Chapter 115 Had a happy conversation with Mrs. Yuan
"Is there any land that cannot be planted in Fucheng?" Wei Ruo asked.
"There is no land that can't grow crops like Xingshan County near the sea, but most of the land is relatively barren, the soil is compacted, and the crop yield is worrying." Madam Yuan replied.
It can be seen from this that the price of the thousand acres of fertile land that Mrs. Yuan gave to Wei Ruo is very rare and precious.
"That's easy to handle. After you take me to the field for inspection, I can probably come up with a way to fertilize the soil. After the land is improved, planting can increase food production to a certain extent." Wei Ruo said.
It is much easier to improve barren soil than saline-alkali soil, and the time period is shorter, so it is not difficult. The main thing is to prescribe the right medicine and find out the root cause.
Madam Yuan's face was full of joy: "It's so good!"
"In addition, I have seen in Fucheng in the past few days that many mountainous areas in Fucheng have not been reclaimed into terraced fields. It should be that the cost of reclamation is relatively high." Wei Ruo said again.
"Exactly."
"In this case, I highly recommend the sweet potatoes that are already grown in Huzhou Prefecture." Wei Ruo said.
"Sweet potato?"
"Well, it's a new type of crop brought back by merchant ships from the South Seas. Some people have already planted it in Xingshan County, and it has had a good harvest this year."
"It's really a good idea, but I don't know if people who have already planted sweet potatoes are willing to share the seeds with us." Madam Yuan worried.
"Don't worry about this, madam. I know the family that grows sweet potatoes in Xingshan County. I can ask them to donate the vines to the government office for free, and the government office will distribute them to the people in the city." Wei Ruo replied.
"If that's the case, Miss Wei and the family with the vines are respected models of righteousness, generosity and selflessness." Madam Yuan couldn't help but praise.
"In fact, the sweet potato vines cannot be hidden. It is propagated by the cuttings of the rattan from the sweet potato tubers. As long as there is a section of rattan, it can be reproduced. And many crops are the more people grow, the higher the income. Yes, there is no need to hide from others." Wei Ruo explained.
Tuber-eating crops like sweet potatoes are relatively better if they don’t need pollination. If they need pollination, it must be that everyone grows good varieties, which is more conducive to the crops to produce high-quality fruits.
"It's so good!" Although Madam Yuan didn't know anything about agriculture, she felt happy when she heard what Wei Ruo said.
"Can sweet potatoes be planted immediately?" Madam Yuan asked again.
Wei Ruo shook his head: "Everything has a time, and we have to wait until next spring to grow sweet potatoes."
Madam Yuan then asked: "Then is there any faster effective way, I am worried that the common people will not make it to that time."
Wei Ruosi thought: "There is also the method that I am implementing in Xingshan County. Start planting wheat immediately, and then plant rice when the wheat is harvested in the coming year. Under the condition that the weather cannot be changed, planting in multiple seasons will be a good idea." The method is to make farmers suffer.”
"Although it's hard work, if they can have enough food, they must be more happy than worried." Madam Yuan said.
"In addition, I know that there are a batch of rice varieties with better cold resistance. When they are planted next year, they will be able to improve the problem of grain production reduction caused by bad weather." Wei Ruo said again.
Wei Ruo's combination of punches can increase production for Taizhou Prefecture in many ways.
Mrs. Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "If this can be done, I will definitely ask my husband to report your achievements to the court. Let everyone know that even a noble lady in a deep boudoir can save the world and benefit the people .”
Wei Ruo and Mrs. Yuan had a good chat, and then had lunch together and admired the various flowers that Mrs. Yuan planted in her yard.
Before leaving, Mrs. Yuan asked her servants to prepare some dried seafood such as scallops and abalone for Wei Ruo, and also gave Wei Ruo two pots of precious chrysanthemums: one pot of Yaotai Yufeng and one pot of red lips.
Big and small bags of things brought back to Wei Ruo, the Wei family must be able to see them, so it is not good to send too expensive ones, dry goods and flowers are relatively reasonable, more like rewards for first-time acquaintances.
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After discussing with Mrs. Yuan, Wei Ruo went back to Xie's other courtyard.
When getting out of the car, Wei Ruo was supported by Xiumei the whole time, looking a little weak, making people look like his condition was aggravated by the exhaustion of a day's travel.
Seeing the large bags of dried seafood and precious flowers that Wei Ruo brought back, Yun could roughly guess that Wei Ruo performed very well with Madam Yuan today and was very pleased with Madam Yuan. received these rewards.
Mr. Yun stepped forward to ask Wei Ruo about the details of today's situation, but when he was about to speak, Wei Ruo stopped him.
"Meimei, I have a headache, help me back to my room to rest."
Yesterday's quarrel is still in front of us, Wei Ruo is not in the mood to talk to Yun now. So repeat the old trick.
After hearing the words, Mrs. Yun couldn't keep asking, and watched the maid help Wei Ruo into the room.
Xiumei closed the door to block the probing eyes of people outside.
Then he smiled and said, "Miss, this method is very useful!"
"We will continue to eat in the room at night, not to join in the fun with them, no matter what, I have to be clean for two days before returning to Xingshan County."
"Okay, I'll cook what Miss wants to eat today!" Xiumei said.
"Then cook me seafood porridge with the dry goods you brought. Since I'm sick, it's reasonable to drink porridge." Wei Ruo said.
"Okay! Then I'll go soak the dry stuff now."
Knowing that Wei Ruo had dinner in the room by himself at night, Yunshi couldn't say anything.
Wei Qingwan was locked in the room all the time, not to mention going outside, she couldn't even get out of the room, and the dinner was brought in by Cui He, and I don't know if Yun's gave it to Wei Ruo to make her feel at ease It was porridge with pickles.
Wei Qingwan then asked Cuihe: "What did sister eat tonight?"
Cuihe looked a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a long time before saying: "It's seafood porridge. When the eldest lady came back in the afternoon, she brought back a lot of dried seafood, which seemed to be a reward from Madam Yuan."
It was also porridge, she ate white porridge with pickles, but Wei Qingruo ate seafood porridge! That's not even a star.
Wei Qingwan looked at the porridge and pickles in front of her, feeling aggrieved and angry.
"You take it away, I won't eat it." Wei Qingwan pushed the things aside.
"Miss, just eat a little, don't starve to death." Cui He persuaded.
"I won't eat it, you take it. If my mother asks, you should tell the truth." Wei Qingwan said.
She wanted her mother to know that she hadn't had anything for dinner.
(end of this chapter)