At this time, Toraya Souichi had already put Asayama Hijo aside, and walked slowly into this ordinary village called Shirakawa Village. At this time, there were almost no men in the village, and they were all called to work on the river embankment.
, the advantage of working for the Kira family is to take care of the food. In the simple thinking of the peasants, this is not a general service but a good governance, which is better than a moral decree.
Food is a problem these days. It is a top priority for farmers to have enough to eat. A man is the backbone of the family. How much he can earn is related to how much the old, weak, women and children in the family can eat that year. At the same time, men are the most able to eat in the family.
In times of disaster, strong laborers must be well fed to have the strength to work, so the elderly, weak, women and children are often given up in exchange for the chance to survive through labor.
At the beginning of this year, they responded to the call of the lord of the country and started using the composting method. Later, they sown grain that had never been planted before. Fortunately, there were a lot of people from the Kira family, and farmers from Omi taught them how to turn the soil, weed and fertilize.
, ducks are raised in rice fields to catch insects in the fields.
"This nun is so polite!" Huzai Zongyi saluted a woman, frightening the young woman to her wits' end. When she saw the handsome young monk at first sight, the little woman blushed, and many people around her
The woman laughed along with him.
Huzai Zongyi took a few steps back in embarrassment and clasped his hands together and said: "I'm disturbing you, female Tan Yue, and the poor monk is very frightened! I'm sorry, sorry!"
The women had never seen such a good-looking monk, so they took a few more glances out of curiosity. One of the shrewd women asked these older girls and younger wives to sit on one side, came over and clasped her hands together and said, "This little Zen master comes from
Where are you from? Your accent doesn’t sound like I’m from Echigo!”
"The poor monk came from Kyoto and went to Echigo to teach the Dharma and preach..."
The shrewish woman is not afraid of him either. Monks are different from samurai. I often pass by Yamabushi monks on the streets in the mountains of Echigo. He comes to beg for food when he has nothing to do. He can also preach a scripture, so the woman immediately covered her mouth and said with a smile: "
Hey, hey... the little Zen master really knows how to teach the Dharma? Then what kind of Dharma can you teach?"
"Uh... this female Tan Yue is joking." Huzai Zongyi took a few steps back, clasped his hands and said, "I wonder what female Tan Yue is doing?"
From a distance, he saw a group of women cleaning up a large pile of objects that were built like a hill. After removing the mud on them, he saw something round and golden, but he didn't know what it was called.
"What are you talking about? This is a potato. It can produce more than eight shi of food. It can be boiled or roasted. One potato can satisfy your hunger. Moreover, the samurai masters said that cutting it into pieces can also
It’s really delicious when stewed with some chili pepper.”
"Potatoes? Eight stones?" Huzai Zongyi shook his head. He had never heard of such a crop, and there was disbelief in his tone.
"It's true! We won't lie to others!" A young woman still didn't believe it when she saw Huzai Zongyi, and shouted dissatisfied: "Young Zen master, if you don't believe it, you can ask. After traveling ten miles and eight villages, our village is the only one."
With such a high grain output, other villages cannot grow it in our village!"
Huzai Zongyi took another step back, folded his hands and said: "What does this female Tanyue mean that other villages are also planting new grains?"
"That's right! If you don't believe me, little Zen Master, just go for a walk and see more!" A group of women said in unison: "It will produce eight stones of grain and never lie!"
On the other hand, Toraza Souichi is very clear about the concept of eight kilo of grain. This grain yield means that Echigo will immediately get rid of hunger and poverty. Tens of thousands of farmers will not have to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables when there is a shortage of food. There will be no need to have a famine. Abandoning elderly parents and drowning newborn babies is a great good deed that benefits thousands of creatures.
"Namo's master, Sakyamuni Buddha!" Huzai Zongyi silently folded his hands and prayed for the people: "I hope that thousands of people will be freed from the sea of suffering."
The surface height of Echigo is only about 400,000 koku, and even the internal height does not exceed 450,000 koku. Because there are a lot of swamps, lakes, and dry lagoons in the territory that cannot be used, the most productive crops at present are the same, rice is the mainstream, and rice is the non-mainstream. The yields of wheat and soybeans are around one kou, but not much more. It would be an exaggeration to have a grain yield of eight kō per mu. With the current land area of Echigo, wouldn't the table height be more than Three million two hundred thousand stones!
Of course, this is absolutely impossible. Neither the ministers of the imperial court nor the samurai family of the shogunate can give up rice to eat potatoes, corn and other crops to make a living. As long as they continue to grow rice, it will be like a fantasy to achieve a return of ten kilograms. Two more land Times are unlikely.
When a woman saw Huzai Zongyi clasping his hands and saying nothing, she thought he still didn't believe it, so she hurriedly said: "There are really eight stones! If you don't believe it, go to the end of the village and see the corn and potatoes. There are also potatoes on the other side of the village. There are pumpkins that can produce eight stones in one turn, and the most can produce more than ten stones in one turn!
The only disadvantage of growing this new grain is that it requires too much fertilizer. On the other hand, more than ten kilograms of fertilizer are applied to the land every year. To get this fertilizer, our family even digs mud in the ditch and grazes cattle and sheep on the mountainside. We collect manure for retting. I heard that some people are selling livestock manure now. I don’t know how much it costs per stone... By the way, we have to dig trenches and topdress fertilizer at night. When it comes to fertilizing, our whole family is out and we are busy from morning to night. It’s been a few days, it was really hard when I think about it!”
"Working a little harder will eventually pay off! Our village's 200-meter-long crops have produced more than ten times the amount of food. Calculating the annual tribute paid, we can still have 6,400 shi of food left. I heard that China and Vietnam have been The underground people from all the villages in Xiayue will come to us to inspect the new grains, and we can sell the seeds we can’t use to them."
A group of women were talking to each other with this effect. The shrewish woman pinched her waist and scolded: "Oh! You talk about selling! That's called exchange! We have to exchange corn, pumpkins, and potatoes of equal weight for them. Brown rice, wheat, and soybeans! This is what Master Fengxing taught us! Don’t let it slip when the time comes, or the person at home will smash your butts.”
"Grrrr!"
When the women turned around, they found that the handsome little monk had disappeared. The women sighed in annoyance, and then complained again: "If you hadn't kept nagging, that little Zen master would have disappeared." He can go so fast!"
"It's not you. You speak faster than anyone else. You can't even understand what you are saying. Even I don't understand. My little Zen master is from Kyoto. How can I understand your Echigo accent!"
"You're the only one who doesn't speak loudly, and you don't babble!" The two women began to tickle each other.
With the diligent solicitation of the village elder, the two monks had a vegetarian meal here. The sweet pumpkin rice with corn kernels was really delicious, as well as roasted potatoes and miso soup. Compared with the brown rice they usually eat, Pickled radish is much more flavorful.
With the guidance of Mr. Su, the two monks visited several drying grounds and saw that the mountains of grain were at least 10,000 to 20,000 koku. A small village had such an exaggerated grain production figure. If all the land in Echigo were included,
Planting these crops will bring about an amazing change.
"Namo's Master Sakyamuni Buddha!" Although the expressions of the two men were plain, the shock in their eyes could not be concealed. The two monks made the same movements at the same time, and they did not know that they were praying for all living beings.
Or are you trying to hide your excitement?
Next, the two of them visited several villages south along Guanchuan River. The doubts in their hearts gradually dissipated. Shock and excitement gradually filled their faces. They had come out of the exaggerated numbers. What they were more concerned about now was
Why are these grains so high-yielding? What is the reason for the 8-fold yield?
With this question in mind, the two monks soon spread their footprints all over the east and west banks of Sekikawa River. Soon they discovered that only the direct leaders of the Nagao family could grow new grain seeds, but not in other areas. They contacted the old villagers in each village and unanimously agreed.
The leader of the country praised him, and they gradually understood the reason.
Standing outside a village near Zhijiangjin, I looked at the dark scene of people in the village. They were the old underground people from the villages in Zhongyue and Xiayue. They were led to receive the visit. The crowd exclaimed and excited from time to time.
of shouting.
You can imagine how big an impact these skeptical land servants will have when they suddenly see new crops and new farming methods, completely breaking the inherent traditional understanding of these farmers for thousands of years. Some people may still not believe it, but this has nothing to do with it.
The overall situation, stubborn people will be conquered by the facts sooner or later, and the collective will cannot be stopped.
"It turns out that the leader of the country that these farmers said was Duke Wu Wei! It was really beyond the expectations of the poor monk!" Huzai Zongyi took a deep breath and returned to his usual calm and calm expression.
Chaoshan Richen yawned lazily. When he saw Huzai Zongyi looking at him, he changed his expression to serious and said: "A poor monk thinks this is no big deal! Wu Wei Gong Kuangfu has made outstanding contributions, and today he found so many people to save.
The seed of life is truly the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva...perhaps he is the one destined in heaven!"
"A man of destiny?" Huzai Zongyi knitted his brows, then smiled and said: "Master Richeng is talking nonsense again! Master's temper of lying must be changed. Duke Wu Wei doesn't like a monk with such a temper as Master!"
"That's what the poor monk said. Don't listen to what you say! Hahaha..." Chaoshan Richeng was careless, leaving Huzai Zongyi quite helpless.
The autumn harvest statistics of each prefecture in Echigo were compiled before winter. Excluding the experimental fields and new fields developed by the Nagao family in the Joetsuki River basin, the total stone height of the seven Echigo prefectures was 415,000 koku, which is
It is said that on the basis of the original 395,000 koku and the 360,000 koku remaining after excavation of the Joetsu 35,000 koku experimental field, the grain production will be increased by 55,000 koku.
This output made all the lords of Echigo very satisfied. Under the leadership of the people of the seven counties of Echigo, for the first time in more than 20 years, the people of Echigo readily paid their dues and parting money. At the same time, Kira Yoshitoki issued a decree
, considering that Echigo is severely short of money, all taxes paid by the concession this year are converted into rice grains and levied uniformly.
Although a lot of copper coins were collected in this way, the levy of 11,000 koku of rice and grain was also very good. At the same time, the Okushinano prefectures also took the initiative to hand over Echigo's money, even though they only had only 3,000 koku of grain.
But this piece of heart is touching.
On the other side, Joetsu Nitta has developed 500 machibu of land, which is about the equivalent of three larger villages. This is because there is not enough time at the beginning of the year and only so much wasteland can be developed before spring planting. You must know that the Nagao family is
The land in the Joetsu Sekikawa and Naoetsu river basins totals only more than 3,000 towns, and there are only a dozen villages of various sizes.
One machibu is equal to about one hectare, and five hundred machibu is about 496, seven hectares. Compared with the rich and powerful people in some territorial countries, who often have five thousand machibu of land, the Nagao family
I'm really weak.
Seeing the development of new fields and the amount of land that could be developed in the Joetsu wasteland at a very small cost, Kira Yoshishi smacked his lips and said to himself: "It is a waste not to cultivate a large area of wasteland that is clearly idle, even without the financial resources of my Kira family.
, he can also expand a little bit, what a waste!"
After several years of exploration in Kinai, he gradually figured out the basic experience of pollination and fertilization. This was done under the guidance of farmers from the Ming Dynasty living in Kyushu. The two brushes that Kira Yoshi had at the time were not enough to be embarrassed.
The yields of major crops such as corn, potatoes, pumpkins, and sugar beets grown in Joetsu's new fields and experimental fields have been calculated. The average yield of these four crops is around eight koku. Among them, sugar beet has the highest average yield of eleven koku per harvest, but it does not count.
Food crops, so they are planted the least.
Because grapes, peppers, alfalfa and other crops do not need to be planted on the plains, they are simply loaded into the mountains and do not take up farmland. These three are not food crops, so they are only planted in a few fields on the mountains. The yield of peppers per crop is as high as ten
There is no problem with the stone. The fresh yield of alfalfa is about 11 stone per mu, and after drying it is only about four stone at most. It takes two years for grapes to bear fruit, and the current yield has not been calculated yet.
The yields of these crops are very gratifying, but they are really troublesome to plant. Each crop has different requirements for fertilizers, and it is impossible to directly save seeds for continued planting such as corn. Special fields must be cultivated for specialized breeding.
It is used for pollination and cultivation. Fortunately, he does not have to worry about these things. That is what Omi's Ichigan left behind and Hosokawa Fujitaka and others have to worry about.
He only needs to know that in these 3,500 towns of farmland, a total of 280,000 shi of grain is produced, and they need to pay an annual tribute of 168,000 shi, and at the same time pay various tax discounts including villa fees.
The amount of grain is about five thousand dan. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!