farming female castellan

Chapter 127 Attracting the attention of the government
"Guess?" Zhang Ci smiled.

"The corn in my three-acre field didn't seem to cause any disturbance." Chen Fan didn't answer directly.

Zhang Ci laughed again: "Corn is different from sweet potatoes. Corn is only three acres of land, and you don't get much money in total. Although one acre of corn can produce thousands of ears, the people in Yuanfeng County are not short of food and will not rely on it. Corn to fill our stomachs, just buy some seeds and plant them for a bit of fun.”

"That's right. There are [-] acres of sweet potatoes, which are easier to attract attention. And the villagers in Yemashan and Qijiadu have planted some sweet potatoes. They have been looking forward to it for several months. Everyone has seen the current production. That is Their life-saving food is also the life-saving food of Shengping County." Chen Fan continued.

"Do you really think the Yuanfeng county government didn't notice your corn?" Zhang Ci looked at her.

She was silent for a while, then said, "Maybe they also sent someone over to buy it?"

Zhang Ci smiled: "For sure. It would be strange if the county government didn't notice such a high-yielding crop."

Chen Fan didn't doubt their concern, but wondered why the county government handled it in such a low-key and gentle way?

"At the beginning, the corn seeds were picked up by the common people on the road, and you collected the seeds openly. It is easy to explain the emergence of corn in Yuanfeng County. The county government only needs to buy some corn cobs, send them to the top, and clarify the growth and yield. That's where the credit goes."

"They know the growth situation?" Did they send someone to watch the whole process?
Zhang Ci smiled: "Since you bought the [-]-acre saline-alkali land, everything on that land will attract people's attention. Your flower gallery, the entire Daxiang Dynasty probably knows about it now."

Chen Fan opened his eyes wide and sat upright all of a sudden.

"Will someone be staring at you?" She looked nervously at Zhang Ci.

He smiled: "What do I have to keep an eye on? I just brought a group of people to live in your field to help you raise chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, raise pigs, and help you look after your home. That's a lot. People will ask people to do things. You have nothing to watch at home, just take a group of children for a run, and people from all over Daxiang will come to watch, no problem. Martial arts are practiced at home, and reading is done What I read at home is a normal thing. But your grass is so well planted, so lush, so fresh."

No one has ever thought of her pasture.Xiao Liangqi's family owns a ranch, and he never came to talk to her about pasture, he just sent someone to buy some pasture and go back.

"The county government is waiting for your grass to bear seeds. It seems that people often come to see it. After seeing it clearly, go back and draw a picture and make a record. The growth process of your corn, several names, the scene of cooking the corn, and the taste of the corn , They will record the selling price and report it to the higher authorities." Every word of Zhang Ci, Chen Fan was terrified.

Seeing her stunned look, Zhang Ci smiled: "You don't have to worry, they just came to see how your crops are growing, no different from other passers-by. Many people come to your field every day Come and go."

Chen Fan was still a little chilled behind his back: "But they are the government. Others just watched the excitement, but they still drew pictures to record, and everything we did was under their noses. Those pastures don't make people feel strange, right? "

"Don't you even have the seeds of ginseng, ganoderma lucidum and snow lotus? Many people have seen and heard it. What is pasture?"

Chen Fan was amused.

"Besides, the price of your corn is not high, it is the price of ordinary grain. Don't worry." Zhang Ci comforted again.

Everyone has tasted the taste of sweet potatoes. That night, the sweet fragrance of sweet potatoes spread from every household.

Although there are not many sweet potatoes in the villagers, it takes a day to dig them.Seeing the large and small sweet potatoes filled the baskets, everyone laughed from ear to ear.

At about ten o'clock, someone from the county government came, and it was a large group, including the county magistrate.

Everyone present saluted those officials and lords.The county magistrate had a pleasant smile: "You don't need to be too polite, you just do your own work. I just came to see."

The villagers hesitated for a while, and then went to work.They also knew that even if they stayed, the magistrate would not really chat with them decently.I didn't dare to leave just now because I was afraid that the county magistrate would blame me.Now that the county magistrate has spoken, everyone naturally dispersed.

A group of officials and lords watched the villagers busy with great interest, and each held a few sweet potatoes to weigh their weight.A small official borrowed a stalk scale from the villagers and weighed how many catties of sweet potatoes a single sweet potato vine could produce.

"There are three or four catties!" Before the amazement was over, the vine broke the record again, "There are five or six catties here!"

"Based on this calculation, it is not a problem to harvest three thousand catties per mu of land, and four to five thousand catties is possible. If the adults promote this sweet potato, it will be a great achievement to solve the food problem of the people." The master said .

Other county officials also said beautiful words one after another, and the county magistrate was in a good mood and laughed.

After looking at the sweet potatoes for a while, a group of people went to the terraced fields to see the rice there.

"Why is this rice so short?" Those people all opened their eyes.

"Could it be that the rice on the terraced fields didn't grow well?" Someone said weakly, but was immediately refuted: "Look at the ears of rice, there are so many grains and they are so full, how could they grow so well?" not good?"

"Didn't the wind blow for two days before, and a large area of ​​rice in many farmlands fell down, but the rice on this mountain is still standing well." Someone found a bright spot.

After his reminder, everyone looked at the rice again, and it was all straight rice stalks.

"Is this a new variety of rice?" the county magistrate thought.

"If it's really a new breed, where did they come from? Why haven't I seen or heard of it before?" The county captain asked a question.

"Maybe it was shipped from other places?" The county magistrate guessed.

"It doesn't matter where you bought the rice seeds, it's from Shengping County now." The master plucked his beard.Everyone suddenly realized.

"The yield per mu of this kind of rice looks very high." The county magistrate's mood improved.

Zhang Ci came over and made a salute: "Cao Min pays homage to Da Da, please do me a favor and sit down in the humble house."

The county magistrate looked at the houses down the mountain and nodded.

When everyone entered the house, Chen Fan had already boiled water and made tea for everyone, the same kind that he made for them last time.

Zhang Ci introduced himself, and all the officials looked surprised and looked at Chen Fan.

The master introduced the positions and surnames of the officials to Zhang Ci, and Zhang Ci called them one by one.

The county magistrate praised the production of sweet potatoes, and then asked a question directly: "This sweet potato seems to have appeared in Shengping County for the first time. Where did the girl's sweet potatoes come from?"

(End of this chapter)