Mu Yan agreed with what Huo Xi said. This matter is of great importance and requires careful consideration before implementation.
If the military fields of various military posts can achieve two-crop grain production, and the yield per mu is still considerable, the soldiers will be self-sufficient, which will be a great achievement for a long time to come.
However, this matter still needs to be discussed with the Duke and the commanders of the various military stations before making a decision.
However, if you want to try planting winter wheat in autumn, you need to make some preparations now. At least the winter wheat seeds must be prepared first.
“Can the winter wheat harvested this time be planted?”
Huo Xi looked at him and said, "You want to buy seeds from me? Aren't you worried that someone will say you are acting for public benefit?"
"I never cared about it." Mu Yan never cared about other people's gossip. But if he heard others talking about his Xi'er, he wouldn't even listen to a word.
"You can buy wheat seeds from anyone. You are still growing wheat seeds on the land of Yunnan. When you plant them on the land of Yunnan, you won't have to worry about acclimatization."
Mu Yan thinks this is the best wheat seed. He doesn't care what others say.
"As long as you are not afraid of what others say. I will explain it to you and let the village head carefully select some seeds that are full of seeds. Except for leaving some for Zhuangzi, the rest will be sold to you. But I don't have much here. If
If you want to promote trial planting in the health center, you have to tell me in advance, and I will ask the North and South Shipping Company to prepare it for you from the Central Plains."
"Okay, let someone prepare it."
Huo Xi glanced at him. Doesn't this need to be discussed with the Duke of Guizhou and the army?
"I have the numbers. I can make the decision on some of the guards."
Huo Xi advised him: "Even so, you are not in power yet, so don't do anything beyond your authority. If you let the villain provoke you, the Duke of Guo may have a problem with you."
Mu Yan kissed her and said, "Okay, husband knows." Only his wife was always thinking about him and was afraid that he would be hurt.
"I sent dozens of good horses to Zhuangzi. About ten of them are excellent stallions. I asked people to breed them to see if we can produce more good horses."
Mu Yan and Huo Xi talked about the dozens of fine horses that Alxa sold to her.
Originally, Huo Xi wanted to keep some of these horses for Mu Yan and send some to the Central Plains in exchange for money. Later, he signed a purchase contract with Alxa and kept all these dozens of horses.
Mu Yan needs a lot of horses every year. If these horses from outside the customs can be well raised in Zhuangzi and bred to good breeds, then they will not have to buy horses from foreigners every year in the future. They can also make money by selling them to the Central Plains.
Quite a few.
From last year to now, her golden camellia tea has been selling well, and the price is quite good when sold outside the customs. She has exchanged a lot of horses, cattle and sheep, and transported it to Jiangnan, the capital of the Central Plains, and other places, and she has no worries about selling it. The golden scented tea has also won the favor of the literati in Jiangnan.
Huo Xi's liking is another profitable business.
There is a lot of demand for horses in Jiangnan and the Central Plains. If the business with Alxa can be stable, plus the horses purchased by the caravan from other tribes, some stallions will be selected and placed in Mu Yan's village in Dian.
If you keep it, if you can produce some output every year, it will be a good business.
The couple stayed in Deyuan until the end of June. They saw that all the rice seedlings in the village were planted, and the village under Mu Yan's name was also fully arranged, preparing to plant winter wheat in the autumn. After things were arranged, the couple made preparations.
Back to the city.
Li Yi came to report in person that there was something going on over there.
"That side of Meiweiling?"
Nod away.
Huo Xi also became interested, "Li Yi, please tell me!"
As early as when Jun Xiangjie started planning, Mu Yan's secret guards were staring at Meiweiling.
There is indeed such a person in Meiweiling, and there is indeed a branch of the Menghua Mei family whose head is named Meiweiling. Everything he said that day is consistent, and the household registers, roadmaps and property deeds he produced are all authentic.
But this "Meiweiling" is not that "Meiweiling".
If Mu Yan had never given up keeping an eye on Jun Xiangjie, he would have suffered heavy losses this time. Jun Xiangjie's plan would have succeeded.
Jun Xiangjie is indeed a smart man, and the strategies he came up with are all linked together without any loopholes.
He went to Jiao Zan and used Jiao Zan's manpower and power in the government to make household registers and road guides that could no longer be authentic. Even the fake property deeds were stamped with the government's seal.
If this had not been done by keeping an eye on the person beforehand and had taken precautions, who would have been able to tell?
The things were real, I checked them out, and even the people were real, and everything described was consistent with the situation. Jun Xiangjie used the North and South Goods Store to investigate various situations of the vendors and made targeted preparations.
When he used the real Mei Weiling to take the caravan to do business outside the customs, he had people pretend to be his identity, and then used the impeccably authentic household registers, roadmaps, and various property deeds to defraud shopkeeper Yu.
With trust, a large amount of goods were issued on credit from the North and South freight houses.
Not only Mei Weiling was arranged, but several people owed a million taels of various goods on credit from the North and South Commodity Houses.
Now they have all fled far away and are scattered in various places.
"Close the net as soon as they take action." Mu Yan gave a calm order after hearing this.
"yes!"
The couple returned to the city.
The next day, in the meeting hall, Mu Yan proposed a ground-breaking proposal to implement double-crop planting in the military fields of various health stations.
Military fields not only have to pay court taxes on time, but also provide food and drink for 300,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of military dependents, which is related to the livelihood of nearly a million people.
Over the years, the imperial court has repeatedly been in arrears of food. Officials in various guard stations, officials in various states and counties, and officials and staff in Mu's Mansion who are caring about the soldiers have tried every means to make sure that the soldiers and their families who are owed military food can
Eat enough.
They tried various methods, but they all dared not make any reform measures on the military fields. The decision to continue to stockpile the military fields was only made by Mu Yan after he arrived in Dian.
As the saying goes, if you do too much, you will make a mistake, and if you don't do anything, you will be right. There are always people who are lazy in politics, and they are afraid of taking responsibility. This is the portrayal of most people. And it involves 300,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of military dependents, and no one dares to mention it easily.
Opinion.
Everyone in the hall looked at Mu Yan. Mu Zhan also looked at him in surprise.
Does Mu Yan know the importance of military fields to Yunnan's 300,000-strong army? If something goes wrong, who can take the responsibility? And what does Mu Yan want to do if he makes such a suggestion?
Winning military morale?
"My lord, we need to be cautious about this matter. Although the army is currently short of rations, it has increased the amount of land stockpiled and reported it many times. I believe that the rations owed by the court will be released soon, and the soldiers' rations are patched together.
We can still barely make ends meet. If there is a food shortage due to over-planting in military fields, and there will be a military uprising, it may be difficult to deal with."
Some officials disagreed with this proposal. As soon as he finished speaking, there was a buzz in the hall, and whispers and discussions continued.
There are those in favor and those against.
Mu Jun has been working with Mu Yan since he returned home, and he admires the second brother's ability. At this time, the second brother must have carefully considered this suggestion, otherwise he would not be so reckless.
Asked: "Second brother, has the trial planting been successful?"