scientific farming

The terrain of the stream in Pingxi Village with a large volume of water is not good enough and requires manual reconstruction.More importantly, Song Wen realized that he had taken it for granted. The stream passed through the village, but the mountains on the opposite side were high. The water from the stream could at most irrigate the fields by the stream, and it would not be enough if it was higher.The area of ​​tidal flats by the stream is not small, but the rice is also afraid of water, too much water, and the rice dies faster.

The county magistrate of Shaoyuan, Lizheng, discussed with two members of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, and couldn't decide whether to build a large water tanker in the village with the largest amount of water, or build as many small tankers as possible on an average basis.Even if you want to build a small water tanker, where you choose to build it, and whose field is close to it, is not only determined by the amount of water.

The construction of the water tanker is a meritorious service to Shaoyuan county magistrate and two workers from the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, and even Lizheng. Now I see the water source where the current is very small.

As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and Song Wen also wanted to go up the mountains to see if there were any mountain products.Being greedy is one thing, but it also means thinking about a way to make money for the village.

Although the original body can go to the ground, he spends most of his time reading books. What is on the mountain is dictated by his hunting father Song. After looking through his memory, he has no clue what it looks like, and the names are all in the local dialect. , Song Wen worked hard, but the translation failed, so he could only go up the mountain to read it by himself.

Xiao Lue was born in the royal family and never left the capital when he was young.Later, his father's rebellion failed, so he asked himself to join the army and guard the border, and the border has been battling big and small battles for years, and most of them are barren lands.

Xiao Lue listened to Song asking himself, thought for a while and said seriously: "The mountain products I eat most are probably rabbits, wild boars and the like. These are moderate in size, easy to catch, can be eaten in one meal, and don't need to be carried on the road. very nice."

Song asked: "..." I just eat a fruit, you call rabbits and wild boars mountain products? !

Xiao Lue didn't notice Song Wen's momentary silence, and continued to say seriously: "However, if Mr. Song wants to add a way to make money for the village, it's not feasible, and the people in the village can hunt less."

He was also happy in his heart that it was rare for Song Wen to be good at something, looked at his face, and carefully suggested that he give up the money-making method of "mountain goods".

Song asked: "..."

There happened to be a series of children talking and laughing on the mountainside, and Song Wen was rescued.He quickly raised his eyes and looked around, refusing to talk to Xiao Lue, and saw three or five children bouncing down the mountain carrying baskets made of bamboo.Through the cracks in the basket and the red stains on the outside of the basket, Song Wen's eyes suddenly lit up—Yangmei.

That's right, if the location of Pingxi Village is based on the terrain of modern China, it should be in East China.Isn't July the last season when red bayberries are just eaten!

Song Wen called out: "Is it red bayberry in your basket?"

The children stopped at once, shivering, and it took a long time before a bold leather child came over carefully with a basket in his hand, and raised the basket in front of Song Wen: "Master Song, we picked this on the mountain. Red bayberry, let adults eat."

"What about you?" Song Wen looked at his courteous appearance, which was especially funny for a child.

The child grinned shyly and said, "There are still some on the mountain, I will pick them again."

"Can you take us there?" Song Wen pointed at Xiao Lue while beguiling the child kindly, "This general has never picked red bayberries, and he really wants to try. Would you like to teach the general to pick red bayberries? If you do , you are the general's husband!"

The child's eyes burst out with a strong light, as if they were framed with the brightest star in the sky, and he couldn't care less about Song Wen.He was a little timid towards Xiao Lue just now, he didn't dare to miss it out of the corner of his eye, but now he puffed up his small chest, looked at Xiao Lue and said: "I am willing to be the general's husband, I will teach you!"

Song Wen burst into a smile, and looked at Xiao Lue's reaction cheerfully.

Xiao Lue nodded solemnly, feeling nothing wrong at all.He stretched out his hand to support Song Wen, whose smile was crooked, and said to the child, "Let's go to Yangmei's."

The child nodded earnestly, ignoring the red bayberry in the basket, and ran ahead with his short legs, catching up with the little friend who was still hesitating on top, pointed to Song Wen and Xiao Lue, and said A few words, presumably it was an introduction that he wanted to be a gentleman to the general.The three or five children were very excited, and looked at the two of them eagerly, waiting for the two of them to go up quickly.

Song Wen didn't take Qiao, and chased after him in a few steps, and took the child to Yang Meilin.In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the last wave of red bayberries is left, but it is also the sweetest and best color.

A group of people walked up the mountain for a while, bypassing a huge rock, and a hillside area was exposed behind, with many bayberry trees growing on it.The purple-red fruits hang heavily among the bayberry leaves. You can smell the strong smell of bayberry without getting close, and you can swallow a mouthful of water just looking at it.

Pi Haier greeted first: "My lord, General, we're here!"

Song Wen walked over quickly, reached out and picked the biggest and most purple-red one, turned around and stuffed it into the mouth of Xiao Lue who followed, pressed his finger, and the bayberry jam burst, and his fingers and between Xiao Lue's lips and teeth were all stained with bayberry.

"Is it sweet?" Song Wen asked with a smile.

Xiao slightly opened his lips, rolled his tongue, and the bayberry entered his mouth. As soon as his teeth clenched, the bayberry jam exploded in his mouth, sweet and sour, and the saliva in his mouth instantly flowed, mixing with the bayberry juice.He nodded, his eyes lit up like a child's: "Delicious!"

Song Wen turned around, picked one and put it in his mouth, stopping the saliva from spreading in his mouth. With the red bayberry in his mouth, he said vaguely: "Eat more if it tastes good. The best taste of red bayberry is freshly picked. When the red bayberry is not put out, now that it is picked, within two hours, red bayberry worms will grow, and you can eat it directly. My father said that red bayberry worms grow up by eating red bayberry, and they are very nourishing. Pay attention to it, just eat it. Soak it in salt water, and the bayberry worms will come out."

But Song Wen didn't like the ones soaked in salt water, and felt that the original flavor of bayberry was spoiled.I just eat pineapple with him, and I don't like soaking it in salt water, I like to eat it directly.

Xiao Lue had never seen or eaten red bayberry, so he didn't care about the severity of his strikes. He followed Song Wen back and forth among the bayberry trees, stuffing one into his mouth from time to time. When Song Wen found out, he found that the side in front of him was actually Being bald by Xiao Lue...

Song asked: "...don't you feel that your teeth are sore?"

Xiao Lue picked another one and put it in his mouth, and performed it for Song Wen. He didn't need teeth, just like a toothless old lady, sipping on the bayberry and eating another one!

Song asked: "..."

"Don't eat it, you won't be able to eat it when you go back, you will regret it!" Song Wen said helplessly, "This red bayberry fruit is not bad, but it is difficult to preserve it, and there is no way to sell it to a distant place. In the town, it is probably not new to send it."

The traffic is not good at the moment, and it takes an hour to go to the town to use a bullock cart.In addition to the bumpy road, unless you walk or pick it up with your feet, the bayberry has no peel. When you get to the place, you will probably only have the damaged bayberry juice left. In addition to the heat, you may still smell the smell of fermented wine.

Speaking of alcohol, Song Wen finally thought of a way to make money.

Song asked a few children who found that they became a little sleepy without their teaching to pick bayberry to come over and asked, "Whose family does this bayberry belong to?"

The children looked at each other and shook their heads: "No one wants it. We usually just pick it up and eat it, or dry it as a snack. But because Mr. Song has returned to the village, no one in the village has come to pick it these days. us……"

They all lowered their heads, obviously sneaking over by themselves while they were not paying attention at home.

Song Wen said with a smile: "You brought me here on purpose. If you pick red bayberries and go back, your parents will definitely not scold you."

The child was right when he heard it, and immediately became happy again.Hulala scattered all of a sudden, going to pick more back.I was afraid of being told that they ate a lot, and then only picked the bottom with a basket, and planned to eat it secretly, without letting the family know.

When Xiao Lue saw Song Wenwen, he knew that he was going to make a fuss about bayberry.But it doesn't mean that red bayberry is not easy to transport, and it is easy to grow bugs?Thinking this way, he asked the question.

Song Wen smiled slyly and said, "Remember when I asked the general in the capital, how much is a catty of peanuts, and how much is a catty of peanut oil?"

This is the added value of agricultural products in modern times.

Red bayberry can be made into dried red bayberry, so if you are willing to add sugar, you can sell it for a lot of money in the world.It's just that the villagers think sugar is too expensive, so they don't want to make dried red bayberry and sell it.

However, Song Wen also looked down on dry bayberry, mainly because he didn't earn much, and what he wanted to make was bayberry wine.Wine can sell for a lot of money at this time!

Red bayberry is not easy to store, but if it is made into red bayberry wine, the wine can be drunk, and the red bayberry can still be eaten, but it will smell of wine, and the flavor is different, but it also tastes good.The point is that the bayberry soaked in wine looks like a fresh bayberry when poured out, and it is also more valuable than the dark bayberry in appearance.Drinks are easy to transport and sold to the capital. Those rich and powerful people like a new thing the most, and the price must not be bad.

What's more, the bayberry soaked in wine and then dried into dried bayberry is much more delicious than the simple dried bayberry, so the price will naturally double.

What's more, the Dali Dynasty is similar to the history of China, mainly grain wine, and almost no fruit wine.In this way, there are apricots, peaches, etc. in the mountains in the south in July, which can be used to make apricot wine and peach wine.

When it comes to wine, Xiao Lue is interested.I don't eat bayberry anymore. Looking at the bayberry grove, I can't wait to make it into bayberry wine.

Song Wen was a little surprised, but he didn't know that Xiao Lue was actually a good drinker!A person who is good at wine must be able to drink. He presumably wants to drink shochu. He looked through his memory and found that almost every family in the village can make wine. They can't take it out and sell it.

In the south, glutinous rice wine is mostly made into fruit wine. It has a low alcohol content and is suitable for people who don't drink alcohol, but it can be sold in backyards.

Red bayberry is not suitable for rice wine, use shochu.In bayberry wine, red bayberry can reduce the spiciness of the wine and add some fruity aroma, but the soaked bayberry has more wine aroma, which complements each other perfectly and does not affect people who are good at wine.

Song Wen glanced at Xiao Lue, and said in his heart: "We have a custom. When a boy is born in our family, we will brew a jar of wine and bury it in the ground. After we get married, we will dig out the wine and entertain guests. Therefore, this wine is also called man's son. liquor."

Xiao Lue's eyes were full of doubts, he looked at Song and asked, "Isn't it Nurhong?"

Song Wen: "..." He didn't feel guilty, his face didn't change, "It's men's wine! My father brewed a jar just for me and buried it."

I just wanted to say that the two of them brewed a jar together, but it seems that the current plan is to brew a jar silently by themselves.

But there were still some ignorant children, and the skinny boy came over somehow, and after listening to Song Wen's words, he said worriedly: "Master Song, why is there no boy's wine in my house? Then I won't be able to get married?"

Talking, very aggrieved, tears are already hanging in the eyes!

Xiao Lue looked back at Song and asked: "Isn't it a custom?"

Song Wen: "..." You brat, your hair hasn't even grown yet, why do you want to get married!My lord is not married yet!