As the saying goes, "Spring rain is as precious as oil."
Spring is a critical period for crop growth and requires a lot of water. If precipitation is scarce, yields will inevitably be affected.
Shao Xun first came to inspect the more than 1,300 hectares of land.
Overwintering wheat was planted last fall, and this is the time for jointing and booting, so nothing goes wrong.
Fortunately, there is water in Guangchengze.
When there is less rain, the 6,000 soldiers of Jizhou's field army are forced to irrigate by hand.
In fact, in places with a complete canal network system, artificial irrigation is not too troublesome. At least half of the fields in Guangchengze can be irrigated through canals, and the remaining half will be gradually improved this year.
"After the wheat harvest, four hundred people will be transferred to Luyang and handed over to Wang Chan and others to take charge." Shao Xun said while looking at the villagers who were carrying water for irrigation in the fields.
"No." Chu Hui, the great farmer, Chen Yougen, the minister, and Maobang, the chief minister of Dian Shu, all agreed at the same time.
Of course, the large farmers were responsible for the fields, but when it came to converting prisoners into auxiliary soldiers, the Lang Zhongling department needed to be involved.
Simply put, this is the intersection of business between the two agencies.
In addition, this order needs to be issued by the Yamen under the control of Dian Shuling (eighth rank). At this time, Dian Shuling is not available, so Dian Shucheng (ninth rank) will write it down and go back to handle it.
The documents issued by the king to the country are called "orders", and Dianshu orders are responsible for drafting and issuing them.
Documents from all over the country are also received by Dian Shu Ling and submitted to the Prime Minister and the Lord.
Sometimes, the Dian Shu Ling can even propose modifications to the submitted documents, and if they are not up to standard, they will be returned and repeated.
In addition, Dian Shuling is also responsible for personnel recruitment - in Luyang Kingdom, this power was held by Shao Xun.
There are five assistant officials in Dian Shu Ling: one person is Dianshu Cheng (ninth rank), four are Zhi Shu (ninth rank), and there are several officials.
Mao Bang is Mao Er. He has a degree from Taixue University and is eighteen years old this year.
After the New Year, Shao Xun asked him to serve as Dianshu Cheng.
The main job of Dian Shu Cheng is to assist in drafting Dian Shu Ling and issue orders, which are generally more important matters.
The four governors deal with more complicated daily affairs, such as how many farm tools are needed here, how many oxen are needed there, which campers are needed this year and where to weed and open up wasteland, etc.
Dian Shuling is Yang Ming, and he will go to Luoyang on official business.
From Dian Shucheng to the four governors, they were all Donghai first-term and Luoyang second-term student soldiers with Imperial College degrees.
In fact, they are the group of people who followed Mao Er before. Most of them went to Yangcheng, Yangzhai, Liang, and Luyang counties to gain experience as officials. A few outstanding ones were awarded government officials and have already separated from their old classmates.
the gap.
"Field care is related to those who died in battle, died of illness, and paid pensions to disabled soldiers. We must not be careless. How much millet were harvested last year?" Shao Xun asked.
"More than 278,000 dendrobiums have been deposited in Yong'an Granary." Less than four months after Chu Hui took over the position of a big farmer, he had already sorted this out. He only heard him say: "Yong'an Granary can store millions of grains."
Dendrobium was completed in July last year.”
The main work of Guangcheng Garden last year was the construction of Yongjia Cangcheng and ancillary buildings.
Yongjia Cangcheng is very large. After two years of construction, it can garrison thousands of troops and store 3 million dendrobium of grain. It is still basically empty at present.
Yong'an Cangcheng is relatively small and is not planned by the imperial court, so it is used to store private grain.
After deducting the pension expenses of about 30,000 dendrobium a year, most of the output of Shitian can be used to pay the military salaries of the silver gun soldiers. Silk is not enough, so grain is often used to pay for it.
The farmland will be increased to 1,500 hectares and then fixed at this point, and will not increase in the short term.
After seeing the fields, Shao Xun and his party crossed two wooden bridges, walked three or four miles southwest, and came to another field.
Yu Liang was already waiting by the roadside. When he saw Shao Xun, he immediately saluted and said, "Shao Gong."
Behind him were four minor officials, who also saluted.
Shao Xun was shocked by his name.
I am only twenty-two years old, am I already called "Shao Gong"?
But strictly speaking, he is indeed qualified to be called a public official now.
Some people do not have a title, but because of their high moral standing or high-level official positions, others will call them "a certain Duke". Shao Xun is a serious Luyang County Duke, so there is no problem in calling him a Duke, but it is a bit strange.
"You are in charge of Lutian now. It is related to the welfare of government officials. We must not make mistakes." Shao Xun took his hand and said as he walked.
The treatment given to his brother-in-law was different, and Yu Liang was very pleased with it.
In order to work for Shao Xun, he recruited two powerful children from Yingchuan who were attached to the Yu family, and also took in two small officials from Hebei who came from poor families and powerful backgrounds.
There are a total of four subordinate officials, all of whom are paid by him alone, and the cost is very high.
In February, he had just been awarded the post of Xueguanling (eighth grade), and was mainly responsible for the education of the relatives of the Duke of Luyang County. But it was obvious that he was not required to do this, and managing Lutian well was his most important job.
Shao Xun climbed up a high slope, looked at the campers who were watering the fields, and asked: "Are these the fifth and sixth battalions of the Qingzhou field army?"
"Exactly." Yu Liang climbed up with a groan and replied: "There are still more than 7,700 people left. They are Wang Mi's remnants, and most of them come from Qing, Xu, and Yanzhou."
"How have you done after one year?" Shao Xun asked.
The land in front of us totals just over 1,400 hectares. It was opened in the autumn and winter of the year before last. A crop of millet was planted last year. Let’s not talk about the harvest. Anyway, Shao Xun didn’t leave a grain of rice behind. It was all taken away by the laborers who cleared the wasteland.
- even posted it upside down.
After the autumn harvest, Qingzhou Tunding took over and planted a crop of winter wheat.
"It's quite hard." Yu Liang said.
As soon as he finished speaking, a cry came from the field.
Shao Xun looked for his reputation and saw Yu family Qu holding a scabbard and smashing his head and face into a soldier.
There are ten people in the tribe, and the leader is a strong man with a walking bow on his waist and actually has iron armor on his body.
Behind him were two men wearing leather armor, holding guns in their hands and knives hanging from their waists.
The remaining seven were unarmored, but were equipped with swords and guns, and two of them even carried rifles and bows.
This configuration is fine!
There is no problem at all with the campers who manage the "concentration camp", and they are much better than the gang of bankers led by the eldest nephew.
"After the summer harvest, the four hundred people who worked the hardest will be transferred to Luyang and handed over to Wang Chan and others." Shao Xun ordered, and after speaking, he added: "Each person will be given five dendrobium grains as a reward."
As a reward, the Silver Spear Army lent vehicles to transport them to the station. Four hundred people from the Shitian side also handled the matter."
"No." Chu Hui and others responded in unison.
Lutian will also be expanded to 1,500 hectares this year and will remain at this scale.
Of course, it is called "Lu Tian", but more than 90% of the land is used to produce food for the government. After all, it has only been given to a dozen officials now, and a total of 49 hectares of Lu Tian have been allocated.
"Is that a leek or a cucumber?" Shao Xun pointed to a field next to a forest and asked.
"Go back to Mr. Shao——" Yu Liang replied.
"Call me husband."
"Hui Langjun." Yu Liang said: "That is Prime Minister Cui's Lutian, with a total of six hectares. Five hectares were planted with wheat after last year's autumn harvest. This year, another hectare was designated as an open space. Cui Xiang's family came and ordered them to plant vegetables.
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Theoretically speaking, officials can choose what crops to grow in their family's fields. In fact, the government only provides fields and people, and the harvest belongs to you as part of your salary.
During the Liu and Song Dynasties, Tao Qian was Peng Zeling and had three hectares of land.
At that time, many officials were too lazy to care about what to grow in their own fields, so some officials arranged for them to grow "秫" (shú, glutinous rice).
But Tao Qian's family disagreed. "My wife insisted on planting rice (jīng, japonica rice), so she planted two hectares and fifty acres of rice and fifty acres of rice."
In the Western Jin Dynasty, Lutian was sometimes called "vegetable field", not to mention that it did not necessarily grow food.
It's up to you, take as much or as little as you want, it's all yours, just don't call out if you suffer a loss.
"Xiang Cui manages things well." Shao Xun said with a smile.
Everyone laughed together, and at the same time secretly thought, should they also consider how to run Lutian?
As long as their collective is not wiped out, as long as Guangchengze is not severely damaged, and as long as they do not defect to others, these Lutian will be theirs.
Generally speaking, you can be promoted slowly even if you have completed your qualifications, and your salary will only increase, not decrease.
It is true that growing corn and wheat is not enough to earn money, but growing vegetables and melons may be more profitable.
"Why don't I have Lu Tian?" Shao Xun made a joke after seeing people watering the fields. His nervousness was greatly relieved.
"Ming Gong——" Chu Hui took a step forward and said.
"Stop, you also call me husband." Shao Xun said helplessly.
"Okay." Chu Hui smiled sheepishly, and then said: "Langjun has ten hectares of land. Queen Hui sent people to plant grass. It has turned green and is growing well. There are forty servants to take care of it.
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Shao Xun was a little surprised, but he didn't know about this, so he asked: "Where did the grass come from?"
Unexpectedly, Chu Hui was even more surprised and said: "Zhang Qian was sent abroad for eighteen years, and he got alfalfa back. Now there is alfalfa in the fields of Xizhou (Guanxi), and it grows by itself every year. Seedlings grow in February, and they can be harvested three times a year.
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Shao Xun nodded.
It turned out that Zhang Qian brought it back when he was on an mission to the Western Regions. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spent a lot of effort to raise horses, even considering forage. It is a pity that it has not been promoted throughout the north for more than three hundred years, at least in Guangchengze.
I haven’t seen much high-quality, high-calorie forage.
Of course, pasture can also be grown artificially.
In fact, the yield and quality of artificial cultivation are much higher than that of wild ones, and they can be harvested three times a year. The sheep were sacrificed to allow ten hectares of alfalfa to be planted, obviously for the purpose of raising livestock.
This woman!
Shao Xun mentioned Duotian once, and Yang Xianrong took note of it, and then worked hard to operate it properly.
Shao Xun said that he liked to eat meat and drink milk. Sheep Xianrong took note of it again, and actually planted ten hectares of pasture to raise livestock.
Shao Xun was a little moved.
He took another look at the farmland covered with alfalfa, and then said to Chu Hui: "There are seven large rivers in Guangchengze that replenish water. Send people to keep an eye on these rivers, and then find people to record the amount of rain. I'm afraid it won't happen this year.
So simple."
"Mr. Lang said there is a possibility of a severe drought?" Chu Hui asked in surprise.
"It's hard to say." Shao Xun was not sure, so he could only sigh: "I came here and walked around, and I feel a little more relieved. But if there is a severe drought, most of the hundreds of large and small lakes in Guangchengze will not be able to survive.
We have to go a long way to irrigate farmland. Some water trucks may not be used anymore. Let’s just keep an eye on it. I don’t know how much production will be reduced this year. Alas!”
After saying that, he led people to the north, which is the dense area of ​​​​Duotian and lakes.
Chapter completed!