Chapter 284 This is a Shennong
Wang Buxing's mother is not one of those women who doesn't understand anything.
She was able to make a resolute decision to remarry just by relying on a word sent back by others, worrying that it would affect her son, and it was still so quick.
This is destined to mean that she is not an ordinary woman, at least she is also a person with some opinions of her own.
"My mother is living a good life now. He is also good to her. She gave birth to a child last year. He is very good at farming. Other people's land is only planted once a year, but in his hands it can be planted every year.
Twice, your sister also got married last year, she is not far from home, and she is very filial and hard-working. Besides, my mother is now raising a family, so it would be unreasonable for her to stay here with you. She can't live such a life.
If you don't feel well, you might as well be in the village..." The Queen Mother expressed her meaning exactly, and from time to time she would look at Xiang Xiang to see if she was hungry.
In this world, the man is the head of the family.
Wang Buxu's father is gone. As the eldest son, Wang Buxu is the head of the family.
Although the Queen Mother is the elder, she still has to listen to the King on important matters.
Even if Wang Buxu says no now and says that they are not suitable, the Queen Mother will separate from him and move to Luoyang.
In terms of etiquette, Wang Buxu may be criticized for being unfilial, but as long as Wang Buxu can come up with sufficiently convincing reasons, no one can condemn him.
Respect for elders, especially respect for female elders, is actually respect in private.
Before making a decision, you must inquire and then discuss it. No matter what is said internally or how to do it, the decision must be made by a man when it is announced to the outside world.
This is etiquette, the current rules.
Of course Wang Buxu heard the pleading in my mother's voice, and of course he would not be regarded as such a villain.
"As long as mother is willing, you can be anywhere. The important thing is that your son knows where you are and whether you are doing well or not." Wang Buxu said with a smile.
In his memory, this old woman was quite knowledgeable and reasonable, and now that he saw her, she was indeed so.
This option may not be the best, but it is definitely better than letting her live in the palace.
Otherwise, as the Queen Mother, what should I do if I am surrounded by a man who is my legal husband but is not my biological father?
Forget about ordinary people, can the imperial family tolerate this kind of thing?
"Son, there is one more thing I want to tell you..." Seeing Wang Buxu's agreement, the Queen Mother finally showed a smile on her face.
"Mom, tell me!" Wang Buxian nodded.
"Can you please not tell people about our relationship? It's best to let the outside world think that mother is dead?"
"Mom, why are you doing this?" Wang Buxu was stunned for a moment, then sighed.
He probably knew his mother's intentions. Although he knew this was the best result, he still had an unexplainable feeling.
"We are just an ordinary family..."
After some debate, Wang Buxian still couldn't get over his mother, and even told Hu Hai that he had killed all his brothers and sisters.
No matter how pretentious Wang Buxian was, he had to agree at this time.
Because in the future, if something like this happens to me, then the children who will be killed must be the mother and this man.
There was another happy conversation between mother and son.
Only then did Wang Buxu turn his attention to his 'stepfather'.
In fact, I have noticed him a long time ago, but I never had the chance.
As for the word "Dad", Wang Buxian will definitely not call it "Dad". This is a matter of principle.
"I heard from my mother that your land can produce two crops a year?" Wang Buxu asked.
"Yes..." Yang Yu nodded numbly. Until now, he has not come back to his senses. This news is really shocking.
Fortunately, I have always been nice to his mother, otherwise...
Of course, although the person he was talking to was nominally his 'son', in reality Yang Yu did not dare to treat him as his own son.
So he hurriedly said with a bit of panic: "I discovered that you can plant it after the autumn harvest and harvest it in the middle of summer. You can plant it in summer and harvest it in autumn harvest. If you plant it continuously,
The yield in the next year will not be affected too much, and we don’t have to leave it fallow from time to time. Although it is a bit tiring, we can harvest twice a year and the family can save a lot of surplus food."
Wang Buxu suddenly froze for a moment, feeling a little surprised.
Although I have formulated a plan to encourage population growth, there is a prerequisite for population growth.
Food production exploded.
What was the population explosion period in China in history?
The evolution of agricultural tools is only an inevitable factor, but no matter how much agricultural tools evolve, from the population of more than 20 million in the Qin Dynasty to 60 million in the Han Dynasty, and in the next two thousand years, until the early Qing Dynasty, the population of China was only 100 million.
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By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the population reached 400 million.
The population of China exploded during the Qing Dynasty. The reason was that three crops, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, entered China, which led to a sharp increase in food production.
In the past, it was not that children could not have children, but that they could not afford to support them. The premature death rate has always been the biggest factor limiting the development of the ancient population.
In addition to various diseases, food is also a huge problem.
If the food is limited and the food is not full every day, over time, the resistance of young children will decrease and the chance of contracting diseases will increase.
This is the result of a series of causes.
Of course, wheat has not been popularized because the shelling technology cannot keep up and it is difficult for people to digest it.
The word in Yang Yu's mouth is wheat, wheat now refers to barley, and bean refers to beans.
Wang Buxu did not expect that Yang Yu could actually know the crop rotation pattern.
"How's the yield?" Wang Buxian asked.
"The yield of Lai is about two dan. If there is no shortage of water, it should be higher. The yield of bean is higher, about seven or eight dan. However, I found that before I planted it like millet or millet, the yield was not high and it spread out.
When I planted it, I used less seeds, but the yield was actually higher, and I think it should be even higher," Yang Yu said.
"Good!" Wang Buxu suddenly smiled, but he didn't expect that my mother would find a 'Shen Nong' for herself.
Even though Wang Buxian knew about the crop rotation model, he also knew that planting beans could speed up the recovery of land fertility.
However, there are reasons why this model was not promoted during this period. One is that wheat is difficult to digest and has no advantage in yield.
The second is that soybeans are not delicious. In other words, before the emergence of tofu, the scale of soybean cultivation in China was not large. Although it has high yield, it was only grown in small quantities and used as supplementary food.
but……
Soybeans, especially black beans, another variety of soybeans, are excellent feed for war horses.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, private breeding of war horses was promoted, but in the end not many were used. One of the important reasons was the feed problem, and the other reason was the environmental problem.
If you want to raise high-quality war horses, you must raise horses in alpine areas.
The environment in the Central Plains region today is similar to that of Jiangnan in later generations. People are comfortable here and don't need anything, not to mention war horses for fighting.
"Guhui issued a government order and Lun's order to cooperate with you in the experiment in Lun's official field. In the summer, plant bean sprouts directly and plant them after the autumn harvest. You decide how to plant them. If the yield can reach what you said,
Chapter completed!