Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 40 Sowing seeds, raising pigs, raising ducks and feeding fish ([-])

Of course, these reward and punishment regulations formulated by Huang Laifu were not only applied to the first farm in Wuzhai Fort, but were implemented in the ten farms in Wuzhai Fort.

The Wuzhaibao No. [-] Farm is on the north bank of the Qinglian River, not far from Xiaohetoubao.The farm is surrounded by fields, and the core is a piece of house within the wall, which contains barracks, warehouses, grain depots, livestock pens, grain drying grounds and other facilities, as well as some general fortifications.

As soon as he entered the gate of the farm, He Deli, the chief village head of the farm, got the news and hurriedly led several big village heads, and the small village heads came to welcome him.This He Deli is He Fuqianhu's younger brother, he looks very similar to He Fuqianhu, he is less than 50 years old, his skin is also thick and dark, and he looks very much like an old farmer.

He Deli is considered an old military household in Wuzhai Fort. He has always been in charge of the He family's fields. He is very familiar with farm affairs. With the purpose of attracting He Fuqian's households, Huang Laifu asked He Deli to be the general manager of the No. [-] Farm in Wuzhai Fort. Head of the village, this naturally overjoyed Deputy He Qianhu, and felt the heavy responsibility. He told his younger brother many times to pay attention and pay attention, and he must not be responsible for the affairs of Young Master Huang and Wuzhaibao.

He Deli is also diligent and conscientious every day, and dare not neglect.However, although He Deli is the head of the No. 10 Farm in Wuzhai Fort, the power of the [-] Wuzhai Fort farms is controlled by Huang Laifu. The biggest benefit He Deli can get is the generous annual bonus.As for dividends and other matters, that is the turn of He Fuqianhu and others.

He Deli welcomed Huang Laifu and others into the farm. Huang Laifu looked around and saw that the villagers in the farm were all working nervously. No one dared to slack off. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Headmaster He, the farm is planting seeds. How is the spring plowing going?"

He Deli rubbed his hands, nodded and bowed and said: "Back to the young master, everyone is stepping up preparations for these things. The existing spring wheat seeds are being selected and dried. After these things are ready, they can start sowing."

Huang Laifu nodded and said, "Very good."

Wheat in Daming is divided into two types: winter wheat and spring wheat. Spring wheat is sown in March to April and matures in July to August.Winter wheat is sown in autumn from August to December, and matures from May to July of the following year.The growing areas of winter wheat and spring wheat are basically bounded by the Great Wall.However, with the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the cold line generally moved southward. At this time, Daming, even in Taiyuan and other places, had to grow spring wheat.Wuzhaibao is located in the northwest of Shanxi Province, and of course spring wheat is the main crop.

Seeing Huang Laifu's satisfied expression, He Deli felt relieved, led Huang Laifu to check around the farm, and explained the farm and some spring plowing matters incessantly.

Not to mention, the original military households in Wuzhaibao, if you ask them to fight and practice, they can't do anything, but let them talk about farming, they can tell a set.Listening to He Deli's eloquent and frothy speech, Huang Laifu could only nod his head incessantly "um, um, um, um". He has never touched a hoe, and he can't memorize the 24 solar terms songs. If he is asked to plant the land, his eyes are darkened and he doesn't understand.

The role of Huang Laifu is to design some big directions, systems, strategies and other issues, and play the role of "chief designer". Let him go to the fields to farm and make tools, which is not acceptable.Anyway, after setting up your own system and delegating power, let the people with human faces do what they should do, let them cross the sea and show their magical powers.Then you can see their results for yourself.

Not to mention Huang Laifu, Gu Yunniang also stared at He Deli's endless talk, and Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu also stared at him.

Speaking of these things, He Deli was in high spirits at this time, and he didn't feel shrinking in front of Huang Laifu at all, and he seemed to be giving advice on agriculture.It was the chief of the village next to him who coughed, and He Deli came back to his senses angrily, and returned to Huang Laifu, rubbing his hands, nodding and bowing like an old farmer.

Huang Laifu looked full of pearls on his face, and said: "Well, very good, Chief He, you have done a good job, ah, this, we must continue to work hard."

Regarding Huang Laifu's words, He Deli and others were naturally obedient and did not dare to neglect.

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Huang Laifu led Gu Yunniang and Jiang Dazhong, and Yang Xiaolu rode on the way back. Seeing that the fields on the side of the road were full of prosperity, Huang Laifu couldn't help being happy, and sang loudly on the horse: "Our hometown, in hope In the field of the village, the smoke from the kitchen is floating on the newly built houses, the small river flows beside the beautiful village, and the lotus pond is ten miles away and the fruit is fragrant... Cough, we have been fighting in this field for generations, for her happiness and glory... "

Gu Yunniang was listening to Huang Laifu singing, with a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth. She found that she liked to see Huang Laifu's high-spirited appearance recently, and when she heard the singing, Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu looked at each other and smiled, thinking: " The young master sang a strange song again, but it was very pleasant to listen to."

After singing Huang Laifu's song again, I suddenly remembered whether I want to set up a propaganda team in Wuzhaibao in the future. Some songs of later generations and some methods of motivation and entertainment are still very useful.

Thinking of this, Huang Laifu made up his mind.Suddenly the whip cracked and he shouted: "Drive!" The horse rushed out, Gu Yunniang hurriedly rode the horse and walked side by side with him, and Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu were also busy following.

in the afternoon.

On the field outside Huanglaifu Dazhuang, now called Huanglaifu Dazhuang, Huanglaifu's big waterwheel was rattling, continuously lifting the water from the Qinglian River to the bank and flowing into the fields in various places.Although there is still a severe drought this year, with this large water truck, the problem of irrigation water does not exist in Wuzhai Fort.

In a field, the surroundings were full of people, besides the Zhuang Ding of the Huang Family Farm, there were also men and women from Wuzhaibao.Everyone looked at something with curiosity.

Everyone in Qianhu House, Huang Sihao, Yang Shi, several sisters, Gu Qianhu, Gu Yunniang and others, Deputy He Qianhu, several Baihu, and the businessman Qu Yuanrui also stood aside, watching curiously.

Suddenly there was a commotion, and everyone excitedly said: "Here we come."

I saw Liu Zongqi commanding the people in the craftsman camp to carry something, and drove a few horses over. When they arrived at Huang Laifu, Liu Zongqi saluted and said, "Look, young master. According to the order of the young master, the younger one has already put these things away." The yoke used for horse plowing, the plow used for pulling, and the cart used for two horses were brought."

"Oh." Huang Laifu was curious for a while. Last year, he decided to implement the large farm plan in Wuzhai Fort. Naturally, this ancient mechanized tool was first in his consideration.

The horse-drawn plow and the farming method of the horse-drawn cart have been known to him for a long time. Although he had given Liu Zongqi to make yokes and stud-shaped horseshoes as early as last year.But it's only now that we've seen these tools in action.

The yoke frees the horse's neck so it can pull heavy loads.The studded horseshoe improves the grip of the horse's hoof.Huang Laifu entrusted Liu Zongqi to make these, Huang Laifu entrusted the yoke and the spiked horseshoe, and Wuzhaibao Jiangying made them by itself.

However, due to the complicated production of columbine cars and the heavy task of Wuzhaibao craftsmen, Qu Yuanrui bought the columbine cars from other places on his behalf. It took a few days to buy them, but today Huang Laifu was free to come and see the real ones .

Having seen the yoke and the horse-drawn plow, Huang Laifu took a closer look at the columbine cart. He saw that it was composed of a columbine bucket and a columbine foot. , the seeds are sown into the ground along the feet of the columbine.The three columbine feet of the columbine cart can open three ditches at one time, and complete the operations of ditching, sowing and soil covering at the same time, which greatly saves manpower.And Qu can ensure that the row spacing and plant spacing are consistent.It is conducive to drainage and moisture conservation, and is conducive to intertillage and weeding.

This columbine cart was invented by Zhao Guo, Su Duwei during Emperor Wu's time. It can sow 100 mu of land in one day, and it can be called an ancient seeder.But if you add two horses...

After seeing these equipments, Huang Laifu was very happy, thinking that he would soon see the ancient mechanized operations, he said: "Let's start."

Liu Zongqi responded loudly, and saw several Zhuang Ding come up and set up plow tools and columbine carts, and there were two horses on each tool.

At the beginning, I saw the double-horse plows plowing in front, and the double-horse carts sowing seeds and repairing ridges behind.The porter stands on the horse-drawn plow, stands on the columbine cart, and drives the two horses. This speed is really, this efficiency is really...

The crowd around kept making "hissing" sounds. The people in Wuzhaibao are used to the slow farming method of one ox and one plow. Have you ever seen such a mechanized operation method?
Jiang Baihu opened his mouth wide and just muttered: "It's too fast, it's too fast..."

Deputy He's voice of "hissing" kept coming out of Qianhu's mouth, and after listening to Jiang Baihu's words, he subconsciously said, "It's too fast, but it's too expensive..."

Huang Laifu nodded slightly, thinking that it was not bad.According to this farming efficiency, only a few people can complete the weeding, digging, and sowing of hundreds of acres of arable land in a day.

But obviously, the cost of these tools is also huge. Ordinary people are reluctant and cannot afford to spend this money to configure them.

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Liu Zongqi: "Master, I almost forgot that the man with the two horse-drawn plows needs to send a few recommendation tickets before he is willing to work."

Huang Laifu: "..."

Lao Niu: "Happy New Year. ^_^"

(End of this chapter)