Datang romantic little landlord

This time Li Er, Fang Xuanling and the others all came together and stared at the farmers weighing the rice.

In fact, in the hearts of Li Er, Fang Xuanling and others, they still don't believe that there will be any surprises in the output of these two acres of rice fields.

After all, everyone can still vividly remember the situation when the seedlings were planted back then.There is a big gap between the crooked seedlings and the neat seedlings in other rice fields.

Hasn't this been the case with rice cultivation for thousands of years?Horizontal and vertical, with orderly intervals, to maximize the use of land.

As for Li Wangyou's two acres of rice fields, there were no rules for the seedlings at that time.It is said that the "throwing method" is used for planting, but in fact it is just throwing the seedlings randomly, and then straightening them up is over, which seems very perfunctory.

Even the laziest farmer would not dare to plant rice fields like this.

If you ruin the land, you will be struck by lightning!

Because of this method of throwing rice seedlings, the old village almost went to the Huxian county government to file a complaint. One can imagine how the Tang people viewed this planting method.

But when the rice in the two acres of paddy fields was weighed, everyone from Li Er, Du Ruhui, and Fang Xuanling to the old villager Zheng and farmers in Dingzhou Village were all dumbfounded.

One stone and nine buckets and one liter...

One stone, nine buckets, two liters...

When these two sets of numbers were reported, everyone fell silent for a moment.

The yield per mu is close to two stones, what is the concept?

Especially the old villager and the farmers, now regretting so much that they almost slapped themselves.

At the beginning, Li Wangyou also persuaded them that he wanted them to grow rice instead of continuing to grow wheat and sorghum, just like him.

The peasants who have been working in the farm all their lives naturally did not take Li Wangyou's words seriously.

Even in private at that time, everyone laughed at Li Wangyou's youth and frivolity, waiting to see Li Wangyou's jokes.

The villagers in the ten miles and eight townships around Dingzhou Village heard that Li Wangyou ordered people to dig the rice fields into such a shape, and none of them laughed, and even came to Dingzhou Village to watch the fun.

But the harvesting of the rice fields today shocked everyone too much.

Not to mention the more than 300 catties of fish harvested in each mu of rice fields, the rice output alone made the old villager Zheng and the farmers regret it, and their intestines were full of regret.

The harvest of the wheat field they planted is no more than one stone per mu. Even compared with ordinary rice fields, it is already much worse, not to mention compared with the two acres of rice fields planted by throwing seedlings, it is twice as fast. gap.

Lao Cunzheng suddenly slapped himself twice, then knelt down in front of Li Wangyou with a plop, which made Li Wangyou jump.

"Old Muramasa, what are you doing?"

"Lang Jun, you are so old and foolish! You shouldn't have stopped Lang Jun from planting rice with that method of throwing rice seedlings. This, this is all the fault of this old man. Please return Lang Jun's punishment!"

"Old villager, don't talk nonsense, get up quickly! This method of throwing rice seedlings is just my experiment. Whether it succeeds or not is another matter on the day. What's more, these rice fields are not taken care of by you every day. How can there be today's harvest? Old villager, this is all thanks to you." Li Wangyou hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man up, and comforted him.

Being so comforted by Li Wangyou, the old man squeezed out an ugly smile, but secretly made up his mind that from now on, he would do what Li Wangyou said.

No matter how absurd things seem, they can turn decay into magic when they come to my lord.

Anyway, in the spring of next year, it is certain that the whole village will replant rice.

Lao Cunzheng can even be sure that if the output of this rice field is spread, many people in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages will follow to replant rice.

Li Er grabbed a handful of rice and let the golden rice flow down from his fingers one by one.

"Ziyou, tell me, why is the yield of the rice field in your house so amazing? I still can't figure it out. Why is the yield [-]% higher than the rice seedlings that were thrown carelessly?"

Regarding Li Er's question, Li Wangyou was scratching his head.

He knew that the seedling-throwing method could increase the yield by 10%, but how did he know why?

"Hey, uncle, gentlemen, the yield of my rice field is higher, but it is mainly because of the fertility of the land. The fish and ducks I raise in the rice field can provide fertility for the rice field, so it is normal for the rice field to have a higher yield. Yes. As for the seedling-throwing method, well, the main reason is not to damage the roots of the seedlings, and the seedling rate is high, so the yield is slightly higher."

Li Wangyou searched his brains, guessed and made up, and gave such an explanation, but everyone nodded.

After all, although Li Er, Fang Xuanling and others value farming, they are not agricultural scholars after all, so it is enough to know the general meaning.

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Du, I want to order Sinong Temple to come to Dingzhou Village so that students can learn how to worry about farming. What do you guys think? If my fields in the Tang Dynasty can be cultivated like this, it will be a blessing."

"Your Majesty is right. It would be great if the output of our Tang rice fields could increase by [-] percent."

Naturally, Fang Xuanling and the others had no reason to object, but Ding Zhoucun and his party today opened their eyes.

This rice can be grown in this way, no one has ever thought of it.

"Uncle, as I said before, let Guan Zhongdao's severely reduced wheat fields, if conditions permit, be replanted with rice. I don't know what you and your gentlemen think?" Li Wangyou also struck while the iron was hot, and brought up this matter again.

496 The Real Generosity

Li Wangyou's words caused Li Er, Fang Xuanling and others to remain silent for a while.

If they hadn't seen the output of the rice field with their own eyes today, they would have scoffed at Li Wangyou's words and would not have considered them at all.

But with living examples in front of them, how could they still take Li Wangyou's words as a joke?

However, it is not so easy to decide to replant those wheat fields with severely reduced yields to rice.

If winter comes, but the rice fails to mature, it will be equivalent to no harvest in the land, and the result will be more serious than the locust plague.

"Ziyou, how sure are you that you can plant a season of rice at this time? You know, this matter is so important that you can't joke around. If there is no harvest in the fields at the end of the year, Ziyou, have you thought about the consequences?" Li Er pondered for a while, and asked.

Li Wangyou didn't know how to answer his words. It's really hard to say how sure he is.

Letting Guan Zhongdao rush to plant rice was his brainstorming idea. He was not sure at all, and there was no precedent to follow.

Due to the concentration of population in Guanzhong Road, food was already in short supply.

Especially since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the population began to recuperate, which led to a surge in the population of Guanzhong Road.The population of almost all the state capitals in Guanzhong Road has doubled.

In the second year of Zhenguan, the population of Chang'an City was more than 90, and there were tens of thousands of floating population, mainly merchants who came and went, foreigners who paid tribute, and "students" from various countries.

Historically, during the Tianbao period, the population of Chang'an City surged to 190 million, an increase of one million people, which is very appalling.

With such a large population, the food and vegetables needed are naturally astronomical.

The reason why Li Er, Fang Xuanling and others attach so much importance to farming is also because of the huge population pressure.

In Chang'an City alone, there are 10,000+ households, and the daily necessities of rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea are extremely huge numbers.

Every day, countless merchants shuttle through the city of Chang'an in an endless stream, transporting enough materials for this huge city.

The grain output of Guanzhong Road will even affect the stability of Datang, and it cannot be sloppy.At this time, although the wheat fields in Guanzhong Road will be severely reduced due to the impact of the locust plague, there will be no grain loss. There will always be some grain harvested per mu.

But it is indeed too risky to eradicate all these green and yellow wheat seedlings and cultivate rice.