Chapter 1033: The Lazy and Bad Sister-in-law of a Blessed Farm Girl (28)

So the master was asked to stay at the county government office, and he personally came to Dawa Village to verify whether the rumor was true or false.

Since you have to report to the court, you must not tolerate any falsehood. Otherwise, you will not be increasing your promotion, but you will be in trouble.

"Meng Jin's family, Mr. Zhou is the magistrate of my Qinghe County." Li Zheng introduced warmly, "He is honest and loves the people. He learned that our village is expected to have a bumper harvest this year, so he came here to inspect. Come here to count your fields. The crops here are growing the best. I told Mr. Zhou the truth. The new fertilizer was exactly what you came up with. Mr. Zhou wanted to ask you a few questions in detail. You don’t have to be afraid. Just answer him truthfully. "

 Xu Yin: “…”

 Why do you reply truthfully?

In order to increase the yield, she ate dry rice openly and satisfactorily. In addition to the new retting method, the water for soaking the seeds was also mixed with a little Linghu water.

 The truth cannot be told 100% of the time.

Xu Yin summarized the insights and experiences of the previous small world farming. In addition to the new retting method, she also considered a few more ways to increase yield:

“My lord, before the sorghum and soybeans were planted, the women specially selected the plumpest seeds. They have a good foundation and the sprouts that grow out are also particularly strong.”

"When applying fertilizer, don't put it too close to the roots, and don't apply too much at one time. It's like eating. It's easy for people to eat too much in one meal. It's better to eat less and eat more. The same goes for fertilizer. It's better to apply thin fertilizer frequently, which will help the crops absorb it. .”

"Since your Excellency has been to the fields of women's houses, you must have seen the chickens and ducks in the fields. Chickens and ducks live on grass seeds and insects. Raising them in the fields not only removes weeds, but also eliminates insect pests. In addition, the people also The wife of the house also caught a few gray magpies from the mountain and tied a long thin vine to their feet. The other end of the vine was tied to a branch near the field. When they are hungry, they will fly into the field to eat adult insects and eggs on the leaves. , they will perch in the trees when they are full. With fewer pests, won’t the crops grow well?”

 “Wonderful! Wonderful!”

Magistrate Zhou listened and stroked his beard and praised him repeatedly.

I just heard from Li Zheng that the person who came up with the new fertilizer was actually a village woman. I couldn't help but wonder: How could a woman come up with a way to increase crop yields? Isn't this nonsense!

 At this moment, he felt his original contempt and indifference disappear.

Even though what she said was not very understandable to Zhou Zhihai, who had never done farming since he was a child and only read the books of sages, the crops in her field were growing the best, and the rice yield per acre this summer had indeed increased by one and a half stone. I think what she said makes perfect sense!

write down!

 Write down all the one, two or three points she said!

This quarter’s memorial finally no longer requires racking one’s brains and thinking about the content. Isn’t this the ready-made content?

Magistrate Zhou suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and asked the accompanying scribe to quickly take out the Four Treasures of the Study and write down everything Xu Yin said.

Of course, he would not say that he wanted to write a memorial to His Majesty as a political achievement, but that the people in other places did not know these methods yet, so he had to tell them and send people to teach them so that they could also grow crops that increase yields. Food, live a life without worries about food and clothing.

Li Zheng followed the county magistrate's words and flattered him a lot.

 At this time, Cui Mengjin came back.

 After fertilizing the soybean field, he went up the mountain, chopped a bundle of firewood, dug a basket of hogweed, and found a clump of dogwood hidden in a thorn bush.

Remembering that his wife liked the dogwoods that Goudan and his wife had given him, and said that if there were too many, they could be brewed into medicinal wine. So he spent some time this time, used a hatchet to push aside the thorn bushes, and picked the whole bunch of dogwoods. return.

Seeing that there were guests at home, he unloaded firewood and pigweed to the woodshed, and first accompanied his wife to greet the guests.

The county magistrate had settled his worries and was in a good mood. He drank mountain chrysanthemum tea, tasted wild fruit slices and sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and engaged in household chores with Xu Yin and his wife with great interest.

 She was shocked to learn that the pigs she raised were not ordinary domestic pigs, but wild boars caught in the mountains.

“Wild boar? Isn’t that a very ferocious thing? It can even be domesticated?”

"Sir, they are wild boar cubs, not adult wild boars." Xu Yin said, "Just like chicken and duck cubs that were lost when they were young and grew up in the mountains, their living habits will also be closer to those of pheasants and wild ducks. Wild boar cubs have been raised at home since they were young. Then you can adapt to the life of a family." The county magistrate suddenly realized this and hurriedly motioned to the scribe to write this down.

 Then, he curiously followed Cui Mengjin to the backyard to see the living environment of wild boars.

 Don’t tell me, except that they don’t look alike, they are really the same as domestic pigs.

Looking around Cui's backyard, he found several things that were different from ordinary people's homes: for example, the toilet with no odor, the septic tank covered with stone slabs and beautifully decorated with rhododendrons, and the compost that was easily accessible. Pool…

 “Write it down! Write it all down for me!”

Every time he saw a place, the county magistrate of Zhou asked the scribe to write it down.

 These items are all about political achievements!

 This trip to the countryside is so worth it!

  It was like sending him up the stairs to the blue clouds!

 Magistrate Zhou hurried back to polish his pen and did not stay to eat.

Besides, he didn’t think the country could offer him any good wine or food.

But before leaving, he rewarded Cui Mengjin and his wife fifty taels of silver in front of Li Zheng.

He did not intend to report the peasant woman who came up with the new method of retting, but based on the farming skills and breeding methods mentioned by Cui Mengjin and his wife, he pretended that they were summed up by visiting the people in the jurisdiction, so that His Majesty could see his hard work. The side of government that loves the people and works tirelessly.

 He prides himself on being a good, upright and upright official, but no one appreciates him.

This time, he will rely on his own efforts to gain His Majesty's favor.

In his opinion, asking a poor couple in the countryside to buy the contents of this memorial for fifty taels was really magnanimous.

If it were another county magistrate, it would be good if he didn't ask the people to collect exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Instead, he asked a few questions and rewarded him?

Zhou Zhihai feels that he is really a good official who is honest and loves the people.

 Xu Yin: “…”

 Forget it, what’s the point of arguing with an official who wants to climb up the ladder!

It’s also nice to be able to lend his hand to complete system tasks.

As for the silver reward that passed through Minglu, he just bought the Yehutang in front of his house.

Cui Mengjin didn’t have any opinion on this. Instead, he said a few words:

"The lake in front of your house looks big, but in fact the edges are very shallow. Only the center of the lake can really raise fish. Spending so much money on a useless lake. I really don't know what you two are thinking. Is it just that? Is it close to home?"

Xu Yin smiled and said: "If you can't raise fish, you can raise something else."

"What to raise? Ducks? Wouldn't it be better to drive the ducks into the river? There are more fish and shrimps in the river than in that lake." Li Zheng muttered.

Xu Yin smiled and said nothing. She planned to plant lotus roots. Shallow water lotus roots are suitable for planting in relatively shallow lakes.

Go back and clean up the thatch around the lake and pond, leaving only wormwood, reeds, calamus, and cannas that can be used as ornamental wild flowers and plants. Plant lotus root, mushrooms, and water chestnuts in the shallow water area near the shore, and cultivate them in deeper areas. Fish, shrimp and crab.

When the mother ducks at home hatch their ducklings, build a row of duck houses by the lake. When the flowers bloom in spring, the old duck can take the quacking ducklings to the lake to peck and play in the water. It will be wonderful to think about it.

 (End of this chapter)