Chapter 66: Pear Head
The two of them wandered to Uncle Zhao without anything, Uncle Zhao was directing everyone to place the big flat stone, Lu Ziqi went over to help, Chuncao was fine, so he found a stone next to him and sat down, looking at everyone's busy figure, as a modern person, Chuncao thought about whether he should also help.
But seeing these people sweating profusely and covered in mud, Chuncao made a perfect excuse for her laziness, she was the wife of the owner, and she had to pay attention to her image, so she decisively dispelled the idea of helping.
In this ancient feudal society, these ancients would only feel that it was natural for them not to stretch out their hands as owners.
At noon, the long-term workers all went back to the courtyard where they lived to eat, and Foreman Zhao took his own people to a nearby farmer to eat.
Foreman Zhao invited Chuncao to go with him, and Chuncao wanted to go to the place where his family workers lived, so he followed Wu Bo and others to the courtyard where the field staff lived for them. Uncle Wu always seemed to be a little uncomfortable, and he was not very willing to go over with the two.
The courtyard where they lived was at the other end of Taiping Town, and Chuncao sat in a carriage and followed the speed of the crowd's walking, and it took more than half an hour to arrive.
A separate courtyard, the yard is quite large, and the middle of the yard is full of bundles of grape seedlings.
Chuncao went in, observed a little, a large row of houses on the left, a large row of houses on the right, and went forward, and saw that it was probably outside the kitchen, several large jars, and then two large basins.
When these individuals saw that their owner was coming, they stood in the courtyard in an orderly manner, waiting for the owner's orders.
Chuncao went to the houses on both sides to take a look, the rows of Chase shops, it is estimated that there are too many people living in it, and there is a smell. Then walk over the seedling pile in the middle, and in front of the large barrels, you will see several large buckets of gruel like rice soup, two large pots, a pot of dried radish, and a pot of fried pickles.
Chuncao looked at these foods, her eyes were a little red, everyone worked hard to build roads day by day, but they ate these.
Uncle Wu said with some embarrassment, "The food left behind by this fieldman is almost ......." Later, it was not good to speak again, for fear that the owner would be unhappy.
Lu Ziqi took out a hundred taels of silver from his arms and handed it to Uncle Wu, "Go buy food." ”
Everyone stood in the courtyard or under the eaves and looked at the two of them, and when they saw that the owner had taken out a hundred taels of silver to Uncle Wu, they were all moved to kneel down for the two, "Thank you, the owner." ”
Chuncao was a little sad, because of her own negligence, so many people were eating such meals, helping herself to do physical work, so many people knelt on her own, she didn't notice.
"Get up, let's go first." Lu Ziqi saw Chuncao's expression, so he pulled Chuncao out of the yard gate.
was pulled out by Lu Ziqi, and Chuncao spoke, "It's all my negligence that caused so many people to go hungry." Turning his head, he looked into the courtyard behind him, and saw that everyone was holding a bowl in their hands, waiting in a long line to make porridge.
Lu Ziqi stretched out his hand and hugged Chuncao, "We gave them silver to buy food, and we can eat a full meal tonight, they don't have our share here, let's go to the town to eat." After speaking, he helped Chuncao get into the carriage and rushed to Taiping Town.
It's not far from Taiping Town, the two went to the town and found a restaurant to eat, and there were obviously fewer people than yesterday.
Chuncao thought about the gruel that the workers ate, and she had no appetite, so she ate some casually, and then went to buy some snacks, planning to bring them to the children, and the two went back to the field.
The people of Changgong and Foreman Zhao have already gone to work, and Uncle Fang is also waiting on the side of the road, and with Uncle Fang, there is also a man, who is tall and big.
Uncle Fang saw that Chuncao was coming, and as soon as he got out of the carriage, he called Chuncao to see if this pear was right.
Chuncao looked at the people behind Uncle Fang with some confusion, and Uncle Fang remembered that he forgot to introduce the two of them, "This is Nie Gensheng, the blacksmith master who helped beat the pear head, he also wanted to see this pear head, so he followed." Master Nie, this is the Lu Ye and his lady I told you. ”
Now that Lu Ziqi is a child, Uncle Fang changed his name when he introduced him.
After greeting each other, Uncle Fang couldn't wait to let Chuncao see if he was doing the right thing, Chuncao looked through it carefully, it was almost like this, so he called Uncle Wu, found a strong man who could drive the ox cart over, and instructed him to put the pear head on the cow step by step.
A few people helped, and it was quickly set.
Chuncao then instructed the strong man how to use the pear head, he would have driven the cow, and the operation was not difficult, the cow moved in front, and the ground behind was turned over by the pear head to both sides, and Chuncao followed behind and shouted, "Pull the straight line, and plow it to the end." ”
The people watching around were very excited, this method of turning the ground, I don't know how much easier it was than a hoe, especially the strong man who cultivated the land, he was reluctant to stop.
Chuncao nodded, "Yes, it's quite decent, Uncle Fang, I have to trouble you to help make a few more, the seedlings in this field have to be planted quickly." ”
Uncle Fang came back to his senses from the excitement, "If this thing is promoted, it will bless the people of Dazhou ......."
Chun Cao had planned to let Uncle Fang do this, she only needed a few more pears to help her plough the land, and she wanted to plant grape seedlings.
"Then Uncle Fang will go to the prefect to promote it? But remember to make me a few first, hehe......" Chuncao doesn't take it seriously.
Uncle Fang is an understanding person, so he knows that Chuncao wants to let this pear head be made for himself, but if this is really to be promoted to benefit the people of Dazhou, there will definitely be a reward from the imperial court, and it is estimated that this girl does not understand how precious this thing is.
When Uncle Fang explained to Chuncao, Chuncao just waved his hand after listening, "I'm not interested, Uncle Fang, you can make a mess, by the way, ask for a reward, then your family's status will be different, and the Yu family's view of the eldest daughter-in-law in the countryside will definitely be different." ”
Uncle Fang felt that this girl was too heartless, don't say this kind of thing, don't do it, turned his head to look at Lu Ziqi, and never thought that Lu Ziqi would come, "I'm not interested, Uncle Fang, you should come." ”
Uncle Fang is a smart person, he seems to understand a little, this is what the two of them want to borrow, if they can get some reward, so that the eldest girl's position in the Yu family will also be stable, Uncle Fang is grateful, this little couple really didn't treat themselves as outsiders.
With all the gratitude in mind, Uncle Fang agreed.
This Nie blacksmith was equally shocked when he saw the effect of this pear head, listening to the conversation of several people, knowing that this matter had fallen on Uncle Fang, he spoke, "Can Boss Fang cooperate with our blacksmith shop, we will give Boss Fang a preferential price." ”
Uncle Fang said with a smile, "This is easy to say, let's talk about it in detail, but we still have to trouble Master Nie first, and give them a few sets first." ”
Blacksmith Nie nodded, "There is no problem with this, but the time will have to wait for a few days, this pear head can take a lot of effort, this is my three blacksmiths and I myself have been driving it out without sleep." I just gave them a good night's sleep today. ”
Chuncao nodded with a smile, "Then thank you Master Nie." ”
A few people negotiated, leaving the pear head, and Uncle Fang and Blacksmith Nie couldn't wait to leave.
Chuncao saw that the man who cultivated the land had turned around and returned to the farm, so he called Uncle Wu and called the captains who were assigned to plant seedlings, and asked the man who was cultivating the land to stop here.
Lu Ziqi saw that there was nothing wrong with him, so he went to Foreman Zhao's side.
"Now I'll teach you how to plant grape seedlings, and you'll listen to me, but don't make any mistakes when the time comes."
Chuncao began to instruct one by one, the man who cultivated the land was responsible for cultivating the land first, pulling out a ravine, and when the pear head was delivered, he would take a few more people to plow the land, leaving a distance of five feet between each row.
A group of people is responsible for breaking up the soil of the cultivated ravine, a group of people digging soil holes, the distance between the soil holes is three to five feet, a group of people is responsible for throwing dung into the soil holes, and then burying a thin layer of soil, a group of people is responsible for putting seedlings, a group of people are responsible for burying the soil, the soil needs to be buried slightly thicker, and the seedlings should be gently lifted up, and the remaining group is responsible for transporting seedlings, so that the division of labor is clear, and an assembly line is formed.
After the order is finished, "Turn around and say to Wu Bodao, you can assign them one by one in the future, and the tasks are clear and clear." ”
Uncle Wu was very teachable and nodded silently.
Let the man who ploughs the field continue, and when he is tired, he will change people and cattle, after all, there is only one pear head now, so he can only hurry up and let the other captains start planting grape seedlings tomorrow.
called the two people who were going to be sent to Uncle Fang, and the two assistants to Uncle Wu, "I'll tell you the precautions for grape planting again, and this vineyard will depend on you to manage it in the future, I will let Uncle Wu supervise the inspection, and at the end of the year, according to everyone's performance, we will give you different rewards in turn." ”
"Madame, don't worry, the little ones will do a good job."
"Madam, the little ones will definitely try to do well."
To be entrusted with a heavy task by Mrs. and a reward, several people were very excited, opened their ears wide, and listened to Mrs. Command.
"You first get rid of the small problems, call yourself me, don't always feel inferior, you have to cultivate momentum first, you can't lose my face when you go out."
Chuncao listened to this little one, and died awkwardly.
"You have to remember what I'm talking about later, when you finish planting the seedlings, you start to build a shelf, which is simple and unskillful; After planting the seedlings, you should come to check whether they are alive or not, and if they are dry, you need to replant new seedlings; Before the rainy season comes, be sure to dig a drainage ditch and not let the seedlings soak in water; At the end of the rainy season, the seedlings should be fertilized again, not directly on the roots of the seedlings, and the manure should be buried in the middle of the two seedlings; You should all understand the pruning and pinching of the pruning, so I don't need to talk about it. Have you written it all down? ”
That's all the precautions for seedling planting that Chuncao can remember, not the experience of planting grapes, because she has never planted grape seedlings, but only the precautions for planting other seedlings before. As for pinching the tip or something, because Qingyang is rich in grapes, everyone who has grapes knows it, she still listens to what others say, but in fact, she doesn't know it.
Several people nodded their heads in acknowledgment.
Chuncao asked the names of several people, two literate ones, two brothers, the family was ransacked by the Rong clan, the family died, only two brothers fled here, the elder brother is called Wei Ming, and the younger brother Wei Sheng. The other two stayed to help Uncle Wu, one was named Guo Dabao and the other was Zhu An, the two knew a few words, but not much, Chuncao told the two to learn more literacy from the Wei brothers in the future.