Martial Arts Master Travelled to Ancient Time and Farms

Cheng Ling knew all kinds of prices in Yongzhou City very well.

She told the villagers: "Fresh yam is rare in the local city of Zhoucheng, so when yam is on the market, it can be sold for 30 cents a pound in retail. But if it is not retail, but sold to vendors, then the price There's a difference."

Then she explained to the villagers the difference between retail sales and bulk sales, talked about transportation costs and wear and tear, and also talked about the differences in local prices.

This knowledge is not a secret, nor is it great, but it is also something that the villagers usually cannot receive.

Not even a villager, even many scholars, if they just bury their heads in their studies and don't get in touch with the people's livelihood, it is difficult for them to understand this.

The villagers listened to each other with novelty and intoxication. They only felt that the little man in front of him not only looked like a fairy, but also had a belly full of knowledge, like a fairy.

Therefore, Cheng Ling received a very high courtesy in Xiaoshu Village. After talking with the villagers for a while, she was invited by Lizheng of Xiaoshu Village to sit at home.

At this time, the allergy symptoms on the baby's body have basically subsided.

His allergy was obviously acute. It came on quickly and subsided quickly. On the one hand, it was thanks to Cheng Ling's medicine that had a particularly outstanding effect. On the other hand, it was probably related to the child's own constitution.

Cheng Ling also reminded the villagers: "Whether it is yam or yam egg, it is a good thing. Although yam egg is called Lingyuzi, its efficacy is almost the same as that of yam, but everyone must remember that it cannot be eaten raw."

She also talked about several ways to cook yam, steaming, boiling, or even burying it under the stove and roasting it with the skin on.

As for other complicated methods, Cheng Ling didn't say anything, saying that the villagers didn't have the conditions to do it.

After arriving at Sun Lizheng's house, Mrs. Sun Lizheng took a few daughters-in-law and went to the kitchen to fix lunch.

There were seven or eight people in Cheng Ling's party, and they also brought Xu Er and Fang Langzhong's master and servant, plus Sun Lizheng and the two elders in the village. Everyone sat in the courtyard of Sun Lizheng's house lively. Keep talking.

The topic first revolves around yam.

Today, in early February, it is not the season for yam harvest, but it is the most suitable season for yam sowing.

There are a lot of wild yam on Xiaodong Mountain next to Xiaoshu Village.

According to Xu Er: "Every autumn, the half of the slope of Xiaodong Mountain facing the sun is full of palm leaves, and you can see a bunch of them after walking a few steps. , I just wanted to save up some yam, pigs, it shouldn't be a problem to eat a little rough..."

Saying that, he laughed again.

Xu Er felt that he was lucky, because pig food had to be boiled, so he often mixed all kinds of rotten vegetable leaves and mountain eggs and cooked them for pigs to eat, but he had never eaten raw mountain eggs for pigs.

The pigs are fine, they are looking good, and now there are a lot of wild eggs in his cellar. If they can be sold, wouldn't it be a lot of money?

Even if this yam egg sells for less than thirty cents per pound, even if it sells for twenty or fifteen cents, it is much more valuable than ordinary coarse grains.

Cheng Lingdao: "There are so many wild yams on the mountain next to Xiaoshu Village, which just means that the climate of Xiaoshu Village is suitable for the growth of yam. Now is the good season for yam planting. Have you ever thought about moving some yams from the mountain? Small seedlings come down and plant yam on a large scale?"

Transplanting yam, artificial planting?

That's right, Cheng Ling told everyone about yam for so long, isn't the play meat here?

Sun Lizheng's eyes lit up, but as Lizheng he had to think more, he was excited and hesitant at the moment.

"If this yam can be planted, of course it would be great, but if it can't be planted? Isn't everyone's land deserted? Besides, if it is planted, where will it be sold? Yongzhou City is so far away, We don't know the land well either..."

These are indeed big problems. You can't say that yam has economic benefits, and you just slap your head and tell the villagers not to grow food, but only to grow yam.

That's not to persuade Nongsang, it's illegal and dereliction of duty!

Of course Cheng Ling wouldn't do this, and she also thought of all the questions Sun Lizheng raised.

At the moment, he said: "The tax fields stipulated by the imperial court, of course, must be planted in accordance with the government's plan. Grain and hemp should not be taken lightly. But other than the tax fields, can't some of the land used for growing vegetables be used for yam? It doesn’t have to be a lot, it’s all voluntary…”

The situation in Xiaoshu Village is different from that around Yongzhou City.

In the surrounding area of ​​the state city, because the wealthy clans gather and there are many landlords, a large amount of land is concentrated in the hands of large and small landlords of all levels.

In addition to the tax fields stipulated by the court, the people often have very little privately owned fields. As a result, a large number of farmers had to be reduced to tenant households and rented fields for a living.

Because of the remoteness of Xiaoshu Village, many mountains and sparse population, the land owned by the common people is much more than that of the tenants around the prefecture city.

It's just that in places with many mountains, the grade of the fields is often not high, and it is a bit laborious to grow millet and hemp. Coupled with the inconvenience of transportation, the life of the villagers in Xiaoshu Village is also poor.

Cheng Ling added: "I have some methods for yam cultivation here. In fact, if the villagers are reluctant to part with their own fields, they can arrange the mountains on the mountain, turn back to open up wasteland, and then go to the yamen to register, and they can have more names. field."

He also said: "If the mountain faces the sun, if it is organized into terraced fields, it is also very convenient to grow yam."

This led to Fang Langzhong's question: "Terrace fields? May I ask Xiao Langjun, what are terraced fields?"

The old man looked at Cheng Ling with burning eyes. When the crowd gathered around and talked, he was still silent and restrained. At this moment, he suddenly asked, and suddenly, his sense of existence was revealed.

Cheng Lingdao: "In a place with many mountains, if there is not enough fields at the foot of the mountain, you might as well go to the mountain, just like digging steps, and dig out a widened step by layer. I call it a terraced field. What does the old man think? Does it look good?"

When she described it like this, it was indeed an image.

Everyone didn't have to see the appearance of the terraced fields with their own eyes. Just listening to her description, it seemed as if the fields with layers of steps had been revealed in front of them.

Fang Langzhong immediately asked again: "It may be possible to cultivate fields on this mountain, but it is inconvenient to divert water from the mountain. This question, please ask Cheng Langjun, how can you solve it?"

Cheng Lingdao: "Is there no mountain spring on the mountain? If there is a mountain spring, a waterway should be reserved in advance to divert water. If there is no mountain spring, you might as well dig a reservoir on the top of the mountain to store water, and then use a canal to divert water."

Fang Langzhong suddenly said: "Dig a reservoir on the mountain? Xiao Langjun, do you understand how big a project this is? Is it too light to speak like this?"

As the two asked and answered, the topic gradually deepened, but the atmosphere became a little nervous in a trance.