MTL - Fight the Giants-Chapter 875 trial planting

  Chapter 875 Trial Planting

  The trial planting was successful?

  Even Duke Qian looked at Mu Yan in surprise and excitement.

Mu Yan glanced lightly around the hall, and then said: "The Lord of the Kingdom gave my wife a garden by the Dianchi Lake. Last autumn, after the rice harvest, my wife used the idle field to plant winter wheat. A few days ago It has just been harvested, and the average yield per mu is four stones."

  Four stones? Did they hear correctly?

   "Your Majesty is saying that all the crops are produced equally, not from fertile fields, four stones?" A subordinate official asked with some doubts.

  Mu Yan looked at him: "The good field is more than four and a half stones. The middle field is nearly four stones. And there are fewer empty wheat and flat seeds, and the grains are full. I will personally watch the harvest and wait for the late rice seedlings to be planted in the field before returning."

   "Late rice seedlings have already been planted in the field?" Some officials who understand farming were very surprised. Did the rice seedlings grow so fast?

   "Before the winter wheat is harvested, the rice beds have been cleaned up to raise seedlings."

I see. Otherwise, wait until the winter wheat is harvested, and then sow rice seeds, I am afraid that the frost will not wait until the oars are filled. The agricultural officer looked at Mu Yan with a little more sparkle in his eyes.

   All the officials in the hall did not expect that the son still knows so much about farming. They all looked at him differently.

   Regardless of whether this move is feasible or not, at least Shizi has researched it and participated in it personally. And who doesn't like such a close son.

  Seeing that Mu Yan has gained everyone's attention, Mu Zhan secretly hated him.

Said to Qian Guogong: "Father, although the second brother has tried this in Deyuan, and the yield per mu is not bad, but the land of one garden cannot be used as an example. Moreover, the conditions of the fields in each guard are different. If you copy it, I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with the lack of grain in the military field."

   Regardless of whether it is public or private, he will stop this measure proposed by Mu Yan.

  If his trial planting is successful, Mu Yan's reputation in the army will be even more unshakable. He failed, which is actually a good thing for him, but the Mu family controls the military and political power in Yunnan, if something happens, the Mu family will bear the brunt of it, and everyone cannot escape responsibility, and he is no exception.

   There are no eggs under the overturned nest.

   All the subordinate officials fell silent again.

   Mu Ang actually agreed with Mu Yan's opinion. It's just a trial planting. If the planting is successful, it is of course a major event that benefits the people and the army, and it couldn't be better.

  In the future, the 300,000 troops will be self-sufficient, and they will no longer have to look at the faces of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs. The second is that the soldiers are full of food and drink, so they can devote more energy to daily training. The 300,000 troops in Yunnan will be unshakable.

  If it fails, there will be no food for one or two years, and the Mu family can fully support the purchase of food from various places.

  But Erfang is in power and in charge of the central government, so it is difficult for him to speak up about this matter. And in case of failure, verbal criticism and written criticism are also afraid of being reprimanded by the emperor. He turned to look at his second brother.

   Duke Qian frowned, he knew it was okay to try, but this matter was of great importance, so he had to be cautious.

  Mu Jun looked around and asked Mu Yan: "How did the second sister-in-law think of trying to grow double-season grain in De Garden?"

  Mu Yan put away some air-conditioning, and replied: "In all the villages in the south of the Yangtze River and even in the north, she practices double-season grain planting."

   "Oh?" Mu Jun was very surprised, "Did the second sister-in-law let all her villages grow double-crop grains? Also plant in the north? Are they all successful?"

Mu Yan nodded: "It's been planted for more than ten years. The high-yielding seeds brought back from overseas by her order were planted locally in Shangyong by Mr. Li, and they all obtained high yields. She also wrote a book specifically to teach the people in Jiangnan The technique of planting. The emperor has also read this book."

   "Master Li? Is it the grandfather of the second sister-in-law, Li Shimian, the former Guozijian sacrificial wine?"

   "Exactly."

  Li Shimian? Guozijian sacrificial wine? Shangyong? Write a book? Has the emperor seen it?

  Gong Qian was a little surprised: "Master Li was granted an amnesty because he planted high-yield crops?"

   Not entirely for this reason. The main reason is that Xi'er has made great contributions, so please kindly ask for it. But Li Shimian himself would not have won the emperor's favor if he hadn't made any contribution.

  Mu Yan didn't change his face, and nodded: "Yes, the emperor has read the agricultural books written by him, and said that his merits will last forever."

  The emperor has also seen it. It seems that the emperor still agrees with the common people to brainstorm and test the method of high yield. All the subordinate officials began to ponder...

Then a subordinate official suggested: "My lord, I feel that the son's discussion is very good. We can use one or two guards for experiments, and if the trial planting is successful, we will spread it to the whole army. In this way, even if the first and second guards fail to plant, There is also a solution.”

   "Yes, this is a very good move. First try one or two. Then increase the promotion efforts."

  Mu Zhan heard chest tightness and breathlessness, and seeing Mu Yan gain another wave of support, he wanted to refute one or two, but the trial did not lose anything, and he couldn't open his mouth to object.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Mu Yan continued: "Then notify the guards in various places. If anyone is willing to try planting first, report it quickly so that the winter wheat seeds can be prepared in advance. In addition, the guards who do not participate in the trial planting don't have to have winter slack fields." When you are free, you can think about one or two interplanting methods, such as interplanting mulberry and hemp, or planting winter vegetables, etc. No matter how little the subsidy is, it is subsidy."

   "Yes, the son is wise!"

  Mu Zhan didn't expect that Mu Yan's image in the meeting hall would be a little taller today, and he won the support of all the officials and staff, and left the hall in a huff.

   "Brother, wait for me!" Mu Xi chased after him, and when he passed by Mu Yan, he nodded to him, "Second brother, I'm leaving first."

  Mu Yan gave him a surprised look.

  Gong Qian, Mu Ang and Mu Yan walked out of the meeting hall together.

The two praised Mu Yan a few words, "It's hard for you to think about the soldiers in the army. In the past few years, the imperial court has been in arrears year after year, and wrote to the Ministry of War, complaining that the Ministry of Households has no money and no food. The mountains are high and the roads are far away, so what can we do to them?" No."

  Gong Qian was also very emotional: "If our Yunnan frontier army can be self-sufficient, we don't need to look at people's faces."

  Mu Yan didn't speak.

   Mu Ang looked at him with relief, "Just now you said that my niece and daughter-in-law are not only in the south of the Yangtze River, but also planted double crops in the north? Does she still have property in the north?"

  Mu Yan nodded, not hiding it from them: "Yes. As soon as she heard that the emperor planned to move the capital, she sent people to the north to buy property."

With a smile: "She likes to think about it, and always wants to make the best use of things. Some of the fields in the north are not suitable for double-crop crops. She interplanted mulberry and hemp in the field, and asked people to grow mulberry and raise silkworms. The income gained from raising silkworms every year is several times higher than the output in the field, and the money is used to buy food for the servants. She always said that she would spend the same amount of time, why not earn more?"

   Shaking his head and laughing. Maximizing profits, he didn't understand at first, but after listening more, he gradually understood.

  Mu Ang was stunned when he heard this, is his sense of smell so sensitive? So early to buy property in the north? Still planting? After so many years of planting, there must be successful experience.

  Mu Ang was very moved when he heard that, "Second brother, let more guards follow along with the trial planting, I think it will work."

  Gong Qian has not recovered yet, he thinks this son has said so much in front of him today? More than usual combined.

   Seeing him looking at him, Mu Yan put away the smile on his face, and cupped his hands: "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, please take a step first."

   Without waiting for the two of them to speak, they turned around and left. Qian Guogong couldn't stop him, so he couldn't help sighing.

  (end of this chapter)