Chapter 110
Chapter 110
Ryegrass is a good thing, and Li Xian never thought that he could get such a good thing from this kid who fled to the Diqiu field and almost ate the experimental grain.It should be said that if he hadn't asked Zhong Daxian to "scan" the grass seed that this kid sincerely enshrined to the kind "Master Immortal", the native Li really didn't know that this kind of grass seed is widely distributed in Europe, North America, The precious grass of North Africa.
Although this thing is very picky, it is greedy for fat and loves coolness and humidity, and it will not grow well if it is too cold or too hot, but Dayan Saibei can grow it, and Diqiu can grow it even more.
With this thing, cows, horses, and sheep not only love to eat, but can grow fat and milk, and can also save a lot of grain. If there are enough seeds, take a piece of land and mix them with alfalfa. There is no need to harvest, and the animals can be grazed directly by driving them.After the cows and horses have finished eating the grass and the livestock manure on the land, plow and turn it over, and when the fermentation is ripe, this is the ready-made fertile land, which is just used for planting stubble grain.
Mr. Li happily collected this unexpected precious grass seed, and planned to take the time to make a diversion guide as soon as possible, and take advantage of the short two months before winter to harvest a stubble, store it in green, and when it is time to pick the seeds next year Then carry out the second divergence, as long as it takes two or three years to plant, Diqiu will be a scenic spot full of cattle and sheep.
Think about the boiled beef, hand-caught mutton, and air-dried beef on the precious tree of Zhong Daxian... Master Li wiped his saliva quietly, hey!It's really not easy to be a good officer. Just thinking about this beef and mutton delicacy, I immediately thought of soldiers' marching rations. Well, there will be more meat in the coming year. Let's call it Yue Fatty, and let's develop several types of dry food that are easy to carry and fill. Well, food is the most important thing for the people, and food and grass are the most important thing for the army.
Anyway, the yaks and beef cattle of the barbarians cannot be used for farming, and it is better to raise them to kill and eat.
My family especially likes to eat the secret honey beef jerky that he made with Zhong Daxian's recipe. Unfortunately, honey is hard to come by, and stone honey is produced in the hot and humid place in Lingnan. It is especially rare. It is almost more valuable than gold. It's hard for a man to find raw materials for a delicious snack, which is really a shame for him.
Although I know that there are pits everywhere around my body now, and I need to be vigilant and self-motivated at all times, but combining work and rest is the right way, and it is rare to relax, Li Xian asked Zhong Daxian about the ryegrass, and then asked if there is any suitable for this place in the northwest. Sweet food crops.
Zhong Daxian didn't hide his secrets, he said that there is a kind of thing called "beet", its roots can be eaten and can be squeezed into sugar, it is suitable for planting in the northwest and northeast of Dayan, just counting the age, this thing is probably just in the Mediterranean The coast has been artificially cultivated to eat its leaves and roots, and there may be such things in Anxi and Persia, but it is as difficult for Lord Li to encounter this thing as a blind cat to catch a live mouse.
As for sugarcane, this thing is suitable for the hot and humid south. Even if it can barely lead to different species in the northwest, I am afraid that it will lose most of its characteristics. Allowing plants to choose in a direction that is more suitable locally, rather than radically tampering with genes.
Master Li, who loves sweets, sighed, and angrily drew the appearance of "beet", hoping that one day he would catch this mouse?
Hey!Why are good things with strong flavors such as "pepper" and "beet" born in barbaric lands?Could it be that the way of heaven sees that the land of China is too vast and rich, so it will make up for the shortage of the barbarians by taking more damage? !
[You don't have to be too sad, without Butcher Zhang, you don't eat hairy pigs!Without beetroot, isn't there a little bee! 】Zhong Daxian dug out an ancient book solemnly and read: [The "Gaoshi Biography" of the former Han Dynasty recorded that Jiang Qi lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, "he worked as a livestock bee and hog, with professors all over the world, and 300 businessmen. The people lived here Thousands of families." See, they already know how to raise bees for honey! 】
What else can I say, take out the buyer's prescription!
Of course, Zhong Daxian’s prescription is not Jiang Qi’s original wild honeycomb, but a series of “high-tech” technologies including beehive making, bee control and bee selection, bee disease prevention, winter feeding, honey cutting and binning. As expensive as [-] points, it is worth the money.
It's just that there is no ready-made bee species, and it has to be slowly selected from local wild bees.
Master Li rubbed his chin, and decided to add a biology class to the primary school students. The latest class is to distinguish the difference between wasps and bees, and know which one can stab and which cannot!
As for the nest with bees, the "work points" should be counted higher. After all, the babies who can pick these things must suffer from the pain of flesh and blood. Higher work points are somewhat of a comfort!
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"...This thing is Di Qiuli?"
Zhu Song circled the plow for half a circle, but didn't see why, only that the body of the plow was curved, which seemed to be different from ordinary straight plows, but the tip of the plowshare was made of high-quality iron, which was very extravagant. Look at the sickles, rakes, hoes, etc. on the side, all of which are made of high-quality iron. The iron in Diqiu is so much that it can be used to make farm tools!
With a gloomy face, he kicked away the rake that was blocking the way, but was bounced back by the long bamboo handle and knocked on his feet, hugging his feet in pain and screaming.
"General, general! Are you okay with your foot?" Master Li asked carefully.
"Do you dare to sell such a plow for thirty guan and twenty shi for grain?" Zhu Song didn't see what's so good about this thing, but he could tell that the kid from the Li family must have made a lot of money. In Pinglu County, even in the market in Shangjun, people can be seen buying Diqiuli and Diqiu's various farm tools.
Although the style of Diqiu's agricultural tools is not difficult to imitate, the wooden parts are only made of ordinary fir and poplar, but they are made more finely. It is rare that all parts are almost the same, but the iron material used for this tool is excellent Ordinary people can also see at a glance that this dark, shiny iron device is very extraordinary.
There are also shops selling imitation plows in the street market, but who would be willing to use such good iron? It's just a wooden plow covered with a layer of rotten iron, but it's not very useful, but it's better than the old straight plow made of pure wood. If you use a little, the price will naturally be far worse.
The rich gentry would disdain to use this kind of imitation plow, and most of them bought Quyuan's refined iron head plow directly from Diqiu's supply and marketing cooperative, and plowed in their own fields.You can tell whether this kind of farm tool is good as soon as you use it. Compared with the old plow, the Diqiu plow not only has an improved shape, but also adds an additional plow plate, which saves manpower and animal power in operation. It can be pulled by a cow and turned around conveniently. Turning, how can we prevent the big players from loving it!
With such useful sharp tools used in the fields of gentlemen, small farmers who have a little surplus want to learn. Although they cannot afford the authentic Diqiu Hao plow, buying an imitation plow can save a lot of effort. .
As for the sickle, rake, and hoe made of fine iron, you can see how handy they are once you use them. The rich people who can afford them exchange old grain, and the poor people who can't afford them can only look at the fine and expensive farm tools. , Diqiu set up a money bank, and I heard that people with Diqiu's household book can borrow farm tools and pay them back with grain at the next autumn harvest!
What a household is, ordinary people can't figure it out, but the fact that Diqiu ground can borrow farm tools has been quietly spread on the market by interested people.
Those who have no money but still have the strength, there are always a few men who are tempted, they quietly followed the caravan to Diqiu, went three or four, but only one came back, the man cherished the new sickle, and whispered Among the acquainted neighbors, Di Qiu can "work" to earn money. If he goes there and settles down, he can have a household book, and with the family book, he can borrow farm tools...
After a few days, the poor man quietly packed up some of his belongings, fled with his wife and children and disappeared without a trace.
After a few more days, there were fewer refugees on the street, but many poor tenants also ran away.
Some people said that they seemed to see a few familiar fleeing households in Diqiu, but at that time that person stood upright, his face was flushed, and he looked really different from the starving Diqiu Li who protected the people like a son. The school captain stood behind those small people, and the county magistrates who had escaped many small people had no choice but to recognize them. Fortunately, the school captain Li didn't look too ugly, and he gave some gold and white gold and jade to make up for it. , and the officials will treat it as nothing.
The fugitives are the affairs of the magistrates, the county magistrates, Zhu Song, a mighty general, is too lazy to care about these assholes. What he is worried about and annoyed is the Li family, who has earned so much money and food, but has no food at all. There is no meaning of filial piety in respecting him as a superior official!
It's just that he doesn't take this general seriously!
Although Li Xiang is powerful, he still can't reach the far northwest here, let alone enter the army. As for the Zheng Clan—huh!Zhu Song consciously slapped this little lieutenant hard, then the Zheng family would be more obedient, every time in the past they only sent some scraps of things, and they really ignored him!
"The barbarians are rampant these days. We have the duty to protect the people, so we should keep out the enemy!" General Zhu commanded awe-inspiringly, "Go! Order the Xiaohu camp to get ready, go on patrol in five days, and prepare food for ten days."
Although Xiaohu Camp has a nice name and its number of troops is more than one thousand five hundred, the actual number of soldiers who can barely fight is only five or six hundred, and it is even more exhausting to cultivate the private land for the general on weekdays. It takes four or five days.
These five or six hundred regular soldiers, together with the strong laborers, nearly a thousand people, are enough to scare weak chickens like Li's children.
For a distance of more than 400 miles, the infantry should hurry up, but it will take about ten days to get there. There is enough food and grass to reach the ground, hum!Can you return empty-handed?
Zhu Song's calculations were settled, and his mood changed suddenly when he saw the iron farm tools of various colors. This thing is good, and when the time comes, bring back some more. It will be a good fortune to sell to the merchants!
Master Li Weiwei agreed, he sighed helplessly in his heart, but he was also a little excited, he might have to go quietly to Mr. Chai's shop, General Zhu went on tour because of Di Qiu's incident, such an important event, the news is worth some money.
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