Yang Fan's territory is all golden. The new varieties of winter wheat planted in October last year are ready for harvest. These wheat seeds are all brought from modern times.
Coupled with the development of the island in the past two years, a large number of prisoners of war were forced to dig out guano. Boatloads of guano were transported from Beitangkou to the North Canal. There was enough basic fertilizer in the fields, plus such good seeds,
This year's summer harvest situation is very gratifying.
In this era, harvesting is a big deal.
Xiao Niangpi personally came out to organize the summer harvest. From the beginning of the summer harvest, it was not finished until the grains were returned to the warehouse.
The little girl sat on the slider and caressed her already bulging belly contentedly. She was blowing the summer breeze and squinting at the billowing waves of wheat, which was very satisfying.
Since Yang Fan introduced the sliding rod, it has quickly become the favorite of the housewives. This thing has no vibration at all, and the bamboo has its own elasticity, making it very comfortable.
Aunt Mei also thoughtfully provided sliding rods and used canvas to set up an awning. This way, Madam is not afraid of being exposed to the sun or rain. This thing is ventilated on all sides, which is very comfortable in the early summer climate.
Xiao Niangpi was in front, Lin Yueru was behind, and Mei Xiang was at the back. Aunt Mei was following on the side on a donkey. A servant from the squadron, carrying a flintlock rifle, was guarding the left and right all the way to the original rocky beach.
Go to the station.
Now this place has become the location of the granary. The walls have been rebuilt, and there are large granaries in the city. Today, the lady is presiding over the sickle opening ceremony here. Then, the summer harvest of the entire territory officially begins.
Grain is harvested from various places, threshed, dried on the field, and finally transported here for storage. The wife will pay banknotes according to the quality and quantity of the grain. Farmers can buy various daily necessities with the banknotes, or deposit them in Xinghe
Earn interest in the bank.
Now in Xincheng and Yang Fan's territory, banknotes are the most useful currency. The grocery store here in Yangfan and the major department stores in Xincheng only accept banknotes. Even if you have silver, you have to go to Xinghe Bank to exchange it for banknotes.
use.
Everyone soon discovered the convenience and benefits of banknotes, and their credibility and purchasing power were guaranteed. Soon everyone gave up silver. Even outside the territory, Yang Fan's subjects were willing to use silver dollars instead of scattered silver coins. Xinghe Silver Coin
Because of its good quality, it is also very popular outside.
Every shop is willing to accept this kind of three-nine thousand-foot silver coin. This kind of concealed and beautifully minted coin will make a buzzing sound when you blow it in your ear. I don’t know how it is made. Many people try to imitate it, but they can’t make it.
After that, it didn't make any sound.
The group of people came to the square, and the maids helped the ladies to slide down the rail. Since becoming pregnant, Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru have become squeamish, fearing that they may have fetal motility.
The ceremony is quite simple, that is, offering sacrifices to the God of Grain first, and then to the ancestors of the Yang family.
Finally, Xiao Niangpi gave a sickle with a handle wrapped in red cloth to a seventy-year-old San Lao. The perfect old man would use the sickle to harvest the first sheaf of wheat and present it to his wife, and then the sickle could be announced.
At this time, under the notice of the fast horse knight, the entire territory of Yang Fan began to seize.
Yang Fan was not at home, and Yang Fan was the only man in the Yang family. The wife could only preside over the sacrifice. Xiao Niangpi handed the sickle covered with red cloth to the old man kneeling on the ground. The old man cut a bunch of wheat and presented it to his wife.
Xiao Niangpi nodded, and things can begin.
The old man yelled: "Open the sickle!"
Immediately, the people who had gathered around them swarmed to the ground, and the harvest officially began.
Xiao Niangpi was sitting on a high chair, holding a bowl and sipping tea. Lin Yueru and Mei Xiang stood behind her. Although Lin Yueru was pregnant, she was not qualified to sit on an equal footing with Madam at this time. This was a serious sacrificial occasion.
"Miss, why are you rushing to harvest? Do you have to be in such a hurry? I got up at the fourth watch, so sleepy." Mei Xiang asked with a yawn. Although Mei Xiang became Yang Fan's concubine, she still used to call her "Miss Niangpi".
Aunt Mei smiled and said: "You, you always don't pay attention to these common affairs, you are like a little lost lake."
Xiao Niangpi looked at the golden waves of wheat and was in a good mood today. She explained: "In the main wheat-producing area in the north, summer harvest and planting are between Xiaoman and Mangzhong in the 24 solar terms. Summer is the rainy season. We have cut it.
Wheat cannot take up rainwater, otherwise it will become moldy."
"We first check what the weather is like before harvesting crops. If the weather has been good in the past few days, then this is the best time to harvest wheat, because the harvested wheat needs to be exposed to the sun for two days before it can be stored."
Lin Yueru interjected: "I think the wheat is growing so well. I guess the yield per mu can exceed 300 kilograms."
Xiao Niangpi said excitedly: "It's not just three hundred catties. The master said that as long as the fertilizer keeps up, it will be at least five hundred catties."
As soon as Xiao Niangpi finished speaking, everyone took a breath of air-conditioning. The yield per mu is 500 kilograms. Oh my god! What kind of seed is this? It’s so powerful.
During the Ming Dynasty, the main food crops grown in the country were wheat and rice. As now, when wheat was grown in the north, the yield was about one catty per mu, while in the south, rice was grown once a year and twice a year, and the yield per mu was about the same.
Here in Yang Fan, wheat and rice are rotated, with two crops a year. The yield of winter wheat can reach 500 jins per mu, which is almost unprecedented. Yang Fan knows that the yield of modern chemical fertilizers can reach 1,100 jins per mu.
More than 100 kilograms. Although there is no chemical fertilizer now, bird droppings are just as useful. It is better for maintaining the fertility of the land.
At this time, the weather was already very hot at noon. Xiao Niangpi took out the stainless steel thermos cup and took a sip of Sprite with ice cubes. With satisfied eyes, she said: "In a while, we will also give the ten households with the highest production
Folding fans, fat powder, etc. This is called summer wheat. You also need to use new wheat to grind it into powder and make some food to taste."
When Mei Xiang heard that there was something delicious, she immediately became happy and said: "Miss, let's eat the palace beef cake. That cake is very delicious fresh out of the oven."
Xiao Niangpi rolled her eyes, this girl knows how to eat. Although there is no shortage of beef in the Yang family now, and there is sufficient supply on the grassland, how can you eat beef in public at the summer harvest ceremony? That is not to impeach the censor.
Well. If you want to eat, you have to eat it secretly at home.
"Meixiang, be good, we don't eat beef, we make roujiamo." Xiao Niangpi said.
Aunt Mei nodded, thinking that this was not a taboo.
Later, let Donkey kill the pig for the ladies and stew it in a big pot. Let Mo Zui make Baiji buns. He is a Shaanxi native who is good at this.
As for the servants and farmers, just use frozen fat pork to make meat dumplings. This cost is relatively low, and the fat meat is popular. Giving the servants and farmers roujiamo made from fat pork is considered a kindness of the owner.
While everyone was chattering about what to eat, Zhao Luer, the head of the village, came in to report, "Madam Qi, the first field has been harvested. After threshing with a hand-cranked threshing machine, the actual harvest of wheat was six hundred and ninety-seven kilograms."
Two or five cents."
With a bang, the crowd exploded. The stewards and retainers of the Yang Mansion who followed the ladies were shocked that the output had actually reached such a terrifying level. Although this was wet wheat, it would fall off the scale after being dried and dehydrated. And
After shelling and grinding into powder, there will be less.
The actual amount of flour obtained is about 500 kilograms.