Chapter 1185 Harvesting Rice (3)
Sun Dali pointed out a number of men who looked like they were used to farm work, and then said to his two younger brothers, Sun Caogen and Sun Heitan, "Watch carefully and remember who took the farm tools given to them. Be careful not to let others steal them."
Don’t think that no one dares to touch government property. In this world, anything can happen.
If it is really stolen, the master will be held accountable and the loss will be heavy.
Sun Caohen and Sun Heitan nodded solemnly and seriously: "Uncle Dali, we got it. We will keep a close eye on it later."
Soon, a number of experienced farmers were selected from the crowd.
The discussion among the onlookers below became even more heated.
Crowd A pointed at his own man and said with a smile: "Look, your father was also voted out, haha. The government has a good eye and knows that your father is a good hand at the job."
The person who was speaking was a woman, gossiping with her young son who was eating melons.
The child said cheerfully: "Daddy, daddy, encourage me, encourage me."
This made outsiders think that his father was going to participate in an important competition, but was it worth encouraging him just to harvest rice?
Crowd Eater B said cheerfully: "The people in the government have good taste. These guys look like they can work. But I can work better than them. If I were in the front, they would definitely choose me."
Those who are not selected compete with those who are selected. In this world, people compete for everything, even when it comes to peeing, they compete to see who can pee farther.
Crowd member C curled his lips and whispered, "I wonder if these people are in cahoots with the government? Why did they choose them over so many other people? I think there must be some secret behind this."
There are quite a few people like C, who think everything is done through "backdoors", "connections" and "conspiracy theories".
In a word: the government office cannot be trusted.
The crowd's chatter shifted from the rice fields to the men harvesting rice.
Especially those men, they are all fellow villagers.
I know them very well. But I just can't imagine why the government would choose them?
When did they have anything to do with the government?
A man preparing to harvest rice: ....
Damn, how come they don't know that they have a connection with the government? If they did, they wouldn't have to live such a miserable life.
After the men who cut the rice are selected, it is time for the Taoist priests in the City God Temple to perform a ritual.
After a flamboyant performance of the spell, the ceremony was completed.
The Taoist priest shouted, "The weather is good every year, and the crops are plentiful every year. The weather is good, the fields are fragrant with rice, and a good harvest is in sight. Thank God, thank you for your grace, and bless you with a peaceful and fruitful year."
After the Taoist priest finished reading, he walked over and said, "Master Magistrate, please!"
The so-called "please" means letting Sun Shan harvest the first handful of rice, just like planting rice seedlings, planting the first handful.
Sun Shan nodded, picked up the rice knife, walked to the rice field treated with guano, bent down and cut a handful of rice.
He handed it to Gui Ge'er beside him and said, "Everyone, the rice harvesting has officially begun."
After Sun Shan finished speaking, Sun Dali led a group of men to the "pure natural" experimental field to harvest rice.
He cuts one piece after another, allowing the onlookers present to see clearly and compare clearly.
The selected man excitedly jumped into the experimental field base with the sharpened wheat knives from the government office and started working excitedly.
The onlookers on the shore watched them harvesting rice excitedly and began to talk about it.
The Sun family guards and yamen runners patrolled from time to time to prevent emergencies.
This time, all the people who were harvesting the rice were the spectators. In order to avoid suspicion, the Sun family guards and yamen runners were only responsible for security work.
Sun Shan and his gang stood on the ridge of the field, watching the men working together to harvest the rice in no time. Soon they had cleared out a large area of land.
Sun Dali has a good eye and chooses men who can work.
Teacher Deng walked up to Sun Shan and asked, "Sir, the rice grown with guano really looks different. The rice stalks are especially thick and tall."
Sun Shan explained: "There are things that rice grows in bird droppings. If rice eats them, it will naturally grow strong. Once it grows strong, it will naturally produce more grains."
After a pause, he continued, "Rice is just like people. If they eat well from childhood, they will naturally grow strong."
After hearing this, Teacher Deng understood.
Suddenly I thought of a question: "Sir, it's not enough to just eat rice well, you have to have a good foundation. Just like a baby, it is thin and weak when it is born. No matter how well it eats, it won't grow well."
This is very reasonable.
Sun Shan nodded: "So we must choose the best seeds at the beginning. Unfortunately, our seeds are not the best. If we choose the best, the yield will be better than it is now."
The important factors for high rice yield are: seeds, fertilizers and water conservancy.
Each one is extremely difficult to conquer.
The discovery of bird droppings in Yuanlu County today is just luck.
If you want to continue, you have to develop something that can be produced continuously.
It’s a pity that the current productivity is limited and Sun Shan can do nothing about it.
Among these three conditions, only water irrigation is relatively easy to overcome.
Teacher Deng is from another place. His family is a landlord. Although he farms, he doesn't do any farming, and he doesn't understand a lot about this.
Seeing that Sun Shan spoke so coherently and with the air of a "senior farmer", he couldn't help but be secretly amazed.
Mr. Sun is truly a genuine farmer's son and is very familiar with agriculture.
County Magistrate Wang stretched his ears and listened.
I didn't understand what was said at first, but I understood it once Sun Shan gave me a metaphor.
This time when Wang Jiaxing returned from Chenzhou Prefecture, he not only brought the glory of the Wang family, but also brought Sun Shan's background check.
According to the information given by my aunt, Sun Shan was indeed born in a farming family in a remote mountainous area, but his family was not poor at all.
Like the Wang family, they have an elder aunt who married into the provincial capital and is very capable, so they have no shortage of food and drink.
The most important thing is that Sun Shan has a very capable older cousin who was admitted to high school that year.
That's the fourth place, right behind the top three.
That would have been fine, but Sun Shan also married the daughter of the wealthy He family.
Haha, the reason why we could send an official so quickly is because of the Yue family’s support.
County Magistrate Wang glanced at Sun Shan secretly. No wonder there was no pretty little girl in the backyard except two old and ugly women.
If you rely on your wife's family to get started, you have to be humble and submissive. How dare you take a concubine when you don't even have a legitimate son?
If the Yue family got their hands on him, they would bring Sun Shan down in a matter of minutes.
If you want to eat salty fish, you have to endure the thirst. Sun Shan made his fortune by relying on his Yue family, so he has to be able to endure it.
However, what surprised County Magistrate Wang was Sun Shan's ranking.
Emma, I always pass the exam on time. My luck is incredible.
Thinking about my nephew in Beijing, why doesn’t he have this luck?
The Wang family's requirements are not high. It only matters if you pass the exam, whether you are the first or the last. First, you will change your family status and then slowly raise it.
Now the Wang family is lacking a Jinshi.
When the Wang family heard that Sun Shan was the last one on the list, they secretly thought that the Sun family was very lucky, and unbelievably so.
Mr. Wang was also thinking about moving to a place closer to the government office to try his luck.
Being lucky every time and successful every time is a good omen for those who do business.