farming female castellan

Chapter 33 What a handsome son!

Chen Fan is wearing a top and bottom pants today, the style is simple and elegant.Zhang Ci didn't know what flower to use to describe the girl's figure, it should be both slim and graceful, but also have the heroic appearance of a girl.What he thought of was poplar trees, tall and straight and beautiful.

The one who came with him today was the butler Feng An.Zhang Ci was looking at Chen Fan, Feng An looked at Zhang Ci.

"Sir, do you want to ask that girl what is the use of ditches?" Feng An said.

Zhang Ci gave him a strange look: "Don't we all know?"

Feng An changed his method: "Sir, do you want to talk to that girl?"

Zhang Ci looked at him, but did not answer.

After standing for a while, Zhang Ci raised his foot and walked towards Chen Fan.

There was an eerie sudden silence.Hundreds of eyes focused on the two of them.Those behind who couldn't see the situation clearly fell silent.

Zhang Ci bowed to Chen Fan: "Hi girl, I passed by this place on my business trip, and saw the girl transforming the saline-alkali land. I would like to ask the girl, what is the use of digging ditches?"

Chen Fan looked up at Zhang Ci, his eyes lit up.

What a handsome boy!What a beautiful phoenix eye!

She quickly lowered her eyes, she couldn't keep staring even though she was pretty.She bowed back to Zhang Ci: "Hello, young master. This is for digging ditches and draining salt."

Zhang Ci naturally saw Chen Fan's shining eyes, but the girl only took one look and then didn't look again, which also surprised him.She is more polite than those ladies in the capital.

"Salt comes with water, and salt goes with water. After the girl digs the ditch, do you have to irrigate the ground, let the water drain into the ditch, and also drain the salt in the soil into the ditch?" Zhang Ci asked Chen Fan.

Chen Fan's eyes lit up again: "Young master is insightful. This is the reason for ditching and draining salt. The fertile fields around here are actually thanks to this low-lying land, and the salt is drained to this low-lying land along with the water. They drain well , without accumulating salt, it has become a fertile field.”

"My next family lives in the north. There are many saline-alkali lands in the north. Some of them have not been remodeled very well, and some have not been remodeled. It is a pity that they are left unused."

"The method of digging ditches to drain salt has been around for a long time. It's just that there is little precipitation in the north, and there is not enough water resources to irrigate and drain salt. It is very difficult to control it. This is a water town, and the canal is right next to it. The river and pond are far away. It’s not far away, so it’s more convenient to use this method. If the rainy season comes in two days, it’ll be even easier.”

The method of ditching and draining salt has existed since the Warring States Period, and more and more scientific methods have been developed for the governance and transformation of saline-alkali land in modern society, but no matter how good the method is, it needs the cooperation of natural conditions.If she bought fields in arid areas, she wouldn't dare to buy more rocky land, let alone this saline-alkali land.

"The place in the north near the river can still be remodeled, right?"

Chen Fan nodded.This young man's voice is also very nice!
"My surname is Zhang, what's the girl's name?"

"Young Master Zhang, you don't need to be humble. My surname is Chen, and I live in Yuanfeng County."

"Miss Chen, there is still a lot to learn about the transformation of this saline-alkali land. Can I still ask the girl for advice in the future?"

"My lord, you are being polite. I only know a little bit. You are well-informed, and I have a lot of questions to ask you."

The two of them spoke in a quiet voice, but the people in a few circles nearby could hear them clearly.Some people paid attention to "digging ditches and draining salt" and showed a thoughtful look on their faces; some people paid attention to "going out for business" and read the chapters a few more times.

Zhang Ci bowed and said goodbye to Chen Fan. Chen Fan returned the salute and continued to watch the workers digging ditches.

When Zhang Ci looked at Chen Fan, she had already cast her eyes elsewhere.

Chen Fan really wanted to take a few more glances, but with such a huge crowd today, she probably caused a lot of discussion by standing here. If she took a few more glances at the man, I don't know what the good-for-nothing would say when they saw it.He said that he will come to ask for advice in the future, and he can still read more in the future.Just now, I was polite and distanced, and I was talking about professional academic issues, so there should be no problem.

The field was still very quiet, and the diggers seemed to have stopped their movements, countless eyes were fixed on Zhang Ci, and then jumped back and forth between him and Young Master Liu.After a few breaths, the crowd boiled like boiling water.

The girls and daughters-in-law were envious of his appearance and figure, while the old ladies acted like matchmakers, quietly guessing about the son's family background and whether he was married, even a group of elders were also criticizing him and Liu The young master's figure and clothes.Even Li Guanshi in the distance was startled and looked at the two of them.

The members of the Liu family are all relatively tall. Young Master Liu also has sword eyebrows and stars, and a face like a crown of jade. He is dressed more solemnly today. Clearly and profoundly realized what it means to be different.

The young man looked thinner, but he didn't look weak. The people thought of words such as being tall and standing like a tree facing the wind, and it seemed that they couldn't describe the temperament of that young man.Those red phoenix eyes seem to be full of charm, captivating, and seem to have a trace of alienation.He was dressed in fine Gebu clothes, not as gorgeous and imposing as Young Master Liu, but he just felt that he was more gentle, more scholarly, and more immortal.Although the skin is a bit dark, but how many men and boys in the countryside are not dark?It's not so white that Young Master Liu runs outside every day.With such a dark skin, it seems that the young man belongs to their world, rather than flying away at any time.

The boiling water boiled for a while, then suddenly cooled down, and the whole place was strangely quiet again, only the sound of the shovel digging the ground could be heard faintly.

Feng An is very calm, Zhang Ci is not so calm, the eyes here are still very different from those in the capital.With a blushing face, he picked up the fringes of the crowd and quickly left with Feng An against those gazes and discussions.When Chen Fan looked at Zhang Ci, what he saw was his back that hadn't entered the crowd.

The eldest wife and the others left after watching for a while, while Chen Fan and Xiao Lian stayed on the construction site.

The positions of the ditches and ponds were determined and lines drawn yesterday, and the foundation of the house needs to be measured and drawn today.She didn't know how many people had come to mow the grass. In just half a day, ten acres of weeds were mowed down to only two or three acres to the east.

Chen Fan divided the ten acres of barren grassland into two halves, and then divided the ten acres of white land into two halves.The ten acres on the east side are used to build houses and sheds to raise animals, and the ten acres on the west side are used as vegetable fields.

Chen Fan told Guanshi Li that the east side had surrounded him with a small yard of half an acre, so Guanshi Li thanked him repeatedly.

Of the three houses that Datian first built here, two belonged to Chen Fan, and one belonged to Li Guanshi.After Wang Daliang and others settled on the location of the house, they began to measure and draw lines.After the line was drawn, more than 30 workers came over to dig and hoe and get busy.

(End of this chapter)