Is the cotton ready to be picked? After learning the news, Huo Guang was slightly surprised for a while.
I always feel like this is still the suggestion I made to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty a few days ago to grow cotton!
did not expect.
Soon it was time to pick cotton.
Looking at the proud Yan Yu in front of him, Huo Guang nodded and said with a smile: "Since the cotton has been spitted out, it can naturally be picked. Well... forget it, I have nothing to do today, so it doesn't hurt to go and take a look."
"Then... the road is quite far." Yan Yu glanced at Huo Guangxin's carriage with some embarrassment.
This look.
He seemed to be asking if he could take her there with him in a carriage.
Yan Yi, the great farmer's order, was an incorruptible official. Generally, the means of transportation relied on two legs, not even a horse-drawn carriage.
Compared with Zhang Tang, the censor doctor, it is even worse.
At least there is a shabby carriage in the house of the imperial censor!
Seeing Miss Yan Yu like this.
I couldn't help but complain in my heart. After all, he is a high-ranking official among the Three Gongs and Nine Qings. Why doesn't he deserve a carriage?
Think of this.
Huo Guang shook his head and said to Yan Yu, who was three or four years older than him: "If you don't mind it and bear with it, is it okay to take my carriage there?"
Yan Yu immediately said, "It would be great if I could ride in Huo Yilang's carriage."
See this.
Huo Guang smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll help you up. The chassis of my carriage is higher than other carriages, so you have to step on it firmly."
"Um."
Yan Yu snorted inaudibly, and then got on the carriage with Huo Guang's help.
Subsequently.
Huo Guang also got on the carriage together.
In the Han Dynasty, to have your own carriage, in addition to money, you also needed a certain status.
Especially in a place like Chang'an City where every inch of land is precious.
Inside the carriage.
Huo Guang and Yan Yu sat opposite each other. Looking at Yan Yu's uneven figure, he couldn't help but want to ask Yan Yi, the big farmer, what he usually ate at home.
But then again.
Although Yan Yu has a good figure, in terms of appearance, she is inferior to Dong Xun and Sang Meiren.
Jiang Wanqiu from the Xiaqiu Jiang family is also more beautiful than Yan Yu.
But overall.
She is still a beauty, but not as eye-catching as she is.
"Huo Yilang keeps staring at my face. Is there something on my face?" Yan Yu found out that Huo Guang kept staring at her face. She felt a little sullen and asked deliberately.
But Huo Guang is a very thick-skinned master.
In addition, since the other party was sitting in his carriage, he didn't think he was peeking.
Sit facing each other!
That's called normal vision. There's no reason to sit in a carriage by yourself and have to turn your neck and twist it to make yourself uncomfortable, right?
certainly.
I think so in my heart, but I definitely don’t say this in my mouth.
present.
Huo Guang directly changed the subject and said: "Miss Yan's face is pure and flawless, and there is nothing dirty about it. I don't mean to stare at you, I am just curious, how do you know that I live here in the restaurant and come here?" Looking for me here?"
Yan Yu immediately replied: "I first went to the General's Mansion and found out that you haven't returned to live in the General's Mansion for a long time."
"Well, the general's son, Yichun Hou Weibo, said you are here."
"I just came here to take a look."
It turned out to be Mr. and Mrs. Wei who said it. No wonder this girl knows that she is happy living here!
Huo Guang nodded.
immediately.
He then asked: "Da Nong Ling usually has to take care of the affairs of the Yantie government camp and is too distracted. Once he told me that you are responsible for raising most of the cotton."
"oh!"
"By the way, cotton is white.
. "
"How do you feel about raising the cotton in this breeding field?"
It is different from the eldest lady like Sang Meiren who has a business family background.
Yan Yi is a great farmer, an honest official, and must do everything personally.
It is said that!
After his first wife passed away, Yan Yi had no idea of marrying another one.
After all, honest officials have no family wealth to speak of. Besides, she is still a lot older. Which woman would be willing to live with such a person?
People are very realistic.
Therefore, Yan Yu grew up in such a family environment.
Although he comes from a family of officials!
But in fact, just like the children of ordinary people, they started doing housework at a young age, and even shared a lot of things that Yan Yi, a big farmer, needed to bear.
in short.
Yan Yu is a very capable woman.
no way.
Incorruptible officials are serious and responsible for court affairs and good to the people.
But you can’t have two ends.
For my own family, it will be much worse.
Yan Yu heard Huo Guang's question and said bluntly: "Huo Yilang, I think the mold planting method you mentioned is a bit cumbersome. The land in the Han Dynasty was no different and could be planted directly. "
"Your so-called mold seems a bit unnecessary."
"Of course, this is a bit presumptuous, I hope Huo Yilang doesn't mind."
Huo Guang shrugged helplessly when he saw that there was something wrong with the way he grew cotton.
How could there be anything wrong with the methods that have been passed down by future generations for thousands of years!
immediately.
Huo Guang explained to Yan Yu: "Cotton is like a human being when it is young. It is very delicate. It is not easy to grow in the bud stage when planted directly."
"If Miss Yan Yu doesn't believe it."
"We can try cotton seeds next year. One side can be planted directly in the ground, and the other side can be planted in molds."
After hearing this, Yan Yu suddenly laughed and said, "Squeamish? Like a human? The way Huo Yilang talks is really interesting. How can crops be compared to humans? They are lifeless!"
"There is no life? Then why does it bloom and bear fruit, grow and wither?" Huo Guang asked lightly.
And ask this question.
Yan Yu also frowned for a long time, and finally could only sigh: "I don't know, maybe Huo Yilang is right!"
Huo Guangzi, the old god, said on the ground: "It's not that I'm right, but that everything in the world has life!"
"..."
"..."
The two chatted and laughed in the carriage, and gradually became familiar with each other, and they were no longer as reserved as before.
While talking and laughing, the carriage has arrived at the breeding field where cotton is grown.
Huo Guang was in a good mood when he saw that a large piece of cotton fruit had dried up and spit out white cotton wool.
If the planting scale is expanded to the entire Han Dynasty in the coming year, the cotton harvested will help the people of the Han Dynasty survive the harsh winter, and the population will increase significantly.
Yan Yu walked up to Huo Guang at this time, pointed at the cotton and asked, "Huo Yilang, look at the condition of the white cotton in the field now. Can it be picked?"
"Of course you can pick it!" After Huo Guang nodded, he looked around again, but did not find Yan Yi's figure. He immediately asked Yan Yu: "Where is the Da Nong Order? Where has your father gone? Didn't you call me over?" "
Yan Yu heard this and said apologetically: "Father said he would come over later. The affairs of the Yantie government camp have not been settled yet. In addition, it is the autumn harvest and there are many problems with rice, corn, wheat, etc., so I can't get out for a while. Come."
All right!
A busy man.
Huo Guang was sighing in his heart when Yan Yu stuffed him with a basket-shaped bamboo basket and said, "Huo Yilang, it's still early, let's pick some white cotton first!"
"Huh? Want to
I pick? Huo Guang looked at Yan Yu for a while, and then complained in a low voice: "You can pick flowers if you want me to, but forget about picking cotton."
Yan Yu didn't understand the meaning of picking flowers, so when Huo Guang refused, she stopped asking Huo Guang to accompany her to pick cotton.
I just went to the cotton field and started picking.
Huo Guang squatted nearby and watched.
Picking cotton is a simple yet laborious task.
There is no need to do it.
Yan Yu was indeed very capable at work. The two bamboo baskets were quickly filled. She carried them to Huo Guang with difficulty and said, "Huo Yilang, take a look, is this white cotton ready?"
"Yes, of course!"
Huo Guang smiled faintly, took a ball of cotton from the bamboo basket, and sighed: "It's okay to pick cotton, but the problem is how to peel the seeds out of the white cotton. It's not easy!"
Yan Yu suddenly frowned and asked, "Is there nothing Huo Yilang can do?"
"No!"
Huo Guang sighed.
this.
He really didn't have a good idea. After all, in his previous life, the cotton grown was directly sent to a machine to grind it out.
Seeing Huo Guang like this, Yan Yu couldn't help laughing and said, "Ah, it turns out there are things that Huo Yilang can't solve. I thought you could solve everything!"
"There are so many things that I can't solve!" Huo Guang glanced at Yan Yu and saw an insect crawling next to Yan Yu's ear in the direction of the ear hole. It must have been an insect that climbed up when picking cotton.
Immediately.
Huo Guang subconsciously reached out to grab it.
But when Yan Yu saw Huo Guang reaching out, she thought he was going to do something, and immediately wanted to hide back with some resistance.
See this scene.
Huo Guang scolded him sternly: "Don't move, there is a bug on you, I'll catch it for you."
"Whoa whoa..."
With a scolding.
Yan Yu really didn't move.
So Huo Guang easily picked off the bug for Yan Yu. At the same time, in order to prove his innocence, he shook it in front of Yan Yu's eyes and said, "No, it almost crawled into your ear hole."
"Oh."
Yan Yu seemed to be frightened by Huo Guang's stern scolding just now, and she uttered a blank expression.
but.
She's not afraid of bugs either.
After all, she is the daughter of the big farmer Ling Yanyi, so how could she be afraid of insects.
It's a coincidence.
The great farmer ordered Yan Yi to come over just at this time.
And just now!
He heard Huo Guang yelling at his daughter not to move, and now he found that the other party was holding a small insect and showing it to Yan Yu. He immediately frowned and said, "Ahem! Why are Huo Yilang holding a bug? Are you trying to scare my daughter?"
"ah?"
Da Nong Ling said he was holding insects to scare Yan Yu?
What the hell!
Huo Guang immediately threw away the bug in his hand, moved his throat, and tried to explain.
This way.
Yan Yu explained for him first: "No, father, Huo Yilang didn't scare me, but I was picking cotton just now, and a bug got on me, and Huo Yilang took it out for me."
"On your body?"
The big farmer ordered Yan Yi's frown to become noticeably tighter.
Seeing that her father was thinking of something he shouldn't have thought of, Yan Yu quickly defended, "It's not what you think."
However.
There was a big agricultural order during the autumn harvest season. I didn't have time to care about this. I waved my hand and said, "It's not like you don't have a boyhood as a father. How can I not know what you are thinking? That's all. In short, just don't go beyond the rules."
"Huo Yilang, it's time to get down to business."
"From planting to picking, this Baidiezi has been able to adapt to the soil of the Han Dynasty."
"Isn't this what you said?"
"Can planting be implemented nationwide next year?"
Promote nationwide planting? next year?
Can be poured
It can be!
But we still need to be cautious, and then Huo Guang said: "Next year, let's conduct a nationwide pilot, including those counties. The pilot plan is the same as the cotton in Chang'an."
"We now know that the temperature in Chang'an City and the soil in various places are suitable for growing cotton."
"But the temperature conditions are not yet known."
"Our Han Dynasty had a vast territory, and the temperature differences in different places were different. The Great Agricultural Order must also be very clear that temperature differences also have a great impact on crop cultivation."
At first.
Huo Guang cultivated cotton for three years.
the first year!
Try planting in a small area in Chang'an City.
the second year!
The entire Han Dynasty was piloted nationwide.
The third year!
After understanding the impact of different planting environments on cotton, we can improve cotton planting methods in different aspects according to local conditions.
After listening to Huo Guang's words, Da Nong Ling frowned and asked doubtfully: "Did you just say, cotton?"
"Oh, cotton is Bai Diezi, I picked it. I think cotton sounds better than Bai Diezi." Huo Guang said shamelessly.
But Yan Yi is not a modern person after all.
Listen to Huo Guang's deception.
He believed it, and even nodded and said, "Cotton does sound better than Baidianzi."
"and."
"What Huo Yilang analyzed just now is very reasonable."
"How about this, I'm busy with things during the day, and Huo Yilang comes to my house as a guest in the evening, and we talk about it while drinking, how about it?"
At night? Nothing happened to him!
Simply.
Huo Guang cupped his hands and replied, "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."
Yan Yi nodded, and then began to dispatch officials and people under the Great Farm Order to start picking cotton crops.
Although it is an experimental field.
However, the Han Dynasty was vast and sparsely populated, and this cotton field was far away from Chang'an City, so the enclosure was very large and a lot of cotton was grown.
and.
There are three experimental fields like this enclosed.
Autumn harvest season.
There are not many officials and people assigned by the Da Nong Order, so there is naturally a shortage of manpower for picking cotton.
Three fields!
After picking only two places, the sky was already darkening.
At that time, in the northwest border area on the other side, the people of the Han Dynasty were also busy with the autumn harvest.
Although the drought is severe this year.
But this does not mean that all the northwest regions have lost their crops. In some areas where the drought is not severe, under sufficient sunshine, the grain growth is fuller than in previous years.
Some old farmers, with their children and women, are busy harvesting or cultivating in the fields.
Autumn day.
The scorching heat of summer remains, so some smart farmers will wait until the evening to take advantage of the scorching heat to subside and the sky is still dark to harvest the autumn harvest.
It stands to reason!
As the biggest hidden danger in the border area of the Han Dynasty, the Huns had been driven deep into Mobei by the wise and powerful Emperor Liu Che.
There is no longer a royal court of the Huns in Monan.
so.
They were not worried at all that the Huns' cavalry would snatch their food.
only?
Is it really?
No one noticed these big men who were busy grabbing the autumn harvest.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun.
Groups of Hun cavalry with scimitars on their waists, with ferocious expressions on their faces, came without any scruples to plunder the people of the Han Dynasty who were harvesting in autumn.
