The heavens start from Maoshan

Chapter 18 Going to the Countryside
half a month later.

mid-July.

The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is mild, and in mid-July, the day of summer harvest is approaching.

Two crops of rice are planted here in Dagou Town. The rice is sown in April and the first season can be harvested in August.

As the summer harvest approached, Zhang Heng, as the patriarch of the Zhang clan, naturally became busy.

Of course, he was pretending to be busy, mainly following the clan elders to look around, pretending to say a few times: "Well, this year's crops are growing well." Just like the leader who went to the countryside to inspect.

In fact, he has never planted land at all, and it is not clear whether it is good or bad. He is a complete layman.

Everyone said that this year's bookmaker was doing well, so he nodded.

If you ask him to say good or bad, he can't say why. After all, few young people in modern times know how to farm, and most of the people who have land at home have rented it to others, and few can make it by themselves.

"Look at the patriarch."

Wearing black jackets and leaning on golden walking sticks, the clan elders pointed not far away: "This piece of rice is grown, and it is the unique indica rice in the south of our country. After shelling, it is indica rice."

"Indica rice is a type of rice, the northern rice is japonica rice, the southern rice is indica rice, and the two river basins are Jiangmi or glutinous rice, all of which belong to rice, but the taste and shape are slightly different.

"That piece is grown with wheat, which will be used to make flour in the future."

"The one on the east is corn, which is millet. This is what millet uses."

Visit all the way.

Unlike the north, anything can be grown in the south, which is a geographical advantage.

There are mainly three kinds of crops grown here in Yangjiang County: rice, wheat, and millet.

Among them, rice is for urban people to eat, wheat is the raw material for making flour, and millet is the ration for rural households.

As for corn and sorghum, I dare not say that no one has planted them, but there are relatively few of them, and southerners are not used to eating them.

Moreover, the significance of the existence of corn and sorghum is to resist drought. The summer is dry in the north, and drought-resistant crops are naturally needed.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River is rainy, and some places can even grow three-season rice. There is no need to consider the drought resistance of crops. Naturally, there are not many people who grow corn.

Others, like sweet potatoes and potatoes, are also less common.

The yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes is high, but the land is wounded.

In this era without chemical fertilizers, it is unrealistic to comprehensively promote sweet potato and potato cultivation. Those who have this idea must have never planted land before.

First, land can be divided into three types according to its fertility.

Upper field, middle field, lower field. "There is no such division after there are fertilizers"

The yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes is high and the nutrient intake from the ground is also high.

If you plant sweet potatoes and potatoes for several years in a row, due to the loss of fertility of the land, the upper class will become medium, and the medium will become lower. , Do not plant anything, and raise the land, so that you can slowly recover.

Moreover, the output of sweet potatoes and potatoes at this time is not as amazing as in modern times, and there are three to five thousand kilograms casually.

Not to mention the size, the taste is also relatively poor, and the taste is astringent. Compared with the sweet sweet potatoes that can be eaten as fruits in later generations, they are simply two crops.

Therefore, some people who traveled to ancient times and became emperors and promoted large-scale sweet potato planting when they came up, half of the whole people could starve to death after two or three years. I don't like to grow anything, and it won't slow down in a few years.

Even in modern times, when there are chemical fertilizers, no farmer dares to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes for several years.

If you do that, the land will be abandoned.

"Patriarch, I heard from Zhentian and the others that you have been doing construction projects recently, building Taoist temples, and you will follow Xu Zhenren to practice Taoism in the future."

"I don't understand this about cultivating Taoism. I'm afraid you will encounter a liar. There are quite a few liars under the guise of Buddhism and Taoism these days."

After a few chats, the clan elders couldn't help but talk about Xu Zhenren.

Zhang Heng knew what they were worried about.

I believe that when the Taoist temple is built and sees Xu Zhenren's ability, these people will naturally feel at ease and happy.

After all, the world is not good these days, and demons and monsters are rampant.

There is a Taoist temple in the town, and there is a real person who has the ability to sit in the town, which is a blessing for Shili Ba Village.

"I have my own opinions on Taoism, but I have some ideas in the clan."

"I'm going to allocate 60 yuan to the clan. In the future, all the elders of the Zhang clan who have reached the age of 10 can receive 10 catties of rice and [-] catties of white flour from the clan every month as rations for the elderly."

"In addition, the free school in the town will also be established. I will invite a few gentlemen from the county to come back to teach. Everyone in our Dagou Town, 8 to 14 years old, can study for free. I don't ask for more, a hundred You have to know the words."

Zhang Heng went to the school in the town to see it.

The teacher is an old scholar. If any child wants to come to study, he has to pay a bucket of rice and two pieces of meat every month.

It doesn't sound like much, but in fact, the average person can eat meat several times a year.

Take Dagou Town as an example. There are 5 to [-] people in eight villages.

As for the school in the town, there are only a dozen or so students, and none of them can fit in one classroom.

You know, just what Zhang Heng has seen these days, there are hundreds of children of school age.

Now, these people are not helping the family with farm work every day, they are feeding pigs with hog grass, raising cattle and herding cattle, or they go to pick mushrooms, chop wood, and take care of their younger brothers and sisters for their parents. Fifteen or sixteen, even their own names will not write.

"Thanks to the patriarch."

The clan elders saluted in unison.

"You don't say anything, I almost forgot you."

"The ration of 20 kilograms per month is for ordinary elders. You clan elders have meritorious deeds, and there are many things to worry about. Your ration is doubled. In addition, there will be salt, oil, meat, and cloth every month. kind of subsidies.”

Zhang Heng didn't wait for everyone to speak, and said again; "You are all the elders of the clan. You have to do things for the clan, eat enough, and eat well, so you can do better."

The clan elders looked at each other, each rejoicing.

Black robe jacket, golden cane, how dare you think about it in the past.

These clan elders are only two patches less than ordinary clansmen. Everyone is poor, and no one wants to be arrogant.

It is different now.

Zhang Heng has everything, this is a good patriarch sent to them by God.

If anyone dares to oppose Zhang Heng, he doesn't need Zhang Heng to open his mouth, these clan elders can tear him apart.

"Patriarch, you drink water."

While they were discussing, a girl came from a distance.

She looked fifteen or sixteen years old. Although her clothes were washed white, there were not many patches, and she looked very clean, holding a teacup in her hand.

"This teacup is for my own use. I washed it several times before sending it."

The girl was afraid that Zhang Heng would not drink, so she blushed and explained.

"Thank you."

Zhang Heng looked at the girl's eyes.

He looks good, although he is not dressed up and dressed in rustic style, but his flaws do not hide his beauty, he can be called a golden phoenix in the valley.

If you go back and take care of it, change your hairstyle and clothes, and dress up, you will not lose to those so-called little stars and Internet celebrities at all.

"And honey?"

Zhang Heng drank it as soon as he drank it.

The girl nodded shyly, and ran away with a blushing face.

Now it's Zhang Hengmeng's turn.

The teacup was still with him, but the little girl ran away. What's the matter?

The princess who ran away from the glass slipper?
As Zhang Heng thought about it, he looked in the direction she ran away.

It was found that the girl's home was nearby, in a farm [-] meters away.

At the gate of the farmyard, there was a smaller girl who looked thirteen or fourteen.

She looked stubborn and looked at her sister with contempt, as if she was saying, "You little green tea, you actually seduce men."

"Is that the daughter of the old Liu family?"

The clan elders also noticed it and talked about it one after another.

"It seems to be her. It is said that Mrs. Liu asked people to talk about matchmaking. She said a few times that this girl didn't like it. She is a high-spirited person."

"It looks good, and it's normal to be high-spirited, but it's a pity that it has a fox face and is blessed."

"This girl's blessing is not bad. I heard that Mrs. Liu spoils her the most. The old Liu family has three families, four generations of grandchildren, and there are seven or eight juniors. I have never competed for her favor. What is there to eat? Mrs. Liu is reluctant to eat herself, so she has to be able to live with this big girl."

Everyone was talking in a hurry.

Zhang Heng is not a fool, how could he not know what the clan elders meant by these words.

I am afraid that as long as he nods, even if he nods, the old Liu family will dare to send the girl to the door in the afternoon.

"The opportunity is earned by myself, and this sentence is indeed true."

Zhang Heng's eyes were full of playfulness.

He came out all the way, and ordinary people couldn't avoid him, and this was the first one who rushed to get up.

And through a short meeting, he found that this girl from the Liu family was a scheming, from appearing to talking, to running away, seemingly unintentional, but in fact interlocking.

The first is the voice of the patriarch.

If the clan elders hadn't opened their mouths, he would have thought that this girl was from the Zhang family. After all, foreigners wouldn't call him the patriarch, so he would have to add the word Zhang, because everyone was not of the same clan.

Then the tea cup is used for personal use, and washed several times.

This is because he is afraid that he will dislike it and refuse to drink it.

The one I use is different. The girl from the Liu family is beautiful and looks like a clean person.

Which man would dislike the cup used by such a girl, not only would he not dislike it, on the contrary, he would be a little distracted, right?

Then he ran away without picking up the cup.

The cup doesn't belong to Zhang Heng either, so I can't take it home myself.

Go back, go back and forth, everyone is familiar with it, right?

Even if Zhang Heng took it, he would not return it today.

That's better, come to visit tomorrow, or make a chance encounter, and say shyly: Patriarch, can you return the cup to me, I will only have that cup.

Which man is unmoved and does not want to take care of him.

The little girl doesn't look like much, but her thoughts are very meticulous. At first glance, she will feel sorry for giegie's good sister.

(End of this chapter)