Chapter 616: The evil reputation spreads far and wide
Before the Qingming Festival came, Fang Jun asked the emperor to take a marriage leave. Originally, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the marriage leave was only nine days, but the emperor was very generous and gave Fang Jun a full month's leave with a stroke of his pen. After all, the plan for the year lies in the spring. At the beginning of the new year, the emperor is busy with all kinds of affairs. He is really afraid that Fang Jun will cause trouble in the court again, so he simply stays out of sight and out of mind. Go home and make trouble...
Fang Jun said he was happy to hear this.
If you can enjoy paid vacation at your leisure, why not?
The Ministry of Industry has rich experience in construction matters. Fang Jun does not need to worry too much about Fang Mansion's projects. He only needs to put forward some opinions according to his own wishes. After all, the rich ancient Tang style is what Fang Jun loves, and the popular architectural and decorative styles are very suitable for Fang Jun's aesthetics.
Fang Jun focused all his energy on spring plowing and breeding.
Under Fang Jun's teaching last year, the veteran farmers on the farm had already mastered the techniques of rice seed selection and seedling cultivation. Therefore, Fang Jun does not have to worry too much this year. He only needs to take good care of the cotton seeds he brought back from the Western Regions. That’s it.
Relatively speaking, cotton is a crop that requires careful care in the early stages of seed selection and planting, and has high soil moisture requirements. But when I grow up, it becomes very worry-free.
In fact, for the current Tang Dynasty, the role of cotton is far lower than that of grain.
Poor planting technology, primitive breeding technology, insufficient application of fertility, lack of irrigation capabilities... and other reasons restrict food production. In good years, the people can eat well. However, if there is a natural disaster, it often leads to regional food shortages, and many people die from starvation.
How to increase food production?
First, large-scale land reclamation.
After the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, people all over the world were in dire straits, people were displaced, and large areas of land were abandoned. Although during the reign of Zhenguan, the Ming emperors and virtuous ministers worked hard to resettle the refugees and open up farmland, which resulted in the reclamation of many wastelands. However, due to the constraints of productivity and farming technology, there was still a large amount of wasteland that was not utilized.
If we can encourage the reclamation of wasteland and provide a certain degree of technical support, a large number of emperors will be reclaimed and food production will definitely increase significantly.
Secondly, the construction of irrigation water conservancy.
This is a basic project. It cannot be just issued an imperial edict casually. It requires the court to have a detailed plan, invest a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and run it unremittingly for a long time. Only after the efforts of several generations can the results be seen. .
This is the most time-consuming and energy-consuming project, but once completed, it will benefit generations to come. What is needed is perseverance...
In addition, the most important point is the cultivation of grain seeds. ?
As we all know, the evolution of living things is divided into natural evolution and artificial evolution. Their dynamics depend on three basic elements, namely variation, heredity and selection. Heredity and variation are the internal causes and basis of evolution, and selection determines the direction of evolution.
In this era, people simply do not have the awareness and conditions for seed cultivation.
From a botanical perspective, any seed will undergo natural variation under natural conditions, which is evolution selected by nature. But this process is extremely slow and unpredictable because it is unconscious.
However, artificial evolution can greatly shorten the process of natural evolution, and can more accurately choose the best direction and choose the best results without human intervention. This is a conscious choice based on human needs.
Therefore, Yuan Longping's hybrid rice can enable China to feed 22% of the world's population with less than 6% of the world's arable land...
Of course, cultivating hybrid rice under the technological level of the Tang Dynasty was a fantasy, and the difficulty was absolutely hellish. But it is absolutely possible to improve the genetic evolution of seeds through primitive means.
Fang Jun chose a piece of flat and fertile land, collected various rice and wheat seeds from all over the world through his business, and planned to plant them separately. He also appointed specialized personnel to record the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of each crop, and compare them with each other. For reference.
At the same time, Fang Jun came to Sinong Temple.
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The "Nine Ministers" have been mentioned in "Hanshu: List of Hundred Officials and Officials", that is, Tianguan Zhongzai, local official Situ, spring official Zongbo, summer official Sima, autumn official Sikong, winter official Sikong, young master, young master, The general term for Shaobao. By the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taichang, Guangluxun, Weiwei, Taipu, Tingwei, Dahonglu, Zongzheng, Dasinong and Shaofu were called Jiuqing, also known as Jiusi Daqing.
In the Northern Qi Dynasty, Shaofu was renamed Taifu, Tingwei was called Dali, official offices were called temples, and officers were called ministers, which were followed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Sinong Qing is one of the Nine Qings.
The functions of Jiuqing are slightly closer to those of the six later generations of ministers. However, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, most administrative positions have been held by ministers. The jurisdiction of Jiuqing is only part of the original positions. The power and status are no longer the same as before.
Sinong Temple is located in the Imperial City, on the west side of Chengtianmen Street, across the street from Shangshu Province, and adjacent to Youwuwei.
When Fang Jun arrived at Sinong Temple, he handed over his name card and asked to see Sinong Qing Dou Jing. When the doorkeeper saw Fang Jun's name, he was so excited that he welcomed Fang Jun into the porter's room with a smile and served him hot tea. , and then ran quickly to report to the superior...
No wonder he was so nervous, it was Fang Jun who had such a "bad reputation"...
From any point of view, Fang Jun and Sinong Temple are completely unrelated to each other and cannot be related in any way. So this Bangchui came to the door and asked the superior by name, it is most likely a personal grudge...
Shu Zuo was scared to death by the word "private grudge". Everyone in Chang'an city didn't know Fang Jun's temper. If anyone offended him, the emperor would not be able to protect him! If our parents have a "personal grudge" with Fang Jun, what should we do?
You must know that our Sinongqing Dou Jing is almost seventy, and Fang Erlang’s iron bowl-like fists hit him a few times...
Old God Fang Jun was waiting in the concierge, took a sip of tea, and then vomited it on the ground in disgust. Naturally, he didn't know that he had become a sinister figure in Shu Zuo's eyes, and he was hurriedly informing Dou Jing to leave as a plan...
In the check-in room, Dou Jing stared blankly at the name card in front of her, and was frightened by Shu Zuo.
"Sir, you'd better evacuate quickly! Just go through the back door. Fang Jun doesn't know if you are in the official residence. I will go and tell you that you have left later. I believe he will not catch up with you." Are you making trouble?”
"But... why did I want to escape?" Dou Jing was confused by this secretary.
Fang Jun was indeed fierce, and Dou Jing had always heard of the great name Dou Jing, but after much deliberation, he couldn't think of any time when he had any dealings with Fang Erlang, who had both a literary and a vicious reputation. There were grudges and grudges. No more...
Shu Zuo was stunned and asked: "Aren't you here to cause trouble?"
Dou Jing cursed angrily: "I have no acquaintance with that Fang Jun, let alone any contact with me. Why does he want to cause trouble for me? Although Fang Jun has a bad temper, he is not an unreasonable person. Even if there are some It must be a misunderstanding. Just break it down in a few sentences. Why don’t you invite people in immediately?”
Seeing Shu Zuo turn around and go out, Dou Jing hurriedly gave another instruction: "Have a better attitude..."
Although she didn't think that Fang Jun was here to cause any trouble, Dou Jing still felt a little fussy because of the evil reputation of this young master...
Shu Zuo responded, but he was cursing in his heart: Do I have a bad attitude? That guy is a ghost in Chang'an City. He even dares to beat up princes and ministers. If he offends someone, he will tear us apart and we won't be able to reason...
Returning to the concierge, Shu Zuo bowed his head and smiled flatteringly: "Erlang, the Lord of the Temple invites you."
Fang Jun hummed, stood up and walked towards the door, but suddenly stopped, pointed at the teacup on the table and said, "This tea is terrible."
In my two lifetimes, I have never drank such terrible tea! My throat is sticky and uncomfortable now...
He just complained casually, but he didn't want to kill Shu Zuo!
"Pfft", he knelt on the ground, trembling like chaff, and begged for mercy: "Erlang, spare your life... This is what the Lord Temple Minister meant. He said that our poor yamen has no money and water, and there are not many distinguished guests coming to the door, so just prepare some loose tea." Just think what you mean... There is always a wrongdoer and a debtor. If you have a grudge against Mr. Si Qing, just go to Mr. Si Qing and let the little one go..."
Fang Jun was stunned, with a black line on his face. Our reputation has become so bad that we think we are looking for trouble when we come to our door?
Could this be the legendary "Zhi'er Cry"?
(End of chapter)