Era: Starting from cave dwellings in northern Shaanxi

Chapter 45 The Use of Heilong Land

"Professor Qian, come and help us find out whether this soil is..."

As soon as Sun Qingbo and his men approached, the old party secretary couldn't wait to hold a handful of soil in front of Professor Qian's eyes.

"Secretary Sun, you should call me Lao Qian. Don't make a mistake."

Professor Qian's real name is Qian Minxing. He is only over fifty years old, but his temples are already gray, but his eyes are full of wisdom.

Compared with the eagerness of the old party secretary, he seemed unhurried.

"There are no outsiders here. It doesn't matter. Let's take a look at the soil first."

If it had been Sun Qingbo, the old party secretary would have slapped him in the face, but facing Professor Qian, he, the old party secretary, couldn't stand up.

"This soil is a bit like black soil."

Professor Qian then took a serious look at the soil held in the old party secretary's hand, but after looking at it, his face showed some surprise.

"Is it really black soil?"

The old party secretary immediately became excited. He may not believe his eyes, but Professor Qian can't admit his mistake, right?
  "I'll take a closer look."

Professor Qian said, squatting next to the dug hole, first observing the changes in the soil layer, then shoveling out some and identifying it carefully.

After a few minutes, he nodded.

"That's right, it's black soil. I didn't expect there is still black soil here in Shuangshui Bay."

"God bless us, Shuangshui Bay actually has black soil. No, this is the credit of Xiang Yang. Xiang Yang, you are our blessing in Shuangshui Bay."

The old branch secretary has already started talking nonsense.

"Professor Qian, what is black soil? Is it the same as the black soil in the northeast?"

Sun Xiangyang couldn't help but ask.

"The development process of black soil is similar to that of black soil, but strictly speaking, it is not the same. Black soil is a residual soil layer developed on the loess parent material. It is an ancient farming soil on the Loess Plateau. It is almost Thousands of years ago, it was one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, but with unrestricted reclamation, most of the black soil slowly disappeared, turning it into the barren appearance it is today."

Professor Qian explained patiently.

"Then why is there black soil here?"

Sun Xiangyang continued to ask.

After hearing what he said, Professor Qian also gave an explanation.

"It should have something to do with the terrain here. I've learned about Shuangshui Bay. The underground water veins here are relatively shallow. Perhaps hundreds or thousands of years ago, it wasn't like this. Later, with the changes in the earth's crust, rainwater washed away the surrounding water. All the humus layer rushed here, slowly settling year after year, and finally formed the black soil layer.

In addition, this place has never been discovered, so it can be preserved until now.

It is also possible that this area originally had a rich layer of black soil, but it was buried deep underground until it was washed away into a ditch and slowly revealed. "

Sun Xiangyang thought about it carefully and found that this explanation barely made sense, and he was not an expert in this field, so he just let it go.

However, he still asked immediately: "Professor Qian, how big do you think this black soil is?"

"Yes, this ditch is so long. If it is all black soil below, how many crops will be planted?"

The old branch secretary also realized that if it was only one or two acres, it would be of little use. At most, it would be dug out and spread on the terraced fields, barely used as fertilizer.

But what if it’s a few hundred acres?
  "I can't say this, but there are probably a lot of them in this ditch."

Professor Qian could not give a definite answer.

Then the old branch secretary got excited.

"Qingbo, go to the well-drilling team and recruit ten or eight people. Bring these guys over. Keep it secret. Don't tell anyone about it yet." "Okay."

After Sun Qingbo heard this, he immediately ran back.

Although the old party secretary also knows that the discovery of black soil here cannot be kept secret for too long, especially when the well-drilling team comes over, more people will know, but now it can be delayed for one day, at least The approximate scope and area were determined.

There is also the matter of tomorrow's meeting. It just so happens that tonight he has to meet with several village cadres, and a charter must be drawn up for this matter first.

It didn't take long for Sun Qingbo to pull the people over, and then everyone started to spread out and dig hard.

The old party secretary had just told them that there is black soil down here, which is first-class land. Just scatter some seeds and you can grow crops. If the area is large enough, no one will ever go hungry again.

This good news immediately made everyone flush with excitement. There was no need for supervision at all, and they even used the energy to feed.

In fact, Sun Xiangyang already knew the area of ​​this black land, which was 72 acres.

So he was not anxious at all, he just stayed close to Professor Qian and kept asking.

After contact, he already knew what Professor Qian used to teach in school, agriculture!
  A teacher and professor who teaches agriculture actually came to Shuangshui Bay to do farm work. Sun Xiangyang didn't know what to say.

According to Professor Qian, black loam soil is suitable for growing wheat, corn, millet, and beans. The yield is relatively high, and it is also suitable for the temperature and climate of northern Shaanxi.

If it is just to fill the stomach, then wheat and corn are undoubtedly the first choices. The key is that these two crops can be planted in conjunction with each other.

After planting the wheat, then plant the corn, then harvest the corn, then plant the wheat again, basically without any delay.

But after learning that Professor Qian was a professor of agriculture, he had other ideas.

For example: soybeans.

At the beginning, you can take out ten or eight acres of land, give money to professors to do research, and continue to cultivate and improve varieties suitable for planting in the entire northern Shaanxi. After all, this thing is drought-resistant and is perfect for northern Shaanxi.

In addition, he also has a small thought, can the system be directly improved?
  After this idea came up, Sun Xiangyang's breathing became a little heavier.

"It's here."

"It's here too."

At this time, cheers continued to come from around.

The scattered people all dug out the black soil, which also meant that the area of ​​the black soil was constantly expanding.

Sun Xiangyang was not surprised by this.

According to the system prompts, this piece of black land has 72 acres.

Based on the fact that this chagou is thirty meters wide, the total length is [-] meters, which is almost right to the end of Shuangshui Bay's '人' character.

Although these lands are at the bottom of the Chagouzi, the Chagouzi runs east-west, so the daily sunlight is no worse than on flat land, and there is no situation where the sun can only be seen at noon.

Otherwise, even if it is black land, you will not see the sun every day, and everything you plant will be in vain.

Slowly, everyone's footsteps continued to extend, and the smiles on everyone's faces became brighter and brighter.

I wish I could never stop.

But this chagou has an end after all.

They had almost reached the narrowest point, and the hole in the ground was dug more than one meter deep, but there was still no black soil, and everyone's excitement slowly cooled down.

Then the old branch secretary mentally estimated the distance and calculated the number of acres.

(End of this chapter)