Survive through the ancient apocalypse

In the early morning and evening, the sun is not so bright, and these two time periods are the busiest time for the villagers.Everyone rushed to do more farm work at this time, so as not to see clearly when the torches were on at night.

When Ye Mingze did this by himself, he took the time to tell Ye Zequan his thoughts.Unexpectedly, Fifth Uncle and the others had already done so.Also, he is not the only smart person, what he can think of, others can think of too.

In the early morning, Ye Mingze looked at the shimmering sky, and saw all the dry and cracked fields.The newly added seedlings need to be watered for at least a few days before they can really take root.

The river is only less than one meter deep. At this depth, waterwheels are no longer able to draw water, and every family has to carry water to irrigate the fields.Due to the lack of labor, each family can only carefully take care of part of the fields, and the rest can only be taken care of every ten days and a half months, and can only be left to fend for itself at other times.

Ye Mingze has a lot of family members, but also has a lot of fields, so naturally he can't take care of them all.However, the proportion of sentinel guides in his family is high, and on average, each person can be responsible for more fields.

The fields that had just been watered in the morning were exposed to the sun all day, and the soil was white again in the evening.Occasionally, a breeze blows, raising dust all over the sky.Seeing this situation, everyone had to water it again at night.The most important thing this time is the early morning. Naturally, enough water must be poured so that the crops can withstand the scorching sun during the day.

This is true for well-manicured fields, but the situation of those fields that have been basically abandoned is even more dire.It has not rained for a long time, and no one takes care of it. The land is cracked, and the cracks are like dense spider webs, spreading around.

The ordinary crops that survived by chance are still tenaciously supporting them, looking like they are dying.The first-tier crops also began to wilt, and the second-tier and third-tier crops were not affected much for the time being.When the second and third grade crops are exposed to the sun at noon, the leaves naturally curl up, and when the sun goes down, they become energetic again.

Ye Mingze wanted to pull out a tertiary crop from the dry and cracked field, but due to underestimation and too little force, the plant just shook its body, showing no sign of getting up.He had to increase his strength, and it took a lot of effort to uproot it.

After turning it over, I realized why it took so much effort to pull it out.This guy's root system is very developed, and the main root is thick and long, at least more than one meter.The number of fine roots next to it is not too many, but each one is more than ten centimeters long, and even half the length of the main root.

Ye Mingze pulled out another zero-level crop that was about to die. After comparing the two, he understood why the same experience had such a huge gap.The more advanced the crops, the stronger the adaptability.When the field started to lack water, the crops at all levels responded equally.Only due to the difference in grades, the speed of root extension of each grade of crops is different.Zero-tier crops die before they can take root enough to draw water.

The roots of the first-class crops are not very deep. As the exposure time gets longer and longer, the water they can absorb begins to be insufficient, and some of them have shown a wilting appearance.Fortunately, the villagers still give them a little water every few days.

After Ye Mingze compared the conditions of crops of each grade one by one, he began to worry about it.Now [-]% of the first-class crops in his family's fields are occupied, and more than half of the fields are not carefully managed.If they were left alone like this for another month or so, these first-class crops would eventually die.If you can save the time after the evening to water them once, the first-class crops will probably survive until they mature.As for the second- and third-tier crops, take care of them if you have spare capacity. If you don’t have enough labor, just ignore them for the time being, and take care of them when there is a situation.

The functions of each part of the Ye family are constantly improving.What Ye Mingze is looking for now is experienced old farmers, and they stay together when they are on duty.These people have rich experience in farming, and most of them are relatively old.Ye Mingze only asked them to do some light work such as weaving baskets, and usually asked these old farmers for their opinions on planting.

After discussing with them to come up with the final plan, Ye Mingze immediately ordered it to be implemented.

Ye Mingze had no choice but to rejoice that the river flowing through Yejia Village was formed by melting snow from high mountains.The river is only fully exposed to the sun when it flows through the small plain where Yejia Village is located.Today's sunshine is not so strong, and the river water can be evaporated in this short distance.Therefore, the water level of the river is only very shallow, and there is no danger of stopping the flow.

It is precisely because the river flows continuously that Yejia Village can carry water to irrigate the land.Otherwise, with just three wells standing in the field, it would be nice to be able to supply water to a small field.

Now the rivers in many places are about to bottom out, and the farmers are helpless with the crops in the fields.Fortunately, God has left a way for everyone to survive, and half of the crops are still alive.Those villages where the river is cut off would rather have less water for their own homes, and they would also use well water to irrigate the living crops.It's okay to drink less water, but the crops are dead, and there is really no way to live.

Rice was the first to be abandoned, and Yejia Village was naturally the same.This thing can really drink water, and it is completely useless to carry water alone.Unexpectedly, until now, he is still half alive.After all, rice needs a lot of water, even the first-grade rice is enough.Now they are all half-dead, and it is estimated that if they are not watered, they will follow in the footsteps of zero-grade rice.Grade [-] and [-] rice are not as good as dryland crops of the same grade, but they are safe for the time being.

For rice, Ye Mingze had never thought of supplementing the seedlings at all, he did not expect them to be so rotten.At present, half of the rice fields are planted with other short-maturity dryland crops.Ye Mingze treated the remaining rice as a dry crop, and lived as long as he could. If he couldn't survive, there was nothing he could do.

Now when going out to sell farm products, it is a collective action of a village, rushing to various markets when the sky is dim.Human beings are really resilient.If the sun shines on people, then build a simple house in the market.When the householders go out to buy vegetables, they are fully armed, so that they will not get sick while they are on their way.

Those who sell farm products naturally have to wait until the sun is about to go down before returning home. It takes a whole day to go out, which is a waste of time.The people in Yejia Village work together with several families, and every few days they will bring some of their own products, along with the goods of the cooperative family, and set off with the large army.

Every time he set off, Ye Mingze would send a small team of third-level sentinel guides.During this time, Ye Mingze divided all the sentinel guides into teams.A small team consists of ten pairs of sentinel guides, a squadron has five squadrons, and five squadrons form a brigade.The Ye family first bought one hundred pairs of third-level sentinel guides, and among the remaining nearly three hundred servants, about 150 were awakened, plus the nearly thirty that were captured from the grandfather's house last time, there were a total of sentinel guides. There are nearly 400 guides, and all of them together cannot form a brigade.

The temperature is very high now, and the seafood caught that night can be brought to Yangshan County for sale if the quantity is small, but if the quantity is too large, it will not be sold out.Ye Mingze had to make all kinds of dried seafood in advance that might not be sold.Wait until the big market and then sell to foreign fish merchants, and sell as much as you can.

Now the fish market is a big market every ten days. There are many foreign merchants on the big market, and most of the catches are sold on the big market.In today's world, except for the particularly powerful, the risk of ordinary businessmen fighting alone is too great.Goods merchants from other places spontaneously form caravans and make a trip once a month or two.Every time a caravan arrives, it can attract crowds of residents in Yangshan County.The caravan has dozens of carriages and hundreds of people, and they dare not go on the road easily.The cost is so high that after the goods are brought back, the price will naturally skyrocket.

You said that you are short of food and clothing, why are there still people consuming expensive ingredients?As long as people can survive, there will always be some people at the top of the pyramid, and those at the bottom are ragged, and they can still live well.This theory applies everywhere.

Of course, most of the ingredients that these caravans bought were grade [-] or above, and not many grade [-] ingredients were purchased.Most of what the Ye family sells are zero-grade fish.The few seafood they bring out are above grade one, all of which are used to exchange for meat of the corresponding grade.

Going out to sea to fish is much less dangerous than going into the mountains to hunt.The fishermen in Yejia Village are all fishing near the coastline. Even if they encounter catastrophic weather at sea, as long as they don't drown in the sea on the spot, they can survive for a long time with a piece of wood, and the chance of being rescued is very high.

Entering the mountain depends on your luck. If you are not lucky, if you are stung by any poisonous thing, you may die on the spot.Without a certain amount of confidence, most people would rather eat pickled vegetables and corn bread than go to the mountains to try their luck.

The vicinity of the back mountain will be swept away by the Ye family and the villagers every few days.The hunted prey is shared, and each family can get not much according to how much they contribute.

Ye Mingze reached an agreement with other villagers in Yejia Village. Every time they go to the mountains or go to towns and counties to sell their goods, Ye Mingze can hire them a small team of third-level sentinel guides, and they have to pay a part of the fee each time.Because they are all from the same village, the fee he charges is not high.

As a result, some people naturally have opinions.When more than half of the starting team is dissatisfied, they will naturally not agree to hire guards.Ye Mingze would not lick his face and send someone to protect them. He offered to hire guards for them. It was already for the sake of the fellow villagers and he didn't want them to be robbed.They came back safely, it was their good luck, and they came back whole, and they couldn't blame him.

Now the purchasing power of silver is gradually declining.In transactions between buyers and sellers, barter accounts for a small part.The transaction returned to the original, and various staple foods became general equivalents.

Whenever there is a big market, Ye Mingze usually takes Jiang Jingzhi and personally leads a team into the city to sell seafood.Foreign merchants buy all kinds of dried seafood, and the seafood caught that day is digested by locals.After a few large gatherings, the Ye family already had several regular customers, who could eat about half of the goods.