After listening to Mo Shoucheng's words, Duan Wenjun couldn't help but smile.
He thought that what Mo Shoucheng was worried about was just that these refugees were difficult to control.
However, the thousands of bandits on Moon Island can be settled, let alone such a few people?
Of course, there won't be any big trouble.
"This is why I asked Chen Wenjing to bake more bricks and tiles quickly!" Duan Wenjun smiled and said, "If they are really willing to move to our Duanjiabao, that would be a good thing! Lao Mo, believe me, by then our workshop will be fully When it’s built, more people will be needed.”
"Old Duan, you don't realize the seriousness of the matter at all." Mo Shoucheng shook his head and interrupted him directly.
"It's not that I doubt your intentions, and I believe you will definitely use more people. But have you ever thought about it? The point is that these people are not real refugees. Most of them are people from nearby villages and towns."
"If farmers from nearby villages and towns come to your Duanjiabao, what will happen to the fields they originally cultivated? What will happen to the landowners who originally relied on them to collect rent?"
"If it's just a few people, people will think it's just an individual, and maybe they won't care too much, so it won't matter."
"But if you absorb one group of people, a second group of people will come over; if you absorb a second group of people, there will be a third group of people."
"After all, we in Dashun have very strict control over household registration. If someone is really dissatisfied, wants to cause trouble, and wants to be held accountable, it is easy for someone to get caught, and it is a troublesome matter."
After listening to Mo Shoucheng's words, Duan Wenjun couldn't help but frown.
This is indeed a problem, but I have never considered it before.
Duanjiabao has developed and there are more people.
However, if too many people from nearby villages are absorbed and there are fewer people in other places, there will be no one to farm, and naturally someone will come to trouble him.
Mo Shoucheng raised the question.
But he didn't know how to solve it, so he could only rely on Duan Wenjun to think about it himself.
It seems that the matter of absorbing the refugees who have come to seek refuge can only be temporarily slowed down, and must be carefully considered.
I kept thinking about how to deal with this problem as I walked forward, but within a moment I came to the field.
At this moment, Zhao Yingguang and Zhao Ling'er, along with a group of farming veterans, are waiting here.
They had long heard that Duan Wenjun wanted to teach them some methods to increase the harvest of their fields, and their hearts were suddenly filled with curiosity.
Of course, in fact, they still don't believe it in their hearts.
They have been tending the land for decades and have tried all kinds of methods without success.
Although the Shaodong family has come up with many new gadgets, things like this are different from those...
Even Zhao Yingguang feels the same way.
But since Duan Wenjun wants them to come and discuss with them, they must come.
After all, the young master’s family treats everyone well.
Only Zhao Ling'er looked excited and full of expectations.
In fact, now that Zhao Ling'er is in charge of the entire perfume workshop, she no longer has to take care of the work in the fields.
Moreover, there are people taking care of their land.
However, when Zhao Ling'er heard that Duan Wenjun had a new idea, she couldn't wait to follow Zhao Yingguang.
"Uncles and uncles, you are all old masters of farming in Duanjiabao." Duan Wenjun walked up to everyone, said hello briefly, and went straight to the topic.
"However, you must also know in your hearts that even though I have worked hard for a year, the fields cannot produce much food." His eyes swept across everyone's faces one by one. "Even if I get the title of baron now, I won't be able to produce much food." The 10% tax is actually not much less. After all, farming is the foundation and cannot be neglected. So, I am thinking, maybe we can think of some ways to tinker with it."
"Young master, if you have any good ideas, just tell me!" Zhao Ling'er couldn't hold it back and said with a smile, "The rice is about to mature, how can we increase the yield?"
As soon as these words came out, the farmers who had been whispering to each other instantly looked towards Duan Wenjun.
"The rice is almost ripe now, and it will be harvested in another ten and a half months. Of course, there is no other way to think about it. Everyone here is experienced in farming, so naturally they know how to take care of them better than I do. Now how can we ensure that our output is higher?”
"My method is very simple. Since the yield of planting once a year is not high, then we will work harder and plant twice."
"Wouldn't the output of the fields be higher if this is the case?"
As soon as Duan Wenjun said this, everyone immediately started whispering among themselves.
The crowd was a little commotion.
After a moment, everyone became quiet again.
Zhao Yingguang was elected by everyone.
He looked at Duan Wenjun and said, "Young master, the weather in Duanjiabao is not suitable for planting two seasons! We have already had someone try it before, and the second round of rice could not wait until it matured, and the weather became cold. It simply doesn’t produce plump grain.”
Hearing this, Duan Wenjun nodded, "That's right! Although our Duanjiabao is south of Dashun, winter actually comes relatively early. If you want to grow two crops of grain, it's almost impossible."
"But what if we plant not grains for the second time, but other crops? For example, rapeseed flowers, soybeans, and the like?"
As soon as Duan Wenjun finished speaking, someone in the crowd was confused: "Young master, I don't know what the rapeseed flowers you are talking about are and how to grow them. But the old slave knows about these soybeans. We are all in Duanjiabao." Paddy fields, these soybeans need to be planted in dry land, which is simply not feasible."
"This uncle said it very well." Duan Wenjun nodded after hearing this. "So, I called everyone here today just to tell you about this matter."
"During the rice maturity period, we can actually do without water in our fields, and it will also help the grains mature. Therefore, we need to open the drainage ditches in the fields now and drain away all the water in the fields. "
"This is what we call drying the fields. The fields suddenly dry up, and we are not so tired when we stand to harvest. Especially, after the rice is harvested, we soak the fields with pond water and then deep Turn over and plant soybeans on them all.”
"The growth and fruiting cycle of soybeans is not very short, and as the temperature drops in winter, it will be even slower. When the soybeans are almost ripe, it is almost spring, and it is time to sow seeds again."
"As soon as the fields are soaked by the spring water, they will immediately come back to life. When the time comes, they will be plowed deeply again, and there will be no delay in planting rice."
Duan Wenjun was talking eloquently, and the farmers' faces were suddenly full of surprise.
