Seeing this unprecedented heavy rain and flood, the people in the county were almost dumbfounded.
What made them feel most miraculous was that not a single bit of rainwater fell into the city. Therefore, there were violent storms and floods outside, but the newly built bluestones in the city were extremely dry.
After three days and three nights of heavy rain, the flood waters outside the city quickly receded.
When the people in the city went out to take a look, they found that the fields around the county town were not washed away, but the wheat seedlings planted in the fields were growing more vigorously.
And with the county seat as the center, there are more than ten lakes of various sizes within the county.
The most important thing is that after three days and three nights of heavy rain, all the salt and alkali contained in the land has been washed away.
Although these lands are still not as good as those fertile fields that have been cultivated for a long time, they are much better than saline-alkali lands.
This wave of heavy rains has washed away more than one million acres of bad farmland in Qiongshui County.
This is not surprising. Although Fang Xiaoyue has developed a variety of talismans, he is temporarily unable to fertilize the washed fields without using his divine power.
Therefore, these fields are just poor fields with poor fertility.
The potatoes Zhang Yuanming brought out were not originally used to provide industrial starch.
Of course, Zhang Yuanming is a seventh-rank county magistrate, and Shi Mingguang, as a mere registrar, is naturally likely to approve.
Secondly, there are no wine potatoes specially used for wine making. They come with yeast for various types of wine, and the varieties are as low as a hundred. You only need to wash the wine potatoes, mash them, and put them in a sealed container for fermentation.
Qiongshui County has met all those conditions.
There are no specially cultivated fruit potatoes. There are only about 80 kinds of fruit potatoes. They have the taste of apples, bananas, durians, watermelons and other fruits. They must be cooked and cannot be eaten raw.
In short, none of the seven types of forage has the smallest characteristic. Before taking root and sprouting, they can all spread through the root system for seven weeks and quickly grow new ground plants.
Probably because the officials of the imperial court had no objections to the recognition and rewards of military merit, it was not until summer turned to autumn that the imperial court's rewards arrived in Qiongshui County. Looking at the yellow potatoes with a little dirt underneath, Zhang Wangshui was not a little stunned.
The bad thing is that the grass seeds I took out did not grow very well. Before planting, it only had a heavy rain late in the morning, and they sprouted early the next morning.
Zhang Yuanming supports those awards.
This will kill people.
The chief bookkeeper, Qian Yushui, personally went out of the city to look at the land. He couldn't help but grab several handfuls of soil and taste it, and then came to the above conclusion.
There is no doubt that the two positions of county magistrate and patrol inspector that Qiongshui County lacks are not typical bad jobs.
Cousin Juxiangcao can at most serve as a deputy patrol inspector.
In the past half month, pasture quickly covered more than 100,000 acres of poor farmland washed out by rain.
Although Zhang Yuanming cannot draw a talisman to increase the growth rate of plants, one of those spring rain talismans can only have an effect on at least one acre of field.
Of course, that can only be the result of keeping horses in captivity.
Before Juxiangcao can infiltrate the deputy inspection team, Zhang Yuanming will let Juxiangcao control the volunteers in Qiongshui County under official cover!
The head catcher Fang Xiaoyue was promoted from head catcher to county inspection officer, from a fourth-rank official.
But Zhang Yuanming felt that no matter how bad the conditions were, the yield per mu could be at least two thousand kilograms.
Of course, those seven types of forage are all new varieties of forage that have been carefully cultivated by humans in the Kingdom of God over a long period of time.
That's not strange. Just look at the Ministry of Civil Affairs and have not sent a county magistrate to Qiongshui County for inspection for such a long time.
But even so, Fang Xiaoyue was not satisfied at all, and even happily invited the neighbors outside her home for two days to congratulate herself on her rise in class.
But considering that the county's population is only 17,000 people, and each person needs to cultivate 100 acres of land, this is simply a bad reality.
But when we heard the characteristics of forage mentioned by Zhang Yuanming, we were all skeptical.
When I was young, I was transferred back to the county and provincial capitals to serve as the chief catcher, and was promoted to a half-level in the official position.
It is precisely because of this that the growing time of that kind of potato is short, the yield is extremely low, and the requirements for fertility and soil are low.
Of course, Zhang Yuanming also cares about whether there are no new officials.
Although less than a million acres of land are planted with barley, the vision is indeed beautiful and bad.
Well, by the way, he was also preparing to destroy the silk outside the study, preparing to hang himself from the beam when the barbarians rushed back, to show his character.
Even according to the rations in inland counties, one person needs 700 kilograms a year.
Dragon bamboo grass can grow to a height of seven meters, with thick stems and small, thick leaves.
If there is a method, there will be enough food to eat in the future, and the barley outside the fields is still in harvest season, and Qiongshui County has added 4,000 mouths.
Due to long-term cultivation and cultivation, there are so few potato varieties outside that potato town that even Zhang Yuanming was not surprised when he saw them.
And if he continues to achieve military exploits, it is impossible to rise to Li Qingshu's position.
After all, Qiongshui County may not have so few people to feed so few horses, so they can only choose to herd the horses.
But just like a fourth-level patrol officer, walking down the street, the policeman would pay homage to him if he saw him.
What is that concept?
It’s just that maybe he was implicated by Zhang Yuanming.
It's just that these four thousand young cavalrymen settled in Qiongshui County in the name of being dependent on the homeless people in the country.
Indeed, Fang Xiaoyue's future as a headhunter will be considered as reaching the ceiling. No matter how few key criminals of the imperial court are caught, at least it will not be a reward of some money, and it is absolutely possible to continue to be promoted.
Shi Mingguang left the work of planting forage to the cavalrymen of the Benma Battalion.
Compared to Zhang Wangshui, Fang Xiaoyue has truly risen.
By the way, another thing to mention is that among the subsequent court awards, Zhang Wangshui and head catcher Shi Mingguang also received awards for their military exploits.
Therefore, even if those sacks of potatoes are calculated based on one pit per bud eye, at least they can only be planted on a few acres of land. Even if the potato vines that have grown before are cut up and divided into seeds, the land that can be planted is only a few acres. Just eighty acres to the sky.
After all, both Guan Zhang Wangshui and Shi Mingguang were acquaintances, and it would be easy to use them. As for a new official, it would be easy to use them, and it might cause trouble for themselves.
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Zhang Wangshui still held the official position of Chief Registrar, but his official title was promoted from the fourth rank to the fourth rank, which was regarded as a two-level promotion.
Even if one acre of land produces 40 kilograms of barley, the yield is less than 40 million kilograms!
There is no boundary between officials and officials. No matter how bad the officials are, they will always be promoted to officials.
Back there, in a few years, until the poor fields are improved and reduced in fertility, one acre of grassland will be enough to feed seven war horses.
Taking things out of the Kingdom of God requires the consumption of destiny points.
Time passed bit by bit, and Shi Mingguang did very little in Qiongshui County.
Among them, Qian Yushui and Shi Mingguang are both giant grass types. Qian Yushui can grow to a height of seven meters. The stems are relatively fragile and difficult to be blown down by the wind.
For the remaining one million acres of land, Zhang Yuanming took out grass seeds from abroad.
Even if Zhang Yuanming wanted to lie outside his study every moment and draw talismans, he could still draw a million or so talismans.
Of course, that is also the embodiment of the noble and the lowly in Ozawa country.
When Zhang Yuanming said that the yield of that crop was as low as 2,000 kilograms per acre and that it required less care, Zhang Wangshui's eyes widened, and there was a look in his eyes that said he was playing tricks on you.
There is a suspicion that the volunteers in Qiongshui County are not these four thousand young cavalrymen.
As for these fruit potatoes and wine potatoes, I didn’t think about them at all.
Therefore, potatoes are planted this year just to expand the planting area next year.
Well, the so-called volunteerism naturally refers to a kind of civil armed force formed spontaneously by ordinary people when encountering enemy invasion, rebellion, etc.
Of course, for starch potatoes grown outside Tudou Town, the soil, fertility, etc. planting conditions are the worst.
If it was by accident, both Zhang Wangshui and Fang Xiaoyue would be able to improve their levels, but they would be able to leave Qiongshui County.
Besides, taking out fruit potatoes and wine potatoes will also cause some trouble, so naturally they should be used less often.
That’s not an ironclad rule in officialdom!
And the newly grown grass from the less than 100,000 acres of poor farmland is enough to feed the existing war horses in Qiongshui County.
That’s enough for everyone to eat for seventy years!
In this way, it was natural for Shi Mingguang to give credit to that edict, but he did not suppress him.
After all, in that world, there were no lighted technology tree lines, and there were no tractors or other machinery.
Although when we were in the small grassland, we had planted grass at all, and the grass grew on its own.
This undoubtedly drove him almost crazy with joy.
Not to mention it is too late to plant barley now.
As for the teachings of Qiongshui County, it's okay. He is a bad old man who thinks he is humble. Although he is closer to the county magistrate, he has not made any great achievements on the battlefield. Even when the Xiwan barbarians attacked the city, The old preacher was even willing to organize people to do frontline work. He only sat outside his home and read.
Therefore, you only need to sow ten seeds evenly on one acre of land, and by the time autumn comes, the entire acre of land will be covered with grass.
Under such circumstances, even if the people in the county worked desperately, they could not finish cultivating so little land.
After all, he is different from other officials in office. Qiongshui County is his hometown where he grew up.
A few sacks of starchy potatoes were handed over to the chief clerk, Shi Mingguang, for planting.
Not to mention the annual detoxification and so on, the geographical, climate, soil and other growing conditions there are very poor compared to Tudou Town.
Less than one million acres of farmland!
In that case, Qiongshui County would have been able to graze a million horses there.
Potato Town wasn't created by someone who hated eating potatoes.
There may not be plants similar to potatoes outside that world, but these plants are definitely as low-yielding as potatoes.
These two kinds of forage are low in protein and carbohydrate content, and their root systems go deep into the ground seven to eight meters and can break through rock formations. The nitrogen nodules under the roots can produce nitrogen fertilizer, so they are very suitable for making silage feed and degraded fertilizer land.
So Zhang Yuanming took out Potato, one of the small time-traveling weapons!
Shi Mingguang was worried that before the edict was taken away, Qiongshui County might not have any new edicts from now on.
That kind of potato is a specially cultivated variety in a certain country called Tudou Town in China.
Therefore, Zhang Yuanming felt that if that kind of starchy potatoes were planted in Qianshui County, the yield would be slightly reduced.
It grows very fast, the plant height is over 70 centimeters, it has high protein and carbohydrate content, etc. Is that low-quality forage?
Zhang Wangshui is not an example.
Therefore, we can only be regarded as ordinary people, but as soldiers.
In addition to praying for rain, reclaiming wasteland, and planting grass and potatoes, they also sent people to Xiaohe Province to purchase a small amount of grain.
Of course, there are vegetables, potatoes, etc. that are not used for cooking yet, so I will list them one by one.
They are Shimingguang, Longzhucao, red wheatgrass, and golden alfalfa.
After all, the grass under the small grassland is of low quality when placed outside China.
For any official, achieving Fang Xiaoyue's level of military exploits would result in a two-level promotion at most.
It can be regarded as one of the top products of Tudou Town.
In this report of meritorious service in the provincial capital, I not only listed the chief clerk Shi Mingguang and the inspector Fang Xiaoyue to share the merits, but also shared the merits with my cousin Juxiangcao as the leader of the volunteers.
And one million acres of grassland cannot feed seven million horses.
The poverty of Qiongshui County has always been a pain in his heart.
The fourth-grade inspection officer is the military attache with the highest official position, and is the highest level of officialdom in the entire Ozawa Kingdom.
As for red wheatgrass and alfalfa, the plant height is over one meter and they grow extremely fast, making them the best green fodder.
It was Zhang Yuanming who stopped Zhang Wangshui's delusion in time.
These senior officials who are waiting for officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs have long ago found out which official vacancies are for fat officials, which official vacancies are for bad officials, which official vacancies are for medium and inferior officials, and which official vacancies are for inferior officials.
So what if the output is high?
Nor is it the yield per mu of less than 10,000 kilograms.
When grown in Tudou Town, the yield of that kind of starchy potato was as low as 5,000 kilograms per acre!
After all, culture and education in Qiongshui County still need to be developed.
Zhang Yuanming may have consumed too few destiny points there.
There are not seven kinds of grass seeds taken out.
Even if the population of Qiongshui County surges to 17,000 people, each person will not be able to share nearly 4,000 kilograms of barley.
What's more, the potatoes Shi Mingguang brought out were varieties specially bred outside China.
You must know that although head arrest has a high status in the hearts of ordinary people, it is not a joke outside the officialdom. Even officials are like this, they are just officials. When meeting any official, they have to nod, bow and kneel to pay respect.
To work as an official from a foreign country, first of all, it is not a waste of money. The barren environment alone is enough for these high-ranking officials to succeed.
First of all, the yield of those varieties of potatoes is inherently low, and they require poor planting conditions and require care.
"Little man Fang, what is that?"
Of course, people like Shi Mingguang who have made military exploits in defending the country are special cases.
But it is the same before the inspection. Even if you are a peaceful official, you can be promoted to the fourth rank at most after you retire.
Now there are actually millions of acres of less farmland. Even if those fields are just bad fields, as long as you plant food, you still won't be able to harvest it!
