Humane Yongchang

Chapter 276 August
In the golden autumn of August, the sun is shining brightly.

Chen Sheng, who was short in linen, with his sleeves and trouser legs tied, walked into the golden wheat field with a sickle, bent down and cut a handful of wheat in his hand, stood up and raised the sickle, and said loudly, "Open the sickle!"

"Open the sickle!"

"Open the sickle..."

Cheerful gongs and drums blared loudly, and the [-] soldiers of the Fifth Division of the Red Army, scattered in the endless wheat fields, walked into the wheat fields cheering in unison, and harvested the wheat quickly.

And the guy they used to harvest the wheat.

It was the sword they used to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

No one is born a soldier.

They prefer to use it to harvest crops than to kill people with their hands.

Even if it harvests crops, it doesn't take advantage of it...

Chen Sheng was mowing the wheat attentively, and Lu Shuyi was beside him, reporting to him the arrangement of overwintering wheat and the progress of hybrid rice.

This year's production in Chen County, thanks to compost, rainwater and the intensive cultivation of manpower, has yielded a bumper harvest of [-] hectares of grain fields. Yesterday, Lu Shu and the others harvested one mu of wheat by weight, yielding two stones per mu, which is comparable to a good year. !
Two stones are produced per mu, and three thousand pours add up to 30 mu, which is 60 stones, or thirty-six million catties!
This number is not unpleasant!
Calculated based on the normal consumption of half a catty of grain per person per day, the 60 shi of grain can be used by Chen Sheng to feed the 60 million people in Chen County for half a year!
He should have been overjoyed.

But now, he couldn't be happier.

Because under his rule, there was more than one Chen County.

In addition, this year's drought has not improved, but it has become more and more severe.

The drought last year was only raging in Jizhou, it spread to Yanzhou last year, and this year it has extended to Yuzhou...

What is more tragic is that when he learned that more than half of the counties in Yuzhou were also affected by the drought, the southern expedition army led by Chen Shousuo had already reached the vicinity of Anyi, the prefecture of Yuzhou...

It's like a corporate merger, but a lot of non-performing assets are acquired.

When the weather in Yuzhou was good, he didn't get any light.

Yuzhou was in a severe drought, but he rushed to the door by himself and took the blame.

Today, the five counties of Yingchuan, Chenliu, Chenjun, Liangjun, and Jiyin, plus the whole territory of Yuzhou that is about to be acquired, the territory under his jurisdiction has far exceeded that of Yanzhou before the Taipingdao uprising, and the population A conservative estimate of 500 million!
So, in his original plan, a large knot of 60 shi of new food was loosened by the rope that would strangle him. Before he got it, it became the glass of water that was a drop in the bucket...

Chen Sheng was anxious, but there was still a slight smile on his face, as if he was also rejoicing for the bumper harvest of the three thousand hectares of grain fields this year.

It wasn't until after Lu Shu's report that he asked casually, "Lu Shu, do you have any further ideas?"

Lu Shu stopped the sickle and asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by this, Your Majesty?"

"This place is not a royal palace, and I don't wear royal clothes, so you should call me Master!"

Chen Sheng shook his head slightly, and then chuckled: "Don't you also serve as the chief of our Chen Jun and Nong Secretary? Do you want to go further and take a seat at my Han Palace's Grand Secretary Nong's seat... Well, this is located in In the palace of the Han Dynasty, I am the Jiuqing, in charge of all agricultural affairs."

Lu Shu was stunned, unable to speak for a long time, his face fluctuated with joy and worry, uncertain.

Chen Sheng didn't urge him to express his stance, he harvested the wheat in an orderly manner, and bundled it behind him.

After a while, Lu Shu came back to his senses, and both grateful and ashamed, pressed his palm to Chen Sheng: "Master has something to do, this disciple should have done it, but the disciple's ambition is not to be an official, so he does it reluctantly, and is only afraid of it. Mistaken the important matter of the Master... The disciple is not successful, the Master is disappointed, and the disciple is ashamed!"

Chen Sheng stood up straight, sighed and helped him up, and said warmly: "You are ashamed, you are ashamed, and I am ashamed as a master. I have long known that you are addicted to the study of farmers, and have no other distractions, and will impose this heavy responsibility on You, live with me, not with you."

Hearing this, Lu Shu became more and more ashamed, and quickly said: "Master must not say that, it is the disciple who ordered the Master..."

"Okay, you and my master and apprentice don't have to say these foreign words."

Chen Sheng smiled and interrupted his self-examination, and bent down to continue harvesting wheat: "However, even if you don't want to be an official, you should do your best!"

"Now the counties under my control are not only Chenjun, but also Yingchuan, Chenliu, Liangjun, Jiyin, and the whole of Yuzhou. Soon after, the Qiaojun Association will also be merged under the banner of my Hanwang."

"You know better than me how the drought in Yanzhou this year is, but what I want to tell you is that there are also large areas in northern Yuzhou affected by the drought, and food production has been severely reduced. If we don't provide relief to the victims, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"I have made up my mind to order the counties to organize disaster victims, follow my example in Chen County, focus on reclaiming grain fields and planting wheat, and a county tentatively set for [-] hectares!"

"Since you don't want to be a big farmer, then I don't want you to handle chores such as personnel, farm tools, etc., but the location, distribution, and types of grain fields in the counties must be handled by you!"

"It's mid-August now, and you have to rush to October to instruct the county peasants to complete all the preliminary work. You must not miss this year's wheat sowing!"

As he said that, he glanced at Lu Shu, saw his face full of condensed expression, and added after thinking for a moment: "The study of your farm family is the study of hunger and cold in the world. Although the research in the experimental field is important, it should be combined with the actual situation. It is also very important, otherwise, even if you cultivate a grain with a yield of [-] catties per mu, you cannot promote it and benefit the people, but it is only a big dream.”

"The work I have assigned to you is not only an important task to save millions of disaster victims, but also a very valuable practical activity!"

"Different counties have different geology and hydrology, and the climate will be slightly different. Some fields are suitable for growing wheat, some fields are suitable for growing millet, and some fields can neither grow wheat nor millet. But you can grow sweet and delicious radishes, and study the impact of different geology, hydrology, and climate on various crops, which should be a major lesson in your farming school."

"Do you still remember the couplet of Jixia Academy?"

"Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, and combine knowledge and action!"

"This is true of liberal arts and military science, and the same is true of your agricultural sciences!"

Lu Shu listened to him quietly, the divine light in the depths of his old eyes became brighter and brighter, and it seemed that he saw a brand new door again, which was slammed open in front of him.

After Chen Sheng finished speaking, he took care of his clothes, knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Sheng: "Disciple is stupid, thank Master for advice!"

Chen Sheng lifted him up, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "If you're old enough, don't kneel down when you don't move. No matter how you have the status of master and apprentice, I'm afraid of losing your life!"

Lu Shu looked at him seriously: "If you can listen to the Master's teachings from the Master's knees, the disciple will have no regrets in this life!"

Chen Sheng smiled, bent down and continued to cut wheat: "In your opinion, is my plan realistic?"

After thinking about it for a while while cutting the wheat, Lu Shu replied affirmatively, "As long as the Master can hold on, there shouldn't be much of a problem."

Chen Sheng nodded.

He didn't think about it for a day or two, and he thought about all kinds of issues.

Now the upper limit of his luck value has exceeded 30, and when Chen Shou triumphantly returns to Chen County with the Yuzhou Mu Great Seal, his luck value can be doubled to break 70!

70 luck points, recovering 200% every day, that's more than [-] million luck points in a month!
The full-level Little Cloud Rain Technique consumes [-] Qi Luck Points at a time, and can irrigate [-] hectares of fields.

The four counties of Yanzhou plus the five counties of Yuzhou, each counties [-] hectares, that is, [-] hectares.

In other words, if all 150 hectares are irrigated once, [-] million luck points will be consumed in a month.

The remaining hundreds of thousands of luck points are enough for his usual consumption.

In addition to the consumption of the air transport points of the rain, there are only the problems of the distance and the grain fields.

The distance is not a problem. The location of Chen County is right in the center of all the counties under Chen Sheng's rule. Even from Chen County to Yiyang County, which is the southernmost part of Yuzhou, the straight-line distance will not exceed a thousand miles!

With Da Mao as his legs, he set off from Chen County in the early morning and could return to Chen County before evening. With enough time, he could even have a drink in Yiyang!
The problem of grain fields is a bit tricky. After all, according to Chen Sheng's requirements, the grain fields must be concentrated and flat. It is best to be close to the water source and close to the cities and towns of various counties, so that he can inspect the counties along the way when it rains. official business...

However, as long as the conditions are relaxed a little, it is not too difficult to solve. Because the landforms of Yanyu and Henan are mostly plains, as long as Chen Sheng is not too troublesome and spreads a little, he can easily make up five in one county. Thousand hectares of grain fields.

As for other issues such as manpower, material resources, etc., it is not within the scope of Chen Sheng's consideration.

"Good brothers, rest, rest, drinking water..."

The rushing gongs and drums stopped, and a large number of people in Chen County came to the edge of the wheat field with bamboo baskets, put their hands around their mouths in a trumpet shape, and shouted joyfully to the red-clothed soldiers in the wheat field.

Chen Shengzhi got up and turned his head to take a look, and saw that most of these commoners were young girls with braids who had not left the cabinet, and some with their hair in a braid, but they were able to appear on such occasions. The widow of Li Zhong couldn't help but secretly praised Li Zhong: A good life deserves a reward!

He grabbed two bundles of wheat and tucked them under his arm. He waved at the surrounding red-clothed soldiers and shouted, "Brothers, rest!"

Many red-clothed soldiers saw him walking up the field ridge with their heads, and then they hurried up the field ridge with eager faces. As they walked, they ran up one by one...

Chen Sheng laughed narrowly and said, "Look at your worthless virtue..."

Hearing his loud laughter, some of the soldiers in the red shirt couldn't help but slow down their pace and blushed with embarrassment.

Chen Sheng raised his chest and raised his head, walking like a tiger, not hurriedly or slowly, to show his steadiness.

Seeing this, all the red-clothed soldiers showed admiration on their faces.

However, in the next second, I saw Chen Sheng's "whoosh" body, almost flying, and the first one who came first rushed to the field ridge and met two slender figures, one big and one small.

"Alas……"

The boos spread all over the field, just now they looked at Chen Sheng's eyes with admiration and contempt now.

Chen Sheng couldn't bear his face, turned around and scolded his feet: "I'm calling my wife hurt, okay? You single dogs without wives, know a basket!"

"Hahaha……"

All the soldiers laughed in unison, but their hearts felt very warm.

Chen Sheng couldn't hold back his face. He turned around and embraced Zhao Qing and Ah Yu and walked into the crowd. He threw the sickle and wheat, and set up a pergola on top of their heads with both hands. He was clearly happy, but he complained on his face, "The sun is so strong. Poison, what are you doing?"

He looked left and right, and saw dozens of men with deep breaths guarding them. Although they were not wearing armor, everyone was carrying a knife. Even at this time and place, no one took their palms off the hilt.

He took his eyes back, his eyes slowed a little.

"I'll bring you some lunch!"

With a smile, Zhao Qing untied the clean linen cloth covering the basket in his arms, revealing a large bowl of Bai Shengsheng's steamed cakes: "This is made with flour from the new wheat that Lu Shu sent yesterday, it's delicious, Ah Yu. They ate two bowls!"

Ah Yu proudly raised his face, nodded and said, "Yes, two big bowls!"

Chen Sheng took a bite of a steamed cake suspiciously. The fragrance of the grains replaced the lack of rich taste, as if he had eaten a mouthful of summer sunshine.

He also narrowed his eyes and nodded, "It's really fragrant!"

"The concubine didn't lie to you, did she?"

Zhao Qing happily hugged the bamboo basket in his arms and motioned him to eat more.

Chen Sheng took a big mouthful of blood, stuffed the whole steamed cake into his mouth, puffed out his cheeks and said vaguely: "Go back to the uncles and aunts at home, and send some to the family, so that they can also try it..."

"Yup."

Zhao Qing nodded: "The concubine saves it."

"Brother, eat soup!"

Ah Yu also took out a pottery urn the size of a kettle from the basket in his arms, and looked at Chen Sheng expectantly with both hands in his hands.

Chen Sheng took it over and tried to touch the pottery urn. He didn't feel it was hot, and he took a big sip with his head raised.

In an instant, a kaleidoscope-like complex and weird taste exploded in his mouth, and his face turned green all of a sudden.

He understood in an instant, and looked at Zhao Qing in disbelief, not believing that he would be such a fool.

Zhao Qing "goose goose" bumped his head into his arms, unable to straighten his back with laughter.

Obviously, she was the first victim.

Ah Yu looked at Chen Sheng, then looked at Zhao Qing, with a small face, and sighed: "Is it really not delicious?"

Chen Sheng tried his best to squeeze out a smile, stretched his neck and tried to swallow the steamed cake mixed with "soup" in his mouth, then caressed the top of Ah Yu's head kindly, and said softly: "It's delicious, it's made by Ah Yu. , how could it not be delicious? This is the first time for my eldest brother to eat such a delicious chicken soup. Well, just right, the eldest sister is weak, so Ah Yu will need to stew more broth for the eldest sister to replenish her body in the future!"

Ah Yu narrowed his eyes, revealing a small gleaming tiger tooth, and nodded vigorously: "Hmm!"

Zhao Qing couldn't laugh this time, and kept hitting Chen Sheng's stomach with his head.

Chen Sheng tore off a piece of steamed cake and put it in his mouth: "Hahaha..."

(End of this chapter)