Section 449 Soil and chemical fertilizers

After Liu Che sent Zhou Yafu away, he patted his chest.

Zhou Yafu came to see Liu Che, but he just chatted about the arrangements for the Korean war and the routine work of the first year of the year.

Regarding the affairs of the Hao people and Confucianism, Zhou Yafu did not mention a word.

But Liu Che knew that Zhou Yafu had actually made his position clear.

Don't talk about Confucianism, because Zhou Yafu is useless to talk about it, just have reservations, don't talk about Confucianism, because Zhou Yafu knows that Liu Che is inclined to pull Confucianism.

Not long after Zhou Yafu left, Wang Dao came over with a happy face to report: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, Yang Yi of Moyuan came to report, the matter of the fertilizer instructed by His Majesty, the sages of Moyuan have been successfully trial-produced!" ”

When Liu Che heard this, he immediately said: "Swing the ink garden, I want to see ...... in person."

Liu Che is not Chongzhen, what he believes is that hearing is false, and seeing is believing.

Although the people of the Mo family are full of discipline, they can't do anything like the scientific research institutions of the Celestial Empire in later generations who lie about their achievements, cheat their funds, cheat their titles, and cheat their policies.

But it is difficult to ensure that the eunuchs and bureaucrats below do not have this mind.

In everything, it is better to prevent the slightest.

Half an hour later, Liu Che came to the front of the Mo Garden, which was located in the southwest of Shanglin Garden.

Because considering that the people of the Mo family do not get along with the hundreds of schools, and the process of developing technology for the Mo family may appear such as noise, pollution, and a large number of other products.

When Liu Che was choosing a location, he specially chose such a quiet place, far away from the hustle and bustle of Chang'an.

So far, the site has been very successful.

Not only is the Mo family very satisfied (finally able to devote himself to the cause of pursuing the road of truth without distractions). The government and the opposition are also very satisfied (out of sight is pure), and the people of Shanglin Yuan are even more satisfied (the ink in the ink garden. Almost every once in a while, the wealth is scattered. Sometimes they even live in farmers' homes, helping with farm work, repairing farm tools, taking nothing and even bringing their own dry food...... )。

Although the "Majesty Xià ......" ink masters do not believe in ghosts and gods and do not respect the mandate of heaven, they still have enough respect for the rulers.

What's more, the facts of these decades after the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty have fully educated the Mohists - without the support and support of the rulers. The Mo family is nothing!

"I heard that the sages of the Mo family have developed a 'chemical fertilizer'?" As soon as Liu Che got out of the car, he immediately asked, "Take me to see!" ”

Moyuan's current speaker is Yang Yi's mentor, Zhang Ji, a native of Guangling.

The man was in his early sixties, but he was tall and stocky, almost the same as a middle-aged man, except for his snow-white hair and age spots on his face, which looked like the mad doctor in the movie.

But in reality, Zhang Ji is an extremely sympathetic person.

Because of his disciple Yang Yi. Now, Zhang Ji is promoted as a giant by the ink master in the ink garden.

It can be regarded as reuniting the Mohist school, which has been divided for more than 50 years.

Naturally, he is now in charge of welcoming Liu Che. It's also Zhang Ji.

"Your Majesty, please come with your minister!" Zhang Ji knelt on the ground and prayed.

Then, he took Liu Che with him. Walk through the corridors of the Ink Garden, all the way forward. I came to the cellar of a house.

When Liu Che arrived, the mansion had already been protected by the soldiers of the Southern Army who were responsible for the security of Moyuan.

"Your Majesty, please take a moment......" Zhang Ji came to the cellar. Leaning down and leading the inkmen, he peeled open the buried soil above the cellar, revealing several enamel jars buried in the ground.

I saw Zhang Ji dig out one of the jars, and then, respectfully, held it, presented it to Liu Che, and bowed: "Your Majesty, this is the 'fertilizer' improved by the minister and Hedong Mozhi Yangyi, combined with a recipe of the local old farmers in Hedong."

He opened the sealed enamel jar, and suddenly, a strong pungent smell permeated, and the irritated Liu Che subconsciously covered his nose.

It can only be said that these scientists are really idiots in politics!

Liu Che thought in his heart, but his face was full of joy: this smell was too familiar to him.

The urea before the crossing seems to taste like this.

Well, there is probably such a smell in the thatched hut that has not been cleaned for a long time.

Zhang Ji didn't seem to see Liu Che's appearance at all, he only cared about reporting: "Your Majesty, this thing, after being mixed with human urine, cooked gypsum, and water in different proportions, is buried deep in the cellar for ten days......"

On the other side, Yang Yi also held a jar, knelt down like a treasure, and said: "Your Majesty, there is also this thing, after mixing cow dung and gypsum powder, it is obtained by burying it in the cellar for three days!" ”

As he spoke, he also opened the jar, and suddenly, a smell like ammonia choked into Liu Che's nasal cavity.

Liu Che took a deep breath.

These really don't smell very good.

However, Liu Che knew what kind of earth-shaking changes these seemingly dirty and unpleasant things would bring to the agriculture of the Han Dynasty.

Before Liu Che crossed, his chemistry grades were not good, and he had already returned them to the teacher.

However, only listening to the reports of Zhang Ji and Yang Yi, Liu Che almost knew that these two 'fertilizers' should be the easiest and most convenient fertilizers to obtain under the current circumstances.

Although compared with modern fertilizer factories, the chemical fertilizers made by this local method, whether it is the effect or the output, will definitely not be able to catch up.

But, there is and there is not, those are two concepts.

With chemical fertilizers, saline-alkali land or depleted land can be reborn.

What's more, the effect of chemical fertilizer on increasing production is almost immediate!

"Have you tried it yet?" Liu Che asked patiently, he could now be sure that these two 'chemical fertilizers' would definitely make a huge contribution to the agriculture of the Han Dynasty.

However, it is still necessary to do experiments and find out the best way to fertilize.

"Back to His Majesty, the ministers and others are confirmed to be able to help increase corn production after the test, and they dare to report to His Majesty!" Yang Yi immediately replied: "Also, the use of minerals or animal bones as fertilizer mentioned by His Majesty and his ministers some time ago is also stepping up experiments and developments, and as soon as there are results, they will be reported to the emperor immediately!" ”

"Good!" Liu Che finally stroked his palms and laughed: "Take me to see it." How are fertilized crops growing? "Actually, it is. These two kinds of 'chemical fertilizers' don't smell very good, although Liu Che doesn't dislike them. But he can't stand it, after all, he is used to eating and drinking.

"No!" Zhang Ji bowed his head when he heard this.

After more than 50 years of dormancy, the Mo family finally got the opportunity to participate in the general trend of the world again.

This opportunity, everyone in the Mo family wants to grasp.

Do not seek to reproduce the Warring States Period, Confucianism, Law and Mo are called the glory of learning, at least. It is also necessary to become a political force that can influence the world, and then carry forward the Mohist thought and recruit disciples.

And this qiē all depends on the attitude of the great man in front of him.

Therefore, the Mo family, for the things ordered by the Son of Heaven, they are all doing their best and exhausting all the methods. In order that the Son of Heaven will value it more.

Now it seems that this choice was very correct.

Liu Che was guided by Zhang Ji and his entourage with great interest, and came to the side of the hundreds of acres of land near Moyuan that was specially allocated for the Mojia experiment.

These lands are not only owned by the Mo family, but also. They are also one of the experimental fields of farmers.

When Liu Che arrived, several agricultural officials from the Shaofu were directing the tenant farmers to weed and turn the soil.

Right now. The corn harvest is approaching, and the fields are full of heavy millet seedlings.

Liu Che inspected the past all the way. It was found that the growth of millet seedlings was very gratifying. And the grains are full, and there are basically no pests and weeds.

"Your Majesty, these ten acres of land are the ones that have used 'chemical fertilizer'......" Zhang Ji led Liu Che to a small field and introduced it.

The Han family's system of acres is rather strange.

Take 240 steps or 120 steps in a vertical step or 120 steps as the standard. (240 steps is Daejeon, 120 steps is Oda, and Guanzhong mainly uses 120 steps Oda as the standard)

In other words, the fields of the Han dynasty are generally long and narrow.

Therefore, the so-called ten acres of land is actually ten steps wide.

Liu Che personally went to the field and touched the corn that was said to have been fertilized, and then he compared it with the fields next to him that had not been fertilized, although the fertilization time was not long, and the fertilization was not applied at the beginning of the corn planting, but there was already a clear difference between the two.

Fertilized millet seedlings have significantly larger spikes, more fruits, and healthier.

"Pass my order, let Shaofu Ling come to see me immediately!" Liu Che ordered overjoyed.

Since the big killer of chemical fertilizer has appeared, of course, it must be promoted on a large scale immediately.

It's just that this person's urine is okay, but cow dung is a little difficult.

Moreover, if it is forcibly promoted, the people may not appreciate it.

It's better to pilot it in Shanglinyuan first.

In this way, this task has to be handed over to Shaofu.

After the autumn harvest this year, let Shaofu do a good job in the production of chemical fertilizers, and strive to meet the needs of the entire Shanglinyuan tenant farmers in the spring of next year.

As long as Shanglinyuan has a bumper harvest next year, then this pass will definitely be moved.

At that time, Liu Che didn't need publicity, and there were a lot of people crying and shouting for 'Your Majesty's mercy and give fertilizer'.

If it works well, this fertilizer can even become a trump card in Liu Che's hand, further kidnapping the landlord and gentry class in Guanzhong to his chariot.

An hour later, Shaofu ordered Cen Mai to come to Moyuan.

Liu Che asked the Mo family to hand over the production technology and preparation plan of chemical fertilizer to Shaofu, and at the same time, of course, Liu Che did not hesitate to reward the Mo family.

Money and silk field house or something, the Mo family is also a wealth boy, and even because of too many rewards, they only care about scattering money and slow down the progress of scientific research - this is a precedent, the Mo family's ink writers, as soon as they have a lot of money in their pockets, they will inevitably leave the work at hand and practice their own ink people's ways.

Therefore, Liu Che simply changed the reward method - he appointed Yangyi, a native of Hedong who assisted Zhang Ji and developed chemical fertilizer, as the representative of the domestic history, went to Jinyang as an official, and gave him the privilege of being fully responsible for promoting chemical fertilizer in the country.

After hearing this, the ink man immediately knelt down for Liu Che happily and shouted three times long live.

For the Mohists, studying technology and science is a personal hobby, and they are more interested in spreading their ideas in the world and putting the Mohist ideas into practice.

It's just that Liu Che is not very optimistic about their great ideal......

Historically, it has been a tragedy for scientists, young scholars and artists to become officials......

But the Mo family is extremely keen on this.

Liu Che had no choice but to let them try.

However, then again, during the Qin Dynasty, there were many Mo scholars who served as magistrates, and even some outstanding Mo bureaucrats who made a lot of political achievements. (To be continued......) R1292