Early the next morning, Wen Zhao said goodbye to the chief of Hongmen Pavilion and rushed to the direction of Xinfeng County with Dian Wei and others.

Everyone drove on the official road, looking at the crops on both sides of the road, hanging on the heavy fruits, and they all felt very satisfied.

Occasionally, you can see a shepherd boy riding on top of a ploughing ox and grazing on the edge of the field with it. There are also many people who collect hay when the grass and trees are yellow, so that they can prepare winter food for their livestock.

The people drove for a while, and suddenly they saw a barren field, which was overgrown with weeds.

Seeing this, Dian Wei couldn't help but say with an ugly face: "Lord, this place is rich in water and grass, and it is clearly a large piece of fertile land, why is it barren here?" ”

Although he is only a military general, he also knows the importance of food. Arable land is now very valuable, especially if it is good land.

But he didn't expect to see a large field full of barren grass today, which couldn't help but make Dian Wei unhappy.

Wen Zhao did not make a rash assertion, but looked at this wasteland carefully, but found that there were many people herding pigs inside.

Pigs in this era basically rely on free-range.

Since pigs often spoil the fields, Wen Zhao followed the example of the ancients and issued a decree prohibiting the herding of pigs.

Wen Zhao summoned Dian Man and said to him: "You lead eighty people, take the war horses to the wilderness, and let them go, and leave only twenty guards by my side." ”

Before Dian Man could speak, Dian Wei immediately said worriedly: "There are only twenty people, will it be too few?" ”

As the commander of Wen Zhao's personal army, he naturally had to always think about Chen Xu's safety. Originally, this time, Chen Xu led a hundred people on patrol, and Dian Wei felt a little unsafe.

Chen Xu is the overlord of one party, and his safety is related to the interests of the entire Guanzhong, and Dian Wei can't help but be cautious.

Now, Chen Xu actually only needed twenty people to follow him, so Dian Wei said such a thing.

Chen Xu waved his hand and said, "This place is under my rule, not to mention that my brother and I are not easy to match." As long as you are careful, why fear the assassins? ”

"We carry a trumpet with us, and if we are assassinated, we will blow the trumpet immediately, and Aman will quickly lead the troops to arrive, so my brother has no need to worry."

Dian Wei knew Wen Zhao's character, and when he heard him say this, he didn't say anything else, but just selected twenty elite people to be inseparable from Wen Zhao.

Wen Zhao led his group to the barren field and asked the herding pigs, "These are all anointed places, why are they barren here?" ”

When the pig herder saw Wen Zhao and the others dressing up, he was a little timid in his heart, but he didn't dare not answer.

The man had to say cautiously: "The Ming court has decreed that fields that have been cultivated for three consecutive years must be fallow for one year and planted with weeds for grazing. ”

"Oh?"

Raising his eyebrows, Wen Zhao's heart moved slightly, and he secretly thought: "There is no chemical fertilizer in this era, if the fields are planted with crops all the time, it will lead to poor fertility in the fields, and the grain production will be seriously reduced." ”

"It is reasonable for Zhang to let the people fallow every three years."

Thinking of this, Wen Zhao had a better sense of Zhang Ji, and his heart became more and more eager to see this person.

Then, he suddenly asked again: "Didn't the government issue a decree prohibiting the release of pigs, how dare you release pigs here?" ”

The man panicked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "This is all the request of the Ming Court, the Ming Court said, 'forbidden to release pigs' is just to prevent them from spoiling the crops, but this kind of problem will not occur when they are stocked in a circle." ”

"And the price of pigs is very high, and if we raise pigs on fallow fields, not only can we bring in a lot of income because of this. The manure they excrete can also make the field more fertile. ”

"When we plant the grain in the spring next year, we will plant the grain in the ground, and the harvest will be more."

Chen Xu couldn't help but feel dumbfounded when he heard this, and secretly thought in his heart: "Is this the Three Kingdoms version of the ecological cycle, the use of the food chain?" ”

Wen Zhao remembers that when he was in school before, he had learned about this.

Mulberry trees are planted at the edge of the pond to raise silkworms, and the leftover mulberry leaves and excreted manure of the silkworms can be fed to the fish, and the silt in the fish pond can be applied to the roots of the mulberry trees, so that the mulberry trees can grow more luxuriantly.

It is the same thing that Zhang raises pigs on fallow land.

Fallow fields do not produce crops, but rather many weeds.

If you let the pigs graze on the fallow wasteland, not only can the pigs be raised, but the manure they excrete can also make the field more fertile.

In this way, the fallow field also has value, and it can find a place for the pigs to graze, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

After sighing in his heart for a while, Wen Zhao suddenly saw that in this wasteland, there were only pigs, but no cattle and sheep.

He immediately couldn't help but ask: "In that case, why don't you raise cattle and sheep here?" ”

The man saw that although Wen Zhao had a majestic face, he spoke very politely, and he was not so scared immediately.

He raised his head and secretly glanced at Wen Zhao a few times, and then replied: "Ploughing cattle are picky about forage, and they won't eat the grass that grows on the dung." ”

"Sheep are very free-range, and if they are kept in strict control, they won't spoil the crops. Therefore, it is better to use these limited wastelands for hogs. ”

When Chen Xu heard this, he suddenly realized.

After thanking the shepherd boy, Wen Zhao immediately led Dian Wei to the county seat, and on the way he said to Dian Wei: "Brother can you know now, Zhang Derong's intentions?" ”

Dian Wei was originally born in poverty, and he had heard about fallow, but there were too few fields in ordinary people's homes, and no one was willing to leave the fields barren.

Now that he heard that there were so many twists and turns in it, he had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

After hearing Wen Zhao's words, Dian Wei immediately said: "Extraordinary people naturally have extraordinary actions, it seems that Zhang Derong has been able to be rated as the first in the three assistants for four consecutive years, and his political performance is also his reason." ”

Chen Xu bowed his head slightly, and immediately searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, wanting to dig out the memories of Zhang Ji. After thinking about it, he had such an impression.

"When I played the game "Three Kingdoms" in my previous life, it seemed that there was indeed a person named Zhang Ji, and the internal affairs and commanders were quite high. It's just that I have always liked to use a god general like Guan Yu, so I didn't pay attention to Zhang Ji. ”

Thinking of this, Wen Zhao couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

If he had known that there was today, he would have inquired more about Zhang Ji's deeds.

Shaking his head, Wen Zhao didn't think about anything else, but just accelerated the speed of the war horse and rushed to the city.

As soon as they entered Xinfeng County, they saw a large group of people surging forward, Wen Zhao couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, and said to one person: "What are you doing here?" ”

When the man saw Wen Zhao's outfit, his heart immediately sank, and he had to answer honestly: "The Ming Court is trying the case again, let's go to watch." ”