It's naturally good to have girls to worship. But the work still has to be done. After a long day of tossing and turning, a large number of various compost materials have been piled up on the ground.

Wan Lihui has full experience in composting and fermentation, and he instructed everyone to mash the messy garbage that was swept up, mix it with the river mud, aquatic weeds, and cut grass, and mix it with more than ten buckets of manure and urine taken from the thatched house of Fu Fuji's house, all mixed together, piled into a pile, and then closed with mud on the outside to form a pile. Usually, as long as it is turned to maintain sufficient moisture, the compost will be ready for use after six or seven months - just in time for the spring planting of the following year.

"The compost should be kept with sufficient moisture, otherwise it will not be easy to rot." Wan Lihui told Fu Xi the essentials of jishu one by one: when the compost starts, it should be stacked loosely, and when the temperature of the compost comes up, it should be stacked tightly. He also had to check the water content of the compost at all times, he taught her a simple way to poke a dry wooden stick deep into the compost, and when the stick was wet when it was taken out after a while, it meant that the water was haode, otherwise it was necessary to sprinkle water to moisturize.

“…… But you can't have too much water, and if you see dark, smelly water coming out from under the compost, it's a sign that there's too much water. ”

It is the rainy season in Lingao, and it rains almost every two or three days, so Wan Lihui asked them to fetch bamboo poles and straw and set up a canopy for the compost.

A series of actions by the Fu Fuji family became a long-term after-dinner conversation for the villagers. And Fu Fuji was also skeptical of his approach, but he didn't dare to openly doubt it, so he just took Changgong and his son to soak in the paddy field where the seedlings were prepared, turn the soil, apply bottom fertilizer, and repair the ditch every day. At the same time, wait for heaven and earth to send seedlings.

The order for the amount of seedlings has been allocated according to the sown area reported by Wan Lihui. On this day, a wheelbarrow transport team came from Lingao, using the new unicycle general-purpose agricultural trolley "Zidian" from the vehicle factory. The purple electric wheelbarrow is made by Li Chiqi and Jiang Muzhi according to the road conditions of Lingao, with reference to a variety of modern unicycle styles, and combined with their own industrial capabilities. It has strong passability and large bearing capacity on the ridge dirt road.

On the cart were boxes of rice seedlings. Fu Buji heard that the rice seedlings were coming, so he hurriedly put down the work at hand and went to see. He was immediately attracted by the rice seedlings loaded in the shallow wooden box - does this mean that one acre can harvest five or six hundred catties of rice?

However, the number is too small! He estimated that these seedlings could not even be planted on 100 acres of land, and at most they could only be planted on 60 or 70 acres. This is too deceitful! He thought that all the paddy fields would be planted in heaven and earth, and he would refuse; promised to plant only half of it, but this rice seedling was obviously not enough!

Wan Lihui was startled by Fu Buji, who ran up to him and shouted excitedly, because he didn't know what he was talking about, so he had to wait for Fu Xilai to translate with a smile to know his opinion.

"Not enough seedlings?" Wan Lihui thought that this was unlikely, and quickly ran over to look at the box containing the seedling trays, these seedlings were all large-spike type non-compact varieties, and the seedlings were strong and had well-developed root systems-he understood.

"That's right," Wan Lihui said with a smile, "You tell your lord that more rice seedlings don't equal high yields—look at it." ”

Jiang Muzhi, the leader of the transport team, sent a letter from Ye Yuming, and the letter really asked him to promote rice sparse cultivation here in Fu Buji.

"What? Sowing less can you reap more? How can there be such a truth in the world. ”

Looking at General Fu Fuji's skeptical expression, Wan Lihui knew that he would not believe in rice cultivation such as "sparse planting" until he saw the final result.

As the name suggests, rice sparse planting is to appropriately reduce the number of seedlings per mu when the rice is chasel. The purpose of the purpose is to improve the ecological environment in the field, give full play to the advantages of strong tillering ability of rice, coordinate the contradiction between individual and group growth, enhance the stress resistance of plants, and increase yield. At the same time, the cost of rice production is reduced.

After the use of sparse planting, the demand for seedlings per mu can be greatly reduced. Save man-hours, seeds, fertilizers and seedling facilities for seedling rearing, and reduce production costs. At the time of harvesting the seedlings, because there were fewer seedlings per acre, the need for labor was also greatly reduced - especially suitable in places like Hainan in the Ming Dynasty, where there was a shortage of labor. The reduction of labor per mu of farmland can make more agricultural time and make full use of the water and heat resources of Lingao.

In addition, sparse sowing can make rice grow into a more ideal plant shape during growth and form large spikes. After heading, the green leaf area is large, the light receiving attitude is good, and the grain weight is increased. Promote a high-yield structure that takes into account panicle, grain and weight, and increase yield by 5-10 under normal circumstances.

Rice thinning is a kind of agricultural jishu with a very high level of jishu content, and the requirements for field management are very high. So this time, not all customers used the sparse planting method, Ye Yuming and others discussed, and Zuihou only selected Fuji Fu as a pilot. After all, Wan Lihui, who is the most experienced agricultural technician in rice cultivation, is here to give guidance.

In order to ensure the success of the sparse planting, Ye Yuming asked him to stay at the Fu Fuji family for a while longer, and to ensure that they mastered the rice sparse planting jishu.

"Rare plants are good, but-" Wan Lihui looked at Jiang Muzhi suspiciously, wondering if he would be able to accurately transmit his meaning back to the Heaven and Earth Society, "This requires a lot of fertilizer--Kao farmhouse fertilizer is not enough." ”

Thinning is not a panacea, nor is it simply a matter of reducing the number of seedlings and increasing the spacing. Generally speaking, it is 'fat field kaocha, thin field kaocha'. That is, for plots with relatively thin soil and poor fertility. The density of chapling seedlings should be increased appropriately to increase the number of effective panicles per mu. Fields with very fertile soil or more fertilization should be planted sparsely. The fertility of the rice fields of the Fu Fuji family is generally poor. Only half of the paddy fields are barely able to get by, and the lack of fertilizer for sparse planting is worse than dense planting.

"You don't have to worry about this," Jiang Muzhi said, "Committee member Wu has already requisitioned more than a dozen tons of lignite from Nanbao to Bairencheng. From Dongsha Island, two boatloads of struvite were brought back. Enough should be enough, right? ”

Jiang Muzhi also told him the good news that on a plot of land outside the county seat, the exploration team had discovered a peat field. Peat is suitable for both fuel and fertilizer. And the victory is very close to Bairen City. Now the Ministry of Foreign Trade is negotiating with the landlords to buy the land for mining.

“…… The highway from Bairen to Nanbao will be completely opened in a week, our vehicle factory is rushing to work day and night to transport coal ox carts, the highway is passed, lignite is not rolling in, not to mention that you have one or two hundred acres of land here, the county is estimated to be enough. Jiang Muzhi said with great interest.

"So the fertilizer plant is just around the corner—"

"That's right, it's actually already underworked. I heard Ye Yuming say that he has been engaged in civil construction recently. Estimated soon. ”

"That's great." Wan Lihui thought, I knew that I would have spent so much effort on composting!

"By the way, Ye Yuming asked me to give you a message: Recently, there have been signs of sporadic bandit elements in the local area. The patrol is stepping up the force of the Taka and wants you to pay attention to your personal safety-"

“kao！” Wan Lihui let out a curse, "Lao Tzu is alone here, and there is no one who is even on guard in shifts, how can I pay attention to safety?" ”

"Did you bring a gun?"

"Yes, it's standard for business travelers." Thousands of miles shine out a Smith. Wesson's 9mm revolver, "but only six rounds." ”

"Here's a box." Jiang Muzhi took out a cardboard box from his bag, it was a package of 24 rounds, "And this-" He took out another bundle of long sticks rolled up in paper. There is a pointed bamboo skewer underneath.

"Signal rockets."

This kind of rocket is a by-product of the Second Ordnance Design Group headed by Lin Shenhe when it was engaged in uncontrolled rockets, and the signal rocket rolled into a paper tube is launched by ignition, and the height of the rocket can reach 200 meters. There is no parachute design, that is, KAO pulls black smoke during the day and fires at night to alarm, so the signal does not last long. However, a few kilometers away from Meiyang Village is the fixed patrol route of the patrol. As soon as a distress signal is detected, it will come in time. It's not very useful, it's better than nothing.

"When I put it on the ground and light it again, I guess the head will be cut off. It's better to hit my ***. "It's already out of the edge of the coverage area, and thanks to the clean radio environment and the absence of high-rise buildings in this plane, the call distance is farther than that of modern space. Wan Lihui's mobile phone can sometimes be connected, and sometimes it can't.

He muttered and took it, and saw that there were six of them.

"It's been the rainy season lately, and it's easy to get wet. Give you a few more. These words made Wan Lihui feel even worse.

As the convoy drifted away on the ridge, it began to rain in the sky again. The fields outside the village were empty, with few figures in sight, and in the distance were gray skies and mountains...... Wan Lihui has never felt so lonely, and he seems to be the only one left in this world - can those people who travel alone to another time and space in the novel really be able to endure such loneliness? He still had five hundred companions who could understand what he meant.

After some arguments, Fu Fuji desperately followed Wan Lihui's instructions and took the sparse seedlings.

The sparse seedlings in the paddy fields immediately became the laughing stock of the whole village. Several well-meaning clansmen and relatives came to persuade: The matter of farming has been passed down like this for thousands of years, so why should he change it casually? Just say that he planted well over there, but it doesn't mean that he can also plant well here, don't just listen to people's demagoguery, and lose a year's harvest in vain! There are also hints that Australians have "witchcraft" in farming.

After a few days, Fu Buji's eyes were sunken, and in order to avoid being beaten by his wife again, he simply beat his wife as soon as he got home, saving the strength of quarreling. Fu Xi smiled every time she came to deliver food to Wan Lihui, it seemed that this was her wish.

"Your lord weishenme always beats his wife?" Wan Lihui is confused by the housework that has been going on every day lately.

"It's not because of you." Fu Xi whispered.

"Me? I pay for my meals. ”

"Haha, where is it for the food thing." Fu Xi laughed, "For the sake of farming......"

As he spoke, he told him all the recent rumors in the village. Wan Lihui realized the seriousness of the matter. Although he didn't read many miscellaneous books, he also knew that civilization might not necessarily defeat ignorance, and that there would always be conservative opposition to reform, and if he did not take measures to win the support of the Fu family, he was afraid that there would be a situation of "people going to politics". The agricultural promotion of the Heaven and Earth Society was in vain.

In order to cheer up the Fu family, after Wan Lihui finished dinner, the Fu family sat in the courtyard and fanned a fan to drink a few sips of dry grass tea and talk. By the way, you have to practice your Lingao dialect - you can't expect to have the help of natives who understand Mandarin everywhere you go.

At first, everyone was quite restrained and didn't dare to speak, but after a few days, they felt that the ten thousand leaders were very kind, and there were many anecdotes to listen to. Ask him something. He tried to explain it to them as much as he could. Gradually, they were all willing to talk more - except for Fu Fuji's wife. She still refused to communicate with Wan Lihui face-to-face.

Within two or three days, Wan Lihui figured out the details of the Fu Fuji family:

All in all, small landlords like Fu Fuji are still very attentive to management, and most of the small landlords who have slowly made their fortunes from farmers are capable and thrifty, and they have a certain mind and agricultural planting jishu.

For example, he pays more attention to collecting fertilizer than the average local farmer. Wan Lihui has seen local farmers throw their manure into the river and abandon it into the wild because of the smell, which is simply unimaginable for Wan Lihui, who was born in a farmer's family. Therefore, Fu Fuji's harvest is better than that of ordinary farmers, and the yield of rice he planted is about 300 catties per mu.

If it were Kao rice alone, this large family would not be able to support it, let alone the number two rich people in the village -- you must know that the richest man Fu has three families, and his family has nearly 800 acres of land. There were also a few more cows than him. Fu Fuji can mix to this day, KAO has to be the painstaking management of generation after generation.

Although the Fu family didn't have much money, they raised four domestic boys, three boys and one girl. He doesn't have to work long and short-term jobs, and he dedicates himself to such hairy children. The houseboy is a one-time investment, and after buying it, you only need to give it food. Although he couldn't do heavy work for many years, he was able to do side jobs, the older ones helped in the fields, the younger ones raised ducks and fed pigs, and the girls helped his wife cook for the whole family. Relatively speaking, it is also more economical - and more importantly, long-term workers are more obedient.

His main side business was raising ducks, which were not available locally, so he made a special trip to Fucheng to find a chicken and duck shop and promised to come to him every three months to buy ducks. Raising ducks does not require feed, does not require a lot of labor, and can also get duck eggs. The profits from selling ducks are not very lucrative -- the merchants of Qiongshan County are ruthless in bullying such "countrymen," but compared with the local peasants, they have relatively flexible "cash" in their hands, and occasionally lend money to the people of their own village, and the interest rate is not high, but they have to use land, farm tools, and ploughing cattle as collateral, so that they can almost make a sure profit. If the other party loses the debt, it would be better if he could annex his land. Fu Buer never gave the land to others to plant, in his opinion, he can harvest more than 300 catties by planting himself, and others can harvest 200 catties, even if he is not cost-effective even if he is six tenants in the east.

Other than that, it's saving. Wan Lihui had only seen the story of a miser rich man in the countryside in novels before, but he didn't expect to come to such a rich man. The Fu family only serves three meals when the farm is busy, and usually only two meals are not mentioned, and they are still dry and thin. Eat dry rice in the morning, so that you have the strength to work in the field. Eat porridge at night - it's going to sleep anyway, and when you fall asleep, you won't be hungry.

Meals are completely equal, whether it is the master himself, a domestic boy, or a long-term worker, they all eat at the same table. Big pot rice, big pot dishes. Rice or porridge is usually mixed with pumpkin or sweet potato. There's no meat, eggs, fish and anything like that—it's all sold for money. Occasionally, duck eggs that can't be sold are marinated in salt mud and eaten with salted eggs - of course, they must be so salty that they can't be eaten, so that they can be eaten more quickly. Only when the farm is busy, there will be meat or fish to eat, plus a meal of sweet potato dry rice.

Wan Lihui ate alone, and Fu Xi made it for him, and he paid according to the price on the agreement. Heaven and earth will give him a daily food fee of 5 yuan. In the eyes of the Fu family and all the people in Meiyang Village, Wan Lihui ate better than the emperor: a dry meal with no miscellaneous grains, fish or chicken and duck, and a little vegetables. Fu Xi also often used duck eggs to cook for him. This kind of treatment made several old people in the village say that Australians are so poor and extravagant, and sooner or later they will be defeated, and their children are envious, and they are deeply educated: if they were not ruined, how could they have traveled thousands of miles to this poor country?

But Wan Lihui didn't think his treatment was good. He didn't get used to it the first time he ate. Eating embryo rice on the farm - brown rice is an intermediate processed product with bran removed and the germ retained, which is coarser than commercial white rice - I don't feel very comfortable in the first place, and I am even more uncomfortable when I eat brown rice here. There is always a lot left over from every bowl of dry rice. Every time he finished collecting the dishes, Wan Lihui would see the lady of Fu Fuji's family watching without blinking as Fu Xi sent the leftovers to the kitchen before finishing the work.

"This mean old woman!" Wan Lihui scolded. The lady of Fu Fuji has so far not shown him a good face—women have been more and more insensitive to the development of the situation, and women have been more and more obtuse in this regard than men who are more sensitive to the development of the situation.

"Hmph, she, I can't wait for everyone to eat bran and leave all the rice behind." Fu Xi whispered, "She said that you are a liar, and you have deceived the old man to lose his mind, and he has ruined the fields and crops, and he wants to destroy her family and collect the land of the Fu family." also said that you are a male vixen, and the whole family is confused. He grinned.

"Male vixen?" Wan Lihui thought depressedly that Lao Tzu is not the kind of pink makeup jade jade who can contribute chrysanthemums, why did he give such a title?

"Yes, she had a quarrel with Sister Yijin last night, and she made Sister Yijin cry." Fu Xi pretended to be mysterious, "I know why."

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