Chapter 116 is the name of the sun, although it is close to setting, it is still uncomfortably hot.Lu Xiangsheng's mood was even more uncomfortable, as a famous grain-producing area in Beizhili, the grain harvest of the Daimyo's Mansion would directly alarm the big people in the capital.Although it has not rained for more than a month, in fact, the drought in the Daimyo Prefecture has not reached the point of despair, after all, the water source of the Daimyo Prefecture is abundant.The Daimyo Mansion has the Zhanghe River, the Wei River, the Wei Canal, the Fuyang River, the Wei River, and the Liulei River; Laozhang River, Shahe River, Maji River and other large and small 28 rivers (sections) flow through the territory of the Daimyofu, and the Jiagou River at the foot of the east wall of Quanxu belongs to one of the tributaries of the Maji River.Although the water level of the river has dropped, it is still enough for irrigation, but these gentry control the main river, and they are unwilling to release water for irrigation, which makes Lu Xiangsheng very worried.Under his good words, a few gentry finally raised their noble hands, otherwise, Lu Xiangsheng was really ready to use the wrath of thunder.When I came to Quanxu's field, I found that Quanxu's field did not seem to be affected by the drought, and the wheat seedlings had grown more than a foot high, lush, very gratifying, and there were many strange crops, all of which were green and pleasant.Lu Xiangsheng sighed with emotion: "Along the way, the crops in his field have grown the best!"
”"Quan Gongzi is a capable person!"
Lu Xiangsheng is an upright official, and he is not like those who do not act.After a long drought and no rain, he was anxious, and did everything possible to appease the people and organize drought relief efforts, but the results were not great, God refused to help, and said that if it didn't rain, it wouldn't rain, what could he do?
Unexpectedly, a hairy boy actually made the production sound and impressive quietly, and he couldn't help but feel that the future was terrifying.At this moment, his eyes fell on the fields in the distance, and there were many people holding pipes and spraying water on the crops.This made Lu Xiangsheng very strange, he pointed to the people who were watering the ground: "Turn around, quickly!"
”The groom hurriedly turned around and walked towards the people who were watering the ground.Quanxu's watering field adopts scientific calculations, for example, like corn field, then water ten to fifteen cubic meters of water per acre at a time, and wheat is six to ten cubic meters of water, anyway, the work of watering the ground is not very tiring, take the pipe, water?
When Lu Xiangsheng came to the edge of the field, Quan Xu also arrived."
Lord Lu, go to the house for a cup of tea, this ghost weather, it's really hot, I have a ready ...... there" Without waiting for Quan Xu to finish speaking, Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the water pipe in the field: "Where did you get the water here?"
”"Oh, this" Quan Xu smiled: "I found someone to dig the well, I drilled more than a thousand wells, but it didn't cost less!"
”Quan Xu didn't lie, although he bought the drilling rig and equipment, but drilling a well is a technical job, and not water can be produced from any location.In order to facilitate the intake of water, even if the average altitude of the plain of the Daimyo Mansion is more than 30 meters, the depth of Quanxu's wells is generally 80 to 120 meters deep.The cost of a well is about three or four thousand."
The thing that watered the ground?""
It's a pump!"
Quan Xu said with a regretful face: "Westerners' foreign gadgets are very easy to use, but they are a little expensive!"
”When Lu Xiangsheng heard that the price was expensive, he let out a long sigh.Westerners only recognize money, not people, and they need money to buy their things.But the key is that Lu Xiangsheng really has no money.Quan Xu's eyes rolled, and he suddenly had an idea: "Lord Lu, do you want to dig a well?"
It's a simple matter, anyway, it's just to make some effort, there are more than a dozen craftsmen on my side who can dig wells, I can order them to dig wells for Lord Lu!
”Lu Xiangsheng didn't answer, he pointed to the sweet potato seedlings growing in the ground and said, "What is this?"
”"Sweet potato!"
Quan Xu pointed to the sweet potato seedlings and said: "Lord Lu doesn't know, this is a good thing, drought tolerant, high yield, can be harvested more than a dozen times a year, not only can be used to feed cattle, pigs, can also be used to stir-fry, the taste is not bad, if the yield is still rich, you can also use lime rot as green manure, plant hundreds of acres, there are many benefits, otherwise, let's eat this sweet potato seedling today?"
”Quan Xu's words made Yang Lukai extremely embarrassed, what did it mean that the things that were fed to the cows and pigs were actually given to Lord Lu?
Lu Xiangsheng had some impressions of this kind of thing: "This is sweet potato?"
”"yes, that's the kind of thing!"
Quan Xu turned to look at Sanniang and said, "Sanniang, you follow my example and pick some sweet potato seedlings!"
”In fact, after the sweet potato seedlings are planted, some seedlings can be picked, which will not affect the yield, and this plant is mainly still root propagation and growth.Within a few days of the third and fourth forks, the sweet potato leaves are tender, crisp, and very refreshing."
Don't, don't!""
Lord Lu don't worry, this will not reduce the yield, this thing is more solid than wheat and rice, as long as it is not uprooted, it will not affect the yield!"
However, Lu Xiangsheng was still worried about affecting the output, so he only let Sanniang pick a few catties.In fact, Lu Xiangsheng is just worried that there is no water source in Quanxu's land, in fact, except for the Jiagou River, there are really no other rivers in Quanxu's land, and although the water flow of the Jiagou River is not small, it is far from being able to meet the irrigation of 150,000 mu of land.Fortunately, Quan Xu already had a countermeasure, which also made Lu Xiangsheng breathe a sigh of relief.Lu Xiangsheng looked at the good growth of the wheat, and said with a smile: "Your wheat is good, and there are two stones of harvest per mu, right?"
If all the wheat fields in the Daimyo Mansion can have this harvest, why worry that the common people can't fill their stomachs?
”Quan Xu pursed his lips, two stones, isn't it more than three hundred and sixty catties?
This production is a fart, it can only be regarded as a poor harvest in the 21st century, how can it still be like seeing a treasure?
No knowledge is no knowledge!
Lu Xiangsheng looked at the wilting wheat seedlings on the other side, only palm-high, in stark contrast to Quan Xu's wheat field.He asked curiously, "How did you do that?"
”Quan Xu smiled disapprehantly: "Actually, it's very simple, timely irrigation, timely pest control, and fertilizer to keep up, and if you do these things, you can generally have a good harvest." ”Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Lukai looked at each other.Is this also called simple?
It's not easy, okay!
Let's talk about irrigation, now that the drought is serious, farmers can only use their shoulders to carry and use vehicles to transport water to the fields, and they can't water a few acres of fields even after they are tired and tired, and the little water is gone as soon as it is dialed down!
As for fertilizers......
Not to mention this, in later generations, people have more food, they can raise pigs, sheep, cattle, horses, more animals, more manure, now the food, even people are not enough to eat, can't pull out, let alone animals, talk too much are tears!"
Timely irrigation, pest control, and fertilizer to keep up, these few sound simple, but they are not easy to do at all!"
Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly and pointed to the big lane that transported water pipes back and forth on the edge of the field: "You made that thing, right?"
”"I can't do it, it's all paid for craftsmen!"
Quan Xu shrugged: "It is not difficult to build a good well and pump water to irrigate the ground, but the price is a little bigger, and now the people are poor, they can't even afford to raise cattle, let alone dig wells and buy machinery." ”"yes!"
Lu Xiangsheng said: "What can I do about this?
”"Unless!""
What!""
Take the ground back!"
Quan Xu smiled bitterly: "Unified management, so that there are funds to deal with disasters, but farmers may not be happy!"
”Lu Xiangsheng thought that Quan Xu had a good idea, but who knew that he actually had a bad idea.Harvested the farmer's lord?
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It's better not to say this, or the peasants will go crazy.Quan Xu is right, in fact, individual farmers have no ability to deal with disasters because of their small strength.Just like the salesman of the insurance company will tell you that the richer the person, the more he likes to buy insurance, which is actually poisonous chicken soup, and the real rich will never spend money to buy insurance.Because, nothing is really insured, and insurance is not insured, it is usually a play on words, and it is difficult to settle claims.The main force that really buys insurance is the middle class in the metropolis that can't be high, and the middle class who can't do it low.Lu Xiangsheng watched Quan Xu's field until it became dark, and then followed Quan Xu back to Quan's compound.Quan Xu knew Lu Xiangsheng's personality, and did not give him special care, a pot of potato stewed chicken, a pot of braised duck, plus a bowl of tomato and egg soup, and a pot of shallots mixed with tofu.Quan Xu accompanied Lu Xiangsheng to finish eating.Lu Xiangsheng looked at Quan Xu solemnly and said, "Didn't you say that you wanted to open a bank before?"
Why is there no movement now?
”Quan Xu suddenly realized that Lu Xiangsheng's real purpose was actually this.Quan Xu smiled bitterly: "No, the money is used to buy land, dig wells, fight drought, I'm still building a house, I have no money!"
”Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "The people are too difficult now, if they don't fight the drought again, this year will be all over!"
”Quan Xu thought for a while and said: "Lord Lu, although I am also difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, it is better than the people, the bank's affairs, I will open for business as soon as possible, but I am afraid of ......"
"What are you afraid of?"
”"I'm afraid that the gentry of those daimyo's mansions will make some demon moths!""
In front of this mansion, they can't be presumptuous!""
Lord Lu, as the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend, not to mention, they still have criminal records!"
As the saying goes, the children who can call have milk to eat, Quan Xu has learned about the township corps training in the Ming Dynasty, in fact, Lu Xiangsheng has been commanding the township corps training of the Daimyo's Mansion before he became a soldier.Quan Xu asked Lu Xiangsheng for a name, so that he could cast firearms openly and honestly, without hiding them.Lu Xiangsheng didn't think that Quan Xu would rebel, but he just thought that he should want to improve the bank's guards, after all, Quan Xu was attacked by Zhou Chu, once he was bitten by a snake, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, which is not surprising.Lu Xiangsheng groaned: "You can raise your own bow and arrow club, set up ten armor, and two hundred bows and arrows!"
”"She" and "Hui" in the Ming Dynasty Township Yongxiang Yong Regiment practiced weapons in a common form, A 25 people were set as a small armor, and 10 small armor was 250 people as a general armor.Although two hundred and five is not good, Quan Xu doesn't care anymore, with this name, Quan Xu can command the top ten and two hundred archers, he smiled and said: "Within half a month, my Quan's Bank will be open in the Daimyo's Mansion!"
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