Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 44 The Fish Ditch
In one day, one-fifth of the project was directly dug through the "well"-shaped fish breeding canal on the ten-acre land.

According to this schedule, it would have taken ten days for the project, but five days would be enough.

However, Shi Zhongkui didn't intend to use these 100 people desperately.

It's okay to work hard the first day when I'm excited, but after a long time, it's impossible to rely on a few steamed buns to supplement the body's consumption for a long time.

And at the end of the day, the value in the merit column in the space was still 10, which also made Shi Zhongkui understand that if he wanted to gain merit again, he should wait until all the ditches were dug, water was formally diverted into the ditches, rice seedlings were inserted, and fish fry were put in.

The reason is very simple. The start of digging means that the rice paddy fish farming has officially appeared in the north of the world.

If the news got out, even if Shi Zhongkui failed, maybe someone would follow suit.

Therefore, Tiandao recognized that his actions were beneficial to humanity. After conferring the gods, the human race officially became the protagonist of heaven and earth, and this gave merit.

If you want to get rewards, you have to make some achievements.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui immediately felt full of energy. He returned to the second courtyard where he lived, and after a little dinner, he began to write and draw in the study.

When Uncle Fu came to remind him for the third time that it was late at night and it was time to rest, Shi Zhongkui looked at the blueprints on the desk with satisfaction, smiled and said to Uncle Fu and Shun Er, "With this album, the world will definitely be less. to starve to death."

Uncle Fu and Shun'er were startled, and after getting permission from Shi Zhongkui, they looked around the desk curiously.

The drawings are easy to understand, but when you see that fish farming in rice fields can eliminate insects and weeds, it can also increase the fertility of rice fields and increase rice production by 2 to 3%.

The two of them didn't care if it was true or not, they were so excited that they were hot all over, and even in agitated mood, Uncle Fu took a few steps back, knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

"Da Lang's actions will definitely do great merit, and I will thank Da Lang on behalf of the farmers in the world."

Shi Zhongkui didn't immediately go forward to help Uncle Fu up, but laughed out loud.

According to what he did before, he must be humble, but after knowing that hard work will pay off, and that it is meritorious deeds, his mentality is different.

Fortunately, Shi Zhongkui's experience as an orphan and in the township office made him used to being cautious.

After feeling comfortable, he couldn't help stepping forward to help Yu Fu up habitually, "Even if my nephew is good for the country and the people, he still needs the help of a moral and kind person like Uncle Fu.

The day of success is the time to celebrate. "

Yu Fu and Yu Shun, father and son, were overjoyed, and all they asked for was to participate in it personally.

Even if you don't say such empty words as for the sake of the common people, if you just help Shi Zhongkui really raise fish in the rice fields in the north, and really increase the grain production by [-]-[-]%.

In the future, when returning to his hometown for the elderly, relying on the skills he witnessed and learned with his own eyes is enough to make Yu Fu famous all over the village.

To put it bluntly, a person's life is nothing more than fame and fortune.

Back in the bedroom, Shi Zhongkui sat cross-legged on the bed, practicing kung fu again instead of sleeping.

But I didn't expect that the cultivation base of the second level of Qi training would suddenly speed up a lot for some reason.

Stopping to think about it silently, I quickly realized that it might be because of my merits and virtues, and the merits and virtues have manifested and acted on my body.

Thinking about it this way, Shi Zhongkui cared more about the amount of merit.

Unless it's necessary, don't use it if you can.

The night passed quietly, and at about a quarter of an hour in the morning, Yu Shun's voice sounded outside the bedroom door, "Mr. Shi, are you awake?"

Shi Zhongkui, who was practicing, twitched his ears and began to receive his power, only then replied "waiting".

After changing into a long robe, Yu Shun, who had heard the order, walked in with two little maids carrying toiletries.

"Sir, the tenants are all ready, just waiting for your order to start work."

"En", Shi Zhongkui nodded, washed up and had breakfast, went to the scene, watched the farmers start work step by step, and the day passed quickly.

Seeing that the project exceeded expectations, Shi Zhongkui could not help but order Yu Fu to determine the problem of fry tomorrow.

Whether there are people digging ponds to raise fish like in modern times, although Shi Zhongkui thinks there must be, but he has never heard of it so he can't be sure.

However, he infers from the fact that Yu Honggao raised ornamental red carp, and 100% of the people around the capital specialize in breeding carp.

As the most common ornamental fish in ancient times, golden carp and red carp were not only common in the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles, but also in the homes of country gentry in the countryside.

Of course, fish farming in rice fields definitely cannot raise ornamental fish.

But since some people cultivate ornamental fish, it is not difficult to spend some money to let farmers salvage large carp full of eggs from several rivers.

I even heard from Yu Fu that some fish households can artificially retrieve eggs to cultivate fry, and they are also very experienced in some common diseases.

And this is why Shi Zhongkui chose carp instead of grass carp.

Although grass carp is easier to raise, the first test is the success rate.

Fortunately, carp are also well-known for their resistance to cold, alkali, and hypoxia. They can live when the water depth is not enough, and they eat both meat and vegetables. After a week of transplanting, they can be stocked.

It is not expected that more than 10,000 fish fry can be put in ten mu of land, nor can a few thousand catties of fish be harvested from ten mu of land.

Thank goodness if you can have 7 or 8 hundred catties. Not only can you offset the investment of fry and labor, but you can also have an extra income of more than 10 taels of silver.

The most important thing is to increase food production.

However, for the success rate of the experiment, the fish ditch in the ten-acre field was dug one meter wide and 330 centimeters deep, which was equivalent to wasting about 5 square meters, or about half a mu of land, or [-]% of the land.

But Shi Zhongkui is very confident. In this era when an acre of land only produces 2 catties, it should not be difficult to increase grain production by 300 to 3 catties.

Nothing more than fine farming and care.

For the sake of food in the ancients, many farmers went to the fields to check if they had nothing to do, not to mention that they only needed to spend some steamed buns, and someone would take care of them 24 hours a day.

The 6 days passed quickly, and after the fish ditch was dug, Shi Zhongkui basically didn't need to intervene.

Looking forward to the ripe peaches in the space, in my spare time, I review the Four Books and Five Classics during the day, draw talismans, and practice the art of divine movement, and at night, I practice Changchun Gong instead of sleeping.

Moreover, farming is an instinct for farmers who have lived in this farm for a lifetime, or even several lifetimes.

But when he was officially planting rice seedlings, he still had a deep understanding of the role of chemical fertilizers.

If I remember correctly, in modern rice planting, the row spacing is generally about 20 to 30 cm, depending on the type of rice.

But what I saw was a spacing of at least 40 cm. Needless to say, it must be the fertility of the land itself, which can only meet this spacing, but it is beneficial to fish farming.

And according to Yu Fu, the land near the ditches in Shan Guogong's mansion is all good fertile fields.

No wonder the price of land with a yield of more than 300 catties per mu is more than 20 taels of silver, and other fields or slopes are often available at 5 or 7 taels of silver per mu.

However, if water can be diverted for irrigation, the lower fields can gradually become upper fields.

(End of this chapter)