Farmer’s Blessed Girl

The emperor opened the latest volume and raised his eyebrows, "Is this year's data?"

"Yes," this is his own record, Zhou Lizhong was not so nervous, and replied: "It's not complete, because when I received the imperial edict, some rice in the village was confiscated and not dried, so the data has only been posted. It's not accurate enough."

The emperor went forward and turned the booklet, which recorded in great detail, which day was fertilized, which day was weeded, and what was the state of the rice at that time...

The emperor closed the booklet and pulled out the booklet that Bai Shan had delivered two days ago. He handed it over to Gu Zhong, "Just read it."

Gu Zhong first started Bai Shan's book, and all the rice in Guantian Zhuangzi in Beihai County was also collected. Because new rice seeds are all planted in the Guantian, various data are gathered very quickly.

To sum up, the yield per mu of Guantianzhuangzi in Beihai County is only four stone eight, but the highest per mu yield is seven stone five, and the lowest is three stone.

Bai Shan listed the reasons, saying that most of the official fields here are wasteland left over from the past, so the soil is not fertile enough, and this is the result.

He feels that after two more years of cultivation, the yield will be higher and higher, and finally reach a relatively stable value.

In Luojiang County, Zhou Lizhong's statistics were higher. The average yield per mu was 6.2, the highest was 7.3, and the lowest was 5.6.

The whole hall was shocked, even Old Master Tang, who had already heard some rumors, were surprised, let alone others.

The hall couldn't help but chatter, the emperor ordered the table, everyone gradually quieted down, and one person came out of the queue: "Your Majesty, even if the seeds are improved and the yield has increased, it is impossible to increase so much at once, right?"

The emperor asked Gu Zhong to hand out the booklet recorded by Zhou Lizhong, saying: "This is not a year's work. Besides, I have seen with my own eyes that the ears of rice are indeed long and full."

The emperor nodded to Gu Zhong, Gu Zhong turned around, and after a while brought up a wooden box, opened it, and inside was a bunch of rice ears, the emperor smiled and said: "This is the yield of one rice plant, although I specially selected it. One is better than most, but it also deduces how powerful this new rice seed is."

When the ministers saw the bunch of rice ears in Gu Zhong's hand, the first thing they thought was that the millet was stained by some method?

Even Old Master Tang couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, can you please check it?"

The emperor waved his hand generously: "Check it."

So everyone gathered around, Elder Tang took a closer look and then stretched out his hand to squeeze a grain of millet. He took a closer look at the fracture, and after confirming that it was true, he couldn't help but greedily pulled other grains...

When everyone stopped, the bunch of rice ears had already been torn off more than half of the millet, and a thick layer was laid directly on the bottom of the box.

emperor:……

He finally held back his distress. Forget it, let him go back to Pu Village again. The Zhou family picked a lot of seeds to leave behind. Those rice ears may not be threshed yet, so they will collect some for collection.

After everyone was sure that the bunch of rice ears were real, they stood back to their positions. Although they were shocked and felt that the sky was about to change, they still habitually asked questions, "Listen to what Zhou Gongzi means, the Zhou family is I started experimenting with rice seeds six years ago, and dare to ask Zhou Gongzi, why did you think about experimenting with rice seeds?"

Zhou Man couldn't stop it, and Zhou Lizhong had already said, "My sister-in-law asked us to test it."

Everyone turned to look at Zhou Man.

Zhou Man can only say truthfully: "Your Majesty, the new wheat seeds in the early years were planted by our family by chance. After that time, the wheat seeds in the world were renewed and the yield of wheat increased."

"The yield of rice is even higher than that of wheat, so the minister thought, if the rice seeds can be improved as well as the wheat seeds, and the yield can be doubled or even more, wouldn't all the people in the world be able to have enough to eat?"

The emperor nodded.

Zhou Mandao: "At that time, there was the help of Lord Bai, Concubine Bai, and Yin Xianzi, so the minister began to split a few fields in the field to be used as a test field."

The emperor nodded approvingly. Two days ago, Zhou Man entered the palace to face the saint. The two rulers and ministers had already discussed this issue in depth. At that time, Zhou Manke was much more candid, and she told the emperor directly, "In addition to wanting to plant new rice seeds. In addition to benefiting all people in the world, I also want to give my nephew a future."

She said: "Our family used to be poor, and they couldn't keep reading. Now it's more difficult to make a career. If you're good at it, apart from all walks of life, what they're best at is farming."

"Especially my eldest brother and nephew, so I let them farm the land."

The emperor asked at the time, "Then you have never thought about the consequences of not being able to plant new rice seeds? What if they can't grow new rice seeds for more than ten years, or even twenty years?"

Zhou Mandao: "We don't just do this. In addition to experimenting with new rice seeds, we also experiment with new farming methods and improved agricultural tools. I believe that as long as we study hard, there will always be harvests."

"Even if new rice seeds cannot be planted, as long as the rice yield can be improved, our hard work will not be in vain."

Of course, in the main hall, Zhou Man would not say that it was for the future of the nephews, she emphasized: "The minister's family is deeply favored by the emperor, and they dare not forget it every day, so even if they know that the opportunity is small, the minister's family is willing to spend Time to try, what if it succeeds? Looking at it today, the heavens really have mercy, and it is also because of His Majesty's lofty virtues that it succeeded at once."

Although the emperor knew that she was flattering, he was still too happy to close his mouth.

The ministers looked at Zhou Man silently, especially Old Master Tang, his face twitched. If she hadn't really planted new rice seeds, and the yield of the new rice seeds was too amazing, he must have She was impeached on the spot for a slanderous charge.

The emperor was very comfortable. After flipping through Zhou Lizhong's booklet, he was more confident in the new rice seeds. In addition, the data of Luojiang County and Beihai County were here, so he directly ordered: "Liu Qing, let someone Go to Zhou’s house to buy grain and seeds, select a plot of land to cultivate in various places next year, and test the planting conditions of seeds in various places. Sinong Temple cooperates with the household department to complete this matter.

Zhao Siqing and Liu Shangshu came out together.

"Zhou Lizhong has the ability to farm, and my court recruits talents without sticking to one pattern. Besides, he is also a county official in Luojiang.

Seeing Zhou Lizhong in a daze, Zhou Man reminded in a low voice, "Why don't you kneel down and thank you?"

Zhou Li regained his senses and immediately knelt down, "I thank your Majesty Long En."

The emperor woke him up, remembered Wei Zhi, sighed and asked Zhou Man, "How is Sir Wei's body?"

Zhou Man lowered his head, "Not very good."

The emperor said: "I will go to see Lord Wei tomorrow."

Zhou Man understood that Mr. Wei was about to wake up, a sadness rose in her heart, and she lowered her head to respond.