Allure of a Country Maiden

"What does mulberry fish pond mean?" Li Zheng was a little confused after hearing this.

He understands that a fish pond is a pond for raising fish, but he does not understand what a sankey is.

After hearing this, Xiaoer briefly explained what a mulberry fish pond was and the benefits of this ecological cycle.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! It's simply wonderful! Who came up with this idea! Why didn't we think of it!" After hearing Xiao'er's words, Li Zheng couldn't help but praise him repeatedly: "In that case, from now on, one acre of land will be You can harvest silk and sell fish! This is really killing two birds with one stone!"

Zhu Yan smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's it. Originally, we planned to buy the more than two hundred acres of paddy fields for cultivation, but the villagers must be reluctant to sell them! If only some people sell, and some don't , it is not convenient to manage the paddy fields in the east and west, so I would like to ask Li Zheng to ask the villagers in several villages if they are willing to build mulberry fish ponds?"

"What is there to be unhappy about? I must be extremely happy! Most of the time, those paddy fields only have a good harvest once in three years, and usually they don't even have enough food and clothing! If you are not happy with this, what else do you want?" Li Zheng said loudly replied.

If the villagers are asked to sell all their fields, they will not be happy. Li Zheng can understand. After all, the price of selling this kind of paddy fields is not high, and the money will not be enough to buy another acre of land.

Although the fields are rotten, and whether they can have enough food and clothing depends on whether God will reward them, at least they won’t have no harvest every year, right?

In fact, the people here treat their fields like a child. Although the child is disobedient, not smart, and has no achievements or abilities, the parents are still reluctant to have him.

"Then I'll trouble Li Zheng to help ask the villagers' opinions on this matter." Xiaoer said with a smile.

"Yes, Uncle Zheng is in trouble." Zhu Yan also nodded.

"No problem, I'll take care of this. I just don't know how to calculate the price of the silk and fish raised by the villagers?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yan said: "The purchase price of fresh cocoons ranges from 30 to 40 Wen per catty, depending on the quality of fresh cocoons. The purchase price of dried cocoons is 80 Wen per catty to three cents for silk. It ranges from one hundred and sixty to four hundred. The price range is this, and the price will be based on quality. What I am talking about now is the price of mulberry silk, not the price of tussah silk."

The lowest price for fresh cocoons is 30 yuan. This price is not low. It can be said to be a very high price.

Li Zheng was very happy after hearing this. Someone in his family also raised silkworms, so he probably knew the yield of fresh cocoons: "One acre of mulberry forest can raise four seasons of silkworms a year, and two to three seeds per season. Each cocoon can produce about 80 pounds of fresh cocoons. How much money can you make in that year? Let me do the math."

"Based on 30 cents per pound of fresh cocoons, if you raise 4 seasons a year and 2 seeds per season, you can earn 1. She said the minimum amount of money that can be earned. She was a little surprised that silkworms can be raised here all year round! The climate and environment are really suitable for sericulture.

Li Zheng was shocked before he could be happy after hearing this. He glanced at Xiaoer in surprise. Did he figure it out so quickly? !

Zhu Yan had just calculated it. She thought she was already talented enough in arithmetic, but she didn't expect someone to be faster than her.

Mr. Zhu also glanced at Xiaoer in surprise: The younger generation is awesome and beyond reach!

Shangguan Xuanyi and Jing Rui were used to it.

"However, the mulberry-based fish pond cannot be compared with the traditional method of growing mulberry and raising silkworms. The mulberry-based fish pond grows mulberry on the pond base, feeds the silkworms with mulberry leaves, raises fish in silkworm excrement, fertilizes the pond with fish manure, and collects mulberry in the pond mud. These are complementary to each other. .

Mulberry trees are only planted on raised pond foundations, and mulberry fish ponds are built according to the standard of six foundations and four ponds. Although the planting area of ​​mulberry trees is reduced, the output of mulberry leaves of each mulberry tree will increase, and I will provide some We provide you with high-quality mulberry and silkworm seeds. Those mulberry trees produce more leaves and spin more silk. "

Li Zheng's eyes lit up after hearing this. If good seeds are cultivated, the harvest will be twice the result with half the effort!

Just look at the super rice, super wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes, cotton, etc. seeds provided by the imperial court! Which of the things grown has a yield that is not two or three times what it was before? !

Because of these excellent seeds, I don’t know how many people have been fed and warmed in the past few years!

He met a businessman from Nangong Kingdom last year, and he couldn't help but wonder why he was not born in Minze!

By the way, I heard that these seeds were researched by Shengpinghou, the prefect’s family!

It is really a blessing from God that this prefect can come to their place as prefect!

I don't know what kind of good life this prefect can bring to the people here, but thinking about it, he is looking at Jingrui with very eager eyes.

Jingrui was so impressed by him that he couldn't help but reach out and touch his face, thinking there was something on his face.

"I wonder when Li Zheng will ask the villagers and give us an answer?" Zhu Yan interrupted Li Zheng's gaze.

Li Zheng looked at Zhu Yan, thought for a while and said: "The day after tomorrow!"

Li Zheng estimated that there would be some villagers who were stubborn about converting the fields into mulberry and fish ponds without growing food, fish and silkworms. However, it didn't matter. With his sharp tongue, he would be able to convince him within a day. Their!

"Okay, let's come over again the day after tomorrow."

"Since it is a mulberry fish pond that raises both fish and silkworms, what about the fish? Do you want to collect them?"

"Collect, you can dig the pond deeper and raise more dace. Dace can be mixed with grass carp and crucian carp."

"Dace? A long one, a dace as big as two fingers?" Li Zheng stretched out three fingers to compare, and found that they were wider. He retracted one finger and only stretched out two fingers. .

Xiaoer took a look and nodded: "Yes, it is best to have a dace fish that is only about one or two to two or two weights."

The bones of dace that are too big will not be crispy easily.

“There are a lot of this kind of dace in the river, and children in the village often catch it. There are many fish bones, and many people don’t like to eat it!

If there are too many fish bones, it is easy for children to get the fish bones stuck in their throats without coughing them out. It is too dangerous, so everyone does not like to eat it.

Some children catch this kind of fish and cook it directly in water without adding any oil or salt. They only feed it to cats and dogs. "

Xiaoer really didn’t know about this, but the dace fish is made into black bean sauce. It tastes very good, goes well with rice, and even the bones can be eaten! So there is no problem of stuck fish bones.

There are also lactating women who don't have much milk. They cook the fish with golden brown on both sides and boil it into milky white fish soup. After drinking it, they will release milk.

"How much does a pound of dace fish cost here?"

"No one is selling it, and no one will buy it for a penny or a pound! If there is no meat to eat, how about buying it back and eating the bones?"

Xiaoer: "..."

Thank you to He Fengjiao’s mother for the reward, and thank you to the book friends who voted.