When the first warehouse of the workshop was filled with half a room of cotton cloth, the late rice in Lin Wanwan's field was ready to be harvested.
The 20 acres of Yongye field she was previously allocated was saline-alkali land and could not be used to grow cotton and other crops, so all she planted was sea rice purchased from Hyundai.
The first wild sea rice was discovered by researcher Chen Risheng, and later Yuan Longping's team cooperated with Chen Risheng to jointly develop it.
Sea rice is a kind of rice between wild rice and cultivated rice. It has the ability to tolerate salt-alkali, resist diseases and insect pests, and resist waterlogging. It is very suitable for areas where the mountain weir has not been completed yet and most of the fields have excessive saline-alkali concentrations.
Luang County.
However, Lin Wanwan did not recommend it to Xiao Chong, mainly because Xiao Chong was already building a mountain weir. When this water conservancy project, which will benefit today and will last forever, is completed, the fertile farmland in Luan County will immediately increase.
After all, sea rice production relies heavily on modern fertilizers and is not worth promoting in Luang County.
To be honest, even in modern times, sea rice is mostly grown in demonstration planting areas, and not many people promote it.
Lin Wanwan was allocated a total of twenty acres of Yongye land, which was all saline-alkali land of little use to the Tang Dynasty. She also had another ten acres of land allocated to grow cotton and sweet potatoes.
If it weren't for the collapse of the Wang family at the beginning of the year, and Lin Wanwan took the opportunity to buy thirty acres of farmland owned by the Wang family on the edge of Xiaoxi Town, her planting arrangements would still be stretched.
If you want to grow ordinary rice in saline-alkali land, it will take too much effort. It is better to plant sea rice instead.
The yield of sea rice is not high in modern times, with an average yield of 400 kilograms per mu. In the Tang Dynasty, without the assistance of mechanization, the yield would naturally drop by 30 to 40%. When converted into the measurement unit of the Tang Dynasty, it was a little more than four shi.
This is a huge difference compared to last year's hybrid rice production, which Lin Wanwan invested heavily in chemical fertilizers.
Ordinarily, a year ago, when everyone received 2 shi of rice in the fields, they would all cheer and run around to celebrate.
But after experiencing the baptism of an output of fifteen shi per mu, the farmers in Lin Wanwan's field were greatly disappointed with this year's late rice output, and they did not even dare to report to Lin Wanwan.
Fortunately, Lin Wanwan recognized the fruits of their labor by giving them rewards, which cheered up the group of dealers who thought they had made a mistake.
The clan has little farmland. The clansmen who got Lin Wanwan's hybrid rice last year are not like Lin Wanwan who can cheat by pouring chemical fertilizers into the fields, so the yield per mu is naturally not as high as that of Lin Wanwan's field last year, but it is still eight or nine stones.
For the farmers of the Tang Dynasty, this was already a great harvest worthy of opening ancestral halls to worship their ancestors and announce the good news.
After being happy about the clan's bumper harvest, Chief Lin learned about Lin Wanwan's late rice yield per acre in Yongye's field this year and immediately became unhappy.
He was very angry for Lin Wanwan, and even suggested to Lin Wanwan that all those evil dealers who were lazy and fooled the owner should be dismissed.
It was obviously Lin Wanwan who provided the grain seeds, but why did her own field have the lowest yield per acre? If her farmers weren't paying attention, who would have believed it?
"Uncle Patriarch, I really don't blame the dealers for what happened. You have forgotten that my Yongye Field is a saline-alkali land."
Patriarch Lin snorted angrily: "Didn't you also plant in that field last year? It was good last year, with an output of fifteen shi per mu!"
Is Lin Wanwan going to say that last year it was because she bought a lot of fertilizers from Hyundai to improve the condition of saline-alkali land? She can only say it half truthfully.
"Uncle Patriarch, you don't know that the rice I planted this year is different from the rice I gave you. The grain I gave you has a high yield, but the taste is bad. I grew it in my own field. Although the yield is low, the taste is poor."
Okay, if you don’t believe me, take a few buckets and try it.”
Patriarch Lin waved his hand quickly: "Why do you want your rice? Oh, you prodigal son, you are willing to switch to high-yielding grain varieties just for a delicious bite."
After hearing Lin Wanwan's explanation, Patriarch Lin felt so heartbroken that he almost felt sick.
Although this is not his field or his grain, he has a strong sense of belonging! Food is the lifeblood of the people, how could anyone be willing to give up high yields for the sake of the taste?
I didn’t understand. Patriarch Lin really didn’t understand. With heartache and depression, he shook his head and left Lin Wanwan’s home.
As for Lin Wanwan, she sent Hongyan to give two buckets of sea rice to the Lin family to taste, and he naturally returned them in full.
How could the iron-clad Patriarch Lin take advantage of Lin Wanwan?
This so-called delicious rice was exchanged for the normal amount of two buckets. Just thinking about it makes me so heartbroken that I can't breathe. How could I think it is delicious?
Patriarch Lin is very self-aware. He is not worthy of eating such rice that God would frown upon.
For Lin Wanwan, a smaller output is not a problem at all. Her family's granary is connected to a modern granary and she can never have enough food. Planting some "carmine red" sea rice with good taste and high quality is also in line with Lin Wanwan's personality.
A foodie's heart that was led astray by Xiao Chong.
What makes sea rice different from ordinary rice is not only its soft, chewy texture, but also its higher nutritional value.
Sea rice is rich in selenium. After the rice is threshed, the color turns carmine and the appearance is pleasant. In addition, the protein content in sea rice is twice that of ordinary rice, and the fat, calcium, magnesium, etc. are far higher than ordinary rice.
.As for the sodium content of ordinary rice, it is almost zero, while one hundred grams of sea rice contains 17.6 mg.
After this batch of rice was collected into the warehouse, Lin Wanwan took out a sack that day and asked the new boys to thresh and pound it into rice.
When Xiao Chong came to Linjiazhuang with several big shopkeepers of silk and satin shops, he was just in time to catch up with Lin Wanwan's first meal of red rice.
Naturally, the big shopkeeper of the silk shop came to buy the newly spun cotton cloth in Linjiazhuang. This was something he had agreed with Xiao Chong before planting cotton. Lin Wanwan was responsible for growing and weaving the cloth, leaving the sales problem to Xiao Chong.
As for the price of cotton cloth, it is naturally the responsibility of Lin Wanwan's outer courtyard housekeeper Sun Chueyao, the accounting clerk of the workshop, Lin Mengbo and others, without Lin Wanwan having to come forward in person. She only set a price range for Sun Chueyao, and left the rest to them.
negotiation.
Lin Wanwan's first task is to entertain the distinguished guest Xiao Chong.
In addition to red sea rice, there are also many game fish caught in the ditches beside the rice fields on the dinner table today.
Pickled fish and stir-fried river prawns, plus fragrant red sea rice, were a meal that satiated all the guests.
Without saying a word, Xiao Chong asked Lin Wanwan to prepare a sack of sea red rice for him and take it away.
That is to say, he came on horseback today, so it was not convenient for him to bring goods, otherwise he would definitely want more.
"Cousin, why are you in a hurry? I have already prepared it for you and will send a ship to you in a few days."
"Well, thank you cousin." Xiao Chong, a foodie, smiled casually, "My cousin will send the remaining rice to me in a few days. I will take this bag away today so that my two brothers in the house can also taste it.