291: Greenhouse Planting
The population of Cangwu County is relatively large, with about four million people in the entire county.
Regarding the glass greenhouse incident, many local people remain skeptical. After all, their lives are like digging food from the soil year after year. However, some young people do not want to live such a dull life, leave their hometowns and go to other places to make a living, and more people still guard their houses and cultivate land and live a stable life.
This time the imperial court said that they would build a vegetable greenhouse here, but the greenhouse cost them to borrow from themselves and the bank. The price was not cheap, and they cost 80 taels of silver. Even if they bought the whole family, they might not be able to take out this money.
And although it doesn’t need to be taken out at once, what I owe is the bank’s money, and the bank was opened by the court. Who dares to really owe it and not pay it back?
Among the millions of people, the non-agricultural household registrations in county and county towns are only one million, and the remaining more than three million are rural household registrations. Among these three million people, there are still people who dare to give up their promises.
When the two brothers heard about this, they gathered together for several days and finally went to the county government to sign up together.
Are they not afraid of losing money?
Of course I was afraid, but the two brothers each had four or five children. In the future, no matter whether the children were studying or marrying, there would be no money at home. How would they live after they didn’t make money?
Anyone who can make a little profitable life is willing to try it.
At least this glass greenhouse is built in my own village, and I can still guard my wife and children every day without leaving my hometown.
This was urged by Xie Lang personally. No one dared to neglect the county magistrate of Cangwu County and the county magistrates below.
Besides, when the people make money, it will promote local economic prosperity and will also be their political achievements. As long as they can develop, it will be beneficial to their promotion without any harm. Who dares to be a fool?
The people in the county government took the two brothers to the county and town bank to apply for a loan. The loan period was ten years, so they had to pay back eight taels of silver every year without any interest.
When the two brothers heard this, they were immediately in trouble.
Bai Zhu was a technician who was sent to Cangwu County this time. She was interested in this knowledge in the university. After graduating from university, she was transferred to the Agricultural Department of the Ministry of Revenue.
"Don't worry, you only need to pay it back within ten years. You can give you a grace date in the first three years. You can pay off 24 taels of silver within three years, and you can change it to eight taels every year in the future."
"Sir!" The brothers of the two brothers spoke, "We still have twenty-four taels of silver in these three years, we..."
Bai Zhu gave the other brother a comforting look, "I will stay in this county for the past three years. I can guarantee that you will pay it back within three years. Your Majesty will be kind to generate income for the local people, not to exploit you. Otherwise, if you expect that these dozens of taels of silver will not be enough for the corner of Your Majesty's dragon robe, it would be better to go and collect money with those wealthy businessmen."
When the two brothers heard this, they did make this truth.
Although I still feel depressed, I have to try it no matter how hard or tired my children are.
After completing all the procedures and getting the loan documents issued by the bank, the two brothers returned home. Atractylodes had to prepare for two days in the county government office, and in two days they would go to their village for field inspections and construction.
When the wives from both families saw the eighty taels of loan documents, they felt their minds buzzing and almost couldn't stand it.
"His father, this is too much, eighty taels." These eighty taels are enough to build a very big house in their family. Although the family has ten acres of land, their annual income is only three or four taels of silver, and it will take more than twenty years to pay back the money.
If the business is in trouble, their family will sell themselves as slaves, and they may not be able to pay it back.
"For the sake of the children, let's fight." There is no room for regret, so we naturally have to stand up with our backs.
Two days later, Bai Zhu brought a few people to the village where their brothers were located, and the county magistrates were also accompanied by the county magistrates. They came for the land of the brothers. After Bai Zhu was finalized, they could issue rental documents on the spot without having to make trouble.
When people in the village learned that Chang Lin and Chang Sen were actually planning to run a glass greenhouse, and the loan was 80 taels directly. Many people thought that the two brothers were crazy.
Some people secretly felt that the two brothers were out of tune, some were laughing at them, but more were thinking about learning scriptures, thinking about whether the two brothers could succeed. After they succeed, they could also give it a try.
There are still many open lands in the village, and these lands are extra in the village. Now the Great Zhou area is vast and the population is sparse, and there are idle farmland in each village.
Bai Zhu took people to inspect the village and finally decided on two locations for the two brothers. As the first person to try it out, the treatment he enjoyed was naturally good. First of all, this location is the best.
What the two brothers wanted was five acres of land each. Bai Zhu was a little surprised when she heard this number.
"You have to think clearly that although five acres of land can make a lot of money, the workload is very heavy. Now you only have couples in your family, so you may have to be busy from morning to night in the future, and there is very little time to rest."
The two brothers are not afraid, they have nothing else, they just have some strength.
"Mr. Bai, we are willing. There are nine children in the two families waiting to go to school and wait for their future marriage."
Bai Zhu looked at it and found that Chang Lin had five children and Chang Sen’s family had four children, so the important tasks in the future will definitely be great.
"Okay." This is the largest area of a glass greenhouse, and the smallest one acre of land.
Atractylodes ordered a lot for them, and then waited for the people from the yamen to handle it on the spot, and asked the two brothers to plow the land first. In a few days, a large number of people in the county will come to build glass greenhouses for them on the spot. Atractylodes will also teach them how to feed the arable land and then plant it.
Nowadays, there is no need for pure manpower to plow the land. With the appearance of plows, one person pulls the front and one person holds the back. The speed is much faster than before, not everyone has an old ox.
Before leaving, Bai Zhu showed them the design drawings of the glass greenhouse and asked them whether they were setting up a separate place to live when they were building the glass greenhouse.
When the brothers saw it, they agreed on the spot.
The key to living in this kind of house is to live here at night. When the vegetables are harvested in the future, you can stay there, so as not to be ruined by some ignorant people in the middle of the night.
Besides, the glass greenhouses of the two families are not far from the village. If something happens, they cannot appear immediately. They are really worried.
Three or five days later, seven or eight trucks drove into the village, and the truck buckets were filled with various equipment and glass.
The method of building a glass greenhouse was jointly discussed by professional talents from Dazhou and the future. With their hard work and practice and research, coupled with the support of future big data, it is enough for the service life of this glass greenhouse to reach 30 or 40 years.
Brothers Chang Lin and Chang Sen come here to guard every day. Seeing the glass greenhouse take shape little by little, they seem to have more expectations for the future.
Around the end of March, two spectacular and huge glass greenhouses were completely formed, and people from all over the countryside and even the county town came to watch.
To the west of the greenhouse is a house with six layouts inside, which is enough for the family to live in.
Even if the house is not enough, you can sleep overnight if you find a place in the greenhouse at night, because the space is very large, so you don’t need to worry about insufficient oxygen.
Standing in a section, looking at the opposite side, the view is wide and the arable land is also sorted out to be flat and tidy. Then you need to sort out the vegetable beds and everything can enter the normal operation stage.
According to the popular science of Atractylodes, if you want to make more money, you can plant two crops a year and have a rest for two months a year. If you want to loosen, you can plant one crop quickly. It is best to plant it at the end of summer, which is just at the beginning of the year. The vegetable prices at that time must be extremely considerable.
The two brothers now have the strength to plant two crops a year, and at least they have to return the eighty taels of silver to the bank before they can completely relax.
Moreover, they only have a ten-year use period for this land. If they want to continue planting in ten years, they have to go to the county government to pay the lease fee. No matter how others covet it, as long as they want to continue renting, they will be given priority.
Afterwards, Atractylodes and others guided the two brothers to plant. First, they top-dress the land. These fertilizers were developed in research institutes in universities. They were more convenient than ordinary manure and did not need to ferment themselves. Of course, the price was higher than manure. Fortunately, they only needed to top-dress before planting, twice a year.
The two brothers agreed in the glass greenhouse, and there were different kinds of fruits and vegetables.
My brother Changlin's greenhouse planted cucumbers, tomatoes and cabbages. At the same time, because of the relatively wide area, he planted three-quarter strawberries and seven-quarter watermelons.
In the greenhouse next door, garlic, green pepper, mushroom and other vegetables were planted, and acre of vines and fruits were also planted separately.
The seeds are provided by the county seed station and are very cheap.
These seeds are provided in the future, repackaged through court workshops, and then transported to all prefectures, prefectures, counties and counties in the world.
The seeds in the system are all top-notch. They are not only easier to survive than ordinary seeds, but also have more nutritional properties. They also have more pest-resistant properties.
For example, before, Xie Lang planted peppers and strawberries in the palace, and usually asked the palace servants to take care of them, without top dressing or injections of medicine. In the end, it was particularly gratifying regardless of whether it was taste or maturity.
Today's Great Zhou can only be said to be peaceful, but not rich, with hard-working people everywhere.
First of all, from the perspective of diet, it’s okay in summer and autumn, and you have fresh vegetables at home. In winter and spring, you basically have spinach, cabbage, radish, etc. No matter how much you have, you won’t have it, and not everyone can eat it.
Ordinary people living in rural areas plant some in their own fields or in the corners of the walls. In winter, the family can see a few vegetables, but it is difficult for the city.
Xie Lang is the emperor and can be eaten all year round. Even if there are no off-season vegetables, the palace will purchase a large number of them when harvesting, and then store them in a special storage room in the palace. As for ordinary people who live in the city without arable land, their lives are particularly monotonous.
The moisture, temperature and sunshine required for each vegetable are slightly different, and the glass greenhouse has also been partitioned accordingly, and the two brothers of the Chang family were taught how to ensure their sunshine and water needs.
The two of them didn't know how to read, but fortunately there were still children studying at home, so Atractylodes wrote the detailed cultivation method into a booklet and handed it over to them. If you don't understand anything, you can ask the children at home to read it to them and then perform the corresponding operations.
Many people were moved when they saw such a spectacular greenhouse.
In addition, Bai Zhu almost lived in the village at first, and ran back and forth in two greenhouses every day from morning to night. It was obvious that he really thought about the common people. In addition, the Chang brothers were already taking the lead in front, and the others began to get ready.
In the end, more than a dozen families in the village joined the ranks of growing greenhouse vegetables.
The growth cycle of the seeds in the system is relatively short, but it is not too exaggerated. Generally, the growth cycle of normal greenhouse vegetables is four months, and the cycle of the seeds in the system can be shortened by about half a month.
In midsummer, the youngest son of Changlin's family and the youngest brother of Changsen's family happened to be on the summer vacation. At this time, the two brothers gathered in the greenhouse of Changlin's family, lying at the door, looking at the various crisp fruit trees in front of them with covetous eyes.
"Brother, there are strawberries in the bottom. My father picked a plate last night, and it was delicious." Chang Xiaokang looked at the deepest part of the greenhouse with saliva in his mouth and his throat kept swallowing, "Let's sneak in and pick two to eat."
Chang Xiaoping thought about it too, but he still had to endure it.
"Don't go, it's not easy for uncle and uncle to serve. These are all for sale."
Chang Xiaokang almost cried in a hurry. He understood the truth, but he was still a seven-year-old child, so how could he bear it?
"Brother, it's really delicious."
"That's not OK." Don't Chang Xiaoping want to eat it?
He thought, especially, even though he was only ten years old this year, he was also a child.
But he understood even more that his parents had worked hard for several months, and now many vegetables were growing, so they were waiting for two days to collect and sell them for money. If they eat one more, the family would have to buy less money.
"Xiaokang, think about the uncle and uncle working before dawn, and working until midnight, we can't eat."
Chang Xiaokang regretted it. He had known that he had sneaked in and picked two of them and ran out, so he wouldn't call him a cousin. Now it's ready and I can't eat it.
But what can I do? He had a cousin staring at him, so he had to give up.
Otherwise, my parents would have to beat him up on the butt, and a willow branch would squeeze, and the person who could hurt would scream.
Chang Lin's wife walked over with a basket and saw her son and nephew blocking the door. The youngest son still had bubbles in his eyes and couldn't help but laugh.
She lifted the leaves on the basket and put a few strawberries that were not Zhou Zheng inside.
It is red, and these small green leaves are hanging, and there are small dots on the round strawberries.
"Strawberry!" Chang Xiaokang jumped three feet high after seeing it, "Mom, mother, strawberry."
She picked it up and divided it to the two of them, "Eat it, go out to play after eating, but don't be too excited to go in and ruin it."
"If you don't go, don't go." Some foods can be enjoyed, but Chang Xiaokang won't go in.
Chang Xiaoping's greenhouse has the first time he ate strawberries. The sour and sweet taste will never be forgotten in his life.
Chapter completed!