space farmer girl busy farming

Chapter 203
"Who will give the list to when it's written?"

"Give it to the scribes under the Qian and Grain Officer, or let Fu Xiaoli and his boys pass it on."

"Well, then I have to think about it." Qi Ke recalled the materials already listed on the list, "The advantage of being uniformly purchased by the army is that you can also buy things from other places?"

"what do you want to buy?"

"Buy some fruit seedlings, salt-resistant fruit trees and other tree species, mulberry and willow, and plant a farmland protection forest around the village."

"This is how you control the saline-alkali land?" Bai Qing had obviously heard about Qi Ke's ability in this area.

"Master Qian, don't listen to other people's nonsense." Qi Ke rolled his eyes to the sky on the spot, "The one who can control the saline-alkali land is a god, and I don't have that ability."

Bai Qing smiled lightly, Qi Ke's words had already expressed a lot of content, he didn't need to ask deeper questions, he was a leader of the army who fought in battle, as long as he knew what kind of capable people he had under his command.

"But you know how to improve farmland."

"That's because Siliu Village is indeed blessed with unique conditions. The former owner of Zhuangzi, the salt merchant, did not destroy the good environment of the village, and there are still so many springs that produce water. And after thinking about it for the past few days, the salt merchant would not want to come here. Knowing a little about this, the diversion canal he built before must not only supply water for eating and drinking, it should also be used for irrigation canals, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why the pirates wasted gunpowder to blow up the canal made of stone. The ones that lead to Zhuangzi from the mountain grow long, and it takes a lot of gunpowder to blow them up completely."

"In your opinion, what was the purpose of blowing up the aqueduct? To make the farmland dry?"

"That's right, Siliu Village is too close to the sea. Salt water is easy to pour into fresh water. It's good to be able to use water for washing and washing. The villagers themselves drink mountain spring water. The mountain spring water filtered by the mountain contains very low salt content. However, it is better to use this water to irrigate the farmland than the river water. The pirates blew up the diversion canal and removed the stones to clean up the site, so if they don’t know the past, people who come later will carelessly use the river water to irrigate the land.” Qi But suddenly he got stuck, and stared straight at Bai Qing, "How much enmity do the pirates have with the villagers? Could it be related to some previous cases? Some people couldn't endure exorbitant taxes and went to sea to escape and became pirates, and now they are coming back to take revenge? Do you want all the coastal farmland to be free of grass?"

Bai Qing rubbed his forehead with a headache, "Let's not talk about this, I will send someone to pick up the old file tomorrow."

"Oh, then I don't have anything else to say. If Mr. Qian has nothing else to do, I'll go back and write the list."

"Wait." Bai Qing impulsively raised his hand to stop him, "I want to ask you a personal question."

"Ask." Qi Ke, who hadn't fully stood up, sat back gracefully.

Bai Qing clenched his fists subconsciously, and after hesitating, he still asked the question that had been lingering in his heart for several days.

"Are you and Qi Hongyi related?"

"Yes." Qi Ke admitted it very simply, and didn't ask how Bai Qing knew, anyway, she knew the reason, "Did you find the transfer documents left in the yamen?"

Bai Qing naturally did not deny it, "Yes, the buyer written on the document is Qi Hongyi."

"Oh~~~" Qi Ke twitched the corner of his mouth quickly, as if he smiled but didn't seem to, anyway, this was deliberately played for Bai Qing.

Sure enough, Bai Qing saw Qi Ke's small facial movements. In his eyes, it seemed that Qi Ke suddenly felt guilty, and his expression was unnatural for a moment.

(End of this chapter)