Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 296 Preparing for Spring Plowing

Everything that Sun Xiangfu did has a clue. He took out the capital hoarded by the rich and powerful, promoted the development of this country, and transformed it into fixed assets, binding their interests with the stability of this country. At the same time, the fields in the north are like this, and so is Weinan New City.

While waiting for people from Xingfu Village to come to the door, Sun Xiangfu led a group of farm children to start preparing for this year's spring plowing. In order to alleviate the impact of last year's drought on Guanzhong, he needed to advance the entire plowing time this year. Then, Breeding is a very large project.

"Brother, many vegetables in the fields have not been harvested yet. Is it too early to breed them now?" Sun Deshou, who is already 12 years old and has grown a lot taller, questioned.

"It's not too early. While we are breeding, let the villagers of each family start harvesting! If the harvested vegetables are stored in the cellar, they will be enough to eat for a month or two. In early February, our cultivated seedlings can start to grow." Transplanted to the fields."

Having lived in Datang for several years, Sun Xiangfu also has a good understanding of the climate in various parts of Guanzhong during this period. Although the weather in early February is still cold, it is enough for the seedlings cultivated in the greenhouse to go to the ground, which is more traditional than this period. The seeds are sown in March, and the seedlings grow in April, which is a full two months earlier, and the maturity period of the crops has been advanced to May and June. The time saved is enough to plant a season with a short growth cycle and also cultivate the land in summer. Beans, when the cold weather comes in September and October, the summer beans are almost fully mature, just harvested and ready for winter.

Most of the current seeds have not been scientifically improved like later generations. The slow growth cycle of traditional crops is flawed. It is extremely rare to be able to achieve two seasons of main crops in the field, plus some winter vegetables.

Improving seeds requires some technological products as an aid. With the current conditions, Sun Xiangfu can't do it at all. When the conditions are really met, it is estimated that the people of Datang will not be short of food.

Looking at the brothers-in-law who were following behind him blankly, Sun Xiangfu waved at them and said, "You guys are responsible for recruiting me now! The number of people starts at [-], and familiar hands are preferred. In addition, go to the pastor's supervisor Department, ask Sun Erli to notify all the stewards of Huangzhuang, and dispatch people to help complete the work."

Solving the livelihood problems of millions of people cannot be accomplished with a little land. Therefore, since the first year of Zhenguan, the radiation range of the planting area of ​​Xingfu Village has been expanding, first of all, the fields of Huangzhuang and Sun Xiangfu's allies. , how to plant, what to plant, basically Xingfu Village has the final say.

Afterwards, it almost expanded to the entire noble group, and even the family members and ordinary farmers began to follow suit. By this year, it is estimated that everyone will follow the Xingfu Village. There is no way, the things they grow are economical and high-yield.

The little fellows took the order and left in a hurry, while Sun Xiangfu came to the warehouse where the seeds were stored in Xingfu Village. This year's staple food is still mainly wheat. Due to the drought in Guanzhong the year before and last year, It is impossible to grow traditional winter wheat, so Sun Xiangfu can only choose to grow spring wheat.

The temperature in Guanzhong is slightly warmer than that outside the Guanzhong. The reason why spring wheat is not planted until March and April is that winter wheat grows slowly. It is recorded in the Han Dynasty Shihuozhi and some documents written by Dong Zhongshu that winter wheat is ninety and October. Planting and harvesting in March and April of the next year, that is to say, the growth cycle of winter wheat occupies more than six months.

For the planting of spring wheat, in later generations, there is a more practical soil method, which is to thaw the ground by six centimeters.

When sowing in colder weather, the wheat will grow stronger and the harvest will be better after going through the vernalization stage.

However, if the sowing was too late and the temperature was high, the vernalization of the wheat seedlings could not be completed. This was also the reason why the yield of spring wheat planted by the people in Guanzhong was not high during this period. Of course, there were many other reasons that people in this period did not understand, such as wheat It is more harmful to fertility. It is no wonder that the yield can be high if it is planted continuously on one piece of land.

Based on Sun Xiangfu's observations of the climate conditions during this period in the past two years, as well as the measurement of the soil permafrost, he felt that at the end of the first lunar month, spring wheat could already be planted in Guanzhong, even if there was a late spring cold weather later, It may not be able to freeze the wheat in the ground, because after February, it is difficult to appear in Guanzhong when the heavy snow does not melt.

After the spring wheat is harvested in May and June, it is most in the economic interest to plant high-yielding summer beans in the field. In this way, before winter, the land can be vacated to plant some vegetables that are eaten in winter, or simply stop farming for cultivation. Sun Xiangfu feels that the economic value of winter wheat with a period of more than half a year is too low, so he can give it up directly. In addition, he can also consider planting some cold-resistant crops that will be in short supply in the future, such as rapeseed. With the gradual popularization of iron pots, people will gradually If you learn how to cook, the oil for cooking is a new life necessity for the common people.

In addition to wheat, cotton, and various melons are also the main crops planted in Guanzhong this year. Due to the wide range of planting, the selection work needs to be carried out immediately. After all, after that, there will be a greenhouse to make There is a lot of work to do, such as nutrition bowls, field preparation, and bottom fertilization. Although there are a lot of laborers, it is still difficult to take care of the entire Guanzhong field in one month.

This is also a disadvantage of intensive cultivation and technical planting. The manpower required has almost doubled. If Sun Xiangfu had not acquired many efficient production tools, it would have been impossible to complete it with the production level of the people in the original Tang Dynasty.

Yu Fang went to the Animal Husbandry Supervision Office, and Xingfu Village was already preparing for spring plowing before the Spring Festival rest day, and soon everyone knew about it, so Li Shimin rushed to Xingfu Village in a hurry.

At this time, Sun Xiangfu was already counting the benefits sent to him by several people, and Jiajia buried a lot, which was enough to make up for the money extorted by Li Shimin and his wife recently, and there was still some balance.

Therefore, Li Shimin did not come alone, but came with him. Except for his several confidant ministers, the officials of the family line were basically fully mobilized, for no other reason than to seek shares in Weinan New City.

"You boy, tell me what to do next!" Li Shimin sat down in the living room of Sun Xiangfu's house a little annoyed, and said with a mouthful of warm milk tea.

At this moment, he felt aggrieved. These ministers knew that they were spending money on gifts for Sun Xiangfu to buy news, but they only used their tongues to force him to compromise. They really pissed him off.

On the way here, he kept shouting in his heart, I am also very short of money, okay!If you send me some money, the news about me will definitely be better than that kid Sun Zhengming.

"Your Majesty, our public house in Xingfu Village is actually very suitable for an auction venue."

Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Sun Xiangfu knew that he was in a bad mood, he was probably jealous of himself, and said weakly.

Li Shimin shook his head when he heard the words and said, "Now it is not possible to solve the problem by auctioning off the shares. Those ministers think that your family raised money privately to divide the [-]% shares of the Weinan New City project. It is a secret operation. It is legal and reasonable, and it is reasonable for everyone to contribute and distribute shares together.”

"What do they think, what are we going to do? Is this possible? You just need to tell them that there are many counties in Guanzhong, and Weinan is the worst county that had the smallpox plague last year. If they have a lot of money, they can invest in it." Build other counties with better conditions! Your Majesty, you still have to go out of the land and take [-]% of the shares, and they can distribute the rest as they like."

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that!"

Sun Xiangfu's words made Li Shimin suddenly realize that, of course, he wished that all the counties in Guanzhong would be like the Weinan New City described by Sun Xiangfu. Anyway, he didn't need money from the imperial court, and he could sit back and wait for the dividends.

"Thoughts, ideas, Your Majesty, you have to change this aspect, you need to be more flexible, otherwise, those courtiers will always think you are easy to bully."

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded and said, "Well, that's the reason, I'll leave this matter to you!"

"Uh, well, I still have to prepare for spring plowing here! Don't you think it's better to leave this matter to Mr. Wei?"

"Wei Xuancheng?"

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's suggestion, Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, and then with a wicked smile on his face, he said, "Yes, this matter should be handed over to him. It will be done in your public house in Xingfu Village. You can arrange it first." Let's set it up!"

Sun Xiangfu received the order and walked out of his house. Outside, there were still a bunch of people waiting for news!Among them, Wang Gui was of a higher rank. Just at the door, Sun Xiangfu gave him a look, and then looked at Wei Zheng. Then, Wang Gui knew that the emperor planned to hand over this matter to Wei Zheng, and then he completely refused. The thought of going through the back door.

Although Wei Zheng is also from a family in Shandong, he is not with them. His personality is like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard. If he walks through his back door, he may gain something instead of profit. Fortunately, he got it before. The news of Wang An's return made Wang shi prepare a lot of cash. Even if he had to use the auction method in the end, he, Wang shi, just spent more money.

Sun Xiangfu pulled Wei Zheng aside, and told him what Li Shimin meant. He had already seen the auction routine in Shanyang, and there was nothing wrong with hosting it, but there were a few points that Sun Xiangfu wanted to explain clearly to him. First, the imperial court welcomes people from all walks of life to invest in building cities. Except for Weinan, any other county in Guanzhong can use the same method to raise funds to build new cities and open up new industries. This dispels everyone's doubts about the original shareholders of Weinan County.

Of course, if they insist on the shares of Weinan County, they can!At worst, the original shareholders will withdraw all their capital and give them all the shares in Weinan New City. Let us original shareholders go to build cities elsewhere. Xinfeng County is also a good place!It also has the convenience of the Weihe River, and it is also close to Xingfu Village.

The second is that these shares are sold first to those who can provide more building materials, and there will only be one buyer for the [-]% shares.

Vicious competition, if you don't become the only one, how can you let them steal their heads!When all of them transported building materials to Weinan, wouldn't the other pit set by Sun Xiangfu work?

After talking about these things, Sun Xiangfu went to find Sun Dali. This guy is much stronger now, he should be fat. The girl in his arms has just grown teeth, and his wife is pregnant with another one.

With a big belly, Mrs. Deng likes to work on the chicken farm where women work. There are not only hundreds of thousands of chickens raised there, but also a lot of mulberry trees planted in the past two years. There is a clothing workshop at the foot of the mountain, and women workers usually gather there. , this big belly woman is afraid that people will say that she is a jealous woman, and she is taking advantage of Xingfu Village to recruit female workers, and she is helping Sun Dali find a concubine!

"Why, sister-in-law is busy looking for a woman for you again?"

When he arrived at Sun Dali's house, it was no different from being at his own house. Sun Xiangfu poured tea for himself, and took out a piece of Wen Yu from his bosom for his daughter to play with. Make adults talk.

"Hey, not only looking for me, but also looking for a wife for Erli! This year he is seventeen, it's time to get married."

Sun Dali smiled honestly, put his daughter on the kang, let her crawl and play by herself, turned around and went to the cabinet, took out a notebook and said, "Here are the reserve details of the various warehouses in the village. What do you want to use?" , you can go to Curry to adjust, judging by your posture this year, you are planning to do a big job, and I have asked the big guys to prepare things a long time ago."

Sun Xiangfu flipped through the book, nodded and smiled, "Well, the handwriting has improved, and there are enough things in stock. You arrange people to decorate the public house. The court wants to borrow the public house to hold an auction. In addition, After the work of seed selection is finished, notify all the villagers and stewards to come to the public house together, and I will hold a meeting for them to assign tasks."

"okay."

Sun Xiangfu is the backbone of Xingfu Village. Even now, he doesn't stay here for many days a year, and basically doesn't interfere with management affairs. But with him, everyone's fighting spirit will be inexplicably high. In just two or three years, This place has become an agricultural holy land in Guanzhong. Everyone gathers here during the spring plowing every year. This year, they gathered here in advance. Seeing those people who come to ask for advice in an endless stream, Sun Dali is full of heart. It is a sense of accomplishment.

(End of this chapter)