Ming politicians

Qu Qingze seemed very mysterious, he said that he lived in the Su Mansion, and would discuss many things with Su Tiancheng every day, but in fact, Su Tiancheng couldn't see him, and went out early in the morning every day. After dark, he returned to the mansion, and sometimes he didn't even come back, and he didn't know where he went.

Qu Qingze was a guest, and Su Tiancheng wouldn't get to the bottom of it, he always had his own business, besides, Qu Qingze's identity was not simple in the first place.

Su Tiancheng himself made a principled mistake. The harvest of winter wheat is calculated according to the Gregorian calendar, and it is from April to May every year. According to the lunar calendar, it can be harvested in March. April, or May in the Gregorian calendar, must be planted.After traveling, he already knew that the Ming solar calendar is calculated according to the Yin calendar, but in his mind, he has become accustomed to the solar calendar, so when determining the harvest and planting time of crops, he regards the solar calendar time as the The time of the lunar calendar.

Fortunately, this error is not a big problem and will not cause any loss.

In March, the winter wheat in some fields has matured and can be harvested.

The tenants of the Su family started to get busy. From this moment on, it really entered the busy season of farming.

The government attaches great importance to the farmers' season. From April to July every year, if there are no particularly serious disputes, the government will stop releasing reports so as not to delay the farming season.

The so-called release of a lawsuit is now a lawsuit.The third, sixth, and ninth days of each month are determined to be the day of release. The government office and county government accept the lawsuits of the people. It will not be tried immediately. The court accepted the case, and carefully reviewed it after withdrawing from the court. If the case is not approved, the house will be returned to the owner, and if the case is approved, it will be dealt with. Simple disputes, the next day, major cases, After a period of investigation, the trial will be held again.

But in the busy farming season, the government stopped releasing the notice, because filing a lawsuit would waste time.

Su Tiancheng no longer cared about paying attention to Qu Qingze, most of his energy had already been thrown on the field.

It is impossible for tenant farmers to know the technical work of raising seedlings. In this era, no one has seen seedling raising. When everyone farms, they plant the seeds directly into the field, apply some farmyard manure, and clean up the debris in the field during the farming process. Grass, the next step is to see what God wants. If the weather is good, you can get a good harvest. If there is a drought or flood, a year's hard work will go to waste, and food must be a big problem.

For ten consecutive days, Su Tiancheng was in the fields.

He instructed the tenants to fertilize, and asked all the tenants to come and watch. They must remember all the procedures. There is no need to teach them about tidying up the fields and fertilizing. Brain out.The divided soil clods in the field are divided one by one with bamboo strips to make soil clods each three centimeters in size, and a corn seed is placed in each soil clod. These soil clods have been mixed long ago. Enough farmyard manure went in, and some straw ash and straw ash.Next, on top of these small pieces, cover with a thin layer of pieces of straw straw.

As for the sweet potatoes, it is even more strange. After being cut into pieces, they are planted in the ground, and the planting density is very high. Of course, these fields are also carefully prepared, and enough farmyard manure has already been applied.

It was the first time for the tenants to see this kind of planting technology, and they were a little trembling. They followed the young master's guidance and were very careful when they worked with their own hands. It looked a little funny, and they were all farmers. farming.

In their hearts, they no longer regard the young master as a benefactor and master, but the young master is simply a god in the sky, a bodhisattva in the temple, otherwise how would they know these strange things.

Several hundred years later, because of the film, modern machinery, and compound fertilizers, seedling cultivation is much faster and the output is much higher, but it is not possible now. It takes time and effort to do such a thing, but fortunately, there is enough labor.

It took five days to raise the seedlings. All the tenants, regardless of gender, participated in it. Take your time when you are not familiar with it, and speed up the progress when you are familiar with it. They are all people who have been farming for many years, and they learn quickly.

After the seedlings are raised, the next step is to harvest winter wheat on a large scale. Even Su Tiancheng went into battle himself. This is not a high-end technology. After a day, he will get used to it. It is just through this kind of labor that he can exercise Body.Of course, apart from a few people staying in the nursing home of the Su Mansion, the rest came here to help harvest.

We must rush for time. After harvesting, we have to tidy up the fields. Corn and sweet potatoes can be transplanted in half a month. The season cannot be delayed. The plan of the year lies in the spring. It will be harder at this time, and it will be possible in the second half of the year. good harvest.

During this process, some farmers also came to watch, and most of them thought that the young master of the Su Mansion was probably stupid in reading, and where there is such a farmer, the seeds can be directly sown in the field, and it will be fine. Isn't this just looking for something to do?

There are many farmers talking about it, but none of them follow suit. This is also normal. The promotion of new things is not easy in the first place, and it must be harvested before it can be truly spread.

Besides, the yield of maize is very low, and almost no one is willing to plant it. Some farmers nearby have planted it, and the yield of one mu of field is less than half a stone. If they rely on maize to support their families, they will not be able to eat enough all year round.

Farmers are envious of the ditches that run through the entire field, as well as weir ponds and wells. When water is scarce, these ditches can play a huge role, but unfortunately they are unable to build them.

When the tenants of the Su family started harvesting winter wheat, the surrounding farmers were also envious. Their winter wheat grew better because of more water.

Many nearby farmers are already planning to sell their fields to the Su Mansion and become tenants of the Su Mansion. The life of the tenants is easy, they have food, salt, and pork, and they are all alive and kicking. , Doing farm work is also extraordinarily powerful, but seeing the young master of the Su family struggling so much, everyone hesitated.

Su Tiancheng goes out early and returns late every day, and hardly cares about other things. Naturally, Su Pingyang is responsible for collecting the rent for the harvested winter wheat. Several houses have been vacated in the mansion as warehouses. Su Tiancheng also asked for it. In the back garden, several large well cellars were dug to store sweet potatoes.

The Su family's nursing home can do such things very well. They are all children from the countryside. They are very familiar with doing such things.

In late March, all the winter wheat was harvested, and the fields were almost ready. During this month, Su Tiancheng arranged for the mansion to prepare a lot of fat meat. The amount is too large, and you need to replenish your strength, otherwise it will be unbearable.Not to mention the tenants, even the Nursing Homes of the Su Mansion, the food intake has increased significantly. As the saying goes, half-grown children eat their fathers to death. Most of these Nursing Homes are boys aged 13 to 15 , it is time to grow the body.

Su Pingyang complained endlessly. The food intake in these nursing homes was too large. What the young master meant was to open up the supply and eat well. Seeing the people in the kitchen, they were so busy that their feet didn't touch the floor, they consumed a lot of food every day , he finally understood why the young master had to prepare so much food.

The effect is also obvious. These nursing homes, when they first arrived in the Su Mansion, were pale and thin. In less than four months, all of them were full of vigor and vitality. They used inexhaustible strength. It is said that heavy physical labor such as digging a well, they are It was too much, but the three large well cellars were all dug in about a month, and the daily training was not delayed.

It's time to transplant.

Su Tiancheng stood guard at the field again, and planted [-] corn plants per mu, that is, [-] nutrient blocks. Of course, those nutrient blocks that did not germinate well were thrown aside. Nutrient blocks, [-] sweet potato seedlings are planted per mu.

Before transplanting, enough farmyard manure should be applied to the field to keep the soil moist. In order to ensure smooth transplanting, Su Tiancheng personally demonstrated in a field, calculated the spacing of corn, and required all transplanting operations to be done according to With such a rule, I would rather start working harder.

As for sweet potatoes, there is no problem of spacing. The sweet potatoes are transplanted as seedlings, and they are transplanted at [-] plants per mu.

During the transplanting season, the number of farmers who watched the fun increased significantly. Everyone had a mocking look on their faces, but some experienced farmers could not help being a little surprised when they saw the maize seedlings planted in the ground. The growth was very good.

Everyone has never seen sweet potatoes, and they don’t know what they are. They heard that they came from Fuzhou, Fujian, and everyone was very curious.

Some farmers who have a good relationship with their tenants, especially those who have a good relationship with Li Zhang and Jiashou, see that there are many corn seedlings, so they ask for some and plant them in their own fields. As for sweet potato seedlings, they don’t know. Those who dare to speak at will, the things shipped from Fuzhou, thousands of miles away, do not know how expensive they are. Besides, they have never seen sweet potatoes, so they don't know what they are used for. What if the young master of the Su family has a special purpose? Yes, if you grow it yourself, what effect can it have?

In short, from March to early April, the young master of the Su family and the tenants of the Su family became the focus of attention of the nearby farmers.

I have been busy until the tenth day of April, and all the transplanting work has been completed. As for the management of the field, it is almost the same. In the early stage of growth, there is no shortage of water, so it takes a lot of hard work.

In this way, all of the Su family's [-] mu of land were planted with corn and sweet potatoes, of which [-] mu were corn and [-] mu were sweet potatoes.

From the tenth day of April to the fifteenth day of April, common tenants began to feed their pigs.

Rao, these tenants are all strong and strong men. After more than a month, they are too tired to straighten their waists.