The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Although Sun Shan really wanted to arrest the three wealthy businessmen and beat them with a stick, it was very unrealistic.

After all, it's just rumors. If he really gets beaten, it will confirm the truth and provide the people of Yuanlu with an opportunity to gossip.

The best way to deal with such false rumors is to ignore them.

As time passed, all the rumors were proven false and the people forgot about the rumors.

The death penalty can be avoided, but the punishment of living punishment cannot be escaped. If they are not taught a lesson, the three wealthy businessmen will not know the seriousness of the matter.

Fine them heavily and make them feel the pain so that they won't dare to cause trouble again.

Haha, the county government's treasury has 300 taels donated by an unknown person, which is very good. The funds for this conscription activity are now available and we don't have to spend any more from the treasury.

Thinking of this, Sun Shan's anger subsided a lot.

Alas, his poor sister Yun.

Alas, his poor eldest daughter.

When you are at home, the pot will come from the sky. Fortunately, I am not in Yuanlu, otherwise I would be so angry that I would eat less than two bowls of rice.

As the days passed, Sun Shan was busy in the yamen, but in the end he found that he was busy with trivial matters.

He was aloof and didn't like hanging out with local merchants and gentry, so his social engagements couldn't be said to be few, but almost none at all.

Unless it was a major festival, Sun Shan would usually not stand with them.

I get along well with my colleagues Wang Xiancheng and Wu Zhubo. You take care of your own business and I take care of mine. If there is a dispute over interest, everything remains the same and we do things according to the rules.

Of course, we will never give in when it comes to illegal activities.

Sun Shan was leisurely writing official documents when Sun Dingnan ran back from the "rice experimental field".

Sun Shan looked up and saw that it was such a hot day and he was sweating profusely from running. It must be very tiring.

Farmers love and hate summer the most. The sun is so hot that they can't look directly at it, makes their skin shiny and oily, and makes their mouths bitter.

But life will not stop because of the scorching sun. Everything is for the sake of a bountiful autumn harvest, even if it is not obtained.

Sun Shan asked, "What's the matter? Why are you running so fast?"

Sun Dali had not yet returned from escorting students to Chenzhou Prefecture to take the college entrance examination, so Sun Dingnan was temporarily transferred to the experimental field to take care of it.

People are usually in the suburbs at this time. If they run so fast, maybe something really happened.

Sun Dingnan took a breath and drank three bowls of water in a row before he felt better. He smiled and said, "It was too hot outside, so I walked too fast. The faster I walked, the more I sweated."

Sun Shan was amused and said with a smile, "It's hot in the middle of summer. Once we get through this period, it will be much better."

In fact, it won’t be much better. After summer, there is a short autumn, and then it snows and you’re frozen to death.

The distinct four seasons in Yuanlu are not a good thing either. It is extremely hot and extremely cold, which is really uncomfortable.

Sun Dingnan ran back and indeed had something to do, so he rested for a while.

He smiled and said, "Master, today we are going to fertilize the experimental fields. When the villagers nearby saw us, they came over and asked us what kind of fertilizer we were using."

Sun Dingnan didn't know what the word "experiment" meant.

Later, Sun Shan simply said "exam test".

Whether a person is useful or not needs to be tested through examinations. Whether bird droppings are useful or not also needs to be tested through examinations.

So they planned to use a large area of ​​land to test the guano with millet.

If millet production increases, then the bird droppings are useful, otherwise they are useless.

Sun Shan once said that to verify something, rigorous testing is necessary.

Sun Shan shook his head. They had applied fertilizer so many times, but the people of Yuanlu were just curious and didn't come out to stop them or ask any questions. It was really disappointing.

After waiting and waiting, the people finally came to ask about it. Although it was late, it was acceptable.

There are four important fertilization periods for rice, namely: base fertilizer, tillering fertilizer, panicle fertilizer, and grain fertilizer.

Among them, base fertilizer accounts for 70%-80% of the total fertilizer applied to rice and is the top priority of the entire fertilization process.

Whether the rice is fertile enough depends mainly on whether the base fertilizer is applied sufficiently.

The base fertilizer must be applied sufficiently, otherwise it will easily cause the seedlings to be weak, which is not conducive to the later growth and development of rice. Organic fertilizer must be applied deeply, so as to effectively preserve fertility.

Tillering fertilizer refers to the application of tillering fertilizer one week after transplanting.

It is recommended to apply fertilizer in small amounts and multiple times to avoid excessive fertilizer application, which will cause too many tillers, resulting in ineffective tillers and affecting yield.

Ear fertilizer refers to the stage when rice begins to fill with grain, and fertilizer is applied as soon as the ears emerge.

Panicle fertilizer application should be applied in sync with rice panicle development, with the "four-leaf stage" being the prime time. Panicle fertilizer application is crucial to rice yield, as the greater the number of effective panicles, the higher the yield.

Grain fertilizer is applied after the rice ears are fully pulled out. Its purpose is to make the rice grains fuller and reduce the occurrence of barren grains.

This is also the last key link in rice production. In addition to seeds, irrigation and other factors, fertilization is also an important factor in whether rice can have a good harvest.

Of course, the four fertilization methods cannot be generalized, and specific problems must be analyzed specifically.

The key is to flexibly adjust according to the growth of rice and apply fertilizer effectively and appropriately.

At present, the "rice experimental field" is in the final stage of applying granular fertilizer.

It was disappointing that the people of Yuanlu only discovered the effectiveness of the fertilizer at the last stage.

Sun Shan asked, "Why did the people stop you? What did they ask?"

Sun Dingnan smiled and said, "Today we pulled out the bird droppings, thinking we would apply fertilizer in the afternoon or evening when the sun was not so hot. The villagers next door saw us pulling out the sacks and hurried over to ask us what we were pulling. They also pointed out that our millet was not only growing more but also growing fuller. They kept asking us how we did it."

Sun Shan chose the experimental field in a conspicuous place that others could see at a glance.

Their farming is also exposed to the sun, and anyone who is interested will definitely discover their experimental fields.

In fact, there are indeed many people who are interested in this, but they are only concerned about what experiments are being conducted in this experimental field, and have never observed how to cultivate the land and how to apply fertilizers.

Sun Dingnan waited and waited until his heart was broken, but no one came to ask any questions.

Sun Dingnan wanted to run over and tell the people to open their eyes and see that their paddy fields fertilized with bird droppings were much better than their ordinary cultivated paddy fields.

But Sun Shan said that these things should not be deliberately told to others, and the people should be allowed to discover them themselves.

Sun Dingnan also understood that without the facts in front of him, he would not believe it no matter how much he was told.

When they see that the rice in the experimental field is different, they will definitely come and ask.

Sure enough, the rice ears in the experimental field hung down in bunches, not only bending the rice stalks, but also making the grains plump and thick.

Even a blind person can feel that the rice in the experimental field looks out of place among the surrounding rice fields.

The people finally woke up from their gossip and asked how they farmed.

Food is the most important thing for people, and grain is the foundation.