[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Time is like a white horse, fleeting.

Xia Anran has been in Yongchun County for more than two months. A month ago, he sent away the county magistrate Qin who had completed the handover task, and officially became the leader here.

Plant ash as fertilizer has been popularized quite successfully. Plant ash is easy to get, but because of the unique conditions, people here generally choose to use manure. Now seeing that plant ash as fertilizer seems to be more effective, everyone expresses that they will try it when they go home.

Then began to try to grab plant ash from the hands of the ladies.

Plant ash, because it is alkaline, has a miraculous effect on washing clothes and dishes, and has a remarkable decontamination ability. Some people are reluctant to use soap, so they use plant ash. The effect is similar, but it hurts their hands a little.

But farmers generally don't care about this.

Regarding the lime mixing, Xia Anran didn't dare to let them do it by themselves.

Regulating the acidity and alkalinity of the soil is not something that can be done overnight. If you put too much lime powder, it will damage the seedlings.

It is summer now, and the crops in the field are filling the grains. If one is not careful, the harvest will be greatly reduced this autumn. Compared with lime and manure, he recommends another kind of farmyard manure—burning fire dung.

Xia Anran only had a rough idea of ​​how to make fire dung, and after talking to the old farmer, they said they could try it when they went back.

Xia Anran asked them not to burn it in the forest area, remember to try it in a place where water can be drawn, the old farmers agreed, and finally Xia Anran was still worried, and ran to the scene to watch them try to burn fire dung.

The fire dung is made of weed crop stalks and part of the soil, piled up layer by layer, and slowly baked with a dark fire. After about two days, you can get a good fertilizer.

The advantage of this thing is that it uses crop waste, and the insect eggs in the soil can be burned by fire. The key point is that the fire manure is alkaline, and it can also improve the acidification of the land when used as a base fertilizer.

But the disadvantages are also obvious, which is not conducive to air.

But it is slightly better than burning straw directly, but it requires technology.

Fortunately, the village invited a good charcoal burner, and the old man was immediately happy to hear the principle of fire dung. Isn't the principle the same as burning charcoal?Use a dark fire to roast it little by little, he is familiar with this.

It’s summer now, with rain and weeds growing like crazy. In order to support the county magistrate, many families mobilized their children to cut weeds. Originally, the weeds were used to feed pigs and sheep, but this season pigs Sheep are not short of food. In comparison, if fat can be produced, fat is obviously more important.

But in fact, until now, everyone is still a little skeptical about fire dung. After all, the little county magistrate doesn't look like he can farm. However, everyone has seen the land behind the county government office. Several families who used plant ash also said that it seemed to grow a little faster.

The villagers did not dare to directly spread plant ashes into the rice fields. Now the rice is being filled, and there are still a few months before the autumn harvest, so they are careful. What everyone takes is the small vegetable field planted at home, because the green leafy vegetables are planted. The reaction is faster.

Moreover, after using plant ash, the land that usually accumulates water when it rains is also faster, and it is no longer so easy to accumulate water.

Because there are different opinions, but it is generally agreed that everyone has a little confidence in fire dung.

Relying on the charcoal-burning master to control the matter, he instructed everyone to pile up here and cover there. About three days later, after the soil was removed, the first thing everyone smelled was a scent of soil.

In the past three days, God has rewarded me, and I chose a leeward place. This is the first time I have succeeded in burning fire dung.

The old farmer knows that the fertilizer is good when he pinches it with his hands. It is dark brown and loose. It will loosen quickly after kneading into a ball with his hands. The smell is also clean, and it has been burnt.

Several old farmers came up to pinch, Xia Anran silently looked at the smoking dung pile, endured it, but still couldn't hold back curiosity and reached out to touch it.

Hiss - hot!

He immediately withdrew his hands back, tightened his sleeves and squeezed them, with a nonchalant expression on his face, as if he hadn't done anything.

This scene fell in the eyes of the villagers, and the little county magistrate's obedient and naughty appearance was just like the little grandson at home, which made people feel inexplicably friendly.

How to use fire dung still needs to be considered. It is definitely not possible to pile up rice fields now. No one dares to take this risk. How to use it, how much to use, and whether it can be used together with other fertilizers have to be tested.

But everyone is still very optimistic about this fire dung. The manure needs a long time to ferment. The fire dung only needs three or four days. The materials used are weeds that can be seen everywhere, which makes people feel very cheap. easy.

But Xia Anran also told them that they must not exhaust the water to fish, and cutting down trees and burning fire dung is putting the cart before the horse.

After discussing for a few days, a solution was discussed.

Like manure, concentrated firing.

Farmers are not allowed to burn themselves.

One is to prevent fire, and the other is to be afraid that people who are not skilled enough will spoil things.

Once the worthless fallen leaves are found to be reusable, they immediately become valuable, and no one is allowed to waste them indiscriminately.

What happened to the fire dung matter still needs time to verify, Xia Anran set his sights on the second matter that he and Qin county magistrate had agreed on before.

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When Shen Qi arrived in Yongchun County with the order of the admiral of Fujian, he saw that the person he was looking for was rolling up his sleeves and directing people to stir up the mud.

It's just that the color of the mud is a bit weird.

Shen Qi pulled the rein with his hand, raised his eyebrows, and called out "Jingxi."

Xia Anran, who was also holding a stick in her hand, followed the sound and looked. On the ridge of the field, Shen Qi was dressed up, riding a tall horse and looking at him against the light. Xia Anran was taken aback. From his angle, he could only see The corner of the man's mouth raised slightly, and the white goose stepping on the horse's head.

He was amused by the scene, and handed the stick to the yamen servant beside him. With a flick of his hem, he jumped onto the ridge lightly, "Brother Shen, why are you here?"

"The Sanhe soil you mentioned in your letter..." Shen Qi took out a yellow-brown hard lump from his horse pocket, and then looked at the mud being mixed, "Is that that?"

What he was holding in his hand was the clay tablet made of Sanhe soil that Xia Anran asked someone to send over not long ago. It was originally a larger piece, but after various experiments, this was the only piece left for him to carry. .

Xia Anran, with some mud on his nose, nodded, his eyes were bright, he explained, "What you are holding in your hand is a semi-finished product, and we are improving the formula here."

"I'll take you to have a look." As he spoke, he picked up Duoduo Goose who was tilting his head to see him thinking about who this person was, and held it in his hand. Xia Duoduo seemed to recognize who he was because of this action, and used it Rubbing his cheek with his flat mouth, he adjusted his posture and let him hug him.

Shen Qi got off his horse, led the horse and followed him while looking around, Xia Anran has been here for two months, now it is the busy season of farming, this year is a bumper year, the typhoon did not damage the place too much, so what he saw was full of joy Smiling old farmer.

When several old farmers saw Xia Anran walking by, they all bowed to each other. Xia Anran also returned the salute one by one. No big deal, we can talk about it later.

Shen Qi saw everything in his eyes, and was a little surprised by Xia Anran's popularity, but it was not too surprising.

Xia Anran's popularity has always been very good. She was in Gusu City, and even more so when she arrived in Beijing. She could be called a brother after taking the exam. However, within a few months of going to Beijing, there were two more brothers, Brother Jia and Brother Xue, who were closer than real brothers.

Now there are a few old people again... Xia Anran's relationship with elders has always been very good, whoever makes him grow up will please the old people.

Sweet mouth and love to laugh.

Xia Anran walked along the ridge of the field, pointing out something to Shen Qi from time to time, he has not been here for a long time, and what he knows now is what the county magistrate told him.

Now he told Shen Qi by borrowing flowers to present Buddha, Shen Qi and him hadn't seen each other for nearly three months, even though they had exchanged letters, they were a bit unfamiliar after all.

Both of them have entered a brand new place, and they are both working hard in their respective fields. Not to mention that Xia Anran's belly has become firmer these days, but Shen Qi, who has been training soldiers by the sea all year round, his fair face has become even more so. It became more natural, and the coldness between the eyebrows dissipated a little, but there was more determination.

It feels like a soldier.

Xia Anran commented like this.

The two of them walked through the few stable fields in Yongchun County, walked for half a stick of incense, and came to a sloping field.

Although the terrain on this slope is gentle and airy, but due to the shade, the vegetation always does not grow well, and no farmers want to dry grain here, so Xia Anran used it as a dry place.

There are quite a few red clay slabs on the ground here, some of them have dried out and turned light brown in color, while some are still full of water and are bright red.

This is exactly what Xia Anran entrusted someone to send to Shen Qi, and was handed over by Shen Qi along the way - the three-in-one clay board.

Yongchun County has outstanding people and abundant natural resources.

There is a proven coal mine here. The government is responsible for the exploration. The soil of the body is also clay. The western mountains stand tall and the limestone is exposed.

Limestone is the raw material of lime, which can be obtained after calcination.

Just ask, there is clay, there is sand, there is lime, what can you think of.

Sanhe soil! ! !

The most famous Fujian Tulou buildings are all made of Sanhe clay. When he read National Geographic, he would introduce Fujian Tulou, which can block bullets, resist explosives when demolished, and have a certain degree of shock resistance. Cement isn't bad at all.

Even in modern times, it is also the raw material for many construction sites to ram foundations. Pouring concrete on it can save money, and the effect is not bad at all.

As long as the proportion of the compound is right, the pressure, water resistance, and wind resistance that can be carried are no less than that of cement. The key is that these materials can be described as everything in the local area.

He can't make cement, but he can make composite clay.

Lime forging technology has been perfected in this dynasty. People in Yongchun County did not notice that the gray stone in the western mountains is limestone. Fujian has produced a lot of lime and sold it cheaply. Forging lime by yourself is time-consuming. It's laborious, and this area can't be digested, so no one has been tossing.

Xia Anran didn't bother at first, the lime he sprinkled before was bought on his way to the office, and now he asked someone to buy a truckload of lime, and tried to make compound soil with the local clay.

He doesn't remember the approximate ratio, but it's okay, make it smaller, try it a few more times, and when he found a better ratio, he immediately made a larger composite clay board and sent it to Shen Qina, Shen Qi Knowing that Xia Anran was not a random person, she immediately tried to stab the earth board with her weapon.

The soil board did not move at all, and he increased his strength. A shallow pit appeared on the surface of the soil board, but it was not cracked. Shen Qi immediately invited Shangfeng, and soon the board was sent to the admiral of Fujian. After many experiments, it was determined that this earthen board is indeed capable of blocking the enemy.

In addition, the autumn harvest season is coming soon, according to experience, there will be bandits making trouble in this world every time, Shen Qi rushed all the way from Fuzhou to Yongchun, just to confirm this Sanhe soil making method.

Unexpectedly, Xia Anran gave him another surprise.

The author has something to say: Fujian Tulou is made of Sanhe soil!In fact, Sanhe soil has existed since ancient times.

However, Fujian has superior geographical conditions and raw materials are relatively easy to obtain.

PS: Do not put any brown sugar or glutinous rice juice in the Sanhe soil during construction, it is only put in when repairing.

A well-made composite soil can top concrete.It is not worse than cement.

Have you got the necessary skills for this time travel?It's much easier than making cement with the soil method!

Although the fire dung is called this name, it is clean == It is said that it is still fragrant, but now the country does not allow it to be burned, and the pollution is too great

But most of the time when you see black smoke billowing, you are still burning plant ash, because plant ash is simple!