Chapter 46 46 Ridge Tillage

Chapter 46 Ridge Farming

The area of ​​Shanlin Town is not small. Luo Ning patrolled for an afternoon and barely finished patrolling the wheat fields and vegetable fields in the east.

If he wanted to walk around his territory, it would probably take two or three days.

When he set out in the afternoon, he was full of expectations, hoping to find something surprising, but when he came back, it was just the opposite, and he felt disappointed.

Not only did he not get any surprises, but he found a series of problems, especially in the cultivation of grain.

Luo Ning drank a sip of barley tea and sat at the desk. He began to recall what he saw in the wheat field and thought about how to solve the problem.

"The uneven growth of wheat is probably due to the fact that it is too dense. The random sowing method makes the wheat seedlings messy, and the distance between the wheat seedlings is too close, which not only affects their light, but also affects their growth."

"In addition, this close situation will prevent farmers from weeding, fertilizing, and watering during the growth process, and some wheat ears will rot when they mature for this reason."

After thinking about it, the fundamental reason for this situation should be the sowing method.

A word from the history book popped up in Luo Ning's mind-ridge farming.

Ridge farming is a farming method. The specific operation is to open the cultivated land into ridges and furrows, and then plant crops on the ridges.

This farming method has many advantages:

For example, planting on ridges higher than the ground, because there is a furrow between the two ridges, the distance between the crops can be guaranteed, so that photosynthesis is more sufficient, and at the same time, it also avoids the root and stem development being too poor due to the over-dense crops;

The large position difference between the ridge platform and the furrow is conducive to drainage and waterlogging prevention, and it is also convenient to irrigate along the furrow.

In the afternoon, Luo Ning also asked many locals. There is still enough rain in Shanlin Town. Digging ditches is conducive to drainage and can greatly reduce the possibility of wheat seedlings dying from waterlogging.

In addition, there are ditches between ridges, which gives farmers space to weed and fertilize, unlike now where there is nowhere to step.

Of course, there is another very important point. The ridge farming method can maintain the fertility of the land.

This year's ridges, next year's ditches, this year's ditches, next year's ridges, this is a disguised fallow.

"This method is worth promoting!"

He took out a quill pen and parchment, and began to write the ridge farming method on paper, and drew a simple farming diagram.

As the night deepened, the male servant Galen had already lit the candles in the study early. The candlelight reflected Luo Ning's serious face, which made the maid serving beside him a little fascinated.

She heard that the nobles loved to enjoy themselves, either eating and drinking or having fun, and even many noble children would call their personal maids to their beds.

But the baron in front of him was completely different.

At the end of the day, Bella found that except for lunch break, the baron was almost always busy, as if he had endless things to do and endless words to write.

"Master~"

Chahar came in with a glass of milk. When Gallon and Bella saw him, they lowered their heads and left the room and stood outside the door.

Although the butler in the castle was not a noble, he had some status, not to mention that Chahar was Ronin's old team.

So these new servants in the castle were very respectful and obedient to Chahar.

Chahar also experienced the feeling of being a butler.

However, his respect for Ronin never decreased, but greatly increased.

"It's Chahar."

Ronin looked up and then continued to write with his head down.

He had already described the introduction of the ridge farming method, and now he was planning how to fertilize.

Along the way, Ronin found that whether it was Wushan City, Lake Town, or his Shanlin Town, the scenery on the streets was always inseparable from feces.

In the afternoon, Ronin caught a farmer and asked him why the farmers in this world didn't know how to use fertilizer.

After a general understanding, he found that the people here did not think about using fertilizer, but they used it in the wrong way.

The man said that when the feces and urine were thrown on the ground, not only did the crops not grow better, but the seedlings were burned.

As a result, they felt that feces were harmful substances and could not be thrown into the farmland, which led to the feces losing their value.

Naturally, no one would manage things without value. The nobles didn't care, and people also regarded it as garbage, which led to the situation of feces and urine everywhere on the streets.

How to make good use of these feces is the problem Ronin is thinking about now.

Fortunately, he was born as a farmer in his hometown on Earth. When he was young, he saw many people farming. In high school and university, he studied science and knew chemistry and microorganisms.

If you want to make reasonable use of human and deep feces, you can choose composting, composting, and fermentation.

Promoting this method in the territory can not only solve the problem of fertilizer and keep the land fertile, but also solve the problem of poor political environment.

Farmers know the importance of feces, so they will not defecate anywhere.

For Luo Ning, this is a win-win situation.

However, whether it is the Taki farming method or composting, it is impossible to let everyone use it with just one sentence.

Luo Ning plans to find two people and then set aside two experimental fields for verification.

If these two methods are very effective in the other world, they can be fully promoted during the spring plowing next year.

"Master, you have been busy all day today, it's time to take a break!"

Chahar put the milk in his hand next to Roning's hand, and very considerately advised Roning to rest early.

"I'm not sleepy yet."

Roning put down the pen in his hand, picked up the cup and drank a sip of milk.

The taste of milk in the other world is not so good, and it even has a faint fishy smell.

However, not everyone can drink fresh milk, which is a rare thing.

"How are the other servants in the castle arranged?" Roning asked casually.

"Everything is arranged smoothly!"

Butler Chahar is very satisfied with the new servants. At least what he said and what he taught, these people actively learn and perform well.

"Please rest assured, sir. It will only take a month at most for the servants in the castle to be as good as those in Wushan Castle."

Ronin laughed, "Remember my previous reminder. The sanitation in the castle must be done well. Wet places must be dealt with quickly. I don't want to see rats or bugs in my castle."

"Don't worry. I have repeatedly reminded you of this, and I will patrol each area every day to ensure that there are no problems!"

"I trust you to take care of the castle."

Ronin smiled and said, "Let the political officer Wilson come to see me tomorrow morning. I have something for you to do with him."

Chahar was a little surprised. What was it that required him, the castle steward, to complete with the political officer?

"I understand, sir. I will notify Wilson tonight."

"Let Galen notify. Find me a larger pottery jar. I need it tomorrow morning."

Chahar didn't understand again. What did the master want him to do? He couldn't guess what the master was thinking at all. Sometimes he even suspected that he was really an incompetent steward.

However, he also understood that there was no need to ask so many questions about some things, as long as he did what the master told him to do.

"As you wish!"

Chahar took Galen away from the second floor and went to work.

Roning continued his design.

He asked Chahar to prepare the pottery jar for a simple purpose, which was to build the most primitive toilet in the castle.

Since he was going to collect feces for fertilizer, he should have supporting things, and toilets were indispensable.

Roning wanted to design a flush toilet, but it was a time-consuming and laborious job, and he had no mature ideas about how to design the pipeline.

He could only settle for the second best, first build a primitive toilet, and then gradually promote the role of fertilizers, so that everyone would have a basic understanding, and then promote toilets to optimize the sanitary environment.