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"Ladies and gentlemen, can you listen to me?" Shen Miao said humbly, the old peasants turned their heads together, this person was specially introduced by the master of Zhuangzi, and his status was definitely not ordinary.

"The world is based on agriculture, agriculture is based on food, our place is based on rice as the staple food, if we do not open up mountains and fields to plant rice, we can only use other crops to barter, barter to look at other people's faces, look at God's face, merchants are black-hearted, the price will go up, if there is no food in a famine year, no matter how much silk tea can not be exchanged for food. Therefore, the grain must be grown by oneself, and this book must be held in one's hands. Shen Miao paused, looked at the reactions of the old farmers, obviously the old farmers agreed with Shen Miao's words, but the difficulties raised by the other party also agreed, so most of their faces showed expressions of listening first.

Shen Miao continued: "There are no more than four difficulties, the terrain is demanding, the construction period is tight, there are many accidents, and this season's production is missed. First of all, there is no way to miss this season's production, the paddy fields can only be barren in the first year after they are built, and it is not difficult to solve this problem, since the terraces are demanding, the places where the terraces cannot be planted can be temporarily planted with some alternative crops, such as corn. ”

"If you are given corn, it is better to plant all corn." Liu Laohan said, and many people also agreed.

"But which is more satisfying, corn or rice?" Shen Miao asked.

"Naturally, it's rice." The old men said one after another.

"What about the yield per acre?"

"In the north, it must be high in corn, but in the south, it is not good, and if there is more rain, it is not as good as rice."

"Rice can be grown twice a year, wheat can be grown in winter, and five crops in two years, what about corn?" Shen Miao asked again.

"Corn is not good, one season a year, at most one season of wheat is planted in the winter spare time, and three crops are harvested in two years."

"That's right, the south has to grow the crops that are most suitable for the south, and growing corn is not a long-term solution." Shen Miao took the opportunity to say, "Although it is difficult to repair the terraces for a while, it is beneficial in the long run. The short construction period and many accidents can be solved together, first of all, the heavy rain you said during the summer solstice is not unpredictable, and if this kind of rainstorm that can form muddy water rolling down has occurred once, it will not appear a second time in a short time. The interval is very abundant, and if we are lucky, it can last for a month, so we will take advantage of our advantages and recruit as many people as possible to work together to build one by surprise, instead of scattering and building it at the same time. ”

"It's not impossible to repair it if it is a joint effort." Chen Laohan said, he obviously knows a lot about repairing terraces, "if everyone concentrates on repairing, divide the work, prepare enough materials, you can build stone rammed earth at the same time two or three steps, as long as the soil of the paddy field is rammed without leakage, and the rammed earth of the ground infrastructure is two different things, a field can be rammed in two days, as for the field mud on the rammed earth layer, it can be piled up later." ”

"Hearing you say that, I have an idea, too." Zhang Laohan said, "Although the heavy rain in summer in our place is severe, the mountain is solid, there are many trees, and the mud and stone are not easy to come down, at most the stream gully becomes a stream, and when the terrace is built and the site is selected, try to be a little sideways, most of which are leaning on the mountain, and the zài ditch between the mountains is preserved, and the rainwater guides it to flow into the ravine, so that the dam can be washed less." ”

"I have an idea, too." Shen Miao hurriedly said, "It's a pity that the rainwater is lost in vain, when building terraces, you can build a mountain pond every ten to fifteen fields to store the water, so that you don't have to worry about water when you are dry, you can also raise some fish in the mountain pond, and you don't have to worry about heavy rain for days, you can put some water first." ”

"That's good." The old peasants nodded their heads.

Shen Miao smiled: "So, you agreed to build it." ”

"It's feasible, it's feasible, but everyone is transferred to repair the terraces, how can the work be counted? If you can't solve it yourself, you won't be able to eat enough, and you won't be able to work hard. Li Laohan said.

Wu Liu spoke out at the right time: "Don't worry about this matter, the matter of repairing the field is naturally paid according to the work, how to calculate it specifically, the steward will go to the village entrance to post a notice." ”

Wu Liu's words were like a reassuring needle, so that the old farmers were relieved, and as soon as they were relieved, other things began to be discussed quickly, such as how to reclaim other land after the terraces were opened, with the planting of mulberry tea, and then for example, wasting time going up and down the mountain, how the villagers moved inward, what were the choices for internal relocation, and whether they paid for the construction of houses or with loans.

Everyone looked at me and said a word, from the morning until the sun was about to set, and no one even thought to eat lunch. When the discussion was finally over, everyone felt hungry, and they didn't know whose stomach was the first to ring, and then the stomach of the whole house rang into a ring, and everyone looked at each other and laughed.

The steward brought out the food that had been prepared in a timely manner, steamed buns stuffed with white flour and wine, stewed bamboo shoots with pork, and the old men were full of joy after eating, and after eating, they hurriedly went back to tell their families the good news.

Shen Miao hugged a pile of paper that had been written full of words and walked excitedly to the inner courtyard, and kept thinking about it along the way: "In the future, every household will raise some pigs or something, meat can be eaten during the New Year, manure is the best to raise tea trees, and chickens and ducks, you can lay eggs and eat, sheep also want it, eat grass, easy to feed, cattle need more, and arable land depends on it!" Thinking of this, Shen Miao couldn't help but stop and look up at the sky, and had a beautiful picture of self-sufficiency and abundant food and clothing.

Wu Liu, who was watching, couldn't help but hold his forehead, this was all a magic barrier.

The four little girls were already waiting on tiptoe in front of the inner house, and the young master and the son had been out for a day, and they had not come back for lunch. As soon as they saw the shadow of the two of them, the four of them immediately divided into two groups, one group went up to cloth vegetables, and one group stepped forward to greet them.

Wu Liu was just about to enter, but when he saw the steward rushing over, he seemed to have something important to say, so he asked the little girls to take Shen Miao to eat first, Shen Miao was still immersed in the grand plan and did not notice the matter.

Wu Liu went to the inner hall with the steward.

"What's so urgent?" Wu Liu asked.

"Shen Gongzi's mention is good, but the old slave I have made a rough calculation, and I need a lot of money and grain, especially grain, except for what must be handed over, the warehouse has been taken out and distributed to the farmers, if you go out to buy, now the price of grain is soaring, and the proportion of silver money is chaotic, and the rice that can be bought for one or two silver in the past now has to spend at least three taels. We don't have that much money. ”

"That's a problem." Wu Liu nodded.

The steward also said: "In fact, if you build terraces, you can divide the land to the peasant households and ask them to complete it within a certain period of time. If you are afraid that they will not repair it, you will be required to pay the rice rent at the end of the year. Don't look at what those old farmers said just now that it was so difficult, if they really want to press down like this and help each other, they will definitely think about it. ”

"This method is not appropriate, the farmers are already difficult, and they want to make the farmers' lives better, but now they are forced to repair themselves, not only is it not better, but it also increases the burden. Besides, there are many mountains and few plains in East Zhejiang, and the matter of opening up mountains and cultivating fields in the future is indispensable, if the farmers are always allowed to find their own way, it will make the farmers resist this matter, which is not conducive to the prosperity of East Zhejiang Province. Don't look at the small matter of repairing the field, for East Zhejiang, it is like repairing the river embankment, it is not advisable to let whoever repairs the field next to the river, and it is the right way to mobilize the people to work together to repair it in one breath. ”

"Since the young master thinks so, then I will try my best to raise money for the old slave." Stewardship.

"I know the current situation of Zhuangzi, it is too difficult for you to raise money, I will go to Lao Qi to borrow some when I go back." Wu Liu said.

When the steward heard this, he hurriedly said: "I still don't want it, the seventh prince is ...... after all" The steward didn't continue, the seventh prince and Wu Liu are half-brothers, Wu Liu's mother Wu is Mrs. Naizheng, and the seventh son's mother Chen is the side, but he is unwilling and always has different intentions.

"The old seven are good, don't look at them together. Just ask him to borrow some money and pay it back at the end of the year, it doesn't matter. Wu Liu said.

The steward shook his head: "The terraces did not produce in the first year, and I am afraid it will be difficult to return them at the end of the year." ”

"I have my own way to deal with this, so I don't need to worry about it." Wu Liu said with a smile.

The steward had no choice but to agree.