Villager of Daming

Chapter 350 Medicinal materials can be planted and sent to the land (first update)
"Planting rice seedlings~~!" It was dawn, and with the shouts of Zhu Wentian's friends, everyone went to the ground to plant rice seedlings.

A piece of rope was stretched in the paddy field. Everyone rolled up their trouser legs and went to the field barefoot, picking up the lumps of rice seedlings thrown by the side.

One by one, holding the seedlings with their left hands and inserting their right hands, they retreated along the rope, their upper bodies were stable, and their feet slid and moved.

Zhu Wentian was also in the team, working hard.

But the head of the village didn't go down, and the elderly village elders and menstruating women were also not in the water.

Zhu Yuanzhang was lazy and handed over the test book to his eldest son for approval, and he ran to the edge of the field to drink tea with the elder.

It's not time to eat now, and it will take half an hour. The transplanters take advantage of the cool weather to dry in advance, and wait until the time is right before eating.

Then take a nap, wait until noon, then go into the water and plant rice seedlings.

With those who come to help, all the rice seedlings can be planted in one day today, and the japonica rice is still planted.

Last year's japonica rice seeds can be planted continuously for several years, and then replanted at that time.

This year, other villages in Xuancheng County will follow suit to grow japonica rice, and they will be taken care of, and will be sent to the north to be used as seeds for the fields there.

The imperial court collected japonica rice seeds from them and gave an extra [-]%.

Last year, Xiaqiu Village harvested [-]% less japonica rice than indica rice. Other villages that can reach Xiaqiu Village's amount last year will receive more indica rice as compensation.

If it is a little worse, the extra compensation will not make them lose money.

Including the rapeseed and ramie seeds that they took care of this year, they are also sent to other places as seeds, but only an additional [-]% compensation is given.

This year, no one from other villages came to help, and they were all busy with their own fields.

"Today, a group of people came to help copy the map. The most difficult part is the engraving."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat next to the small table, with a parasol on his head, and chrysanthemum tea on the small table, as if he was by the sea.

The chief didn't sit still, but turned his back to watch the villagers work. Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he responded: "A picture can be subdivided. If it is convenient to carry, it should be printed on white silk."

"For a month at most, our Daming will have many useful maps, and the state capitals will give them one.

Ask them to complete their part of the mountain range, and when it is done, Xiaqiu Village will take a set.

Yichang, no wonder you are so familiar when you mention a certain place. It turns out that you look at maps all day long.

In a few days, it will be the fifth day of May. Is there a place to pick mugwort around the village?Let's go pick mugwort. "

Zhu Yuanzhang changed the topic back and forth, talking about the map, and then turned to the Dragon Boat Festival in an instant.

The head of the village nodded: "Yes, from Xiaqiu Village to the north, where the peat was extracted before the village, there are large areas of mugwort and Artemisia annua specially planted.

Artemisia and other Polygonum are the raw materials for making stone soda. The stone soda sold to the palace at that time was made from Artemisia Polygonum collected from the village.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, we can collect wormwood together, which are all medicinal materials.

There are also colorful threads ready, and the only thing left to make zongzi is sticky rice, which can be purchased everywhere. "

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a stunned look: "No wonder I didn't see Artemisia in the village, my mother-in-law Ding will plant it in winter, and other medicinal materials that are suitable for our local growth are also planted in the village.

Is it far to the north?Is there any smoke there?Is the road okay?Is the river visible?Is the mountain high? "

"Ask Your Majesty, the place is uninhabited, and the village will pass by when going to Dangtu by land. Later, the road was repaired for peat digging.

There are rolling hills and creeks, but most people there are unwilling to move there, and there are few flat lands, so it is not suitable for farming.

There is no need to level the ground to plant wormwood in the village. Burn the other weeds, clear the open space, and sprinkle the seeds.

After the road was repaired, it took half an hour by horse-drawn carriage to get there from Xiaqiu Village, about twenty or thirty miles. "

The village chief answered while thinking, he hadn't been there for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted at the people working in the paddy field, took a sip of chrysanthemum tea: "Yichang, what do you think the mountains can do?"

"Nature is a kind of medicinal material. Does your Majesty know that ginseng can be grown? If we find ginseng seeds, we can grow ginseng here.

After five to eight years of planting, it will have medicinal effects, just like growing carrots, a large piece.

It only takes five years to dig it out and use it as medicine for people, at least it's better than nothing.

For other medicinal materials, whether they are perennial or annual, as long as the climate is suitable, we can grow them. "

The chief of the village mentioned the role of the mountain without even thinking about it. He and Hanhan agreed that the garden outside the Chaoyang Gate would grow medicinal herbs.

And find a way to get ginseng seeds from the Northeast, and even consider picking dried ginseng from a medicine store to try to germinate it.

The best is the ginseng picked from the mountains last year, and then delivered immediately, you can try that.

Or through the imperial court this year, go over there to watch the ginseng, and bring back both the seeds and ginseng when the ginseng has produced seeds.

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang patted his legs: "You send us a map of Daming, and we will give Xiaqiu Village the area from there to Xiaqiu Village.

From now on, it will be yours. We need to build more roads. If we get bored in the palace, we can come here to have a rest.

You grow medicinal materials, and we arrange people to guard them until the medicinal materials grow... Can ginseng really be grown like radishes? "

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly switched to asking after speaking. Everyone knows that ginseng is precious.

Goryeo offers ginseng as a tribute every year, and people living in the Northeast also pick ginseng. This has been the case since ancient times.

It is very difficult for the people in Fangshan to go out to find ginseng. When they encounter small ginseng, they will raise it and mark it.

If you can plant in large quantities...

If another person said this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought he had been deceived, and those who should be beheaded would be beheaded, and those who should be exiled would be exiled.

Xiaqiu Village said that it can be planted. Just look at the bamboo fungus and white fungus. The white fungus is in groups, and the bamboo fungus is in pieces.

Turning an obviously precious thing into a vegetable is very successful in selling it to the barbarians, as well as those in Tianzhu who live in arid areas.

When it comes to medicine, everyone buys it and is willing to pay a high price.

"Your Majesty, if you can plant it, the ginseng seeds in the Northeast will mature in a month or so. If you don't watch in advance, they will fall to the ground and it will be difficult to find them.

Ordinary people don't think that ginseng can be planted, but it takes one and a half to two years for normal ginseng to germinate.

If the treatment is not good, the place is not suitable for the growth of ginseng, and it will not germinate for many years.

Xiaqiu Village has a way to accelerate germination, like other crops, accelerate germination in advance, raise seedlings, and then transplant. "

The head of the village believed in Hanhan, and Hanhan said that it could be planted, so now is the right time to ask for help.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Like this rice, people in ancient times just planted the rice grains, and later learned that they should raise the seedlings first, and then move them out and plant them separately.

After a while, people will arrange to search for ginseng seeds in the northeast. If we find a seed, we will give them ten coins.

Under the heavy reward, I believe they are willing to collect the seeds and send [-] seeds, but only one hundred guan. "

Zhu Yuanzhang has a way to make people active, buy it with money, a seed costs ten cents, and that one plant can always pick up dozens of seeds, right?

(End of this chapter)