The slope of the mountain is located outside the Songshou City of the prefecture. The slope on the sunny side of the earthen mountain has been reclaimed into "stairs" one by one. Many people gathered at the top of the "stairs". There is a newly excavated ditch on the top of the mountain, which introduces spring water into these "stairs".

Each level of "step" has a gap on one side of the ditch, and wooden boards are inserted into the gap as a water door. When the spring water fills the first level of "step", someone closes the water door, and then the spring water continues to flow downward and enters the next level of "step".

The flow of the spring water is very large, and it is not long before the ten "steps" are filled with water. Wang Yuwen of Xiyang, who is located in front of the crowd at the top of the "steps", began to explain the novel farming method in front of him - terraced fields.

There are many mountainous areas in Lingbiao, and there are a large number of people living in Liliao and Han people who settled south. If people want to settle down in one place and reproduce their descendants, they must have a stable source of food, so it is inevitable to open up land and farm.

But it is not easy to farm in mountainous areas. Most of the arable plains are fragmented and do not have the endless rice fields in the Central Plains. The food production cannot be increased, which directly limits population growth.

If you want to live in mountains and hilly areas and reproduce the population, you have to find a way to get land from the mountains and hills. Yuwen Wen’s suggestion is to reclaim terraced fields, so that even if there are few flat lands, you can still grow rice on the hillside.

"This farming field is cultivated step by step along the hillside like a ladder. I call it terraced fields. Although it is not as easy to cultivate as large flat land, it can use soil slopes to grow rice. Although the yield is lower, it is always better than not..."

"Since you want to farm, you must have soil first, so the terraced fields can only be reclaimed on the soil mountain. Be careful to be on the sunny side, and the soil on the surface should be thick. If there is only a thin layer of soil on the surface and the bottom is full of stones, that's not possible."

"How thick should the soil be? It's very simple. Please look at this short spear. There is a mark on it. As long as it is inserted deep into the soil and this mark, it will not touch the stone. It means that the soil slope can be reclaimed."

"Of course, the soil slope cannot be too steep. First, each level of terraces cultivated will be very small. Second, the terraces that are too steep will easily collapse and landslide when it rains heavily..."

"You may ask, how to prevent landslides from rainstorms. It is very simple. First, the ridges of each level of terrace should be thick enough. Second, the terraces should have drainage ditches. When the rainfall is too high, the ditches will be used to share part of the water..."

"Sow seeds should be carried out according to the normal season, but before that, you should release water first. The water mentioned here means to dry the water. After dropping the water, rake the soil in the terraced fields soften. Sowing the seeds after storing water can make the rice grow better..."

"You can catch some loaches in the river... I don't know what you call them here. Anyway, it's the size of the scaleless fish that is not smooth and slippery. Put it in the terraced fields. After harvesting the rice in autumn, you can catch it and eat it..."

After inspecting, Wang Yuwen of Xiyang from all over the country, came to Anzhou Prefecture to manage Song Shou, and transformed into an agricultural promotion "specialist" to promote terraces to local hereditary officials in Anzhou.

He was wearing casual clothes, like a farmer, wearing a straw hat and rolling his legs, barefoot with wooden clogs, holding a shovel in one hand and a dog-tail grass in the other, pointing to the first-level terraced fields in front of him, introducing the farming experience, key points and precautions of the terraced fields.

Beside him was a professional translator, while on the side were the accompanying Mrs. Xian, the former Grand Governor of Lingnan of Chen State, and Chen Fozhi, the representative of Chen Clan in Longzhou.

There were still a few people who were already stunning. At that time, a man in his forties was the governor of Anzhou and Ning Mengli, the representative of Anzhou Ning clan, and the rest were the elders of the Ning clan. They looked at the terraces in front of them, and their faces were full of excitement.

"There are actually terraced fields, and when I passed by, I saw scattered terraced fields outside the city. But I think that they were reclaimed by the people and have not yet formed a scale."

"When I passed by Gaozhou and Longzhou, I had arranged for experts to stay there and taught the local people how to reclaim terraces on a large scale. I also made such arrangements along the way, encouraging local people to reclaim terraces..."

"Ning Jun, I have observed on Song Shou's road a few days ago that there are stone mountains and earth mountains in Anzhou, and there are many earth mountains with gentle slopes. According to my opinion, if it can be reclaimed into terraces and managed properly, Anzhou's grain output should be doubled in three years."

Ning Mengli, who was slim, kept nodding, and looking at Yuwen Wen's gaze, he had changed from awe at the beginning to admiration. The other clan elders also looked at the young man in front of him with great admiration.

So young, when it comes to farming, is it that this "Sunset King" who comes from a farmer family?

"When I was in Anzhou...ah, it was Anzhou in Shannan. I also ordered people to try to reclaim terraces. Later, Huangzhou...well, it was Huangzhou in Shannan. I also ordered people to reclaim terraces. The effect was still good...but it was cancelled later."

Ning Mengli was a little confused when he heard this. He had seen the world and had dealt with officials sent by the Jiankang court, so he could talk in half-baked Chinese. Although his accent was strong, he could at least ask questions: "Master, why is this?"

"In Huangzhou, there are many hills, but there are also many tidal flats. I organized the people to build water conservancy projects and reclaim a large number of tidal flats into farmland. Naturally, there is no need to ask for land from the dirt mountains. All the original terraces have been replaced with tea trees."

"Tea trees? Why don't the king let people plant kudzu?"

"Tea trees make money! Plant on the hillside, but they won't compete for territory with crops." Yuwen Wen instantly changed from a rice farmer to a tea farmer, and began to talk about it in a long way. "Tea may be sold at a good price, and the tea garden also needs a lot of people to help with it. I would rather envoy the lord than just fill your stomach, the people also have to make money to support their families, right?"

"During the slack farming, you can't stay at home and beat the baby and the wife, so go to the tea garden to help. The tea leaves are picked in spring and autumn, just to break the busy farming..."

Yuwen Wen is a local official who does practical things. When it comes to farming and tea trees, he is very good at farming. Although he is inevitably suspected of being half a bucket of water, he has passed most prefectures and county officials. Ning Mengli, who inherited his father's position as the governor of Anzhou, has rich agricultural experience, and is now fascinating.

Ning Mengli had many dealings with officials from the Jiankang court. Seeing that most of these people were despicable people, they would only talk big except for asking for bribes and benefits. Now he was shocked to see a young and promising vassal king.

Chen Jun was finished, and it was Zhou Jun who took over Lingbiao, and the commander of the Zhou Jun was the King of Xiyang. Ning Mengli heard that Yuwen Wen wanted to inspect Lingbiao County and would come to Anzhou. He was a little resistant at the beginning, but after learning about the other party's entourage, he had to put aside his thoughts.

Mrs. Shi Long, who represented Feng Xian of Gaoliang, came, Chen Fozhi of the Chen of Longzhou, came, and Wang Meng, who had previously served as the Grand Governor of Lingnan of Chen State, also came, which shows that Zhou army has received strong support in Lingbiao, and Anzhou Ning family must be convinced even if they are not convinced.

In fact, I was convinced and dissatisfied. Until now, Ning Mengli was really convinced, and it would be impossible not to accept it.

Chen Fozhi watched quietly while watching Ning Mengli's expression change, but he could see clearly that the Chen family, Feng Xian family, and Ning family had frequent exchanges with each other. He knew the temper of the Ning family. To put it nicely, it was straightforward, and to put it bluntly, it was just a stubborn.

If you decide you are a friend, then you will be in love with each other. If you decide you are a bastard, you will not even think about it.

Now Ning Mengli is in front of Yu Wenwen, who is as old as his son, and he is sincere in accepting the teachings. Chen Fozhi doesn't think he is pretending, which means that this stubborn bull is convinced.

If you don’t accept it, isn’t Chen Fozhi too?

That day, Yuwen Wen entered the camp of Liliao's army. Chen Fozhi, who was standing at the gate, suddenly felt unable to cut him down. As a result, he was arrested by Lady Xian. Although his friend Feng Xuan had his best friend Feng Xuan pleaded for death, he was still in a position.

Chen Fozhi thought he was going to die of illness and was over. As a result, Yuwen Wen released him when he went out to inspect Fanyu and comforted the states of the Lingbing Mountains and turned him over to the Longzhou, which was Chen's territory.

Chen Fozhi thought that Yuwen Wen's inspection of various places was just a formality, saying some scenes, and promised all kinds of illusory benefits, and then patted his butt and left. As a result, the other party had to buy Shimi at a good price as soon as he came up, and encouraged everyone to trade multiple sugarcane in stone honey, which really surprised Chen Fozhi.

Not to mention other mutually beneficial transactions, Yuwen Wen also suggested that all parts of Longzhou cultivate terraces, not only to speak out, but also to bring people to practice, so that the chiefs and cave owners of various places will be eye-opened.

In fact, the form of slope paddy fields similar to terraced fields also appears sporadically in the Longzhou and other places, but people have always had no land and had no choice but to do it. No one thought of taking the initiative to reclaim terraced fields on a large scale.

As a result, Yuwen Wen strongly advocated the large-scale promotion of terraced fields, and also provided detailed maintenance methods and the output conditions of terraced fields under various circumstances. Everyone suddenly felt enlightened.

Whenever Yuwen Wen went to a state, he not only strongly recommended planting sugarcane, but also constantly advised everyone to cultivate terraces and increase grain production.

He also made a promise that the new government would appropriately relax the supply of iron products, especially the iron farm tools and tools used for land reclamation, which will be given priority. Of course, the premise is to obey. Whoever dares to melt iron to build troops will be punished as a rebellion once it appears.

It can be seen that the King of Xiyang of Zhou really hopes that the new government will get along with the gentle masters and cave masters from all over the country, and that they really want everyone to "wealth together". At this point, Chen Fozhi is really convinced.

And now, it was stubborn Niu Ning's turn to convince him.

The terrain of Anzhou is as mountainous as that of Longzhou. If terraces can be made well, then a significant increase in grain output is inevitable. This is a real gift from Yuwen Wen, which is much better than the wish of appointing an official.

Yuwen Wen walked around the Lingbing area, giving both kindness and power. He was the master of the cave, and he was devoted to the cave owner, at least he would not have the intention to rebel for the time being. Thinking of this, Chen Fozhi couldn't help but look forward to a bright prospect that Yuwen Wen painted for them.
Chapter completed!