The peasant girl is mighty

Chapter 4 Let's Build Terraced Fields
The four large board houses of the Lin family were built soon.

There are people in the village to help, and it doesn't cost much.

The roof is still made of thatch, because the tiles cannot be transported to this valley.

After the new house is built, the people in the village are invited to have a meal.

Taking this opportunity, Lin Yu stood up and had something to say to everyone.

Lin Yu stood on a table and said loudly, "Our cottage doesn't have much land, but it has a lot of people.

No matter how we go out early and return late, if we live in the fields every day, the food we grow is not enough to eat. "

Everyone was quite touched and nodded frequently.

Lin Yu also said: "Going to open up wasteland, within three to five years, no crops can grow.

Once the crops grow, they will not be able to grow them again within two years. "

All men, women and children nodded their heads, and this point touched their hearts.

Gossipers stop and listen to her.

The workers also walked lightly, wanting to hear what she had to say.

"Now I have a method that allows us to increase farmland and pass on farmland from generation to generation. Do you want to know?"

There was a hum from the crowd.

"Add farmland. Farmland, not wasteland."

"Passed down from generation to generation."

"Is it really that good?"

"It must be possible, she came back from the fairy world, listen to what she has to say."

The words "come back from the fairyland" made most people believe her, but whether they want to participate or not, they have to listen again.

The people below shouted, telling Lin Yu to speak quickly.

There was a lot of noise at the scene, and I couldn't hear what was said above.

The village master spoke and told everyone to be quiet.

"Anyone who is not quiet will not be given meat after dinner."

Well, a piece of meat blocked their mouths.

Lin Yu beckoned his younger sister Norma to bring up the clay model.

That is what we are most afraid of when opening up wasteland.Can't hide, can't keep water, fat.

"Yes, this is a big problem. No matter how much fertilizer we put in this year, you will say it next year. Perseverance is not enough."

Everyone agrees with this point of view.

Lin Yu picked up a piece of wood and moved his hands on the mud. "As long as we turn the wasteland into terraces, we won't be afraid that we won't be able to keep the fertilizer." As she spoke, she dug up layer by layer.

The people around stood up, trying to see her movements clearly.

After the model was ready, Lin Yu let them see it.

"It's like we are making steps, going up step by step.

According to the trend of the mountain, one by one is accumulated.

A field like a ladder is formed. This kind of farmland can not only hide water and fertility, but also pass it on from generation to generation. "

She experimented with a bowl of water, pouring water from the top down, and found that the fields in the model could hide water.

No matter how much water you water, there will always be soil in the fields and fields.

She used rice grains as fertilizer, put them on the farmland, and then washed them with water, only to find that most of the rice grains were blocked by the ridge.

Lin Yu passed on the model for everyone to see.

Farming experts can understand it at once, and those who don't understand can understand it under Lin Yu's operation.

After enlightenment, the old farmer opened up a new world.

"This method will work."

"I think I can drive it out."

"It's just past the busy farming season, so we can give it a try."

"Why don't the two of us work together to help each other quickly."

The people at the scene discussed it, and asked Lin Yu if they had any doubts.

Lin Yu walked into the crowd and answered each one.

When he said something he didn't understand, Lin Yu drew a picture on the ground.

I saw her draw a mountain with two or three strokes, draw a line on it, and tell the old farmer how to open up wasteland without collapsing.

Lin Yu found that they couldn't understand the words "contour", "contour" and "ridge", so he told them in another way.

They'll be right off the bat.

But there are still some questions that need to be asked, and we cannot think through them all at once.

After walking around and talking a lot, Lin Yu couldn't resist their enthusiasm and was drowned in a lot of saliva.

It was the grandma who discovered her daughter's fatigue and used a meal to save her dry mouth.

Let's serve the meal.

Lin Yu was called to the head table to eat with the village owner and elders.

It was supposed to be accompanied by Lin Dashu, but now it was replaced by Lin Yu.

At the dinner table, the village owner asked, "Do you have any good mountains?"

"The low hill over the mouse's tail is nice."

"Mouse tail! Stay away."

There is no way, the nearby dwarf mountains have been taken up.

Either this one grows beans, or that one grows trees.

"The mouse tail is fine, there is no dispute, I'm afraid it's not enough." The village owner was worried.

Lin Yu wasn't afraid at all, "There are so many mountains, I'm not afraid it won't be enough."

After the meal, everyone went home to pick up their hoes and happily went to the mouse tail.

The population of the cottage is not large, and the two mountains are enough.

In fact, one mountain is enough. In order to avoid conflicts, it is better to make two mountains.

"Can it work here?"

"There's a lot of rats here."

"This mountain is a bit high, so it can't be used as farmland."

Lin Yu was wearing a straw hat and holding a big leaf in her hand, on which were all the data she had recorded.

"I have calculated that although the slope here exceeds 18°, it is enough to open up wasteland."

The village owner asked curiously, "How did you calculate it?"

"The calculation method that the eldest son taught me is very complicated. I can't learn it in three to five years. You can't learn it."

Zhaizhu: ...

The village owner went to preside over it, identifying people who were willing to open up wasteland, and encouraged and threatened everyone. Opening up wasteland is not a trivial matter, and you can't back down when you start.

With the head of the village commanding in front and the elders in the family scolding behind, the land reclamation has become a major event.

Cut down trees on the first day, dig firebreaks on the second day, set fire to the mountain on the third day, and weed the roots on the fourth day...

Lin Yu became a land reclamation consultant. He had to ask Lin Yu where he could dig bigger, where he needed reinforcement, and how to dig the canal.

Lin Yu said what he knew, and turned to the book if he didn't know, and discussed it with everyone if it wasn't in the book.

The three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang, and experienced farmers get together to start civil engineering, which is no worse than professional engineers.

There is a big cake hanging in front, and the elders in the family are whipping at the back. No matter how tired the land reclamation is, we can persist.

And Lin Yuyong supplemented his nutrition, and made a few large pots of broth and bone soup from time to time, so the days of opening up wasteland were not at all sad.

It was a bit difficult at the beginning, but once you have enough experience, it will not be too difficult later on.

Lin Yu asked where there was limestone, and asked people to carry a lot of it back.

She led a group of powerful women to calcine and process the limestone, and then processed it to make slaked lime.

Slaked lime is dried and crushed, and sprinkled on the newly opened wasteland, which can neutralize the acidity of the soil and make the land turn into fertile land faster.

Soybeans were the first to be planted, genetically modified soybeans.

These soybeans not only have high yields, but are also resistant to pests and leaf blight.

Due to the abundance of rain in the second batch of wasteland, Lin Yu suggested that they plant rice.

It doesn't matter if the fertility is not enough, first plow and cultivate carefully, wait for the retting to be successful, and then add more fertility halfway.

(End of this chapter)