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Chapter 42 The Four Agriculturists

Western Han Dynasty.

Fan Shengzhi was so impressed by Yuan Longping.

He had never thought that there was such a genius in the world, who could increase the rice yield per mu to 1500 kilograms. It was simply astonishing.

They are all masters in agriculture. Look at yourself, the master, and then look at the master Yuan Longping, why is there such a big gap?
  Over the years, I have summarized the cultivation techniques of more than ten kinds of crops and made outstanding contributions to the agricultural development of Dahan.

Originally he was a little complacent about his achievements, but now compared with the later Yuan Longping, he feels ashamed of his previous complacency.

But one thing excited him: Yuan Longping's method gave him inspiration.

It was not like he had never discovered rice plants with particularly large ears and plump grains before, but he thought it was an accident and did not pay too much attention.

It now appears that such rice plants are the key to growing higher yields.

He silently recorded this and planned to find time to test it out. If the method was really feasible, he could record it in detail in the "Book of Pan Sheng" and pass it on.

Northern Wei Dynasty.

Jia Sixie (xie) looked at the sky with emotion and sighed deeply.

The grain yield per acre in later generations was ridiculously high, which made him feel a deep sense of powerlessness and not knowing how to catch up.

Ordinary people may think that a yield of 1500 kilograms per mu is awesome, but he, who knows the most about agriculture today, knows that a yield of 1500 kilograms per mu is not only awesome, it is simply unbelievable.

He has studied agriculture for so many years, and he knows that it is difficult to increase the yield, let alone increase the yield per mu by ten to twenty times, which is not something ordinary people can do.

In his eyes, Yuan Longping is simply a god, a god who is responsible for food production.

Yuan Longping's method of increasing rice yield per mu inspired him and gave him a sudden enlightenment.

In "Qi Min Yao Shu" compiled by him, there are detailed records of ways to increase fruit yield through grafting.

Now Yuan Longping's rice hybridization method has given him inspiration.

Since fruits can be grafted from two different branches to increase fruit yield, why not grains?
  The principle is the same. Find two good rice plants to pollinate each other. In theory, you can get hybrid rice with high yield.

As long as you know that this path is feasible, you can go on with confidence, and one day you will experiment with hybrid rice with high yield.

Yuan Dynasty.

Wang Zhen (zhen) felt quite sympathetic to Yuan Longping's life experience, and seemed to have found his own shadow in Yuan Longping.

Like Yuan Longping, he was assigned by Yuan Ting to serve as a county magistrate in such a remote and remote place after he passed the examination.

After he came to Jingde County to take up a post, he saw that the local people lived in poverty.

In order to keep the people fed, he led them to actively engage in agricultural production.

Relying on his understanding of agriculture, he successfully provided the people with a bumper harvest and allowed them to have enough to eat.

The difference between him and Yuan Longping is that he did not develop such a high-yielding hybrid rice.

The hybrid rice yield of 1500 kilograms per mu really scared him.

However, Yuan Longping's method of developing high-yielding hybrid rice gave him hope. Maybe he could also produce some results by following Yuan Longping's method.

He doesn't expect to reach the heights of Yuan Longping's power. As long as he can increase the rice yield of the Yuan Dynasty by several dozen kilograms per acre, he will be thankful.

However, I have a headache when I think of the "Wang Zhen Nong Shu" that was just compiled not long ago. It seems that the "Wang Zhen Nong Shu" will not be published until some results from hybrid rice research are added to it.

Otherwise, without the research results of hybrid rice, "Wang Zhen Nong Shu" would be somewhat unworthy of its name. Ming dynasty.

Chongzhen looked shocked when he saw that the rice yield per mu in later generations was as high as 1500 kilograms.

Their rice yield per mu in the Ming Dynasty was just over 100 kilograms, and the yield per mu in later generations was 15 times that of their Ming Dynasty.

This made him extremely envious of the agricultural development of later generations. How come there was such a huge difference in grain output per mu in less than 400 years!

Seeing that the grain yield per mu of later generations was so incredible, his eyes turned red with envy, and he wished he could bring Yuan Longping to Ming Dynasty to help him increase Ming Dynasty's grain yield per mu.

He has never had a good day since he ascended the throne.

Either there will be a severe drought here today, or there will be a severe drought there tomorrow, and countless people around the world will starve to death.

Every time he saw such a tragic memorial, he felt that he was useless and could not feed the people of the world.

If their Ming Dynasty's grain output per acre was so outrageous, even if it was half of that of later generations, his Ming Dynasty would not be in the current situation, and the people of the world would not rebel.

He knew that this situation must be changed, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would perish in the 17th year of Chongzhen as recorded in history.

But how can he change this situation now? He had no clue.

Suddenly, he thought of a person who might be able to help the current corrupt situation.

This person is Xu Guangqi, Minister of Rites.

He remembered that Xu Guangqi was a master in agriculture and compiled the "Encyclopedia of Agricultural Politics".

Maybe Xu Guangqi can find a way to increase the Ming Dynasty's grain output from Yuan Longping's deeds.

Although he also knew that this matter was extremely difficult, he had no choice but to act as a doctor and let Xu Guangqi give it a try to see if he could do it.

Xu Guangqi looked at the sky with a mixture of shock and envy.

His understanding of agricultural knowledge is one of the best in Ming Dynasty. Precisely because he is professional in this area, he is very aware of how terrifying a grain yield of 1500 kilograms per mu is. This is a yield per mu that he has never dared to imagine.

Unexpectedly, it was actually done by a later generation 400 years later. In addition to admiration, he also admired Yuan Longping.

He felt deeply saddened when he saw that the grain yield per acre in later generations was as high as 1500 kilograms, and when he thought about the people starving to death due to drought in today's world.

If their Ming Dynasty could also have such a high yield of grain per acre, then how could their Ming Dynasty be in such a corrupt situation.

People all over the world are displaced and wars are raging. Isn't it caused by a severe drought that reduces food production and makes it impossible to feed the people?

If they had enough food in Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty would not be in danger.

It was not like he had never thought about developing high-yielding grains based on Yuan Longping's hybrid rice method, but he shook his head helplessly.

It took Yuan Longping nearly 20 years to promote hybrid rice across the country. So how long will it take them to achieve this step?

50 years? Or 100 years?
  But what they lack most in Ming Dynasty is time.

He remembered clearly that the Ming Dynasty perished in the 17th year of Chongzhen, and it was too late to study hybrid rice now.

At this moment, a servant from the mansion came to deliver a message.

"Master, someone from the palace said that His Majesty wants to see the master."

(End of this chapter)