Chapter 342: Potato sprouts
Since Feng Chengqian said so, it also means that he is willing to help, Liu Yunyi relieved himself to hand over the matter of finding seeds to him, and his whole mind was devoted to the work of agriculture.
The potatoes were in good condition, and although she didn't bring a lot of them, the potatoes themselves could be cut and planted, so she planted two small fields.
The only question is whether these potatoes, which have grown up in warm areas, will be able to adapt to the cold weather in the town.
One day, two days, three days, three days, three days......
The sprouted potatoes have not grown seedlings for a long time, but they can kill people in a hurry!
The villagers also shouted and cheered at the beginning, and gradually turned to wait and see and doubt. After all, there are not many people who support Liu Yunyi's agriculture, although the village chief said it impassionedly, but in fact, when it comes to the moment when it really comes to do it, a bunch of villagers who have not done much farm work are bigger than the other.
quietly calculated in his heart, instead of wasting time on this, it was better to go hunting in the mountains, so only Liu Yunyi and the soldiers came to work these days.
Liu Yunyi knows the stakes in her heart, but she doesn't blame their forces, she compares her heart to her heart, she stands in the position of the villagers, and she is not necessarily willing to gamble her hope of food and clothing on such an unknown thing.
So this also inspired her to do it well.
Only when she has made achievements and let the villagers see hope, will others be willing to join her and support her, isn't it normal!
Having said that, after the potatoes were buried in the mud, they all stopped moving like squibs, which was really head-scratching.
Is the temperature too low?
Or is there not enough light?
Or is it something else?
Just hesitated, the morning of the eighth day was bright, and the soldiers who were guarding the shed in the morning unexpectedly discovered that small shoots had emerged in the shed one after another, and there were as many as twenty or thirty!
The soldier was overjoyed and hurriedly reported the news to Liu Yunyi.
Liu Yunyi only felt that when Dream Weaving House opened, she had never been so happy.
Without saying a word, she couldn't wait to go out after putting on two clothes, and the housekeeper said that she was going to prepare a carriage for her, but she ignored it, and went directly to the backyard stable to lead a horse, stepped on the horseback and rushed directly to Yingxin Village.
The villagers had apparently heard the news, and they had gathered around the outside of the greenhouse to look inside, their faces full of curiosity.
Liu Yunyi ran closer, jumped off his horse and rushed towards the greenhouse, and the surrounding villagers spontaneously made a way.
Liu Yunyi went up and took a closer look, but no, small shoots emerged from the ground, so cute!
Liu Yunyi came and went in his heart with only one thought, and that was: the hard work was finally not in vain!
After germination, the rest of the things will be relatively easy to do, do a good job of irrigation and foundation protection, don't let the potato seedlings be harmed, let them maintain the trend of continuing to grow.
Liu Yunyi hurriedly called a few soldiers around and told them the next steps and the matters that need attention.
The soldiers were also encouraged by the hope of this new life, and they all looked full of energy.
After Liu Yunyi finished speaking, when the soldiers turned their heads and were about to leave, three or two villagers greeted them and asked anxiously, "Princess Niangniang, is there anything else you need our help with?"
The other asked directly, "Do you need to water?" I'm going to pick up two loads of water!"
Liu Yunyi was so frightened that he couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it: "Don't, this acre of three-point land doesn't need too much water, and if you water too much, the soil should be too sticky, it's not good."
"Then princess, what do you need us to do, just say it, we will do it!" The man who said he was going to carry the water scratched his head embarrassedly, but asked enthusiastically in the blink of an eye.
And just as he spoke, the people watching outside the shed, five or six people, and more than a dozen people, also greeted him, enthusiastically expressing their desire to help, hoping to do something for Liu Yunyi.
This is a very different attitude from the previous days......
Liu Yunyi was relieved, they were infected when they saw hope, but this was undoubtedly the best encouragement for her efforts.
"Thank you!" Liu Yunyi only felt warm in his heart, so he carefully communicated to everyone: "The greenhouse here is actually just a test field, and it is limited by the weather, so it is designed like this, which is time-consuming and laborious, and it is not convenient for large-scale promotion."
But this batch of potatoes will be all mature after two or three months, and each seedling can produce at least a dozen potatoes, just in time for the New Year, we will send some potatoes to each family, you keep half to eat, and then half of the spring planting, okay? ”
Everyone said yes in unison!
The princess didn't care about her identity, she personally cultivated the world in Yingxin Village and helped them grow food, what reason did they have to refuse!
What's more, the opening of the hunting area in the past few days has also successfully made them realize that hunting is much more difficult than before, and sometimes running all day on the mountain, at most they see a rabbit, and they don't even think about big prey.
In this case, it is impossible to waste all your thoughts on this, anyway, the horse meat in your hands is enough for everyone to eat for a while, so you can simply come to help the princess do things for a while.
The princess can successfully make the seeds germinate in the cold winter wax moon, maybe, what she says can really be realized!
Liu Yunyi received a unanimous affirmative answer from everyone, and the enthusiasm of the people also greatly increased the enthusiasm of the soldiers, successfully making them realize that their efforts these days were not in vain.
Liu Yunyi took advantage of this juncture to announce: "In addition to the potatoes planted in our current experimental field, Prince Cheng is still trying to find a way to buy seeds for other crops from outside, and every household can get seeds after the beginning of spring, rice, wheat, beans...... Everyone can plant whatever they want, so the most important thing we need to do at this time is to open up enough land in advance!"
"The princess can do whatever she says! Let's do it!" So said the villagers.
Liu Yunyi looked at the enthusiastic faces, and he was not ambiguous, directly towards the back of the loess slope and the mountains and forests to which the soil slope spread.
Because this mountain forest is just behind Yingxin Village, it was naturally a hunting area in the early years, but after the division of the hunting forbidden area, it was naturally divided by the hunters and the prey, all over the mountains, not to mention rabbits and deer, even weasels could not see half of them, it can be said that in addition to the forest is almost abandoned.
Therefore, it is necessary to turn waste into treasure and turn barren mountains into arable land!
No matter how confused the villagers are, seeing that Liu Yunyi prioritizes everything around their village, they know that Liu Yunyi is sincerely good for them.
It's not just the dozen or so people who are excited this time.
At the same time that the soldiers arrived at their posts together, holding axes and hoes, and marched towards the mountains and forests, almost the entire villagers of Yingxin Village ran over, and they all held the corresponding tools in their hands.
Because of the lack of farming, their family may not have a hoe, but they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and there is naturally no shortage of axes, and it is not a problem to help cut down trees.
Liu Yunyi's subordinates have a total of 500 people, almost all of whom have arrived at the post to open the mountain, coupled with the great help of the villagers, the momentum is so huge, and the ability is naturally not bad.
However, just like the previous experimental plots, the soil is too clay and has too much water content, which is suitable for growing rice and the like, but if it is maintained at this level, it is obviously not possible.
Liu Yunyi made a plan with an agricultural consultant and delineated the functional area of the field.
The 10 acres of land behind the experimental field are used to grow potatoes and beans, and the next 10 acres are close to the stream, which can be used to grow rice.
And so on to extend into the deep forest.
In order to improve the viscosity of the land, it is necessary to fill it with sand and plant ash, which is naturally a big project.
Fortunately, the terrain of the town is special, the right side of the town is black soil in the main urban area, but the left side of the main urban area is five miles away, but there is sand everywhere, and there may be a lack of others, but the sand is really not lacking at all.
After designing the next plan, it was already the third day of land reclamation.
Liu Yunyi got up early in the morning as usual, planning to talk to everyone about his new plan. As a result, I was surprised to find that there were many fresh faces among the villagers.
When I asked, I didn't expect that this was actually a villager from a nearby village, and I learned that the princess and princess were farming in Yingxin Village, and there were already preliminary results. In the future, these achievements will be used for the benefit of the people.
Driven by curiosity, they also came to join in to see what was going on.
And after hearing that the villagers of Yingxin Village gave a detailed introduction, they didn't want to leave!
I envy the villagers of Yingxin Village!
The prince and princess personally handled it, no matter whether it succeeds in the end or not, it will not make everyone suffer.
And once this field is planted, Yingxin Village is naturally the biggest beneficiary!
"We really want such a good thing!" Everyone's call one unwilling.
Liu Yunyi was said to be laughing and crying, and repeatedly promised that after this land is planted, it will be promoted one after another.
She pondered, this is indeed her narrow-mindedness, mainly because she didn't have enough confidence before, but now she has confidence or something, so when the land here is almost reclaimed, she will send corresponding teams to various villages and towns to promote the reclamation method.
Only then did everyone be satisfied, rejoiced, and began a busy new day.
When you're busy, it's always easy to lose track of time.
It's cold to a certain extent, and it's almost December, but the weather doesn't necessarily get colder, and there are two modest snowfalls.
The villagers said that in previous years, no matter how you say it, there will be more than a dozen, but this year, even God is on the side of the princess!
This is really not to praise Liu Yunyi, even Feng Chengqian finally stamped it himself!
And in these days when Liu Yunyi was busy, Feng Chengqian was not idle.
The emperor ordered Zhenlin to cut off communication with the surrounding towns, but the Jiang family's power in Jiangnan was beyond the emperor's control.
Jiang Yancheng's private forces purchased grain and quietly transported it to the town, and it was inevitable to make a few more turns and change teams on the way. Fortunately, in the past few years, the investigation around is not too strict, giving Feng Chengqian and Jiang Yancheng enough room to operate. It's a bit of a hassle, but it's by far the easiest and most effective way to do it.
Liu Yunyi pondered, if Jiang Yancheng was found out doing this, he might be accused of treason, why did he let the good young master of the Jiang family not do it, and live and die for Feng Chengqian?