Chapter 24 Composting for Food Production
Pei Fan first told Pei Yan what he said to Li Hong that day, and then said regretfully: "Uncle, it's not that my nephew doesn't want to care about this matter, but it's because my ancestors didn't give me some advice."
Pei Yan looked directly at Pei Fanxian, trying to find clues about his nonsense from this boy's expression. However, this guy's face was thicker than the city wall. After watching for a long time, there was no change.
Pei Yan could only comfort himself, maybe what this kid said was true.
This kid doesn't know what his ancestors didn't say.
At this time, Pei Yan couldn't help but start cursing the ancestors of the Pei family again, why did he know how to take care of this sick person, but he didn't know how to take care of him, the new star of the Pei family.
Not suffering from lack of fear of inequality but not equality is a common problem for human beings.
Pei Yan completed his brain and was about to pat his butt and leave, but Pei Fanxian said: "However, uncle, if you want to increase the harvest and reserve more food, your nephew also has some ideas, but it is not mature yet. I want uncle to help me learn more about it."
Pei Yan put down his butt just raised.
This kid is still enlightened and knows that he can't rely on himself, but he still needs to rely on his bright thigh.
"Tell me, uncle, listen." Pei Yan looked cold and showed off his style.
Fan Xian didn't care, and Pei Yan was about to get on the trap soon.
"Uncle, in my opinion, the most important thing about storing grain is grain. This is the fundamental."
"In the past, in order to increase grain reserves, the imperial court established many granaries near the two capitals, all of which occupied a large area and were fully equipped."
"This is certainly a good thing. It should be done, but when the food is bad, the court still has a shortage of income and is struggling."
"So, my nephew thought that if we want to ensure that the people of the two capitals, even the people of the Tang Dynasty, would not be full, and we must change the way of farming."
“How to cultivate…”
Pei Yan nodded confusedly. Pei Yan only had some contact with farming in Hongwenguan during the years of studying. According to the Tang Dynasty, every busy month of farming, students from Hongwenguan had to go on vacation to help farmers in the capital to farm.
The purpose is to advocate that the children of aristocrats should be close to nature and understand the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, the specific operation becomes beyond recognition.
It would be nice to have two out of ten aristocratic students who could really help farmers farm. Many students would give this precious quota to their servants and let them participate in agricultural labor on their behalf.
So much so that Pei Yan has been studying in Hongwenguan for ten years and has never stepped into the ridge of the field.
Seeing that he was so confused, Fan Xian suddenly felt enlightened.
It's great to know nothing!
"Uncle, the so-called farming method, I wonder if I have ever seen villagers burning mountains in the outskirts of Chang'an?"
"See, of course I've seen this."
When the farming season comes, there are often red vines on the mountainside outside Chang'an, and villagers who set fire to the mountains and wait for the ashes to plant under the trees and ash.
Fan Xian pretended to be deep: "Slash-and-burn cultivation is called farming."
"Uncle, you can tell that farmers who plow the fields in this way will never last for three years even if they get a good harvest."
Fan Xian stretched out three fingers and shook them in front of Pei Yan for a few times, feeling quite confident.
Pei Yan bowed and asked for advice humbly: "Why is this?"
"This farming method is called Shetian in a more elegant way. Since setting fire to the mountains can obtain good fertility fields, the farming villagers will naturally not work hard to maintain their fertility."
"It's just that we rely on the weather for our lives. We probably don't even have a ridge of the field. Cook a piece and plant a piece. The harvest depends on God's thoughts. We need to take care of flowers and grass on our daily life and take care of it carefully."
"Soil cultivation and pruning are all essential tasks."
"However, if these villagers use such a traditional and rough farming method for such important agricultural cultivation, they will naturally not get a good harvest."
"The harvest of the villagers cannot be guaranteed, and the granary of the Tang Dynasty will naturally be affected."
Pei Yan became more and more fascinated as he heard it, and he just nodded.
"The fields obtained by burning mountains cannot be effectively maintained. Naturally, they can only be cultivated for three years. After that, the fields will become corrupt and fertility will be lost. Farmers living on this field can only move away."
"If you continue to work hard like this, of course the grain harvest will not be able to rise!" Pei Yan blurted out.
These ignorant villagers have such backward planting methods. No wonder the grain in the granary is always unsatisfied.
Fan Xian nodded happily, changing the traditional extensive farming model, increasing grain output, and solving the food problems of the people of the Tang Dynasty has always been something that Fan Xian cared about.
Obviously, when Pei Yan came here today, it must be Li Hong mentioned this in the court. He came to learn from the scriptures himself in order to turn Pei Fanxian's method into his Pei Yan's method.
"Uncle is right," Pei Fanxian strongly encouraged Pei Yan, and then said: "The fields abandoned by these villagers cannot continue to be cultivated or used as his plan. They are just wasteful. In the long run, the harvest will get lower and lower, and the farmers will have a hard time."
"But, since this farming method is common, how do you change it?"
"It is certainly not easy to change, but there are still solutions." Pei Fanxian was very tempted, squinted his eyes, and began to dig a hole for the old thief Pei.
"Uncle, Shetian is just one of the methods of farming. You must know that there are also fields near Chang'an City that can continue to cultivate for many years and are still fertile."
"There are all good fields with the best character A. As long as you manage properly and cultivate carefully, you will have a lot of fertility in three to five years and you don't need to relocate at all."
"There is such a good thing?" Pei Yan stroked his long beard, looking very familiar, but in fact he didn't understand a single word.
What if he doesn't matter, as long as Pei Fan tells the good way first, he will use it and present it to the prince. The specific operation method has never been the focus of the court ministers.
Fan Xian smiled brilliantly: "If you want to change the previous methods of farming in She fields, the most important thing is to composting."
"What is compost?" Pei Yan leaned over and was very excited. He felt that as long as he could get this method, it would be no problem to be promoted to another level.
"It is to make fertilizer to make up for the decline of fertility in the fields. The method is quite simple."
"So that's it. What's the specific method?" Pei Yan agreed, Fan Xian was quite embarrassed. If he told the truth, compost was to store manure, and Pei Yan had to immediately start to bounce it and curse her.
It is impossible to tell the truth, and fooling one must be carried out. As the saying goes, those who flirt first are cheap, and anyway, he Pei Yan delivered it to the door first.
"Uncle doesn't need to know this specific method, and I don't know much about it."
"I'm just talking casually, maybe it can be implemented."
"If Uncle thinks what I said makes sense, you can go and have a look. Not to mention the suburbs, there are also many farmers who farm in Chang'an City."
“They all understand the way to composting.”
He smiled warmly, and Pei Yan waved his hand: "Why do you need such trouble?"
"As long as you said it, uncle will believe it!"
"Uncle, hurry up, this matter hasn't been finished." Fan Xian said hurriedly when he realized that Pei Yan was about to leave.
Not finished speaking yet?
Just do it! Too long-winded!
"Uncle, if you want the people of Chang'an City to feed compost and farm according to the requirements of the court, your nephew thinks that officials in the two counties of Chang'an should also set an example."
"At least, they should take the villagers to composting together. The people under the Tang Dynasty have always been the most responsive to the government's call. With the leadership of local officials, their enthusiasm for composting will definitely be higher."
It makes sense!
Pei Yan looked at Pei Fanxian happily, and suddenly felt that this kid's words were extremely pleasant.
These local officials from Chang'an, Wannian County Party Committee are very arrogant and usually ask them to do some specific work. They often push for the three obstacles and are very uncooperative.
It is time to arrange some work for these lazy people.
Pei Yan's back left was very confident. After he left, Xiao Liu came out of the kitchen, arranged the food, and said to Fan Xian: "Xiaolang, isn't compost just piles of manure?"
"A decent person like Pei Sheren will never do such a thing."
Fan Xian nodded proudly: "I know he won't do it, and I didn't let him go in person."
Xiao Liu was even more confused.
"But you ask the county party officials to pile up manure, which is too offensive. If Pei Sheren told them that it was your idea, we would not be able to mess around in Chang'an City."
When Pei Fanxian was still a sick person, their master and servant were beaten in the West City, and they were afraid of avoiding it. If this matter spread and the county party officials who attacked Pei Fanxian might throw their master and servant out of Chang'an City!
Pei Fanxian was full of confidence: "With Pei Yan's personality, he would definitely take this idea into himself, and would never admit that I was the one who gave it."
"At that time, the angry Chang'an officials will only go to find him Pei Yan if they want to settle the score, but they will not find me."
Xiao Liu suddenly realized that this was a chain of pits!
Chapter completed!