Chapter 227: Enke
"Well, don't get excited yet, just listen to me first." Song Qingci didn't have the heart to pour cold water on him. But there were some things he had to say.
"I have a limited supply of wheat seeds. I can only plant about 5,000 mu of land."
These seeds were obtained before I traveled through time. One time when I was bored and went to the disaster area to rescue people, I collected some local facilities that had not been completely destroyed. Among them was a large seed company.
At that time, I thought taking it back and handing it over would be a way of recovering the losses for the country.
But later I was busy saving people and forgot about it. I didn't even remember that there were these things.
I found this by chance when I was looking for books on planting.
"Five thousand acres is already a lot." Shan Li had already roughly figured out where so much connected land could be found.
He has been in the northern border for many years, and the topography there has been deeply engraved in his mind.
"This year we have 5,000 acres. After the harvest next year, we can save the seeds, and then we will have more wheat seeds. As long as three to five years pass, the whole of Dachen will be able to plant such wheat seeds." Although Shan Li was born in the general's mansion, he has been away from home for many years and is not the kind of person who is completely ignorant of farming and people's livelihood.
Hearing Shan Li's fantasies, Song Qingci smiled awkwardly.
''Actually, these seeds are disposable.''
Shan Li’s imagination is rich, but the reality is skinny.
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that the wheat seeds I have can only be planted once, and there is no way to save them when harvesting. Even if I save them, I won't be able to grow a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu the next year."
This is why Song Qingci found the wheat seeds but did not take them out immediately.
"Why is that?" Shan Li couldn't understand.
In his impression, anything that can be planted has seeds, otherwise how can it be passed down from generation to generation? !
"Because these seeds have been improved by genetic technology. These seeds have gene locks. They can only be planted once. In the second generation, the high-yield gene will be replaced by the ancestral gene. There is no way to grow high-yield crops again."
Song Qingci tried his best to explain.
"'Does this mean that this high-yield wheat seed will die after it is produced once, and will not be able to breed the next generation again? " Shan Li had his own understanding of Song Qingci's words.
"Yes, it's about the same. In our time, seeds were sold by seed shops. In order to maximize the profits of seed shops, researchers have developed gene locks. The seeds sold are all improved by gene locks. After planting, they will have a high yield and better fruits, but they cannot be saved for further planting. When you need to plant the next year, you still have to go to a store that specializes in selling seeds to buy them."
There are many more complicated reasons involved, but Song Qingci is not an agricultural expert, so she can only tell Shan Li what she understands.
''I see.''
Shan Li tried hard to digest Song Qingci's words.
"It doesn't matter. It's good enough to grow crops for one season. If we can grow enough, the soldiers guarding the border can have enough food to eat." Shan Li quickly adjusted his mentality.
This thing was obtained by accident.
It's good enough as it can play a role, and we can't force a certain result.
''Thank you, Aci.''
Song Qingci waved his hand, "You're welcome. I'll give you a hundred acres of wheat seeds later. You can send them and this instruction to Qianfeng Pass. Let's try it this year. If it works, we can continue next year." This is just an idea at the moment. I don't know how it will be implemented.
She doesn't deserve this thank you.
"Okay." Shan Li looked at Song Qingci. She had already thought about next year.
Does that mean that she has accepted my advice and no longer wants to divorce?
It’s time for the fifteenth family banquet again.
We couldn’t get enough people together before because of various reasons.
This family dinner was actually the second one Song Qingci had seen with a relatively complete group of people.
In addition to the mother and daughter Qi and Shan Yu who were under house arrest, even Shan Xi was present.
As usual, everyone at the family dinner maintained the necessary harmony and courtesy, except that when the banquet was over, Shan Li was left alone by Shan Su.
"Uncle, what do you want to talk to me about?" Shan Li got straight to the point. It was already late, and he wanted to go back to Chixiao Courtyard as soon as possible.
Shan Su had similar thoughts and didn't want to engage in excessive small talk.
"Did you hear that Enco will open next month?"
Shan Li nodded.
He knew this news when he was in Beishui City.
His Majesty the present Emperor has issued a decree to announce to the world that a special imperial examination will be held in Mid-Autumn to express gratitude for the Emperor's grace.
He hadn't figured it out at first. The imperial examination, which was held every three years, was supposed to be held next year. He didn't know why the special examination was suddenly held this year.
It was only after he returned to Beijing and heard what Feng Yi told him that he found out.
The incident involving hundreds of people that A Ci caused in Xiaowangzhuang directly exposed the bottom line of the officialdom.
As a result, there is now no one available in many places in the court.
Emperor Chengtian must have been forced into a corner, so he decided to hold the imperial examination. He is in urgent need of people.
"Uncle, do you have any idea when you ask this?"
The General's Mansion was a military family, and the sons of the family did not need to take the imperial examination to become officials.
It's not just their family, the children of other prominent families are in a similar situation.
There is no need to take the imperial examination to be assigned a minor official position. If you do well, you can naturally be promoted normally.
If you don't do it well, the best you can do is maintain the status quo.
Of course, if one has outstanding abilities, he can naturally take the imperial examination. If he can get a good ranking, it will be very beneficial to himself and his family.
In short, there are many paths, and it depends on how you choose.
Shan Su looked at his eldest nephew and felt a little sad. It seemed that none of his sons could compare to him.
"It's like this, I want to let Hai'er and Wenbin go down together and give it a try." Shan Su said what he had been thinking about for a long time.
He wanted to pave the way for his son.
Shan Yuan is now the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, so he doesn't need to worry about it anymore.
Shan Wenjing is still young, and there is no need to worry about him for the time being.
At present, only Shan Hai and Shan Wenbin have reached the age where we should worry.
"Has Fifth Brother's injury healed?" Shan Li had heard that Shan Hai was badly injured by Ah Ci.
How long has it been since I started taking the imperial examination?!