0154 Ask the little girl about planting techniques
Chen Jingke suddenly realized and said: "It turns out that the swordsmanship was handed down from Zhang Zhennan, no wonder it is so exquisite."
Zhang Zhennan is a common name for Zhang Lu, which is a good name.
Now that the conversation was open, Chen Jingke took the initiative to chat with the brothers and sisters.
He soon discovered that this little girl named Zhang Ping seemed not interested in any topic, and her expression would only change when she talked about food.
So he would talk about food-related topics from time to time, so as not to neglect her.
"You have come to Zixiao Temple. We have the most delicious food here. We opened the Natural House at the door and it is the number one restaurant in Beijing."
"The cooks there can cook hundreds of dishes, and there are thirty or forty signature dishes. The royal chefs in the palace come to them to learn their skills."
Zhang Ping's eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "Yesterday's dishes were made by Tiantianju?"
Chen Jingke smiled and said: "Yes, our usual food is prepared by the chef of Tianju. Does it taste good?"
Zhang Ping nodded heavily and said, "It's delicious. I want to eat all the dishes there."
Chen Jingke said: "Then I can only say welcome. You can eat as I invited you. Just order what you want to eat, or ask the knowledgeable guests in your courtyard to go to Tiantianju to get it."
Zhang Heng interjected: "That's just right. I'm going to visit my old friend in Beijing with you in the next few days. It's not convenient to take her with me. How about asking Fellow Daoist Chen to take care of her for us?"
Zhang Ping's little face bulged again, which made Chen Jingke very curious, how did she do it?
"Okay, don't worry, I'll make sure Madam Zhang doesn't miss a hair."
This reason is very good. It is normal to bring your eldest son to visit your old friend, but it is not etiquette to bring your youngest daughter.
As soon as they left, the father and son left after breakfast, leaving Zhang Ping behind in the temple.
Chen Jingke had no choice but to take her around the temple, and the little girl once again showed her true nature as a foodie. She was very interested in anything related to food, but she seemed less interested in anything else.
This made Chen Jingke feel helpless. He couldn't just take her to Tiantianju to eat if it was neither early nor late.
But thinking about Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi, where rice is the staple food, he immediately remembered something and asked: "Ms. Zhang, you mainly eat rice over there, right?"
"Yes, we have a lot of rain there, which is suitable for growing rice." Zhang Ping stared at him with big eyes, as if she was wondering why he was asking this.
Chen Jingke said: "Then do you know how to grow rice?"
Zhang Ping became even more confused, but still replied: "I've seen it before, what's wrong?"
Chen Jingke said happily: "Great, I have some rice seeds here that I don't know how to plant. How about you teach me?"
Zhang Ping said in surprise: "Rice is grown here?"
Chen Jingke smiled and said: "This is the seed of cold rice. It can be grown in Liaodong, let alone Guanzhong."
"Liaodong? Rice?" Zhang Ping put on a don't lie to me expression. Although she had never been there, she knew that the cold climate there was not suitable for growing rice.
Chen Jingke explained: "This is rice cultivated for the cold climate in Liaodong... Forget about it, just teach me how to grow those rice seeds."
Although Zhang Ping was very confused, she still went along. Anyway, it was idle time, so why not go and see what the so-called cold rice looked like.
Chen Jingke took her to the small courtyard where he lived.
Yi Nu and Yuzhu were overjoyed to see him back, and then looked wary when they saw Zhang Ping next to him. Gu Xi
When Zhang Ping saw these two maids, they especially stayed on Yi Nu's chest for a moment, then looked down at herself, and her little face bulged again.
Chen Jingke was completely unaware of this and said, "This is Mrs. Zhang from Longhu Mountain, who is here to be a guest in the temple."
The two women did not dare to neglect and saluted immediately, and Zhang Ping nodded slightly.
Chen Jingke said again: "Ms. Zhang is here to help me plant rice. Go and get the hoe and shovel."
Before the two women could move, Zhang Ping called to them and said, "Rice seedlings need to be grown indoors first. After a month, the seedlings will grow taller and the weather will get warmer before transplanting."
Chen Jingke slapped his forehead and thought to himself that he was confused. Although he had never planted rice in his previous life, he still knew how to transplant rice.
Since we need to transplant the rice seedlings, it means we need to raise the seedlings in advance. I forgot about this in the rush today.
"It makes Madam Zhang laugh. I really don't understand this. So, just make arrangements for what you want to do... I don't have many seeds, only thirty-four."
Thirty-four seeds? Zhang Ping wanted to say that you were making trouble, but he looked serious, so he still said: "Well, since there are only thirty-four seeds, there is no need to bother."
"Find a few pots and fill them with soil. Use particularly fertile soil. Then place the pots in a warm and ventilated house."
Chen Jingke took Yinu Yuzhu and the two of them to make preparations. Several pottery pots were easy to find, and fertile soil was also readily available. You could just use flower soil.
After a lot of work, it was finally ready.
He went to the study to take out the wooden box containing rice seeds, and carefully poured out the seeds inside.
As we all know, hybrid rice seeds will degrade and cannot be reproduced again.
To put it simply, half will degenerate into male-sterile plants, and half will degenerate into conventional rice traits.
What Chen Jingke wants is the degraded conventional rice.
When cold-tolerant hybrid rice was first bred, the conventional rice varieties used were specially bred cold-tolerant rice varieties. Not only were they cold-tolerant, they also had high yields, which were far superior to uncultivated rice varieties in ancient times.
This kind of degraded conventional rice seed can only increase the yield by 10 to 20 kilograms per acre, which is an astonishing increase for all the land in the country, and can feed millions more people.
What's more important is that this kind of rice can be grown in the Northeast. Although it has been proven that the Northeast is not suitable for growing food, it is a lie, but rice is different.
Its yield, taste and nutritional content are more suitable for large-scale planting and use as a staple food.
With rice in the Northeast, it can be said that it is even more powerful.
It would be too narrow-minded to only think about the Northeast. This excellent and high-yielding conventional rice can be promoted throughout the country, and can even be planted in the south.
You must know that domestic rice varieties are not good at this time, including those grown in the south. Generally, the production cycle is long and the yield is low.
It was not until the Song Dynasty obtained the hybridization of Champa rice seeds and local rice varieties, and developed special rice seeds with short production cycles and high yields, that rice became truly popular on a large scale.
However, the hybrid-bred rice tastes very bad and can only be eaten by the poor, while the rich still eat local rice.
The rice seeds in his hands have no shortcomings at all. Except that the production cycle may be a few days longer, there are no problems with either yield or taste.
If you want to shorten the production cycle, you might as well find Champa rice for cultivation. Although it will reduce the taste, for the people at the bottom, the taste is not as important as filling their stomachs.
It can be said that the significance of these thirty-four seeds to this era has far exceeded itself.
What Chen Jingke has to do now is to tap out its value.