Blessed Daughter

Wei Ruo replied: "First, replant late rice seeds. When bakanae disease appeared in some rice fields near Fucheng earlier, I asked them to replant late rice seeds. This late rice variety was tested in Xingshan County earlier. I tried planting it when I was young, and the seeds sown on the tenth day of May will grow into seedlings in early June, and the harvest will be abundant in autumn, and the yield is not low."

"It would be great if we can replant in time. I will talk to my husband about this and let him promote the planting of this late rice seed for the people." Madam Yuan said hastily.

"However, there is a premise that there should be no more cold waves like the previous few days. Otherwise, even if it is a late rice plant, such climate change will cause problems in raising seedlings." Wei Ruo said frankly.

Although her space rice seeds are good enough, they haven't reached the point where they can withstand the cold wave and germinate into seedlings.

"Now I can only ask for God's blessing." Madam Yuan sighed, and then asked Wei Ruo, "Sister Ruo'er said there are two kinds, and is there another one?"

"There is another kind of sweet potato in summer. Sweet potatoes can be planted in multiple seasons. Spring, summer and autumn seeds can all survive. Among them, sweet potatoes planted in summer are generally planted after the wheat is harvested in May and June every year. For autumn planting It is suitable for areas with a warm climate. If the climate is stable, it can be planted in the area of ​​Taizhou Prefecture, but under the current weather conditions, it is safer for us to do spring and summer planting, and summer planting is now the right time."

Late rice seeds and sweet potatoes have been driven by many people to plant since Wei Ruo arrived in Taizhou, but so far they are still on a small scale.

Taking advantage of this time, Master Yuan and Mrs. Yuan are asked to carry out a large-scale planting promotion in the name of the government.

Wei Ruo dare not say that planting her late rice seeds and sweet potatoes will definitely usher in a bumper harvest, but because of the excellent varieties, they perform well in all aspects, and no surprises can bring higher output value than planting the existing common crops.

"I've eaten sweet potatoes. They taste sweet and make you feel full. However, there aren't many plants grown in Taizhou now. If they can survive now, it will be a great thing." Mrs. Yuan said.

Wei Ruo added: "These two remedial measures should be different from place to place. If the soil is originally paddy and the soil is relatively fertile, we will plant late rice; if the soil conditions are poor, and the original rice yield is not high, we will change to plant sweet potatoes. It is surprising that nutrition is needed, and alternate planting is more conducive to crop growth."

This method can also make up for the problem of insufficient soil fertility and low yield of rice planting to a certain extent.

Listening to Wei Ruo's description, Mrs. Yuan was in a great mood: "My husband and I have been in a heavy mood for the past few days, until now when we heard what sister Ruo'er said, most of the fog in our hearts dissipated, and we felt a lot more relaxed. .”

"If you can do what Sister Ruoer said, don't worry, I will never treat Sister Ruoer badly." Madam Yuan assured Wei Ruo.

"Ma'am, you're welcome. I'm just offering an idea. When the time comes, it will be Mr. Yuan and everyone in the government office who will be exhausted." Wei Ruo said.

"It's their job to eat the king's wealth and worry about the king's worries, and they should run around again. Although sister Ruo'er is just an idea, as long as the idea is useful and can make Taizhou government produce more food, it will be worth a thousand dollars Wanjin."

Mrs. Yuan didn't think that Wei Ruo's words were just a few words, and if they really wanted to accomplish something, their value was incalculable.

"Madam trusts me, so I will discuss the implementation with the adults. I also hope that everyone can have enough food." Wei Ruo said frankly.

"Well, okay, what sister Ruoer said today, I will repeat it to my husband verbatim, and discuss with him how to promote late rice seeds and sweet potatoes." Madam Yuan attaches great importance to Wei Ruo's words.

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After talking with Madam Yuan, Wei Ruo was stayed by Madam Yuan to have dinner together. It was already very late when they left, and the new moon hung high in the sky.

For this reason, Mrs. Yuan specially sent guards to escort Wei Ruo's carriage back to the Colonel's Mansion, and did not go back to report to Mrs. Yuan until Wei Ruo entered the mansion safely.

Wei Ruo, who returned to the Captain's Mansion, did not take a break right away. He was busy in front of the desk in his room for a long time, sorting out and writing the method of composting, the follow-up fertilizer of rice, the method of weeding management, the method of planting and management of sweet potatoes, etc.

These will be used in the future, she wrote them out in advance, and sent them directly to Mrs. Yuan when the time comes.

It was already midnight after finishing writing, Wei Ruo fell asleep immediately after touching the pillow.

Early the next morning, Yun called Wei Ruo over and asked her about the Seventh Prince and Mrs. Yuan looking for her yesterday. Wei Ruo only gave a general idea, but did not go into details with Yun.

Yun didn't say much, although it was a good thing for her daughter to help the Seventh Prince and Mrs. Yuan, but she was also worried that her daughter's lack of ability would cause them to be unhappy and bring disaster to the Wei family.

So it's a good thing for my daughter to directly explain her limited ability, at least it won't cause trouble.

The government office took action on the second day and began to implement Wei Ruo's suggestion yesterday: buy agricultural fertilizer from others and open up a suburban area as a centralized composting field; Every household is planted.

At the same time, Mr. Yuan also invited famous local people from Taizhou Mansion to visit the mansion, but outsiders don't know what they said specifically.

After that, he personally visited the counties, negotiated with the magistrates of the counties, and assigned tasks.

Such a big move by the government office has caused quite a stir in the house.

The people who got the cuttings and vines of rice seeds and sweet potatoes were enthusiastic and responded positively.

The country gentry and celebrities talked about it, some praised it, and some waited and watched and questioned it.

Chu Lan also got the news very quickly, and sent someone to inquire about what Yuan Zhengqin invited the local celebrities to talk about.

In the tea room of Yu Sheng Chaxuan, the subordinates reported the latest news to Chu Lan:

"Master Yuan invited those people because he hoped that those people would take the lead in planting late rice seeds, and he also mentioned to them how to top-dress them later."

"Understood." Chu Lan waved her hand to make her subordinates back down.

Lu Yuhong, who was sitting opposite Chu Lan, said with a smile, "It seems that Brother Chu won't need to take action on this matter. Yuan Zhengqin already has a countermeasure."

"That's fine." Chu Lan was not angry.

It was icing on the cake for him to get this thing done, and there was nothing to be angry about if it couldn't be done.

"Just don't get angry."

"Late rice seed seems to be the rice seed that Wei Qingruo first planted on the improved fields in Xingshan County. Sweet potatoes first appeared in Xingshan County in Taizhou Prefecture." Chu Lan thoughtfully.

"Is there any connection?" Lu Yuhong asked.

"It's nothing, I just said that." Chu Lan didn't continue the topic, and asked Lu Yuhong instead, "Did you find anything in Anzhou Academy these days?"

"I didn't find anything. I think you must be thinking too much. The Ninth Prince didn't exist at all. It might just be a coincidence that Xu Guogong's case was overturned." Lu Yuhong said.