To the south of Zhuangzi is a river called Nanhe, which is more than one meter wide and has a deep water, which flows into the Jinshui River to the northeast. Although this year's severe drought, there is no shortage of water in this river.

In fact, there was no shortage of water in the Central Plains at this time, with swamps everywhere, many ponds, and high groundwater levels. It was very different from the situation in later generations. At this time, the Central Plains was flooded severely. This was the sequelae of the flooding of the Yellow River. Another court tried hard to divert water from the surrounding area for the transportation of Kaifeng, but there was no smooth drainage system. It would be strange if the food was not harvested during drought. The reason why the grain was confiscated during drought was not that there was no water, but that the water could not be diverted to the ground.

Along this river, there are vegetable fields and orchards in the village, and there are also hundreds of acres of land. The normal year is the land that the farmers cultivate.

Further south, there is a small swamp. To the south of the swamp, it is the original area of ​​Chunze Supervisor. There are now several farmers, and the others are places where the Cattle and Sheep Seal herding sheep. Chunze Supervisor belongs to the herd department, and the background is much harder than the Cattle and Sheep Seal. After they withdrew, the Cattle and Sheep Seal slowly expanded its territory.

Xu Ping went to the vegetable field by the river, found a piece of open land, and told Xu Chang: "Everyone cares, you can find someone to make a ridge."

Xu Chang's current task is to watch Xu Ping and prevent him from causing trouble. If he wants to make trouble, he will follow his planner. He called Sun Qilang and asked him to dig the ground as Xu Ping ordered.

Xu Ping mentioned the size requirements and moved around the vegetable garden. As expected, he saw some species that he had only had in his previous life, such as cabbage and green beans in cabbage, which were planted as vegetables. Beside the field, there were peppers, sunflowers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and a row of more than a dozen corn trees, which were all sprinkled there as dots. On the ridge of the vegetable garden, there was a large bunch of alfalfa, planted with several cotton plants. Although this was not a species in later generations, these varieties were improved in later generations.

After a while, Xu Ping began to think about this issue seriously. From the way of planting, these crops did not seem to be brought by someone, because except for the cabbage and green beans that meet the taste of this time, nothing else was planted carefully. Like corn and potatoes, this era was not as valuable as later generations. This was a crop suitable for the mountains of northern and southern China. At this time, the northern population was not large, and the southern mountains were still only mountainous and had not been developed. It was not until hundreds of years later that the Ming and Qing dynasties were overcrowded, and the value of these crops was fully revealed. The taste could not be compared with wheat millet, so of course it would not be taken seriously.

Especially corn, which is highly dependent on fertilizers, the varieties here have also been significantly degraded, and are not considered high-yield crops compared to wheat at this time. As for forming two crops a year with wheat, it is not necessary in this era. There is too much land to plant, and the fertility of the land is not allowed. There is even less manpower to harvest and plant. How can it waste the land power?

Could it be that this world has a connection with the world you live in, and these crops came here by chance? After Xu Ping figured it out last night, he became optimistic and just thought that these were the benefits brought by his time travel.

I picked a chili and held it in my hand and bit it gently. It was quite spicy. The habit of eating spicy food was not developed in a day or two, especially in ancient times. In fact, in the past life, it was only popular in a few specific regions for a long time, and it was popular across the country for decades.

When I returned to the digging place, I saw Sun Qilang had already dug out a ridge and was discussing with everyone, with enthusiasm and saliva flying.

Xu Ping looked at the earthen ridge, but it was porcelain, loose, the upper part was uneven and the sides were uneven. It was so awkward that it looked.

He walked up and took the hoe from Sun Qilang's hand. Xu Ping said, "Brother Qi, I don't think you are a living person either. How could you do farm work like this?"

After saying that, he bent down and waved the hoe, lifted the ridge again, and the one who was standing was as straight as a line, with a width and a width of the same. He stood up and said to Sun Qilang: "This is the only way to be careful. Go back and get the rake and rake it flat."

Only then did they realize that everyone around them looked at him strangely, with a very strange look, so they said to Xu Chang: "Everyone cares, don't see me only know how to fight with horses and dogs in Tokyo, just think I am an uncontrollable person. That is a place where heroes are useless, and my talent is all in farming."

Sun Qilang went back to get the rake. Xu Chang put away his weird expression and said to Xu Ping: "Dalang is really good at farming work. But the ridges are just used to divide the ridges and block water. Do you need this?"

Xu Ping curled his lips and ignored him. Agricultural technology is indeed backward. How can we know the benefits of planting on ridges? Peanut ridges can increase the yield by 10% or 20%. I don’t understand this?

After a while, Sun Qilang took the rake and raked the ridges finely. He was afraid that Xu Ping would laugh at him again, so he was very attentive this time, just like a mirror.

Xu Ping asked Xiuxiu to find a small shovel, dig a small hole in the front, sow seeds in the back, and then bury the seeds carefully.

There were not many seeds, only two short rows were planted.

After packing up, Xu Ping said to everyone around him: "Did you see? Only by doing farm work is to do life, and only then can this farm have a future."

Everyone didn't speak, but just looked at Xu Ping with strange eyes. This vision has two meanings. One is to praise Xu Ping's agricultural work as authentic, which is natural. He was born in an agricultural life in his previous life. Another meaning is that he doesn't believe the fancy things Xu Ping said. Do you really have to do this in farm work?

Xiuxiu stood beside Xu Ping and whispered: "Official, you have sprung out the seeds and soaked them in water. Can you still produce seedlings? If you can't get them out, it's embarrassing."

Her peanuts are planted in her house, and she digs a hole in the field to bury them. This is not how they planted them.

Xu Ping was not good at explaining this matter to her, because this was the peanut variety in his previous life, so he planted it like this. As an excellent variety, Shandong peanuts are not only full of seeds and high oil yield, but also have a very important characteristic for peanuts, which is a long dormant period. The original peanuts have a short dormant period and germinate in the ground without waiting for harvest, resulting in a large reduction in yield. Shandong peanuts have a long dormant period, which can ensure that they are taken back to their homes and not germinate. However, correspondingly, in order to ensure the seedling rate, seeds must be soaked and germinated when planting.

At this moment, a man came from the road behind the village. He was six feet long, with a big waist and a round waist. He wore a lotus leaf scarf on his head, and his shirt was open, revealing his muscles like iron lumps. He pulled his big steps and was full of energy. He saw that he had endless strength on his body.

When he arrived in front of everyone, the man said, "Brothers, are you hiring people from the village here?"

Xu Chang looked at Xu Ping with the intention of asking.

Xu Ping whispered: "This man is really the only one who has seen him in his life. He asks him where he comes from. If he is innocent, he will hire him and he will not lose money if he pays an extra 20% of his salary."

Xu Chang walked up and said to the man: "The village naturally hires people, but they want to be innocent. Where are you from? Whose surname is your name? How did you come here?"

The big man said: "The little Gao Daquan was originally from Yuncheng, Jeju, Jingdong. Because his family was hit by a disaster, the court recruited a wing army. He used to transport the canal on the Wuzhang River, and later transferred to the Mumahara Department, where he was Chunze Supervisor. Because the imperial court locked up this horse shepherd, he lost his livelihood and kept making a living nearby. I heard that the owner of the manor here was Xu Daguan, who had always had a good reputation and came to join him."

Xu Chang pondered: "If someone protects it, it's best."

Gao Daquan said: "This is also a good brother. I have several good brothers, one of whom has dozens of acres of land nearby, one of whom is now a cattle and sheep department, one of whom is a estimator, and one of whom is a slaughterer, all of whom are innocent families and can be used as a protection."

Xu Chang turned to look at Xu Ping, Xu Ping nodded, and said to Gao Daquan: "That's good, our village is short of people. As long as you spare no effort, our owner will naturally be generous, and eat and live in the village, and his monthly salary will be consistently saved. If you can really make a big use, it is possible to give you sufficient money."

Hearing this, the few shopkeepers standing around became noisy. Their wages were all 700 cents a month, which was the fair price nearby. However, this man had always saved money, which was 770 cents enough, and it was 70 cents more. And it was possible that they would get 300 cents more.

When it comes to money, Xuping felt pain. The Song Dynasty said that money was saved in two ways. Money was the same, but if you don’t say it was enough, it would be saving. It means you can tell you one hundred ci, but in fact it only has seventy-seven ci. This is the official price, and different industries have different saving laws, which is simply against humanity.

Sun Qilang sighed while leaning on a hoe: "It's a pity that you don't have the good muscles and bones of this great man."

Everyone looked at Gao Daquan's tendon flesh, then looked at himself, and then closed their mouths.

Gao Daquan hesitated for a while and said to Xu Chang: "The price given by the company is natural and fair, and the small one is nothing to say. However, I have been a big belly since I was a child and have a larger appetite than ordinary people, but I have to say this in front of it."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "As long as you don't eat, don't work, who is afraid that you will have a lot of appetite!"

Xu Chang introduced to Gao Daquan: "This is our little official, and it is also your blessing to meet you. Since that's the case, then we will decide and we will go to the contract together tomorrow."

Gao Daquan was busy giving Xu Ping a gift.

Xu Ping waved his hand, looked at his muscles, and turned his eyes and said, "It depends on your strength, I don't know how to work. I have planted two rows of peanuts here and I am about to water it, so what should you do?"

Gao Daquan crossed his hands to Xu Chang: "I'm sorry to find a bucket for the young man. The journey is so exciting that it's just right to move your hands and feet."

Xu Chang smiled and asked someone to come out to pick up the bucket of water in the village.

Xu Ping looked at Xu Chang, but felt a little depressed.

If we say that the servants of the Song Dynasty did not have the awareness of calling themselves slaves in the Qing Dynasty, they all hired them to pay wages on time, and they were all registered as national households and established a separate document, called customers. Although during the employment period, there were different identities of master and servant, such as the master who committed a law, as long as it was not a serious crime of treason, the servant could not sue. For example, the master beats the servant and the servant beats the master, which is very different in law. But fundamentally speaking, they are all good people, and they can not do it even if they are unhappy. Therefore, the merchants in the village were not respectful to Xu Ping and paid for work and meals. That's all.

As for the reason why there are so many people who are willing to be farmers instead of self-cultivating fields and working as self-cultivating farmers, the reasons are also very complicated. There are only two major ones: one is that there are many inconveniences for renting agricultural tools without farming tools; the other is the identity of this customer. Although he is a good citizen, the customer does not pay taxes according to the laws of the Song Dynasty and basically does not serve in service. This benefit is great. You must know how many people lost their entire family in this service.

According to the rules of the Song Dynasty, customers only have floating wealth and no fixed assets. If they have fixed assets, they have to pay taxes. As long as you pay even a penny, they will become the main household. In addition to taxes, they also have to bear the service. For the lower class, service is a terrible burden, and if they are not done well, they will spend their lives. In the Song Dynasty, the work of the official family was not so easy to do, and Xiuxiu family was an example.

And servants like Xu Chang with some status are even more amazing. As you can see from the title, they are all in charge of the officials, and they are all official titles, and they are very small officials. The so-called seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's sect was not in the Song Dynasty. In my Song Dynasty, how could the prime minister's guardian be called the seventh-rank official? They have always been one or two levels higher than the master of their own family. The master is a doctor, so he has to call them Shangshu. Once the master becomes Shangshu, the Grand Tutor Situ can work hard.
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