There were farming tools such as iron plows and hoes in the front, and fertilization and irrigation in the back. It can be said that the combination of the two, the level of farming in this era will directly surpass hundreds or even thousands of years of arduous exploration, and countless accidental discoveries will be put to one mind.
In front of your eyes, the effect it presents is obviously amazing.
However, the blueprint is beautiful, but it is not easy to implement. Fertilizer alone has a lot to pay attention to. There are many commonly used natural fertilizers, such as green manure, human waste, compost, retting manure, stable manure, etc.
In ancient times and in modern times, rural areas often used compost and retting as base fertilizer to improve the land and make it more fertile.
However, Xi State is now located in the humid south with many rice fields, so it is more suitable to use retting fertilizer.
Retting requires a certain amount of time to ferment, and the fertilizer made in winter is just right for use in the next spring.
While Yao Yun was thinking, Wu Tong asked again with a serious look on his face. There was nothing trivial about farming, so he couldn't help but take it seriously:
"Your Majesty, does feces really have such a powerful effect?"
Yao Yun nodded: "This is natural, but it is not easy to fertilize directly with raw manure. It is too strong and can easily burn the crops. We need to fertilize it in winter."
Wu Tong was not ashamed to ask, as if he was asking for advice humbly: "What is retting?"
Yao Yun answered: "Retting fertilizer means putting crop stalks, green manure, weeds, etc. together with river, pond mud and human excrement in puddles. After fermentation, it becomes fertilizer, which can be applied to the land to improve land fertility.
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Wu Tong nodded repeatedly after hearing this. At this time, he showed a look of realization: "I understand, there used to be a mud pit in Xidu, which was filled with all kinds of debris. Many urchins also liked to defecate and pee in it. Later, they filled it with water.
We built a house and planted trees. Now that I think about it, the trees there grew really fast."
Wu Tong rambled on, and after he finished speaking, he looked like he was thinking deeply and fearfully, his eyes full of surprise.
The bald dragon saw that Wu Laoer's words were serious, so he thought about it and turned into an afterimage.
Not long after, the bald dragon came again, with a look of surprise and weirdness on his face.
"It's true that among the trees planted together, the tree on the sludge pit is the tallest, far taller than the other trees!"
Wu Tong and Bald Dragon looked at each other. If they were still doubtful before, now they already believed most of it.
What the King (Crown Prince) said turned out to be true!
"There is actually a better fertilizer than green manure." Wu Tong's eyes were full of excitement.
However, at this moment, Yao Yun had a look of embarrassment on his face. This was because feces and other filthy things in the world had to be collected by the people and then fertilized, which was a bit difficult to implement.
So Yao Yun asked for help from the second elder Wu Tong:
"Second Elder, feces is a filthy thing. Ordinary people may not be willing to collect it. Do you think the witch temple is..."
Before Yao Yun could finish speaking, the second elder Wu Tong patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will leave this matter to the old man and the Wu Temple!"
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The next day, the witch temple came forward, summoned the people who had gone to the witch temple a few days ago to complain about the lack of food at home, and told them that King Xi would hire them to work, and not only would they get food for free, but they would also receive some food as wages.
At this time, the people in Xidu were all alarmed and rushed to tell each other.
In fact, 99% of the people in this world are on the line of food and clothing. In this cold winter, no one will have enough food. The best situation is just to survive. When I heard that the king wanted to hire people to work, he not only took care of food
They also distributed food, who wouldn't be excited after hearing this.
Everyone wants to work to earn food.
But after people heard the king's announcement, everyone was dumbfounded.
To build thatched huts, and build sixty thatched huts at one time, we need to dig a fertilization pond, what the hell is that?
"Building thatched huts, why would the king build thatched huts? And he built so many at once. I really can't figure it out."
"Yes, although the palace is big, just digging three or four cesspits is enough."
"Hmph, you still can't figure this out. The king just wants to find a way for those families who cannot live without food. These cesspools and huts are not built in the palace, but in every corner of the city!"
There was a man who was quite knowledgeable and saw the king's intention at once.
For a time, the people had mixed feelings.
"Your Majesty is so kind. It turns out that your Majesty's painstaking efforts are here. I heard that many people went to the witch temple some time ago to cry out that their families had no food. The whole family was about to starve to death. There were quite a few people. Your Majesty must have heard about this. Then,
He did such a ridiculous thing that we destroyed the huts."
"What nonsense are you talking about? You, a woman, know how to talk nonsense. Your Majesty is kind and caring for the people, and building huts is just incidental. In fact, your Majesty just wants to help those who are about to starve to death. Hey, I also wanted to work hard for your Majesty.
Forget it, although my family is a little poorer, we can still survive this winter by gritting our teeth."
"Hey, Your Majesty is so benevolent and kind. We can't cause trouble. If the family really can't survive, we should give the opportunity to others."
After screening by the witch temple, it only took half a day to select the people whose families were really in difficulty. Although there were occasional quarrels during the process, no major changes occurred, and no one came to complain to the king.
situation occurs.
This shocked Yao Yun, who was prepared for emergencies.
Are the people so honest?
Yao Yun was greatly surprised. For the first time, he felt that experience was useless. He thought that people are selfish. How could people give up if they had the chance to save a little food?
But the reality left him puzzled.
Wu Tong heard the words and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, all the neighbors know what the harvest will be today. No one dares to mess around. When the time comes, there will be no need for the Majesty and the witch temple to take action. The spittle of the neighbors will make them ashamed."
die."
Yao Yun thought thoughtfully, this world is a small one, everyone looks up and down, and they all know which family is really having a bad harvest this year. If the harvest is good, but if he says his family is short of food, his neighbors will definitely not be able to spare him.
Just like the previous generation of keyboard warriors, they could do whatever they wanted and scold others online, but they didn't have the courage in reality. This involves cost issues.
Of course, someone must have sneaked in. Yao Yun and the second elder knew it, but they did not go to the bottom of it. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Every family has its own difficulties and is a miserable person.
On that day, the guards of the witch temple and the royal palace led the people to start a vigorous campaign of digging cesspits. This was also the first time in the world that such a large-scale cesspit digging and hut building was carried out. This scene is enough to be recorded in history!
Standing on the city wall, Yao Yun looked leisurely at the people digging cesspits with hoes, and he was quite excited. For a moment, he remembered the limerick he heard when he was a child:
Standing on both sides of the Yellow River, holding confidential documents in hand, machine guns fired from the front, and artillery fire continued from behind!
With a large number of cesspits, a large number of latrines built, and laws prohibiting open defecation, you will not often step on feces when walking on Xidu Road.
This point is very crucial!
Yao Yun was deeply proud and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.