I Love Farming

The new lord of Northumberland is indeed a typical nobleman. After he tested his venom with a black cat, he pulled the cat's tail again, and saw the cat opened its eyes dying.

"Very good, save it for the next time." Cui Qichao glanced at the agricultural officer's eyes and added.

The agricultural officer had no objection. What he was afraid of was not the cat's death, but the venom, who knew how much it would affect people.

Seeing that Xiaobai was hungry, Cui Qichao said to avoid revealing, "The rest, I will tell you next time I have a chance, you go back first."

Even if he is an absurd aristocrat and has a background in the church, he still can't go too far.At this time, cat abusers are normal people, and those who feed cats are witches and demons.

The agricultural officer hurriedly said goodbye, saying that he would study the secrets taught by the lord carefully.In fact, he was thinking about the words of the master in his heart. For the rest, the usage of the insect-killing vine has been explained in great detail by the master, including where the eggs of the burglar beetle usually grow.So, the rest of what the master said, does it mean that he still knows how to kill other bugs?

The agricultural officer's heart became hot again, and he thought of all the plants in the territory that he had sent.

"Yes." Cui Qichao watched the agricultural officer leave.

As soon as the agricultural officer left, Xiaobai immediately ate peas with great vigor, and Cui Qichao also took out some leftover meat and fed it to him.In this era when most human beings can't get enough to eat, Xiaobai seems to be the happiest cat in the Middle Ages.

The agricultural officer was right. Of course Cui Qichao knew how to deal with other bugs.Even though there are no pesticides in this era, nature is miraculous. Just like green manure crops that can be used as natural fertilizers, there are many plants that can be used as natural pesticides, and insecticidal vines are just one of them.

The earliest commercialized pesticides in the world were all extracted from plants.Chinese people have long used plant ash, grass smoke and other methods to prevent insects, and there are even plants that can inhibit the growth of weeds.For example, wheat actually contains active substances that suppress some weeds.

Leeks, garlic, peppers, peppers, and tobacco leaves all kill insects.However, one kilogram of garlic and leeks are crushed and the raw solution is mixed with at least ten kilograms of water to become effective in killing aphids and spider mites. The effect is almost [-]%.

In this day and age, who has the luxury of using such pesticides?Garlic is still only grown in the gardens of the priests, and pepper is sold by the grain.There are also some plants that do not exist in Northumberland or even the entire continent.

Fortunately, Cui Qichao took a closer look at the plants growing on the territory, and there were some plants with various functions in it. Later, he would consider using some gaps to plant - after all, the cultivated land is so precious at this time.

"Mi! Mi!" The voice of two other kittens came from under the bed. They smelled the food and crawled out.

Cui Qichao has seen many kittens in real life and in the virtual plane of the 21st century, none of them are so thin and thin. They should be hidden by the mother cat, and the serfs found them before catching them back. what's the situation.

Cui Qichao asked the servants to bring him a bowl of goat's milk. At least when it came to food, as long as he put on a cold expression, the servants would not dare to say no to this eccentric master who didn't like servants to serve him personally.

The goat milk was mixed with beans to soften them, and then fed to the two cats who were obviously thinner than Xiaobai. If they also ate dried peas, they might choke to death.

After feeding the white cat and the orange cat for a short period of time, they had developed great trust in Cui Qichao. When his mother was away, it was Cui Qichao who was feeding them, and it was still in this era of food shortage.

After the white cat was full, it began to play with Cui Qichao's hand, and Cui Qichao said to it, "Sit down."

This white cat had seen the interaction between Cui Qichao and Xiaobai, and it was so good at imitating that it actually sat down.

"What a smart cat." Cui Qichao stroked the white cat's head, and casually looked sideways.

"..." Xiaobai didn't know when he was squatting beside him, staring at it, his eyes drooping into semicircles, as if frowning.

Obviously it came first, and it also herded ducks.

Although he is a devil-like person, but being snatched away by other cats, I don't feel good about it...

The white cat didn't realize it, and simply showed its belly and acted like a baby, showing its trust. At the same time, it licked Cui Qichao's fingers with its tongue.

"...Meow!"

Xiaobai screamed, Cui Qichao didn't think fast, but he couldn't stop Xiaobai's action, and the white cat was kicked away by Xiaobai.

The white cat rushed to the corner, and even the orange cat shyly avoided it.

The servants outside heard the voice and wiped their sweat silently. The baron was torturing those evil cats again.

……

As the baronet said, this spring has had more rainfall than usual, but the bugs have also begun to appear.

The serf Dylan was just the first one. Then, bugs appeared in the village two days away. As for the further ones, we don't know yet.

The agricultural officer worked hard, took his sons, and personally prepared the potion, and asked the serfs to buy it from the nearest manor.If you are far away, you have to disguise the rhizome, cut it so that people can't see it, and then let the messenger take it over. It must be explained that these medicines need to be exchanged for wheat, and not a single grain is missing.

With Dylan as an example, the serfs adjacent to his allotment are witnesses, and the remains of the allotment and dead bugs can be used as physical evidence. At least the serfs or freedmen living near the castle no longer consider the issue of the effect, but are just entangled Those two bowls of wheat.

Of course, they still had to agree in the end, otherwise they would lose more than two bowls.

In the past, there were branch-stealing insects, and the wheat seedlings that could not be caught were all eaten up, and the yield of the whole field was reduced by more than half, and there were not enough seeds left. How many serfs starved to death because of this?

Facts have proved that these two bowls of wheat are actually worth the money. After the potion killed the burglars, the burglars never reappeared.In other words, this potion can not only kill the branch worm, but also prevent it!

This point was further confirmed after the agricultural officials successively sprinkled potions on the master's fields that did not have burglars.

Everyone knew that the baron had traveled to the East for a long time, and this unheard of method of feeding herbs to crops must have come from there.This made them feel admirable, and thought of a question just like the agricultural officer.

The baron asked everyone to plant some grass in his field. Could it be that this is for some magical effect?

You know, the baron ordered that it must be planted in his own land first, including those fallow lands. After the insecticide, the option of playing around with the master can be eliminated, and the rest is for the noble gentlemen to be shrewd in everything.

Curiosity spread throughout the manor, and the serfs gathered together to guess, what role those "weeds" could play, could they keep other bugs away?

The eyes of the serfs who were thankful that they didn't need to grow grass in their fields suddenly changed. This is an extremely shrewd master, and the grass that only the master can grow suddenly looks a little more beautiful , strong appearance...

In addition to serfs and freedmen, priests, stewards, knights and the like think more.

For the natives of the Northumberland Territory, stewards and knights considered that their relationship with the agricultural officer might change in the future. It seemed that he was favored by the lord.

This kind of favor is so real, it is the secret of insect control that makes people jealous, enough for the son of the agricultural officer, the son of the son, and his generations will have no worries about food and drink.If I had known earlier, they should have been more active in responding to all the master's orders.Who could have imagined at the time that the young baron was so wise and generous.

Now, they can only approach the agricultural officer cautiously, hoping to get some potions from the agricultural officer first during the season when the stalk beetle is infested, so that their own land will not worry about growing worms.

And those "weeds", they began to find various opportunities and excuses to observe the weeds in the old man's field.Then they discovered that planting grass is like planting wheat, the master is neat and has a fixed number. If it exceeds, it has to be cut off and put in another field.

It's not like going crazy, letting weeds compete with your own food for nutrients.Although I don't know the specific purpose, it must be a good thing. It's a pity that the grass on the territory has been looted by the agricultural officials, otherwise they would like to study it carefully.

The bold and cunning butler first asked the baron to take care of him who was hardworking, and allowed him to follow the master and plant those grasses in his own field.

The baron considered for a long time before he reluctantly nodded and asked him to get the grass seeds from the agricultural officer, and asked the agricultural officer to come and tell them the quantity and distance to plant.Immediately afterwards, the tax collectors, knights, and others were also moved.

In the past, in the entire manor, the agricultural officer was by no means the most important person other than the master, but now, from the housekeeper to the tax collector and the magistrate, everyone smiled when facing him.The agricultural officer was deeply satisfied.

As for the priest, he was going to collect taxes on this land for the church, so after the branch thieves showed up, he paid attention, although there was nothing he could do.

But I didn't expect that the new Baron Your Excellency has!

The priest almost wanted to write a letter back to the church right away, but he quickly thought about the relationship between His Excellency the Baron and the archbishop, so does he still need to report this matter?He, he should try his best to build a good relationship with the baron, the most important thing.

……

In such an atmosphere, Cui Qichao's next request, the stewards rushed to supervise and complete it for him.

Cui Qichao: "I noticed that there are feces everywhere."

Everyone nodded, that's right, people, like livestock, defecate anywhere.

Cui Qichao: "That's not okay, everything in this territory belongs to me, including feces."

Everyone: "..."

stool? ?If the baron hadn't just shown the secret of killing insects not long ago, they would think that the baron was talking nonsense again.

Cui Qichao instructed: "Dig a few big pits on the white soil and collect all the excrement and leftovers. The most important thing is cow dung, pig dung, and goose dung. The serfs picked up a lot. to a handful of oats."

The stewards were shocked, swapping feces for oats?Where did this come from?Isn't this cheaper for those serfs?

Why does he have to say something incomprehensible every time everyone changes their views on the master.Those weeds, after insecticides, can still make people believe that they have special effects, but what is the use of the feces that breed pests and mice?

This question is destined to be buried in their hearts for several months, and the retting of compost will take several months.

Cui Qichao only asked the housekeeper to come over, "Collect some straw, spread a layer on the bottom of the pit, and then cover it with soil when it's full of manure."

If you dig a pit on white soil, that is, saline-alkali soil, you will save one of the effects, that is, alkaline lime water.

The butler's eyes widened, huh?Is there still something to keep secret about this kind of thing?His breathing became short of breath, although he didn't know why, but this was a sign that the master believed in him.

Everyone else also stared at the steward jealously, especially the agricultural officer. It seemed that there was really a secret here, and the master only told the steward to one person.Then if there is any benefit afterwards, the housekeeper must enjoy it first.

——The baron's request is not limited to this one.

Cui Qichao had asked someone to dig a ditch for his saline-alkali land to store water. On the one hand, this ditch was to store rainwater, and on the other hand, it was actually a part of the water conservancy project.

It is unknown which Baron of Northumberland built this castle. It seems that it was specially selected. It was chosen on a high ground, and the manor below was also surrounded by meandering rivers.

The serfs who can live in this manor are relatively happy. In some villages, the distance between the land and the river is not so close.

However, they will water some water only after planting the seeds. In the rest of the time, who has the time to carry water from the river to water them?There is too much farm work, even if we know that water is good for crops, we can only wait for the rain.

Without water conservancy facilities, it would take hundreds of years before medieval farmers realized how to build water conservancy projects for irrigation and drainage.

Now they are really relying on the sky for food, as much rain as God gives, that is how much rain.God said that after the seeds are sown this year, there will be several times the harvest, and there will be several times the harvest, and the highest harvest will be five or six times.

Cui Qichao had carefully observed the shape of the land and asked the agricultural officer to measure it one by one.Most of the place where the lord lives is flat, so that the water will not be below and the fields will be above. If that is the case, the waterwheel will have to be repaired.

There are also many types of dams. For example, in the case of the manor, the water level and volume of the river can basically lead water directly into the canal, so sub-dams are built.

A diversion dam is built on the river to divert the water to irrigate the fields, and then the water is introduced into the aqueduct through the aqueduct, and the excess water, or when irrigation is not needed in rainy days, is returned to the river through the aqueduct.

Cui Qichao has inquired that although Northumberland doesn't get much rain, the river won't dry up during the dry season, and the rain has tended to increase in recent years, so there is no need to use barrages to store water.

This is just a small canal project, and the current serfs are far from capable of building large-scale projects.Even for the materials of the dam, Cui Qichao had to use the simplest ones, and there was no need to think about stones. It would take years and months to repair them, and their castle was built with stones.

Only local materials can be used, and one layer of soil and one layer of grass are superimposed to build. Such an earth-grass dam is sufficient even if it is compacted.

Although it takes time to build dikes and canals, once they are built, they can save a lot of drainage and irrigation work, especially for farmers whose land is far away from the river.

Due to the rigid thinking of the people in the Middle Ages, Cui Qichao temporarily only asked them to divert water and divert it to their own saline-alkali land and cultivated land, so that they could see the effect of diligent irrigation.

When the steward heard him say that he wanted to build a mound of grass to divide the water and connect it with the previous ditch, he suddenly realized, "Master, wouldn't the water in the river flow into the fields by itself?"

It's nothing more than storing water in the ditches, and it also has to wait for the rain to fall, but diverting water sounds quite different.

For such an intuitive thing, other people still showed a look of sudden realization, but at least they understood, "Oh my god, doesn't it seem like it's raining every day?"

Of course, they didn't realize it for a while, and building the canal is not that simple. The route, shape, and height all need to be planned in a unified way. If you rush to build the canal casually, the effect may be counterproductive.

Cui Qichao saw that they were not unteachable, so he became interested and said: "When I traveled in other places, I found that they had a lot of rain, so I had to repair a lot of things to use the water flow, including this kind of water diversion for irrigation. There is also a way to drain water.”

Fortunately, this place is full of saline-alkali land. If it is a swamp, then what he wants to build crazily is still various drainage projects.

The stewards were eager to move, "That's great, let those serfs quickly pile up the soil and dig the ditches, sir, we can see it as early as winter."

No matter how shrewd the lord should be, he should know that serfs have limited time. In addition to so much farm work, it is very difficult to carry out physical work such as digging canals and repairing dams. Do it bit by bit until the end of the year is almost the same.

"Winter? No, no, you tell them to put aside the work of weeding for a while and spend most of their time digging ditches." Cui Qichao said.

The agricultural officer said in confusion, "Master, what about the weeds?"

These weeds are not the ones that the master specially ordered to be planted. He is now sure that they are not weeds, but if the real weeds in the field are not pulled out, how will the wheat grow?

"Weeds, of course, still need to be removed." Cui Qichao said lightly under the watchful eyes of the stewards.

The new weeds can be rotted after the canal is repaired, and the ones that have grown will be eliminated.

At this time, metal farm tools are cherished even by the master, and they are not casually lent out. Wooden farm tools are also relatively rare.Hoes are family heirlooms, and many farmers don't even have one, or the whole family only has one.

In other words, serfs used their hands when doing a lot of farm work.Weeding is also done with one hand.In the few months since the seeds were sown, I have been using both hands to squeeze them out, competing with the speed of weeds.The most industrious and capable farmers with the most children can see no weeds in the fields.

Cui Qichao couldn't stand this way!

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Reality. LJJ playback platform.

Cui Qichao's first work in the men's channel has a western medieval background, with a small lord at the beginning.

Because of Cui Qichao's excellent performance in the female channel, LJJ is different from the previous work. Before the broadcast, the promotional efforts have been strengthened a lot, and many recommendation positions have been made to promote the first episode.

What awakened the blood of the Eastern Emperor appeared in the Middle Ages in the West.The highlight of the first episode is the appearance of oriental secret techniques, which amazed the people of the Middle Ages.

On the day of the broadcast, because of a large number of viewers who followed from the female channel, it was immediately on the list of male channel broadcasts.

From the very beginning, there was a barrage of bullet screens.

[Old audiences come to support, Mr. Cui must also shine in the Middle Ages! 】

[To popularize science for the general audience, we Cui Cui inherited the blood of Emperor Yan among the Three Emperors and Five Emperors of China. He can be the emperor properly, and the little lord is coming. Please look forward to the next surprise! 】

[Sit in the front row and take my heart disease pills, our chief executive Cui is very exciting. 】

[Sit in the front row and bring my small lunch box. 】

【Wow, you guys are really bad...】

The viewers of the male channel saw these old viewers with a distorted mentality at first glance, and they believed it was true. They thought, wow, the emperor's blood awakener has only released a work with so many supporters, and he has even chased the male channel. , it seems that this show will really be very exciting.

Only a handful of people noticed something wrong with this overzealous recommendation, but it was too late, the show had already started.

Cui Qichao rescued three cats first, and gained a certain degree of favorability from everyone. Whether it is male or female, it is a consensus that small animals cannot die.Then came the medieval dark cuisine.

In the medieval reality show, this is a fixed routine. It is also one of the jokes to see the protagonists being poisoned to death by dark cooking.

[Oh my god, cat, Cui Qichao must be missing Xiaobai...]

[I went to so many fields, Cui Qichao is blessed. 】

[? ?If you think about it, you don’t need to name the black cat Xiaobai]

【Okay, okay, I know you are good at training cats】

【Seeing these dishes, I feel a familiar atmosphere, so the next step should be...】

[Opened my lunch box. 】

As expected by the old viewers, Cui Qichao forced the cook to start grilling the next moment. The roasted lamb was oily, charred on the outside and tender on the inside. The aroma could almost pass through the screen and into people's noses. slow motion.

The detailed food shots made the audience salivate, and the unprepared new audience could only wail:

Watching the programs of the medieval plane, they are really not ready for the appearance of delicious food!Why do the emperors of the East even know how to barbecue?

Immediately afterwards, the highlight came, the most exciting part of this episode, Cui Qichao showed a secret skill from the East - repelling insects.

【...It's amazing, yes, but it's a little bit different from what I imagined. I thought I would beat all the knights to the ground, convince them, and swear to fight with the lord. 】

[Tsk tsk, that's too old-fashioned in the Middle Ages. Why didn't you say that the knights knelt down and kissed their hands when the tiger's body shook? 】

[It's quite cool, seeing the steward being slapped in the face, kneeling and licking the lord, and the serf's fate being reversed, full of gratitude to the leading actor, worshiping like a god... Isn't this the meaning of this kind of show? The bosses have to be fought one by one, looking forward to more exciting plots in the future! 】

[It makes sense. To fight a war, you must have food first. This is the right thing to do. I also support the protagonist to help farm the land! 】

[Support, support, no comments, Cui Cui Chongya!Get some more food! 】

【Accumulate food widely, do great things, we, Cui Qichao, will never let you brothers down! 】

[Cui Qichao is the best!The blood of the emperor is more domineering than you can imagine! 】

【…】

[Don't you really think that the painting style of those old audiences looks weird? ?My mother is from Huaxia, and I suddenly felt that this show might be different from what I thought...]