286 spring ploughing, good seeds

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After waving his hand to disband, Li Zixiao laughed with the gang of boys for a while, and then took Zhao Zilong aside and asked him.

"Zilong, how are your injuries?"

Zhao Zilong scratched his head and asked Li Zixiao with a smile: "Don't worry, general, my injuries have long been healed, even if I am asked to join the team now, there will be no problem at all." ”

Of course, Li Zixiao could also hear what Zhao Zilong meant, so he said solemnly: "Everything is according to the rules, and this summer, you and a few other people who have reached the age of eighteen can leave the youth camp." ”

"You kid don't know how to kill all day long, read more and be literate, and lead the troops to fight in the future, not only by virtue of martial arts, but also by using your brains.

Besides, you are the oldest in our youth camp, and you have to set a good example for these juniors and disciples behind! ”

Li Zixiao immediately straightened his face and reprimanded.

As soon as Zhao Zilong heard Li Zixiao's reprimand, he quickly didn't dare to say more, so he had to answer honestly: "Zilong knows that he is wrong, and the general's Zilong remembers it in his heart."

These days, I have memorized all the teachings and professors, and I have also learned some methods of counting.

My generals must be a general with ideals, ambitions, and knowledge, just like a general. ”

"You kid, if you don't learn, you can learn to pat on the back."

Li Zixiao knocked Zhao Zilong's head and scolded with a smile.

Li Zixiao nodded, although he was very concerned about educating these teenagers, he didn't have time to teach them in person.

Fortunately, Li Zixiao found a private school teacher who was literate and hyphenation, and asked him to serve as a teacher in the Wentang of the Youth Camp, specializing in teaching these teenagers to read and write.

Li Zixiao has no experience in the selection of materials for the study of the youth camp, and he cannot have the time to design a set of teaching materials by himself.

So, he first took the simplest family names, three-character scriptures, and thousand-character texts, and asked Mr. to teach them first.

Although education in ancient China is indeed a bit pedantic, it cannot be completely erased.

After all, there is too much Chinese culture in it.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to create a splendid Chinese culture.

Therefore, Li Zixiao did not resist letting the group of teenagers in the youth camp learn some of these knowledge first.

Of course, Zhou Tian himself will also bring Wei Hong and others from time to time to teach these little guys some military tactics.

At the same time, he will also ask Qian Guangyuan to take time to teach some management knowledge to the teenagers in the Youth Camp Wentang.

In short, he is subtly cultivating these little guys in the direction of future officers and civilians.

Li Zixiao knew from the beginning that everyone has their own ambitions, and everyone likes different things, and he can't ask for it, everyone likes to practice martial arts and fight.

There are many teenagers in it, and there must be some people who don't like this, so they teach them according to their aptitude.

If you like to practice martial arts and become a general, then enter the martial arts hall, and if you like to read books and learn knowledge, then enter the literary hall.

By the summer of this year, more than half of the first batch of teenagers who graduated from the juvenile camp were from Wutang, and a few were from Wentang.

In the martial arts, he will be sent directly to each battalion to be the captain of the trainee squad, and let them accumulate and learn a little, and then be promoted.

And the teenager of Wentang, when the time comes, he will arrange for someone to send these children directly to Qian Guangyuan, so that they can follow Qian Guangyuan and learn to deal with civil affairs first.

One day, I hope that they can become his right-hand men and help him deal with civil affairs.

For the time being, he will not conduct any imperial examinations, but will make the best use of his talents, make the best use of his resources, and put capable people in their proper positions.

Cultivating talents can't wait, it has to start with children.

The talents cultivated in this way are the special talents he wants, and he doesn't want them to be highly educated, but just to know what to do.

In the days after the year, Li Zixiao lived a very leisurely life, greeting his mother Qiao every day, and then watching the drills of the new barracks in the White Snake Village.

But every once in a while, Li Zixiao would receive a letter from Yangzhou, and every two or three days, he would ask the caravan traveling between Yangzhou and Kaifeng to bring a letter to Yangzhou.

The person who communicated with Li Zixiao was none other than Lin Wan'er from Yangzhou.

In his letters, Li Zixiao repeatedly put forward some shocking ideas and strange rhetoric, which surprised Lin Wan'er.

For example, Li Zixiao told Lin Wan'er that the earth is round, and there are no Chang'e and Jade Rabbit on the moon, only a dead silence.

For example, he taught Lin Wan'er to make some strange gadgets, and even gradually introduced the concept of steam engines and automobiles.

And all these new things deeply fascinated Lin Wan'er, she felt that this was more interesting than her reciting the Four Books and Five Classics and writing inscriptions.

The days passed like this, and Li Zixiao secretly continued to accumulate strength for himself, and he had already accumulated a large amount of reserves of food, armor, ammunition, horse skins, etc.

And Li Zixiao also deeply felt that what is called 'spending money like flowing water', and in a blink of an eye, the more than 400,000 taels of silver he brought back from Yangzhou were spent.

And then, spring ploughing finally arrived as scheduled.

This is the second year of spring ploughing in the White Dragon Army, and everything is easy to master, for these local people, through this year's understanding, they completely support the White Dragon Army.

When the land thawed, many people immediately went to their fields and began to plow.

In the case of farming, arable land is very important.

There are many benefits of deep ploughing, which can not only retain water but also fertilizer, and is conducive to the growth of crop roots, which can improve the yield of grain.

He can't say the specific reason, but the ploughing must be carried out deep ploughing, but this is a simple truth for the people who farm.

Now that the fields are planted by them, the grain they hunt is basically theirs, so there is no need for the people of the White Dragon Army to supervise them, they also have how much strength they can plow.

As soon as the ownership of the land changes, the enthusiasm of the common people for labor will be much higher, and there is no need for anyone to urge them.

During the spring ploughing, the White Dragon Army also left three or four thousand acres of self-reserved land, which were basically in the vicinity of the White Snake Village and the White Tiger Village, connecting into a piece of fertile land.

And the cultivation of the fields here is personally participated in by the soldiers of the White Dragon Army, and is used as a military reclamation field.

And most of the soldiers of the White Dragon Army were also from farming in the past, so they are no strangers to doing this thing at all.

Therefore, when the people in the villages and towns of Yongcheng were carrying out spring ploughing, the White Dragon Army also began the work of spring ploughing.

Li Zixiao also attached great importance to these military reclamation fields, and personally went down to the fields to preside over the ploughing ceremony.

And with the help of the iron head, he held the iron plow, drove the ploughing oxen to plow it himself, and began the spring ploughing work in the sound of firecrackers.

The White Dragon Army has sufficient troops at the moment, leaving the soldiers on duty, and the rest of the people go to work in the fields, a scene of the army and the people having fun.

The white dragon sergeants and soldiers are all strong laborers, plus the ploughing cattle and farm tools are in place, the land reclamation is very fast, and in three or four days, the military reclamation field has been thoroughly cultivated, and then the land preparation begins.

With these people working, Li Zixiao can't interfere at all, and he only cares about the variety of food that is about to be planted.

It is impossible for the White Dragon Army to grow the same things as the common people, because most of their plots belong to fertile land, and they are also relatively concentrated.

In addition to sowing normal spring wheat and sorghum, a portion of the land should be set aside for growing vegetables.

It is impossible for people to eat only staple food, vegetables are also necessities, and while solving the problem of being full, we must also solve the problem of soldiers eating vegetables.

Therefore, the White Dragon Army specially allocated a part of the land in their military reclamation fields to grow vegetables.

Not to mention that the soldiers should be allowed to eat vegetables in winter, at least in spring, summer and autumn, they should be able to eat some fresh vegetables, and they should also reserve some pickles in winter, Li Zixiao is by no means sloppy in this matter.

As for the sowing of ordinary crops, Li Zixiao can not be too concerned, what he is most concerned about at the moment is the corn and sweet potatoes he has at hand.

This thing is currently in the Central Plains of China, and it has not yet been popularized, and there is no place to find seeds.

So at this time, Li Zixiao had the only seed on hand, which was the original seed that they would expand in the future, and Li Zixiao didn't dare to be careless.

For this reason, he specially asked Old Master Wei to find a few experienced old men to take charge of this matter.

The corn seeds and sweet potatoes were handed over to those old men.

But these old men, don't look familiar with the cultivation of other grains and vegetables, but for these two new things, it is also the first time to plant, and they don't know their habits very well.

So Li Zixiao searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, collected some knowledge about these two crops in his mind, and told a few old men.

One of them, Zhang Laohan, after listening to Li Zixiao's words, shook his head and said: "General, this is not easy to do, listen to what the general said about this kind of corn crop."

It sounds a bit like sorghum, but according to the general, this thing can not be planted until after the summer harvest, and if it is planted early, it is estimated that it will be difficult to germinate.

Xiao Lao'er didn't dare to take this risk, in case he ruined these seeds, Xiao Lao'er couldn't afford it, and for the sake of safety, at least he would have to wait until April before he could plant this thing.

In that case, the weather will be hot, and the problem will not be too big.

However, this kind of thing called sweet potatoes, according to the general, can be planted right now, and this thing is first cut and allowed to sprout, and then planted in the ground.

This kind of thing is not troublesome, according to what the general said, this thing can be thousands of catties per acre, but the little old man can't believe it.

What crops can produce so much, if this thing can produce thousands of catties per acre, how many people can it feed! ”

Li Zixiao is not an expert in farming after all, squatting on the ridge that has just been built, listening to several old men talking and discussing with each other, and finally giving such an answer.

"I'm just hearsay, how to plant it, it depends on a few old men, you have to explore a lot, in short, I have a request.

The first time we planted, the yield is easy to say, and I don't want them to produce too much in the first year, but my husband must try to keep these seeds, and he can't stop them.

Once it is extinct, there will really be no place to find it in our area in the future, but once it is planted, it is necessary to select the good varieties and then multiply.

I'll hand over this matter to a few old men, you must bother more, if you have anything, just go to Old Master Wei to mention it! ”

Several old farmers led by Zhang Laohan hurriedly nodded and agreed, reassuring Li Zixiao that they would definitely protect these things as eyeballs and never let them be destroyed.

In the end, Zhang Laohan also proposed a safe way, which is to plant in batches.

Plant a little first, and then try to plant a little bit every month, so that after a year, you will know when the best time to plant is good, and there will be no failure due to the weather.

As soon as Li Zixiao heard this method, it was good, so he asked them to try it, as long as they did it in the first year, they would know how to plant it in the second year.

After the beginning of spring, in the territory of the White Dragon Army, among the wastelands everywhere, it is a busy scene.

Before the White Dragon Army in Yongcheng County was completely controlled, there were about 200,000 people, but in this year's time, the population of Yongcheng County has grown explosively.

At this time, the population of Yongcheng County had exceeded 500,000, more than doubled, and last year alone, Qian Guangyuan was responsible for organizing the displaced people and establishing more than 50 new villages and towns.

On the one hand, the displaced people who poured into Yongcheng County were resettled in the newly built villages and towns, and some were resettled in villages and towns that were dilapidated year by year and had a small population.

Otherwise, Qian Guangyuan would have cried to Li Zixiao when he went back this year, and he almost died of exhaustion.

There are more trivial matters in this small county town than in a single state before.

The new influx of displaced people is prone to conflict with the old local villagers, and the newly established villages and towns are also prone to conflicts with the old ones on issues such as land and land boundaries.

Over the past year, Qian Guangyuan has to deal with such affairs every day.

In the end, he still listened to Li Zixiao's proposal, and simply set up a village and town affairs office and sent his right-hand men to deal with these troublesome things.

After the spring ploughing, Li Zixiao was also idle, so he left the White Snake Village again and headed towards the White Tiger Village.

And this time on the trip, Li Zixiao also brought Lin Yuluo and Guan Mingxi with them, and it was quite hard for them to take care of Li Zi's daily life during this time.

Moreover, during this time, due to Qiao's urging, Li Zixiao would share a room with them every night, and sometimes he would come to sleep together.

However, the strange thing is that the stomachs of the two girls just didn't move, which made Li Zixiao's mother Qiao's anxious.

Li Zixiao was not in a hurry, but he couldn't help but panic in his heart, and sometimes thought in his heart: "Lao Tzu will not be because the soul has crossed into this body."

Let this body be infertile, if there are really no heirs in the future, Lao Tzu will lay a foundation for all generations, tens of millions of territories, who should be passed on to! ”

However, Li Zixiao always firmly believes that this will not be true, maybe it is just temporary, anyway, he is still young, and the days will be long in the future, so there is no need to worry too much about the affairs of the heirs.

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