At dawn, the people got up and drank two bowls of porridge with pickles, then ran home to change clothes, pick up tools, and then rushed into the fields to work.
Two harvesters assembled in the middle of the night have already joined the work, and the other is a rotary cultivator with a steam engine attached.
The rotary tiller itself has no power and relies on the transmission shaft on the steam engine to provide power. This requires high strength of the bearings and crankshaft.
The L-shaped rotary blade must also have a certain structural strength, otherwise it will deform first.
The rotary tiller is more powerful than a normal plow. It can plow and level the ground in one go.
Of course, you can also just make furrows without raking. If you are planting wheat...
"Li Chang, this year we will plant winter wheat in ridges and furrows in our village. We will try it out and see if it works well. We will promote it after it works well and set aside dozens of acres of ridges and furrows for winter wheat and sorghum interplanting."
Zhu Wentian is thinking about interplanting and crop rotation all day long. Interplanting and crop rotation are different in each place.
He just wanted to try each one and then make arrangements according to the specific situation. In some places, there was a lack of manpower and animal power, and if he had to ask people to do that kind of farming, he would be exhausted and unable to do it.
Just like the Xiaqiu Village in the farthest place, there are no big livestock, but you still want to rotate crops? Fertilizer supply is not available, interplanting?
The head of the village thought to himself and shook his head: "Hanhan, how can sorghum survive the winter?"
“If sorghum doesn’t survive the winter, we need to make ridges first and plant winter wheat on the ridges. Then in spring next year, we can plant sorghum in the furrows, which can be planted denser.
When the weather gradually warms up, the sorghum seedlings will grow in the furrows, and the seedlings will be pulled out and transplanted to other places.
Using winter wheat to help sorghum resist sorghum aphids, if they are interplanted, there will be very few sorghum aphids.
Then after harvesting the winter wheat, soybeans are planted in the place of the winter wheat, and the sorghum can help the soybeans withstand the sun. "
Zhu Wentian spelled out the steps, which were all methods summarized by others after failure time and time again.
The people are the least willing to change the original farming mode. Some people are used to it, and some are afraid that they will lose their harvest if it changes.
If there is no harvest in one season, the whole family may starve to death. Year after year, the food of the first year is exhausted, and they are waiting for the new food to come.
If there is a drought, it’s over! Let’s all run away! There's nothing to eat.
Some people tell people like this, "You can plant it in a different way." The people ask, "If I plant it in a different way, it won't come out, will I starve to death?"
There is also a special situation where there is an experienced farmer in one place. Whenever there is a problem in the field, everyone will ask this person.
In this way, he has authority. If someone comes up with a new method, it will obviously lower his status. He will give many reasons to incite others not to accept it.
In the beginning, Xiaqiu Village did not take the initiative to teach others, but instead increased production and income on its own. When others saw it, it was considered a success.
Later, I followed suit and watched Xiaqiu Village eating meat every day. I was really envious.
Now Zhu Wentian wants to give it a try. If it succeeds, the imperial court can promote it in suitable places. At the worst, it can promise a reduction in production compensation and a guarantee of full payment for all harvests.
The head of the village thought for a while and nodded: "We found that farming is getting more and more difficult, okay! You have the final say in Xiaqiu Village."
So the rotary tiller was left here, and the team headed to Xiaqiu Village.
Tell the people that you will pass by when you come back, and the people will stop crying and kneel to see you off.
After entering Danyang Lake, we followed the current at a fast speed and arrived at the village. The pier in the village was built last time and was just in use.
The main officials of the Ningguo Mansion's Yamen, the main officials of other counties, and the chiefs of twenty-one villages were all present in the village.
They didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang came over. They wanted to see the harvest in Xiaqiu Village. They came last year and Xiaqiu Village increased production again.
This year we will see if the yield has improved compared to last year, and reserve the seeds by the way.
The food in the twenty-one villages is all seeds, which are exchanged with the court. Then instead of planting their own, they want those from Xiaqiu Village.
After the roads are repaired, each village has a group of large animals. They arrange for people to come over every ten days to have a look, even if it is possible to increase production by half.
As a result, they waited for a special team, and His Majesty brought the entire harem to come and play?
Everyone kneels down first to greet His Majesty, the Prince and others.
"We're home, where did we stay last time?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked people to get up and look for a place.
The decoration here has also been completed, mainly the electric wiring, water supply, and twelve hours of hot water for bathing.
Now if Zhu Yuanzhang is asked to use the clean bucket, he will feel very uncomfortable, but it's not that he can't persist.
The same goes for the palace maids and eunuchs who clean the bathroom. They don't want to have a clean bucket. Those who make mistakes in the clean room are punished to work.
Nanjing does not allow excrement to be put directly into the river. The river water is drinking water.
Seven to eight million people in Nanjing all lined up towards the river. Thinking about it, it feels like...the Ganges River?
Others went to resettle, and Zhu Yuanzhang summoned officials at the place where he had last met.
The magistrates of the six counties of Ningguo Prefecture and the other five counties first provided data and answered questions, and every magistrate answered fluently.
They know how the officials of Xuancheng County responded last time. Anything that involves the people's livelihood of the county must be understood. Your Majesty means that they will be promoted in the future.
They studied hard, and sure enough, they put it to use today. Otherwise, it would not be a matter of promotion or not, and it would be fatal.
After asking the five counties, Li Zhixian, Chief Zheng, Guanxian Cheng, and Wang Dianshi looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with expectant expressions on their faces.
"No need for you, we can trust you, and you, I haven't asked these five counties before, they are all very good." Zhu Yuanzhang was not willing to waste time.
Li Zhixian and others: "..."
Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at Li Xin and Li Yan, who were in charge of compiling general data at the Xiaqiu Village Department Store: "Are you two okay?"
"Your Majesty, we are fine." "Your Majesty, that's okay!" they both answered together.
"Take a break and have a sip of tea. What to eat for lunch? It's hot, let's drink mutton soup! When it's cold, let's eat pig meat. Do you want to change the name of the pig meat?
Forget it! We are used to it. When we were young, we also looked forward to eating pig meat every day. We only ate it once, and it was the leftovers given to us by others. hey-hey! "
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered food, and you were welcome to go to Xiaqiu Village. There were many livestock and poultry, as well as bamboo rats and rabbits.
Everyone who was hired to work eventually learned a lot of skills, including the previous batch, who had been dispersed to work in various livestock transfer farms and were learning to raise rabbits. This was a shortcoming and had to be made up for.
According to normal terms, those who are provided with food, shelter, clothing, and are taught skills are considered apprentices. Those who are not paid must work hard for several years before being taught skills.
After you finish learning the skills, you have to work for a few more years to compensate the master, and then you can leave the profession. The master will at least keep a hand.
Not in Xiaqiu Village. You come here and are paid, taught, and after you have learned, you can leave if you like without stopping. The skills don’t matter, and they even hope to be passed on to others.
As for the people who are hired, no one thinks that they will leave after learning. They continue to learn and even come up with better ways.
They are waiting for the court to arrange work, but they dare not go out to find work.
(End of chapter)
