Pampered Tian's Wife: The Little Weaver Girl in the Farmhouse

Chapter 687 Managing the Farm
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn harvest has entered the final intense stage.The crops in the field are harvested non-stop, and then they have to be threshed and returned to the warehouse.This series of work is relatively heavy, and the common people are naturally very hard.Fortunately, with Chu Ruifeng's order this year, soldiers from Luzhou and Wuwei, who were competing with each other, had soldiers to help them, so they could finally relax a bit.

Qiaoyun is not idle at this time, and takes people to wander around outside the city. She wants to know something about the fields outside Luzhou City, and see what crops are suitable for planting here.

The former Daluhuachi in Luzhou Fucheng occupied a lot of fertile land outside Luzhou city.Dalu Huachi ran away with his people and left all his family property behind. The General's Mansion had to take over all these.

Chu Ruifeng is not very good at farming, so he just ordered people to take over at that time, and sent people to harvest during the autumn harvest, but he really didn't manage other things too much.After all, in his opinion, the daily expenses of the General's Mansion do not refer to a few farms, and there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

But Qiaoyun doesn't think so, Qiaoyun used to have her own Zhuangzi in Muyang, and she knows best how much a Zhuangzi will produce if it is well managed.Therefore, Qiao Yun found out the locations of all the farms, told Chu Ruifeng, and took many people out of the city to check on the Zhuangzi outside the city.

After looking at it, Qiao Yun couldn't help but feel a little regretful, this good Zhuangzi is blind for nothing in the hands of those people.Dalu Huachi Mansion, um, is now a general’s mansion, with four or five Zhuangzi under its name, all of which are located in very good places outside Luzhou City, with a beautiful environment surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the land is even more fertile.

However, the management of the farm is average. The crops in the field are not much, and there are two or three areas that have become pastures.This is also a common problem of the nobles of the Liao Dynasty. They regard such fertile land as a grassland for planting grass and grazing, which is really wasteful.

Seeing this situation, how can Qiaoyun bear it?So he simply lived in one of the villages, and led people to turn up the grass, reorganize it, and open up wasteland for farming.It would be too wasteful not to keep such good land for crops, she must turn these grasslands into good fields.

Fortunately, this was originally fertile land, and the pasture was only three to five years old. In fact, it was easy to sort it out.Mo Anyuan took the hundred or so people under him, plus the four hundred or so guards that Chu Ruifeng sent to Qiaoyun, these people rolled up their sleeves, turned into old farmers, and started working in the fields.

These are all strong and strong young men, so it is easy to work. In addition to the original farmers in several manor houses, it didn't take many days to completely turn over those pastures.In autumn, when the weather is fine, the overturned land is exposed to the sun, and the grass dies within a few days, and then a rake is used to remove the dead grass columbine, and a fire is lit to save it from regrowing next spring.

After turning over several pastures, it is time to consider what crops to plant.These are all what Qiaoyun said. After thinking about it, Qiaoyun decided to plant most of the rice, wheat and other crops, and set aside a part for rape and other crops.Of course, Qiaoyun didn't forget about the intercropping of wheat and cotton, and specially asked people to set aside a part of the land, intending to try intercropping of wheat and cotton here.

Cotton is a high-efficiency economic crop, which can be spun and weaved, and can be used to fill quilts and cotton clothes, so it is very valuable.Especially now that there are so many rebels in Luzhou City, cotton coats in winter are a problem. If we can try to promote cotton here, at least the soldiers can be more comfortable in winter.

Of course, this year is definitely not going to be there, but now they can start working hard.Now the land is cultivated according to the intercropping of wheat and cotton, and next year we will find a way to plant cotton, and by next winter, we will have a large amount of cotton to use.

In fact, Qiaoyun has thought about these things for a long time. Since they have settled in Luzhou and plan to operate for a long time, they must have a long-term plan.Farming is the foundation of a foothold. Only when agriculture develops and the people live well can the rebel army have a long-term future.Therefore, Qiaoyun intends to promote some high-efficiency crops as much as possible, so that the people will have enough food and clothing. Only in this way can the rebel army really stand firm.

As for the popularity of cotton, there is no need to worry too much about this.Now Huai'an Road has been well promoted, and the common people already know the benefits of cotton, and now many places on Huai'an Road are growing cotton.Shopkeeper Han sent a message a few days ago, saying that this year's cotton production is very good, and he also promised Qiaoyun that he would help Qiaoyun save a large amount of cotton seeds for planting here.

Shopkeeper Han has developed very well in Muyang, and outsiders don't know his relationship with Chu Ruifeng, so Zhifang has not been affected.Although many weaving workshops have appeared in Muyang and other places this year, they are technically inferior after all, so shopkeeper Han still has an advantage. It is estimated that within a few years, others will not be able to catch up.

With the guarantee from shopkeeper Han, and Chu Ruifeng must have a way to transport the cottonseed, Qiao Yun is not worried.According to the scale of the several villages in front of us, the amount of intercropping of wheat and cotton was determined, and people were asked to plow the ground according to the rules, and then began to prepare for sowing winter wheat.

Qiaoyun has been busy on Zhuangzi for nearly 20 days, but Chu Ruifeng couldn't take it anymore, so he also followed Zhuangzi, and only then did he find Qiaoyun. "I said Ma'am, you are so busy that you have forgotten your husband-in-law, right? Do you know how long you have been away from home?" Chu Ruifeng looked at Qiaoyun sadly, the aggrieved It looks like a resentful woman.

Qiaoyun just remembered that she hadn't returned to Fucheng for several days, and it was still a little distance from Fucheng. She was too busy recently, and she didn't want to go back and forth every day, so she just lived here, and the result was unexpected. Chu Ruifeng was left out in the cold, causing someone to chase after him with such an expression.

"Siyuan, I'm sorry, I was really busy and forgot." Qiaoyun was a little embarrassed, these days her mind was full of Zhuangzi's plan, she was really too busy to remember Chu Ruifeng, When I saw my husband at this time, I couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

"You, I really have nothing to do with you, and I still talk about me all day long, don't do everything by yourself, you have to learn to divide the labor, what about you? Why don't you follow suit? You can just order these things Now, do you still need to watch over here every day?" Chu Ruifeng didn't care about that, and stretched out his hand to hug Qiaoyun in his arms, muttering.

At the end of September, the weather was getting colder, and Qiao Yun leaned against Chu Ruifeng's arms, feeling very comfortable with the warmth. "I didn't do it myself, I just ordered it to go down, but these people don't understand it well, so I have to watch it myself. Siyuan, look, the pastures here are turned upside down. Waiting for next year, there will be It produces a lot of food, melons, fruits and vegetables. Let alone our mansion, even the military side can supply half of it."

(End of this chapter)