The heavy snow on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed.

For Gangnam Road, this should be the last snow.

After all, spring has begun, and it is rainy today.

When it comes to rain, it is not far from the spring breeze blows on the face and the earth is warming up.

Li Chenan and his party set out from Zhouzhuang and did not leave quickly.

After passing through many villages, he would stop from time to time and go to the farmlands that were still covered with heavy snow to take a look.

There are many farmers in the villages along the way, not as desolate as in other places.

The fields along the way were also well served. If there were no major natural disasters, Jiangnan Road was indeed one of the largest granaries in Ningguo.

But the farmers still have vegetables on their faces—

The harvest is OK, but the taxes in Jiangnan Road are heavier than in many places in Ningguo!

This is not surprising.

The policy of light taxation has not yet been released.

It will take a year or two to implement the policies after the officials from Kyoto arrive in Gangnam Province.

"Look, this is to make people suffer and destroy people suffer!"

When night fell, the team rested next to an open lake.

Li Chen'an and Su Muxin stood by the lake, looking at the curling smoke from a village in the distance, and said:

"Jiangnan, not only the people, but also the merchants, they bear 30% of the taxes in Ningguo!"

"It is definitely unfair to say that fairness is certainly unfair, but the rest of the corporations, whether in business or agriculture, cannot develop."

"It's not that they are lazy than the people in Jiangnan, but that they are limited by the land, climate, transportation, and of course the policies of the parents and officials in charge of the government, etc."

Su Muxin looked at Li Chenan, "So that's why you decided to give priority to boosting commerce and handicrafts?"

"I still keep my opinion... Ningguo's land is not short of, what is lacking is the farmer!"

"From Kyoto, the fields in many places are deserted and many villages are deserted."

"If commerce and handicrafts are promoted, it will allow more farmers to put down their hoes to do business and seek profit."

"Will you waste more fields?"

“Where does the food come from?”

"According to your opinion, the Wu Kingdom will inevitably return in a defeat in this negotiation... The war will probably start in the south!"

"The dispute over the throne in Vietnam is the most intense, and this is a good thing for us. At least in the two or three years since the new emperor ascended the throne, his main task is to eradicate dissidents and will not pose a threat to us.

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"But the Jiuyin City occupied by the Great Wilderness Kingdom is embedded in the north of our Ning Kingdom like a wedge... You can attack and retreat or defend, and you have to be on guard at any time!"

"In addition, the Uighurs and Xiye countries are not good people. If they knew that Ningguo was short of food... I thought they would not only not sell it to us, but they might also raise their troops again!"

"Money is important, but I still think that food is more important than money!"

Li Chenan did not refute Su Muxin's words.

He even looked at Su Muxin with great appreciation. This guy was very considerate.

He has made a good analysis of the situation in Ningguo now and has also summarized the situation that Ningguo may face.

However, Su Muxin was limited by his knowledge and did not know that once farming technology develops, the efficiency of agriculture will be greatly improved.

Like a better rake.

The rake used in this era is the simplest wooden trunk!

This thing is so inefficient in farming!

If smelting is sent to the people, the noble thing of iron tools will become an ordinary thing.

The iron plow will be promoted and the efficiency of plowing fields will be greatly improved.

Another example is a water truck.

Well, there is no water truck at all!

The irrigation of farmland either depends on the self-flowing water or requires people to pick it!

But if the water truck is promoted and widely used, combined with the construction of water conservancy projects, the irrigation problem of farmland will be properly solved, and the biggest disadvantage of farmers relying on the weather to make a living can at least be effectively alleviated.

For example, more scientific fertilization, sowing, cultivation, etc.

Once these things are popularized, once farmers have the best production tools and the best farming technology, agricultural output will be greatly improved, and fewer farmers will be involved in farming.

Li Chenan has been working hard to recall these days.

This knowledge is not his profession.

But for those born in the countryside, if you think about it carefully, you will always think of something.

So next he would write a book about farming to the Ministry of Works.

When I received the eldest son back to Kyoto, this matter must be done.

"Do you believe that such wheat fields will double the per mu of the wheat production capacity?"

Su Muxin was stunned and shook her head, "If you encounter a good year, you can earn more than 20 or 30 kilograms per acre of land!"

"Well, but I guess two years later, you will see a double yield in acres."

Su Muxin suddenly widened her eyes, "This is impossible!"

Xiao Baozi, who was sitting by the lake washing his feet, raised his head and looked at Li Chenan, "It is impossible to exhaust the cow to death!"

"The crops in Wanxizhai should be the most carefully cultivated... After all, we have nothing to do."

"The land in Wanxizhai is excellent and it is very convenient to get water. There will be no weed in the field, but even so, the best time for a mu of wheat to produce is only 150 kilograms...double?"

"Wouldn't that be three hundred pounds?"

Xiao Baozi shook his head again, "You have never planted crops, and you don't understand. It's good to be able to collect about a hundred pounds in a land like this," he said.

Li Chenan grinned.

He did not argue that many people have been committed to increasing agricultural output over the past thousand years, but this is indeed too difficult.

Those ideas of oneself must be put into practice.

Use facts to prove that you are right, and empty things cannot be counted.

So he didn't talk about this topic again.

"By the way, where did Miss Murong go?"

"After the incident in Kyoto, she returned to Matsuyama Sword Courtyard and said she wanted to go into seclusion."

"Oh, you've suffered a lot these days."

Su Muxin grinned.

His originally white face is now covered with wind and frost.

His hands that originally held the pen now became a sword.

He still knows martial arts, but it does not prevent him from practicing swordsmanship.

"If you say you didn't suffer any hardship, you're obviously lying to you."

"I was really not used to it at first, but now I've adapted."

Li Chenan patted his shoulder and suddenly asked, "How about going to Jiangnan Road to be an official?"

Su Muxin was moved when she heard this.

He is still a literati at heart.

What's more, he is still the second best player in Zhaohua for 21 years!

His ideal and ambition was to become an official in the dynasty, but at that time, Xi Wei was in power and he had no chance.

Now I heard Li Chenan say this...

He pondered for a moment, but shook his head.

"My mentor said something to me, which changed some of my inherent ideas."

Li Chenan raised his eyebrows: "What did Brother Hua say to you?"

"My teacher said... a sharp sword must have endured countless hardships."

"Holding a pen may be able to govern one place and become a capable minister."

"But holding a sword can expand your territory and write a magnificent mountain and river for you!"

Li Chenan was a little surprised.

He looked up at the bulging moon in the night sky, "Okay... Wait until Xiahou Zhuo is awarded the title... You go to the northern border army to be a guerrilla general first!"

"In the future, war is inevitable!"
Chapter completed!