Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 21 Knowing hidden worries, Xiao Yuchi hurriedly planted wheat

Sun Li handed a lot of gifts in his hand to Xie Zhen Jiebao who ran out, and said to Sun Xin with a smile:
"Sure enough, as you said, Taigong Hu's expression changed when he saw me again after learning about the construction of Pantuo Road in Zhujiazhuang. I came to the door with a gift, and made a decision after a few words!"

Sun News heard that Sun Li still smelled heavily of alcohol, knowing that Sun Li had made a great effort to go to Hu's Village to say goodbye this time, but he didn't mention it, and he was very grateful to his brother in his heart.

Although he had expected it to be successful this time, he was still happy when he heard the real news.

Sun Lidao: "At first, I thought that I would slowly prepare for the wedding next year after the food on your side has been harvested, but since Grandpa Hu urged you so urgently, I had no choice but to agree quickly."

As he spoke, he looked into the distance: "Passing by your field before, I saw that your flowers are growing very luxuriantly on the land. It seems that you will have a bumper harvest this year? Can one acre produce a stone of peanuts?"

But Sun Xin couldn't help thinking to himself: If one mu of land only produces one hundred catties of peanuts, then he might as well just pull out the peanut seeds.

But now the peanuts have not been harvested, and he doesn't want to say too much, so he nodded and said: "There should be some, maybe there can be a lot more. When I bought this kind of seeds from outside, the person was Tell me it's very productive."

"That's good," Sun Li was overjoyed, and asked, "When will the peanuts be harvested?"

"It's only half a month away. At that time, we need to go to Dengzhou City to hire more people. There are so many peanuts that the three of us can't handle it."

Sun Xin was quite surprised that peanuts could be harvested so quickly. In his previous life, spring peanuts were usually not harvested until autumn, and after harvesting peanuts, he had to rush to plant winter wheat.

But as soon as Sun Xin came to this era, he found that the average temperature of this year seemed to be much higher than that of later generations. When they came, they could open up wasteland on the land just after the Spring Festival.You must know that the Yantai area in later generations is a snow nest, and the land around the New Year must be covered with snow.What happened later also proved his first feeling step by step. The spring flowers in Yantai in the previous life could not be planted around the Qingming Festival, at least until March and April in the new calendar. However, after a rain, the average temperature on the land directly soared to twelve degrees, and the peanuts grew very well after they were planted.

And after these months of actual experience, Sun Xin finally determined that the average temperature in this era is at least two degrees higher than in his previous life.It is said that this is the result of the climate cooling in recent decades, and 20 years later, citrus can even be grown in Bianliang Prefecture, Tokyo. I was surprised when a large number of citrus trees outside Bianliang City died of frost in the past few years Many people.

Sun Xin thinks that the widespread implementation of the wheat and millet rotation planting system in North China in the past few years also started with a round of cold weather. After all, the climate is cold enough to a certain extent. The shortening of the original staple food planting time will also make everyone take the initiative to find a new crop rotation system to supplement food production.

In the past few days, considering various factors, Sun Xin made a judgment: at this time, he should be in the end of a long warm period, after which the climate will gradually cool down.

This judgment also confirmed Sun Xin's biggest worry.

He used to think that the world seemed to be running according to the plot of the Water Margin. According to the ending of the plot of the Water Margin, the Northern Song Dynasty would finally break the Liao Kingdom and return to peace with the help of Liangshan heroes. Then maybe Huizong lived in this time and space he was staying in. At the end of the dynasty, there may not be a tragic ending for the Jin soldiers to go south, and he may be able to spend his old age safely in Shandong.

But since the temperature in this world is still dropping, the force that drove the Jurchens and Mongols southward in the original history has never been weakened. The severe cold brought about by the world's cooling will force the Northland ice wind to do a lot of farming and animal husbandry in a few years. Bankruptcy forced the Jurchen Mongols to go southward gradually, to seize the land in the south again and again in the severe cold and hunger.

Thinking about it from this angle, it is impossible to delay the various humiliations suffered by Song Dynasty in this era!
Although he doesn't know the exact year of Qinhui Beishou in history, he has inquired about Song Huizong's age at this time. According to his age, at this moment, it will not be more than 15 years before Jin Bing goes south!
After figuring this out, what Sun Xin has been thinking about in his mind for the past few days is that the power in his hands must be expanded as soon as possible!

The only good news is that in such a severe cold, the value of the high-yield seeds in your hands becomes more and more important. After all, the seeds in your hands are originally adapted to the average temperature that is two or three degrees lower than this era. developed.

"elder brother."

"what's up?"

Sun Xin said solemnly: "I want to start recruiting Zhuangzi after the autumn harvest, and officially build Zhuangzi!"

Sun Li, who was looking down at Xie Zhen and Jie Bao, looked up in astonishment, and Xie Zhen and Jie Bao also looked at his brother in astonishment.

"Isn't this too urgent?"

"After this season's peanuts are harvested, the [-] acres of land can be regarded as mature land. After harvesting the peanuts, I want to plant corn and wheat seeds. Three people are definitely not enough. It is not cost-effective to hire long-term workers. It is better to hire Some peasants gave them cultivated land."

The seeds in Sun Xin's hands can still grow [-] mu of winter wheat and [-] mu of summer corn.

According to the current development speed, if we want to develop Zhuangzi as soon as possible, if we slowly plant wheat according to the crop rotation system, then plant corn next year, and then let the land go fallow and then plant peanuts next year to recycle, a cycle will take two years , it was too slow for Sun Xin, who was eager to expand the land.

What's more, the temperature in this era is still relatively high, so the sowing time of peanuts has been advanced by more than one month, and the harvest time has been advanced by more than one month. The three months saved are enough to sow summer corn, although because the planting time is shorter than The normal time is a bit late, and the corn yield will definitely decrease when it is harvested, but it is still higher than other crops in this era, and the corn seeds produced can also be used as reserved seeds.

As for winter wheat, it must be planted. Even Sun Xin thought it was impossible, so he went outside to buy some wheat seeds of this era and planted them together. Anyway, wheat is a self-pollinating crop, so there is no need to worry about buying it. Low-yielding wheat would contaminate his gene pool of elite breeds.

After seeing how other farmers grow grain these days, Sun Xin is very confident that with his own planting technology, even if he only uses farmyard manure, his wheat yield is [-]% higher than that of other farmers at this time Thirty or forty is no problem.

Sun Li didn't know about farming either. After hearing Sun Xin's vows, he finally believed Sun Xin's words, but he was a little worried that Sun Xin wanted to quickly earn a large family fortune because of the pressure in his heart to marry Hu Sanniang.

Before leaving, he persuaded Sun Xin, "It's a long-term thing for the two of you to live together. Brother, you don't have to worry about whether your family is not good enough for others. Since your brother and sister are married and you are young, you will have a bright future if you work slowly. There is no need to worry too much.”

Sun Xin's heart warmed, and he said to his brother: "I understand."

In this way, Sun Licai rode on the black-tailed horse with peace of mind, and headed towards Dengzhou City with the iron whip in his hand.

(End of this chapter)