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Chapter 714 Soaking the rice fields

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    Family harmony is reflected in government affairs, and people's hearts are much smoother.

    Starting from April this year, Fengzhou began orderly farming.  Unlike last year's chaotic farming, this year's wheat, millet, and millet are all planted in a planned manner based on geographical conditions.

    In order to increase land fertility, Huang Mingyuan began to promote retting in Fengzhou.

    In ancient China, there has always been a habit of fertilizing the land.  There is a poem in "The Book of Songs: Song of Zhou" that "the tea and polygonum have stopped decaying, and the millet and millet have stopped growing", which shows that the Western Zhou Dynasty had realized the role of fertilizing the fields after the decay of weeds.  After the Han Dynasty, fertilizers including manure (human excrement in toilets), manure (livestock manure), silkworm dung (silkworm dung) and other excrement, broken bones and other fertilizers have been fully used.

    "Essential Techniques for Qi Min" summarized the concept of "dung, water, and diligence", and recorded for the first time the "dung-stepping method" of using cow dung to make compost. However, the use of fertilizers was based on experience of experienced farmers and was not completely systematic.  .

    Huang Mingyuan ordered people to dig pits and fertilize in various places.  Bury manure, animal urine, animal offal and scraps, bones (meal), hoof horns, vegetable scraps, bean shells, rice water, plant ash, etc. in pits respectively for retting, fermentation, and decomposition.  Can become fat.

    This method is very simple. Add water to fully submerge the materials used for retting in the pit. Some dry materials need to be swollen with more water, and there should be some excess water. Then cover the lid and screw it slightly, leaving room for ventilation.  .  In summer, when the temperature is high, fermentation is easy, and it can usually be retting in one to two months; in winter, retting should be done until the beginning of the next spring.

    In order to cope with the lack of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers for plants, Huang Mingyuan also invented different fertilizers respectively.  Retting animal offal and scraps, bones (meal), and hoof horns can produce good phosphorus and potassium; retting plant ash can produce good potassium fertilizer; retting manure and animal urine can not only supplement the needs of plants  The main elements can also supplement heavy metals and rare elements necessary for plants.

    Soon, a large number of fertilization centers were established in Fengzhou. Adults and children in Fengzhou were everywhere picking up dung, garbage, and even plant ashes.  In some places, the slogan "Everyone fertilizes, every field fertilizes" is even used, which is like a large-scale movement.

    When Fengzhou officials, big and small, saw this scene, they were extremely happy. Come this autumn, I think it will be a bumper harvest.

    Huang Mingyuan also planted rice in the Jiuyuan area where hydraulic irrigation is developed and in the low-lying areas west of Tiande City, which was an eye-opener for everyone.

    In the past, this rice had to grow at least south of the Huaihe River. I have never heard of rice growing south of the Yinshan Mountains in the cold weather.

    Huang Mingyuan sneered at it. I wonder if the most delicious rice in China is Northeast rice? Who will eat Southern rice in the 21st century?  Rice from the Northeast supplies the whole country. Since the Northeast can do it, Yinshan can do it too.

    Fortunately, Huang Mingyuan was born in a rural area in his previous life and farmed a lot, so he also studied planting.  There is definitely no early-maturing rice now, but the suitable survival time of rice remains the same.  Moreover, when the optimum soil temperature for rice root growth exceeds 35 degrees, growth will be stunted, aging will be accelerated, and absorption capacity will decrease; if it exceeds 37 degrees, it will decline significantly.  The Yinshan area is also hot in summer, but the temperature does not exceed 35 degrees.

    Huang Mingyuan searched for rice seeds from the North, so that he could barely adapt to the living environment in the North.

    "Everyone planted these rice seeds with hesitation, thinking it was a fool's errand. No one could believe that Huang Mingyuan ordered the planting.  What a wise man you are, how could you give such a seemingly stupid order?

    Lao Qitou is from Caozhou. He has been farming for more than thirty years and is also a good farmer.

    After coming to Fengzhou, because he was good at farming, he was appointed by the reclamation regiment as the chief farmer of the reclamation camp.  In addition to being auxiliary troops, the important role of the camp was to cultivate the fields. Therefore, Huang Mingyuan specially set up the position of agricultural chief and appointed old farmers who had been farming for a long time to serve in this position. He hoped that there would be specialization in the field and that laymen would not be allowed to command the experts.

    During the days when I came to Fengzhou, I couldn’t mention how comfortable I was with Lao Qitou.  It's not that he became the chief farmer of this battalion. It was just a job of leading people to farm. There was nothing to be proud of.  What made him feel comfortable was that unlike Caozhou, the officials here were all good.  The noble manager is worried about the difficulties of the people. He loves the people like his own children, and they will no longer have to live the hard life of Caozhou.

    It’s just that for the past two days, Lao Qi has been looking at the crops in the field, full of worry.

    When I went to the county some time ago, the Reclamation Sima issued an order from the General Administration to plant rice this year.  What a pity. He has been farming for decades. When will rice be grown in the north? What a fool.

    But this is an order from the General Manager's Office, and they cannot disobey it, but what is even more unacceptable to Lao QitouIt is necessary to plant these rice seeds after Qingming Festival.  He really wanted to grab this group of people by their collars and ask, don't they know they want to grow rice in Mangzhong?

    Looking at these newly planted rice fields, Lao Qi felt dizzy. What should he do if there is no harvest this year?

    Many other veteran farming leaders were also talking about it. They did not think that the wise and powerful Huang Mingyuan would issue such a ridiculous order. Instead, they thought that the officials below were making the decision privately and ruining the reputation of the general manager's office.

    "Let's go, we have to tell the noble steward to go, we can't let these lowly officials ruin the reputation of the noble steward."

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    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????In the General Manager's Mansion, Rongbi had long come to trouble Huang Mingyuan.

    "Huang Shijun, you don't know that on May Day, it is said that crops can be grown if there are awns."

    Seeing Rong Pi’s angry look, Huang Mingyuan continued to sit and drink tea without rolling his eyelids.

    "Huang Shijun, during the awning season, rice with awns can be planted. This is a truth that even ordinary people know. However, Shijun ignored these precedents and ordered rice planting to begin in April. If there is no harvest next year,  what to do?"

    Huang Mingyuan certainly knew what was going on. He put down the cup and said, "Rong Changshi, please calm down. Isn't there nothing wrong with this?"

    "Huang Shijun, if trouble occurs, it will be too late. For the common people, food is greater than the sky."

    Huang Mingyuan's disdain made Rong Bi even more angry, so he became less polite when he spoke.

    Huang Mingyuan said with a smile: "Rong Zhang Shi Mo wants to look like he is blaming others. Isn't there no bad consequences? Besides, it is only a few dozen hectares of land. Even if it is really extinct, Fengzhou can still hold on.  "

    As he said this, he was serving tea to see the guests off, not wanting to tangle with Rongbi anymore.

    Rongbi is right, but rice in the North is indeed planted in April. Single-crop rice in North China even requires planting during the Qingming Festival and transplanting at the end of April and early May (if conditions permit, it can also be transplanted during Grain Rain), so Huang Mingyuan  The arrangement is not without purpose.

    Of course there may be deviations, but if it succeeds, Toyosu will be able to produce rice, and the price is worth it.

    Huang Mingyuan was sitting there drinking tea. Suddenly Chen Yuan hurried over with Wu Zeng and Huangfu Wei, saying that he had something important to report to Huang Mingyuan.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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