Chapter 121: Fertilization, the beginning of new learning

When He Yan was thinking about how to minimize the loss, he realized that Yang Xiu was still waiting outside.

"Mr. Yang!"

This call was particularly kind.

After all, five million dollars!

Cao Cao could get the wool from the Hongnong Yang family, so why couldn't he?

He Yan's enthusiasm gave Yang Xiu goosebumps all over his body, but when he thought of his mission, he still had to deal with He Yan.

"I dare to ask Shen Hou, this new learning..."

“The key point of this new learning is the unity of knowledge and action!”

He Yan taught Yang Xiuyan: "The first step is to farm the land!"

Yang Xiu:......

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Time: In the fifth year of Jian'an, at three o'clock on the day of Renxu in the twelfth month of winter.

Location: On a farmland on the outskirts of Xuchang.

Characters: He Yan, Ren Jun, Yang Xiu, Cao Pi, and a few field soldiers who have no lines to serve as backdrops.

Yang Xiu's cheeks were slightly red and he asked He Yan beside him: "Marquis Shen, are you cold?"

"Not cold."

"Why?"

"Because we all have normal brains."

Except for Yang Xiu, everyone else was wearing thick cotton robes (the inside was not cotton wool, but silkworm wadding). They looked at Yang Xiu, who was only wearing a short shirt, as if he were a fool.

"Ah sneeze!"

Yang Xiu sneezed heavily: "I thought people only wore short clothes when working in the fields..."

"Wearing short clothes is true. The question is who wears short clothes in winter?"

He Yan has long been unable to complain about the "meat-eater" staged by Yang Xiu.

"Cao Pi, give him your cotton robe!"

"don't want!"

Cao Pi held on to his clothes tightly, guarding against the possibility of someone snatching him away at any time.

"Hurry up! Otherwise Mr. Yang will really freeze to death!"

He Yan looked at Cao Pi dissatisfied: "And don't think I don't know, you have to wear three cotton robes! A young man who is full of anger will get sick from wearing so many clothes!"

Cao Pi then reluctantly took off the cotton robe outside.

Yang Xiu wanted to go up and take it gratefully, but Cao Pi immediately scolded Yang Xiu: "Don't move!"

After taking off another cotton robe from inside, Cao Pi handed the cotton robe inside to Yang Xiu: "Here! This one inside is warmer."

Yang Xiu was immediately grateful with tears streaming down his face (it might have been caused by the wind), and thanked Cao Pi for a while.

But He Yan, who had already seen the truth beside him, narrowed his eyes.

The reason why Cao Pi gave Yang Xiu that... most likely because the cotton robe on the outside looks better than the one on the inside, right?

but.

With Cao Pi's temperament, he could actually say "the one inside is warmer than the one outside" to win people's hearts, which was obviously a great improvement.

"Is it possible that Jia Xu has already started teaching Cao Pi?"

…

Just when He Yan was struggling with this matter, Yang Xiu finally put on his cotton robe, wiped his nose and came to He Yan and asked: "Marquis Shen, what do you mean by calling us here today?"

"Yes! He Yan! Why did you pull me out?"

Cao Pi's resentment is obviously much stronger than Yang Xiu's resentment.

"Also! What did you say to dad last time when you went back? Why did dad hit me with a riding crop as soon as I came in?"

He Yan glanced at Cao Pi: "I asked you to come because you have been bored in Sikong Mansion these days. I want you to come out for some air. If you don't want to, just go back by yourself!"

Oh?

Cao Pi thought about it carefully and found that Cao Cao's restraint on him had indeed become much stronger since he came back, and he even sent Jia Xu to be his teacher.

As a result, Cao Pi has indeed never been out of Sikong Mansion a few times, and he is very restrained.

So Cao Pi immediately showed his big white teeth and cheered to He Yan: "He Yan! You are so righteous!"

This time, it was Yang Xiu, Ren Jun and others who looked at Cao Pi with those stupid eyes...

He Yan also nodded happily and secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay! Even if Jia Xu went into battle, Cao Pi couldn't be saved! Very good!"

"Ahem."

After appeasing Cao Pi, He Yancai turned to Yang Xiu and said, "The main reason why I called Doctor Yang here this time is to experience the newly learned "unity of knowledge and action."

"As the saying goes, "What you see on paper is only superficial, but you will never know that you must do it personally." What this new school emphasizes is that you must do everything yourself."

He Yan looked at his uncle Ren Jun at this time.

Ren Jun stepped forward and pointed to the two pieces of land at his feet: "These are the two fields that Marquis Shen specially asked me to find."

"There is no difference in water and soil between these two fields, but last year's harvest was 30% different!"

Thirty percent?

Yang Xiu also frowned after hearing this number.

Thirty percent is not much on a piece of land, but what about one acre? What about one hectare? Or even hundreds of hectares?

This gap is enough to save a large county in food supply, which is no joke.

Ren Jun did not sell out, but gave the answer: "Although these two pieces of land are used for farming, one of them often goes to the river to pick up some mud from the pond to spread in the field, and the other one has never done it.

Grass pond mud!”

Yang Xiu understood now that the difference in the harvest lies in the mud of the grass pond.

"But Marquis Shen... what does this grass pond mud have to do with new learning?"

Not to mention its relationship with Xinxue, it has little to do with the overall increase in grain production.

After all, there is a limited amount of grass pond mud, and the government will not allow large-scale excavation of grass pond mud, otherwise even the rivers will be at risk of bursting their banks.

If you want to use grass pond mud to increase food production, it would be a bit fanciful.

He Yan was not surprised by Yang Xiu's question.

On the contrary, He Yan showed an expression of "Sure enough".

Scholars under Confucian education are so "landlord-like" when they see something.

People without integrity will think: "Is this thing of use to me?"

People with a little more integrity will think: "Is this thing of use to others?"

At most, you will think: "Is this thing useful to the court and the people?"

Only when a ready-made thing is put in front of their eyes will they start to think about and extend it.

But regarding the nature of this thing... I'm sorry, this is not something that "scholars" and "masters" like them should think about.

He Yan sighed and asked Yang Xiu: "Mr. Yang, this is not how you learn new knowledge."

"Let me ask you, do you know why this grass pond mud can increase food production?"

This question, not to mention Yang Xiu, even Ren Jun, a young farming expert, was a little stunned.

Why can grass pond mud increase grain production?

Perhaps there was just one person who poured some pond mud into his own field. After the crop yield increased, everyone started to follow suit and poured mud into their own fields.

As for why, no one will think about it.

In other words, even if they think about it, the answer is the so-called sage's words in the book, telling them about everything in the world and the ancient universe...

Their answer was vast, so vast that even the world could not accommodate it, but it was difficult to solve such a pile of dark grass pond mud.

Yang Xiu, Cao Pi, and Ren Jun all gathered around, squatted next to He Yan and began to think about this problem.

"Because the soil in Caotang Mud is different from the soil here!"

The smart Cao Pi took the first step on the right path, which is very good!

He Yan looked at Cao Pi happily and decided to reward him with his father's care.
To be continued...