Happy peasant girl

Chapter 267 Repairing Rice Fields (1)
"Got it, big brother!"

When Linqingxi rushed to Pingling County, she went directly to the five thousand mu land and the mountain. Although she hadn't been here for two or three years, she was still very familiar with it.

After arriving, she quickly understood what was going on from the stewards who managed the fertile fields and granaries.

It turned out that Gao Yuan and Wang San had already told the people here that after they went to sea, these fields and food would be handed over to Rong Qishao, but after they left, they did not see Rong Qishao sending someone over, but the stewards did not dare Sloppy, serious farming, all the harvested food was moved into the granary in the mountain.

Now there is a lot of grain piled up in the mountains, it is estimated that there are more than 100 million catties of grain. These stewards are still worried. Put it in for a year, maybe it will be broken.

"It's really great. You guys have to get someone to prepare it. I'll get someone to come here to fetch grain starting tomorrow." I didn't expect that there was such a big granary in Pingling County.

Lin Qingxi and Wei Xuan hurried back to Yunzhou Prefecture in the rain again. After discussing in the room, Wei Xuan went to meet Wei Ming, the prefect of Yunzhou alone.

The next day, the prefect of Yunzhou posted a notice that the government would sell grain to the people at the lowest grain price, and temporarily opened an official store next to the government.

The people were very happy when they heard the news that the yamen released food, and the victims also had free porridge to drink.

In addition, Linqingxi also sent people to the blacksmith shop to make a lot of new pancake pans, and began to distribute steamed buns, buns, and pancakes to the refugees next to the porridge shop.

It didn't take long for those businesses that closed their stores to reopen, and the price of food did not rise because the government food store was regulating it.

"There are more and more disaster victims in Yunzhou Fucheng, Xi'er, how long can you last with this food? Moreover, the more disaster victims, the more chaotic this place may be. We must find a way to resettle them!" Wei Xuan said.

"Brother Weixuan, you are right, so I plan to buy some more wasteland, and then hire these victims to open up wasteland. In addition to taking care of their food, I can also give them some money to go home in the future, and the wasteland I bought can also be reclaimed. Come out, kill three birds with one stone, how about it!" This is the best way Linqingxi can think of at the moment.

"Okay, I will support you whatever you want, money is not a problem!" Wei Xuan is no longer short of money.

"Hehe, then let's start land reclamation!" Lin Qingxi said imposingly.

The two counties adjacent to Fu'an County are Lishui County and Wubao County.These two counties not only have more mountains and less land, but also occupy much less land and population than Fu'an County. Many people often mistakenly think that these two counties are just two larger towns belonging to Fu'an County.

Whether it is Lishui County or Wubao County, there are more streams and lakes in the county, and because there is a lot of water, compared with the crops that are prone to water accumulation, the people in the two counties raise fish and grow lotuses relatively more.

In the process of looking for a large area of ​​wasteland, Linqingxi went to these two counties for "field investigation". She found that as long as some streams and lakes are opened up, or many small streams and rivers are diverted, the land here can be effectively improved. Utilization situation.

In addition, she also found that the mountainous soils in Lishui County and Wubao County are relatively fertile, and the large areas of soil under the mountains that have been flooded all year round are actually very rare paddy soils in Yunzhou. The absolute yield of rice is high.

Moreover, because Lishui County and Wubao County are located to the south, the sunshine time is slightly longer than other places, so it is possible to grow double-cropping rice in a year.

In June and July, the rice fields and seedlings should be rearranged quickly, so the rice seedlings can be planted quickly in early August, and the rice can be harvested almost in November this year.

After several days of investigation and consideration, Linqingxi finally decided to buy [-] mu of unowned flooded land in Lishui Bay in Lishui County and Beishan Bay in Wubao County. The money to buy such a watery wasteland gave her some nearby hills for nothing.

After the land was bought, Linqingxi's next step was to hire people to cultivate it. Xin Moyang and Dong Ying had nothing to do in Linjia Village, so they took the initiative to help him find people.

Wei Xuan was in charge of arranging the people found by Xin Moyang and Dong Ying to live in two counties, and then led these people to divert those creeks or divert several small rivers and The larger lakes were opened, and then the flooded land was plowed with iron plows according to the method Linqingxi said.

Jing Xiu was not idle either. With so many victims in Yunzhou, there was a high possibility of a disease or plague outbreak, so he took Yunshi and two doctors from the medical clinic to start treating those victims in various counties of Yunzhou.

The food in Pingling County temporarily relieved the pressure of Yunzhou due to the large number of disaster victims, and stabilized the price of food in Yunzhou. Coupled with the efforts of officials such as Wei Ming and Lu Zhiming, the price of Yunzhou remained relatively stable.

Time is urgent, and it is really difficult for Lin Qingxi alone to reclaim the [-] mu of rice fields that were originally deserted. Fortunately, with the help of Xin Moyang, Wei Xuan and Jing Xiu, she was able to spend more time. to do something else.

"Girl, all the rice seeds are ready, are you going to Lishui Bay and Beishan Bay today?" Lily Lan has already sterilized all the rice seeds according to Linqingxi's instructions in advance, and selected them Relatively speaking, the highest quality rice seeds.

"Don't use it for now, I'll pull it over after a while. Now Xin Moyang has just found someone. These people haven't settled down yet, and they don't have experience in how to repair the rice fields. I have to go and see it myself. Wait until July, Jasmine, Bai Hua, you guys Take half of the rice seeds to Lishui Bay, Rose and Baiyang, and you take the other half of the rice seeds to Beishan Bay. I have taught you how to raise seedlings and transplant them. When the time comes, you will first teach those hired people to transplant rice seedlings." Linqingxi is packing her simple baggage, she plans to spend the next period of time in Lishui Bay and Beishan Bay.

"Understood, girl!" Several people said at the same time.

At this moment, Lin Renyi, Lin Renhe and Lin Yuan Shan came to Xiyuan to look for Lin Qingxi, and saw that she was ordering the servants to do something, so they waited outside the door for a while.

They didn't go in together until Linqingxi was busy with the garden.

"Patriarch, patriarch, patriarch, grandpa, what do you want to see me at this time?" Lin Qingxi hurriedly invited the three of them into Xiyuan's living room.

After sitting down in the living room, Lin Renyi took the lead and asked Lin Qingxi: "Xi girl, I heard that you bought wasteland in our Lin County, and it was all flooded land, and you still have to find someone to clear those lands. It’s all plowed, and then you want to plant something on it?”

(End of this chapter)