Chapter VII Burning Wasteland for Farming

Early in the morning, the chirping of birds in the backyard trees woke up Gu Xinyu, and a new day began again.

Breakfast is a small steamed dumpling, a sticky millet porridge, with spicy cabbage pickled by Gu Xinyu, and the spring plum that is eaten is full of burps, and she was taught a stern lesson by Mama Wang, and she bowed her head to ensure that she would eat just right next time.

Mama Wang let her go, Gu Xinyu had no words, she knew that Mama Wang was a very measured person, her words and deeds were in a certain way, at first glance, she came from a big family, and it was Chunmei's blessing to be able to get her teaching!

The two got dressed, Chunmei helped Gu Xinyu out of the inner courtyard, and walked towards the field with Uncle Wang, who had been waiting there for a long time, and spent the morning planning the land with Uncle Wang.

There are 100 acres of land in the farm, 30 acres of rice, 50 acres of wheat, 1 mu of peanuts, 10 acres of millet, 5 acres of soybeans, and the remaining 4 acres are used as experimental fields to plant corn.

Gu Xinyu thought about it, this is conducive to recording and observation, the rest of the field planted radishes and cabbage, originally Gu Xinyu wanted to interplant, but considering that the time is not very ripe, it can only be said next year!

Gu Xinyu found that people in this time and space eat cabbage stewed, and they don't know what sauerkraut is, let alone the Korean spicy cabbage pickled by Gu Xinyu, so she decided to have a variety of them, and when the harvest is harvested, she should be able to earn some silver by pickling some sauerkraut and spicy cabbage in large quantities.

When a few people walked to the west, Gu Xinyu took a fancy to this place at a glance, there were several connected lakes in the middle of the flat meadow, which were oval-shaped, and there were a few weeping willows and elms beside the lake, and next to the willow trees to the south was a large patch of thorny roses.

Now there are some dry fruits hanging on it, prickly roses, fruits, can be used in medicine, especially prickly rose tea often drink can strengthen the heart and lungs, has the effect of beauty and beauty, often drink and the function of deodorant, and so tomorrow should be and spring plum will be the current prickly rose fruit are picked.

I can't see it now, but when spring comes, it's going to be beautiful!

Gu Xinyu decided to build a few pavilions here in the future, and build a wooden bridge over the lake

To the west is the root of the mountain, where a river flows out of the forest, through the fields, to the east of Zhuangzi, about a few tens of meters wide, with some low bushes and reeds growing on the bank.

The black land is beyond sight, there is no means of transportation, it is impossible to finish this Zhuangzi, Gu Xinyu just checked it within a mile, and his psychology became more and more satisfied with this place.

The morning passed quickly, Chunmei helped Gu Xinyu to walk back slowly, after hastily eating lunch, Uncle Wang went to Dujia Village to find hired farmers, Gu Xinyu also fell asleep because of fatigue after washing.

In the afternoon, Wang Laoshi went to Dujia Village, and with the help of Tiezhu, he found two families, the common characteristics of these two families are that they have a large population, little land, and their children cannot eat enough.

You know, now that an adult goes to work in the city, it is only twenty wen a month, and Uncle Wang told them to be a little restless, and to do what the hired workers need to do, and to make it clear that the five hired workers will share one percent of the grain together, and make a contract, and the amount of labor is also very large, and the work of the hired workers must also include breeding and other miscellaneous work.

When it is time to plant, he is also responsible for the safety of 100 acres of land. After hearing this, several people nodded again and again, even if they didn't divide the grain, the copper coin of 100 wen per month was very high, and they couldn't believe it, urging Uncle Wang to write the contract immediately, for fear that he would regret it.

These two families also did not let Uncle Wang go out to find it. How can such a good thing be left to others, the surplus labor force of the last two families is exactly five people, and they signed a contract with Uncle Wang, and promised to go to work early tomorrow morning.

As soon as the sun came out, five hired workers from Dujia Village came, and Gu Xinyu was inconvenient, so he explained all the matters to Uncle Wang.

There was still more than a month to go, and now the snow had melted a little, and the fields were full of grass, but it was a good thing.

Gu Xinyu suggested that all the weeds should be burned, and the grass ash that enters the soil can kill and inhibit pests and diseases, and the weeds and grass seeds can be burned to reduce the workload of weeding. ”

Gu Xinyu instructed Uncle Wang to concentrate on burning the wasteland first, and not to stretch the battle line, so that the five of them could watch each other, and accidents could be dealt with in time.

In addition to the paddy fields to be treated separately, the other land is divided into five large pieces, and it takes half a month to complete the burning of wasteland.

Gu Xinyu told Uncle Wang that this is just the beginning, and after a few days the climate will gradually get warmer, he will start making cellar fertilizer, and the tools for plowing the land will also be improved.

Although the Zhou Dynasty has a history of more than 100 years, because it is located in the Central Plains and rich in resources, the surrounding countries have been eyeing each other, and the Zhou Dynasty can only focus on the military.

The first emperor was brave and good at fighting, resourceful, many times the royal driving pro-conquest, the surrounding countries had no power to fight back, and signed an armistice agreement with the Zhou Dynasty, so far, the war has subsided, the people have recuperated, and the country has begun to encourage farming, after all, food is the foundation of the country!

After decades of efforts, due to the limitations of production technology and many other reasons, the results are not great.

Most of the people of the Zhou Dynasty were still living a life of lack of food and clothing, so these hired workers came early in the morning, just to leave a good impression on the master's family.

Uncle Wang was surprised when he heard Gu Xinyu talk about the transformation of cellar fertilizer and farm tools, and Gu Xinyu told him that these were all recorded in some agricultural books, but he also added some of his own ideas.

Whether it works or not, this year's crops must come according to her ideas, and they must be recorded, and the recorded work will be handed over to Xiao Tao, and they will be shown to Gu Xinyu every day.

The current emperor encouraged farming, and if the experiment was successful, my father could hope to make a comeback on the matter, or the salt industry case could be said otherwise.

The more Uncle Wang listened, the more excited he became, the eldest girl was thoughtful, Uncle Wang's happy expression made Gu Xinyu can't help but laugh, and at the same time he didn't forget to tell Uncle Wang that success or failure is in this season, so everyone has to pay a lot of hard work and hard work. Uncle Wang said that he was not afraid of hard work, and everything was listened to Gu Xinyu.

Gu Xinyu knew that he could succeed, but there were still variables in the world, so he could only give Uncle Wang a preventive shot in advance.

Uncle Wang happily went down to call the hired workers, and after telling them what they were going to do, he took Xiao Tao to the field together, and Gu Xinyu told Xiao Tao to come and get everyone's lunch at noon.

Gu Xinyu and Mama Wang discussed, made mixed noodles and steamed buns for everyone at noon, and then stewed a large pot of hot cabbage, put pork belly and frozen tofu in it, and kept everyone full and well-fed.

Mama Wang is now obedient to Gu Xin's language, and she has no objection, so she went down to prepare, originally Gu Xinyu asked Chunmei to help, but Mama Wang disagreed, and said that she was alone, and let Chunmei wait for her young lady with peace of mind.