Medicine Girl Jingjing

Chapter 618 Jingjing offers miscellaneous grains (3)
There are many deserts in Longbei, especially Dunhuang and Yumen. There are deserts everywhere, and there are sandstorms and tornadoes every year, which swallow up the good soil and turn them into deserts.

In Li Jingjing's previous life, the country used burying grass and planting trees to control sand, but it took many years to achieve results.

Since last winter, she asked Yuyu from Yaofu to come up with a way to quickly turn the desert into a land where food can be grown, and she didn't get the answer until a few days ago.

He Jinghai came at the right time. This time, as long as he is willing, the fiefdoms of the Northland can control sand at the same time as Longbei.

When Lin Bi'an heard this, his old eyes shot out, and he was more than ten times more excited than He Jinghai. He rubbed his hands and walked over, and said anxiously: "Princess, tell me what you can do."

"Have you ever heard of tortoise grass?" Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Li Jingjing smiled and said, "Turtle grass is a kind of grass that lives in the desert. Its personality is like a tortoise. It grows when it rains, and it grows when it's dry. Shrunk down."

He Jingyan used to fight in the north all the year round, thinking back carefully, he said: "My lady, I have seen weeds growing in the desert. I wonder if it is tortoise grass?"

"[-]% of what you see is not tortoise grass." Li Jingjing shook her head, tortoise grass is a new grass produced by Yuyu by hybridizing several kinds of weeds, which has never appeared in this world.

He Jingyan rolled his eyes and asked, "My lady, is the grass planted in the sand in the corner of the garden turtle grass?"

"You are smart enough to figure out where it is right away." Li Jingjing ordered Li Huan to go to the garden and dig a few tortoise grass, so that everyone could witness the appearance of tortoise grass.

"This grass looks similar to pasture grass, but it is much shorter than pasture grass." Lin Bi'an wished to stick his face to the turtle grass, caressing the blades of grass with both hands, and suddenly exclaimed: "It has grown ears, isn't it? Is there grain in the ear?"

Now He Jingyan became excited, couldn't help holding Li Jingjing's hand, and said: "My lady, can the tortoise grass produce food?"

Li Jingjing said slowly: "The things wrapped in the ears of tortoise grass can't be called food, it can only be said to be miscellaneous grains similar to buckwheat." As he spoke, he picked up the ears of grass in front of Lin Bian's eyes, rubbed his fingers, and a piece of grass fell out of it. A bit of powder blacker than buckwheat.

How could Lin Bian let the powder fall to the ground? He spread his rough palms to take it out, and then put it on his mouth and licked it with his tongue. There was no taste of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy. Said: "Princess, what is the yield per acre of tortoise grass?"

Li Jingjing said blankly: "It's very low, about 150 catties, and it's only [-] catties when ground into grass powder."

Yuyu originally wanted to study the tortoise grass until the yield of grass powder per mu was [-] catties before allowing Li Jingjing to plant it in the desert of the fiefdom, but sand control and grain planting are major issues that must be resolved soon, and Li Jingjing is in no hurry.

Lin Bi'an raised his voice and said anxiously: "Princess, can the tortoise grass survive in the desert and produce such plump ears?"

Li Jingjing said confidently: "The tortoise grass seeds I soaked with water can survive, and after a few years of planting, I can turn the desert into soil."

He Jinghai and Hu Ye looked at each other with great joy in their hearts.Apart from the potato, buckwheat, soybean seeds and saplings that I got just now, it was just right to know that tortoise grass can control sand and produce food.

Lin Bian fell to his knees with his old eyes, kowtowed heavily, and shouted: "Princess, please send me to the desert in Longbei to plant tortoise grass. I don't want to plant turtles in the desert in Longbei this dynasty." Grass, I won’t go back to Jincheng!”

"Get up quickly." He Jingyan rushed to help Lin Bi'an, whose eyes were full of tears, but the old man refused to get up without Li Jingjing's consent.

Li Jingjing was once again shocked by Lin Bian's dedication to farming, and persuaded: "Old Lin, planting grass in the desert is an extremely hard job. You are so old, you should stay in Jincheng and let your grandson Just go."

Lin Bi'an was so anxious that he was about to cry, and said: "Princess, this turtle grass is not grass, it is an omnivore that can kill people. Such an important farming matter is related to the rations of tens of thousands of farmers in Longbei, and the officials must go there in person. "

Li Jingjing only nodded and said: "Okay. You can go, but you can't put your own life on it. You can only work for four hours a day, and rest well for the rest of the time. If you are disobedient, then I will Send another officer."

"Thank you, Princess, for making it happen." Lin Bi'an wept with joy, and stroked the turtle grass with both hands, as if he wanted to kiss them a few times.

Hu Ye bowed and begged: "Princess, the desert of my family's fief is bigger than the grassland. I beg you to give me more seeds of tortoise grass."

He Jinghai looked eagerly, and said: "Brother Yan, help brother quickly, I beg sister Jing, let her give some tortoise grass seeds."

He Jingyan said in a low voice: "My wife's seeds are all soaked in potion, not ordinary seeds. My fief Longbei desert is much larger than your fief desert. I'm afraid there won't be enough turtle grass seeds."

Hearing this, Lin Bi'an knew that the two princes would discuss the price of turtle grass seeds next, so he left holding the precious turtle grass.

He Jingyan stated the conditions that he had discussed with Li Jingjing a long time ago, and said: "Brother Hai, we will give you seeds and saplings without you paying a copper coin, but you must guarantee that you will not sell the grain and fruits they produce to places outside the Northland." shrewdness."

He Jinghai nodded quickly in response.

Li Jingjing specially explained: "Brother Hai, Sister-in-law Hu, our husband and wife have invested several million taels of silver for Longbei, and we will sell grain and fruit back to recover a little of the cost."

Hu Ye looked sincerely, and said solemnly: "Princess, we understand what you mean. Don't worry, we are not those heartless people, and we will not do things that harm the interests of Longbei."

He Jinghai followed and said, "Whoever dares to smuggle food and fruits to sell in cities other than Beidi will be severely punished if caught!"

He Jingyan nodded and said, "Okay."

With the guarantee of He Jinghai and his wife, Li Jingjing will not be afraid of being suppressed by vendors in the future when she sells tortoise grass black powder and fruits.

Li Jingjing joked: "Sister-in-law Hu, you are now married to Brother Hai and you have been named a princess, and you still call me a princess, change your words quickly."

He Jingyan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Hu, don't call me prince either."

He Jinghai held Hu Ye's hand, and said softly: "Ye Niang, they are my younger brother and younger siblings, they all call you sister-in-law, you just call them the same as me."

He Jingyan waited for everyone to leave, and urged Li Jingjing to go back to the Baihao Courtyard in broad daylight, and carried her to the bedroom when he got to the courtyard.

"You are so ashamed to do this in broad daylight!"

"There is such a big thing about the tortoise grass that I didn't tell my husband in advance. This husband must strengthen his husband!"

(End of this chapter)