Tian Minyan once again came to the field of wild mulberry trees. She first looked for grass near the water and cut a basketful of grass, then put it aside and slowly inspected her treasure.
After a spring rain, mulberry trees and other crops become more and more green, and some green fruits have fallen on the branches. I believe they will turn red and purple in a few days.
These are all money, Tian Minyan thought to herself as she gently touched the fruits.
"Sister, there are more fruits today than before." Xiao Wu said happily.
"Um."
"Sister, can you really eat it?"
Tian Minyan turned her head to look and saw that he was swallowing his saliva. She couldn't help but laugh. She touched the bun on his head and said, "Yes, you can eat it in half a month."
After hearing this, Xiao Wu immediately smiled with crooked eyebrows.
Tian Minyan walked slowly around the river towards the back mountain, thinking about the plot in the book she had read in her previous life. She didn't even hear clearly what Xiao Wu who was following her was chattering.
She walked slowly, her eyes falling on the uncultivated barren hills in front of her, and her steps suddenly stopped.
cotton!
God, how could she forget this most important point?
There is no such thing as cotton in the South nowadays. In winter, all people wear gauze and linen and other cold-proof clothes. And the sad and poor woman wrote that a large piece of land was bought in the back hill of Yangmei Village by a man named Qi.
, are all cotton planted?
Those cotton seeds were obtained from foreign countries. Because they were fresh crops, the emperor gave seeds to each state and province as experimental fields, and also sent officials from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences to teach people how to plant them.
It reached 200 kilograms, but it was the highest yield per acre in the experimental field, and it was even praised by the emperor.
Wait, how long is it until that date? Tian Minyan suppressed her excitement and closed her eyes to think carefully.
In March of the eleventh year of Hongjing, the man named Qi received cotton seeds and started sowing. But this year... Tian Minyan opened her eyes.
It’s the tenth year of Hongjing, isn’t it next year?
In Qingzhou, the current fertile land in the counties under its jurisdiction is basically four to five liang per mu, and no matter how good it is, it can be sold for six or seven acres, but the ownerless mountain wasteland only costs a few hundred dollars, not even one tael of silver.
Yes, it's really cheap.
She lowered her head and made a quick calculation. Tian Minyan almost wanted to scream. Joy spread from her chest to her whole body. This was a huge opportunity.
She knew very well that the best location in the back mountain was bought by the landowner named Qi at 800 yuan per acre, and the total cost was less than 100 taels. Moreover, the land was reclaimed for cotton cultivation.
The first-class ones are good. When planting alternately, you can also plant some ramie and the like, so you don’t have to worry about whether the land will be fertilized.
Thinking of this, Tian Minyan lost her composure and walked quickly based on her memory. When she looked at the direction, she squatted down, pulled away the weeds on the ground, grabbed a handful of soil and looked at it carefully.
Cotton is a heat-loving crop and has certain requirements for water. However, it avoids rain during the flowering period (i.e. pollination period) and harvest period and prefers light. Therefore, areas with dry climate but sufficient irrigation water are most suitable for growing cotton, and its growth requires sufficient water.
It is resistant to light and drought, so it is suitable for growing in sandy soil and other well-drained soil.
Looking around her location, she was on the slope of the back mountain, far away from the river. There were sparse trees, and the sun was very bright. Although the soil in her hands contained sand and soil, it was very dry under gentle twisting.
, it is definitely a good place to grow cotton.
After confirming this, Tian Minyan stood up abruptly, holding the soil in her hand and punching the air fiercely, raising her head and roaring: "It's about to happen!"
