Cao Shuo held a small cloth bag and handed it to Cao Ang excitedly.
"Brother, here you go, here are the wheat seeds that I and a group of farmers have improved. You can use them."
Cao Ang took the wheat seeds and nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, little brother, you have done a great job in this matter! Once the seeds are distributed, I will go to your majesty and father to ask for credit for you."
Hearing this, Cao Shuo waved his hand hurriedly: "Brother, what are you talking about? You provided the methods and materials for improving seeds. If there is credit, then the credit is also yours!"
Hearing his brother's words, Cao Ang felt very warm in his heart.
After all, this is his biological brother, and he still needs to be carefully cultivated.
In addition, Cao Ang knew that if the original historical trajectory was followed, his younger brother would die of a serious illness in a few years.
Now, of course, he couldn't let this happen again.
And for Cao Ang, he does not lack this credit.
What Cao Ang has in his hands now is a sample of the improved seeds, only one cloth bag.
After Cao Ang opened the bag, he saw that the seeds inside were all very plump, which was indeed different from the shriveled seeds he had seen before.
"Not bad, these wheat seeds are very full, and the germination rate must be high."
Cao Ang nodded with satisfaction.
Cao Shuo on the side heard this and couldn't help asking: "Brother, what is the germination rate?"
"The emergence rate is the probability of wheat seedlings growing after the seeds are planted. To take the simplest example, if 100 seeds are planted and fifty wheat seedlings grow, then the emergence rate is 50%. "
After listening to Cao Ang's explanation, Cao Shuo nodded thoughtfully: "I see, then our germination rate should be close to 100%."
"So high?" Cao Ang expected that the germination rate of the improved seeds would be very high, but he didn't expect it to be so high.
It's just that Cao Ang is still a little worried about whether the reserve of this kind of seeds is enough. After all, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers are opening up wasteland and farming in the five states. If the wasteland is cleared and there are no seeds to plant, it will make people laugh.
"Brother, do you have many reserves of this kind of seed? You must know that the sergeants are working in the fields in the five states. The demand for this kind of seed is very large."
"Brother, don't worry. The seeds we have stored are completely sufficient. You gave me so many people before, and I asked them to build a granary outside Luoyang. The seeds we stored have even filled the entire granary."
Cao Shuo had a smile on his face and was very happy to be able to help his elder brother.
After Cao Ang heard that there were so many seeds, he had other ideas in his mind.
He wants to distribute these seeds to the common people within the five states!
After all, if only the fields cultivated by the sergeants were planted with such high-quality seeds, it would most likely be mixed with the inferior seeds planted by the surrounding farmers.
In this case, this high-quality seed will be wasted.
After having the idea, Cao Ang immediately took action.
He took Cao Shuo to the granary outside Luoyang and began to direct people to deliver seeds to sergeants everywhere.
After all the generals had sent enough seeds, only one-third of the seeds in the granary were used.
Upon seeing this, Cao Ang dispatched sergeants again and prepared to send them to ordinary people in the five states.
"Brother, leave this matter to me." Cao Shuo was full of energy and eager to try.
Cao Ang looked at his younger brother and nodded with satisfaction: "I am very pleased with your enterprising spirit, but I have a question to ask you."
"Ah? Brother, what do you want to ask?" Cao Shuo looked at Cao Ang in confusion.
"Let me ask you, what if after these seeds are distributed to the farmers, they don't use them to plant them, but grind them directly into flour and eat them?"
Cao Ang looked at Cao Shuo and asked lightly.
"This...I never thought about it." Cao Shuo shook his head.
"Actually, it is very simple to solve this problem. That is to tell the people who got the seeds that after the autumn harvest, they will use the grain grown from these seeds to pay taxes. One dou is worth two dou."
"What? Is this okay? If His Majesty finds out, will he blame us?" Cao Shuo was worried when he heard this.
Cao Ang shook his head: "Don't worry, brother, as long as I mention this matter to His Majesty, he will definitely agree."
At this point, Cao Ang's words changed: "Moreover, the court's taxes will not be reduced because of this, but will instead be increased."
"One dou of grain is worth two dou of grain. Why will taxes increase?" Cao Shuo asked in confusion.
"In the past, farmers used low-quality seeds for planting, and the methods of farming were not scientific enough. When high-quality seeds become popular and people have money, then do they still have to worry about the court having no money?"
Cao Ang explained with a smile: "As the saying goes, water can carry a boat or capsize it. People are like water, and officials are like boats. No matter how the dynasties change, the people are still the people."
"The cornerstone of this country is the people! People are more important than officials."
"Only by knowing this deeply can this dynasty survive longer."
"However, among the rulers of this feudal dynasty, there are very few people who realize this, so a dynasty only existed for a few hundred years and then disappeared."
After hearing Cao Ang's explanation, Cao Shuo was shocked. Ever since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, they have always believed that officials are more important than the people.
As a result, Cao Ang said the opposite, which shocked Cao Shuo.
Looking at his shocked brother, Cao Ang gently patted the other person's shoulder: "Brother, believe me, you are absolutely right."
When Cao Shuo heard this, he nodded heavily.
In the past, Cao Ang had been running around outside and didn't see Cao Shuo much, so the relationship between the two was not that deep.
But the two of them are brothers after all, even if their bones are broken, their tendons are still connected.
At this time, Cao Ang also intended to train Cao Shuo, so at this time, he admired his brother from the bottom of his heart.
He also took his brother's words to heart seriously.
Soon, word spread that Cao Shuo was distributing these high-quality seeds throughout the five states.
After Xun Yu learned about this, he was filled with emotions.
Xun Yu's original ambition was to support the Han Dynasty and revitalize the imperial court.
And now Cao Ang's move is undoubtedly a move to revitalize the Han Dynasty, but this move is not wise in Xun Yu's view.
"What a great Cao Zixiu, he actually asked Cao Shuo to distribute seeds to ordinary people, but what is the purpose of this move?"
Xun Yu couldn't figure it out. The people nowadays should have no shortage of seeds, so why did Cao Ang do this?
(End of chapter)
