Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Sir, do you mean that I over-fertilized?"

"Of course."

Everyone in Wende Hall couldn't help being surprised.

All of you here are well-read poets and books, but you really don't know much about farming.

Hearing what Chen Yan said, he nodded repeatedly.

Zhao Guan's family is in the palace, so there is no shortage of fertilizers. They always think that adding more fertilizers will make the crops better.

Although Zhao Ning is a time traveler, he instinctively thought that he should fertilize more in his previous life.

Instead, the crops grow luxuriantly and the crops become malnourished.

However, people in this era still lack many more refined judgments about farming, and they make such mistakes in many places.

Chen Yan also said: "It may be said that if the soil is poor, the vegetation will not grow, and if the qi is weak, the living things will fail. If the soil is planted for three to five years, its strength will be exhausted."

The core meaning of this sentence is that if the field is planted for a few years, it will be weak and not fertile, and it will be difficult for the crops to grow well.

This often appeared before the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the ancients did not farm continuously. For example, Zhang San had [-] acres of land. He planted these fields in the last two years, and planted those fields in the next two years.

Tian also needs to rest.

Zhao Ning listened humbly. This is a great farmer in history. He knows nothing about farming, so don't interrupt me.

"Sir, can there be a way?"

"If you can add new fertile soil from time to time and treat it with manure, it will become more refined and fertile."

"Its strength should always be fresh and strong!"

As soon as Chen Yan said this, everyone was stunned.

Chen Tan said that using this kind of frequent addition of new soil and cultivation with manure can keep the field from resting and maintain its planting power.

This……

This is simply subversive!

At present, for one mu of land in the Song Dynasty, the maximum output value in the north is two stones a year. In a disaster year, it will be even less. Moreover, not every mu of land can be cultivated all year round, and everyone needs to rest.

But Chen Yan said that careful care of the fields can maintain the planting power of the fields.

Just like a man, if he keeps exercising, resting, and supplementing nutrition, he can often plow the land.

Zhao Ding asked: "Is this what the master thinks?"

Chen Yan said: "It is the result of years of cultivation by the grass-roots people."

This is not something you just sit down and dream about, it's something that has been practiced over the years.

Chen Yan continued: "There are many paddy fields in the south, and there are mountains, rivers, rivers and lakes (xi) and sou (sou) lakes. Their heights and potentials are different, and the cold (yu, meaning warm, warm) and fertile are different."

"When it rains heavily, where the water will be, measure its use and dig a pond, about ten mu of land, that is, lose two or three mu of water to store water with Zhu (zhu, the place where water gathers). At the turn of spring and summer, when the rain comes , with a high embankment, deep and wide, so that it is wide enough to accommodate."

"Sparsely planting mulberry (zhe) on the embankment can be used to tie cattle. The cattle will be shaded and will grow. Harmful crops, highland upland rice, from planting to harvesting, only in May and June."

"Dry early, but irrigate four or five times, which can make it changren (ren, crops mature)!"

After Chen Yan said these words, everyone was so shocked that they were completely speechless.

Zhao Ning was overjoyed, what kind of concepts are these?

This is the concept of agricultural ecology!

Professional talents are professional talents, not those who are engaged in management all day, fooling around, fooling around, and pretending to be comparable.

In the agricultural era, this is all hard-core knowledge!

These are like how to increase steel production in the industrial age, and how to improve chip performance in the information age.

In today's Song Dynasty, fertile fields are merged and distorted, the common people are starving and complaining, but the officials and dignitaries are greedy and blood-sucking.

As a politician, people's livelihood should be the most important thing.

If Chen Yan's ideas are extended to the entire Great Song Dynasty, the output per mu of land in the Great Song Dynasty will definitely increase greatly!

Chapter 277 Bank Reserves (Second Change)

These are all Chen Yan's years of farming experience.

Of course, this year's Chen Yan has not yet written "Chen Yan's Nongshu", and he is just a wild crane who lives in seclusion in the west mountain of Zhenzhou while studying and farming.

Zhao Ning felt deeply that in the agricultural era, China's internal governance technology definitely surpassed that of any other country.

In the era of limited productivity, all kinds of talents will think hard, observe and summarize various laws, and maximize productivity.

Zhao Ning said again: "Sir, do you have any good suggestions for the current farmland cultivation?"

Chen Yan thought for a while and said: "One is to adapt to the time of the day. Farming must know the time of day and earth, so that it can be born, stored, grown, raised, matured, and ripened."

"The second is to select fields. Gaotian, Xiatian, sloping fields, Fengtian, and lake fields are different from early fields and late fields. Mulberry can be planted on the embankment of slope ponds, fish can be raised in ponds, and fields can be irrigated with water. , vice can develop at the same time.”

"The third is to fertilize. Although the soil is not suitable, no matter how you treat it, it will be successful if it is treated properly, and the soil will always be young and strong."

What this means is that proper fertilization is required. For example, the seedlings of Zhao Guan’s crops are indeed growing well, but the grains of the crops are incomplete, which is caused by mistakes in fertilization.

"Fourth is the rule of man. Whether the crops are good or bad depends on the people. Those who live in the farmhouse close to the field are easy to cultivate."

Chen Tan has already spoken from the face to the point, very comprehensive and profound.

And his thinking frame is very clear, unlike some officials who report a job, talk in a mess, don't know where to focus, say everything, and finally say nothing.

"Good! I am very pleased with what you said, sir!"

Zhao Ning is overjoyed, talent is the primary productive force!

Such talents, in the agricultural era, are comparable to the marshals who command the three armies.

Everyone also nodded repeatedly, feeling that the words of this ordinary-dressed middle-aged man were convincing.

This is really the result of years of painstaking research in the field and hard thinking.

Zhao Ning said with emotion: "In recent years, gold thieves have gone south many times, people's livelihood has declined, and the people are in trouble. My heart is very painful. I want to recruit talented people from all over the world to be used by the court to save the world and help the people."

"I've heard that Mr. has a great talent, and I can see you today. I'm not deceiving you!"

"I would like to invite you to be admitted to the Institute of Geology, and then to teach at the Agricultural College of the University of Tokyo. Would you like it, sir?"

Chen Yan was at a loss for a moment, and he said nervously: "The emperor has pity on you, the grass-roots are poor farmers, you are lucky to see the holy face, and you dare not be proud of yourself."

"Furthermore, the grassroots hide in the mountains and fields all the year round, and they don't know court etiquette. If they are officials, they are afraid of breaking the etiquette and disappointing His Majesty's good intentions. It is really hard to be both."

Zhao Ning knows that technical talents like him have social phobia, and he is not willing to associate with bureaucrats who drink and brag all day long, so he said so.

Zhao Ning said: "Mr. Dayi, now that the people are dying and the people are dying, I can't sleep or eat. Please help me, sir!"

"I have reserved an official position for you in Gewuyuan. If you don't want to go to court, you can ask for leave at any time. Without my permission, no one can send you at will. You can come and go to Tokyo freely. If you need anything, someone can arrange it at any time."

Zhao Ning looked at Chen Yan very sincerely.

"The emperor attaches great importance to it, and the grassroots have nothing to repay, and they are willing to do their best!"

Chen Yan officially entered Gewuyuan and entered the University of Tokyo.

The arrival of Chen Yan, whether it is new learning or agricultural technology, has taken a big step forward.

In the afternoon, Zhao Ning said to Zhao Ding: "I have explained to Chen Tan that he will write about his agricultural experience. His agricultural ideas are mostly suitable for lands with many paddy fields, and part of them are also applicable to the north."

Zhao Ding said: "A few days ago, Li Guang came up and hoped that the imperial court would implement the new policy in Huaixi, but I felt that Chen Yan could first produce some manuscripts, explaining many techniques of paddy field cultivation, and implement them in Huaixi."

"That's right, that's what I thought, but Huaixi still needs an opportunity."

"The minister is dull and doesn't know what the officials mean?"

"If we want to introduce new policies to farmers, we must have a complete supervisory officer to monitor and implement them, so that we can cover everything. How many supervisors are there now in Huaixi?"

"There are 95 people, all of whom are from the new official school, and 60 people were promoted by Baozheng from the former Gyeonggi Road."

Zhao Ning said: "Then the harvest will be the focus of the evaluation and promotion of the supervisory officials, and the "Regulations for the Assessment of Supervisory Officials" will be issued by the Political Affairs Hall."

"The official is right, this matter is left to the minister."

"The first edition of the manuscript by Chen Yan should be printed as soon as possible and distributed to officials from all over the country, especially the town supervisors, to teach farmers how to adapt to local conditions. Every town supervisor must memorize Chen Tan's manuscripts back and forth. This is particularly important."

"Officials, since most of the supervisors in Huaixi have been resigned, I feel that the Huaixi new policy can be implemented in Shouchun Mansion first."

Zhao Ning thought about it.

Now the Song and Jin Dynasties can basically confirm that the truce period has come. Huaixi is already in chaos. If the new policy is implemented after the turmoil is stabilized, it will become chaotic again.

Moreover, the town supervisor has just arrived at his post, and he really wants to make political achievements. Now is the best time to push the new policy.

"Then promulgate the "Huaixi New Agricultural Policy Regulations."

"Yes!"

"By the way, how many copper coins were minted last year?"

"The influence of wars on the number of copper coins minted in Jingkang's three years has decreased, and a total of 200 million coins have been minted."

Zhao Ning asked again: "What is the total amount of copper produced in Jingkang in the past three years?"

"It is reported that there are 600 million catties."

This amount can naturally support the amount of copper coins produced each year in the Song Dynasty.

"Have you finished reading the "Da Song Bank New Deal" written by me?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I have finished reading."

"what do you want to say?"

Zhao Ding said: "The passing of copper coins is not only related to smuggling and commerce, some big households like to hoard money, which is also an important reason for the money shortage in many places."

The value of copper coins is very high. The Song Dynasty minted millions of coins every year to ensure normal business practices.

However, many big households hid the copper coins privately. The big households got more and more money, and the circulation in the market became less and less.

Minting money is like a bottomless pit.

The threshold and process of minting copper coins are very complicated, especially the cost of mining copper mines is very high. If this continues, the most tiring thing is the court.

"If Your Majesty wants to implement banknote delivery, he will definitely need enough copper coins for reserve exchange. After all, the people no longer trust banknote delivery."

"How much copper coins should I reserve?"

"If it is only implemented on Gyeonggi Road, there must be at least 500 million coins in storage so that the people can exchange banknotes for copper coins at any time."

Zhao Ding continued: "If people are prohibited from exchanging banknotes for copper coins, the people on Gyeonggi Road will inevitably exchange banknotes for copper coins at other low-priced monopoly stores. In this way, the value of handover banknotes will inevitably depreciate, and the imperial court allows them to pay taxes with banknotes. It is still the imperial court that is damaged.”

"Yes, the minister agrees to promote the delivery of banknotes, but there must be enough copper coins for the people to exchange."

"Didn't you just copy 500 million guan from Huaixi? It can be used as the first batch of banknote reserve funds." Zhao Ning said, "Actually, what I am most worried about is that the Kingdom of Jin sold a large number of goods to our dynasty in Hebei, so that If copper money flows into the country of Jin, the commerce of the prefectures in Hebei will inevitably be affected and people's livelihood will be paralyzed."

Chapter 278 Bank Strategy (Third Change)

Zhao Ding said: "What the officials said is very true. Last month, officials from Hebei reported to the minister that there are now many people in Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion privately buying goods, using sheep, horses, beads, leather , Mink, etc., these products were all from the Liao Kingdom in the past.”

Zhao Ning walked back and forth a few times, and said, "If we implement banknote delivery on Jingji Road, how long will it take to see results?"

"If it's fast, it will take three months to see results in Tokyo City, and all the problems that should arise will come out. The Yamen should also compile a set of feasible countermeasures."

"So, after three months, we can consider whether to implement it in Hebei?"

If Hebei uses a large amount of handover notes, the Kingdom of Jin will not be able to fight a currency war.

Why does Jin Guo like copper coins so much?

Because it is durable, and the value is higher.

Handing in banknotes does not have these attributes. If Jin Guo collects a large amount of banknotes to hand in, and it is worn out after a few years, who can I ask for reason?

Do you still have to go to Dasong Bank to exchange for new banknotes?

For this alone, Jin Guo will definitely not start handing over large amounts of money, and the situation of the currency war can be greatly reversed.

Zhao Ding was stunned for a moment, and said: "At that time, we still need to observe the problems of banknote delivery. If the problem is not serious, we can find a suitable state capital in Hebei to implement it."

Zhao Ning fell into deep thought, and after a while, said: "You go back first, I will think about it first."

"My minister retire."

Zhao Ning thought about it for a long time in Wende Hall. At this time, a secret letter was sent to Da Nei and presented in front of Zhao Ning, which strengthened his determination to speed up the delivery of banknotes.