In the next few days, Qi Yu entered a very busy working state.
Every day from sunrise to sunset, he devoted himself to writing at his desk in his study, almost forgetting to sleep and eat.
Um?
How can you be so motivated?
In Liu Quan's memory, the last time my husband was so diligent was back when he was studying hard during the imperial examination. His current state is almost as good as cramming before the imperial examination.
One word to describe it: Cun Yin is Jing.
Liu Quan felt extremely distressed when she looked at her husband who was struggling with paperwork. She hurriedly found her mother-in-law Zhou and encouraged her to cook a few more meals of pork head braised with a stick of firewood, so that she could supplement her husband's health.
Someone may have asked, Qi Dalang is so busy writing, could it be that he has started writing novels again?
Haha, you guessed wrong, not at all!
This time, he is writing a guidance tool book on agricultural production to meet current needs.
You must know that the crops moved from South America came to our land in China for the historic first time. Before that, there was no planting experience to test. Therefore, the first priority right now is to establish the plant as soon as possible.
Develop a set of guiding cultivation theories to apply to subsequent agricultural production.
The information is ready-made and can be found at your fingertips. As long as you carefully organize and summarize it one by one, you can form a text-based classic.
Have information?
Yes!
During his stay in South America, Fu Xian, who was in charge, was very attentive. Under the leadership of the native, he went deep into various places in the local area and collected as much as possible about the cultivation, harvesting and methods of crops, and recorded them all one by one.
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This is how first-hand information comes from.
In Qi Yu's view, these information alone are not enough, and they need to be improved as much as possible in order to achieve perfection.
What he has to do now is not only to copy, classify and revise fallacies, but also to try to integrate agricultural theories from previous lives into them to guide future agricultural production in a more scientific way. This is very important and absolutely
Don't be careless.
That's why he is so busy.
The book is basically finished, and I still need to give it a grand title.
What?
Hey, there you have it!
I still remember that during the Northern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was an outstanding agriculturist named Jia Sixie. He once wrote an agricultural book called "The Essentials of Qi Min". Why don't you learn a few things from it?
good!
Therefore, Qi Yu named his work "The Great Art of Qi Min".
‘Giant’ technique?
Cough, spit!
Isn't this too showy?
However, this is what Qi Dalang wants!
If you don't show off, how will anyone pay attention?
Let’s put it this way, even if readers want to deliberately criticize, they should read it once before speaking. In this way, won’t it indirectly increase the readership?
In some cases, headline-grabbing tactics are also very effective.
"Ha ha……"
“Finally done!”
Qi Yu put down the pen in his hand, stretched, and showed a satisfied smile.
As for these new species brought from South America, except for opium poppy and tobacco, the planting techniques and harvesting methods of other crops have been well written and are waiting to be printed in a book later as a guiding tool book.
Then it was advertised widely.
In order to strengthen the publicity effect, Qi Yu plans to publicize it in the "Qiongzhou Xunbao" to create a good atmosphere for the uses and economic returns of these crops to stimulate people's enthusiasm for production.
Maybe some people have said that most of the people in Qiongzhou are illiterate, so you are just trying to spread the word.
Even if you put the reference book in front of them, they still can't understand it!
You are worrying too much!
Who says you can't read if you can't read?
I, Qi Dalang, have a clever plan to deal with it.
The method is to let those storytellers who have switched to newspaper review play an active role and let them spread the agricultural knowledge in the book in an easy-to-understand way to make it widely known.
Another thing is to let students from polytechnics participate in more agricultural practices, and take the opportunity to promote science and technology to the hands of ordinary people at the grassroots level.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches mice, it’s a good cat. In the same way, whether it’s an overt method or a hidden method, as long as it works, it’s a good method.
There’s nothing wrong with that!
…
The spring breeze at the beginning of spring blows all over the ground, sending away the cold weather and bringing warmth.
The good news that the divine grain with a yield of 10,000 kilograms per acre has landed in Qiongzhou was like the Hexi spring breeze, blowing across the entire land of Qiongzhou in an instant, making everyone's heart itch.
Especially after it was openly published on the front page of the Qiongzhou Xunbao, this rumor immediately became a solid fact and became the focus of public opinion in an instant, so much so that even a three-year-old child knew about it.
The roasted sweet potatoes described in the newspaper are twice as delicious.
Who would have thought that this gossip would happen to fall into the ears of Mr. Zhou from the Path Review Newspaper Agency.
What?
Is there such a delicious thing in the world?
And it’s also children’s favorite food?
You know, my grandson is also a big glutton. With such good things coming from Qiongzhou, how can I miss them?
No, no, our Lao Qi family has to ask for a piece of private land so that we can grow, produce and eat this divine food ourselves. In this way, we don’t have to spend money to buy it in the future.
Thinking of this, Zhou found Tan Junyan and directly explained his purpose.
"What? You always wanted to farm?"
"What? Isn't this okay?"
Tan Junyan was shocked and surprised, and said with a face that was even uglier than crying: "I say, ancestors, please stop teasing the younger generation. How could you do this kind of work?"
What are you talking about?
Mrs. Zhou was not happy when she heard this and said with a hint of anger: "I'm not afraid to tell you that the three generations of my Qi family are all real farmers. I think my old lady has been farming for most of her life. You tell me, with me
With such experience, how come we can’t cultivate the soil?”
"This... I'm not afraid that you will be tired!"
"Don't be tired, my old lady has a clever trick of her own."
Upon hearing this, Tan Junyan couldn't help but became speechless. He felt that it was neither agreeable nor not agreed. It was a bit difficult to handle!
However, Mrs. Zhou didn't understand his difficulties at all, and still counted on her fingers and said: "Do you think that five acres of land is enough for planting? It doesn't seem to be enough. Well, at least two acres of land are needed.
Ten acres...Actually, I don't have any big requirements. As long as the land is close to home, has good soil quality, and has a few wells for irrigation nearby, that's basically it..."
"This is still called..."
"Okay, okay, stop nagging and tell me quickly, are you going to give me this land or not? If you don't, I'll go find my family!"
"Don't bother! I'll give it! I'll give you whatever you want. Is that okay?"
"That's pretty much it..."
In the end, Tan Junyan 100% fulfilled Mrs. Zhou's wish and carved out a large piece of the most fertile farmland for her.
Farmers often say that the ground is like scraping gold, and people are diligent and not lazy.
Farming and harvesting depends on diligence.
So, early the next morning, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly picked up the hoe, got on the sandalwood carriage specially sent by the government officials, and ran towards her private land.
This was really hard on the officials who followed him.
Yes, not only did they have to escort the old lady back and forth, but they were also responsible for taking care of her outdoor meals. They were very busy and exhausted. The most terrible thing was that they had to help her plow the fields, that kind of hard work.
It's really called being so tired that your bones fall apart.
Look, this long line of government servants are just like the candied haws, running all over the ground pulling the plow.
There was no way, who told the prefects not to raise cattle, so the government officials had to make a temporary guest appearance to experience firsthand what it was like to be used as cattle or horses.