Infrastructure masters in the red building

In Jia Fang's cognition, womb cabbage is the ancient name of Chinese cabbage, so he has been trying to grow "wort cabbage" in the two plots of Daoxiang Village in Daguanyuan.

But the result was not satisfactory. The seeds of "Sicai" that Jia Fang entrusted people to find everywhere turned out to be another vegetable - Chinese cabbage, also known as green vegetables, Jiangmen cabbage, small green vegetables, oily cabbage, and small rapeseed.It grows in the fields of Daoxiang Village, it is lush green and really beautiful.

In spring and summer, this kind of dish has greatly enriched the tables of Rongguo Mansion and successfully alleviated the complaints of several children of Jia Mansion about the kitchen.But pak choy is not suitable for pickling, it cannot be made into kimchi, and the yield is not as high as that of Chinese cabbage, which is far from Jia Fang's expectations.

Another point is terrible, Chinese cabbage does not seem to be suitable for planting in winter.It’s only September and October, and the cabbages planted in Daoxiang Village are as if they were beaten by frost, and they are so helpless—the weather has turned cold recently, maybe these cabbages have indeed been beaten by frost up.

Jia Fang once wanted to find the real Chinese cabbage seeds, but he couldn't find them for a while, and because the small cabbage was very popular with Jia Min and the others, Jia Fang didn't insist on searching.

Who would have thought that a flower would grow out of thin air in a flower garden in his own garden?

Jia Fang squatted in front of the flowerbed and asked Shuangwen, "Is this really the seed you planted yesterday?"

Shuangwen nodded and said: "A few days ago, I found a strange-looking vegetable behind the rockery in Hengwuyuan. The leaves were very large, but it produced a long, thin stem with small yellow flowers. Seeing that the flower has produced seeds, I collected the seeds."

"I've never seen this flower or this vegetable before. Out of curiosity, I planted one in this flower garden yesterday, thinking that this flower garden is also empty..."

Shuang Wenpo explained to Jia Fang embarrassingly: Others planted peonies, roses and peonies in the flower garden, and she planted a vegetable.

Jia Fang didn't care about it at all, and said, "Who knows that after one night's effort, it will grow like this?"

Looking at the dishes in front of him, Jia Fang was also very emotional - he is a person who does not work hard and does not distinguish between grains and grains, but he is only familiar with this Chinese cabbage.When I was a child, my family would stock up a bunch of them in winter. Apart from pickling a jar of sauerkraut, the vegetables in winter depended on it.Although off-season vegetables from the south continued to arrive later, and the chances of hoarding cabbage gradually decreased, the particularity of Chinese cabbage still existed—it was one of the very few vegetables that Jia Fang could recognize even if it grew in the field!

"By the way, this flower garden...was it you who painted it?"

This time when Hengwu Garden was rebuilt, the design draft of the main building was drawn by Jia Fang, and the bilingual assisted measurement; outside the main building, those climbing corridors that only need minor repairs, relatively simple courtyard gates and walls, and other decorations For revolutionary architecture, Jia Fang let Shuangwen do it together.Therefore, this flower garden should appear on the design drawing of Shuangwen.

Shuangwen nodded, but was still surprised, and said, "It's true that I painted it, but the first time I came to see it, I found that the soil quality here is different from other places."

Jia Fang's eyes lit up: "How do you say it?"

Shuangwen said: "The soil inside is soft, but the soil outside is hard. Then I took a shovel and turned it over a little bit, and dug out the old bricks along this road."

Jia Fang nodded clearly: "It means that this place is originally a flower garden."

Shuangwen nodded: "I took a look later and found that there were a total of a pair of such flower beds, so I drew them on the drawing. Later, I asked Xiaogong to re-lay a circle of bricks, and it became what it is now."

Jia Fang quickly asked Shuangwen to show him another garden.I saw that it was still empty, unlike the one over here, which was planted with a vegetable by Shuangwen.Jia Fang reached out and dug a handful of soil, put it up to his nose and smelled it, but he didn't feel anything special about the soil.But he can basically confirm: there must be something that speeds up the growth of the plants, but he doesn't know whether it's the soil or the seeds themselves.

Jia Fang asked Shuangwen to take out the other cabbage seeds she had collected, counted them and found that the number was not many, small, black, only a few dozen.So he tried his best to resist the urge to put the newborn cabbage in front of him into the pot, so that he could taste the stir-fried cabbage and vinegared cabbage.He said to Shuangwen: "You continue to pay attention to this vegetable today. When it blooms and sets pods like yesterday, you can also collect the seeds of this one. Let's take it to Daoxiang Village to plant tomorrow."

Shuangwen also thought it was a good idea after hearing it: "Yes, Daoxiang Village is a big place, so we can have more varieties."

Jia Fang: Yes, and Daoxiang Village can experiment to see if the seeds are special or the flower garden in front of me is special.

He glanced at Shuangwen, and saw that the girl looked excited, without any expression of surprise or even fear—Jia Fang secretly sighed again, as expected, it would be better to directly state that this is a "fairy garden". Now it seems that Shuangwen is right There is no barrier to acceptance of these unthinkable things.

In the next few hours, no one in Hengwu Garden took care of the vegetable in the garden.The craftsmen were busy working, and no one cared about the flower beds that had been repaired.Occasionally, a small worker passed by and saw this vegetable. At most, he thought he hadn’t seen it yesterday, and wondered if it was transplanted from Shuangwen.

That vegetable is also very neat. It blooms in the afternoon and sets pods in the evening.Shuangwen carefully collected the seeds that had grown, and then asked Jia Fang, "Do you want to get that vegetable out and let the big kitchen fry it?"

Jia Fang shook his head and said, "This dish will not taste good after the seeds are formed. Plants are like this. Before they bloom and bear fruit, they will transfer all the energy and nutrients to the flowers and fruits, so the leaves The taste will not be very good. But it can be used to fertilize the fields, and the leaves will be filled in the fields of Daoxiang Village in Minger and recycled."

Jia Fang actually wanted to say that the leaves can be used to feed pigs.Unfortunately, Daoxiang Village does not raise pigs—Taoyuan Village does, but the weather there is too warm to grow cabbage.

The next day, Jia Fang called a few small workers and asked them to plant the seeds harvested yesterday in the two fields in Daoxiang Village.He also kept an eye out - he still kept some seeds in his hand and planted them in one of the two flower beds designed by Shuangwen of Hengwu Garden.

According to yesterday's speed, by the end of the day, this flower garden will be able to harvest another batch of seeds.

As for the other flower garden, Jia Fang planted some seeds of the vitex, and also planted some cherry tomatoes.

After waiting for a long time, there was a difference between the planting areas of Daoxiang Village and Hengwu Garden.

Shuangwen squatted on the ridge of Daoxiang Village, not caring that the soil covered the surface of her pair of embroidered shoes.She stared at the seedlings emerging from the soil for a long time, and concluded: "It's so slow!"

Indeed, the Chinese cabbage seeds planted in Daoxiang Village will probably only grow their heads in a day, which is nothing compared to the ones in Hengwuyuan that are slowly blooming and bearing fruit.

But Jia Fang knew: This is still faster than usual.According to the growth trend in front of him, if all the cabbages are planted in Daoxiang Village now, then in winter, he will definitely be able to eat sauerkraut hot pot.

Now he can basically confirm that the magic place should be in that flower garden.The seeds produced from the flower garden may have some excellent qualities of "fast growth", and now they are removed and planted in Daoxiang Village, and they still grow faster than ordinary seeds.

However, other crops were planted in Daoxiang Village before, but there was no obvious acceleration effect.

Jia Fang was very interested: he really wanted to know if the crops grown in Daoxiang Village could "speed up" after they were planted again.But he estimates that this "acceleration" will gradually disappear with each seeding.The plants that come out of Hengwu Garden will eventually become "ordinary" plants, although it is very unusual for them to appear in this time and space.

In the evening, Shuangwen harvested another batch of cabbage seeds in the flower garden. Calculated, the seeds harvested this time can already fill the two plots of Daoxiang Village.Jia Fang asked her to plant some more tomorrow. This flower garden can gradually become a "breeding garden" for cabbage, and soon there may be enough seeds to supply many vegetable gardens in the suburbs of Beijing.

In another garden, peppers and cherry tomatoes are growing well.The two plants had grown to less than half a person's height, and Shuangwen had to build a frame with thin bamboo branches to prevent them from falling over.In the evening, both of them bear fruit, and the second Vitex bears green fruit, which has not yet turned into the bright red that Fuya picked yesterday.On the other hand, the cherry tomatoes are bright red and very cute.

Jia Fang picked a small bunch of cherry tomatoes and gave them to Fu Ya to try them out. Unexpectedly, Fu Ya saw them but refused to taste them again. She didn't try them until Shuang Wen and Sun Shi both tasted them and said they were delicious. Take a sip.After tasting it, the little girl said that she regretted it a lot. She knew that she should have stolen this kind of food last time.

But Jia Fang has different ideas about the peppers and cherry tomatoes grown in the No. [-] flower garden.He planned to collect a batch of seeds and send them to Taoyuan Village for the villagers there to plant them.

The southern region is warmer and more suitable for the cultivation of peppers and tomatoes.Moreover, the Taoyuanzhai area is relatively humid, and it is easy to lose appetite under such climatic conditions.

Recently, he has often received feedback that the new immigrants from Yujiang often have no appetite and energy, and some people have large rashes on their bodies.Zhang Youshi saw it, and said that it was just acclimatization, just tell them to get used to it.

But Jia Fang thought of the time and space he was in. In Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, peppers were widely grown, and hot and sour tastes were common in the diet, mostly to stimulate appetite under the local climate conditions.

He brought peppers and tomatoes, firstly to help the residents adjust their diet, and secondly, to help them increase their income-not to mention that no one would want these two planted, even if no one wanted them temporarily, he would!There are so many places to use it!

Jia Fang’s method of sending peppers and tomatoes to Taoyuan Village was slightly different: he dug the whole plants from the flowerbed, packed them in a small cart, and transported the whole plants to Taoyuan Village whole.

The reason why he did this is because he is not a cropper. He heard that the seeds of peppers or tomatoes need to be dried and soaked before planting. There are a lot of processes, and it is not as easy as planting Chinese cabbage.Jia Fang simply chose to transplant directly. Anyway, it is very easy to take these plants out of the flowerbed. The fruit seedlings are taken out with soil, but looking at the flowerbed, it seems that nothing is missing.

When they came to Taoyuanzhai, the villagers became very interested in these two plants.Of course, the main reason is that Jia put it up and blew it all at once, and described the two flavors in a miraculous way.But they have never seen these two things before, so they are not sure about planting them, and they dare not try rashly for a while.

"Boys, these two are considered vegetables, and you don't need to expand a special area to plant them. You can plow two ridges in front of the house, behind the house, or in your own yard to plant them. These two things like temperature, water, and water. It is fertile, and the yield is quite good. Of course, if you can open two acres of land to plant this, I have no objection..." Jia Fang gave a general introduction according to the plant habits introduced in the "Catalogue".

Immediately, a villager raised his hand: "I would like to plant, can you give me this kind of seedling?"

But Jia Fang said: "But I can't give this kind of seedling for free. After all, it is very valuable, and I don't have a few plants in my hand." I gave it for free, afraid that these villagers would not cherish it.

"To accept my seedlings, first pay a deposit of [-] Wen to me. Cash or negotiable certificates are fine." Jia Fang announced, "As long as you all plant them properly, the deposit will be returned immediately without taking a penny."

Five hundred cash is no longer considered small money, and the villagers dare not throw it away easily.But now houses are being built everywhere in Taoyuan Village, and various projects are extremely busy. In addition, Jia Fang has "injected" a lot of loans into the village before, and everyone's finances are in a "loose" period, so Five hundred wen, each household can afford it by pooling their money together.

Jia Fang's move immediately "filtered" out the group of people who just wanted to try, and if they didn't succeed, they didn't care.There are still some villagers who are very interested in growing some vegetables in front of and behind their houses, but someone asked: "Third Master, it's not that we don't want to try growing them. After all, this thing is not like food, and it can't fill our stomachs if we grow it. What if we If you put a lot of effort into planting, but fail to plant well, or plant it, but fail to sell it, who is to blame for the loss?"

At this time, the farmers in this space depend on the sky for their food. If the harvest is not good for a year, they have to tighten their belts for the next year.So their risk awareness is very strong.

Jia Fang understood as soon as he heard it, and knew that these villagers were not optimistic about the prospects of peppers and tomatoes.

They are different from Jia Fang. They have never seen or eaten two kinds of novel fruits and vegetables, but Jia Fang just boasted.

Jia Fang, who came to his senses, stretched out his hands and slapped the back of his head, and immediately said loudly: "Fellow folks, to be honest, I am actually asking you to plant these two things. I hope that you can plant more and well, so that you can produce hundreds of catties in the future. A few thousand catties. So, everyone, I will find someone to provide you with technical guidance for any seedlings you take back to plant.”

"In addition, I promise everyone that no matter how many peppers and tomatoes you produce in the future, I will buy them from you. For next year's production, I can sign a contract with you, and agree on the price to purchase at that time, and you can even pay in advance. part of the payment."

Jia felt relieved: This is probably the first planting futures contract in Taoyuanzhai, right?

"Is there really such a good thing? As long as this kind of seedlings are planted, and they have not yet borne fruit, can they get money?" Some villagers couldn't believe their ears.

"This is also pre-locking your future production!" Jia Fang replied with a smile, "In case I really hope that you will plant these two kinds of fruits and vegetables, and finally wait until the fruit hangs and the harvest is good. A businessman suddenly came from a foreign country. The bid is higher than mine, and you all sold him, wouldn't I panic at a loss?"

When the villagers heard it, they all felt reasonable.But more than half of them clarified: "Master Jia, don't say that. You are the owner of this place. If you say yes, we will never sell it to anyone else."

Jia Fang smiled and nodded: "That's a good relationship—but, in case you are short of money when you are halfway through the planting and have not yet harvested, you can come to me and sell this year's harvest to me in advance. And I may follow [-]% of the future harvest price will be used to pay..."

Before he finished speaking, some villagers understood: "Jia Sanye, I understand, it's like going to a pawnshop to pawn. I have no money, so I will give you the harvest that I haven't seen before... ..."

This kind of explanation is easier to understand than what Jia Fang said, and the villagers around Jia Fang understood it all at once.

Although not everyone is willing to "pawn" their future output, Jia Fang's attitude has successfully made them understand that as long as it can be planted, there is absolutely no need to worry about sales.

So, the villagers began to "subscribe" these seedlings with each other.Jia Fang asked them to go to the two old shopkeepers of the Finance Office to register first. His seedlings still need to be prepared for two more days.

Most of the people who came to subscribe for seedlings were new immigrants from several villages in Xinyu. Most of them did not have paddy fields for growing rice, but they had tended crops to some extent.Since Jia Fang promised that he would recycle the seedlings according to the price, and the seedlings did not really have any cost, they decided to give it a try.

Jia Fang dug pepper and tomato seedlings from the flower garden of Hengwuyuan every day. The peppers he brought were not the same each time, sometimes they were bell peppers, sometimes they were millet peppers, sometimes they were sky peppers, but tomatoes were not the same. There are not many types, there are only two types: large and small.

Some of the villagers in Taoyuan Village received few seedlings, and some received a lot at once. There was even one family who applied to Jia Fang to open two acres of wasteland, intending to plant these two kinds of seedlings on the wasteland.Jia Fang boldly agreed, and let the family open up the land first, and then register the land property rights in the village.

As for the "technical guidance" that Jia Fang promised to provide, it finally became Lao Shao, who is "tasting a hundred grains".Jia put a copy of "One Hundred Questions on Pepper Planting" and a "Guide to Planting Tomatoes" in his pocket, packaged him as "technical guidance" and pushed him out.

Although Lao Shao has never seen these two things before, but he can read and already has the "Basic Cultural Education Diploma" of Taoyuan Village, plus at least two books blessings, leading the villagers to grow these two things, it is also Similar.

Of course, after the first batch of seedlings were planted, they borne fruit very quickly-of course, this was because the seedlings sent were already close to the fruit-setting period.Lao Shao instructed everyone to pick off half of the fruits and keep them as seeds, and the other half successfully made Jia Fang fulfill his promise.

In the end, Jia Fang bought peppers with no flaws in appearance at an "exorbitant price" of [-] renminbi per catty. Tomatoes were slightly cheaper, but they also reached the level of [-] renminbi per catty.This caused a sensation in the entire Taoyuan Village—although the total output is only about a dozen catties, everyone has made up their minds that if they grow these things, they may not be able to make money from growing rice.

Jia Fang still doesn't know what kind of impact this "attempt" of planting has had on Taoyuan Village. The notice he received was: at Baigongfang, the copper hot pot has been made.