"Then hurry up and take a look!"
Zhao Heng became anxious as soon as he heard that it was related to his life. No matter what happened in the future, he would take a look first before talking.
"Guan Jia, according to what Zhuo Qun said in the record, he thinks that what we value most are seeds and the fertilizer. I'm here to see what kind of treasures these two are that can make him so confident..."
Ding Wei kept talking and moving, and soon found a folder marked as a torrent and clicked on it.
"Let me see, what kind of seeds are better than Champa rice?"
Champa rice is also called "Zhaozhan", "Zhaomi" and "Zhaocheng". Improved rice varieties in the Song Dynasty. During the reign of Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu (1008-1021), it was promoted from Fujian to Jianghuai, Liangzhe and other provinces.
According to ancient records, Champa rice has many characteristics. One is "drought tolerance". The second is strong adaptability, "no matter where you are born". Third, the growth period is short, with only more than fifty days from planting to harvest.
At this time, planting of Champa rice had begun. Although the planting area was small, it was recognized as a good variety in the Song Dynasty, and the yield per mu should be 309 kilograms.
"Let me take a look. Hybrid rice, um, is also a rice seed. There is also a comparison of the yield per mu in the Song Dynasty. The average yield per mu in the north and south of the Song Dynasty is 309 kilograms. Not bad, not bad. Let me take a look..." Ding Wei looked at the screen and rubbed it. Rubbing his eyes, he stared at the screen blankly and muttered, "The yield per mu is 800 kilograms, the yield per mu is 800 kilograms..."
"So, so." Kou Zhun saw where Ding Wei had been mumbling, so he pushed him and asked, "So, what did you see?"
"I'll take a look, too." After saying that, he also looked at the screen, "That's it, I'm not telling you, a real man behaves like a deer and is happy on the left, but his eyes are not..."
"It's fake. It's impossible. How is it possible to use a blind eye at this time?" Kou Zhun suddenly started pacing in the hall. "It's impossible. How can it be so different."
"Brother Pingzhong, this should be true. Zhuo Qun will not deceive us with falsehoods." Ding Wei also came to his senses at this time.
"You must get rice seeds for hybrid rice, every year!" Ding Wei gritted his teeth and said, "Promise Zhuo Qun, he wants three layers. If you give it, just give him the seeds."
"Is that a three-level yield? Can it be grown for two seasons?" Kou Zhun said, "That's too much. How about a thousand pounds per acre?"
"Then give it. If you get the seeds, the yield per mu will be 3,000 kilograms a year, so what if you give him a thousand kilograms." Ding Wei gritted his teeth, "I am the planner, it's up to me to decide. Besides, we don't have any seeds. And you have also seen that this seed can only produce grain, but cannot save seeds."
"What are you talking about?" Wang Dan drank a cup of tea and asked. "Seeds, with a yield of 1,600 kilograms per mu, can be planted for two seasons." Ding Wei said through gritted teeth.
"What did you say?" Everyone in the hall except Kou Zhun looked at Ding Wei, and even the soldiers at the door pricked up their ears.
"That's right." Kou Zhun sighed and said, "So, let's go to the third floor, alas~~"
Several people in the palace had read the records of the third-level grain production for seeds. When they looked at it, they thought it was an arrogance made by a child who didn't know the heights of the world. They didn't expect that they were the frog in the well.
There was silence in the hall for a while, except for Ding Wei who was still checking other seeds.
"Zhang Zagu, corn, yields more than 400 kilograms per mu."
"Hybrid wheat, yield 600 kilograms per mu."
Ding said that every time he recited a seed, everyone felt heartbroken. 30% of the output was replaced by seeds. It was so heartbreaking that everyone almost cried.
"Lazy man's rice?" Ding Wei read the last seed, "You don't need to sow or transplant rice every year. You only need to plant it once and it can be harvested for many years. A yield of 600 kilograms per mu?"
"They are all good seeds. This lazy rice wants more, but I can't give 30%, at most 20%." Wang Dan said, "Let's give it a try! It should be possible. He wants grain and we want to plant it. Let's talk about it."
"Everyone, it's not over yet!" Ding Wei looked at other folders, "Vegetable seeds, all kinds, all kinds of seeds, the yield per mu is very high, from a few hundred kilograms at the lowest to tens of thousands at the highest. Kilograms, these seeds are also needed.”
“The yield per acre is 10,000 jin, it’s really impressive.”
"What about potatoes and sweet potatoes? They are grown in the northwest and can produce tens of thousands of kilograms per acre. They can replace staple foods!"
Ding Wei watched them slowly, and at the end, he said, "Emperor Bamboo Grass, the Emperor in the Grass?"
"What's the use? Oh? Use it to feed cattle, sheep, poultry, and fish?"
After Ding Wei finished looking at the seeds, he turned back to look at the people in the hall and said, "We definitely want these seeds, but we can't give them 30% of the grain, at most 20%. If you want them again, let him buy them."
"Isn't he going to be a big grain merchant? Then let him buy it with money and ask for their money." Ding Wei said.
"Why do you have to use their money again?" Zhao Heng asked, "I don't understand."
"He wants us to produce food for them. It should not only be the output, but also other things." Ding Wei did not answer Zhao Heng's words, but looked at several other folders, which read, "Large-scale breeding technology, Large-scale cattle and sheep breeding technology, poultry breeding technology, freshwater fish breeding technology, but unfortunately these folders are empty.
"Let's see, large-scale livestock and poultry breeding technology. With these technologies, people all over the country can eat meat every day? That would be a truly prosperous age!" Ding Wei said with emotion.
"Eat meat? What kind of meat? Is it mutton?" Zhao Heng asked cheerfully: "Can we raise sheep in the Central Plains?"
The emperors of Zhao and Song Dynasties liked to eat mutton very much. This was ancestral precept. There was a saying in the palace that the imperial chefs prohibited the use of mutton. Legend has it that mutton steamed buns were invented by Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin when he was in decline. According to records, the first dish Taizu of the Song Dynasty entertained Qian Chu, the monarch of the Wuyue Kingdom, was "Spin Bream", which was made from mutton.
According to historical records, one day, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly sat up in the middle of the night without sleeping or talking. It turned out that he really wanted to eat mutton liver soup at this time, but he was hesitant. He was in the middle of a war between heaven and man and refused to give orders. The attendants on the left and right looked confused and said, "If you have anything to do, just give us your order, and we will definitely do it!" Zhao Kuangyin thought about it again and again, and finally replied: "I won't tell you, but if I tell you, one sheep will be killed by you every day. Die!" Of course, there is another saying that Zhao Kuangyin is a pig, so he not only does not eat pork, but also regards pigs as pets and often keeps them. This ancestral family rule was strictly observed from Taizong onwards, and subsequent emperors did not eat pork, which lasted until the Xining period. In any case, Zhao Kuangyin passed on his hobby of eating sheep to his descendants.
During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, the imperial chef slaughtered 350 sheep every day, and during the reign of Emperor Renzong, he slaughtered 280 sheep every day. This is recorded in historical records.
Think about it, these few hundred are just the daily dosage.
Although the Song royal family loved to eat sheep, there were not many places to produce sheep in the Song Dynasty and they mainly relied on imports. However, the Liao State stipulated that sheep were not allowed to leave the country, so they could only conduct national trade. During the reigns of Emperor Renzong and Emperor Yingzong of the Song Dynasty, the imperial court bought tens of thousands of Khitan sheep from "Hebei Guanchang." How much money this cost, they were all high-priced sheep.
Therefore, when Zhao Heng heard about large-scale livestock breeding, his first reaction was whether he could raise sheep.
Therefore, the first motivation of Chinese people from ancient times to the present is to eat. Think about what the first person who cultivated dogtail grass into millet experienced? What happened to the first person to drink milk?
