The Reborn Wife is Farming

The children on the cattle farm have been working hard, but some old people stared at Mu Yangling and Qi Haoran out of the corners of their eyes. Seeing that they were talking happily, they gradually became discouraged. The little general and this girl Mu have such a good relationship, if they cause trouble , I'm afraid I really have to peel off a layer of skin, so everyone is a lot more honest.

Mu Yangling didn't know that she could still have this effect by pulling Qi Haoran to talk, and was discussing with Qi Haoran the address of the kindergarten and various supplies.

Because the children are still young, there are both boys and girls. Even if the elder brothers and sisters can take care of the younger brothers and sisters, they still need adults to take care of them. Therefore, the nursery has to hire some people to cook for the children. As for laundry and cleaning, etc. , because children over the age of six can do it, so Mu Yangling planned to let them do it by themselves.

"So much land, what do you use it for?"

"Grow food," Mu Yangling said, "Two-thirds are used to grow food, and one third are used to grow pasture. Both rabbit sheds and cattle farms need pasture."

"There are about 400 households here, more than 60 hectares, where do you get so many people?" Qi Haoran said: "Please can't invite so many people."

The current Hanzhong Mansion does not have so much idle labor.

Mu Yangling smiled and motioned him to look at the cattle farm with his chin, "Do you think those people can't even eat enough to eat, and they have money to rent my cattle?"

Qi Haoran stared at her with wide eyes, "Exchange labor?"

Mu Yangling nodded, "At that time, I will set a number, and I will help me plant as much land as I rent cattle for a few days. If it doesn't work, I will pay a lot of money to hire people. Anyway, the land can't be left unoccupied."

Qi Haoran rolled his eyes and said, "I'll help you."

Mu Yangling patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Forget it, you should go back and train your soldiers, you don't know how to farm."

Qi Haoran said that although he doesn't know how to farm, he can still do other things. After Mu Yangling thought about it, he handed over the nursery to him, "Speaking of which, they are all from your fifth battalion. It’s okay for you to take care of them.”

Qi Haoran was still thinking about who he had under his command, so Xiuhong trotted over to look for Mu Yangling with a small box in her arms.

"Cousin, why are they all children?" Xiuhong asked pantingly. Although Zhang Liu said that the cattle farm would expand and invite many people, she never thought that they were all children at a glance. She ran all the way down. At that time, I also met a child who could barely walk, and he was not as tall as the grass when he stood up.

"Did you bring the things?" Mu Yangling looked at the box in her hand without answering the question.

Xiuhong nodded and said in a low voice, "Half of the family's money is here."

After the family had a lot of money, it was naturally impossible for Mu Yangling to give tens of thousands of taels of silver ingots to the Tibetan family, so he divided most of the money into two banks, with half for Shu Wanniang and half for Xiuhong.

Mu Yangling motioned her to see those children, and said, "Xiuhong, you have to go to Hanzhong Mansion to buy some cloth and cotton, and make a set of winter clothes for these children."

Xiuhong was taken aback, and looked around the audience, there were children out of her sight, "Cousin, these are not some."

"I know, so I have to make money. Didn't Butcher Qin send me a message two days ago? I have to call him back. We will continue to do that business."

Xiuhong frowned, "Cousin, don't you think selling sheep is too tiring, and it takes too much time."

"But we are in a hurry to use the money now, and how can we not be tired of making money?" Mu Yangling said that before because she felt that the money at home was enough, and she wanted to focus on the cattle farm, so she didn't agree down.

Now that Hanzhong Mansion is no longer under martial law, the butchers of Qin can come here to sell sheep by themselves, but because they have more money now, one is to relax, the other is because Mu Yangling is more familiar with this area, and the third is because They are strangers to Hanzhong Mansion. If they want to do business here, they must pay respect to the Yamen. In this case, it is better to give the money to Mu Yangling and let Mu Yangling earn more money. A lot of effort.

Mu Yangling just sighed at this time, sure enough, no amount of money is enough.

Qi Haoran listened on the sidelines, and in order to show his support for her, he planned to donate all his money to Mu Yangling to run a kindergarten.

This time Mu Yangling didn't refuse and accepted it with a smile.

Mu Yangling took care of the cattle farm for a day, and after making sure that no one was causing trouble, he handed it over to Zhang Wu and Zhang Liu. The child's cotton clothes were handed over to Xiuhong, and she went to buy seeds for next year.

Ordinary farmers keep their own seeds, and sometimes the imperial court distributes them, but these are usually in difficult counties, and there are not many of them, and the rest are bought at grain shops.

Before buying seeds, Mu Yangling rode around the land of Ma Rao. The land that Qi Haoran wanted to rent out was not bad, with a total of sixty-five hectares and two small streams, although it was dry now. , but when it rains, it should be able to store some water, so it should be fine to grow rice near there.

With the creek as the center, wheat can be planted outside, corn can be planted after that, and pasture can be planted at the end.

Mu Yangling took a look at the humidity of the soil and thought it was okay, the overall condition was better than her own land.

Mu Yangling was satisfied, and started to talk to the grain merchant about buying seeds.

In fact, there is an advantage of self-reserved seeds. They have a great grasp of the habits of crops, but there are also great disadvantages. The more the seeds are kept, the lower the yield. It will still get worse in the future.

Therefore, if the seeds you keep for yourself are more than three years old, you will go to the grain merchants to buy new seeds.

Therefore, the seeds of grain merchants are generally the first generation, which is naturally expensive.

Mu Yangling must be more cautious when buying so many seeds at a time, for fear that others will exchange bad ones for good ones, but when it comes to researching this, she is not as good as the old man, so Mu Yangling plans to go back to pick up his aunt. , buy some in both Xingzhou Prefecture and Hanzhong Prefecture, so that it is not eye-catching and can be compared more.

In fact, Mu Yangling prefers to cultivate higher-yielding seeds by herself. She has no thoughts about wheat for the time being, but rice can be hybridized.

Why do Hanzhong and Xingzhou prefectures grow less rice? Isn't it because there is less water, and rice is not drought-tolerant?

However, it may take ten years or even twenty years for hybrid rice to be produced, because within a year, hybrid rice with a certain characteristic must be continuously selected, eliminated, and rice without ears must be found. There is a long way to go, and even if it is found, it is not certain whether it can be hybridized.

Mu Yangling didn't dare to aspire to the output of later generations, but it would be good to have half of it. Moreover, not only the seeds were improved, but also the farming techniques. Mu Yangling felt that the final yield of 500 catties per mu would be very good. up.