Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 297 Busy Happy Village
There is a simple and honest person who helps to manage the family business. It is true that there is no shortage of items listed on the list in the warehouse. A happy person makes farm tools for his family. There are over [-] handmade bowl machines made of iron, and the bamboo bows that can be directly inserted into the ground are built as high as a mountain, with a total of ten piles.

According to Sun Dali, these bamboo bows are enough to build a greenhouse of [-] mu of farmland. As for the kind of particularly densely spun linen used to build a greenhouse, there are hundreds of thousands of them in the village warehouse.In addition to the ones produced by our own workshop, we have also bought a lot on the market. As long as these linen cloths are used on bamboo bows and covered with thick straw, it is enough to ensure that the soil in the shed will not freeze. If a layer of hay is also spread on the ground, and the soil bowl made by the bowl machine is placed on it, it will be enough to ensure that the seeds in the shed will germinate.

When Wei Zheng and many officials held a stock auction meeting in the public house in the village, Sun Xiangfu was already busy with tens of thousands of hired workers and tenants.

Sun Deshou was appointed as the leader of the shed-building team. Having systematically learned some agricultural knowledge taught by Sun Xiangfu, he understands the significance of greenhouses for crops.

Sun Erli was appointed as the team leader of the whole field team. There are tens of thousands of strong men in the Huangzhuang tenants he brought over. In addition to reorganizing the land in Huangzhuang, he is also responsible for teaching all the people in Guanzhong to reorganize the fields. It can be regarded as an official of the sixth rank, and there are more than a dozen officials under him to help. Although the task is very difficult, it should be able to be completed. Don't think that the land that has not completely thawed in the first month cannot be plowed. With a heavy plow, as long as it is not snowy, there is no problem in plowing the ground.

Sun Dali was appointed as the leader of the asphalt group. He needs to collect enough soil to make hundreds of millions, or even billions, of nutrient bowls within half a month. A nutrient bowl represents a seedling. Happy Village There is not so much fertile and good soil around, so he has to go to the Weihe River, which is still in the winter dry period, to dig river mud.

At this time, the role of the cement road in Xingfu Village is highlighted. A truckload of soil can be quickly transported to the location where the greenhouse will be built with only one animal pulling it. start such a big project.

Sun Xiangfu himself is in charge of the fertilization group. Xingfu hoarded a lot of organic fertilizer last year. He wanted to explain to the children of the farm one by one what kind of land, what crops to plant, and how much base fertilizer to apply. Applying can benefit for several years, and it doesn't need to be so troublesome every year. At the beginning, they just applied base fertilizer to the wheat field that will be planted later this month.

Li Shimin is like a curious baby, leading several confidant ministers to wander between groups. Now, although he has read "Qi Min Yao Shu" thoroughly, he dare not say in front of Sun Xiangfu that he knows how to farm. Even when Sun Erli was in charge of the spring farming in Xingfu Village last year, he came here to see it, but there were still many things he didn't understand.

On the field ridge, Sun Xiaomei, holding a pen and a notebook, was calculating quickly, and soon she shouted to the helpers beside her, "This ridge field requires 200 bamboo bows, three meters wide and [-] meters of linen. Eighty bales of hay."

After a while, she shouted again, "This ridge field needs 320 bamboo bows, 160 meters of three-meter-wide linen, and 64 bundles of hay."

Then, a group of people will deliver the bamboo bow, linen, and hay to the field ridge she designated according to the number she gave. After that, the construction team led by Sun Deshou will take the things delivered in advance and start building the shed. All the way to set up, all the materials are just right, accurate.

"Your Majesty, the decimal system and the new measurement method in Xingfu Village are very convenient and practical. Moreover, this girl is as good at arithmetic as any head of the household department. She is really amazing." Seeing this miraculous scene in the field, Xiao Yu pointed out Looking at the ten-year-old Sun Xiaomei said.

"Hehe, Xiao Xiang, you are so rare and strange. In addition to making algebra symbols, Sun Zhengming also made a set of multiplication and division formulas for calculations. It is simple and fast, that is, this girl is young and can't do heavy work, so she is responsible for it." Calculation. It is said that the arithmetic used to calculate these simple things by the children of the peasant family is only the most elementary, and even I can't understand the advanced parts."

Li Shimin was no stranger to Sun Xiaomei, and knew from the beginning that she had some talent in calculations. However, no matter how talented a woman was, she would not be able to be an official in the court.

Therefore, his gaze has been staring at Sun Deshou who is in command in the field. Although he is only half a boy at this time, he commands tens of thousands of people to work in an orderly manner without seeming flustered at all. Shi Bao from Xingfu Village is also an official at about the same age. In terms of ability, he is probably not as strong as Sun Deshou. This is another talent!

Why do you say that people who are more capable than Shi Bao of the Fisheries Department are talents?It depends on Shi Bao's performance after taking over Sun Xiangfu and becoming the supervisor of the Fisheries Department.

Under his care, the fishponds of the large and small reservoirs in Guanzhong have produced an astonishing output. Even though this year is a disaster year, they have not been affected. In the meals of the road workers, there are fish fillets produced by his fishery department in every meal. Maybe the common people don't know why there are fish fillets in their porridge, but Li Shimin knows whose it is. credit.

The people who made a fortune with Sun Xiangfu are all practical people. They don't learn that set of empty knowledge. Last summer, when Li Shimin was inspecting Xingfu Village, he happened to see Sun Dali and a group of villagers writing accounts in the public house. , I told him that the villagers in Xingfu Village have already learned to read and write, why don't they learn some advanced knowledge and become officials?

Sun Dali asked him directly at the time, can those knowledge make the common people eat well and wear warm clothes?
Li Shimin was choked up by the question. On this question, he thought about it for a long time. After the plague was over, he appointed Sun Dali as the chief instructor of Huangzhuang Agriculture. , but they don’t need to report to the Yamen’s office, they are only responsible for how the stewards under the various divisions of the Pope’s Village manage the farm and urge production, which can be regarded as exercising the powers of the Deputy Superintendent of the Central Animal Husbandry.

Sun Dali's rhetorical question at the time made Li Shimin understand a truth. A person who has the ability to feed the common people and wear warm clothes is already qualified to be an official. Does it really restrict the thinking and behavior of scholars?

not necessarily.

Before Tang, the rebel didn't read a book?

Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was born in a relatively humble family among those who successfully rebelled, but he was also a pavilion chief, and he was considered an official.

The truth in the book is always the truth in the book. Human nature is mostly influenced by desires. The imperial court has no shortage of people who understand the essence of the four books and five classics. On the contrary, there is a great lack of simple and pragmatic people like Sun Dali. , Therefore, Li Shimin rewarded him heavily.

"Your Majesty thinks this young man is worthy of use?"

Li Shimin's eyes fell into Fang Xuanling's eyes. Fang Xuanling was very familiar with his eyes. come out.

"Fang Aiqing thinks that Sun Zhengming's younger brother, Sun Deshou, can be Princess Shang?"

Fang Xuanling already knew what Li Shimin meant, so how could he object!Nodding with a smile, he said, "This son is very talented, he looks exactly like Zheng Ming, so he is naturally the best candidate for Princess Shang. I wonder which princess His Majesty wants to marry to him?"

Because Sun Xiangfu, a butterfly that originally did not belong to this world, flapped its wings, all of Li Shimin's children underwent a major change. None of the children born after the first year of Zhenguan was the same as in history. There is no rule, because last year, Empress Changsun did not give birth to a child.

However, there are still many children born before the first year of Zhenguan. There are as many as ten princesses, and four of them have not yet been married. Li Shimin thought about it and said, "I want to marry Meng Jiang to him." , what does Fang Qing think?"

The Li Mengjiang mentioned by Li Shimin is the daughter of him and Concubine Wei. She is only about seven years old now. Historically, she was conferred the title of Linchuan Princess and married Zhou Wudao in the 15th year of Zhenguan. Now it seems that she must be a little earlier. , at Sun Deshou's age, you can't wait more than ten years.

Fang Xuanling heard the words, followed Li Shimin's way, "This is a match made in heaven."

Fang Xuanling certainly has no reason to object to this kind of issue that does not involve the fundamentals of the imperial court and can maintain the imperial power, and Xiao Yu on the side did not say anything, just thinking that if this is the case, Sun Xiangfu will follow his younger brother Li Shimin for nothing. Seniors, I'm afraid there will be jokes to watch by then.

Of course, this was an idea that Li Shimin came up on the spur of the moment. Whether or not to marry had to be discussed between Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, and it could only be passed after passing through the clan mansion.

Seeing the greenhouses being erected and the truckloads of soil being pulled into the village, it was at dinner time that Li Shimin and his party saw Sun Xiangfu and the others rushing back to the village with a cart full of fertilization tools, so they hurriedly called him Go to Sun's living room for a small meeting.

"Is Zhengming sure about farming in Guanzhong this year?" Li Shimin said in the opening remarks.

"No problem."

Sun Xiangfu, who had worked hard all day, was extremely hungry and had no time to chat with Li Shimin, so he attacked the food on the table.

"Xuan Cheng auctioned off the 350% of the shares at a high price of [-] million yuan, and finally it was acquired by the Qinghe Cui family. Are you surprised?" Li Shimin didn't mind Sun Xiangfu's starving appearance, and stood aside with some pride road.

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu said without an excited expression, "Not at all. In the face of the alliance of the six families, the Wang family cannot succeed. In the whole process, they actually played the role of raising the price. As for the final It is not the Qinghe Cui family that bought the shares, but the other six other than the Wang family, because only by uniting can they form an oppressive advantage over the Wang family. Our next step is to find a way to dismantle their shares. Let’s unite and set up a new hill, Qinghe Cui family, I think it’s not bad either!”

The price of 70 guan was sold for 350 million guan, a fivefold increase. Sun Xiangfu didn't even look surprised. It seems that his psychological price may still be higher than this figure.

Seeing his indifferent expression, Li Shimin regretted listening to Sun Xiangfu's words and asked Wei Zheng to preside over the auction. However, since the deal has been completed, it is useless to regret it. It was Sun Xiangfu who said that the union of the six major families would be dismantled again. , Li Shimin is very concerned about making them fight, but this thing still needs to be carefully planned, and it will not be done in a day.

After Sun Xiangfu ate for a while, he said, "I heard from Sun Dali that you want to sell the seedlings cultivated in Xingfu Village at a high price. Is there such a thing?"

"Yes! The seeds of Xingfu Village, the hired workers paid for, the tools and materials needed to build a shed for the whole field, making fertilizer, and the time spent on soil pots are all money. You should know how much it is worth. Let's not talk about how much profit, a small profit is necessary!" Sun Xiangfu did not deny it.

Hearing what Sun Xiangfu said, Li Shimin was a little embarrassed to open his mouth, but in the end, he still felt that the 'loss' should be taken by people with capital and strength. He rubbed his hands and said, "That, I mean, Guanzhong The people suffered from disasters last year, can you give away free seedlings like this?"

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu immediately knew why Li Shimin waited until he finished eating to talk about this question. If he said it too early, he would definitely not be able to eat.

(End of this chapter)