It seems that I am still too full [travel]

In Meizhou, Guangdong Province, a strong man dressed as a dart knocked on the door of a family surnamed Qin in the county seat.

After a while, a middle-aged man came out slowly. The man was wearing a black Confucian scarf and a white-washed Confucian gown. He described it as a bit sloppy. If you look carefully, you can find that this man is slightly limping when he walks.He took the latch, opened the door to have a look, the strong man outside saluted him first, and said: "Excuse me, is this Qin Sui's residence?"

The man glanced at the armband on his left arm, there was a Han character engraved on it, and then he said in a hoarse voice: "It is indeed Qin Sui's place, what can I do to find him?"

The strong man took out something from his bag, and said to the middle-aged man, "Mr. Song Xi asked us to send a letter to Mr. Qin Sui. May I ask if Mr. Qin Sui is at home?"

The expressionless middle-aged man stretched his brows at this moment, and said, "I am Qin Sui, please trouble the strong man to make a trip."

After thanking the warrior who delivered the letter, Qin Sui closed the door, slowly returned to the main room, opened the letter sent by a distant friend, and read it carefully. Slowly deduce it on paper.It was not until the noon of the second day that he was not seen to go to the private school to teach, and the arrival of outsiders who came to visit interrupted his calculations.

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In the south at the beginning of July, the rice has entered the season of earing and flowering. Standing in the corner of the field at Xie Shi, the ears of rice in the yellow and green paddy field are full and weigh heavily.This is the best time to look for wild and cultivated rice species needed for hybrid breeding experiments.When Han Ji was in the back mountain before, he took the initiative to help Xie Shi find experimental plants, but Xie Shi naturally couldn't let people look for them in the vast sea of ​​rice, so after returning, during the period of raising his foot injury at home, he specially I wrote a pamphlet of rice hunting, which detailed the requirements of rice planting plants and Xie Shi's previous experience.

For example, if it is a normal rice plant, when the spikelets first bloom, the anthers must be swollen and bright yellow in color, and a large amount of pollen will be released as long as you gently shake them with your hands.Soon after the flowers bloom, the anthers split open, and the medicine sac also becomes empty. Therefore, if in the rice field, there are rice ears that do not crack the anthers after flowering, and do not loose powder when you shake it, it is very likely that it is Xie Shi. The Dreaming Love Plant—the male sterile plant that serves as the starting point for the selection and breeding research of Academician Yuan's "three-line hybrid rice".Organized by Yuxi team,

At the beginning of August, when the early rice was harvested, Xie Shi came to the farm again. At this time, the farmers had already begun to cut the ears of rice. In order to sow the late rice before the beginning of autumn, the farmers had to go out early and return late. Work in the fields.After Xie Shi learned about these situations, he not only asked people to pull two carts of grain and a pig, but also asked the stewards of the farm to pay attention to adjusting the working hours so as not to get tired from working.

The steward of the farm was called Huang Wu. When Xie Shi saw that he was well-versed in advancing and retreating, that he was capable of handling affairs well, and that he never lied to others, he did not replace him and let him continue to be the steward.Although Huang Wu was happy that the master's family was kind and didn't want to treat them harshly, he was worried that the master's family didn't know how to do farm work, and when the time came, they would miss the sowing of the late rice, and the people below would suffer if they blamed it.

Therefore, Huang Wu had no choice but to tactfully persuade: "Officials, in this 'double robbing' season, what is robbing is a time. If the farmers are allowed to rest early, I am afraid that the time for planting late rice will be missed."

Xie Shi is naturally not ignorant of farming, on the contrary, in terms of planting, I am afraid that even those old farmers are inferior to him.

Xie Shi asked the farmers about the steps to take care of the farmland in detail, and was led to look at the farm tools used by the farmers in the farm.In the storeroom, Xie Shi took the Leisi for Niu Geng, looked back at Suo Wan, and then said to Huang Wu, "Just do what I said, after harvesting the ears of rice, first organize the farmers to collect the scattered straw in the field, and then you will specialize Go to the lime kiln to buy two tons of lime, and in two days, a batch of better plows will be delivered, so we won’t miss the farming season.”

The owner said so, so Huang Wu had no choice but to follow suit. Although he didn't know what Xie Shi wanted these two things for, he still disposed of the straw that was usually waste according to Xie Shi's method, and then hurriedly went to the nearby lime kiln to buy it. Carts of lime.

After Xie Shi went back, he was not idle, so he immediately ground the ink and spread the paper, and drew them one by one according to the farm tools in his memory. When the ink was dry, he found Wang Jia again and asked him to take the drawn The picture of farm tools was made at a shop that makes farm tools in the county. In order to catch up with the farming season, Xie Shi specially told him to go to all the farm tool shops in the city to make farm tools. Among the several kinds of farm tools, deep-plow plows must be made first.

There are few cattle and more land in the south. Cattle are valuable and important agricultural animal power. Buying and selling cattle need to be registered with the government, and cattle are not allowed to be killed unless they get sick or die of old age.Huang Wu was right to be worried that the farming season would be missed. After all, the rice field had to be plowed before the new round of sowing. Naturally, if there were cattle, the plow would be fast and well. It can be a few cows and people working together, and the speed is naturally slow. In this way, if you don't have to rush to harvest early and in the dark, it is very likely that some fields will not be able to sow seeds before the beginning of autumn.

But in Xie Shi’s view, if a worker wants to be good at his work, he must first sharpen his tools. Problems such as insufficient cattle and low manpower efficiency can all be solved by improving today’s outdated farm tools.If the animal power is insufficient, agricultural machinery will be used instead of animal power when plowing the field to achieve the goal of quick and labor-saving; if the efficiency of manpower is low, it is necessary to improve the plow when plowing the field.

Xie Shi went to some relatively backward villages for research and observed their farm tools. They are quite ancient, but they are much more advanced than ancient farm tools.He is now painting the deep plow on this basis.

In the farm, Huang Wu saw that the surrounding farms were growing faster, and they had already started planting rice seedlings. There was no movement in his own farm, and he was very worried for two days. Even the farmers who were harvesting rice came to ask Huang Wu, Why didn't they start plowing the fields? Huang Wu had no choice but to tell them that the master would send them new plows. Just when the farmers were looking forward to it, the new plows finally arrived.

Compared with their current plows, the plows sent by the master's family were much larger, and they looked weird. Even the most senior old farmers had never seen them before. For a while, everyone's faces were a little hesitant.

Xie Shi also came to the farm again. He first went to see the green manure that Huang Wu made.That's right, when Xie Shi asked before, he found that people nowadays don't know how to use green manure, and the harvested straw and weeds are thrown everywhere, which are things that no one wants. The weeds and some silt in the paddy fields are collected and retting to become green manure.

Afterwards, he asked Huang Wu to call a few old farmers to go down to the field and let them try the new deep plow.The red soil in the south is slightly acidic. First, [-] jin of lime is sprinkled on each mu of land to improve the soil, and then green manure is added, and the field can be plowed.Others sprinkled lime in the field when they saw Xie Xie, and whispered to each other, wondering if this was some kind of field sacrifice ceremony?

However, after a few old farmers used the new plow to go to the fields under Xie Shi's guidance, no one raised such doubts.The deep plow is actually a simple wooden machine made using the principle of leverage. It requires the cooperation of three people to use it together. But once it is moved, the old farmers will appreciate its power. Not only is it effortless to turn the soil, but a farmer can turn over I measured it in my field, and found that the plowing level of the new plow can be as deep as two feet!

For a moment, everyone looked at Xinli with fiery eyes, as if they were looking at some rare treasure.

You know, even their best plows can only reach a few inches.The deeper the field is plowed, the more fertile the field will be, and the harvest will naturally be better in the coming year, not to mention that the work efficiency of this new plow can be compared to that of an ox, and it does not need to rest like an ox.

Soon, the Xiejia Farm, which was originally lagging behind in the surrounding area, completed plowing in just two days with new plows. , swarthy, it looks like a good field, and there is no need to pull out weeds, so the transplanting is completed very quickly, and the sowing of late rice is completed from behind.

The farmers in the surrounding farms noticed something was wrong, and they came to inquire quietly, and also discovered the beauty of the new plow. Many farms that were slow to harvest, and even nearby farmers heard about it, and came to borrow a plow.The farmers of the Xie family cherish the new plow very much now, so they are naturally reluctant to lend it.After Xie Shi heard about it, he asked Huang Wu to collect some grain as a reward and borrowed the new plow.

This was an insignificant matter, and after Xie Shi ordered it, he didn't pay attention to it. At this moment, his mind was focused on the hundreds of ears of rice in front of him. These were sent by Han Ji after the early rice was harvested. All are various types of rice plants found according to Xie Shi's rice hunting brochure, and where they came from is marked as required.

Xie Shi took a look and found that there were rice plants from Qiongzhou, Hainan!From this, it can be seen how much Han Ji cares about this matter.In order to examine these rice seeds, Xie Shi also made a simple magnifying glass with a glass sheet that can magnify five times. When he saw that his eyes were almost blurred, he finally finished reading this pile of things.

Perhaps due to the limitations of time and place, Xie Shi's dream plant - the male sterile plant, was not found here. However, Xie Shi did not get nothing. In addition to harvesting good varieties from various places, he also found several dwarf varieties. enough wild rice for him to carry out experiments.

Xie Shi put these seeds into pots one by one to grow seedlings, and then transplanted them into the fields when the seedlings sprouted, and then hybridized cultivation can be carried out at the heading stage.

Xie Shi was very busy in the experimental field, and he did not forget to share the progress with his "partner" Han Ji to express his gratitude. Soon, this former academy field became Xie Shi's experimental field. We also welcomed a regular visitor.

At a glance, Xie Shi's experimental field was full of green, and Han Ji couldn't see any difference between these crops, so Xie Shi introduced them to him one by one, "This one is a wild bantam species in Hainan. The row is the wild bantam No. [-] sent from Chaoyang County, Guangdong, this acre is cultivated rice No. [-], and that one is cultivated rice No. [-]..."

Han Ji didn't understand some strange terms that often came out of Xie Shi's mouth, but it didn't prevent him from coming to observe these rice seedlings with different "origins" from time to time.

On this day, when he heard about the new plow in Xie Shi's farm, Han Ji asked him, "I heard that you tried the new plow and the method of fertilizing the field in Zhuangzi. How did it work?"

While recording the test data, Xie Shi casually said: "Compared with the old plow, the new plow saves labor and takes half the time, but the most important thing is that it can plow two feet deep into the ground; as for the method of fertilizing the field with green manure and lime, get The yield increase will only be seen at harvest time, but I'm confident."

Han Ji didn't doubt him, but shared with him a piece of news he had heard, "Although the new plow is good, but I see that the farm tool shop in the city has started to sell the plow you made privately, do you want to sue them? "In ancient times, there was no awareness of patent protection. Those farm tool shops had sharp eyes. When they saw Xie Shi's new plow, they knew that it was easier to use than the old one. In addition, they had drawings drawn by Xie Shi, and they quickly imitated them. A new plow is sold in the shop.

Xie Shi had expected it a long time ago, "No need, when I sent the drawings over, I had already expected this to happen, so I asked Wang Jia to make three contracts with those merchants, and signed a contract, agreeing that if the new plow was sold, the materials used would be removed. , the profit of each machine shall not exceed thirty renminbi, and if it is violated, not only will it be made public, but the government will also sue them.”

If it was a farm tool shop, then the paper contract might not be very binding, but Xie Shi asked Wang Jia to find all the farm tool shops in the city. In this way, if one of them did not abide by the contract and raised the price without authorization, they would also sell it. stay home.

Han Ji stared at the busy figure of Qingjun in front of him, his eyes could not conceal his appreciation, not only did the common people get cheap new plows, even the carpenters made money, and the new plows were promoted invisibly, It can be said to kill three birds with one stone!

There are such people in the world who are extremely intelligent, but they always use this intelligence in the livelihood of the people. They are benevolent in nature, but they don't blindly think that human nature is good, but they are brave and resourceful, and they have unparalleled strategies. If such a person should It is the luck of the world that the officials are in power.