Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 722 Excellent Rice

Therefore, instead of experimenting with mixed rice cultivation alone, it would be better to let the top leader of the Great Sheng Dynasty, Emperor Shengwu, push this matter forward. It would be much faster and the results would be much better than if he did it alone.

The wisdom of these ancients is far superior to his own, and their experience in planting is much richer than his own. Hualei has great confidence in them.

Therefore, even though Hualei himself had not yet successfully experimented with mixed rice planting, he still wrote the matter about it in the memorial.

If mixed rice planting can succeed one day earlier and we can get high-yield and disease-resistant rice seeds, we can try to plant hybrid rice at that time. Then more people will have enough food and clothing, which will also be a guarantee for the people.

However, considering the thinking of many people in the Dasheng Dynasty, Hua Lei was worried that if she directly wrote the word "mixed", it would cause some unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, in her work report, she did not directly write "mixed rice planting", but slightly changed it to "excellent rice".

She felt that the name, which was the sum of all the excellent rice varieties, was very realistic and might be easier for people to accept.

After finishing the report, Hua Lei checked it again from beginning to end several times, and asked Rong Jin to help check it. Only after confirming that there were no mistakes did she hand it in.

Hua Lei's performance report was very thick. It listed all the things she had done in the past six months since she arrived in Xichang Prefecture, according to their importance and urgency.

Of course, Hualei also picked out the key points of the series of plans for next year and made a statement. She didn't know whether the Ministry of Revenue and Emperor Shengwu would read it or implement it, but she had to write it, as it was her duty as a minister.

However, the peanuts planted in the field, which had not yet been harvested, were growing well, but the buds were not mentioned in the memorial. If something has not yet been accomplished, don't shout about it.

More than half a month later, Hua Lei's thick performance report was delivered to Pei Jingxuan, the head of the Ministry of Revenue. After reading it, Pei Jingxuan did not dare to delay and directly delivered it to Emperor Shengwu.

As early as seven or eight days ago, Eunuch Fu, who was beside Emperor Shengwu, came to the Ministry of Revenue in person to inquire whether the documents from Xichang Prefecture had been submitted.

When he heard that it had not been received yet, Eunuch Fu instructed several officials from the Ministry of Revenue to hand it in as soon as they received the performance report from Xichang Prefecture.

So, on this day, after the morning court session, Emperor Shengwu saw Hualei's thick performance report in the imperial study. Seeing that the report was obviously thicker than others, Emperor Shengwu flipped through it with great anticipation.

The beautiful hairpin-shaped small calligraphy was as pleasing to the eye as ever, and the first statement about the tax grain being 50% more than in previous years made Emperor Shengwu very happy.

Later, seeing that the wasteland in Xichang Prefecture had increased by more than 8,000 acres this year, Emperor Shengwu smiled happily.

After roughly reading Hua Lei's performance report, Emperor Shengwu was very satisfied, so he began to read it carefully from the beginning.

When Emperor Shengwu saw that Hua Lei had been testing "Excellent Rice" in Xichang and suggested that the court could grow "Excellent Rice" in Shangjing City, his eyes lit up.

Although Hualei stated in her report that Youjia Rice itself was not successful, this idea was something that Emperor Shengwu had never thought of.

During the Great Sheng Dynasty, the concept of crop rotation was only practiced in Shangjing City and a few places in the south of the Yangtze River where agriculture was relatively developed, but a complete theory had not been formed.

As the head of the Great Sheng Dynasty, Emperor Shengwu knew that crop rotation could increase crop yields. If crop rotation can increase yields from the perspective of the fields, then isn't the idea of ​​excellent rice from the perspective of seeds?

Emperor Shengwu stood up and paced around the imperial study room unconsciously, his mind racing. After a cup of tea, Emperor Shengwu summoned several officials from the Ministry of Revenue to the imperial study room.

Therefore, Pei Jingyang, Minister Zhang and several other officials who had just sat down in the Ministry of Revenue hurried to the Imperial Study.

Several people have read Hualei's performance report. Regarding Hualei's proposed Yujia rice planting experiment, several people have different opinions.

Pei Jingxuan certainly supports the implementation of the experiment. Whether it succeeds or not, it is a breakthrough. Moreover, he has served in local positions before, so he thinks there is still a possibility of success.

If it is successful, it will be a credit to Hualei. If the Ministry of Households really grows disease- and pest-resistant high-yield rice based on this proposal, the Ministry of Households will also make an indelible contribution.

However, as Rong Jin's uncle, Hua Lei is his niece-in-law. If he agrees directly, he might be suspected of nepotism. Therefore, Pei Jingxuan did not express his opinion directly.

As for Minister Zhang, he was very familiar with Hua Lei because he had been in Mobei for three years. He also truly admired Hua Lei's talents, so he also agreed with Hua Lei's proposal for an experiment on superior rice.

However, Pei Jingxuan, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, did not say a word. As the second-in-command, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, it was not easy for him to overstep his authority. He just said yes and did not say a word.

Fan Rongcheng, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was sitting below, saw that Pei Jingxuan and Vice Minister Zhang had not spoken, so he could not help but express his opinion first.

I think Youjia Rice is a product of Huabud that came out of nothing and is an act of sensationalism. In the prosperous era, many people pursued the purity of material things.

If rice is planted in a mixed and cross-planted manner, it will inevitably affect the taste of the final rice, so he does not agree with the plan of planting this "Excellent Rice".

Fan Rongcheng was of mediocre ability and had not made any achievements, but thanks to his aristocratic family background, many years of experience, and various connections, he finally became the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue last year.

And he was much older than Pei Jingxuan and Minister Zhang. Therefore, in his heart, he was actually not convinced by his two immediate superiors who were much younger than him.

However, the abilities of the two people are indeed stronger than his own, Pei Jingxuan's family background is also better than his own, and although Minister Zhang is a child of a poor family, he is a top scholar, and his strength should not be underestimated.

Therefore, no matter how unconvinced he was, he dared not speak out. However, he looked down upon Hualei.

He knew Hualei's name a few years ago when Hualei grew corn and was rewarded and given an official position by the emperor. At that time, he had some complaints about Hualei.

He believed that Hualei was a woman who grew corn by chance and did not have any other outstanding abilities.

To be able to receive a reward was already a sign that the emperor thought highly of her, and to even grant her an official position was really too high a thought from the emperor. Hua Lei was not a member of the imperial examination system, at most she could only read a few words.