At this time, Chu Xuanchen said: "Yue'er, when I heard you talking about the little girl begging for food just now, I thought of the homeless people who died of hunger on the street.
In fact, I have always wanted to do something practical for the people.
I want to improve people's livelihood and want the people to have enough food and clothing so that they no longer have to suffer from hunger."
Yun Ruoyue looked at Chu Xuanchen with admiration and said with a smile: "My lord, you always think about the people, you are really a blessing to the people.
You and I want to go together. I also want to improve people's livelihood and make people full of food.
Only when everyone is good is it truly good!"
Chu Xuanchen nodded, "Well, didn't you say before that you knew many planting methods?
It is said that vegetables can be grown in winter and the yield of crops can be increased.
Can you go with me to the farm to guide the farmers in farming?"
"Okay, no problem."
Yun Ruoyue Road.
They had been very busy since they came back from Jiangzhou.
Later, Chu Xuanchen went missing in the war, and Yun Ruoyue really had no intention of doing these things. Now that they are all safe and healthy, they should really start to improve people's livelihood.
Chu Xuanchen said: "Food is the first priority for the people, okay, then we will start from farming."
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Soon, Chu Xuanchen brought Yun Ruoyue to his farm, Mingyue Village.
Mingyue Village occupies a vast and endless area, with large forests, fields, ponds and salt wells.
At this time, many farmers were harvesting rice in the fields. Seeing this, Yun Ruoyue and Chu Xuanchen went up to take a look.
As soon as he saw them approaching, Tian Li, the steward of Zhuangzi, ran over quickly and said, "Prince, Princess, why are you here?"
Chu Xuanchen said calmly: "I brought the princess to Zhuangzi to have a look. By the way, Tian Li, how is the rice production this year?"
Tian Li hurriedly said: "Back to your lord, the weather this year has been dry and there has been insufficient rain. Affected by the weather, the rice yield has been greatly reduced. The yield is only about two dan per mu."
"Two stones?
It used to be four stones, but this year it was only two stones.
If food production is not enough, people will definitely go hungry next year."
Chu Xuanchen said solemnly.
Yun Ruoyue was slightly startled after hearing this.
One stone is equal to one hundred and twenty kilograms, so this year's rice production is equivalent to just over one hundred kilograms.
The output of more than 100 kilograms is definitely not enough to eat. It would take at least two to three hundred kilograms to barely eat enough.
She hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, growing crops requires sufficient water. I just observed the entire farm and found that our farm does not have a large lake to store water.
There are frequent droughts in the world. If we want to solve the irrigation problem, we must first build water conservancy projects."
"Build water conservancy projects?"
Chu Xuanchen said.
Yun Ruoyue nodded: "Well, this is one of them.
In addition to building water conservancy, we also need to improve farming techniques to make barren land fertile, and we also need to understand the matching of crops so that we can increase crop yields. I will explain these in detail with Tian Li later."
Chu Xuanchen nodded: "Yue'er, you know so much."
Yun Ruoyue said: "Also, the yield of rice, corn, wheat and other grains is really too low.
Only corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes have high yields."
"corn?
What are these?"
Chu Xuanchen asked doubtfully.
Yun Ruoyue said: "These are crops that have not yet been introduced to Chu State and can only be found in very far away places.
The yield of these crops is many times higher than that of rice and wheat, and they are easy to grow without being picky about the land.
If you can send people to find these plants, the people will not go hungry."