After binding the tens of billions of material systems, he became rich in ancient times

Chapter 101 Farmer Situation
She squatted down and picked up a handful of soil, grinded it in her hands for a while, and asked Zhou Ximing, "Before there was a flood here, how long has this land been submerged?"

"About half a month."

"How long has it been since the water was drained?"

"It's been more than half a month."

"That's easy." Bai Susu took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped the mud off her hands, and looked up at Zhou Ximing, "There is a solution."

Rao Zhou Ximing knew that Bai Susu was very good at this, and was shocked by her speed, "You asked me these two questions just now, so there is a solution?"

"En." Bai Susu responded, and she walked into the ground, saw that there were still branches and leaves left on it, picked it up casually, touched the moisture on it, took it aside and threw it away.

"The soil that has been flooded by floods, the surface soil and water for planting are washed away by the water flow, and it is covered with a layer of sedimentary silt, which belongs to cold soil. If you cultivate it directly, you will naturally not be able to grow anything."

Looking at the soil, Zhou Ximing didn't expect that there are so many details, "What should I do after that?"

"The first step is to drain the excess water in the soil, but since it has been drained for more than half a month, the excess water in it has almost been drained. Go directly to the second step, and remove the residual branches and leaves inside. Pick them all up."

"Put the broken branches and leaves inside, shouldn't it be able to add nutrients to the soil?" Zhou Ximing once read this in an agricultural book, so he didn't let people pick up these broken branches and leaves.

"In the past, it might have been possible, but the current soil is not good." Bai Susu pointed to this piece of land and explained aloud.

"There are earthworms and other organisms in ordinary soil, which can help decompose the leaves and let the soil absorb the nutrients in the leaves, but now there is nothing in it, and the soil cannot absorb it."

"Okay, I'll let someone pick up all the leaves inside." Zhou Ximing responded, and asked the people behind him to go to the field to check the broken branches and leaves inside.

Bai Susu looked around, "Is there a village here?"

"Ten miles ahead, there is a village." Zhou Ximing pointed to the southwest, "Do you want to go and see it?"

"Come on, let's borrow something."

Bai Susu and Zhou Ximing walked towards the village together, and chatted again on the way.

"You don't look old, but you are more familiar with this soil than people in their 60s and [-]s." Zhou Ximing felt that he was a blessing in disguise, and met Bai Susu.

"It's just that I read too much." Bai Susu used to study crops, the first thing was to study the soil in each area, to see what kind of crops are suitable for planting, and she naturally learned more.

"What do you want to borrow in the village?" Zhou Ximing asked again.

"The ashes left after cooking and burning the fire." Bai Susu explained as he walked forward, "Scattering the ashes into the soil is the next step."

When he reached the entrance of the village, Bai Susu felt something was wrong.It is noon now, and logically speaking, every household has to cook at this time, why is there no smoke coming from the chimney of any family?

Bai Susu walked to a house, saw a large pile of bean stalks left after harvesting beans in front of his door, and turned around, "Go to this house to have a look."

Walking over and knocking on the door, the people inside quickly opened the door.It was a woman who opened the door, opened the door and looked at the clothes of Bai Susu and Zhou Ximing, her eyes immediately became defensive, "Who are you guys, and what are you doing here?"

"Hi, we want to borrow something from you." Bai Susu looked at her with a smile, her voice as gentle as possible.

"What do you want to borrow?" The vigilance in the woman's eyes became even higher. Before Bai Susu could speak, she added, "My family has no food left, so I can't borrow it."

"We are not borrowing food, but the ashes left after you cooked." Bai Susu sensed the woman's resistance to this matter, and hurriedly stated her purpose.

"Plant ash?" The woman was startled, and repeated in disbelief, "You just want plant ash?"

"Yes." Bai Susu took out a bit of broken silver from her waist and handed it to the woman, "Just plant ash."

The woman breathed a sigh of relief. She returned the broken silver to Bai Susu, and walked to the kitchen while muttering, "It's not enough to ask for food. There are a lot of ashes at home. I'll get them for you."

After every family finished cooking, there was a lot of plant ash under the pot, and they were rarely cleaned up. Therefore, women went in and filled a small half of the bag with a sack and took it out.

"All these are for you." The woman handed the bag to Bai Susu, looked at her hesitantly, and finally wanted to ask, "Are you from the government?"

"Huh?" Bai Susu was taken aback for a moment, she glanced at Zhou Ximing, nodded, "That's right."

When the woman heard this, she tugged at her clothes at a loss, looked at Zhou Ximing and Bai Susu with an embarrassed face, and her voice was tense, desperate.

"I see that you are well dressed, and you are high-ranking officials. Can you please be more accommodating in the future, and don't always come to my house to ask for food. I don't have any food in storage. If I hand it in again, I really won't be able to eat."

"When will the government ask you for the food?" Zhou Ximing narrowed his eyes slightly, not expecting that there was such a secret in it.Now that every household is in difficulty, who has the courage to go to the farmers' homes to collect grain?
"I come here every few days." The woman looked embarrassed, and the clothes in her hands were crumpled. "Now people in the village are afraid to cook."

Zhou Ximing was annoyed, and looked at the woman calmly in front of him, "Don't worry, no one will come to ask you for food in the future."

"Really?" The woman's eyes lit up, she looked up at Zhou Ximing with hope in her eyes.

"Really." Zhou Ximing assured seriously.

After coming out of the farm, Bai Susu went to several other households to borrow some ashes. When they first saw the two of them, they all had fear on their faces.An old man from one family knelt on the ground when he saw them, and kept saying that there was no more food in the house.

Hearing that they only asked for plant ash, all these farmers gave a sigh of relief. Some of the brave ones, like the first family, begged them not to ask for food in the future.

Coming out of the village with a bag of plant ashes, Bai Susu knew how hard life was for the lowest-level farmers after encountering natural disasters.

"What are you going to do about this matter?" Bai Susu looked at Zhou Ximing and asked softly.

"Investigate thoroughly, investigate to the end."

(End of this chapter)