On the way back, Erya didn't go so quickly, let the horses wander dripping, sitting on horseback, overlooking the geographical environment here. There are many high-lying places here, and they are also hilly landforms. However, people are plateaus and hills, and the crops that can be planted must be drought-tolerant and cold-resistant, which is not a problem for Erya, and there are still many drought-tolerant and cold-resistant crops at present.

What corn, wheat, sorghum, millet, cotton, these crops are also suitable for the soil here.

Originally, when Erya came out, he saw that almost all the corn around them was planted, and he thought that corn was their main crop. However, when they went out of their range, they learned that the main crops here are red sorghum and millet.

Patches of green gauze tents everywhere, due to the topography, stand on a high place, and watch from a distance, just like a turquoise, rippling sea. Looking at it, Erya's heart also became sunny and open. She smiled and asked Xiaohu and Daman, who were standing together, "Look, this sorghum field that can't be seen at a glance is beautiful?" ”

Xiaohu nodded fiercely and replied, "Hmm! As I looked at it, I suddenly had the strange idea of flying over. ”

Daman replied with a smile: "Beautiful!" Such an endless field of crops is really not visible in our house. ”

Wang Shoucang, who was walking around with them next to him, held back a smile and interrupted their emotion. Holding back a smile, he said, "What you see is not all crops, some are just wild grass that has grown tall. ”

"Ahh The three people who were expressing different feelings of emotion heard this and brushed it. All blushed. I was no longer embarrassed, I went to express my leisure, turned around and went home.

When a few people arrived home. Wang Shoucang's mother hasn't started cooking yet. is busy cleaning and killing the two big roosters who came to cook meat dishes at noon with his daughters-in-law. In the hall, the grandfather was chatting with the guests over tea.

"Lord Lizhen, please taste the tea that my nephew brought from their house!" The grandfather of the Wang family personally poured tea for Lizhen. This set of purple sand tea sets was still a parting gift given to him by his grandfather when they came back. It is said that it is very expensive, of course, the person who really pays to buy it, must be the second person who can't be wrong, and no one else is willing to spend so much money to buy a tea set with little practicality. After all, the rest of the Wang family grew up in the countryside. Drinking water in a big bowl is a long nature, and it is impossible to buy such a small pot for a few dozen taels of silver plus four small teacups that even drink alcohol.

Li Zhen because of Wang Bende's words. Picked up the small teacup, sniffed it gently, and exclaimed: "This tea is so fragrant!" I can't believe that there is such a good tea in your old home! ”

Wang Bende smiled a little proudly: "My nephew's family is a tribute tea." Although my tea is not as good as tribute tea. But. It's not bad. I heard that a pound will sell for a few hundred taels of silver! ”

Li Zhen took a sip, and his mouth immediately soaked into a refreshing, slightly bitter sweetness. "Good tea!" While admiring the good tea, Li Zhen was silently thinking in his heart about how to buckle a little bit in his hand with this old man Wang to go back and show off!

After all, Wang Bende is an honest farmer, and when he heard Lizhen's admiration from the heart, he immediately answered: "Then when you leave, I'll take you two bottles and take them back?!" ”

"Okay~! Thank you very much! Li Zhen was afraid that Old Man Wang would regret it, so he hurriedly responded.

Li Zhen was casually sipping tea, while quietly probing the details of Xiaohu's family. Old man Wang said everything stupidly. As long as he knew, they were all bald. Fortunately, there is nothing in the Erya family that can't let people know about the dark. But. After Li Zhen got these news, he became more confident in Erya's removal.

He originally thought that when they came, they should talk to him about clearing the wasteland first, but he didn't expect to wait for someone to come to the door all morning, and after breakfast, he couldn't stay still, and took the initiative to come to Wang's house to look for them.

Even if he really hopes that someone can come to open up the wasteland, but if he doesn't have the strength, if he makes a small fuss, it doesn't mean much to him and the county order above and the prefect above. Now that he learned from the old man of the Wang family, the strength and cultivation skills of the Wang Xiaohu family, he was even more eager to keep Wang Xiaohu and them.

The two Ya entered the gate, bypassed the screen stone blocking the gate of the courtyard, and just took two steps inside, Wang Shoucang's daughter-in-law saw them with sharp eyes. Busy catching up, he whispered: "Lizhen is here!" I've been sitting with my dad for a while. ”

Although Wang Shoucang has seen Lizhen a few times, he is still a little nervous when he hears that Lizhen is in his home. Erya and Xiaohu didn't say anything when they heard it, and continued to walk towards the living room without stopping. Daman had seen Lizhen and had a few conversations, so after following Erya and Xiaohu into the living room, he greeted Lizhen before Xiaohu, and took the initiative to introduce Xiaohu and his wife to each other.

Everyone sat down, said a few polite words, and then moved on to the main topic of the day. Although Li Zhen learned from Old Man Wang that most of the affairs of his family were in charge of this little tiger daughter-in-law, he still didn't like women to be in charge of the big things outside. The next question is: "Last year, I heard that my nephew said that I was going to come over to open up the wasteland, but I don't know which of you will be in charge of this matter?" ”

When Erya saw that Li Zhen didn't even look at her, he knew that he didn't want to make his own decisions! But Erya thought to herself: It's not a big deal if you don't let me call the shots, but the Daman and Xiaohu brothers don't have me to support them, I'm afraid they don't have the courage to open up a large area of wasteland here with you.

Daman and Xiaohu listened to Li Zhen's question, but did not answer but looked at Erya in unison, but Erya deliberately lowered his eyelids and looked at the table without making any statement.

As soon as Li Zhen saw that the three of them were in such a state, he knew that he was troubled. Hi! It doesn't matter what kind of male or female head he is, as long as I can do things well! Thinking about it, he really wanted to give himself a slap in the face.

However, after all, people are officials, and it is necessary to act flexibly and ficklely. immediately changed his tone, and then said: "I heard Wang Lao say that Wang Xiaohu's daughter-in-law is in charge of your family's affairs, but is this? I was afraid that Wang Lao would have fun with me and make such a little joke, so I asked more, if there is anything offended, please don't blame. ”

The second girl accepted it when she saw it, and immediately looked up with a smile and said, "Lord Lizhen is polite." Our family said that I was in charge of the family, and it was my grandfather who lifted me. The actual situation is that big and small things in our family are discussed, and whoever can do things well will be led by whom. Not everything is in charge of one person, after all, everyone has what they are good at and what they are lacking. ”

Xiaohu and Daman also nodded again and again beside them, indicating that what Er Ya said was the truth. Lizhen still has something to say, so such a small episode automatically ignores the past. He didn't continue to talk about the affairs of the family, but asked Er Er bluntly about what plans and plans he had for the reclamation: "As for who is in charge of your family, it is your family's private matter, what I want to know today is that you came here this time, but for the purpose of clearing the wasteland?" But you've figured out how to do it? ”

Erya nodded and replied: "We came here this time, there are several things, but the matter of clearing the wasteland is the most important, and how to do it has not yet been determined." ”

As soon as Lizhen heard that they had really come to open up the wasteland, he became happy. But soon he became suspicious again, and asked, "Then why did I see you bringing people here?" ”

"Lord Lizhen, we came here this time to see the soil, the terrain, and the vegetation growing on the wasteland. Then go back and design the right tools and crops to grow based on those things. And I plan to use semi-mechanized land reclamation, and if I rely on manpower alone, the progress of land reclamation will be very slow. Er Ya replied unhurriedly.

Li Zhen heard Er Ya say this, although he didn't know much about what semi-mechanization was, but it meant that there should be some shortcuts! If this is the case, if this woman can really get it, then they will not be afraid that the crops will become wasteland at every turn.

Li Zhen's heart was much calmer, so he asked with a smile: "Then you went out early in the morning to see the wasteland?" ”

Erya shook her head: "No!" We just went to the town to see how people live and how they spend. and looked at the "Thinking about the joke that came back, she immediately stopped talking."

"Oh! If you want to see the wasteland, I'll take you there this afternoon. They are all connected in one piece, and there is no east and west, which is more convenient for you to manage. "Lizhen wants to settle things as soon as possible, and it's okay to be troubled.

In order to follow Erya, Li Zhen went to see the land in the afternoon, and did not politely stay at Wang Bende's house to eat at noon. After eating, he didn't wait for the two to eat, so he urged everyone to go to see the ground.

Because they were not close to here, they rode their horses and slipped through the wide path specially left by the master's house in the green gauze tent.

I ran unhurriedly for more than half an hour to arrive, and the wasteland there was really a tall barren grass. And these wild grasses are very suitable for feeding livestock, not mountain grasses that are not easy to graze on Erya's side.

Seeing this situation, Erya frowned and asked puzzledly: "Lord Lizhen, the grass here is so good." Why don't you encourage the people to feed their cattle and sheep for grazing? ”

Where would the town not know how to encourage the people to graze, but what is the matter of what you want?! He sighed and said, "Hey! We also thought that there was really no population to open up this wasteland, so we could have a little income by using it for grazing. But since the famine, none of those people have been empty-handed, and even the seeds are still owed by our government. Originally, it was said that the family owed them ten pairs of breeding sheep on credit, and let them graze the sheep during the slack time, but they didn't dare to ask for it! I am afraid that I will not be able to pay the account in the coming year, and I will have to sell land and people. ”

Li Zhen said that these Erya believe that no matter what period the common people have a fear point, that is, they are afraid of debts. Not to mention the people of this period, even in the previous era when loans had become the norm, the government gave farmers loans without interest in order to encourage them to get rich. There are still not many people who borrow money, and they would rather go out to work to earn some hard-earned money than follow the government's guidance to engage in some agricultural and sideline industries to get rich. (To be continued......)