Zhang Jian has long noticed that the people of Daqian are hungry not only due to lack of land, but also due to inefficient farming methods and breeding methods of various food crops.
The same cereals and grains, even if the year is good and the land is fertile, the yield will only be more than three or four hundred kilograms.
If your home is mountainous and dry land, the yield will be even lower.
In addition, there is not enough land, and it is necessary to pay capitation tax, land tax, various corvee services, and taxes. The able-bodied members of the family have to be extracted. How can we support so many children?
People's suffering is inevitable.
Zhang Jian is currently limited by his power and cannot intervene in the current affairs of the DPRK. However, if he can improve the varieties of crops and increase their yields, he can still save countless lives.
For him, this is another source of luck.
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Danong Temple is right on the edge of Shaofusi. It is also made of glazed green tiles and has tall palace walls. It is just that the Mingtang is slightly lower than other yamen. But every official has a red face. This is also a very prosperous place. A sufficient yamen.
In fact, Danong Temple is more than just a Nongsang Yamen in name. Although the household department under Shaofu Si has separately taken away the main authority such as warehousing and accumulation, salary supply for officials at all levels, etc., it still holds the warehouse in its hands. The transportation of grain, the examination of farmers and mulberry trees in various places, and the authority to cultivate and camp the fields are enough to make this place a rich and prosperous yamen.
Zhang Jian, the Minister of Danong Temple, usually only had a title, and spent most of his time in the Institute of Culture and Sports studying the "Da Qian Quanshu". Normally, Danong Temple was run by the Minister of Danong Temple.
At this time, after Zhang Jian stepped into the bright hall of Danong Temple, Qian Pan, the prime minister of Danong Temple, hurriedly brought people to pay homage.
"The Prime Minister of Danong Temple pays homage to Danong Ling!"
The chief minister of Danong Temple is wearing a cyan official uniform, which is slightly different from the official uniforms of other fifth-rank officials. The sleeves and official uniform are embroidered with several bunches of millet woven with golden silk threads.
He looks to be in his forties, with a slightly dark complexion but a shrewd look in his eyes.
Zhang Jian had a smile on his face and waved his hands.
"I'm just taking a casual walk. Qian Si Cheng doesn't need to worry about it. You can go on your own!"
When Qian Pan heard this, he slightly cupped his hands and said with a smile.
"If there is an order from the Great Farmer, I can summon the officials and others at any time!"
Qian Pan was always kind and courteous.
He knows very well that Zhang Jian is different from other officials. This Shangguan with the title of Minister of Danong Temple has very strong qualifications and connections in the court. Even the Imperial Preceptor is a frequent visitor to this Shangguan's residence. , he didn’t have the confidence to fight with him at all. What he was worried about was finding trouble and taking the opportunity to be kicked out of the lucrative position of Danongji Cheng.
He was worried in his heart, but he couldn't go up to bother him personally. He could only tell the people around him to be discerning and not to offend this great farmer.
Zhang Jian went straight to the warehouse next to Danong Temple.
The warehouse is filled with many "high-yielding" crops sent by yamen from all over Daqian.
There are bright green and plump leaves of cabbage, as well as many sunflowers, leeks, hyacinths, scallions and green onions.
Zhang Jian just took one look and shook his head. Not only were these vegetables small in quantity, but they were also crops with low yields.
Except radish and cabbage.
Chinese cabbage is Chinese cabbage.
There are also many seeds stored nearby.
The commissioner in charge of the warehouse was standing aside, respectful, but when he saw Zhang Jian looking around, he suddenly felt a little confused.
The person next to me noticed his expression and said in a deep voice: "These are the only things in the warehouse?"
Hearing this, the little official named Zhou Song hurriedly said.
"Reporting to the Great Agricultural Order, these are just fruits and vegetables sent from the capital for planting. They were originally provided to the temple officials for trial planting!"
After a slight pause, seeing Zhang Jian looking at him, he quickly added: "In the other warehouses, there are some various fruit and vegetable seeds sent from various counties, but they are all the same. I don't know what the Da Nong Ling is looking for.
The villain may be able to help!"
"The villain has been in charge of this warehouse for four or five years, and he knows all about the many seeds in the warehouse!"
Zhang Jian nodded, then his eyes fluctuated and he said again.
"I heard that there are many alien species worshiped by small foreign countries in the warehouse. Is this possible?"
Zhang Jian frowned at this time. He looked at the seeds in the warehouse and found that most of them did not have much improvement value. Changing them may increase the scale, but many of them either have strict land requirements or are unable to
As a staple food, it cannot be promoted on a large scale.
Zhou Song was a little uneasy when he heard this, he lowered his head and said.
"Reporting to the Great Farming Order, there is a batch, but there was a rat plague in the warehouse in the past few years, and many seeds were eaten by rats. I hope the Great Farming Order will forgive me!"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but kneel down.
Zhang Jian's expression darkened and he scolded: "Why are you so careless?!"
He originally thought about whether he could find a way to open up the situation from the seeds of tribute from these foreign countries, but he never thought that it would end before it even started.
"Please forgive me, Da Nong Ling!"
Zhou Song was frightened and kowtowed hurriedly. Seeing this, the government officials around the nearby warehouses also hurriedly lowered their heads.
Zhou Song banged his head, and blood gradually appeared on his forehead.
It took Zhang Jian a few breaths to stop him.
Zhang Jian glanced at him, snorted and asked, "Tributes should be kept carefully, how can we be careless?"
Zhou Song quickly said again: "This is because the subordinate neglected his duty!"
He was really worried. If the great peasant wanted to pursue the case, he might not only be unable to secure his official position, but he himself might even be imprisoned.
Zhang Jian's expression slowed down at this time, and he just snorted coldly. "I don't like people under my command to neglect their duties. If anything is lost in the warehouse next time, you have to be careful about the black gauze hat on your head!"
Zhang Jian beat Zhou Song hard, which was considered a warning to other officials.
He walked out of the warehouse, knowing in his heart that he might need to ask the Zhang Qi family or some brothers within the sect for help in order to find out more about this kind of thing.
After all, he is not an ordinary official. He is limited by his horizons and cannot break the situation.
In the next period of time, Zhang Jian asked his family to pay attention to the foreign merchants passing by in Haojing City, as well as the various rare and strange crops that appeared on the market.
As Lord Yin Shen, if he is determined to improve the fruiting rate of crops and bring out their hidden advantages, he still has certain methods.
Soon after, the family got something.
On this day, a young member of the Zhang family came in with a few special items. Zhang Jian took a look at some of them, which were nothing more than some relatively rare fruits and vegetable seeds.
One of the red fruits surprised Zhang Jian.
"Isn't this a wild cherry tomato? It's so small..."
Zhang Jian looked at the thumb-sized tomato and moved the corner of his mouth slightly. He had read related articles in his previous life. The tomato itself is indeed only this big. It was only after generations of sages' research and experiments that they gradually increased their size and increased production.
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Just one glance made Zhang Jian interested. This thing has a lot of potential.
If you can research it, it's not bad.
"Where did this thing come from? There are seeds!"
The young family member hurriedly said: "Master, this thing was picked by a villain at Xishan Temple, and a large area of Xishan Temple was planted by someone!"
"Western Mountain View?"
Zhang Jian pinched the cherry tomato in his hand, his eyes a little surprised.
Xishan Temple is located on the outskirts of Haojing City, with a large royal garden behind it and some imperial mansions further away.
Xishan Temple was originally a royal Taoist temple, and it was also the place where princesses and concubines of the Daqian royal family became monks. Some concubines, or concubines who were seriously ill and it was inconvenient to stay in the palace, would also stay here to recuperate and recuperate.
After those concubines entered here, they were like being relegated to the cold palace.