The Three Kingdoms started from fooling Jia Xu

Chapter 6 The Second Draw Polder
In a blink of an eye, a few days later.

Nanyang, Xinye territory.

Xinye is famous because Liu Bei stationed troops here, and Zhang Xiu came here to restore people's livelihood, Bowang will set up a defense line, and Wancheng is the last line of defense.

Therefore, moving to Xinye is really the best.

Along the way, countless people were gathered by Zhang Xiu. Most of them had no food to eat, but this also greatly increased Zhang Xiu's burden.

Xinye, inside and outside the city.

Several porridge shops had already started to distribute porridge, and the people who had eaten the porridge began to restore their homes with all their strength, began to build houses, and opened up wasteland.

At this moment, Jia Xu came over.

With a gloomy face, he said in a deep voice, "My lord, most of the refugees from all over Nanyang have moved to the vicinity of Xinye, but... the rations may not last until the autumn harvest!"

"I'll figure out a way to provide rations. You continue to arrange people to absorb the refugees. There are also many refugees in Yuzhou, but this is the focus." Zhang Xiu said in a deep voice.

"But my lord, with so many people, if there is no ration supply, wouldn't it be harmful to others and yourself." Jia Xu frowned, and there are already many people in the counties near Xinye.

"There are people and food, and if there is food, we can fight for hegemony in the world. I will figure out other ways." Zhang Xiu solemnly said that continuing to absorb refugees was his thoughtful answer.

With Nanyang's current size, it is too difficult.

"Forget it, but my lord, if we recruit the people of Yuzhou to come here at this time, counting the distance, I'm afraid they won't be able to keep up with the spring seeds, so what should we do?"

Jia Xu said in a low voice, this matter is even more serious!
Zhang Xiu thought for a while. During the Three Kingdoms period, many new patterns of farming had not been researched, and at this time most of them were wheat and millet, and less paddy fields were planted.

"I have made up my mind on this matter for a long time. Those who can catch up with the spring plowing will all sow millet. If they can't catch up, I will arrange polders. Nanyang is a basin with many water systems, which is convenient for use!"

"Sowing paddy in the polder, if the polder is done properly, the yield can increase a lot, and paddy can be sown in April and May, even in June."

"Moreover, rice is harvested twice a year, which can greatly relieve the pressure on rations in the coming year!"

Polder is one of Zhang Xiu's ideas.

In addition, there are several ways to increase production!

"My lord is absolutely impossible."

"Although there are many tributaries in Nanyang, it is difficult to predict the wind and rain every year. The weather is good, but once there is a severe drought or flood, I am afraid that the ten thousand hectares of fertile land will not be harvested!"

Jia Xu cupped her fists to persuade her.

Isn't this bullshit?
The biggest difference between rice and wheat millet is that rice needs paddy fields, and once the rice is dry and the grains are not harvested, the rice will be the first to be flooded once it is flooded.

Although it can be cooked twice a year, no one dares to bet!
Zhang Xiu nodded, but said again: "Wenhe, the polder fields are taken from the low-lying places on both sides of the river, surrounded by embankments to block the external water, and build good fields in the enclosed land."

"We will build dams and sluices to store water on the outside. Drought and flood drainage will ensure that there is no shortage of water in the fields all year round. Unless the floods are unstoppable and there is a drought for several months, the polders will be safe!"

This can be regarded as the conclusion reached by countless generations of people after thousands of years of labor, and it is also one of the reasons why the south has become the lifeblood of the world.

Jia Xu couldn't accept it for a while!
"Also, there are dense embankments in the polder, and mulberry trees can be transplanted to fix the soil, and mulberry can be used to raise silkworms, silkworms can spin cloth, cloth can be profitable, and silkworm excrement can be fed to fish and turtles."

"At the time of the autumn harvest, the fish and turtles in the polder can moisten several states, so why worry about the lack of rations?" Zhang Xiu wrote a novel before and checked the relevant information, and it happened to be used.

Of course, this is just written stuff.

If it can be implemented, it will not be difficult to solve the rations. After all, this is recorded in history, and he is not just empty talk. It is also possible to triple the annual output of wheat millet.

"My lord, this..."

Jia Xu looked at Zhang Xiu strangely.

For a while, he didn't know if it could be done, but where did Zhang Xiu learn about these methods?If it is true, isn't Zhang Xiu's method comparable to a saint?

Seeing that Jia Xu was at a loss, Zhang Xiu took a pen and paper, and then simply outlined the diagram of the polder field, and analyzed the pros and cons, which made Jia Xu even more stunned!

At this moment, he actually showed a little more admiration.

This method appears to be well-founded in Zhang Xiu's pen. Although it has not been successful, Jia Xu can't find a point of refutation.

"There are more than ten major water systems in Nanyang, but the current development focuses on the Chu River in Xinye, the River in Chaoyang, and the Bishui in Huyang."

Zhang Xiu arranged solemnly.

"No, this subordinate will go down and make arrangements!"

As he said that, Jia Xu hurried away, while Zhang Xiu pinched his chin and meditated. In ancient times, there were only a few points to increase production in farming, such as good seeds, fertile land, and reasonable techniques.

The seeds given by the system will not be mentioned for the time being.

It is more difficult to cultivate grain seeds. Although he knows the principle of hybrid rice, he needs to find sterile rice.

In addition to grain, there is only land and technology.

"Fater, grow the land reasonably!" Zhang Xiu nodded thoughtfully, and immediately called Hu Che'er. Artificial fertilizer is naturally good, but there are too few things like shit and pee.

He has to get some homegrown fertilizer out.

Just do it, and immediately lead a group of people to collect rotten leaves, crop stems, weeds, etc., mix with pond mud, and put human feces in the open air.

He remembers these well, it can be fermented by microorganisms, so as to achieve the effect of top dressing.No way, the ancient land was barren and there was no fertilizer.

It is almost like planting this hundred acres this year, cultivating this hundred acres next year, and planting another hundred acres, and the yield is still very low!
In the next period of time, Zhang Xiu continued to deal with soil and chemical fertilizers, and as a result, he successfully piled up countless soil fertilizers, which could at least increase production.

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(End of this chapter)