Agriculture developed in Shang Dynasty. Among the crops planted by slaves, millet is the most. Now it's called Prince, also called Dahuangmi. There are millet, millet, commonly known as millet. Millet and millet were the main food crops in Shang Dynasty, in addition to rice, wheat, barley and wild upland rice.
The above-mentioned cereal crops are not only the food crops of Shang Dynasty, but also the main raw materials for wine making. The wine brewed by slaves is a special kind of sweet wine, which is used for sacrifice and has a large amount. At that time, drinking was very popular, and symbolic pottery vessels such as wine bottles and mugs became indispensable funerary objects. This shows that there was an overproduction of grain at that time, so the wine-making industry was developed.
In order to get a bumper harvest, businessmen already know how to weed and fertilize; In order to store grain, merchants built granaries. Shang people also dug pits to store food. The openings of these pits are rectangular, round or oval, and some are as deep as eight or nine meters. The pit wall is generally straight and very smooth, and there are symmetrical foothills to go up and down. Some of them are painted with grass and mud, which are very delicate.
There were vegetable fields, gardens and fruit trees in Shang Dynasty, which formed an agricultural economic system centered on farmland. Sericulture and silk products existed in Shang Dynasty. Sericulture, like agricultural production, occupied an extremely important position in the social economy at that time. On the basis of agricultural development in Shang Dynasty, animal husbandry and fishing and hunting were more prosperous. Besides food and power, livestock in Shang Dynasty were also used for sacrifice. Livestock include horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs, pigs and elephants. At that time, the temperature in the Central Plains was high, which was suitable for the growth of many domestic animals.
Fishing and hunting were the supplements of agricultural economy and animal husbandry in Shang social life. Due to the improvement of fishing and hunting technology, people caught many birds, animals, fish and various birds at that time. These prey meat can be eaten, some fur can be made into clothes, and bones can be made into ornaments or utensils. Therefore, fishing and hunting was also an indispensable economic activity in Shang Dynasty.