On the second day, Chaoge Longde Hall awarded the Dalian Medical Guoguan.
Shen Gongbao was a high-ranking official of a big businessman. He was dressed in fine clothes and was extremely expensive.
The rewards include gold, silver, and bronze utensils. (Copper was commonly used in the Shang Dynasty, and gold and silver highlighted the style, so don’t be too particular about it.)
Behind him, the dragon bearded tiger is also wearing a fifth-grade official uniform. He is more than two meters tall. The official uniform is a little small and a bit funny.
Longxuhu couldn't put it down and was immersed in the sudden wealth. "Master, are we going to be high officials now?"
"You can eat whatever you want and drink whatever you want?"
Shen Gongbao sat quietly on the bed, shook his head and smiled, "You have just become an official, and you only think about feeding the common people?"
Longxuhu knew his master's character and shook his head with a smile, "Hey, isn't this just a moment of excitement? Don't worry, master, I will definitely not prey on the common people."
"Master, what should we do now?" Longxuhu knew that the master was an official, but not in the court. He was in charge of farming and mulberry, but now he didn't know what to do.
"Let's go for a walk outside the song."
"Yes, sir."
On the day he joined the company, Shen Gongbao left a letter to Shang Rong, then left Chaoge City Gate and went to Woye Plain.
When Shang Rong saw the letter left by Shen Gongbao, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Mr. Gongbao doesn't want to have fun in Chaoge. He went out to Chaoge to find ways to farm and mulberry when he first joined the job. It's really admirable."
Time is like fine sand, always passing by inadvertently.
March flies by.
In three months, Shen Gongbao led the dragon-bearded tiger throughout Kyushu. Everywhere he went, he would record the local temperature, hydrology, mountains, rivers and seas.
Jingzhou is located in the south, with humid air and suitable climate.
Looking around, there are thousands of hectares of fertile fields, and rice is grown in the fertile fields.
However, the shape of the rice is shriveled, and although there are many, there are few scions.
Shen Gongbao was wearing a farmer's short shirt and walking in the rice fields with mud on his feet. Finally, he found an ugly rice plant in the muddy field but with many scions.
Shen Gongbao carefully leaned down, picked the rice, and put it into his arms.
The dragon-bearded tiger beside him was bored, yawning non-stop, and was extremely confused: "We have traveled all over Kyushu in these three months. I don't like magic medicine, so why are you just harvesting these weeds?"
Shen Gongbao picked the rice with a slight smile on his face, "This is life-saving food, but you fool called it a weed. You are really ignorant."
"Do you know how the human race lived during the Emperor's reign? Men went out to hunt and women gathered fruits. How much food could they get? There was not enough to eat."
"In the reign of Emperor Shennong, a black bird brought a colorful rice plant, and Shennong planted it. The colorful rice became rice, millet, millet, wheat, and bean sprouts."
"At this point, the human race has entered the agricultural era from the age of fishing, hunting and gathering."
"The agricultural era will definitely be an unprecedented and great progress in human productivity. It will be followed by a series of tribal alliances and dynasty systems."
Longxuhu didn't believe it, "Can this grass be of such great use?"
"The ignorant are fearless." Shen Gongbao said too much to the fool Long Xuhu, which was a waste of time.
The rice specimens have almost been selected.
Shen Gongbao and Long Xuhu finished their tour of Kyushu and returned to Chaoge.
Shen Gongbao did not enter Chaoge City. Instead, he delineated several acres of farmland outside Chaoge City, recruited craftsmen, and built a small courtyard wall.
The rice fields in particular are the most mysterious and are covered with special cloths.
This busy time lasted for more than half a month.
Shang Rong knew that Shen Gongbao had returned to Chaoge for several months but had not entered the city. He also had doubts in his heart, "What on earth is Mr. Gongbao busy with?"
The next day, Shang Rong left the city in person and went to the farm outside the city.
The farm has been built, and several acres of fields are surrounded by special cloth, making it difficult to see what is being done inside.
Shang Rong became more curious and found Shen Gongbao, "Sir, I wonder what is in that shed?"
Shen Gongbao smiled mysteriously, "This is a good medicine that can save the lives of big merchants. Would the Prime Minister want to take a look?"
Shang Rong heard that it was good medicine and his breathing became rapid, "Sir, please."
When the cloth shed is opened, there is lush rice. The shape is extremely ugly, and the rice seedlings are very short.
Shang Rong saw the ordinary rice seedlings and was extremely puzzled, "Sir, what is this?"
Isn't this just ordinary rice? What's so strange? Although the taste is good, the yield is extremely low. In the fertile fields of the south, the yield per mu is less than 100 kilograms.
The main food crop of Dashang today is millet, and one acre of land can produce more than two hundred catties. (city pound)
"Prime Minister, please watch carefully." Shen Gongbao chuckled.
Shang Rong leaned down to take a closer look, and seemed to find something unusual, "Sir, although this rice is ugly in appearance, it seems to have more ears than ordinary rice..."
"Yes, the ears produced are more than three times that of ordinary rice."
As the prime minister, Shang Rong is responsible for handling the government affairs of a country. Doesn't he know that the more ears are produced, the greater the yield will be when mature?
When Shen Gongbao saw that Shang Rong had discovered the clue, he stopped hiding his clumsiness and said bluntly: "This rice is the result of my traveling across the mountains and rivers of Kyushu to find high-quality rice. I then hybridized it. It is called hybrid rice."
"This hybrid rice has four times the ear yield of ordinary rice."
After Shen Gongbao finished speaking, Shang Rong's breathing became extremely rapid, his eyes flashed, and his body couldn't help but tremble, "Is what Mr. Sir said true?"
"If ordinary rice yields 90 kilograms per mu, this hybrid rice can produce 360 kilograms per mu. At this time, Dashang's main food crop, millet, is only 200 kilograms per mu!"
What is this concept?
If rice cultivation can be promoted, Dashang's grain output will quadruple?
Food can represent everything!
With food in hand and no panic in mind, people can have enough to eat by planting rice, and they no longer have to sell their sons and daughters!
"Is this what Mr. Wang said, the people's first priority is food, and if the people are stable, the country will be stable?" Shang Rong said excitedly.
Shen Gongbao nodded, "In ordinary rice fields, the yield is four times higher. Fertilizer has not been applied yet. If fertilizer is applied, the yield per mu may reach 450 kilograms."
"fertilizer?"
Shen Gongbao briefly talked about the raw materials of compost.
Shang Rong was like a treasure, "How can there be such a method? After simply composting animal manure and spreading it into the soil, it can make the land more fertile?"
"Unheard of."
"Sir, you are so talented, I am truly lucky to be a great businessman!"
Shen Gongbao responded to Shang Rong's praise and had a countermeasure in his mind long before entering the business.
Jiang Ziya's destiny is in Zhou Dynasty, and Shen Gongbao's destiny is in Shang Dynasty.
After several generations of business, the great merchants have shown signs of decline.
During the Tribulation of the Gods, the war between human dynasties and the war between immortals was going on simultaneously.
The outcome of a battle often depends more on the battle between human armies.
If the immortal directly kills the human race, he will be contaminated by the great cause and effect!
Dashan’s military strength is particularly important.
Therefore, if Shen Gongbao wants to change the fate of Dashang, he needs to carry out all-round changes to Dashang!
There is no stability without agriculture, and there is no life without business. The prerequisite for change is to stabilize the situation first!
Hybrid rice is the first step for Shen Gongbao to enrich farmers. If farmers become rich, the country will be strong, and when a country is strong, it will undergo reforms.
That night, Shang Rong moved into the farm outside Chaoge City. Hybrid rice was like Shang's sharp knife and could not be missed.
Shang Rong also proposed to Shen Gongbao to send troops to protect him.
Shen Gongbao is only in charge of farming, and the rest is decided by Shang Rong.
