Chapter 28: Second Rice Planting, Lizhou Submission

For the sake of development and commitment, Jinmao is very busy.

Jinyun Mountain is the rear base, and no matter how bad the conditions are, Jinmao will vigorously develop it.

Previously, Jinmao cultivated two types of rice seeds, one is early rice and the other is late rice.

Kuaiji County has a southern climate and can plant two crops. The first season is planted at the end of March and harvested in July.

The second season is planted in late July and harvested in November.

In this way, even if the per-acre yield of rice seeds does not increase, double the rice can be harvested, which is a disguised form of growth.

It is much more advanced than the planting technology of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Next to bad water.

After listening to Jin Mao's explanation, Wu Tian was stunned: "Can rice be grown for two seasons?"

"I have lived for over fifty years, and this is the first time I have heard of this!"

Let alone the others, it was like listening to a foreign language.

"It's nothing." Jin Mao boasted, shocking the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty to later generations.

"If rice is bred with optimal quality, the yield per mu can be greatly increased."

"For example, the yield per mu of early rice is only 3 dan, and that of late rice is 5 dan. After breeding, the yield will double, and with further breeding, it will quadruple!"

"Double?!" Wu Tian's eyes were as big as copper bells: "How much is that?"

"Two times means four times as much, 4 dan for early rice and 12 dan for late rice."

"Oh my God, is this really a product of the human world?"

Bai Shi could roughly understand what was said, and enthusiastically said in Min Yue: "This is something that only the God can do!"

Jin Mao waved his hands repeatedly: "I don't have this ability, but the person who did this is not an exaggeration to say that he is a figure like Shennong."

Grandpa Yuan is so great!

"Who is he?" everyone asked.

Jin Mao smiled and said, "Of course it's the gods in heaven."

"This immortal is in heaven." Wu Tian was shocked: "Then you also came down from heaven?!!"

"Hey, this is all nonsense." Jin Mao waved his hands: "Everyone just treat it as a story."

How could people dare to believe it? In this era, people believe in these supernatural things the most.

As a result, everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Jin Mao.

"Okay, now that the story is told, it's time to get down to business."

Jin Mao directed everyone to open up 500 acres of paddy fields on both sides of the bad water.

There were water wheels in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but they were rather crude.

Under Jin Mao's guidance, Liu Fang made improvements and turned it into a tipping cart in the Southern Song Dynasty, greatly improving the water diversion efficiency.

However, the overturn was rare and could only divert water to irrigate 500 acres of paddy fields.

The improved seeds are not enough, so only 100 acres can be planted, and the other 400 acres still have to be planted with the original single-season rice seeds.

The land near the river is the most fertile. Jinmao will plant two crops of rice in the fields closest to the bad water and one crop of rice in other places.

Speaking of fertilizer.

During this period, the Min Yue mountain people have been doing one thing, which is digging deep pits.

The deep pit has two uses: one is to build a pond to store water, and the other is to build toilets.

People are still not getting enough food to eat right now, and the poultry are all small like chickens, ducks and geese. They can be kept alive by feeding them grass leaves, and they can’t even be made into compost.

People also defecate anywhere, and only the landlord’s house has a toilet.

Now there is an average of one toilet for every five households, with more than 300 toilets built in total, enough to continuously compost the dry land.

Paddy field compost contains rapeseed oil residue and tea bran.

Moreover, pit latrines have many benefits. They improve the sanitary environment, prevent and treat diseases, and the sediment can be used for aquaculture, etc.

Jinmao’s goal is to establish the simplest ecosystem agricultural circulation system.

This is just a preliminary plan at the moment. Once human and material resources reach a certain level in the future, we can build a large base.

But in the eyes of others, these actions are very profound and mysterious. Now that they are endorsed by gods, they seem very reasonable.

End of March.

The rapeseed oil has been pressed for more than ten days.

According to the estimated oil yield in recent days, Jinyun Mountain has a total of more than 18 acres of land, with a total oil output of about hu, with a total weight of about tons.

This is very amazing. According to the calculation that each person in later generations consumes 30 grams per day, it is enough for more than people to consume for a year!
No one in the Eastern Han Dynasty was so extravagant. Oil had many uses, but its low production prevented it from being popularized.

Jin Mao can no longer stay in Jinyun Mountain. Now he is the county magistrate and has to take into account the development of the entire county.

The first round of military competition has ended, and the first and second echelons have been selected. Not much to say about the Minyue Army, but many talents have emerged from the county soldiers and the Yao Army.

According to the established rules, all of Jinmao's men were incorporated into the first echelon and trained under the leadership of the personal guard team.

There were also hundreds of people who failed the test. The Yao people were sent to farm the land, and the county soldiers returned home.

The next promotion and elimination round is scheduled for July, which coincides with the early rice harvest season.

As a result, the personal guard team maintained a team of 300 people, a mixture of county soldiers, Min Yue, and Yao people.

The second echelon consists of 200 Yao soldiers and 100 county soldiers. They are still trained by Liu Mu, and those eliminated from the personal guard team serve as the backbone of the squad.

After lunch.

"Ten donkey carts can only carry a hundred hu of vegetable oil." Jin Yun worriedly asked, "Isn't that too little?"

Wow, 1.8 tons is too little?
It is indeed a little too little, and half of it has to be given to the Jin and Liu families. These are the wages of Jin Yun, Liu Fang and other family members.

Jinmao will use the remaining half for display, so that the entire Wushang County will be planted with rapeseed this winter.

The scene was hard to imagine, and the crops planted at that time were all improved varieties that were resistant to certain diseases and pests.

However, before that, every household must sign a win-win cooperation agreement with Jinmao.

Jinmao loves to get free stuff from others, but hates being taken advantage of the most.

...

丽州
The people have all heard about the bumper rapeseed harvest in Jinyun Mountain.

They are either envious or jealous.

"If a tiny place like Jinyun Mountain can have a good harvest, then our Lizhou will be bankrupt!"

"That's right, the county lord should come to Lizhou."

"I heard that this county lord is greedy for beauty, and Jinyun Mountain offered beautiful women to keep the county lord."

The gossip became more and more outrageous, and no one remembered who had taken advantage of the situation in the first place.

Right.

Gentry are different from villagers. What does the behavior of gentry have to do with villagers?
"Have you heard? The county lord is going back to Tangxi and will pass by Lizhou in the next few days."

"Should we also present a beautiful woman?"

"I think the daughter of the Wang family is very pretty."

"You bastard, your family isn't bad either, why don't you send it?"

There was chaos and the villagers in Lizhou were fighting over a little irrigation water, let alone sending their daughters away.

The He family's side branch, that is, He Wei's cousins, were gathering together to discuss important matters.

"How is the third brother's work going?"

"Second brother, do you need to worry about my work? It's just the land deeds of Jiao Qian and others, they are all in my hands!"

"How are you doing over there, Old Four?"

"These unruly people! They stole the county lord's land!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" The second brother scolded: "The eldest brother said, don't use the banner of the county lord in this matter."

"Oh, second brother, then tell me what to do?"

"If I knew, why would I need to explain it to this idiot?"

"Ask the boss!"

...

April, early summer.

Even during the Little Ice Age in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the weather in the south was gradually getting warmer.

Jin Mao, along with three hundred personal soldiers, escorted ten carts of vegetable oil and it took them three days to get out of Jinyun Mountain and reach Lizhou.

Along the way, Jinmao was heartbroken to see large tracts of fertile land in Lizhou lying abandoned.

What, the reason is him?

That’s okay, it’s good that Jiao Qian died!

Lizhou Township.

Lunch.

He Wei stood outside the door with his three stupid brothers, and carefully instructed them: "Remember! When you go in later, just say that you are offering a thousand acres of good farmland. If the county lord doesn't accept it, you can say..."

Blah blah, that’s a lot of talking.

Seeing the three brothers' stupid looks, He Wei sighed, "Forget it. Just stand behind me and don't say anything. When the county lord asks you questions, just nod and say you are willing to obey."

The three He brothers quickly said that it was no problem and it was no big deal.

　1 hu = 2 ml, 1 shi = 30 kg
　　
　
(End of this chapter)