Chapter 753 Paying Attention to Farming

Early the next morning, the city gate was opened, and the people in the city went out of the city.

When the sun rose, the fields beside the fields were already full of people. When Zhao Hanzhang came with officials from Chen County, except for the space in the middle of the road for carriages to pass, the rest of the place was crowded with people.

And amidst such crowding, there were actually vendors carrying burdens walking through the area to sell goods.

Zhao Ming was very happy to see this huge crowd of people, and his usually solemn face had a smile. This was all for Sanniang, which meant that her prestige was getting stronger and stronger, which was a good thing.

Zhao Hanzhang was also very happy. He looked at these people and said to himself: These are all people and money.

Zhao Hanzhang was smiling, and people on both sides of the road felt happy to see it. They all excitedly saluted her with their hands raised, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, look at me. I'm from Qianjia Village. I'm just on the side..."

"Your Majesty, I am from Xiping, and we are fellow villagers!"

"Prince Zhao, I am from Jizhou, and I specialize in selling your glass..."

Zhao Hanzhang raised his hand to greet them, and everyone became more and more excited. After raising his hand, he felt that Zhao Hanzhang could not see him, so he raised his hand and waved it, hoping that she would look at them more.

The crowd was crowded, and a little girl carrying a big basket was pushed forward by the crowd. The soldiers standing on guard on both sides of the road were slow for a moment and failed to catch the person. She fell out, right in front of Zhao Hanzhang's horse's hooves. .

Zhao Hanzhang's horse was a war horse, and she kept paying attention. As soon as the man fell out, she pulled the reins. The horse stopped and just looked down lazily at the man who fell in front of it, then raised its head boredly and hummed. There was a sound.

When the crowd fell silent, they were all a little frightened. Immediately, a soldier stepped forward and grabbed the little girl's arm and tried to drag her back. Zhao Hanzhang raised his hand to stop their movements, looked at the pale little girl, and asked with a smile: "But it's injured?" leg?"

"No, no." The little girl immediately got up from the ground. She tripped because she stepped on her skirt. The linen cloth covering the basket tilted and two cakes fell out.

The little girl hurriedly picked up the cake and almost cried.

Zhao Hanzhang saw that her eyes were red and her face was red, so he leaned over and asked with a smile, "Are these pancakes for sale? Are they delicious? How much does one cost?"

The little girl subconsciously handed the pancake in her hand upwards, "Two cents, it's very delicious. Would you like to try it?"

"Okay." Zhao Hanzhang took it immediately. When she saw that there was still some dirt on the cake, she didn't mind. She patted it and took a big bite. The cake was added with chopped green onion, baked dry and crispy, especially delicious. ,

She nodded approvingly, took out two new coins from her purse and gave them to her, "It's indeed delicious."

The little girl didn't accept the money and kept backing away and refusing.

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and threw the money into her basket. It happened to be thrown on the linen without soiling the remaining pancakes she had left. "Take it, the Zhao army has military discipline and is not allowed to take away the people's needles and threads. You can't let me take the lead." Breaking the rules.”

The little girl held the two new coins and held them tightly.

The soldier became gentler and asked her to step aside.

The little girl knelt down and saluted Zhao Hanzhang, and quickly retreated to the side of the road. Everyone quickly made room for her, and then stared at Zhao Hanzhang even more excitedly.

Their hearts were surging. Although they were not the ones talking to Zhao Hanzhang, nor were they the ones who got the two coins, they were just like the little girl. A sudden surge of heat surged into their hearts, and their whole bodies were full of energy. Everyone was excited. He waved to Zhao Hanzhang and watched her go away with piercing eyes.

When he arrived at the edge of the field, Zhao Hanzhang dismounted. Li Zheng and the officials who were waiting a step ahead immediately came forward and said, "Your Majesty, the altar has been set up."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded slightly, first burned incense and prayed for blessings, and then took out the memorial text that Zhao Ming had written for her and read it. This is to pray for mountains, rivers and land, and for good weather.

She knew that the weather this year was not good. She just hoped that God would take pity on the people, that the climate would not be as bad as written in history, and that natural disasters would not be so huge, so that more living creatures would have a chance to survive.

After Zhao Hanzhang read the memorial text and burned it in public, he knelt down and worshiped with special piety.

From a scientific point of view, the reason why she and Fu Tinghan came to this world may be due to the conservation of energy, and there are no ghosts and gods in this world; but from a metaphysical point of view, everything is possible.

But regardless of whether there is or not, she sincerely prays to God, hoping that there will be fewer natural disasters, and that the world will have good weather and prosperity.

As soon as Zhao Hanzhang knelt down, the people watching the ceremony also knelt down and prayed together.

However, they made many wishes. Like Zhao Hanzhang, most of them prayed for good weather and abundant harvests this year; some also brought private goods and prayed to God to bless their families with health, safety, and prosperity.

After Zhao Hanzhang kowtowed respectfully, he stood up and rolled up his sleeves. Zhao Ming, who had not done anything yesterday, also took action today and helped her hitch the plow with Fu Tinghan.

Then the county guard Zhao Ming led the ox in front, while Zhao Hanzhang helped the plow behind and plowed a piece of land in public.

Zhao Hanzhang also asked officials from the county governor's office and her subordinate officials from the governor's office to carry hoes into the fields to break up soil, pull out weeds, and level the land.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Food is the first priority for the people, so food is the foundation. Spring plowing and summer harvest are the most important. You must work with the people to do the spring plowing work and not slack off."

Zhao Ming took the lead and responded respectfully.

Zhao Hanzhang also said a few important things to note during spring plowing. For example, officers and soldiers are not allowed to occupy people's fields. All counties, villages and villages must do a good job in distributing seeds and do their best to provide the people with cattle, farm tools, etc.;

Do a good job in watering and be alert to disputes over water;

No matter whether you are high or low, you are not allowed to trample and destroy the young seedlings. Anyone who knows the law and violates the law and deliberately destroys the young seedlings will be severely punished.

This plowing made the people of Yuzhou know that Zhao Hanzhang valued farming. Officials from the governor's office and the county governor's office were led by her to work in the fields themselves.

In fact, if she was the only one to advocate this, officials from a noble family like Yu Sima would not want to follow her, but Zhao Ming also responded.

Zhao Hanzhang went to the army and went to the fields with the soldiers. He occasionally visited the fields and helped a group of farmers working in the fields from time to time;

Zhao Ming plows his fields after work. He always handles government affairs quickly and spends half a day in the fields every day.

Following the example, Yu Sima and others had no choice but to go to the fields. However, adhering to the principle that the fertilizer should not flow to other people's fields, they all cultivated their own official fields.

As they planted and planted, they found many problems, such as, "The spacing of the rake is too large, and grass is always missed. It needs to be tighter."

So counties in Yuzhou began to allocate funds to improve rakes.

For another example, "I asked the people at Sinong Temple and they said that after the fields are raked, it is best to apply fertilizer once before transplanting the rice seedlings. This will make the rice seedlings stronger and yield a better harvest."

As a result, Chen County built about a dozen new latrines, and this trend spread to other counties. Several methods of fertilizing fertilizers were also circulated in Sinong Temple. Although the officials looked disgusted, they still let their families follow them.

News came out from the governor's office that if anyone could grow good grain and have a high harvest, the governor would give him a promotion.

They have no hope of getting promoted, but they can try to get promoted.