Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 39 039

If you think about it carefully, there were many small fish and shrimps in ancient rivers and ditches.

As long as paddy fields are filled with water, fish and shrimp will inevitably enter the paddy fields, so the ancients were no strangers to paddy field fish.

Rice flower fish in the Song Dynasty was already a delicacy, and it was mentioned in many poems.

During the Cao Wei period, there seemed to be precedents of this kind of fish and rice mixed culture in Sichuan and Shu, and there were many records in Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian and Guangxi.

After Guo Shoujing excavated the Tonghui River around Gyeonggi in the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of rice fields gradually appeared near the capital.

There is a song that says: The rice in the west of Beijing is fragrant, and the cooking taste knows noon, and you don’t need vegetables for a normal meal, which is delicious and fragrant.

This is still Tongzhou. It was clearly recorded in the Qing Dynasty that there were more than 1000 hectares of rice fields around Kunming Lake in the capital, that is, more than 10 mu of rice fields.

The rice flower fish has enough congenital conditions.

After trying to ask Jia Lian and Jia Zhen, there are indeed a large number of rice fields near the capital, not to mention tens of thousands of hectares, but thousands of acres or hundreds of thousands of acres.

In this way, it is really feasible, but it is impossible to promote it on a large scale.

But this is actually a good thing.

Most of the high-end and medium-sized fields are in the hands of the powerful and gentry, and these people have a certain ability to resist risks.

If you experiment with a few acres of land, the failure will not have much impact.

It also avoided a large number of bankruptcy of the poor.

Among the 10 or 100 squires who are willing to try, as long as half of them succeed, that is infinite merit.

And others succeeded, but you didn't.

According to the ancient public opinion and scholarly atmosphere, I would never scold myself as an inventor, but laugh at those losers for being too stupid.

Shi Zhongkui immediately decided to spend his own money to buy some fields and do experiments. Once it is really successful, it will definitely be beneficial to the road to the imperial examination and to become an official in the future.

Second, in ancient times, because the fields were not fertile enough, rice transplanting was not as intensive as it is in modern times.

This provides conditions for fish farming in rice fields, and fish farming can also enrich the fields and reduce pests.

Coupled with the fact that the human resources of the small-scale peasant economy are worthless and the cost of careful care is too high in modern times, it was not a problem at all in ancient times.

There is no need to worry about pesticides being bad for fish.

But the trouble is that the farmers have no experience in raising fish at all, but thinking of Yu Honggao raising red carp in a large tank, it shows that there are farmers who specialize in this business around Daxing.

And even if only 2 to 30 catties of palm-sized small fish are produced per mu, it is an extra income for the squires.

You don't have to worry about eating fish meat after making dried fish for a year, and even some landlords rarely eat meat a few times a year.

If the grain yield per mu increases by 100 to [-]%, Shi Zhongkui's name will be remembered and appreciated by scholars and gentry [-]%.

The "people" in the ancient "govern the world with the people" refers to the squires, not the common people.

With the support and support of these people, whether it is an official or a job, it will be much easier.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is really necessary to buy ten or twenty acres of paddy fields to try, even if it is wrong, it is not a big problem.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but think of the farm of Shan Guogong's mansion in Daxing.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to repair the ditch, take the opportunity to transform the land near the bend of the ditch.

When I really try it out, the Duke of Shanguo will definitely follow up, and the Yang family next door will also seek to come to the door for profit.

Giving face to the Yang family is tantamount to gaining the goodwill of a fourth-rank criminal inspector and a seventh-rank sixth department.

He also helped Yu Honggao improve his political achievements, and by then Yu Honggao might not be willing to leave Daxing County.

When Shan Guogong and the Yang family are also successful, other squires, nobles, and big landlords in Daxing will definitely follow suit.

Yu Honggao can rely on this credit. It may be difficult to advance to 3 levels in a row, but it should not be difficult to upgrade from the sixth rank to the fifth rank.

After hearing that Shi Zhongkui was raising fish in the rice field in a whimsical way, Jia Lian and Jia Zhen immediately thought he was crazy.

But Jia Baoyu pondered for a moment and said, "There is indeed such a thing in ancient books, but it is only found in places with a lot of rain and warm climate in the south."

Shi Zhongkui smiled slightly, "Don't forget that the Tonghui River and Kunming Lake, which is the place to store water, have been planting rice on a large scale since the previous dynasty.

I called Zhuangtou and asked, there must be sporadic fish in the rice fields. My brother has a very simple method, which can not only raise fish but also increase rice production.

If Big Brother Zhen, Second Brother Lian and Brother Bao don't believe it, it will only take a few months for the younger brother to buy a piece of land outside the city and try it out.

When the younger brother succeeds, the three of them will understand whether what they said today is just talking nonsense. "

Jia Lian and Jia Zhen hesitated.

What Shi Zhongkui said was so swearing, and the three of them already believed in his character, Jia Lian and Jia Zhen couldn't help thinking that as long as they didn't change the whole farm all at once, the risk would be minimal.

Moreover, the income from ten acres of land for one season is not even enough to set up a banquet in Jude Building.

In case it happens, he can also show his face in front of Xia Shouzhong and even the Holy One.

If you can't make it, you have to work hard, "My brother is out, but I have a mission, just come and find me as a brother."

This made Shi Zhongkui hesitate. After thinking about it, rather than owe the Jia family favors, it would be better to buy a piece of land by himself. He can decide everything by himself and avoid being restrained.

When they succeed, they ask themselves.

It's a pity that he still underestimated Yu Honggao's vigorous and resolute behavior.

"Since that's the case, the younger brother will return to Daxing tomorrow to make preparations, and then the second brother Lian will send someone to look for the younger brother."

As soon as Jia Lian and Jia Zhen heard this, they knew that Shi Zhongkui had made up his mind to buy the land by himself.

This is also good, at least Shi Zhongkui won't make fun of his own fields.

After talking about the most important thing, Jia Lian, Jia Zhen, and Jia Baoyu looked at each other.

Seeing that both Jia Zhen and Jia Baoyu nodded, expressing their belief in Shi Zhongkui's character, Jia Lian said with a smile, "Why is there not even a maid in my virtuous brother's family?"

Shi Zhongkui froze for a moment, frowned and thought for a few seconds, then suddenly understood.

It can be said that Jia Lian was extremely rude to ask such a question, and his face darkened, and he asked, "Second brother has something to say."

The three of Jia Lian heard the dissatisfaction in Shi Zhongkui's tone.

Jia Lian hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Brother's forgiveness is a one-off. It's not that I deliberately inquired about my brother's family affairs. In fact, an elder asked me to ask my brother in private if he has a crush or a marriage."

Although Shi Zhongkui guessed it, after Jia Lian really said it, he hesitated again.

In his opinion, it is definitely not Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, and Sanchun should only be suitable for Yingchun.

Otherwise, if the Jia family really betrothed the maids born in the family to themselves, it would not be a marriage, but a feud.

But he was also worried that the Jia family was really so brainless, thinking that any beautiful domestic slave would be worthy of him.

"Since my parents passed away early, my younger brother has been studying hard behind closed doors only to revitalize the family business, so there is no marriage, let alone someone."

Jia Lian and Jia Zhen immediately looked overjoyed.

When Jia Baoyu heard that he was studying for the sake of boosting his family business, he felt displeased, and couldn't hold back his words of persuasion, "Brother Boqian, although the fame is good, it can only last for a while. Why don't you indulge in the mountains and rivers and seek to be at ease."

Jia Lian and Jia Zhen's expressions changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)