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The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 213 The benefits lie in the future

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    On June 21st of the second year of Jianyuan, late July of 140 BC, Nanzhuang was under the jurisdiction of Pingyang Hou Mansion.  £¤¡ô£¬ww¡Ñw.23¡Ìwx.co¡Ým Today is every Luli meeting. June happens to be after the summer corn harvest. Villagers are busy organizing the land to collect cud in preparation for paying this year¡¯s cud tax.  , according to the day, it will be time to plant soybeans after a few more days of busy work. A crop of soybeans is sown in the summer and the beans can be harvested before winter. It is a rare time when farming is busy. The men, women and children of Nanzhuang put down what they are doing and rush back to the village to attend the meeting before the sun sets in the evening.  .  Mr. Zheng coughed twice and shouted: "Everyone, listen up, our king has given orders. We have just collected the corn from the granary and put it into the warehouse. We will no longer plant corn!" "What?" The old and young men of Nanzhuang exploded.  After leaving the nest, Xu Ji jumped up and shouted: "Mr. Zheng, don't be kidding me. If we don't grow corn, do we, men, women, old and young, have to learn how to drink the wind and make foam?" "That's right, the soybean yield is not enough to eat."  "We can't do it without food." "Mr. Zheng, please don't joke." Mr. Zheng's beard curled up angrily: "You guys know nothing! Don't think I don't know how much money you make. Every hectare of land you cultivate is  After deducting rent and taxes from soybeans, the oil can be sold for at least 20,000 yuan, and grain can be purchased for more than 100 shi. How many households in our village only have one hectare of land, except for lazy people like Xu Leto, who have at least arable land?  The Xiongnu villagers also had an area of ??one and a half hectares. There is no 0-class public servant in our village. The worst is a first-class Duke. A first-class noble can occupy an area of ??1.5 hectares and earn at least 30,000 yuan from a crop of soybeans every year.  You can even earn 40,000 yuan if you grow it well. I made more than 73,000 yuan last year from selling soybean oil on more than 3 hectares of land in my house. How much did you earn?" Xu Ji rubbed his head and sat back stupidly.  He did make more than 20,000 yuan, but he didn't save that little money for a few months.  He smashed them all into the flower streets and willow lanes of Chang'an City, except for the days of military training last winter.  Basically, I slept in flowers and willows in Chang'an City, and my life was very happy.  The worst result was that he was weak at the beginning of spring, and the marriage that Zhuangzi had arranged for him was ruined because he was nowhere to be seen.  The woman is a pretty little widow. They met and said the same thing. She sees that he has an annual income of 20,000 yuan and she doesn't mind him being lazy. He has no money and no one to wander around. Of course, the woman doesn't want to be with this guy.  This kind of man broke off the marriage early and went to find another husband's family.  The heads of other families also kept their mouths shut, and the women in the house kept talking unforgivingly.  They were so yelled at by their men that they made them mute. The little brats were not even qualified to speak. They were only qualified to attend meetings and listen to adults' speeches.  "The price of soybean oil follows the soybean market. Soybeans are now 180 yen per stone, and soybean oil is priced at 200 yen per pound. The rich and nobles in Chang'an want to eat oil, and the hundreds of thousands of pot-bellied men in the North and South armies also have to eat oil. Chang'an  Wuling has a population of more than 1 million, and Guanzhong has a population of more than 5.8 million, which requires a lot of oil. You are all pretending to be poor! I am thinking that my family will have some money in the past few years, and I will sell the land to the prince.  If you still have it, you can buy a few hectares of land in the south of Zhuangzi and plant it together. My five hectares of land can be cultivated. My eldest grandson Zheng Tong can cultivate 5 hectares of land. How much do you think we can earn from this?"  Chu is a level 7 male doctor, not tall but very strong.  He stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Zheng, please calm down for the moment. We are not saying that we cannot stop planting corn. But you have to give everyone a clear path. Should our village plant two crops of soybeans instead? Or plant some other grains?"  " "Planting two crops of soybeans is something stupid people do. Junhou once said that except for a few crops that can be planted twice in a row, crops such as corn and soybeans are not suitable for planting continuously. If you plant them accidentally, you will not get the ideal harvest.  In terms of yield, you will cry if you destroy the land and spend another two or three years cultivating the land. It is a fool's mistake to take a big loss just to take advantage of it. I never told you to plant two crops.  "Soybeans." "What are they growing?" "Grow this." Mr. Zheng held up a heavy ear of fruit and said, "Do you recognize this?" Xu Ji jumped up and shouted, "I know this, isn't it wheat?"  Well! Wheat ranks fourth among the five grains, but the food produced by this thing is very difficult to eat. " The people in Nanzhuang are very confused. Wheat has always had a bad reputation because there is a layer of wheat bran that cannot be removed from the hulled wheat, causing the wheat to become dehydrated.  The taste is very bad, and it is difficult to swallow it in the mouth. The wheat rice handed down from ancient times to this day is made from steamed wheat with bran. Cao Shi has tasted it several times and it is indeed very unpalatable.  The unpalatable taste has resulted in a very small area of ??wheat cultivation, which is almost negligible. From the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the 2,600 years since the rise of the Han Dynasty, the Han people have always eaten broomcorn millet (corn), and further north they have grown millet (millet), mixed with  Plant bean sprouts (soybeans) and other crops. There is rice in the south but the yield is very low. Serving rice is too troublesome and cannot be scaled up. Wheat cannot be popularized because of its poor taste and low yield  Among the five grains, millet, millet, and beetroot are indispensable staple foods. Counting rice and wheat is a bit of an overstatement.  "It's hard to sell wheat and it's not delicious. I always feel like there's not much future." Mr. Zheng rolled his eyes: "Who said that? You blame your own stupidity for not taking off the bran and making it into steamed buns.  The steamed buns and soup cakes are the best. I don¡¯t believe you haven¡¯t eaten soup cakes in Chang¡¯an City. ¡°The gluttonous boy said in a low voice, ¡°I¡¯ve also eaten the sesame cakes from Hou Mansion. They¡¯re so sweet with sesame seeds sprinkled on them.¡±  While they were busy swallowing their saliva, some people were holding their stomachs and squeezing. They had not had dinner after a hard day's work. The villagers in Nanzhuang were a little hungry.  "Really plan to plant it?" "Then let's plant it and try it first?" Mr. Zheng grinned and snorted: "Junhou asked us to completely change to plant new grains. If you believe me, just follow my words. If you don't believe it, Junhou said  I will never force it. If you regret it later, don¡¯t blame me for not reminding you. The opportunity must not come back again.¡± Sun Chu thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and said, ¡°Okay! I¡¯ll take your word for it. Let¡¯s plant new food.¡±  "I do too! I believe in Mr. Zheng, and I believe in you even more!" "There is also my share." The Huns also raised their hands in agreement.  There are only a dozen or so households that did not raise their hands. Most of these villagers are difficult to deal with.  Either he is doing too much all day long, or he is causing trouble every three days.  People like Ji Ji will do something and chatter non-stop, or they may be lazy and cunning and act like a rogue.  Mr. Zheng looked around and thought it was almost okay.  He asked his grandson Zheng Tong to get the contract and ask everyone to sign it and put their fingerprints on it. The three copies should be kept in the hands of the banker, in the treasury of the village, and in the county government office. If there is a dispute in the future, just go to the county government office to file a lawsuit.  In the end, Mr. Zheng did not rush the farmer, and said with a smile: "I have something to say just now. The ears of grain in my hand that look like wheat are not wheat at all. What do you think it is?" The farmer was shocked again.  Big jump.  "Mr. Zheng, don't scare us. What can you say the preparation is wheat?" At this time, Zheng Tong stood up: "It is indeed not wheat. This is precious grain seeds obtained from special channels in the north. With the ability of the monarch, it is only  Get enough seeds for our Zhuangzi to plant. This kind of food is suitable for large-scale planting in high altitude and ultra-low temperature environments. It can survive winters that are twice as cold as those of the Dai country on the border. Its name is black.  "Wheat?" "Rye?" Mr. Zheng said: "It is similar to wheat, and the yield is similar to that of wheat. If we take care of it, we can produce more than 4 stones per mu. The trouble is that the planting cycle is very long.  , from the end of August this year (the end of September in the Gregorian calendar) to the end of May next year (the end of June in the Gregorian calendar), it takes nearly nine months. After harvesting rye, you have to quickly replant a crop of soybeans or vegetables and apply fertilizer to solidify it.  The soil will be prepared until the autumn, and then the next crop will be planted. "Isn't this great! You can do other things while planting once every nine months." "Don't think that planting rye is easy.  This kind of crop is more delicate than corn. If the fertilizer is not applied well, the land will become barren within two years. Rye likes a cold and slightly humid climate and is very afraid of high temperatures and waterlogging. Fertilization, watering, and drainage are required every year.  You have to be very diligent, especially during the jointing and ear-bearing periods. Every spring, when farming is busy, it¡¯s basically the same as before.¡± Mr. Zheng originally wanted to take advantage of the situation.  All the tired farmers put out their fires.  An important attribute of the popularity of corn is its strong tolerance. No matter how harsh the environment is, it can have stable profits. Just like the Hun horse among horse breeds, it is one of the standards for strong tolerance. Corn is the Hun among grains.  Horse, except for this point, the high yield limit of corn is far inferior to other high-quality crops.  The yield of rye is equivalent to that of wheat, and the planting and harvesting times are basically the same. However, the nutritional content of rye is much better than that of wheat. It has many advantages and disadvantages, including poor universality. The characteristics of the crop require it to be grown in the cold north.  , and what¡¯s even weirder is that the colder it is, the better it is. It¡¯s a bit like Qinghai Cong in food. It¡¯s of good quality but the requirements are too demanding.  "Listen up, you all. We will stop planting soybeans in a few days. We will spend some effort to tidy up the land. Don't forget the soil fertilizer method I taught you last time. Fresh cow dung, soybean powder, and plaster of paris powder."  Mix it in proportion and ferment it for three days and three nights, then add water to it and it can be used as fertilizer. It can also kill the nasty bugs in the ground. If you drop it into the holes of the bugs and plug the holes, they will all die soon. It is better than plant ash.  It is more efficient to fertilize insects. There are also chicken bones and fish bones ground into powder and sprinkled, plant ash, and fermentation water. All three must be used according to the amount. The county will send someone to supervise you to fertilize. When the time comes, remember to fertilize every acre.  How much fertilizer to apply??To the county.  " "We can all save it.  "Mr. Zheng nodded with satisfaction and announced the adjournment of the meeting. "A dozen large and small villages under Pingyang Marquis Mansion have all received requests to plant new grains. The situation in each village is basically the same as that of Nanzhuang. A few objections will not have much impact at all.  Successfully passed the new grain planting plan. There are also many people who regret planting one less soybean crop and losing at least tens of thousands of dollars in income. How many people want to take advantage of the decline in the popularity of soybean oil extraction in the past two years and diversify their crops.  He pressed soybeans for oil and sold them to buy land to fill up the vacant land for his family title. Seeing that there was no chance this time, Cao Shi could only grit his teeth and accept his fate.  ?  The income of tens of thousands of dollars is so dazzling, how can you know that good rye cultivation is a good thing that will benefit the present generation and benefit the future?  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! PS: It is really strange when we study winter wheat. Rye is obviously a very good crop with very, very high nutritional value, especially in the northeast and northwest (Hexi Corridor)  , Hetao area) and Inner Mongolia are very suitable for planting. The woolly bears are a fighting nation that survives by planting this stuff. Without the support of highly nutritious rye, the woolly bears¡¯ five-to-three-thick body would be two circles smaller.
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