My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 7 Reform Steps
Although the decision to reform has been made.

However, Shen Changchuan did not rush to start immediately.

Having been a chosen worker in his previous life, he knew all too well the consequences of an amateur leading an expert.

Some things may have good intentions from the beginning.
However, in actual implementation, it may gradually deviate from its original intention and become worse.

He had only been in this world for two and a half years, and his main understanding of it came from the original body.

Furthermore, the original owner of this body had no experience in cultivating spiritual fields.

If we simply follow his own ideas...
That would definitely be unrealistic.

If things are messed up, the twelve acres of spiritual fields will end up yielding nothing.

Where will he get a hundred spirit stones to offset the family's tax payment?

Shen Changchuan's personality is fairly steady.
Naturally, they wouldn't act rashly.

He decided to find out the specifics.

then,

After several days of personally walking around the entire Dawan Village, and with the help of his maternal grandfather Han Qinhu and others, he collected a large amount of information related to Dawan Village.

after that,

Drawing on his past life experiences in that highly efficient society, Shen Changchuan pondered deeply, considering all aspects, and finally came up with a plan of several reform steps.

First of all,

The first step in the reform is to understand and adjust the personnel in Dawancun.

Shen Shiying and his team had too little understanding of Dawan Village; they hadn't even grasped the population size. If this section wasn't properly managed, there was no way to carry out any further changes.

With the help of Han Qinhu and his servants, Shen Changchuan spent a day compiling a list of the entire population of Dawancun.

A total of 2,300 men, women, and children were counted.

Next, the 2,300 people were divided into twelve teams based on family members and age groups.

One team has nearly two hundred people.

Within the team, the captain was elected by the members of their own team, while the Han family members of Han Qinhu, Shen Changchuan's maternal grandfather, who came with him, served as the supervising vice-captains.

After that,

Shen Changchuan planned to divide the twelve mu of spirit fields into twelve parts, each part being one mu, with the last team responsible for one mu of spirit fields.

This allows for more detailed management.

Because if the old practice of Dawancun were followed, when it was time to cultivate the spiritual fields, the entire village of more than two thousand people would rush to work in the fields.

In this way, it's safe to assume that there are plenty of people who are just going through the motions, shirking their duties and cheating.

"Although a team of 200 people still seems bloated after being subdivided, at least the efficiency is much higher than when 2,000 people work together."

"At least the responsibilities of each team are very clear, and team members can supervise each other, which will undoubtedly reduce the occurrence of shirking and other cheating, and improve work efficiency."

This is Shen Changchuan's idea for reforming the personnel in Dawancun.

However, at the same time,

He also clearly understood another thing.

"However, while this can improve labor efficiency and greatly reduce manpower waste, it ultimately has little effect on increasing the production of spirit grains!"

Increased labor efficiency leads to increased output, provided that there are more spiritual fields to cultivate.

Only when there are enough spirit fields can labor efficiency bring a positive increase to the output of spirit grain.

But the problem is that the entire Dawan Village only has twelve mu of arable land!
Even if labor efficiency improves, it will only mean that the work is completed a few days earlier than before.

How much spirit grain should the twelve acres of spirit fields produce, and how much more spirit grain will be harvested?

It won't change whether you work fast or slow.

“Spirit fields are limited, and it would take at least three to five years of hard work to cultivate new spirit fields capable of growing spirit grains.”

"So the only way to increase yield is to improve existing planting techniques and thus increase yield per acre!"

This,

This is the second and most important step in Shen Changchuan's reforms.

The initial step of dividing personnel into twelve groups was merely preparation for the second step.

"Although I have never grown spirit rice, the ways to increase yield in a short period of time are nothing more than deep plowing, seed selection, seedling transplanting, and fertilization."

"The cultivation of spirit rice should be roughly the same."

This was Shen Changchuan's idea of ​​how to increase the yield per mu of spiritual grain.

There's a saying that goes, "Even if you've never seen a pig run, you've still eaten pork." In my previous life, the biology and history courses I studied in high school also covered related topics.

The principle should be universal.

Those pieces of knowledge from your past life that you haven't forgotten can still be of some use.

Of course,
Again,
Leave professional tasks to professionals; never let laymen lead experts.

So despite the idea of ​​increasing yield per acre

However, Shen Changchuan wouldn't just make decisions based on his own ideas and order people to do things his way.

After all, who knows if they might experience acclimatization issues?

Or perhaps the cultivation of spiritual grains is completely different from the cultivation of rice in my previous life?
Without actual practice,
No one dares to be 100% certain.

So he continued his research.

Through the previous population census of Dawan Village, many people in the village who were experienced in cultivating Linggu were identified.

I asked them questions one by one.

Write down each of the other person's answers and compare them with your own ideas to make corrections.

During this period,
It took several more days of work.
The plan was compiled into two documents related to planting Linggu.

One of them was based on scientific experience from a previous life, incorporating local experience in cultivating spiritual grains.

The other one is based on the local experience of cultivating spirit grains, and incorporates some local experiences and methods from the previous life.

"After all that effort, we finally succeeded."

"Hopefully, these experiences will be useful in the future!"

Next,
Shen Changchuan handed the two summaries of experience in planting spirit grains to the eleventh and twelfth teams.

Shen Changchuan plans to use teams 11 and 12 as test sites.

The experiment aimed to assess the impact of his two summaries of planting experience on the yield per acre of Linggu.

As for the other teams one through ten...
Shen Changchuan has no intention of making any changes.

Instead, they were allowed to continue farming using their previous methods, following the established practices and adhering to past experience.

It is clear,
Even with his personal investigation, Shen Changchuan still decided to implement a conservative approach.

The goal is also very simple.
This is to avoid the worst-case scenario of losing everything due to problems with the improvements.

Shen Changchuan knew that the experience he had compiled for improving production might not necessarily be correct.

If he makes a rash change that causes major problems with the production of spiritual grains, and he is unable to pay the fixed quota, then he will be in big trouble.

"Reform cannot be rushed; stability must be the top priority!"

When it comes to matters concerning one's life and fortune, Shen Changchuan is as calm as can be.

With the harvest from ten acres of spiritual fields as a safety net,

Even the worst-case scenario would be that the extra two acres of spiritual fields yielded nothing, and he would still be able to pay the amount due to the Shen family.

It shouldn't cause any major problems.

of course,

Since there is a safety net, and only eleven or twelve teams are used as the control experimental group.

Shen Changchuan didn't mind letting them be even more radical.

For example,
In order to encourage the eleventh and twelfth teams to follow the planting experience he summarized, and to stimulate their enthusiasm and initiative, so as to achieve the best possible results.

Shen Changchuan promised Teams 11 and 12 that they would not be held responsible if the new planting techniques failed.

in contrast,

If the two acres of spirit fields they cultivate each produce more than 100 catties of spirit grain, the excess portion will be divided 30/70, with 30% going to them as a reward.

As a food containing a trace of spiritual energy, consuming spiritual grains regularly can give innate martial artists a chance to successfully draw in qi, enter the realm of qi drawing, and embark on the path of cultivation.

For ordinary martial artists, the value of the Spirit Valley is self-evident!

However, during the six years that Shen Shiying guarded Dawan Village,

Not a single martial artist in the entire Dawan Village has ever obtained a single grain of spirit grain!

The 30/70 split of the harvest exceeding 100 jin seems like excessive exploitation.

But compared to Shen Shiying,
This will give them the opportunity to obtain the Spirit Valley.

He, Shen Changchuan, was already an extremely benevolent magistrate.

(End of this chapter)