Chapter 542: Stimulating Agriculture
After Yaerjiang A and Bo Guoduo retreated, Yinzhen sipped the tea lightly and was about to go out of Beijing to go south. The time was not short, and some of the things at hand had to be handled. There was no need to worry about the Tianjin military workshop. After Tianjin's guidance, Japan and Ryukyu countries must condemn the envoys to come to Beijing for envoys. This is to remind the starlings that the layout of the northwest must also be started, and at least two places must be selected to store war preparation materials. The agricultural colleges in the capital should also go and take a look. The promotion of high-yield drought-resistant crops cannot be delayed.
Strengthening the relationship between the clan and vassals, promoting the promotion of the vassals, and Australian immigration can be asked by Zhang Pengheng to ask Kangxi to do it. Kangxi will spare no effort in this, so he doesn't have to worry about it.
What else? Yinzhen frowned and thought about it carefully. The construction of the post road from Tianjin to Beijing. He thought about it while recording these things with a pen. After recording, he glanced out the window. Seeing that it was less than noon, he put the pen and stood up, looked at Fang Bao, and said, "It's still early, let's go to Beijing Agricultural College."
Going to the Agricultural College? Fang Bao couldn't help but be stunned. Why did the prince suddenly think of going to the Agricultural College? He hurriedly stood up and said, "Would you change your casual clothes or... to set up a ceremonial guard to let officials in the capital know that the prince is very concerned about the Agricultural College." Yinzhen smiled and said, "I should have gone to see it long ago, and I have been dragging it until now." As he said that, he ordered to the outside world: "Bao Fuquan, please inform the Thirteenth Brother, come tomorrow, and notify the starling brother, ninth brother, tenth brother, and fifteenth brother to go to the Jiu Ge's village to meet in the evening."
The Beijing Agricultural College is relatively remote in the northern city of the outer city. It was next to Taoranting and Yinzhen's crown prince's ceremonial guard entered Guancaiyuanzi Street. Wu Changhao, the commander of the Agricultural College, received a quick report. He heard that the crown prince came to inspect with great fanfare. He was so excited that God opened his eyes. The crown prince finally remembered that he advocated the construction of the agricultural college. He hurriedly summoned a group of officials and the teachers came to the door to welcome him.
The sedan chair landed. As soon as Yinzhen came out of the sedan chair, Wu Changhao brought a crowd to meet him. The horse's hooves were pounding, and the mountain was kneeling in one go. Chapter 542 5 stimulated the agricultural sector, "I welcomed the crown prince to come."
Yinzhen glanced at the officials and saw a piece of white porcelain and copper-slide gold, both of which were under the sixth rank. He couldn't help but smile and said, "All the ministers and workers are equal."
Wu Changhao got up and bowed and said, "The crown prince is busy with all his life and can go to the Agricultural College to inspect it in person, and the ministers and others are very honored."
"I have wanted to come and have been unable to get out of here." Yinzhen said with a smile.
"Please, Crown Prince." Wu Changhao hurriedly took a step back and gave in.
Yinzhen, surrounded by officials, visited the entire agricultural college and found that the entire layout was basically the same as that of Jiangning Agricultural College. Finally, the group of talents came to the experimental area and glanced roughly. The growth of corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes in the entire experimental area was not bad, but the soil was not much different.
After pondering slightly, he said, "Who is responsible for the experimental field?"
Deputy Director Tang Shun stepped forward cautiously and said, "Go back to the crown prince, the experimental field is the one who is the chief of the empress."
Yinzhen glanced at him. He was only in his early thirties, very white, with long beards, and a Confucian style. He nodded slightly. He said, "Call the officials, teachers and students who are working in the experimental field."
Seeing that Yinzhen's face was not unhappy, Wu Changhao felt slightly relieved and immediately ordered people to gather all the people who were related to the experimental field.
When everyone gathered, Yinzhen glanced at everyone and said, "What is the use of experimental fields? Can anyone tell me?"
Hearing this, all the officials thought it was not good, but no one dared to say anything. Yinzhen was about to speak, and a student mustered up the courage to say, "The word experiment comes from Wang Chong's "Lunheng? A tiger" and other categories, and they act in a similar way, and they compare it slightly to determine the experiment."
"Good words." Yinzhen glanced at the student and said, "There are many types of things, and they act in a similar way. Just compare them is an experiment. The purpose of the experimental field is to cultivate crops according to different soils, moisture, fertility, temperature, etc., compare the growth of crops under different conditions, and gradually explore and summarize the most suitable cultivation method.
Experimental fields are not demonstration fields, what does the agricultural college do? It is to study the habits of crops. Take corn as an example. You should study when it is the best time to sow it, how many days it takes for its seedlings, seedlings, flowering, and fruiting to each stage, and how many days it takes in total? How great is its demand for water at each stage, and to what extent it is?
What diseases will appear, how to prevent and treat them, whether they like sun or yin, how far apart each seedling should grow well, what land it is suitable for planting in, etc., are all subjects studied by the Agricultural College.
Of course, what I said is not comprehensive, and I don’t know much about crops. I can only point out to you what the responsibilities and tasks of the Agricultural College are. The above things are the most fundamental things for studying crops.
To get deeper, it is hybridization. Livestock hybridization can obtain new varieties, and crops can also be hybridized to obtain new varieties. In recent years, the emperor has cultivated a kind of Oda rouge rice, which is vermilion-red in color, and the rice grains are slender and crystal clear as jade.
The ultimate task of the Beijing Agricultural College is to cultivate crops that are large in yield, few in diseases, and drought resistance, suitable for promotion in northern provinces. This palace solemnly promises you that as long as you can cultivate this new variety, it will not only upgrade the Agricultural College, but also award the titles and titles of the main cultivaters of baron or above!”
As soon as these words were said, everyone was stunned and cultivated new varieties and awarded them the titles of baron or above. The Qing Dynasty has always been awarded titles for military merits, and there are very few people who can get titles from civil servants, let alone barons. This is a second-rank title, and this award cannot be more important!
A little stunned, Wu Changhao stammered: "Crown Prince, fence-baron?"
"Yes, baron!" Yinzhen simply stimulated them well and said loudly: "For those with excellent performance in the new variety, it is possible for Duke Feng to be a good one! This sentence from this palace will appear in the Beijing News of the next issue."
It was published in the Beijing News, which was a promise to the whole world. As the Crown Prince Yinzhen, it was absolutely impossible to be a joke. The officials and students of the Agricultural College immediately blushed with excitement. Most people went to the Agricultural College just to use this as a springboard to advance to the official career. No one expected that the Crown Prince would pay attention to agriculture to this point.
How many years does it take to be an official to become a second-rank official? Whether he can reach the second-rank official depends on the opportunity. By studying crops, he can get rewarded by the second-rank baron. Is it necessary to become an official?
Chapter completed!