Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 80 The Nine-Tailed Turtle Meets Xiao Yuchi for the First Time
After sending away the incompetent Chen Zhuangtou, Sun Xin's Zhuangzi immediately got busy, and it turned to August, and the summer peanuts that had been planted were about to be harvested.

Originally, the tenants signed contracts with Sun Xin to contract their own fields, and they did not need their help in harvesting peanuts, but now the corn on their land has been planted. There is no need for people to keep an eye on it all the time, as long as some manpower is needed to maintain it from time to time. I heard that Sun Xin’s organization will collect peanuts uniformly and pay wages. After that, many tenants who contracted the first batch of fields came to help together.

Because there are too many things in the village, Hu Sanniang has a big belly and has no time to take care of her. It happened that Hu Sanniang also wanted to go back to her mother's house, so Sun Xin sent Hu Sanniang back to Dulonggang before the harvest.

Sun Xin, on the other hand, rolled up his sleeves and went to work in the fields. He was busy for four days.

The youngest apprentice, Jie Bao, can stand alone. Although he is only 14 years old, he is no different from Li Zhi, Gu Jia, and Zou Yuan when he directs people to arrange various tasks. Clever, but always reluctant to use his brain when doing things, as long as he can do it, plus Zou Run, a disciple who doesn't use his brain but is very diligent, the two of them complement each other perfectly, and they can probably share a Zhuang head work.

During the four days, Sun Xin also quietly observed Tao Zongwang's work.

He found that Tao Zongwang was really capable of work. Usually Tao Zongwang didn't talk much, but he wasn't dull. Sometimes he will not be lazy, and the few farmers he led listened to him very much. When others asked him to help, he rolled up his sleeves and went without saying a word.

As for the way of doing farm work, Tao Zongwang began to have his own ideas, and took a reserved attitude when he saw that many of Sun Xin's practices were different from his own.

But after a long time, he gradually discovered that Sun Xin had a unique set of ideas for dealing with various things in the field. After thinking about it, he felt that Sun Xin's method was efficient. Sun Xin's style is most similar to Tao Zongwang and the dozen or so households under him.

While working, Sun Xin also talked about some farming experience with Tao Zongwang. After several conversations, Tao Zongwang was secretly shocked. He thought that his family had been tenant farmers for generations and was already very proficient in farming. Some viewpoints that he has never heard of, and they are well-spoken.

Although he has never practiced many things, just listening to Sun Xin's words, he feels that they are reasonable and definitely not groundless.

Tao Zongwang felt refreshed by the series of plans put forward by Sun Xin to manage Sunjiazhuang. These plans were implemented under Sun Xin's hands. Not only did they have a much better life as tenant farmers, but Sun Xin's harvest seemed not only not to decrease but also to grow. There are many more masters than other landlords, and Tao Zongwang's original pride in his heart has dissipated after a long time.

"I never thought Sun Xinguan knew so much about farming at such a young age?"

"When I was a military household in Qiongzhou, my family also planted a lot of fields. The population in the south is not as large as ours in the north. We need to open up wasteland by ourselves. The ability to manage the fields has gradually been developed."

Tao Zongwang nodded with a smile, but he didn't believe it.He has also come into contact with farmers who farm in the south. Although those farmers farm in a different way from them, there is still a lot of undeveloped land in the south these days. It is said that Qiongzhou in the extreme south is even more miserable. There are few people, so it is a bit of a large-scale operation, but no one has ever had such a long-term vision as Sun Xin.

It's just that Sun Xin didn't want to tell the truth, and Tao Zongwang naturally didn't ask, and the two talked it over after laughing.

All the peanuts planted on the newly cleared land were harvested and threshed within four days.

Sun Xin planted a total of 45 shi of peanut seeds on these wastelands this year, covering more than 200 mu of land, and finally threshed 840 shi of dried peanuts into the warehouse.

Finally, this year's peanut yield has dropped from five stones per mu last year to only four stones per mu.

Although this is not unrelated to the fact that the conditions of these newly opened fields this year are not as good as last year, and it is not unrelated to the cause of the peanut disease, but the rapid reduction in production of the second-generation seeds is also clearly manifested.

Although the yield of four stones per mu is still jaw-droppingly high in these years, Sun Xin has to pay attention to it.

He specially screened 150 large and plump peanut seeds that have not suffered from disease this year as seeds for next year, hoping to slowly cultivate peanut resources suitable for the Dengzhou area, and some of the other peanuts will be sold in cities. The other part that cannot be sold is ready to be used for oil extraction again.

Seven hundred shi peanuts can extract more than 2 catties of oil, which is enough to support an oil mill, and the remaining peanut meal can also be sold.

Peanuts were not popular in Dengzhou last year, and naturally not many people are used to eating peanut meal, so Sun Xin used all the peanut cakes left over from oil extraction as nitrogen fertilizer and applied them to the fields, but this year he was reluctant to use the peanut meal here. It's like a waste.

Peanut cakes are high-quality rations and feeds for future generations, and they are durable. As long as they are dry, they can be stored for three years. Sun Xin plans to sell the peanut cakes as agricultural and sideline products this year.

As for peanut oil, last year Sun Xin went to the Dengzhou market to inquire. Those merchants who bought peanut oil from him at a purchase price of [-] yuan sold a catty of peanut oil for [-] yuan or more in Dengzhou city. , this exploitation is really a bit too ruthless, this year's production of [-] catties Sun Xin can't bear to sell it at such a low price again.

It's just [-] catties of peanut oil, and the combined population of the villages around Shili Pai is tens of thousands, and it can be consumed by itself after a long time.

It happened that his watchtower was also repaired, and Sun Xin became more and more anxious. He wanted to open his first oil factory. In addition to selling the peanut oil and peanut meal, he could also receive some oil extraction business from outside.

On the second day after putting the peanuts into the warehouse, Sun Xin took gifts and went to Dengzhou City to find Sun Li's home.

Sun Li was eating, and when he saw Sun Xin, he asked him to eat at the table together.After Sun Li drank a glass of wine, he talked to Sun Xin about the business.

"I have already told Xiao Chen Tongzhi about the Baojia. He said that this year, the number of Baojia places in Dengzhou is very tight. In each Baojia, there are big Baojia and small Baojia. The smallest Baojia is only given to ten people. What's the use of building it?"

Although it is not up to me how many people to recruit with the quota of Baojia, what Sun Li said is also true. The more quotas he can have in his village, the better. The person who needs it will do it, and promise to give him whatever is needed.”

Sun Li nodded. With Sun Xin's words, it would be much easier for him to make decisions.

(End of this chapter)