In the early morning of the next day, the wind and the sun were beautiful, the vast grassland was endless, and the lush pastures covered the sheep in it, creating a peaceful and peaceful scene.

The breeze blows, the blue waves ripple, the sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep; The undulating hills in the distance, backed by a west-sloping mountainside, are where I work today.

The 2,000 acres of poppy fields can be completed in two days by tens of thousands of people, and now it is just spring in March, which is very suitable for spring plowing and sowing, without further ado.

Liu Yu prepared 500 kilograms of poppy seeds, which was more than enough to sow 2,000 acres of land, and 10,000 or 20,000 hoes, shovels, and rakes... The preparation is very thorough, even fertilizers, pesticides, nursery films, are readily available.

Oriental poppy, 0.8 m to 1.2 m tall, leaves about 30 cm long, lobes oblong-lanceolate. The peduncle has a layer of white hairs, and the flowers are usually single, ten centimeters or more in diameter, and the flowers are bright and delicate, with white, pink, red, and purple.

Opium poppy can be sown in spring and autumn, under normal circumstances, spring sowing is in March ~ April, and the flowering period is June ~ July; Autumn sowing is in September ~ November of the first year, and the flowering period is May ~ June of the following year.

The soil should be finely arranged, watered thoroughly by furrows, and then sown or strip sowing. Because the seeds are small, when the opium poppy is sown, the soil should be leveled and fine, and it is not necessary to cover the soil after sowing, but it can also be thinly covered with a layer of fine sand.

This kind of opium poppy is more resistant to cold, and it is cultivated in North China, and it needs to be fertilized regularly, and the water and fertilizer should be sufficient during the seedling period, and it can be harvested in about 100 days.

According to the experience of the Kachin Independence Army, the opium poppy produces about 200 kilograms of white powder per mu, and the purchase price is about 1 million US dollars, and the market price is more than 10 million US dollars!

Of course, Liu Yu told himself: This is not planted for money, we are trying to suppress the United States, destroy American youth, and return a tooth for a tooth.

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At 8 o'clock in the morning, the members of the Corps gathered in different divisions, and in addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, more than 20,000 young and strong men and women took the initiative to participate in the work, and they were very active.

Shi sent people to follow the boss to the foot of the small hill far from the camp, and received hundreds of engineering vehicles, materials, machinery and equipment, which were quite large.

The heavy work of clearing the land was all handed over to excavators and bulldozers, and forty or fifty big trucks roared and roared towards two wastelands.

The soldiers of the corps had never seen this thing, and they were all frightened to scatter in all directions, and the large Sany excavator, with a rumbling sound and a clattering sound, rushed to the foot of the northern foot of the Xilian Mountain.

The convoy pacified the crowd, commanded the collection of farm tools, seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, and received training. Liu Yu personally instructed the guards and the study representatives of each division and regiment; Then let them guide the subordinates and standardize the planting techniques, although there are not many technical requirements.

It took most of the day, before noon, to finally explain clearly, everyone basically understood, referring to Liu Yu's demonstration, feeling the stones to cross the river.

Each of the nine divisions was assigned a planting area, and each regiment and battalion was equally responsible for the division, and after the excavation machinery had been cleared, it was quickly put into work.

Soon, it was already noon, and the old, weak, sick and disabled members were all mobilized to cook, boil water, and engage in logistics.

In order to replenish the body and improve efficiency, Sun Xiumei's mother and daughter ordered: There is no limit to the supply of food, corn, noodles and porridge, beef and mutton, vegetables, sugar and salt, and what you need, you can provide as much as you want.

Proteins, carbohydrates, and electrolytes can quickly restore the energy consumed by labor, maintain the normal metabolism of the body, and ensure that the body is abundant.

Regarding the possible shortage of food, Liu Yu thought about it carefully, and made an evil decision: to buy from various states and counties of the government and wealthy families at a high price in Datang, the more the better.

These feudal ruling classes, landlords and tyrants and exploiting classes, who have accumulated a lot of grain in their hands, and do not know that the three-year drought is coming, they are certainly willing to sell it.

Anyway, these people are tyrannical and will never help ordinary people, Shiyun: Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, since this is the case... Let's starve to death together!

Just do it!

In the afternoon, planting began, and tens of thousands of people went to the poppy fields, where large areas of land were ploughed and sown with a cursory repair.

Liu Yu and the little girl... No, it should be said that the lord designed and planned the city pattern, the airport, and the cement highway according to more than a dozen maps of various types......

By the way, he made a "phone call" to Su Qinghe and informed her that the large-scale purchase of grain, corn, wheat, soybeans and sorghum could only be purchased from the government and wealthy families, not from the common people, and the more the quantity, the better.

Although Su Qinghe didn't know the reason, she didn't get to the bottom of it, but promised that she didn't have a chance to show it, and she must do this well and save her image in the eyes of the boss.

At the sound of the order, all the people in Wolong Mountain were assigned tasks, except for the team members on duty, whether they were team members or villagers, all young and strong joined the grain purchase team.

Wagons, trucks, ox carts, horse-drawn carts, as long as there are enough means of transport, all gathered and ready to be put into use, miscellaneous, hundreds.

Su Damei assigned Wang Hu Wang Leopard to lead a team to Pengzhou, Yizhou, Jianzhou, Wenzhou and other places to purchase grain in large quantities, and then dispatch a convoy to transport it.

In addition, the five surnames and seven wangs were also notified to purchase the surplus grain in their hands, the heritage of these wealthy families should not be underestimated, and the granary is comparable to the national treasury.

In the end, she personally went to the government to buy the grain stored in the imperial granary at a high price.

Due to the blockage of transportation, although there is a lot of grain production, it is all for the local people and the army, and it is difficult to transport the stored grain to other places for sale, and the old grain has been backlogged for many years.

In recent years, the price of grain is cheap, only three or five dollars a bucket, two stones of fine grain has always been money, and it is not enough to transport it to other places, only silk and leather goods, porcelain, salt and iron are quite profitable, and it is worth pounding.

No one knows that a major drought that lasts for three years is quietly coming, and the price of grain will increase dozens of times

Liu Yu can already imagine what Li Ergou will do when the time comes, except for being obedient? Hungry people are everywhere in the world, wolf smoke is everywhere, and whoever has food can grasp the initiative.

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On the first day, the vigorous large-scale reclamation action yielded initial results, and hundreds of neatly arranged poppy fields one by one, one acre at a time, have been sown and topdressed.

More than 2,000 acres of wasteland have been renovated, and the stone is ready to turn over more than 1,000 acres of valley land together to plant some high-yield crops; The northern foothills of the valley are close to water sources, fertile and moist, and suitable for growing corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

At the end of the day, more than 20,000 people returned to the camp in disgrace, all of them like beggars, especially dressed with too much personality. Liu Yu decided to provide them with uniform work clothes, and they must wear special uniforms when mining to facilitate management.

For dinner, it was boiled beef and mutton, vegetables, steamed buns and rice, which was quite natural, Liu Yu felt that the taste was not very good, but fortunately, Sun Xiumei's mother and daughter were the chefs.

… To be continued...