The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 910 Mr. Lion

The people of Ning'an County lined up in a loose queue on the street in front of the government office, moving forward slowly like a slow river, but after the woman shouted, the people in front retreated and the people behind squeezed forward, risking their lives to see Fang Yun.

Some parents even pressed their sons' heads directly to the ground, whispering: "Hurry up and kowtow to Lord Xusheng!"

In Shengyuan Continent, common people do not bow to officials, but kneeling to the saint is a matter of course. Xusheng is an honorary saint, so those scholars, no matter how big or small they are than Fang Yun, are willing to kneel.

There is a locust tree on each side of the county government office. Some people can't squeeze to the door, so they quickly climb up the tree and look down. Soon, even the tree is full of people.

Fang Yun knew that excessive crowding would lead to trampling and even casualties, so he immediately held the official seal in his hand, coughed lightly, and said: "Please don't crowd to avoid hurting the candidates."

Fang Yun's words combined with the official seal formed a strange force, making everyone realize the danger of squeezing to the door, and they stopped involuntarily.

Some children instinctively felt grateful, because they were too thin and small, and they felt uncomfortable in the crowd. Just now, everyone suddenly rushed to the door together, which made them even more uncomfortable.

Fang Yun said: "The parents' love for their children and the candidates' striving heart are seen by this county, but this place is not a temple after all, so it is not convenient to pray. However, as the head of a county, I cannot let the people down. How about this, I will name the two stone lions in front of the county government office as "Mr. Lion" today, and let the two Mr. Lion convey your wishes to me. I will let the officers string up your small items and hang them around the county government office as a pearl curtain for all the people. As for the silver and money, they will be sent to the county literary academy and used in the literary academy. I wonder if you are willing to comply?"

"What Lord Xusheng said is right!"

Everyone realized that their previous behavior was a bit inappropriate. How could they throw things at the gate? So some people in front took the initiative to pick up the things on the ground and threw them to the lions on both sides.

The soldiers at the gate also hurried to clean up. Soon, the two lions were covered with various purses, ornaments, herbs and other items, which piled up into two small hills, and the poor lion heads were covered.

Fang Yun was not convenient to stay at the gate for long, so he said goodbye to the people and returned to the county government office.

Those who prayed for blessings were just following the crowd and had no opinions, but now seeing Fang Yun personally come forward and confer the two lions as Mr. Lion, they suddenly felt that since praying for blessings can attract virtual saints, it might really help their children get good results in the imperial examination.

So, tens of thousands of people continued to line up to worship Mr. Lion.

Those who left spread the news about Mr. Lion, and others couldn't sit still. Some people would take the exam next year even if they didn't take it this year, so it was definitely better to worship early than not.

So, in Ning'an County, any family with students who were going to participate in the imperial examination would take the students to the gate of the county government office to worship Mr. Lion.

Seeing this scene, the officials of the Zuo Xiang party in Ning'an County were so angry that their teeth itched. This behavior was too easy to rally the people. From today on, anyone who wanted to incite the people to oppose Fang Yun must be prepared to have his house burned down in the middle of the night.

So, some officials began to fabricate charges against Fang Yun and impeach him. However, they themselves knew that as long as Fang Yun had the protection of Xu Sheng, it was unlikely that he would be brought down with this excuse.

Fang Yun left the county government from the back door, handed the farm tool drawings to the Jinshi of Gongdian, pointed out a few points of attention, and then went to the fields as usual.

After a few days of study and observation, Fang Yun finally discovered the viciousness of Zuo Xiang.

The agriculture in Ning'an County was declining. In addition to growing some grains and vegetables in the suburbs and raising some pigs, cattle and sheep, there was no breeding and seedling base. Everything needed to be purchased from other places. Even if the children of farmers worked together, they could only get B at most in farming, and it was impossible to get A.

These days, Fang Yun summarized the characteristics of crops in Shengyuan Continent. Due to the abundant vitality, the per-acre yield of grain and vegetables in Shengyuan Continent is relatively high, but the problem is that people here also eat a lot, especially soldiers, armored cattle or Jiaoma, who eat more.

A great scholar of agriculture has long pointed out that the fertility of the land in Shengyuan Continent is sufficient, but the growth of crops is poor, so Shengyuan Continent attaches great importance to breeding. Unfortunately, there is insufficient experience and technical reserves, and technologies such as hybridization and grafting are available but not perfect.

Fang Yun has found two development directions for farmers.

One is the intensive farming advocated by later generations, which aims to increase grain production by improving the growth environment of crops. This can be implemented in Ning'an County, and only a small amount of land is needed to verify it. It will produce results in the autumn harvest and get a very high rating in the palace examination.

So Fang Yun decided to use the knowledge and experience of later generations to write a "Book of Intensive Farming", which can be used from sowing to harvesting, from grain to vegetables to fruit trees. Fang Yun actually wanted to write a "Complete Book of Agricultural Policies", but the workload is too large, so he will finish it slowly in the future.

The second direction is to join hands with the Xu Xing family and personally guide the Xu Xing family's breeding, and the first step is to improve the hybridization technology.

Near noon, Fang Yun and the farming staff stood by the field, looking at the working farmers, and said: "Wenxiong, please contact the head of the Xu family for me, and say that I want to grow some peas. There are only a few great scholars in the farming family, so I won't mention them. Can I ask a farmer's scholar who can make plants mature quickly for help? I know that some farmers' scholars have the ability to ripen plants."

"Grow peas? I know you want to study the art of hybridization, can't you study rice directly?" Xu Wenxiong was puzzled.

Fang Yun smiled: "Just help me contact."

"Okay, wait a moment!"

Fang Yun naturally couldn't explain the reason. Peas are self-pollinating and closed-pollinating. They are basically purebred in nature, and their relative traits are easy to distinguish and can be stably inherited. But rice is different, so it is best to use peas to find the law of plant inheritance in the early stage to lay the foundation for hybridization technology.

Not long after, Fang Yun contacted the head of the Xu family. After several hours of communication, he finally decided to ask a senior agricultural scholar to help him choose early-maturing peas.

The growth cycle of early-maturing peas is only a little more than two months. If the agricultural scholar helps, the growth cycle can be reduced to twenty days. In addition, Fang Yun's experiments will be enough to summarize the basic plant inheritance law, that is, the genetic law, before the end of the palace examination.

Once the law of plant inheritance is mastered, agricultural technology will surely advance by leaps and bounds. If someone gives birth to a similar Wentai or condenses into related agricultural books, the breeding ability will reach the extreme, and grain production may double or even triple in a few years!

If the super seeds are cultivated by using the power of the holy power or the power of the demon world, the effect on the human race is unimaginable.

At that time, the food problem of the human race will be completely solved, and then fertility will be encouraged, and the population will double continuously within a few decades, and the strength will grow wildly.

Fang Yun carefully calculated that if the food production of the human race can be doubled, the merit will be no less than the lifetime achievement of an ordinary half-saint. If it can be quadrupled, the achievement will be close to that of a sub-saint!

With more food, the total population will increase, the number of scholars will increase, and the total amount of talent will increase accordingly. At that time, there will be more and more scholars with high literary status.

Fang Yun looked at the blue sky in front of him and clenched his fists lightly. The peas he planted will become the key to supporting the great development of the human race.