"If the waterway is smooth, it is actually connected to the estuary, and if the military situation changes, the reinforcements of the Thousand Households can directly enter the sea by water."

"Ah, it's so bad, isn't it more expensive to dredge the river?"

"......" The three adults present have a little sympathy for the household and military departments of the imperial court, but the treasury is empty, and it is really not bad for their Bai family army.

"I'm just a farmer, and I don't have any other skills, so I can only work hard, hoping that I can get more food during the autumn harvest, and see if it meets the standard of meritorious service when the time comes." Qi Ke said weakly, as if she had no confidence, but her tone made people feel that her focus was only on being able to make meritorious contributions, not on lack of food.

"More food? Do you know now that you'll be able to get more food when the time comes? ”

Food is definitely the top priority, the imperial court is difficult to allocate money, and the soldiers' food problems are very dependent on the production of the following military households, in this regard, Siliu Village is indeed everyone's hope and benchmark.

"It's enough to rely on the output of pig roots, plus chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, pigs and sheep, anyway, when the time comes, it will be a few boatloads of things to be sent out."

"What's your staple food?" Bai Qing heard that Qi Ke's tone was wrong this time, and this time he really had no confidence and was not scared, so he immediately asked.

"I planted pasture, and when the weather was cold, I planted winter wheat." Qi Ke touched her earlobe weakly, about the winter wheat, she didn't know if the wheat in her hand could always sprout smoothly.

“…… W-What wheat?! The three big men looked confused.

"Winter wheat, sow when the weather is cold, let the wheat seedlings survive the winter, harvest in April and May of the lunar calendar, the yield may be a little more than spring sowing wheat."

"How can there be such a method?"

"Well, there is no cold in the north and no heat in the south in winter, and the frost and snow will not freeze the wheat seedlings, which seems to meet the growing conditions of winter wheat, and then there must be enough water to meet the irrigation requirements."

"It doesn't sound like it's going to be perfect everywhere." Mu Shen will rub his chin.

"That's right, planting wheat in winter and letting the wheat seedlings survive the winter is really a planting method that I have never heard of." Cheng Feng found himself lacking in imagination.

"Where did you come from? What does it look like in the book? Bai Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, and his sharp gaze pierced Qi Ke.

"It's not enough to just read a book, you also have to get wheat seeds that can sprout in winter." Qi Ketan is frank and unafraid, not afraid of his scare.

"You got the wheat seed?!" The momentum that Bai Qing had just gathered suddenly poured away like water.

"Huh?!" General Mu and Chengfeng's gaze immediately swept over.

"Until you see the germination, you can't be sure if it's a real winter wheat seed." Qi Ke pursed his lips and shook his hand, "The person who sells seeds speaks vaguely, and it is not clear that this kind of seed may not be obtained through legitimate channels." ”

"It's possible, there are many foreign maritime merchants in Dong'an Mansion, there are many stories, and there are many things that can be heard in remote places like ours, so we must pay more attention when buying novelties, and don't pay for the businessmen's boasting." General Mu nodded.

"If this kind of seed is true and really planted, it will directly shorten the time for us to be green and yellow." Cheng Feng slapped his hands excitedly.

"Yes, I think so too, otherwise, in early summer, the spring crops are still in the field, but the winter wheat can be harvested, as long as the planting order is arranged, the field will be produced all year round. However, you should not be too greedy, and you still have to spend some time and energy to maintain the land, otherwise the land will be insufficient and the farmland will be wasted. Qi Ke looked sincere, "Especially our coastal farmland is fragile and prone to salinization, so we must pay more attention to the conservation of land." ”

"So winter wheat is your third fire?" Hearing the three words salinization, Bai Qing remembered that Qi Ke had said the same thing last year, and coldly brought the topic back to the original topic.