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

All the most powerful and wealthy people in Yuanlu gathered together. Although their power and wealth were vastly different, they were all the local decision-makers and their words carried great weight.

Sun Shan came out with a group of officials. Seeing that everyone was already sitting in a row and drinking tea, he nodded in agreement.

Sun Dali's organizational skills are pretty good and his arrangements are reasonable.

The first row was occupied by investors in the guano workshop, such as Mr. Wang, three wealthy businessmen, the prestigious Teacher Deng, and the head of Big Bird Village.

Although the village chief of Da Niao Village seemed out of place among the crowd, he was the village closest to the bird droppings workshop and was Sun Shan's secret agent.

The village chief of Otori Village deserves this position.

After that, we no longer sat in rows, but in groups...

According to the arrangement of towns and villages, the village chiefs, neighborhood chiefs, and local gentry were placed together. They were already familiar with each other as fellow villagers, which would facilitate discussion when we talked about guano fertilizer later.

Officials like Sun Shan sat down facing the crowd, secretly observing the expressions of people from all sides.

County Magistrate Wang, presiding over the meeting, was the first to step out, walked to the center, coughed pretentiously, and said, "Everyone, I've called you here today because of something important."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone started talking. Some had already known about the fertilizer issue, while others from more remote areas looked around blankly, wondering what the important matter was.

The entire square was filled with bursts of dense noise.

County Magistrate Wang continued, "Everyone, we discovered a guano pit in Da Niao Village, and the guano in this pit is a good thing. Our county magistrate has worked tirelessly to turn the guano into fertilizer for farming.

With this guano fertilizer, our fields can produce twice as much grain. Folks, this is double, not three or five dou of rice. As long as you use guano, the crops in your fields will grow better than in other places.

As soon as these words fell, everyone started talking again.

Regardless of whether they knew the truth or not, they all seemed extremely excited.

What did County Magistrate Wang say just now? He said the grain harvest from the fields could be doubled.

Emma, ​​if we had harvested more food, we wouldn't have to go hungry.

County Magistrate Wang smiled and continued, "Now, let's invite Manager Sun from the guano workshop to explain to everyone what this guano fertilizer is all about."

After saying this, he stepped out and let Sun Dingnan go up to speak.

As for Sun Shan, he sat calmly in the center, observing the crowd's reactions with his eyes and ears.

Sun Shan also discovered that the village chief of Da Niao Village would steal glances at him from time to time. Seeing his timid look, he couldn't help but laugh.

Sun Dingnan walked up nervously and saluted everyone.

At first, he spoke haltingly: "Fellow villagers, hello. I am Manager Sun of the guano workshop. I... I am also the manager of the rice experimental field. Today I will tell you about the situation of the guano workshop, and the use and non-use of guano in the experimental field..."

Sun Dingnan stood there, sweating profusely as he told everyone about the situation in the rice experimental field. He also listed data for everyone, highlighting how much the rice yield increased after using bird droppings.

Sun Dingnan said: "One mu of land requires about 2000 kilograms of guano fertilizer. However, this depends on the conditions of the land. There will be some differences between high-quality, medium-quality, and low-quality fields. The better the field, the less guano fertilizer is used, and the poorer the land, the more guano fertilizer is used. Our guano fertilizer can be used not only for rice, but also for growing vegetables and other things."

He also talked about the data from the vegetable planting experimental field.

Finally, he confidently said, "With the use of our guano fertilizer, we can guarantee that we will have more vegetables than we can eat. The yield has increased significantly compared to before."

Those present were either village heads, gentry, or wealthy people with a certain level of education, so they quickly understood the data listed by Sun Dingnan.

Even the village chief of Da Niao Village was dumbfounded when he heard that using bird droppings fertilizer could increase production so much.

Oh my god, no wonder Lord Sun ordered the villagers to produce enough fertilizer before spring plowing. It turns out these fertilizers are so useful. If the rice yield per acre is 300 kilograms, using guano fertilizer will increase it to 600 kilograms.

Emma, ​​this is not just guano fertilizer, it's divine fertilizer.

If someone told the village chief that he had a fertilizer that could double grain production, he would undoubtedly scoff at the claim, calling him a liar. He might even call the villagers together and have the liar chased ten miles away.

The magistrate said something different, and the village chief was certain of it.

Thanks to the magistrate, their Da Niao Village can finally celebrate a Spring Festival with the whole village having enough food to eat and can even have a big meal of white rice.

Such a wonderful life is all brought by the magistrate.

Even if the situation is full of dangers, the village chief will lead the villagers forward. They firmly believe that if they follow the county magistrate, their lives will become more and more prosperous.

After Sun Dingnan finished speaking, everyone started talking.

The people living in the county town and suburbs saw it with their own eyes, so they believed it very much.

Living in a remote area and not having witnessed the harvest, I couldn't help but feel suspicious. However, since the person above me was the most powerful person in Yuanlu, I didn't dare to speak up even if I had any doubts.

Everyone was discussing it in low voices, and some who didn't understand went to the next room to inquire about the news.

At this time, Sun Shan stood up, walked up, bowed, and said, "Everyone, I called you here today to talk to you about guano fertilizer. Spring plowing is almost here, and it's time to officially apply fertilizer.

If we want this season's rice to grow well, we must have sufficient fertilizer. That's why I've called you all here so hastily. I hope the people of Yuanlu will use fertilizer so that we can harvest more rice."

Next, Sun Shan did not try hard to persuade everyone to buy fertilizer, but instead introduced the whole process of rice fertilization to everyone.

There are four things to pay attention to during the rice fertilization process: application of base fertilizer, fertilization during tillering stage, fertilization during heading stage, and fertilization during grain filling stage.

He explained in detail the entire process of rice cultivation and which steps in the process can ensure high fertilizer yields.

Sun Shan said seriously, "Plowing the fields, selecting seeds, selecting seedlings, selecting fertilizers, and selecting potions—each step is very important. If we improve each step, the grain yield will increase significantly."

God blesses Yuanlu County and has gifted us with a guano pit, which provides us with the essential fertilizer for growing rice.

Ladies and gentlemen, please believe that as long as we use fertilizers, our food production will definitely increase.

Human feces, chicken, duck and goose feces can all be used as fertilizer, and bird feces can definitely be used as well.

In the past, everyone struggled to find fertilizer for the fields. Now, God has seen that we in Yuanlu are having a hard time and has specially gifted us with so much bird droppings. We must make good use of them and not let God down.