Going through ancient farming to engage in infrastructure construction

Chapter 255 255 Spring Eye

She plans to have the two-meter-wide embankments left on all field edges and canals hardened after the busy farming season is over, so that she won’t have to walk back home from the fields with mud on her feet after it rains.

Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the drawings and explained them carefully to Ada, Tugen and Yu. After they understood it, they handed over the drawings to a few people.

They began to teach Ada how to use ropes tied to wooden sticks to measure, and how to spread lime to measure the location.

After measuring the location of the fence and drying field, we began to measure the canals, the size of the fields, and left the marked foundation stones. Each field should leave a one-meter-wide bank and a drainage outlet.

After the location was marked, Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the plowed wasteland and said: "Adabo, take fifty people and mark out the size of each field according to what I just taught you. Excavation of water channels at the location.”

"Use the excavated soil to raise the embankments on both sides. Every two pieces of land, leave a drainage outlet. A trench for inserting the gate board should be left in the middle of the drainage outlet. Finally, use stone mills to tamp both sides of the trench. ”

"I'll remember that." Ada thought about it and said, "Xiaoqing, I think it's best to lay some stones in the canal."

Yao Xiaoqing thought for a moment, "First build the drainage outlet and the gate trench with stones, and then lay the canal after the spring planting is over, and then when the fence and drying area are built."

Ada nodded, "I remember."

Yao Xiaoqing turned to look at Tu Gen, "Uncle Tu Gen, take the remaining warriors to find Shan Amu and ask her to take you to the north and clear out the field ridges, ditches and ridges near the river. Those fields are for growing sugar cane. Do you know how to open the ridges in the sugar cane fields?"

Tu Gen smiled and nodded, "I know, I planted the sugar cane right after I got it."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at Ah Ni and the others, "You should follow Adabo and Tugenbo to work. When you hear the morning bugle sound, go back to have breakfast."

"Yes, Qing Wu." A group of people responded in unison.

Ada and Tugen took the people away, and Yao Xiaoqing said to Yu: "You take the people to the north and draw out the north wall according to what I just planned."

"In the future, a pool will be built against the wall, and a row of cattle pens, sheep pens, etc. will be built. There will also be a row of pig pens in front, and the manure tanks of the pig pens will also need to be dug."

As the tribe has more and more food and livestock, she has left a location for the pen in the north and plans to move all the chickens, ducks, rabbits and livestock outside for breeding. Plan the pen into a warehouse.

The fish nodded happily, "I remember."

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "Okay, let's get busy!"

The group of people walked back together. When passing by the fruit trees, she said to the fish: "Take these persimmon trees, pear trees, pepper trees... Use a shovel to dig around the roots of the fruit trees, including the soil and roots. Get up, dig them all up and plant them in the orchard designated to the north."

The fish nodded and said: "Qingwu, when we were cutting down trees in the north a few days ago, we saw that we had eaten fruit vines in the mountains before. The fruit tasted sour and sweet. We didn't pull it out because we wanted you to go. have a look."

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "You guys did a great job! If you find fruits that taste good in the future, remember to dig them up with the roots and soil. Let's go! Let's take a look."

"Hey!" Yu agreed happily and led Yao Xiaoqing towards the wasteland to the north.

A few people walked quickly for more than an hour before arriving.

The fish pointed to the oval green leaves wrapped around the shrubs, "That's it. Look, there are quite a big one here."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at the leaves carefully and found that she had never seen it before. She thought of waiting until the fruit was ripe before coming back to take a look.

"Just leave these shrubs, remove the excess branches, and build some bamboo frames for it to climb on."

Several people nodded repeatedly, "I got it!"

"The sun has risen, let's go back and have breakfast."

Everyone returned to the cafeteria, where other people had already eaten their food and went to work. Yun Amu brought out the warm food in the pot, and several people ate and left.

Yao Xiaoqing went to the field and saw Bao Amu and more than 20 women scattering rapeseed in the field and ordering pumpkin seeds and winter melon seeds.

After two selections of rapeseed, baskets of rapeseed seeds have been collected. All these rapeseed seedlings have grown up and can be planted on more than 100 acres of land. Rapeseed is also a crop for fertile land. She plans to plant it in the field where two crops of millet were planted last year.

The crops in the field must be rotated to achieve high yields. In her previous life, she didn't have so much land for crop rotation, but now she can grow as much as she wants.

The remaining land is planted with peppers, beans, soybeans, mung beans, adzuki beans, and peas.

She wants to try brewing soy sauce and also plans to make bean paste. If there are no beans, she will use peas instead.

Leopard Amu looked at Yao Xiaoqing and pointed at the area under the west wall, "Xiao Qing, what's left to plant in that taro field?"

"That piece of land is reserved for planting beans." Yao Xiaoqing went to the field and said to her, "Remember to plant at intervals. Don't plant all the same food in a large area."

Leopard Amu smiled and nodded, "I know, you said you would avoid getting sick and it would be a big piece of cake if you die."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at her with a smile, "Amu has such a good memory!"

Leopard's mother was a little proud, "No, no, we will starve without any income."

"You're right!" Yao Xiaoqing asked with a smile, "Uncle Bao's little fruit is feeling better?"

Leopard Amu nodded, "Much stronger. Agen heard you say that goat milk is good for children to drink. He even squeezed goat milk and boiled it for a few children to drink. At first they didn't drink it! They thought the smell was too strong, but then I did what you said. Yes, adding some radish slices and cooking it will remove the smell."

Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "When there are more dairy goats in the future, you should also drink some. It will be good for your health."

Leopard Emmy stretched out her arms and said with a smile: "Look, my body is in good shape! I can do it in a few more decades."

Yao Xiaoqing looked at her sunburned arms and said, "That's right. I'll help you go back and pick out the bean seeds I got back yesterday."

"Go!" Leopard Amu turned around and got busy.

Yao Xiaoqing walked to the canteen and saw Dashu Amu leading several women from the Qingshan tribe sowing vegetable seeds.

"Amu, please explain to them clearly what they need to pay attention to when breeding, so that they can remember it."

Dashu Amu nodded, "Xiao Qing, do you want to plant all the pinto beans and cowpeas here? Do you want to keep the pepper and radish fields?"

Yao Xiaoqing thought for a moment and said, "No need to keep them. The vegetable plots left around the wall will all grow beans and side vegetables this year."

"I know." Dashu Amu said.

Yao Xiaoqing returned to the warehouse and saw Ah Chongbo carrying the injured warrior and carrying a basket of beans out.

"Uncle Chong, you're not recovered yet! Why don't you rest for a few more days?"

Ah Chong looked at her happily, "It's uncomfortable for us to lie down every day. Last night you said you wanted to dry these beans, so we thought we could do it, so we came here."

Yao Xiaoqing warned: "Be careful, don't open the wound." She knew that they couldn't stay idle, so when they were recovering from their injuries, they held some cattails to help wear their sandals.

(End of this chapter)