Huo Lingjue noticed it quickly, raised his head and looked over, then smiled distantly at her, still holding Quyuan Li, and tilled the land until it was dark, and then said a few words to the family. He slowly walked over here and patted the dirt on his clothes.
He didn't sweat, and he didn't look embarrassed. If she hadn't seen it herself, it would have been hard to believe that he was doing farm work just a moment ago.
Shen Zhoujin asked him: "Why did you do it yourself?"
Huo Lingjue hummed and reached out to hold her hand. Shen Zhoujin grabbed it with his backhand and looked at the callus on his hand. It was different from the position where he practiced swordsmanship: "Have you been like this all this time?"
Huo Lingjue said with a smile: "I found that there are some things that can be completely different if you only look at them with your eyes and do it with your own hands. This is the saying that 'what you see on paper will only make sense, but you will know that you have to practice it'."
He sighed silently and grabbed her hand again: "Jin'er, sometimes I wonder what I did in my previous life... I didn't do anything good, and I didn't learn anything useful. Every day I was just fighting with those mad dogs, looking disgusting. Now when I think back to some of the national policies I took the initiative to implement at that time, I can't think of how I dared to give such an order, and I can't think of how I could have acted under such an order. , how many people will suffer as a result."
Shen Zhoujin listened quietly.
His voice was very low, almost as if he was talking to himself: "Jin'er, it was really a nightmare. I don't dare to think about many things."
He was silent for a long time, and then continued: "Fortunately, I woke up from the dream. The emperor is still alive and will sit in the court for a long time. Such chaos will not happen again... I have Jin'er, and my Jin'er is long." Now that I am old, I have no worries, so Jin'er, I want to live a good life, the life of common people, the life of merchants, the life of craftsmen... I want to touch, taste and live everything in this world seriously. Once this is over, if one day in the future, I need to make a decision, I will have confidence in my heart."
In the dim light, an extremely beautiful young man said in a low and soft voice: "Jin'er, I really want to be a good person and a good minister. I really want to."
Shen Zhoujin was so soft-hearted by what he said, she grabbed his hand and promised: "I will help you do whatever you want."
He looked at her and smiled, his beautiful big eyes watery.
He is so good-looking, clean, warm and good-looking. Father Shen is so lustful that he wants to give him everything.
The two stood quietly for a while, until the sounds of cups and spoons were heard in the courtyard, then they went in hand in hand.
After changing clothes, he went to the living room. As soon as he entered the door, Lu Zhiji said loudly: "Jin'er!!"
Shen Zhoujin was still immersed in the thoughts just now, and was startled by him: "Huh?"
Lu Zhiji didn't care what she said, and he grabbed Qin Yunchiao's hand as if he was very surprised: "Ah, yes, how did you know that Xiao Juefu was the culprit?"
Qin Yunchiao: "Haha!"
Lu Zhiji said loudly: "You're right! I'm very busy before the exam, and taking the test is the top of my case. You also feel very happy, don't you?"
Shen Zhoujin couldn't stop laughing, and Huo Lingjue couldn't help laughing either. A few people were laughing and sitting down to eat. As they were eating, Shen Zhoujin remembered and asked, "Tell me, what is the top priority here?"
Lu Zhiji didn't understand: "What is the top priority?"
The others had already understood it and began to think about it.
In the northwest, the soil quality is actually not very good. Most of it is brown soil and desert soil. There are not many crops suitable for growing. They must be drought-resistant, such as millet, potatoes, peanuts, and sea buckthorn. You can also take vitamin supplements.
Normal land is barren, let alone wasteland. Even now, when there is a notice that land reclamation can be cleared, many people just go ahead and do it. But in fact, to be honest... spending such a lot of effort to open up wasteland, If you can't grow anything, it's better to work in the workshop and earn back the owed seeds in a few days.
Shen Zhoujin said: "Fertilizer."
Huo Lingjue also said at the same time: "Irrigation."
Shen Zhoujin couldn't help but nod: "Yes, irrigation too."
Irrigation is relatively easy.
She does not have a special well drilling machine, but she can use the rotary drilling rig she used before to drill the well. The diameter of the drill bit is one meter, and the diameter of the water well is generally only one meter.
In places with abundant water resources, you may be able to get water just ten meters or tens of meters away. However, water resources here are relatively poor, so you may have to dig deep wells, and rotary drilling rigs can only drill a hundred meters, so it’s best to do the math. If there is water within a hundred meters of any place, if that doesn't work, you can also blow it up like you did when you mined coal.
But fertilizer is a bit more difficult to handle.
The soil in the northwest is mostly alkaline soil, so ammonium sulfate can be used as fertilizer.
Ammonium sulfate, commonly known as fertilizer powder, is an acidic fertilizer that can make the branches and leaves of crops grow vigorously, improve fruit quality and yield, and enhance the resistance of crops to disasters.
There is ready coal here, and artificial petroleum can be produced using simple coal pile carbonization technology, and the by-product is ammonium sulfate.
Ten thousand tons of raw coal can produce about 300 tons of oil, about 6,800 tons of coke, and about 100 tons of ammonium sulfate.
It was easy to work on, and she was able to build it, but... she returned to her previous concerns.
When you dig a well, you just dig it and leave. No one knows how it was drilled. It is easy to hide it, but the factory continues to produce and operates every day...
This is still the era of handicraft industry. The pace is too big. Is it really good?
Shen Zhoujin patted his head and said: "Let's dig wells first. First, think of ways to dig more wells. In addition... I will raise some sea buckthorn seedlings and let them grow for everyone. When they grow, they can be used to make fruit wine, preserved fruit, and juice. It’s very nutritious and can be recycled when the time comes.”
Lu Zhiji, a foodie, was the first to speak: "What is sea buckthorn?"
Shen Zhoujin grabbed a small handful and gave it to him: "It's delicious. Try it."
Lu Zhiji clicked his tongue: "When you said it tasted delicious, I didn't dare to eat it."
While carefully pinching one, he tasted it with a surprised look on his face: "It's actually okay."
When he said this, Huo Lingjue and others also reached out to take it, but they didn't want to eat it yet and wanted to look at others first.
As soon as Qin Yunchiao put it in his mouth, he frowned: "What does it taste like? It's bitter and sour!"
On the other hand, he reached for it again.
When he said this, Huo Lingjue and Chu Liancheng felt relieved, put it in their mouths, and then frowned together.
Qin Yunchiao drooled with soreness while laughing loudly: "I knew it! I knew I would lie to you two and do the opposite!! Hahaha!!"
Shen Zhoujin looked at it with a smile, and then took out a few bottles of sea buckthorn juice.
This kind of prepared juice is very delicious. It is a small bottle of 100 ml. Shen Zhoujin opened it and took a sip first. Everyone felt relieved and took it to drink. They all said: "It's okay."
"Really?" Shen Zhoujin said: "This kind of thing is really hard-skinned and can grow anywhere. It will bear fruit in three years. After five or six years, the fruit will grow densely. Although it is very sour to eat alone, it can still grow. Eat like fruit, people here don’t eat vegetables or fruits every day, and their health is not good.”
Everyone nodded and drank. After finishing the drink, Shen Zhoujin put the bottle back into the space, and then Huo Lingjue asked: "Dig a well?"
Shen Zhoujin said: "Let me see first. I'll see where I can fight first."
So she took out the map and made calculations.
Although the law of heaven is weak now, it is still very useful when it is facing you.
Anyway, she calculated very quickly this time, and like before, she circled the general area.
This is not as precise as a coal mine, so after delineating a few general areas, everyone first moved closer, estimated the distance, and found a suitable place to dig a well.
This is a slow job, and Shen Zhoujin doesn't follow them and just raises seedlings at home.
At this time, a group of people entered Yongzhou territory in a very low-key manner.