Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 101 Spring Ploughing

Unsurprisingly, Xingfu Village has entered a busy period, and notices for recruiting workers have been posted. Young men from all over the world who want to eat and earn money have begun to gather in Xingfu Village. The first thing to do is to cultivate Sun Xiangfu in the greenhouse Tens of thousands of sprouted peach tree seedlings were transplanted to the forestry area of ​​the Forestry Department.

Thousands of people took two days to complete the work. After finishing the work, all the people in the forestry department were recruited by Sun Xiangfu. They split bamboo strips, built sheds, and covered nearly half of Xingfu Village. The land, and then, taking advantage of the spring water not rising, dug out a lot of river mud, widened and dug the entire section of the river from Xiaoheji to Xingfu Village, and dug it deep, just for the future big ships to travel from Weihe to Xingfu Village.

A few days later, the shed was completely set up, and thousands of pieces of silk cloth from Chang'an were sewn up and covered the shed. Since the silk cloth was not as airtight as plastic cloth, Sun Xiangfu purchased many straw mats for the The greenhouse has an extra layer. This year there are many sunny days, so the temperature in the greenhouse can be kept moderate without much heating.

Then, thousands of people fiddled with handmade pottery machines in front of the piles of fertile soil as high as a mountain. The cylindrical soil lumps were stained with plant ash and neatly arranged in the greenhouse. Sun Xiangfu led the young men and women of the village to Put the seeds into the small groove in the middle of the nutrition bowl, and explain the essentials to them carefully.

"Remember, the nutrient pot can only provide the nutrition for the seedlings. Once the seedlings emerge more than three inches, the fibrous roots tend to conflict with the soil pot and must be transplanted immediately. The soil pot is independent. Once the nutrition cannot keep up, the seedlings will die quickly.

In addition, the vitality of melon seedlings is more tenacious, and the nutrition required does not conflict much with cotton. Therefore, in cotton fields, cold melons can also be grown at the same time. I call this kind of cold melon with flower skin watermelon. The cold melons produced in our village are all called watermelons.

However, after the cotton grows, it may be as tall as a small tree, so the distance between rows and each tree should be reserved when planting, so that all the branches and leaves can be exposed to the sun as much as possible, and the watermelon planted in the cotton field will also be affected. The effect of lack of sunlight, although it will be sweet, will not be too big.

I have selected the fields for melon and watermelon. They all rely on water and the sandy land on the river slope, which can provide the water needed for the melons. After the spring, there are more insects, and there will be more natural pollination. The melons grown in the ground are actually the sweetest, let's keep them for ourselves..."

Since he started farming, Sun Xiangfu has been chattering nonstop all day long. Of course, the original residents of Xingfu Village listened to these words as the scriptures for making a fortune and did not dare to miss them. After finishing work at night, They will also discuss with each other and confirm that they are afraid that what they have heard is not complete. In this way, after a few days, the matter of raising seedlings is basically resolved.

This is the first step. Of course, the nearly [-]-acre seedling shed is headed for the [-]-acre farmland. After the seedlings are raised, the field is of course whole. Therefore, a strange scene appeared in Guanzhong, and the first month has not yet come out. A large number of farmers have begun to plow their fields.

"Er Li, these days, after learning the whole field, you will be able to make these things by yourself next year!" Sun Xiangfu said to Sun Erli who was walking side by side.

"Well, but I still don't know how to take care of it later." Sun Erli said truthfully.

"Look through it carefully and remember everything. In fact, the principles of most crops are similar. We raise seedlings in the first month, and transplant them into the field in early February, which is one month earlier than the normal planting period. The seedlings will grow into mature crops. The time for the seedlings to grow is just in the spring rainy season, so the water supply is sufficient. In midsummer in June, we can almost harvest the things we planted, and we can successfully avoid the hot and dry period in July and August. Sometimes this kind of field is also like It is a game of chess, and it needs to be pondered and dealt with according to the actual situation, so as to achieve high yield and high income.”

For Sun Xiangfu's preaching, Sun Erli has already listened to it habitually. He is young and has a strong ability to accept, which is why Sun Xiangfu didn't go to Sinong Temple to find someone to learn his farming theory. Will agree with any unknown things, basically like Li Shimin, look down on Sun Xiangfu's tricks, so we can only let them see successful examples first.

If the whole field was not plowed, harrowed, and fertilized, the tenants of the Yu family and the Qin family complained about going out to work in the cold first month, so Sun Xiangfu had to send someone to give them some extra meals, and Telling everyone about the possibility of early planting and high yield, etc., can be regarded as drawing cakes and doing ideological work.

With four plows and two to three thousand strong men, within a few days, [-] mu of land was plowed, and then divided into dry land, irrigated land, and different crops to be planted, harrowing, crushing the soil, and fertilizing, this During the period, there was no very efficient fertilizer, such as manure, plant ash, and the amount was not large, but it was better than nothing.

Sun Xiangfu had calculated the size of various fields in advance. Therefore, when breeding, it had already been planned. On the eighth day of February, the first batch of seedlings in nutrient pots that had grown in the greenhouse for more than ten days began to be transplanted. The farmer only needs to carry the load and place the peaches in soil bowls one by one in the holes made by hand-made bowl machines on the ridge of the field, and the planting is complete.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu only needs to direct people to use hand-made bowl machines to make holes according to the optimal density of distribution. Since the Qin family, the villagers of Xingfu Village, a small number of hired workers and some tenants of the Yu family have gathered, the manpower is very sufficient. Before the middle of the month, all seedlings were transplanted.

Of course, this does not mean that Sun Xiangfu's work has been completed. In Xingfu Village, there are still more than 1000 acres of greenhouse vegetables!This also requires him to bring a large number of hired workers to complete it. In addition, all the villages that have taken over the offline fishing grounds and planted cauliflower and other fish and grass should also be mobilized. Anyway, the weather is warm and there is no need to wait until March to start farming.

After a lot of work, the time entered the beginning of March. People in Guanzhong took off their winter clothes, put on spring shirts and began to go to the field. Sun Xiangfu was also recalled to Chang'an by the emperor's imperial decree.

Every year at the beginning of spring plowing, the emperor would personally go to the fields to make a political show to let the people all over the world know that he valued farming, and this year was no exception. The number two person in the farm, Sun Xiangfu, was sent here to stand in front of the show, marking out the land that the emperor would personally cultivate, and preparing guards of honor and sacrificial tools to welcome the emperor and the ministers who participated in the show.

After some visits and sacrifices, Li Shimin took off his dragon robe, put on a pair of long-sleeved trousers specially made by the Sun Mansion, and walked into the field.

"Not to mention, it's convenient for you to wear these weird outfits to work." Li Shimin said after putting on his clothes and moving around.

"Hehe, it's not how convenient this suit of clothing was designed by Wei Chen, it's because the toga with big sleeves we wore before is inconvenient, not only inconvenient for farming, but also inconvenient for riding horses, and it also looks lazy and unspiritual... ···”

"Okay, don't sell your ready-to-wear shop here. It's normal that the business is not good. We Han people have been wearing this toga and big sleeves for thousands of years. We are used to it." Li Shimin stopped Sun Xiangfu's continuous speech. Unceasingly, I wanted to try the Quyuan plow with four plowshares.

He was right. The ready-to-wear shop that the Sun Mansion opened for Nie Sanniang in Dongshi really had no business, because the clothes sold in this shop were too trendy. Men's clothes were mostly long-sleeved and trousers, while women's clothes There are mainly several kinds of corseted long skirts, some of which have been shown on the stage of dramas before, and some have never been worn by anyone, and the price is extremely high. Only some brothel buskers dare to wear such exaggerated gowns occasionally, after all In any era, everyone is more tolerant of artists.

Corresponding robes and corresponding makeup are needed to see the overall effect. With the dignified hairstyle of the Tang Dynasty people, coupled with the gold and silver headdresses all over the head, it is strange to wear a corseted dress.

Therefore, except for some women who intend to imitate the costumes in the drama, most of them will not break the tradition and go to a tailor shop to buy clothes. Not long after the shop opened, it was defined as a costume shop. This is Sun Xiangfu's first investment failure. , but he was not discouraged. Lao Ma was able to sell a bunch of products that everyone didn't need. Sun Xiangfu believed that he should be able to do the same. After all, clothes are more or less usable products.

"Your Majesty, these four plows form a field all the way down, so the plows must be straightened. I will help you drive the cattle ahead."

What Sun Xiangfu was looking for was a square field for Li Shimin to plow. If the plowing went wrong, the field would be ugly.

"Get up, hey."

Under the yelling of Sun Xiangfu, the two bullocks walked all the way to the other side of the field. Li Shimin, who was holding the plow handle behind, hardly felt much resistance. At this moment, after plowing the field himself, he knew that the Qu Yuanli was really sharp.

Next to the field ridge, the ministers applauded Li Shimin's plowing the field so efficiently. This is also a new trend brought by the opera of Wangjiang Tower to this era!

"It was when I was plowing the fields that I realized that you were indeed a boy born in a farm family. Tell me, what have you been busy with in the past two months after this year? Without your drama in Wangjiang Tower, there will be fewer guests. Quite a few." Li Shimin said while holding the plow handles as he walked.

"Hehe, that's inevitable. You will get tired of eating and drinking every day. In the past two months, I have cultivated [-] acres of land with several tenants. Now the new seedlings in the field are almost as tall as calves. gone."

"Calf height? What do you grow? Tell me directly, how many acres of grain have you planted!" Li Shimin asked in surprise.

"Uh, there isn't even an acre. It's all cotton, melons, vegetables, etc." Seeing Li Shimin's unfriendly expression, Sun Xiangfu stalked.

"You bastard, you ruined my plan." Li Shimin roared angrily.

"Uh, Weichen just planted some land, how could it ruin your plan?" Sun Xiangfu was stunned.

"Hmph, how can my army go out without food and grass? One hundred thousand acres of fertile land can at least produce 20 stones of food and grass for me. You have planted all the messy things. If my army has no food and grass this year, it will be your fault." .” Li Shimin continued to growl.

All right!Only now did Sun Xiangfu understand why the imperial court had to plan everything farmers planted.

At this moment, the second question that Sun Xiangfu dared not talk to Li Shimin was not only the 20 mu of cotton and melons, the royal farm, and some offline villages developed by Sun Erli, but also about [-] mu of land planted It was golden cauliflower and other fish and grass. They would not grow food this year or in the future. He was afraid that Li Shimin would kill him on the spot if he knew the situation now.

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