Chapter Eighty-Seven: New Crops
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As soon as the old man heard this, he opened the conversation box and said to Xiao Tianjian: "This! That good man is asking the right person! We want to say that we have everything to plant here, the main thing is to plant a little more sorghum, our fields here are hilly, many times can not be watered, are harvested by the sky, sorghum is drought tolerant, so planting sorghum on the hilly land will also have a guaranteed harvest!
In some fine fields, rich families will grow some millet, and it is delicious to grind millet into millet, but this thing! The yield is too low! You can't feed too many people! So the poor man has a lot of wheat! Don't dare to grow more kinds of millet!
This wheat is still winter wheat planted before winter! The yield is larger, if an acre of land can be a good year, an acre of land in a good plot can make two or three hundred catties of grain, but no one dares to eat, this used to be used to pay rent, can only leave some sorghum rice to live! At present, a lot of land is still barren, and it is necessary to quickly plow it out in the spring of a good plot and plant spring wheat!
However, my old man still has an idea, that is, I can set aside some land, and when I get to the beginning of spring, I will plant some buckwheat, this thing is good! Buckwheat grows fast, ripens quickly, ripens in April, and when it is ripe, the spring famine is solved, and it can last until the spring wheat and sorghum are ripe in the summer, and then the plots are vacated, and autumn grains can be planted, such as soybeans and the like, in that case, there will be a lot fewer people starving to death in the spring! ……”
The old man told Xiao Tianjian about farming like a few treasures, and Xiao Tianjian suddenly became enlightened after listening to it, in fact, before he asked the old man, he also had some ideas, that is, the problem of corn and sweet potatoes. *..!。 *
The reason why Xiao Tianjian remembered these two things, the matter also started from the encounter with the rebel army under Luo Rucai on the way to Shanxi this time, during the passage through Dunzhou, the Xingtian army was suddenly attacked by Luo Rucai's men, and under the battle, it was defeated in one fell swoop, and a batch of grain was snatched from Luo Rucai's men, and afterwards when counting the loot, Jin Fuzi accidentally found two things that he had never seen before, including a few bags of corn and some sweet potatoes, and I don't know where they were snatched from.
In short, these things were immediately regarded as treasures by Xiao Tianjian, and strictly ordered anyone in the army not to steal these things, and arranged for Jin Fuzi to keep them properly, especially those bags of sweet potatoes, which were wrapped in quilts by him to avoid being frozen.
As for Xiao Tianjian, although he has little knowledge of agriculture, he also knows the use of corn and sweet potatoes.
These two things, including potatoes and peppers and tobacco, were transported from the American continent after Columbus discovered the American continent, and gradually began to spread to the whole world for cultivation, and these two things will not be in China for too long, so that in the hinterland of China, many people have never heard of or seen these two things, so when they were first discovered, some people did not know them, and some of them were discarded or used to feed livestock or simply thrown away.
As a result, Jin Fuzi was curious, before dealing with these things, he thought that Xiao Tianjian knew a lot of miscellaneous anecdotes, and he didn't know what these two things were, so he took some to Xiao Tianjian, and when Xiao Tianjian saw it, he was shocked, so Jin Fuzi was properly preserved, if not, these two things are estimated to be missed by Xiao Tianjian again.
Corn and sweet potatoes are both relatively drought-tolerant things, which are very suitable for planting in this area of Yangcheng, especially on hilly land, which is more suitable for planting these things.
And these two things also have an advantage, that is, the mu yield is high, the yield of corn in the later life can reach more than a thousand catties, at this time the corn is not as good as the seeds of the later generations, and there is no hybrid corn, but the yield will definitely not be lower than the various food crops often planted by the Chinese in this era, especially its drought-tolerant and soil-free characteristics, it is very suitable for promoting planting here, should be a very rare disaster relief food, and it tastes good.
And sweet potatoes needless to say, this thing does not occupy an area, find a place to plant in the field, the yield and many crops now, can be described by the word scary, the yield per mu is 10,000 catties that are all less to say, even if there is no good seed at the moment, only with these sweet potatoes in his hand, the yield per mu is estimated not to be underestimated, the most conservative estimate, at least there are thousands of catties of yield, and the existing sweet potatoes can also be quickly expanded, it is definitely a kind of disaster relief food with unlimited prospects.
What's more, this thing is full of treasures, there is almost no place that cannot be eaten, the leaves can be eaten, the stalks can also be eaten as vegetables, even if the stems and leaves are dry, they are still good feed, so to a certain extent, these sweet potatoes are even more valuable than the same weight of silver in Xiao Tianjian's eyes.
It's a pity that potatoes can't be found now, and if there are potatoes, it will be even more perfect, and these high-yielding crops will be popularized in large quantities, and the food problem will soon be solved.
After chatting with the old man for a while, Xiao Tianjian also found that the old man was indeed not blowing, and he had a lot of experience in farming, including farming, manure, fertilization, and irrigation, so he was even more happy in his heart, no wonder he said that there must be my teacher in the threesome, everyone in this world has his strengths, as long as they make good use of it, they are all talents.
"Uncle! Please take a seat and read it for ten years! I am fortunate to meet my husband today, it is my luck! Xiao Tianjian sighed and said to the old man.
Although the old man was a little proud, he didn't dare to get carried away, and hurriedly said modestly: "Where, where!" Good man, this is for my old man's face! I'll also do some farming, where is there a good man who is so powerful! But the old man wants to thank the good man, these cakes you gave are enough for our ancestors and grandchildren to eat for several days! The old man didn't dare to delay the affairs of the good man, so he retired! ”
"Wait! Since I can meet a capable farmer like you, how can I let my husband leave like this! No way, no way! I see it that way! This old man, I don't think you will go back to the village in the future, just go to our Xingtian Army to help me! We also kept some land, after the beginning of spring as a military camp, we have to have someone to give us a point or two, and the old man doesn't have to go back to suffer, take your grandchildren, and move to our lotus village to live! In the future, I will not be hungry for you, as for the land originally allocated to you, we will not take it back, just leave your remaining two sons, and when you arrive at our lotus village, I will also arrange for someone to teach your grandchildren to read, what do you think? Xiao Tianjian said to the old man.
When the old man heard this, he was startled at first, thinking that Xiao Tianjian didn't let him go for something! Later, after listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, he was overjoyed, and he was so excited that he didn't know what to say, so he sat on the ground with his chest covered, and he didn't ease up after a while.
It frightened Xiao Tianjian, and hurriedly helped the old man to lie down, what he said just now made the old man happy, and almost made a good thing a bad thing, and made the old man happy to death, if the old man was happy to die because of this, then he would be a great crime! So he hurriedly fed the old man water, and asked the old man to stroke his chest, and it took a lot of work to ease the old man.
"Oops! Is a good man a man? It's not to deceive my old man to make me happy! Good man, ...... are you? As soon as the old man eased up, he quickly got up and knelt down for Xiao Tianjian, and asked Xiao Tianjian with an eager face.
A personal soldier who was supporting him immediately smiled and said: "Your old man can be regarded as meeting a noble person today, this is the general of our Xingtian Army, according to what we said before, it is a big palm!" ”
The old man was even more surprised, seeing that Xiao Tianjian had forgotten the etiquette, he looked at Xiao Tianjian with wide eyes, a little incredulous, and said in his mouth: "Could it be that you ...... You are Xiao ...... General Shaw? ”
"Yes, right down!" Xiao Tianjian looked at the old man with a smile.
The old man groaned, quickly leaned down again, kowtowed a few times at Xiao Tianjian, and shouted in his mouth: "Benefactor! You are the benefactor of our common people! The old man didn't know that he was the general just now, but he was still sitting with the general, and he gave the general nonsense, asking the general to forgive his sins! ”
"My husband taught me so many things, how can I blame you! Hurry up! Go back and clean up, and I will arrange someone to escort you to Lotus Village! Xiao Tianjian put his hands around the old man, and Wen Yan said to him.
The old man saw Fan Yutong standing not far away watching them at a glance, so he immediately struggled and refused to get up, and said to Fan Yutong: "This must be the general's wife!" The little old man kowtowed to his wife! ”
Fan Yutong, who was looking at it with great interest, suddenly did not have any mental preparation, and almost instinctively stretched out his hand to support it, and said, "Old man is exempt...... Ah! …… Phew! Who is the general's wife? I'm not his wife! Hugh is talking nonsense! What a shame! I won't tell you! ”
As soon as Fan Yutong spoke, he realized that this old man had misunderstood, thinking that she was a big girl with yellow flowers, why did this old man's eyes be so bad! Didn't you see that she still hasn't opened her face? So he was so ashamed that he was embarrassed to be ashamed of himself, and after taking a sip, he took a small step, and regardless of whether the wasteland under his feet was clean or not, he lifted his skirt and galloped towards the carriage by the side of the road.
Everyone watched Fan Yutong, who was as frightened as a bird, flee into the wilderness, so they all bared their teeth and laughed, Xiao Tianjian also pulled the black line on his face, glared at the few pro-soldiers around him, and shouted: "Why don't you send my uncle back to clean up?" What are you waiting for? ”
Several pro-soldiers, including Tietou, immediately made a monkey scatter, hugging the old man, hugging the little girl, and then the group went on the road and walked towards the village in front.