said, "It's just a method of arrangement and combination!"

"Your Majesty, what is the method of permutation and combination!"

Li Ye said: "For example, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Jing and sometimes the county kings line up in a line. May I ask Mr. Zhang, how many ways are there to line up?"

"This……"

Zhang Chengye struggled for a long time before he said, "Could it be six kinds?"

Li Ye nodded and said, "What if there are ten people lined up? How many ways are there? If two people are drawn out of ten people, how many possibilities are there? How about three people?"

Zhang Chengye's eyes were blank, His Majesty asked casually, he felt that he couldn't figure it out at all, three people lined up, and he figured out all the possibilities.

Needless to say, ten people, even if there is one more person, four people line up, he can only raise his hand and surrender.

(End of this chapter)