Crossing the wasteland: Farming and peasant girls can't be provoked

Chapter 110 The Great Harvest

Jing Yi knew that since the emperor had already issued an order, there was no room for maneuver, and she could only follow Xiao Yilin to Beijing in accordance with the order.

It seems that she will face some disputes is inevitable.In this case, she has to think carefully.You have to make arrangements at home too.

Fortunately, uncle can protect mother at home, so she can rest assured.

Jing Yi had no choice but to say: "Okay then, when the winter wheat is harvested and put into the warehouse, and the family affairs are arranged, I will go to Beijing with you. Is my winter wheat also lost?"

Facing the little girl's reluctance, Xiao Yilin felt a little guilty, "Your winter wheat seeds are so good, you must bring them back to the capital. Winter wheat must be promoted, and the winter wheat you harvest must be used as seeds. But don't worry, the court will definitely use it as a seed." Buy it at a reasonable price, and I will leave enough seeds for you."

Jing Yi knew that she couldn't hold on to her winter wheat, so she took the opportunity to raise conditions, "It's not just me, people in the village also want to grow winter wheat. Village Chief Wang has already ordered seeds with me. The seeds they need must also be reserved."

Xiao Yilin nodded with affection in his eyes, "Okay, don't worry, stay here."

Seeing Xiao Yilin's eyes like this again, Jing Yi quickly avoided his gaze, "Brother Xiao, it's getting late, let's go back quickly."

Xiao Yilin nodded somewhat disappointed, "Let's go, go home."

Xiao Yilin and the others went straight back to the old courtyard. Mei Huanzhang saw that there were three fewer people coming back, and the guards who came back had blood on their bodies, so they knew that things were not easy.

He frowned and asked, "Brother Yan, what's the matter, what happened?"

Jing Yi said: "We met an assassin who came to assassinate Big Brother Xiao."

Xiao Yilin didn't want Mei Huanzhang to have a worse impression of him, and said, "I'm really sorry today, I surprised Jing Yan."

Jing Yi waved her hand, "It's nothing, I'm not afraid of these things."

Mei Huanzhang frowned and said, "Do you know who sent it?"

Xiao Yilin shook his head, "I don't know yet, but one of the survivors should be able to be interrogated. Zuo is just someone sent by my brothers."

This is what Mei Huanzhang is most worried about, "Then will they already know Li Jingyan's identity? Will it be detrimental to Jingyan?"

Xiao Yilin said: "I will leave people to protect this place."

Jing Yi doesn't want to live under the nose of others.Xiao Yilin wants to keep people to protect them, which is similar to monitoring them.

"No need, brother Xiao, we have the means to protect ourselves. And it's not necessarily that our news will be known by those people."

Of course, Mei Huanzhang didn't want his family to have too much involvement with Prince Jing, "Prince Jing doesn't have to worry, my people will protect their mother and son. And I'm here, even if someone really comes to cause trouble, I will let him have peace." Back and forth."

Xiao Yilin saw that the nephew and uncle were so reluctant to send someone to protect him, so he stopped forcing him, and he just sent someone to protect him secretly.

However, some things still need to be thoroughly explained with Mr. Mei, so that he can be mentally prepared, "Mr. Mei, Jing Yan may come to Beijing with me in a few days. Please Mr. Mei protect Aunt Liu, so that Jing Yan can feel at ease."

Mei Huanzhang asked, "Why did the emperor let Jingyan come to Beijing?"

Then he thought of Lin Xiuhan's emphasis on winter wheat and Xiao Yilin's purpose for coming this time and said, "Is it because of the winter wheat harvested now?"

Xiao Yilin nodded, "Father attaches great importance to farming, and Jingyan's trial planting of this winter wheat undoubtedly created a new farming method. This is too important to Jin. So Father wanted to summon Jingyan to reward her. "

Xiao Yilin knew that his father called the little girl to Beijing for the purpose of seeing her. After all, he intended to choose the little girl as his princess, and his father certainly attached great importance to the choice of this princess.

Xiao Yilin dare not speak out now, for fear of frightening the Chu family.

Mei Huanzhang also knew that since the emperor of Jin made an order, the niece had to go to Beijing, "You have to go to Beijing for Jingyan, and I will take care of the family. Don't worry. Don't tell your mother about this beforehand." , lest she worry."

Because she wanted to know the yield of winter wheat as soon as possible, Jing Yi asked people to stack the wheat from the ten acres of land that had been harvested separately, and then threshed and weighed the yield per mu.

Village head Wang saw that Jingyi's grain farm was not enough, so he asked her to use the grain farm in the village. Anyway, other families in the village have no wheat to harvest now, and the grain farm is also idle, so it's better to lend it to Chu's family first.

The current weather is not only hot, but also less windy, which is exactly what the wheat field needs now.

Early in the morning, Jingyi asked the long-term workers to start the stalls. They spread the wheat thickly in the field, and they had to turn it constantly to be exposed to the sun.

Near noon, when the wheat is dry, it can be rolled with stone rollers.Many households in the village have stone rollers, so Jing Yi simply rented them from the villagers.Livestock are also rented together.

In this way, animals can be used to pull the stone rollers, saving manpower.The person who drives the cattle holds the rope with his left hand, the whip with his right hand, and a dung skip on his shoulder for the cows to use when defecating.

When he yelled, the ox pulled the stone roller, over and over again, in circles, the ox walked unhurriedly, and the stone roller followed closely behind, creaking and twisting non-stop.The sun-dried wheat kernels fall off easily

The rolling field is a circular motion, and the driver just stands in the middle and pulls the rope to swing the whip to drive the animals. As long as he does not stop, the stone rollers will continue to squeak and scream.

Jing Yi and Wang Xuhuai stood on the edge of the threshing field and watched the scene of the wheat rolling inside.

Wang Xuhuai said: "This stone roller is just like the land. It is the lifeblood of the farmers. If there is a year when the stone roller is idle and can't be used, and you can't hear the sound of the stone roller, it must be In a famine year, everyone will go hungry.

I hope that I can hear the sound of this stone roller every year in the future, which means a good harvest. "

Jing Yi said: "Uncle Wang, I'm going to plant soybeans for the second crop, and when the soybeans are harvested, I will have to use this stone roller again, and then you can hear it barking again."

Wang Xuhuai laughed and said, "I hope your auspicious words will come true. No, you are so sure that it will come true."

Jing Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I promise not to disappoint you."

The two of them chatted speculatively on the side of the field, and Wang Xuhuai's laughter sounded from time to time, which shows how happy the old man is.

Soon the wheat threshing of several mu of land was completed at the same time. After weighing, the yield of one mu of land was about three stones.

In order to see the real yield of the wheat, Jingyi didn't use any supernatural powers when the wheat grew, but put some effort into watering and fertilizing.In addition, the wheat seeds have been optimized by her.

Jing Yi asked Village Chief Wang that the average yield of wheat grown in Yunxi Village was about one stone per mu, and in good harvest years it was more than one stone per mu. Now the yield of wheat she planted was three stones per mu, which surprised everyone.

Wang Xuhuai excitedly pointed at the wheat and said in a trembling voice, "A bumper harvest, a bumper harvest."

(End of this chapter)