Chapter 395(1/2)
Fangyuan had all the rest sent to the cellar, including the corn cobs that had not been threshed.
Because it is easier to store this way, there is a threshing machine, so when you need it, you can just remove it.
The reason why it is easier to store corn cobs is because they can absorb moisture after drying.
Even if it is placed in the cellar, it will not break easily.
Moreover, Fangyuan has packed all the unthreshed corn in mesh bags, and can even take it out to dry in the sun from time to time.
Fortunately, the cellar was big enough, otherwise it wouldn't be able to fit it in. Fangyuan never expected that one acre of land weighed more than 800 kilograms, at least about 850 kilograms.
So now there are about 18,000 kilograms of corn left in the cellar. This is pure corn.
It is not calculated based on the corn cob, although the corn cob does not account for the weight.
After everything was installed, Fangyuan went to the village and found the work team. He could ask others to do the rest, but he had to do this himself.
"Coming?" Seeing him coming, the leader of the working group said.
"Yeah!" Fang Yuan nodded.
"Is the corn harvest finished?"
"Yes! And it has been completely threshed."
"Oh! So fast?" the leader of the working group said in surprise.
Also, you must know that Fangyuan and the others were the last to harvest, and now they are the fastest to finish harvesting.
"It's already very slow. Our corn is dried out in the sun, so it's easier to thresh." Fangyuan shrugged.
"Okay, let's go and have a look."
This is not just for viewing, but also for collection, so all the people from the working group came here together.
Rack trucks, pounds, you name it, everything is available.
It doesn't matter to Fangyuan, he will be taken away sooner or later anyway, and if he is taken away early, he will be fine.
After the working group arrived at the first team, they began to inspect, from inside to outside the house, and even to the ground.
Needless to say, this is to see if it is hidden and what Fangyuan is for. To put it bluntly, even if you dig through the land, you can't find it.
Several members of the inspection team came over and shook their heads at the team leader. The team leader smiled and said, "Not bad, let me see how the quality of your team's corn is."
Before the working group leader could take action, the working group members went over and untied some sacks.
Then inspect each sack one by one.
Fangyuan didn't worry about this at all. First, he didn't adulterate it. The sacks were all filled with corn, not even a speck of dust.
Because he didn't need to do this at all, the first team had already exceeded the task.
Only those who cannot complete the task or want to count more will adulterate the corn.
No matter how they checked, Fangyuan and his team had no problem, even if they poured out the corn.
"Yes!" After the inspection, the leader of the working group nodded and said, "Level 1."
Hearing what the team leader said, a team member quickly took out his notebook and wrote it down.
The next step is weighing. Fangyuan and others do not need to do this, it is all done by the working group.
Soon the 160 sacks of corn were weighed, and then another sack was weighed on the scale. The weight of this sack multiplied by 160 was the weight of the total sack.
"Team leader, look." A team member handed the account book to the team leader.
The team leader took a look and said in surprise: "So many? Isn't the calculation wrong?"
"No." The team member shook his head.
Then the team leader turned to look at Fang Yuan and said, "You guys can do it as a team! It's exceeded my expectations."
"Hehehe, it's all nonsense." Fangyuan scratched his head stupidly and said.
"This is not a blind weight. Can the yield per mu reach 500 kilograms?" the team leader shook his head and said.
After finishing speaking, the team leader looked at Fang Yuan and said, "Captain Fang, can you share your experience with everyone? Let everyone learn from you."
"Team leader, I really don't have much experience in this. I just use the mud on the mountain to fertilize the land. We here can be regarded as the first to get the most advantageous!"
Hearing what Fangyuan said, the team leader seemed to understand, shook his head and said, "No one else can learn this."
The team leader said this because Fangyuan's land is adjacent to a mountain, and it is easier to get mud from the mountain.
The same cannot be said for other places. They are too far away and it is simply unrealistic to try to get mud down from the mountains like Fangyuan and the others.
"Okay, that's it. I'll take the corn away. You and your team will hand over a total of 25,362 jins of corn."
"Yeah!" Fang Yuan nodded.
At the same time, I was relieved. In fact, after knowing the weight of the corn, no one in the working group had any doubts.
Because one acre of land reaches 500 kilograms, this is a miracle. In other words, it is impossible for a team to hide food.
It took the working group a whole morning to transport the corn from Fangyuan's yard.
At this time, Shen Yuping said: "Captain, is this the end?"
"Otherwise?" Fang Yuan turned around and looked at her and asked.
"Shouldn't food be distributed? If so much food is taken away from us, shouldn't it be distributed to us as well?"
Before Fangyuan could speak, Zhao Yang continued Shen Yuping's words and said: "It's not the right time yet. We will wait until all the food has entered the granary before it will be distributed."
"No." Fangyuan shook his head and said, "It won't be distributed after entering the granary. It will probably be transported away first and then distributed after it is made into cornmeal."
"Uh!" Zhao Yang nodded and said, "That's right, the village can't beat corn into cornmeal."
"Okay, it has nothing to do with us from now on, so let's plow the ground as soon as possible!"
"Hiss!" Zhao Yang felt a toothache when he heard it.
There was nothing I could do about it. I got injured while rolling on the ground in the summer. In fact, not to mention Zhao Yang, everyone was the same.
But there is no way, we still have to plow it, how can we grow wheat if we don’t plow it!
Fortunately, the corn stalks are dug out. If they are chopped, turning them over is probably not faster than picking up rocks and plowing the ground in the summer.
At least you can pick up the stone as soon as you pick it up, but you can't get the corn roots out and you have to dig them open.
It doesn't matter if you use machines or animals, but it's not that easy to use people.
Soon the plow was brought out again, and the land began to be plowed. There was not much corn root left to plow.
Excluding Fangyuan, there are eight male team members and four plows. Fangyuan is the type used to plow the ground with a rake.
Not only him, but also Lin Wei, because so many people are not needed.
Shen Yuping cooks, there are five girls, and there are only four plows, so there is nothing wrong with Lin Wei.
Because there is no shortage of water in the field, and we are often plowed, the soil in the field is very loose, and there is no need to use much strength at all, and the plow can be pulled very quickly.
But even so, it will be ten days before the fifty acres of land are plowed.
Don't just plow the ground and everything will be fine. That's not the case. You still have to go to the mountain to make mud.
The mud created in the summer has been used up after one season of corn cultivation, and it needs to be plowed again to grow wheat.
Not to mention using mud, even if chemical fertilizers were used in later generations, they would be used once every planting season.
This work lasted for another ten days. Finally, I spread a thin layer of mud on the ground, let the sun shine for a day, and then started raking the ground.
Raking the ground is much faster. A harrow that is more than one meter long is pressed with a sack of soil. So many people take turns pulling it, and it is almost finished in two days.
The mud has dried in the sun and stuck to the soil below. After the land is raked, it will look like black soil.
Then it's time to sow. When sowing, leave 30 centimeters in every two meters.
This is reserved for digging trenches for watering later. Although this will reduce the amount of land, it must be set aside for the convenience of watering.
This thing used for sowing seeds is called a building. Fangyuan really doesn’t understand why it is called a building, because it doesn’t look like a building!
This thing belongs to the village and belongs to the collective. Of course Fangyuan can also use it, but he has no animals and can only use people to pull it.
Not to mention, with this building, it is really convenient to sow seeds. To be honest, if you don't have to leave a lot of land, you will just sow in the square.
Sowing wheat seeds is faster, at least faster than using this building to sow wheat seeds.
You don't have to rake the ground for sowing. You have to rake it several times and just once for sowing. So after two days, all the land was sown except for the reserved area.
At this time, Fangyuan began to ask people to dig trenches on the remaining land. It did not need to be too wide, as long as it could pass the water.
This is faster, and you can water it while digging. The wheat seeds have just been sown, so of course you need some water, but not too much water.
Too much water will soak the wheat seeds in the field. If you have to re-sow them at that time, the gain will outweigh the loss.
In fact, at this time, the weather was getting a little cold, so Fangyuan called a few girls together and asked them to make quilts.
Although everyone has a quilt, they are all relatively thin.
The wheat had been planted, so there was nothing going on in Fang Yuan, and then he went to the city.
He was not just going to play, and he was just looking for an excuse to go to the city. He actually walked around the city and entered the space.
To be continued...