Chapter 1188: Dig sweet potatoes
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After entering the lunar month in November, Daming's north turned completely cold. Especially in the morning and evening, thick clothes must be worn. The climate in China is extremely extreme, with cold death in winter and hot death in summer. Only on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, because of the low latitude and high altitude, are the four seasons like spring. Of course, there is a higher Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which does not heat up in summer, but the average person has difficulty breathing, and it is very cold in winter.
Except for the two major plateaus, as well as the hot southern tropical regions throughout the year, most of the other regions have a cold winter and hot summer climate. The difference is that the south is wet and cold in winter and hot and humid in summer. In the north, it is dry and cold in winter and hot and dry in summer ...
But the strange thing is that this extreme cold winter and hot summer climate is very good for agriculture. The summer heat can bring enough accumulated temperature to the crops. In winter, the cold can kill locusts and other pests. If you encounter a rare warm winter, the next year will be prone to insect pests. But in general, the winter is cold and the land is still harvested ...
In most parts of Europe, especially in Western Europe, the temperature is very pleasant, but it is not very suitable for crops. Fortunately, the current staple food for Europeans is rye, which is as vigorous as wild grass (in fact, rye is a hybrid of wild grass and wheat, which is naturally "wild"), but it is not so high. If it is replaced by more delicate rice and wheat, it is estimated that there will be a disaster in two days.
Of course, this refers to the situation of the backward agricultural era. The modern agriculture that Marin engages in is not afraid of such situations. For example, the mild temperatures in Europe may freeze crop pests. But it doesn't matter, Marin knows how to use simple pesticides such as Bordeaux mixture and lime sulfur mixture, and also knows how to configure pesticides with pyrethrum ingredients. Only drought and waterlogging are a matter of heaven, and even in the era of advanced science and technology, there is no alternative. As for ancient times, it is even more dependent on heaven.
Therefore, the feudal emperors of all dynasties would sacrifice heaven for a good harvest and pray for good weather. The tortoise **** Xuanwu is the **** of the main wind and rain, and the big turtle of Malin Xian will be regarded as the top auspicious.
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However, compared to the sweet potato presented by Marin Jin, what big turtle is not worth mentioning ...
At the Lunar New Year meeting on November 15th of the lunar calendar, Zhengde and his ministers discussed the sweet potatoes that were about to be harvested, and the princes met at the Yueyue 20th to attend the sweet potato harvesting ceremony.
To be honest, because the sweet potatoes are buried deep underground, despite the high yield, the monarchs and ministers cannot see it. Therefore, although many ministers have visited, they have not seen signs of a bumper harvest. In addition, in order to ensure the production of sweet potatoes, Marin also made people cut off the flowers of sweet potatoes to avoid the flowering of sweet potatoes and the nutrition of roots. However, this makes the ground part of the sweet potato even more withered.
Therefore, when the Ming dynasty ministers gathered on the "one acre and three points" in Xiannongtan on November 20, only Marin was confident. As for Daming's monarchs, most of them do not believe that sweet potatoes can produce high yields. Even if he believes in Marin's virtues, he thinks Marin might be bragging. Of course, Zhengde believes that although Marin overstates the output of sweet potatoes, it should not be a problem if the yield per mu exceeds ordinary rice and wheat. Before the harvest ceremony began, Zhengde was even thinking about how Malinno would not be honored.
After all, the "Mysterious Turtle", plate armor and warhorse presented by Marin are quite practical. Taking advantage of others, you can't always turn your face to the whole person ...
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Before the harvesting ceremony, Yang Ting and the soldiers who guarded the Xiannong altar seriously asked and asked if these Tian Marin had made "small moves".
The so-called small action is to bury more fruit in the soil in advance, so there must be more dug out. During the "Great Leap Forward" period, the units that "satellite" used this method-although the superiors were invited to inspect, the satellites deliberately harvested the whole plant of rice and wheat from other fields, and then arrived at the superior I temporarily inserted it into the "standard demonstration field", and then harvested and weighed in front of the inspected leader ... How can I see it as a layman's leader? In this way, the "satellite" was successfully released ...
The Xiannong Altar belongs to the royal sacrificial place, and the soldiers are stationed for a long time. If Malin had any small movements, they could not hide them. After receiving a negative response from the soldiers stationed in the station, Yang Tinghe indicated that the harvest ceremony would begin ...
Because sweet potatoes have been raised to the height of "Shenliang", the harvesting process cannot be ignored. Before harvesting, Zhengde, as an emperor, first led his group of kneelers to bow down to heaven and asked God to bless him so that Daming could really harvest the **** food. Then, all the talents came to the "one acre and three points of land", surrounded by the three points of sweet potato field, and watched the results ...
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After the important monarchs of the Manchu Dynasty stood, Marin began to direct the full-time farmers in the Xiannong altar, holding short wooden sticks to dig sweet potatoes ...
Yes, digging sweet potatoes manually cannot be done with sharp irons. Otherwise, it is easy to hurt sweet potatoes. Therefore, when digging sweet potatoes, Marin asked farmers to use short wooden sticks with a slightly sharp tip (the head is still blunt to avoid poking the sweet potatoes) to dig sweet potatoes.
Under the command of Marin's family and children, these farmers carefully used short wooden sticks to start from the side, gently plucking away the soil, exposing the pink sweet potato skin ...
In order to protect the sweet potatoes as much as possible, after seeing the sweet potatoes, the farmers are all ready to pick them up to avoid smashing the sweet potatoes with wooden sticks ...
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While the farmers were digging sweet potatoes carefully, Marin was also nervous. Although he usually takes good care of the sweet potatoes in these three points, he also uses a lot of fertilizer, but he is also afraid of accidents ...
Fortunately, Marin was talking about a conservative number-he produced more than one kilogram per mu. Otherwise, if there is an accident and the output is not reached, then it is a crime of bullying.
What is the end of the crime of bullying? That's to be decapitated! If something goes wrong, even if Zhengde has a good relationship with himself and saves himself from death, but do n’t even think about trade or anything ...
Therefore, while the farmers were digging sweet potatoes, Marin stood on the side of the forehead and sweated in cold forehead, looking very guilty ...
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In addition, Marin also discovered a thing that made him very depressed-the ancient mu is smaller than the modern mu ...
After measuring ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Marin found that the people of the Ming Dynasty were only 580 square meters per acre, not 667 square meters in later generations. Therefore, using Damu Ming's output per mu in later generations, Marin suffered a lot. If the final output is not up to standard, he has committed the crime of "bullying the king" ...
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Fortunately, nothing happened in the end. After the farmers put the cleaned sweet potatoes into the box and visually inspected the amount, Marin had a heart ...
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"Overweight!"
The first assistant Li Dongyang shouted, and suddenly, some strong men from the households came up with a large scale.
Then, after several clerks let the iron hook of the large scale hook the top of the basket, they began to carry them and weighed ...
After several weighings, the household officials finally determined that 623 pounds of sweet potatoes were produced in these three points ...
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