Chapter 101: Spring Ploughing

The first thing to do is to transplant tens of thousands of peach saplings with tender shoots planted in the greenhouse by Sun Xiangfu to the mountain forest area of the Forestry Division.

Thousands of people, it took two days to finish, after doing these work, the people of the Forestry Department were all pulled by Sun Xiangfu to be strong, split bamboo strips, build sheds, a slippery bamboo bow greenhouse, covering nearly half of the land of Xingfu Village, and then, taking advantage of the spring water did not rise, a large amount of river mud was dug out, and all the rivers from Xiaohe to Xingfu Village were widened and dug deep, just for the future big boats to travel from the Wei River to Xingfu Village.

A few days later, the greenhouses were all set up, thousands of silk cloth pulled from Chang'an was sewn up, covered on the shed, because the silk cloth is not as sealed as plastic sheeting, Sun Xiangfu purchased a lot of straw mats, to the greenhouse to lay an extra layer, this year's sunny weather is more, the shed does not need much heating, it can maintain a moderate temperature.

Then, thousands of people fiddled with the handmade bowl machine in front of the pile of fertile soil as high as a mountain, and the cylindrical soil lumps stained with grass and wood ash were neatly arranged in the greenhouse, Sun Xiangfu took the strong men and women of the village to put the seeds into the small groove in the middle of the nutrient bowl, and carefully explained to them the essentials.

"Remember, the nutrient bowl can only provide the nutrition of the seedlings, once the seedlings are more than three inches, the fibrous roots have a tendency to conflict with the soil bowl, and must be transplanted immediately, the soil bowl is independent, once the nutrition can not keep up, the seedlings will die quickly.

In addition, the vitality of the seedlings of melons is more tenacious, and the conflict between the required nutrients and cotton is not large, so in the cotton field, it is also possible to plant cold melons at the same time.

However, cotton may be as tall as a small tree when it grows, so when planting, the row spacing and the spacing of each tree should be set aside, so that all branches and leaves can shine in the sun, and the watermelons planted in the cotton field will also be affected by the lack of sunlight, although it will be very sweet, but the size will not be too large.

I have chosen the fields that specialize in growing melons and watermelons, all of which rely on water, the sandy land on the river slope, where the water needed for melons can be provided, there are more insects after the beginning of spring, and the natural pollination will be more sufficient, and the melons grown in the river sand are actually the sweetest, let's keep them for ourselves to eat······"

Since the beginning of farming, Sun Xiangfu's mouth has been crackling almost all day long, of course, these words of the original residents of Happy Village are all listened to as the holy scriptures of making a fortune, and they dare not make any mistakes, and after finishing work at night, they will discuss with each other and confirm it, for fear that they will not listen to it completely, just like that, after a few days have passed, the matter of raising seedlings is basically solved.

This is the first step, nearly 1,000 acres of seedling sheds, of course, is to go to 100,000 acres of farmland, after raising seedlings, of course, the whole field, so, there is a strange scene in Guanzhong, the first month has not yet come out, there are a large number of farmers began to prepare the field.

"Erli, these days, after learning the whole field, you will be able to get these things by yourself next year!" Sun Xiangfu followed Sun Er, who was walking side by side.

"Well, but how to take care of it later, I still don't." Sun Erli said truthfully.

"Take a closer look, all remember, in fact, the principle of most crops is almost the same, we raise seedlings in the first month, transplant to the field in early February, a month earlier than the ordinary planting period, the seedlings will grow into seedlings in the spring rainy season, so that the water supply is very sufficient, in June and midsummer, we can almost harvest what we plant, can successfully avoid the hot dry period in July and August. Sometimes this kind of field is also like a game of chess, which needs to be pondered and dealt with according to the actual situation, so as to achieve high yield and high income. ”

For Sun Xiangfu's preaching, Sun Erli has been accustomed to listening, he is young and receptive, which is why Sun Xiangfu didn't go to Sinong Temple to find someone to learn his farming theory, those guys with pits in their heads will not agree with anything unknown, and will basically look down on Sun Xiangfu's set like Li Shimin, so they can only let them see successful examples first.

If the whole field is not ploughing, raking, and managing, for the first month when it is still relatively cold, the tenants of the Yu family and the Qin family have some complaints, Sun Xiangfu had to send someone to add some meals to them, and told everyone about the possibility of high yield and other situations such as early planting, which can be regarded as painting cakes and doing ideological work.

There are four ploughs and two or three thousand strong men, within a few days, 100,000 acres of land will be ploughed, and then divided, dry land, watered land, and the crops to be planted are different, harrowing the field, breaking the soil, fertilizer, this period is not very efficient fertilizer, such as manure, grass and wood ash, and the amount is not large, but there is better than nothing.

The size of all kinds of fields, Sun Xiangfu has calculated in advance, yes, when breeding, has been planned, on the eighth day of the first month of February, the first batch of nutrient bowl seedlings that have grown in the greenhouse for more than ten days began to transplant, each farmer only needs to carry the burden, and put the soil bowl peach into the hole made by the hand-bowl machine on the ridge of the field, and the planting is completed.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu only needs to instruct people to use a handmade bowl machine to make holes according to the optimal density of distribution, because of the gathering of the Qin family, the villagers of Xingfu Village, and a small number of hired workers and some tenants of the Yu family, the manpower is very sufficient, and all the seedlings will be transplanted before mid-February.

Of course, this does not mean that Sun Xiangfu's work has been completed, there are still more than 1,000 acres of greenhouse vegetables in Happy Village! This also requires him to bring a large number of hired workers to complete, and in addition, all the villages that have taken over the fishing grounds and planted fish and grass such as golden cauliflower should also be mobilized, anyway, the weather is warm, and there is no need to wait until March to start farming.

After a busy time, the time entered the beginning of March, the people in Guanzhong took off their winter clothes, put on spring shirts and began to go to the ground, and Sun Xiangfu was also recalled to Chang'an by a holy decree from the emperor.

At the beginning of spring ploughing every year, the emperor will personally go to the field to do a political show, so that the people of the world know that he attaches great importance to farming, and this year is no exception, the location is selected in a royal farm in Lantian County, outside Chang'an, so, as the second person in the management of the royal farm, Sun Xiangfu was sent here to play the front station, demarcate the land that the emperor will personally cultivate, and prepare the ceremonial guard and sacrificial tools to welcome the emperor and the ministers who participated in the show.

After paying homage to the sacrifices, Li Shimin took off his dragon robe, put on a special long-sleeved trousers made by Sun Fu, and walked into the field.

"Not to mention, your strange outfits are easy to wear for work." Li Shimin got dressed, moved left and right, and said.

"Hehe, it's not how convenient this dress is designed by Weichen, it's that the wide robe and big sleeves we used to wear are inconvenient, not only is it inconvenient to farm, but also inconvenient to ride a horse, and the appearance looks lazy and not ······spiritual."

"Okay, don't sell your ready-to-wear shop here in me, it's normal for business to be bad, we Han people have been wearing this wide robe and big sleeves for thousands of years, and we're used to it." Li Shimin stopped Sun Xiangfu's continuous succession, and wanted to try the curved plough with four plowshares.

He was right, the ready-to-wear shop opened by Sun Fu for Nie Sanniang in Dongshi really has no business, because the clothes sold in this shop are too trendy, men's clothing is almost all long-sleeved and trousers-based, and women's clothing is mainly based on several long skirts with several corsets, some of which have been shown on the stage of the drama before, and some have never been worn by anyone, and the price is extremely high, only some Qinglou women occasionally dare to wear this kind of exaggerated robe, after all, everyone is more tolerant of artists in any era.

The corresponding robe, but also the corresponding makeup to see the overall effect, with the dignified hairstyle of the Tang people, coupled with the gold and silver headdress inserted in the head, wearing a corset of clothes, it is strange to look good.

Therefore, except for some women who deliberately imitate the costumes in the drama, most of them will not break the tradition and go to the ready-to-wear store to buy clothes, not long after the shop opened, it was defined as a costume shop, this is Sun Xiangfu's first investment failure, but he is not discouraged, Lao Ma can sell a bunch of goods that everyone can't use, Sun Xiangfu thinks that he should be able to, after all, clothes are more or less usable goods.

"Your Majesty, these four plows are a field all the way down, so the plowshares must be straightened, and Weichen will help you drive the cattle in front."

What Sun Xiangfu is looking for is a square field for Li Shimin to cultivate, if the ploughing is deviated, this field will be ugly.

"Up, uh."

Under the shouting of Sun Xiangfu, the two bullocks walked all the way to the other end of the field, and Li Shimin, who was holding the plough handle behind, barely felt much resistance.

Next to the ridge, the ministers applauded when they saw Li Shimin cultivating the fields so efficiently, which is also a fresh trend brought by the opera of Wangjianglou to this era!

"It was when I was plowing the field that I felt that you were indeed a kid born in a peasant family, and tell me what you were busy with in the past two months, Wangjiang Tower has less drama for you, and there are a lot fewer guests." Li Shimin held the handle of the plough and said as he walked.

"Hehe, that's inevitable, eating and drinking every day will be tired, in the past two months, Weichen has cultivated 100,000 acres of land with several tenants, and now the new seedlings in the field are almost calf high."

"Taller than a calf? What do you plant? Tell me directly, how many acres of grain have been planted! Li Shimin asked in surprise.

"Well, not a single acre, it's all cotton, melons, vegetables, and the like." Sun Xiangfu saw that Li Shimin's expression was not good, so he snorted before he said.

"Bastard, bad plan." Li Shimin roared angrily.

"Uh, Weichen just planted some land, why did he ruin your plan?" Sun Xiangfu was stunned.

"Hmph, there is no grain and grass, how can my army go on the expedition, 100,000 acres of fertile land, at least 200,000 stones of grain and grass can be produced for me, you have planted all the messy things, if my army has no grain and grass to go out this year, it will be your sin." Li Shimin continued to roar.

All right! Sun Xiangfu only understood at this time why what the farmer planted needed to be planned by the imperial court, and in this period, farming was definitely a political issue.

At this moment, Sun Xiangfu didn't dare to tell Li Shimin about the second question, not only the 100,000 mu of cotton and melons planted, the royal farm, and some of the down-line villages developed by Sun Erli, but also about 200,000 mu of land planted with golden cauliflower and other fish and grass, this year, or in the future, he will not grow any more grain, he is afraid that Li Shimin will kill him on the spot after knowing this situation now.