Chapter 280: Sowing
"Bao'er, you actually picked so many yam seeds! That's great! I'll go find some land to plant these seeds. Li Hongxiang was overjoyed.
Zhang Tiezhu was also overjoyed, so many yam seeds can be planted on several acres.
However, he pondered for a while, and then discussed with Li Hongxiang and a few children: "Now that the flood has just passed, it is not easy for every household, there is a lack of food and clothing, since we have so many seeds, let's keep half of them, and give the rest to Lizheng, let Lizheng distribute them to everyone, so that everyone can also plant some yams together, at least there is a little hope." ”
"Dad, you're so nice, just do as you say." Su Jinse had no opinion, but felt happy.
Her father is not the kind of selfish villain, on the contrary, he will not ignore his wife and children for the sake of others, but help others as much as he can under the condition of ensuring that his wife and children have food.
Ye Xiange and Tang Yan have always been beside them, and when they heard Zhang Tiezhu say that they were willing to take out half of the yam seeds and distribute them to the villagers, their eyes showed a look of relief.
The next morning, Su Jinse woke up and grabbed a handful of yam seeds to soak in water, and after soaking them, he went to breakfast.
And this will see Zhang Tiezhu and Li Hongxiang coming back with a hoe on their backs, which are full of yams, and the two went to dig at dawn, and they only came back until now, but they dug a lot more than yesterday with Zhang Zhiwen, and they also picked two handfuls of yam seeds.
He put down his things and rested for a while before starting to eat breakfast, and then discussed planting yams.
Almost all the yams in the back mountain have been dug up, and when the two of them went out early this morning, many villagers also happened to carry hoes to go uphill, and everyone knew that the yams could be eaten, and they all rushed to dig up the yams, so everyone was almost dug up.
Luckily, they picked some yam seeds.
After breakfast, Zhang Tiezhu and Li Hongxiang went together to choose the land where yams were planted, and they also went to consult Xu Langzhong for this purpose.
Yam seeds have a strong ability to adapt to the environment, and generally pastoral soil can be, but avoid waterlogging.
After selecting the land, start to dig, turn and level the ground.
After soaking the seeds for about six hours, Su Jinse took out the seeds and then left them to dry in a ventilated and cool place.
The next day, Li Hongxiang and Zhang Tiezhu sprinkled yam seeds in the dug soil.
The land was dug yesterday, the soil is deep and loose, the soil is fertile, the air permeability is strong, it has a good drainage effect, and the soil is full of bottom fertilizer.
However, it takes about three or four months to harvest the yam in the first season, so you have to plant some other vegetables during this period.
We still have to find a way to plant some crops, the previous crops have been washed away, and there will be a long time until next autumn harvest, otherwise there will be no food for almost a year, and many people will really die.
So Su Jinse went to ask Ye Xiange if he had any food seeds, if there were no food seeds, there were other food seeds that could be used to resist the grain, if the imperial court only issued disaster relief food, it would not be able to relieve so many people, and sooner or later, the food in the treasury would not be able to hold on.
This is exactly what Ye Xiange is worried about, there are too many people who have no food to eat, and it is not a matter of distributing relief food every day, and they really have to find a way to grow food.
"I'm going to find a way to get some seeds." Ye Xiange's handsome and cold eyebrows showed a look of contemplation.