Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

"One thousand 350, two stones, seven buckets and three liters!" Li Yuan exclaimed.

Chapter 40 The nose has to suffer (one more)

Chapter 40 The nose has to suffer (one more)

"350, two stones, seven buckets and three liters?" Si Nong Siqing exclaimed, "Four stones and five buckets per mu?"

"Is the four stones and five buckets a lot?" Chen Ying pouted and said disapprovingly.

Of course, compared with the general average yield per mu of thousands of catties in later generations, Chen Ying's four stones and five buckets, about 540 catties, are really not high, less than half of the later generations.But compared to the chestnut rice of this era, this yield is a bit too high.

During the Warring States period, if the yield of chestnut rice was converted into catties, the average yield per mu was about 240 catties under the premise of favorable weather conditions. In the late Warring States period, due to the use of iron farm tools and sowing tools, the yield per mu increased to [-] seven catties.

However, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the turmoil in the world and the displacement of the people, all science and technology tended to be in the military field. The grain output during the Northern and Southern Dynasties did not exceed [-] catties, and it was basically around [-] catties in the early Tang Dynasty.In other words, Chen Ying's yield per mu at this time was nearly three times that of ordinary yields per mu.

Although Chen Ying is not a farmer, he also knows that to meet the growth of any crop, it must have sufficient water, sufficient fertilizer, scientific planting, and rational management.Chen Ying wanted to promote his original chemical fertilizer in Datang, so he specially ordered that water trucks be used to irrigate the experimental fields. Even though there was little rain in Guanzhong in midsummer, Chen Ying's [-]-acre field never lacked water.

Li Yuan's jaw almost dropped when he heard this number: "There are so many?"

Pei Ji wiped the sweat from his forehead, not sure if he was hot or frightened.Pei Ji said incoherently: "It's too scary. This [-] mu of land is almost catching up with the output of [-] mu of fertile land."

Chen Shuda stroked his sparse beard, his eyes rolled.I couldn't help thinking, if Chen Ying had not [-] mu, but [-] mu, or [-] fertile fields that had been fertilized, if all of them had this output...the picture is so beautiful!

Xiao Shiwen said with a smile to Li Yuan: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, old minister. Congratulations to Your Majesty. Chen Yuma is really capable. He is not only good at fighting, but also conquers every attack and defends every defense. He can also make steel. Farming is also better than others, one mu of land equals several mus of others, I congratulate Your Majesty for having such a good son-in-law!"

Li Yuan was very happy when he heard this.He said with a faint smile: "Let's see how the other fields are producing!"

Si Nong Si Qing warrior Leng heard this and said with joy: "You all don't stick around, hurry up and go down to harvest!"

Except for the soldiers of the Imperial Guard who were in charge of protecting Li Yuan and other big bosses, other attendants, minor officials, and even officials from Sinong Temple also went to work in the field in person.

As the saying goes, there are many people with great power. Chen Ying originally only had three thousand acres of land, but Wuyang Wuyang rushed in and gathered thousands of people, and countless servants came to help. Tens of thousands of people worked collectively, and soon the three thousand Acres of land harvested.The officials in charge of the measuring utensils couldn't wait to weigh and record, and many of them got the following figures.

Yitian has a total of 410 mu, and a total of [-] stones and three buckets have been collected.

Bingtian, a total of [-] mu, has a total harvest of [-] mu.

Dingtian, a total of 320 acres, received a total of 430 seven stones, nine buckets and six cents.

Wutian, a total of 360 mu, received a total of [-] nine stones and five buckets and two cents.

Jitian, a total of 540 mu, received a total of [-] four stones.

……

That is to say, the average yield of chestnut rice per mu is four shi and five dou to five shi, and the highest record is five shi and three points.Each stone is 120 to 130 catties, and the harvest of one mu of field is more than 500 catties!Everyone was surprised and happy, watching the chestnut rice being carried up like flowing water, those who had no energy to cheer at this time, because they didn't feel strange when they saw more.

Although Li Yuan was not proficient in farming, but he was born as a family member, and he was not an emperor who grew up in a deep palace, so Li Yuan also knew some farming.Li Yuan even knew that if topdressing was done at all costs, it might be possible to make one mu of fertile land produce as much as six or seven stones per mu, but this required more than two thousand catties of topdressing per mu.Even for the rich and powerful, such an approach is not worth the candle.

But when the average yield of [-] mu exceeded four stones and five buckets, Li Yuan couldn't sit still, and walked into the crowd in person, looking a little disappointed, Chen Ying said: "Chen Qing, your land is well planted."

Chen Ying looked a little sad, but in fact he had already foreseen the increase in production.However, this result made Chen Ying very disappointed, because he felt that as long as the phosphate fertilizer was applied, the grain output should also increase by three to five shi, instead of the current four shi and five dou.

Chen Ying smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty, I have suffered a lot in making these phosphate fertilizers. It's just a pity that the trial-produced phosphate fertilizers have not been successful. Once successful, it will not be a problem to be four or five stones higher."

Even though Li Yuan was well-informed, he was dumbfounded at this moment and said: "High... four or five stones higher? How is that possible!"

Chen Ying explained: "There is nothing impossible. Phosphorus fertilizer is a very effective fertilizer. The difference between applying phosphorus fertilizer and not applying it is very different."

At this time, let alone Li Yuan was not calm, even the ministers present were not calm.If in the whole world, not only the grain in Guanzhong increased by one stone per mu, how much would it be?It will be twenty-five million shi, enough to feed an army of one million.Of course, due to soil fertility, one-third of the 500 acres of land in Guanzhong will go fallow every year. If there is chemical fertilizer, then it is equivalent to 25 acres of fertile land.Equivalent to 800 million mu.

Just one place in Guanzhong can feed the whole world.

It is also very ridiculous to say it. According to the statistics of the Northwest Agricultural University in later generations, the grain output of the Guanzhong Plain alone is about 960 million tons. A ton is equivalent to sixteen stones and seven buckets, so it is equivalent to 470 million stones, which exceeds the national grain output of the Tang Dynasty.

Once the food in Guanzhong can be self-sufficient, then Li Tang's position in Guanzhong will not be shaken, instead of transporting more than [-] million shi of grain into Guanzhong like the highest peak in history.

Including Li Yuan, all the ministers looked at Chen Ying expectantly: "How to make phosphate fertilizer?"

"Phosphate fertilizer..." Chen Ying naturally doesn't know how to manufacture phosphate fertilizer industrially, but when Chen Ying went to school in the later life, he knew to make phosphate fertilizer in the chemical laboratory. When the senior engineer is free, he teaches students like Chen Ying and the others how to use the equipment in the chemical room and tinker with chemical fertilizers.

The production process of wet phosphate fertilizer is very simple. It is nothing more than crushing ore, mixing acid, putting sulfuric acid and mineral powder into the acid pool to react and decompose, and finally drying. The specific details are not very clear to Chen Ying, but the general process is still knew.He didn't have the conditions to make an acid pool that meets modern standards, so he had to use tanks instead.

Therefore, Chen Ying took Li Yuan, Chen Shuda, Xiao Shiwen, Pei Ji, Li Jiancheng and a group of ministers to his phosphate fertilizer production workshop based on the idea that it is better to do it well than to say it well.

It is said to be a workshop, but it is really inconspicuous.This place is a bit remote, but it is on top of the mass grave more than [-] miles northeast of Qinglinli. The whole workshop is just a yard surrounded by reed poles. The yard is not small, there are more than [-] people. It has an area of ​​[-] acres, but apart from two rows of grass sheds, there is not even a decent house.

At this time, the production of phosphate fertilizer has ended, and hundreds of large water tanks are densely buried in the yard.

For the safety of Li Yuan and the ministers, the imperial guards carefully searched every corner of the phosphate fertilizer workshop. These large water tanks with lids are very conspicuous.

A soldier of the imperial guards raised his spear and stabbed at a water tank.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ying turned pale with shock: "Stop!"

However, it was too late for Chen Ying to speak up.

There was a crackling sound, the water tank was smashed by a soldier of the imperial guards, and a puff of green smoke rose from the water tank.

Chen Ying quickly ran to the box in the straw shed and took out four or five gas masks.

Li Yuan looked at Chen Ying suspiciously and said, "This is..."

Li Xiuning saw this thing before and asked in surprise, "Is this a gas mask?"

"poisonous!"

Hearing this, Li Yuan quickly backed away, and said in panic, "Come on, escort!"

While putting on the gas mask for Li Xiuning, Chen Ying explained: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it's just that the nose will suffer a little."

Soon, everyone understood why the nose had to suffer.

A strong acid gas came oncoming.Chen Ying, Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, and Li Yuan were fine with their gas masks on, but the other ministers couldn't take it anymore. They covered their noses and ran away quickly.

Chapter 41 Phosphate Fertilizer Triggers the Abolition of the Death Penalty Bill ([-] more)

Chapter 41 Phosphate Fertilizer Triggers Abolition Bill

Whether it is chemical fertilizers or phosphate fertilizers, it is actually a hard job.For example, Chen Ying originally paid [-] Wen per day, but faced with such a bad working environment, especially the sour smell, which is different from the general smell of feces, not only suffers from the nose, but also irritates the eyes. Nitric acid is not as violent as concentrated sulfuric acid, but once it touches the skin, it will burn the skin.

Thirty cents a day's wages is already considered a high salary in this era. Of course, Chen Ying is not short of money, so he had to increase the workers' wages. Only when the workers' wages were increased by one hundred cents a day, would workers be willing to do this stinky job.However, in this way, the cost of the corresponding phosphate fertilizer has increased a lot.

Chen Ying made a rough estimate. Applying 150 kilograms of phosphate fertilizer per acre would increase the yield by about three stones.According to the current grain price in Chang'an, an extra [-] renminbi can be charged per mu of land, but the input cost is [-] renminbi.

Of course, because Chang'an does not have abundant phosphate rock, the ore needs to be transported from other places, processed and cost a lot of labor. There is no way to lower the price of phosphate fertilizer.If converted according to the consistent money of the Tang Dynasty, which is equivalent to 250 and 420 yuan in later generations, the phosphate fertilizer weighing one hundred catties would be as high as [-] yuan, which is ridiculously high.

Because of the price, there is no way to promote it on a large scale.