Daqin: Compared with his sons, Ying Zheng is jealous

Watching the Prince Fusu and others on the sky curtain start to head towards the six departments of the Ministry of Agriculture, the common people, who had waited for so long and finally got what they wanted to see, also took action.

"Is there anyone who can read?"

"Whoever can read, please write down what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince says later!"

"My youngest son can read, let him remember it!"

"Brother Bian, Brother Mu, Brother Yu......Let's each write down a paragraph later, and then we can put it together again. How about that?"

"This is a good idea, add me in!"

"I'll come too, and I'll record a passage. If there's anything I haven't remembered, just tell me!"

"We went to the officials. We were illiterate, but they were. We asked them to write down our thoughts and then teach us."

"Old sister-in-law, this is a good idea. Let's go, let's go to the official"....

The common people from all over the world thought of their own ways.

If there were common people who could read, they would ask the common people who could read to help record what Prince Fusu said.

If there were no common people who could read, they would each record a paragraph, and then everyone would piece together what they had recorded.

Some of the more courageous ones, such as the old Qin people, went directly to the Qin officials near them and asked them to record for them. The Qin officials who were found did not dare to refuse.

After all, if only one or two old Qin people came to him, he could still refuse.

But hundreds of old Qin people came to him together, and even the Qin officials could not simply ignore them.

Moreover, although it was heard that His Majesty the First Emperor would reform in the future, at least the Qin State still conferred titles based on military merit.

These old Qin people who came to him to record may still be ordinary common people, but who knows whether his father and brother will fight for a title on the battlefield.

Once they have a title, the other party's status and position will instantly be higher than their own.

Therefore, the Qin officials who were called in basically did not dare to neglect it. They all picked up their pens, ink and bamboo slips, ready to record carefully.

Moreover, even if these common people did not come to them, they would actually record it themselves.

After all, they also have land to cultivate.

Even if they don’t consider others, just for their own consideration, they have to record as much as possible the farming methods mentioned by Prince Fusu that may increase production.

So under such circumstances, the common people from all over the world are all concentrating and holding their breath, waiting for Prince Fusu’s story.

【Soon, Prince Fusu, King Ying Zheng of Qin, Xu Zi, and Zhang Han, who was their attendant, also came to the Agricultural Department, one of the six departments of the Ministry of Agriculture.】

【It's called the Agricultural Bureau, but it's actually just a large fenced field.】

【As the Minister of Agriculture, Xu Zi also introduced to the Crown Prince Fusu and the King of Qin Ying Zheng:"Currently, the Agricultural Bureau has reclaimed a total of 600 acres of land for farming experiments."】

【"The weather group, fertilizer group, and farming method group were each assigned 200 acres of land for farming experiments."】

【"There is still about half a month before the best time for summer planting, so these fields have not really started to be sown and cultivated yet."】

【At this point, Xu Zi looked at Prince Fusu and asked,"Your Highness, are your ideas for improving farming related to weather conditions? Or fertilizers? Or farming methods?"】

【If it was about the weather, he would take Prince Fusu and King Ying Zheng of Qin to the experimental field of the weather group.】

【If it was about fertilizers or farming methods, he would take Prince Fusu and King Ying Zheng of Qin to the experimental fields of the fertilizer group or the farming method group.】

【Prince Fusu looked at the farming method group and said,"There are some ideas for improving the farming method."】

【Xu Zi nodded and said directly:"Okay, then let's go to the farming method group first."】

【At the same time, Xu Zi also called over the other two groups, and even the temporarily free farm children from the other five divisions.】

【After all, with the emergence of a new farming method, all of them, the farm children, must know, learn and master it.】

【Soon, everyone arrived at the experimental field where the farming method group was located. At the same time, the farmers from the other two groups and the fifth department also came over one after another.】

【After most of the farm children had arrived, Prince Fusu was standing on a vacant lot, sketching with a tree branch while saying,"The farming method we are using now is mainly the '畎亩法'.’"】

【"The 畎亩法, which consists of two parts: 畎 and 亩."】

【"Among them, 畎 is ditch and 亩 is ridge, so the 畎亩 method is also a ridge method."】

【"This method of farming includes two ways of using the land:"abandoning the upper fields and abandoning the lower fields"."】

【"Its characteristic is that in high-lying fields, crops are planted in ditches instead of on ridges, which is called"abandoning acres in the fields".’"】

【"In low-lying fields, crops are planted on ridges instead of in ditches. This is called"abandoning the ditches and leaving the fields uncultivated."’"】

【"Planting furrows instead of ridges in high fields is good for drought resistance and moisture conservation; planting ridges instead of furrows in low fields is good for drainage and waterlogging prevention, as well as ventilation and light transmission."】

【The peasant children who were listening all nodded slightly. They were also familiar with the 玺亩法.】

【Prince Fusu simply and clearly explained the farming method and characteristics of the 畎亩法 in just a few words. It can be seen that Prince Fusu did have a deep understanding of the farming method.】

【After simply drawing the 畎亩法 on the open ground with branches, Crown Prince Fusu drew a square box next to the 畎亩法 to indicate another acre of land.】

【Then, Prince Fusu dug three more trenches and three more ridges in this square.】

【Then Prince Fusu explained:"This is a way of farming that I came up with after observing the method of farming."】

【"In one acre of land, three furrows and three ridges are made, and the positions of the furrows and ridges are swapped every year."】

【"As we all know, land can be fertile or barren."】

【"However, even fertile land will"】

【"Then the originally fertile land will gradually become less fertile, and the grain yield per mu will gradually decrease."】

【"I think the reason for this phenomenon is that during the planting process, the crops gradually absorbed all the fertility of the land."】

【At this point, Prince Fusu looked around and found a small canal about ten steps away. He then took out a towel and asked Zhang Han to wet it and then bring it back.】

【In just over ten breaths, Zhang Han returned with a wet towel and handed it to Prince Fusu. He also picked up a gourd ladle beside the canal and filled it with half a ladle of water and brought it back.】

【Prince Fusu looked at Zhang Han approvingly, then took the wet towel and explained:"The fertile land is like this wet towel."】

【"However, in the process of planting crops year after year, the fertility of the land is gradually absorbed by the crops, just like this wet towel, gradually losing its original moisture."】

【"Finally, the fertile land will gradually become barren."】

【As Prince Fusu spoke, he twisted his hands in the opposite direction to squeeze out the moisture from the towel.】

【In just three or five breaths, the moisture on the towel was squeezed out by Prince Fusu.】

【Finally, Prince Fusu spread out the towel again, only to see that the towel, which was originally soaked with water, had become wrinkled.】

【It can be said that it vividly explains how fertile land gradually becomes barren.】

【Xu Zi and a group of farm boys beside him also watched with eyes shining.】

【As they had studied farming for many years, they immediately understood what Prince Fusu meant.】

【And based on their past research on farming, it is almost certain that what Prince Fusu said about the loss of land fertility due to long-term farming is correct.】

【Because they have seen things like this many times in their past farming careers.】

【However, apart from asking the people to temporarily abandon the land that had lost its fertility, they had not come up with any other good solutions.】

【But looking at the appearance of Crown Prince Fusu, it seems that there is a better solution.】

【Thinking of this, Xu Zi and the other peasant boys all looked at Prince Fusu expectantly and listened more attentively.】

【"If you want to make this land fertile again,���three methods"】

【"The first method is to leave it vacant temporarily and stop cultivating this barren land."】

【"After being vacant for one or two years, or three or five years"】

【"The soil fertility originally absorbed by the crops will naturally and slowly fill back from all over the earth."】

【"By then, the land will naturally become fertile again."】

【As Prince Fusu explained, he placed a wrinkled handkerchief on the ground, simulated the wind, sun and rain, and occasionally dripped a few drops of water on the handkerchief.】

【Although the towel recovered slowly, it eventually became moist again after a while.】

【Hearing this method, Xu Zi and a group of farmers nodded slightly. This was their previous method to deal with the loss of fertility in the land.】

【"The second is to replenish the fertility needed by the land, that is, to add fertilizers that are helpful for farming."】

【"Things like wood ash and rotten weeds in the field can be used as fertilizer to supplement the lack of fertility in the land."】

【"In this way, the originally barren land will become fertile again."】

【Prince Fusu wrung out the wet towel again, then scooped up a handful of water from the gourd ladle beside him and sprinkled it on the dry towel.】

【Soon, the wrinkled towel became wet again.】

【Xu Zi and a group of farm children beside him nodded when they heard this method. Fertilizer is indeed a good way.】

【However, they have not yet fully determined the appropriate amount of wood ash for various crops.】

【Once they have determined it, they can use this method to supplement the fertility of those barren fields.】

【Thinking of this, Xu Zi and a group of farmers decided to increase their research efforts on fertilizers.】

【Currently, there are only two types of fertilizers: wood ash and rotten weeds, but they are still too little.】

【If they develop enough land fertilizers, then perhaps all the barren fields in the world can be turned into fertile fields in the future!】

【There is great potential in land fertilizer research!】

【"The third method, which I shall call crop rotation"】

【"There are two types of crop rotation:"】

【"This means that wheat is planted on this piece of land this year, beans are planted on the same piece of land next year, and wheat is planted again the year after that."】

【"However, this crop rotation method has not yet been confirmed, but I think it should be feasible."】

【"After all, different crops require different fertility."】

【"Some crops may require more fertilizer, while others may require less fertilizer."】

【"If you plant crops that require more fertilizer in the first year, then plant crops that require less fertilizer next year."】

【"This will not only give the land some time to recover and restore its fertility, but also allow the people to continue to have more or less harvests on this land."】

【As Prince Fusu was telling the story, he twisted the towel and dripped a few drops of water back into it, simulating crop rotation.】

【In this way, even if Prince Fusu keeps wringing the towel, it will always be kept moist because of the water droplets.】

【Hearing this, Xu Zi also said:"When His Highness divided the six departments of the Ministry of Agriculture, he briefly mentioned this farming method. After returning, I also set up such a crop rotation comparison research group."】

【Then, Xu Zi's eyes fell on Chen Xin, the farmer's son who was standing beside him. He was in charge of the crop rotation control research team.】

【Feeling his teacher's gaze, Chen Xin also stood up and answered:"We currently have a total of fifteen groups, ten of which are responsible for studying the rotation of grains between fields on the same piece of land."】

【"The other five groups studied the rotation of grains and beans on the same land."】

【"I want to see which two of the five grains have the best crop rotation effect, and which grain and beans have the best crop rotation effect!"】

【After hearing Chen Xin's answer, Prince Fusu nodded and praised:"Very good, I am looking forward to the day when I can see the results of your research."】

【All the farmers' children related to the crop rotation control research team responded in unison:"We will live up to your trust!"】

【King Ying Zheng of Qin, who had been standing behind Prince Fusu in silence, nodded slightly when he saw this scene.】

【Prince Fusu then said:"Another method of crop rotation is called the crop rotation method."】

【"Just like what I said at the beginning, in one acre of land, three furrows and three ridges are made, and the positions of the furrows and ridges are swapped every year."】

【"For example, this year crops are sown in three furrows in the field, and next year the three furrows are turned into three ridges, and then the original three ridges are turned into three furrows."】

【"In this way, when crops are planted in the three furrows, the land in the three ridges can take the opportunity to rest and recover its fertility."】

【"Then, when the land in the three furrows has been planted once, crops can be planted in the three furrows dug from the original three ridges."】

【"The original three ditches have now turned into three ridges, giving the land a chance to rest and recover its fertility."】

【"In this way, the furrows and ridges are exchanged every year, and the land can take turns to rest and recover its fertility, so that the per-acre yield of crops can also remain unchanged year by year."】

【"This method of sowing and then resting the ridges, changing them every year, using ditches instead of ridges and replacing ditches with ridges, can also be called the"Daitian method".’！"】

【Prince Fusu split the towel into two halves, and each time he only dried one half of it, and then took the opportunity to add a certain amount of water to the other half.】

【In this repetitive operation, half of the towel always remains moist.】

【Xu Zi, who was standing by, saw this scene and couldn't help but said excitedly:"This method is very good! This method is very wonderful!"】

【Although this method has not been actually implemented, from a theoretical point of view, Xu Zi, who has been farming for a lifetime, is almost certain that the land rotation method or the alternate field method mentioned by Prince Fusu is indeed feasible.】

【It is theoretically feasible, so what remains is to verify it in practice.】

【Xu Zi looked around, then landed on Chen Xiang and said,"Chen Xiang, your research on weather-controlled farming will be temporarily handed over to other farmers, and you will be responsible for practicing the Daitian method that His Highness mentioned!"】

【Chen Xiang also stepped out immediately and bowed in response:"Yes, teacher!"】.

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