Chapter 513 Summon Talent
In addition to changing the method of cultivating crops to increase food production, Liu Bian also thought about other ways to increase the productivity of Dahan as much as possible.

The variety of crops is fundamental, in addition to that, it is work efficiency.

What is work efficiency?During the Han Dynasty, people cultivated by artificial planting, and land reclamation was mainly by human excavation and oxen plowing.Cows were treasures in ancient times, and it was illegal to kill them according to the law. Sometimes there were famines and wars, and there was no cow in a village, and farming was done by manpower. It is conceivable that the productivity has fallen behind.

In later generations, farming relies on machines, and the speed is many times faster.

For example, for an acre of land of the same size, it may take three to five days to dig it manually, one day to plow it with oxen, and only one hour with machines.

However, due to the backwardness of technology in the Han Dynasty, some families not only did not have cattle, but even hoes and farm tools for farming, which also caused the backwardness of production.

For example, corn is a crop that can be sown in spring or summer, and has a short growth cycle. It can be sown twice a year, and one season only takes about four months.However, due to a lot of time wasted in reclaiming the land, after sowing in spring, and then harvesting, I want to sow in summer, but there is not enough time, because there is no time for reclaiming the land.

Originally, a crop that can be grown for two seasons can only be grown for one season. If the speed of reclamation can be increased and the crops can be planted for both seasons, won't the grain output increase exponentially?

The reclamation of the land can only start from the direction of farm tools and cattle. Liu Bian thought of this aspect and had to make a complete plan.

"Since I have exchanged these kinds of crops, we must do a good job in agriculture!" Liu Bian pondered, and quickly wrote down the face-to-face plan on the rice paper.

One, set up an agricultural department to coordinate and manage the world's agricultural tools and cattle.

The job of the Agricultural Secretary is to be in charge of improving the efficiency of farming. In terms of agricultural tools, the Agricultural Secretary is responsible for making agricultural tools and popularizing agricultural tools, and the agricultural tools of the common people need to be registered with the Agricultural Department. exchange for a new one.

In this way, we can have a deep understanding of the popularization of farm tools in the world, and the popularity of farm tools will more or less improve the efficiency of farming.

In terms of farming cattle, the Agricultural Department is responsible for cultivating cattle. Farming cattle in the world need to be registered in the Agricultural Department, but cattle need to be bought. It is fine to exchange old farm tools for new ones, but dead cattle cannot be exchanged for live ones.If this kind of cheap thing is done, the common people will kill and eat the cattle for nothing, and then go to the agricultural department to adopt them, which will be a loss.

Based on one mile, eighty households in one mile can be allocated one farm ox. First, this standard will be popularized, and then the farm cattle will be cultivated, and gradually more people will be allocated farm cattle.The common people can adopt the farm cattle bred by the farming department, and they will be fined if they die, and rewarded if they are well raised. The farming department is also obliged to teach the people how to raise cattle.

Soon a farming department was formed under His Majesty Liu Bian, responsible for the management of farm tools and the popularization of cattle.There are tasks of cultivating cattle and making farm tools.In terms of agricultural tools, Liu Bian quickly recalled the agricultural tools of later generations. The agricultural tools of this era were mainly Leisi. eliminated!

Liu Bian took rice paper and drew on it, and soon several kinds of agricultural tools appeared on the paper.This one does not require exchange technology. I was a rural person in my previous life and had a lot of contact with farm tools, so I drew it easily.

The board hoe has thicker and wider blades and can be used for large-scale excavation and reclamation.The hoe has a thin blade and is light in weight. It can be used for weeding, turning the soil, and a strip hoe. The blade is strip-shaped and the blade is long. It can be used for deep reclamation of small areas. It is very useful for hard land and can also be used for digging Potatoes, sweet potatoes, these crops.

If these three kinds of hoes were made, they would be much easier to use than Leisi. Liu Bian immediately sent craftsmen to make these three kinds of agricultural tools.

"There are still too few farming cattle in the Han Dynasty. It is still too difficult to popularize them in a short time only by artificial breeding. It seems that there is only help and Ran Min." Liu Bian murmured and quickly wrote another letter. The letter is For Yang Jiye, Liu Bian asked him to go to Hetao to communicate with Ran Min and get cattle.

Weapons, battle armor, clothes, salt, food, these things are needed in the backward Hetao Ranmin.Cooperating with Ran Min in exchange for farming cattle Liu Bian thinks it is feasible.

After writing the letter, Liu Bian thought about it again. The crops were replaced with high-yielding ones, farm tools were being popularized, and the cattle were trying to let the crops grow for two seasons.Then there is the planting technology.

Water conservancy irrigation, fertilization, and agricultural talents can all greatly increase food production.

Irrigation, bobbin carts, and Quyuanli, these two treasures that only appeared in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Bian also exchanged them for blueprints.In terms of fertilization, Liu Bian relied on the memory of later generations. Liu Bian also wrote down the use of manure, plant ash, and these things.

Then came the agricultural talents!

Liu Bian immediately communicated systematically: "I want to call for talents in agriculture!"

"The system currently has 893 points, summoning agricultural talents. Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining Jia Sixie, an agronomist from the Northern and Southern Dynasties. He is a farmer outside the city, and he is the author of the book "Qi Min Yao Shu."

After the system finished speaking, he stopped talking. Liu Bian knew that there were very few agricultural talents, and as far as he knew, there was Jia Sixie, and Xu Guangqi had made great achievements.It may be difficult for him to ask the system to give five list summons.

Liu Bian didn't delve into it. Jia Sixie was born, and he was very happy. The Secretary of Agriculture had been released, and Liu Bian wanted to establish the Ministry of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture was just a small department of the Ministry of Agriculture.It is even better if Jia Sixie is here, with excellent achievements in agriculture. In addition, Jia Sixie has been a prefect in history. He has politics and intelligence, so he is very suitable to be the head of a department.

Moreover, the book Qimin Yaoshu is a work of agriculture, and Jia Sixie directly brought this book to the world, which will greatly promote the agricultural development of Dahan.

Liu Bian continued to write on the rice paper, trying to find out as much as possible the knowledge about agriculture in his mind, sort it out, and use it as the foundation of a strong country.One night, Liu Bian was busy, and the next day, Liu Bian went to court.

"Huh? Why don't you see Ding Gong?" Liu Bian looked around the group of officials, only to find that Ding Guan was missing from the list of the three lords.

Cai Yong sighed and stepped forward and said: "Just now, someone from Ding's mansion came to report that Mr. Ding's evil wind entered his body last night, and now he is paralyzed in bed, so he cannot go to court early!"

"What? There is such a thing?" Liu Bian turned pale with shock. Cai Yong said it lightly, but Liu Bian knew it was a symptom of stroke.It is normal for the elderly to have this disease, but the mortality rate is very high, and many people in later generations will die of stroke.Ding Guan treats him loyally, and Liu Bian also respects and loves Ding Guan, like a teacher. Knowing that Ding Guan is seriously ill, Liu Bian panics for a while.

"Go to the Imperial Hospital and let some genius doctors treat Ding Gong, and I will see him later!" Convenience ordered immediately.

"promise!"

During this period of time, there was no major event in the court. After the officials reported their work to Liu Bian, it was time to leave the court. Liu Bian clapped his hands, but several guards came to the palace with the blueprint Liu Bian drew yesterday. .

Three hoes, a board hoe, a hoe, and a strip hoe.Liu Bian pointed to the hoe and said, "Do you know this thing, Zhu Aiqing?"

Seeing the three different hoes, the officials couldn't help but gather around and play with them. Everyone can tell that they are hoes, but the hoes of Wu Dahan are not the same at all.How does it work?The officials didn't know, Cai Yong immediately cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it is Leisi? But it is quite different from Leisi. Is Leisi useful? How did Your Majesty get it?"

"In the past few years, the big man has to rest and recuperate. Naturally, I want to seek the way to strengthen the country. When I was in Nanyang, I made a private visit and saw the Leisi used by the people in the fields. I tried it out of curiosity, but found that it was not very easy to use. The shape is simple, and if you dig the ground, the hard soil cannot be shaken at all. So when I returned to the palace, I thought about improving the Leisi, and I have this thing. As for whether it is useful or not, you will know if you try it!" Liu Bian replied. .

The ministers were very pleased to hear that, Liu Biangang accepted Xie Daoyun, and Mi Zhen entered the palace, she was newlywed, but she was not greedy for beauty.On the contrary, working hard for the country and improving farm tools is really a blessing for the country, and all the civil and military people in the palace praised him for a while.

Liu Bian waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go and see if these agricultural tools work or not. If they work, they will replace Leisi. If they are useless, you are boasting in vain!"

Only then did the officials stop, and Liu Bian asked the officials to go home and change into casual clothes before going out of the palace to try whether the newly made farming tools would work.To say that the most authoritative ones are still the common people, so this agricultural tool has to be taken to the field, let the common people try it, and compare it with Leisi to know whether it works or not.

However, Liu Bian is very confident that these types of hoes are common for later generations, and they are definitely easier to use than the 2000-year-old Leisi.

Soon Liu Bian also changed into casual clothes, and by the way called Mi Zhen and Xie Daoyun who had just entered the palace. As for Cai Yan and other three daughters, the prince wanted to take them with him, so it was inconvenient for them to leave the palace.Liu Bian took Xie Daoyun and Mi Zhen's second daughter, and under the protection of Yang Miaozhen, Yang Zaixing and other four guards, they left the palace and came outside Luoyang City.Outside the city, Cai Yong, Lu Zhi and others brought several ministers to wait for Liu Bian.

A group of people left the palace and walked towards a village outside the city. Liu Bian not only wanted to test new farm tools, but also looked for Jia Sixie.

Soon, I came to a nearby village. In this season, most of the fields in the fields are soybeans, that is, soybeans and soybeans.Wheat is sown in autumn and harvested in April and May. Now it is July and August. The bean in the field is green and has light yellow flowers. Some bean stalks have grown beans, but Liu Bian saw it. It is very few, not as many as in later generations.And the beans are also very small, it is estimated that the particles are not large.

Liu Bian and his party entered the village, and the people were working in the fields. When they saw Liu Bian and others coming, they were all dressed in fancy clothes, and they must be either rich or noble.Fortunately, Luoyang is governed by Tian Feng, who is upright and upright. The Luoyang generation is very peaceful, and the people see Liu Bian and others coming, and they are not afraid of being bullied by rich people.

Several people walked towards Liu Bian, bowed to Liu Bian and said, "I don't know why some adults came to my village?"

The person who came was an old man. Liu Bian had always respected the old man. He saluted the old man and asked, "I don't know where your village is? We are court officials. We have made some new farm tools. We want to try them in your village and see if they work." no?"

"So it's Shangguan, and I'm Lizheng, my lord, please!" As the old man said, he ushered Liu Bian and others to an uncultivated land.

(End of this chapter)

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