Chapter 623：

There is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many rivers and ponds. River mud and pond mud are good fertilizers, and digging river mud and pond mud can clean up and widen the river, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Moreover, Chen Muyang secretly publicized that the 300 mu of land was bought by the magistrate, and the three crops planted were high-yield overseas crops that the magistrate accidentally obtained.

Ancient China was based on agriculture, and grain yield was the most important indicator, so such a publicity attracted the attention of many people.

Some are curious, some are dismissive, some are mocking, and some are waiting to see a joke.

There are even people who are full of malice to give Chen Muyang a high-yield Tanhua Lang.

Your sister, your high-yield sister!

Forget it, don't talk about that.

Under Chen Muyang's careful control, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen never had the chance to meet each other, while Chen Muyang took the opportunity to use his talent of opposite-sex affinity, and the means of picking up girls to continuously deepen his favorability with Bai Suzhen.

A few months later, the autumn harvest season has come.

Chen Muyang let out the wind and prepared to start harvesting corn the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the past few months, rumors of Chen Muyang buying land to grow overseas high-yield crops have been spreading. Hearing that the high-yield crops are about to be harvested, he immediately attracted many people.

When Chen Muyang, Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen came to the field, there were already many people around.

Chen Muyang said to the housekeeper Bai Fu: "Measure ten mu of land to harvest, and see how much the average yield per mu can achieve."

Bai Fu immediately greeted the manpower harvest.

After the corn is broken, it is sent to the threshing farm. After peeling off the outer skin, the corn kernels are directly rubbed down... These are all done by hand. For this reason, Chen Muyang employs a lot of labor.

There are many people and great strength. At ten o'clock in the morning, all ten acres of corn are threshed and piled on the threshing field. The golden corn kernels are piled up like mountains, like a golden mountain in the sun.

Although it has not yet been weighed, the onlookers have widened their eyes and greedily looked at the pile of grain.

"Bag and weigh!" Bai Fu ordered.

Bags of corn were loaded with weight-bearing measurements, and Bai Fu excitedly ran over to salute Chen Muyang, and said loudly, "Master, the total yield of ten mu of land is 11,285 catties, and the average yield per mu is 1,120 pounds. Eighteen catties! [It's all modern measurement, so it's more intuitive to look at. The measurement in the Song Dynasty was very troublesome, everyone knows the meaning.]"

The onlookers were suddenly in an uproar. The yield per mu was more than 1,000 catties, and it was really high yield, really high yield!

Chen Muyang said loudly: "Everyone, tomorrow Nippon County will hold a corn tasting conference here, and there will be food made from various corns for everyone to taste."

The crowd applauded loudly, looking forward to the tasting conference tomorrow.

The corn continued to be harvested, and the hundred mu of corn was finally harvested, with a total of more than 120,000 catties of grain, with an average yield of more than 1,200 catties per mu!

In the afternoon, masons were hired to build simple stoves on the field, and there was a chopping board beside the stove, so that all kinds of food could be made on the spot.

After breakfast the next day, many people came here to wait, and more and more.

When it was close to noon on 4.1, Chen Muyang ordered the hired women to do it. Simple tortilla stickers, steamed corn buns, boiled porridge, corn spring rolls, baked corn tortillas and more.

The aroma drifted away, and the crowd was ready to move.

However, under the maintenance of the yamen, the crowd lined up and each person began to taste a small portion.

"It's so fragrant, it feels better than steamed cakes."

"This is grain, it is really grain. From now on, the five grains will become six grains."

"With such high-yield food, we won't have to worry about going hungry in the future."

Suddenly someone screamed: "Sir! Magistrate, don't let people grind the noodles, leave them as seeds!"

The crowd came to their senses and expressed their belief that corn is a high-yielding crop, and they all wanted to plant it. They hoped that Chen Muyang would not be cooking and would be left as seeds.

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Chen Muyang said with a smile: "Don't worry, I used to grind the noodles, all of which are not suitable for seeds, so you can eat them with confidence."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"I want to tell you something." Chen Muyang opened his mouth to focus everyone's attention.

"First, corn does not have strict land requirements, so dry land and hillside land are more suitable for it, while paddy fields are still the most suitable for growing rice. I know that you think that the yield of rice is not as high as that of corn. This, after a while You'll know; second, corn seeds are not for sale for now."

The crowd was in an uproar, and these old farmers were almost desperate to fight Chen Muyang.

"Quiet!" Chen Muyang said lightly, but his voice seemed to explode like thunder in everyone's ears, making them quiet.

"Didn't I say that it's not cost-effective to grow corn in paddy fields, so I will only sell it to those who have dry land or hillside land at home. For those who have paddy fields at home, I will sell your rice seeds."

The yield per mu of rice in the Song Dynasty is equivalent to about 250 catties in modern times, which is 125 kg, while the yield per mu of modern non-hybrid traditional 23 traditional rice is up to 600 kg!

The seeds that Chen Muyang wants to distribute to them are traditional rice that can be used as seeds. Even if it is impossible to cultivate as intensively as later generations in this era, there is no problem with the yield of 400 kilograms per mu.

"Master Chen, are the rice seeds you want to sell also high-yielding rice?"

Chen Muyang nodded affirmatively: "Of course, the production capacity per mu has tripled!"

three times! Does that mean there are six stones!

The crowd was immediately excited. Although corn food tastes good, as Jiangnan people, they of course prefer rice.

Chen Muyang clapped his hands and said, "Five days later, I will be picking potatoes. If you are interested, you can come and have a look."

In this era of communication relying on roaring and walking on the road, the news of the emergence of grains with a yield of more than a thousand catties per mu spread throughout the Song Dynasty in a very short time.

Qiantang was very close to Lin'an, so the next afternoon, an internal servant came to announce the decree and let Chen Muyang come to Beijing for an audience.

Chen Muyang came to Lin'an with some corn seeds, met the emperor, and personally instructed the royal chef to make some delicious food with corn.

The emperor and ministers nodded after tasting it.

"Your Majesty, corn is only one of them. I have also obtained some improved rice seeds, which can triple the yield per mu in a single season."

The emperor was a very careful person, and he said in surprise, "Chen Aiqing said a single season?"

"Yes, it is said that most areas in the south of the Yangtze River are suitable for planting double-cropping rice, but according to the minister's investigation, there are very few places where double-cropping rice is grown. The reason is that late rice is in the flowering and grain filling period, and there is a great chance of cold dew solar terms, and the temperature drops sharply. , almost nothing. But I have found a way to avoid the cold dew solar term."

"Oh, in what way?"

"Raising seedlings indoors. The traditional planting method is to choose a field to raise seedlings outdoors, but Chen tried to raise seedlings indoors. By raising the indoor temperature, early rice can be harvested half a month earlier, so that it is just right to avoid late rice when it is blooming and filling. Cold dew solar term."

The emperor is naturally even more pleasantly surprised. In ancient times, as long as the emperor was not so stupid, he would attach importance to farming.

"Your Majesty, I haven't finished the report yet. I have obtained two crops overseas, namely potatoes and sweet potatoes. They are both suitable vegetables and grains. They are accustomed to growing in sandy and dry land, and the yield per mu can reach several thousand kilograms. If it is appropriate, it can be eaten in the spring ploughing season next year. In the disaster year, even if you only eat potatoes and sweet potatoes, you can guarantee that you will not starve to death.”

These words exploded on the heads of the emperor and his ministers like thunder. It is suitable for vegetables and grains, accustomed to growing in sandy and dry land, yields several thousand kilograms per mu, and can be preserved until spring ploughing. Any crop that meets one of them is amazing, amazing There are also crops with all the advantages!