The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 36 Crisis
Soon, a square pit was dug.

Sun Jie stood in front of Sifang Pit, pointed to the pit in front of him, and looked at everyone: "This pit is a soil pit for germination. Next, let me take a closer look and see how I do it!"

Sun Jie put the shovel in his hand on the ground, took a rake from the pile of supplies, and raked the ground in the pit.

For potatoes to germinate, the soil should be loose and not lumpy.

Chen De also hurriedly took an iron rake and raked it in the pit. The other experts in farming also hurriedly helped and raked the ground together.

It didn't take long for the land to be almost harrowed.

After the land was raked, Sun Jie asked someone to bring over the unused sand from the previous well repair.

Mix the sand with the loose soil in the pit and spread loosely on the bottom of the pit.

After finishing these, Sun Jie crawled out from the pit.

"Remember, the soil in the pit must be mixed with sand, one part loess and one part sand.

The sand is loose, which is good for the germination of seed potatoes.The sandy soil in the pit is still a little dry and needs to be watered.

Remember, you must pay attention to the amount of watering! "

While talking, Sun Jie asked someone to get a bucket of water from the nearby well.

Holding a ladle, he walked down the pit with the bucket of water.

Sprinkle the water in the bucket evenly on the sand.

"When sprinkling water, it must be even, not too much, not too little, just enough to hold the sand with your hands!"

Sun Jie put the ladle in his hand into the bucket, squatted on the ground, dug a piece of sand, and gave it a firm grip.

The sand is just enough to hold together, not loose or sticky.

He showed the sand in his hand to everyone, and then put it down, "That's it, remember what I said, show me carefully!"

Everyone listened intently, not daring to be distracted.

After watering, comb it with an iron rake.

The next step is to cut the seed potatoes into cubes.

Sun Jie took a kitchen knife, squatted on the ground, and cut the seed potatoes into pieces.

Cutting also pay attention to, per kilogram of seed potatoes, 30 to [-] yuan is the best cut.

This link is not difficult, and Sun Jie can explain it clearly in a few words.

Sun Jie quickly cut up a bunch of seed potatoes, weighing about three kilograms.

It's just to demonstrate to these farming experts, and there is no need to cut up all these seed potatoes.

After cutting into pieces, it is detoxification.

To put it simply, detoxification is to disinfect and sterilize the seed potatoes.

If potatoes want high yield, this link is essential.

If it is not detoxified, the output of potatoes is only about one thousand catties, and at most it will not exceed two thousand catties.

The failure to increase the yield is secondary. The most important thing is that it will cause the degeneration of the plants, resulting in the inability to retain seeds.

"This step is detoxification, this step is the most important, listen to me one by one!"

Sun Jie stood up, holding a sliced ​​potato in his hand, and his voice gradually became louder: "First, wash the sliced ​​potatoes, and then soak them in plant ash.

Ears perked up, listen to me carefully, one catty of plant ash is paired with two hundred catties of water, if there is too little water, you will be burned to death, if there is too much water, there will be no effect. Remember it all for me! "

Sun Jie's voice became a little hoarse. After he finished shouting, someone got some ash and began to soak the seed potatoes.

For the next whole day, Sun Jie explained to these farming experts.

If Sun Jie was asked to do it himself, he could finish it in two to three hours. Explaining it to these common people would be the most time-consuming.

Fortunately, these people are good at farming, and they accept it quickly, and they can accept it almost in a whole day.

As the sun set on the western mountain, all the seed potatoes in the pit were planted, and the next step was to wait quietly for germination.

It's already May now, and to be honest, it's a bit late in modern times, because at this time in modern times, the temperature has already started to rise.

But in the northwest land at the end of Ming Dynasty, the time was almost just right.

The end of the Ming Dynasty was the Little Ice Age. If the modern planting time is used, it is estimated that the seed potato cubes will be frozen to death as soon as they are put into the germination pit, and they will not germinate at all.

At dawn the next day, Sun Jie hurriedly finished his breakfast and set off again with these experts in farming.

Today, Sun Jie did not do it himself, but stood aside to guide these farming experts.

In the future, it is impossible for Sun Jie to help them all the time, he must let them master these things proficiently.

Today is much smoother than yesterday, and the speed is also much faster.

In a day's work, almost seven or eight germination pits were built.

On the third day, Sun Jie followed suit. Today was much better than the previous two days. Those experts in farming didn't ask many questions, and there were no major problems during the process.

Seeing that the common people had almost mastered it, Sun Jie also felt relieved.

The next step is simple, guide these people to build germination pits, and explain everything about growing potatoes.

Sun Jie also took out those hand-held rotary tillers.

It would take a long time for the common people to cultivate the [-] mu of land by themselves, and it would be much better with a hand-held rotary tiller.

At noon, Sun Jie pushed a hand-held rotary tiller and taught these people in the field.

This thing is a "big killer". Where have these farming experts seen it?
As soon as it was started, the sound of the rotary tiller startled these people, and they ran away subconsciously one by one.

Before Sun Jie started it, he gave these people vaccinations in advance, but it didn't work.

No choice but to stop the rotary tiller and drive these people back.

It took a lot of hard talking to settle these people down and stop running around.

Under the sun, Sun Jie was wearing a straw hat and single clothes, pushing the rotary cultivator with his hands, and plowing the land diligently.

The accelerator rattled, and the gears below smashed and scattered the already hardened ground.

Chen De followed Sun Jie one by one with those experts who had been farmed, with expressions of surprise and horror on their faces.

"My darling, what kind of thing is this? So fast? God, I've never seen it grow so big!"

Chen De was dumbfounded and kept shouting.

The same goes for the experts in farming around, their eyes widened and their exclamations came and went.

"Don't worry about shouting, just show me how this thing is used. More than 600 acres of land must be plowed after the potatoes sprout. Come and see how I do it!"

Sun Jie yelled helplessly.

The voice is already hoarse, and a lot of saliva wasted today.

There is no way, it is simply unrealistic to expect these people to be honest and stop running around.

I've never seen this kind of thing before, and it's normal to be frightened all of a sudden.

"Okay, stop shouting and shouting, follow behind the master, learn a little bit!"

Chen De was the first to react and greeted these farming experts to come over.

"Come here, I'll teach you how to use this thing first!" Sun Jie stopped the rotary tiller, looked at Chen De who was approaching, and shouted.

Let the space out, Sun Jie taught with his hands: "Holding the handle with both hands, this is the start, this is the acceleration, this is the deceleration, and this is the stop!"

There are not too many buttons, although Chen De was a little dazed, but he also memorized them.

When Chen De remembered almost, Sun Jie let Chen De control it by himself.

I don't know whether it was because of nervousness or excitement, but Chen De's forehead was covered with sweat.

Watching others do what they do and doing it themselves are two different things. Modern people sometimes make mistakes, let alone ordinary people in this era.

Under Sun Jie's repeated guidance, he finally started the rotary tiller.

Just two steps away, Chen De suddenly shouted in shock: "Master, numb, numb hands, numb arms, numb shoulders!"

"It's right, hold on, don't panic, you are too nervous, don't use so much force, don't use brute force, use ingenuity!" Sun Jie yelled again and again.

Sun Jie also has this kind of small rotary tiller in his hometown, and he has been using it for a long time.When I learned to use it for the first time, I was similar to Chen De, because I couldn't control it, so I kept using it with all my might.

Where can manpower be greater than machines?The vibration of the machine was transmitted straight to the arm, plus too much force, the arm was stretched too straight and tight, so it's no wonder it didn't feel numb.

"Relax your shoulders, don't use all your strength, just control the direction, don't try to compete with it!" Sun Jie walked beside Chen De with anxious and sweaty face, shouting for guidance.

Shouting, something is wrong.

I don't know if Chen De lost his energy or what happened, the handle of the hand-held rotary cultivator was shaking more and more, and his feet began to be unstable.

After all, he still couldn't stabilize, staggered and fell to the ground.

But before he let go of the handle in his hand, the rotary cultivator took his arm and was about to drag it forward.

The mud kicked up by the gears kept pouring into his mouth, which startled him.

"Mom, help me!"

I panicked all of a sudden, and hurriedly shouted for help!

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Sun Jie stepped forward and turned off the rotary tiller.

Chen De obviously hasn't reacted from the situation just now, his whole body is almost touching the ground, if not for his hands still holding the handle, he probably would have been lying on the ground long ago.

The legs kept kicking, shouting, calling for help, and the hands were tightly clenched.

Sun Jie looked helpless, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in a hoarse voice: "Okay, stop, stop shouting, you are fine, you are fine!"

Seeing this situation, the surrounding people became even more afraid, and what's more, they hid far away, not daring to approach.

"Ugh!"

Sun Jie sighed, helped the flustered Chen De, and quickly said: "Okay, okay, you're fine, you're fine!"

Under Sun Jie's repeated yelling, Chen De finally woke up.

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

Standing there blankly, breathing heavily, the clothes on the chest and back were wet with sweat, it seemed that he was quite frightened just now.

After a long time, he spit out a mouthful of muddy saliva, and looked at Sun Jie with a terrified expression, "Master, you should let the little one dig the ground with a shovel, this thing is really scary, it almost disappeared just now!"

"Ugh!"

Seeing Chen De like this, Sun Jie sighed again.

A small walk-behind rotary cultivator made Chen De look like this. If you get a tractor, shouldn't you scare him to death?If that thing got out of control, it could kill people.

Just when Chen De thought that Sun Jie would agree, Sun Jie's tone suddenly became firm, and his gaze also became firm.

"No, I can't learn this today. Don't even think about eating and sleeping one by one. What kind of shovel do you use? How long will it take to turn over [-] acres of land!" Sun Jie was firm and refused to say anything.

No matter what Chen De and the others said, Sun Jie would not change his words.

They can't control the rotary tiller that starts, so stop the rotary tiller first, let them get familiar with and experience the rotary tiller first.

Sun Jie asked Chen De to arrange that everyone must experience for a quarter of an hour, and no laziness is allowed. If anyone is lazy, don't even think about eating and sleeping.

Although Chen De was frightened just now, he still devoted himself to Sun Jie's arrangement, directing these farming experts to get familiar with and experience one by one.

Sun Jie stood not far away and lit a cigarette to relieve the anxiety in his heart.

Smoking a cigarette, looking at the people who are experiencing it.

Most of the people are fine, although they are panicked, they will not be intimidated.

There was a man about 30 years old, holding the handle of the rotary tiller with both hands, trembling non-stop, trembling visible to the naked eye.

His legs were shaking non-stop, his hands were shaking even more, and he was still yelling.

This reminded Sun Jie of those "wonderful creatures" he had encountered when he was studying for a driver's license.

Some people can't tell the difference between front and back, left and right when they get in the car, some use the accelerator or clutch as a brake, some don't step on the clutch to shift gears, and some slam on the gas pedal while in reverse gear.

The most outrageous thing is that an aunt in her 50s used the wiper control lever as a brake, and the car lost control. While screaming, she turned on the wiper, but did not let go of the accelerator.

That guy almost scared the coach of the co-pilot to death. If the coach hadn't had quick eyesight and quick hands, he stepped on the secondary brake in a hurry, and the car would have hit the wall directly.

When I got out of the car, the co-pilot was okay, but the aunt couldn't even walk, she had to be supported by several people, and she was very scared.

Sun Jie took a deep puff of his cigarette, came back to his senses, and looked forward.

To be honest, the scene in front of me is similar to the people I met when I was learning a driver's license, and there is no difference in essence.

"I understand now, why the coach on the training ground is so loud, smoking one after another!"

Slamming the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, Sun Jie lit another cigarette.

Looking up at the sun on the top of the sky, Sun Jie's face was melancholy.

The sun is still the same sun, whether it is Fuping or Chengcheng, they all enjoy the sunshine fairly.

The city gate of Chengcheng County was opened wide, and the county magistrate led the city officials and gentry to welcome them two miles outside the city.

Sun Chuanting rode on a war horse, dressed in armor, with a knife hanging from his waist, and led the elite under his command, and walked through the city gate greeted by the magistrate and others.

A few days ago, Sun Chuanting led his troops to Chengcheng County.

At that time, a group of [-] horsemen gathered more than [-] people and besieged Chengcheng County.

Of these 1 people, there are only a thousand soldiers who can fight, and the rest are coerced civilians, and there are half-grown milk babies, and their combat effectiveness is worrying.

One hundred thousand soldiers are useless, and the defenders of Chengcheng County are even more useless. Chengcheng County originally stationed two hundred households, with more than 250 soldiers approved to fight, 20 archers, and 40 blunderbuss soldiers.

But this is just a number on the books. There are 250 soldiers on the roster, but the real strength is not even 20.

There are only three or four archers and gunners in total.

The bows and arrows in the hands of the archers were handed down from some unknown time, and the bow strings were loose and loose, let alone archery, they could be pulled on the rope.

The firecrackers are even more outrageous. The stocks in the Jiajing period were so rusted that no one dared to release them, for fear of being blown to death.

In desperation, the county magistrate had no choice but to recruit strong men from the city. If Sun Chuanting hadn't promised that he would reward them with silver when he arrived, it would probably be enough to recruit hard-working men.

It's really useless to mess with one hundred thousand people, and he is not willing to use the old battalion troops in his hands, but just keeps driving away the coerced people to attack the city.

Sun Chuanting and Sun Yanwang are very famous in Shaanxi. When the hundred thousand horses Jinzhong found out that Sun Chuanting and Sun Yanwang led troops to help, they gave up attacking the city before seeing anyone, and led their men to escape, throwing away most of the people in their hands, as well as those who led them. Goods that don't go away.

So far, the crisis in Chengcheng County has been resolved.

Chengcheng County's crisis is gone, but Sun Jie's is here.

Luo Shangwen didn't stop, came from the rear on a horse, walked up to Sun Chuanting, frowned, and said: "My lord, according to the night, no reward will be received, the horse thief led the remaining remnants, and fled towards Fuping."

(End of this chapter)