The ancient farming life of liberal arts scum

Shen Ge bought back a total of 45 kinds of seeds, and the only one he was really familiar with was the potato.

It stands to reason that it is best to disinfect the seeds before planting to prevent pests and diseases.It's a pity that he doesn't know that technique at all, so he has to plant the seeds first.

There are not many potatoes in the Yangyi belt, there are twelve in total, and three of them have sprouted.

After Shen Ge came back, he didn't dare to delay, he directly searched for the most fertile soil, crushed the soil finely into powder, made a base with a little pond mud, and carefully planted the potatoes.

The ungerminated potatoes, Shen Ge, were not cut, and they were directly planted whole. The sprouted potatoes were carefully cut into several pieces and planted according to the sprouts.

All the students in the Agricultural College know that this is the most important seed. For a while, everyone is very careful with this land, and raising children is not so meticulous.

In addition to these seeds, Shen Ge also began to do hybridization experiments, trying to select the best varieties.

He didn't learn much biological knowledge, and the only inventory was accumulated from biology classes in junior high school in his previous life.He doesn't know about complicated things, but it's not a problem to cultivate the best.The best seeds are selected from generation to generation, and one day, the last generation of seeds will be much better than the first generation of seeds.

While Shenge was busy farming, in early April, the Yellow River flooded, and the people on both sides of the river were displaced, and hundreds of thousands of people were affected by the disaster.

Xun Feiguang and Shen Ge received the news in Nanguan Mansion, and immediately asked Bai Liyi and others to prepare food and transport it to the disaster area.

The weather has been very cold in the past ten years, and Xun Feiguang has been ordering Bai Liyi and others to stockpile grain and grass, just to save lives in case the grain production decreases in some year.

He did not expect that one day the grain production would actually decrease, but it would not be due to frost, but floods.

The Yellow River in the Great Yan Dynasty was very similar to the Yellow River in Shen Ge's previous life. This river not only nourished the people along the river, but also often diverted its course, bringing endless pain to the people along the river.

Dynasties in this land have changed endlessly, but every dynasty has the task of harnessing the Yellow River.

The last emperor of the previous dynasty was licentious and immoral, and the country's governance was abandoned for a long time, and the management of the river was also delayed for a long time.This dynasty has just been established, and many things are still in the beginning stage. Although the Yellow River has been cured, it has not seen much effect.

This year, there is plenty of rain. Under the heavy rain for several days, the embankment of the Yellow River was overwhelmed and collapsed in a certain hundred days.The mighty river surged in, submerging several large cities in a row, and countless surrounding villages were also submerged.

The flooding of the Yellow River was enough to cause Jinshang a headache, and the big corruption incident that followed made him even more angry.

In the disaster-stricken Hedong and Heshang prefectures, officials were corrupted at various levels. Of the millions of disaster relief silver allocated by the top, less than 20 was used by the people.

Hundreds of thousands of people affected by the disaster lived in thatched huts and ate moldy porridge.Under the catastrophe, there was a catastrophic epidemic. Somehow, nearly [-] people fell ill in the two prefectures.

As soon as the illness came out, the public was excited, and immediately there was an uprising by the people, punishing corrupt officials and seizing rice and grain.In order to survive, countless desperate people joined in. For a while, Dayan was on fire, and it was even more serious than last year.

The emperor was angry, bleeding and drifting away.

In Hedong, the officials of the two prefectures on the river were almost killed, and the troops guarding nearby passed by.

Then the emperor lightened the corvee and gave amnesty to the world. Except for the chief of the rebel army, as long as the rest went back to farm, they would forget the past.

The efficiency of Dayan's going up and down this time was surprisingly high. From breaking the embankment to suppressing the rebel army, the total time was less than one month.According to the news from Bailiyi and the others, the war between the two prefectures has largely subsided.

"Even if Your Majesty wishes to let the past go, it's hard for these people to survive." Shen Ge looked at the map with worry on his face. Although the two disaster-stricken prefectures were far away from Nanguan, they were not far from Kunjiu County. It was really chaotic. Over there Inevitably affected.

A catastrophe, a catastrophe, and a food shortage may follow.At this time, it was more than May, and most of the crops had grown to half their size.

The two prefectures of Hedong and Heshang were washed by the water of the Yellow River in such a way that the original plantings must have been drowned, but now it is too late to replant, even if they are forced to plant, it will be difficult to grow.

"Calm down the current matter first, as long as the person is still there, there will always be a way."

Xun Feiguang was more optimistic than Chen Ge, as long as it wasn't winter, there would be plenty to eat in the fields.Fish, insects, birds and animals, flowers, trees and bark, as long as they can be eaten, some people can get them and live by them.

A few decades ago, the world was in chaos, and people could survive at that time. It makes no sense that they would starve to death at home in peacetime today.

Shen Ge thought about it, "How is the situation in the two governments now, can His Majesty organize disaster relief?"

"Your Majesty has sent someone to send the seeds over. As long as they are willing to work, the government will lend them the seeds. It will be exchanged in autumn or next year. There will be no interest this time. Because the officials of the two governments were almost killed a while ago, Now that a group of people have been changed, they are relatively clean and honest, and the atmosphere in the two prefectures is not bad."

Both Bailiyi and Xun Jiu were in the two mansions, so it was very easy for Xun Feiguang to inquire about the news of the two mansions.

"Didn't it mean that the two prefectures had a lot of people and little land? There wasn't enough food in the first place. After all this trouble, I'm afraid the food will be limited during the autumn harvest."

Grain varieties are not very good these days, and the planting methods are not scientific enough. If one crop of rice is planted on an acre of land, it is considered a good harvest to harvest three to four hundred catties, which is very different from the general situation of eight to nine hundred catties per mu in later generations.

In this case, the two prefectures are extremely prone to famine.

Xun Feiguang had no choice but to look at each other, Shen Ge suddenly had an idea, "Brother Xun, do you remember the shiitake mushrooms we planted last year?"

It is not difficult to grow shiitake mushrooms. As long as there are mycelium and a nutrition bag made of sawdust, in a humid and warm environment, the chubby shiitake mushrooms will grow one after another, and there is almost no need for people to worry about it.

Last winter, it was said that a greenhouse should be used, and the temperature should be carefully controlled. Now it is summer, and there is no need to control the temperature. Just cover it with straw and water enough to make the shiitake mushrooms grow.

Xun Feiguang and Shen Ge looked at each other and knew what he was thinking, "Do you want to offer the mushrooms?"

"Well, anyway, it's not that important. It's okay to give it to His Majesty. If it can save someone's life, it will be of great merit." Shen Ge met Xun Feiguang's eyes, "Brother Xun, shall we offer it? Let's give it to His Majesty." Although it’s not a big deal, but after all, we are Dayan people, so we can’t do nothing to save our compatriots.”

Xun Feiguang didn't object, "Since that's the case, when we offer it, we also send people to the two prefectures to teach how to grow shiitake mushrooms."

Before deciding to present this recipe, Shen Ge first found out the mycelium and planted it again to make sure that the mycelium can be grown normally.

Sure enough, in less than ten days, the first crop of mushrooms was ready to be eaten, and Shen Ge ordered people to cut them all up for extra meals for the Qingling guards.

While growing mushrooms, Shen Ge thought of another thing, and led his students to experiment.

When Shao Xin came to see him, he still didn't quite believe it, "You can live in water instead of planting vegetables in the soil?"

"It's not entirely water, there are other things in it." Shen Ge explained to Shao Xin: "Soil is not a necessary thing for the growth of vegetables. Of course, vegetables with soil will grow better, but vegetables without soil are not impossible. live."

Shao Xin looks at Shen Ge's masterpiece in disbelief, his face is full of surprise.

The vegetable Shen Ge planted is also an experimental product. What he is growing now is a green vegetable called green moss. This vegetable looks a bit similar to the lettuce he saw in his previous life. It's okay to eat raw.But it's better than lettuce in that it tastes a little sweet and tastes more like fruit.

Shen Ge had people grow this kind of vegetables before, but they didn't grow much. This kind of vegetables are fatter and not easy to take care of.

Now that he is going to experiment with soilless cultivation, this vegetable is the first thing he thinks of.

It is said that there is no soil, but it is not all water.

When Shen Ge was planting, he dug a ditch, which drew water, only one end was connected to the pond, and the other end was filled with soil.

Shen Ge did not choose any fertile place for this experiment, but chose his own mansion.

In a shallow ditch, the clear water is mixed with rice water, and the water is covered with a thin layer of straw, and the seeds of green moss are sprinkled on it after they are grown.

The result was beyond Shen Ge's expectations, the green moss vegetables grew better than he had imagined, but on the [-]th day, these vegetables grew bigger than Xun Feiguang's fist, green and tender, almost never bitten by insects.

When Shen Ge was planting in the soil last year, the leaves of these vegetables were eaten by insects, and the leaves were full of insect eyes.

Chen Ge picked off the grown vegetables and asked the kitchen to fry them, and the taste was no different from what Shen Ge usually ate.

"Planting in water is feasible, and insects are less likely to patronize it. At the same time, it takes half a month for this vegetable to grow compared to planting in soil." Shen Ge said, "Brother Xun, you can present this recipe together with mushrooms to the imperial court. Although it is not very useful, it can be used in emergencies.”

Xun Feiguang responded, and immediately rushed to the capital with the seeds and planting methods.

Xun Feiguang's wrestling with the royal family belongs to the royal family's wrestling. When the common people are in trouble, he is obliged to do so.

Half a month later, the emperor finally received what Xun Feiguang sent.

After reading the letter, he immediately summoned the eunuch who was good at planting, and ordered the eunuch to take the two things Xun Feiguang sent to plant.

The eunuch didn't dare to speak, but he was also suspicious in his heart. One of these things was planted with wood chips, and the other was planted with water. The conditions were more strange than the other, and he didn't know what would be planted in the end.

He was skeptical, but in the end he honestly found Xun Feiguang's method to grow, and the result surprised him. Unexpectedly, these two methods can really grow things, and the things they grow look very good and look very pleasing.

After the emperor saw it, he pondered for a long time, and finally he was taken away and sent to the imperial dining room.

The palace people didn't dare to be careless, so they sent the two young eunuchs to taste the prepared food first, and they dared to present the food to the emperor after an hour when the poison was gone.

The emperor looked at the two dishes in front of him and picked them up with his jade chopsticks. After tasting both, he asked the eunuch beside him, "It only took fifteen days to grow these two dishes."

The eunuch had a cautious smile on his face, "The slaves dare not hide it from His Majesty. It is true that these two vegetables were grown in only fifteen days. The old slave watched them grow in person, and they really look different every day."

"This dish tastes the same as what you usually eat. Come to the person who grows the dish."

The eunuch who was growing vegetables was quickly brought in. The emperor looked at him with sharp eyes and asked, "Are these vegetables grown with Xunqing's vegetables?"

"Back to Your Majesty, yes."

"Have you found another vegetable and planted it again in this way?"