At the end of the day, one-fifth of the project volume of the 'well'-shaped fish farming canal in the ten acres of land was directly dug.

If we follow this schedule, the project that originally took ten days will take five days.

However, Shi Zhongkui did not intend to use these one hundred people desperately.

It was okay to work hard when I was excited the first day, but after a long time, just relying on a few steamed buns to replenish the body's consumption would not last long.

And at the end of the day, the value in the merit column in the space was still 10, which made Shi Zhongkui understand that if he wanted to gain merit again, he should wait until the ditches were dug, water was officially diverted into the ditches, rice seedlings were inserted, and fish fry were put in.

The reason is simple. The start of excavation means that the practice of raising fish in rice fields has officially appeared in the north of the world.

If word of this spreads, even if Shi Zhongkui fails, someone might try it.

Therefore, Heaven recognized that its actions were beneficial to humanity. After becoming a god, humans officially became the protagonists of heaven and earth, and this gave them merit.

If you want to get rewards, you have to make some achievements.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui suddenly felt full of energy. He returned to the second courtyard where he lived, had a short dinner, and started writing and drawing in the study.

When Uncle Fu came over for the third time to remind him that it was late at night and it was time to take a rest, Shi Zhongkui looked at the drawings on the desk with satisfaction, smiled and said to Uncle Fu and Shun'er, "With this album, the world will definitely have one or two fewer things."

A person who will starve to death."

Uncle Fu and Shun'er were startled. After receiving Shi Zhongkui's permission, they curiously looked at both sides of the desk.

The drawings are easy to understand, but when you see that raising fish in rice fields can eliminate insects and weeds, it can also increase the fertility of the rice fields and increase rice production by 20 to 30%.

The two of them didn't care whether it was true or not. They were so excited that their whole bodies were burning with excitement. Uncle Fu even took a few steps back, knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

"Da Lang's move will definitely bring immeasurable merit. I would like to thank Da Lang for all the farmers in the world."

Shi Zhongkui did not immediately step forward to help Uncle Fu up, but burst out laughing.

According to what he did before, he must have been modest, but after knowing that hard work can be rewarded, and it is also meritorious, his mentality is different.

Fortunately, Shi Zhongkui's experience as an orphan and in the township office made him accustomed to caution.

After he felt comfortable, he couldn't help but step forward to help Yu Fu out of habit, "Even if my nephew can benefit the country and the people, he still needs help from people like Uncle Fu who are moral and kind-hearted.

The day of success will be the time to celebrate.”

Yu Fu and Yu Shun, father and son, were overjoyed, and all they wanted was to personally participate.

Even if you don't say empty words like "for the sake of the common people in the world", it is just to help Shi Zhongkui really raise fish in the rice fields in the north and really increase grain production by 20 to 30%.

In the future, when I return to my hometown to retire, just relying on the skills I witnessed and learned will be enough to make my hometown famous.

To put it bluntly, human life is nothing more than fame and wealth.

Back in the bedroom, Shi Zhongkui sat cross-legged on the bed and practiced Qigong again instead of sleeping.

But he didn't expect that the cultivation level of the second level of Qi training would suddenly speed up a lot for some reason.

I stopped and thought about it silently, and soon realized that this might be because I had merit, and the merit was manifested and acted on my body.

Thinking about it this way, Shi Zhongkui became more concerned about the amount of merit.

Unless necessary, don't use it if you can.

The night passed quietly, and at about a quarter in the morning, Yu Shun's voice sounded outside the bedroom door, "Mr. Shi, are you up?"

Shi Zhongkui, who was practicing, twitched his ears and began to withdraw his strength, and then he said "wait".

After changing into a robe, after hearing the instructions, Yu Shun walked in with two maids and toiletries.

"Sir, the farmers are all ready and waiting for your order to start work."

"Yeah", Shi Zhongkui nodded, washed up and had breakfast. After going to the site, he watched the farmers start work step by step. The day passed quickly.

Seeing that the project exceeded expectations, Shi Zhongkui couldn't help but ask Yu Fu to determine the problem of fish fry tomorrow.

Although Shi Zhongkui felt that there must be people digging ponds to raise fish like in modern times, he couldn't be sure since he hadn't heard of it.

However, he deduced from Yu Honggao's raising of ornamental red carp that there were 100% people around the capital who specialized in breeding carp.

As the most common ornamental fish in ancient times, golden carp and red carp were not only common in the homes of nobles, but also in the homes of country gentlemen.

Of course, ornamental fish cannot be raised in rice field fish farming.

But since some people are breeding ornamental fish, it is not difficult to spend some money to ask the farmers to fish out a few large carp from the river, full of fish eggs.

I even heard from Yu Fu that there are fish farmers who can artificially collect eggs and cultivate fry, and they are also very experienced in dealing with some common diseases.

And this is why Shi Zhongkui chose carp instead of grass carp.

Although grass carp is easier to raise, what matters in your first trial is the success rate.

Fortunately, carp is also famous for its resistance to cold, alkali, and hypoxia. It can survive when the water depth is not enough, and it can eat both meat and vegetables. It can be released a week after transplanting the rice seedlings.

We don’t expect to be able to release hundreds of thousands of fry from ten acres of land, nor do we expect to be able to harvest several kilograms of fish from ten acres of land.

It would be great to have 7 or 8 hundred kilograms. Not only can it offset the investment in fish fry and labor, but it can also bring in an additional income of more than 10 taels of silver.

The most important thing is to increase grain production.

However, for the sake of the success rate of the experiment, the fish ditch in the ten-acre field was dug one meter wide and forty centimeters deep, which was equivalent to a waste of about 330 square meters, roughly half an acre of land, or 5% of the land.

But Shi Zhongkui is very confident that in this era when one acre of land can only produce 2,300 kilograms of grain, it should not be difficult to increase grain production by 3,50 kilograms.

It’s nothing more than meticulous farming and care.

In order to obtain food, many farmers in ancient times went to the fields to check the fields if they had nothing to do. Not to mention that they only needed to spend some steamed buns and someone would look after them 24 hours a day.

Six days passed quickly. After the fish ditch was dug, Shi Zhongkui basically didn't need to intervene.

I wholeheartedly look forward to the ripening of the peaches in the space. In my spare time, I review the Four Books and Five Classics, draw talismans, and practice the art of spiritual movement during the day, and practice Changchun Gong instead of sleeping at night.

Moreover, farming is a matter of instinct for farmers who have lived on this farm for a lifetime, or even several lifetimes.

However, when the rice was officially transplanted, he still had a profound understanding of the role of chemical fertilizers.

If I remember correctly, in modern rice cultivation, the row spacing is generally about 20 to 30 centimeters depending on the rice species.

But what I saw was a spacing of at least 40 centimeters. Needless to say, the fertility of the land itself can only meet this spacing, but this is actually beneficial to fish farming.

And according to Yu Fu, the land near the ditch in the Duke of Jiu's Mansion is all good fertile farmland.

No wonder the price of land with a yield of more than 300 kilograms per mu is more than 20 taels of silver. Other fields or sloping land are often sold for 5 or 7 taels of silver per mu.
Chapter completed!