Three Kingdoms

As soon as autumn arrives, the cold wind blows from time to time, the frost seems to have arrived earlier, and the leaves begin to wither and turn yellow. Fei Qian naturally knows that the climate of this small glacier is getting closer and closer.

How long will the Little Glacier last?

Fei Qian didn't know it clearly, but he knew that everything now was in preparation to better deal with Xiao Binghe. Pure complaints and complaints have no effect. They can only do a good job in the current affairs. Among these affairs, the most important thing is farming.

As the freeze line moves further south, people have no way to follow the freeze line all the time. Therefore, greenhouse technology that can still obtain a certain crop yield in the severe cold of winter must be prepared in advance to avoid serious accidents. When the harsh winter of Little Glacier came, I was caught off guard...

The former site of Shanglinyuan in Chang'an.

Shanglin Garden was originally just an old garden site in the Qin Dynasty. Its exact name at that time is no longer known. Anyway, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expanded it and formed a large-scale palace complex.

When Shanglin Garden was at its largest, it stretched for more than 300 miles, with Wei, Jing, Feng, Lao, Lao, Pou, Chan and Ba rivers flowing in and out of it. It was both a beautiful scenic area and a place for royal military training. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty The Yulin Army is permanently stationed here, and General Wei Qing, Huo Guang and others also moved from here to the glorious historical stage.

As Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty passed away, Shanglin Garden also gradually declined. It was first criticized by various ministers, and they hung it up at every turn to criticize it, saying that it was "of no use to the country, and it was taking away the industry of farming and mulberry trees". Then what? How can we take care of both the country and agriculture? These ministers immediately stared, saying that they were lucky enough to be able to give opinions. How could they allow themselves to think about operational details?

In desperation, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty began to reduce the size of Shanglin Garden and allocate some land to the poor for use. Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty did the same and continued to cede land to the common people. There was a lot of praise in the court, saying that the emperor had done a good job and this was a wasteful move. It was very popular, and everyone laughed, especially the gentry families in Guanzhong, because these people all knew that the land granted to the poor would soon fall into the hands of the major gentry families in Guanzhong...

Finally, when Wang Mang arrived, the Western Han Dynasty completely declined, and Shanglin Garden disappeared amid natural and man-made disasters and ceased to exist.

Now, here is Fei Qian.

"Lord, if I'm not mistaken, this is the Pu Tao Palace... At the foot of the mountain over there is the Fuli Palace..." Zao Zhi took a bamboo slip, unfolded it, and checked the terrain on the bamboo slip. , "...it should be here..." One or two hundred years have passed. Even though there were still some things in Shanglinyuan in the Western Han Dynasty, now they are almost lost in the grass and loess, and there is no exact address anywhere.

Fei Qian raised his eyes and looked into the distance. This piece of land was originally selected as the planting palace of Shanglin Garden, which means that the land is still good. Although it is close to the mountain, there are also small streams on the mountain. There should be no big problems for irrigation and so on, so he nodded. He said: "Let's just go here. Let the people from the Engineering Society come over tomorrow and cooperate with your farming husband to clear out a few pieces of land first... Come on, let's go down and take a look first..."

Talking about the Agricultural Society, the seeds sown in the fields have also been harvested heavily this autumn with Zhuang He...

Zao Zhi's Agricultural Society played a huge role in the entire implementation of the New Land Policy. Although the process was slightly turbulent, the current momentum was unstoppable.

Problems that Xu Shu once thought were quite difficult seemed to be solved naturally when Fei Qian came here. This made Xu Shu shake his head and sigh sometimes.

Farmers in the Han Dynasty were basically illiterate and did not have any sources of information. Originally, they could only listen to what the pavilion chief and others said, but now there is an additional farmer...

The vast majority of farmers in the Han Dynasty were illiterate. Their farming relied more on the experience passed down by the older generation. Because they had no knowledge, it was difficult for them to conduct special research. As for those who had read books, they generally Even under normal circumstances, I rarely go to the fields, let alone improve mulberry crops.

Although these farming gentlemen under Zheng Xi’s command only have a superficial understanding of words, these people can already record most of the data in the field, or make interesting adjustments and attempts. Every adjustment and attempt can yield results. Different results, and these results become valuable experience, which is beneficial to the next improvement.

These farm gentlemen are amiable, approachable, and closer to the lives of ordinary farmers, because most of these farm gentlemen are from civilian farmers. Although their accents may be slightly different, compared to those pavilion chiefs who are gesticulating all day long, they are naturally It is even more liked and accepted by farmers in Guanzhong.

There is another very important reason. These farming gentlemen are paid and guaranteed, so they don’t need to worry too much about small gains and losses. They are also more willing to experiment than ordinary farmers. Coupled with the successful experience of the Pingyang Experimental Field, Guanzhong Three The harvest in the auxiliary area is significantly greater this fall.

If you can produce more grain, your words will have weight.

Being able to explain the principles of farming, being able to go to the fields to operate and demonstrate it himself, and being able to keep his family fed for a few more days, and even teach his stupid kid to recognize a word or two when he is relatively free, Guanzhong's These farmers couldn't wait to take out all their heart, liver and lungs and serve them warm.

Especially after the first batch of autumn harvests, and after truly feeling the increase in output brought about by agricultural technology, this enthusiasm was like a spurt and could not be suppressed at all. Fei Qian saw more than once that at night, Mr. Farmer was pulled by the enthusiastic Guanzhong farmer, and they argued endlessly over which restaurant to go to for a meal. Later, they could only settle down by deciding on a rotation.

The head of the pavilion, who originally held his head high in front of Mr. Farmer, had to lower his head now. He did not even dare to say a bad word, otherwise Fei Qian would not have to do anything specially, and he would probably be taken advantage of by the farmer who had tasted the sweetness. Mud was pounding his head and body, and Li Chang, the slightly more marginal pavilion chief, would run to Zao Zhi every two or three days. He would insist on sending more farm gentlemen to Zao Zhi despite all the good talk...

Under such circumstances, the countryside is no longer completely controlled by these aristocratic gentry and rural tyrants. When the tricolor flag takes root in the fields of Sanfu, these Guanzhong gentry who usually comment on this and discuss that Haoyou, when he realized something was wrong, he was already helpless.

Drive Mr. Farmer out?

The tribesmen who have already tasted the sweetness may immediately turn against it!

General Zhengxi's new land policy increased the intensity of expropriation for large landowners. For those small landowners, it was basically the same. For farmers with less land, it had no impact at all, or even more. It’s good. Previously, the nobles and right-wingers could keep this information to themselves, and just talked about conquering the new land in the west to seize the land and so on. But now when the farmers heard what Mr. Farmer said, it was completely different!

Food is the most important thing for the people. This sentence is not just rhetoric.

When General Zhengxi can feed more people in Guanzhong, General Zhengxi will be the sky in the hearts of these farmers in Guanzhong!

And now, Fei Qian was about to add a fire to the already gradually warming stove!

Speaking of which, the human brain is really an extremely mysterious organ. Although there is not much difference in structure between ancient people and modern people, there is at least several orders of magnitude difference in the amount of information. Modern people are baptized by various new technologies and new ideas every day, so they have long been accustomed to new things appearing casually in life. Even if they have never seen them before, they may be surprised and pass by.

However, people in the Han Dynasty were different. They harvested three to five dou more from one acre of land. This was simply auspicious. Coupled with the productivity of the ancients, in fact, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there has been little progress in agriculture. Because I encountered the ethnic integration of the Hu people several times, I kept staying in the same place for a long time. Although some new tools would appear, to be honest, these tools were more improvements than innovations.

Because of this, when Fei Qian said he was going to plant Zhuanghe in winter, Zao Zhi couldn't help but want to reach out and touch the head of General Zhengxi. Could he be sick and confused? This Fei Qian also bears the title of General Zhengxi. If an ordinary person dared to say this, he would probably be regarded as a madman...

Although Zao Zhi didn't dare to claim to be the master of mulberry farming, he really couldn't believe it after hearing Fei Qian's so-called "bold words". Can he still grow crops in this winter? However, looking at Fei Qian's serious look, Zao Zhi could only accompany him on the trip, just to complete a fantastic idea of ​​General Zhengxi.

When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Fei Qian randomly chose a place and dug some soil with his scabbard. He looked at it and found that the layer of rot on the surface was not too thick. It slowly turned into loess and gravel under about ten centimeters. Although it's not very good, it's okay.

"You all spread out and take a look... look around to see if there is a better place..." Fei Qian waved his hand and asked the guards to go around to survey the land, then turned to Zao Zhi and said, "After you find a suitable place, let's Let’s build a frame first, and use wooden walls around it for the time being... Although it takes a little wood... Later, we will gradually change it to earth walls, and then I will ask the people in the workshop to send colored glaze over as a ceiling..."

"Liu Li?" Zao Zhi's eyes widened in surprise, "What does Liuli do? Use Liuli as a ceiling?"

Fei Qian nodded. There is no plastic film these days. If you want to grow vegetables in a greenhouse, the only thing you can use is glass. As for pure glass, it is still impossible to complete it now that the purification process is difficult to achieve.

"Liu Li? My Lord, are you sure you want to use Liu Li? This seems to be overstepping the mark!" Zao Zhi confirmed again, looking at Fei Qian as if he were looking at a prodigal. This is colored glaze, not just any rubble. To use colored glaze as a roof, even a prince would need to divide it into three or five grades. It cannot be used casually.

"Using it?" Fei Qian laughed and said, "Farming and mulberry trees are the foundation of the country, so why are we overstepping our bounds? Besides, there are no people living in this shed. There are only fruits, vegetables and other things. Is it difficult to argue with these crops?" What is transgression and not transgression?"

"Can't live with people?" Zao Zhi nodded, then shook his head, "Everyone talks about gold, how can they get around if they can't live with people? The so-called three people become tigers, always fall into the trap of others..."

Fei Qian scratched his head. He didn't know if it was because he hadn't washed his hair for several days, and he was walking through the mountains and forests, so he was inevitably itchy. "So first make the wall, and then the low shed. Let's use it. It must be made of colored glass. There is no substitute for it." That’s it…”

"Only colored glaze can be used?" Zao Zhi confirmed again.

Fei Qian nodded. It is true that only colored glaze can be used. Although crystal can also be used, the cost of crystal is much higher than that of colored glaze. What's more, Fei Qian made his first pot of gold through colored glaze in the earliest days. Now he doesn't need any help. The twisting process does not require any special shape, you only need to bake the pieces, which is already very convenient.

"Okay..." Zao Zhi suddenly remembered Fei Qian's other nickname, shook his head, and could only sigh.

"Zijing, you have to think about it this way..." Fei Qian pointed to the land in front of him and said, "Liu Li is a dead thing, and it has to be bought and sold by someone there to be valuable, but now look, who will buy it? You can't It cannot be eaten and worn. If it is really used to grow Zhuanghe, dead things will become living things... Think about it, don't you want to eat leafy vegetables in winter? Don't you want to eat fruits? Although the initial production is not much, but After all, it’s extra! After all, it’s better than leaving a bunch of dead things in the ground, right?”

In fact, greenhouses in winter can only be regarded as a small-scale supplement. They cannot solve the problem of food and clothing like staple food, but they can solve part of it. The most important thing is that this thing will have a strong stimulating effect...

"Can you really grow Zhuanghe melons and fruits in winter?" Zao Zhi still didn't believe it.

It's not that Zao Zhi doesn't believe it, but that these days, farming is a big deal, a very serious matter and cannot be joked about. This is a knowledge that has been cultivated for hundreds of years. Even the emperor needs to issue special orders to all counties and counties to encourage farmers during the spring plowing season. Not only that, the emperor also needs to go to the fields to plow the land in person, and the queen has to go to the mulberry trees. Collecting mulberry leaves in the forest serves as a demonstration to show that the royal family attaches great importance to farming. If Fei Qian is so laborious and wastes money but accomplishes nothing, the reputation he has built up will probably become a laughing stock...

"It can be planted! Not only will it be planted in a greenhouse, but also in the future if there is a chance..." Fei Qian swallowed half a word, after all, he hadn't gotten the seeds yet, "Don't worry, it's definitely possible!" Although he said so, But Fei Qian didn't know much about it. After all, Fei Qian didn't have much experience in greenhouse cooking. Everything still needed to be handled by the farmers under Zao Zhi. But the problem was that Fei Qian couldn't show it, otherwise he would lose confidence. do what?

"Well...what do I need to plant?" Zao Zhi asked.

"Uh..." Fei Qian got stuck, "Plant some beans? Courgettes?"

Zao Zhi covered his forehead.

Fei Qian sheepishly patted Zao Zhi on the shoulder and said, "That's why I asked you to come here... Don't laugh, seriously, you are an expert on this... After the greenhouse is set up, what seeds should you choose? Which one is more suitable? What is the temperature inside the greenhouse, the amount of water, whether to add smoke pipes for heating, and how to modify the ventilation. These all need to be adjusted slowly in the future... Fortunately, Zijing, you have also operated experimental fields in Pingyang. Yes, actually the same...really the same..."

Zao Zhi stared at Fei Qian, shook his head and sighed, and said helplessly: "Okay, I knew this would happen..."

Although he said this, Zao Zhi also had a vague hope in his heart. If he could really grow Zhuanghe in winter, it would be such an exciting thing...