Chapter 939 Inspect Spring Farming!(1/2)
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Megane called "Master", feeling aggrieved and happy at the same time, and suddenly threw herself into Li Yuanqing's arms.
Li Yuanqing couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. He smiled and patted her back to comfort her, "Are you anxious? I have something to do today. I got up a little late."
Megane had already deeply understood Li Yuanqing's temperament, so how could she dare to be serious with Li Yuanqing? She whispered in a friendly voice: "Master, slave, slave has just been here for a while."
This small cubicle is only for emergency waiting and does not have a brazier.
Although the room next door was warmed by the fire pit, one side of the small cubicle was facing the cold wind from the backyard outside, so naturally it couldn't be too warm.
Megane's little face and hands were cold.
Li Yuanqing grabbed her little hand and rubbed it vigorously a few times to help her warm it up, and said with a smile: "Have you had breakfast?"
Megane nodded, then shook her head, looking at Li Yuanqing with her big eyes like a small beast.
Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "You go inside and eat with me. I will take you out for a walk later."
Megane was immediately overjoyed. Her hard work was finally rewarded with a report. She quickly stood up on tiptoes and kissed Li Yuanqing, then trotted towards the inner room.
Li Yuanqing shook his head and smiled, then strode out to wash his hands at the well.
After relaxing his hands and feet in the yard outside, briefly moving his body, and washing his hands, Li Yuanqing returned to the inner study room. Sure enough, Nian'er's little mouth was already pouting, and there was an indescribable look in Li Yuanqing's eyes.
pity.
It means, 'Master, why did you bring this foxy girl here?'
Li Yuanqing smiled: "Later, I will go out to see the spring plowing fields. Nian'er, please let someone go to the kitchen to make more mutton pancakes. Let's all eat some. We won't have lunch. We'll talk about it when we come back in the evening."
"Yes, Master."
Although Nian'er was reluctant, how could she dare to refute Li Yuanqing's words? She did it respectfully.
Megana looked at Nian'er's leaving figure, and the corners of her beautiful mouth could not help but curl up slightly, but when she looked at Li Yuanqing, she instantly became a good girl again.
Li Yuanqing naturally noticed Megane's little movements, but he was too lazy to pay attention to it. Under Megane's careful service, he started to eat breakfast comfortably.
After breakfast, Yang Lei had already prepared the carriage.
Li Yuanqing and his two women got into a small carriage, and escorted by more than a hundred soldiers, they left the official hall and headed straight to the fields to the southwest.
The most critical reason why Li Yuanqing chose a small carriage instead of a more comfortable and luxurious large carriage is that the small carriage is faster, lighter and can go to more places.
At this time, after several consecutive replenishments, although the war horse resources on Changsheng Island are still not sufficient, they can barely survive.
It can also be said to be ‘exchanging a shotgun with a cannon’.
Li Yuanqing's personal army camp can basically guarantee one man and one horse.
At this time, although it is still the end of February and the weather is still freezing in Liaoning, preparations for next year's spring plowing have already begun.
Food is the most important thing for the people!
The Ming Dynasty was a pure feudal agricultural society. Although some elites did well in business, including maritime trade, the scale was still too small.
And due to the lack of productivity, at this time, this commercialization process is far from enough to maintain the economic status of the entire Ming Dynasty.
As for Li Yuanqing's Changsheng Island, although this process has been initially completed, only by being prepared can you be safe.
Even if there is money, if there is no harvest in the fields, not only the common people will not feel at ease, but Li Yuanqing's heart will not be at ease either.
Although Changsheng Island is close to the sea, due to the influence of the overall climate at this time, since the Chinese New Year, there has been no snow on the entire Changsheng Island, including the entire southern Liaoning, and the fields are cold and astringent.
It is almost certain that after the weather warms up in May and June and the frozen soil thaws, these fields will definitely be very dry and must be watered manually.
At this time, although the weather was extremely cold, the north wind was howling, and the sea breeze was in series, making it cold, salty, and wet.
But in the fields everywhere, there are many busy figures everywhere, and there are also many figures in military uniforms.
They are all well digging teams in the fields.
Since God doesn't let it snow or rain, then Li Yuanqing and his people can only do it on their own.
It was very windy outside, so Li Yuanqing put on his fur coat and deerskin hat and went to the well-digging teams in person to check on the situation.
Nian'er and Megane were bored in the carriage, so they were wrapped up tightly and followed Li Yuanqing, carefully and interestingly, checking on the well-digging team's status last night.
Fortunately, although the weather is bad, the geographical conditions of Changsheng Island are very favorable.
In the mainland of Liaonan in the northern section of Nanxinkou, many well-digging teams have to dig more than 20 meters, that is, seven to eight feet, or even eight to nine feet, before they can see clean fresh water. However, in the mainland of Changsheng Island,
Generally, you can find a clean fresh water source by digging more than ten meters, or even seven or eight meters.
It's just that it's too close to the sea and is surrounded by the sea on all sides.
Many fresh water sources require careful screening.
If it is mixed with the saltiness of sea water, the land must not be irrigated, otherwise the crops will be burned to death.
In this way, the work of the well digging team is still not easy.
Fortunately, Changsheng Island is full of supplies at this time. The gold mining operation team not only has subsidies from Li Yuanqing's official government and the Political Affairs Office, but the people on the land where the wells were dug naturally cannot neglect these engineers, and they will also enjoy good wine and meat.
Serve.
This also makes the work of the gold mining operation team although hard, but also very profitable, and everyone works very hard and in an orderly manner.
After inspecting the working conditions of several well digging teams, Li Yuanqing and his party arrived at a gentle but not too low soil slope in the southwest.
Li Yuanqing was dressed in a black fur coat, a gold-inlaid deerskin hat on his head, a white jade belt around his waist, and deerskin boots. He looked down from a high position and examined the details of the surrounding fields.
This area is about four or five miles away from the urban area of Changsheng Island, extending all the way to the west and south into the depths of the land. There are about five to six thousand acres of land in a radius, all of which are fertile fields, and they are used to grow crops. It is the land of Changsheng.
The core interests of the island.
As early as three or four years ago, Li Yuanqing introduced sweet potatoes from Mr. Xu Guangqi in Shanghai County and has been constantly improving and improving them.
By this time, Changsheng Island was very mature in the distribution of sweet potatoes and crops.
Good land grows food, poor land grows sweet potatoes.
Try not to waste any land as much as possible, save resources, and make full use of resources.
Li Yuanqing also admired himself very much at this time for his decisive and difficult decision.
In other words, Changsheng Island is a completely blank piece of paper, and he, Li Yuanqing, can draw and implement it according to the regulations he wants.
Otherwise, even for places like Guanglu Island, Shidao, and Changshan Island, these plans may not be able to be implemented smoothly, and there is no telling how much wrangling and suffering it will take.
Because the local local forces are stubborn and do not want to make progress, or have no knowledge, they just accept dead truth, and many things are very difficult to promote.
Including later generations, rural work, especially rural work in remote areas, is also quite difficult to carry out. Anyone who can achieve results is a real strong man.
First, in these areas, the common people's level of knowledge is generally low, and the various consciousnesses of localization, clan, etc. are too strong, and they are simply inaccessible.
Furthermore, due to the disadvantages of innate conditions, it is difficult to achieve pioneering progress without strong external help.
But there are very few who have the power of capital and are willing to develop these "thankless" places that may not see a return for several years.
If things go on like this over time, it will naturally become difficult to carry out the work.
But at this time, Changsheng Island is Li Yuanqing's Changsheng Island, his homeland, and he is the only owner here.
Everything here was built by him and his sons.
Everyone else is an outsider.
In this way, it would naturally be much easier for Li Yuanqing to implement administrative orders, coupled with his endless and superior authority.
And with the example of Changsheng Island, these decrees will be promoted to Fuzhou, Yangguanpu, Jinzhou, Gaizhou, including Lushun. The common people will see that there is a successful precedent in front of them. Who doesn't want to
Eat well, wear warm clothes, or even get rich?
This resistance is naturally much smaller.
At this time, looking around, there are still many settlements of ordinary people scattered among the many continuous and vast fields.
It can range from a dozen households to a few households.
Their houses are all made of masonry and are already quite large.
They are like gems in the vast fields, decorating this land with life.
Especially the stove and brazier in the house, as well as the smoke and smoke rising from the fire, make people clearly feel the vitality of this land.
On the side, Megane and Nian'er, both wearing thick fur coats, deerskin hats, and thick fox fur scarves, with only two eyes exposed, stood beside Li Yuanqing prettyly.
Together with Li Yuanqing, we looked at this vibrant land.
Nian'er's Fang was naturally very happy. Li Yuanqing could take her out. No matter what she did, she was very happy. As long as she could stay with Li Yuanqing, she would be satisfied.
However, the bright blue eyes in Megane's big eyes were moving back and forth.
If she continues at this pace, she will not get the rain and dew from Li Yuanqing today.
If she cannot get Li Yuanqing's rain and dew and cannot get pregnant, she will not be able to further improve her status...
Although she had received the news today that there was nothing wrong with Castilla, and Li Yuanqing had improved some of his treatment, there were too many things that were always controlled by others, especially in Li Yuanqing's back house, her little
My waist can never be straightened up.
To be continued...