"Mancheng, wait a while, you will pick a few older and steady-hearted women to come out, and they will patrol each group and be responsible for reporting the time according to the leakage. Or you can just pick a few people to take care of here for the time being. The selection of grain seeds is directly related to the harvest after autumn, and you and I don't want to have any accidents here. ”

Li Dian nodded in response, and Lu Ren ran to the river and put his hand into the river. However, Lu Ren is not washing his hands, but trying to measure the temperature. As soon as his hand entered the water, Lu Ren felt a chill rush to his head, and he couldn't help frowning and said to himself: "I'm still a little anxious...... According to the data, rice likes high temperature, humidity and short sunshine environment, and the minimum temperature required for seedling germination is 10 to 12 degrees, and the most suitable is 28 to 32 degrees. But now that spring has begun, the weather is not so cold, but the water temperature is still obviously lower, so I can sow those rice seeds in the field now, right? ”

After a few more strokes of the water with his hands, Lu Ren couldn't help but sigh secretly: "His sister, if only there was a thermometer and a weather forecast...... I thought about it, what did I think? Also thermometer and weather forecast? It's too unrealistic to think about this in this era. ”

Turning around and looking at the people in the village who were immersed in water to select seeds, Lu Ren somewhat comforted himself and said: "Forget it, although I am a little anxious and the time is a little earlier, I am not completely messing around." The rice seeds used this time are actually only a small part, and they should be practiced first when sharpening the gun in battle, and this bit of rice seeds should be regarded as poor cannon fodder. But then again, what if it's a little colder? Didn't the wild rice and cereal seeds have to stay in the soil for a winter and then take root and sprout in the spring? These cannon fodder seeds are planted now, and once they sprout, isn't it just the right time to remind me that the time is really right? ”

Don't look at Lu Ren's always a superior posture in front of others, but Lu Ren knows in his heart that even if he, the so-called "Eastern Han Dynasty agricultural expert", is not a fake, he is only a guy with only theoretical knowledge, at least for now. But this matter must not be broken, and Lu Ren can only use these out-of-the-ordinary tricks to come to the formation to sharpen the gun, which can be regarded as adding a little more EXP to himself to upgrade.

There is one more thing to be clarified. Lu Ren's current location is at the junction of Juancheng and Fan County, which in modern times also happens to be the junction of Henan Province and Shandong Province, that is, the northeastern part of Henan Province. In later generations, this land belonged to the single-crop rice cultivation area in North China, and the rice planting area accounted for only 3% of the country.

In fact, with the climatic conditions in northern Henan, which are more suitable for growing wheat or soybeans, it is really not possible for Lu Ren to still grow millet crops with strong drought and barren resistance, and it can be more secure, but Lu Ren still decided to plant rice after repeated consideration. It is not for anything else, because as long as rice is planted well, the yield is higher than that of wheat, soybeans and millet.

You must know that the planting area of modern Chinese rice is only a quarter of the area of grain crops, but the output accounts for more than half. Of course, there are factors such as the second or even tertiary rice that are common in the southern region, but Lu Ren believes that even a single crop of rice, which can only mature once a year, can outperform wheat and millet in terms of yield. Moreover, the characteristics of rice planting here in Henan are that there is more than one season and two crops are insufficient, which is that Lu Ren can harvest and put into the warehouse earlier than wheat and millet, and it is also equivalent to allowing Lu Ren's trial tuntian to see the results earlier...... Now Lu Ren really needs some achievements too much to prove himself to Cao Cao and Xun Yu.

A quarter of an hour was not a long time, and when Lu Ren came back from a circle by the river, the selection of the first batch of rice seeds for the women had been completed, and the "good seeds" and "bad seeds" were all placed separately according to Lu Ren's request. Not to mention, the quality of these rice seeds sent by Mi Zhu to Lu Ren is indeed very good, at least the number of "inferior seeds" that have been separated is not much. Lu Ren used the rice seeds of Wuhu this time, and the number of inferior seeds was probably less than three buckets.

The conversion of a Han Dynasty bucket to the modern metric system is 2,000 milliliters and a little more, which means that the "inferior seeds" cleaned up this time are about six liters, which is about half a bag of rice. Lu Ren looked at this bit of rice, and he didn't know what this bit of rice was enough for. Glancing at the women who were selecting seeds here, Lu Ren simply waved his hand and said, "Come on a few people, cook this bit of rice into gruel, and the people present will share it and drink it." There are about 200 people, and each person should be able to get a small bowl. ”

The women present immediately began to talk in a low voice, and after a while, a woman about forty years old was pushed out, and said to Lu Ren cautiously: "Captain Lu, there is a saying in the agricultural proverb 'You can't eat grain seeds if you die of hunger'." If you sow these seeds in the ground, you can harvest some grain, so don't boil them, right? ”

"......" Lu Ren didn't know what to say for a while, and said in his heart: "Can't eat grain seeds if you starve to death?" But I've even seen cannibalism! ”

After thinking about it, Lu Ren waved his hand to the woman and said, "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who will mess around." These grains are of poor quality, and sowing them into the ground will only be futile. Let you boil it, and cook it. ”

Everyone was speechless, but in the end, according to Lu Ren's order, these three buckets of inferior seeds were cooked into gruel, which was regarded as an extra meal for these women. At this time, Lu Ren called Li Dian again, and the two walked towards another fertile land that had been prioritized for reclamation.

Here are the most elite laborers in the Tuntian army, turning the soil and pulling the plow. Lu Ren activated the relevant information in the chip, squatted down and carefully checked the turned soil, and nodded slightly. When he stood up, he called the centurion in charge of the place to ask him, and first asked if the centurion was illiterate, but the answer was also unexpected. Lu Ren could only smile at this, took out three patterns from his arms and handed them to the centurion, telling the centurion how to cultivate and level after extensive ploughing. As for when the first batch of rice seeds will grow and grow to the extent that they are suitable for seedlings after they are sown, Lu Ren himself has no bottom in his heart, so he didn't say it.

Thinking that most of the people at this time were illiterate, Lu Ren felt that it was not a way to go on like this, and he couldn't have to come and see everything in person, right? Where do you have so much energy? Thinking of this, Lu Ren asked Li Dian: "Man Cheng, do you have any literate people under you?" ”

"I don't have it with me now, but if Brother Lu wants to use it, I can go to my clan and call a few to listen to it." Li Dian's Li clan is a big family in Shanyang Juye, and in history, after Cao Cao swept Hebei, Li Dian "moved to the Qu clan (1) more than 13,000 people living in Ye", and Lu Ren now just wants a few people with a cultural foundation, which is too simple.

Lu Ren nodded and said, "That's good." Some of the rice planting experience in my account, after your people are called, they will do it according to the things written on the bamboo slips. ”

"No!"

Lu Ren glanced a few times and found that some people in the Tuntian army were unimpressed, and immediately his face sank and he shouted: "Everything in the world has its own methods, and the affairs of agriculture and mulberry also have their skills, not as simple as you think!" If I find out that any of you dare to do what you don't do, or if you don't do what I say, this military stick will be beaten down from as little as fifty to as many as hundreds!! ”

“…… Subordinates receive orders! ”

Lu Ren frowned, shook his head slightly and sighed, and didn't know what to say for a while. At this moment, Wan'er came to Lu Ren's side and whispered, "Lord, go back to the account and eat......

"Hmmm! Do you want to use some together? ”

Li Dian hurriedly shook his head, and said in his heart, "Do you think everyone gets up so late like you?" He'd already eaten it all. After a few polite words, Li Dian sent a guard beside him to ride a fast horse to Juancheng to find the children of the clan to come here, and at the same time asked Lu Ren to go back to the tent to rest first.

Lu Ren nodded, and took Wan'er back to the account to eat. I had just eaten a little, and suddenly someone came to report urgently: "Captain Lu!" Due north, there is a soldier and horse heading towards our military camp! ”

Lu Ren was startled and asked urgently, "Is there a flag!?" If there is no banner, wouldn't it be a rogue? ”

Li Dian rushed into the account at this time and said: "It's not a rogue, it's not a rogue, it's the three hundred horsemen of Xia Houyuan, the guard of Fan City." Brother Lu, Xia Houyuan let Ren Zhichong be the lieutenant, and he is in the king's position, and we should go out of the camp to greet him according to the rules. ”

Lu Ren pursed his lips, and said in his heart that they are all captains, why am I half a cut short of others? However, from a certain position, Lu Ren didn't want to offend Cao Cao's most trusted and closest one-eyed dragon...... But at this time, Xia Houdun was not blind.

At that moment, Lu Ren got up and sorted out his clothes and prepared to go out of the account, and when he was getting dressed, Lu Ren checked the information by the way, and felt a little strange in his heart: "No, shouldn't Xia Houdun go to attack Lu Bu with Cao Cao at this time?" How to stay in Fan County? If he doesn't go to conquer Lu Bu, he will lose his signature one-eyed dragon! Cheng Yu honestly stayed in Dong'e and didn't move. ”

Although he was a little puzzled, Lu Ren had always thought about it if he couldn't figure it out. After tidying up his clothes, he told Wan'er to go back to his small tent first, because after a while, Xia Houdun might come to his big tent to sit down. After doing this, Lu Ren and Li Dian took a hundred vigilant sergeants out of the camp and rushed to the ferry to wait for Xia Houdun.

Speaking of which, Lu Ren at this time really didn't know Xia Houdun. Originally, according to the original historical process, Xia Houdun stayed in Puyang as the Taishou of Dongjun when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, and Xun Yu asked Xia Houdun for help when Chen Gong rebelled, and Xia Houdun led his troops to leave Puyang and rushed to Juancheng. That is to say, when Lu Ren followed Cao Cao and Guo Jia to Juancheng, he could have seen Xia Houdun, but at this time there may have been a little change, Xia Houdun did not stay in Juancheng at this time, but went to Fan County to garrison, so Lu Ren has never met Xia Houdun.

Now that they have met, Xia Houdun has no reaction to Lu Ren. Because for Lu Ren, Xia Houdun is an ancient famous general, so he will naturally be more careful when he encounters it; But for Xia Houdun, Lu Ren is just an ordinary official and general, so where will Xia Houdun pay more attention? The only thing that has a little reflection is that Lu Ren went to Xuzhou to buy back grain and grass before.

Anyway, Xia Houdun was just out of politeness at this time, and asked Lu Ren directly after making a casual military salute, Lu Ren could only sigh in his heart, saying that it was no wonder that in this era, so many people value fame more than anything else, and even to the point of "sacrificing their lives for fame", and now Lu Ren really understands the sadness of being a lonely and nameless person.

(Xia Houdun's "惇" character Wubi font library is not there, and it is really inconvenient to cut back and forth, so it is replaced by the word "Dun", I believe you can understand.) In the future, there will be a Zhang He, so he will directly use "he". ）