Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

Chapter 728: Permafrost, Climate, And Swamps, The Three Major Issues In The Development Of Liaodong

"Given the fertility of the black soil in the Liaodong Plain, even if you plant other high-yielding grains such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, you can at least achieve a yield of more than ten shi per mu!"

Looking at the silent crowd, Yan Changqing said something leisurely again.

This data is also not nonsense. In the black soil of Liaodong in his previous life, even if ordinary grains were grown, the average yield per mu could reach more than 1,500 kilograms, and most of them even produced more than 2,000 kilograms per mu. .

If calculated based on an average of 1,500 kilograms, then the average yield per mu is 12.5 shi.

Even if the grain seeds in this era are not as good as those in the previous life, with the fertility of the black soil in the Liaodong Plain, it is still possible to achieve a conservative yield of at least ten shi per mu.

Upon hearing Saint Ban Heng's words of "the yield of ten stone acres", Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, and the other ten civil and military officials present all looked at Ban Heng with their eyes wide open and their breathing quickened.

You must know that among the many talents that Chinese people have valued since ancient times, one of them is farming, and fertile soil like the black soil of the Liaodong Plain is simply shocking to the point of disbelief.

Before the agricultural sage Shennong came to the world with potatoes, corns, and sweet potatoes, the maximum yield of a field in the Ming Dynasty was only about three stones, and most of them were two stones, and the most extraordinary was four stones.

Even if someone can produce four stones per mu, they can brag about it as auspicious.

After the agricultural saint Shennong came out with potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes, he relied on the high-yield characteristics of potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes to forcibly increase the grain yield per mu to more than 20 dan.

But that is only limited to extremely high-yielding grains such as potatoes, corn, and sweet potato. Should other grains produce two or three shi per mu, or should they still produce two or three shi per mu?

However, now Saint Ban Heng told them that in the black soil of the Liaodong Plain, even if they grow other ordinary grains, they can still achieve a yield of more than ten stones per mu!

[What kind of fertile land is needed to do such an incredible thing?!!]

[No, no, no, if what Saint Ban Heng said is true, then a piece of land can be continuously nourished by nature for tens of thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years. This in itself is an incredible thing! 】

[And since a piece of land has been continuously nourished by nature for tens of thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years, something like this can happen, then it is not impossible to increase the output of ordinary two or three kilo of grain to more than ten kilo. 】

[From the original two or three stone per mu to more than ten stone per mu, the output per mu has directly increased by more than four or five times. What a treasure land this is!]

[Isn’t this the kind of blessed land like the Cave Heaven Paradise in myths and legends?!!]

Everyone present was a little confused, and some even wondered whether their ears had heard it wrong, or whether Saint Ban Heng had said it wrong.

As a feudal country in the agricultural era, everyone from the emperor to ordinary people knew the importance of food.

Everyone understands what it means to be a large-scale grain-producing land that can grow grains as large as the Liaodong Plain, or a grain-producing land that can produce more than ten stones per mu by growing ordinary grains.

It's just that the area of ​​​​that plain is too large, and the yield per mu is too high, so high that even Zhu Yuanzhang and other civil and military officials cannot believe it.

"If you don't believe it, I can ask Shennong, the Farmer Saint, to vouch for it."

"The fertility of the land in the Liaodong Plain was determined by the investigation of Shennong, the sage of agriculture."

"The words he just said are actually what he told me."

Yan Changqing added a few words again with a leisurely expression.

Although the Kesheng family is also a Saint, it is obvious that the Nongsheng family, the Shennong family, is more reliable in terms of farming.

And now, the Saint of Science, Ban Heng, said that he could invite the Saint of Agriculture, Shennong, as a guarantee. Even the words just mentioned were told by Saint of Agriculture, Shennong, to the Saint of Science, Ban Heng.

This is equivalent to telling Zhu Yuanzhang and all the civil and military officials that what the Kesheng Ban Heng said just now is true.

There really is land that has been continuously nurtured by nature, year after year, for tens of thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years!

There really is fertile land that can increase the yield of grain from two or three shi per mu to more than 10 shi per mu!

When thinking of this, the rationality of Zhu Yuanzhang and other civil and military officials present disappeared instantly.

For the Chinese people, no one can refuse a piece of land!

No one can refuse a piece of fertile land!

What’s more, no one can refuse a piece of land that can produce more than ten stones per mu!

If so, then this person is definitely not a true descendant of China!

You must know Yan Changqing's past life. Even if technology has developed to the point where it can land on the moon, all Chinese people are concerned about whether they can grow vegetables and food on the moon as soon as they successfully land on the moon.

From this we can see the Chinese people’s desire and obsession with acres of land, especially fertile acres where vegetables and grains can be grown.

Immediately, all the civil and military officials present were in an uproar. From Song Lian and other senior ministers who were in their seventies or eighties, to young officials in their early twenties, they all couldn't wait to speak:

"Develop!Develop!Develop"[!"

“The Liaodong Plain must be further developed!”

"How can a treasure land that can produce more than ten dan per mu of ordinary grains be left vacant and wasted like this!"

"Send troops! Send troops! Send troops!"

"The number of troops currently stationed in the Liaodong Plain is still too small!"

"At least 200,000 soldiers must be permanently stationed in the Liaodong Plain, so as to ensure that the black land there will not be taken away by others!"

"Immigrants, immigrants, passers-by!"

"A large number of people must be moved there, so as to ensure that there are enough manpower to develop the Liaodong Plain!"

"In addition, I suggest that all current projects be temporarily suspended, and all efforts should be made to develop the black soil of the Liaodong Plain!"

A group of civil and military officials expressed their opinions on the matter of the black soil in the Liaodong Plain on the spot, and even started arguing on the spot.

Looking at the noisy and chaotic crowd of civil and military officials [Zhu Yuanzhang immediately shouted ten times:

"quiet!!!"

Suddenly, all the civil and military officials present fell silent, and then they were shocked to realize that they and others had behaved inappropriately in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and they immediately apologized to Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang could also understand why they were so excited. Even Zhu Yuanzhang himself was also very excited, so he generously forgave all the civil and military officials for their misconduct before the emperor.

After all the civil and military officials became quiet again, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Yan Changqing with confusion and said:

"People are now living in the Liaodong Plain. If the 'black soil' of the Liaodong Plain is so fertile, contemporary officials with the Miao surname should be reported to the government."

"But in the past two years, we have not heard anyone say that there is an output of ten stones per mu in the Liaodong Plain."

The Liaodong Plain was not conquered just today. The imperial court had recovered the Liaodong Plain two years ago and resettled the surrendered Mongolian and Yuan people and Han people on the spot.

If there really is fertile land in the Liaodong Plain that can produce more than ten shi per mu, then contemporary officials will definitely use it in the name of auspiciousness and then report it to claim credit.

And if he verifies that there is indeed enough land in the Liaodong Plain to produce ten shi per mu, then he will definitely reward him.

However, in the past two years, he has not heard of any auspicious news about domestic Wang Shi in the Liaodong Plain.

Of course, he did not doubt the authenticity of what Yan Changqing said. After all, Yan Changqing had proven many times that everything he said was true.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang would rather believe that the officials below concealed the news, and would not doubt what Yan Changqing said.

But if it was some other small matter, the local officials might be able to hide it from him.

However, such a big thing as producing ten stones per mu is not something that the officials below can conceal.

After all, his Jin Yiwei not only supervises all officials in the capital, but also supervises local officials.

Then the question is, if Yan Changqing did not lie, and the officials below also did not conceal it.

Why hasn't he heard of the "black soil" in the Liaodong Plain that can produce more than ten shi per mu?

Yan Changqing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with approval. Faced with the temptation of black soil that could make ordinary grain crops produce more than ten stones per mu, he not only calmed down quickly, but was even able to think out the contradictions and inappropriateness in it. at.

Such a mind is not something ordinary people can possess.

"The reason why until now, the officials and people in Liaodong have not reported that the land is fertile and can produce royal stones."

"The reason is simple, because they have never discovered the existence of black soil, and they have never grown food on real black soil."

"So naturally they don't know that the land under their feet is black soil that can produce ten stones per acre!"

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang who was hesitant to speak, and the civil and military officials who still didn't understand, Yan Changqing further explained:

"Although there are black soils in the Liaodong Plain, those black soils are widely covered by frozen soil."

“For example, the so-called frozen soil is like the concrete cement floor we step on now, and the so-called black soil is the soil covered under the concrete cement floor.

"If you want to grow food crops on black soil, you must first plow and dig open the layer of frozen soil on the black soil to expose the black soil underneath, that is, remove the layer of concrete cement floor under your feet. , and then we can grow food crops on real black soil.”

"But now the officials and people in the Liaodong Plain do not realize the existence of black soil, and naturally they do not know that layer of frozen soil should be removed.

"And that layer of frozen soil is just like the concrete ground we step on now. Although ordinary people can't dig it open or plow it, it can't be loosened."

"But if you want to plow and dig out that layer of frozen soil with human and animal power, it will undoubtedly take a lot of energy and time."

"It has only been two years since the imperial court regained the land in Liaodong. Even if the people were resettled to live and farm there, it would be difficult for the people to remove the layer of frozen soil in such a short period of time and then plant food on the black soil. Manor Courtyard.”

"So to this day, neither the officials nor the people in Liaodong have discovered the existence of black soil, and His Majesty naturally has not received any notices about the black soil in Liaodong.

After listening to Saint Ban Heng's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang and all the civil and military officials suddenly understood and nodded.

Having said this, Yan Changqing also continued:

"In addition to the frozen soil problem, there are two big problems that need to be solved if we want to develop the Liaodong Plain."

"One is the issue of protection from the cold. The temperature in the Liaodong Plain is extremely cold in winter, and can even reach dozens of degrees below zero."

"With this kind of temperature, if the clothes we are wearing now are left outdoors in winter, one night will be enough to freeze us to death."

"So if you want to spend the winter in Liaodong, you must prepare a large amount of relevant cold-proof clothing."

"In addition, the environment and climate in Liaodong are not suitable for growing cotton.

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"."The second problem is, swamp!!!"

"Because Liaodong is rich in water resources, the several large plains are not flat land waiting to be cultivated, but swamps.

“Although these swamps are fertile, the water must be drained before they can be further reclaimed and planted.

"In general, it's frozen soil, climate, and swamps. Only by solving these three problems can we truly get the black soil and turn the Great Northern Wilderness in the land of Liaodong into the Great Northern Wilderness."

Beidacang in the land of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty!"

At the end of the sentence, Chang Qing also sighed softly.

Liaodong, the "black land" in Northeast China, has existed since ancient times.

During the Ming Dynasty, it was a "black land"; during the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, it was also a "black land".

During the Song, Tang, Han, Qin, and even going back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods one or two thousand years ago, it has always been a "black land". It is not that it has been in recent times.

Modern times have just suddenly turned into black soil.

The formation of the "black soil" in the Northeast is too long ago. Even if we subtract the three to five thousand years of the current Chinese civilization,

It is still the black land of nature.

However, the black land that has existed for such a long time has always been in a state of vast territory and sparsely populated areas throughout history.

The fundamental reason is that the three problems of climate, frozen soil and swamps have never been solved.

Moreover, these three problems are indeed difficult to solve based on the level of productivity in ancient times.

For example, due to climate problems, there was no cotton before the Southern and Northern Dynasties. After the Southern and Northern Dynasties, cotton was introduced to China, and then large-scale planting began in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

However, the climate, hydrology, soil and other conditions in the Northeast are not suitable for growing cotton.

For example, in the 1950s, in order to further develop the Northeast region and solve the problem of clothing to keep out the cold in the region, cotton was planted in Liaoning [but the harvest was dismal.

The harvest of cotton grown in Heilongjiang, Jilin and other places is even worse.

Therefore, our country later gave up its plan to plant cotton in the Northeast region and chose to plant a large amount of cotton in other places.

Platoon transport to Northeastern region.

But in the current era, and in the past (Zhao's) eras, there is no such concept.

So this also leads to the fact that if the indigenous people and people in the Northeast want to keep out the cold, they have to rely on clothing made of animal skins.

But animal skins also have a big problem: they are scarce.

After all, animal skins must be stripped from wild animals, and not to mention whether there are so many wild beasts to capture, the task of skinning animals alone is much more difficult than growing cotton in the ground.

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Therefore, in the ancient Liaodong region, the population reproduction of indigenous peoples such as Sushen, Mohe, Jurchen, Yilou, and Wuji was, to a large extent, affected by the number of animal skins.

restricted.

Although it sounds absurd, it is actually true.

For example, a family in the ancient Jurchen tribe had one husband, one wife, and three children. The whole family had five animal skins, one for each person, and they could barely survive the winter on them.

But once an animal skin is stolen, robbed, or lost, it means that one of the children will not be able to survive the cold winter. He will die of cold [or die of illness due to being trapped in the cold.

And if a family only has two children alive, how can the population of this nation grow?!!

Only when the number of children in a family continues to be equal to or greater than three, can the population of this nation continue to grow.

Otherwise, the population of this nation will remain the same or even decrease.

Therefore, from a normal perspective, it is actually difficult to increase the population of the Jurchen, Yilou and other foreign indigenous peoples in the Liaodong region on a large scale.

Unless there are merchants from the Central Plains selling a large amount of warm and cold clothing to the Jurchen, Yilou, Wuji and other foreign indigenous peoples in the Liaodong region, then their population can increase greatly.

But in fact, are there such merchants?!!

Of course there is!!!

Therefore, it is not without reason that the number of aliens sometimes increases.

PS1: I have been in the hospital for acute gastroenteritis for the past two days. I just came out. I'm sorry, sorry, please forgive me. .