"So the most important thing is to raise cattle and sheep. But cattle and sheep also need to eat grass. Even grass doesn't grow well in such a poor land!"
"No, madam, what you said is very true. This land is poor, and even grass doesn't grow well. That's why we don't have much breeding in this area. We have to eat cattle and sheep every day."
"What about in the river? Can we raise more duckweed and the like on the water surface in the river? I remember that pigs and cows actually want to eat these things. Looking at the many rivers below , are all abandoned, if they are used, is it possible?"
Old Tiantou nodded affirmatively this time, "If this is the case, it is also a feasible method."
"Well, there is another kind of grass. I remember it is called fat pig grass. This kind of grass is also easy to grow and survive. Pigs grow fast after eating it. Qiuchi, your family used to be a farmer, but you still remember it is suitable for What kind of crops are there in the poorer land?"
The girl Qiuchi has a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge at home, so it is definitely right to ask her about these amateur things.
When asked, Qiu Chi quickly searched and said it.
"As far as I know, it's not difficult to get pigs and cows to eat these things. We can grow something called mountain lotus root, which can be dug up and fed to pigs, whether it's roots or pieces. To eat grass, we can grow some sucrose in this area, as well as sweet potatoes. Especially sweet potatoes, whether it is leaves, stems, sweet potatoes, pigs or cattle are all edible. More importantly, we People can also eat sweet potatoes. Although it is called heartburn, it does not prevent us from filling our stomachs. Besides, if there are too many sweet potatoes, we can make them into dried sweet potatoes and sell them at that time. A snack."
"Rice, if we can research dry straw here, it can generate income again. Most of the land on this side is too poor, so it is abandoned. It is a sin to see so much wasted land not planting plants." If we can research crops that can be sown in arid areas, the common people will have food to eat.”
Even if you are poorer and have less harvest, it is still better than living in such a wasteland. This is the problem Chen Xiangwan most wants to solve at present.
Old Tiantou also nodded frequently. "We want it too. But it's difficult. By the way, the water on it is not easy to get rid of. Little by little, it will be troublesome to promote it."
Water always flows downhill, and almost no food can be grown in the dry places above.
However, Chen Xiangwan thought of a picture he had seen, which used a windmill to water water.
"Qiuchi, do you still remember what we saw before, watering with a windmill?"
"I seem to have the impression that Ma'am, you don't want to use windmills to water the water, do you? Well, you need to get a lot of windmills?"
Windmill watering is actually passing water up layer by layer.
Once such a project is implemented, it will benefit for several years. After all, windmills last a few years.
"Well, this method, I think it's feasible. It's troublesome to go down to fetch water all the time, so I simply use the windmill watering. If others can use it, we can also use it here."
Almost instantly, Chen Xiangwan decided to promote this windmill watering. After all, this thing is really effective.
"The terraced field system, and the introduction of windmill watering, this must be gradually developed. If the scale is small, it will not work."
Qiuchi definitely pointed it out.
"We don't have to be afraid of this right now. In the vicinity of Yicheng, Master Jiu has said what he wants to do. This place is the advantage. No matter what I do, the people above will not ask me. In the past three to five years, I will not be afraid of it." It will not attract the attention of people in the capital."
After making the decision, Chen Xiangwan began to look for books and read the travel notes she had read before.
"Speaking of which, this Donglai Sanren is really a strange person. He wrote a lot of things in his dreams. I tried them in reality, but I thought it was feasible. Who is this Donglai Sanren? Introduce a variety of different things. Just like this windmill watering, this is also written in his scattered notes."
Chen Xiangwan dug out this book of Sanren from the East from Master Luo Yifan's miscellaneous books. At that time, it seemed that the area was full of dust, so I took it out and flipped it casually. Who would have thought it would be addictive after reading it, and originally planned to return it to Luo Yifan after reading it. But looking at it, I couldn't bear it. I thought about returning it to the master after copying it, and now I came to the Yicheng area again.
"Oh, this thick and stupid Sanji, I guess many people just regard it as a chaotic memorabilia of Donglai Sanren. But after testing it in real life, I found that many things are actually implementable. Eh, There are also records about soil here, Qiuchi, come and read with me."
"Soil is actually particular about its properties. Once the properties are wrong, it can't be planted. The so-called fertilization is actually changing the properties of the soil. Only by neutralizing their properties can the crops grow..."
"Yes, it's this paragraph. I remember I glanced at it at the time. I mean, I read it in some Sanji. Now I look at it, it's this book. I don't know who Donglai Sanren is. A magical existence."
"Ma'am, let's follow the instructions above. With this book, it is like a bright light for us." Qiuchi was very excited. Grab a pen and write it down.
"What are you all looking at?"
Just at this time, Murong Xiude came in from the outside, seeing that these people were all reading around a book, they leaned over together.
"Xiao Jiu, you come here, Qiuchi, you go and prepare something to eat."
"Good lord and madam."
Qiuchi smiled and turned to go down to prepare food with Mingyue. In fact, there is a woman in the kitchen, but the work in this house has always been done by anyone who has free time.
Roughly, it is divided, but specifically, whoever has time will help. We don't have so much intrigue together.
"Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu, I told you that I read a strange book, but the master never revealed who this book is. Tell me, who is this Donglai Sanren?"
Chen Xiangwan pulled him over, and showed him the key points of the content above. Originally it was just a momentary curiosity, but it was something new for Wan'er and the girls. But looking at it, Murong Xiude was also fascinated.
"The things recorded here seem to be effective. And this, the properties of the soil, Wan'er, are you sure that they are what we need to use most now?"
Murong Xiude was quite shocked in his heart. If the records of the Donglai Sanren are true, then who is the author of the original work
"It's true. I discussed this matter with the old farmers today, and they all said that if you want to change the soil, you must change its properties. That is to say, most of the current soil is too poor. If we want to let The place is fertile, what can be done is to fertilize more... "
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