Chapter 280 Promoting Late Rice Seeds and Sweet Potatoes
Wei Ruo replied: “First, replant late rice seeds. When bakanae disease appeared in some rice fields near Fucheng earlier, I asked them to replant late rice seeds. This late rice seed I We have tried planting in Xingshan County before. The seeds sown on the tenth day of May can grow into seedlings in early June, and they can have a good harvest in autumn. The yield is not low." "If I can replant in time, I
can Great, I will talk to my husband about this and ask him to promote the planting of this late rice seed to the people." Mrs. Yuan said hurriedly.
"But there is a premise. There should be no cold wave like the past few days. Otherwise, even for late rice, raising seedlings due to such climate changes will be a problem." Wei Ruo said frankly.
Although her space rice seeds are excellent enough, they are not yet good enough to germinate into seedlings despite the cold wave.
"Now I can only ask for God's blessing." Mrs. Yuan sighed, and then asked Wei Ruo, "Sister Ruo'er said there are two kinds, what about another one?" "The other one is summer sweet potato, sweet potato can be eaten in many seasons
. Planting, spring planting, summer planting and autumn planting can all survive. Summer planting sweet potatoes are usually planted after the wheat is harvested in May and June every year. Autumn planting is suitable for areas with warm climate. If the climate is stable, Taizhou Prefecture area It can also be planted, but with the current weather conditions, it is safer for us to do spring planting and summer planting, and summer planting is now the time." Late rice seeds and sweet potatoes have successively
driven a lot of people since Wei Ruo arrived in Taizhou Prefecture . People have planted it, but so far it has only been on a small scale.
It happened to take advantage of this time to let Mr. Yuan and Mrs. Yuan carry out large-scale planting in the name of the government.
Wei Ruo dare not say that planting her late rice seeds and sweet potatoes will definitely lead to a bumper harvest, but because the varieties are excellent and perform well in all aspects, it is no surprise that they can bring higher output values than planting existing ordinary crops.
"I have eaten sweet potatoes before. They taste sweet and make you feel full. However, not many of them are grown in Taizhou now. If they can survive now, it would be a great thing." Mrs. Yuan said.
Wei Ruo added: "These two remedial measures vary from place to place. Where the soil was originally paddy fields and the soil was relatively fertile, late rice was planted; where the soil conditions were poor and the rice yield was not high, sweet potatoes were planted instead." Different nutrients are needed, and alternating planting is more conducive to crop growth."
This method can also make up for the problem of insufficient soil fertility and low rice yield to a certain extent.
Listening to Wei Ruo's description, Mrs. Yuan was in a good mood: "My husband and I have been feeling very heavy these past few days. Until we heard Sister Ruo'er's words, most of the fog in our hearts suddenly dissipated, and we felt a lot more relaxed. ."
"If you can do what sister Ruo'er said, don't worry, I will never treat sister Ruo'er badly." Mrs. Yuan assured Wei Ruo.
"Madam, you don't have to be polite. I'm just giving you an idea. It will be Master Yuan and everyone in the government office who will be tired from running around." Wei Ruodao.
"It is their duty to feed the emperor and worry about him, and it is their duty to run around. Although sister Ruo'er just came up with an idea, as long as the idea is useful and can make Taizhou Prefecture produce more food, it will be worth a thousand pieces of gold. Ten thousand gold."
Mrs. Yuan doesn't think that Wei Ruo's words are just a few words. If they really come true, their value will be immeasurable.
"Madam trusts me, so she will discuss the implementation with the adults. I also hope that everyone can have enough to eat." Wei Ruo said frankly.
"Well, okay, what sister Ruo'er said today, I will repeat it to my husband word for word, and discuss with him how to promote late rice seeds and sweet potatoes." Mrs. Yuan attached great importance to what Wei Ruo said.
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After Wei Ruo and Mrs. Yuan finished talking, Mrs. Yuan stayed to have dinner together. When they left, it was already very late and the new moon was high in the sky.
For this reason, Mrs. Yuan specially sent a guard to escort Wei Ruo's carriage back to the school captain's mansion. After Wei Ruo safely entered the mansion, she went back to report to Mrs. Yuan.
Wei Ruo, who returned to the Captain's Mansion, did not rest immediately. He was busy in front of the desk in his room for a while, organizing and writing down methods of composting, subsequent top dressing of rice, weeding management methods, sweet potato planting and management methods, etc.
These will be used later. She wrote them out in advance and sent them directly to Mrs. Yuan when the time came.
It was already midnight after I finished writing, and Wei Ruo fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow. Early the next morning, Mrs. Yun called Wei Ruo over and asked her about the Seventh Prince and Mrs. Yuan's visit to her yesterday. Wei Ruo only gave a general outline and did not go into details with Mrs. Yun.
Yun didn't say much. Although it was a good thing that her daughter could help the Seventh Prince and Mrs. Yuan, she was also worried that her daughter's lack of ability would make them unhappy and bring disaster to the Wei family.
Therefore, it is a good thing for the daughter to directly express her limited abilities, at least she will not cause trouble.
The government office took action on the second day and began to implement the suggestions given by Wei Ruo yesterday: on the one hand, they went to purchase agricultural fertilizers and opened up rural areas to make centralized composting sites; on the other hand, they concentrated on purchasing late rice seeds and sweet potato vines and distributed them to everyone. Planting is carried out in every household.
At the same time, Mr. Yuan also invited famous local families in Taizhou Prefecture to come to the house as guests. What he said specifically was unknown to outsiders.
After that, he personally visited each county, negotiated with the magistrates of each county, and assigned tasks.
Such a big move by the government office caused quite a stir in the government.
The people who got rice seeds and sweet potato cuttings were very enthusiastic and responded positively.
There was a lot of discussion among the country gentlemen and celebrities about this. Some people from the government praised it, while others were hesitant and skeptical.
Chu Lan also quickly got the news and sent someone to inquire about what Yuan Zhengqin invited local celebrities to talk about.
In the tea room of Yusheng Chaxuan, the subordinates reported the recent news to Chu Lan:
"Master Yuan invited those people in the hope that they could take the lead in planting late rice seeds, and also mentioned to them how to topdress the fertilizer in the future." "I understand
. ." Chu Lan waved her hand to ask her subordinates to step back.
Lu Yuhong, who was sitting opposite Chu Lan, said with a smile: "It seems that Brother Chu doesn't need to take action in this matter. Yuan Zhengqin already has a plan to deal with it." "
That's good." Chu Lan was not angry at all.
It was the icing on the cake for him to accomplish this matter. If he couldn't accomplish it, there was nothing to be angry about.
"As long as you don't get angry."
"The late rice seed seems to be the rice seed that Wei Qingruo first planted on the improved fields in Xingshan County. Sweet potatoes first appeared in Xingshan County in Taizhou Prefecture." Chu Lan said thoughtfully.
"Is there any connection?" Lu Yuhong asked.
"It's nothing, I just said that." Chu Lan did not continue the topic and asked Lu Yuhong, "Did you find anything in Anzhou Academy these days?" "Nothing, I think you must be thinking too much
. Yes, the Ninth Prince does not exist at all, and the overturn of the case in Xu Guogong's mansion may be just a coincidence." Lu Yuhong said.
(End of chapter)