kingnovel Chapter 850: A Good Harvest of New Wheat Seeds
Chapter 850: A Good Harvest of New Wheat Seeds
They are the households that buy the most seeds among all the villages.
She said, "You can still harvest even if I'm not here. If I don't come for a long time, won't the grain just fall to the ground?"
"Well, we can't be so stupid. We can't let the food fall on the ground for nothing. We just want to wait a little longer so that you can take a look at it."
Zhou Guo was infected by their smiles and said, "Then I have to take a look. Seeing how happy you are, the harvest this year must be good."
An old man puffed on his cigarette and said, "It's more than good. I have been farming for my whole life. Even in a good year, the best land can't produce such a good harvest."
Everyone said yes, yes.
His face was full of joy.
You can see that he is happy from the bottom of his heart.
Walking into the field, Zhou Guo looked at the full ears of corn and walked around the field. The smile on his face grew wider and wider. He said to the people around him, "This field is one mu and three fen. We can harvest at least four shi, or at least four shi and three dou."
The old man holding the old pipe said excitedly: "Yes, this is my best piece of land. In previous years, I planted my own wheat on this land and applied my own fertilizer. In a good year, the maximum yield was 2.8 dan, and in a bad year, it was less than 2.3 dan. But last year, I bought fertilizer and the dry weather yielded 3.3 dan!! "
At this point, he couldn't help but put his pipe in his mouth. When he looked up, he saw Zhou Guo hurriedly put down his pipe again and said, "I thought this harvest was the best, but I didn't expect that this year's seedlings were different from those in other fields. Later, they grew stronger and stronger. After they headed, even the ears were bigger than those in other fields. I took better care of them. At this time, they were very different from other fields. This is the first time I have seen such good wheat seeds in my life."
Everyone around nodded.
Someone said, "Our land is not bad either. I listened to you and used the best land. We applied lots of fertilizers and it looks like the harvest will be better than this land."
The old man was not very happy. "That's because you use more fertilizer. Otherwise, how can you compare with the harvest from my field? And I see that even if you use so much fertilizer, it can't compare with the harvest from my field. If you don't believe me, let's compare."
"Just compare it, it's what I saw, why don't you admit it? What's the point of not admitting it?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Where is that piece of land? Take me to see it."
The group walked a short distance ahead and came to another piece of land. The two plots of land were not far apart, otherwise they would not be compared.
Zhou Guo looked at this piece of land and found it to be almost the same size as the smoking old man's land, only a little smaller.
But looking at the harvest, it is indeed about the same. He shook his head and smiled, "I can't tell. I still have to collect it to know."
She went to look at the remaining people's fields. Generally speaking, the harvest from the new seed fields was better than that from her own fields. In addition, this year the weather was good and there was fertilizer, so the harvest per acre was much higher than last year!
Someone said, "Young Master, you should sell more. Many families in the village haven't bought new seeds. Seeing how good our harvest is, they are so greedy that they want to exchange seeds with us."
These wheat seeds have been planted in Cangshan Village for several years and can produce stable quantities, but she is not sure whether Chengding can plant them. For the sake of stability, she decided to just try planting them. Fortunately, the results are good.
When she heard that the villagers wanted to exchange seeds with them, she smiled and said, "If you want to exchange, then do so. I can't make the decision for you. But if there are any extra seeds after the exchange, I still hope you can sell them to me."
"Of course. We'll keep enough for ourselves and give some to relatives, friends and neighbors. The rest will be sold to you."
Of course, it is more cost-effective to sell it for money than to exchange it for grain seeds.
Zhou Guo was planning to plant new wheat seeds in many places in these prefectures next year, and then the harvest would be greatly increased.
She walked around the fields of the village, looked at the new wheat fields, and said to them, "Everyone should work harder and harvest the crops while the weather is good. In this weather, it may rain at any time, and then it will be troublesome."
Everyone responded in unison, "We thought we'd show you when you came. Now that you've seen it all, we'll start collecting it tonight. Once the tax grain is paid, you can just send someone to collect it."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Okay, it seems you have arranged my work, so it's settled then."
After saying goodbye to this village, she went to another village.
Many villages planted new wheat seeds this year. In order to let as many people as possible see the harvest of the new wheat seeds, she went to all the big villages and even the small villages to publicize it.
Although there are many villages, not everyone can make up their mind to spend money to buy new wheat seeds, and there is a purchase limit for each household, so there are enough seeds.
Several prefectures and cities grow it to varying degrees.
She didn't expect all the farmers in the several prefectures to plant this kind of wheat next year, but even if half of them did, that would be enough. By this time next year, they would be able to plant it.
By then, not only will everyone be able to eat their fill, but they will also have some extra money.
During the most part of the month when the grain was harvested, she walked around these villages. Wu Jiang and several other people in charge of the other prefectures could also go and see the new wheat fields. Wu Jiang and Hu Zi were in charge of coordinating the work outside. During this busiest time, she was actually more relaxed than in previous years.
When she got to the back, the villages could not wait for her. By the time she arrived, the grain had been harvested and only wheat stubble was left in the fields.
But it was better to take it back so that she could know exactly the yield of the new wheat seeds.
She wrote down the harvest of every family that bought seeds, so that she could calculate the yield of this year's new wheat seeds and roughly know how many acres of land could be planted with the new wheat seeds next year.
In more than a month, Zhou Guo had worn out two pairs of shoes, but Cheng Ding had not yet finished the work. Fortunately, she had many people under her, otherwise she would have died of exhaustion and not been able to finish the work.
After the tax grain is paid, it will be Zhou Guo's turn.
All the people from the Haoguo Escort Agency were dispatched to transport the collected grain to various farms in carts.
After gathering at the village, the escort agency escorted the convoy to the cave where the grain was stored last year.
When Zhou Dacang heard that the grain had been harvested and was being transported, he came out of the camp specially. The general did not bring anyone with him and was alone.
Zhou Guo went to meet him and said with a smile: "He is still a great general, but he is alone wherever he goes. No one believes him when he goes out."
Zhou Dacang asked, "Why do you need so many people? Isn't the cave where you hide your food a secret? Does everyone know about it?"
Zhou Guo said, "That's not the case. Don't be fooled by the large number of people now. But when we get there, all the outsiders will leave. The ones who stay are our own people. We transport the crops to the mountains by truckload and stack them in bags. So, this is the hardest time for everyone. Every year, we pay them two months' wages after they finish their work. This year, we estimate that we will pay them three months' wages. This year, the weather is good, and everyone is happy to buy fertilizer. We harvested more grain than last year."
Zhou Dacang said with a smile: "You are clear about rewards and punishments, and you are not stingy. No wonder so many people are loyal to you. You know how to control people better than many officials."