Traveling through the farmhouse: farming and making a fortune and raising cubs

The two wandered around the mountain, discussed the matter of looking for Xie Jiang, and talked about the sheep grass that could be planted.

I don't know about other places, but at least in the area of ​​Guanzhou Prefecture, they should all raise goats, and there are no sheep. After all, Xie Jiang got their goats from various places in Guanzhou Prefecture.

Goat milk is not as good as sheep milk. If you can get some sheep, you can raise more. If you have goats, you can keep them for meat or sell them. Fifty or sixty are enough.

Since they are all sheep, they should all eat the same thing. The more they raise, the more they will eat.

Although I haven't heard of growing sheep grass, it doesn't mean I can't do it. When they found the sheep, the two had already dug a lot of fresh and tender weeds.

In order not to confuse them, they were all dug up in adult plants. The sheep are probably already full by now, and they are lying down and sleeping under the shade of the trees.

The leading goat wears a bell around its neck and is tied with a long rope. It is tied under a tree. There is a lot of tender grass around it, and a large piece of it has been gnawed bald at the moment.

As long as the leader is there, the other goats will not run far.

Li Changhui yelled, and all the sheep stood up in surprise, and the two threw the grass they dug to various places, most of which were what the uncle had just said.

Sure enough, the bitter herbs and dandelions were eaten quickly, and the leaves on some tender vines were also eaten off, but the thatch was not eaten, at most, only a few sheep gave up after taking two bites.

They are really picky eaters, not as easy to feed as cattle.

"There are still not enough people to do the work. It's best to dig up the places that have been gnawed by sheep, and sprinkle some weed seeds that they love to eat. It won't take long for them to grow back."

Li Changhui looked around. This hillside is very gentle, not to mention grazing, it is also suitable for growing crops. If it is reclaimed and planted with forage, it can raise a lot of cattle and sheep.

Lin He touched his chin and pondered: "In fact, if you don't think it's a waste, wheat seedlings, buckwheat seedlings, and corn sorghum seedlings can also be fed to sheep and cattle."

They have a large area of ​​mountainous land that can be developed, and they don't rely on growing food to support their families.

On the contrary, besides filling our stomachs, we can’t earn much money by growing food.

And they have developed all this large area, recruiting one or two hundred people to work, not to mention supporting one or two hundred families, it is almost the same.

Naturally, Li Changhui has no objection: "That's fine. There's nothing to eat after winter. There are many kinds of beef, sheep, and pigs to eat. In fact, you can also grow vegetables, which grow fast. In winter, cabbage, radish, thick-skinned vegetables, and green vegetables are all fine."

As the two talked, they walked around the vicinity. The two mountains were too big, and there were still hundreds of acres of land. With the current five or sixty people, it would probably take a long time just to open up wasteland.

"Let's find some more people." Li Changhui looked at a large area of ​​barren hills: "Just release the news and find someone to open up wasteland. The current people continue to clean up the paddy fields and plant seedlings."

Lin He frowned slightly: "There are so many people, cooking is too troublesome, don't we need to find more cooks?"

"Give them an extra three Wen every day, let them go home to eat, or bring their own food."

For three pennies, you can buy more than a catty of brown rice. In exchange for eating at home, it is completely worthwhile.

Li Changhui said: "Clean up all the wasteland first, and when the seedlings are planted, many people's cattle will be free, and they can plow the land at that time."

"By the way, taking advantage of the heavy rain in summer, it's best to dig the pond, don't you think?"

Lin He originally planned to work slowly every day with only fifty or sixty people. After all, there will be a time when all the fields will be cleared.

But the progress of the work recently made her realize the reality.

Not only do we have to open up wasteland, but we also have to sow seeds. In summer, we need to water every now and then. Fifty or sixty people are really not enough.

Just like now, the paddy fields have not been cleaned up yet, and the water has to be turned off, and it is only less than ten acres.

It will take half a month at most to plant seedlings. Even if there are many people, planting seedlings can be done within five days.

But after that, sweet potato vines will be planted in June. There is only less than a month to go, and the wasteland will continue to be reclaimed. During this period, the corn and sorghum must be watered frequently, and there are a lot of things to do in feeding pigs, cattle and sheep. .

By the way, there is also a pond. Ducks and geese circle around the river every day and lay eggs by the river. We must dig the pond as soon as possible and build duck and goose sheds so that they can lay eggs in their nests.

There are also rabbits. There are not many rabbits now, only fifty adult female rabbits. It's not that they don't want so many, but almost all of these rabbits were caught on the mountain and bred slowly.

Lin He thought about it, many of them were inbreeding. Although it was not a big problem, since they had changed places, they should get some wild rabbits from the mountain here.

It's just that Li Changhui has been very busy recently, and Li Changhui didn't have time to go to the mountain.

So until now, among the fifty female rabbits, except for a few that were pregnant when they were in the town, the rest are still single.

Li Changhui will go hunting in the mountains tomorrow, and the rabbits will breed very well by then, and people will have to be busy every day.

After thinking about it inside and out, it is not enough for these few people to take care of hundreds of acres of crops in their spare time, let alone when the farming is busy.

In this way, Li Changhui's proposal is even more attractive.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that Li Changhui's approach is good: "It seems that we still need to find a special manager. Don't care about anything else, just watch everyone and don't leave those sneaky people in the field."

They don't have time to guard the workers every day, but they can't let the sneaky ones appear among the workers.

If someone starts this, everyone finds out that they don’t have to be so serious, and they can get their wages. In the end, everyone will be fooled, and their farm will be managed properly?

"Looking for someone," Li Changhui nodded, "We really need to find someone."

However, it is not easy to find a trustworthy person in a short while.

Having said that, the two suddenly looked at each other and said in unison, "Li Changqiang?"

Lin He smiled and rolled his eyes: "Brother Hui, it seems that we want to go together."

Li Changhui nodded with a smile: "Chang Qiang has a simple and honest personality, and he also has a bit of a sense of death. Although he doesn't know much about flexibility, he knows crops very well, and he has experience, so he is indeed very suitable."

Lin He was still a little worried: "But if he leaves Yonghe Town, I don't know if he would like to."

In this regard, Li Changhui is very confident.

"Probably not. Even if he doesn't dare to come by himself, Changsheng will definitely persuade him to come. I will write a letter when I go back and have someone take it back for him in the afternoon. If I come, I can bring my younger siblings, nephews and nieces with me. "

Fortunately, Lin He persuaded him a few words, it is fine to write a letter, let him arrange the town first, and it is best to find a suitable person to take over.

It is true that the wind is the rain, and this matter is almost settled.

Of course, whether he will come or not depends on Li Changqiang's receipt of the letter.