Chapter 647 I am not as good as the old peasants After years of political struggle, the bureaucratic class of the Ming Dynasty has developed the nature of struggle, they are like aggressive fighting dogs, they are good at fighting, but they do not distinguish between good and evil, and do not ask whether right or wrong.At that time, the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party, things became fire and water, no matter what policies the Eunuch Party introduced, they were all opposed because of the word Eunuch Party, what is more funny is that Zhu Yousong, the eldest son of Fu Wangshu, became Emperor Hongguang, it was because the Donglin Party was opposed, and others pushed Zhu Yousong to the throne because of their opposition.It's the same now.It is clear that Quanxu has developed a successful and mature road of sustainable development in Liaodong, which can be summarized simply, that is, capital supports farmers, carries out cooperative agricultural production, and accelerates the prosperity of the economic market.It can be said that this set is not complicated, and it doesn't even require any whimsy, just copy the homework.It only takes a few landlords to unite to successfully develop a local agricultural production and basic market economy, but the problem is that because this is proposed by political opponents, this method is not implemented, let alone studied.This is the sadness of the Ming Dynasty, anyone who wants to do practical things is followed by countless people to drag their feet.The current Tang King Zhu Yujian has a direct feeling, he sent 40,000 acres of land to Quanxu, Quanxu sent more than 1,000 people to operate the more than 40,000 acres of land, according to the normal situation of the Ming Dynasty, these 40,000 acres of land, in fact, is not to feed many people, at best, more than 1,000 households, five or six thousand people.No matter how much more, the output of these lands will not be able to feed those people, but Quanxu used these 40,000 acres of land to develop one or two hundred enterprises, large and small, and these two hundred enterprises recruited tens of hundreds or thousands of workers, and as a result, these 40,000 acres developed a town with a population of nearly 100,000 people.Originally, Ye County was a very poor county, and the population was actually not enough to have 18 townships and 25 maps, with a population of more than 20,000 households and 890,000 people.The result is good, in less than four years, the Wuyang Inspection Division has surpassed Ye County, has become the most prosperous place in Nanyang, relying on the 40,000 acres of land of the Wuyang Inspection Division, just growing grain is definitely not able to feed 100,000 people, every year the Wuyang Inspection Division will buy two or three hundred thousand stone grain from Xiangyang and other places.However, the people here live and work in peace and contentment, and everyone rarely cooks.Since Zhu Yujian wanted to find Quan Xu to learn from him, Quan Xu did not hide his secrets, and after soaking in the hot springs in Longmen West Mountain, he followed Zhu Yujian and Chen Zhenhao to Nanyang.When he entered the territory of Nanyang, he saw Zhu Yujian's grange, even if he gave a third, there were still more than 2,000 tilts of land that belonged to him.Needless to say, this year's harvest is problematic because the soil is fertile and the irrigation conditions are good, but the wheat seedlings that grow are sparse, sick, and unhealthy.The tenant farmers wore tattered clothes, or directly bare their backs, endured the sun exposure and the invasion of the scorching heat, worked hard weeding and watering, and occasionally raised their heads, you could see that their faces were deeply wrinkled, without a trace of smile, and the hardships of life were written on their faces.Quan Xu jumped off the horse and walked into the field, dug a handful of soil and rolled it, and observed the wheat seedlings for a long time, before he said to Zhu Yujian, who walked into the field closely: "This field is not good, there is not much fertility left, and the seeds have also degraded, and the production capacity per mu reaches one hundred and fifty catties, so you can laugh." ”"Last year, the manager told me that these farms yield less than one stone per acre!"
Zhu Yujian looked very distressed: "The farmland in Wuyang Town is not better than my farmland, why can you harvest three or four hundred catties per acre, and I can harvest less than one hundred and fifty catties per acre?"
”Quan Xu did not answer his question directly, but directly pointed to a tenant farmer not far away, this tenant farmer was barely more than 1.55 meters tall, his face was full of ravines, his hands and feet seemed to be as rough as dead bark, his hair was thinning, his hairline was shifting, his hair was like weeds, his beard and sideburns were gray, especially those eyes, there was no trace of inspiration."
How old are you?"
The tenant didn't seem to understand, and he didn't know if he didn't dare to answer, so he knelt on the ground in fright and kowtowed to Quan Xu repeatedly.A guard from the Tang Palace's palace quickly communicated in dialect towards the tenant farmer, and after a while, the tenant farmer got up and replied: "Back to the old man, the grass people are Chinese New Year's Eve and five today!"
”Quan Xu smiled and said: "Thirty and five, if you don't say it, I thought you were already fifty and three!"
”Then, Quan Xu asked people to statistically investigate how many tenant farmers there were in Tang Wangfu and how old the average age was.Zhu Yujian was even more puzzled: "Does the yield of this kind of land have anything to do with the people who farm the land?"
”"Of course it does!"
After two hours of busyness, Quan Xu got the first-hand data that there were 2,439 tenants in the Tang Wangfu in this town, with an average age of 37 years old.Quan Xu pointed to the data and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Tang, can you know how old is the average life expectancy of the people in Liaodong?"
”"How much?""
The average age of a man is fifty-five, and the average age of a woman is fifty-seven!"
Quan Xu sighed and said: "This kind of land is actually the same as people, you know that you can use the field to death, you never know how to raise the field, what good harvest can be a strange thing, these tenant farmers of yours, per capita can only live thirty-seven years old, most of them are malnourished, they live too little, they don't have time to learn how to farm!"
”"Do you still need to learn how to farm?"
Chen Zhenhao asked a layman's question, he was afraid that Quan Xu would not understand, and explained: "You don't need to learn the crops, what are you doing with us!"
”Quan Xu looked at Chen Zhenhao and said, "Lord Chen, do you know how old is the average age of your junior soldiers?"
”"This ......"
"It is not that there are no Zhongjinshi under the age of 20, that is an individual phenomenon, of course, the Zhongjinshi in their fifties and sixties is also an individual phenomenon, and most of the Zhongjinshi are between the ages of 30 and 50.If you want to be admitted to the Jinshi, you need at least 20 years of hard study!
”Quan Xu smiled faintly: "The same reason, farming is the same!"
”Speaking of this, he dug hard into the soil a few times, and dug out some soil with earth ash: "This is the base fertilizer you applied, right?"
Is this stuff enough to be used as a base fertilizer?
When the wheat returned to green, there was no top dressing, let alone pest control, what else can you expect to have a good harvest!
”"That's why I want to find Master Hou for some good seeds!"
Hearing this, Quan Xu smiled: "Are there still fewer examples of tiger fathers and dogs?"
Who told you that with good seeds, you will have a good harvest?
”"I've also heard that you have phosphate fertilizer, fertilizer there!"
Quan Xu explained: "Let's put it this way, seeds are genes, not the only factor that determines the yield, chemical fertilizers and pesticides are not, fertilizers and pesticides, it is equivalent to people learning, some people learn more and more, it is a good thing that he does not learn, the more he learns, the greater the harm!"
”Not only Tang Wang was confused, but Chen Zhenhao was also puzzled."
Farming is a great project of the system, orange is born in Huainan is orange, born in Huaibei is orange, excellent seeds, than must be placed on the right land, some seeds are resistant to cold and heat, some seeds are drought resistant to waterlogging, some seeds like sandy soil, and some seeds are suitable for growing in silt!"
Quan Xu then introduced: "There is also the use of chemical fertilizers, which is even more sloppy, this is like people's mouth Chinese medicine, it is a three-point poison, it can not be disease-free, healthy, catch the tiger and wolf medicine of the big tonic and make up for it, if so, no matter how strong the person is, he will be compensated to death."
It's the same with the use of chemical fertilizers, you only see that we get a good harvest with phosphate fertilizer, but you don't know how much manure we have to apply per acre of field!
Well, maybe you know how much manure I use, but you don't know how many processes it goes through before it reaches the field!
Phosphate fertilizer has always been only used as base fertilizer and top dressing, if it is used as a single fertilizer, I will not be able to build a few more phosphate fertilizer factories......"
Until today, Chen Zhenhao felt the difference of Quan Xu, he was not like a commander of tens of thousands of elite soldiers at this time, more like a farmer, and a learned farmer.No wonder Confucius is not as good as an old farmer, it turns out that there is so much knowledge in farming.Quan Xu pointed to the sparse wheat field that seemed to have been gnawed by a flock of sheep, and said, "In my opinion, don't ask for wheat this season, plough the ground again and plant some less delicate crops, and let the ground rest for a while." ”Zhu Yujian looked reluctant: "Don't want wheat, then what will we eat!"
”"You can plant a summer of potatoes or sweet potatoes first, this thing is easier to feed, apply a little phosphorus fertilizer and manure and it will grow wildly, and it is not a problem to harvest 123 stones per mu."
Quan Xu smiled: "Anyway, don't plant wheat this year, it's a waste of effort."
The most important thing is that the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes is high, and even if you pay ten stone for rent per acre, the tenant farmer will be grateful, because he still has two or three stones, which can completely fill his stomach. ”Zhu Yujian calculated, now the purchase price of one stone of potatoes is two to three dollars of silver, if one mu of land produces thirteen stones, and collects ten stones of rent, then his income will be as much as two to three taels of silver, and if he grows wheat, it will be thankful that one or two buckets of rent can be collected for one or two acres of land, but here is twenty or thirty times worse.The most important thing is that the burden on the peasants is also lighter, as Quan Xu said, planting wheat, he will be scolded to death by the tenant farmers for one or two buckets of rent per mu, and the tenant farmers who plant potatoes and collect ten stones per mu will also be grateful, this business, done!"
You don't have to plant wheat next year, you can try to grow flax!""
Growing potatoes and sweet potatoes understands that as long as they are planted properly, the yield is indeed very high, but what is the use of this flax?"
Quan Xu smiled bitterly and said: "Are you stupid to read, you don't even know what the use of flax is?"
Flax can be woven into cloth, flaxseed can also be squeezed for oil, and the seed skin can be boiled for glue, which is full of treasures!
The best thing is that it has a very short growth cycle, from sowing to harvesting, in less than three months, an acre of flax can bring more than ten times more income than an acre of wheat!
”Zhu Yujian was a little depressed: "How can you know so much?"
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