Chapter 167: Clover
Seeing that Steiger was in a hurry and made a mess that could not be seen at all, everyone laughed, this smile was not a mockery, but simply felt that his appearance was really funny, and he wanted to laugh. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Hehe, it's ugly!"
Despite the winemaker's knowledge, Steiger made a mess of it, and after a few casual tinkerings, he was reluctant to continue.
Grim didn't laugh at him, but put his arm around his shoulders and taught him the essentials, as if they were old friends exchanging experiences, but the two of them weren't very familiar.
At first, Grim suspected that Lin Quan had dug trees from the outside and transplanted them back, and then gradually lost this idea, because the closer the farm was to the outside, the lower the height of the woods, and the outside were all newly planted saplings, and from their height, they obviously grew up from very small saplings, so that the woods in the farm were really not transplanted, and there were many tree species in it, which are not available in Africa。
"Mr. Lin, what kind of tree is this?"
"This is a strange willow, which can grow up to five meters high, and is a sea buckthorn plant!"
"Oh, it does look weird!"
"What about this? What is this?"
"This is a pepper tree, this is a spice, you can put some of this thing in it when cooking, and the taste will become very crispy!"
"Oh, yes? Do you have any ripe fruit here? Can you give me some?"
"Of course, Mr. Grim!"
"Lin, what is this? lavender?"
Grim asked when he saw a large patch of greenery on the ground.
"This thing is called alfalfa, it is a kind of forage, their vitality is very tenacious, it can effectively fix water and prevent sand, can reduce the evaporation of surface water, and can also improve the sandy land, which will form a thin layer of soil in the future!"
Alfalfa was brought back by Zhang Qian when he went to the Western Regions, and he didn't bring it back intentionally, but when he went to Dawan in the Western Regions, he met a good horse, called Dawan Horse, and this kind of horse has another name that is very famous, that is, sweat and blood BMW!
At that time, the national strength of the Western Han Dynasty was getting stronger and stronger, and the Xiongnu in the north posed a huge threat to the empire, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, once led troops to fight against the Xiongnu, but because of the trick of Mao Dun Shan Yu to lure the enemy, he was beaten and lost his armor, and was surrounded by heavy siege in Baideng, which is the famous siege of Baideng in history.
Later, if it weren't for Chen Ping's plan and used a lot of money to buy off the queen Yu who was Shan Yu, they were afraid that they would be trapped to death.
Later, after the siege of Baideng, Han Gaozu decided to follow Liu Jing's policy of peace and used to ease the relationship between the Han Empire and the Xiongnu, and the earliest peace in history began.
It's just this breath, suffocated in Liu Bang's heart, so that he felt guilty all his life, and before he died, he told his son Emperor Wen of Han (Emperor Wen of Han had a Emperor Hui of Han before, and he was also the son of Liu Bang, but his reign was too short, so he didn't mention it) listen, let him remember this shame, and he would be ashamed of it in the future, Emperor Wen worked hard all his life, although the national strength was improved, but he still couldn't beat the Huns, so he had to continue to make peace, so he passed on this matter to his son Emperor Jing, Emperor Jing did not reign for a long time, and the national strength continued to improve, but the Xiongnu in the north had become more and more powerful at this time, and the Han army lacked cavalry, and it couldn't be beaten, so he continued to pass on the task to his son Liu Che, who later became Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Che is a loser, at first glance, his parents and ancestors have saved such a big foundation for themselves, and there is a wild wolf in the north that is not well fed, and the method of kissing is no longer working, so what should I do? There is no other way than fighting!
So on the one hand, he actively prepared for war, trained cavalry, recruited troops, and on the other hand, sent attendants to the Western Regions, preparing to unite those countries in the Western Regions that were bullied by the Xiongnu to resist the Xiongnu together! By the way, he also found a suitable horse for him, after all, the Han army was equipped with Hequ horses, this kind of horse was a little poor in speed and endurance, but fortunately, this kind of horse has a docile personality and is the favorite of rookie cavalry, and it is suitable for the Han army.
However, if he wants to fight Mobei with the Xiongnu, then he must be equipped with better horses!
Zhang Qian, this guy, really found a good horse in the Western Regions, that is, the Dawan horse! This kind of horse has strong explosive power, tall stature, fast speed, and slightly poor endurance, but compared to the Hequ horse equipped by the Han army, it is simply too strong.
However, from the Western Regions, a group of horses will meet the Central Plains, which is more than thousands of miles, and there are no planes in ancient times, so they flew to the Central Plains with a bang, so when they set off, they also brought a lot of horses, and prepared a lot of alfalfa on horseback, which is for horses to eat, otherwise the horses will starve to death without food when crossing the Gobi Desert, and in the end, Zhang Qian and others returned to the Han Dynasty, and alfalfa, the food of horses, was inadvertently brought back.
Alfalfa has a relatively short growth cycle, the vitality is very tenacious, and it can be the same as legumes, it can also fix nitrogen, and in some places after the fertility of the field is exhausted, it will choose to be barren for a year, and plant some alfalfa in it, which helps to accelerate the soil fertilizer, so this plant is very good.
Alfalfa in advance, everyone may not know how to pronounce its name (alfalfa muli xu), but if you talk about its other name, I am afraid that everyone will have an impression, that is-four-leaf clover!
When a lot of people were kids, they thought of finding a four-leaf clover as a sign of luck! You don't think it's a kind of forage for horses, do you?
"Oh, it's alfalfa, we have it there, but it seems to be more common in the UK!"
Graeme must have seen alfalfa, but he didn't have much research on it, and he wasn't interested in it, so he was quickly attracted to other things.
"I saw that your farm was interplanted, and there was a large area of that kind of dwarf herbaceous plant planted under the woods, what was that? Cumin! Yes, it's cumin! Outside of cumin, there are a lot of soybeans planted in the middle of the woods, and then every other distance, you have to plant another tree species, why is that?"
At this time, Graeme really discovered the difference between Linquan Farm and other farms, from the types of plants they planted, the planting methods, including the density between plants, spacing and interplanting different varieties, you can see that their farm is different from other people's farms.
"It's mainly about improving the soil!"