Chapter 40: The Nose Will Be Punished (1st Update)

"One thousand three hundred and fifty-two stones, seven buckets and three liters?" Sinong Siqing exclaimed: "Four stones and five buckets per mu? ”

"Is it a lot to harvest four stones and five buckets per mu?" Chen Ying pursed his lips and said disapprerovingly.

Of course, compared with the average yield per mu in later generations, which was thousands of catties, Chen Ying's four stones and five buckets, about five hundred and forty catties, is really not high, less than half of that of later generations. However, compared to the chestnut rice of this era, this yield is a bit frighteningly high.

During the Warring States Period, the yield of chestnut rice was converted into catties, and under the premise of favorable wind and rain, the average yield per mu was about 205.8 catties, and in the late Warring States period, due to the use of iron farm tools and sowing tools, the yield per mu increased to 247 catties.

However, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the chaos in the world, the people were displaced, all science and technology tended to the military field, and the grain output in the Northern and Southern periods did not exceed 300 catties, and the early Tang Dynasty was basically about 200 catties. That is to say, Chen Ying's unit yield per mu at this time was nearly three times that of ordinary per mu.

Although Chen Ying is not a farmer, he also knows that in order to meet the growth of any crop, it is very necessary to have sufficient water, fertilizer, scientific planting and rational management. Chen Ying wanted to promote his original chemical fertilizer in Datang, so he specially ordered that in the experimental field, a waterwheel was used for irrigation, even if there was little rain in Guanzhong in midsummer, but Chen Ying's 3,000 acres of land has not been short of water.

When Li Yuan heard this number, his jaw was about to drop: "There are so many?" ”

Pei Lin wiped the sweat on his forehead, and he didn't know if he was hot or scared. Pei said incoherently: "It's too scary, these 300 acres of land are about to catch up with the output of 1,000 acres of fertile land." ”

Chen Shuda stroked his sparse beard, and his eyes rolled straight. I couldn't help but think that if Chen Ying was not 3,000 mu, but 30,000 mu, not 30,000 fertile fields that had been fertilized, all of them were of this yield...... That's a beautiful picture!

Xiao Shiwen smiled at Li Yuan and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." Chen Yuma is really capable, he is not only powerful in battle, every attack must be overcome, every defense must be solid, but also steelmaking, Yunwen Yunwu, even farming is better than others, an acre of land is several acres of people, His Majesty congratulates him on this good son-in-law! ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he was very happy in his heart. He smiled faintly and said, "Let's see how the other fields are yielding!" ”

When Si Nong Siqing Chang Ji heard this, his eyebrows fluttered and said: "Don't pestle, hurry up, go down to harvest!" ”

In addition to the Praetorian Guard soldiers on the side who were responsible for protecting Li Yuan and other bigwigs, other entourage, small officials, and even officials from Sinong Temple also went to work in the fields themselves.

As the saying goes, there are many people and great strength, Chen Ying originally only had 3,000 acres of land, but as a result, thousands of people poured in from Wuyang and Wuyang, and countless servants came to help, and tens of thousands of people worked collectively, and soon harvested 3,000 acres of land. The officials who were in charge of the measuring vessels could not wait to weigh and record, and many of them got the following figures.

Yitian totaled 306 acres, and received a total of 1,411 stone and three buckets.

Bingtian, a total of 300 acres, a total of 1,502 acres.

Ding Tian, a total of 321 acres, a total of 1,437 stones, nine buckets and six cents.

Wutian, a total of 306 acres, a total of 1,369 stone and five buckets and two cents.

The land was 305 acres in total, and a total of 1,544 stones were collected.

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That is to say, the average yield of potatoes and chestnuts per mu is four stones, five buckets of five stones, and the highest record is five stones and three points. Each stone is one hundred and twenty to one hundred and thirty catties, and the harvest of one acre of land is more than five hundred catties! Everyone was amazed and delighted, and watched as the chestnut rice was lifted up like flowing water, and those who had no strength to cheer at this time did not feel strange because they had seen so much.

Although Li Yuan is not proficient in farming, he is not an emperor who grew up in the deep palace, so Li Yuan also knows some farming. Li Yuan even knew that if topdressing at all costs, it was possible to make one mu of fertile land yield as high as six or seven stones per mu, but this required more than two thousand catties of topdressing per mu. Even if it is a wealthy gatekeeper, such an approach will not outweigh the losses.

But when the yield of 3,000 mu per mu exceeded four stones and five buckets, Li Yuan couldn't sit still, walked into the crowd in person, looked a little lost Chen Ying and said: "Chen Qing, you have planted this land well." ”

Chen Ying's expression was a little gloomy, 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 phosphate fertilizer was applied, the grain output should also increase by three or five stones, instead of the current four stones and five buckets.

Chen Ying smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the ministers have suffered a lot from these phosphate fertilizers, but it's a pity, it seems that the trial production of phosphate fertilizers is not successful, once it is successful, it is not a problem to be four or five stones higher." ”

Rao is Li Yuan is well-informed, and at this time he was also dumbfounded: "Gao...... Four or five stone higher? How can it be! ”

Chen Ying explained: "There is nothing impossible, phosphate fertilizer is a very effective fertilizer, and applying phosphate fertilizer is far from not applying. ”

At this time, don't say that Li Yuan is not calm, even the ministers present are not calm. If the whole world, not only the grain in Guanzhong increased by one stone per mu, how much would it be? It will be 25 million stones, enough to feed an army of millions. Of course, due to the relationship between soil fertility, one-third of the 250,000 dumped fields in Guanzhong will be fallow every year, and if there is chemical fertilizer, then it is equivalent to 80,000 more fertile fields. Equivalent to 8 million acres.

Just one place can feed the whole world.

According to the statistics of the Northwest Agricultural University in later generations, the grain output of the Guanzhong Plain alone is about 9.6 million tons, of which if you count the Tang Dynasty and one season a year, then this figure will be 4.73 million tons, one ton is equivalent to 16 stone and 7 buckets, then it is equivalent to 75 million stones, which exceeds the national grain output of the Tang Dynasty.

Once Guanzhong can be self-sufficient in grain, then Li Tang's position in Guanzhong will not be shaken, instead of transporting more than 7 million stone of grain into Guanzhong like the highest peak in history.

Including Li Yuan, the ministers all looked at Chen Ying with expectant eyes: "How to make phosphate fertilizer?" ”

"Phosphate fertilizer ......" Chen Ying naturally does not know how to make phosphate fertilizer industrially, but when Chen Ying went to school in later generations, he knew that there was no way to make phosphate fertilizer in the chemistry laboratory, Chen Ying's chemistry teacher at high school was a senior engineer hired by Kaifeng Fertilizer Factory, and when he was fine, he taught Chen Ying and them to use the equipment of the chemistry room to tinker with chemical fertilizer.

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 for reaction and decomposition, and finally drying. He didn't have the conditions to make an acid pool that met modern standards, so he had to replace it with a cylinder, which was a bit troublesome, and in the Tang Dynasty, which had no modern industrial base, he could only do this.

So, Chen Ying, in line with what he said, is better than doing a good job, so he took Li Yuan, Chen Shuda, Xiao Shiwen, Pei Lian, Li Jiancheng and a group of ministers to his phosphate fertilizer production workshop.

It's said to be a workshop, but it's actually really inconspicuous. This place is a bit remote, but on the mass grave more than 20 miles northeast of Qinglinli, the whole workshop is a yard surrounded by reed poles, the yard is not small, there are more than 20 acres of square area, but except for two rows of grass sheds, there is not even a decent house.

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

For the safety of Li Yuan and the ministers, the Praetorian Guards carefully searched every corner of the phosphate fertilizer workshop, and these large water tanks with lids were very conspicuous.

A Praetorian Guard soldier raised his spear and stabbed it at a water tank.

Chen Ying was shocked when he saw this scene: "Stop!" ”

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

I heard a crisp sound, and the water tank was smashed by a shot by the Praetorian Guard soldiers, and a puff of green smoke rose from the water tank.

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

Li Yuan looked at Chen Ying suspiciously: "This is ......"

Li Xiuning saw this thing and said in surprise: "This is a gas mask?" ”

"Poisonous!"

When Li Yuan heard this, he hurriedly retreated, and said in a panic: "Someone, escort!" ”

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

Soon, everyone understood why the nose was to suffer.

A strong sour gas is coming. Chen Ying, Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, and Li Yuan were fine with gas masks, but the other ministers couldn't stand it, so they quickly covered their noses and ran away quickly.