China has always had the habit of artificial seed selection, but it is not systematic and the direction is not clear. For example, rice seeds, in addition to high yields, also deliberately choose tall plants. Although some excellent varieties have been selected, they are very complicated and messy.

Xu Ping chose to go towards the direction of dwarf plant and heavy grains from the beginning, and it was already effective at this time. New farms, such as Wang Su and others, bought Xu family rice seeds, which were already famous in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Farming is the foundation of the world. When the emperor planted flowers and trees in the palace, he would write a letter saying that it was a plaything. If he planted rice and wheat, it would be a singular voice. This has been the case in all dynasties in China. Seeing that Xu Ping had compiled several booklets about farming and started farming, he also started to build rice fields in the palace.

When I arrived at the edge of the seedlings, I saw that the seedlings inside were growing very strongly, and I didn’t know how much fertilizer was placed underneath.

Pointing at the seedlings, Zhao Zhen asked Xu Ping: "How is the rice planted in the palace? Can it be comparable to those in your farm?"

Xu Ping said: "Your Majesty, these seedlings grow vigorously and neatly, how can they compare to those in Weichen Village?"

"Really?" Zhao Zhen was a little disbelief. Xuping Zhuangzili agriculture and animal husbandry are now very famous in Kaifeng Prefecture. I don't know how much money I earned for his family every year. It's a bit unlikely to be able to compare with one in the palace.

Xu Ping said: "How dare you say a lie before you? The rice fields in my village have so many people and can't even put enough fertilizer. How can it be comparable to the carefully cared seedlings in the palace?"

Zhao Zhen nodded, feeling happy, thinking of giving some reward to the responsible eunuch.

"However, the bigger the seedlings, the better," Xu Ping said again. "When transplanting, it is best to have four or five leaves. When small, they will grow thin. When large, the main roots will grow, which will affect the tillering and eventually the yield will decrease."

After hearing Xu Ping's words, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but feel nervous. As the emperor, he could not be surprised by his ministers. He didn't say anything, but bent down to look at the seedlings in the field, and stood up for a while and said, "Fortunately, it's just a little big. Just after the Grain Rain, he let the eunuch move to the rice fields in the past two days."

Yan Shu never spoke, and he knew nothing about these things and could not get into it. It was difficult for him to write fisherman songs and sing the fragrance of late rice flowers, let alone these specific tricks of farming.

After seeing the rice fields, the three of them came to the pavilion covered with flowers and trees.

He ordered Xu Ping and Yan Shu to sit down, and Zhao Zhen said, "Xu Ping, today I am asking you about the field affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture. Mr. Yan just returned to the court from Yingtian Prefecture, so I listened to it."

Xu Pingwei bowed and said, "The Lord asks you, I will do my best to prepare for the questions."

"Since the beginning of the year, you have proposed to build a site business in the third department and open a new shop, and now you have built a land business. It shouldn't be a whim, right? I always think you are doing this one step at a time."

"Your Majesty is wise! Since ancient times, it has been said that the people in the world are divided into four types: scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. Scholars are naturally scholars Yan and Weichen, etc., to assist Your Majesty in governing the world, do your best to make the country peaceful and the people happy. The rest of the farmers, industry and commerce are the things that Weichen does. The Prime Minister of the Three Divisions will collect the world's wealth and wealth for the country's use. Naturally, they cannot only know how to collect wealth from the people, but should be able to do the work of farmers and be craftsmen.

Things are the business of merchants. The new opening of the business is the work of the craftsmen in the three departments, which is a role model for craftsmen in the world. The newly opened shops allow department stores to be circulated and merchants learn. The business of farming is not only for the purpose of reclaiming desert fields and collecting more grain and rice, but more importantly, it is also a role model for farmers in the world. Improve farming tools, select and breed good seeds, and set detailed and reasonable regulations for various farming matters, so that the people can have rules to follow from now on. This is the purpose of setting up the business of farming."

Zhao Zhen didn't expect that Xu Ping really had a complete set of plans, which was quite unexpected to him, so he couldn't help but look at Yan Shu.

Yan Shu said: "Taizong once issued an edict to set up agricultural troops in the world to legislate farming and to be the army's army for farming. Unfortunately, as this year has been long, the old system has never existed. The land camps established by Xu Waijian have quite the intention of Taizong, and they are included in the Three Divisions, and the world is the same as one, which is a good law. I think this matter can be implemented."

After hearing this, Xu Ping couldn't help but look at Yan Shu with admiration. Sure enough, the people who dropped the book bag were different. They could find the basis for everything from historical books. Xu Ping himself did not have the ability. Of course, his agriculture, industry and commerce were all based on the set of his previous life, and had no relationship with Taizong. The field business made new agricultural tools, sold them on the shop, and bought them back to create more wealth from the land, forming a general economic cycle. After studying this economic cycle thoroughly, explaining it thoroughly, the specific effects were revealed, and changing the minds of the current literati and bureaucrats was Xu Ping's purpose.

It turned out that his grandfather had this idea, that was the system of ancestors, and Zhao Zhen's doubts about the struggle for profit between the land and the people immediately disappeared. Moreover, from his heart, he also supported this practice. This economic entity directly under the hands of the official is conducive to management in any aspect. As an emperor, he did not have the psychological burden of Confucian scholars.

After putting down this psychological burden, Zhao Zhen also relaxed and said to Xu Ping: "In the first year of the field business, the land management department included more than 5,000 hectares of deserted fields from Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties. Can we plant rice this year?"

What about the wasteland? It was bought by the three corps with real money and silver. It was not forced to collect it, and it was a fair transaction.

Xu Ping was very whispering to Zhao Zhen's words, but he didn't dare to say it. He said, "Your Majesty, although the land of Kaifeng Prefecture is flat, not all land can grow crops. Generally speaking, a farm can only occupy 20% of the land that grows grain, so although there are more than 5,000 hectares of wasteland, only about 1,000 hectares of fields are opened."

"Oh, so that's the case, there are so few fields! Can you plant it this year?"

"Sharpening a knife will not delay the chopping of wood. If you don't hide it from your Majesty, it is natural to force sowing, but it will be detrimental to future field improvements. Therefore, the Sansi plans to plant only about 100 hectares of rice this year, and others will plant soybeans and peanuts to regulate the land fertility. In some swamps and jungles, ditches and canals are needed, and we cannot rush to achieve success."

Even though he couldn't ask the idea for a few words, Zhao Zhen stopped asking the details. He really didn't understand, and it would be useless to ask too much.

"You know the most about farmland affairs, so just make your own decisions. By the way, you should be able to manage such major issues with competent officials. Do you have any candidates in your mind?"

Just as Xu Ping was about to speak, Zhao Zhen interrupted again: "It is best to be able to stand alone like you did in Yongzhou sugar business, and you can get it done in a few years. Not to mention millions of dollars a year, hundreds of thousands of stones of food must be provided."

Xu Ping was about to mention Wang Gongchen, but was choked there by Zhao Zhen's words. (.)8
Chapter completed!