Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 455
As for the per capita grain occupancy of the past dynasties, due to the confusion of records, there are huge differences among modern scholars, and choosing the middle point of view, the per capita grain occupancy of the Han Dynasty was only 456 kilograms, and the per capita grain occupancy of the Tang Dynasty was only 1256 kilograms. The grain possession amounted to 1333 jin, 2604 jin in the Song Dynasty, and 130 jin in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The yield per mu has also increased from about 367 jin in the early Han Dynasty to [-] jin in the Qing Dynasty.

Now Zhang Cang has made a complete statistics on Dahan. The grain production in different parts of Dahan is quite unbalanced. Under the circumstance that the arable land area is not much different, the difference in yield per mu between different regions is huge. Zhang Cang plans to do the first thing. The only thing is to reduce this disparity, which he thinks is mostly caused by the insufficient promotion of agricultural technology.

The Liang Kingdom, Zhao Kingdom, and Qi Kingdom already have land improvement laws, while other regions have not even mastered the technology of composting.

The upper and lower limits of the yield per mu in different regions were extremely large, which ran through the entire Han Dynasty, and also caused disputes among scholars later. The speculation on the yield per mu in the Han Dynasty guessed that the minimum amount was 58.5 Shijin, and the maximum was 264 Shijin.

The carriage slowly drove out of Chang'an, and a minister suggested that His Majesty could reduce the number of going out a little, because every time Liu Chang went out, Chang'an would be blocked once. People entering and leaving are directly blocked, and people can only detour through other city gates, which is very inconvenient. Today, there are 12 city gates in Chang'an, but because there are too many people coming and going, it is still prone to blockages.

When Liu Chang heard about this, he waved his hand and ordered a separate gate for the emperor to be opened in Chang'an, and then he would enter and exit through this gate without occupying other gates.

On the road from Chang'an to Hanzhong, there is a place surrounded by fences, this is Liu Chang's destination.
This area was simply surrounded by fences, and there were not many soldiers guarding it. At the entrance of the entrance, there were several officials waiting, and the one at the head was Luan Bu.

Liu Chang jumped out of the car and looked around.

This is where Dahan's experimental field is located, and it covers a large area. Luan Bu gathered a large number of people to conduct various experiments here, mainly to develop agricultural technologies.

Liu Chang looked around, and there were canals on both sides. This canal was different from the artificially built canals that Liu Chang had seen before. A lot of trees are planted, and the distance is lush.

"This farmhouse really grows wherever it goes"

Liu Chang shook his head and said with emotion, the farmer has two propositions, one is farming and the other is planting trees!

They even specialize in how to plant trees, where to plant them, how to make them grow rapidly, etc. They also like to plant trees. It is said that when the initial emperor built Chidao, there were farmers who planted trees for him. There is a tree just a few steps away, and Liu Chang also wondered what the meaning of this was. Maybe he simply wanted to shade the first emperor who was on his way? ? ?
Lu Lu laughed lightly, "Zhou Xiang originally repaired the road, and a farmer went to him, hoping that he could plant trees on both sides of the road according to Qin's system. Then he was kicked out by Zhou Xiang."

Luan Bu stepped forward to meet him, "Your Majesty, didn't you say you came in the morning? Why did you delay it until the afternoon?"

Liu Chang pointed at Lu Lu and scolded, "It's not this guy, I met a few beasts on the way here, and this guy bewitched me to go hunting, which wasted time."

"Your Majesty, this minister is obviously trying to persuade you, forget it."

Lu Shizhong pursed his lips and simply accepted his fate.

Chang Liu followed the officials into the Dahan Experimental Field Base. The cultivated land here is very finely divided, piece by piece, which is very beautiful. Those who didn’t know it thought that it was back in the era of the well field system, and there were people standing beside each piece of land. , waiting for Chang Liu to come and ask questions. This is different from Liang Guo, who has gathered a large number of farm families in the name of private individuals to conduct research and development as a guest, and here are all officials.

In the test field, there are still trees.

Liu Chang waved his hand and let Dong Anguo come to his side.

"I heard that if the trees are too close to the cultivated land, the crops cannot grow. Why are you still planting trees in this cultivated land??"

Dong Anguo cleared his throat, "Your Majesty, in fact, trees are good for arable land. Xu Zi said: Planting trees in deserts can turn barren land that cannot be cultivated into fertile land. Planting trees by rivers can prevent Floods, there are lush places in the world, and they are the places with the least disasters. The way of nature lies in this, and the growth of all things is in harmony with it.”

Liu Chang nodded thoughtfully, as if he understood something, and asked again, "Who is Xu Zi?"

Dong Anguo pursed his lips. If the emperor in front of him was not the emperor, he would have rolled up his sleeves and started fighting.

"It's Xu Xingzi, the sage of the farm."

"Oh, oh, I remembered, is that the Xu Xing that Mencius praised as a man of southern barbarian tongue?"

Dong Anguo's face turned even darker.

Luan Bu couldn't stand it any longer, and cleared his throat, "Your Majesty, let's check the situation of the cultivated land."

"it is good!"

Liu Chang walked along the road and checked them one by one. At present, the experimental fields here are all trying to increase the yield per mu. They have tried various methods. Some experimental fields are very successful, and the yield per mu has increased sharply. Whether it was success or failure, these people didn't seem very depressed. When Liu Chang asked the reason, an official replied: "We didn't fail, we just found a wrong way."

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, and whispered to Lu Lu beside him, "Why does this sentence sound so familiar?"

"Isn't this what His Majesty said in "Geology"??? Was that text really written by you??"

"Oh, yes, yes, remember, it's my original words!"

"I heard that you have the most per mu here?"

Liu Chang came to a farmland and looked at the official in front of him. The official saluted and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it is like this."

"how did you do it?"

"The minister first made furrows and ridges in the ground. The furrows and ridges were alternated, and the crops were placed in the furrows. When cultivating and weeding, the soil on the ridges was pushed into the furrows one by one to cultivate crops. The method of exchanging positions of ridges can maintain soil fertility and resist disasters, with more than a dendrobium per mu.”

"Oh?? More than one bottle??"

Liu Chang's eyes lit up, and he immediately grinned, "Not bad, not bad, Lu! Reward one hundred. Three hundred gold!!"

Seeing that Liu Chang was quite satisfied, Lu Lu also stepped forward and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, I heard that King Liang took out his East Garden and gave it to the people of the peasant family, and asked them to use it for farming. In a short period of time, great achievements have been achieved, and now your Majesty's Shanglin Garden is even bigger than Dongyuan."

Liu Chang nodded thoughtfully.

"The King of Liang sets an example and should be rewarded, and the lords of all countries should follow suit. King Liang has a garden, don't the rest of the lords not have it?!"

"By the way, I remember that when you built the Hou Mansion, there were quite a few gardens, right?"

Lu Lu nodded numbly, "Yes. It's not as good as Dongyuan, but there are still some."

"Hahaha, see what you're afraid of!"

Liu Changchang laughed, "Separate half of Shanglin Garden and give it to the farmers in Chang'an, let them toss!"

"only!!"

Liu Chang is still very satisfied with the current situation of the experimental field. However, other vassal kingdoms can't afford such a large-scale investment as Liang Guo. If you ask Zhao Guo to recruit a large number of peasant families, let them live hundreds of miles away. Tossing over the land, Zhao State's finances will have a big problem next year, not only Zhao State, Tang State may not be able to bear it, after all, Tang State's animal husbandry is also very developed, the area of ​​​​arable land is not large, and there is not so much fertile land. , it is not feasible to spend so much on scientific research.

A dog like Liang Guo is the only one in the world.

"Luan Bu, you have to work hard, but you can't be compared by those from Liang Guo!"

"only!"

"And you, Anguo. How do your farmers usually promote these technologies?"

Dong Anguo hesitated for a moment, "Your Majesty, we are all on our way to teach the people along the way."

Liu Chang shook his head gently and asked, "Then how do you think these technologies can be promoted to various places as quickly as possible?"

Dong Anguo was stunned for a moment before he said, "Di Bao."

"Dibao is only the most basic, but sooner or later, I will be able to come up with a better way!!"

Liu Chang can't think of a better way now. Since he can't think of it, Liu Chang won't embarrass himself, temporarily give up thinking about this problem, and continue to walk on the edge of the cultivated field with great interest, occasionally lowering his body and poking it with his hand. He poked the soil and walked for a while, then he simply took off his shoes and walked directly on the ridge. The officials went to work on their own, only Luan Bu, Dong Anguo and a few others followed behind him.

"Actually, your peasant family still has a hand."

"Why are there still melons among the crops here?"

"It's because some people say that melon and fruit seeds can also increase the yield of crops."

"Is that really going to be the case?"

"According to the results of the test, it will not. But we plan to try different fruits and planting locations."

"Actually, I think it's better to plant melons and fruits than to plant trees on both sides of the road. The fruit trees are so good. If you are tired from walking, you can eat some melons and fruits!"

Dong Anguo pursed his lips, "Your Majesty, it is not easy to grow melons and fruits."

"I heard that at the time of Zhou Prime Minister, someone in your farm asked him to plant trees by the side of the road? Is it true?"

"Yeah, at that time, Zhou Xiang was very angry and yelled at him, saying that people who are useless are futile."

"How do you know so clearly?"

"It was the minister who asked Zhou Xiang to plant a tree"

"Hahaha~~~ I just said which stunned youth dared to provoke Zhou Xiang, so it was you."

Liu Chang said, his eyes lit up, he jumped into the cultivated field suddenly, stretched out his hand and picked a melon from the field, "Han melon? You actually plant a cold melon here? Not bad!"

Liu Chang wiped the surface of the cold melon with his sleeve, then sat on the ridge, put the melon on his knee, and beat it lightly, the melon suddenly split in half, Liu Chang took the melon and stuffed it into his mouth, No one believed that he was not a tyrant. The juice of the melon was overflowing, and the whole clothes were re-dyed. Luan Bu raised his head helplessly, "Alas"

"Huh? Luan Bu? What are you sighing, come, come, let's eat together!"

"This is rude! How can this be so?!"

Luan Bu asked in displeasure.

Soon, the officials sat around Liu Chang and ate the melon, each with a face full of melon juice, and they simply followed the emperor's appearance, wiping their mouths with their sleeves.Luan Bu looked at the half-eaten melon in his hand, was silent for a moment, and asked, "Your Majesty, did you commit the crime of stealing by taking it without asking?"

"Isn't the test field all my own? How can it be considered stealing to eat my own?"

After inspecting the experimental field, Liu Chang praised Luan Bu and spoke highly of his work.

Not bad, so delicious!

When he left the experimental field, Liu Chang's stomach was full and full.

"Mother~~~"

Liu Chang walked into the Shrine Hall, holding two big cold melons in his hands.

Empress Lu was not alone in the hall, Mao Chang knelt down beside Empress Lu, bowed her head, and acted respectfully and obeyed orders.

Seeing Chang Liu coming in, Empress Lu said to him, "Go back now. If there is anything else, come and tell me."

"only!"

Mao Chang got up, bowed towards the Queen Mother, and bowed to Liu Chang again, and then left the Shou Palace.

Liu Chang looked at him and couldn't help shaking his head, "There are two people around Ann, one listens to me and the other listens to my mother. Why is Ann so miserable?"

"Ann has grown a lot, do you know what he's doing?"

"I don't know, what is this Shuzi doing?"

"That Shuzi was in the prime minister's house all day, checking the statistics of various places. It is said that he was analyzing the situation of the people in various places, and wanted to find out the knowledge of governing the country that everyone in the world could eat."

Liu Chang smiled disdainfully, "How can it be so easy, just this ignorant Shuzi, what can he find? Come on, mother, don't worry about him, I specially asked someone to bring you from Nanyue Kingdom. Here comes the cold melon, come, try it!"

Liu Chang placed the melon in front of his mother, and subconsciously wiped the melon with his sleeve.

Empress Lu narrowed her eyes at the moment, staring at his clothes, the dark sleeves.

"Mom!! I'm going to farm today, so I stained my clothes. How can you blame me?"

Liu Chang hurriedly explained, and Empress Lu had no choice but to look away, not to be upset if he couldn't see it.

Liu Chang personally cut the melon and placed it in front of Empress Lu, Empress Lu ate it, and it tasted good.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"What did my mother say? I can't come and visit if it's okay."

Looking at the look in his mother's eyes, Liu Chang put away these words and grinned, "Mother, it's like this, with my inspiration, these farmers have also come up with a lot of methods, but these technologies want It seems that it is not enough to rely on Dibao alone to promote it to the whole country. Do you think there is a good way to spread these things all over the place quickly?"

"No."

As Empress Lu said, she saw the face of Shuzi in front of him suddenly collapsed, and even glanced at the melon in front of him.

Empress Lu asked angrily, "Why, Shuzi, if there is no way, you will make me pay for your melon?"

"of course not."

Empress Lu pondered for a moment before saying, "Actually, this is also very simple. When Qin State formulated the law, do you know how the world knew it at the fastest time?"

"do not know"

"Assessment of political performance, Qin made the popularization of the law as part of the performance evaluation of officials."

"If you want to really promote it, you still have to rely on these officials. It's very simple. If you calculate the degree of agricultural technology promotion as part of the official performance evaluation school, then the officials in various places will do whatever they can for their achievements. Promoting advanced technology, in addition, increasing the proportion of agricultural products in the official performance of officials, can make officials pay more attention to agricultural mulberry, and when necessary, find one or two typical examples to commend and show them to the world. "

"If you do this, I'm afraid it will stir up a false wind. It may even harm the farmers."

"Then it depends on the censor and the embroidered clothes."

"Evil officials cannot be eliminated at any time. Even in the era of Yao and Shun, there were officials who harmed the people. Human nature is like this. However, you can find ways to reduce their harm and reduce the number of such people. Any policy, It is impossible to have only advantages and no disadvantages, as long as the advantages are sufficient and the disadvantages take preventive measures, it can be implemented.”

"I ask you to read Han Zi's books more on weekdays, but you always refuse. If you can read it a few more times, you won't always come to me for advice."

"I don't like Han Fei!"

"Why?"

"When I was six years old, you used Han Fei's book to question me and beat me!!!"

"In the beginning, I played too little!!!"

"I'm going back to study"

"By the way, after today, Shu will move in with me."

"Ah?? Mom, can't I study? Why do you have to do this? I'm studying now, you can't threaten me like this, I'm your own son."

"Damn!! Shu is pregnant!!"

"what??"

Liu Chang was taken aback, "No way, we were last night. Cough, is it true?"

"The Imperial Physician's Order has already investigated, Chang Ah Shu is not young anymore, there are some things that I, as a mother, can't tell you, but you need to know it yourself! Most of the people who died of dystocia in the public are the elderly. Qing He E is still young, do it yourself!"

Liu Chang lowered his head, "I see."

Empress Lu looked at the indifference on his face, and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you not happy at all this time?"

"I already have four stubbys. Don't ask any more questions. I will definitely have a stubby this time. What's there to be happy about?"

"That's not necessarily true. Xia Wu also said that Shu's right pulse is stable and beneficial. It's probably a woman."

"When Liang Heci was born, he said the same thing!"

"Anyway, I've seen it through, I just didn't have a daughter's life."

Despite what he said, Liu Chang still brought gifts to see Cao Shu, with a smile on his face, comforting his wife. As for Cao Shu, she would not be as excited or shy as Fan Qing and Yong E. She Very calmly accepted Liu Chang's gift, then looked at his black sleeves and shook his head helplessly.

There are enough children who need her to be raised, and if there is one more, I don't know if I can take care of them.

She looked ahead, the eldest daughter Fan Qing was excitedly talking with the second daughter Yong E about what toys should be prepared for the child.

The eldest son Liu Chang is grabbing meat with the second son Liu An.

The third son, Liu Bo, was lying on the ground, watching the two younger brothers crawling in front of him like worms.

Cao Shu raised his head and let out a long sigh.

How did you get hooked by a few broken stones in the first place? ?

ps: The emperor heard that Chuan Sikong county officials were cunning, and there were many orphans in the county, so he ordered Jibu to raise them, and cut the cloth to eat three hundred households, so as to blame them for not checking.Such is the love of God's people. - "Saint Lloyd"

Cangduo was unbearable, and the emperor, because of his ability to promote agriculture, moved to the prime minister, and was called the right minister at that time. ——"Saint Liao"

(End of this chapter)