Chapter 204: Investigation in the Countryside
Wang Xu, the king of the goods business, raised the slash about Hu Dou, although it had been handed over to the official family, but Yao Huan estimated that because this Wang Xu was Zeng Bu's nephew, and the three provinces were the territory controlled by Zhang Dan, even if Zhao Xu, the son of heaven, personally asked, this matter would have to be pulled in the political hall for a while.
Now, it is the season when the cattle are everywhere, and it is time for the county commanders and county officials in Gyeonggi counties to start working diligently.
Let's keep an eye on the mulberry shrimp breeding first.
After all, in early summer, the thousands of second-generation crayfish should be sexually mature and copulated, if they really breed smoothly again, this kind of geometric multiple growth, where can it be the volume that Wang Coulter and Rouge can accommodate in a small mud pond.
It is necessary to fight the idea of those abandoned official land.
Yao Huan then went to his aunt's place to call Meituan, came to Zhulin Street to work with Xiao Yue'er to do a morning party, simply packed a small baggage, took Wang Coulter's mule cart outside the West City Gate, and went to the countryside to investigate.
All the way to the west, after passing the crowd of people dressed up and going to Jinmingchi, the vision gradually broadened.
Yao Huan went back to Bianjing City, but was still taken by Zeng Wei to see the snow, at that time she was sitting in the car, and she was scorched by Zeng Wei's love words, how could she care to see the scenery along the way.
Looking at it today, sure enough, the western suburbs of Bianjing City, although far less lively and dense than the east and south sides of the inner city, have a large number of forbidden army barracks, built many temples and Taoist temples, and the most important thing is that there seems to be a vegetable planting and livestock and poultry breeding base that seems to have a considerable scale.
"Brother Wang, where are the few granges in the distance, which look magnificent, and are not as good as ordinary people?"
"Oh, the good teaching lady knows, that is the royal four gardens, Yujin, Ruisheng, Qionglin, Yichun, each year must produce twenty-eight kinds of five grains fruits and vegetables, in addition to millet, rice, there are leeks, bamboo shoots, melons, gourds, bamboo shoots, Chinese cabbage, etc., are all new items recommended when the official family leads the clan sacrifice."
"Then the vegetable field near the official road we walked on is Mintian, right?"
"Yes, the main household hired tenants to plant, and they had to pay rent every year, and because they did not produce grains, they transported the vegetables to the city and sold them, and converted them into copper coins to give to the county."
"Owners of the vegetable garden, how is the income?"
"Lady, please think about it, in addition to the imperial city, there are ten compartments, one hundred and twenty-one squares, and nearly 100,000 city households, how many vegetables and vegetables do you have to eat every day? Not counting those restaurants. According to the tenants in the township, it is not uncommon for some large households, only radishes and cabbage, to pay the rent, and have a surplus of 100 yuan a year. ”
Yao Huan did the math, and sure enough, the ancient and modern times are almost the same. Taking Chongming Island in the suburbs of Shanghai as an example, the average monthly income of vegetable farmers after tax is at the threshold of 10,000 yuan.
Fruit and vegetable farming, close to world-class metropolises, to meet the needs of a huge population, is still profitable. ZW.
In the livestock and poultry aquaculture industry, the rationale should be similar.
Yao Huan asked again: "Over there, the movement is so loud, is it a pig raiser?" The pigs that come in from the Nanxun Gate every day turned out to be bypassing from the west of the city? ”
"Not only pigs, but also quails for two miles. However, the pig and poultry raisers are different from the ones who grow vegetables in the open furrows, which are controlled by several big families who live in the west of the city, and they marry each other, and the pig and poultry shops in the city also occupy the first position, and outsiders don't want to get a piece of the pie. ”
Yao Huan secretly praised in his heart, this big brother of Wang Coulter, since he changed from the security captain of the red light district club to the hired assistant of the county senior officials, he has grown faster than the cadres in the system, and the situation at the grassroots level is clear.
Wang Coulter is also a good way to catch the car, both steady and fast, when the sun is about to climb to the top of the head, he has arrived at the edge of the barren field of the department official who was ordered by the county order to let him be on duty.
Rouge held up her belly that was about to give birth, holding a three- or four-year-old baby in her hand, and greeted her with a smile.
Yao Huan saw her, although she was much darker and thinner than when she was a servant girl in Wang Xu's house, and the skin on her face was rough, she looked happy and satisfied, looking at the Shuoye mountain flowers that seemed to be blooming, and the whole person was clearly better-looking.
Yao Huan was happy from the bottom of his heart.
In her last life, in modern society, she was a person who had no parents to fight for, and she relied on herself to emerge from the dust little by little, so that she could live a little more dignified and dignified.
She has a natural affinity for Wang Coulter and Rouge, the ant people who are at the bottom of a dynasty but are trying to survive.
Especially for rouge, Yao Huan respects her for being born with a beautiful appearance, but she does not sell it at a price, but only guards the poor boy she loves, even if she struggles to survive in the water and fire, she is also willing to eat.
Mo Dao's poor husband and wife mourn everything, Mo Dao's fallen leaves add salary to the ancient acacia, and they stay with each other, and the way to eat can always be found.
"Yao Niangzi, let Rouge take you to see the shrimp pond, I will go to the raw stove and cook, the Rouge month is too big, I can't bend down, I feel sorry for her." Wang Coulter said.
Yao Huan pursed his lips, swallowed the sudden mouthful of dog food happily, and followed Rouge to see the crayfish.
The small mud pond is as horizontal as a mirror, reflecting the sky and clouds.
Although the pond is only one or two minutes large, there are a lot of calamus, green and strong, and it is shiny and shiny by the noon sun, and it is full of vitality and love.
"Lady, the shrimp are here!"
Rouge's eldest son suddenly tugged on Yao Huan's skirt, and said in a milky voice.
Yao Huan stepped forward, didn't waste a little eyesight, and saw a large clump of calamus near the cofferdam, and sure enough, a few crayfish with red in the black were exposed, and the tongs hung on the stem where the calamus and the water surface were connected, although most of the body was hidden in the water hyacinth, just looking at the size of the tongs, it could be speculated that the whole shrimp should be more than two inches.
Although Wang Coulter had reported the growth of shrimp before, at this moment, Yao Huan was still very excited when he saw these second-generation adult shrimp that were not the same size as the shrimp seedlings, and he almost wanted to have a "Seaweed Dance" by the pond.
These are "wearing the second generation" crayfish, and they are really alive!
It's still alive and well.
Look at the strength that I can't break the posture of the calamus, they will grow for another two months, the full flesh, the elastic and tender taste, will not lose to their parents who have been made into mature drunken crayfish.
"Yao Niangzi, this shrimp grows faster than a crab, is it really delicious?" Rouge asked curiously.
"It's delicious, it's easier to peel than crabs, and the meat is fatter than those thin-shelled shrimp and lake shrimp, boiled, stuffy, drunk, and fried, but any cooking method that can be used in the aquarium can be used on it. Can you make soy sauce this winter? Go back and fish a few big ones, I'll marinate them with soybean sauce at night, and give you a taste! ”
Rouge said: "Okay, let's catch another grass carp, the small fish that was put in first, I didn't see the belly floating up, and it should be alive." ”
"Rouge, are there many insects here?"
"After the sting, there are naturally many. However, the coulter had sprinkled realgar powder near the mud pond as the lady had ordered. ”
Yao Huan nodded and said with a smile: "The heron bird also has to be guarded, let the coulter make a few slingshots for your doll, you can play with the heron." ”
Crayfish and herbivorous fish are co-cultured, and it is not easy to sit back and relax. Snakes, rodents, cormorants, egrets, are all good at catching them.
Yao Huan squatted down again and poked the mud of the cofferdam.
The extreme temperature for crayfish to survive is about minus four or five degrees.
In this era of the Northern Song Dynasty, the third Xiaoice period in history, from Chang'an to Luoyang, those birds and orange trees that could safely overwinter during the Tang Dynasty were often frozen alive.
But Yao Huan experimented with the crayfish wintering method at her aunt's house, and found that even if the surface of the fish pond froze, the shrimp in the mud hole could survive the winter.
What's more, the sexual maturity period of crayfish is about half a year, which is really not good, and the shrimp species can be kept in the cellar after fishing.
Yao Huan clearly remembers that in his last life, he went to the Northeast to do a project, and saw that there was also a crayfish breeding base in the suburbs of Shenyang.
Shenyang can be, Bianjing City, which is much lower latitude, even if it encounters an ice age, the water tribe will always have a way to survive.