Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 689 Prepare for a rainy day

Fei Qian felt like a spinning top being whipped up by an invisible whip, never stopping at all. Just now he had finalized with Xu Shu and Cui Hou about the trade of caravans and the spread of related rumors, and found another Zaozhi, in the field, check the relevant data and questions about the experimental field.

Generally speaking, farming in the Han Dynasty was not as refined as later generations. Issues such as plant spacing, plowing depth, and top dressing in the field were largely determined by the old farmer’s personal experience, depending on the weather, and did not form a comparative system. mode.

  However, this is only in comparison with later generations, and in this time period, it is estimated that only Roman agriculture can roughly compete with the Han Dynasty.

  In the Han Dynasty, most of the vegetables and fruits that later generations saw were already seen. Of course, those imported products are still not available for the time being.

"Wheat" is the main product in the north, and it is also the most planted in Pingyang, and "millet" and "millet" also occupy a part. As for "rice", it is more planted in the south of Dahe, mainly in Jingzhou and Yangzhou. the area.

Although in the Han Dynasty, most people still liked "millet", but because the flour made from wheat can provide a lot of calories and nutrients, it can also be made into hard bread for military use for long-distance marches, so for comprehensive reasons Considering this, the area around Pingyang is naturally required to mainly plant wheat.

  In addition to these staple crops, Pingyang also grows "bean" and "liang", and there is also a part of "hemp". These are crops suitable for growing in large river basins.

Vegetables are basically "Song", "Water", "Chive", "Mustard", "Brassica", and "Manjing". Of course, there are some white radish and winter melon. .

  It seems to be the common concept of all rulers. Farmers who face the loess and back to the sky are the best grain producers, the best source of soldiers, and at the same time, the country's tax bearers. This kind of concept even traverses China and foreign countries, through ancient and modern times, and now in the huge Roman Empire in the West, it even says that people who are engaged in agriculture have no evil intentions and are the strongest and bravest fighters in the country, so praise a Man is a good farmer, a good farmer, that is the greatest compliment to him.

  It’s like when Zhuge came out of the mountain, he also called himself a countryman...

   Countryman, this word was really not a derogatory term in the Han Dynasty.

   "Zijing, the next wheat will not be planted for the time being..." Feiqian squatted on the field, held a handful of soil with his hand, felt the viscosity and humidity of the soil, and said to Zaozhi.

  Zaozhi was a little confused, and didn't understand why Fei Qian would say such words, "I don't want to grow wheat? Then what should I grow?"

   Wheat, winter wheat and spring wheat.

  The south of the Great Wall is basically dominated by winter wheat, while spring wheat is found in the further north. If winter wheat is to be planted, it is basically at this point in time that the fields are turned over and sown, and then winter wheat will start to joint in spring, and it will enter the mature stage in May and June, ready to be harvested.

   But the problem is...

  Fei Qian threw the soil in his hands back to the ground and frowned. The soil is a bit dry, which is not good. I don’t know if it will snow this winter...

  Now Feiqian is both worried about snowing and not snowing.

   "Zijing, do you feel that this year is colder?" Fei Qianha let out a breath, watching the breath turn into a long string of white smoke in the air, and then quickly dissipate in the cold autumn wind.

  Zaozhi thought for a moment, then nodded.

   "Wheat needs to survive the winter. If the weather continues to be so cold and it doesn't improve in spring, then..." Fei Qian sighed.

  Zaozhi couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing Fei Qian's words, "This...if this is really the case..."

Zaozhi was originally very interested in crops and other plants. Since Jingxiang, he has been running to the fields every day. Now he can be regarded as half of the crop experts, so he feels very much about what Fei Qian said. tricky.

  Freezing damage is basically the enemy of winter wheat. Because of the plant characteristics of winter wheat, winter spans a long time, the temperature drops sharply, and the low temperature continues. It will suffer disasters, resulting in reduced production, or even extinction.

   "Plant spring wheat instead..." Fei Qian said.

  Zaozhi was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "If it's a cold winter this year, it's the only way to do it. But if you don't plant all of them, the farmers will have nothing to do, and the two may cause criticism..."

  The change from spring wheat to winter wheat is not only a change in time, but also the crystallization of the wisdom of farmers from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period. The earliest wheat, like other crops, was planted in spring and harvested in autumn. However, during the long-term planting process, hard-working farmers in China discovered that compared with other crops, wheat was more resistant to cold and not to drought. The area around the Dahe Basin is windy and dry in spring. If there is not enough water for irrigation when the wheat is sown, it is also vulnerable to wind damage. Therefore, I tried to change from spring planting to winter planting, and because of this change , Winter wheat can be harvested in May and June, which shortens the time before the usual autumn harvest in August and September.

   Feiqian is also silent, will there be frost damage this winter? No one can say for sure about this matter, there is a high probability that it will happen. Of course, if the cold wind in Siberia is blocked by Yinshan Mountain, maybe it will not happen this year, but it will happen next year. Then such a move of replanting will naturally be criticized.

  The basic problem is not big if it is forced to continue. If it is severe cold this winter, then everyone will be happy, but on the other hand, if there is no severe cold, then it will naturally have some impact on Feiqian's reputation.

"Zi Jing's words are also reasonable. In this way, a quarter of the winter wheat will be planted, and the rest will be planted with millet next year..." Fei Qian finally made a decision, not entirely for the sake of moderation, but if he does not plant some crops that will let people grow. Farmers see it for themselves and there is always a bit of gossip.

  The key is that most of the farmers in Pingyang have only settled down for a year or two, and their sense of belonging is not very strong. It is also a troublesome thing to be incited by someone with a heart.

Fei Qian continued: "... During the winter slack, organize the farmers to plow the fields deeply..." This not only allows the farmers to have something to do without too much leisure, but also destroys the growth environment of locust eggs and reduces the number of locusts. number of adult worms.

   "Wei." As a typical farmer, these matters are naturally under the jurisdiction of Zaoyi.

Fei Qian stood up, patted the dirt on his hands, and said, "Speaking of wheat, I wonder if Zijing has eaten the new steamed buns these days? It's getting late, and there is a hotel in the east of the city that does a good job. How about asking Zijing to taste it?"

  Zaozhi also stood up, and said with a smile: "I have eaten, it is really good. Zhonglang wants to treat guests, so I will obey my orders..."

  Steamed buns, that is, buns of later generations. However, it was not easy to eat steamed buns in the Han Dynasty. Flour is not something that you can just talk about, and you can have it if you want it.

Fei Qian didn't have a way to completely crush the wheat to a fine enough level until Huang's artisans arrived in large numbers and built several hydraulic mills in a row. Otherwise, the output would never be able to be provided by just relying on manpower to push that small stone mill. How many people eat it.

   It is precisely because of the production of a large amount of fine flour from the water mill that there are now more tricks on the ground in Pingyang...

  Productivity always comes first, no matter ancient or modern.

   Lu Su heard that Zhou Yu was very angry, so he asked someone to bring the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

   Open the book:

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   "Oh, okay, I don't want it..."

   "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

   "Oh, okay, I won't rush..."

   "Woooooooo, Lu Su, don't come!"

   "Oh, okay, I'm going..."

   Silently put down the book...

   "Tell the governor, let's delay the author..."

  (end of this chapter)