Chapter 71 The semen female partner chooses to farm (21)
Zhuangzi's harvest this year is much better than in previous years. In addition to the good weather, we also have to thank the princess for the fertilizing recipe.
After harvesting and weighing, Mr. Wang's face wrinkled and he smiled.
"The rice yield per acre is three stones. The fields are so fertile that the three stones are almost overflowing. It is nearly one stone more than in previous years. Great! Only days like this can be looked forward to!"
When Xu Yin heard this, her mouth twitched slightly:
A yield of three hundred kilograms per mu is said to be promising? In future generations, the farmer uncle will cry.
Her experimental field is still the best, with three acres of rice fields and six types of rice planted, namely glutinous rice, long-grain fragrant rice, green stem rice, rouge rice, pearl rice and Panjin imperial rice.
Of course, the imperial rice she grew was a high-yielding and superior variety produced by the system, and had nothing to do with the imperial rice eaten by the emperor.
So she omitted the word Yumi and called it Panjin rice.
After harvesting, they are threshed separately and weighed after threshing.
The one with the highest yield is undoubtedly pearl rice, which seems to be very suitable for farming in the south. It only takes half an acre to harvest five and a half stone.
Next, she was surprised by the rouge rice. Half an acre of land yielded a harvest of five stones.
She remembered that the yield of rouge rice in the world today was not very high, with an output of only five to six hundred kilograms per acre.
She tried planting this time mainly because she wanted to eat it and was greedy.
Unexpectedly, the yield per mu broke the record, and the harvest from half an acre of land reached the yield of one acre in later generations.
She knew that the seeds produced by the system were high-yield, but she did not expect such a high yield.
Looking at glutinous rice, long-grain fragrant rice, and panjin rice, half an acre of land yields four stones, four and a half stones, and five stones respectively.
Converted to yield per mu, it is approximately between 800 and 1,000 kilograms.
It is said that Panjin rice can be co-cultured with lake crabs, and the principle is the same as that of rice flower fish: the rice protects the crabs, the crabs eat insect bait, and the crab manure fertilizes the field.
Xu Yin thought that she could try it next time and maybe increase the output.
In comparison, the yield of Bideng rice is the lowest, with only three and a half stones harvested from half an acre.
But she felt that the output was low, and Uncle Wang and others on the side were collectively dumbfounded.
The harvest from half an acre of land actually exceeded their yield from one acre of land!
What about pearl rice and rouge rice? It’s doubled!
What is this concept?
After being silent for a long time, he became excited.
The yield per mu is more than ten stones!
Not to mention the Southern Barbarians, no one in the vast Central Plains has ever heard of such high-yielding rice.
Looking at the whole Yanhua, they must be unique!
"princess……"
Uncle Wang was so excited that tears flashed down his face and he stopped talking.
I want to ask if there is any mystery in this, but I am afraid that I will say the wrong thing and make the nobleman unhappy.
Xu Yin smiled and said: "Do you want to know how such a high yield is grown? In fact, this is not the highest yielding grain. When the autumn harvest, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are harvested, you will be even more surprised."
The yield per acre of sweet potatoes is as high as 3,000 jins, and the potatoes of 4,000 jins are astonishing every minute when they come out. By then, they no longer realize how outstanding the rice is.
"In the final analysis, it's just seeds." Xu Yin explained to them, "High yield has a lot to do with seeds."
"The seeds in my experimental field were bought at a high price from Hu Shang. They selected the best and cultivated high-yielding varieties. In addition, the fertilizer produced by the new retting method is nutritious for the crops and is not prone to insects. It is a two-pronged approach.
This harvest.
But don't worry. After screening these high-yield rice, the big and plump ones will be left for you to use as rice seeds for the next season. If there are many, you can also exchange some for the villages outside.
The rice harvested in the next season will also be selected according to this method and promoted one by one. One day, our southern barbarian land will be planted with high-yielding seeds. The people of the southern barbarians will soon be full and will no longer have to worry about food."
Uncle Wang and others were very excited after hearing this, as if they had seen the blueprint drawn by Xu Yin.
Immediately afterwards, everyone knelt down and kowtowed in thanksgiving.
At this time, everyone felt that the princess must be a fairy sent by God to save them.
Xu Yin came here this time not only to see the rice yield per acre and to boost morale, but she also wanted to try the water wheel.
There is a river in the middle of Zhuangzi, and the river channel is relatively wide, which provides her with convenience.
She asked the accompanying carpenters to direct the people to install the waterwheel and assemble the scrapers and water buckets. The motor was still on the carriage, guarded by the guards, and she would let them move it down when it was ready.
In fact, a waterwheel can operate without an electric motor, but that requires a manpower to transport water. With an electric motor and a solar motor that can store energy when there is sunlight, it completely liberates manpower.
The motor is equipped with a strong and weak two-speed control switch, which can control the irrigation speed and time at any time.
The installation of the ten-meter-high waterwheel took half a day. Xu Yin did not return to the palace at noon and had a light meal in the village.
There is a courtyard for the owner to rest in the village. There are flowers and fruit trees planted in the front and back of the house. There is also an exquisite swing under the pomegranate tree.
Although it is said to be a light meal, it is actually quite rich.
Uncle Wang's wife and her two daughters-in-law cooked a table of specialty dishes. The main dishes were chicken stewed with mushrooms, fish in sour soup, pan-fried pork belly, and several stir-fried seasonal vegetables.
It is an ordinary but extraordinary farmhouse dish, but it has a hometown flavor that cannot be made by an imperial chef.
After eating, I felt a little lazy and wanted to take a nap. It was too hot in the house, so I asked Dongxue to move the lounge chair to the shade of the trees in the backyard, and took a nap with squinted eyes.
Half asleep, I heard a burst of cheers.
"Mommy, what's going on outside?"
"Princess, the water wheel you brought has been installed."
Aunt Feng took a look midway and was shocked by the tall waterwheel that was erected. She could not hide the excitement in her eyes as she spoke.
She had always wondered before: How could the princess like farming?
If this was left in the capital, I would probably become the laughing stock of the palace. As a princess and the dignified mistress of the Jinnan Palace, she should...
Grandma Feng thought about the daily life of the respectable ladies in the capital. It seemed that they were guarding the back house and fighting openly and secretly with their jealous concubines.
However, there is no side room in the Jinnan Palace so far. Every time the prince returns to the palace from outside, he always rushes to the main courtyard to see the princess. The most discussed thing with the princess is farming.
Thinking about it this way, there is nothing wrong with her princess liking farming.
From this moment on, Nanny Feng no longer tried to take advantage of the behavior of those ladies in the capital and tried to persuade the princess sincerely.
Xu Yin heard her grandma say that the waterwheel had been installed and couldn't wait to go over and take a look.
Uncle Wang and others were watching the waterwheel around the waterwheel. When they saw her coming, they quickly stepped forward and asked, "Princess, is it ready for use?"
"Um."
Xu Yin taught him how to control the motor and asked him to press the switch.
The waterwheel then started running slowly.
Then, each water bucket was filled with river water and lifted step by step. After reaching the highest position, the water bucket naturally tilted and poured the water into the aqueduct, and then gurgled along the aqueduct into the fields that needed irrigation.
The entire process requires no manual operation.
The only thing you need to do is turn it on and off, or adjust the speed.
People were liberated from carrying water for irrigation, and the curved-wheel plow was also popularized, which gave them more time to cultivate wasteland.