After Xu Guangqi received permission, he asked: "Dudu Yan, what is the yield per mu of this land?"
Yan Siqi thought for a while and said: "There is very little rice in the local area.
Zhou Tongjin said that the Ainu people brought it from Japan.
The yield per mu is about one and a half dan.
As for wheat, it is about one dan."
Xu Guangqi said with some regret: "Unfortunately, the output is lower than what we have here."
Yan Siqi said: "Zhou Tongjin said that because of the cold climate in Nurgan City, it is inevitable to be affected by frost, and sometimes there is too much water, so the output is a bit low."
Xu Guangqi said: "Although the yield is a bit lower than the irrigated land here, since no one realizes its value, it is also a good thing for us to open up wasteland.
It is better than nothing.
I think we can take back Nurgan City, so A large amount of land around it will be owned by Daming, and we can arrange for more people to immigrate. " Bi Ziyan said: “Mr.
Some people are willing to go to this cold Nurgan City, so what’s the point of us occupying Nurgan City?”
He was in charge of the household department and he knew the land and food situation very well.
A large number of people in the north of the Ming Dynasty immigrated to Liaodong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Beizhili.
People were afraid of poverty.
After hearing about the imperial court's preferential immigration policy, more than 30% of the people immigrated to Liaodong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Beizhili.
After hearing about the imperial court's preferential immigration policy, under the instigation of state officials from various places, more than 30% of the people I chose to immigrate to Liaodong.
The Land to the Tiller movement of the Ministry of Agriculture was in full swing with the help of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which greatly improved the land annexation situation in these four provinces and one capital.
Judging from the current situation of four northern provinces and one capital, the northern Ming Dynasty has basically achieved self-sufficiency in food.
The reason why I only say basically is because the south still transports about one million stone grains to the capital every year.
You must know that during the Wanli period, the average annual grain shipment to Jingtong Ercang was more than two million shi.
This could not meet the needs of the capital and the north.
The northern warehouse was in need every year.
If it were not for the Kaizhong method to attract a large number of merchants to transport grain, To the north, a great famine had already occurred.
Nowadays, one million stone cans of grain are transported to the capital every year, and the storage capacity of Jingtong Second Warehouse is increasing year by year.
If the potato storage in Shaanxi is also included, the north does not need supplies from the south to solve its food problem.
Xu Guangqi smiled and said: "Mr.
Bi Ge, the food supply situation in Ming Dynasty is relatively good now, but it can only guarantee a year and a half of food supply, which is far from the three years required by your majesty.
And last time Ge Lao was not Have you said that the population growth has accelerated in recent years?
The population will increase faster and faster.
These newly added people must eat, and occupying an extra place now can lay a solid foundation for future food supply. " Bi Ziyan nodded and said: "This is not bad.
I checked the transfer department and used the data from Baoding Prefecture in the capital.
In the first year of the Apocalypse, the number of births in Baoding Prefecture minus the number of deaths was an increase of 5,213 people.
By the fourth year of Tianqi, this number had become 20,000 Six thousand two hundred and twenty-one people, an increase of more than five times.
Among the 153 prefectures in the Ming Dynasty, the population of Baoding Prefecture is the highest.
In this way, the number of people in the Ming Dynasty can increase from more than two million to three million.
It’s indeed a big problem, but don’t we still have a lot of wasteland that can be reclaimed?”
Xu Guangqi said: "Yes, we still have wasteland that can be reclaimed, but every time we open up this wasteland, we will lose one piece, and there will always be a time when the reclamation is finished.
Besides, it has become colder in the north in recent years, and this trend is also happening in the south.
If there is a sudden encounter in a certain year In the event of a major disaster, the food reserves will be very important.”
Bi Ziyan said: "Your Majesty, I was persuaded by Mr.
Xu Ge and I also feel that Nurgan City should be taken back."
Ye Xianggao watched Xu Guangqi and Bi Ziyan singing harmony.
It seemed that Bi Ziyan was questioning Xu Guangqi, but in fact he was raising the issue first to silence the people behind him.
But he still felt it wasn't worthwhile.
He first winked at Fang Congzhe, then motioned to Sun Chuanting and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that the output of Nurgan City is too low.
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Even if we occupy it, we don't need to start large-scale planting now, because it won't be worthwhile. , it’s better to wait until the population increases.”
Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, since the harvest from farming is very little now, then occupying this place is not worth the gain.
It is better to leave it there first and let Zhou Tongjin hold it first and talk about it later."
Their meaning is very simple.
Firstly, there are not enough immigrants willing to go to Nurgan City.
Secondly, the harvest is too little.
It is really not worth the effort to get here.
It is better to put it on hold and talk about it later.
As a result, there were two factions of opinions among the civil servants.
Xu Guangqi and Bi Ziyan supported the recovery of Nurgan City, while Fang Congzhe and Ye Xianggao opposed a major war for this purpose.
The intentions of the others were unclear.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao coughed, and Sun Chuanting said hurriedly: "Your Majesty has instructions."
Zhu Youxiao said: "When I was listening to the discussion by all of you, I suddenly thought of something.
In a place called Peru in South America, they invented a planting method called pegao field.
In the mountains, Planting plants can yield more than three times the original yield.
When Yan Qing mentioned the situation around Nurgan City just now, I thought it would be a good idea to give it a try.”
Yang Lian said: "Your Majesty, it is not an easy task to triple the yield.
Our Ministry of Agriculture promotes fertilizer accumulation methods, improves water conservancy facilities, and selects improved seeds, but at most it can only increase the yield per mu by more than 30%, and in some places it is only 10%.
You said If this method works, there will be no hunger in the world.”
Xu Guangqi sweated profusely.
Now the emperor has gone too far.
He has tripled the output.
No one with normal thinking ability will believe it.
He quickly said: "Your Majesty, should we increase production by 30% instead of tripling production?"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Yang Lian's slightly disdainful and obviously disbelieving look, and carefully recalled the book he had read.
It seemed to be called General History of the World, which talked about the Peigao fields of Peruvian mountain farmers more than 3,000 years ago.
The local method can indeed increase production three times.
He turned a blind eye to the steps that Xu Guangqi handed over, gritted his teeth and said: "It's three times the output, not 30%.
The method is this: dig a ditch in the flat land, and pile the soil next to it, forming a shape of about two steps wide and long.
There is no limit to the fields.
The fields are three feet deeper than the ditch.
The water in the ditch is about two feet deep.
Fish can be raised in it and livestock excrement and urine can be accommodated.
This method will definitely be effective
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