Chapter 1130: Spring Watermelon Planting, Dog Days Arrive

Guo Zhiyun and several generals were separated, each responsible for an area, mobilizing troops to search and deploy.

The moon rises brightly at night in Chang'an City. Today is June 15th, which is July 31st in the Gregorian calendar.

The temperature is so high that I can't stop sweating even if I stay at home without moving.

This year's summer solstice falls on the sixth day of the fifth lunar month and the twenty-third day of the sixth lunar month, Yisi day.

According to the calculation of the third Geng day, the 21st of July in the Gregorian calendar is the first volt, the 31st of July is the second volt, and the 10th of August is the third volt.

The weather is already hot, and it’s not yet the third volt. It’s only ten days away.

There is a proverb in the north: even if it is not cold, you will shiver; if it is not hot, you will sweat.

Everyone in Zhuangzi is eating watermelon. The watermelon is chilled in the well without ice. The chilled watermelon is not as delicious as the watermelon from the well.

"The melon line has made life better for the local people." Li Longji poked a small piece of watermelon flesh with a toothpick and looked very happy.

The melons were sent from Xiaquan Village in Changze County, Youzhou. Ginger and melons were grown there.

Everyone is paid, thirty cents a day when planting, five cents a day to take care of them after planting, and the rest of the time they go digging coal.

The local county can dig the coal mines found by Li Yi for their own use and are not allowed to sell them.

In other places, people dig coal for free, but they have to pay for coal lumps.

Generally, people from other places used to help dig up coal, and then they would have coal face.

Plowing coal lumps is considered labor. The coal mines do not pay wages, but they use part of the coal lumps they dig to pay for it.

Just work for a long time, and if you are more diligent, you can pull away half a truck of lump coal and half a truck of pulverized coal.

The extra lumps of coal dug out were returned to the imperial court, which hired local people to wash the coal, and sent the washed coal to Lijiazhuangzi for coking.

The money came from the household department, and Lijiazhuangzi used coke to make various things, using his own labor to help the court.

For the extra steel and glass, Lijiazhuangzi kept all the glass and part of the steel.

The locals saw the production of watermelons and decided to grow their own next year so they could eat them, but not as much.

Press water from the well to water it. As for the ginger, I dug out the ginger mother.

It's the ginger that was sprouted and used to grow ginger. A few days ago, I dug out the root area. The color is different. The ginger that was the seed came out with just a pinch.

This ginger is also called Niang Jiang, and it is better than old ginger.

It eats well, and more will be planted next year. The yield is much higher than the old ginger harvested the previous year.

Mother ginger like this is first sent back to Lijiazhuangzi, where it will be kept properly. If the locals want to plant it next year, give them part of it.

At that time, the other ginger fields belonging to Lijiazhuangzi will not be paid to the local people to plant and take care of them, but will be exchanged for mother ginger.

After tearing off the mother ginger, the newly grown ginger will be planted in the soil. When it grows up, some of it will be collected. This is called young ginger.

The young ginger is not used to pickle pickles, but is made into ginger candy slices, which are used for medicinal purposes, and the pickles can be made into other things.

Others continue to grow and become old ginger. Some are kept as seeds to expand the planting area, and some are used as seasonings.

The watermelons that were left behind are still growing in the ground, and the seeds have come out. The locals are responsible for digging out the seeds and preserving them according to the method.

When Lijiazhuang grows watermelons next year, they will send people there to process the seeds and still pay wages to the local people.

With everything arranged, the people only need to work hard and don't need to consider other issues.

Li Longji thought watermelon was delicious. Because of this, the lives of the people around the area suddenly changed.

This includes planting grass and raising sheep, instead of asking the sheep to plow the grass roots, and transporting indica rice straw to start desertification control.

To make a straw grid, draw a line, place the straw horizontally on the vertical line, and use a shovel to press down along the line.

A whole straw is folded in half and pressed into the sand from the middle, leaving a section on top. Straw will also work.

In this way, the area is large and cannot be blown by the wind, and Haloxylon ammodendron can be planted in the lattice.

If you can grow Haloxylon ammodendron, Li Yi can provide Cistanche deserticola seeds to graft onto Haloxylon ammodendron.

Plant melons, plant ginger, lay straw lattice, prepare to plant Haloxylon ammodendron and graft Cistanche deserticola, collect coal, make kang, and collect well water.

Throwing the entire system aside, people who could not find a job before could finally see hope.

In addition, the livestock that Lijiazhuangzi used to transport things were lent to the people, and the people took good care of them while working with the livestock.

According to the memorial sent by the local magistrate Qu Zhi, the income of local people increased tenfold. Qu Zhi, the magistrate, meant to take credit.

Li Longji wanted to chop off his head and increase his income tenfold, which shows the life he lived before...

You are the local magistrate, and this is how you govern the place? You still have the nerve to say it ten times.

Does ten times your income have anything to do with you? The only thing worthy of praise for you is that you didn't cause trouble, let alone commit corruption.

"Li Lang, they said it's very difficult to transport overseas." Princess Yongmu took care of her two younger brothers.

The little guy is small, and Princess Yongmu helps to find the seeds.

Li Tan enjoyed the same treatment. He took a bite and glanced at Li Yi secretly. He was afraid that Li Yi would be angry. He could handle it himself, but he had to wait for his sister to pick.

He is enjoying the warmth and the feeling of home.

Li Yi thought he had not seen it: "There are coal mines and things for making cement, limestone, gypsum, thenardite, quartz sand for making glass, iron ore, salt and other things.

You can open a cement plant directly. Ask Lao Bi if he can open it. If he doesn't open it, I'll find someone to open it. The local area shouldn't be poor. "

Li Yi was talking about the Etuoke Banner he had at that time, which is now Yuzhou, a county among the top 100 industrial counties.

"Shouldn't we ask Wei Shangshu?" Princess Yongmu reminded in a low voice that burning cement should belong to the Ministry of Industry, and Wei Zhigu was in charge.

"Yes, let's find Old Wei." Li Yi changed his mind. He couldn't directly contact the Household Department for everything. It was not good for the Household Department to have too many functions.

"Can I go and help? I'll go and watch." Li Tan wanted to contribute to the Tang Dynasty, which was his "home".

"You stay here and wait until the wound on your face heals. I just had surgery on your big scar. Do you want to leave scars that can never go away?"

Li Yi said with a stern face. He had done another big scar surgery on Li Tan the day before yesterday and he was in the recuperation period.

"I know." Li Tan responded quickly. He was a little afraid of Li Yi.

"I'll make you melon slice soup tomorrow. You can't eat spicy food on your face. You have to eat light food."

Concubine Dou Lu told Li Tan that she had a good impression of this grandson now. Li Tan was the eldest grandson of the emperor.

The little guy had an older brother in front of him, but he was the legitimate grandson of the emperor.

Normally, the crown prince is the eldest son, not the youngest, and the legitimate son is not the eldest.

With the little guy here, other princes can't expect to be the crown prince.

The melon slice soup she was talking about was the melon slices of watermelon, the red flesh and the bluish-white part.

It can be used to make soup or mixed with cold dishes.

If you want to stir-fry, you must use a high heat, otherwise it will be fried.

"Hmm!" Li Tan responded with a stern face, not daring to laugh, and spoke little.

"The road to the well has been repaired, but the oasis has not grown yet. It will take a few years." Queen Wang pointed at the little guy's mouth.

The little guy quickly wiped it with the big napkin on his chest and gave Queen Wang a big smile in return.

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