Villager of Daming

Chapter 1117 The spring wheat is ripe and it’s time to say goodbye

"If rice is good, just eat rice. When I was in Yingtian Mansion, I ate rice sent by Zhuozhou."

Zhu Rui was very happy when he saw the equipment starting to shell the rice. He has been eating pasta these days.

As he spoke, he glanced at Guan Chong. Guan Chong made... big moves.

Guan Tongzhi just secretly stuffed a large bag of stuff into someone. This sneaking action was standard, but the bag was too big.

You don't need to think about it to know that this is the family of his concubine. Marrying virtuous wives and taking concubines proves that the daughters of this family are beautiful.

Even so, the words of Hu Xiaohe, the village chief, matter. Your daughter is a concubine for a fellow magistrate, and you want to walk sideways in the village... No way!
But in general, to give you face, you have to find a way to get the state to benefit the village.

For example, when serving in the army, they should be assigned to a nearby place, the work should not be too heavy, and any news should be known to the villagers in advance.

After being seen, Guan Tongzhi did not explain what was put in the bag and said: "Your Highness, there is no new rice this year, only spring wheat, which will be harvested soon.

We in Zhuozhou can grow rice, winter wheat and spring wheat. Anyway, we can grow anything.

"Your Highness, go take a look at the fields tomorrow. During the drought, artificial watering will not be delayed. The sunshine time is long. It is indeed time."

You can see groups of tadpoles in the rice fields. The smooth ones are toads, and the ones with spots on their backs are frogs. It’s amazing!
Frogs prefer to lay eggs in rice fields, where the water flow is gentle, there are few natural enemies, and there are sufficient nutrients. The tadpoles eat the larvae of dragonflies and mosquitoes from an early age.

We learned about the drought situation in advance today, so we won’t plant rice in the village because it’s too tiring and we can’t irrigate the crops.

This is the situation. The number of frogs and toads has decreased this year. They need to survive by the river, and the eggs they lay are washed down by the water and become food for fish.

In fact, rice is the best because it has a lot of water. Isn’t today a special day? As soon as everyone saw it, they were all planting spring wheat. "

The wheat depends on the soil condition. If it is too dry, irrigate it once. Leave it alone and ignore it. When it is time to harvest, drive away the birds.

You can't catch frogs in paddy fields. There are only small ones there. The tadpoles slowly grow their limbs. After their tails disappear, the little frogs jump into the aqueduct next to them and grow up there.

Although there are so many frogs caught, the number of toads is not large, and when pesticides and chemical fertilizers are not used, there are endless frogs to catch.

Children take out a two-pronged fork or a single-pronged fork to catch the toad without using their hands for fear of touching the toad.

When it doesn't rain, it stays in the sun. If there's water shortage, it's artificially irrigated. It's less troublesome than rice, which needs to be soaked.

"Your Highness, let's go and see it. We'll see it every day. For three days at most, our village will accept it. It's almost mature!"

Rice fields are the best places for frogs to breed. Children in rice fields will pick up toads and toads when they are young. If they don't want toads, they will catch frogs and take them home to eat.

Under normal circumstances, I won't eat it. I just eat the meat from the thigh and throw away the rest. A hundred frogs can be sold for three to five cents.

There is grass growing in the aqueduct, and the frogs are hiding under the grass and starting to dig holes. The northern ones are preparing for hibernation.

"Are you going to accept it?" Zhu Zhu looked at the director.

The director is not sure. How can he know if it is OK without looking at the millet? It takes a glance to understand.

Hu Xiaohe, the head of the village, cares most about the land cultivated in his village. He is responsible for keeping accounts, calculating how much land tax each family pays, weighing the land, and sending it to the state.

In previous years, you could hear the sound of frogs at this time of year, but now there are fewer frogs, and they can only breed in streams and rivers.

When paddy fields are planted again next year, they will go to the paddy fields to lay eggs and their numbers will increase.

If chemical pesticides are used, they will be useless. The pesticides will flow into the river, the paddy fields will not be able to reproduce, the river will die, and there will be fewer fish...

Zhu Xi, who is familiar with this matter, nodded: "Starting next year, can we introduce other frogs? Sister Ling'er." "It's too troublesome. The cost for ordinary people to raise forest frogs is too high. There are no mountains nearby, so they are different from ordinary frogs.

To develop according to local characteristics, plain areas must look like plain areas.

When you add things to them that are not available locally, it brings about changes in habits and burdens.

Only places with poor living conditions are suitable for major changes. Zhuozhou doesn’t need it. Their own advantages are like this..."

Ling'er shook her head. In the Zhuozhou Plain, the cost of raising forest frogs is high. Farming is the best. Hundreds of sets of machinery and equipment need to be delivered.

It will be in place after next spring, which will give people more time and provide labor for the service industry.

People have to pay for machinery and equipment, whether it is plowing or harvesting crops after they are mature, in the form of rental fees.

However, the imperial court did not want to make high profits, but just maintained the capital, such as fuel money, equipment depreciation, lubricating oil, etc.

After finishing the work here, transport the equipment further north and continue the operation. Forget it next to the mountain. The machinery in the past will not be able to play its role and it will be a waste.

The headmaster directed people to serve chrysanthemum tea: "Have a rest first, and later ask people to modify a small steam engine and make it into a small harvester to help harvest.

In a few days, we will go directly to the seaside and arrive at Dingliao Capital Guard. There is actually nothing to control here.

Some things are getting more and more regulated. Beiping Mansion was the place where we stayed on the return trip, and the officials who could do it have already done what they can. "

The head of the village decided to stay here for two more days, help harvest the spring wheat, and go to the Northeast without wasting time.

The specific situation in the Northeast is not clear at the moment. News is being passed around, and the people sending the news may have different understandings of some things.

What they think is worthless may be exactly what Hanhan wants.

Ginseng is sold by the pound. It depends on the size. Large ones are more expensive per pound, while small ones are cheaper. Hanhan said that they should be sold according to grams and year.

In the 1970s and 1980s, ginseng cost a pound and was very cheap. Xiaqiu Village asked people to find a way to package it in a moist place and send it over for further planting.

There is also toad oil that is really effective, but it is not valuable at all. There is a large area in the Northeast where there are many people but few people, unlike Fujian where there is less land and many people.

The land in Fujian is simply not as good as that in the Northeast. The Northeast is black soil, and the fallen leaves of the coniferous forest are soaked year after year. In the end, it is all good mature soil, and you can grow anything.

If you take that soil to Qiongzhou and plant coconuts, it will be better than the coconuts grown in Qiongzhou’s local soil.

"Should we be able to get there during the hot weather, right? We are almost there, it's mainly due to your hard work!"

In fact, Zhu Di, like his third brother Zhu Fan, wanted the team to stay in Beiping Mansion for a longer period of time, because every day was not wasted.

It seems that Xiaqiu Village is busy arranging what to cook every day, but in reality it is all kinds of local management matters.

Seeing that he could no longer stay, Zhu Di had to cooperate with the whole Ming Dynasty. He said something and looked at the officials of Beiping Mansion.

He also glanced at Zhuozhou, everyone had to cooperate anyway.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will do my best." The prefect expressed his stance first.

"I'll die!" The other officials were in good agreement.

But everyone's expressions were excited and they thought it was okay.

(End of this chapter)