Lu Dynasty

Chapter 576 Hybrid
In fact, Jia Xu and I were worried a little too early, because the food in my hand is definitely enough to support Sili for a year or two!In addition, our army is not like Yuan Jun and Cao Jun's unrestrained recruitment, so even if we don't grow sweet potatoes, we will have to wait a year or so before a food crisis occurs.I wasn't aware of it, but when something goes wrong, it has to be fixed.If you think about the countermeasures when the situation is imminent, it will be too late!I walked on the road thinking about the countermeasures to solve the food problem, and I walked a long way.Along the way, I saw many luxuriant crops, and I should have been happy to see such luxuriant crops in the farmland.But thinking about the grain output of the Han Dynasty, I really can't be happy!I have already asked the intelligence department to inquire about high-yielding fine varieties, including three-season rice, but unfortunately the intelligence department has no news, otherwise I don't need to be so concerned!Compared with sweet potatoes, three-season rice is indeed a better choice.You must know that the hybrid rice and three-season rice eaten by modern Chinese are inseparable.But thinking of Sanjidao, I gritted my teeth with hatred for Liu Biao, Liu Bei, and the Sun family.If it weren't for these princes blocking the road to Jiaozhou for my intelligence personnel, I would have brought back Sanjidao long ago!

Although the three-season rice can solve the difficulties I am facing, the far water cannot save the near fire. Not to mention that I have not found the three-season rice, even if I did find it, I would not dare to plant it for the common people if I did not try to plant it.If the three-season rice is not as good as it is said in history, or the three-season rice cannot adapt to the climate of the Central Plains at all, but I recklessly hand it over to the people for planting, resulting in a shortage of food in Sili, which will affect my development.In modern times, I am not a graduate of an agricultural university. What is the difference between the three-season rice used in modern hybrid rice research and the three-season rice in the Han Dynasty, and what are the key points in the research process? These are all things I don’t know.And I can be ahead of Cao and Yuan Shao because I am one step ahead of them through grain research and storage.If there is any omission in our army's food, then we have to go back to the starting line with them, or even one step slower than them!
It's really a headache, the country's policies always affect the whole body, sometimes it is really confusing.In my previous life, I was just a student running around for a living. Even after time travel, no one ever told me how to govern the country.What I have done so far is basically based on modern common sense and historical knowledge.However, common sense is not enough to govern a country!Seeking truth from facts and conforming to objective conditions are the most effective means of governing the country, but what we want to create now is a dynasty that has never existed in history, let alone a period of history for my reference.In general, I can still come up with some ideas, but for specific methods, without the help of Guo Jia and Jia Xu, I can only rely on a flash of inspiration!But how can there be so many inspirations for me?

Along the farmland, I slowly swayed, thinking about the food crisis, the more I thought about it, the more confused I became, and the more I thought about it, the more at a loss.I wanted to let go of this problem, but there are many things that I might not be able to let go of.Suddenly, I saw an old man squatting in the farmland and didn't know what he was doing!Although it is the season of farming, there is no need to squat in the fields to do things. According to the planting techniques of the Han Dynasty, it is not yet the time for weeding.I walked to the edge of the field and asked the old man, "Dare to ask me, what are you doing?"

The old man looked back at me, found that I was wearing a Confucian robe, and said to me: "Mr. should be a rich man, so I have never seen farming, so I am naturally planting seeds?"

"Why do you need to squat in the ground to sow seeds? Dare I ask what the old man is planting?" To be honest, if I hadn't practiced martial arts, I should be counted as the kind of person who doesn't work hard and doesn't know the grain.What makes me better than that kind of person is that I will never treat wheat seedlings as leeks!

The old man smiled and said: "Sir, I don't know. Since Prime Minister Lu took charge of Sili, the cultivation method of Sili has been very different from the past. Any experienced farmer can go to the Ministry of Agriculture to tell his farming experience. The increase in production is effective, and the government will give rewards, and even record it, and pass it on to future generations! I am using the planting method promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, but I have added my own experience, so you think it is a bit weird!"

"Oh" I said with a surprised smile: "My husband also has a unique planting method? Then I want to learn and learn. I wonder if my husband can teach me?"

"Hi! It's not worth mentioning!" The old man smiled and said, "I'm going to try again this year. If I succeed, I'll report to the Ministry of Agriculture and tell you. It doesn't matter if your clothes are either rich or expensive. I don't think you will." Will steal my rewards from the Ministry of Agriculture!"

"That's natural. If it works, I can still recommend it for the old man. I can be regarded as an official of the imperial court!" I looked at the old man and smiled, "It seems that the old man has used this method for many years!"

"Then I'm relieved!" In my territory, the relationship between the government and the people is very good, so the people trust the officials very much.The old man smiled and said: "I have used this method for more than three years, but I have slightly adjusted it every year, but this is not my problem, but the Ministry of Agriculture has publicized methods for increasing production to us every year! In fact, my method is also consistent with the Ministry of Agriculture. It is related to the publicity! When the Ministry of Agriculture was first established, there was a publicity saying: There must be a distance between each plant of rice and wheat, so that the crops will grow better and the yield will be greater! Many people do not believe it, but With the attitude of giving it a try, I did as the Ministry of Agriculture said, and the grain harvested that year was indeed more than before! Then the people from the Ministry of Agriculture continued to publicize the best distance for planting, and I followed it every time. Yes, the output is indeed larger than before.

Since then, I have been planting according to the distance between the plants advertised by the Ministry of Agriculture, but the distance between the plants promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture has become larger and larger!Although the output of food has not decreased, it is really wasteful to leave such a large area in the field, so I want to plant something in the distance between the plants!Later, Prime Minister Lu promoted sweet potatoes, and I also planted them for several years.Although the output of sweet potatoes is large, it is not as delicious as rice noodles!You also know that we Han people are used to eating rice noodles, and the sweet potato is really not used to eating it!After growing sweet potatoes for a long time, I found that sweet potatoes actually grow underground with only a few leaves on the ground, so I planted wheat and sweet potatoes together.The harvest in the first year was not small, but I was afraid that it was just my luck, so I tried for another two years.My harvest in the past two years has been good, so I decided to report this method to the Ministry of Agriculture! "The words of the old man made me wake up. Why did I forget that crops can be planted together. In the past, there were soybeans and wheat, but now why can't I let people mix rice and wheat with sweet potatoes?
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