Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 375 Something went wrong

Although she had some thoughts in her heart, she dared not speak them out loud as a bud at the bottom. She could only work hard and lead people to walk around the cornfield every day.

This time, Hualei wandered to the 400-acre cornfield assigned to her.

There are nearly 1,000 acres of corn fields in this area. They are divided among four people. Hualei is in charge of 400 acres, and the other three are in charge of 200 acres each. In addition, several wind turbines are installed in this official corn field to irrigate the corn field.

Experienced farmers should all know that because the weather is very hot in summer, when irrigating crops in the fields, they usually choose to irrigate the crops when the temperature is not high in the morning and evening.

However, you cannot water crops during the noon period. The same is true for irrigation of corn fields.

Because the temperature is very high at noon in summer, the temperature on the surface of the corn leaves is also very high, so the transpiration is strong and water evaporates very quickly.

In order to replenish water for the leaves in time, the roots need to continuously absorb water. If you water the flowers with cold water at this time, causing the soil temperature to drop suddenly, the root hairs of the root system will shrink immediately due to the low temperature stimulation, hindering the normal absorption of water.

At this time, the corn body is not prepared at all, and the stomata on the leaves have not closed yet, so water will continue to be lost, which will cause the corn leaves to lose excessive water. The supply and demand of water inside the corn will lose balance, resulting in "physiological drought", scorching the leaves, and in severe cases causing the death of the corn.

However, I don't know whether the person in charge of the windmill was negligent or forgot to stop the windmill, so at nearly 3:45 pm, the water in the river was still flowing through the windmill to the cornfield.

After seeing this situation, Hua Lei hurried to the river, opened the buckle between the Feng Shui and the waterwheel, and stopped the operation of the wind-powered waterwheel.

Then he quickly filled the ditch upstream of the cornfield under his charge with mud, cutting off the water flow to the cornfield.

Then, they hurried to the downstream area of ​​the cornfield and dug all the outlets of the ditch to drain the water in the cornfield as soon as possible.

After more than half an hour of drainage, there was finally no water in the cornfield under his charge, so there should be no problem.

Seeing that the cornfield under his charge was fine, Hualei hurried to the cornfield next door, where the same thing was happening.

They cut off the water flow as quickly as possible, dug up all the water outlets in the downstream area, and then continued to rush to the next area.

However, although there was a compacted dirt road in the middle of the cornfield and horse-drawn carriages could be used, it still took a lot of time to cut off the water flow from the upstream area and then rush to the downstream area to dig all the exits.

So by the time Hualei had helped to deal with the hundreds of acres of corn fields nearby, it was already past noon. While Hualei was helping with the corn fields in the third division, Zhao Yifei, who was in charge of this division, also came over.

After the two of them solved the irrigation problem in the third subdivision, they rushed to the fourth subdivision to help. However, no matter how hard they tried, they still failed to stop irrigating the corn field before noon.

After the incident, the Minister of Agriculture Cheng was furious. He not only scolded several people in charge of the wind turbines, but also directly compensated them and dismissed them from their posts.

The head farmer in charge of several cornfield areas, except Hualei, was also scolded and fined for half a year's salary. The specific situation of the corn will be discussed later.

Ten days later, despite a lot of remedial measures, the corn fields in the fourth sub-district were still in trouble and many corn plants died. Xiong Linan, the person in charge of the fourth area, was dismissed and sent home, and compensated for the losses.

Although there were also dead corn plants in the third area, the situation was not serious. Zhao Yifei was fined half a year and was punished again. But he finally kept his job.

The first cornfield that Hua Lei was in charge of and the second cornfield of another colleague Gu Qingtian were finally safe and sound.

Afterwards, Gu Qingtian sent Hua Lei a big gift to express his gratitude. Hua Lei couldn't refuse, so she accepted it.

A few days later, Zhao Yifei came over reluctantly and gave Hua Lei a gift. Hua Lei thought about it and accepted it readily.

The cornfield issue was finally resolved, but I heard that due to negligence and laziness, many other cornfields still had problems.

So recently, Mr. Cheng was scolded every day and every three days in the government office. The whole Ministry of Agriculture was overcast every day.

Fortunately, Hualei didn't make any big mistakes, so even though she was very careful and cautious every day, she was actually in a good mood. Moreover, she took some time out from her busy schedule to make some soy sauce for her family.

In fact, in order to supply the military camps in Western Xinjiang and Mobei, Hualei makes soybean paste and bean paste every year.

Soy sauce, like soybean paste and bean paste, is best made in summer. So this year, Hualei decided to expand the scale and start making soy sauce on its own farm, taking advantage of the upcoming hot weather.

During the Great Sheng Dynasty, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were available. Except for salt, which was strictly controlled by the court, many of the other products were family businesses with varying quality. Moreover, the finished products were mostly sold to the rich and powerful. Ordinary people were reluctant to use oil and salt.

However, there are indeed many rich and powerful people in Shangjing City, and there are also many wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan Prefecture. So Hua Lei decided to give it a try. Of course, before trying, she also read a lot of regional chronicles.

Whether it is Jiangnan Prefecture, Shangjing City, or Mobei, there are still many blank places without soy sauce. If I make it myself, even if I don’t sell it in Shangjing City, I should be able to sell it if I ship it out by ship.

Therefore, Hualei decided to make a small amount of soy sauce first, to test the waters this year, and if it works, to expand the scale next year.

First, wash the soybeans and soak them in clean water for three or four hours until the soybeans swell and have no wrinkles. Then take out the soybeans, rinse them with water, and drain the water.

Put it in a clean, oil-free steamer and steam it over high heat. It will be fine if you pinch it with your hands and it can be broken into two pieces. It does not need to be too soft, otherwise the quality of the soy sauce produced will be poor.

Pour out the steamed soybeans and let them cool down, dry some of the moisture, grab the soybeans with your hands, and don't let your hands get sticky.

While steaming the soybeans, pick out the impurities and debris from the newly harvested hulled wheat, wash it clean, and place it in an oil-free pot.