Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 922, The Autumn Harvest of the Ming Dynasty: Great Harvest in Liaodong

"woooo~"

On the wheat field in Nanshan Village, the steam harvester whistled while advancing.

Accompanied by the machine walking in the field, followed by a large number of villagers from Nanshan Village, everyone looked at the neatly laid wheat stalks on the ground, and then looked at the bags of wheat that had been packed, and they were all very shocked.

The machine can not only harvest wheat, but the harvesting speed is really fast, and it can also remove the wheat from the ears of wheat, avoiding the process of throwing wheat in the future.

As the machine walked over and over again in the field, the one-acre wheat field was quickly harvested, and the bags of wheat were placed in the field, and it was only necessary to carry the wheat back.

"Is this too fast?"

Ding Dazhu widened his eyes and sighed.

"From now on, farming is just driving the machine and walking around in the field?"

Someone next to him sighed.

"No, these shoes don't need to be stained with mud. There are tillage machines for plowing the land, and wheat harvesting machines for harvesting wheat. Maybe we can make any kind of machine in the future."

"I heard from Brother Da Mao that the Jingcheng Machinery Factory has also developed a rice pounder. In the south where rice is grown, they don't need to pound rice in the future. They can use a machine to pound rice."

Ding Dazhu remembered Li Damao's words, and quickly said: "I heard that there is a machine for grinding flour. Our wheat is put in the machine, and it will be flour directly when it comes out."

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's true, Brother Big Mao still cheats?"

"That's right. We already have the machines for harvesting wheat. What's so special about the machines for grinding flour?"

The villagers of Nanshan Village kept discussing, looking at the harvester in the field, their eyes lit up.

After careful calculation, the harvester in front of me doesn't take much time to harvest an acre of land, just walk back and forth in the field, and the wheat for an acre of land will be harvested.

With such a machine, no matter how many wheat fields there are, we are not afraid.

On the steam harvester, Li Damao controls the machine again and again, and also calculates silently.

"According to this speed, one hour can harvest almost ten mu of land, and if counting five hours a day, it can harvest almost fifty mu of land. My own family has nearly [-] mu of land, and it can be harvested in twenty days. .”

"If you are busy from morning to night every day, it will take more than ten days. This efficiency is still acceptable. After harvesting your own wheat, you can also help others harvest wheat and earn a lot of money."

"If there is no harvester for two thousand acres of wheat, my family will not be able to harvest it even if I don't rest all day long, and I am exhausted in the field."

After careful calculation, Li Damao couldn't help but laughed happily.

"It's still a machine!"

With the roar of the machine, the wheat field is slowly shrinking, and the bags of wheat are placed in the field at a distance, which is very beautiful.

The busy time is always short, and it will soon be evening.

Li Damao parked the machine beside the field and looked at today's results. A large wheat field had been harvested, and he felt a sense of accomplishment.

"It's about the same as I calculated. It can harvest about [-] mu of wheat a day."

Li Damao confirmed it again, and there was no mistake in the calculation.

However, Li Damao was not happy for too long, and soon, he began to frown again.

Not for other things, because there is so much food in the house that there is no place to put it.

Not only is the inside and outside of his home full of grain, but even the granary that Li Damao built this year will soon be full, and he can't find a place to stack the grain.

Li Damao's family had a bumper harvest of grain.

After Li Damao's serious and careful weighing, in the wheat field of Li Damao's family, the yield of wheat harvested in one mu of land is almost two stones, and the yield of two thousand mu of wheat is almost four thousand stones.

(Note: According to the records in Volume 120 of "Hejian Zhi", "one man plows three to forty mu, and one mu harvests more than one stone of wheat." First of all, the land in Liaodong area is more fertile, here is the black soil, and secondly, the wheat in Liaodong area lasts longer and the yield is better, so it is almost two stones per mu. Well, that’s about it, one stone is 200 catties, tomorrow One catty in the dynasty is sixteen taels, so it’s almost [-] catties, but it’s shelled.)
With so much food, Li Damao, who has been planting all his life, felt like he was getting rich for the first time. There was so much food that there was nowhere to put it.

In the past, when no immigrants came to Liaodong, they were busy all year round, facing the loess and back to the sky, but the whole family could not eat enough meals throughout the year.

More than half of the hard-earned grain will be handed over to the landlord, and the remaining grain will not be enough for the whole family.

It's all right now, not only do I have a lot of land, but now I have a good harvest of grain, and the Liaodong area has been exempted from taxes for several years by the emperor, which means that all the grain is my own.

Li Damao opened his belly to eat more than [-] shi of grain at once, which was enough for Li Damao's family to eat for many, many years.

"There's nowhere to put it!"

Li Damao looked at the sacks of wheat in the field, with a smile on his face and a frowning face. For the first time, he felt the pain of too much food.

"What are you worrying about? Let's stack them in the field first, pad the bottom with straw, and block the top with straw, and sell the grain after the work is done."

"How can our family eat up thousands of shi of grain?"

Li Damao's daughter-in-law said bluntly.

"Okay, do as you say."

Li Damao nodded and quickly got busy.

In the entire Liaodong area, every household is in the same situation as Li Damao.

In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, Liaodong had a bumper harvest of grain.

The entire Liaodong area is immersed in the busyness, but also immersed in the joy of the harvest of grain.

Small households also planted hundreds of acres of land, and on average they planted hundreds of acres of land. With so many fields, it ushered in another bumper harvest year.

The smell of wheat is everywhere, and every household is full of grain inside and out, and each granary can no longer hold it. Many people have to pile up part of the grain in the wheat field like Li Damao. There is a place to put these grains.

.......
Since ancient times, all dynasties have attached great importance to farming. Food is a major issue related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the same is true of the Ming Dynasty.

Liaodong chief envoy Chen Xin was walking in a wheat field in plain clothes at this time, looking at the large and large wheat fields in front of him, and then seeing the fiery harvesting scene, his whole person smiled.

"Congratulations, Lord Hexi!"

"I've had a bumper harvest in Liaodong this year. My lord must be promoted soon."

Beside Chen Xin, an official saw that Chen Xin was smiling, and immediately flattered him.

"Haha, it may not be possible to get promoted, but verbal awards from above must be indispensable."

Chen Xin smiled happily and shook his head.

"My lord, today is different from the past~"

"The current Minister of the Ministry of Officials is Liu Jin Liugong. I heard that Liu Gong has always been very fair in his work. He has formulated a detailed examination system since he took office. Among the examination system, the most important thing for a local chief envoy like your lord Several indicators, such as population, taxation, food production, and infrastructure construction, have done very well in any one of them, and you are sure to be promoted."

Hu Benhui thought for a while and continued.

"This year, the population of Liaodong has increased by more than [-] million, and the tax revenue has exceeded [-] million taels. Now the grain harvest is bumper again. My lord's performance is very impressive."

"Even if your lord has not been promoted this year, his political achievements must have been outstanding. If you accumulate more, you will be promoted sooner or later."

"Haha, I hope it's as you said."

Chen Xin replied with a smile.

Liu Jin became the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. The position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials has great power. He is in charge of the assessment and promotion of officials all over the world. He is known as the official of heaven.

As soon as he took office, Liu Jin immediately formulated a series of very complete examination system, which was promulgated quickly after the cabinet's deliberation and Emperor Hongzhi's affirmation.

Regarding the new examination system, the officials who had a vegetarian meal on the corpse naturally complained endlessly, and the memorial to impeach Liu Jin flew to Emperor Hongzhi's desk like snowflakes.

But for officials who are capable and serious about doing things, this examination system also means that they are expected to be promoted, because the system clearly states that the examination results will be combined with the promotion system.

If you want to be promoted, you must show outstanding achievements. If you don't have any achievements, there is absolutely no possibility of promotion.

As the chief envoy of Eastern Liaodong, Chen Xin is a local high-level official, and he is considered as a key assessment target. According to the new policy formulated by Liu Jin, at the end of the year, he will go to the capital to report on his work, and report to the emperor, the cabinet, and the six ministries. Report on the work situation this year, and then decide whether to reward or punish based on the performance of the government.

In Liaodong, the population is growing rapidly, tax revenue is increasing rapidly, this year's grain harvest is bumper, and many roads and reservoirs have been built this year. Chen Xin will be more confident when he goes to the capital to report on his work at the end of the year.

Chen Xin can be regarded as a more accomplished official, so he still prefers Liu Jin's style of doing things, formulating a detailed examination system, doing well and being promoted, and doing poorly, not only will he not be an official, but he will also be held accountable.

If it was in the past, he, Chen Xin, would not come to the countryside in casual clothes, read newspapers, drink tea, and just hang out in his own mansion.

If he wants to get promoted and get rich, he still needs money to move around and make connections. However, Chen Xin is relatively clean and doesn't have much money to give gifts and make connections. He is already very satisfied with his current position.

"Let's go, ask a few farmers about the situation this year, and see if you have any difficulties. Our government will try to help solve what we can."

(End of this chapter)