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

Since the emperor gave her the wasteland outside the capital, Jing Yi didn't delay, and directly asked Xiao Yilin to take her to apply for the land deed.

Although it is a wasteland, it is also her field.No matter how bad the field is, she is also confident that if the field is well managed, good crops can be grown by then.

As soon as Jing Yi finished the formalities, the families in the capital knew that the emperor had given her a large piece of wasteland outside the capital that did not grow crops.

Everyone knows that piece of wasteland, where crops are planted, there is no harvest at all, and no one wants them at all.Farming there is purely a waste of time, not to mention spending money with seeds and labor.

Someone secretly laughed at Jing Yi, saying that the emperor granted her a Marquis without real power in fact to use her to open up wasteland.Maybe the emperor just made fun of him, and if the wasteland is not well managed, the emperor will withdraw his position as Marquis.

Some people think that Jing Yi's contribution is not enough to confer the title of Marquis, even a Marquis without real power is still a Marquis.How many people want it but still can't get it.It's really unfair that a 15-year-old kid got a title with that little credit.

Some people think that if Jing Yi can't manage the wasteland outside the capital city, he will lose the emperor's reward.

Anyway, most of the families in the capital are thinking about how to drive this foreign boy with no foundation out of the capital, and let him lose his title by the way.

Jing Yi ignored the gossip in the capital, and asked Xiao Yilin to take her to check the situation of the wasteland after she had completed the land deed.

Of course Xiao Yilin also wanted to know as soon as possible whether the little girl was sure to manage the field well.

Jing Yi followed Xiao Yilin to the wasteland, and there was no road outside the wasteland, so they got off the carriage at the periphery.

This place is indeed very close to Xiao Yilin's barracks. From the wasteland where they were standing, they could see the black Xuanwei army's flag flying in the barracks, and a stretch of barracks that couldn't be seen.

Seeing Jing Yi looking at the barracks, Xiao Yilin said, "Over there is the barracks where the Xuanwei Army is stationed. If I have a chance, I will take you to the barracks."

Jing Yi is very interested in this ancient military camp, "Will it violate discipline? If the military camp does not allow outsiders to enter, then don't violate the rules for me."

Xiao Yilin said: "One day you can act as my guard and enter the barracks with me. As long as you don't wander around alone in the barracks, you'll be fine."

Jing Yi asked Xiao Yilin to take her up a barren slope, and standing on a high place, Jing Yi could see the whole picture of the barren land bestowed on her by the emperor.

When applying for the land deed, Jing Yi knew that this piece of wasteland was more than 3000 mu. It was really a huge area, and it was impossible to see the end at a glance.

Originally, there was even more wasteland here, but some of it was taken up by the Xuanwei army's barracks, leaving more than 3000 mu.

Jing Yi also discovered that this is a relatively low-lying area, and not far from the wasteland is a large lake.Because the lake water reflects the blue sky, the calm lake is like a huge blue mirror, and also like a sapphire inlaid in the world.

There are luxuriant grasses by the lake, water birds take off and land from time to time, and from time to time they plunge into the water to catch small fish to eat.

There must be someone living nearby, because Jing Yi also saw a shepherd boy herding cattle and sheep in a place not far from the lake with abundant water and grass.

Not looking at this piece of wasteland, just looking at the scenery by the lake is definitely a beautiful pastoral scenery, which is really refreshing.If she manages this wasteland well.That would be a beautiful countryside.

The emperor gave her such a good place. I don't know if she will regret it in the future.

Xiao Yilin saw the little girl looking at the lake not far away for a long time and said: "This lake is called Hongyang Lake. It is actually connected to the famous Quyang River here in the capital. So this lake has never been done as far as I know. , but because it is connected to the Quyang River, in drought years, the water in the Quyang River will decrease, and the water level in this lake will also drop.

If it catches up with the flood year, the water in the lake will overflow the shore when the water is particularly high. Fortunately, this wasteland is higher than the lake, so that the fields will not be flooded.It's just that you can see that not only does this wasteland not grow crops, but even grass doesn't grow very much in many places. "

Jing Yi also saw that there were only a few weeds growing in the patches of land in the wasteland. She said: "Because the terrain here is low-lying, the water will flow here when it rains, and waterlogging often forms here. After the water evaporates, the salt in the water will be reduced." After staying here, over time, the salinity of this land is getting higher and higher, causing no plants to grow."

Jing Yi then went down the high slope and walked around in the wasteland, digging the soil with an iron shovel in his hand from time to time to check the quality of the soil.

Jingyi doesn't worry about the place where the weeds grow more luxuriantly. As long as the weeds grow, it will be no problem to grow crops.The key is those places where even grass grows little.

Jing Yi went to a place where there was a layer of hoarfrost-like saline-alkali to dig. The soil was so hard that it was difficult to dig with a shovel.She crushed the soil with her hands and looked at it. The salinity content should be very high, and it will take a lot of effort to manage it well.

However, if such a large piece of land is well managed and planted crops, it will be a lot of income.

Even if wheat cannot be grown here, she will grow rice or cotton.She is experienced in growing cotton.

Jing Yi also saw some farmers planting rice in Huizhou Prefecture. They directly sprinkled the germinated rice seeds evenly into the treated rice fields, which is what the folks often call "dash and scatter grain".

The advantage of planting in this way is that the seedlings are not easily damaged, there is no turning green, and it saves time and effort.

But there are also many disadvantages: the seedlings have poor wind resistance, and the rice plants are prone to fall after heading in strong winds; in addition, there are more weeds during the growth period of the direct-seeding field, and the growth is uneven, and vacancies must be filled, which is not convenient for later management .The seeding rate of direct sowing is also very low, and the fertilizer needed is more than that of transplanting, and the cost is increased.The plant density is easy to be too large, which will result in reduced yield.

Jing Yi discovered that the rice planted by farmers in Huizhou Prefecture had a very high density of plants, which was not conducive to the growth of seedlings at all.Moreover, the rice seedlings that have tasseled after encountering strong winds are easy to fall down, which is very unfavorable for management.

Jing Yi knew that it was better to transplant rice.It is commonly known as rice transplanting.

Transplantation has many advantages: It can be operated according to people's wishes and high-yield standards. It has the advantage of human control, and it is easy to meet the operation requirements of reducing plant injury, appropriate depth, straight and even acupoints, and no heavy and no leakage. field management.

The disadvantage is that the labor intensity is high and the work efficiency is low.But even so, as long as more grain is harvested, no matter how hard or tiring they are, the farmers will be happy.

Fortunately, she didn't bring out this rice planting method before, and it can be created as another new planting method in the future. At that time, those old foxes who just want to find her will probably be much weaker.The emperor will also see that she will not be dissatisfied because of her contribution