Once the seedlings are planted, it is time to transplant the corn.

Zeng Da took a few tenants down the mountain. They had heard of the immortal magic and were quite respectful to Zhu Guoxiang at this moment.

"Are you ready for what I told you?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Zeng Da said: "I'm ready and the ground has been turned over."

Zhu Guoxiang pointed to the corn seedlings in the vegetable bed and said, "Pick them all up the mountain."

Several tenants brought baskets and carefully picked up seedlings and put them in them. Zhu Ming also followed with the treasure pot.

There are fields everywhere in the countryside, and there is no place for horses to have fun, so letting them climb more mountains is considered exercise.

"Mr. Zhu!"

I met several villagers along the way, and they all stopped and let the road open to greet me.

Although the story Zhu Ming told is wonderful, it is not as good as Zhu Guoxiang's ability to farm. The villagers are looking forward to learning agricultural technology. When next spring plowing, someone will probably come to give gifts.

"good!"

Zhu Guoxiang nodded and smiled, as a response to etiquette.

When he arrived at a relatively wide mountain, Zhu Guoxiang picked up a few bundles of hemp ropes, and after visually measuring the distance, he led from the front of the field to the tail of the field.

This is similar to the function of an ink bucket. Digging a pit along a hemp rope can make the crops straight.

Zhu Guoxiang directed: "Dig along the rope, the hole is one and a half feet apart."

Zeng Da did not take action immediately, but asked: "Mr. Zhu, how can the distance from the hemp rope be wider and narrower?"

Zhu Guoxiang explained: "The gap left by Kuanxing will be used to interplant beans in the future. The bean roots can fertilize the fields, otherwise there will be no fertility in the soil for a few years."

"What were these broad beans used to plant in the past?" Zeng Da asked again.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Plant sweet potatoes first and then beans, and the two can grow together."

A barren mountainous land can grow three crops: corn, sweet potato and soybean.

Their plants are of different heights and will not compete for sunlight, but can promote each other. Moreover, they have different growth and harvest cycles, and can also stagger the demand for soil fertility.

The key is to grow soybeans, because some secretions in the soybean roots continue to produce nitrogen fertilizers, which can sustainably preserve soil fertility.

This method is called the "corn intercropping soybean intercropping sweet potatoes".

Especially in the hilly areas in the southwest, including the Hanzhong Basin, the land can be used to the maximum extent. Moreover, because the mountains are relatively barren, corn seedlings grow to a certain height and must also be ridge-raising to maintain fertilizer and drainage.

There are also some specialties in soybean cultivation. In Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, the temperature is higher and the sunshine is sufficient, so the beans can be planted denser. In Sichuan, Chongqing and Hanzhong, the temperature is lower and the sunshine is insufficient, so the beans should be planted more sparsely. Even in the same mountain, the land facing the sun and back sunshine are very different.

Work hard and make your mind work.

In the next two or three years, Zhu Guoxiang will not be able to feel free.

He had to come to the field every now and then carefully observe the crop conditions, and then direct the tenants to manage accordingly.

In addition, there were no fertilizers in ancient times, and this method consumed a lot of fertilizer. Zhu Guoxiang also had to direct tenants to prepare primitive organic fertilizers and continue to top-dress during several key growth periods.

After digging a few rows of land, Zhu Guoxiang ordered: "The first cave is to plant a corn seedling. The second cave is to plant two corn seedlings. Come alternately with both sides."

If there are fertilizers, it is definitely two plants in total, and the yield per mu will increase greatly.

Without fertilizer, you can only alternate odd and even. In particularly barren land, there is no way to alternate, and you must plant all single plants.

At the same time, this is also a coordination of light and thermal resources. When corn grows more than 10 leaves, chemical agents could not be used in ancient times to control prosperity. If it is planted too densely, it may be possible to steal the sunshine of soybeans.

After planting this piece of land, the tenants had basically learned how to cultivate it and then scattered to other mountains to cultivate.

"Did you know how?" Zhu Guoxiang asked his son.

Zhu Ming nodded and said, "I know."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Then you go dig the soil and exercise your willpower."

Zhu Ming immediately carried the hoe, which not only exercised his willpower, but also exercised his physical strength.

Unfortunately, I didn't master the skills at the beginning and was so tired that I was out of breath. After asking the tenant for advice, I gradually understood how to dig the soil to save effort.

Zhu Guoxiang was observing and wandering around the experimental fields. When he saw the tenant making a mistake, he immediately made a statement to correct the problem. He had to teach the planting of new crops step by step.

While walking around, Zhu Guoxiang shouted loudly: "In the future, corn stalks should not be taken home as firewood, nor should they be fed to livestock. After being cut down, buried deep in narrow ridges and ditches. The same is true for bean poles and leaves, and they should be buried deep in wide rows. This method of farming, planting three types of crops in one piece of land, which consumes a lot of fertility. The poles and leaves must be returned to the fields and fertile land. Remember, you are not allowed to be greedy for small gains, and you are not allowed to take them home for firewood!"

"I remember!" The tenants responded one after another.

Zhu Guoxiang shouted again: "Corne top dressing is divided into two sections. One section of base fertilizer and the other section of bud fertilizer. Some of those with poor growth will also add a section of flower fertilizer. When fertilizing, I will teach you how to prepare fertilizer!"

Hearing this, the tenants worked more actively.

Even if the seedling cultivation was not successful before, Zhu Guoxiang's dispatching and command today, as well as what he said, could convince the tenants.

As long as it does not exceed their common sense, they can hear whether Zhu Guoxiang will farm.

Moreover, Mr. Zhu seems to be able to prepare fertilizers, which is probably the exclusive secret recipe passed down by immortals. Just learning this can be passed on to his descendants, making it more convenient to farm in the future.

It was about two o'clock in the afternoon and all the corn fields were planted.

Zhu Guoxiang took his son back and actually wanted to rub manure balls to raise seedlings again - some corn seeds were left.

Zhu Ming asked: "Why didn't the full broadcast last time?"

Zhu Guoxiang explained: "The corn seedlings planted today may encounter accidents, birds eat insects, or grow poorly. The remaining seeds are grown for replanting and replacing those that are not growing well."

"Oh, farming is really hard." Zhu Ming was very tired of digging soil today.

Zhu Guoxiang pointed to the empty vegetable patch and said, "I will plant sweet potatoes in a few days. When new vines grow, I will take them to the mountains to cut them."

Just as the father and son were rubbing the feces, Grandma Yan brought a woman with her.

"This is Aunt Zhang," said Grandma Yan. "In the neighboring villages, many of the marriages were her matchmakers."

Aunt Zhang smiled and flattered him when he met: "Mr. Zhu is really a handsome man. If I have a daughter, I would rather marry him."

"Please sit down at Aunt Zhang." Zhu Guoxiang continued to rub the feces balls.

Aunt Zhang continued, "I heard that Mr. Zhu is good at farming, and the little scholar Zhu is full of knowledge. The father and son are both first-class talents. But there are no female relatives at home and they cannot take care of them. Old Bai is kind-hearted, so he asked me to come and talk to the matchmaker."

Zhu Ming suddenly laughed and said in Mandarin quickly: "I was so bragging that day that scared Lao Bai Junwai, afraid that we would be a bachelor and would easily cause trouble. We would not be afraid when we get married and start a business, and we have to take care of our wife, children, and the elderly. We have to agree to this marriage, otherwise it would be a refutation of Lao Bai Junwai's face, which would be detrimental to our friendly relationship in the future."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "You are usually brainless and completely confused about the world. Can you guess this?"

"I'm too lazy to care about the worldly ways, and I'm really stupid?" Zhu Ming reminded, "Don't marry someone who is too young, I'm afraid I can't help but treat my stepmother as my sister."

What is this called?

Zhu Guoxiang had just finished rubbing a feces ball and wanted to hit his son directly on the face.

The father and son spoke too fast, and Aunt Zhang couldn't understand it. She waited for a while before saying, "There is a village upstream. Mr. Deng's eldest sister originally promised her, but she has not finished her marriage until now. It has been three years of marriage, and according to the rules, she can change her bride."

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Where is Sister Deng's age?"

"Just turned seventeen." said Aunt Zhang.

"I am too young, I am thirty-five this year," said Zhu Guoxiang.

Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "Will Mr. Zhu marry a widow?"

Zhu Guoxiang turned his head to look at Grandma Yan, and had guessed what it meant, saying, "Just be just right in character."

Grandma Yan suddenly got up and walked away, went back to the house to do housework.

Aunt Zhang continued, "Miss Shen is good, can Mr. Zhu like it?"

"It depends on what Miss Shen means." Zhu Guoxiang replied.

Aunt Zhang clapped his hands and smiled: "That's done! I'm an outsider, so Mr. Zhu told Grandma Yan about the rest of the matter."

Zhu Ming went back to the house to get a handful of iron coins, and Aunt Zhang refused: "Old Bai has given it."

"Hold it." Zhu Guoxiang said.

"Then I'll accept it." Aunt Zhang was even happier.

When the matchmaker left, Grandma Yan came out again: "Grandpa Zhu, the old lady can see that you are a kind-hearted person. Over the years, Ernie has suffered a lot with my family and should have let her remarry. But Brother Qi still has the surname Bai..."

Except for special occasions, Zhu Guoxiang didn't like nonsense and said bluntly: "Brother Qi doesn't have to change his surname, I will also support him in school. The old lady is old and has inconvenient life for one person. She can live with her after marriage and take care of each other. It's okay to live here, and I can build a new house in the mountains. It doesn't matter. I will definitely have to start a new house in a few years."

Grandma Yan smiled when she heard this. She didn't care, mainly because her grandson had a place.

She was afraid that one day she would die, and that only the orphan and widowed mother would be left, and she didn't know how to live. One day her daughter-in-law couldn't help remarrying, what if her grandson was abused? No matter how willing Bai Sanlang was to help, it would be inconvenient to interfere in housework.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhu, as long as Brother Qi lives well, he will treat me as a servant." Grandma Yan was afraid that Zhu Guoxiang would regret it.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The old lady is so serious."

It was almost dark, and Chen Yourong took the child home.

Grandma Yan nodded quietly to her daughter-in-law, saying that the matter had been agreed upon.

Chen Yourong blushed in an instant, and even when she was having a meal, she kept burying her head. Occasionally, she couldn't help but secretly glanced at Zhu Guoxiang, and the more she looked at him, the more she liked him.

Even the mole the size of a rice grain on Dean Zhu's eyebrows seemed to have a brilliant charm.

After finishing a bowl of corn rice, Zhu Guoxiang had not put it down yet, Chen Yourong snatched the bowl away: "I will serve rice for my husband!"

Zhu Ming sat beside him and curled his lips. He smelled the sour smell of love.
Chapter completed!