Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Li Xu didn't see Ge Jiu again. He had always regarded this person as dead in the river, and now he didn't pay much attention to his sudden appearance.

For the next few days, Li Xu was busy with wool. There were spinning wheels locally. Many families weaved and cut clothes at home. They were only willing to go to the store to cut cloth for important events or Chinese New Year. The principle of wool spinning is similar to that , Zhang Shuo made improvements on the basis of the original textile machine, which can be used to weave wool.

On this day, Zhong Shuiqing came to ask Shun Wang to go to the farm to see the experimental field, and he was incoherent with excitement along the way: "It's really ripe, it's incredible, my lord, you are really a great benefactor of South Vietnam. It will definitely be able to grow in one season. Moreover, some people have figured out the fertilization method you mentioned before. After fertilization, the rice grows extraordinarily strong and the ears are extraordinarily full. There are more than [-]% more fields."

Zhong Shuiqing rambled on all the way, and Li Xu listened silently. At this time, people attached great importance to agriculture, and Zhong Shuiqing lived in the farm almost every day, taking care of the experimental field.It is said that he cried once when the rice was earing, and he probably cried again when he saw the results a few days ago.He gets carried away when he gets excited, other officials are more and more in awe of Li Xu, while Zhong Shuiqing is more and more relaxed, as if he regards him as a year-end friend.

"According to Mr. Zhong, we can harvest this month?" It's only the middle of June, so it doesn't seem so early.

"It should be half a month before the best harvest time. Don't worry, you won't miss it. Please go see it today. Firstly, everyone is so excited that they held a banquet to celebrate the harvest. Second, I want to ask you carefully about the planting arrangements for the next season."

Li Xu knocked on the car window and asked He Zun to call Ji Hanyu over at the county guard's mansion, and explained: "Recently, land reclamation is being carried out everywhere, and the people are also preparing to plant the next season of rice, but how much to plant has to be asked." Ask Master Ji how much land he has measured."

Zhong Shuiqing was in high spirits, with a sparkle in his eyes, "The officials know this. There are a lot of fields just outside the city of Minzhou. If it weren't for the government's restriction that some places cannot be cultivated, it is estimated that a radius of ten miles will become good fields."

This matter was ordered by Li Xu. His factory still needs land, his military camp also needs land, and a large tea mountain needs to be built. To prevent over-cultivation, the government has repeatedly explained that if the opened fields are abandoned and uncultivated in the coming year, the land reclamation will have to take back the farm tools and grain seeds promised before, and the tax must be paid. The government's cheapness is not so good. .

Soon he arrived at the farm, when Li Xu saw the farm under the name of the Kou family, he remembered that he hadn't seen Kou Xiao for several days, and he wondered if he was lost by the horse.How dare he say that he likes him, and he doesn't even have any enthusiasm for chasing people. Who would agree to put such a suitor in modern times?

"The lord is here." A crowd of people knelt at the gate of the farm, Li Xu was already immune to this kind of scene,

He nodded slightly and said, "Excuse me." Then he went to the experimental field with everyone to have a look.

It can be seen that the field is well taken care of, not to mention the field, there is not a single weed on the ridge of the field, and because there are many people inspecting it every day, the ridge of the field has been widened a lot, and it has been stepped on very flatly.

In the rice field, the rice seedlings were bent down by the rice ears, and the golden rice ears were waiting for Li Xu to inspect them in full swing. At this moment, Li Xu could finally understand the joy of the farmers when they saw a good harvest .

"Very good." Li Xu couldn't help but praise.

Everyone nodded in unison, and then knelt down to pay respects to Li Xu, "It's all thanks to the prince, the prince is wise."

It was the first time Li Xu heard someone praise him for his sageness. He thought, before long, someone would bow down to him and call him a thousand years old.

In addition to this field, Li Xu also went to see the seeds Zhong Shuiqing and the others planted, which Lei Yang brought back before. Apart from peppers, there are many plants waiting for him to distinguish the fruits.

Zhong Shuiqing opened half of the land on the back mountain of the farm, which is trapezoidal in shape, and each row is planted with a kind of plant, and a wooden sign is inserted at the head of the row to record the growth status of the plants.

Zhong Shuiqing deliberately took him to see the pepper field first, because Li Xu specifically explained that peppers need to be planted on an acre of land, so at the foot of the mountain, patches of green seedlings have grown to a height of more than ten centimeters. It will take two months to bear fruit.

"My lord, do you really like this chili?" Zhong Shuiqing still had a fresh memory of the taste of chili, and he didn't have the courage to try it again.

"Love, not only the king loves it, but everyone in the palace loves it now. You are not used to eating it. If you get used to it, you will definitely be inseparable from it."

Zhong Shuiqing said it was impossible, the taste of that thing, how could it be attractive to people, it was too exciting, but as long as the prince liked it, it was not in vain for him to grow such a large piece of pepper.

I don't know who will be the next one to be given chili peppers. With so much land, the palace must not be able to eat it all. With the character of the prince, he will definitely give it away. If it is given to him, should he decline it?

If Li Xu knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him that he was thinking too much. In the winter of the second half of the year, the peppers in this acre of land would definitely not be enough for him to open a hot pot restaurant.

Walking up, Li Xu carefully looked at every row. Some seeds just germinated, some grew very tall, and some didn't move at all.

Zhong Shuiqing said with a little embarrassment: "Because I don't know what kind of seeds it is, and I don't know how long it will take to germinate, so I didn't deal with those abandoned ones."

"If it hasn't germinated for so long, it must be necrotic. Replant the seeds again. If it still doesn't work, replant them again in winter. If it doesn't germinate after three times, just give up. Maybe the seeds are bad."

"Here."

What Li Xu focused on was cotton. He saw a wooden sign with the appearance of cotton seeds drawn, and the row of plants grew very tall, but it was a little dense.

Zhong Shuiqing explained again: "I don't know that this plant can grow so big, next time it will be planted more sparsely."

"Don't wait for the next time, just transplant the plants, too dense will affect the growth, and open up another piece of land to transplant the excess plants, and don't have to wait for flowering and fruiting, just plant the remaining seeds." Li Xu said with a slightly trembling voice. .

He was so happy, he didn't expect it to be cotton. The seeds of this stuff are easy to get. After planting this batch, there will be more seeds next year, and it can be planted in a large area. Moreover, this stuff is drought-resistant, so it doesn't need to occupy high-quality paddy fields. , can be planted on a slope, it is definitely the best choice for economic crops.

"My lord, do you know what this is?"

"This thing is called cotton. You can tell when it's fruited. It's a white cotton ball inside. When the outer shell is cracked, you have someone pick the ball off and send it to the palace. The king will personally send someone to pick up the seeds. "

Zhong Shuiqing took out a pen and added the word "cotton" on the wooden sign, and happily asked someone to come and transplant the plant.

Li Xu hardly recognizes other things, but there is one that looks like a tomato but he thinks it is impossible, so how lucky is it to get several good things at once.

However, he still found another good thing, alfalfa. He recognized this kind of grass because the tour guide said it was so good when he went to the grassland to play. It is suitable for cows and, presumably, horses and sheep.

Zhong Shuiqing looked at the weed-like plant that grew up to knee height, and laughed awkwardly: "This may be the seed of weed mixed in, it is too wild, and it grew a large piece without much care."

Li Xu asked him: "This grass is called alfalfa. It is used for livestock. How many seeds are there?"

"There are still two big bags left. This kind of grass seed is small and there are a lot of it, and we only planted a small part of it. I didn't expect it to grow like this."

"Have someone cut the grass and give it to General Kou. By the way, give half of the grass seeds to him, and tell him that it is for him to raise horses. In addition, find a sloping field to surround and grow grass. The king wants to raise cattle. .”

There are too few farming cattle in South Vietnam, and buying them from other places is expensive and wasteful. If you can raise cattle yourself, at least part of the problem can be solved, and you can also eat beef, which is the best of both worlds.

Zhong Shuiqing didn't know much about animal husbandry, so he recommended another official, who happened to be there, and Li Xu called him over to ask a few words. The other party has full power over the matter, and only said that the employer will use money to report to the palace.

That official has always belonged to people who have no sense of existence. South Vietnam’s animal husbandry is not developed, and the people’s raising is not under his control. Apart from a few horses, there are no animals in the government. Hearing that the prince wants to raise cattle, he is [-]% supportive. of.

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Kou Xiao was training horses in the military camp. The new horse he got was definitely a hard-earned horse. After three days of training, he was willing to let him sit on the horse. He was knocked off countless times by the horse in the past three days. .

For several days after that, he rode around on a new horse. It felt really cool. After the cool time, he received a few big ox cart grass from King Shun. He was surprised, "It's really a prince Is it for this general?" Don't hide any hidden secrets.

Jiang Qiuming circled the ox cart a few times, took out a few leaves and chewed them in his mouth. After spitting them out, he said with certainty: "This is grass, not wild vegetables. General, have you offended King Shun?"

"No." Kou Xiao thought about it carefully, except for confessing, he did not do anything to offend King Shun.

Jiang Qiuming stared into his eyes, and found that General Kou, who had always been shameless, felt a little uncomfortable, and the only one who could make him uncomfortable was King Shun.He looked at Kou Xiao thoughtfully, and went over Kou Xiao's recent performance, especially the ones related to King Shun, and was surprised to find some unusual traces.

The one who came to deliver the pasture was the servant of the Kou family’s farm. He timidly conveyed the words to Kou Xiao. What he said did not convey the meaning. He said that Mr. Zhong had planted a new grass in the back mountain. The king ordered someone to cut it and give it to General Kou, along with a bag of grass seeds, which he said was for General Kou to raise horses.

"Is he mocking me?" Kou Xiao asked Jiang Qiuming with a bag of grass seeds: "Could it be that I stole those twenty horses and made the prince hate me, so I sent this general to plant grass and raise horses?"

Jiang Qiuming thought to himself: Does the prince seem to be such a narrow-minded person?

"Didn't you say that the prince asked you to bring the horse back? Maybe he just wanted to give you a new kind of pasture. This grass has never been seen before. Maybe it is a new species discovered by the prince. Why don't you feed it to the horses? try."

Kou Xiao didn't dare to experiment with his bloody BMW. He picked an old horse and fed it some grass. He found that the horse liked to eat. After observing it for an hour, there was no vomiting or diarrhea. It can be seen that it is true. pasture.

Then there is nothing to worry about. Kou’s army’s horses are raised on the other side of the mountain, and that area has been specially opened up as a pasture. Now in June, when the vegetation is vigorously growing, the horses are not short of grass to eat. The grass seeds Can be saved until fall.