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Chapter 614 The Village Chief's Three Fires ([-])
"If the waterway is smooth, it is actually connected to the mouth of the sea. If the military situation changes, the reinforcements from the Qianhusuo can directly enter the sea by waterway."

"Ah, it's so bad, isn't it more expensive to dredge the river?"

"..." The three adults here have a little sympathy for the household department and the military department of the imperial court, but the state treasury is empty, so it's no fault of their Bai family army.

"I'm just a farmer. I don't have any other skills. I can only work hard. I hope that I can get more food during the autumn harvest. Then I will see if it meets the standard of meritorious service." Qi Ke said weakly, as if he had no confidence Her appearance, but her tone made people feel that her focus was on not being able to make meritorious service, not on lack of food.

"Harvest more grain? Do you now know that you can harvest more grain?"

Food is definitely the top priority, and the imperial court has difficulty in appropriating money. The soldiers' food problem is very dependent on the output of the various military household villages below. In this regard, Siliu Village is indeed everyone's hope and benchmark.

"The production of pigs and roots is enough, plus chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, pigs and sheep, anyway, there will be several boats to send out."

"What do you grow for your staple food?" Bai Qing heard that Qi Ke's tone was wrong this time, and this time he really didn't have the confidence to be confident, so he immediately asked.

"I've planted grass, and when it's cold, I'll plant winter wheat." Qi Ke touched her earlobe guiltily. It's about winter wheat. She doesn't know whether the wheat in her hand can always germinate smoothly.

"...Wh, what wheat?!" The three big men were stunned.

"Winter wheat, sow when it is cold, let the wheat seedlings survive the winter, harvest in April and May of the lunar calendar, the yield may be a little more than that of spring sown wheat."

"There is such a method?"

"Well, the local winter is not as cold as in the north and not as hot as in the south. Frost and snow will not freeze the wheat seedlings to death. It seems to be in line with the growth conditions of winter wheat, and there must be enough water for irrigation."

"It sounds like no place can meet such a condition." Mou Shen rubbed his chin.

"That's right, planting wheat in winter and letting the wheat seedlings survive the winter is really an unheard of planting method." Cheng Feng found himself lacking in imagination.

"Where did you come up with this method? From the book?" Bai Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, piercing Qi Ke directly.

"It's not enough just to read a book, we also need to get wheat seeds that can germinate in winter." Qi Ketan was frank and frank, not afraid of his intimidation.

"Did you get the wheat seeds?!" Bai Qing's aura that had just been gathered immediately flowed away like water.

"Huh?!" Mou Shenjiang and Cheng Feng immediately glanced over.

"Until I saw the germination, I wasn't sure if it was a real winter wheat seed." Qi Ke pursed his lips and shook his hand, "The person who sold the seeds spoke vaguely, maybe this kind of seeds may not be obtained through legitimate channels .”

"It's possible that there are many sea merchants from Dong'an Prefecture, and there are many stories. There are many things that can be heard in the Arabian Nights in a remote place like ours. When buying novelty things, you must pay more attention to them. Don't listen to the merchants bragging. Take the money." General Mou nodded.

"If this kind of seed is true and it is really planted, it will directly shorten the time for us to fail." Cheng Feng clapped his hands excitedly.

"Yeah, that's what I thought too. Otherwise, in early summer, the spring crops are still in the field, but the winter wheat can be harvested. As long as the planting sequence is arranged, the fields will produce all year round. But it can't be I'm too greedy, I still need to spend some time and energy on maintaining the land, otherwise the land will be useless." Qi Ke looked sincere, "Especially our coastal farmland is fragile and prone to salinization, so we must pay more attention to land conservation .”

"So winter wheat is your third fire?" Hearing the words salinization, Bai Qing remembered that Qi Ke had said the same thing last year, and abruptly brought the topic back to the original topic.

(End of this chapter)