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Chapter 704: Peng Peng Qimai

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    I walk in the wilderness and harvest the wheat.

    In August and September, it is the busy time for farming.  This year, for the first time, crops have been planted on a large area in the Toyosu area.

    The maturity and storage of grain means that the food crisis caused by 300,000 immigrants has finally been lifted.  The development of Fengzhou has completely embarked on a benign development.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Out of the emperor, down to the officials, they will make a show of spring plowing to show their importance to agriculture.

    This year, due to large-scale land reclamation, spring wheat was planted late in many places. By the time the wheat matured, it was already September and the weather turned cooler.  Seeing that the harvest was not guaranteed, Huang Mingyuan ordered all officers and soldiers, except those on duty, to grab food. Finally, he was able to save this hard-won food before the first cold wave arrived.

    Huang Mingyuan touched the golden ears of wheat, and his heart was filled with joy.

    In the fields, many old farmers are resting. Huang Mingyuan likes to chat with people most at this time, and learn something he doesn¡¯t know.

    ¡°Old man, do you have enough food this year?¡±

    Huang Mingyuan led Deng Yi and two others to chat with an old man. When the old man saw Huang Mingyuan and his two men, he saw that they did not look like farmers, and felt a little scared.  However, Huang Mingyuan had a pleasant appearance, and the old man soon became familiar with Huang Mingyuan.

    Most of the old men in Guanbei have participated in the war, so they are very courageous and can speak well.  This old man moved his family from Yanzhou in February this year. He took great pains to move here just because the taxes in Fengzhou were lower.  The Guanbei states are really too poor. If the government exploits them even a little bit harshly, the people will not be able to survive.

    "My lord, this is a lot of food, but I have to sell it and buy some rice to eat. It seems that I can barely maintain food and clothing." The old man has arrived and is very satisfied. He is not hungry in the first year after coming to Fengzhou.  , this was something he had never dared to imagine before.  I have suffered so much in this life that I really can¡¯t remember how long it has been since I felt sick to my stomach.

    "It seems that farming alone is not enough. I plan to let my second son join the army next year. When the time comes, there will be fields for the soldiers, plus rewards, life will be easier."

    The old man said with some vicissitudes of life, he still has some expectations for the future.  Almost all families have this idea. Fengzhou does not encourage people to farm. It is difficult to make a living just by farming. Every household is looking for a smoother road.

    Huang Mingyuan is still immersed in the old man's thoughts of buying rice.  People in Guanxi like to eat pasta. Later generations of mutton steamed buns, meat buns, and fried noodles are all famous dishes in Shaanxi, but not many people like to eat rice.

    ?? Could it be that the common people have not changed their habits at this time? Since the Three Kingdoms period, pasta technology has been very perfect, and there is no possibility of not eating pasta.

    ¡°My father-in-law, don¡¯t you like eating wheat?¡±

    The old man said helplessly: "This pasta tastes pretty good, but this wheat rice is a bit unpalatable. It is not only bitter but also grinds your teeth. I heard that in many places wheat is used to make wine or feed horses."

    ??Wheat tastes bad?

    Suddenly Huang Mingyuan thought about why many people hesitated to speak when he asked him to plant wheat this summer. He was probably aware that the current wheat could only be fed to horses.

    Huang Mingyuan somewhat understands why the hard currency of food in ancient dynasties was rice instead of wheat?  Huang Mingyuan was born in the north in his previous life. He grew up eating pasta and very little rice.  So there is also a question, why in ancient times there were only rice shops but not wheat shops. When talking about the price of grain, it was always how much the rice was, but not how much the wheat was. The government also provided rice porridge but not wheat porridge when providing disaster relief.

    Huang Mingyuan originally thought that wheat was not very popular in ancient China. However, whether the ancient grains were "rice, millet, millet, wheat, and bean sprouts" or "hemp, millet, millet, wheat, and bean sprouts", there was wheat. This kind of food was divided into two parts with rice in later generations.  The staple food of the world should not be unavailable.

    Now it seems that all the doubts have been solved. The ancients thought wheat was unpalatable, at least compared with the wheat of later generations.

    Huang Mingyuan asked people to grind the newly harvested wheat into flour and make it into food. It was indeed unpalatable, a bit astringent, bitter, and indeed sticky, but it was not to the point where ordinary people would not want to eat it. Of course, compared to himself  There is still a big difference between the pasta you usually eat.

    But the stickiness should be caused by the new wheat. In principle, new wheat needs to be ground for the best after six months.

    "Huang Dong!"

    Huang Mingyuan's personal guards hurried in. Huang Mingyuan brought the pasta to Huang Dong and said, "Try it, why is it different from the pasta I eat in the past?"

    Huang Dong hurriedly said: "Master, our wheat is all sent from Zoushan, from Yangzhou to Chang'an, and then to Fengzhou. Uncle Chi knows that you love to eat pasta, so he always"?Let the Sihai Merchant Group specially transport it.  "

    Huang Mingyuan was stunned. Could it be that he was eating a special meal, so it was delicious.

    ¡°We have winter wheat over there, how can these wheat compare?¡±

    Huang Dong¡¯s muttering made Huang Mingyuan suddenly enlightened.  How could I forget that this is spring wheat? Because of its short growth cycle, it is unpalatable.

    In Chinese history, it was not until the great famines of the 1960s and 1970s that winter wheat became popular on a large scale. Since then, winter wheat has become the main force of food in the north.

    But that¡¯s not right, spring wheat will never be so unpalatable no matter what.

    What Huang Mingyuan didn¡¯t know was that the delicious wheat of later generations were all excellent varieties that had been cultivated for many times, but the current wheat did not have this condition.

    Huang Mingyuan hurriedly called Deng Yi to discuss winter wheat planting.

    After Deng Yi heard his story, he was not as happy as Huang Mingyuan. Instead, he said solemnly: "Your Majesty, it is too cold in the north. If you plant wheat in winter, you will not be able to survive."

    Deng Yi¡¯s words were like a basin of cold water poured on Huang Mingyuan¡¯s head, extinguishing Huang Mingyuan¡¯s impulse.

    Huang Mingyuan has to admit that not all places are suitable for growing winter wheat, otherwise winter wheat would not be commonly planted so late in the future.

    "Zhimou is right, I was too impatient and took things for granted."

    However, Huang Mingyuan is not ready to give up. He plans to plant some winter wheat in the south of Muna Mountain first. This is a valley bottom, but the temperature is higher.

    At the same time, Huang Mingyuan ordered Deng Yi to organize a wheat breeding institute to improve Fengzhou's wheat.  The Hetao area has a special climate, with a large temperature difference between day and night, long sunshine hours, and a long frost-free period. Later, the Hetao durum wheat in Bayannur City became famous throughout the country.

    At the same time, Huang Mingyuan also admitted that the unpalatable taste of wheat is related to the workmanship of the people, and the core lies in the grinding surface.  Although graphite has appeared since the Han Dynasty, it has not been popularized in many places, including Fengzhou, until now.  Moreover, the current process is wrong and the bran and sub-flour are not removed, so the wheat simply cannot meet the color and gluten requirements.

    Many people still eat wheat rice directly. How can it be delicious?

    Huang Mingyuan ordered the large-scale popularization of stone mills in Fengzhou, completely replacing wheat rice with flour.  At the same time, we develop refined flour processing and try our best to make this flour available to the common people.

    Huang Mingyuan also asked people to search for grain seeds from Youzhou, Daizhou, Qinzhou and other places to improve the cold resistance of grain seeds. Since there will be winter wheat in the Hetao area in later generations, there is no reason why it cannot be planted now.  Once wheat can be promoted, at least there will be another staple food besides rice, which can also make the people in the north live a lighter life.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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