In July 1617, the Liaodong area also became hot.

Sang had a deep mulberry carpenter sitting on the edge of the field, an irrigation ditch flowing through him, and on one side of the ditch was a piece of wheat.He rested for two days and sat staring at the edge of the wheat field.You can watch it all day and move.His wife brought him food at noon, and often followed him, and looked at it for a long time.

The people of the San family are from the house, are very familiar with agricultural work, and have feelings for the land.But now the things in this field have slowly become so that they do not understand.

Last year, the Liaonan Fourth Guard fell into the hands of the "Revolutionary Army".Due to the invasion of slaves, a large number of farmers in Liaodong Liaxi fled to the Liaonan Peninsula.Zhou Qingfeng and other traversers do not have the ability to manage and control hundreds of thousands of people, simply engage in village autonomy, let them manage themselves.As for the fields, it is really a kind of land, and the deserted land is everywhere.

The Han farmers are the most industrious.After receiving the most basic relief from the "Revolutionary Army", they began to spontaneously engage in self-help.Building houses, ditches, whole land, sowing seeds, winter wheat was planted at the end of September and early October last year.

Due to the poor labor capacity of individual farmers, only hundreds of people can be formed to work collectively on farms.The "Revolutionary Army" provided cattle, seeds, fertilizers, agricultural tools, food.Almost all the people who escaped were in debt.As long as you can live, the debt is good.Then the real debt of the "Revolutionary Army" does not calculate interest, and it is better to return it with food in the following year.

That’s a good thing, there never was before.

In the past toil, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Revolutionary Army has sent people from time to time to guide agricultural production, to talk about fertilization, watering, pests and diseases.The old farmer who has planted a lifetime may know some truth in his heart, but he can't tell it in his mouth.

The young agricultural technicians who were temporarily trained ran everywhere, and even Minister Li Shuwei Li came in person.This combination of theoretical guidance and practice, this year's crop growth is really happy, and now it is finally the harvest season.

The golden wheat fields are full of heavy ears, and the mulberry carpenter sees such a good harvest, and the whole people are excited and surprised.He is now a carpenter, but he has been planting all his life, and he has never seen such a good field.

“How much food does this acre have?”

This is not only the question of the mulberry carpenter, this is the question of all the families of the whole Liaonan Four Guards.Conditions were not good last year, and the coverage area of water conservancy facilities was not large.Due to the small number of cattle, farmland cannot be cultivated deeply.Last year's winter wheat was widely spent.But this year's mu yield is still a general increase, some fields more than two or three percent, and some can even be more than fifty-six percent.

Due to the poorness of many farmlands, most of the bad fields are poor.The average yield of an acre of land is less than one stone per acre in a single season.If the farmer does not serve, the yield per mu is even less than half a stone.It is in this situation that the farmland renovation project, which has been non-stop since last year, has exerted great benefits.

The mulberry carpenter in front of these fields of the yield of the acres also has a stone, that is, about 100 kilograms.Although this output is far less than the next generation of four or five hundred kilograms, but at the moment is already abundant.

The mulberry carpenter looked at the joy, and even looked at the magic.He sat by the side of Tiankan, and several four-wheeled carriages passed by.A man who was driving said hello to him and shouted, "Grandpa, come and see our field again."

The road in Tiankanbian was not good, and the carriage ran unhappiness.

The mulberry carpenter heard people call him "grandfather", and immediately laughed and scolded: "I am not yet 50, the good days have not lived enough, old and what is old?"After laughing, he said, "You planted a good field, you can have a full meal this year."

The driving man stopped deliberately and said, "Those who say to 'scientific farming' are actually a group of teenage cubs."They learned something trivial and thought they were great, and they asked us to do this every day, and they were very annoying.I think it's good for fertilizer this year, and there's more food."

The agricultural technicians of the "Revolutionary Army" are all young people, and the method of learning some fields that is eaten alive is arranged to guide the field planting.In the past year, these grohappy agricultural technicians have made a lot of embarrassing things, which has made farmers laugh a lot in their lives.However, the promotion of the Ministry of Agriculture for "scientific planting" will not stop, will only continue to deepen and continue to strengthen.

Last year's groaning rookie agricultural technicians, this year is more mature.But the farmers in the field are still habitually laughing at them, and they feel that the little claws who have no hair on their mouths can't do great things - the power of the agricultural technicians has not yet been exerted, but the power of fertilizer is immediate.

Grass ash can act as potash fertilizer, and faeces humus treated in nitro fields can be nitrogen fertilizer.Phosphate fertilizer mainly comes from bone meal, which is somewhat lacking.It is the application of these basic fertilizers, and the growth of crops in this land has always been very gratifying.The people of the farm do not recognize it, but the benefits of a large amount of fertilizer should be recognized.

The result is that the construction of nitrate has been carried out, the production of potassium nitrate is a sideline, and the main business has become compost.Potassium nitrate, which was the most lacking in gunpowder, is now lacking, but sulfur is beginning to be lacking.

"He's nice, handsome, he's really good."The mulberry carpenter nodded to this, "not only playing more food, but also labor-saving planting."In the territory of our "Revolutionary Army", the life of the people is better."

The meaning of this is to say something.When planting land last year, the Ministry of Machinery tested small batches of manpower sowing machines for wheat fields in drylands.By the time the production capacity of several hydropower lumber processing plants came up this year, a large number of two-horse-driven livestock harvesters were promoted.

The emergence of these agricultural machinery and equipment has a part of the mulberry carpenter.After all, from drawings to physical objects to improving reliability for large-scale production, the whole process is not easy.Although these wooden iron human and animal tools are far less than the mechanized agricultural machinery of future generations, it is too much to bend over to the field to wave the sickle.

The efficiency of labor has increased by more than three times.

Harvesting is about taking time with God.When the weather is good, it must be completed as soon as possible, otherwise it is obviously a bumper harvest but it will be reduced.The simplest agricultural machinery can also greatly reduce the intensity of labor, so that the land at any rate is much easier.

In the wheat field in front of the mulberry carpenter, someone was operating the animal harvester, and the speed of the harvest was refreshing.Cultivated land, sowing, harvesting, this is the hardest thing in the field.By reducing the intensity of these work, the enthusiasm of farmers to cultivate land will be greatly improved.

Collective farms give full play to the advantages of organization and use discipline to force farmers to work - farmers will be particularly diligent when they are hungry.But once they find that the food is rich, they will be particularly lazy.The wife and children are hot, and there is no motivation and pressure to continue to work.

Behind the mulberry carpenter, large fields of wheat have been harvested.The man who drove the man to the newly harvested wheat was taken to a nearby farmhouse.The "Revolutionary Army" is determined to use various machinery to reduce the intensity of agricultural labor, so a large number of hydropower machinery was built before the agricultural harvest.

Hydraulic-driven threshing machine, peeling machine, grinding machine are all complete sets.There is also a drying kiln with straw as fuel to solve the problem of food drying.In the past, these jobs were exhausting, and now it is all powered by dam water storage and semi-mechanized completion.Save time and effort, especially fast.

Last year, when the "Revolutionary Army" spent money to ask farmers to come out to repair water conservancy.Some people don’t want to come and feel too tired.There is no need to mobilize this year, and everyone knows how to repair the reservoir.Even a small reservoir can solve a big problem.

“It’s really good to work with water.But there are too few reservoirs.”The driving man was also a little worried, "We have only one hydro-processing point near us, and several farms are waiting in line."Yesterday, the two villagers fought to grab a position.We have a shortage of water, and this year, people in several villages are discussing to increase the current reservoir together.”

"The repair of the reservoir must also be approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, but do not mess up.Otherwise, it will be criticized.”The mulberry carpenter kindly reminded, "Some things don't be too anxious, the days are much better now than in the past."Don't mess with it, otherwise it won't be worth it.The rules of the bad guys will be thrown out.”

In Liaonan, the land is the "Revolutionary Army", and the peasants have only the right to cultivate.Therefore, the "Revolutionary Army" has great control over the farmers at the bottom.The driving man nodded, “I said.I also heard people say that the bad repair of the reservoir is bad.If anything happens to the dam, everyone will have to finish.But I heard what the steam engine is there, when can we use it?”

The development of hydropower machinery needs to be built along the river, which is not convenient for far away from the river.So when the steam engine appeared on a large scale, the hydropower machine was quickly eliminated.However, the "Revolutionary Army" is now extremely low in the production capacity of mechanical equipment, and the use of maintenance is more like a disaster.Relying on the steam engine on a large scale is not realistic.

The mulberry carpenter shook his head, "In a few years, I can't hope it now."

The driving man nodded again, and after the chat, he whipped the car and left.The mulberry carpenter looks at the distant four-wheeled carriage is also happy, and the popularity of the carriage is also a major event to improve production efficiency.Otherwise, the transportation of a large number of materials can kill people - in the past, agriculture relied entirely on manpower and a small amount of animal power, and the labor intensity was too large.

“This road must be repaired.”The mulberry carpenter looked down at the potholes and the field roads, "In the past, no one cared about this matter, but now it can't be done."Alas, there is too much work to be done.But if all this work is done, it will be hard to think about it.”

One day he sat by the side of Tiankan, and the mulberry carpenter walked around the farm.His current location is east of Fuzhou, near the city of Zhuanghe in the future.The Revolutionary Army intends to build a new factory here, and seems to want to develop some mines on the Dandong side.He was transferred to support the construction, to engage in several hydropower processing plants, in-place to solve the problem of building materials production and processing.

After a day, the mulberry carpenter was about to return to the dormitory of the construction site, but saw the driving man who had sent wheat to the processing point before returning.This man was happy when he went, but he was a little worried when he came back.He asked, “What’s wrong with that?“Is there no room for processing?”

"The processing point is fine, the threshing shell is very smooth."Drying the ground will have to wait, and the wheat grains will be soaked in blisters for half a day.I simply sold the grain to the one sent by the handsome man to receive it.”The driver said.

“How are you unhappy?”

"The food we have on the farm these days has been used to repay last year's loan, and the people who collect the grain are guarded at the processing point."People calculated a little, said we have returned half of last year's accumulated debt, the rest can be returned next year, not interest.

The rest of the wheat in the field is now our own.Now there are more cows, more horses, and the ditches are dug.There will only be more food next year, and maybe an acre of land will have two stone wheat.”

“Is that bad?”The mulberry carpenter turned his head to look at the wheat fields that were still being harvested.It will be five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and the wheat fields under the sunset will look particularly golden.It's all food!

"You hundreds of people can eat this year."

The driver said, “We don’t have to pay taxes this year.”In the past, the land rent given to the government was 70% or 80%, and this year we just returned the wheat that was not the boss's cattle, seeds, and agricultural tools last year.The boss doesn’t want half a cent interest.We now give up to 40% of the food, the rest is all ours.I'm a little bit unsteady in my mind."

The tax was less, and the family was afraid.

But the mulberry carpenters can really understand each other's mood.The hardest farmers in the land often do not eat their own food, which was too common in the past.Some people can't eat wheat, they must change some miscellaneous grains such as millet to eat.The farmer did not live such a comfortable day.

Now, the "Revolutionary Army" said that it would not take a lease for two years, and it really would not be accepted.The handsome man was afraid that there were people in the local area who played with authority, collected taxes, and ruined his reputation, and had sent a large number of working groups to the village to inspect - the "Revolutionary Army" imposed regulations, and no one collected much tax on the farmers.Who dares to take whose head, this is the iron law!

This year, the food production has increased, the land has been relaxed, the tax is still less, and the family can open the belly to eat.The driving man thought far-reachingly in his heart, he asked the mulberry carpenter: "You say that the handsome man does not collect taxes, how can he withstand it?"

This is to give cattle, to the seeds, what is the farm, what is the water, what is the water, how much money does it have to spend?If the boss can't hold on, we won't be finished?

Everyone on the part of the process is talking.Everyone was worried that the northern Tartars would come back, and that the corrupt officials of the Ming court would come to evil again.No, you can't forget to pay taxes to the boss.This time we will willingly."