Borrow the day to change the day

When Xu Guangqi heard it, he followed Zhong Jinwei's gestures and found that Zhong Jinwei was pointing at the statue of Jesus on the wall. He chuckled and said, "Does Zhongxing Hou believe it too?"

Zhong Jinwei shook his head, he didn't believe it.

Xu Guangqi's current mind is on the Agricultural Research Institute, and he would like to hear Zhong Jinwei's suggestion.

Just now, Xu Guangqi's random question was just a polite way of saying. Seeing Hou Zhongxing shaking his head, he said to him, "Don't dare to ask Hou Zhongxing what he thinks of this Agricultural Research Institute?"

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he withdrew his mind and said, "I think both soft and hard areas can be improved."

Xu Guangqi was taken aback for a moment. There are two places, soft and hard. What does this mean?

He looked at Zhong Jinwei beside him with a surprised expression, ready to listen to his opinion.

"First, I took a rough look at the meeting in the evening, and it seems that the fields in those fields are very single."

When Zhong Jinwei said this, seeing Xu Guangqi's intention to open his mouth, he added: "Master Xu, when I say single, I don't just mean that there are few crops in the field."

Xu Guangqi blinked, thinking, what do you mean?

Without him asking, Zhong Jinwei explained: "I see that those lands are all dry land, there is no distinction between dry land, wetland, and paddy fields, and I don't see any greenhouses."

Xu Guangqi nodded. He had considered most of what Zhong Jinwei said, but he hadn't implemented it yet.

So he explained this meaning to Zhong Jinwei, and said: "The emperor has ordered that the two capitals and the thirteen provinces of the country need to provide some local advantageous crops or strange crops for the agricultural research institute to grow. It is estimated that Some provinces are about to be sent to the capital, and when the varieties are enriched, all that Zhongxing Hou said will be done one by one."

"Okay, that's good, but the most important thing is a conceptual problem, I don't think it has changed yet." Zhong Jinwei immediately said another thing.

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangqi quickly asked, "What's the idea?"

"Master Xu, may I ask who is the main researcher in this institute, the official or the old farmer?" Zhong Jinwei asked Xu Guangqi a question.

"Of course the officials are the main ones. He will be in charge of the Agricultural Research Institute, and then the lower officials will inspect it." Xu Guangqi replied as a matter of course.

"Wrong." Zhong Jinwei immediately came to a conclusion and denied Xu Guangqi's approach.

"Wrong?" Xu Guangqi was surprised. Could it be possible to let those old farmers be the principals of the Agricultural Research Institute?

What he didn't expect was that what Zhong Jinwei said next was exactly what he thought was impossible: "Master Xu, I think that in the Agricultural Research Institute, the old farmers should be the main ones, and the officials should be the assistants, or just say, The officials serve the old farmers. What the old farmers want to plant and what they need, the officials must satisfy them one by one and do their logistics well.”

After Zhong Jinwei said this, seeing Xu Guangqi's unbelievable expression, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It really can't be changed in a moment.

This can be considered that Xu Guangqi was relatively advanced in thinking at the end of Ming Dynasty, and he still had the concept of scholars first.

Zhong Jinwei further explained to Xu Guangqi, trying to correct the No. 1 idea of ​​the open mind of Ming Dynasty: "Master Xu, what do you think this agricultural research institute is for? Of course it should focus on agricultural research and focus on understanding various crops. How to increase the yield is the main purpose, isn’t that the case?”

Xu Guangqi looked at Zhong Jinwei and nodded slowly. This is the original intention of the establishment of the Agricultural Research Institute, and naturally there is no objection.

Zhong Jinwei saw that Xu Guangqi nodded in agreement with his words, and continued: "Then is the official capable of this task or the old farmer is capable of this task, in other words, who is more expert?"

There is no doubt about this, Xu Guangqi replied: "Of course it is those old farmers, otherwise what would you ask them to do!"

"Well, there is a saying in my hometown that laymen direct experts, and things get worse. Let me give you an example, the sweet potato. The old farmer said that this thing needs pruning now, but the officials have a different view. Pruning will hurt the sweet potato. Potatoes, I don’t agree to do this, so, will the old farmer still cut it, and will he do it based on his own experience?” Zhong Jinwei leaned slightly towards Xu Guangqi and asked him.

Xu Guangqi thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No."

He could foresee that once there was a conflict of opinions between the officials and those old farmers, the opinions of the officials would definitely prevail.

Zhong Jinwei clapped his palms lightly, and said with a smile: "This is the end. Therefore, let alone other places, in this research institute alone, you must listen to the experts, that is to say, the officials must listen to the old farmers. "

"This..." Xu Guangqi was speechless. It seems that it is not in line with common sense for a scholar to obey farmers.

Zhong Jinwei saw that Xu Guangqi couldn't accept it for a while, so he said earnestly: "The ideal research institute is actually an expert who directs the experts. There is an experienced old farmer as the leader of the institute, and a staff member with rich administrative experience as the second leader to assist the first leader. There is another one, as long as you are a researcher in the research institute, no matter who you are, you'd better be able to read and write. In this way, communicating with each other, checking related books, or organizing your own research results into a book, will be more effective in the research of crops effect."

Zhong Jinwei saw that Xu Guangqi finally showed a thoughtful expression, so he hit the iron while it was hot: "Master Xu, think about it, the experiment of this crop needs to record various data, such as nutrients, soil, water, branches and leaves, etc. Growth conditions. If the amount is small , I believe that even illiterate old farmers can remember it, but they can’t stand it anymore. Can they still remember it? Even if someone else does it for them, they still don’t know how to read by themselves. Isn’t it convenient to record and organize by themselves? Therefore, It is best for everyone in the Agricultural Research Institute to be literate, including experienced farmers."

Xu Guangqi shook his head with a wry smile, and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Marquis Zhongxing, aren't you embarrassing the old man? Where can I find this experienced and literate old farmer?"

Zhong Jinwei sat up straight after hearing this, and said to Xu Guangqi with great interest: "At the start-up stage, it doesn't matter if old farmers can't be found. You can assign some literate people to serve as apprentices for them. After they grow up, they will be experienced but Are you a literate old farmer again, yes, a young old farmer, haha!"

Zhong Jinwei laughed at the words he described after speaking.

Xu Guangqi also laughed. He understood that the word "old" in Hou Zhongxing's last words about young and old farmers meant rich experience.

After he smiled, he shook his head and answered Zhong Jinwei: "Marquis Zhongxing, let a person who can read and write become an apprentice of an old farmer, and become an old farmer in the future. I am afraid it will be difficult to find such a person."

Not to mention the seventeenth century, even the era of Zhong Jinwei in the later generations still had this concept. Studying is for going out, who would be willing to become a farmer.

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he reminded Xu Guangqi seriously: "Could it be that Mr. Xu has forgotten the education for all that I mentioned before?"

Of course Xu Guangqi remembered that he still wanted to add mathematics to the teaching content!I saw him nodding and shaking his head and said: "Of course I remember, but it can't be done overnight, and it's very difficult to implement it now. What's more, I have already studied, who will come to be this old farmer?"

Zhong Jinwei nodded, knowing the reason, he concluded: "You look down on the profession of old farmers, don't you?"