June of the 17th year of Chongzhen was the harvest season in Shandong.

The first-ripe barley harvest is not good this year. It was planted in mid-autumn last year. It was lucky to be able to harvest continuously in winter with less snow and less rain in spring and summer. What's more, the locusts did not cause a major disaster this time, which is enough to make people overjoy.

The wheat, which was also planted last year, was harvested only after the summer solstice, because the newly opened water canals and deep wells were much better than expected. After the two wheats were harvested, soybeans should be cultivated immediately to maintain the fertility of the land. After the soybeans are harvested, sorghum, millet, corn and other autumn crops were planted. This formed the agricultural law of three ripening in two years in Shandong.

"Now the sandy land and mudflats can grow food, so this year it's time to starve people." The old villager stood in the ground with his hands behind his back, looking into the distance, and looking at his spirit, it seemed like he was the heroic ruler who ruled the world.

Another old man squatting in the ground slowly stood up, his face full of wrinkles. He looked at the old village with dissatisfaction and said, "You are stepping on the seedlings."

The village elder lowered his head, and a tender seedling was indeed rubbed against the edge of his feet. He quickly moved it, and he was not embarrassed.

"Old Nong, is my land OK?" Wang Laowu took a bowl of water and handed it to the old Nong who was suffering and revengeful.

Old people in the country are not named Farmers.

Each prefecture and county selects old farmers who are proficient in farming, and distributes them to various villages to guide farming, called "Gong Lao".

The three old villages, farmers, and instructors formed the three old people in the countryside. There were no old villages and farmers in the towns, but there were village chiefs and encouragement students, and there were also instructors. They were still the three old people in the Hongwu era. They were just a lot of fulfillment and improvement.

Old Nong drank half a bowl of water, carefully poured the remaining half into the seedling roots. He got up and returned the bowl, and said, "I have enough water, I have no fat."

Wang Laowu was a little helpless and said, "It's fat and expensive now, so it's not easy to buy."

Old Nong said casually: "There are often large troops coming and going in and out of Fengjia Village. Several large cesspools have been repaired. You can definitely buy them if you go there."

In this era of information disconnection, a village dozens of miles away is another world. People who can know what happened in the county are either gods or capable people. After receiving guidance from the old man, Wang Laowu responded repeatedly and laughed: "I am also anxious, so I want to rush to make the ground more fat before autumn planting, so that I can plant wheat next year."

"You are so anxious." Old Nong shook his head and walked out. He suddenly stopped and walked: "By the way, who are you from Mr. Xiao Wang in the village?"

"I am his father." Wang Laowu smiled innocently.

"Oh!" Old Nong's wrinkles spread a lot, and he said, "Last time, the county held a farmer association to raise earthworms and feed chickens, I see that there is still a place here, so let's raise it in our village."

"Here?" Wang Laowu hesitated: "The field is already full."

"The land below the ground does not occupy much, and it is wide in one step." Old Nong walked over, took a step and measured it, and said, "It's enough, one chunk can raise tens of thousands of pieces. It's almost done. The feed is given by the county, but you have to pile it yourself. I'll tell you when the time comes."

"Hey, come on." Wang Laowu saw that there was no use of the border, so he agreed as usual.

"Earthworm manure can make the land rich. In the future, the county will exchange grain for earthworms, and it won't cost you." The old man born in the country gave the Wang Laowu family a convenience for Mr. Xiao Wang's sake. Seeing that he couldn't turn around, he had to say something.

In previous farm books, earthworms were treated as root-damaging pests, which would endanger the growth of seedlings and were always regarded as enemies by farmers.

Now the county needs to build a chicken farm, which requires earthworms to be dried and ground, and matched with shell powder, corn flour, and feed. I heard that the chickens fed like this will grow fat and can lay more eggs.

The county started with earthworms just like locusts, but the fields were dug up in a mess, so they still had to rely on raising them alone.

If it were the past, it was related to land and crops, farmers would definitely not accept this kind of fantasy. Who has heard of anyone who raises earthworms for thousands of years? If they raise these pests, wouldn’t they still have to raise locusts in the future? But when they heard that it was the care of the crown prince, no one would say anything. That was the Taiweixing Lord descended to earth and followed the words. There was no locust plague this year because he was in charge of Shandong.

What's more, I heard that Gaomi County has already set up a chicken farm and a rabbit farm, and the harvest is good. Wang Daling refused to lag behind others, so he naturally had to follow up. Think about this Daling, who has been kind to others and honest in his official position since he took office, has been running around the countryside for half a month. When he meets such a good official, he always has to help him.

Moreover, raising earthworms is not difficult. Just compose the vegetable leaves and rotten fruits separately as feed for earthworms, which is simpler than the compost used in the field.

Wang Laowu heard what Nong Lao meant and hurriedly thanked him again.

The village elder smiled and followed the farmer to continue to investigate the field. He ignored the fields, but some people in other villages secretly changed the landmarks and almost started fighting. Later, they went to the county and finally solved the problem. However, the village elder in that village was robbed and was trained to make him blame him for not being able to calm the disputes in the village.

The village elders don’t want to encounter such unpredictable disasters, so all households move around diligently and try to eradicate any minor conflicts. Finally, no major events have happened in the village since they took office.

Just after seeing off the old village farmer, the village instructor came again. He was one of the earliest guards of the East Palace. When he was hitting Liu Fangliang, his arm bone was broken and he was sent to the village as an instructor and healed his wounds.

The tasks of the instructors in the village are not heavy. When they go to the ground every day, they will take farmers in line, circling back and forth, and explaining the commands of the army. Every night, I will tell you about the rules of the army, what I saw during the war, and I will recognize the situation and not understand anything when I am recruited. Then I will take turns to go to the village to study and take classes, and it will only be once every three or five days, which is purely a life adjustment.

"Instructor Zheng, you are here." Wang Laowu was surprised to see the instructor wearing military uniform from afar.

Instructor Zheng had no smile on his face, but just started the road: "The superiors should establish township heroes in each county, and people in each village must be released. Are you going? Military training during the slack farming period and farming during the busy farming period. Military training is in the county, which includes food and accommodation, and gives back every day."

Wang Laowu felt a knot in his heart and said to himself: Do you still have to go to war in the end?

"If you don't go, I'll find someone else, and there are still a lot of people who want to go." Instructor Zheng said: "The allowance will be at least two eggs. If you catch up with the good times, there will be meat."

However, Wang Laowu was already worried about the war and shook his head and said, "I am an outsider, so I won't steal this good thing from others."

"Look at what you said, if you don't want to go, you won't go. If you want to go, you will get an outsider, who will bully your family?" Instructor Zheng was in a bad mood, he curled his lips and turned around and left.

Wang Laowu felt a little embarrassed and thanked Instructor Zheng's back, making it easy for him to leave. Then he found pests in the field. When he encountered the lumps of soil, he also crushed them into soil and cultivated them on the seedling roots. He had to be busy until the sky gradually disappeared and the village knocked on the door drum, so he reluctantly walked into the village.

All the farmers outside lined up outside the village, and they made a routine turn two times and counted the numbers. The three elders confirmed that all the people in the village had arrived, so they entered the village and returned home. The gate of the village was closed and it would not open until dawn.

Wang Yi has been back a long time ago. Now he is a teacher in the village school, helping new teachers run errands and do chores and check their homework. When he meets young children who need enlightenment, he is also responsible for it. He also likes to take museum classes and physical education classes. At that time, he changes into his short clothes, which is no different from other classmates.

Because he went home early, the task of cooking fell on him. When his father came back, the two of them finished the meal in the light that was about to disappear.

"It's my turn to watch tonight. You can practice martial arts at home and don't be lazy." Wang Laowu educated his son while eating.

Wang Yi nodded, put down the bowl, and said, "Dad, have you heard that? The county is going to practice the village hero."

"Eat your food and meddle in other people's business." Wang Laowu shook his head and said.

"It is said that the instructors in each village will withdraw from the military service and become brave service." Wang Yi asked in confusion: "After the courageous service, the instructor can obtain 15 acres of land alone, which is a good land for planting wheat and millet. It will be exempted from grain for three years, and only half of the grain tax will be paid after three years..."

"That was caused by someone who was injured and disabled. Why are you jealous?" Wang Laowu said angrily.

Village instructors also took turns to serve as physical education teachers in the village, so Wang Yi knew about this.

"I'm not jealous," Wang Yi defended: "I just can't understand. Why are they not happy about such a good thing?"

Wang Laowu sucked noodle soup with a blank expression on his face: "Eat your meal and meddle in other people's business." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, and your support are my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. Read.)
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