Chapter 233： come and go

   Even if Liu Ting had the intention to preside over the construction of water conservancy projects, it could not be done in a short time, so he still brought people over during the day to help the Mu family build a house, and went back at night to find a way to persuade everyone.

First, the people from the Liu family, then the entire Chaoxi Village, and finally the people from the two neighboring villages.

Liu Zhao brought his sons Liu Lang and Liu Lun over to help plough the land. Mu Yangling pulled the plow in front, and they took turns to help the plow in the back. While paying attention to the ground under his feet, Liu Zhao said, "Our family also decided to plant two ploughs. About ten acres of winter wheat, let’s try it out first, if it’s good, we will plant it like this next year.”

"Then I'll help you pull the plow after ploughing my land," Mu Yangling said, "Uncle Biao and the others also have a lot of work to do. It would be great if every family had a cow, then How easy can a person be?"

Liu Zhao said with a smile: "That's what the rich and noble family want. It's not bad for five of our families to have a cow. For eight taels of silver per cow, who can afford it?"

Mu Yangling wanted to buy one, thinking that after the new house was built, a row of small houses would be built on the left side of the yard to house cattle.

"Aunt Cousin, there are no cattle farms in this county, so where can we buy cattle?"

"That depends on luck," said Liu Zhao, "the calf is sold by other people's cows after they have calved. Only those people who are in urgent need will sell adult cattle, because there are few cattle. That's expensive."

"Isn't there anyone who specializes in raising cattle to sell?"

Liu Zhao said with a smile: "I've only heard of people who raise horses for sale, but I haven't heard of anyone who raises cattle for sale. It's not uncommon for the rich, it's not that the rich can't afford it."

Mu Yangling couldn't help but think. Now everyone farms the land almost entirely by manpower. Because of the war, the labor force is already in short supply. If the supply of cattle can be guaranteed, then the development of agriculture will definitely be faster.

Her experiments in the first season have already yielded results. In the wheat cultivation of the upper and middle fields, the seeds are sown more densely, and the harvest with two rows of rakes to cover the soil is more sparse than the seeds, and more fields are covered with feet. Received twenty-eight and sixteen pounds.

On the other hand, those with dense seeds yielded four jin less than those with thin seeds, and those with two rows of rakes to cover the soil were more than six and a half jins more than those with feet.

It can be seen that in the upper and lower fields, the wheat seeds can be sown more densely, and the soil cover can be thinner, which can be satisfied with two rows of rakes. In the lower fields, it is also possible because the fertility is not enough, so To reduce the density of seeds.

This is an experiment of planting methods, and there will be experiments on the evolution of seeds in the future. Since Mu Yangling has decided to plant in the future, he naturally hopes that the development of this industry will be as advanced as possible. With cattle, the development of agriculture will only be faster.

It's a pity that she has no place to raise cattle now. She has to look back and see if there is any place nearby to rent or buy, buy a piece to grow pasture, build a row of cowsheds, and raise dozens of cows. Five or six years later. I don't believe that cattle can't be brought in universally.

Mu Yang's mind moved, and he paid attention to the nearby places.

This large area is all designated as a military area, but only about one-third of the area is cultivated, the remaining half is dense forest, and a small half is wasteland.

Mu Yangling went to those wastelands when he had time, but found that they were not even a piece, and it was not good for pastures and cattle at all.

That can only be found further afield, Mu Yangling set his eyes behind the kitchen mountain.

Aunt Mu Yangling came back from the dark again, so she asked, "You run out every evening, what are you looking for?"

"It's nothing," Mu Yangling washed his face with a scoop of water, glanced at the house next door that had already built more than half, and asked, "Auntie, how long will it take to complete this? Can I live in it before winter?"

"At the current speed, it will be ready in seven or eight days, and I will definitely be able to live in it before winter. Didn't you plough all the land where we want to grow winter wheat? Tomorrow you will go to your cousin and the others. Go home to help and bring Xiuhong with you."

"Xiuhong should stay. She has to throw grass for the rabbits. If she goes, who will watch the rabbits?"

"Isn't there still Xiulan and me?" Auntie said, "Your cousin, aunt, and their family came to work with us for so many days. Xiuhong can't tell if she doesn't go. You can bring her tomorrow to help level the ground. "

Mu Yangling thought for a while, nodded and said, "Alright, the hay is all piled up in the shed, and you all know how to measure it. You can just throw it down when you look back. I'll see if I can catch a prey in the morning tomorrow morning. Bring a little over, and let them beat their teeth too."

Auntie has no opinion.

The traps on Muyangling Mountain have always been set there, and they can catch one or two prey from time to time. Today, she went up the mountain early in the morning. Because she is now familiar with this area, she went directly into the deep forest. .

Mu Yangling squatted in the jungle for a long time, and finally waited for a sturdy roe deer, Mu Yangling drooled, the autumn roe deer...

She put on an arrow, shot the roe deer through the neck, ran out and stepped on the struggling roe deer. Seeing that it was dead, she carried it and ran home.

Mu Yangling was too lazy to deal with it, so he called Xiuhong directly, "Come with the basket on your back and wait until your uncle's house to deal with it." He untied the two pheasants and a rabbit on his waist, still at the door of the kitchen, and said to his aunt: "Auntie, let's add these things to their work. I'll go first."

Mu Yangling and Xiuhong hurried out, and Shu Wanniang hurried out two steps and shouted, "You come back early in the evening, your father will take a rest tomorrow, and you will be back at the next sound..."

Mu Yangling answered loudly, and He Xiuhong disappeared into the morning mist.

Xiuhong carried the basket on her back, rubbed her arms, and said, "Cousin, it's getting colder today, you see, I got goosebumps."

Mu Yangling glanced at it and said, "Isn't it starting to get cold? After ten days or so, winter wheat will be planted. When this crop is finished, I will not go to the ground and concentrate on serving our rabbits. Every day One more trip into the mountain is over, and you can rest for a while, it's been a year of tiring."

"No matter how tired you are, I'm not as tired as my cousin. I haven't seen you take a break this year," Xiuhong said, "My grandma said that the land will not be finished when it is planted, and you have to take a break when it is time to take a break."

"Well, what my aunt said makes sense."

Xiuhong glanced at Mu Yangling carefully, and said carefully, "Cousin, in fact, I think it is more cost-effective to raise rabbits than to farm. You see, Mr. Fan took the account book to calculate the money last time, we can only sell it once. If we earn more than five hundred taels, then if we can raise more rabbits, won't we make more money?"

Mu Yangling shook his head and smiled and said, "That's because we are lucky. If there is no Mr. Fan's recipe and he sells things to the south, where will we sell so many rabbits? If we think this way, others will think the same way. If there is no farming, no amount of money will be able to buy food in the future.”