Chapter 693: Start Growing Sweet Potatoes
When I returned home, I found that the person who came turned out to be Qin County Ling and several agricultural officials who had come from Huaiyang Mansion.
As soon as several people saw Lin Ruan, they hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
After Lin Ruan accepted their salute, he introduced the identities of Shen Tingyu and Shen Tingye to them. The two of them are the official positions of the fourth grade, and they are several levels higher than them. Several people hurriedly saluted the two brothers.
After the salute was finished, Qin County Ling said: "County Lord, these adults have been coming from Huaiyang Mansion for some time, and they have been visiting other counties to investigate the local water and soil conditions these days. Yesterday, when I received the news that the county lord had returned to Yulin County, I immediately rushed back, and when I arrived in the county, I didn't stop for a moment, so I rushed over. ”
Lin Ruan nodded at a few people: "It's hard work." ”
Several people hurriedly said: "It's not hard, but the county lord rushed back all the way back before he had time to rest, and he was disturbed by the lower officials and others." It's really the middle of March now, and if you don't plant the seed potatoes in a hurry, I'm afraid it will delay the time. ”
Lin Ruan also said: "I'm also worried about this matter, I originally planned to call you over tomorrow, since you are here today, let's discuss first, how to do this first step." ”
Seeing that Lin Ruan wanted to discuss business, the Shen family brothers, Lin Zhong and Xiuxiu took the initiative to leave the hall.
Lin Ruan had experience in planting sweet potatoes in his previous life, and he himself had experimented again last year, so when it comes to planting techniques, it is a good idea.
Several agricultural officials were also quite attentive, listening to Lin Ruan's explanation, while quickly taking notes, and from time to time they also asked Lin Ruan some questions.
At first glance, these people are practical people, not the kind of fancy people who like to play official, which makes Lin Ruan very satisfied, and he knows everything about their questions.
When the first step of the planting plan was negotiated, everyone was shocked to realize that it was already dark outside.
Leaving a few people for dinner, and then Jia Yi led people to send them back to the county, Lin Ruan washed up, and went to bed early.
When he got up early the next morning, Lin Ruan asked people to call Tian Dazhuang over.
Tian Dazhuang now manages the land property under Lin Ruan's name, and his son Tian Zhaocai was also arranged by Lin Ruan to study in a private school.
Lin Ruan changed into clothes that were easy to move, and just after breakfast, Tian Dazhuang rushed over.
As soon as he entered the door, Tian Dazhuang gave Lin Ruan a big salute in a firm manner, and Lin Ruan didn't stop him.
"Uncle Tian, I called you here to ask me how the open space at the foot of the mountain is being cultivated now?"
Tian Dazhuang was very optimistic about that vacant land, "County Lord, although that land is newly reclaimed wasteland, it has been raised for more than half a year according to the instructions of the county lord, and now it is very fertile, and it is not much worse than the middle land." A few years ago, I had people plant wheat in the field, and now it has been tasseled, so as long as there is no strong wind behind it, it can be harvested. ”
Speaking of his old profession, Tian Dazhuang's face was full of smiles.
Lin Ruan was a little regretful, "Uncle Tian, now you go back and take people to pick a piece of wheat field with the best growth, cut the wheat seedlings, and turn over the land." ”
Tian Dazhuang was surprised: "Cut off the wheat seedlings? The county lord, now there is only a little more than a month left before the harvest, and the wheat is all tasseled, and it looks like people, why do you have to cut off the good ones? ”
Lin Ruan also felt a pity, "I have an urgent need for that piece of land, so I must sort it out quickly." ”
Tian Dazhuang was so distressed that he was a cropper, and he cherished the crops the most, not to mention the crops that saw that a bumper harvest was imminent.
However, Lin Ruan said that he wanted to use the land, so he naturally couldn't object, so he nodded immediately: "Then I will arrange for people to come over, how big does the county lord need?" ”
Lin Ruan estimated the sweet potatoes sent to Qingzhou City, "One acre of land is enough." ”
Tian Dazhuang's heart twitched again.
Although the wasteland was very large, and an acre of land was nothing, he still felt distressed when he thought of the grain that could be made from that acre of land.
Tian Dazhuang's movements were very fast, and it didn't take long to find a few people to come over, and according to Lin Ruan's request, he found the wheat field with the best growth, demarcated an area of one acre, and began to cut it.
The few people who came to help also said that they were distressed while cutting.
Lin Ruan personally went to the edge of the wasteland to see the situation, now the wasteland is no longer barren, hundreds of acres of land are all planted with wheat, now is the time for the wheat ears to pollinate, a burst of wheat seedlings in the wheat field, the breeze blows, the green wheat waves roll, people look relaxed and happy.
The wheat seedlings that were cut down, Lin Ruan asked people to pull them to feed the cattle.
The peasant officials who left yesterday were rushing towards Linjia Village in a carriage with their clothes and bedding.
They will take root in Linjia Village for a period of time, which is conservatively estimated to be at least two or three months. During this period, they all temporarily lived in the Lin family's old mansion, which was Lin Zhong's courtyard.
They were accompanied by a cart of sweet potato seeds.
These sweet potato seeds were personally escorted by Chen Zhizhou with the officials.
Lin Ruan received the news and took someone to greet him.
Chen Zhizhou was about to salute as soon as he saw Lin Ruan, but Lin Ruan hurriedly stopped, "Lord Chen doesn't have to be so outside. ”
Chen Zhizhou grinned, "The county lord is still as friendly as before. Let's unload the sweet potatoes in the car first, and you can see how well I keep them. ”
Lin Ruan took people to her yard, and when the sweet potatoes were unloaded from the car, she looked at them carefully and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it's all well kept, Chen Zhizhou has worked hard." ”
"Whew!" Chen Zhizhou looked like he was finally done: "I can let these sweet potatoes be tossed and spoiled these days, for fear that something will go wrong with them in my hands, I can't wait to see them three times a day, to be honest, I haven't even cared so much about my children." ”
Lin Ruan couldn't help but laugh, Chen Zhizhou was originally going to be promoted, because of the smallpox incident, he also made meritorious contributions, and it was a conservative estimate to move up to the next level.
As a result, because of the sweet potato, the promotion was postponed.
This sweet potato was originally troublesome to store in winter, and she had delayed so much time, thinking that Chen Zhizhou was really tossed out of his head these days.
Originally, this sweet potato matter would make Chen Zhizhou go further, but as a result, Chen Zhizhou was restless and anxious to go crazy during this time.
Chen Zhizhou saw that she was still embarrassed to laugh, so he couldn't help but snort: "You can quickly plant these baby bumps, otherwise I won't be at ease." ”
Lin Ruan smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, when these sweet potatoes are in my hands, they will never have any accidents, and they will definitely emerge smoothly." ”
Governor Chen Zhi sighed: "I hope so, I still count on them to make me rise to the top." ”
After finishing the matter, Chen Zhizhou began to gossip, "I heard that you personally sent your biological father's family to prison?" ”