"Rice planting~~!" The sky was bright, and with the shouts of Zhu Wentian's friends, everyone went to the ground to plant seedlings.

The ropes were stretched in the paddy fields, and everyone pulled up their trouser legs, went to the field barefoot, and picked up the lumps of seedlings thrown next to them.

One by one, they held the seedlings in their left hands and inserted them with their right hands, retreating backwards along the ropes, their upper bodies steady, and their feet slid and moved.

Zhu Wentian is also in the team, working hard.

However, the chief didn't go down, and the old village elders and the women who came to the menstrual affairs were also not wet.

Zhu Yuanzhang was lazy, handed over the question book to his eldest son for approval, and he went to the edge of the field to find the chief to drink tea.

At present, it is not time to eat, and it will take half an hour to pass, and the rice planters take advantage of the cool weather to dry in advance, and wait until the time is right, and then eat.

Then take a nap, wait for noon, and then go into the water to plant seedlings.

If there are people who come to help, we can plant all the rice seedlings in one day today, and we will still plant japonica rice.

Last year's japonica rice seeds can be planted for several years in a row, and then they will be replanted.

This year, other villages in Xuancheng County will follow suit and plant japonica rice, and they will be sent to the north to be used as seeds for the fields there.

The imperial court collected japonica rice seeds from them, and gave an extra forty percent.

Last year, the japonica rice planted in Xiaqiu Village was two percent less than the indica rice, and other villages that can reach the amount of Xiaqiu Village last year will receive more indica rice compensation.

If it is a little worse, the extra compensation will not make them lose.

Including the rapeseed and ramie seeds that they have just taken care of this year, they will also be sent to other places as seeds, but only an additional 20% will be compensated.

This year, no one from other villages came to help, and they were all busy with their fields.

"Today, a group of people came to help copy the map, and the most difficult part is the engraving."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat next to the small table, holding a parasol on his head, and chrysanthemum tea was placed on the small table, feeling like he was on the beach.

The chief didn't sit down, watched the villagers work with his back hand, and when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he responded: "A picture can be subdivided, if it is for convenience to carry, it should be printed on a white silk silk." ”

"At most a month, we will have many useful maps, and the state capitals will give them one.

Tell them to complete their own part of the mountain range, and when it is ready, they will take a set from Xiaqiu Village.

It's long enough, no wonder you talk about a place so familiar, it turns out to be looking at the map all day.

In a few days, on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, will there be a place to pick mugwort around the village? Let's go pick mugwort. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's topic changed back and forth, talking about the map, and instantly turned to the Dragon Boat Festival.

The chief nodded: "Yes, from Xiaqiu Village to the north, where the peat was taken before the village, a large area of mugwort and yellow artemisia was specially planted.

Artemisia and other knotweeds are the raw materials for making stone alkali, which was sold to the palace at that time, and was made by the village to collect artemisia knotweed.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, you can harvest artemisia seeds together, all of which are medicinal materials.

Another colorful thread has been prepared, and the things that make zongzi are only sticky rice, and you can purchase them everywhere. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a sudden look: "No wonder I haven't seen the village planting artemisia, the mother-in-law planting it in winter, and some other medicinal materials suitable for our local growth are also planted in the village."

Is it far to the north? Is there a lot of people there? Is the road good or not? Is the river visible? Is the mountain high? ”

"Back to His Majesty, the local area is uninhabited, the village will pass by when going by land, and later in order to dig peat, the road will be repaired.

There are rolling hills and streams, but the general people there are reluctant to move there, and there is little flat land, which is not suitable for farming.

The village does not need to level the ground to grow artemisia, just burn other weeds, clear out the open space, and sprinkle the seeds.

After the road was repaired, from Xiaqiu Village to that side, the carriage took half an hour, about twenty or thirty miles. ”

The chief replied as he thought about it, he hadn't been there for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted at the people working in the paddy fields, and took a sip of chrysanthemum tea: "Yichang, what do you think can be done in the mountains?" ”

"Naturally, it is a kind of medicinal herb, can Your Majesty know that ginseng can be grown? If you find ginseng seeds, we can grow ginseng here.

If you plant it for five to eight years, it will have a medicinal effect, just like planting a carrot, a large piece.

It only takes five years, and it is good to dig it up and use it as a medicine, at least it is better than nothing.

Some other medicinal herbs, whether they are perennial or annual, can be grown as long as the climate is suitable. ”

Li Chang didn't even think about it and said the role of the mountain, he and Han Han said okay, the garden outside Chaoyang Gate will plant medicinal herbs.

In addition, he tried to get ginseng seeds from Tohoku and even tried to germinate dried ginseng from a drugstore.

It's best to pick ginseng from the mountains last year and send it immediately, so you can try it.

Or this year, through the imperial court, go over there to stare at the ginseng, and wait for the ginseng to bear the seeds, and bring back the seeds and ginseng.

"Good!" Zhu Yuanzhang patted his leg: "You send us the map of Daming, and we will give Xiaqiu Village a piece of land from there to Xiaqiu Village."

In the future, there are all the people, build more roads, we will be bored in the palace, and we can still run over to rest.

You plant medicinal herbs, let's arrange for people to guard them, and wait for the medicinal herbs to grow...... Can that ginseng really be grown like a turnip? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said and suddenly changed to asking, anyone knows that ginseng is precious.

Goryeo pays tribute to ginseng every year, and people living in the Tohoku region also collect ginseng, and it has always been the case since ancient times.

It is not easy for people who release mountains to go out to find ginseng, and when they encounter small ginseng, they will raise it and make a mark.

If you can grow ...... in large quantities

In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he had been deceived, and those who should be killed should be killed, and those who should be exiled will be exiled.

Xiaqiu Village said that it can be planted, just look at the bamboo fungus and white fungus, the white fungus is in a clump, and the bamboo fungus is one by one.

If you turn a very precious thing into a vegetable, it will be very successful if you sell it to the Yiren, and there are also those on the Tianzhu side who live in arid areas.

As soon as it is said to be medicine, everyone buys it, and they are willing to pay a high price.

"Your Majesty, if you can plant it, in more than a month, the seeds of ginseng in the Northeast will be ripe, if you don't look at it in advance, it will fall to the ground, and it will be difficult to find.

Ordinary people do not think that ginseng can be grown, but it takes one and a half to two years for normal ginseng to germinate.

If it is not handled well, the place is not suitable for ginseng growth, and it will not bud for more years.

Xiaqiu Village has a way to promote germination, like other crops, in advance, sprouting, seedlings, and then transplanting. ”

The chief believes in Hanhan, and Hanhan said that he can plant, so he is just asking for help now.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head: "Like this rice, people in ancient times just planted rice grains, and later knew that they should raise seedlings first, and then move them out and plant them separately."

After a while, let people arrange to go to the northeast to look for ginseng seeds, find a seed, and we will give them ten cents.

Under the heavy reward, it is believed that they are willing to collect seeds and send 10,000 seeds, but only 100 grains. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang has a way to make people active, buy it with money, a seed costs ten yuan, and that plant can always pick up dozens of grains, right?

(End of chapter)