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Sanhe Butterfly Chapter 267 Amazing Yield

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    At this time, Toraya Souichi had already put Asayama Hijo aside, and walked slowly into this ordinary village called Shirakawa Village. At this time, there were almost no men in the village, and they were all called to work on the river embankment.  , the advantage of working for the Kira family is to take care of the food. In the simple thinking of the peasants, this is not a general service but a good governance, which is better than a moral decree.  Food is a problem these days. It is a top priority for farmers to have enough to eat. A man is the backbone of the family. How much he can earn is related to how much the old, weak, women and children in the family can eat that year. At the same time, men are the most able to eat in the family.  In times of disaster, strong laborers must be well fed to have the strength to work, so the elderly, weak, women and children are often given up in exchange for the chance to survive through labor.  At the beginning of this year, they responded to the call of the lord of the country and started using the composting method. Later, they sown food that had never been planted before. Fortunately, there were a lot of people from the Kira family, and there were farmers from Omi who taught them how to turn the soil, weed and fertilize.  , raising ducks in rice fields is said to be to catch insects in the fields.  "This nun is so polite!" Huzai Zongyi saluted a woman, frightening the young woman to her wits' end. When she saw the handsome young monk at first sight, the little woman blushed, and many people beside her  The woman laughed.  Huzai Zongyi took a few steps back in embarrassment and clasped his hands together and said, "I'm disturbing you ladies Tan Yue, the poor monk is very frightened! I'm sorry, sorry!" The women had never seen such a good-looking monk, so they took a few more glances out of curiosity.  One of the shrewish women asked these older girls and younger wives to sit on their side. She came over and clasped her hands together and said, "Where does this little Zen master come from? Your accent doesn't sound like I'm from Echigo!" "Poor monk.  He came from Kyoto and went to Echigo to preach the Dharma and lecture" Even shrewd women are not afraid of him. Monks are different from samurai.  I often pass Yamabushi monks on the streets in the mountains of Echigo.  If you have nothing to do, come and beg for some food.  She could still preach a passage of scripture, so the woman immediately covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Grrrr the little Zen master really knows how to teach the Dharma? Then what kind of Dharma can you teach?" "Uh this female Tan Yue is joking.  "Torazai Zongyi took a few steps back, clasped his hands and said, "I wonder what Nvtan Yue is doing?" From a distance, he saw a group of women cleaning up a pile of things like a hill, removing the mud on them.  I saw something round and golden, but I didn¡¯t know what it was called.  "What are you talking about! This is a potato. It can produce more than eight shi of food. It can be boiled or roasted. One potato can satisfy your hunger. Moreover, the samurai masters said that cutting it into pieces can also  It's really delicious when stewed with some chili peppers. " "Potatoes? Eight stones?" Toraya Zongyi shook his head. He had never heard of such a crop, and his tone was filled with disbelief.  "It's true! We won't lie to others!" A young woman still didn't believe it when she saw Huzai Zongyi, and shouted dissatisfied: "Young Zen master, if you don't believe it, you can ask. After traveling ten miles and eight villages, our village is the only one."  With such a high grain output, other villages can¡¯t grow it in our village!¡± Huzai Zongyi took a step back, folded his hands and said, ¡°What does this female Tan Yue mean that other villages are also planting new grains?¡±  ! If you don¡¯t believe me, go take a walk and see more!¡± A group of women said in unison: ¡°Eight stones to produce grains is not a lie!¡± What is the concept of ¡°eight stones to produce grains¡±?  B is still very clear.  This grain production is equivalent to saying that Echigo will immediately get rid of hunger and poverty, and tens of thousands of farmers will not have to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables when food is scarce.  There is no need to abandon elderly parents and drown newborn babies in times of famine. This is a great good deed that benefits thousands of creatures.  "Namo's master, Sakyamuni Buddha!" ??Torazai Shoyi silently clasped his hands and prayed for the common people: "I hope that thousands of people will be freed from the sea of ??suffering."  It will exceed 450,000 dan, because there are a lot of swamps, lakes, and dry lagoons in the territory that cannot be used. Currently, the most productive crops are all the same. The mainstream rice, non-mainstream wheat, and soybeans all have yields of about 1 dan, and there is no more.  How exaggerated would it be to have eight koku of grain per acre? With Echigo's current land area, wouldn't it be more than 3.2 million koku!  Of course, this is absolutely impossible. Neither the ministers of the imperial court nor the samurai family of the shogunate can give up rice and eat potatoes, corn and other crops to make a living. As long as they continue to grow rice, it will be a fantasy to achieve a return of ten kilograms. Two more land  Times are unlikely.  A woman saw Huzai Zongyi clasping his hands and saying nothing, thinking that he still didn't believe it, so she hurriedly said: "There are really eight stones! If you don't believe it, go to the end of the village and see the corn and potatoes.  The only disadvantage of growing this new crop is that it requires too much fertilizer. The land needs to be fertilized with more than ten stones a year.  For this fertilizer, our family member alsoWe dig mud in river ditches and graze cattle and sheep on the mountainside to collect manure for fertilization. I heard that some people are selling livestock manure now and I don¡¯t know how much it costs per stone By the way, we also have to dig trenches and topdress fertilizer at night. When we apply fertilizer,  The whole family was busy from morning to night for several days. Thinking about it, those days were really hard!  " "Working a little harder will eventually pay off!  Our village's 200-meter-long crops have produced more than ten times the amount of food. After paying the annual tribute, we can still have 6,400 shi of food left. I heard that in the past few days, people from all the villages in Central and Lower Vietnam will come to us.  By observing the new grain, we can sell the seeds we can no longer use to them.  " A group of women's words to each other had the effect. The shrewish woman pinched her waist and scolded: "Oh!  What are you talking about selling?  That's called replacement!  We have to exchange equal weights of corn, pumpkins, and potatoes for their brown rice, wheat, and soybeans!  This is what Master Fengxing taught us!  Don't spill the beans when the time comes, or the person at home will spank you.  " "Giggle!"  " When the women turned around, they found that the handsome little monk had disappeared. The women sighed in annoyance, and then complained again: "If you hadn't kept nagging, that little Zen master would have disappeared.  It won't go that fast!  " "It's not you. You speak faster than anyone else, and you can't stop talking.  Even I didn't understand.  This little Zen master is from Kyoto.  How can I understand your Echigo accent?  " "As long as you don't have an Echigo accent, you don't just chirp!  "The two women started tickling each other. With the diligent solicitation of the village elder, the two monks had a vegetarian meal here. The sweet pumpkin rice with corn kernels was really delicious, as well as roasted potatoes.  and miso soup, which is much more flavorful than the brown rice and pickled radish they used to eat. With the guidance of Su Lao, the two monks visited several drying sites and looked at the mountains of food, which amounted to at least 10,000 to 20,000 koku.  A small village has such an exaggerated grain production figure. If all the land in Echigo is planted with these crops, what an amazing change will it be? "Namu's master, Sakyamuni Buddha!  "Although their expressions were ordinary, they couldn't hide the shock in their eyes. The two monks made the same movements at the same time. I wonder if they were praying for all living beings, or concealing the excitement in their hearts?  Next, the two of them visited several villages along Guanchuan River. The doubts in their hearts gradually dissipated, and shock and excitement gradually filled their faces. They had come out of the exaggerated numbers and were now more concerned about it.  Why are these grains so high-yielding? What is the reason for the eight-fold yield? With this question, the two monks soon spread their footprints across the east and west sides of Sekikawa. Soon they discovered that only the direct leaders of the Nagao family could grow new grains.  , but not in other areas. The old villagers in each village unanimously praised the king, and they gradually understood the reason. Standing outside a village near Zhijiangjin, looking at the dark scene of people in Zhuangzi, it was.  The underground people of Su Lao from various villages in Zhongyue and Xiayue were invited to visit. From time to time, the crowd uttered exclamations and excited shouts. It can be imagined that these skeptical land servants suddenly saw new crops and new farming methods.  What a huge impact it will have, completely breaking the inherent traditional cognition of these farmers for thousands of years. Some people may still not believe it, but this has nothing to do with the overall situation. Sooner or later, stubborn people will be conquered by the facts, and the collective will cannot  Stop it. ¡°It turns out that the leader of the country mentioned by these farmers is Duke Wu Wei!  It was really beyond the poor monk¡¯s expectation!  "Torazai Zongyi took a long breath and returned to his usual calm and calm expression. Chaoshan Richen yawned lazily. When he saw Huzai Zongyi looking at him, he changed his expression to serious and said: "I don't think this is a poor monk.  It's no big deal!  Wu Wei Gong Kuangfu has made outstanding contributions, and today he has found so many grains that can save people's lives. He is really the reincarnation of a Bodhisattvaperhaps he is the one destined in heaven!  " "A man of destiny?  Huzai Zongyi's brows knitted together, and then he smiled and said, "Master Richeng is talking nonsense again!"  The Master needs to change his deceitful temper. Duke Wu Wei doesn¡¯t like a monk with such a bad temper!  " "I'm just a poor monk, don't listen to what I say!  Hahaha" Asayama Nichijou was careless, leaving Torazai Souichi quite helpless. Before winter, the autumn harvest statistics of Echigo prefectures were compiled, excluding the Nagao family's experimental fields and development in the Joetsu Sekikawa River basin.  In addition to the new fields, the total stone height of the seven Echigo counties is 415,000 koku, which means that out of the original 395,000 koku, after excluding the Joetsu 35,000 koku test field, there are still 36  On the basis of 10,000 koku, the grain production increased by 55,000 koku. This output made all the Echigo people and lords very satisfied. Under the guidance of the conscious and unintentional people, the people of the seven counties of Echigo were happy for the first time in more than 20 years.  Pay section money, buildingAt the same time, Kira Yoshitoki also issued a decree. Considering that Echigo was seriously short of money, he authorized all taxes paid this year to be converted into rice and levied uniformly.  Although a lot of copper coins were collected in this way, the levy of 11,000 koku of rice and grain was also very good. At the same time, the Okushinano prefectures also took the initiative to hand over Echigo's section money and house farewell money. Although they only had only 3,000 koku of grain,  But this piece of heart is touching.  On the other side, Joetsu Nitta has developed 500 machibu of land, which is approximately equivalent to three larger villages. This is because there is not enough time at the beginning of the year and only so much wasteland can be developed before spring planting. You must know that the Nagao family is  The total land in the Joetsu Sekikawa and Naoetsu river basins is only about 3,000 towns and there are only a dozen villages of various sizes.  One machibu is equal to about one hectare, and five hundred machibu is about 496.7 hectares. Compared with the rich and powerful people in some territorial countries, who often have five thousand machibu of land, the Nagao family  Really weak.  Seeing the development of new fields and the amount of land that could be developed at a very small cost in the Joetsu wasteland, Kira Yoshishi smacked his lips and said to himself: "It is a waste not to cultivate a large area of ??wasteland that is clearly idle, even without the financial resources of my Kira family.  , he can also expand a little bit, what a waste!¡± After several years of exploration in Kinai, he gradually figured out the basic experience of pollination and fertilization. This was done under the guidance of farmers from the Ming Dynasty who lived in Kyushu.  Those two brushes at that time were not enough to embarrass myself.  The yields of major crops such as corn, potatoes, pumpkins, and sugar beets grown in Joetsu's new fields and experimental fields were calculated. The average yields of these four crops were around eight kilos. Among them, sugar beets had the highest average yield of 11 kilos per harvest, but it was not counted.  Food crops, so they are planted the least.  Grapes, peppers, alfalfa and other crops do not need to be planted on the plains. They are simply loaded into the mountains and do not take up farmland. These three crops are not food crops, so they only try to plant a few crops on the mountains. The yield of peppers per crop is as high as ten.  There is no problem with the stone. The yield of fresh alfalfa grass is about 11 stone per acre. After drying, it is only about four stone at most. It takes two years for grapes to bear fruit. The current yield has not been calculated yet.  The yields of these crops are very gratifying, but they are really troublesome to plant. Each crop has different requirements for fertilizers, and corn cannot be directly planted. Special fields must be cultivated for special breeding.  It is used for pollination and cultivation. Fortunately, these things do not bother him. That is what Omi's left-behind followers and Hosokawa Fujitaka and others have to worry about.  He only needs to know that in these 3,500 towns of farmland, a total of 280,000 shi of grain is produced, and they need to pay an annual tribute of 168,000 shi, as well as various tax deductions including villa fees.  The amount of grain is about five thousand shi.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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