Quick travel: I am bound by the longevity system

After Lin Jiu took office, the first thing he had to focus on was spring plowing. Dingyuan County has flat terrain and fertile land. However, because of its proximity to East Korea and the cold winter here, Dingyuan County is sparsely populated and much of the land has not been developed.

Lin Jiu remembered that there were many hot springs in Youzhou, but the awareness and utilization rate of hot springs was not high now. Lin Jiu thought that after the problem in Youzhou was solved, she might be able to buy some land with hot springs and then build a hot spring. Zhuangzi, she will come here to take care of herself when the time comes. Peiping in the fifth and sixth centuries did not have the sandstorms of later generations, so don't be too comfortable when it comes to retirement.

Of course, this prerequisite is that there is no threat from foreign enemies in the north.

Therefore, for the sake of a comfortable life in the future, we can only be sorry for Donghan. Who makes them not have the strength to match their ambitions?

However, to deal with East Korea, we have to plan it slowly. The current plan is to focus on production first.

On the second day after arriving in Dingyuan County, Lin Jiu went to the field. In the field, several strong men were pulling the plow. The man behind the plow was older and looked like a veteran.

Children walked in the fields and helped to pick up the grass roots that had been turned over. Behind them, some farmers were holding hoes and rakes to crush the soil.

Nowadays, Daqi's border area implements the government army system, which means soldiers in wartime and farmers in leisure time. However, if this system is implemented for a long time, it will inevitably reduce the combat effectiveness of the army, so sooner or later, the government army system will be replaced by other systems.

The flag leader who was responsible for supervising the work of these people saw Lin Jiu and Qi Mingjing walking into the field and immediately came over.

"I have met you, sir." The flag leader saluted the two of them.

"How much land can be plowed this day?" Lin Jiu asked, pointing to the people pulling the plow.

"There are only two donkeys in the camp, and one of them is pregnant. We don't dare to tire them out, so we can only pull the plow manually. In this way, we can only open up to five acres of land in a day." The flag leader said carefully.

Lin Jiu squatted on the ground and looked at the depth of the plow, then pulled up a plow and looked at it. He found that the plows used for plowing now are all straight plows. This kind of plow is more laborious, so it is no wonder that the efficiency is so slow.

"Ding Jing, are there any retired horses in the military camp?"

"Ajiu, the court has a clear rule that retired military horses are not to be used for farm work. In this case, I will try to get some cattle and donkeys to distribute to each camp."

"I need cows and donkeys, but I also want retired military horses. Don't worry, they won't be used for work. The retired military horses can be given to some more mares, even if they are not military horses. In addition, find me some more female donkeys. By the way, look where there are mules for sale, and the government will fund the purchase of a batch of mules first."

If you want to ask who is the hardest working animal, it must be the mule.

Mules cannot go to the battlefield, but they can haul military rations and do hard labor. It's a pity that mules are only used by nobles for viewing, and very few are actually used in military and agriculture.

"The governor's office happens to have a few mules. If you want to use them, I'll have them brought to you." Qi Mingjing said.

"Okay, it's too laborious to plow the ground straight. I'll go back and draw a drawing, and you can give it to the military industry to make it as soon as possible."

Lin Jiu and Qi Mingjing did not stay in the fields for long. After Lin Jiu returned to the government office, she asked the system for several drawings. There was a drawing of the Quyuan plow, but the drawings given by the system were made on the original Quyuan plow. Improvements, in addition, there are drawings of wooden rake and wooden seeder. Lin Jiu has seen this kind of seeder in the north. The back is entirely made of polished wood. As long as it is hitched to the livestock, it can achieve the purpose of sowing. This can save a lot of manpower.

It has to be said that the efficiency of military industry is fast. The day after the blueprints were sent, the military camp sent Lin Jiu three curved shaft plows and four wooden rakes. The planter needed wood with good toughness, which was suitable for all kinds of machinery. The requirements for parts are also higher, so it will take another two days to make them.

After the Quyuan plow was installed in the field, the effect of plowing the land was much faster than before. In the past, it took two people to pull the plow, but now only one person is needed. And Lin Jiu used the Quyuan plow according to the soil characteristics of the Huanghuai Plain. There is a soil crushing device on the plow, so there is no need to crush the soil separately.

The old man and the child followed the plow and carefully picked out the grass roots. The people behind used the ridge plow designed by Lin Jiu to dig four furrows on the plowed land, then spread the seeds evenly in the furrows, and then covered the soil with a wooden rake.

Half of the land in Dingyuan County is planted with winter wheat, and now you can see green seedlings in the fields. The remaining half of the land has been cultivated and is planted with sorghum and beetroot.

Three days later, the first seeder came out. Since it was made of logs, the new seeder was a bit heavy and required two mules to pull it.

However, the seeder can sow eight rows at a time, and covers the soil while sowing. This saves a lot of manpower, and because you only need to watch whether the seeds are sown, even the elderly can use this machine. Can control.

When the seeder was delivered, many people gathered around to look at it. Lin Jiu simply taught these people how to debug it and how to maintain it after use. At the same time, she asked these farmers to provide any good suggestions when using the seeder, and she would improve the seeder based on these suggestions.

With the blessing of machinery, Dingyuan County has reclaimed 10,000 acres more land than last year. Lin Jiu also asked someone to open ten acres of land for her. She planned to use these ten acres to grow corn, potatoes and cotton.

Cotton had been introduced at this time, and at least it was grown in the gardens of some aristocratic families and nobles. At this time, cotton was only used as an ornamental plant. There is no large-scale planting. To be honest, Dingyuan is not the primary planting area of ​​cotton. The place where good cotton is really produced - Lin Jiu subconsciously raised his head and looked to the northwest, which is really suitable for growing cotton.

Unlike cotton, which has appeared in Daqi, corn and potatoes are not even a shadow of the two plants now. In order to prevent these two seeds from appearing inexplicably, Lin Jiu specially sold a simulation robot in the mall and let the robot pretend to be Lin Jiu discovered that he was an overseas businessman and sold the seeds to her naturally.

"Ajiu, do you really believe that these crops can produce high yields? Why do I think that foreign businessman is untrustworthy? Also, why are you planting so many rich flowers?" Qi Mingjing looked at the confident Lin Jiu and couldn't help but say of his own worries.

Cotton was called the flower of wealth at this time.

"Ding Jing, we won't know if these seeds can be high-yielding after one year of planting. Even if they fail, we will only lose some money. But if these seeds are as high-yielding as foreign businessmen say, do you know what this means? This means The people of Daqi can feed themselves with a small amount of land, and they don’t have to worry about widespread famine even if there is a disaster."

"As for this fortune flower... its real name is cotton. It can be used to weave cloth and make quilts. It is a good thing to keep out the cold."