Princess Consort Is No Pushover

At this time, Chu Xuanchen said: "Yue'er, when I heard you talking about the little beggar girl just now, I thought of those refugees who starved to death on the street. In fact, I have always wanted to do something practical for the people. .This king wants to improve the people's livelihood, and wants the people to have enough food and clothing, so that they don't have to suffer from hunger any longer."

Yun Ruoyue looked at Chu Xuanchen in admiration, and said with a smile: "My lord, you are always thinking of the people, which is really a blessing to the people. You and I thought of going together, and I also want to improve people's livelihood, and I think the people can fill their gaps." Full stomach. Only when everyone is good, is it really good!"

Chu Xuanchen nodded, "Well, didn't you say that you know a lot of planting methods before? You said that you can grow vegetables in winter and increase the yield of crops. Can you go to the farm with me to guide the farmers to plant the land ?”

"Okay, no problem." Yun Ruoyue said.

After they came back from Jiangzhou, they have been very busy.

Later, Chu Xuanchen disappeared in battle again, and Yun Ruoyue really didn't want to do these things. Now that they are all safe and healthy, they should really start to improve people's livelihood.

Chu Xuanchen said: "Food is the most important thing for the people, okay, then we will start with farming."

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Soon, Chu Xuanchen brought Yun Ruoyue to his farm - Mingyue Village.

Mingyuezhuang covers a vast area and stretches endlessly, with large forests, fields, ponds and salt wells inside.

At this time, many farmers were harvesting rice in the fields. Seeing this, Yun Ruoyue and Chu Xuanchen went to have a look.

As soon as he saw them coming up, Tian Li, the manager of the Zhuangzi, hurried over, "My lord, my concubine, why are you here?"

Chu Xuanchen said indifferently: "The king brought the princess to the Zhuangzi to have a look. By the way, Tian Li, how is the rice production this year?"

Tian Li hurriedly said: "My lord, this year's weather is dry and there is not enough rain. Affected by the weather, the yield of rice has been greatly reduced, and the yield per mu is only about two stones."

"Two stones? It used to be four stones, but this year it's only two stones. The food production is not enough, and the people will definitely be hungry next year." Chu Xuanchen said solemnly.

After hearing this, Yun Ruoyue was slightly startled.

One stone is equal to one hundred and twenty catties, so this year's rice output is equivalent to just over one hundred kilograms.

The output of more than 100 kilograms is definitely not enough to eat, at least two to three hundred kilograms are barely enough to eat.

She hurriedly said: "My lord, planting crops requires sufficient water. I just observed the whole farm and found that there is no large lake for water storage in our farm. There are often severe droughts in the world. To solve the irrigation problem, we must first build water conservancy."

"Build water conservancy?" Chu Xuanchen said.

Yun Ruoyue nodded: "Well, this is one of them. In addition to building water conservancy, we must also improve farming techniques, turn barren land into fertile land, and know how to match crops so that we can increase crop yields. I'll talk to Tian Li later."

Chu Xuanchen nodded: "Yue'er, you know a lot."

Yun Ruoyue said: "Also, the yields of rice, corn and wheat are too low. Only corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes have high yields."

"Corn? What are these?" Chu Xuanchen asked suspiciously.

Yun Ruoyue said: "These are crops that haven't been introduced to Chu, they are only found in very distant places. The yield of these crops is many times higher than that of rice and wheat, and they are easy to grow, and you don't choose the land. If you can If we send people to find these plants, the common people will not be hungry."