First Year of Jianxing, although there were minor droughts and floods in various regions of Jin State, they were only temporary and could be overcome locally, hence it was deemed a year of overall abundance.
A bountiful harvest indeed, after harvesting the winter wheat in the summer, they continuously sowed and harvested soybeans, millet, panicum, and rice.
Millet, which is large yellow grains, is one of the five grains but yields very low; Zhao Hanzhang, considering the yield issue, only distributed seeds of wheat, soybeans, and rice, though privately, seeds were also retained plentifully, especially among the nobles.
In remote areas far from Luoyang and Yu State, stone mills hadn't been widespread, so wheat and bean meals remained the staple food of ordinary people, while those with slightly better conditions preferred millet and rice meals, hence many continued to cultivate millet.
