Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 379
After the spring thunder in February, the farmers in Qiongzhou Prefecture got busy.

In October last year, the magistrate's office distributed sweet potato seedlings, and everyone planted sweet potatoes with the help of technical instructors.

Now that the spring thunder is ringing, it also means that Qiongzhou will enter the rainy season again.Sweet potatoes are resistant to drought and do not like humidity, so they have to harvest the planted sweet potatoes before the rainy season, and send the sweet potatoes to the government office before March.

The magistrate bought sweet potatoes, which is the motivation for them to grow sweet potatoes.

Since Lord Zhifu arrived, they have become very busy.The crops provided by the government are very good, not to mention high yields, and less pests.And Qiongzhou rice can be three kinds of rice a year, but the government government now stipulates two kinds of rice a year.

It is said that although high-yield rice is good, it also damages the fertility of the soil. Over-planting will lead to damage to the fertility of the field.Therefore, after the summer harvest, it is necessary to only plow but not plant, and then carry out the second round of plowing in autumn.

In addition to the first time, like dry land, a round of beans must be planted in the middle.It is said that it can increase the fertility of the land.

They also don't understand some truths.But my lord is a god, what she said is absolutely right.

Although there are only two kinds of rice a year, their work has not stopped, because in addition to maintaining the land, they have to grow some other species to enrich the food for the big guys.

Before harvesting sweet potatoes, it is necessary to select high-yielding rice seeds, dry them, soak them in chemicals, and accelerate germination and raise seedlings.After the sweet potatoes are harvested, the busy farming will begin.

Before sowing, they have to dry and water the fields, and dig ditches two or three days before sowing.

Therefore, although we have gained a lot, everyone's work is still hard.But thinking about the output in the field, they don't feel hard work, but they are very happy.

Hard work pays off, that's the most important thing.

Mao Wang pushed the rice transplanting cart and walked in the rice field. After a while, the rice transplanting work for one mu of land was completed.

Mao Wang is forty-six this year, and in this age of seventy, he is already an old man.Although Mao Wang has entered the ranks of the elderly, he still cannot enjoy the benefits that belong to the elderly.

He has no sons, only two daughters.My daughter has been married long ago, and although she is considered filial, she cannot allow her to go back to her natal family often these days.So these years are spent with his wife.

My family has three acres of paddy fields and two acres of dry land.He works together with his wife, although it is a bit tiring, but it is no problem to get enough food and clothing.

It's just that as I grow older, the field is gradually unable to be plowed, and life becomes a bit difficult.

Originally, he wanted to rent out the land last year, but when the new magistrate came, he asked them to plant new rice seeds and gave them some amazing farm tools. After the work became easier, he stopped thinking about renting out the land.

After all, if someone comes to farm, he can only get 900% of the grain at most.Even if there are three kinds of rice in Qiongzhou a year, it can be calculated that I earn 1200 catties of rice a year, and if I count the output of the dry fields, I will only earn [-] catties of rations for a full year.

This ration is enough to live on, but if you want to have a surplus, don't even think about it.At this age, people have to face birth, old age, sickness and death. If they don't save more food and money, they will feel panic!
All right now.

The adults have distributed farm tools to every household. There are as many as six push rice transplanters like this in a village.Everyone takes turns to use it. In the past, it took several days to do the work, but now it can be done in half a day.And people are not tired, very relaxed.

When harvesting, there are also harvesters, and a village is also equipped with six machines.With these artifacts, even at his age, doing farm work is not so tiring.

Mao Wang felt that with these things, he could do it until he was 60 years old.

Today, the yield of rice per mu in one season is as high as [-]-[-] jin. This is the result of everyone's first taste of high-yield rice.Mao Wang estimated that this year's cultivation should increase the output.

Now the family has three acres of paddy fields, and according to government requirements, there are two types of paddy fields a year.After one year, he and his wife can harvest nearly 5000 catties of rice alone.This was absolutely unimaginable before.In addition to these, he also planted sweet potatoes and beans on dry land.

These are all recycled by the government, and the recycling price of a catty of sweet potatoes is 4 renminbi.And one mu of land can produce more than 4000 catties of sweet potatoes, and two mu of land can harvest nearly 35 catties of sweet potatoes, and sell them to the yamen, and I can earn 40-[-] taels of silver a year.

This was unimaginable in the past.The government also collects the beans during the rotation, and the price is 8 Wen per catty.Bean seeds are also purchased from the government, and the production capacity per mu can reach 250 catties.

In this way, the annual income can be increased by four taels.

After removing these, some vegetables can be planted on the remaining three points of the land, which can be sold while eating, which is another income.The fish and ducks raised in the rice fields can be sold for money.Raise a few chickens in my own yard, and there is basically no expense except for some oil, salt and cloth throughout the year.

In addition, I and my wife can't eat so much food at all, and the excess food will be sold to the government at a price of 6 ren per catty, and we can earn more than ten taels of income every year.

However, the government has issued a notice since last year that people with less than five acres of land per capita are exempt from grain collection.In other words, he and his wife had to have ten acres of land before the government came to collect grain.

I have lived my whole life, and I have never encountered a situation where the government did not collect food.And even if he buys more than ten acres of land in the future, he will only collect the excess.

This magistrate is really a living Bodhisattva!
And he earns more than 70 taels a year from farming with a mud leg. Thinking about it, it feels like a dream.You must know that the five mu of land was saved by their family for three generations.

For these acres of land, three generations of grandparents and grandchildren have suffered so much!
Mao Wang felt sore when he thought of these things.If adults come to Qiongzhou earlier, maybe parents can also enjoy this blessing, right?

He wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand, thinking that if his income is enough this year, he plans to go to the government to buy rice transplanters and harvesters by himself.After two years, I will save some more money, buy a few acres of land, renovate the house by the way, and buy a cow, then everything will be in order.

If given the opportunity, he would also like to adopt a child.It's just that when the adults came, there were no little beggars in Qiongzhou, and they were sent to schools and nursing homes one after another.I don't know if the child who entered there can adopt another one?Now that life is getting better and better, this family property must be passed down!
Just as Mao Wang was thinking about it, Lizheng's voice came, "Everyone, let go of the work in your hand. Someone from the Yamen came, and the magistrate was merciful again, and brought us a calf. Our village has allocated [-] cows! No money, just lend them to the village, and we will provide the feed!!!”

"What?!"

Mao Wang was shocked!
Give them cows? !

Twenty cows were allocated to their village? ! !

Could it be that his ears are broken?How could this happen? !
That cow is not cheap!Qiongzhou cattle are especially expensive!The magistrate wants to give them cows?He is not dreaming?
(End of this chapter)