Carrying the kettle, the water is sprinkled on the tender green seedlings, and the crystal water droplets roll happily, like a cheerful song. The rice seedlings that have been drunk with water are growing every moment, densely packed, and the nursery instantly becomes a green carpet, which is pleasing to the eye.

Qiao Tieshan, Deng Wentong, and many old farmers all stood behind Zhang Ke, stretching their necks out, staring hard and reluctant to blink.

In the middle of the day, Qiao Tieshan slapped his thigh violently, and smiled excitedly: "The thief is so cold, if you don't let you farm outside, we will plant in the house!" When the weather is warm and the seedlings are almost full, you can plant the seedlings. It's amazing, it's amazing! ”

Zhang Ke also smiled and nodded, Qiao Tieshan said the essence of the greenhouse seedling raising, which is to grab time from God.

The old farmer behind him saw the seedlings, and his heart suddenly welled up with light, they had planted the land for so many years, although they couldn't understand what was going on in the Xiaoice River period. But they knew it well, because it was cold early, and the grain was frozen to death before it could ripen.

With the technology of raising seedlings in advance, there will be no reduction in yield, and there is hope for survival!

Aren't farmers born to farm, one cow on thirty acres of land, and hot kang heads for wives and children! How many peasants' dreams, if the yield is too low, how would they rather work than farm!

At the thought of regaining hope in life, the big guy cried and laughed, and a group of old children couldn't slap together.

But just when everyone was happy, the old man Liu Shouyu suddenly shook his head painfully, squatted on the door frame, and shed tears.

Qiao Tieshan saw the old man's strange appearance, hurriedly walked over, and patted Liu Shouyu's shoulder unhappily.

"Lao Liu, what's the matter with you, what a good thing, what are you crying about?"

Liu Shouyu sighed heavily. said painfully: "Master Qiao, no matter how good the warm house is, but we can't afford it!" ”

His words were like a basin of cold water, splashed on the heads of the excited people!

Everyone is quiet, and although the conservatory is good, the cost is even more amazing. In particular, there is no cheap plastic film in later generations, except for opening the windows at noon to ventilate, the rest of the time has to be burned to increase the temperature, and the fuel alone is not something that the destitute people can afford.

In particular, building greenhouses also need bricks, tiles and wood. Several old farmers present looked down and shook their heads, this thing was really a bit far away for them.

Qiao Tieshan also silently calculated, to build a five-zhang long, two-battle wide confirmary, with bricks, tiles and wood, at least three taels of silver, and the fuel for keeping warm. There are also more than five taels, plus ten taels of silver!

According to the average yield of one stone per mu, thirty acres of land will produce thirty stones of grain. After deducting the rations and field endowments, it would be good for the common people to have ten taels of silver left.

This is still because Zhang Ke reduced the field endowment, otherwise the common people would have to live by borrowing money for a year.

In addition, seedling raising may also fail due to poor care. At that time, I'm afraid that the family will only have to drink brine to find a short-term view!

Liu Shouyu stood up tremblingly and said with a wry smile: "My lord." You are dedicated to the good of the big guys, and the little old man sees it in his eyes, but he blames us, really, there is no blessing! ”

Seeing that hope is in front of you, but you can only watch, who can not be heartbroken! These old peasants looked at each other, and the big guy crossed his fingers to calculate, but no matter how he calculated, they couldn't bear it!

Deng Wentong frowned, and asked tentatively: "Second brother, the people can't bear it, can we help?" ”

Zhang Ke was still thinking about it, but Qiao Tieshan shook his head.

"I'm afraid it won't work, we spend too much money, we have to train soldiers, we have to build weapons, we have to repair the city, but the court doesn't give silver, our money is all obtained from the bandits, but we can't suppress the bandits every day, and the silver must be saved. Besides, buying food from outside is only a little more than a tael of silver, and if it costs too much, it is not worth it! ”

Qiao Tieshan's words cast a thicker layer of clouds on everyone present, it seems that the greenhouse is only suitable for planting some flowers and vegetables, pleasing dignitaries and dignitaries, and the common people can't use it!

"Master Zhang, the little ones are going to work."

The old peasants were lonely, and they turned around to leave.

"Slow!" Zhang Ke suddenly waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Wait a minute, big guy, you answer me first, how much can you pay for an acre of seedlings?" ”

The big guy looked at each other, looked at it for a long time, Liu Shouyu gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, planting wheat, the seeds of one acre of land are almost one penny of silver, you said that the yield of rice is higher, we are willing to spend three coins of silver!" ”

This is already the price of gritting his teeth, three dollars of silver per mu, and five acres of land is almost one or two pieces of silver, which has passed the limit of too many people!

But a greenhouse can produce almost 20 acres of rice seedlings, according to the cost of ten taels of silver, each mu of rice seedlings cost eight yuan of silver, and the difference in the middle is five yuan! !

One acre of land is like this, a thousand acres, ten thousand acres, a hundred thousand acres......

Astronomical!

Just a seed, Zhang Ke put all the silver deposits into it, and he may not be able to fill this hole!

Qiao Tieshan coughed and said, "Yongzhen, don't be reluctant, maybe God is gracious, this year is a good year with good wind and rain!" ”

Zhang Ke secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, God will not let the poor people go, this is just the beginning, and the worse days are still to come.

"Uncle Tieshan, I won't change my idea of planting rice, and it is also necessary to raise seedlings in a warm house, and we have to discuss a method that is acceptable to a big guy now!"

Zhang Ke's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "One of the biggest expenses of the greenhouse is fuel, as long as this cost can be reduced, it will be easy to do!" ”

"This, how does this fall?" Qiao Tieshan was confused.

Zhang Ke suddenly smiled and said: "Uncle Tieshan, don't forget, there is a coal field in Zhenyi Fort, as long as you dig it out, you won't have to worry about running out of fuel!" ”

"Yes!" Qiao Tieshan's eyes lit up, but it was easy to say, but digging coal also requires manpower and money?

Suddenly, Liu Shouyu said excitedly: "Lord Zhang, we have all worked all our lives, and we are willing to go!" ”

Several old farmers all nodded, if it was really a good harvest, it would be worth it to fill their stomachs, and no matter how much sweat they shed.

Zhang Ke smiled and waved his hand: "No, didn't we capture so many prisoners of the White Lotus Sect." Just use them to dig up! The cost of fuel can be reduced by at least half! ”

Seeing hope, all the big guys came to the enthusiasm and discussed the solution together.

In the end, Zhang Ke and the big guy finally discussed a plan, first Zhang Ke redistributed the household registration under his rule, ten households formed a first, managed by a small banner, and a fifth division formed a mile, which was managed by the general banner, and each Lijia belonged to the accounts of hundreds of households and thousands of households.

Zhang Ke's establishment is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact it is very different. Zhang Ke no longer practiced the strategy of integrating the military and the people, and he withdrew the power of training and commanding the troops and put it under his own management.

At the same time as recovering power, Zhang Ke gave Lijia a more important function, to put it simply, to organize production!

One person can't build a warm house, but ten households and one hundred households are very different. Each Lijia built a unified greenhouse, unified seedling raising, and all the people had to volunteer to work. Help with the work.

When planting, each family buys seedlings from the centralized greenhouse, and can use the method of credit purchase to repay them until the autumn harvest.

Zhang Ke thought about it. Together, the scale comes up, and the cost goes down. The coal mine does not cost money, and the people work for free. The cost of a conservatory can definitely be controlled below three taels of silver, which is almost affordable!

"Second brother, me. I have an idea! Deng Wentong suddenly mustered up the courage to say.

Zhang Ke suddenly smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, do you want to speak freely, if you have any ideas, just say it!" ”

Deng Wentong lowered his head slightly, gritted his teeth and made up his mind, and said: "Second brother, didn't you say that it only takes twenty days to raise seedlings, and the rest of the time, can you also plant some fruits and vegetables, so that you can make up for the expenses!" ”

"Hahahaha! Hahahaha! ”

Zhang Ke suddenly laughed loudly, Deng Wentong didn't know why, and his face turned red all of a sudden.

"Second brother, did I say something wrong?"

"Of course not, I'm laughing brother-in-law, you know how to settle accounts!"

Deng Wentong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, and a few days after arriving at Daqing Fort, he first negotiated the price with the merchants, and then raised seedlings and farmed. Merchants and agriculture are all things that he used to disdain, how can a dignified Confucian and Mencian disciple talk about such vulgar and vulgar things!

But when he really got in touch, Deng Wentong suddenly woke up, what he disdained was really related to the livelihood of the people, but it was poetry and education, which was too far away from the people!

What are you thinking?

Deng Wentong hurriedly shook his head and threw out the deviant thoughts.

The method was properly discussed, and it was calculated that it was less than a month before the sowing time, and it would take 20 days to raise seedlings, and it was impossible to plant all the rice, so Zhang Ke decided to plant 10,000 mu first.

Qiao Tieshan led the old farmers to immediately tidy up the greenhouse, make zuò seedbeds, and some people selected rice seeds for germination. At the same time, the reorganization of the household Qi people was also going on, and when the big guys heard that the adults had a clever plan to increase production, they all gladly accepted the land.

Around Daqing Fort, there are busy figures almost everywhere. Zhang Ke determined the general direction, but it was a lot easier. On this day, he went home early and wanted to accompany his mother to talk to Xiaoxue.

As soon as I walked into the house, I happened to be greeted by a person who bumped into him.

"Ahh Brother Ke, are you alright? Xiaoxue asked in a panic.

"Of course I'm fine! It's you, panicked, what's going on? ”

Xiaoxue glanced at Zhang Ke, and then secretly looked around, and suddenly stuck to his chest and put her little hand into her arms!

Zhang Ke's eyes widened, and he said in his heart, when did Xiao Nizi take the initiative so much?

"Brother Ke, look at this!" Xiaoxue took out something from her arms and stuffed it into Zhang Ke's hand.

Zhang Ke opened suspiciously, and his brows immediately furrowed.

"How did you get this?"

Xiaoxue said angrily: "My mother picked it up in the backyard this morning!" ”

"Huh? Mom is okay, right? ”

"My mother was so angry when she saw this thing that she lay on the kang, saying that she had a headache, I was worried that I was frightened and wanted to find you, but my mother didn't let me, I didn't want to trouble you with trivial things, I, I thought, I still want to sue you!"

Zhang Ke nodded: "Well, well done, go, accompany me to see my mother!" ”

As soon as he turned around, Zhang Ke's fists were clenched tightly, his green tendons were exposed, and he was holding a bloody piece of paper in his hand! Throwing disgusting blood books at home scared the old lady, it was too deceitful! (To be continued!)

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