Outside the city of Tongzhou, on a horse-drawn carriage.

Liu Renli, who was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, raised the water bladder and drank a few sips, then threw the water bladder to his master Zhang Huaiyuan, wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve, the skin on his lips had peeled, there were two cracks, and there was some blood oozing as he spoke, but Liu Renli didn't care.

"Did Shuntianfu reply to the letter?"

Zhang Huaiyuan shook his head, his face looked a little puzzled, put away the dry food in front of him, and then leaned over and said:

"Don't worry, Lord Zhang will have his own judgment, maybe it's because of something delayed, so he hasn't come here yet, the harvest of corn and golden potatoes is still more confident."

Liu Renli nodded, he wasn't worried about this.

During this time, he also followed Laifu to shuttle through various experimental fields, he originally didn't know anything, but now he is half an expert, this thing was planted to let the people have a stutter, and it can be sold at a good price, he really doesn't care if it is a political achievement.

Thinking of this, Liu Renli waved his hand towards Zhang Huaiyuan, there was no trace of decadence on his face, but with relief.

"Then let's not wait, it just so happens that this official uniform doesn't need to be changed, those donkey carts are lined up, and inform Laifu that we will start harvesting now!"

Zhang Huaiyuan knew how much Liu Renli had paid, so when he heard this, he also grinned, stood up and waved the small flag in his hand to some men not far away.

"Hey....... Fortune, tell you to get ready, and get ready to start harvesting now! ”

Laifu in the field in the distance pulled his trouser legs, stood up from the big stone, spit out the grass stalks in his mouth, spat at his hands, grabbed a small yellow flag and waved it in a circle, this is Beishan's way of communication, and naturally they will now.

The swarthy Rifle glanced at the eager people behind him, and shouted loudly:

"Okay, there's nothing to say, the woman harvests the corn, walks in front with a basket on her back and cuts the corn cob at any time, harvests two ridges at a time, distributes it, and the man behind follows to cut down the corn stalks directly, and then bundles in the open space behind, remember?"

Those who lined up, all of them saluted Laifu, they were all local farmers, they had also been trained before, they knew the details of each operation, and their faces were both nervous and excited.

Rifles waved his hand, "Don't talk nonsense, let's start!" ”

With an order, led by a man, these people were arranged to their respective ditches and began to cut corn quickly, some of them disliked this method too slowly, threw down the knife, and broke the corn directly with their bare hands.

The man in the back threw off his arms to cut the corn stalks, because Laifu had demonstrated to them, and the straw was fresh, needless to say, even if it was a dry yellow pole, it was fried with a guillotine, and it was used to grind it again, and the livestock raised at home liked to eat it very much.

Liu Renli jumped out of the carriage and took Zhang Huaiyuan across the canal to the ground.

Laifu nodded towards Liu Renli, but he didn't come down from the big rock, there was a flat field here, and he couldn't see anything when he stood on the ground, and he only knew what was wrong with him when he stood tall.

At this time, Zhang Huaiyuan had already arranged the scales with a few people, and put a lot of baskets next to them, which were prepared to be used for a while.

Liu Renli looked at the canal on the side of the road, this thing was very suitable for irrigation after it was built, but the only drawback was that it was too troublesome to go back and forth, and it was not easy to do the pipe that Zhou Heng suggested to do.

He waved his hand at the mechanical officer next to the carriage, "Don't stand, go find a wooden plank to cover the canal here, so that the donkey cart can come directly, after all, there is too much piling up in the open space here, so it is still necessary to send it to the grain field to dry." ”

Those people didn't say anything, they liked to engage in these practical things when they knew this Zhizhou, and they always wanted to find a way out for the people.

Now in the entire Tongzhou territory, these officials are also accustomed to Liu Renli's style, after all, this person doesn't seem to have any temper, if you have an unjust, false and wrongful case, or if you are not good to the people, he can clean you up to the family and no one will recognize you.

The people above liked this, and they were happy to save money, so they ran over one by one, holding wooden planks to cover the canal, and a donkey cart went first and began to load the weighed corn.

The old gentleman who was in charge of the scales did not record a single note, but read it out loud.

"Counting this basket, a total of six stones, the back of the loading car."

Zhang Huaiyuan looked at Liu Renli with a smile, he could feel that Liu Renli was very excited, picked up a piece of corn, opened his coat, and looked at the golden seeds, the smile on his face couldn't be stopped.

"My lord, our output seems to be not small!"

Liu Renli nodded vigorously, "We can't compare with the Beishan greenhouse, but this number is much better than we expected, and Laifu takes care of it well." ”

Rifle standing on the stone did not have a relaxed expression on his face.

He is much darker now than before he came to Tongzhou, and his current face is as old as he is when he is thrown into the coal pile without baring his teeth and seeing people, his fingers are bent, his skin is rough like old bark, with large and small cuts, and he looks like he is ten years old.

"Corn on the field management requirements are not high, as long as planted in time to water once, the yield is still OK, I am just worried about the golden potatoes in Dongzhuang, if this yield can be much different from Beishan, then this is too powerful, after all, we do not have much fertilization management is watering and weeding, than planting wheat is much better!"

Liu Renli nodded, "But this early canal is still a little troublesome, it seems that before the autumn of this year, we will start building the canal earlier, if the whole state is popularized, even if there is another spring flood next year, I will not be afraid." ”

Laifu laughed, and he saluted Liu Renli.

"Adults really love the people like children, this canal has played a decisive role, although there are many rivers in Tongzhou, but the direction of this water is a big river from north to south, lack of irrigation of tributaries, these canals can be drained and drained, drought can be injected with water for irrigation, it can be said to be a radical cure."

Liu Renli smiled and glanced at the canal, with a happy look on his face.

"At that time, if it wasn't for your son-in-law to point out this clear road to me, I'm afraid that Tongzhou will have no harvest this year, and I don't know how many people will starve to death.

Seeing Liu Renli so emotional, Laifu had a smile on his face, a big white tooth, smiled very sincerely, and looked in the direction of the west.

"I haven't seen Childe for a long time, I don't know how he's doing lately, Beishan and the things of the Rejuvenation Hall keep his feet busy without touching the ground, I guess it will be even busier now."

Liu Renli blinked, he could see that Fu really missed Zhou Heng, glanced at the progress of the harvest, and then continued:

"After this batch of things is harvested, you can go back to Beishan to have a look, and the rest of the planting will continue, and the people you brought out should be fine!"

Laifu shook his head, "Let them actually operate, but to control, the most important thing is that this land cannot be planted continuously, why is the wheat so low, that is, the same species are planted every year, and the land cannot recuperate, so the yield is decreasing year by year, and no matter how much effort is made, it will not be effective." ”

Liu Renli nodded, this theory seems to have been said by Zhou Heng, but he didn't explain it in detail in a hurry at that time.

He was a little puzzled, after all, it was already April, if he planted wheat at this time, wouldn't he be able to harvest it back in autumn?

"So according to your idea, is it to plant a crop of wheat? Isn't it too late to plant now? ”

Laifu waved his hand, "Or according to the plot of land we allotted, those who originally planted corn are now planted with golden potatoes, and those who planted golden potatoes are now planted with corn, so that doesn't solve the problem of planting period?" ”

Liu Renli came to his senses and laughed instantly.

"This is possible, so that we can harvest another season after August 15!"

Just as the two of them were laughing, an errand officer ran over quickly, pointed to the official road in the distance, and hurriedly said:

"My lord, there are a lot of convoys over there, looking at the carriages and horses and the clothes of the guards, it seems that they are from Beijing."

Liu Renli was stunned, "Who is here?" Could it be Lord Zhang Fuling? ”