Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 284 Other Plans
Guan Lehe nodded and stopped talking.

He has been with Du Jinning for two years, and he already knows this young disciple very well.Regardless of his young age, this disciple is extremely transparent, and he can understand a little bit.The so-called "you don't need to hit the drum with a heavy hammer", he only needs to tap a few words at the most critical time, and he doesn't need to worry about it at all.

Du Jinning left Huazhangju, looked at the lush trees in the academy under the nourishment of the spring rain, and let out a long breath.

Last year, Mrs. Chen and the others were so busy making dried tofu that they had no time to care about the rice fields.They still hired people from the village to help them plow and plant rice seedlings for the fifteen acres of land they rented. Occasionally, they took the time to look at the water. Do it for others.In ancient times, the grain output was not high. In order not to bother them so much, they only planted one season of rice. After such a busy year, after excluding the expenses of hiring people, they only lost two to three hundred catties of rice.

This year, the work of making dried tofu was outsourced to Xie, and the two sisters, Chen and Du Fangling, were finally freed from the heavy labor of making dried tofu.Mrs. Chen felt sorry for the money from others, so she planned to grow the fields this year by herself, but exchanged jobs with others when plowing the land and transplanting rice seedlings.Anyway, they were used to doing farm work in Taohua Village in the past, but now they do it for themselves, and she doesn't find it hard at all.

Du Jinning persuaded her not to stop, and planned to give some ideas on increasing production and income this year, so as to save her mother from working hard in vain.

The rice in the south, the early rice is sown at the end of February and the beginning of March in the lunar calendar. It happened to be when she was busy participating in the county examination, and she really couldn't spare time to make a fuss about rice seeds and seedlings. Next, she planned to plant the seedlings, Let my mother raise fish in the rice fields.

There are many advantages to raising fish in rice fields. Fifteen acres of land can raise hundreds of catties of fish, not to mention increasing income. Fish can also be used to eat pests and weeds in rice fields, excrete manure, and turn the soil Promote fertilizer decomposition and create good conditions for rice growth.Done well, it can increase rice yield by about [-]%.

Of course, raising fish in this paddy field also requires technology. There are tricks to raising what kind of fish and how to raise them.The people in the Zhuangzi saw the income of the Du family's small third house this year, and they would definitely come to ask for advice, and next year they would follow their example of raising fish in the rice fields.Du Jinning did not intend to hide it, and was going to teach this method for free.The people in Zhuangzi have learned it, and it is estimated that within two years, the entire Lishui County and even further places will know this method.

As an agricultural worker, Du Jinning has other ways to make money, and she doesn't intend to care about it.

But now that Guan Lehe said that, she can only dismiss this idea.

She has a lot of skills, and there will be more things to come out in the future. She doesn't have to argue with the county magistrate of Lishui County about this achievement. She is also very willing to let Lishui County and more people live a better life sooner. .But Guan Lehe's words also reminded her.In ancient times, agriculture was the foundation. She herself thought it was not a big deal, but who knew what kind of commotion would happen in the end?After all, it is related to the issue of increasing production and income. It is not a trivial matter, and it may be possible to listen to Datian.Once alarmed by the emperor or caught in the eyes of some dignitaries, her fate cannot be controlled by herself.

Shoot the first bird, the first rafter rots.Before she has the ability to protect herself, she should behave honestly, act in a low-key manner, and be cautious.

Wanting to stop these things, Du Jinning decided not to toss about agriculture and focus on other sideline jobs.Although cultivating rice seeds is a long-term task, it is necessary to start now.But firstly, she had to take the exam, so she didn't have the energy to do it, and secondly, she didn't have the ability.

Collecting rice seeds from various places, cultivating and optimizing hybridization is not something that a small farmer like her can do.If you can really become a secretary in agriculture in the future, it will not be too late to use the power of the state to do this job.Anyway, she has stood on the shoulders of giants, unlike Yuan Longping who has to start from scratch.As long as the conditions are sufficient, it will not take a long time for her to breed new rice seeds.

Taking a step back, even if she can't continue the imperial examination, let alone have the opportunity to become an official, she has plans in this regard.

Isn't Qi Muyuan's father the Secretary of Agriculture?It seems that he is still Dasinong.Even if she escapes to death, she can first send a piece of information to Qi's father through Qi Muyuan.With this information, as long as Qi's father is not a poor man, and the emperor of the Song Dynasty is not a fool, the people of the Song Dynasty can always live a better life than before.

Wanting to stop doing this, Du Jinning put it down and got busy with other things.

There are not many teas in the tea garden, and they are finished after a few days of frying.The tea before the rain still has to wait for a while, and Mrs. Chen has nothing to do, so she started to care about the orchard, and asked Du Jinning, "Didn't you say that the orchard will be built in spring? The weather is so warm now, why haven't you started yet?" ?”

"I have asked shopkeeper Yao to get the branches, and I should be back this afternoon."

When she was buying Du Fangfei's dowry, she bought a hill.At that time, half of it was given to Du Fangfei as a dowry, but the land deed was given to her, but the hilltop was not allowed to move her. After getting the hilltop, Du Jinning ordered Lu Xiaobei to buy a batch of peach tree seeds with hairy peaches. After the people are planted, there will be no more care after that.

Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Du Fangfei and Mrs. Xie were muttering in their hearts at that time. Who didn't know that Maotao tastes bad, even if wild wild peaches grow by the roadside, no one picks them?Du Jinning specially bought a mountain to grow hairy peaches. How can this method be unreliable?
But Du Jinning is a very reliable person. At a young age, he opened a teahouse and made dried beans, and now he has roasted tea that even those high-ranking officials in Beijing are amazed by. The tea trees he planted are better than others , All of them have gained huge profits, so although Chen and the others murmured, they still waited patiently for Du Jinning to deal with the batch of peaches.

At this time, Du Fanghui's eyes lit up when he heard that Du Jinning had made a move and that the Chen family was not doing well.

"Brother Ning, if the branches are brought over, are you going to the orchard? I'll go with you," she said.

"Okay." Du Jinning smiled, "If you don't mind working hard, let's go together."

"What's so hard about it? Don't live a good life now, forget all the hard times you lived in the past, and treat yourself as a lady." Chen glanced at the two daughters and beat them.

The hairy peach trees that Du Jinning planted were all used as rootstocks.Since she bought the mountain last year, she asked Yao Shuqi to ask around where there are delicious peaches.There is a place in the neighboring county that is famous for its peaches.Yao Shuqi made several trips, and finally ordered some branches from a family with a large orchard at a high price.Du Jinning planned to use those peach branches for grafting.

The grafted fruit trees not only have the characteristics of strong growth, fecundity and disease resistance of peaches, but the taste of the grown peaches also inherits the characteristics of the mother plant of high-quality peach trees. In the 21st century, techniques such as grafting and dwarfing of fruit trees have long been popularized.

(End of this chapter)