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Chapter 63 Sweet Potatoes and Soybeans, Patrolling the Riverside

He Guiyou not only doubts whether sweet potatoes can produce more than a thousand kilograms per mu, but is also worried about the failure of the sweet potato harvest.If this really happened, at least hundreds of acres of land would be wasted, which would be a shame.

Liu Sheng was not angry because of He Guiyou's suspicion, and patiently explained: "Uncle He, didn't I say that sweet potatoes are one of the staple foods of the locals.

What I have given you are carefully selected high-quality seed potatoes. As long as you handle them carefully according to my instructions, it will not be a problem to produce a thousand kilograms per acre in three or four months. "

According to the relevant information Liu Sheng saw, sweet potatoes can be sown in spring and summer, and the harvest in spring is larger. In future generations, the yield per mu will generally be more than [-] kilograms, and may even be as high as [-] to [-] kilograms.

The harvest from sowing in summer is less, but still more than [-] catties.

However, there will be chemical fertilizers in later generations, and the fields currently being used for planting are newly cultivated fields, so Liu Sheng estimated a figure of one thousand kilograms per mu.

Even this still makes He Guiyou and other old farmers think it is a fantasy.

Liu Sheng warned him once and didn't explain any more - when the sweet potatoes are harvested this year, these people will naturally know that his words are meaningless.

After inspecting the sweet potato seedling fields, Liu Sheng said to He Guiyou: "Uncle He, I think these sweet potato seedlings can be transplanted into at least a hundred acres of fields. No matter what, you must take care of them carefully.

In addition, the sweet potatoes exchanged from the natives can also be planted directly on hundreds of acres of dry land, so as to compare with the sweet potatoes transplanted from seedlings. "

He Guiyou nodded, "I'll remember it."

Then, Liu Sheng went to inspect other fields.

Liu Sheng came back on April 26, after Maojiaji recruited people for the second time, and brought everyone into North America to start reclamation.

Today is June 100th. Although forty or fifty days have passed, the pace of land reclamation has only accelerated after the more than [-] people recruited from Xingji moved here.

Of course, the fastest was the past five days.

According to Liu Dachuan's report, the total number of cultivated fields in Huachuying will exceed one thousand acres today.

Among the first 200 acres, dozens of acres are used to grow vegetables, and more than [-] acres are planned to be planted with sweet potatoes.

For the remaining six to seven hundred acres, Liu Sheng, after communicating with veteran farmers such as He Guiyou, chose to plant soybeans.

The main reason is naturally that there are only three or four months of dry season left here, and there are not many crops suitable for planting at the moment. Soybeans with a growth cycle of three to four months are just right.

In addition, soybeans also have the effect of fixing nitrogen. After planting, it is equivalent to applying nitrogen fertilizer to these fields. When the rainy season (winter) comes, wheat will be planted.

Finally, although soybeans are not a staple food for the people at this time, they are also an important miscellaneous grain and can also be used as a vegetable.

At the same time, it is an important nutritional feed for large livestock such as horses, mules, cattle and donkeys.

It can be said that it serves multiple purposes.

Therefore, not only will Huachuying have to plant at least [-] acres of soybeans, but the newly cultivated fields in Hebianying will also be sown with soybeans before the end of June.

After inspecting the Huachu camp, Liu Sheng led the cavalry to the river.

After the formation of the pro-army was completed, Liu Sheng divided it equally between Huachu Camp and Liujiazhai.

In this way, no matter which side Liu Sheng is on, there are dozens of people following him, and there are also cavalry at his disposal.

Of course, at present, almost all of these cavalry are still horse soldiers, that is, mounted infantry.You need to practice hard on riding, shooting, and slashing before you can become a real cavalryman.

This forest is not particularly dense with trees. In the past few decades, immigrants have traveled between Huachu Camp and the riverside, and a dirt road has been opened up that can accommodate a carriage.

Because it is a valley plain and it is in the dry season with little rain, it is very convenient for walking or horse racing.

If you walk normally, you can reach the river in about 10 to [-] minutes.

If Liu Sheng and others ride horses, the speed will be faster. There is no need to rush the horse, and it will only take seven or eight minutes to run normally.

When he arrived at the river, Liu Sheng took a look at the horse and saw a bustling and busy scene.

Obviously, even the hot sun cannot stop the immigrants from building their homes.

"See leader."

Guo Sanhai, Yang Minghe and several stewards hurried over to salute Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng got off his horse and said, "Let the stewards go and do their work. You two can just stay."

"Yes."

Several stewards left in response, and Liu Sheng, accompanied by Guo Sanhai and Yang Minghe, patrolled the riverside.

Guo Sanhai followed Liu Sheng and explained: "Because we have only been here a few days, we are still mainly engaged in logging and building temporary wooden houses. However, land reclamation is also in progress at the same time. How much open space was created by logging the previous day? The second The day will surely turn them all into fields.”

The scene of reclamation by the river is indeed as Guo Sanhai said, with logging and land reclamation happening almost simultaneously.

As for burning wasteland - there are large forests on both sides of the river, and it is in the dry season. Even in summer, there is not much dry vegetation, so they dare not set fire.

If the forest fire really breaks out, they all have to flee back to Daming.

Of course, after most of the trees along the river are cut down in the future, small-scale burning of wasteland on the river beach is still acceptable.

After the inspection, Liu Sheng told Guo Sanhai again, "The climate here is different from that in the Ming Dynasty. It is hot and rainy now, but in three or four months, there will be continuous rain and the river water will inevitably surge.

Therefore, when you build your house, you need to be at least one mile away from the river beach, and you need to dig more ditches behind it to drain water.

When building land, we should mainly focus on the forest land above the river beach, and we should not take advantage of the river beach land.When all the young family members move here later, let them clear away the shrubs and weeds on the riverbank, turn over the soil roughly, and plant some beans.

If you want to build a field for intensive farming, you can only choose the woodland above the river beach. Do you understand? "

"I see."

Afterwards, Liu Sheng went to see Zhang Guying, who was in charge of the defense of the river camp.

Zhang Guying's post has adopted a rotation training system for the past few days - except for the first day, Zhang Guying will lead two teams to inspect the riverside camp every day.

While responsible for defense work, he must also assist Guo Sanhai in maintaining order.

Although only young people come to work these days, there are also thousands of people, and it is inevitable that there will be some friction or even fights between them.

As long as Guo Sanhai and Zhang Guying control the situation in time, it will not turn into a large-scale fight.In other cases, Guo Sanhai and others can handle it.

The two standing armies brought by Zhang Guying were stationed at the north and south ends of the river camp.

Because the Shangluo tribe in the south was closer to the riverside camp, Zhang Guying set up his temporary camp in Nantou.

When Liu Sheng came over, he was training with his infantry under the shade of the trees.

The training content mainly focuses on queues and weapon usage skills. As for more complex coordination and formations, neither Zhang Guying nor the soldiers have reached the level of literacy at this stage.

Before Zhang Guying joined the rebel army, he was just a farmer and small trader, and most of his soldiers were farmers before, so the most important thing now is to practice various basic skills first.

Like the small group of soldiers Zhang Guying is training, one of the Shi Dao players is practicing chopping, attacking and defending with wooden cards and wooden knives.

A group of spearmen practiced stabbing at wooden stakes with wooden spears tied with stones.

The archers were training with real bows and arrows, but they held their bows open most of the time and rarely shot arrows.

The reason for doing this is not just to prevent the soldiers from being harmed by the training of real swords and guns. The main reason is actually to reduce the wear and tear of the weapons.

Until Huabu has the ability to open furnaces to make iron, iron tools must be used sparingly.

Seeing Liu Sheng coming, Zhang Guying signaled the soldiers to rest, and he came to salute Liu Sheng with clasped fists.

"See leader."

Liu Sheng nodded slightly and asked, "Have the natives from Shangluo been here in the past few days?"

Zhang Guying said: "A few people came and watched from a distance for a while. When they saw our people passing by, they left."

Liu Sheng said: "We don't need to conflict with the natives now, and I made an agreement with them at the beginning.

Therefore, as long as they do not interfere with the river camp, you should not take the initiative to provoke them.

However, there is a native tribe in the upper reaches of the Xinluo River. We have never dealt with it, so you must be careful. "

"I understand."

Liu Sheng patted Zhang Guying on the shoulder, and then left with Shi Jincai and other cavalrymen...
in the afternoon.

Liu Sheng took Liu Dachuan, Yan Yuanshan, and Wang Kesheng to a relatively independent camp in the northwest corner of Huachu Camp.

Outside the camp, a group of people from the Fishing and Hunting Group were standing guard and patrolling.

Because the people who were arranged to live in this camp were all the craftsmen who were recruited and kidnapped by Liu Sheng, as well as their families.

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