At this time, Chu Xuanchen said: "Yue'er, just now when I heard you talk about the little girl who was begging for food, this king thought of those who starved to death on the street. In fact, this king has always wanted to do something practical for the people. This king wants to improve people’s livelihood, and that the people can eat and wear warmth without having to endure hunger."
Yun Ruoyue looked at Chu Xuanchen in admiration and smiled: "Master, you are always thinking about the people. It is a blessing for the people. You and I want to go together. I also want to improve the people's livelihood. I want the people to fill in. Full stomach. Only if everyone is good is really good!"
Chu Xuanchen nodded, "Well, didn't you say that you know a lot of planting methods? You said that you can grow vegetables in winter and increase the yield of crops. Can you go to the farm with this king to instruct the farmers to plant the land? ?"
"Okay, no problem." Yun Ruoyue said.
Before they came back from Jiangzhou, they have been very busy.
Later, Chu Xuanchen fought and disappeared again. Yun Ruoyue really didn't want to do these things. Now they are all safe and healthy, and they should indeed start to improve people's livelihood.
Chu Xuanchen said, "The people regard food as their heaven, okay, then we will start with farming."
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Soon, Chu Xuanchen took Yun Ruoyue to his farm, Mingyue Village.
Mingyuezhuang occupies a wide and continuous area, with large forests, fields, ponds and salt wells.
At this time, many farmers were harvesting rice in the fields, and Yun Ruoyue and Chu Xuanchen went to see it.
As soon as he saw them coming up, Tian Li, the manager of Zhuangzi, hurried over, "Prince, Princess, why are you here?"
Chu Xuanchen said indifferently: "This king brought the princess to Zhuangzi to have a look. By the way, Tian Li, how is the rice output this year?"
Tian Li hurriedly said: "Back to the prince, this year the weather is dry and the rain is insufficient. Due to the weather, the output of rice has been greatly reduced. The yield is only about two stones per mu."
"Two stones? There used to be four stones, but this year there are only two stones. The grain output is not enough, and the people will definitely be hungry next year." Chu Xuanchen solemnly said.
Yun Ruoyue was slightly startled when she listened.
One stone is equal to 120 kilograms, so this year's rice output is equivalent to just over 100 kilograms.
The output of more than one hundred kilograms is definitely not enough to eat, at least two to three hundred kilograms are barely enough to eat.
She hurriedly said: "Master, planting crops requires sufficient water sources. I just observed the entire farm and found that our farm has no large lakes that hold water. There are often droughts in the world. If we want to solve the irrigation problem, we must first build water conservancy projects."
"Building water conservancy?" Chu Xuanchen said.
Yun Ruoyue nodded: "Well, this is one of them. In addition to building water conservancy, it is necessary to improve farming techniques, to make barren land fertile, and to understand the collocation of crops, so that the yield of crops can be increased. I will talk with Tian Li later."
Chu Xuanchen nodded: "Yue'er, you know so much."
Yun Ruoyue said: "Also, the output of rice, corn, wheat and other grains is too low. Only corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes produce high yields."
"Corn? What are these?" Chu Xuanchen asked suspiciously.
Yun Ruoyue said: "These are the crops that have not yet been introduced to Chu, and they can only be found in very remote places. The yield of these crops is many times higher than that of rice and wheat, and they are easy to grow, and they don’t take the land. If you can If you send someone to find these plants, the people will not be hungry."