In fact, regarding the promotion and popularization of winter wheat, as early as last year, when Liu Che had people compile the "New Agricultural Book", he had already made technical preparations in this area.≧
However, the time was not yet ripe at that time.
Winter wheat became a staple food because of the development of milling technology in later generations, which allowed people to use animal power or water power to grind wheat into flour and then make noodles, steamed buns, steamed buns and other foods.
But, at that time, there was not even a shadow of a water-powered mill.
The only result of forcibly promoting winter wheat is that the common people are complaining.
The farmers in Guanzhong during the Han Dynasty, especially the bottom peasants, were very tough!
If you offend them, the emperor will still scold them!
For example, in history, the little pig was scolded so badly that he couldn't even have a seizure!
But now waterwheels appeared and were vigorously promoted by Liu Che.
At present, Liu Che has built large-scale waterwheels next to the many rivers that flow through Shanglinyuan, like stakes, to extract river water and irrigate the land in Shanglinyuan.
So far, the Shaofu has installed more than 300 large and small waterwheels in Shanglin Garden, irrigating nearly 10,000 hectares of land.
The grain output of farmland irrigated by waterwheels and farmland without waterwheels is almost the same as in the sky and underground.
Especially for many farmlands where the fertility of the land has been exhausted and the land has begun to become salinized, the implementation of water truck irrigation, human and animal fertilizers, and dredging of river mud, etc., has suddenly turned the land that has been reduced to farmland into a new one.
It turned into going to the fields and watching the millet seedlings growing vigorously in the fields. The farmers who rented the land in Shanglinyuan could not stop laughing.
For Liu Che, since the waterwheel has been laid, it is undoubtedly a waste of resources to only use it to carry water.
Therefore, Liu Che had several simple water-powered mills built next to some waterwheels near Huangzhuang, using water power to grind wheat into powder.
This technology is not high-tech.
The Mohist scientists completed the task in just three days.
Now, hundreds of kilograms of freshly ground flour have been piled up in the Shaofu's warehouse.
Hundreds of chefs in the Shaofu's Kitchen Order Yamen are following Liu Che's orders and studying day and night how to turn flour into noodles, steamed buns, steamed buns and even dumplings.
These will still take some time to explore.
But this does not hinder Liu Che's determination to promote winter wheat planting at all.
After all, wheat is a crop with a brighter future than corn.
The yield of corn is almost reaching its limit in the era of agricultural society.
Wheat has unlimited potential!
For the same acre of land, even today, the yield of wheat is higher than that of corn!
What's more, wheat has lower water requirements than corn.
Of course, on the contrary, wheat requires more scientific planting planning and care.
Just like growing corn, it is almost impossible for a family of five to take care of a hundred acres of land.
This is also the reason why after the Western Han Dynasty, no one in China mentioned the model of "one man and five people governing a hundred fields".
However, compared to the current situation, promoting winter wheat is a huge challenge for Liu Che and the Han Dynasty regime.
The first problem that faced Liu Che was that the people refused to accept wheat as a staple food.
In Guanzhong of this era, food was graded.
The first-class rice is sorghum, which only nobles and officials can eat regularly, while ordinary people can only eat a little during festivals.
The second grade is corn, which is the staple food of the people.
The third class is wheat. Those who are willing to eat wheat rice are only the poorest farmers in Guanzhong.
Others, as long as they can survive, are not willing to eat wheat rice.
The third grade is soybeans.
In this era, soybeans are generally used as feed...
In such a social atmosphere, basically no people are willing to plant wheat on a large scale.
Nowadays, the land where wheat is grown in Guanzhong is basically farmland and saline-alkali land.
It generally belongs to a mentality similar to waste recycling.
After returning to the palace, Liu Che held a meeting to promote winter wheat planting.
Those attending the meeting were basically officials from the inner court and Liu Che's confidants.
This meeting is basically a task distribution meeting.
Because Liu Che had already made a plan in his mind on how to promote the planting area of winter wheat.
Therefore, at the beginning of the meeting, Liu Che made an enlightened statement: "Every bustle in the world is for profit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. Although this statement is a bit biased, I think it has some merits!"
“To promote winter wheat cultivation, we must use these words to promote it!”
From the beginning, Liu Che set the tone for the promotion of winter wheat with a tough stance.
Because he knew very well that let alone the common people, even the officials below would not understand his insistence on promoting winter wheat.
Because, the current Han Dynasty is not the Han Dynasty that was caused by piglets to make the world tired and people's livelihood difficult.
In the current Han Dynasty, class conflicts are still very relaxed, and the land issue is not yet prominent.
It would be bragging to say that the world is singing and dancing and everyone is living and working in peace and contentment. However, people's lives can generally go on, and bankrupt farmers have not occupied the mainstream of society. This is a fact.
Therefore, under such a situation, the emperor suddenly wants to promote wheat, which has always been regarded as a miscellaneous grain and is just used by ordinary people to fill their stomachs during the lean season. The courtiers will find it strange and even whimsical.
But Liu Che's words blocked all the courtiers' words of advice with a stick in his throat.
He used this attitude to explain to the ministers: I have decided on winter wheat.
The ministers attending the meeting were basically either the servants, ministers, or doctors of the inner dynasty, or Liu Che's close confidants, such as Yizong, Yan Yi, and others.
Everyone's moral integrity has been greatly reduced after being tempered in the officialdom for the past six months.
Naturally, he won't stand out like a stupid young man.
Even those who objected felt that they should first listen to the emperor's ideas before speaking.
Liu Che did not give them a chance to think, and said directly: "I have decided that starting from this year, the grain protection price will be included in wheat, and the price of wheat per stone will be in line with that of corn!"
After a pause, Liu Che added: "The young master has a secretariat. He must not refuse to purchase wheat with any excuse or reason, let alone lower the price, take commissions, etc. I will order Lantai Yushi to supervise!"
At this time, Liu Che had to be grateful to his grandfather and father for leaving him a solid family background.
The tens of billions of money accumulated in the Shaofu's treasury were enough for Liu Che to continue his lavish spending for several years.
The full circulation of the new five-baht coin, coupled with the defeat of Wu King Liu Bi, also allowed Liu Che to take control of the financial power.
Therefore, Liu Che does not need to worry about running out of money.
Huge amounts of money continue to flow into his personal treasury every year.
As long as he doesn't imitate the little pig, build random palaces, patrol the country, disperse wealth, and seek immortality, he estimates that this money can at least support him until he completes the entire social and military reform.
Compared to Chongzhen who was driven to death by money, Liu Che was undoubtedly much luckier! (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
