The emperor opened the latest book and raised his eyebrows, "Is this the data for this year?"
"Yes," this is his own record, Zhou Lizhong was less nervous, and replied: "It's not complete, because when I received the imperial decree, some rice in the village was confiscated and not dried, so the data has only been dried. It's not accurate enough."
The emperor flipped through the book, which recorded in detail, which day fertilized, which day weeded, and the state of the rice at that time...
The emperor closed the booklet, and found out the booklet that Bai Shan delivered two days ago, and he handed it to Gu Zhong, "Read it aloud."
Gu Zhong unfolded Bai Shan's book first, and all the rice in the Guantian Zhuangzi in Beihai County was also harvested. Because the new rice seeds are all planted in the official fields, all kinds of data were collected very quickly.
Taken together, the yield per mu of Guantian Zhuangzi in Beihai County is only four stones and eight stones, but the highest yield per mu is seven stones five, and the lowest is three stones.
Bai Shan listed the reasons in it, saying that most of the official land here is wasteland left over from the past, so the soil is not fertile enough, which is the result.
He feels that if he cultivates for two more years, the yield will increase and finally reach a relatively stable value.
In Luojiang County, Zhou Lizhong's statistics are a bit higher. The average yield per mu has reached six stones and two, the highest yield is seven stones and three per mu, and the lowest is five stones and six.
Everyone in the hall was shocked, even Mr. Tang, who had already heard some rumors, was surprised, let alone other people.
The hall couldn't help discussing, the emperor ordered the table, everyone gradually quieted down, and one person came out and said, "Your Majesty, even if the seeds are improved and the yield has increased, it is impossible to increase so much all at once, right?"
The emperor asked Gu Zhong to hand out the booklet recorded by Zhou Lizhong, and said: "This is not a year's work. Besides, I have seen it with my own eyes. The ears of rice are indeed long and full."
The emperor nodded to Gu Zhong, and Gu Zhong turned around and went down. After a while, he brought up a wooden box, opened it, and inside was a bunch of rice ears. One strain is better than most, but it can also be deduced from this how powerful this new strain of rice is."
When the ministers saw the bunch of ears of rice in Gu Zhong's hand, the first thing they thought was, could it be that the millet was stained by some method
Even Lord Tang couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, can I check it out?"
The emperor waved his hand generously and said, "Check it."
So everyone gathered around, Old Master Tang took a closer look and then stretched out his hand to pinch a millet. He looked carefully at the fracture, and after confirming that it was true, he couldn't help but pull other grains...
When everyone stopped, more than half of the grains of the bunch of rice ears had been torn off, and a thick layer was directly spread on the bottom of the box.
emperor:…
In the end, he held back his heartache, forget it, and sent someone to go to Pu Village later. The Zhou family picked a lot of seeds and kept them. Those ears of rice might not have been threshed, and they would collect some for collection.
After confirming that the bouquet of rice ears was real, everyone stood back to their positions. Although they were shocked and felt that the sky was about to change, they still questioned habitually, "Listen to Mr. Zhou, is the Zhou family I started experimenting with rice seeds six years ago, dare I ask Mr. Zhou, why would you want to experiment with rice seeds?"
Zhou Man couldn't stop it in time, Zhou Lizhong said: "My sister-in-law asked us to experiment."
Everyone turned their heads to look at Zhou Man.
Zhou Man could only truthfully say: "Your Majesty, the new wheat seeds in the early years were planted by chance in our family. After that time, the world's wheat seeds have been renewed, and the yield of wheat has increased."
"The yield of rice is higher than that of wheat, so I thought, if rice seeds can be improved like wheat seeds, and the yield can be doubled, or even more, wouldn't all people in the world be able to eat enough?"
The emperor nodded.
Zhou Man said: "At that time, there were Master Bai, Prince Consort Bai and Prince Yin's help, so I began to split a few fields in the working field as experimental fields."
The emperor nodded approvingly. Two days ago, Zhou Man went to the palace to meet the saint. The monarch and his ministers had already discussed this issue in depth. At that time, Zhou Man was much more frank. She told the emperor directly, "In addition to wanting to grow new rice seeds In addition to benefiting all people in the world, I also want to give my nephew a future."
She said: "Our family used to be poor, they couldn't persist in studying, but now it is more difficult to find a future. If they are good at it, apart from all walks of life outside, what they are best at is farming."
"Especially my eldest brother, third brother and eldest nephew, so I let them farm."
The emperor asked at that time, "Then you never thought about the consequences of not being able to grow new rice seeds? What if they can't grow new rice seeds after planting for more than ten years, or even twenty years?"
Zhou Man said: "We don't just do this. In addition to experimenting with new rice varieties, we also experiment with new farming methods and improved farm tools. I believe that as long as we work hard, we will always gain something."
"Even if we can't grow new kinds of rice, as long as we can improve the rice harvest, our hard work will not be in vain."
Of course, in the main hall, Zhou Man would not say that it was for the future of her nephews. She emphasized: "The family of ministers is deeply favored by the emperor, and they dare not forget it every day, so even if they know that the chance is not great, the family of ministers are willing to spend Time to try, what if it succeeds? Looking at it today, the heavens are indeed merciful, and it is also because of His Majesty's lofty virtues that he succeeded immediately."
Although the emperor knew that she was flattering, he was still so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
All the ministers looked at Zhou Man silently, especially Mr. Tang, his cheeks twitched. If she hadn't really planted new rice seeds, and the yield of new rice seeds was too amazing, he must She was impeached on the spot for a slanderous charge.
The emperor was very relieved. After reading Zhou Lizhong's brochure, he had more confidence in the new rice species. In addition, there were data from Luojiang County and Beihai County here, so he directly ordered: "Liu Qing, let people Go to Zhou's house to buy grain seeds, select a piece of land to cultivate in various places next year, and test the planting conditions of seeds in various places, Sinong Temple will cooperate with the household department to complete this matter."
Zhao Siqing and Liu Shangshu went out together to respond.
"Zhou Lizhong has the ability to farm, and our government does not stick to one pattern in recruiting talents. Besides, he is still an official of Luojiang County. He was promoted to be the prime minister of Si Nong Temple, and he is in charge of planting and improvement."
Seeing Zhou Lizhong in a daze, Zhou Man reminded in a low voice, "Why don't you kneel down and thank you?"
Zhou Li regained his senses and knelt down immediately, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
The emperor asked him to get up, thinking of Wei Zhi, sighed and asked Zhou Man, "How is Master Wei?"
Zhou Man lowered his head, "Not very good."
The emperor said: "I will go to see Master Wei tomorrow."
Zhou Man understood that Mr. Wei was about to wake up, and a sadness rose from the bottom of her heart, and she bowed her head in response.