Chapter 254 How to Improve

Su Qingmei looked at the mountainous land of Baijiazhai, and various plans came to her mind.

She thought a lot.

The yield per mu of growing grain in the mountains and in the fields is simply incomparable.

In fact, if we talk about planting in the mountains, planting fruit trees is better than growing grain.

First, the soil layer in the mountains is thin, and the water retention is small. Once the nutrients are low, the yield of growing grain will not increase. But it is different to grow fruit trees, because the roots of trees are deeper than the roots of crops and they are firmly rooted in the ground.

Second, the economic benefits of growing fruit trees are higher than grain.

But now, everyone can't even eat enough, so who eats fruit.

That was in the prosperous years, when everyone's pockets were bulging and there was no place to spend, so they ate for fun.

As for this mountain land, it is not worth money, unless there is a mine underneath.

In the era when she lived before, she was subsidized for contracting one mu of mountain land for several hundred yuan. Now in the Shuo Dynasty, there are few people and a lot of land. Even if it is to be reclaimed, no one will open up the mountains. No one grows land outside, let alone the mountains.

Su Qingmei felt that she had to buy more land or fields when she had money.

It should be right to buy houses and land when she had money.

However, she still had to think about how to increase the yield.

She said she was growing grain, but she really had no idea how much the yield could be.

The grain yield per mu in Shuo Dynasty was generally low. In the absence of pesticides and fertilizers, it would be like starting a revolution to increase the yield per mu.

She could only rotate and intercrop. The same piece of land could be planted in different rotations to increase the overall yield per mu.

According to the geographical environment of these villages, rice must be planted.

Su Qingmei arranged several types of rice according to the terrain and water resources, including rice, dry rice, and glutinous rice.

At the foot of the mountain, where there was water, rice was planted. On the hillside, where there was insufficient water, drought-resistant dry rice and glutinous rice were planted.

After the rice was harvested in autumn, she planned to plant another crop of winter wheat.

Wheat and rice have different growing seasons. As long as the arrangement is good, wheat can be planted after the rice is harvested in autumn, and rice seedlings can be planted after the wheat is harvested in summer, so that the same field can achieve two crops a year.

She remembered that there was a record in "Wujun Tujing Xuji": "The land in Wuzhong is fertile and rich in products. Rice is planted after wheat is harvested, and two crops a year, with rice being harvested earlier or later."

In addition, Chen Yu's "Nongshu" and Wang Zhen's "Nongshu" both mentioned the two-cropping system of rice and wheat.

This proves that the southern region had experimented with the two-cropping system of rice and wheat as early as the Tang and Song dynasties and achieved success.

Let's do it!

Plant the spring rice first, and the autumn wheat will follow immediately.

The leader of Zhongzhai glanced at her in confusion.

Originally, he was standing there with him, looking at the layers of terraces in Baijiazhai. He was in a good mood and wanted to hum a song, but was startled by the president's surprise.

"Qingmei, what good ideas do you have?"

The leader of Zhongzhai now wanted to follow her every day as a little brother.

So I can listen to her teachings every day.

Who let them build a new village?

If he lets the new village get ahead by accident, where will he put his face?

He must keep an eye on her.

Keep an eye on her.

Su Qingmei glanced at the head of the Zhong Village and saw that his eyes were burning, which made her a little flustered.

"What idea do I have? I just want to increase the yield of the crops in the field. This is hard work. All the men, women and children in the whole village are mobilized to level the terraces and build water conservancy projects. If the yield can't be increased, I will die."

Fortunately, she has 28, no, 29 people from the village to mobilize. Otherwise, Chunshang will have to wait for two years to realize such a large-scale grain planting.

If such a big move fails to harvest grain, it will cost a lot of money to buy grain from outside. It's uncomfortable to think about it.

The grain outside is now sold at sky-high prices, and it is almost rare.

"I'd be happy even if I only get 100 jin per mu."

Zhaizhu Zhong looked at the terraced fields in front of him, his mouth almost stretched to his ears.

100 jin per mu? You have such low expectations.

It's not worth the effort.

But she didn't plan to say more, she planned to study it first and see.

And the drainage ditch, interception ditch, diversion ditch and so on, need to be worked on in detail. Otherwise, when a heavy rain comes, the mudslide will not be enough to flood.

Just as she was about to leave, she stopped again, a little worried: "This is the first time to plant crops on this mountain, I'm afraid it will attract a lot of wild animals to destroy it..."

Zhaizhu Zhong thought it was a big deal, and waved his hand...

"Don't worry about this, there are so many people in our village, just like arranging the village on duty, I will arrange for old women and children to patrol and drive away the animals on a daily basis."

"And after the spring plowing is over, I will arrange for everyone to dig trenches at the border. Maybe we can catch a few wild boars that fall into the trap."

As long as you are happy.

Su Qingmei said, "Okay, you can arrange the affairs of the village. It is related to the food and drink for a year, so it cannot be neglected."

"Don't worry. Uncle knows."

After finishing the rice planting in the terraced fields on the mountain, the villagers started planting in the land they had opened up by themselves and in front of and behind their houses.

Most of these lands in front of and behind the houses are also sloping. But the slope is not big, it is gentle, and it has been cultivated for many years, so the soil is thick and fertile.

With these lands, the villagers planted wherever they could, and with the wild animals they got from the mountains, they also supported their families.

Now the crops in Shuochao are single, with six staple foods "rice, millet, beans, wheat, millet and sorghum". Su Qingmei decided to plant more rice and wheat.

Then, in the flat land opened up by the villagers themselves and in front of and behind their houses, they planted more beans wherever they could. Beans are various soybeans. There are not many types of soybeans now, so Su Qingmei arranged all the bean seeds she got.

Millet and sorghum are mostly planted in the north, so Su Qingmei did not choose these two.

Ji, or millet. It is suitable for planting in mountainous areas, and it is drought-resistant, pest-resistant, and has a short growing period. Su Qing'an asked everyone to plant more crops whenever they could.

While the spring ploughing here was not over yet, Pei Nian brought people to see the progress of the market town.

When he came, not only Li Guanshi followed, but Ma Mingwen also followed.

Su Qing'an was surprised.

"Godfather?"

Ma Mingwen smiled and nodded at her.

"Why are you..." Not fighting with others, not overthrowing the Shuo Dynasty, and going to hide from the world?

Pei Nian saw her surprised look and laughed.

"Your godfather was passing by and was called by my letter. I heard that you built a market town in the mountains, so he came with me to see it."

It was probably about tea, and Lord Pei told his godfather.

Speaking of the market town, Su Qing'an was a little embarrassed.

"I just do it casually. I want to live in seclusion in the mountains, but I don't want to be too isolated. The transportation in the mountains is inconvenient, and there is no place to buy things, which makes people angry. So I set up a small market so that everyone can exchange some of their extra things with each other."

Before Ma Mingwen spoke, Manager Li teased: "Why do I hear that your market town is well-established, and you also bought a big shop in Renzhou City. I'm afraid that Madam Su is planning to expand it?"

Su Qing'an rolled his eyes at him: "What big? I just want to bring daily groceries from Renzhou back to the mountains, and then transport mountain products and wild animals from the mountains out."

"Yes, you just want to make a little money to support your son." Manager Li laughed.

After hearing this, Pei Nian remembered what she had said before, that Lu Bocheng was worried that a jar of gold was not enough to support his son, and immediately laughed.

He smiled at Manager Li.

Ma Mingwen also raised the corner of his mouth.

I wonder if he has also heard the story of his apprentice worrying about raising his son.

"Where's Xiaobao?"

"In the village."

When Xiaodouzi heard the master asking about Xiaobao, he immediately jumped out: "Sister-in-law, I'll go and pick him up!"