10. Artificial rainfall
The sky was getting dark, and people who were used to work were waiting at the city gates. When they heard that the seeds had finally started today, they were very excited.
Wei Zhou and Yuan You came with the doctor's hat robot. Six soldiers behind him, two of them carrying a burlap bag.
The city gate slowly opened, and the group headed for the cultivated field.
Lin Mu, Tian Wei, and Fang Ye were called forward, and the doctor hat robot taught how to grow three kinds of food.
First of all, the corn, the burlap bag was shining with gold, and the grains were very full. They were amazed.
The world's grain production is not high, and the quality is low. Compared with the food that has been cultivated through genetically modified organisms, it is much worse.
Growing corn is simple.
Dig a pit, throw two or three corn kernels in a pit.
Fertilize the edges and cover the soil.
The doctor hat robot teaches, and the three of them learn it by hand. Then there are sweet potatoes and potatoes, which need to be diced. Pit digging, fertilizing, mulching. The natural fertilisers are manure and plant ash, which were prepared last night.
The three of them planted the seed and smiled.
In addition to sowing, sweet potatoes and potatoes can also be grown using the germination method. Now everyone is waiting, it is more convenient to sow seeds.
Lin Mu, Tian Wei, and Fang Ye learned it, and they supervised and taught the rest of the people. Some people continue to dig the soil, and some people sow seeds. Inevitably, the fertilizer is not enough, and Yuanyou specially ordered a few people to pick up manure. If the fertilizer can't keep up, it's their responsibility.
Facing the loess with his back to the sky, no one feels hard.
At lunch, he was still gobbling up, looking at the cleaned up farmland with confidence.
At the end of the day, everyone came home and lay down on the bed satisfied. In their dreams tonight, they will not be able to eat all the grain that grows all over the ground.
Everyone laughed in their dreams, laughed and cried. It's nice to be alive, if their families can see it too......
Day after day, the seeds in the sack are dwindling. When all the planting is completed, the fields of cultivated land are more beautiful than anything else in the eyes of the people.
The next day there was no need to go out of the city to plow the ground, the men built the city, and the women were gathered to tailor clothes.
All the cloth in the city is gathered up, not much, and it is enough for one person to make a new coat. On the main street in the city, everyone is busy. They still only eat one meal a day, a bowl of gruel and a coarse steamed bun.
It's simple, but it gives them a head start in life.
Roughly speaking, a month has passed. The grain in the granary bottomed out, and Yuan You couldn't sleep at night.
Seeing him greet him with dark circles under his eyes, Zhu Qinghong smiled helplessly: "The temperament of worrying about the country and the people, a natural prime minister." ”
"Don't dare." Yuan You hurriedly bowed his hand and beat a drum in his heart. The city lord said casually, or to test him?
Zhu Qinghong walked outside the door and stood under the eaves looking at the sky.
The time has come for the seeds to be sown and need water.
She said: "It's raining today. ”
Yuanyou looked at the sky, and stopped talking.
I don't know when it started, but the sky was always overcast, and it hadn't rained for a long time.
[Master, the weather in this world is abnormal. There are places where it hasn't rained for a long time, and there are places where it has been raining all the time. There are also places that are ravaged by snow, hail, wind, and thunder and lightning every day. The cause is still being investigated, and it is predicted to be related to the proliferation of demons. 】
Before the great calamity, the animals will be in chaos.
Demons, after all, are mutated animals. Animals are more sensitive to danger than humans.
"Don't be upset." Zhu Qinghong turned around, "Let the people prepare pots and pans to catch the rain." ”
Yuanyou opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.
He bowed and stepped back and took matters seriously. The city lord has been carrying water, could it be that the well water is different?
"Ono, prepare for artificial rain." Zhu Qinghong stood with his hands in his hands. There is no fixed water source, so you can only continue to live like this.
[Yes.] Master. Preparation for artificial rainfall. Ready. Fires rain bombs. The launch was successful. Rain is expected in half an hour. 】
The main hall of the castle lord's mansion.
The roof is lifted and a gun emplacement appears. The battery fired rockets into the sky and into the clouds.
The dark clouds gathered rapidly, and the already gloomy sky suddenly darkened.
Seeing this, Yuanyou trotted forward. Will it really rain?
The soldiers beat gongs and drums and shouted, "It's going to rain." Folks, prepare pots and pans to catch water. It's raining! ”
The people will be skeptical, but they will not dare to disobey.
They brought out pots and pans one after another, but they didn't let go of anything that could hold water.
Just when everyone is busy.
One drop of rain hits the ground, followed by two drops, three drops...... The crowd was amazed. It's raining?
It's raining!
Countless people cheered and sped up to move things.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and no matter how happy they were, they hid back in the house. They know better than anyone that they can't get sick in the rain. Nowadays, medicinal herbs are scarce, and once you get sick, you can only wait for death.
So be cautious.
Rainwater falls down the eaves, creating a curtain of rain. Zhu Qinghong smiled and stretched out his hand to catch the cold rain.
After this rain, Tianchongcheng barely returned a wave of blood.
But the problem of insufficient water is still there, and we still have to find a way to solve it.
[Master, the vegetation in the vicinity is not dead. When the rain is showered, everything will inevitably recover. Does it rain every 10 days? 】
"Yes." Zhu Qinghong withdrew his hand and shook off the water. The revival of vegetation is good news, and wild herbs are also a food.
It rained all day and didn't stop until the evening.
The women rushed to make the first batch of new clothes, and Wei Zhou collected them and distributed them uniformly.
Follow the list and read the name and take it.
I didn't have my turn this time, so I'll wait for the next time. There will always be, and no one will be less.
The person in the new clothes is straight, the baby has to look like something. Those who haven't received it yet are envious, and they look forward to their share even more.
Early the next morning. After the baptism of rain, buds sprouted from the originally dead and silent earth.
Weeds are tenacious and green.
The weather rarely changes, so you don't have to worry about the effects of the climate. Zhu Qinghong ordered Yuanyou to arrange a group of people to plant a few acres of cabbage.
On the day the grain depot was emptied, Zhu Qinghong implemented a payment system. The people worked for a day and received a few copper plates.
With copper plates, they can go to the restored shops on Main Street to buy food to eat. However, there is only one at present, and the boss behind it is the city lord. The copper plate is different from the currency that was previously circulated by the people, and will become the new currency.
The shop still buys porridge and steamed buns.
A copper plate for porridge and a copper plate for steamed bread.
The people can earn three copper plates a day by working hard, and there is still a surplus in the province.
Those who have suffered can save it, and some people want to eat more steamed buns. Within a few days, the people fully embraced the new currency.
The old currency was recycled, and Zhu Qinghong let Ono melt it and use it to make new currency. Some people saw the head inside, and tried their best to do more work.
There are also women who work hard for days to make a pair of shoes and sell them on the ground.
Although scarcity is expensive, everyone has little money at present. A new pair of shoes sells for three pennies in the sky.
One person has new shoes, and how many people look at the hot eyes.
Many people are scrambling to follow suit, taking time out of their regular routines to do something.
When things are sold, a little bit of money is in hand, and my heart is steady. Zhu Qinghong hung out the shops on the main street for rent at this time, and at the same time, he was not allowed to set up stalls in the vicinity.
The rent is not expensive, one copper plate a day, anyone can rent it. You can rent it for a day or a few days.
Nowadays most people visit the main street and live nearby. There are customers, but there are not so many items to sell.
Someone will pile up the finished things and sell them in one day, and they can rent them for a day anyway. There are also people who try to find a source of goods.
Soon, the second batch of clothes was sent out.
More and more people are putting on new shoes, and the main street is no longer depressed and very lively.
Although everyone's life is still tight, they are finally alive. A set of clothes per person was the last thing she offered for free.
In the future, they will have to rely on their own money to buy, including the food they plant. After all, the land and the house are hers.
Yuan You looked at the fresh breath of the people on the street and burst into tears. Who would have thought that not so long ago there were people sitting here waiting to die.
The business under Zhu Qinghong's shop was handed over to Jiang Shan. This kid has a smile on his face, a sharp mouth, and a good sense of hospitality.
The only drawback, he is illiterate. Zhu Qinghong hooked his lips and smiled, there is. An improvised school appears.
A wooden board is placed in the store, and the doctor's hat robot is responsible for teaching the lessons.
One copper plate per lesson, only ten numbers are learned.
At this time, the official decreed that if you want to continue working, you must know the numbers. Unified examination, only after passing the assessment can there be new work.
The money in the hands of the people was not yet hot, and they were in a hurry to hand it over to the school. I'm afraid that it's too late, and the fixed work is gone.
This condition is not only applied by the people, but also by the soldiers. Those big and rough people have bitter faces, which is more uncomfortable than fighting demons.
Ten numbers, repeated over and over again, no matter how stupid you are, you can learn it. When everyone learns it, the school begins to teach new words.
The same ten words, very simple.
During this time, in addition to work, the people also learned. Ten words learned, ten words again. By the time they reacted, they already knew a lot of words, but they were writing ugly. Anyway, I can already write my name.
Corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes planted in the field sprout. Day by day, I watched it grow and applied fertilizer again.
The people were smiling.
The corn is pumped high, and the ears are drawn to form the cob.
The tall corn is very eye-catching from afar. Just looking at it makes you feel good.
On the day when the corn cob was ready to eat, Zhu Qinghong personally broke off a few. Let Ono make corn cake and try it.
Yuan You and Wei Zhou ate it for the first time, and their eyes lit up. Corn porridge has a very unique sweetness and is very delicious.
"Now the corn is very tender and delicious to make. When you are old, you can only grind it into noodles. Zhu Qinghong said with a smile, "Let people pick some more." Ming'er doesn't sell steamed buns in the store, but sells this. Because there are other ingredients, let's set it for two pennies each. ”
Two pennies? It's not expensive, is it? Yuanyou couldn't help but think, renting a store for a day is only a penny, is it really not expensive?
Whether it's expensive or not, tomorrow is the only one.
The people will buy it if they don't buy it. Sure enough, after the steamed buns were replaced. The people endured the pain and bought it. I was pleasantly surprised when I tasted it, it was delicious. Zhu Qinghong pouted, it's not delicious, there is sugar in it.
Rain brings vegetation to life.
Many wild plants are growing well. For example, flax. Yuanyou sent a group of people to collect it.
Fearing that there would be demons, the second number escorted them back and forth. Take things back, and the women have a few more jobs.
When the corn is old, a large number of people go to harvest it.
Break the corn, chop the stalks, and carry the leaves. Corn leaves were sent to the place where the women worked together, and they were taught how to make baskets, mats, and straw sandals.
Straw sandals are in high demand, and naturally account for the majority.
Turn in all of them when they're done.
The recovered corn is dried, threshed and put into the grain depot.
Corn stalks are used as firewood and need to be stored.
Soon after the corn is harvested, it is time for the potatoes and sweet potatoes to be harvested. Everyone was busy again, and the next day they could buy cooked food at the store.