Chapter 485 Come, Here I Give You This Book of War

"Although this is a good thing, it will take a year and a half to achieve success. It will take time to plant more seeds and sum up the method and know-how of growing this kind of food; this kind of food has never been seen in the Song Dynasty. It is not so easy to popularize food." Shen Long glanced at Wang Yu, "It depends on how long it takes for Yuan Ze to figure it out."

Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and sunflowers were all introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty. Kangxi took advantage of them and created a "prosperous age" of bran thinness. At some time in the evening, it is estimated that the Qing Dynasty will be a short-lived dynasty again.

And it is not so easy for a new crop to be accepted by the people all over the world. Food is the lifeblood of the people. You let them keep wheat and millet instead of growing a kind of food that they have never heard of. , I am afraid that no one dares to agree easily.

Perhaps Wang Yu didn’t quite understand it. Wang Shao was in the northwest frontier, and he had a lot of contact with local farmers, so he had to be a little clearer about their thoughts. He also thought of this, “It’s not difficult. If there is wasteland, we can find some wasteland military camps at that time, and if the local people have seen the harvest with their own eyes, I am afraid that they will rush to grow this kind of food without an order from the court."

If these kinds of grains were really as productive as you said, Wang Shao kept it in his heart and didn't say it, let alone those common people, even if he knew that Wang Yu would never lie, he didn't fully believe it.

Who said that ancient people were not as smart as modern people? Listen to Wang Shao's method! When Shen Long was the top leader of the provincial government, many county magistrates below could not think of doing this, or they wanted to but didn't have the patience.

Wang Yu felt that his pressure was doubled. Originally, it was just a matter of satisfying the people's food and drink. Now why is it related to subduing Hehuang and Xixia? The burden on the shoulders is getting heavier and heavier.

He got up and cupped his hands and said, "I will definitely try my best to do it." Well, isn't it just farming, can't I plant it? From now on, I will farm during the day and write records at night, and ask questions when I encounter something I don’t understand.

"It turns out that Yuan Ze's outfit is for these reasons." Wang Shao also understood now that he is not a corrupt scholar, not only did he not underestimate Wang Yu, but he respected him even more.

"I don't know what kind of food I want to grow? Can I let me know?" Wang Shao became more and more curious, what kind of food can have such a big harvest? "Oh, it's a bit presumptuous to be impatient in the next moment."

"There's nothing you can't see. Here, this is sweet potato. In my place, the yield per mu can reach 10,000 jin; there were few people in Song Dynasty before, and the output may be less, but it should still be possible to do 1,000 jin per season." Shen Long took out a sweet potato the size of a child's head from his sleeve.

This output was calculated by him based on the output of sweet potatoes in the Ming Dynasty. According to the local records of the Ming Dynasty, the output of sweet potatoes at that time could reach one or two thousand catties.

What he took out this time was the oily breed cultivated by later generations, and the yield would only be higher.

"Hey, did you see that, these are the buds of sweet potatoes. When you want to plant them, cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces, and each piece should have one bud. Then grow the seedlings in the fertile land, and then transplant them into the ground. A sweet potato plant can grow at least five sweet potatoes of this size, and there will be more if you take care of it." Shen Long pointed to the sweet potatoes and explained to them.

Wang Shao and Wang Yu carefully counted the number of germs on the sweet potato, and then reached out to try the weight of the sweet potato. Most of the doubts were dispelled at the moment, "From this point of view, the yield per mu may be less than a thousand kilograms!"

"It's a pity that sweet potatoes can be used as a vegetable, not a staple food, but these two kinds are fine." Shen Long took out a long golden corn cob and a fist-sized potato from his sleeve, and Wang Shao looked at them Look at his sleeves, can there be so many things in the sleeves?

"Under normal circumstances, a corn plant can bear one to eight corn cobs, but in order to make the corn cobs grow bigger, the excess is usually cut off, leaving only two at most." Shen Long handed the corn to Wang Shao, Handing the potatoes to Wang Yu, the two hugged them like glass cups, for fear of falling on the ground and breaking them. "Potatoes and sweet potatoes are generally planted, and one plant can produce five or six."

Wang Shao held the corn and began to count the corn kernels on it. After counting for a long time, he finally counted, "Not counting the shriveled and small ones, there are a total of 732 kernels. If one plant grows two, it is a plant. A harvest of one thousand and five! Guanzhong grows wheat, and one ear of wheat can harvest twenty grains, which is considered excellent! This thing can be called a fairy seed!"

"It can't be calculated like this. Wheat is much denser than corn, but the yield of corn is indeed higher than that of wheat!" In later generations, there are about sixty or seventy grains of wheat per ear, which is at least three times that of Song Dynasty. Stone, about two hundred catties, and the yield of wheat in later generations is one thousand catties. If you count the difference in dense planting and the size of wheat grains, the figure is about the same.

"The most important thing is drought tolerance, which is suitable for a wide range of planting. Many places in the northwest where wheat cannot be grown can grow these." Shen Long added.

"It would be a great merit for Yuanze to broadcast these kinds of grains to the world!" Wang Shao sighed.

Hearing this, Wang Yu remembered what Shen Long said when he talked about Champa Rice, and his mood was quite complicated. Yes, both he and Wang Shao felt that this incident was a great merit, but this Can his achievements be recognized by the court and scholars? Maybe the imperial court will give him some rewards, just like Li Ding who presented the god arm bow back then.

But since then, my prestige among scholars may not be as good as before. In the eyes of those people, perhaps such a contribution is not as good as a good poem... Could it be that my Confucianism is really... No, no, it must be I failed to comprehend the meaning of the sage's scriptures, Wang Yu broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly put aside these outrageous thoughts.

The three of them chatted about these kinds of grains again. Wang Shao even went to the field to hoe for a while just like Wang Yu, and then was driven back by Wang Yu. The Taoist priest had already said that the two acres of land For one's own, a gentleman keeps his word, and must never use the hands of others to help.

Wang Shao went back to the shade and sat down, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, if most people talked about side matters, they would just talk about choosing famous generals, and few could mention military training, let alone food delivery, so he turned his head Let me ask Shen Long, "Could it be that the priest also knows the art of war?"

"I know a thing or two." What, has been in military forums for several years and read a bunch of military online novels?

After thinking about it, Shen Long stretched his hand into his sleeve again, took out a book and handed it to Wang Shao, "This book on war is quite different from other books on war, Zichun might as well read it."

Wang Shao took it over and took a look. On the cover was written the words "Documentary of Military Training".