Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 4: Pluck these rice seedlings for me
"Master Yang, the emperor has high hopes for you."

"This time, Yangzhou has given the most allocations from various places. Make good use of these rice seeds and give Yangzhou City a bumper harvest."

Before leaving, the official from the Ministry of Household Affairs who delivered rice seeds and farm tools did not forget to tell Yang Xian to entrust Lao Zhu.

Looking at the bags of rice seeds delivered to the yamen, Lu Mingyi had tears in his eyes, thinking that this day has finally come.

You can show off your skills right away.

Yang Xian naturally expressed his gratitude to the imperial court.

After sending the people away, Yang Xian turned around and said immediately: "Master Lu, please distribute these rice seeds as rations immediately. For a period of three months, each household will receive 30 kilograms of grain per month. Officials will be distributed according to their rank. Distribute it. On the people's side, it is regarded as a loan from the court, and on the officials' side, it is regarded as a subsidy."

"what?"

Lu Mingyi suspected that his ears were broken.

After receiving Yang Xian's affirmative reply, Lu Mingyi's face changed drastically and he said, "Sir, it is a serious crime to misappropriate rice seeds without permission!"

"Do as I tell you."

"After eating these rice seeds as food rations, where will we find the rice seeds for this spring's plowing? Sir, you can't just look at what's in front of you." Lu Mingyi said sadly.

"Don't worry, I have prepared the rice seeds for the common people to plow in the spring." Yang Xian said calmly.

"Is there a second batch of allocations from the imperial court?" Lu Mingyi asked.

Yang Xian did not reply directly, but said: "You don't have to worry about it, I will take care of everything."

Although Lu Mingyi had doubts, he could only follow the instructions.

Lu Mingyi is very efficient.

However, in two days, Yang Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the system interface with more than 7 merit points.

Without saying anything, he immediately made the first flush of the system.

next moment.

The system warehouse immediately added seven newbie treasure chests.

The contents of the first treasure box were exactly the hybrid rice used by the system for publicity.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully opening the novice treasure chest and obtaining the item improved hybrid rice seeds (100000kg)]

As a person who has traveled through time in modern times, Yang Xiantai knows the significance of this hybrid rice.

The success of hybrid rice means that the Chinese people have completely got rid of hunger. The increase in unit grain output has opened up a new way for Chinese agriculture, produced huge social and economic benefits, and also brought great good news to the people of the world. The Western world is more The hybrid rice invented by Grandpa Yuan Longping is called Oriental Magic Rice. Hybrid rice can be said to be the fifth greatest invention after the four great inventions in ancient China.

You must know that this will be a priceless treasure in later generations, not to mention the Ming Dynasty where food production was not high.

Although the first charge in July is a bit expensive, it is well worth the money.

Yang Xian looked at the remaining treasure boxes and found that they all had time limits for opening, and the next treasure box would have to wait a month.

The most important thing right now is to let the people of Yangzhou City plant these hybrid rice seeds first.

In the past few days, Lu Mingyi, who was worried about rice seeds, had long become an ant on the hot pot.

Yang Xian found Lu Mingyi beside a field.

He looked at some people who were planting rice in the field, his face a little ugly.

"Sir!" Lu Mingyi saw Yang Xian and immediately stepped forward to salute. After learning the news of the new rice seeds entering the warehouse, he also noticed Yang Xian's expression and carefully explained. "Some people were worried that they would miss the best time to transplant rice, so they secretly dispatched rice seeds."

Yang Xian had no expression on his face as he leaned down and jumped into the field.

Some people who were planting rice saw this and thought that the prefect wanted to personally participate in the work.They had heard about Yang Xian and knew that he had provided the previous settlement allowance and rice seed rations.

At this time, I saw the faces of my great benefactors all filled with gratitude, and some even had tears of emotion in their eyes.But the next moment.

The expressions on their faces immediately changed to shock, disbelief, and even anger.

I saw Yang Xian bending down, lightly pulling up the rice seedlings that the people had just planted, and then throwing it on the ridge beside the paddy field like garbage.

"Come here, pull out all the rice that has been planted in Yangzhou City!" Yang Xian raised his head and said calmly.

"grown ups?!"

Lu Mingyi also looked in disbelief.

"Why do you want to pull out these rice plants that have been planted?"

Yang Xian did not answer Lu Mingyi's words, but asked: "Have the government posted notices before, asking the people in the government to only do preliminary work such as reclaiming wasteland, and wait for the rice seeds to arrive before planting them?"

"But my lord, haven't you already sent it?"

"That's rations! The notice made it clear!"

Yang Xian directly interrupted Lu Mingyi's words, not caring about the hostile looks from the people around him, and continued to pull out the seedlings.

"Sir, even if it is the common people's fault, at the end of the day, these rice seedlings that have been stimulated can no longer be used as rations. These common people are also afraid of starving." Lu Mingyi thought Yang Xian was Wanting to establish his authority, he continued to persuade.

"I just know that the people are afraid of starvation. Now Yangzhou city is deserted and less than half of the fields have been re-cultivated. How many fertile fields are there like this under my feet?"

Yang Xian kept moving his hands and continued: "If we use ordinary rice seedlings, even if we harvest them in autumn, we will not be able to feed the growing number of people in Yangzhou!"

Ordinary rice seeds?

Lu Mingyi caught the key word.

"But now there are many fields where rice has been planted. Can Sir, just let the remaining ones be planted with new rice seeds?"

In Lu Mingyi's view, even if the rice seeds are of the best quality, how much can they increase the yield? The yield per mu can be as high as fifty or sixty kilograms, or at most one hundred kilograms.

It is obviously not worth it to uproot the rice fields that have been planted in large numbers for this purpose.

"I don't want to say it a second time!"

Yang Xian turned to stare at Lu Mingyi and said in a deep voice.

"The newly arrived rice seeds will be distributed immediately according to the number of rice fields. We must ensure that all rice fields in the entire Yangzhou City must use new rice seeds for spring plowing this year!"

I've always been kind and calm before.

This was the first time Lu Mingyi saw Yang Xian. Although he still didn't agree with Yang Xian's decision, he could only follow it.

On the people's side, although there is some resistance, fortunately it is not big.

After all, the imperial court immediately provided new rice seeds.

Moreover, the rice seedlings in the rice fields have just been transplanted.

Restarting the transplanting process at this time will not delay the season.

I just have to work hard on myself and do the work of planting rice again.

When it comes to enduring hardship, the Chinese people have never been afraid of it since ancient times.

Of course, complaints are inevitable, and some people even forget that their food rations, rice seeds, and housing expenses were all provided by Yang Xian.

At this time, the censors sent by the imperial court to inspect various parts of the country were also on their way.

(End of this chapter)