April.
The sunshine is just right and the flowers are blooming in spring.
Today's temperature is comfortable even in the north. Colorful flowers are blooming, and there are many wild bees gathering nectar in the world.
A hoe was slammed into the ground, and then turned upward to spread the soil even more.
Bean seeds were sown into the thousands of acres of thin fields. The fields were so straight that they looked like a whole at a glance.
Thousands of people are working in the fields, even Zhang Qi.
Zhang Qi, who was dressed like a farmer, stuffed a few bean seeds in his hand into a hole. The source of the bean seeds was naturally the best seeds in the world. After dozens or hundreds of selections, these beans were round and plump. .
After planting the last bean seed in the animal skin bag, Zhang Qi raised his body and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "The book is correct, this is really the end of the warm season in the Western Han Dynasty, and the weather in April is so warm Yes, as long as the watering continues, the growth of these beans will not be bad even in newly cultivated farmland."
The female soldier also wiped the sweat on her face. She couldn't understand what her lord said, but when she saw the sweat on his face, she still took a cloth and wiped it with Zhang Qi.
"Your Majesty, we can take care of these small things. You can have a rest."
While wiping Zhang Qi's sweat, the female soldier tried to persuade him. In her opinion, her superior should be aloof, so how could she do things that ordinary people could do.
Zhang Qimi glared at the female soldier: "Farming is no small matter. Next time I hear you say that, I will punish you."
The female soldier shrank her neck timidly: "Oh, I forgive you, Your Majesty, but I said the wrong thing."
Looking at the busy farmers in the fields, Zhang Qi felt a sense of accomplishment. This was ten thousand acres of thin fields. Fields of this scale could only be seen in plain terrain.
Moreover, there is another large field like this not far away. Zhang Qi planned roads, canals and other facilities that need to be built in the future between the two fields, so they are not connected together.
But it doesn't matter. With these two fields that exist like markers, if you want to expand the farmland in the future, you only need to keep pushing outwards towards the edge of the farmland.
As for irrigation, who said canals can't be built in the fields.
The purpose of asking Lu Mu to lead people to cultivate land not far from the river was to facilitate the construction of canals and water diversion in the future. As long as the cement workshops on Hu Jiu and Shi San's side were built, and with the formula in hand, cement production would be a success.
The ridges reserved now are the location of the canals in the future. A 500-meter canal can satisfy the use of 300 acres of fields. The number of ridges reserved now is sufficient.
Looking at the still bare fields, Zhang Qi's mind had already imagined the harvest scene in the future. Although the bean seeds were selected and bred, with the shortage of fertilizers, one acre of land could only produce 200 kilograms of soybeans. It was enough for Zhang Qi to be satisfied.
One acre of land weighs 200 jins, and 20,000 acres of land is 4 million jins or 2 million jins.
Moreover, soybean straw can also be fermented into green storage. Two hundred kilograms of soybeans per acre can produce at least one thousand kilograms of straw, which is 20,000 tons of green storage.
It is extremely useful for both humans and animals. This is the advantage of farming civilization. As long as there is no natural disaster, the things in the fields are enough for the family to live happily for a long time. Unfortunately, man-made disasters still prevent them from having enough to eat.
The longest growth period of soybeans does not exceed five months, which means that Zhang Qi only needs to wait five months to get a batch of soybeans that can feed 30,000 people for more than a hundred days, and the farmland is still being cultivated. After the replanting and autumn harvest, Zhang Qi will not need to subsidize much next winter.
Although eating beans dry is not good for people and can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort, who is Zhang Qi? He is a time traveler. In addition to eating beans dry, soybeans can also be processed into a series of easily absorbed products such as tofu, dried tofu, tofu curd, soy milk, etc. Food, even the leftover bean dregs after processing are excellent feed.
Moreover, after this year's soybean planting, the fertility of the ground will be enough to plant more high-yielding sorghum and pumpkins next year. Once these two crops are harvested, Zhang Qibie dare not say that he will not be short of food and grass within three years.
While he was enjoying the waves of wheat blown by the wind in the future, several rapid sounds of horse hooves came to Zhang Qi's ears.
He frowned and looked at where he had come from. Three cavalrymen with black flags were galloping towards them, led by a female cavalryman.
The four riders stopped at the edge of the farmland. Zhang Qi waved his hand when he saw this, and several female soldiers who were sowing seeds gathered around him and followed him out of the field.
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
As soon as Zhang Qi set foot on the solid ground, the three riding sentries with black flags fell to their knees.
Zhang Qi looked coldly: "If I remember correctly, there are six of you in the group. Are there three more?"
"The corps commander took the Black Sheep and White Bull brothers to stay in Sanjiang to break up the rear in order to send back information!" A patrolman said sadly, knocking his head to the ground.
With a hook of her fingers, a female soldier moved the stool that was placed on the carriage frame.
Zhang Qi sat down, put his hands on his knees, looked at the sad whistle and said: "This is what the whistle does, dancing on the tip of the knife, accompanying danger, why are you in so much pain?" ? I guess it’s you who caused the losses this time.”
Zhang Qi's words were very calm. Although he was anxious for information now, he still wanted to care about the people behind him first.
After his words fell, the sentry who pressed his head firmly on the ground immediately replied loudly: "Your Majesty, your sage! This time is caused by my recklessness. I hope your Majesty will give me another chance to return to Sanjiang." Opportunity, I am willing to sacrifice my life to atone for the sins of the three men, the black sheep and the white ox!"
"Did you bring the map back?"
Zhang Qi leaned back slightly, and a female soldier thoughtfully stepped forward to provide support.
"I brought it back, a total of sixty maps, recording Fuyu and Sushen's ministries, including forty and two, water systems, terrain, and terrain records."
Behind the kowtow sentry, a young sentry took out three cowhide packages from his arms and raised them above his head.
A female soldier stepped forward, took the cowhide parcel, and presented it to him. Zhang Qi did not accept it and just said loudly: "You two will enjoy ten cattle and sheep each, and you will be promoted to two levels."
"As for you," Zhang Qi withdrew his eyes from the other two sentries, and refocused on the sentry who had his head on the ground: "Leave the sentry establishment, join the army, get tattooed first, and be the first to die! "
"In every battle from now on, you will come first, and the merit will be worth the punishment. Do you have any objection?"
The whistle with his head on the ground banged several times: "Your Majesty! Holy Ming!"
"Okay, let's go down and bring the map to Liu Chai. Let him record it and present it to me for review."
With a wave of his hand, Zhang Qi asked the three sentries to leave, and then said to the female soldiers beside him: "Call Wang Li, Ying, and Hu Shui to wait in the tent. I want to——"
Zhang Qi looked eastward with lightning eyes.
"Seize the land and kidnap people!"
Climb first
In ancient times, it was a kind of military merit to be the first to occupy the city wall. This kind of merit is not easy to confuse. Although Zhang Qi currently does not have any big siege battles, being the first to climb to the death means that he has to do the most dangerous tasks in every battle.
The word tattoo (qing 2)
One of the punishments was to have words written on the face that could not be washed away.
(End of chapter)
