Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 262 Marrying a Daughter-in-law and Planting Sweet Potatoes

"Okay, Master Tuan Lian, don't worry, we will definitely do it well, as long as such a good thing is installed on the ground near the water." The strong men said.

"Okay, there are carpenters in every village, and capable people in every village. You install it yourself, use it yourself, and benefit yourself. Try to increase food production, and everyone's quality of life will improve. Go back and publicize a lot. House in front of the house Don’t leave the open space behind, plant a few pumpkins, plant a few beans. Don’t leave the pens empty at home, raise a few sheep, raise a few pigs, use everything that can be used, and use everything that can be used. Let’s play everything we can, and our goal is to have enough food and clothing,” said Chai Lin.

The person in charge of Liujia Village said: "This year, more than 1 mulberry trees have been planted in [-] mu in the village alone. Pumpkins, green vegetables, and beans are planted in front of and behind the houses. In addition, dozens of households have raised [-] mulberry trees. above chicks."

Chailin's strategy for the countryside is to develop the small-scale peasant economy in the countryside to the extreme, even if it is an open space with a pot lid, a few green vegetables need to be planted.

Everyone was very moved. Although the water pole is a very common thing, many people did not install it. They still used all human power to fetch water, which was laborious. Although the water pole is the simplest lever machine, it can save a lot of money. The strength to improve the efficiency of fetching water.

"Okay, that's all for today. The person in charge of Wangjiagou will stay, and everyone else will leave," Chai Lin said.

Everyone dispersed, and looked enviously at the people in Wangjiagou before leaving. This should be to distribute horses to Wangjiagou.

The person in charge of Wangjiagou went to discuss the matter with the people from the cattle and horse business. Raising horses on behalf of others is a big deal, and not all farmers are suitable for raising horses.For example, if the family has no strong labor force, those who are relatively lazy, and those who do not have any economic foundation, it is completely cumbersome for them to raise horses.

Recently, the Lan family brought back 1.2 iron-hoofed horses from the Daliao Kingdom. The fillies are not tall, with a shoulder height of about [-] meters, but they are strong and strong, with an average weight of more than [-] catties. Although the horseshoes are small, they are It's so hard that you don't need horseshoes at all.

Chailin built two new horse farms near the iron mine. There are very few villages in this area, and there is a lot of open space for horses to run freely.The horses purchased from the grasslands of the Liao State were sorted, and the first-class horses were kept in the racecourse by themselves to be used for training military horses.The rest of the horses will be handed over to the big business houses and distributed to the farmers. When the farmers get the horses, the first three litters will produce foals, and the fourth litter will be able to produce mules. The main reason is that mules cannot produce, so we must ensure enough basic horses Only after that can mules be produced.

The whole Cangzhou was mobilized, and all the yamen worked together. After seven or eight days of hard work by the foodies, the locust plague in Cangzhou was wiped out in the bud.As soon as the locust plague was over, the major hotels found that they were broken, and there was a problem.

Grasshoppers are not enough to eat, so we can only reduce the supply, no longer take out, only for dine-in.

In the study of the prefect of Su, Su Can was eating watermelon while reviewing official documents, feeling very comfortable.

"Old Qin, why are there no fried grasshoppers for dinner these days?" Su Can asked.

Mr. Qin said: "Now that the locust plague has subsided, grasshoppers are more difficult to catch. The owner of Chai Village is worried that someone will breed grasshoppers to supply the market, so he no longer buys grasshoppers. Once these farmed grasshoppers are not well managed, they will escape. Go, and it will lead to disaster."

Su Can nodded: "It makes sense, as long as there is a profit, someone will take risks. Lao Qin planned to issue a government order to all restaurants that buy grasshoppers, and the purchase price of grasshoppers shall not exceed a penny. Anyone who dares to raise the price Buyers will be fined heavily. However, eating grasshoppers is a good habit of killing pests, so we still have to keep them. We encourage everyone to catch them and eat them instead of selling them.”

Master Qin said: "Okay, Mr. Su is still thoughtful. The summer grain and wheat will be harvested in a month or so, and your lord has to check the wheat harvesting work in each yamen."

Su Can sighed, and said: "If you don't want to be an official, you want to be an official, but when you become an official, you realize that every day is a matter. The annual wheat harvest is a big event. Tell all the police to go to the fields to patrol the fields to prevent fire and theft."

Master Qin said: "Although there was a drought in spring this year, there were a few good rains later, the plague of locusts was eliminated, and a bumper harvest is in sight. I will go to draft a government order right now."

After Master Qin finished speaking, he wanted to go back to the study to draft documents. Su Can said: "Master Qin, wait a moment. This time, Chai Lin contributed a lot to the eradication of locusts. I heard that the locusts that the drunk fairy Lou Guang pulled to feed the chickens weighed tens of thousands of catties." , to honor the imperial court but not to honor Chai Lin, taking 1000 taels of silver from the treasury should be regarded as a reward for him."

Master Qin said: "Okay, I will do it in the afternoon. It should be rewarded."

In ancient times, science and technology were underdeveloped, and there was no large-scale application of pesticides. The extermination of locusts was a great contribution.Yao Chong in the Tang Dynasty made great contributions to exterminating locusts. This time Cangzhou mobilized millions of people to exterminate locusts and kept the summer grain harvest, which can be said to be a great contribution.The prefect of Su naturally had to give the imperial court a look at the big and special books. Of course, this credit is all due to Mr. Su. As for Chai Lin's special status, he didn't even mention it.

As for the court's reward, Chai Lin really didn't care.

Early this morning, the military barracks left the firewood forest early, and came to the [-] acres of sweet potato fields planned by the East Village.Lao Liang and a few dozen or so capable Zhuang Ding are waiting.

Last night, more than 6 sweet potato seedlings were pulled out from the sweet potato seedling greenhouse, and a hundred of them were placed neatly in bunches.

Lao Liang still has a few concerns. One is the land selection. The [-] mu of sweet potato fields are all sandy soil with poor soil fertility. Fortunately, a lot of horse manure was used. Lao Liang is worried that the yield will not be enough.The second point is that the sweet potato seedlings that Lao Liang was worried about, the sweet potato seedlings that were pulled out only grew more than one shot, and there was no root system.

After seeing it, Chailin was very satisfied.

"That's right, that's right. Lao Liang's work is very good. The arable land is plowed well. The ridges are high and can produce big sweet potatoes." Chailin said.

Lao Liang took the sweet potato seedlings and said, "Master, I'm very worried. The seedlings don't even have a root system. It's still unknown how they will survive."

Chai Lin smiled and said: "Old Liang, there is no need to worry. The sweet potato seedlings are just like this, without roots. After the sweet potatoes grow up, you can prune the branches to plant stubble sweet potatoes, and sell stubble sweet potatoes to save the seeds. Come on, everyone, let's plant. Be thinner, there are a lot of seedlings, one per foot."

Chailin took off his boots, took a hoe to demonstrate, and dug a hole on the Long. It didn't need to be deep, only more than ten centimeters. The land just plowed a few days ago was very loose and easy to dig.

"After digging the hole, use your fingers to insert the seedlings. You can see my technique. Inserting straight can produce large sweet potatoes, weighing two to three catties per piece. Inserting them at an angle will result in more sweet potatoes but smaller ones." The strong men listened carefully, and Lao Liang even took notes. After all, he was responsible for these tasks, and Chai Lin only occasionally guided them.

"The spring potatoes we are planting now are not used to save seeds, so they should be planted straight, and the yield is high. When the sweet potatoes are stubbled by wheat, they should be planted at an angle, and small sweet potatoes will be produced to make it easier to save seeds."

Everyone listened carefully. The technique is very simple. Dig a hole, insert seedlings, add cake fertilizer, water the hole, and bury the soil for compaction after the water is exhausted.

Since there was no chemical fertilizer, horse manure was added when plowing the land, but Chailin didn't think about it enough.One mu uses fifty or sixty catties of cake fertilizer, which is bean cake.

This process is very simple, a group of three or four people, once the strong men learn how to do it, Chai Lin and Lao Liang will guide and correct whoever made a mistake.

There are more than 3000 seedlings for one mu of land, and [-] seedlings seem to be a lot, but only [-] mu of land have been planted. After a period of time in the sweet potato nursery, it should be no problem to plant dozens of mu more.

Seeing that Chai Lin kept smiling, Dian Zhengnan said, "Brother, I think you are happier growing sweet potatoes than marrying a wife."

Chai Lin said: "That's why you don't understand. It is my personal business to marry a wife. Although marrying a wife is very important, it has little influence after all. This is not the case with sweet potatoes. It is a major event in the world. One acre of sweet potatoes can be produced under intensive cultivation. Six thousand catties is no problem. The most important thing is drought resistance, waterlogging tolerance, and strong adaptability. It will prevent mass starvation of people in the Central Plains. This is a major event in the world. Everyone involved in planting sweet potatoes today remembers In the village annals, it will be handed down to future generations in the future."

Dian Zhengnan was watching from the side. Hearing what Chai Lin said, he, who doesn't like doing farm work the most, also came to the field to plant a few sweet potatoes, and also wanted to pass it on to future generations.

Lao Liang said: "Potatoes have already been planted, but potatoes are too expensive for seeds. We only planted eight acres of land for [-] catties. The only difference is corn, and we will plant it in half a month. The temperature has risen rapidly recently. I Proposal, let's build temples and monuments for corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, so that all farmers who grow in the future will be grateful to our owner for his hard work in finding seeds for tens of thousands of miles."

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