After getting better, Zhang Chao went to the countryside.

It is late spring, and spring millet has been planted, but there are many people in the Zhang family's seedlings. The seedlings have grown and they have begun to pull out seedlings and plant grains.

Removing seedlings is a hard job. You can squat in the field with a horse stance and lift the seedlings out of the field bit by bit. You have to be careful not to force it, otherwise the tender seedlings will be broken. This requires good management of the seedlings and drying fields and water to control them accurately. In this way, when pulling seedlings, the seedlings will be easily removable and will not get too much mud.

After plucking the seedlings with your right hand and tidying them up with your left hand, you have to slowly wash the mud on the roots in the water, otherwise it will be quite troublesome to carry the seedlings into the field.

“What a lively and lively scene.”

Sun Fujia stood beside Zhang Chao, watching the busy scene in the rice fields.

This Jinshi, who was a three-year-old scholar and a scholar who was a five-year-old martial artist, passed the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. As a result, when he was appointed as an official, he was only given the position of an eighth-rank proofreader.

Before Sun Fujia was dismissed from office, he was the chief censor. He was already the second-rank official of the Censorate. Usually, he had the opportunity to enter the three provinces after going up. In less than ten years, he often had the opportunity to become prime minister. But now, he has only been awarded a proofreader. This is not as good as the Jinshi he passed the Sui Dynasty, and at least he was also the Shishu Lingshi at that time.

Among the five Jinshis who were in the same subject as him, one was Fang Xuanling, but now Fang Xuanling is also an important member of the Qin Palace. I don’t know what the Ministry of Personnel thought in the end, so he gave him a proofreader, but he was transferred to the East Palace and assigned to the Chongwen Pavilion.

Sun Fujia then became Zhang Chao's subordinate, both a disciple of Zhang Chao and a subordinate of Zhang Chao.

However, being Zhang Chao's subordinate also has an advantage. For example, now, Zhang Chao is traveling to the countryside, so Sun Fujia also follows Ma Zhou and Cen Wen to Zhangjiagou, and Sun Fujia has also become the glorious secretary of Zhang Chao.

During this war, hundreds of long-term workers from the Zhang family went to join the army, which caught the Zhang family off guard and had to recruit short-term workers temporarily, but many young and strong men in Guanzhong went to join the army.

Nowadays, the people who pull seedlings in the Zhangjia rice fields are basically women and girls, and there are also seven or eight years old.

The seedlings were lifted out, sorted and washed, and then tied into seedling handles. There were teenagers who specially sent seedlings, carrying willow baskets or carrying willow baskets to deliver the seedlings to the rice fields.

In the terraced fields, many long-term workers from the Zhang family drove the cows and pushed the sieves. The last time before planting the rice seedlings was flattened, the fields were filled with water. After the sieves were leveled, a man carried a load of marsh fertilizer to fertilize. One acre of land and twenty sieve sieves, which is equivalent to base fertilizer. With the fertilizer applied before, one acre of land is equivalent to two thousand kilograms of fertilizer. In the future, a few additional fertilizers will be added, at least about a thousand kilograms.

Many fermentation ponds have been built in Zhangjiagou, and there are also many dry fertilizer fields outside Chang'an City.

“It’s amazing to apply so much fertilizer to acre of land.”

"How can you grow good crops without fat?"

Zhang Chao was very proud of the busy terraced fields. He would bring a new way of farming, which would increase the yield in limited fields. It is no longer just extensive farming, with limited fields, and there is not so much land to cultivate, but the new way of farming allows the fields to increase the yield.

Applying about 3,000 kilograms of organic fertilizer per acre will fully ensure the annual output of at least 500 kilograms of rice in Zhangjia terraced fields.

Forty dans of marsh fertilizer, this is a big number. One acre of 40 dans, one thousand acres here, that is 40 dans.

Just watering twenty loads of fertilizer per mu of land before planting rice seedlings is a great labor force. A strong man transports fertilizer from Zhangjiagou a day and uses a mule cart to water at most two or three acres of land.

Not to mention, so much fertilizer requires a lot of fermentation tanks.

"If the yield per mu can really reach 500 kilograms, I think even if it is hard to ferment so much fertilizer and transport fertilizer to irrigate the land, it is also very worth it." Sun Fujia made a calculation in his mind. It was the first year of the deserted slopes like a bathing ditch, and even if one stone was produced in a quarter, it would be good. Now Zhang Chao has made it into terraced paddy fields and applied so much fertilizer, and it is expected to produce four stones in a quarter, which is equivalent to four times.

One acre of wasteland has become four acres of slope land, which is equivalent to about three acres of good land.

In this terraced field alone, the Zhang family would make Zhangjiagou an additional harvest of three or four thousand acres of land. If the other 2,000 acres of land in the Zhang family were included, all the land would be fully fertilizered and doubled the output, which would be equivalent to another two thousand acres of land.

In a small village in Zhangjiagou, there was a sudden increase of five or six thousand acres of land. How amazing is this?

If the entire Bailu Township uses this fertilizer and applies enough fertilizer, wouldn’t it mean that the yield doubles and the fields double?

Guanzhong now has a grain gap of more than one million stones every year. If Zhang Wenyuan's farming method is used and enough fertilizer is applied, wouldn't Guanzhong's output double? Then Guanzhong will be able to have self-sufficient food at once.

Sun Fujia also knew that it was difficult to promote this method to Guanzhong all at once. It was not easy to apply enough fertilizer to the land, and the cost was also quite large.

However, it is shocking to say a thousand things that can double the land output. The cost of this fertilizer can be completely neglected. How can the cost of fertilizer be higher than the extremely hard-working food transport from outside the pass every year in Beijing?

"Sanlang, how many people can be stopped from hungry after sorting out this method and promoting it nationwide."

Zhang Chao smiled.

"Well, I have established a fertilizer factory in Chang'an, and this year I have started to establish fertilizer factories in Luoyang and other places. I will continue to provide the people with this high-quality and efficient fertilizer."

Ma Zhou smiled aside.

Sun Sanlang's ideas are always different from others. Officials like Sun Fujia discovered a good way to increase production. The first thing they thought was to dedicate to the court, or to be famous. But Zhang Sanlang would always open a workshop and build a factory immediately to make money by himself.

Zhang Chao also asked people to go to various places to prepare to open a fertilizer factory with local wealthy families.

The dry fertilizer products of his dry fertilizer factory are also ready to be sold to various places. Although dry fertilizer is not as effective as the fermentation pond, it can be stored for a long time and transported and sold at a long distance.

The sterilization fertilizer can only be used in the farm and is available now.

However, although the fertilizer effect is reduced a little, it is still much better than traditional compost compost, and it is also conducive to preservation and transportation, and can become a real commodity.

In fact, although the farmer has little knowledge, he still has a lot of wisdom.

They may hesitate about things that are as fresh as they see the results with their own eyes, then they will no longer have doubts.

At least, all the villagers in Zhangjiagou are using this new fertilizer, and they also apply fertilizer according to the method taught by Zhang Chao. Base fertilizer, top dressing, when to apply fertilizer, and how much to apply each time are also knowledge.

Zhang Chao was very generous to these villagers. He helped them build a fermentation pond and taught them how to ferment various garbage, fertilizers, etc. into marsh fertilizers.

Now Zhang Chao is ready to start a new business for the Zhang family's engineering team to help villagers build this kind of fermentation pool in rural areas in various places and let villagers ferment fertilizers themselves.

"The yield of rice is higher than that of millet and wheat, but it is much more refined when servicing. The requirements are too high. Not only does it require sufficient fatness, but it also requires sufficient water. Most places in Guanzhong do not have this condition."

Zhang Chao also sighed a little that if you choose the best rice seed and then carefully cultivate it, the yield will be quite good. However, planting rice requires a lot of more manual labor than planting wheat and millet.

From the Qin and Han dynasties to the present, the area of ​​Guanzhong has been developed very well, and all the places that can be reclaimed have been reclaimed. The place is not large, but the population is too large. In addition, the imperial court lost control of good farmland such as Hetao and Hehuang, which made Guanzhong more and more sparse.

Let’s talk about only one Hetao Plain, which is a very wealthy piece of land. The front and back covers are combined, and the Feng Shui treasure land. But now the Shuofang of the Western cover is in the hands of Liang Shidu, and the front and back covers of the Eastern covers are in the hands of the Turks.

As for the Hehuang Valley, it was occupied by the Tuyuhun people.

In addition, the Jianghan area outside the pass is not developed enough, and only the Jianghan Plain was developed, but more places are still quite backward, even primitive, with vast land and sparse population there, and even backward cultivation level.

Basically, it is still the first season. If fertilizer is promoted in these places, intensive cultivation is carried out, and the second season of cultivation will be cultivated, and the whole world will be full.

However, Huguang was developed and the Song Dynasty was also obtained.

Now, some areas on the Yangtze River and Han River are considered to be civilized, and there are many barbarians in the rest, which are regarded as wilderness.

"What are Sanlang thinking?" Sun Fujia is now admiring Zhang Chao more and more.

"I'm thinking that this trench slope will be able to be developed in a few years."

"I am also looking forward to seeing that day. Then the water here is rippling, with green fruit trees, flocks of chickens and ducks, cattle and sheep everywhere, and in the fragrance of rice flowers, a small boat, walking among lotus leaves, picking some lotus pods, fishing for a few fresh fish, and cooking on the boat. This kind of life is extremely comfortable to think about." Sun Fujia was imagining the scene, and couldn't help but feel a little intoxicated.

"I plan to build some houses below in a few days. All of them are built next to the water, half on the shore, half on the water, a small yard at the back, a small pier in the front, and several rooms, just enough to live in a family."

"Build a house like this?"

"For rent, I'm tired of living in Chang'an City, so I can come to my place for a leisure vacation. As you said, go to the mountains to catch free-range chickens, go fishing in the reservoir, pick lotus pods and water chestnuts, and enjoy the tranquility and nature of the countryside."

"And come whenever you want, leave whenever you want. We have prepared houses for everyone here. We also provide servants to help you clean the room, provide meals, etc. There is no need to spend money on property, nor do you need to send people to take care of you from time to time. You can come at any time, enjoy it when you come, and leave at any time, without any concern."

After hearing this, Sun Fujia was very moved.

"This kind of cabin is very good. I will definitely rent one if it is built."

"Of course there is no problem." To be continued.
Chapter completed!