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Chapter 609 Planting Grass
Chapter 609 Planting Grass
After being moistened by rain and snow, the land on the barren mountain is not as hard as imagined. Coupled with the long-term decay of fallen leaves and the fact that few people had stepped on it in the past, the land is actually softer than the flat land that has been trampled all the time.
Therefore, the speed of land reclamation and tillage was not slow. After a period of time, the southern slope of the mountain had been leveled.
Because alfalfa is a relatively fertile forage grass, although it can grow on barren land, its yield is low.
Therefore, Hualei dug some fermented fertilizer from the farm, hoping to increase the yield of forage.
The sowing period of alfalfa varies due to different natural conditions in different places, but the best time is generally from late March to early April.
It should not be later than early June at the latest. Now it is early May, which is about the same time.
There are three general methods for planting alfalfa: row sowing, hole sowing, and broadcast sowing. According to the planting purpose and terrain conditions, Hualei chose narrow row sowing for the purpose of grass production.
This method of sowing produces high alfalfa yields, but low seed yields. In Mobei, it is relatively convenient to buy forage grass seeds, so Hualei automatically ignores the shortcomings of narrow row sowing.
In order for alfalfa to germinate and grow better, the sowing depth should be appropriate. Generally, the sowing depth of the soil is about the length of a finger joint. After sowing the seeds, cover them with a thin layer of fine soil.
In the first year after alfalfa is planted, it is easily attacked by weeds due to its slow growth in the seedling stage. However, if the flower buds can also be used as fodder, there is no need to remove them.
What she wanted was fodder. As long as it was suitable for cattle, sheep and horses to eat, it was a treasure. There was no need to waste manpower and money or put the cart before the horse.
After sowing the alfalfa seeds, what needs to be done next is to plow the soil in summer to keep it loose, build up the soil in late autumn to retain nutrients, and build up the soil before winter to retain moisture, and other follow-up matters.
After two years, the management of alfalfa will be relatively simple. Just remove the dead branches and leaves on the ground before it sprouts in early spring.
This can increase the ground temperature, accelerate the greening of alfalfa, and then loosen the soil, apply fertilizer, and promote growth.
Alfalfa sown in the same year can generally be harvested two to three times. After two years, it can be harvested three to five times or more each year.
Generally, it is best to harvest from the budding stage to the early flowering stage, when the yield is high and the grass quality is good. It can be directly fed to cattle, sheep and horses as green fodder.
If you can't finish it, you can make it into green hay for feeding in winter. You can also mix it with corn stalks to make winter reserve food for cattle, sheep and horses.
After the alfalfa issue was resolved, the imperial edict from Emperor Shengwu finally arrived as expected. I heard Minister Zhang say to me.
His more than two thousand taels of silver could be fully reimbursed, Mu Cao gave him another two thousand taels, and he could also get a first-class merit and be rewarded with three thousand taels.
In addition, because of her pregnancy, Hua Lei can rest at any time. No work will be arranged for her before giving birth. She can keep her official position and her salary will be paid as usual. Hua Lei was very satisfied when she heard this.
Although she didn't care about the monthly salary, Hua Lei had nothing to worry about as long as she kept her official position.
That's what a good boss should do! He should see the efforts of his employees and give them positive feedback. Only in this way can the employees feel that their work is worthwhile and continue to work hard.
However, with more than three months left before her due date, Emperor Shengwu agreed not to arrange anything for her. This Emperor Shengwu was quite humane.
In this case, Hua Lei decided to be honest and went to the county government for two more days to finish the work at hand. She also carefully wrote a list of what needed to be handed over. After everything was handed over, she went home to rest.
Of course, on the surface, she acted as if she was very reluctant to leave her job, and told Minister Zhang that if he needed her for anything in the future, he could come to her at any time, and she would be there whenever he was called as long as her health allowed.
Recently, the six-month-old baby has become more and more obvious. Although my health has always been fine and the county government affairs are not very busy.
However, no matter how much free time I have, I still can't rest well. I have enough money now, so for the sake of my children, I'll just lie down for a while.
Hua Lei was able to go home and rest, and everyone around her couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Especially Rong Jin, who was even more relieved.
Although the county government office was not far away and there was not much to do, every morning, seeing Hua Lei getting up with him with a bulging belly, Rong Jin felt distressed. It would be great if he could go home and rest.
Qingqi, Qinghua, Ziyun and Ziyan had the same idea. They would rather be busy themselves than watch Hualei get up early and go to bed late every day and be so tired.
So, in the following days, Hualei lived a leisurely life with everything provided for her, and she slept until she woke up naturally every day.
You don't need to do anything by yourself. You can look at the account book if you want to. If you don't want to look at it, Qingqi Qinghua will take over everything.
When she woke up that day, Rong Jin had already gone to the county government office. Hua Lei washed up with the help of Qingqi and Qinghua, had breakfast, and called Zhenzhu to visit Mrs. Chen who rented a house in the back.
Mrs. Chen Shao gave birth to a son in early April. Hualei and Zhenzhu sent candy baskets in advance and attended the wedding banquet for the baby's third birthday. Now the baby is almost 100 days old.
Taking advantage of her free time, Hualei went to visit and gave some eggs she had exchanged for, fresh vegetables, etc. In Mobei, you can't buy any particularly expensive tonics, and Hualei doesn't know much about medicine, so it's more appropriate to give some food.
Pearl was one month pregnant than Hualei, and her belly was more obvious. Moreover, since she caught a cold last time, she had a poor appetite and was not feeling well.
Although the doctor in the Xu Mansion prescribed medicine, it was not very effective. So usually, he stayed at home and rarely went out.
However, in order to have a smooth delivery, Xiao Xufu Doctor and Madam Han both told her to exercise moderately every day. So, when Hualei called, she went with them to the house behind.
Because they had sent the visiting card in advance, when Hualei and Zhenzhu arrived, Mrs. Chen was already waiting at the door. When she saw Hualei and Zhenzhu coming together, she hurried forward to greet them, and led the way for them personally.
In the small courtyard, Mrs. Chen was leaning on a reclining chair under the eaves, covered with a thin blanket. In a wooden cradle on the side, her plump white son was lying, sleeping soundly after drinking milk.
The baby, who was almost 100 days old, had lost the wrinkles when he was just born and was growing like a balloon. Looking at the sleeping baby, Hualei and Zhenzhu consciously lowered their voices.
After a simple greeting between the two sides, Hualei and Zhenzhu sat down on the chairs on the side and talked in low voices.