Facing the morning light, heavy rice ears hang on the rice stalks, and the air is filled with the fragrance of rice.
The light of the morning glow also shines on the faces of farmers who have a good harvest.
The villagers were afraid of it being too humid, so they waited until the dew on the rice ears had dissipated before starting to harvest. Although one or two acres of rice fields were not many, they were the most important harvest for their families.
The Liu family had only two acres of rice fields, so they harvested the first acre and weighed it first.
The workers at home came to help and finished mowing in less than half a day.
The harvested rice is brought back to the yard to be threshed, spread out in the yard to dry, and then put into sacks for weighing.
County Magistrate Zhu, Xu Zhubo and others had arrived a long time ago, and they all couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
After weighing and counting the acres of land, they calculated the yield: 1,800 kilograms per acre! Liu Yuhan had already estimated in his mind that it was around 2,000 kilograms, not bad.
County Magistrate Zhu was trembling! The Liu family had broken the entire dynasty's record!
Haha… Their Changle County, which has always been the laughing stock of others, has finally waited for this day!
Sweet potatoes and potatoes came first, and now there's also high-yield rice! Rice, in particular, is the most important cornerstone of a country!
Rice can be grown twice a year, and the yield per mu of land can reach more than 3,000 kilograms per year, which is about four times the original yield per mu!
County Magistrate Zhu suppressed his excitement and repeatedly said "OK, OK, OK"...
Seeing him like this and his family's excitement, Liu Yuhan could truly understand their feelings at this moment. It was like a person walking on the road and gold nuggets inexplicably fell from the sky.
Magistrate Zhu suddenly bowed deeply to them. The Liu family members were frightened and turned away.
"You deserve this gift from me. The fact that the rice fields in Fulai Village have such a great harvest is, in any case, the credit of your Liu family. I will report this truthfully to the government office."
Liu Daling and Liu Shinan looked at their daughter.
"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, just like the sweet potatoes and potatoes before, our family can provide grain seeds, but we are a small farmer and just want to live in peace and do not want to get involved. Your Excellency, please do not report it. The Liu family does not need this honor. This is what our family means. These rice seeds were originally given to our Fulai Village by the county government, weren't they?" Liu Yuhan said.
"Well, since this is your family's wish, then I will do as you say. The prefect is already aware of this matter, and I will inform him of your Liu family's wishes."
"Thank you for your understanding. Besides keeping these two acres of rice for our own use and for seed, we can also sell them at the market price."
"Okay, dry the rice and put it in Fulai Village. I will send people to collect the grain in a few days."
"You can ask the villagers what they think, or you can exchange grain for grain," said Liu Shinan.
"That's exactly what I meant."
"Sir, are you in no hurry to leave today? Why don't you have lunch at my house?"
"good."
"Lunch is ready, please come into the main hall and take a seat."
"Master Xu, please."
Several people had lunch, which was prepared by Grandma Qin, Nanxing and others. Nanxing was a very good cook, comparable to Liu Yuhan, with good color, aroma and taste.
The rice is dried on bamboo mats. The Liu family and the villagers had prepared the bamboo mats in advance. The mats were tightly packed together without any gaps, making them perfect for drying the rice without getting dirty.
After lunch, County Magistrate Zhu did not rest. Instead, he took Xu Zhubo and others to visit each household, counting how much grain each household could collect. He told them that the county government wanted to collect grain and asked them to dry the grain and preserve it, and that the county government would never treat them unfairly.
In the village, the most rice fields belong to the group led by Village Chief Lin. They have about 50 people and ten acres of fertile land. Their land is better than that of other villagers but slightly worse than that of the Liu family, with an output of about 1,600 kilograms per acre.
Many villagers' rice fields did not receive enough fertilizer, so the yield per mu was only 1,200 to 1,500 kilograms, which was already very good.
Based on an average yield of 1,300 kilograms per mu, 100 mu of land could yield 130,000 kilograms of grain! Each mu of land requires an average of 5-6 kilograms of seed. This would yield over 21,000 mu of land! Even if half were given to the prefectural government, Changle County would still be profitable.
We can plant the second crop right away, and how many times more rice will be harvested by then?
He was excited when he thought that next year's grain would cover every piece of fertile land in Fu'an City. This was rice produced in Fulai Village, Changle County.
Six days later, County Magistrate Zhu arrived with more than 20 ox carts loaded with rice, and the transaction took place under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village.
A sack of 100 jin of rice from Fu'an Village can be exchanged for two 100 jin bags of rice brought by County Magistrate Zhu, which means double the amount of rice.
The villagers' rice has been sieved and all the grains are full. The poor quality rice cannot be traded.
The villagers were very satisfied with this. They had already saved enough grain seeds at home. Each family had 1 to 2 mu of good farmland. The county magistrate was able to exchange so much grain for them. They really made a fortune.
Besides eating the grain, they could also sell it, earning them a good amount of silver. They could buy some tools for their family, or even join forces with several familiar families to buy cattle. If they saved a little more, they could repay the five taels of silver they owed the Liu family before the New Year.
Liu Yuhan felt that the county magistrate was very good. He did not give silver directly. Now it was harvest time and the thing that was least in short supply was rice. He directly offered double the amount of rice in trade, which not only solved the problem of grain seeds but also won the hearts of the people, and everyone was happy.
As soon as County Magistrate Zhu left with the rice, the Liu family sent out a message saying they wanted to buy the grain.
The rice is 10 wen per jin. Nowadays, the price of rice is 9-10 wen per jin. The villagers are willing to sell it directly at their doorsteps, and they are all secretly thinking about how many jins they are going to sell.
They had promised that after harvesting this batch of rice, each household would give the Liu family 50 kilograms of rice, and they have already done so.
If the Liu family hadn't helped with seed breeding, how could such a high yield be achieved? Some people speculated that the grain varieties had been changed, and the Liu family might have paid for the high-yield grain themselves.
Seeing the nearly 2,000 kilograms of rice given by the villagers piled up in the corridor, Liu Yuhan could only ask his family to sift it again and keep it for the Huo family to grow as grain. He would then ask the Huo family to take more and distribute it to whoever they wanted.
In short, just promote it.
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