Chapter 14 Farming requires using your brain.
In the next few days, after Su Ze had breakfast every day, he would go to work in the wasteland on the mountainside with a hoe.
As expected, Lin Liangjun came to eat on time every day, and even clamored to eat the "wild fruit" from last time.
Every sweet potato is a precious seedling. Su Ze himself is reluctant to eat it, so he naturally rejects the little carrot head.
Su Ze's work these days consumes a lot of energy. Aunt Ninth would put more rice in the pot. Lin Cainiang would also pick up some seafood at the beach when she was free. Lin Liangjun also brought some food from home every now and then. Su Ze finally Persevered.
[Clear wasteland and farmland, farming experience +1. Congratulations to the player for leveling up! ]
[Current level: Lv4, 1/400]
Finally upgraded to level four!
As his level has improved in the past few days, Su Ze's farming efficiency has also become much higher.
After reaching Level 4, Su Ze had a lot more farming knowledge in his mind.
Coupled with the accumulation of farm work in the past few days, he felt as if the hoe in his hand had become an extension of his body, making his work smoother.
Could this be the legendary realm of "man and hoe become one"?
Level 4 has such power! The system is truly terrifying!
Su Ze inserted the hoe into the ground with a light wave. With a light pry, a stone in the soil jumped out of the ground and rolled to the edge of the field.
Lin Liangjun was holding a basket and helping Su Ze move the stones into the basket.
Little Luobotou listened to her sister's words and came to the fields to help Su Ze open up wasteland every day after the literacy classes.
At first, the little carrot head laughed at Su Ze for being a layman, but over the past few days, Su Ze's movements became more and more agile.
Lin Liangjun couldn't believe how easily Su Ze pried out such a big stone. His movements were so quick that Lin Liangjun couldn't believe it!
You know, Su Ze couldn't swing the hoe well a few days ago and almost hit himself on the head!
In just a few days, his movements are as good as those of an old farmer. Is this progress too fast?
You must know that farming is just like fighting and studying. It is divided into levels.
The best farm worker in Changning Weili is Uncle Lin Qishu. He is almost over 50 and works more quickly than a young man in his twenties.
In summer, when farming is busy, others have to work in the fields all day long, but Uncle Qi carries the hoe and only has to work for one morning before going home to enjoy the cool air.
But even if Uncle Qi only does farm work for half a day, his family's fields will always grow best, and his family's harvest will be 30 to 40% more than other families.
Don't underestimate the 30% to 40% harvest. Relying on this 30% to 40% harvest, Lin Qishu supports two sons and three daughters. The family is prosperous. He is one of the few military households in Changning Guard who can have enough to eat. .
But Uncle Lin Qi has been farming for decades. This guy has only been farming for a few days, and he is already working as efficiently as Uncle Lin Qi.
Are scholars so good?
Lin Liangjun suddenly remembered Yu Shibo from Quanzhou Wei whom his dead father had said.
This uncle was originally a member of the same family as his father.
But this Yu Shibo liked to read military books since he was a child, and later passed the martial arts examination and was promoted to Qianhu.
Immediately afterwards, because of his ability to use his brains in battle, he was favored by the Minister of the Ministry of War at that time, and was promoted to the state garrison. He defeated the famous pirate Kang Lao in the southeast region, and was promoted to the commander of the capital.
Now this Yu Shibo has been transferred to eastern Zhejiang to join the army in Ningbo, commanding the army in eastern Zhejiang to fight the Japanese. Even if his dead father is still alive, he can't catch up with this Yu Shibo.
Is it true, as my sister said, that reading can really make people become better?
But the scholars in the county have also seen it themselves, and they are just some useless snacks that are full of rhetoric. Why is this Su Ze so powerful? The little carrot head was full of questions. While he was in a daze, Su Ze had already finished the farm work.
The hardened soil in these three acres of wasteland was loosened, and all the obstructing stones in the land were picked out. Su Ze felt a sense of accomplishment.
Lin Liangjun also looked at the three acres of wasteland that had been sorted out. He said:
"Uncle Qi came to see you yesterday and said that you worked well and the field will be ready for planting in half a year."
Lin Liangjun added: "It will only take seven months ." Uncle also said that your field is not fertile enough and cannot retain water, so it can only be regarded as a thin field."
The little carrot head secretly glanced at Su Ze's face, only to see that there was no trace of depression on Su Ze's face, and then said:
" Uncle Qi suggests that you collect some dung juice, then use cattle and sheep bones to file out the bone foam, extract the bone juice, mix it with the snow juice after the winter snow melts, boil the juice for three times and stop it for three times, and then spread it into the fields until this autumn. You can plant wheat."
Little Carrot Head akimbo, he has also been helping with land reclamation in the past few days. Originally, the young man wanted to have fun, but seeing Su Ze farming seriously every day, he always eats the food of the seventh aunt. The little guy was a little embarrassed and gradually got involved.
Now looking at the flat farmland, Little Carrot Head feels a sense of accomplishment.
He persuaded Uncle Qi to invite Uncle Lin, and asked Uncle Qi to see the condition of the fields. He also used the name of Baihu's younger brother, and finally got his family's secret recipe for fertile fields from Uncle Qi.
I originally thought that Su Ze would shed tears of gratitude, but he didn't expect Su Ze to say calmly:
"This is the technique of fertilizing the fields in the "Essential Techniques of Qi Min", but it is used to grow rice fields, and I have no use for it." "Qi Min Yao.
" What technique? This is the family secret that I begged Uncle Qi for a long time before he told me! Uncle Qi is the best at farming in our Changning Guard!"
Su Ze shook his head. Of course, the technique of fertilizing fields in "Qi Min Yao Shu" It's effective, but Su Ze wants to grow sweet potatoes, so he doesn't need such fertile fields.
The biggest reason why sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes became the staple food in the Qing Dynasty and solved the food crisis caused by the rapid population expansion in the mid-Qing Dynasty is that potatoes and sweet potatoes are good to grow.
Tobacco No. 25 brought by Su Ze through travel is most suitable for planting in loose sandy land.
As the old saying goes, "If you plant sweet potatoes in waterlogged areas, you will lose nine out of ten crops." What you need to grow sweet potatoes is land that is not prone to water accumulation. This field just meets the needs.
Su Ze's "Farming" skill level has now reached Level 4, and he has mastered the key points of sweet potato cultivation.
No special fertilization is required, just spread farmyard manure underground and sweet potatoes will grow well.
Sweet potatoes only need additional potassium fertilizer during the growth process. Although there is no potash fertilizer in Daming, plant ash can be used instead.
You only need to survive the rainy season to drain water, and you can harvest it in July and August.
Su Ze put down the hoe and returned to the family temple with the little carrot head. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Lin Cainiang's excited cry.
"Brother! The sweet potatoes have sprouted!"
Su Ze and Little Carrot Head quickly walked into the yard and saw tender green sweet potato seedlings sprouting on a row of raised ridges in the backyard.
These were sweet potato seedlings cultivated by Su Ze using the seedling cultivation method. Seeing these sweet potatoes sprouting, Su Ze finally felt relieved.
Time travel has not changed the activity of sweet potatoes. Looking at these sweet potato seedlings, Su Ze smiled. He finally caught the last train of spring planting. Now he can realize the freedom of sweet potatoes in autumn!
(End of chapter)