I heard that there was a notice announcing the technology of raising fish in rice fields. Outside the gates of Jingcheng, Daxing, Wanping, Tongzhou and other cities were all copycat servants and scholars.

Shi Zhongkui's already great reputation suddenly became even more intense.

Moreover, he is the first leader of the Six Yuan Dynasty in the world, and he also serves as an imperial envoy. Most people do not doubt the authenticity at all.

However, the risks that Shi Zhongkui emphasized also made many small and medium-sized landowners who did not have much rice fields dare not try it easily.

I just thought that since he, Shi Zhongkui, had his destiny, he would definitely go all out.

Moreover, the biggest problem is water source. More landowners and officials and gentry who have wheat fields at home hope most that Shi Zhongkui can expand the water source around Gyeonggi.

Let more farmland be profitable.

And if you wait a year and Shi Zhongkui succeeds in promoting it again, there will be nothing to worry about.

Then Shi Zhongkui went directly to the Ministry of Industry.

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Probably Cui Hezhong's words about coming to block Diao Dexing have spread throughout the capital's yamen.

When I came to the Ministry of Works this time, the attitude of the low-level officials and officials at the gate was obviously much more enthusiastic than that of the people at the Ministry of Household Affairs.

And he also met Zuo Shilang Zou Hengyi for the first time.

Later, Gao Yongmin, a doctor in the Tuntian Division who had some friendship with him, was also directly called by Zou Hengyi to his official office to accompany him.

When Shi Zhongkui got the official document from the Ministry of Industry asking the Farming Division to cooperate with him, and left with Gao Yongmin, Gao Yongmin smiled and said, "I didn't expect Bo Qian to actually come to the Farming Division.

What I didn't expect was that as soon as you entered the officialdom, you would rise from the sixth rank and become the leader of the sixth rank in one fell swoop.

It’s really gratifying and congratulatory, but it also makes people jealous and sighing.”

Shi Zhongkui cupped his hands and said, "If I am able to be where I am today, I owe it to you for your guidance and care."

Gao Yongmin hurriedly waved his hand, "I am not that capable. Even your teacher Yu Rusong and Grandmaster Mr. Pang dare not say that you, the leader of the Six Yuan Dynasty, were taught by them."

Shi Zhongkui understood what Gao Yongmin meant. The more important thing about winning six yuan in a row is luck and timing.

Even if you are the top pick, luck is as important as strength.

With Gao Yongmin's support, Shi Zhongkui easily obtained information on all the rice fields under the name of the Farming Division.

After reading it, he ordered someone to call Xue Jinping, who had been serving in the Tuntian Division for several months, to the capital for questioning.

Only then did we have a general understanding.

Farming was established in the past dynasties, firstly to meet military needs, secondly to open up wasteland, and thirdly to make use of military settlements to suppress civil unrest nearby.

In ancient times, soldiers who could eat well had basically good combat effectiveness and morale.

After the canal was opened, farms were set up specifically to undertake water transportation and other errands.

At the beginning of the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, the farmland in the capital was nominally to provide military food for the capital's 100,000 soldiers, and to clear up wasteland during the slack period.

A hundred years have passed, and the results of land reclamation have indeed been good. However, with the fertile land in the hands of the Farming Division, it has become increasingly difficult to feed the 30,000 soldiers, not to mention the rations for 100,000 regular soldiers.

It's not that the Farming Department doesn't have farmland in its hands, it's actually that after the developed wasteland is turned into fertile land, the Ministry of Household Affairs will first take part of it on the grounds that all farmland and taxes in the world are under their control.

Then nobles and officials would use their hands to devour part of it.

Finally, there is Huangzhuang, and even Huangzhuang is the biggest black hand that swallows up these farmlands.

There are at least 10,000 acres of rice fields around Kunming Lake, and the management rights have been taken away by Huangzhuang.

Moreover, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, each soldier was given 50 acres of land, but now they can only maintain about 7 acres per person.

50% of the harvested grain is handed over, plus the 210,000 acres of farmland still left in the hands of the Farming Division, which is basically middle and lower fields, the average yield per mu is only about 1.2 shi.

In other words, after paying the grain tax, the field soldiers only received 4.2 shi of grain.

It is no problem to feed an adult soldier with 504 kilograms of grain, and it is even higher than the income of ordinary farm laborers.

But it is simply impossible to support a family after marrying a wife and having children.

The only advantage is that the soldiers in the field do not need to perform corvee service.

However, this is only an average figure, which means that there must be a large proportion of soldiers stationed in the field, who cannot even collect 4.2 shi of grain.

The life of these people was extremely difficult, so they were said to be soldiers in the field, but in fact they had already become private slaves of the officials, just earning a little food.

Fortunately, the system of farming in the Zhou Dynasty and that of the guard station in the Ming Dynasty were somewhat different.

In the field soldiers, each family only needs one male to succeed his father and serve as a field soldier. The other males do not have to be restricted to the field army all the time.

After listening to Xue Jinping's story, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but frown.

Fortunately, I don't need to conduct field inspections, nor do I need to take care of the wheat fields.

Daxing Land Master has already compiled information on the 60,000 acres of farmland there.

Although the remaining 150,000 acres were all in Wanping County, Day and Night Traveling God still told him a lot of real data.

The two places combined have almost 16,000 acres of rice fields.

There are also 10,000 acres of rice fields around Kunming Lake. He doesn't need to worry about this part of the rice fields. The eunuchs in the palace will take care of it.

And there was no intention of letting him go and see it on the ground.

This part of the rice field has become the best rice field because of its abundant water resources.

To put it bluntly, growing rice requires water and fertilizer.

After major floods in ancient times, some land would often increase its grain production every other year because a large amount of soil washed ashore from the river.

River mud has always been a very good natural nutrient.

Of course, some farmland will also become more barren due to soil erosion.

Since he was also responsible for dredging the river, Shi Zhongkui could not help but focus on the river mud and at the same time asked Liu Yu'er to search for underground water sources.

Although Liu Yuer's cultivation level is only at the third level of Qi training, she is still a spirit in the water.

You can't move mountains and reclaim seas, but you can still find water sources and even underground rivers.

After wandering around all the accessible water systems in Daxing, Liu Yuer discovered several underground rivers that produce springs.

However, if you want groundwater to flow up on its own, it will take a lot of manpower to transform it.

On the other hand, many fountains were found in Wanping City, which is now Fangshan.

Shi Zhongkui thought carefully, there will be quite a few wetland parks around the capital of China in the future.

It's not that easy to divert water from large areas of reed swamps and forests.

Private individuals can't do it. The government seems to have to spend a large amount of money first, and it will take several years to see the effect.

How can those county officials who are like running water be willing to pave the way and seek benefits for those who come after them?

Liu Yu'er even discovered many mountain springs in the north of the capital. As long as they are renovated, the water output will be considerable.

Now the 10,000 yuan of grain extorted from Diao Dexing was put to great use.

As long as he is willing, he can recruit thousands of refugees with one kilogram of rations per day, and these 10,000 tons of food are enough to support the consumption of two to three thousand people for a year.

But after thinking about it carefully, Shi Zhongkui decided to go to the Tuntian Division to recruit people.

There are so many officials in Gyeonggi Province who ignore the tens of thousands of refugees scattered around. If they want to attract all these people and gather them together.

Not only is this a slap in the face of the civil servants, the emperor will definitely send troops as soon as possible to disperse the refugees.

This will harm many people.

After all, people coming from all over Gyeonggi Province may have to travel for a day or two.

If they arrive but have nothing to eat and are driven away by officers and soldiers, many refugees will no longer be able to hold on.

Shi Zhongkui is not a saint, nor is he so great that he would harm himself for the sake of others.

Riding on horseback, he took twenty young men selected from the Duke of Tui's Mansion and rode around the capital to make an on-the-spot inspection.

In my mind, I already had a general understanding of the Gyeonggi water system through the explanations of Liu Yuer, Daxing Land and Day and Night Travel God.

The Xiuyi Guards wanted to protect him out of the city, but Shi Zhongkui didn't dare to let them follow him out of the capital.

After returning, he decided to place the imperial envoy's office in a naturally formed town where Wanping City's farmland was located.

He doesn't need to worry about Daxing, as Yu Honggao and Di Di will keep an eye on it.

I stayed in Wanping City not only because it was easy to keep an eye on, but also because Xue Jinping also served in the Wanping Farming Department, and the largest civil servant in the town was just a sixth-grade county magistrate.

As for the military attaches in the field, although Shi Zhongkui would not ignore them, it would be easy to cause trouble for them.

It can be said that if you put the imperial envoy's office in a small town, you will be like a local emperor.

It took two days to meet with all the officials of Wanping Tuntian Division, big and small.

Although Shi Zhongkui had anticipated his arrival, he might harm the interests of some people.

I originally planned to turn a blind eye and just focus on farming and not care about other things.

Once I have achieved good results, I will be able to work more easily. If I return to the Hanlin Academy and become a member of the Qing Dynasty, I will be able to be followed by officials and military attachés in the Farming Department. I will gain a lot of benefits.

But I didn't expect that someone would use these officials to come to the imperial envoy's office and actually collude with each other.
To be continued...