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After leaving Ma's Trading Company and buying some farm tools, Luo Yong drove the donkey cart out of the city.
It was still half a day's journey from here to Xipo Village.
If he didn't go back early, he would have to go back tonight.
Go to midnight.
When I passed Tian Chonghu's stinky tofu stall, I saw that he was busy at work, so I didn't go over to talk to him.
At the entrance of the nearby alley, there were a few children playing with clay bowls.
From time to time, they peeked out.
Luo Yong guessed that they were waiting for the sauce from the stinky tofu stall.
It was just after lunch.
It's time to wait.
Thinking about it, many people couldn't even eat oil at this time, but he collected so much fat and suet to make soap every day.
It was also quite sinful.
However, Luo Yong thought to himself that as long as their place could gradually become richer, everyone's living standards would also improve.
Regardless of pork and mutton, everyone would be able to eat it by then.
Lishi County in March is no longer as cold as in winter.
The sun shines brightly in the sky during the day.
By this time in the afternoon, there is a bit of warmth in the air.
It will still freeze at night.
Their Lishi County has a relatively high altitude, so the temperature is naturally lower than some surrounding plains at the same latitude.
The soil in the field freezes and thaws, melts and freezes again, and gradually becomes more and more fluffy.
Before winter last year, experienced farmers would drive a wooden stake in the ground.
The wooden stake was about one foot and two inches long.
One foot was driven into the ground and the other two inches were left on the ground.
When spring begins, the soil becomes fluffy and bulges like fermented dough.
The two-inch wooden stakes that were originally exposed on the ground will also be submerged in the soil.
Dig out a little and pull them out gently.
The entire wooden stake could be easily pulled out of the soil, so the villagers rushed to tell each other that the earth's energy was clear and they could start this year's spring plowing.
The Luo family also had a lot of fields to cultivate, and they had all the farm tools, but they didn't have any cattle, so he went to discuss renting cattle with the merchants who lived in the Xu family's guest house.
Luo Sanlang had a good reputation.
Although many merchants felt sorry for the healthy cattle they used to pull goods and did not want them to be overworked, they all agreed to rent the cattle.
They just had to give a few words of advice not to be too harsh.
The cattle were pulling all the way.
When Huo arrived in Lishi County, he was already quite tired, and he should be cultivating now.
Luo Yong also loves animals.
When he rented these buffaloes, he also told his disciples to take care of them and would rather cultivate less fields than tire out other people's buffaloes.
Every day he has to mix some feed for the cows, using his own bean dregs and wheat bran, and sometimes beating a few eggs.
It's not easy for the cows.
They have to work anyway, so at least they can add some nutrition.
Apart from mixing feed for cattle, Luo Yong didn't participate much in farm work.
Mainly, the Luo family had a lot of things to do.
He collected meat and boiled oil to make soap every day, so he didn't have much free time all day long.
These disciples helped him with farm work and refused to accept wages, so Luo Yong had to work more on food.
Last spring, when these people helped him with farm work, they all ate at Luo's house.
This year, Luo Yong himself I don't have time to prepare food.
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Fortunately, there is Xujia Guest House, which is convenient and affordable.
When his disciples first came back earlier, Wang Dang and others said that they wanted to make room.
Luo Yong told them not to worry and to live there first.
When the 60,000 tree pits were dug, they would free up their hands and come again.
Worry about this house.
It's good for his disciples to live in Xu's courtyard.
There is ready-made bathing water after work every day, there are many people in the house, and the meals are ready-made.
These people worked hard to help him, so naturally Luo Yong couldn't be too stingy when it came to things like food and accommodation.
There is meat and vegetables here every day, there is enough mixed flour pancakes, corn porridge every day, and fine pasta every now and then.
The excess oil residue from the fried lard in the Luo family is even more abundant in a basin.
The basin ends this way.
In just a few days, some people will look mellow.
At this time, the gastrointestinal absorption function of people is still quite good.
At about noon that day, Luo Yong and his disciples were clearing wasteland and cultivating land on the ridge.
From a distance, they saw a pair of ox-carts heading towards the entrance of Xipo Village.
"Another saplings have arrived.
Leave a few people to plow the land here in the afternoon, and everyone else can plant trees."
Xu Erlang saw the saplings loaded on the oxcarts at a glance.
"There are so many people here all of a sudden.
The store should be extremely busy.
You brothers should go back and help."
Other disciples advised.
The Xu family guest house is close to here.
Recently, the three Xu brothers have been helping their master with farm work while taking care of the business of the store.
Generally, as long as there are not many people coming at once, Old Man Xu and his several daughters-in-law can handle the reception, plus there are many grandchildren to help.
However, in a scene like today, which involves Du Zhong saplings, it would be hard for Xu Erlang and others not to be present.
Luo Yong had also received the news at this time, and rushed to the Xu family guest house to receive the merchants who brought the saplings.
While counting the saplings, he asked the Xu family to prepare meals.
Speaking of which, Luo Yong can be regarded as a big customer of the Xu family guest house.
Not to mention the large group of disciples who have been living here recently, every time someone brings saplings, he has to treat them to a meal.
Saplings were delivered to express gratitude.
These people had come all the way from Lishi County and naturally had heard about the smelly soap and scented soap.
At this time, they naturally had to mention the matter to Luo Sanlang.
Only when the order was confirmed did they feel relieved.
Come and feast.
As for the effectiveness of the stinky soap, the Xu family guest house sells it cut into small pieces.
The mahjong pieces are larger, and they cost a penny a piece.
The sales are actually quite good, and they are often out of stock.
In the afternoon of that day, Luo Yong left the task of making soap to Er Niang and the others, and ran to the slope to plant saplings.
Since the tree pit has already been dug, you only need to fill it with some fertilizer at this time, then plant the saplings, fill it with soil and step on it, and then pour some rooting water.
The task of carrying water is not easy.
In some flat areas, you can still use an oxcart to pull it.
On slopes, most of the time you can only carry it with a portable shoulder.
Luo Sanlang's small body is now much stronger, and he can withstand the hard work of carrying water and watering trees.
"This is another sapling.
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How many have arrived today?"
There were several villagers over there who were carrying hoes and were about to work in the fields.
When they saw Luo Yong diving, they walked over in a few steps and took his load.
"No, no, I'll just do it myself."
It's no longer normal at this time, it's the critical time for spring plowing, so Luo Yong has no nerve to delay their work.
"It's not less than a day and a half, you go first, I'll go home and get a bucket."
Another villager next to him said, carrying a hoe and walking back.
"Hey, why are you leaving in such a hurry?
Wait for us."
The two people behind quickly followed.
"What a shame."
Luo Yong said to the villager who was helping him carry water.
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way."
The villager said repeatedly.
He was also used to farm work.
Carrying two buckets of water, he walked briskly up a slope not far away.
On the way, the villagers told Luo Yong about their recent discoveries.
It turns out that everyone has been helping to plow the fields recently, and then they discovered that the land this year seemed to be softer and more fertile than in previous years.
When everyone talked about this together, they all thought that this must be related to the fertilizer they applied to the fields last year.
A lot of dirt has something to do with it.
In this era, people's impression of the land is that the more they plant, the poorer it becomes.
It is said that if the soil is poor, the vegetation will not grow, and if the Qi is weak, the living things will not survive.
This prompted them to constantly open up new land to grow food, which naturally caused serious damage to the environment.
Moreover, the process of opening up wasteland was not easy and took a lot of time and energy.
Later, with the continuous development of agricultural technology, more and more experience was gradually accumulated and many methods of fertilizing fields were developed.
After entering the Song Dynasty, Chen Funong put forward the idea of ever-prosperous soil in his books, believing that as long as it is managed properly, the land will not become poorer with more crops.
By the Qing Dynasty, the outline of Zhiben pointed out: "Although the land is barren, it is often enriched by manure.
All can be turned into fertile land.”
From the original situation of growing poorer with more crops, to the permanent prosperity of the land in the middle, and then to the transformation of poor land into fertile land, this is a process of continuous progress in farming technology.
Originally, this process took more than a thousand years, but because of the appearance of Luo Yong, a seemingly inconspicuous method of burning soil and dung would have an unknown impact on the entire farming society.
People in Xipo Village have now tasted the benefits of advanced agricultural technology.
Not only did their grain harvest last year be good, but when they were plowing the fields this year, they felt that their fields were a little more fertile than before.
Without using much manure, the fields became more and more fertile.
For people at this time, this was really a great thing, so I respected Luo Sanlang in my heart. gd1806102: