Daqin started with offering immortal medicine

Bai Zheng and Gongsun Jing were taken aback, and smiled in disbelief, obviously thinking that Gan Zhuang was just joking.

Regarding the fact that Xu Fu brought back a lot of crops from Shaohao, the court had already heard about it.

However, Shaohao's crops are only a few boats, even if it is a few thousand shi, it doesn't matter, it is difficult to plant a few thousand shi of grain to fill the entire Great Qin.

Gongsun Jing smiled and said: "Even if the thousands of shi of new grain that Xu Fu transported back from Shaohao can be planted on dry land, it is only enough to plant one county at most, and triple the production of the entire Great Qin. Isn't this just a dream?"

Before that, Gan Zhuang originally thought like Gongsun Jing and the others, but he had just witnessed the food brought back by Shaohao in front of the treasurer's gate, and now he has changed his previous thinking.

Therefore, seeing that Gongsun Jing and Bai Zheng didn't believe it, they couldn't help but forced a smile, and said, "Do you know what kind of food Xu Fu brought back from Shaohao?"

Bai Zheng and Gongsun Jing shook their heads and asked curiously, "What kind of food is it?"

Gan Zhuang said: "There are more than a dozen kinds of corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. The corn is as big as a pearl, and it is seven hundred shi, which can be planted on ten thousand mu of land. There are also potatoes, which are as big as eggs. , which is more than 500 stones. According to Li Yang, this kind of potato can be cut into several pieces and planted. In addition, there is also sweet potato, which is even more incredible. It is as big as a fist, and it can grow one or two A vine seedling that is ten feet long can be planted only by taking a piece of vine seedling that is one palm long. Sweet potatoes with hundreds of stones can be planted on more than tens of thousands of acres of land?"

"What? Rice as big as a pearl? Beans as big as an egg? Potatoes as thick as a fist?"

When Bai Zheng and Gongsun Jing heard this, they couldn't help being stunned.

Gan Zhuang and the several old clans behind him nodded, and said in unison: "That's right, and Li Yang also asked Ji Kai to distribute all the grain to various provinces, counties and counties, and vigorously cultivate it. One stone of new crops can be worth three Double valley chestnut. Sweet potatoes with hundreds of stones can be doubled dozens of times after autumn, that is, thousands of stones, and then three times of grain chestnuts can reach ten thousand stones (1 stone in Qin Dynasty, about 60 catties in modern times), plus With corn, potatoes, and a dozen other crops, the task of tripling grain production in various places this year can be easily achieved."

"........."

Bai Zheng and Gongsun Jing were dumbfounded.

They never imagined in their dreams how things would turn out like this!

Bai Zheng couldn't believe it and said: "This... How can there be such a big rice, such a big bean, and potatoes grown in this way in this world!"

Yes, rice as big as a pearl, which is completely beyond imagination.

And that kind of potato that is as big as an egg can be cut and planted?

What's even more outrageous is that the thing called sweet potato is not only big, but according to Gan Zhuang, it is actually grown with vine seedlings.The vines grown from a sweet potato can be as long as one or two feet. When planting, you only need to take a section of vines as long as a palm. This...is it too much!

Bai Zheng and Gongsun Jing were both shocked and dumbfounded, they froze in place for a moment, their hearts were in a mess...

After a long time, Bai Zhengfang came back to his senses and confirmed, "What you said is the truth?"

Gan Zhuang and the others nodded: "I just came over from the treasury. I have seen the crops shipped from Shaohao with my own eyes, and I have heard the planting method Li Yang said with my own ears. How can there be falsehood?"

"This... So, isn't the increase in grain production really a foregone conclusion?" Gongsun Jing smiled wryly.

Bai Zheng also had an expression of eating shit, and then seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said: "Even if those crops are big and can be planted in a wide range, but now that time is running out, it is still necessary to ensure that all the fields are cultivated Not too possible."

Gongsun Jing's eyes lit up when he heard this: "What Patriarch Bai said is very true. The people have enough time to cultivate the original good fields. They don't have time to open up dry land to plant those corns, potatoes, and sweet potatoes."

Gan Zhuang smiled wryly at the side, and said: "You are wrong, I just heard Li Yang tell Ji Kai personally that he has improved the plow, which can greatly speed up the farming efficiency, and this plow has been fully supervised by He Zhang. "

Gah!

Bai Zheng and Gongsun Jing staggered and fell to the ground!

All of this was so fucking unexpected!

Chapter 283 Airship

The emergence of new crops directly made the opposition to the "grain revolution" in the DPRK and China instantly disappear, and all provinces also saw the possibility of three times the annual increase in grain production under the method of using new crops for one to three.

The counties and counties below the provinces have no time to complain, because they have to rush to the provinces to fight for the qualifications of new crop cultivation areas.

Only by allowing the counties and counties under his rule to win the qualifications of new crop cultivation areas can he better guarantee the total increase in grain production this year.

The improvement of the plow was also promoted by the Ministry of Industry and quickly spread to the whole country.

Li Yang's improved plow greatly improved the efficiency of farming.

The plow in Qin Dynasty was Zhiyuan plow.

The characteristic of the straight shaft plow is a triangular bronze plowshare with a wooden armrest on it. The plowshare and the armrest form a [-]-degree right angle.

How to describe it, it resembles a hoe standing on the ground.It's just that the ox is pulling the standing hoe forward.This kind of straight shaft plow is obviously inconvenient for plowing the land.

Li Yang first changed the straight shaft and long shaft to curved shaft and short shaft, and installed a freely rotating plow disc on the shaft head, which not only made the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also facilitated turning and turning, and the operation was flexible. Save manpower and livestock.And this kind of plow is actually the Quyuan plow that was used in Ming and Qing Dynasties in later generations until after liberation.

The construction of the plow is very simple. It took Jiang Zuo Shaofu one day to make it according to Li Yang's drawings, and then distributed the improved samples to all provinces. The blacksmiths and carpenters in each province knew it at a glance, so the promotion and popularization was very fast. .

Driven by the policy, with the support from the imperial court to the local government, as well as the improvement of labor tools, and the land reform policy environment of equal distribution of land to households, the enthusiasm of the people has reached an unprecedented high, and the national farming and production business has become a reality. A fiery scene.The whole country is doing vigorously.

Driven by the power of the whole country, before the end of spring, all the paddy fields in Daqin had been planted with rice, the dry land had been planted with wheat chestnuts, and the new crops brought by Shaohao.

The cultivated area of ​​the country's land has also more than tripled compared with previous years when corvee was heavy.

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After more than a month, although Li Yang still supervised the farming, but the chestnuts and new crops were basically planted, and he completely handed over the farming to the Ministry of Households.

And Fusu seemed to be fine. Anyway, the increase in grain production this year was basically a foregone conclusion. For him, this was already a major achievement for him during his supervision of the country after his father left.

Just imagine, how proud it is to increase Daqin's grain production by three times within a year.

So Fusu simply ignored all affairs in the court, and devoted himself to the Engineering Academy, studying Daqin's new inventions with Zhang Cang--hot air balloons and human-powered airships.

Because before Ying Zheng left, he had already set the direction of Daqin's development.

One is the development of agriculture.

The second is the development of handicraft workshops and commerce.

The third is the development of sea and air fields.

Originally, Fusu was going to study explosives in the General's Mansion, but Li Yang forbade him. What if there was an explosion, it would be terrible to kill the future prince of Great Qin.

So, in the end, Fusu had to study hot air balloons and human-powered airships.

For Fusu, hot air balloons and human-powered airships are also of great interest.Because in Li Yang's description, these things can carry people and travel in the sky, the scene is really fascinating.

Regarding Fusu's nonsense, Li Yang was happy to let him find something to do. After all, if nothing else happened, he was the future monarch.A future monarch has a strong interest and understanding of science and technology, which will have a major impact on the future direction of Daqin.

Thinking about it this way, Li Yang felt at ease and ended up alone in charge of the court, and made every effort to promote the implementation of the New Deal.

In fact, Li Yang is also very busy.

Farming has just been completed in spring, and in summer, Li Yang has to worry about natural disasters such as floods. At the same time, he also wants to inspect the growth of new crops.

In addition to inspections, the building of sea-going ships is also particularly important.

This is not only related to the maritime exchanges between Shaohao and Daqin, but also related to the safety of Yingzheng.