Guo Song inspected Ryukyu Prefecture for three days, and then returned to Quanzhou, where he met with governors and chief officials from surrounding states before taking a boat to Mingzhou.
His inspection in Quanzhou was mainly to inspect the promotion of rice in Linyi State and the development progress of Ryukyu Island.
A large number of new rice seeds were left in Quanzhou, and they were given to Fuzhou, Jianzhou and other places in the spring of last year. Shortly after the winter last year, the states in the south of the Yangtze River also sent people to Quanzhou to buy a lot of rice seeds. They were sown in the spring of this year. Guo Song also wanted to
Go to Jiangnan to see how new rice seeds are being sown.
After all, his original idea was to take Lin Yiguo's rice seeds directly to the south of the Yangtze River for sowing, but he was intercepted in Quanzhou.
But Cai Yong, the governor of Quanzhou, did a good job. He devoted himself to sowing these hard-won rice seeds, which made Guo Song very satisfied. Based on this credit, after the trial planting in Jiangnan was successful, Guo Song was ready to transfer Cai Yong.
He entered the imperial court and served as the Minister of Sinong Temple. He worked hard to promote this two-crop rice in Lingnan Road, Huainan Road, Huaixi Road, Henan Road, Jiangnan West Road, Jiannan Road, Shannan Road, Jingxiang Road and other places.
The fleet was sailing in the calm sea. Guo Song sat in front of the window and stared at the entire map of Ryukyu Island he drew yesterday. Zhang Lei, who was sitting opposite, drank tea and looked at the map curiously.
Guo Song picked up the tea cup and asked with a smile: "Brother, do you think it is reasonable?"
Zhang Lei was startled, "What's reasonable?"
Guo Song glanced at the map and said, "I plan to build five county towns in Ryukyu Prefecture first. The triangle mark above is my site selection. Can you see if the site selection is reasonable?"
Zhang Lei picked up the map and saw only one in the north, one in the south, and three in the middle of the west coast. The already built North County is the top triangle of the three counties in the middle, but it has been blacked out to indicate that it has been completed.
Zhang Lei scratched his head and said with a smile: "You asked me to look at the site selection. I am not a court official!"
"It doesn't matter, you can judge whether it is reasonable from a businessman's point of view."
"That's it! Then let me take a closer look."
Zhang Lei carefully looked at the locations of the five county towns and hesitated for a long time: "I can't see it on the map, but since they are all on the seaside, they should all have seaports. They correspond to Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, right?"
"You're right, I just wanted to deal with the three states."
"I actually only have one suggestion, or it's a bad move. Aren't we going to recruit some Japanese women to work in Ryukyu Prefecture? We can teach them Chinese, I believe they all want to stay, and then the government recruits some men who are difficult to marry to Ryukyu Prefecture.
, with property and a wife, these men will definitely immigrate happily and have children in a few years. In this way, won’t Ryukyu develop?”
Guo Song burst out laughing, gave a thumbs up and praised: "This move is very clever and very practical. I will tell Pan Xiangguo later that the Ryukyu Economic and Strategic Office must find a way and don't just talk nonsense all day long.
Don’t come to immigrate.”
...........
Five days later, the fleet arrived in Mingzhou, which was Ningbo this year. Guo Song disembarked at Mingzhou Port and headed for Yuezhou with 2,000 cavalrymen accompanying the ship.
On the list of seeds to buy in Quanzhou, there was no Mingzhou, but Yuezhou. Yuezhou bought three thousand bushels of rice seeds. Guo Song was very interested in knowing whether the seeds that thrived in Quanzhou could also thrive in Jiangnan.
Guo Song arrived in Yuezhou Prefecture to govern Kuaiji County. Ji Min, the governor of Yuezhou, and Li Shuo, the chief governor, went ten miles out of the city to welcome His Highness the King of Jin.
There were lush rice fields on both sides of the official road. Guo Song was very interested and pointed at the rice fields on both sides and asked: "Are these rice seeds bought from Quanzhou?"
Ji Min quickly said: "Reporting to your highness, the rice here is not the same. They are the same rice seeds as before. We bought the rice seeds from Quanzhou and planted them in the official field, located in the south of the city. Farmers with this kind of foreign rice seeds will not take risks."
, they are all planted first in official fields, and only when they are successful can they be promoted."
"I see, how is the new rice seed growing in Guantian?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, the new rice seeds are growing well and are obviously faster than traditional rice. In fact, we have already harvested one season, and the yield per mu has increased by 30% compared to traditional rice. Everyone has noticed it, and next year I think everyone will
It’s time to plant.”
"Everyone has settled the account?"
"We all understand! Adding winter wheat to rice, three hundred kilograms of wheat and more than seven hundred kilograms of rice, the annual output is one thousand kilograms. However, the yield per mu of new rice is nearly one thousand kilograms. Two seasons a year, the yield is two thousand kilograms, which is doubled.
Ah! Wei Chen is still worried about whether there will be enough rice seeds for distribution next year?"
Guo Song smiled happily and said: "Let's go and take a look now!"
"Your Highness has had a hard journey, go and rest first! Tomorrow morning, Wei Chen will accompany His Highness for inspection."
Guo Song said calmly: "It's better to go and take a look first!"
Zhang Lei whispered to Ji Min: "Your Highness came to Jiangnan just to see the growth of this kind of rice."
Ji Min was suddenly enlightened and hurriedly urged his horse forward: "I am here to lead the way for Your Highness!"
The promotion of this kind of rice cultivation was of great importance, and Guo Song was afraid that the local officials would cheat to suit him, so he would not let the Yuezhou local officials have one more night to prepare.
The mighty team turned towards the south of the city...
The official fields in Yuezhou are concentrated in the south of Kuaiji County. Compared with the north, the number is not very large. This is also related to the long-term social stability of Yuezhou. The reason why official fields appear is because of wars and epidemics that have resulted in a large number of unclaimed land.
, and finally became owned by the government. However, the society in the south of the Yangtze River has been stable for a long time, and the land has been passed down from generation to generation. The official land has only decreased but not increased, so there are only a few thousand acres of official land.
The rice seeds purchased from Yuezhou and Quanzhou were planted in official fields. One harvest was already harvested in May, and now it is the second harvest.
Guo Song walked along the ridge of the fields, bending down from time to time to take a closer look at the growth of the rice. It was indeed much faster than when he saw rice in the east of the city before. It was estimated that the rice would be harvested in mid-to-late September.
"Huh!"
Guo Song suddenly discovered that there were no fish in the rice.
He turned back and asked with a smile: "There are small fish in the rice fields in Quanzhou, why don't I see them here?"
"this......"
Ji Min couldn't answer. He turned back to the official in charge of the official fields and asked: "Why are there no fish in the rice fields?"
The official was so frightened that he trembled and said: "Your Majesty, please report back to your Majesty. Normally, we raise fish. Because these are foreign seeds, I don't know if raising fish will have any adverse effects on it, so I raise very few fish."
They are only raised in a dozen acres of fields, not here, but in a rice field in front of them."
Guo Song nodded and approved the official's approach, "You are right to be more cautious. Planting rice gropingly and doing more comparative experiments are indeed correct and reasonable measures."
Ji Min breathed a sigh of relief and quickly bowed: "Thank you for your recognition, Your Highness!"
After everyone walked for a while, Guo Song saw an old farmer working in a rice field not far away, and asked loudly: "What are you doing?"
The old man didn't know the governor. When he saw a group of officials questioning him, he replied in poor Mandarin: "Reply to this gentleman, the villain is pulling weeds!"
"How about this kind of rice?" Guo Song asked again.
"It's not bad. It grows fast and has high yield. I think it's a good thing. You can grow two crops of rice a year! You don't need to plant wheat anymore."
"Are there no shortcomings?" Guo Song asked again with a smile.
The old man scratched his head and said after a while: "I heard it's not very tasty, but I haven't eaten it anyway, but it doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not, as long as the yield is high."
Guo Song smiled and asked Ji Min, the governor, "Has Ji Shijun eaten it?"
"Weichen has eaten a bowl, and the taste is indeed not as good as the previous rice, but as the old man said, it doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not, as long as the yield is high!"
After a pause, Ji Min added: "Weichen only took out a small part for the officials to taste, and kept most of the rest for distribution to farmers for planting next year."
"How do you plan to distribute it?" Guo Song asked.
"Weichen will start registration after the autumn harvest, determine the families who will grow rice next year, and then distribute it equally to each family. Those who have distributed rice seeds in the second year will not give it to them. In the first three years, Weichen decided to give it away free of charge and not increase the amount.
The villagers have no burden to buy rice seeds, but they will have to pay appropriately in the future, and the price will be the same as normal rice seeds."
Guo Song said happily: "After the entire new rice promotion is completed, write a detailed report to Zhengshitang."
"Wei Chen obeys the order!"
Guo Song walked a few steps, suddenly remembered something, and asked again: "You are planting this new rice, has Quanzhou sent anyone to guide you?"
"some!"
Ji Min quickly said: "Their guidance is very important, otherwise we wouldn't know the sowing time and details."
"Call someone up and I'll ask him."
Ji Min turned around and gave instructions. Not long after, the official in charge of Guan Tian hurried over with a skinny old man. The skinny old man knelt down and kowtowed to Guo Song in a big salute, "Young man Miao Wu, please kowtow to His Highness the King of Jin!"
"Master, please get up!"
The old man stood up and stood aside with his hands down. Guo Song asked, "Have you been planting this rice?"
"Yes, Quanzhou farmers participated in it in the first year."
"Then do you think there is any difference between rice cultivation in Yuezhou and rice cultivation in Quanzhou?"
The old man thought for a while and said: "To report back to Your Highness, there is still a slight difference. Quanzhou has more light and heat, and it grows a little faster than here."
"Then do you think this kind of rice can be grown north of the Huaihe River?" Guo Song was mainly concerned about whether this kind of double-cropping rice could be grown in the Central Plains.
"Xiaomin is not sure. You will have to try to know. However, Xiaomin is from Xuzhou. Xiaomin feels that Huainan may be the limit for planting this kind of rice. The temperature in Huaibei is not enough, and I am afraid there will not be enough time to plant two crops of rice."
Guo Song nodded, "You're right. It's a bit overwhelming for you to answer now. I would like to ask the old man to go to my hometown of Xuzhou to try planting for another year next year."
Guo Song said to Ji Min again: "You are responsible for arranging this matter!"
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