farming female castellan

Chapter 262 Double Grab, Reservoir Completion

"Only nine thousand catties?" The emperor glanced at Yan Shoulu, "Where do you get ninety thousand catties without these nine thousand catties, nine million catties?"

Then there is no need to send a hussar general.

"There is also the early rice, which will be harvested in a while. Do you want to send someone to transport it?" Yan Shoulu asked.

"No, you tell Changping Township Lord that you don't need to donate grain. We'll see the situation when the late rice is harvested." The emperor didn't care about indica rice.

"Are there any other tasks this time?"

"It's gone, just bring over the wheat seeds. Five thousand catties or six thousand catties will do." The emperor waved his hand, and Yan Shou Lu Xingli withdrew.

The next day, Yan Shoulu made arrangements and set off.

Six days later, they arrived at Wangjiadun.At this time, Chen Fan and the others were inspecting the planting of sweet potatoes in Yema Mountain.

The sweet potatoes in Yema Mountain are all planted during the rainy season, and the sweet potato vines are layered and very lush.The tenant farmers in Zhuangzi are cutting sweet potato vines, and the surrounding villagers are also busy cutting vines in their fields.

Jiang Lizheng told Chen Fan: "Sweet potato vines are selling very well these days. People in many villages will come to buy some vines to plant. Some villagers will carry sweet potato vines to sell elsewhere."

"Did you explain the main points to the other party clearly when you sold the vines?" Zhang Ci asked.

"I will tell the other party, and I also told them when to harvest the sweet potatoes. Now that the seedlings are planted, they can be harvested before the cold dew, so there will be no delay in planting wheat." Jiang Lizheng said.

Chen Fan nodded: "The longer the spring potatoes grow, the sweeter they will be, and they can be harvested together with the summer potatoes."

The hundred acres of sweet potato vines in Yema Villa are going to be planted in other farms in Zhangci, and thousands of acres can be planted.

Changping Township still has [-] acres of empty sandy soil, all of which are planted with sweet potatoes.

After receiving the letter from Fei Ge, Chen Fan and Zhang Ci rushed over immediately, and brought a lot of sweet potato vines to Yan Shoulu.

"Just the two of you?" Yan Shoulu raised his eyebrows.

"It's just a few bags of food, not too many people." Zhang Ci said flatly, "Can't you keep more?
Yan Shou Lu Qi smiled: "As soon as I come, you will drive me away?"

"You still want to keep the bandits?" Zhang Ci asked rhetorically.

"That's not necessary, this time we are only transporting grain. Oh yes, that Langshan Mountain is still under the jurisdiction of those three counties."

Yan Shoulu only stayed overnight, loaded dozens of big bags into the car the next day, and left.

Just after Huaishui, the convoy was attacked.Fifty soldiers confronted more than 100 robbers.

"You are all wearing armor on such a hot day." The bandit leader laughed.

"This is the rule." Yan Shoulu said casually.The gangsters didn't even shoot arrows first.

The robbers all rushed up, and the two sides fought together.

The food transporters were all selected elite soldiers, and there were even guards from the Yan family, and they didn't have to worry about taking action. Although there were many robbers, they couldn't gain the upper hand for a while.

Not long after, a large group of people suddenly came from the front and rear, and swung their knives at the robbers.The bandits were quickly defeated.

The bandit leader looked at Yan Shoulu unwillingly: "You actually ambushed people."

Yan Shoulu looked at him coldly: "Do you think I look like a simple person?"

Immediately, a guard stepped forward to remove the bandit leader's jaw and tied him up.The rest of the robbers were killed and buried nearby.

"Turn back." Yan Shoulu gave the order, and the convoy turned around and drove towards Huaishui.

A merchant ship docked, and the soldiers loaded food and carriages onto the ship and left.

The people in Changping Township have been busy for several days, planting sweet potato vines in the open space.People in Yuanfeng County are busy growing corn.

Chen Fan only planted ten acres of corn in Youyi Village.

In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of June, the solar term of Xiaoshu, the sun was scorching hot, and I felt like I was going to peel off a layer of skin when I went out.But this is the time for the early rice harvest, and the common people cut the rice under the sun.

The children's faces were flushed from the heat just by patrolling the fields.

"The weather is so hot, I really hope that there will be a few heavy rains soon. But we still have to hope that the sky will be sunny and it won't rain." Liu Dingkang looked tangled.

Everyone laughed.

"When this batch of early rice is harvested, the villagers will have enough grain and straw." Yang Hong began to think about the people.

Zhang Ci has already customized several offline machines, giving priority to the elderly, weak, widowed and widowed families, and more common people still use the way of fighting.

After a few days of busy work, the early rice was put into the warehouse, and the yield per mu of 650 jin was weighed, and the villagers cheered for joy.They can finally eat their fill.

Thinking that in a few months, they will be able to harvest another batch of rice and a few thousand catties of sweet potatoes, the laughter is even louder.

Shuangqiang is busy, followed by digging the ground to store water, pulling out seedlings and planting rice seedlings, and the villagers are all tanned several degrees.

The first batch of indica rice has been threshed, and the children are looking at the indica rice.

"Is this indica rice?" Yang Yun asked.

"Yes." Granny Zhou explained, "We usually eat japonica rice."

"There is another kind called glutinous rice." Chen Yue added.

"This kind of rice seems to be very slender." Chen Zhongzhu looked at the shape first.

"It seems a little white." Chen Zhongliang looked at the color.

After the rice is cooked, everyone tastes it, and they all say that the indica rice is loose and has a rough taste.

"It's better than brown rice." Chen Zhonglin accepted it very well.

"It's natural. During times of famine, we eat tree bark and grass roots." Chen Zhongzhu said.

After the busy farming season was over, the villagers rested at home for two or three days, and the work on the reservoir started again.

The project progressed smoothly, and on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the reservoir was officially completed.

The Xiangjun Mansion held a banquet and invited all the officials to come and see the reservoir.

Yao Shouzheng excitedly shared the achievements of the project when he arrived: "Shengping County has done a lot of water conservancy projects this year, dredging the river and digging many ditches, which can solve the water shortage irrigation problem in many places."

Zhang Ci smiled all over his face: "Magistrate Yao dares to think and do it, and Shengping County will undergo even greater changes."

Many people looked at this smile and were dazed.

Yao Shouzheng was even more excited: "We still have to learn a lot from Changping Township and do better."

Let's go to the reservoir together.From a distance, you can see the tall embankment.

"So high?" Someone exclaimed.

"Can you climb up?" Someone was eager to move.

"You can walk up from the embankment, or you can walk up the steps next to it." Zhang Ci said.

Everyone chose different ways and slowly climbed up.It didn't take long for someone to be out of breath.

Ascending the dam, a large lake appeared in front of their eyes!

"This, is this a lake?" He was as calm as Governor Cui, and his speech was not so fluent.

"Building a dam around the mountain creates a lake. This is Changping Lake." Cui Yunlang said proudly.He was involved in the construction.

We walked along the embankment for a while, and arrived at a place where we took a boat.

"Is it still possible to take a boat?" Everyone was excited.

"The surface of the lake is relatively large, and it takes dozens of miles to walk around, so we must have boats and horses." Zhang Ci said with a smile.

Everyone boarded a few boats to enjoy the scenery of the lake and mountains.

"Where does this water come from?" someone asked.

"There is a stream on the top of the mountain, and there are rivers coming from afar. Usually, water is stored, and when needed, the gates can be opened to release water." Zhang Ci explained.

When they came to a place, the gate was open, and the water was rushing out, flowing down the river and out of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)