"Your movements are fast enough, originally I thought it would be great to have 50,000 stones, but I don't want to, I have already stored 80,000 stones." Looking at the underground grain kiln, which was three or four feet taller than the surrounding area and covered with oilcloth felt and straw, I nodded with satisfaction.

"However, this is not enough, try to buy more grain and grass from other places, and hope to save more than 10 million stone by the end of next year. Can it be done? I turned around and whispered to Zheng Ye.

"The small thinks that now that there are wars, at this time want to buy grain like this year, I am afraid it is unlikely, not to mention how the war industry has spread to Hebei and Henan, these three months, we can collect grain and grass, has been less than a million stones, optimistic estimates, by the end of next autumn, should be able to save enough. In addition, according to your instructions, we have purchased 7,000 acres of leveled wasteland in Hancheng County......" Speaking of this, Zheng Ye looked at me with some hesitation. "Although the wasteland is flat enough, we don't have enough people to farm."

"It doesn't matter, make up as much as you can. As for the lack of labour for farming, this is not difficult, but I am afraid that this matter will be entrusted to you, and I will take advantage of this winter and the beginning of spring to try to get people for me. Of course, the best way to do this is to recruit the homeless. Anyway, we don't lack anything now, the only thing we lack is the population. There is no limit to the number of displaced people, the more the better, do you know the way? I patted Zheng Ye on the shoulder and whispered.

"Childe, don't worry, what should the little Zhilu Dao do." Zheng Ye nodded very understandingly. "In this way, with enough manpower, these 7,000 acres of wasteland can be turned into fertile land."

I turned around and asked Li Yuanfang, "By the way, didn't you say that there will be a Turkic caravan coming this year?" Zhilu said, which route did they take? ”

"Hui Gongzi, they are going to Jinyang, it is estimated that there should be more than half a month, but to Luoyang, now, I am afraid that it should be near Jinyang." Li Yuanfang was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it for a long time, he was sure to be authentic

"That's okay, immediately send a message to the old housekeeper and send someone to pick it up, so that the horses don't have to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and transport them here directly, as for the wine, they have to go to the eastern capital to find the old housekeeper to go." I thought about it for a moment and commanded solemnly. "This time, all the horses brought by the Turkic caravan were left, and this son was of great use

Li Yuanfang nodded in understanding, and in a short time, a subordinate walked to the inner room of the trading house, and two carrier pigeons flew out of the pigeon cage there and flew in the direction of Luoyang, the eastern capital.

"Childe, what should we do next? Now there are more than 30 craftsmen who have come over, so we can't let them stay there every day and do nothing, right? Zheng Chen asked in a low voice beside him.

"The first thing is to recruit people from the county, first to build lime and cement kilns, and by the way, brick kilns must also be built first. When the time comes, let them go to these things. It doesn't matter if we don't plough oxen, tell the old butler again, and make me thirty pairs of the heavy ploughs that are used for horse ploughing, and send them directly to me. "I thought about it and made a decision.

Horse farming this thing in the Han Dynasty has, now this son is a newcomer, in the book to see this thing, so very curious to let those blacksmiths in the house to create a test of the test, I have to say that this thing is indeed very good, very strange for Mao no one to use, a query with the old housekeeper to know that even if it is the Sui Dynasty, horses are still scarce, wars need horses, transportation needs horses, and the Central Plains, and lack of horses. Therefore, after the Han Dynasty, horse farming gradually died out.

Therefore, horse farming can't be popular, what's more, horse farming can only be used in the northern dry land, and the southern use is completely, and only ploughing cattle can do it.

However, now after the strict investigation and scientific calculation of this son, although Hancheng County has seven mountains, one water and two fields, these two fields are completely in a flat area, and the population here is sparse, and the use of horse farming is very useful.

And the land here is fertile enough, in fact, as long as you plough deeply, apply organic fertilizer, not to mention anything else, in the current kind of yield doubled that is no problem at all.

The grain harvest in this era depends entirely on feng shui, uh, no, it depends on whether the fertility of the land is sufficient, I have seen the way my tenants farm, every time after the autumn harvest, they will take those straws and burn them into ashes, and then sprinkle them in the fields, called fertilizer, sweat to death, I remember that when I was in my early tens, I could still see this kind of farm fertilizer in the countryside.

Burnt wheat stalks, sorghum stalks, etc., are burned and then dumped in the fields as a material for fertile soil. When I grew up, I realized that this is called organic fertilizer, but the fertility of this organic fertilizer is too low.

However, after I started working in the township, there was an organic fertilizer demonstration base, reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and organic fertilizer planting, which achieved good results, although it was not chemical fertilizer, but it was also much better than the untreated farm fertilizer.

The subordinates and craftsmen brought by Ben Gongzi have all been settled, and according to Ben Gongzi's instructions, five days later, ten pairs of heavy plough harnesses used by horse ploughing and a corresponding tool have arrived in Hancheng County with the ship, and they have obtained this thing, and the winter deep ploughing work can finally begin.

The 7,000 acres of wasteland purchased here were cultivated in the past, but with the frequent wars, the population of Hancheng County has been greatly reduced, so that nearly half of the land here has been wasted.

However, it fell into the hands of this son, it was definitely a treasure, and there was not enough manpower? It doesn't matter, my son Ma Duo will become, I remember the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, just because the land is vast and sparsely populated, but there is a lack of heavy agricultural machinery, what should I do?

Therefore, the four-horse heavy horse-drawn plough can be cultivated eighty acres of land in one day, and one acre in the Sui Dynasty is only equivalent to 0.7 acres in later generations, that is to say, the four-horse heavy horse-drawn plough can actually cultivate more than 100 acres of land every day, compared to the ox, I don't know how much faster the road is.

The heavy plough produced by the trial maker of this son is not as ancient as it is, but is combined with the horse-drawn heavy plough that I have seen in later generations, and the efficiency and depth of cultivation can meet the requirements of the planting industry.

Only five sets of these heavy horse-drawn plows were needed, and it only took twelve days for the 7,000 acres of land to be cultivated, and the kind of three-legged cocoon that could also sow seeds was also obtained.

According to history, the three-legged cart requires the labor of one ox and two people, and it can sow a dump of land in one day, that is, one hundred acres.

That is to say, let the heavy horse-drawn plough, with the three-legged cocoon, twelve days, even the ploughing and sowing can be completed, which shows how much of a fork this is. It is completely a semi-manual mechanized operation in the handicraft era.

Unfortunately, it was already winter, so the agricultural machinery that had been brought in, except for the horse-drawn heavy plow, had to be smeared with butter and thrown into the warehouse for storage.

However, taking advantage of this era, we should first open up these barren fields, turn up the soil and experience the wind, frost, snow and rain, and wait until the spring of the next year before it is easy to cultivate. Enjoying horse farming, I have to say that it is a very pleasant thing, watching Li Yuanfang and those guys driving this thing crazy on the barren field, the fertile and yellow-brown soil was turned up, bringing up grass clippings flying around, looking at the more and more land that was turned over, my son's mood was becoming more and more comfortable, and even the cold wind seemed to be dispelled a lot by this hot scene.

"Childe, it's time to go back, this is your time to do things in the yamen." Beside her, Sister Qingxia, who was wearing a fur coat, whispered. I just saved it, and now it's almost time for the office, so I hurriedly greeted Li Yuanfang. After leaving the manpower, with more than 20 parts, he hurried to the county government of Hancheng County.

After returning to the county office, after saying hello to the county magistrate and the county lieutenant who were already squatting in the county office, he squatted on the soft couch and asked what official duties these two needed to deal with?

Next, there were a bunch of trivial things, the east family lost the chicken, the west family lost the dog, Wang Er Mazi and Zhao San fought and brawled, and Liu Qi and Eight had a dispute over the land, so they asked the government for a ruling.

In addition, the old man in the county died of illness and hoped to let his son Zhao Butcher inherit the family business. I can see that my son's eyes are full of gold stars, no matter how I look at it, these are like all kinds of gossip in the newspaper, and now they are all happening in front of my eyes.

In addition, how should the errand be sent first next year, well, the errand service in this era is all taken by the common people in turn, so it is called both the errand service, and the county government, whether it is the gatekeeper, or the board, or the street law and order, are all these people.

In addition to these two, there are also the main book, the book and the like, which are also miscellaneous things, and this son continues to start a day's numb work. Fortunately, although everything is complicated, however, this son is generally only assigned by the supervisor, such as throwing the matter of fighting to the county lieutenant, and throwing the dispute over the field property away from the county, there are not many things that really need me to deal with.

The main reason is that this son is not the kind of person who holds power, after disposing of all the affairs, he looked at some official documents on my desk for a while, and after grinding for a long time, he finally got through to the end, touched his empty stomach, and hooked his finger at Sister Qingxia. Sister Qingxia walked into the office with understanding.

After a lot of effort, a bunch of delicacies appeared on the table, not only the roast suckling pig and roast duck that I like to eat, but also a few plates of fresh vegetarian dishes, and the meal was very evenly matched.