During the Three Kingdoms era, the land was sparsely populated, but Linwu County was planned in advance by Lantian, and the residential areas were relatively concentrated. In addition to the habits he had developed during his previous farming, Li Yang also classified and managed the fields. The fertile fields were planted with staple grains, and the smaller ones were cultivated. Plant supplementary grains and vegetables.
The duck sheds of Xindengzhuang are located in the mountains to the north, and most of the water reservoirs on the village are concentrated in this area.
Fences are made of branches and bamboo blocks around the perimeter, and a small area is formed around each two reservoirs. Three to five hundred ducks are raised in each small area.
Lan Tian originally thought that captive breeding was based on the family unit, but Li Yang directly started large-scale breeding. Each area has a dedicated person on duty, responsible for feeding food, cleaning duck manure, and guarding the duck sheds.
Lan Tian looked at everything in front of him and said to himself that you are self-taught without a teacher. The wisdom of the working people is indeed extraordinary.
"Young master, what do you think of the layout? I think the reservoir needs to be watched anyway, otherwise the children on the farm may fall in. Enclosing it to raise ducks can get the best of both worlds." Li Yang scratched his head and said.
Lan Tian nodded: "The duck shed is well set up and arranged, but the biggest risk in captivity is plague. Now there is no specialized veterinarian on the farm. You must pay attention to this. Once you encounter a sick duck, you must select it in time and burn it." It can be landfilled but cannot be eaten.”
Li Yang smiled and said: "Don't worry, Young Master, now everyone can have enough to eat, so they won't be so hungry. In addition to the poisonous mushroom incident when we first came here, everyone attaches great importance to food safety, and the village is also cultivating veterinary..."
"That's good. You are a competent owner of the farm." After finishing his praise, Lan Tian walked towards the fence and saw that although there were many ducks inside, it was relatively clean and there was no duck droppings all over the floor.
Farmyard manure is vital to crop growth. These thousands of ducks are natural manure makers. They go through several rounds of cleaning every day and are then transported away for processing by dedicated personnel.
"Young Master..." Li Yang asked cautiously again.
"What?" Lan Tian turned around and looked at him doubtfully.
"The insecticide you mentioned at home just now..." Li Yang hesitated.
"Don't worry, after the development is successful, the first batch will be distributed to New Dengzhuang." Lantian answered affirmatively.
Li Yang smiled and said, "That's good, that's good..."
While the two were talking, the ducks in the duck pen not far to the east started to take off and land together.
"What's going on?" Lan Tian asked doubtfully.
"I don't know." Li Yang was also confused.
"Let's go take a look." Lan Tian said and walked quickly, followed closely by Li Yang, Gao Shun, Hao Pu and others.
Lantian walked forward quickly, and heard childish laughter halfway through.
Could it be that the five little ones were causing trouble to the duck shed?
Everyone walked to the fence and took a look. Sure enough, it was five little ducks making trouble. Each of them held a short bamboo stick in his hand. Several people were running around chasing the ducks, while the children on the farm stood aside and watched.
"Brother, the enemy's reinforcements are coming. You protect the lord and break out from the back door. Gan Gui and I will break up the rear." Lan Ji waved his bamboo stick and shouted in a sweet voice, which made people laugh.
Lan Yuan and Adou looked at Lan Tian, then took out the whistles in their arms and blew them. The children in the village followed them in a swarm, opened the small door to the north for cleaning duck excrement and slipped away. Lan Ji and Gan Gui were indeed the last ones. Two people.
Lan Tian turned back and looked at Gao Shun. These children had not known for two hours that Lan Yuan could actually make them obey orders and forbid them. You shouldn't have taught you this ability to control, right?
"Sir, let me go over and take a look." Gao Shun asked for instructions.
Lan Tian nodded and said, "Go ahead and let them have fun without causing trouble to the common people."
"Wei." Gao Shun followed him with his fists clasped.
Gan Ning went crazy when he saw his son playing, so he also applied to Lantian to see the child.
"Boping, wait for me..."
Looking at the retreating figures of Gao Shun and Gan Ning, Hao Pu smiled and complimented: "The ones who blew the whistle and cut off the back just now are the sons of General Lan, right? It's true that heroes come from young..."
"You are a little naughty and caused trouble to our Master Li..." Lan Tian shook his head and laughed at himself.
Li Yang said quickly: "The children are having a good time, but it's not too late for me to be happy. Xindengzhuang has not been so lively for a long time, and the boys like to play war games."
Lan Tian: "Why isn't it lively? There must be a lot of children in the village, right?"
At first, when we were in Dengjiazhuang, Xinye, most of the people in Tuntian were refugees from the north. Most of them were unable to get married due to poverty. After moving to Linwu County, life became better, and the old people in Tuntian got married and had children one after another, and the population of Xindenzhuang also increased. .
Li Yang scratched his head and said sheepishly: "Young Master, since we are talking about children, Little Plum has a heartfelt request..."
"Child?" Lan Tian looked confused.
"Normally, a son inherits his father's business. Our ancestors have been farming for generations. These children should do the same when they grow up. But I heard that the young village owner set up a school in Quanling to recruit children from common people in the capital of Guizhou? The school not only has agricultural subjects , Craftsmanship and Confucianism?”
"You're right, but we are accepting all students, no matter whether they are nobles or common people."
Opening a school to leverage the gentry's blockade of classes was actually contrary to nature in this era. Even Lantian could not spread it throughout Jingnan. When he opened a school in Lingling, he started with agriculture and craftsmanship, and then continued with Confucianism was added to the method of fishing in troubled waters.
If it weren't for Lan Tian's prestige and power under Liu Bei, he would have been tricked by the nobles long ago.
Lantian's confidence came from the common people, and all his food and soldiers came from the people. Even if the gentry wanted to restrain themselves, they could not find a focus. Therefore, most of the gentry sons in Jingzhou served as officials in Jiangling and Jiangxia, and they should try to avoid being officials in Jingnan. Lingling County.
"I was thinking that there are many bright-minded children in the village. Can we send them to study and learn to read? Now that there are more and more people in the village, we need people who understand the truth to manage them..." Li Yang said hesitantly.
"Do you want to send the children of Xindengzhuang to Quanling Academy for enlightenment?" Lan Tian pointed out directly.
"Yes, yes." Li Yang nodded.
Lan Tian shook his head and said: "Quanling is still too far from Linwu, and the children just now were too young. They couldn't take care of themselves when they were sent there..."
Li Yang knew that Lan Tian's concerns existed objectively. He looked at the prefect Hao Pu and suggested in a low voice: "Can the prefect Hao be allowed to set up a school in Chen County to teach children how to read and write..."
"Ahem..." Hao Pu's head went numb after hearing this. Teaching the son of the head of Guizhou to read and write was no small matter. Even if there were no powerful nobles in Guiyang County, he would not dare to do so.
"When I return to Quanling, I will ask Gong Yan to select two teachers and send them to Xindengzhuang, and hold two enlightenment classes directly in the village. Little Li, just prepare two big rooms." Lantian said holding his chin.
Li Yang was overjoyed when he heard this, "Don't say two rooms, ten rooms will do."
Lan Tian nodded, thinking about developing some group games for the children. It would not be a problem to play like this all day long. Looking at the square duck pen in front of him, he got inspiration.
