In the spring of the third year of Jian'an, Guanzhong.

On the path outside Kabasaka Castle, the kitten rushes home with some baggage. Cheng Yu named him Shao Ji, and his words followed. Kitten now has a name, and many people don't call him kitten anymore.

Just like in the busy season of farming in later generations, migrant workers go home to harvest crops and farm land, and now that spring ploughing has arrived, the kitten, as the head of the family, naturally cannot continue to stay in Taixue to study.

Although it is important for students to study, in troubled times, food is more important. Whether it is the life of the people or the march of the army, there is no shortage of food.

Guanzhong's policy is also very humane, even if the army is a sergeant, he can return to his hometown to work as a farmer during the busy farming season. This, of course, refers to in the absence of war.

Moreover, except for the large number of fields, and there are no other male soldiers in the family, the rest of the people are not allowed to return to their hometowns.

Because there are many poor students recruited in the Taixue Military Branch, the college is on vacation during the busy agricultural season. Although Shao Ji's home is not far from Taixue, he rarely has the opportunity to go home to visit Chuncao.

Thinking that he would be able to go home today to see his wife and children, Shao Ji's heart was as sweet as honey.

Shao Ji rushed to his home, and secretly thought: "I haven't seen you for so long, the children don't know if they are naughty?" ”

The spring breeze blew by, and Shao Ji's steps became brisker.

"Knock knock!"

Haruka was busy with housework when she suddenly heard a quick knock on the door. She hurried out and shouted, "Who? ”

"Chuncao, it's me!"

Hearing the haunting voice, Haruka suddenly felt a surprise in her heart, she took three steps and two steps, quickly came to the door and opened the deadbolt.

"Kitten, it's really you, that's great!"

Shao Ji also showed excitement, stretched out his right hand and scraped Chuncao's nose, and said: "My name is Shao Ji now, and the name kitten has long been a thing of the past." ”

"Poof!" Chuncao laughed, covered her mouth and said, "Roast chicken, how ugly it is, I still like to call you a kitten." ”

Shao Ji's face turned dark and said, "You can call my cousin." ”

Chuncao laughed twice, pulled the kitten in, and said, "Okay, okay, come in." ”

After the two entered the house, a son and a daughter of the kitten pounced on them and hung on the kitten.

"A-Weng, miss you, we miss you!"

With a happy smile on his face, the kitten kissed them a few times and said, "Ah Weng misses you too." ”

After playing with the two children for a while, the kitten said: "This time, because of the busy farming, the college has just taken a long vacation." Now there are a lot of fields at home, and it seems that some of them are busy this year. ”

Because of the last time the kitten hired people from other places to help cultivate the land, the kitten's family unconsciously had a lot of fields.

Although the soil quality of these fields is not good, it is relatively far from the water source. However, with the care and fertilization of spring grass, these fields can also grow crops.

As for the water source, since there is a waterwheel, coupled with the wide digging of channels in Guanzhong, there is no need to worry too much now.

The little couple chatted for a while, and the kitten suddenly said, "Chuncao, how much money do you have left at home?" ”

Chuncao counted his fingers for a while, and said, "There are more than 8,000 dollars." ”

The kitten walked back and forth in the house for a while, and said, "More than 8,000 yuan is not enough to buy an adult ploughing cow, right?" ”

Chuncao nodded and said, "Yes, although the lord has repeatedly suppressed the price of cultivated cattle, it is strictly forbidden to slaughter cultivated cattle. But now, the price of adult cattle has still risen to more than 10,000 yuan per cattle. ”

"Of course, calves will be cheaper, and you can buy one for more than 5,000 dollars."

The kitten pondered for a while, and suddenly said, "Although the government can rent cattle to farmers, it has to collect rent. In addition, due to the large number of people and the lack of cattle, many farmers have to wait a long time to rent cattle when it is time to cultivate. ”

"My family has a lot of land now, and if I rent cattle from the government, I'm afraid I can't get it. So, I want to buy an adult farming cow. ”

Chuncao's mouth opened in surprise and said, "But, there is not so much money at home." ”

The kitten said: "Sell the boar in the house, and sell a few sheep, it will be enough money to buy cattle." ”

Chuncao shook her head desperately and said, "A few ewes in the family have already conceived lambs, and it won't be long before they give birth to cubs, so it's a pity to sell them now." ”

The kitten thought for a moment and said, "Then just sell that ram, and with my status as a student, it should be cheaper to buy an adult farming cow." ”

Chuncao asked cautiously, "You won't use your status as a student for personal gain, right?" ”

The kitten laughed a few times, scratched Chuncao's nose, and said, "What selfishness?" This is a benefit given to us by the government. Of course, for example, if there is a discount for buying a cultivated cow, each family can only buy one at most. ”

When Chuncao heard this, a bright smile appeared on her face.

It didn't take long for her to say, "If there is a discount, adult cattle are still very expensive, should we buy a calf and come back?" As long as you raise it for a few years, you will grow up. ”

Looking at the calculating Chuncao, the kitten suddenly felt a little astringent in her eyes, and secretly thought in her heart: "Follow me, she didn't enjoy much happiness." ”

"It's a pity that this time the 'Killing Order' appeared, and I couldn't leave the academy. Otherwise, killing a few Qiang people in exchange for money can also make the family richer. ”

Looking at the kitten in a daze, Chuncao thought he was angry, and hurriedly said, "If you don't want to, let's buy an adult farming cow." ”

The kitten came back to his senses and said absentmindedly, "Okay." ”

As a student, although there will be some discounts for buying government cattle, it is also very limited. The kitten brought back a young ploughing cow and spent almost all of the family's savings.

After working for a while, all the grain was harvested and the fields were planted. At this time, there are still a few days before the start of Taixue.

Chuncao came to the kitten and said, "There are a lot of villagers who want to borrow cattle from us." ”

Although the kitten's family has a lot of fields, because he has a ploughing cow, he did not spend time waiting to rent a ploughing ox from the government. Therefore, he planted the land before the families of the common people who had less land.

After thinking for a while, the kitten said: "It's not impossible to lend them ploughing cattle, but if there are many people who borrow it, you will offend people by lending it to this family first or then lending it to that family." ”

"In that case, let's rent cattle at a rent that is slightly more expensive than the government."

Chuncao hesitated for a while and said, "Everyone is a villager, isn't that right?" ”

The kitten chuckled twice and said, "When the land is finished, just return the rent to them." In this way, those who borrowed the cattle later would not resent us, and the farmers who paid the rent would be grateful to us. ”

Chuncao looked at the kitten deeply and did not continue to speak. At this time, she knew that the kitten had changed, and she was no longer the big boy who didn't understand anything before.

At least the kittens in the past don't play these little tricks.

"It seems that during this period of Taixue, the kitten has learned a lot of things, and I will call him the word in the future."

When the news of the kitten's cattle asking for rent came out, no one thought they were excessive. After all, even the government is like this.

What's more, it makes sense that people spend a lot of money to buy cattle and use them to make a little money.

"Ziji, even if our cattle are slightly more expensive than the government's rent, there are many people who want to borrow cattle from us."

The kitten looked at Chuncao quite strangely for a while, reached out and touched her head, and said, "I don't have a fever, why did you suddenly call me today?" ”

Chuncao's face turned red, knocked off the kitten's hand, and said, "You have a table word, naturally I shouldn't call you a kitten anymore." Now let's think about which one to lend the cattle to. ”

The plan of the year lies in spring, not just a sentence.

After the spring grain harvest, families rush to plant seeds, sometimes even one day apart, which can have a big impact on the harvest after autumn.

This is also why, at this time, farmers go out early and return late, eager to plant crops early.

If the grain is planted, it will not only ripen later, but also reduce the yield. For those crops that produce oil, sometimes the oil yield may be very different because of the difference in sowing time by one day.

This is also why, even if the cat's cattle are slightly more expensive than the official rent, there are still many farmers rushing to rent them.

Everyone borrowed the cow together, and it was not good to borrow which one first, the kitten scratched his head and said, "Is there any special person among them?" ”

Chuncao thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "By the way, there is a disabled soldier among these people. Because of his military exploits, he was given many fields, and he could not go into the fields to sow seeds himself, so his family's fields have not been cultivated until now. ”

"Although he later paid some people and borrowed a ploughing ox from the government, there is still a lot of land that has not yet been cultivated."

The kitten clapped his hands and said, "The cow will be lent to him!" ”

……

In the general's mansion, Chen Qun said: "Although the lord has robbed a lot of cattle from the Xianbei people before, there are not many of them who can be used as ploughing cattle. Today, the population of Guanzhong has exploded, and there are many newly cultivated fields. ”

Therefore, this year, the government provides some cattle in short supply. Until now, there are still many families who do not have access to farming cattle. ”

Wen Zhao rubbed his brows, and said with some tiredness: "In the future, we must raise more cultivating cattle, and for those who kill cultivating cattle indiscriminately, they will also be severely punished and exiled for three thousand miles." ”

However, the matter of ploughing cattle is not in a hurry. Adult cows are not in heat every year, and if they are in heat, they may not be able to conceive calves, and it will take twelve months to give birth to cowboys.

It also takes three years for a young cowboy to grow into a big cow that can plow the land. In other words, it takes at least four years to train an adult farming cow.

Chen Xu came from the countryside in his previous life, so he naturally knew the importance of the spring plowing period very well. At this time, the farmers were racing against time to sow seeds.

Later, after harvesting wheat, many farmers even spent a lot of money to hire people to help them plant their fields in order to finish planting rice, sesame seeds, and corn a day earlier.

This shows how important spring plowing is.