Shi Wenbin and Chang Sui changed into casual clothes, looking like two teaching gentlemen, it was lunch time, the two went to the road bus carriage shop, invested two pennies and got on the bus to the north terminal Shigou Village, there are really a lot of people in the car, fortunately, this is an elongated carriage, sitting more than 20 people, all of the villagers have talked and laughed.

The coachman flicked his whip, and the two mules walked away with their steps. Shi Wenbin also looked fresh, and looked around with Changsui, feeling like a private visit by a big official.

Not far from the north gate, I saw a car pulling a huge wooden bucket.

Shi Wenbin said: "What is this going to do with pulling water, our Yuncheng is not dry now." ”

A man next to him said: "This is the car that delivers fish fry in Shijie Village, which is full of fish fry, and fish are raised in rice fields." ”

Chao Gai said this when he had a secret conversation with him, to make political achievements must let the farmers increase their income, rice and fish farming can be regarded as a good project, rice and fish double harvest, why the south is called the land of fish and rice, is because there are many rice, more fish, the water in Yuncheng County is not as good as the south of the Yangtze River, but there are also a lot of rice fields.

Just walking here, the six horses next to him were running over, and the carriage was about to give way, when the person riding the big black horse turned his head to look at the carriage, it was actually Shi Wenbin.

shouted: "Mr. Shi, where is this going?" ”

"It turned out to be Chao Tuanlian, and I was going to see the rice fields and fish farming." Shi Wenbin said.

"Why don't you go, just discuss with each other."

The coachman naturally recognized his big boss, hurriedly parked the car, and let Shi Wenbin and him go down with him, and Chao Gai asked people to free up two horses for Shi Wenbin and Changsui.

Shi Wenbin's posture of riding a horse is a little clumsy, but he can always ride a horse, which is much better than those rotten Confucians who read.

Not long further is the purpose of this time, here is a large field of wheat, the wheat has been harvested, and only a short stubble remains. The crowd dismounted and came to the field, where an old farmer in his fifties was ploughing the ground with a shovel with his son.

In order to show his love for the people, Shi Wenbin went over and asked: "Old man, why do you use shovels to plough the ground, isn't it faster to plough with oxen?" ”

The old man said: "Who wants to be bald if they have hair, can they afford to buy cattle and use shovels to plough the ground?" ”

Shi Wenbin was bored and came back with a wry smile.

Chao Gai didn't laugh at him, and said earnestly: "This is the first time you have been released as an official, and there are still a lot of things you don't understand." Poverty in the countryside is far worse than you think, so persuading farmers to teach mulberry is the first priority. ”

Shi Wenbin said: "You are stronger than me in economic development, and I will learn with an open mind." However, according to what you said, you are responsible for public security and economic development, and I am responsible for adjudicating and judging cases. ”

The old man who turned over the ground immediately came over when he saw Chao Gai, and asked timidly: "You are Chao Baozheng of Chaojia Village." ”

"It's me, you know me all the time." Chao Gai asked.

"There are cattle from you in our village, I just want to ask you, when will there be more cattle on credit, my family has thirty acres of land, you can rest assured, we will treat the cattle as our father."

Chao Gai shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's very difficult to have it recently, not to mention whether the financial resources are enough, it's difficult to buy cattle in large quantities." ”

The old man nodded in understanding: "It's okay, let's buy a small one when there is a calf." ”

"There are still horses, wouldn't it be better for you to get two horses on credit after a while, you can basically do the work of pulling carts and farms, and you can also ride." Chao Gai said.

"Got horses to get on credit?" The old man was surprised, "It's just that the horses eat better than the cows, and the villagers don't serve them well." ”

"This is a pony, it can eat all kinds of grass, it can't add much food, it's easy to take care of, and it's not afraid of cold and heat."

Chao Gai's words made the old man very moved, and after a while, Ruan Ying and the owner of the land also arrived, and a hundred villagers came to study.

There is a contiguous paddy field in front, about 200 acres. The owner of the field is called a middle-aged man, called Li Donkey.

Li Donkey was very polite, greeted the big guy one by one before taking the street to the field, Li Donkey pointed to the ditches crisscrossing the ground, and said: "This is according to what Director Ruan said, the ridges around the rice field have been raised, and the water outlets and inlets have been installed with anti-escape nets. Each acre of land digs a cross-shaped ditch, the ditch is half a meter deep and half a meter wide, and the middle position of the cross is a circle with a diameter of three meters and a depth of one meter. ”

For what Li Donkey did, Chao Gai, Ruan Ying and others carefully checked it, took out a tape measure and measured it, and the score was exactly right.

Next to him, Shi Wenbin asked Chao Gai: "Isn't there water all over the ground after planting rice in the rice field for a few days?" Why dig this ditch and the pit? ”

"That's a good question, and I think everyone has that question. Rice field fish farming, called fish and rice symbiosis, there are small insects and weeds in the rice field, small fish eat insects and weeds to discharge feces, will increase rice yield, under normal circumstances, a rice fish raised, than no fish to increase the yield of rice, at the same time can produce at least seventy or eighty pounds of fish, higher can produce more than 100 pounds. But the rice field can not directly raise fish, sometimes the weather is dry, the water in the rice field is too little, the water temperature is too high, the fish need to hide in this ditch, this ditch is called the fish ditch, this circle is called the fish pit, this is to prevent the summer exposure to high temperatures, to give the fish a deep water area, at the same time, if the family has free time can cut some tender grass and throw it into this pit to feed the fish, will make the fish grow faster. Chao Gai replied.

Ruan Ying then talked about some details, and took the farmers around to see, the details determine success or failure, and if you don't get the details, rice field fish farming will fail.

Shi Wenbin was more surprised at this time, one mu of rice field increased the yield of dozens of catties of rice, and the entire Yuncheng County had at least tens of thousands of mu, that is, millions of catties of grain, not to mention that one acre of land also produced more than 100 catties of fish, not to mention the value of fish, most farmers still like to eat fish very much.

"Chao Tuanlian, I still have a question. Generally, if there is a family of three or two acres of land, the fish harvested in autumn are two or three hundred catties of fish, how to save so many fish. Shi Wenbin said.

"The methods are all thought of by people, and the people naturally have their own preservation methods, drying, pickling, drying, or smoking, and it is no problem to preserve them for more than half a year. My fish guild will collect a large part of the small dried fish, and let the big guys sell or eat the extra fish, you understand now, as long as this method is implemented well, I'm afraid it won't take two years for our Yuncheng to become the land of fish and rice. There is a lot that can be done not only in the rice fields but also in the fields, and some mung beans, pumpkins, and loofahs can be planted in the empty places in the fields, which are all places to increase income. It is also a great waste to empty the barren mountains and wilderness, and the villages can plant some chestnuts, pears, jujubes, persimmons, peppercorns, honeysuckles, etc., according to the actual situation, there are many fruit trees that are resistant to barrenness, although the income is not much, but it can indeed solve a lot of problems. Chao Gai said.

Shi Wenbin admired Chao Gai more and more, when he first saw Chao Gai, he thought that Chao Gai was just a man with five big and three thick, who could only fight boxing and practice martial arts, but now it seems wrong.

"Chao Tuanlian is really a master." Shi Wenbin said.

Chao Gai said with a smile: "The political achievements are all yours, and it will not be a problem to mix with the prefect in three or five years." ”

Chao Gai turned around and left after speaking, the technology of rice field fish farming will be met in Yuncheng, and he must hand it over to Ruan Ying, and Ruan Ying will teach it to the people and then promote it.

After running around for several days, after the teaching of rice and fish farming technology was completed, Chao Gai ordered people to organize a book, called the Rice Field Fish Farming Handbook, and printed hundreds of copies in small quantities for everyone's reference.

Back to the escort camp, Liu Tang led the 100 horse army also returned, after this period of patrolling, the horseback riding is proficient, the next is the horse battle, the light cavalry horse battle is the first to push the horse shooting. Niu Gao is the instructor who teaches everyone to shoot arrows immediately, first of all, fixed shooting, that is, to let the horse stop standing, and the cavalry on the horse shoots arrows. Just like this, he practiced for more than ten days, and even so, Liu Tang didn't shoot well, let alone ordinary cavalry.

"Why is this thing so difficult to learn, it's not as refreshing as rushing with a knife on horseback." Liu Tang grumbled.

Niu Gao pursed his lips and said quietly: "Brother Liu Tang, in fact, you have learned very well, I think I practiced at this time for three months to have so little results, why the people of the Liao and Jin countries in the north are so good at riding and shooting, it is because people learned to ride horses at a few years old, and they can ride horses to hunt and graze cattle and sheep in their teens, this is all practice, you are the only cavalry we bring, why don't you practice well." ”

Infantry, cavalry, and sailors are fully armed, but there are fewer people, although the hot weather training is becoming more and more difficult, and you can only avoid the hot noon. Ruan Xiaoqi has been here several times recently, and the water escort team only has twenty or thirty fishing boats and a canopy boat, and its combat effectiveness is weak, and now Ruan Xiaoqi's knowledge has increased a lot, and he is not the one who knows how to dig through the bottom of a man's boat in diving, and knows the importance of warships.

Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, and Chao Xiong, who returned from selling illicit salt, discussed the issue of the water escort warship.

Chao Gai said: "Although the water guard force is only one hundred and fifty people at present, it will expand at any time with development, so the warship must be prepared. However, our current main activity area is the canal and the Yellow River in Shuibo Liangshan and its annexes, and the waterway environment is complex, so it is necessary to choose small warships, requiring combat odd work, and everyone says that it is good to choose what style of warships. ”

Ruan Xiaowu said: "I heard that the Dengzhou sailors are all tall building ships, and the ships are built with three floors, and the upper floors are full of crossbowmen, which is quite powerful. However, our river is narrow, and it is obviously not suitable. ”

Xiao Er and Xiao Qi also didn't have any ideas, after all, San Ruan had been fishing, and he had only recently followed Chao Gai, and his understanding of the warship was nothing more than hearsay.

Chao Xiong said: "When I went to Qingzhou to sell goods, I heard that there is a kind of boat, and I feel that it is very suitable for us. In terms of the size of our main tape measure, it is 15 meters long, 3 meters wide and 1 meter high. The boat is made of raw cowhide canopy, and there are ten paddlers on each side, and the shaking speed is extremely fast. ”

Ruan Xiaoqi said with a smile: "Why are there so many pulps, ten on one side, a total of twenty, and one of them looks like a centipede." ”

Chao Xiong patted his head and said, "If you think about it, it's called a centipede boat." This ship has a lot of pulp and is fast. The draft is up to half a meter, not only can fight, but also can pull more goods, a boat to pull 20,000 catties is no problem, the draft shallow lake and river can be passed, because the boat is high and offshore. ”