"It's a good thing, but it doesn't take a year and a half to get more seeds, and it takes time to get more seeds and to figure out how to grow this kind of food. This kind of grain is a grain that has never been available in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not so easy to popularize it. Shen Long glanced at Wang Yan, "It depends on how long Yuan Ze can figure it out." ”

Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts and sunflowers were introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, and were picked up cheaply by Kangxi, achieving the "prosperous age" of chaff, if it was some time in the morning, it is estimated that there will be nothing to do in the Qing Dynasty, and if it is some time in the evening, the Qing Dynasty is estimated to be a short-lived dynasty.

And a new crop to be accepted by the people of the world, it is not so easy, food is the lifeblood of the people, you let them put wheat, millet not plant, to plant a kind of food that has never been heard of, I am afraid no one dares to easily agree.

Wang Yan may not quite understand, Wang Shao is in the northwest frontier, and has more contact with local farmers, and his thoughts on them should be a little clearer, and he also thought of this, "This matter is not difficult, there are many wastelands in the northwest for many years of war, and when the time comes, you can find some wasteland military tuns, if the local people have seen a harvest with their own eyes, I am afraid that they will rush to plant this kind of grain without the order of the imperial court." ”

If these grains are really as productive as you say, these Wang Shao hid them in his heart and didn't say it, let alone those ordinary people, even if he knew that Wang Yan would never lie, he didn't fully believe it.

Who says ancients weren't as smart as modern people? Listen to Wang Shao's method! When Shen Long was the leader of the provincial government, many county magistrates below couldn't think of doing this, or they wanted to do it but didn't have the patience.

Wang Yan felt that he was under double pressure, originally it was just to satisfy the people's food and drink, but now how could it be related to the subjugation of Hehuang and Xixia? The burden on my shoulders is getting heavier and heavier.

He stood up and said, "I'm going to do my best." "Okay, isn't it just farming, can't I plant? From now on, I will farm during the day, write records at night, and ask the chief if I don't understand it.

"It turns out that Yuan Ze's dress is all for this." Wang Shao now understands that he is not a corrupt Confucian, not only did he not underestimate Wang Yan, but he became more respectful.

"I don't know what kind of food I want to grow? Can you give insight into the rise in the down? Wang Shao is becoming more and more curious, what kind of grain can have such a big harvest? Oh, in the next moment, I was in a hurry, and I was a little presumptuous. ”

"There's nothing you can't see, this is a sweet potato, and the yield per mu in my place can reach 10,000 catties; There were few people in the Great Song Dynasty before, and the yield may be less, but it should still be possible to do it in one season. Shen Long took out a sweet potato the size of a child's head from his sleeve.

This yield was calculated by him according to the yield of sweet potatoes in the Ming Dynasty, according to the records of the Ming Dynasty Fang Zhi, the yield of sweet potatoes at that time could reach one or two thousand catties, and he took out this time or the oil varieties cultivated in later generations, and the yield will only be higher.

"Oh, see, this is the sprout of the sweet potato, when you want to plant, cut the sweet potato into small pieces, each piece has a bud, and then raise seedlings in the fertile field, and then transplant them to the ground, each sweet potato can grow at least five such big sweet potatoes, and there will be more if you take care of it." Shen Long pointed to the sweet potato and explained to the two of them.

Wang Shao and Wang Yan carefully counted the number of sprouts on the sweet potato, and then stretched out their hands to try the catties of the sweet potato, and most of the doubts were dispelled at the moment, "In this way, the yield per mu may be less!" ”

"It's a pity that sweet potatoes can be used as vegetables, not staple food, but these two can." Shen Long took out a long golden corn cob and a fist-sized potato from his sleeve, and Wang Shao looked at his sleeve vigorously, can there be so many things in the sleeve?

"Normally, a corn plant can produce one to eight corn cobs, but in order for the corn cobs to grow bigger, the excess is usually broken off, leaving only two at most." Shen Long handed the corn to Wang Shao, and the potatoes to Wang Yan, the two of them held them like holding a glass cup, for fear of falling to the ground and breaking it, "Potatoes and sweet potatoes are planted in general, and one plant can bear five or six." ”

Wang Shao held the corn and began to count the corn kernels on it, and finally calculated it after counting for a long time, "Not counting those deflated and small, a total of seven hundred and thirty-two grains, if one plant grows two, it is a harvest of one thousand and five!" Wheat is planted in Guanzhong, and one ear of wheat can harvest twenty wheat grains, which is excellent! This thing can be called an immortal seed! ”

"No, wheat is much denser than corn, but corn does yield more than wheat!" In later generations, an ear of wheat was almost sixty or seventy grains of wheat seeds, at least three times that of the Great Song Dynasty, and the yield of wheat per mu in the Great Song Dynasty was two stones, almost two hundred catties, and the yield of wheat per mu in later generations was 1,000 catties.

"The most important thing is drought tolerance, which is suitable for planting a wide range, and many places in the northwest where wheat cannot be grown." Shen Long added.

"If Yuan Ze can make these kinds of grain broadcast to the world, it will be a great merit!" Wang Shao sighed.

When Wang Yan heard this, he remembered what Shen Long said when he talked about Zhancheng Dao, and his mood was quite complicated, yes, whether it was him or Wang Shao, they felt that this matter was a great merit, but could such a merit be recognized by the court and scholars? Maybe the imperial court will give itself some rewards, just like Li Ding, who presented the divine arm bow back then.

But since then, my reputation in Shilin may not be as good as before, and in the eyes of those people, perhaps such a credit is not as good as a good song...... Could it be that I am a Confucian...... No, no, no, this must be my failure to comprehend the meaning of the sage's scriptures, Wang Yan broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly threw aside these rebellious thoughts.

The three of them talked about these kinds of food again, Wang Shao even learned from Wang Yan to hoe in the field for a while, and then was driven back by Wang Yan, the Taoist chief has already said that these two acres of land are his own, and the gentleman is true to his word, and he must not help by the hands of others.

Wang Shao returned to the shade and sat down, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, if ordinary people talk about side affairs, they just say something about the selection of famous generals, and there are few people who can mention military training, not to mention the delivery of food, so he turned his head sideways and asked Shen Long, "Could it be that the Taoist also knows the art of war?" ”

"I know a little bit about it." What's that, I've been in military forums for several years, and I've seen a bunch of military networks, is it counted?

Shen Long thought about it and put his hand into his sleeve again, took out a book and handed it to Wang Shao, "This military book is quite different from other military books, Zichun might as well take a look." ”

Wang Shao took it and looked at it, and the four words "Record of Military Training" were written on the cover.