Spring returns to the earth, and everything recovers!

The spring rain is watering the earth with people's ardent expectations.

"Hahaha! This rain is good and timely! ”

Gongsun Du stood in the courtyard, bathing in the spring rain, his face full of smiles. Suddenly, the toes gently brushed the soil under my feet, and I felt a trace of wetness and softness, and I was even more happy in my heart.

"Someone!"

"Lord!" Huang Xu's spirit shook and he replied loudly.

"Go pack up and farm today." Gongsun Du returned to the eaves, patted the water droplets on his body, and said.

"Huh? Farming? ”

"Well, plant the land and bring sweet potato seeds."

"Oh, yes, my lord!"

Taking advantage of Huang Xu's departure, Gongsun Du also went back to the house to change into light clothes that were convenient for work.

"Lord!"

Gongsun Du had just changed his clothes, and when he heard the voice, he looked up and said with a smile: "Qingping, why are you here?" ”

"My subordinates heard that the lord is going to farm?"

"yes!" Gongsun Du nodded and said, "Didn't you tell the Tuntian army at the South Gate to keep the land before, just for now." ”

"This ...... Isn't there something wrong? Wei You's face couldn't help but feel bitter, he thought it was for farming, but he didn't go to farming in person now!

"Wrong?" Gongsun Du was stunned for a moment, then understood, patted Wei You's shoulder with a smile, and said, "How to grow this thing, I'm afraid that only one person knows, if someone doesn't go, who will plant it?" ”

"Uh......" Wei You was suddenly dumbfounded. This is like a master taking an apprentice, just saying that it is not enough, it can be taught by hand, although this can be taught without hands, at least it has to be demonstrated.

"That's right!"

Gongsun Du beckoned Wei You and walked not far away, when he suddenly remembered something and said, "Are the hoes and quyuan plows prepared for you ready?" ”

In recent years, the development of agricultural tools in Liaodong has not been slower than the growth of population. hoes, curved ploughs, backs, stone mills, windmills, harrows, tripbags, etc. ("Tripper" should be the name of the soil, a kind of non-mechanical thresher, there are many in my hometown, and it is very convenient, but I have not found the scientific name, if you know, please leave a message!) ）

Most of these farm tools are based on Gongsun Du's memories, drawing drawings, and then handing them over to the craftsman workshop to make. Most of them are simple to make, but the actual use is very large, very convenient, a little more complex is the windmill, mainly Gongsun Du only knows the general structure, the specific is not very clear, fortunately its principle is still known, through specious drawings, and descriptions, after many tests, there is a finished product.

"Well, Tuntian has specially prepared a new hoe and a curved plow for the lord." Wei You thought for a moment and replied.

"Hmm." Gongsun Du nodded, and asked casually, "Do you want to go and see it?" ”

"Yes, my lord! Thank you, my lord, my subordinates really want to see it. Wei Yu replied quietly.

Gongsun Du looked at him in surprise, didn't say anything, nodded, walked out of the door, took the reins of the light shadow from Huang Xu's hand, turned on his horse, and headed south of the city.

The relatively fertile land around the city was distributed to the people who cultivated the land in the city, and the fields taken care of by the Tuntian soldiers were a little farther away, about thirty or fifty miles of land.

About half an hour later, Gongsun Du took hundreds of personal soldiers, as well as Wei You, to the location of this tuntian more than 30 miles south of the city.

After taking the hoe and the plough, and leading the ox, Gongsun Du asked, "Where is the land reserved for so-and-so?" ”

"My lord, please!"

Captain Tuntian said that he was going to help Gongsun Du carry the quyuan plow and hoe, and Gongsun Du was on one side, and said: "Since it is a certain farm tool, I won't work for you." ”

"This ......" Captain Tuntian suddenly felt embarrassed, and couldn't help but look at Gongsun Du, seeing that he had a firm face, he looked at Wei You again, and only gave up when Wei You nodded without a trace.

"Yes, my lord."

Then Huang Xu also wanted to help, but Gongsun Du still didn't allow it, carried the Quyuan plow to his left shoulder, and put the hoe on his right shoulder, and then said to Huang Xu: "You bring it." ”

"Yes, my lord."

After walking for about a stick of incense, under the leadership of Captain Tuntian, he came to a Tuntian, which looked like an acre and a half, which was specially requested by Gongsun Du. There is more, he doesn't have so much time to take care of it, and less, I'm afraid he doesn't have such a small land.

Putting down the hoe and the plough, Gongsun Du took the ox from Huang Xu's hand, pulled it to a corner of the ground, and began to put the ox's head on the ox.

I have to say that the ox selected by Captain Tuntian is good, he has no temper, and Gongsun Du didn't take much effort to set up the Quyuan plow.

"Driving~"

Gongsun Du tried, then whipped the ox away and began to leave the ground.

At first, Gongsun Du had not done this work for too long, and his skills were a little raw, so he couldn't keep a straight line as much as possible, but after manipulating about half a piece of land (more than 30 square meters), Gongsun Du became proficient all of a sudden, which made Captain Tuntian, who wanted to help, lose his mind again, and then he also started to leave the ground with the ox at the other end. Gongsun Du swept his eyes, saw that he was plowing the ground about a foot deep, nodded, and didn't say anything.

The two of them manipulated, and the land of one and a half acres was quickly plowed.

Gongsun Du untied the noose of the ox, let it go, and then picked up the hoe and began to level the land, breaking up large pieces of earth...... Many people know how to level the land, so they all follow suit, especially the more than 100 Tuntian soldiers brought by Captain Tuntian.

Soon, the land was leveled.

Gongsun Du took the sweet potato and demonstrated it himself, every two feet as a row, each row and each seed were about two feet apart, the pit was about one foot deep, and it was covered with soil.

After planting two rows, the Tuntian soldiers all understood how to plant, and they hurriedly started. So, every acre of land was planted in no time.

Then it was the potato's turn.

Potatoes are different from sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes are seeded whole, but potatoes can be made several seeds in one potato, and the number depends on the number of hole buds on the potato, about two or three hole buds for one seed.

Gongsun Du personally demonstrated and explained how to cut potato seeds......

An agricultural expert who is alive and well!

Hahaha!

With the clumsy help of Captain Tuntian and others, the seeds were quickly cut.

After cutting the seeds, it is natural to start planting.

The distance between each row is slightly closer than that of sweet potatoes, and the same is true for the distance between each seed, and the depth of the pit is also much shallower, mainly because the sweet potatoes are large and the potato seeds are smaller, and the depth is actually about the same.

After that, the rain gradually stopped, and it was not early.

"Sweet potatoes and potatoes, that's pretty much it." Gongsun Du patted the mud on his hands and concluded, "However, for potatoes, you can choose to dig a pit with a smaller hoe, so it is more convenient, and it is better to use this big hoe for sweet potatoes." In addition, when sowing, if it does not rain, it is better not to plant, if it does not rain when you are old, the season of sowing is about to pass, you can water first, and then plant. ”

"Yes, my lord." Captain Tuntian listened attentively, planning to write them down when he returned.

Gongsun Du nodded, and said, "Another acre of land is left, and I plan to use it to grow corn." ”

"Yes, my lord." Before today, Captain Tuntian still felt that Gongsun Du was making a big fuss, wouldn't he just plant a sweet potato, a potato, a corn or something, what was so difficult. Now that he is convinced, he said that when it comes to cutting potato seeds, he originally thought that he would just plant them whole! In this way, I realized that if I did that, it would be a waste of seeds.

Speaking of this corn, Gongsun Du suddenly remembered that in the cultivation of this corn, the countryside uses human and animal manure as fertilizer, then rubs the dough, and then presses a small hole with his fingers, puts the corn kernels into it, and finally covers it with fine sand or fine soil. This is not the key, the key is to cover the outside with a plastic film to allow it to germinate.

In this era, there is no plastic film, how to get it?

Gongsun Du felt a headache, but he continued: "You have to plant all the potatoes and sweet potatoes as soon as possible, or it won't be long before it will be the turn of corn, this thing is much more complicated. Again, after the sweet potato grows out, you must notify a certain person, this is just the first process of sweet potato, sweet potato seeds like this scene, at least more than a dozen acres of land, must remember to leave enough land. ”

"Huh?" Captain Tuntian's eyes burst out, and he thought that sweet potatoes were the easiest thing to think about just now!

But then Captain Tuntian felt that something was wrong, and when he saw Gongsun Du's brows furrowed, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly said, "Yes, lord." The subordinates will definitely set aside enough land to grow sweet potatoes, and will also complete the planting of sweet potato seeds and potatoes as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Du's brows widened, and then he said: "Recently, store a little more human and animal manure, and when the time comes, you will need to plant corn." ”

Everyone was shocked by Gongsun Du's words, this ......

Captain Tuntian felt even more incredible, and at the same time, he hurriedly responded: "Yes, lord." ”

Subsequently, Gongsun Du took Huang Xu and others to rush back while it was still early.

After returning to the city, when they were leaving, Wei You said: "Lord, can you notify your subordinates when you plant corn next time?" ”

Wei You's face was a little unnatural when he said this, and Gongsun Du stared at him for a long time, even more unnatural.

"Haha, good! No problem! ”

……

Ten days later, Captain Tuntian sent someone to report that the sweet potatoes and potatoes planted had sprouted.

Gongsun Du pondered for a while, the time was a little long, probably because of the lack of fertility, he took Huang Xu and others to the place where the tuntian was, and after making the embryo body of the corn with manure, he mixed the manure with water and sprinkled a little in the ground to supplement the fertility.

Two days later.

Gongsun Du estimated that it should have been fermented, and rushed to the tuntian again to start raising corn seedlings. As for the problem of plastic film, Gongsun Du can't solve it, so he can only ignore it, and as for how much impact it will have, it can only depend on the situation.

Fortunately, after a few days, almost all the corn balls had sprouted.

Gongsun Du came to see it in person, with a smile on his face, and then he remembered that there were places where corn was planted without this seedling process, so he directly dug a pit and planted it.

"Be careful not to let the animal eat the corn sprouts, this thing will appeal to the animal. When the seedlings are one finger high, send someone to notify them. ”

When Gongsun Du was leaving, he remembered this again, so he told Captain Tuntian again.

Corn seedlings grow very quickly, and within a few days, they grow to a finger height, which is much faster than sweet potatoes. Gongsun Du felt that it must be a problem with manure, and in order to verify whether this guess was correct, he went to look at the sweet potato seedlings again, and saw that their growth was indeed stronger than before, and understood that this was indeed the case, so he raised the matter with Captain Tuntian again, so as to provide experience for next year's planting.

The corn seedlings are grown, and then the seeds are divided. The advantage over spot seeding is that there is no need for replanting.

After about a month and a half of sweet potato planting, Gongsun Du rushed to the location of Tuntian and began to cut sweet potatoes.

At this time, Captain Tuntian felt eye-opening again, but he didn't expect that the sweet potato was sown by the sweet potato vine that grew from it, and a sweet potato vine could be planted in several pits.

Time flies quickly, and in just two months, the sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn have all been planted, and all that remains is weeding and waiting for the results.

Well, Captain Tuntian also thought so.

But after the sweet potato vines of the cuttings grew out for a period of time, Gongsun Du came again, and it was not for nothing, when he left, he also picked a large handful of sweet potato leaves, and he saw that Tuntian Captain and others were called a second monk who was puzzled.

"How do you know the deliciousness of sweet potato leaves, huh!"

Gongsun Du was very proud, but he didn't say it, he planned to try it first, taste the taste that was almost forgotten.