Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Lu Xiaofo asked people to bring up two pots of fruit seedlings, each pot was as high as her knees, Lu Xiaofo said: "The fruit trees here grow well, and people often ask me for saplings, so I am used to it. The fruit tree has grown well, if you want to transplant it, you can just take out the soil together, but the climate in other places may not be suitable for it.”

"I know." She will include the soil in the encyclopedia, and the climate here will also be reported.

But these two pots of tangerines are not to be included in the encyclopedia, what she wants to include is...

Zhou Man's eyes fell on the fruit trees in the orchard, and he said with a smile, "I know how to prune fruit branches. I saw some fruit trees with overgrown branches and leaves, which is not good for the fruit. Let me prune them for them."

Lu Xiaofo: "...Master Zhou, this fruit tree is very important to us in Liuzhou. Most of the tangerines that we pay tribute to each year come from here."

"Don't worry, I won't cut it for you."

Zhou Man has been studying flowers and plants for so many years, not only digging for Keke to collect, she has also learned a lot of skills.

Pruning and cuttings are the most basic of them.

Lu Xiaofo pondered for a moment, then gave her the scissors.

Zhou Man took the scissors and walked in the orchard. When she said pruning, she meant pruning the overgrown branches.

It's not a lie.

Zhou Man chose the fruit branch and carefully pruned it. While pruning, he also communicated with the anxious fruit farmers nearby.

The fruit farmer, who was still sweating all the time, slowly stopped, hey, this nobleman from other places seems to really know how to plant fruit trees...

Zhou Man wandered around in the orchard, cut off a lot of fruit branches, Bai Shan followed behind, no matter how long or short, thick or thin were put away, and handed over to the servants when he couldn't hold them.

After walking through the orchard, they also collected half a carload of fruit branches.

Lu Xiaofo was stunned for a while, he didn't understand what Bai Shan was doing with these branches, but he subconsciously felt that these things were useful.

Zhou Man didn't hide it, put down the scissors, picked up a fruit branch from the cart and said to the grower, "This can be cut."

Fruit grower: "We know."

Zhou Man then asked: "Then have you tried grafting on other fruit trees?"

She said: "I looked at the cut marks on the fruit tree, and judging from the fruits still hanging, the yield is not high."

Fruit growers are used to it, "This is a good thing, naturally there are few."

Zhou Man didn't refute this sentence, but just suggested: "But maybe you can breed tangerines with other flavors, and maybe they will have a high yield?"

She said: "Isn't the current new rice seed like this? Every three or two years, the imperial court will release a new batch of seeds, or they are more suitable for dry land, or they are more resistant to pests, or they are more resistant to floods. They are It was researched alternately from generation to generation.”

Whether the fruit grower understood or not, he insisted on not grafting. Lu Xiaofo, who was at the side, remembered it in his heart, and planned to find someone to try it later.

Zhou Man wants to take all these fruit branches, but the fruit grower is not worried.

The tangerines come out of Liuzhou, and the taste of the tangerines is somewhat different. Although ordinary people taste the same, but in the mouths of picky guests who are used to their tangerines, this little difference is huge. difference.

So not only people outside can't take away their business, even other places in Liuzhou can't take away their business.

Because the soil here is the best, and the ones grown in other places are either a little too acidic or not enough water...

Their output is limited, and apart from paying tribute, they will only sell it to some regular customers at a high price, and they will transport it to other places for sale.

So they are not afraid of other people growing tangerines to grab their business.

The geographical environment determines that their natural customer base is different.

Lu Xiaofo naturally knew this too, so he didn't stop Zhou Man from taking away the fruit branches, he even gave the fruit trees to support him, so how could there be less fruit branches?

And Zhou Man's proposal this time made him figure out one thing.

Tangerines can also be grown in other places. Even if the taste is not as good as the ones here, they are still delicious. If you sell them, you can also earn a lot of money. Why did he want to plant them on this land before?

If other fruit trees can be grafted...

Lu Xiaofo came back to his senses and saw that Bai Shan and Zhou Man had gone a long way, he hurriedly chased after them, "Master Zhou, what do you think of the soil quality of our mountain?"

Zhou Man nodded and said, "Very good. I'll dig a pot and bring it back later." Give it to Keke and let the Encyclopedia study it. Maybe they can breed tangerines with better performance?

Lu Xiaofo asked, "Do you think it is suitable for planting medicinal herbs?"

Zhou Man asked, "Do you want to plant medicinal herbs on it?"

She frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Interplanting medicinal materials under the fruit trees, the medicinal materials of Xiyang will be eliminated, and can you maintain the fertility of the soil?"

Bai Shan chuckled, and nodded with Lu Xiaofo, indicating that he would do the breaking, and then took Zhou Man's hand and headed towards Yin or, "What Guanyin means is, do you think Liuzhou's geology is suitable for planting your Imperial Medical Bureau's? Herbs."

"Ah?" Zhou Man stopped, turned around and walked back, "That's what you mean, it's suitable, honeysuckle, peppermint, sealwort, platycodon, Poria cocos, cinnamon, shegan, white peony, and even Panax notoginseng, which is in short supply now, here They can be planted."

After all, it was something Yang Heshu told her to pay attention to, and it was an important matter of the imperial medical office. Zhou Man was very concerned about the former order. During this time, he combined the quality of the medicinal materials she dug in the mountains and the encyclopedia library's attention to the collection of plants. Through the analysis, she quickly concluded the quantity and quality of medicinal materials suitable for planting here.

"Especially honeysuckle, peppermint and platycodon. These three are consumed in large quantities by medical offices all over the country every year. Not to mention Panax notoginseng, which is very precious. My fourth brother said that the good Panax notoginseng powder outside the customs, one, two, three seven one Two gold." Sanqi's golden sore medicine prescription is still only available in Jishitang and the Imperial Medical Office, but as the medical books compiled by Zhou Man spread all over the world, all doctors in the world know that it is a golden sore medicine, which can stop bleeding , and can promote blood circulation, raw and cooked.

There are many prescriptions derived from Panax notoginseng, most of which are recorded in her medical books, and a small part are summed up by doctors from all over the world after repeated deduction and use, so the demand for Panax notoginseng is also increasing.

The Central Plains area is fine, but in the Northland and the farther Western Regions, Panax notoginseng is difficult to buy, or there is no market at all.

Especially in the Western Regions, there have even been cases where someone exchanged a gem for one, two, three, seven.

Naturally, Lu Xiaofo had also heard these rumors, and he became excited when he heard the rumors, "Can Liuzhou grow them?"

"Yes," Zhou Man asked directly, "but do you have any land?"

"We can open up wasteland," Lu Xiaofo said. "I know that many medicinal materials can be directly planted on the mountain. Because it takes a long time, your medical department sometimes directly recommends to sow the seeds and let them grow enough to be harvested."

"That's right," Zhou Man said, "For example, white peony root can be harvested after four years of planting, and it takes three years for Panax notoginseng."

She paused and said, "Moreover, it's not easy to grow panax notoginseng, and it's very prone to pests and diseases after a long period of time. But if you decide to plant it, the imperial medical department will definitely send someone down to give advice."

Now the Imperial Medical Office trains students in many directions, and naturally there are many employment directions, but they all have to work for the Imperial Medical Office for ten years, and their salaries will not be small.

But if they leave, they need to pay a large amount of liquidated damages. This is also because their study and life in the department are free.

Because of this, in recent years, many children of poor families and common people have come to the Imperial Medical Office to study, and there are many opportunities for women in the world.

See you tomorrow