Traveling Through Land Reclamation: Farmers' Women Can't Be Dizzled

Chapter 100 Plants grow well

  Uncle and master stayed in his own house, so Jing Yi did not need to be bothered to run to the city anymore. 

  The crops in his field were growing well, and the wheat was already heading. Cotton also grows high. The rape flower also grows very well. Other plants also grow well. 

  When wheat is harvested, there needs to be fields to stockpile wheat, threshing wheat, and drying wheat. 

  There was also a grain farm in the village, and Jingyi was planting a lot of grain, so she had to prepare her own fields, so she chose an empty plot of land not far from home, instead, and negotiate with the village chief to buy the land. . 

  If an empty plot of land wants to be a good harvest field, the land must be compacted and mashed. It needs tools - stone rollers. 

  The stone grinder is a tool used by villagers to play the field, it is very common and can be found in almost every field. Stone roller is generally made of bluestone is large, cylindrical, one end is large, the other end is small, and both ends there is a rope hole, at the time of use is placed on a special wooden frame and can be pulled by human power or animal power. 

  Jing Yi first asked long-term hired workers to remove weeds in threshing fields, then poured water into threshing fields, and when it was dry, he used stone rollers to compact the soil in threshing fields, and the scrolls had a tight and smooth surface. Roll again when going to use, so that the surface of the wheat field remains smooth and sturdy, and can be used to threshing wheat, drying wheat, and threshing rice. 

  Jing Yi asked the villagers to use whips or stone grinders to threshen the wheat after they harvested it. The batter is knocked down by being struck by human power, while the stone grinder is pulled by human or animal power to crush and threshe the grain. 

  This ancient society did not have any machines, and could only use the most primitive tools. They just must be inefficient. But when harvested, the wheat is relatively dry, and is easier to shed in the sun, the stone rollers are pressed on the dried wheat straw, and the grain is separated from the grain. 

  Jing Yi was considering whether to design a manual thresher machine. At least some efficiency can be improved. 

  Especially when crushing rice, it is not easy to use a stone grinder. After all, when the rice harvest is still relatively wet, even the leaves are still green.

  Jing Yi thought it was fine to design a rice thresher machine. He's planning on planting rice next year, and he's definitely in need of a thresher. 

  Rape flowers are about to bloom, and beekeeping is on the agenda. 

  Jing Yi asked someone if there was a beekeeper, but she didn't know it at first. Mei Huanzhang who found out that Jing Yi wanted to keep bees and said: "Actually there are not many people who are experts in beekeeping. That is why honey is so valuable. Many people go to the mountains to find wild beehives. The production of honey bees is very small, so Pride is very valuable. If you want to learn how to raise bees, I'll send someone to help you ask." 

  Jing Yi said: "It's not necessary, I just want to find someone who can keep bees, hire someone to help me keep bees, then make a bee farm. I want to see what a beehive looks like right now. 

  If it is difficult to find someone, I will design the pattern myself and find a carpenter to make a beehive. You can try raising a few boxes of bees first. Just save it for fun.” 

  Mei Huanzhang looked at Jing Yi white, “Can bees be kept for fun? Otherwise, they'll be stung by bees, and they'll be poisoned and life-threatening." 

  Jing Yi said with a smile: "You can be sure about this. , I will take precautions." 

  Jing Yi thought that he had only planted 200 acres of rapeseed, and there should be no problem raising a few boxes of bees. He drew a blueprint of the beehive, and asked Woodworker Wang in the village to make ten beehives for him according to the blueprint. 

  The next day after the beehive was ready, Jing Yi, Song Chengyuan, and Qiao Hong rode the carriage to the foot of the mountain, and then Jing Yi brought some family members to lay the beehive in a relatively secluded spot at the foot of the mountain. 

  After arranging the ten beehives, Jing Yi took out a decoy made of honey, sugar, and pollen and put it into ten beehives. It is actually used to attract bees. 

  After doing all the preparations, Jing Yi clapped her hands and said, "OK, in a few days there will be bees coming here to settle down."

  Jing Yi was very sure of this, the honey and pollen were distilled by Jing Yi with supernatural powers, and they would be very attractive to bees. 

  After getting rid of the beehive, everyone returned. Now the cotton plant in the field has grown its first fruit branch and needs to be pruned. 

  When Jing Yi arrived at the cotton fields, the long-term workers hired by the family were waiting in the fields. Today Jing Yi will teach everyone how to prune cotton branches. 

  After the cotton plant grows the first fruit branch, the branches and leaves under the first fruit branch will be removed, and the leaves of the main stem will be stored. In the case of weak seedlings or lack of seedlings, the leaves and branches of cotton plants can be well stored, and their borders can be cut as they extend. 

  Now that the cotton plant had just grown its first fruit branch, Jing Yi would teach everyone the current pruning method. Wait until the cotton plant grows. 

  Lin Xiuhan came while Jing Yi was teaching the long-term workers. Instead of going to Jing Yi's house, she directly went to the field to look for Jing Yi. He also wanted to see how the plants in the field grew. 

  Jing Yi looked at Lin Xiuhan remotely, and he asked Song Yuancheng, who had already learned how to prune branches, to teach others how to prune branches. He went to greet her, "Sister Lin, why are you here?" 

  Lin Xiuhan looked at the plants around him and said, "Let me see how your winter wheat grows. The hood looks to grow well too. How are you doing?" 

  Jing Yi replied: "It's time for the cotton to be trimmed, and I taught them to prune the cotton plants. From now on, the cotton will be treated more carefully. In this way, we can harvest more cotton with high yields in the fall." 

  Lin Xiuhan knew that there was a lot of knowledge in this type of plant, "I don't understand these things. Let's go, let's go and see winter wheat." Jing Yi nodded 

  and walked to the wheat field with Lin Xiuhan. As it neared the wheat field, it glimpsed the entire wheat field like a green sea. When the breeze blew, the wheat wave rolls were spectacular and beautiful. 

  As he approached the wheat field, Lin Xiuhan sighed, "This wheat is growing very well. Other people's wheat is still young seedlings, but your winter wheat is already on its way. From this point of view, it should be harvested earlier than the spring wheat planted."

  Jing Yi said: "The weather in our area is not too cold in winter, and winter wheat can survive completely in winter. It can be planted in the first autumn, and can be harvested in the early summer of the second year. There is no delay in planting a second crop." Lin Xiuhan immediately 

  he said: "Then when the wheat is harvested, what crops will you plant?" 

  Jing Yi said: "I will plant soybeans when wheat is harvested In the fall, I can harvest soybean crops.Soybean can be used to extract oil, oil, and, and the rest Ingredients can be made into bean cakes to feed pigs, cows and sheep.Soybean can also be brewed into soy sauce, tempeh, and sauce. Soybeans can also be made into tofu, dried tofu, bean curd, etc., and raw bean sprouts can also be used as vegetables. In short, many uses of soybeans. I don't think that's enough 

  to plant a hundred acres of soybeans. In the future, brewing soy sauce will require a lot of soy. Sib 

  Lin, I think you can encourage farmers to clear vacant land and grow soybeans. We buy at market price. In this way, the economic development of Hui'an County will be promoted, and the life of farmers will be much easier." Lin Xiuhan was very optimistic about 

  jing Yi's plan, "From what you said, soybeans are very useful. .If you buy it in the future, the villagers will not worry about selling it after planting it, I will think about it carefully when I return.”