eurekapd Chapter 863 Someone is coming
Chapter 863 Someone is coming
She almost jumped for joy. This thing was great. It could absorb salt, was edible by humans, and could also be used as fodder for livestock. It was truly a treasure from head to toe.
She instructed several village heads, "After the harvest next year, all these fields must be planted with Artemisia selengensis."
The village heads were dumbfounded. "Boss, if we plant all this stuff on such a wide field, I'm afraid we don't have enough seeds."
Zhou Guo said, "Plant as many as possible. We would rather spend money to buy seeds from other places than to plant all these fields with this alkali wormwood. Do you understand?"
If this move is made well, the work of renovating the saline-alkali land can be advanced by at least one year.
She had originally planned to grow crops on these plots of land in Yunzhou next year. It would have been better if she could grow alkali artemisia for a year next year.
But on second thought, the salt content in the ground now is much less than at the beginning.
After a year of irrigation, drainage and cultivation this year, the salt in the soil has been reduced so much that at least the seeds in the experimental field on the farm can now be planted.
We can plant rice on these pieces of land next year. Even if the harvest in these counties can only produce enough seeds, it will be good.
Thinking of this, she turned to the last piece of land, which was the smallest of the several plots of land, only about eighty or ninety hectares.
Although this piece of land was the last to be completed, due to its small size, the renovation speed was no slower than that of several larger pieces of land.
Moreover, almost half of this land was planted with Artemisia selengensis. At that time, there were not enough other grass seeds, and Artemisia selengensis was the most abundant of the remaining grass seeds, so they were all spread on this land.
Therefore, the effect is even better than the ones we saw before.
She said to the village head, "Although we will plant crops in the spring next year, you must also collect these Artemisia seeds. Collect as many as you can. After the autumn harvest next year, you can sow another wave of Artemisia in the fields."
The village head replied, "Master, we don't have anything else in our village, but we have a lot of alkali wormwood seeds, all over the ground. I have people harvest a lot of them, not to mention these dozens of hectares, even if we want hundreds of hectares, that would be enough."
Er Pang said, "Don't brag just to win credit. If you mess up the boss's business, you'll be in big trouble!"
The village head hurriedly said, "Even if you give me a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to brag in front of the boss. What I said is true. If you don't believe me, boss, just follow me and you will know. I have kept it well and will use it next year."
Zhou Guo nodded, "Okay, take us to have a look."
A wooden granary, estimated to be able to store dozens of stones of grain, was filled with alkali wormwood seeds.
The village head said, "It's all here. I originally thought that this grass is really good. Not only does it taste good, we humans can eat it, livestock can eat it, and it looks good. Maybe the boss will let us continue to plant it next year. I will collect these grass seeds, so I don't have to buy grass seeds next year."
Zhou Guo dug it open and took a look. He saw that they were indeed the seeds of Artemisia selengensis. He looked at the warehouse and found that there were so many that they would be enough to cover the several plots of land next year!
Since this grass can absorb the salt in the soil, planting it on the entire field will have a better effect than green manure.
She smiled and said, "Yes, keep these grass seeds well. I will use them in the spring next year."
The village head was very excited and said, "As long as the boss can use it, it's fine."
Zhou Guo rewarded him with five taels of silver and said, "Do a good job."
The village head was holding the silver ingots in his hand, and he was very happy. He knew that what he did was not in vain.
After patrolling a few plots of land, she returned to the village.
As soon as I got home, I was almost dizzy by the pile of posts in the study.
Li said, "During the days when you were not home, these invitations kept coming in. Some people even came to our house and waited for most of the day. Only our master and your eldest brother came out to entertain them. If you don't come back, I think those people will bring their families to live in our house."
Zhou Guo asked: "These people are here again today?"
The whole family nodded.
The old man said, "I think they won't stop until they achieve their goal. Do you want to go out and hide again?"
Zhou Guo said: "Where can I hide? Besides, you can hide from the first day of the month but not the fifteenth day. You can escape from the monk but not the temple. You can't hide."
Zhou Gu asked anxiously, "What should we do? Are we just going to give the seeds away for nothing?"
This year, the Zhou family also harvested all the new seeds from the village and several nearby villages. Everyone had enough left for next year's food and seeds, and they were all happy to sell the grain to them.
After all, it is more expensive than the price offered by grain merchants.
If these seeds were given away for nothing...
After thinking about it, it seemed that it was originally intended to be given away, whether it was to the villagers below or to the wealthy families. Didn't she never intend to keep it in her hands?
Zhou Guo said, "Let them come. I didn't intend to eat all the seeds by myself. Besides, I have passed on these seeds. They are no longer exclusive to me. These people are so powerful. Even if I don't give them any, don't they have other channels? If I don't give them any, they will have to rob them, and the people will suffer."
After all, the new grain varieties are not ordinary grain varieties. In the hands of farmers, one acre of land can yield four stones. If it were in their hands, it would be disastrous.
No one would give up such a big piece of fat meat.
The old man nodded and said, "That's fine. Then you just wait at home. I estimate that these people will come again in the next two days."
Early the next morning, Zhou Guo had just finished his meal and was lying in the backyard basking in the sun when he heard the doorman say that there was a visitor outside the house. Someone said it was from the Wu family.
Zhou Guo sighed, "Take them to the flower hall in the front yard, I'll be there soon."
Since we built a new house, we not only have a study, but also a place to entertain guests. It is much more convenient than before.
She was wearing the Taoist robe she wore at home, very casually, and walked into the flower hall.
When the head of the Wu family saw her coming, he immediately stood up and laughed loudly, "Mr. Zhou is finally back. Your Excellency is very busy. I have come here so many times and finally I see you."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mr. Wu, your visit to my humble house really makes my humble thatched cottage in the countryside shine. Please take a seat, Mr. Wu."
She sat down at the top comfortably.
The two of them exchanged pleasantries with a smile.
Mr. Wu got straight to the point. After all, he had come here quite a few times and his patience was almost exhausted.
"I heard that Master Zhou has a new kind of grain, and the yield of this new kind of grain is not small. I wonder if this is true?"
Zhou Guo nodded and did not deny it. "That's true."
There's no use in denying it.
Mr. Wu said, "I buy so much fertilizer from you every year. You know that I have a lot of land. Can you give me some of the grain? I just want to get three or four more buckets of grain per mu. With so many mu of land, I can get a lot more. Then I can buy more fertilizer every year."