"Dad is so cunning. If we don't pay attention, he will push us away and secretly occupy my mother."

The cute baby frowned, and his cheeks bulged with anger, like glutinous rice balls.

After taking their mother's class, the two brothers realized strongly that only by following their mother could they learn good things. Her knowledge was completely different from what the Imperial Academy's elder Jijiu taught them. It was a practical skill for making money.

Zebao and Yabao stopped teaching paper mill workers and asked their two companions to read and teach.

The two brothers moved closer to their cunning father.

Sure enough, I heard my mother secretly imparting exquisite agricultural knowledge——

"Crushed egg shells are phosphate fertilizer, which can help plants bloom and bear fruit; rice water is potassium fertilizer, which can make crops have lush branches and leaves; soybeans soaked in water or soybean powder are nitrogen fertilizer, and after use, plants will not yellow and fall; oranges Water soaked in bark is an insect repellent that can reduce insect damage, and lime powder can also achieve this effect. This knowledge can also be used in growing flowers, as brown sugar water can promote rooting of flower plants."

Zebao eavesdropped and stared at Yan Yang with resentful little eyes.

Yan Yang felt embarrassed for a while and looked away.

Ya Bao grabbed Mu Tingxue's sleeve and whispered, "When mother teaches father, will she also take us with her?"

Mu Tingxue was happy.

It turns out that the two little treasures were jealous and felt that Yan Yang was secretly getting involved behind their backs.

"Okay, let's go together next time."

Today's agriculture course has been completed.

In order to satisfy the children's eagerness to learn and compete, she worked tirelessly to explain the knowledge about crop rotation and fertilizers again. The Prince Regent listened to it again with pleasure, fortifying it.

*. *. *

The Imperial City Fertilizer Workshop has two types of fertilizers.

One is soil ammonia fertilizer, which can be made by fermenting human and animal excrement, a small amount of soy flour, and plaster of paris, and sealing the earth kiln for three days;

The second type is soil nitrogen and phosphorus compound fertilizer. The soybean flour is replaced by sugarcane bagasse, sugarcane leaves, fallen leaves, etc., and the earth kiln is sealed for ten days.

The first batch of soil ammonia fertilizer has been produced.

Since one hundred pounds of excrement plaster of paris only requires fifty to one hundred grams of soy flour, the demand is very low, so a batch was made.

Soil nitrogen and phosphorus compound fertilizers are also retted out in large quantities.

One-third of these fertilizers were used in the sugar cane fields of the sugar factory, and one-third was brought to the Yan family's farm and the Zhenbei Army's fields. In total, two-thirds were for personal use. Only the extra one-third is put on the market for sale.

Mu Tingxue had no intention of making money from this composting workshop, because the original intention of building it was to recycle garbage and make it self-sufficient.

As a result, no one expected that soil ammonia fertilizer and soil nitrogen and phosphorus compound fertilizer could be so popular!

The Imperial City Trading Company in Yundu caused quite a stir the day it put fertilizer on the shelves.

"What's in this sack? It smells weird."

"It is concentrated soil nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer from farmers. It costs ten cents per catty. After being mixed with three times water, it can be poured into the fields for use." The clerk from the Imperial City store introduced it enthusiastically.

"Hahaha, isn't this funny? Every household in the fertilizer village can make their own fertilizers, so why are they selling kitchen waste and feces..."

The fellow villagers laughed wildly, thinking that selling farmyard fertilizer was outrageous.

Although winter is an excellent time for composting, who wouldn’t be smart enough to spend money on this thing?

The clerk at the Imperial City Shop was laughed at, but he was not annoyed at all. He explained in a good temper: "Guests, you don't know. This soil nitrogen and phosphorus compound fertilizer is used in the sugar cane fields of the sugar factory. Yan The farm is also used for its own use. If it is not effective in increasing production, why should the eldest princess and the regent’s property use it?”

Good guy, as soon as this statement came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

"White sugar, is this the fertilizer used?"

"The Yan family's village actually uses this fertilizer for watering? Then this fertilizer must be higher than the farm fertilizer we retting ourselves."

"Get out of the way. If you don't want to buy it, my master will buy it. Shopkeeper, please bring me five hundred kilograms of fertilizer. Our master has a lot of fields and there is not enough fertilizer."

……

Ordinary farmers are reluctant to spend these five cents to buy fertilizer because they have septic tanks at home.

But the big landowners and rich farmers are different. Their land is at least a few thousand acres, and the second- and third-rate families have tens of thousands of acres. These people are in extremely short supply of fertilizers and there is simply not enough.

This group of people have money. Although they usually dig and search, they are still willing to spend some money on land.

"Here are three hundred catties. This is three thousand dollars."

"Here comes one thousand catties, and I'll give you ten taels of silver."

"Don't be robbed if you are robbed. Leave some for my boss, and bring three thousand kilograms of soil and other egg fertilizers."

After hearing the news, the compradors and housekeepers of the big family flocked to the Imperial City Chamber of Commerce to purchase soil nitrogen, phosphorus compound fertilizer, and soil ammonia fertilizer in large quantities.

In just half a day, [-] kilograms were sold.

The trucks from the Imperial City Fertilizer Factory keep coming here to replenish supplies.

"What? Sold out?"

Mu Tingxue was on duty at the Ministry of Household Affairs reviewing the speech. A steward from the Chamber of Commerce came over to report the news, "Is fertilizer still out of stock?"

The young steward of the Chamber of Commerce wiped the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously: "Yes, a total of [-] kilograms of soil, nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers in the Imperial City Fertilizer Factory warehouse have been sold out. Many wealthy landowners have received the news and know that this fertilizer It is for your own use, Your Highness, Princess, just like flies smelling it, they all rush over to grab it!"

Lao Zheng, the minister, was originally reporting on work.

Hearing this, he also laughed: "Xiaguan also sent someone to buy it, and only got [-] kilograms. We are waiting for the big harvest next year."

Mu Tingxue: "..."

In the duty room, a boy who was responsible for serving tea also intervened: "My little family also bought eight hundred catties."

Mu Tingxue glanced at the boy in surprise: "Your family is a landowner, why are you still doing the job of serving tea and water in the household department?"

If you buy [-] kilograms of fertilizer at one time, that's a lot of land.

"Your Highness, what you said." The young man was polite and handsome, blushing and scratching his head, "Serving tea and pouring water in the Hubu Yamen and doing cleaning work are also the jobs of the superiors and are recorded in the books."

Old Zhengtou deeply agreed: "That's right, many of the maids in the palace are from aristocratic families. Many of the Jinwu Imperial Guards are descendants of aristocratic families."

Mu Tingxue sighed.

Well, you win.

There are dozens of yamen in Yundu, large and small, and almost all official positions, including noble lords, humble grassroots, and even cleaning positions, have been divided up by you.

"Let the Imperial City Fertilizer Factory increase its efforts to make more soil nitrogen and phosphorus compound fertilizers and sell them to these big landowners. The price will triple!"

Thirty cents per pound, whether you like it or not.

Real farmers won’t spend this money anyway.

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