Chapter 44: A Harvest Hairy crabs that no one wants

The next day, Shinno Castle.

As soon as the day dawned, the city began to stir up, and this day was a great day for the people, because after a hundred days of busy work, the grain was finally harvested.

This harvest is different from previous years, this time Zhang Xiu promised to give them half of the yield, which is unheard of, and this year's polders promoted by Zhang Xiu have achieved very good results.

Looking at the growth of rice in the polder, it is extremely gratifying, I am afraid that this year can be a bumper harvest, and their wives and children do not have to go hungry if they have food, and these are all given to them by Zhang Xiu.

With the sound of a gong, which means that the curfew is lifted, for a while, hundreds of people rushed out, holding all kinds of farm tools, and went straight to both sides of the river.

Shaoqing,

on both sides of the river,

With Zhang Xiu's order, hundreds of people began to harvest their own rice, and even some children were eager to help.

In the fields, the faces of those crop men were red, sweating like rain but not feeling tired at all, and they were all smiling, especially watching the rice growth in the field, which made them laugh.

"Old Li Tou, your rice grows really well, and it is estimated that one acre of land can produce two or three grains, right? I remember that your family planted 50 acres of land, which can be divided into more than 20 grains, right? ”

"This year's year is good, and the polder method promoted by Ming Gong has increased the yield a lot, and I am not afraid of water, it is estimated that one acre of land can produce three or four grains, which is much higher than ordinary fertile land."

"Three or four? So much out of the valley? ”

"Hey, don't you also plant dozens of acres of land?

The hard days have finally come to an end, dozens of extra grains, and when they are sold for money during the New Year, they lick two pieces of clothing for women and children, and sell a few pieces of fat meat to satisfy their hunger, and they can't be bitter. ”

In countless fields,

The people were radiant, and every one had hope.

When chatting, everyone admires and respects Zhang Xiu, and there is no disrespect for the children. They don't know the Son of Heaven, they don't know the family, they only know that Zhang Xiu treats them well.

They support Zhang Xiu, and they are willing to send their children to the barracks to follow General Zhang Xiu to make meritorious contributions and defend the country.

Because Zhang Xiu said a word to them, only when there is a country can there be a home!

They told their children, and although they feared that their children would die in battle, they said the same thing to their children!

"The horse leather shroud is proud, and the enemy is cowardly from house to house."

At this time, the water's edge.

Jia Xu strode over and said excitedly: "Lord, great joy, great joy, rice harvest!" ”

"How much grain is produced per mu?"

"Back to the lord, these rice mu yield about six hundreds, and there are more than five hundreds, and there should be more than four hundreds left in the husk, which is more than twice that of ordinary fertile land, and it is a bumper harvest!"

Jia Xu was quite excited, this polder method is really extraordinary, this time it is over, Nanyang is no longer short of food.

"Twice?"

Zhang Xiu calculated in his heart, about 480 catties of rice, in the late Han Dynasty, the era of two or three acres of mu, it is indeed a lot, I want to come to this thousand hectares of fertile land to harvest, Nanyang is rich and not weak Jingxiang.

"Let the villagers work harder and strive to harvest all the rice ashore within 10 days, dry it and bag it."

"No," Jia Xu replied and stepped back.

On the same day, the official grain collection standard came out, and it was uniformly levied according to the yield of four grains per mu.

When the people heard this, they were also smiling, and each of them had dozens of acres of land, and the surplus millet could be exchanged for money to buy some vegetable oil to satisfy their hunger.

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In just seven days,

Zhang Xiu obviously underestimated the resilience of this group of people, they almost did not stop, working for seven days in a row, working harder than Ya's harvester.

Next is the drying of the grain, the drying field they have already prepared, all of them are pressed out of the old buffalo pulling the stone mill, extremely hard.

It won't be long before the treasury of Xinye will be full, and there will be no need to rush to get by.

And at this time, the polder.

Zhang Xiu walked along the ridge, his eyes were a little excited, he saw a lot of crab holes, some yellow eel holes, many, many, and even some big kings arrogantly exposed.

This is also another benefit of the polder, you can catch fish, turtles and crabs, which is a lot. It's just that in ancient times, it was more difficult to catch fish, especially in deep water.

The polders are scattered, which can be drained or diverted, and now that the rice has been harvested, it is best to drain and catch fish, and September is the fattest time for fish, shrimp and crabs.

Under an order, the bamboo weaving was blocked at each water outlet, and the water was slowly discharged from the high to the bottom.

As the water level of the polders dropped, onlookers commented. There were a lot of fish and shrimp in the ditch, and the big carp dangled with dark yellow backs.

As for the big crabs, they were even more arrogant, and they were running everywhere, each of them the size of a fist, and they were extremely fat.

It's just that what makes Zhang Xiu wonder is that these people don't react much when they see the fish, shrimp and crabs in the ditch, especially those big crabs, which are far less excited than seeing the grain.

Could it be true that I read the joke on the Internet, in the early years of famine, some people ate hairy crabs and were very reluctant to survive the famine? What a luxury!

"Hu'er, hurry, go and catch all these crabs for me, and Wang Ba, no matter what, catch everything that can move here for me, raise them and eat them slowly."

Zhang Xiuba chirped the corners of his mouth, no one eats this good thing, it's a pity.

Of course, it's not that people don't want to eat fish, it's really that fish must have oil and salt to be delicious, but oil and salt are very expensive, how can ordinary people afford to eat them?

However, they don't put oil and salt in eating fish, the earthy smell is too strong, and they rarely eat it when there is food.

"Lord, what do you want this crab shell for, this crab shell has no oil, water and no meat, it's not delicious at all." Hu Che'er pursed his lips, it seemed that he had eaten.

Zhang Xiu: "??? ”

Alas, the hairy crabs sold in later generations are not eaten by anyone now, sad! As for the rice weighed by the catty, this group of people eats so hard, is there still a heavenly principle in this world?

"What so much nonsense, let you catch it."

Hu Che'er scratched his head, and went into the water with a group of guards to get busy, at this time there were really a lot of fish, turtles and crabs, and it didn't take long for three or four buckets of hairy crabs to be sent to Zhang Xiu.

As for the eight kings, they are all wild, and they are at least a few hundred bigger in the future, but they are all counted according to the barrels.

All kinds of wild crucian carp, weighing a bunch of pounds, and there are a lot of other grass carp carp and so on, looking at Zhang Xiu dazzled, and kept shouting Hu Che'er.

As for those river shrimps, they were all four or five inches long, jumping wildly on the aquatic plants, and Zhang Xiu was itching in his heart.

This can make Hu Che'er busy.

It's catching turtles again, touching crabs, and picking up some dried shrimp from time to time, which is called a helplessness.

He couldn't understand why the always shrewd lord suddenly lost his brain!

The sun sets in the west, in Zhang's house,

Zhang Xiu began to enjoy the food in the backyard.

At this time, Jia Xu came in stride, but he said politely: "General Hu, I have something to tell the lord, and I am tired of reporting it." ”

"Shhh

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