Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 608: Unreliable Pei Jingyang

Chapter 608 Unreliable Pei Jingyang

However, it has gained the recognition of the people in such a subtle and silent way.

He also heard an interesting story about this master. After failing to collect several hundred taels of rice for food money, he actually wanted to send a female relative to the county jail.

Logically speaking, such a person is not a generous person, and when doing business, he will pursue any dishonesty.

In order to sell more sweet potato wine to the Imperial Medical Service and pay 20% less tax, he worked hard and delivered the maximum amount of goods to the Imperial Medical Service every month.

Moreover, I heard that when she was doing the replacement and processing business in Mobei, she also had clear accounts with the people.

If you give them weeds, you get 20% of the loaches. If you don't give them weeds, you get 25% of the loaches. But they are not willing to suffer any loss.

But why was she willing to take out her own rice and flour and give it to the people? Could it be that she wanted to gain the recognition of the people?

But why did she take the initiative to offer herage to keep the cattle? The cattle and sheep would not say thank you to her. Minister Zhang did not even rent her the cattle.

What was she thinking when she did these things? Everything she did seemed to be done unintentionally.

But it won't be long before you realize that everything is done just right and fits together perfectly.

What kind of reward should he give to such an official so that she can keep her original intention and other officials can follow suit?

Emperor Shengwu prided himself on being able to see through people's hearts, but when it came to Hua Lei's behavior, he felt that he was a little confused.

Hua Lei had no idea what Emperor Shengwu was thinking, but she discovered it after she carefully looked into the things around her recently.

Pei Jingyang and his men were busy buying horses, building horse farms and stables, but they never thought about the issue of pasture.

Now that a horse farm has been built, the horse rations are the bulk of the food. This may not be a problem in spring and summer, as the fields purchased by the family will naturally grow grass.

If it is not enough, there are plenty of fodder in other places. But what about autumn and winter? What if we encounter a snowstorm like this year?

Next, the fields were reclaimed, so there was no more weeds to pull. Many wastelands and hills had been sold, and they were now owned by someone else. Naturally, we could no longer just pull weeds from someone else’s fields.

Moreover, the scale of rabbit breeding among the people in Mobei is also expanding, and they will inevitably need more fodder. By then, the fodder in Mobei may be in short supply.

In the study, Pei Jingyang and Rong Jin were a little overwhelmed by the questions Hua Lei asked. They were discussing what kind of horse they should buy?

How many horses should I buy? Where can I buy better horses? I don’t think I’ve really considered the fodder for the winter.

Looking at the confused faces of both the father and the son, Hua Lei finally understood why her grandfather said that her father-in-law was unreliable.

This is indeed unreliable. It seems that I still have to take care of it myself. Otherwise, when the time comes, I will have horses but no food, which will be a huge loss.

Moreover, during the spring sowing season, it was impossible to rent oxen for farming, which also awakened the flower buds, and we still needed to raise some cattle at home.

In the future, more and more people will come to Mobei to open up wasteland, and the role of oxen cannot be underestimated.

You may need to buy some wasteland later, and the role of oxen is no less important than that of manpower. If you raise a few cows at home, they will definitely be of use.

If there are too many, you can rent them or sell them. As long as you don't slaughter them at will, the government encourages people to raise cattle. You just need to control the number of cattle you raise.

Moreover, my family also runs a wool sweater workshop in Shangjing City, so if conditions permit, we can also raise some sheep.

Anyway, the plot of land Pei Jingyang bought was very large, so he could divide it into different areas for breeding. However, no matter what, he had to prepare the fodder first.

Pei Jingyang felt a little sad when Hua Lei said that she wanted to set aside an area on the horse farm to raise cattle and sheep. However, he also understood that Hua Lei's suggestion was right.

Especially the oxen, which are of vital importance to the farm. Fortunately, I was ruthless at the beginning and bought a lot of land.

Even if we raise some more cattle and sheep, the horse farm is still more than enough. So, he nodded with a painful look on his face.

Next, Hua Lei asked Pei Feiyang to go out again and go to Modong County to find the herdsmen to see if there were any forage seeds for sale so that they could buy some back.

As far as Hua Lei knows, the main occupation in Modong County is cattle and sheep grazing, but in order to ensure forage in the winter, they also artificially plant some forage grass in their own designated grazing areas.

Store up fodder for your own cattle and sheep, otherwise they may not survive the winter relying solely on the gifts from nature.

Ten days later, Pei Feiyang returned exhausted. On his carriage were alfalfa seeds that he had bought from the herdsmen at high prices.

Alfalfa is a perennial leguminous grass with a long life span of five to six years. It is the favorite forage for various livestock, especially cattle, sheep, and horses.

Moreover, people can also eat it, you can cook it as a vegetable, or add some broken rice to make porridge. You can mix and match.

Alfalfa has strong cold resistance and drought resistance, and is not demanding on the soil for planting. It avoids waterlogging, so it is more suitable to be planted on hillsides.

The most important thing is that alfalfa can also

Hualei plans to plant grass on one of the two hills he has already bought.

Hualei decided to plant forage grass on the hill where her family opened a lumber mill. The soil here is deep and covered with a lot of fallen leaves.

Moreover, many trees suitable for making beams, doors and windows have been cut down, and there are not many trees left, so alfalfa is also suitable for planting under the forest.

As long as you choose a location where the tree canopy is not too dense and plant it in an open area under the tree, you can ensure that alfalfa receives sufficient light.

Although tree roots will take up space in the soil, when planting under a tree, it is sufficient to deepen the soil around the roots and grass area.

Of course, the impact of trees must also be considered. It is possible that nutrients in the soil will be absorbed by the trees, resulting in insufficient nutrients in the alfalfa soil.

However, this is not a problem. When planting alfalfa under the tree, you just need to add more nutrients and apply more fertilizer in time.

Anyway, the trees are ours, and if they grow faster and mature earlier, we can also make money. After discussing it with Pei Jingyang, Pei Jingyang readily agreed.

A key step in planting alfalfa is land preparation. Alfalfa seeds are small, the soil at the top of the buds is weak, and the seedlings grow slowly.

Therefore, the soil must be made very fine, otherwise it is easy to cause lack of seedlings, broken branches and grass barrenness. Therefore, in order to grow forage grass, Hualei asked Pei Feiyang to go to Dongming and Donghe villages.

I asked the villagers there if they could continue to help me cultivate the land, because the wheat fields were almost harvested.

These hardworking women who took over the work of their men and harvested their own wheat were also preparing to come out and find Hualei to work again. Pei Feiyang's initiative to come to their homes made them even happier.

So, the next day, this group of villagers went to the barren mountain and began to help open up the wasteland. The original army of three or four hundred women.

Through word of mouth, many of their relatives also came over, so there were more people helping Hualei to open up the land.