After deep ploughing, Li Guozhu was ordered to trot in front of Xu Zixian and others, and reported: "Junhou, now we have to start planting bean seedlings by plants. ”

"Do your own thing, and leave us alone." Xu Zixian said with a smile: "Liu Baihuguan of the seventeen hundred households is still in the isolation center, he has a fever repeatedly, but he has survived, you do things well, so as not to make him still hang in the isolation center." ”

Xu Zixian had visited the isolated patients a few days earlier.

The epidemic situation on the island is still developing slowly, and one quarantine center is not enough, and another is now being built.

This is also Xu Zixian's insistence, the isolation is built very well, and it is ten miles away from the nearest settlement, although it is remote, but the scenery is beautiful, and the living conditions are not bad.

All the service staff tried to stay away from the sick as much as possible, and except for the doctors and assistants, the febrile patients were isolated to avoid infection.

If the fever repeats, the isolation time will be extended, and patients like Liu Baihu have been in the past 20 days, and they have repeated fevers several times, and it is expected that even if they recover, it will take more than 10 days before they will be released.

These methods are effective in putting an end to the outbreak of large-scale epidemics, but there will certainly be ups and downs, and there is no cure, and the existing treatment methods are only to try to save the lives of patients, which is also a fortunate thing, so far, more than 1,000 people have been infected with the epidemic, more than 300 people have been cured and discharged, but there are still more than 700 people who have been isolated, and those who eventually died due to repeated fevers have not exceeded 20 people so far.

This is really something to be thankful for.

Hearing Xu Zixian's words and feeling the gentleness and kindness of the Marquis of Nan'an, Li Guozhu was very excited in his heart, and couldn't help but clench his fists and said: "We must do a good job, we Zhangzhou refugees, if we don't get the help of the Marquis, I don't know what to do now, if we don't work well, wouldn't it be better than a beast." ”

Xu Zixian had heard this kind of thing many times, and he just responded with a smile at the moment, and didn't say much.

The weather is very warm, and the surrounding area is full of people who are deep ploughing and planting bean seedlings, and it is almost impossible to see the end at a glance.

A few hundred acres of land gives people a very empty and vast feeling, and even the sight can see that the range is not more than 1,000 acres, and the territory of the 1700 households in front of them is 50,000 or 60,000 acres, and more than 1,000 people have to plant all the bean seedlings in a few days, which is not a small workload.

Fortunately, there is sufficient animal power, fertilizer, and water conservancy, and it is quite convenient.

A family planted 100 to 200 acres, and the bean seedlings were cultivated for a long time, and now it is the right time to analyze the planting, and everyone in every family is busy.

There was shallow grass growing on the ridge, and Xu Zixian sat on the edge of the ridge, his body was a little hot from the sun, but fortunately, it didn't make people sweat.

All around was the smell of the land and dung, the stench of river mud, the smell of grass, and the smell of the water from the water-dividing channels as it washed the mud.

The sound of trumpets, the mooing of cows, the neighing of horses, the sound of running water, and the chirping of birds in a small forest not far away are also incessant, giving people a pretty good feeling.

The guards were scattered around the field, patrolling with knives, and Si Congcao's management was very strict, even in such a field, surrounded by officials and farmers, the guards were not slack.

In fact, all 100 households, including 1700 households, whether they are men from the hunting society or men from the bow and arrow club, the requirement and standard is that the bow and arrow must not leave their bodies.

Even when they were plowing, many men kept their bows and arrows in the fields, and they could get them by running about ten steps.

The natives have been subdued, and there has been no more burning recently, and not only are the two sides at peace, but many indigenous tribes have begun to conduct normal trade with Nan'an Houfu.

This makes people more comfortable to work, hard work is sure hard work, driving oxen or mules and horses to plow the land, but mules, horses and oxen cannot do fine work, soil, watering, fertilizing, these things still have to be done by people, both men and women, including all children who can walk on their own. Xu Zixian didn't sweat, but it was obvious that the people in the farmland were quickly sweating and their clothes were heavy.

But people's spirits are quite happy, shouting trumpets, many women are humming a little song, when passing by this ridge, people look happy to greet Xu Zixian.

Now everyone is not surprised by the sudden appearance of Nan'an Hou, the prince is young and energetic, he accompanies the military soldiers to train every day, takes the government army to cross the mountains and mountains, takes the cavalry to ride along the island to train riding, patrols the small castles by the sea, checks the progress of repairing the ships in the shipyard, and has to go to Penghu to see the sailors, comfort the sailors, and read the fleet...... The ranch is a place where Xu Zixian has to go every few days.

More than once, people saw the prince of Nan'an, wearing a crown of beams, wearing a white or cyan military uniform, riding a big green horse to and from the official road at dusk.

Tall, young, gentle, smiling at all, close and detailed, the law is drawn up, and no one is allowed to violate it.

Beneath the gentle smile there is also a majesty that cannot be violated, and in the past few months, more than 100 people have been beaten with military sticks for unruly and incapable of engaging in industrial or agricultural production with peace of mind, and have been beaten with military sticks for their profligacy and drunkenness.

There are good people and bad people in any group, and there are also scoundrels and gangsters who have been mixed up for a long time and have lost their production capacity, they follow them to the island, but they can't stay at ease, they would rather live a mixed life, for such people or families, Nan'an Hou Mansion can't tolerate it, beat the man, and then throw it on the boat, all the way to Fujian, and throw it directly ashore on the shore, and the household registration is cancelled and becomes a black household, this is their final fate.

This kind of disposal did not hide from anyone, the Nan'an Hou Mansion did not require people to vomit blood tiredly, but relatively speaking, the Hou Mansion had already paid more than a million yuan for everyone, which was a huge expenditure, and it was the case for the imperial court, so the people who immigrated to the island obviously would not have any comfortable life in the first few years, and they had to pay hard work.

In a few years, there will be more strong labor, and there may be stronger and harder people who will be responsible for farming, and in fact, there will be no hardship for these immigrants and displaced people, who will have to suffer the same in their native country, and use inferior farm tools, and no cattle and horses, and will have to put people on the plough to plough and plough, and the sweat will not stop, and the harvest will be so thin that they will not even be able to eat, and the women will not have enough milk and water in the middle of the night, and the children will cry out from hunger, this cruel scene is the normal state of people's lives.

Like here in Nan'anhou Mansion, it is like a paradise for these peasants, what kind of hard work is not worth it?

"It's the right time to plant beans." Fu Qian was really busy sweating profusely, running around the fields, teaching the farmers to plant soybean seedlings according to his method.

Around him were a dozen or so farm clerks, with an average age of about 20 years, which was the age when they were eager to learn and able to learn. Fu Qian is a master of miscellaneous studies, not only in terms of craftsmanship, but also in agriculture.

But Xu Zixian couldn't hand over everything to Fu Qian, the university hall and the primary and secondary school hall were still under construction, and the agricultural school had already been opened, and all the recruits were about twenty officials and students, and only these people were eligible to enroll.

These young people are learning well, including Chen Jie, Jia Shengzhi, Lin Zizhuang and others are all learning for a while, learning very quickly, this time planting beans, the students of the agricultural school are also very powerful.

"Separate the fertilizer seeds." Chen Jie said to the farmers around him sweating profusely.

He is a short young man, a student in Fuzhou, who has a reputation for showing off his talents, but he has no intention of continuing to study, the main reason is the same as Chen Daojian, because of his poor family.

The imperial examination system of the Great Wei Dynasty is more reasonable than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Xiucai is just an entry, and the examination is taken every three years.

Xiucai doesn't have too many privileges, and he won't have much wealth, if the poor are poor, it will be difficult to afford the lifting test and the Jinshi test again and again, Chen Jie has tried once, and he is not able to try the second time for the time being, Nan'an Hou Mansion recruits talents with a high salary, Chen Jie's achievements in agriculture are not low, and he was successfully recruited, he hopes to earn some salary here, and at the same time can save the cost of the next Jinshi test while supporting his wife and children.

However, after a few months on the island, it became clear that Chen Jie's spare time was spent studying miscellaneous agriculture, and that he had forgotten about the scriptures and poetry.

There are many such situations, Jia Shengzhi, Lin Zizhuang and others are in a similar situation, these young people are quite smart, as long as they are willing to learn, they can master very profound knowledge in a short time.

In terms of agriculture, many people have planted the land all their lives, and they may not know as much as these twenty-something.

"Fertilizer is applied half a palm deep, under the left side of the seedling." Chen Jie wiped the sweat from the corners of his forehead with the corner of his sleeve robe, and continued: "Half a month later, the second fertilization, half of the river mud and half of the manure, the river mud is used for insufficient manure, the upper layer is half a palm deep, and the fertilizer is one-third, and the lower layer is one palm deep, and the fertilizer is two-thirds. Manure should be fermented before fertilization, use a rake to loosen, we do not have ridges, be careful when fertilizing, do not throw waste. ”

Jia Shengzhi, Lin Zizhuang and others helped the farmers distinguish the growth of seedlings, identify weak seedlings, and discard them.

These things are simple knowledge in agriculture, but like the characteristics of this era, technology spreads slowly, or even is lost, and is not transmitted.

In front of these talented people, the farmers who have planted the land for decades can only maintain awe, this is the power of knowledge, and in the Great Wei Dynasty, in China, respecting the intellectual people has always been a respectable tradition.

"One should be deeply cultivated." Fu Qian stood on the ridge and said loudly: "To prevent voles from being infested, you must be careful, the natural enemies of soybean seedlings are voles." In addition, irrigation must be maintained, and weeding must be carried out every day, and no slack! ”

The planting of beans is still relatively convenient, and the time is just right.

Beans are divided into red beans, black beans, soybeans, and mung beans, which have the widest planting range, high fat content, high calories, and the largest uses.

Of course, the soybeans grown in the Eastern Domain were more yielding, and in the north, they were generally planted in June and harvested from September to October, which was a late bean.

In Jianghuai area, early beans are planted, planted in February and March, and harvested in summer.

The Eastern Domain was planted from April to mid-May and harvested in mid-August and early September.

If it goes well, after harvesting the beans, no crops will be planted, soil cultivation, fertilization, and soil fertility will be accumulated, and the land fertility will be considerable next year, and most of the fields can be planted with rice and some fields with beans.

More land can also be cultivated to grow beans and be used to fertilize the fields.