The county commander Liu was worried that the sweet potatoes were ripe, so he didn't dig them in the field and took a look at them in person, and found that the sweet potatoes were still in good condition, and continued to wait for someone from the capital.

Fortunately, he had already received an urgent letter for six hundred miles, and the adults were already on their way, and they would be there soon.

Liu Xianling found Li Dashan, Liu Paner, and Village Chief Li, and asked carefully: "Is it okay to postpone the harvesting of these sweet potatoes for another three days?" ”

Liu Pan'er nodded and replied: "It should be possible, if you don't worry, let's start digging now, anyway, with so much land, it can't be dug in three or two days." In addition, my family's rice is ripe, and it is time to harvest it. Before that, we also wanted to dig up the sweet potatoes at the door and make a threshing floor to dry the rice. ”

When Liu Xianling heard this, he also felt that Liu Pan'er was reasonable, "That's okay, don't dig in the field first, dig up these sweet potatoes at your door first, after all, you have to make a threshing floor." ”

The people of Lijia Village, almost every household has planted sweet potatoes at the door, and now I heard that there is no need to dig in the ground, dig the door first, and start digging as soon as it dawns in the morning.

Of course, there are also officials sent by Lord Liu to guard and weigh here.

After a simple drying, it is continuously transported to the county seat and stored. These sweet potatoes grow well because they are planted at the doorstep, washing rice water, weeding and draining frequently, and using a lot of fertilizer.

Especially the sweet potatoes of Liu Paner's family, the yield is better this time, reaching more than 7,000 catties. Other people's sweet potatoes have a good yield of five or six thousand catties, and the bad ones are even only four or five thousand catties.

Since it is shown to the adults in the capital, of course, it depends on the highest yield, and the county ordered Lord Liu to immediately block the remaining one acre and eight points of land in Liu Paner's house, and keep it until the adults in the capital to dig it again.

Other sweet potatoes are in full swing, and there is an endless stream of trucks transporting sweet potatoes.

The business of the three widows' tea stalls has improved a lot, not only the officials of the county government drink tea, but also the coachmen, and the surrounding villages come to see the excitement. I can actually earn one or two hundred dollars a day, which is much better than working for others.

I have to say that cats have cat paths, dogs have dog paths, and smart people have many means to make money. If these three widows put all their minds into earning money and running the family, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would have a good life.

Liu Paner was worried that the rice in the field would be ripe and not harvested in time, which would affect the yield, so she leveled the sweet potato field of more than one acre that her family had dug up, together with the remaining vacant land in the yard, and then compacted it vigorously with a stone mill to make a threshing floor.

Lord Liu was idle, so under the leadership of Liu Paner and Village Chief Li, he went to the rice field to have a look.

At this look, Lord Liu's eyes widened.

He was born in a big family, and before he became an official, although he was not indistinguishable from grains and four bodies, he was not proficient in agricultural affairs. I heard that Qin sent Lord Gu to Cuiyang County, so he actively did all kinds of things.

Not only does it regulate the business of the county town and rectify the public order in various places, but it will also go down to the field to take a look and listen to the old farmers talk about things in the field.

He had seen the local ears of rice with his own eyes, and they were not so big. But the ears of rice in Lijia Village are not only large, but also full of grains, and they pick an ear of rice and put it in their hands, which is heavy.

Lord Liu beckoned and explained to the guards beside him, "Go to the rice fields in other villages and pull ten ears of rice for me." ”

Although the guards were puzzled, this was explained by the adults, and they immediately rode over to do something.

Village Chief Li was proud, and he knew that Lord Liu wanted to compare the size of the rice ears in their rice field with those in other villages. The result is undoubtedly that the ears of rice in their village are larger, of course.

Because after he and Li Dashan went from rice heading, they often went to other villages to compare.

Once, he secretly grabbed someone's ears of rice, and was regarded as a thief, and ran for several miles before he got rid of the pursuers.

Li Dabao unconsciously brought Lord Liu to his rice field, and in front of Lord Gu before, he was generous, articulate, neither humble nor arrogant, and the same was true in front of Lord Liu.

"Lord Liu, my family still has fish in the rice field, and the fish I ate at the village chief's house at noon today is the rice fish that my family raised in the rice field. Growing up eating insects, rice flowers, and algae from the rice fields, whether it is boiled soup or braised in the soup, it is delicious. ”

Lord Liu also likes Li Dabao, a lively and eloquent child, a little more tolerant, at this time hearing Li Dabao's words, he smiled, "The taste is really good, you can still raise fish in the rice field, even if you don't sell it, you can eat it yourself." ”

It's too difficult for farmers to want to eat meat.

Fish is not as delicious as mutton, but it's still meat!

There is also that fried crunchy little crab and little white shrimp, which tastes quite good.

Originally, when I was eating at the farmhouse, Mr. Liu was going to eat casually, as long as I could fill my stomach, I didn't expect the taste to be so good, even the pickled pig intestine could be made particularly delicious.

In the past, he would not eat the large intestine of a pig if he was killed.

I didn't expect the small Lijia Village to have so many surprises.

Li Dabao nodded, "What Master Li said is that my mother said that we were too hungry on the way to escape from the famine, and she wanted to supplement our nutrition." My mother also said that the rice seeds are sown directly in the field, and the space for fish to move in the rice field is too small, so next year she decided to try a new way to grow rice. ”

Hearing this, Lord Liu turned his head to look at Liu Pan'er, who was walking behind and didn't speak much, "Mrs. Liu, the official knows that you are very smart, but if you affect the cultivation of rice in order to eat fish, the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Seeing Lord Liu say this, Liu Paner stepped forward and explained with a chuckle: "Back to Lord Liu, folk women have liked to think and try since they were children. The reason why I want to change the way rice is grown is not just for fish farming, but to increase the yield of rice, especially double cropping rice. ”

"I learned that there are also double cropping rice in the local area, but often due to the climate, the second crop does not grow as well as the first crop, and some of them are not even full and are about to be harvested. The woman thought that instead of sprinkling the rice directly in the field, I would first raise the seedlings in a warm place, and then transplant them to the paddy fields when the seedlings had grown. ”

"The first crop of rice does not save time, but after harvesting the first crop of rice, plough it immediately, and then plant the seedlings that have grown to half a foot long into the field, which saves ten days or even half a month than directly sowing rice seeds. In this way, the second crop of rice can grow for an additional ten days and half a month. With this time, the ears of rice can be fuller. ”

Liu Xianling originally walked to the path casually, but at this time, listening to Liu Paner's answer, standing in place, after thinking carefully, his eyes lit up!

Makes sense!

It is true that time cannot be saved in the same field, but raising seedlings in other places can indeed save ten days and half a month.

It has strong operability.

"Liu Niang, next year you must do what you think. If you succeed and can increase the yield of double cropping rice, you will be rewarded. If you fail, don't worry, the official will compensate you at his discretion. Try boldly, don't have to worry about it. ”