There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 283 Spring Plowing Matters

This lucky draw unexpectedly helped Li Chu a lot.

It is now the beginning of spring, and soon it will be the farming season.Li Chu is very happy now. He is glad that he did not encounter the ** at the time he traveled. He remembers that in later generations, he once heard a professor say that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it happened to be the Little Glacier season, and the Ming Dynasty encountered ** on a large area. There was a famine, and the people had no food to eat, and eventually various internal rebellions broke out.

When they first crossed, Wang Qing's rebellion broke out in the west, which caused the price of food here to rise from time to time.

Rufen Town is a grain-producing area in Ruzhou. Most of the grain is controlled by the nine major families in Xiangcheng County. Of the nine major families in Xiangcheng County, only three were left, and the last three had no choice but to seek refuge with Li Chu, and the grain of the other six families more or less went into Li Chu's granary.

The food price was also formulated according to Li Chu's new policy, and the three companies had to return the price to normal.

In addition, there are not many soldiers in the Kirin Army, so there is no shortage of food.

Although there is no shortage, in fact, there are still many poor households who cannot eat food and can only buy low-grade black flour to eat steamed buns and scones.

Now Li Chu is not as good as before. With the addition of more than [-] soldiers and horses from Liangshan, this territory can no longer be limited to the area around Rufen Town. It is bound to expand greatly. The so-called three armies have not moved, and food and grass go first. Do it well, especially when it comes to food.

Not only Li Chu, but now that the Lantern Festival is over, many ordinary people are starting to prepare for spring plowing.

The lucky draw came at the right time, let alone the threshing machine, after all, the threshing machine can only be used when the rice is mature, and the water pump and sprinkler irrigation equipment are the most urgent needs at present.The high-quality fertile fields in Rufen Town and Xiangcheng County are all concentrated at the confluence of the Fu River and Ru River basins, isn't it because of the abundant water sources in these two places?

Followed by Ye County and Lushan County, Ye County has the Feng River, and there are fertile fields around the river, while the fertile land in Lushan County is concentrated at the mouth of the Fushui River into Baigui Lake, and the rest of the large area is inferior farmland , lack of water is the most important problem caused by inferior fields.

Today's water pumps and sprinkler irrigation equipment can just solve this problem, and the system also donated [-] stainless steel shovels.

Fine steel shovels are much more durable than iron hoes at this time, and these fine steel shovels are just used for digging ditches.

Li Chu left from Dianjiangtai and found Shi Tianyi.

Now Shi Tianyi is in charge of the main government affairs of the Kirin Army, and spring plowing is the most important thing, so Li Chude has to discuss with Shi Tianyi.

When he found Shi Tianyi, he was eating barbecue in a tavern, with Li Xuan and Tan Cheng beside him.

Seeing Li Chu coming, he quickly handed the roasted chicken to Li Chu, and then vacated a seat for Li Chu.

"I have seen my lord."

Tan Cheng also got up quickly, but was pulled down by Li Chu: "Sit down, don't talk about such politeness and status in private banquets."

"This barbecue tastes really good. I didn't expect Mr. to have such a skill." Li Chu tore a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth. The heat of the roast was just right, and the salt sprinkled on it was also moderate, which was in line with Li Chu's taste.

"Why did my lord come here?" Shi Tianyi asked.

Li Chudao: "Today is the Lantern Festival, and soon it will be farming. I don't know what arrangements sir have?"

Shi Tianyi got up, bowed to Li Chu, and said with a smile: "That depends on your patience, my lord. Do you like fast or slow?"

"What's the meaning of this statement?"

Shi Tianyi glanced around, there were only the four of them in the entire tavern, and the store owner immediately went to the back hall when he saw this, for fear of hearing the secret here, Shi Tianyi said: "If my lord chooses to be fast, you can Directly mobilize troops and move west quickly. Taking advantage of the high morale of everyone, Liang Shanjun's heart is suffocating a sense of meritorious service, and quickly raids Nanyang, and then takes Rangxian, Xinye, Shunyang, Qiande and Biyang to fight a blitzkrieg. It would be the best if we can seize the opportunity to capture Wang Qing, if Wang Qing leaves, the Lord must immediately withdraw troops to garrison Rang County, but this will delay some farming."

"What if it's slow?" Li Chu asked again.

Shi Tianyi said: "If you are slow, my lord can train soldiers before farming. Now the Qilin Army is supported by powerful equipment, and its soldiers are still not strong enough. Moreover, the Water Margin Army is new, and the scenery is uneven. It is inevitable that there will be some Some good-for-nothing fried dough sticks, whose hearts are not really attached to our army, can just take advantage of the opportunity to sharpen and select a group of elites, and this will not delay farming. The Water Margin Army can also temporarily become a civilian and participate in spring plowing together .When the spring plowing is completed, we will assemble a large army to attack Wang Qing."

Li Chu originally wanted to ask Shi Tianyi how to arrange farming, but Shi Tianyi mistakenly thought that Li Chu was asking about the strategic policy.

But Shi Tianyi's words made Li Chu think a lot.

Now there are nearly 25 mu of land in the territory, and a large number of young laborers who have been recruited in the past few times have joined the army, which will inevitably affect farming. Moreover, in Ye County, because Wang Qing sent troops from Nanyang twice, the power was so powerful that it caused Sixty to seventy percent of the residents in Ye County chose to relocate with their families. If there was a quick attack, the cultivation would definitely be delayed.

Shi Tianyi said again: "I heard that there are ten households and five empties in Nanyang, and how many young and strong are forcibly conscripted into the army. If my lord takes Nanyang at this time, I'm afraid I will face a huge mess at that time, not only Nanyang, Rang County also thinks the difference is not too big, considering the Lord's current money and food, Tianyi's suggestion is to hold off for a while, and it will not be too late to build Rufen Town before sending troops."

Li Chu pondered.

Three seconds later, he made a decision, and said with firm eyes: "A man who stands in the world, can he retreat in the face of difficulties ahead? The Nanyang area is so corrupt now, if it is not recovered early this time, when the time comes for farming, how about asking the people of Nanyang How to farm? I'm afraid there will be another riot."

Shi Tianyi was moved, his expression changed, he quickly bowed to Li Chu again, and confessed: "This time Tianyi is wrong, he is short-sighted."

Immediately, Li Chu told Shi Tianyi about the water pump, sprinkler irrigation equipment and stainless steel shovel.

Shi Tianyi was shocked when he heard the uses of the three things, and hurriedly asked where they came from. Li Chu only said that they were the latest inventions researched by Lu Men.

After talking about the tools, Li Chu also told about the Daohuaxiang seeds.

Shi Tianyi asked suspiciously: "Is it really possible to produce [-] catties per mu?"

Li Chu nodded confidently.

Shi Tianyi instantly petrified.

Not only Shi Tianyi, but also Li Xuan and Tan Cheng were stunned when they heard it.

People in ancient times were no better than modern people. Except for the city of Bianjing, almost everyone knew how to do farm work. Everyone knew the yield of rice. Even the top-notch fertile land had an yield of only three hundred catties per mu. Not to mention that the weight of catties in the Song Dynasty was 0.2 catties less than the modern catties. It is said to be about 200 catties. If the weight of later generations is used to convert, it is only more than [-] catties.

This has increased by four times?
(End of this chapter)