"It's just watered here, it's a little slippery, you two go slowly."
After the lunch break, Wei Xi took her father and her mother, and didn't let her followers, and went to the fields.There was no one around, Wei Yan simply squatted on the ridge of the field, looking at the rice seedlings emerging from the hole in the oil paper with a strange expression, "This is the seedling that grew from the rouge rice seed?"
”Fu Yuheng snorted lightly, "That's right, your daughter is amazing, right?"
”Wei Yan nodded again and again, "It's amazing, Xi'er is more powerful than Daddy." ”Fu Yuheng curled his lips, "It's good to know." ”Wei Xi, who was praised: "It's good that you're happy."
After wandering around the ridge, Wei Yanshi asked, "What does Xi'er want to discuss with her father?"
”"Dad, mother," Wei Xi turned, "you come with me." ”It was not a hot day, except for the twenty acres of fields circled by Wei Xi, and the tenant farmers were working hard in the other fields within the grange.After getting out of the fence and looking at it for a while, Wei Yan finally saw that something was wrong."
How did the wooden shelves they used to turn over the floor so deep and so deep?""
This is what my daughter wants to discuss with you, Daddy."
Someone saw them and was hesitating to come up and salute, Wei Xi waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to salute, and then continued, "This kind of farm tool is called a plow, which is used to plough the ground, and there is also a row of rakes over there, which is used to break up the large clods of soil in the field.In addition to this, there are farm tools for watering, sowing, harvesting. ”Before Wei Xi finished speaking, Wei Yan couldn't wait to ask, "Where are all those farm tools?"
”As the guardian of a county, Wei Yan naturally thinks more far-reaching than ordinary people.The emergence of this kind of fast and easy-to-use agricultural tool undoubtedly benefits farmers all over the world.And after seeing the effect of all the farm tools, Wei Yan was even more convinced of this.Suddenly thinking of something, he suddenly turned his head to look at Wei Xi, who was ordering his subordinates to put the farm tools back in their place, and asked in a trembling voice: "Xi'er, these farm tools, but you came up with them?"
”Facing his father and mother, Wei Xi never thought of concealing it, and nodded directly, "I painted it."
Dad, the iron tools used in the farm tools were made by the Wu family's iron shop that my sister took me to find, and the rest of the parts Feng Lao and his old man's apprentices will do it, and the drawings are also in Feng Lao's place.But how do you plan to use these farm tools, my daughter just asks. ”Wei Xi said this because she believed that her father, who could always keep the people in mind, would not disappoint her in what he did.Wei Yan, who had decided to go back tomorrow morning, returned home in a trance in the evening.After returning home, the first thing he did was to find the old Wu Xiao Wu and Feng Lao.Early the next morning, Wei Jun, who stayed up all night and was still in good spirits, saw off the 200 Wei family soldiers who escorted three carriages away at the gate of the mansion, along with a handwritten letter to his eldest brother and a letter to the emperor.On the carriage, all the types of farm tools on the drawings drawn by Wei Xi were made overnight.Watching the vehicle slowly walk away, Wei Yan took a deep breath.The saint has become more and more confused in recent years, but I hope these things can really play the role he wants to see!
After breakfast, he took Lao Wu and Feng Lao to the Si Agricultural Bureau.He can't control the whole Dayong, but in this one-acre and three-point land in Zhuoting County, he can do a lot.When all the rice seedlings have grown to two to three inches long, it is almost the hottest time.There is less water in the river.It used to be up to the knees, but now it can only reach the calves, and it is clear that the water level is dropping day by day, and the riverbed is getting more and more exposed.At the same time, there are also a lot of thirsty small fish and shrimp, and every day there are children from the Grange and nearby tenant families running inside to pick up fish and shrimp.The adults didn't care, they couldn't drown left and right, and the small fish and shrimp that had just died picked up could also add a little oil and water to the dinner table.Wei Xi sat on the ridge, Xiao Qi held an umbrella for her in the back, and the two listened to the carefree cheers of the children in the river, silently looking at the increasingly dry land in front of them.Wei Xi sighed in his heart.She still underestimated the extent of the drought."
Second Miss, the sun is getting more and more poisonous, let's go back."
Wei Xi stood up, patted the dirt on his trouser legs, and glanced at the tenant farmers who hurriedly fetched water from the well not far away to water the ground, going back and forth as if they couldn't feel the sun above their heads, "Go back." ”Ice cubes are placed in the main hall of the courtyard, and as soon as you enter, you can feel a chill hitting you.After washing his head and face and sitting down, a piece of cold melon was stuffed in his hand, and Wei Xi felt that his somewhat dizzy head was back in operation.Fu Yuheng looked at his little daughter's red face, and felt distressed, so he took a fan and fanned it himself, "You are not allowed to go out at noon in the future." ”Wei Xi nodded obediently, and after eating the melon, she asked Xiao Qi to take out her annatto rice planting observation notes.The name she thought of herself.A third of it has been written in the notebook.Wei Xi flipped through it slowly, and clicked on the words on it with his hand, "It's time to plant seedlings." ”However, although annatto can be cultivated in the form of upland rice, it does not survive and thrive without watering.Twenty acres, watering is a big problem.There are two wells in the grange, one for people and one for chickens, ducks, horses, cattle and sheep.The tenant farmers also had a well where they lived, which was the source of all their water.There is no water in the river, and there are not enough wells, so the only way to do this is to dig wells.Do what you think.After the lunch break, Wei Xi called Futian and Fugui.To drill a well, you need to first explore where there is a water source, and you also need to find an experienced well driller.Wei Xi handed over this task to the two of them to inquire, and the only requirement was to be fast.However, the two of them did not live up to expectations, probably because they were used to being urged by Wei Xi these days, and on the third day, the two of them each came back with a team of professional well-drillers.This season is the time when the supply of well-drilling teams exceeds demand, and it is not easy to find two teams at once.As soon as the people came, after a short break, they were busy.First, the underground water source is explored, and then the well drilling site is found, and the well is immediately started after being identified.The money is enough, and the food and housing are managed, and the work is in the name of the Weijun Shoujia Grange, and the two well drilling teams are doing their best.The well is being drilled on one side, and the other side is not idle.It took five days to plant seedlings on 20 acres of fields, and two wells near the fields were also laid.It's still a little nervous to use for watering, but it's barely enough.Half a month has passed, and the six newly drilled wells around the grange have finally barely solved the problem of water shortage of 20 acres of rouge rice.The cochineal rice in the field thrives under the scorching sun, and Wei Xi has changed from going to the field twice a day to observing it every other day.Dispensing medicine and fighting insects, fertilizing and watering, there are enough manpower underneath, and everything is in order.The beans planted by the tenant farmers also sprouted one after another, and because they were allowed to use water from the six newly dug wells, they also showed that they were growing well.The Grange was quiet and peaceful, and even Dong Xueqing, who was extremely reluctant to be here when he first came, was slowly tempered by this day, and after understanding that he couldn't return to the house in a short time, he didn't dare to dislike it anymore.embroidered and wrote in the house every day, or went to the main hall to talk to Fu Yuheng.I've never been to the field once.The servants have never said much, and she naturally doesn't know what Wei Xi has been busy with in these days.Outside of the Grange, throughout Zhuoting County, several new agricultural tools that are easy to use and amazing are rapidly becoming popular.As time passed, there was a tendency to spread beyond Zhuoting County.After all, as long as you have planted the land and know how to farm, you can see that this is a good thing.One to ten, ten to hundred.More brains turned quickly, and began to study the structure of this new farming tool.Because of this, the carpenters and blacksmiths of Zhuoting County have also become fragrant and sweet.Wei Yan is naturally happy to see this phenomenon come to fruition.On the one hand, it can benefit the people, and on the other hand, it can also get the blessings of her family, why not?