Chapter 4 The current situation of the farm
In the past few days, Mama Wang has food in her hands, so she has changed her tricks to recuperate Gu Xinyu's body, but after all, it is ancient times, how can there be exquisite and delicious food after thousands of years of development.
Gu Xinyu is a foodie in modern times, and he is also very picky, so Gu Xinyu often goes to the stove room to instruct Mama how to make delicious food on the grounds of being more active and recovering quickly.
In short, the big girl in Mama Wang's eyes is getting smarter and smarter, and her temperament is becoming more and more cheerful, and now Mama Wang's xiaolongtou skin is thin and braised feet, fresh and fragrant, with soft rice porridge, and a few bites of crispy pickled radish, it is really indescribable happiness.
After all, he is young and has a very short recovery period, so seeing that the sun is just right on this day, Chunmei accompanied Gu Xinyu out for a walk.
This is a parallel time and space, history turned a corner in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the emergence of the never-before-heard of Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty has been founded for more than 100 years, and now reigning is Emperor Jianyuan, this emperor can be regarded as a Ming monarch.
Since 30 years in power, the strict division between political and civilian areas has gradually been broken, and a large number of handicraftsmen, merchants, and small business owners have emerged to constitute the middle class, but it is still in the embryonic stage, and with the suppression of the big families, this class is also growing with difficulty.
We have always been encouraging about nongsang, but because of the limitations of technology, the yield is not large.
Gu Xinyu's small Zhuangzi is a hundred miles away from Rongcheng, one side is backed by a mountain, which is the back of the small courtyard where he is now.
There is a bluestone road in the middle, black land on both sides, out of this vacant land is Gu Xinyu's hundred acres of field, the field is very neat, there is a road for horse-drawn carriages in the middle, there is a river crossing a meadow on the right, and there are several huts on the left, which should be prepared for tenant farmers.
In his previous life, Gu Xinyu studied at an agricultural university in the north, and after graduation, he was guaranteed to study because of his excellent grades, and walked with his mentor on the fertile black soil in the north, doing various experiments and efforts for high crop yields.
Now seeing the black land similar to the previous life, a sense of pride arises spontaneously, with the experience and ability of the previous life, he will definitely turn the small Zhuangzi into a big manor!
This kind of Zhuangzi is not small, and the production in the field every year should be privately swallowed by Mrs. Hou, as for why it is so dilapidated, it is not difficult to guess that it is not his own industry.
In fact, the fact is similar, after Mrs. Hou Ye took the Zhuangzi, she sent her own cronies to make the Zhuangtou, and hinted that there was no need to bother to operate, and she could squeeze as much as she could, so after this person came, he drove away the old Zhuangtou and raised the tenant's rent by 10%.
At that time, it was almost the autumn harvest, and of course the tenants could not abandon their fields and leave, and when the rent was increased by 10% in the second year, most of the tenants here had lived here for many years, and did not want to leave their homes, so they had to agree.
When the insatiable Mrs. Hou wanted to raise the rent again, these people were angry, but how could these poor people be provoked by the Zhenguo Mansion in Rongcheng?
In desperation, he had no choice but to leave, and Mrs. Hou Ye was busy with her niece Shen Lian at that time, and she had no time to take care of this place, resulting in last year's crops not being planted at all, so this place looked dilapidated and deserted.
It's early spring, Gu Xinyu thanks God again, coming here in this season, the plan of the year lies in spring, everything can be replanned, thinking that he can build his own manor with his own hands, Gu Xinyu's eyes were bright with excitement.
This was impossible in the previous life, and the most expensive thing at that time was land, and the bluffing Chunmei tilted her head and looked at the young lady in surprise.
"See what I'm doing?" Gu Xinyu glanced at her, "Go and call Uncle Wang, and tell Mama by the way, just say that I want to eat soup egg cakes tonight, oh, by the way, this Mama can't do it yet." ”
Gu Xinyu held her head, "Then when I go back and tell her what to do, you can ask Mama to boil the red dates and wolfberry porridge first, wash the cabbage, and wait for me to go back with warm water and good noodles." ”
"Yes, young lady." Chunmei agreed crisply, I like to hear the young lady say such things the most, it tastes good when she hears the name, what if you want to eat it now?
Chun Meile ran towards the courtyard, just ran a few steps, suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Gu Xinyu with round eyes, and said, "Young lady, don't walk around here by yourself, I'll call Uncle Wang right away." ”
Gu Xinyu smiled slightly, like a flower blooming, shining brightly in the noon sun, Chunmei exclaimed in her heart, amazing, this young lady is really getting better and better, why didn't she find it before
Uncle Wang quickly strode over, this is a simple man, tall, square-faced, at first glance a frank and upright person, before coming, Uncle Wang was sorting out farm tools and some crop seeds.
When he came to him, Uncle Wang wanted to salute, but was stopped by Gu Xinyu: "Uncle Wang, this is not the Guogong Mansion or Jiangnan, there is no need to do so in the future, don't talk to me about the courtesy," Gu Xinyu smiled mischievously: "Now there are no outsiders here, and we will talk about it when there are outsiders." ”
Gu Xinyu knew that having these etiquette system constraints would have great benefits for her, first, it would allow some orders to be executed without discount, and second, it would make people always have a sense of awe and loyalty to their masters.
It is no wonder that the rulers of ancient times advocated the three outlines and five constants.
Wang Boluo thought about it, then nodded in response, Gu Xinyu asked Wang Bo about the storage of farm tools, and when he heard him, it was quite neat, although some were rusty and could be used as long as they were re-polished, but the seeds were old, and the number was not much.
Uncle Wang suggested that there would be a shop selling grain and seeds in Linshui County, and he wanted to go with his son tomorrow morning.
Gu Xinyu nodded, "Uncle Wang, I have seen a lot of methods for selecting seeds from my father's books, but unfortunately I can't go in person, I will write it down in a while, you can choose according to this standard, Uncle Wang, you see, we are surrounded by mountains on one side and water on the other." Gu Xinyu pointed to this land.
"The natural conditions here are very good, and this is a very important year for us, not only to increase food production, but also to use the river water and grass over there to raise some ducks and geese, and I am going to raise pigs in the fence in the open space over there"
Gu Xinyu paused and then said: "Uncle Wang, you have to hire a few people, mainly to find capable and experienced farmers, we can divide their grain into one percent, and give an additional hundred copper plates every month, I have carefully calculated, if according to the planting method I provide, the yield per mu can be doubled in autumn!" ”
"Double?" Uncle Wang looked at Gu Xinyu, doubling the yield per mu, how could this be done? Now the yield of wheat per mu in the north is only about 100 catties, and Uncle Wang asked Gu Xinyu, worried that she was just talking on paper.
It depends on God to increase the yield per mu by dozens of catties, let alone double? Uncle Wang was very worried, and when he talked to a person who wanted to increase the yield per mu after only reading agricultural books, Uncle Wang felt a lot of pressure.
Chunmei, who had just come back, also listened carefully, but it was obvious that she didn't understand.
Gu Xinyu smiled confidently, Uncle Wang didn't believe that it was normal, and he couldn't explain too much, so let the facts speak!
"Uncle Wang, you don't have to worry, as long as everything is executed according to what I say, this is not a problem, unless there is a serious natural disaster!"