scientific farming

Dali was north of the capital, and the climate and environment were roughly the same as what Song Wen knew in modern times, only a little hotter overall. This is probably related to the periodic division of the climate. The Dali Dynasty may have been in a warm period.So, it's actually only the beginning of April in the lunar calendar, so it's okay to wear unlined clothes if you want.

Even in the warm season, the winter in the north is still too cold, so at present, wheat is mainly grown here, and peanuts and soybeans are also grown here.

Song Wen went all the way, and what he saw were stretches of wheat fields, which were still green, the air was full of the strong smell of wheatgrass, and the ears of wheat that were beginning to turn yellow were braided into the sky, wishing they could grow from the ground to the sky go.The top is green and yellow, the bottom is green, and the wind blows the wheat waves. Needless to say, there will be a good harvest.

If you have a good harvest, you will feel naturally happy.

Song Wen walked around the field with his hands behind his back, expressing his satisfaction.

Many villagers in the village were busy working in the fields. Seeing Song Wen wandering around, they inevitably paid more attention and looked at him from time to time.

Song Wen was wearing a long gown, which was the best clothes the Song family had made for him at the beginning, but after wearing it for a long time, it turned white, and his identity was not sure at once.What's more, he is wandering around other people's fields at the moment, which is really suspicious, although the villagers are relatively simple and don't know how to steal crops.But there's always a case, isn't it?So Song Wen wandered around for a while, and many villagers who were busy working on the fields did not leave, their eyes were full of suspicion, and their eyes were on him. If something was wrong, Song Wen could ask these villagers to arrest him.

The villagers under the rule are so vigilant, very good, very good.

Song asked himself to save face, and went around the field at the entrance of the village, which was considered to be an inspection tour.Before, he wanted to ask the villagers for some seeds without any money, but now with the support of Xiao Lue's 300 taels of silver, he would be a good county magistrate who is diligent and caring for the people.

Seeing that more and more villagers gathered after hearing the news, Song Wen quickly returned to the yamen.

In the yamen, Ah Mian has already washed part of the mung beans and soaked them in water.Seeing Song Wen came back, he hurriedly asked him how to "grow bean sprouts". Today, he bought a small handful of vegetables and planned to eat them in two days. There is not even a leaf left in the vegetable. If there is no bean sprouts, there will be nothing to eat tomorrow.

Song Wen directly gave Ah Mian 100 taels, and told him to buy all the things that should be added without saving.However, since the mung beans have been washed and soaked, the bean sprouts should be sent out, otherwise it will be a waste.

Germinating bean sprouts is actually very simple, you just need to find a useful and breathable container to store them in.In modern times, people grow bean sprouts by themselves at home, usually using mineral water bottles. Song Wen has professional acupuncture trays at work, but neither of these are available here, so Song Wen can only do it himself.

He went directly to find a wooden board, surrounded it with wooden strips a little bit, and then punched the wooden board. Fortunately, the wooden board he found was split thinly, and he could use a pin to increase the stone to punch holes.When Ah Mian came back holding the quilt and waiting for the sundries, she saw Song Wen used big stones and pins to punch holes in the board, and there were still many broken needles scattered around her feet.

"Master!" Ah Mian hugged something and rolled over quickly like a ball.

Song Wen kept his hands steady, didn't lift his head, and continued to punch holes, and didn't forget to answer: "What's the matter?"

Amian looked at the broken needles on the ground distressedly. He hesitated for a long time before deciding to buy them. The needles are made of iron. Although they are so small, they are expensive, and you can’t buy more each time. Write down how many stitches you took.The Dali Dynasty had strict control over iron, for fear that someone would buy too much and go back and melt it down to make weapons.

Originally, needles were bought casually, and only kitchen knives, pots, farm tools, etc. were included in the registration purchase list, but one day a minister suddenly said that needles should also be controlled, otherwise you can buy a few catties of needles. A dagger, wouldn't it be possible to hurt someone with a dagger?

In the end, the higher-ups actually passed the proposal.

"Master, how many vegetables do you need to buy with these needles?" Amian felt more distressed as she opened her eyes, and felt bad when she saw Song Wen, "It's better to just buy vegetables and eat some bean sprouts."

Song Wen really didn't know that ancient needles were so expensive, so he was a little embarrassed for a while, but he quickly bit back and said, "After this seedling tray is ready, it can be used in the future. We can distribute more bean sprouts and send some to the general's mansion. Let's eat it." They have so many things, they must show something. Otherwise, others will accuse us of being ungrateful, and even if we have more, we can still sell them.”

"It's like opening a shop. You always have to spend money to buy or rent a shop before you can sell things to make money. How can you save money on buying a shop?" Song asked more and more rationally, and simply began to preach.

Hearing that it can make money, Ah Mian's complexion is visible to the naked eye.Although looking at the broken needle on the ground still hurts, I just try not to look at it.He was afraid that Song Wen would break the remaining needles, so he didn't leave with his things in his arms, so he stood aside and watched: "Are these bean sprouts delicious? Don't they need to be planted in the ground, or I will open a field in the backyard to grow them." ?”

"No need." Song Wen continued to open the holes under his hands, "The bean sprouts can be fried and eaten directly, or they can be eaten with other things, and cold salad is also fine."

"There are so many ways to eat, let's try them all, and we won't get tired of eating them." Amian said enthusiastically, "I took the things in and organized them. Let me punch holes."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Song Wen to agree, he trotted, and the whole ball went into the room.

Song asked: "..."

Of course, Ah Mian was not given the job of punching holes, mainly because there were too many places to scrub in the backyard of the yamen, Song Wen chose to sit on the floor to punch holes instead of scrubbing for sanitation.So when Ah Mian was done, Song Wenkong had already drilled the holes, cleaned the homemade seedling tray quickly, and then soaked it in water, and the left and right mung beans had to be soaked for a while.

While the mung beans were soaking, there was nothing left and right, so Song Wenzhi asked Ah Mian to pull out all the flowers and plants in the flower beds in the backyard, opened a quick vegetable field, and asked the gatekeeper to buy some vegetable seeds and peanuts.

The climate in Dali is slightly hotter, and peanuts can be planted just in April.

The tender peanuts are boiled and eaten, with white meat on the shell and the water for boiling the peanuts. The tender peanuts mixed with white meat and water in one bite are especially delicious. Song Wen has always liked it.Fried peanuts, sprinkle some salt on top, is also good, best with porridge.Or braised peanuts, salted peanuts can be eaten as snacks after drying.

The most important thing is that the yield of peanuts is high. If you plant any land, basically the whole family will no longer need to buy peanuts.Song Wen remembered that he used to live in the city, and Song’s mother and grandmother asked people to buy peanuts on a mountain in the outskirts of the city, which was only about ten square meters, and they could get back good sacks of peanuts every year. There are enough peanuts, and I can give a lot to relatives.

Song Wen really can't cultivate the fields. The main force is Amian. He is responsible for digging holes and spreading seeds in the back. After finishing a small piece of land, Song Wen has already beaten his back several times. Seeing the sky darken, he immediately called for manual work. .

The gnocchi that was neither too early nor too late completely disappeared in my stomach.Anyway, they had money in their hands, so the two went directly to the noodle stall outside and ordered a bowl of noodles to eat. There were also fried dough sticks and sesame cakes on the side. Get round.

After the two of them slowly moved back to the county office and washed up a bit, the mung beans were almost soaked. Although the soaking time was not enough, it was fine.The main reason is that it is getting late, and there is no pastime at the moment. After finishing the work of sprouting bean sprouts, I can rest.

Song Wen spread the soaked mung beans flat on the seedling tray, then took a cloth towel and moistened it to cover the mung beans. After that, just keep the cloth towel moist and let it sit for an hour or two to replenish the water.

Now that the temperature is just right, you don’t need to pay special attention to heat preservation, just put it in the house.