kingnovel Chapter 821 A Green Carpet Grows
Chapter 821 A Green Carpet Grows
Zhou Guo said: "I am so happy. Everyone knelt on the ground and cried. Oh, by the way, County Magistrate Yao wants you to help him. You know, there are still many such lands in Song County. Although they are not big, if they are improved, they can still allow many people to settle down."
Tang He frowned, "I remember those plots of land were not big, and there was no river nearby. Digging wells and ponds would be fine. Such work does not necessarily require me to do it."
Zhou Guo said, "That's what I told him. I plan to transfer some of the best people from the farm there. Come on, take me to see how the ponds are being dug."
Tang Hedao: "It's almost done. The more people come, the faster the work will be done."
The locations were also well chosen, all in the depressions of several mountains, and water flowing down from the mountains from all directions would converge into them.
"In recent years, due to dry weather, I have had people dig dozens of wells in addition to the pond."
Zhou Guo nodded and pointed to the creek next to him and said, "When the time comes, expand this ditch a little bit. It would be best to dig a large pond on the flat ground to collect the water from the creek. In a few years, this land will slowly change."
But it is definitely slower than that in Song County.
It's still much cheaper near the river.
Several farms here do not sell fertilizer except for digging ponds and renovating land. The only fertilizer that is fermented is used by themselves to improve the salty and bitter land.
Without anything else to hold me back, I can get busy much faster.
She stayed in these farms and visited the escort agency from time to time.
She planned to go back after the crab seedlings from her home were transported here and put into the crab pond.
At this time, spring ploughing is over.
All the villages returned to peace and I stayed at home for half a month.
There was still no good news from the north, and there was no smile on anyone's face anymore.
Every shop is facing the cold winter at this time. Whether it is a mountain product shop or a snack shop, there is not much business.
On the contrary, the grain shops experienced a huge boom, but returned to calm after the boom.
Zhou Guo held the account book and sighed, and said to the old man: "Master, if this war is not over, my shops will be doomed."
The old man hummed, "You should be thankful that all those pine mushrooms were finally sold last year, otherwise you would have been wasted with so many of them."
Zhou Guo chuckled and said, "Not necessarily. I had already thought about it at that time. If I really can't sell it, I will sell it to various restaurants. The restaurants will definitely be happy to have it. It doesn't matter if the price is a little lower. Several large restaurants rely on this to attract customers in winter."
The old man was surprised and asked, "But isn't Baoyuelou and Fumanlou selling this thing?"
Zhou Guo said: "I didn't say I was going to sell it to the prefectural capital. There are so many counties below, you can't stop me from selling it, right?"
So many county towns combined are no worse than a few provincial capitals.
"However, fortunately, these things were sold out before the Chinese New Year. It seems that they are still selling well even with the price cut. During the Chinese New Year, everyone is happy to buy some to try."
The old man said, "Why do I hear some regret in your tone?"
"No." Zhou Guo denied, "I'm happier than anyone else when they sold out. How can I have any regrets?"
She stayed at home for a few more days, but there was still no news from the border. She could no longer sit still and decided to go out.
Mrs. Li was afraid of her. "It's not peaceful outside. Didn't you say that everything is fine everywhere? Can't you just stay at home? I didn't even go to the snack shop, and you're still going out?"
Zhou Guo said, "I'm not just strolling outside. I have to go to Song County to check. The grass seeds I sowed when I left must have grown up. I don't know what to do next. I have to go. I'm thinking that I can grow food on this land next year."
Li said, "Can this be done? That piece of land is so big and white. Can it grow food?"
Zhou Guo said: "We will know whether it works or not next year."
The old man also went with them. He had not left the house except for the mountains all spring, so he had to go out for a walk.
The master and his disciple left, and they were accompanied by Granny Deng, who cooked delicious food.
Li still felt sorry for her daughter, worrying that she would be too busy to have time to eat, and that she would have to make do with a meal. Song County was shabby and not as comfortable as home.
Zhou Guo was riding on his horse, looking at the green carpet not far away, and said happily: "Master, look, those seeds are really growing."
The originally white ground is now covered with a layer of green cloth, which looks beautiful.
The old man looked at the vast land in shock, and muttered for a while: "The barren land has become a granary, and the world is about to change..."
Zhou Guo didn't hear clearly, "What? What day? Oh, no matter what day it is, Master, let's go closer and take a look."
Now the horse is ahead.
When I got closer, I found that the grass was not growing very well.
There are sparse clusters of them here and there, and they are not growing well, as if they are malnourished.
Zhou Guo jumped off the horse and walked carefully to the field to take a look. Not all the land was like this. There were also some lush places, but not many. There were patches here and there. But she was already very happy.
Last year, there was no grass growing here.
The old man looked at the grass growing out of the white hair field. It was visible to the naked eye that the land was slowly getting better.
If you come here a few more times, these lands will eventually become fertile fields. But how many such lands are there in the North?
The reason why the north is barren is largely due to the salty and bitter soil.
If these salty and bitter lands were turned into fertile fields, the north would become a granary.
By that time, the army will be able to march south with food and fodder supplies, and with more soldiers and more food, the world will soon be changing hands, right?
The young disciple accidentally did something so serious that she herself probably didn't even realize how serious it was.
Zhou Guo looked at the grass. In fact, there are so many livestock on each farm now, and the amount of grass needed every year is not a small amount.
If this grass can be harvested, it will be enough to feed the livestock for several months.
Pity.
The next day, she had people drive the cows to plow the fields deeply and turn down the grass.
The people on the farm were distressed. "Boss, even though the grass is a little sparse, it's still edible for the livestock. It can last for several months. Why do we have to turn it over?"
No one understands.
Zhou Guo explained: "The grass is turned over to fertilize the land. Not only the first crop cannot be cut, but the second and third crops cannot be cut either. After the land is turned over, a layer of fertilizer is spread and seeds are sown. Repeat this process until the last time before autumn. If the grass grows well at that time, only part of it can be harvested."
When they heard it was fertile land, everyone fell silent.
Nothing is more important than fertile land. To put it bluntly, it is about nurturing the land. Although they don't know how to nurture the land, since the boss said so, there must be a reason for it, so they just do it.
The old man didn’t understand either, but he didn’t want to miss such a big event, so he followed Zhou Guo around or hung out on the farm every day.
Zhou Guo would go to the fields to supervise for a while every day, and then work the fields with Old Man Zhang and his son.
The old man was so bored that he simply marked out some land on the farm and started growing vegetables.