Chapter 274 Preparation of the Medicine Field
"Xiao An, you said you asked me to come over for something, what was it?"
It took a lot of time for the old man and the young man to make Wang Fang believe that Su There is nothing wrong with Ying's body.
After Wang Fang left, Zhang Yixing talked to Zhang An about the matter.
"Such a godfather, I'm thinking of carving out a piece of land in the open space behind as a medicine field, and then picking some medicinal materials to plant."
Zhang An belongs to The kind of person who takes action when he has an idea has been brewing the idea of medicine fields in his mind for the past few days.
And he thought that it would be a waste to keep the more than ten acres of land at the back empty, so it would not be a loss to just get a piece of land.
After all, we just hired people to clean up the land before. It is convenient to do anything before the grass grows.
If it is left for a year or two, it will have to be weeded again.
Medicine fields are not the same as farmland. There are many things that need to be paid attention to when developing them.
But these are not a problem, because Zhang and his team are here. When they were in the old Taoist temple, Zhang and his team planted two acres of medicinal materials themselves.
So Zhang and his party are relatively familiar with this aspect, so Zhang An is not very worried.
So after making the decision yesterday, Zhang An wrote a note to Zhang Yixin.
After all, Zhang and his party now live in a Taoist temple, and there is still some distance to go back and forth.
And there are no telephones installed in Taoist temples. Unlike in later generations, everyone has a mobile phone, so it is not convenient to contact them.
But this is not a problem. Zhang An thought that the ancients had a way of passing messages by flying pigeons.
Although there are no pigeons at home, there are many animals.
At first Zhang An thought about letting the big dog at home be the messenger, but although the big dog at home was obedient, he could understand what Zhang An meant.
But when delivering the letter for the first time, Zhang An asked Dahu to go.
Because I didn’t think carefully, I let the big tiger carry the note.
It turned out that this guy was a little playful and jumped here and there on the road.
When Dahu finally found Zhang Yixing, he didn’t even know where the note in his mouth was.
When Zhang and his party saw Dahu not leaving, they thought something was wrong, so they went down the mountain to ask.
Only then did I know that Zhang An wanted to use flying pigeons to pass messages to communicate with him on a daily basis.
At the moment, I said that this method is very good and can be adopted in the future.
Since Zhang and his party are in the mountains and don’t go anywhere on weekdays, it’s easier to find them.
If Zhang An comes to see him for something, he can continue to use this method.
On the other hand, if Zhang An and his party have something to do with Zhang An, they might as well go down the mountain directly.
After all, Zhang An may not necessarily stay at home. If we use this method, we may not be able to find Zhang An.
At this point, a biological wireless signal transmission channel has been officially established in Changqing Village.
However, Zhang An did not continue to use the big dogs at home as messengers, but replaced them with Huatou's family.
After all, Dahu and the others are obedient, but they are a little sloppy and playful, and they easily lose items.
Huantou and his family are still reliable. After all, air transportation is faster than land transportation.
Besides, Huatou and his family are not playful, so they just hang a mailbox on their feet.
With their vicious temperament, ordinary things cannot get close to them, and it is not easy to lose items.
So the original message sent by a flying pigeon became the current message sent by a flying eagle.
The last letter was delivered by Huatou. Zhang and his party had lived in Zhang An's house for a while, and Huatou was familiar with him.
Although they are not very close, at least when Zhang An is away, Huatou does not exclude Zhang and his party and can pick up the items alone.
“It’s okay to open one together. After all, many medicinal materials can be found at ordinary times, but they may disappear when they are needed temporarily.”
Hearing that Zhang An wanted to open up a medicinal field, Zhang and his party Not only do I have no opinion, but I actually agree with it.
As Zhang Yixing said, many medicinal materials are easy to find when not in use.
When I need it at a critical moment, I can’t find it anywhere.
Even though they can be found on weekdays, many medicinal materials cannot be kept forever even if they are prepared.
Because most prepared medicinal materials, the longer they are stored, the medicinal effects they contain will slowly disappear.
Just do it, the two of them took their hoes and headed for the mountain behind the melon field.
Actually, when it comes to terrain, the place where watermelons and strawberries were grown before is the best.
Because those few acres of land are at the bottom of the nest, these ten acres of land are the flattest land in this area.
But Zhang An never considered opening up medicinal fields here.
One is because this land is right on the river bank. The land contains more water and the soil is relatively moist.
Although many medicinal materials cannot be planted without water, they will not grow on land with too much water.
Moreover, Zhang An is still thinking about the big flood next year, when the whole area on the river bank will be submerged.
So no matter what you consider, the area behind the melon field is the most suitable place.
When we came to the open space, there was already a layer of weeds growing in the open space that had been weeded before.
However, due to the previous autumn, many weeds have withered, and now there are only some grass stalks dripping with dew.
"This place is nice. Are you going to make a lot of medicine fields?"
Zhang and his party looked at the open space in front of them, feeling quite satisfied.
Although it is on a mountain, the terrain is not flat. The whole area is slightly tilted to the south, and it is completely sloped.
However, in Zhang Yixing's opinion, this slightly sloping land is much better than the flat land below.
Because after drainage ditches are laid on the slopes, no matter how much it rains, it will not cause floods.
“Let’s prepare about two acres of land first. Plant a little of everything. It’s easy to take care of at home anyway. If necessary in the future, we can continue to expand it.”
The sloping land in front of him is four to five acres in size. Zhang An plans to get half of it first and plant some of the medicinal materials collected in the space.
There isn’t much of anything. Half a point or even a point is considered a lot.
And Zhang An hasn’t collected many types yet. He will definitely have the opportunity to go out in the future.
At that time, according to his collecting habit, he will definitely stuff some of whatever he encounters into the space.
In the end, this area may not be enough.
"Then your project is not small. You can grow a lot of medicinal materials on two acres of land."
Zhang and his party have cultivated medicinal fields in the future, but only a few acres. size.
Based on his previous scale, Zhang An’s two acres of land really required a lot of medicinal materials to be planted.
“I just plan to get so many first, and I don’t necessarily have to plant them all. Anyway, when I encounter better medicinal materials, I will plant some myself to prepare for emergencies.”
< br>"Besides, I plan to pack all the medicine you need in the future."
If he had just come back, Zhang Yixing would definitely have said something.
But after spending time together, he found that his adopted son was quite close to him.
Moreover, Zhang An’s family also regarded him as their own, making him feel as warm as a family member.
He originally planned to wait until spring to turn over the original medicinal field and plant it again.
But now that Zhang An plans to acquire such a large medicinal field, he will no longer need to continue stocking medicinal materials on the original few acres.
So now he has no intention of being polite to Zhang An. After all, he now regards Zhang An as his heir. Whether it's his own, or a hundred years from now, the Taoist temple will be inherited by Zhang An.
On the other hand, Zhang compared line by line and found that the small piece of land in the back mountain was not as fertile as here.
After all, the soil there is not very deep, and it is relatively dark, suitable only for a few types of herbaceous plants.
Rather than being distracted over there, it would be more straightforward to help Zhang An take care of this medicinal field in the future.
But what Zhang and his party didn't know was that Zhang An could only take normal care at best and couldn't put in more energy.
After all, this place was just used by him to deceive others and find a reason to take medicinal materials from the space in the future.
But no matter what he grows, Zhang An will definitely use the space spring water. The effect of this thing is much stronger than careful care.
In the gusts of cold wind, an old man and a young man waved their hoes and began to turn over the wasteland.
In fact, it is not difficult to plow the land in winter, because the water has not evaporated, so it is much easier to dig than the sun-dried and hardened soil in summer.
“Forget it, let’s not dig anymore. If we continue like this, it will take several days to finish digging.”
Zhang An threw the hoe aside and looked at what he had been digging for a long time. The land, it was discovered, had not been turned over much.
It wasn't that he felt tired, it was just that after swinging the hoe for a long time, he finally raised his head and found that he couldn't move much through the land.
"I'll go back and pull out the dark clouds, put them on the plow and it's done."
Because of the winter, Zhang An didn't want to use Dahei at first.
In the countryside, farmers do not use their livestock in winter.
After all, we have been busy for a whole year from beginning to end. In winter, it is also a time for people to gain weight so that they can continue to work in the coming year.
And now Dahei’s wife is pregnant with a pony, and her belly is getting bigger day by day.
What Zhang An wanted was to let Dahei spend some time with his wife while he rested.
But now, Zhang An has changed his mind. He feels that his Dahei family has been relatively nourished all year round and does not need much rest to gain weight.
And there isn't much work here, so it won't take long to plow it all.
It won’t be too late to let Dahei accompany his wife at that time. After all, Dahei, even in the circle, only eats and sleeps on the sidelines.
It didn’t take long for Zhang An to carry the plow and lead the horse to the field.
Looking at the long-lost wilderness, Dahei felt a little turbulent in his heart.
After all, after winter, Zhang An didn’t take it out to let it out.
Now that it smells the smell of freedom, its mood is definitely not as comfortable as usual.
But in such joy, Dahei shuddered unconsciously.
Dahei suddenly felt that in this free air, the cold wind blowing in the sky was a bit disturbing.
But soon, it couldn't feel the cold anymore.
Because at this moment, Zhang An was already harnessing the plow to it.
When it starts working later, it won’t feel the cold anymore.
Sure enough, after setting up the plow, Dahei started running wildly as Zhang An shouted.
During this period, I was really suffocating it. I was in the horse pen every day, even though I didn’t have to worry about eating or drinking.
Even sometimes, Zhang An would give it extra food, including some space spring water and space grass.
But after a long time, it still yearned for the days when it could look out at the blue sky and white clouds.
Although in the horse pen, there is a very good-looking wife accompanying him.
But looking at Tuxue with a big belly, even if it has any ideas, it is unrealistic.
So I have been holding it back during this period. If I have a chance to come out today, I naturally want to release it to my heart's content.
Originally, Zhang Yixing was still thinking about asking Zhang An to give him the plow and let him plow it a few times.
But seeing this man and horse flying back and forth across the ground, he stopped thinking.
Because Dahei, who was flying with the plow, really shocked Zhang and his party.
The water of this plow is too deep, even if it is given to him, he cannot control it.
But seeing the horse running so fast, Zhang Yixin frowned a little.
He wanted to tell Zhang An that the horse was running too fast, and maybe the land was not plowed.
But when he bent down to take a look, he found that the land was not only plowed, but also deeper than ordinary animals.
Only then did he realize that the horse raised by Zhang An's family was no ordinary horse.
Because Dahei is full of energy and is Zhang An’s palm plow.
So in this state of unity between man and horse, the two acres of land were plowed in little time.
After lunch, Zhang Jianguo came back from outside.
Yesterday, someone came to ask him to help, so after getting up this morning, Zhang Jianguo went to his house.
It was time to fertilize the ground in the afternoon, and Zhang An and his father came back at the right time, so they could work together.
Zhang An didn’t know anything about fertilizing the ground for growing medicinal materials.
So you have to ask Zhang Yixing for everything. This is why Zhang An invited the old man down from the mountain today.
Although Zhang Yixing adopts the traditional planting method, before planting, a layer of base fertilizer must be applied to the field.
And this layer of base fertilizer uses farmyard manure, not chemical fertilizer.
Zhang An naturally knows this. After all, it is an ancient method. In ancient times, it was only farmyard manure, where did the chemical fertilizers come from?
As for retting the two acres of land as base fertilizer, a lot of farmyard manure is needed, and the amount used is much more than for growing crops.
Fortunately, Zhang An’s family does not lack this stuff. Because of the large number of livestock, their family does not have too much farmyard fertilizer saved now.
And most of them are fermented sheep dung and deer dung, which are very high-quality farmyard manure.
When they are planting crops on weekdays, many people in the village come to ask Zhang An’s family if they have any extra sheep dung.
Because by applying this fertilizer to crops, the yield will be higher than that of normal fertilization.
Then, the glorious task of carrying dung was naturally handed over to Zhang An.
Because in the winter when the cold wind is howling, Zhang An doesn't want his father to run around.
If he carries it himself, he can also run faster with Dahei.
Because Ta Xue was carrying a big belly, Zhang An was reluctant to take him out to work for fear of causing fetal contractions.
Knowing Dahei's background, Zhang An also put two more bags on top when loading the horse basket with manure.
Anyway, if there is a little more, it will be the same as nothing to Dahei, and he can easily handle it.
"Zhang An, why are you still working in the fields in such a cold weather?"
After running back and forth a few times, Zhang Ping did not go to work today. , found Zhang An busy in the fields.
“Aren’t we planning to plant some medicinal materials next year? I just don’t have much time to do at home. Let’s plow the ground first and apply a layer of base fertilizer, so that the medicinal materials will grow better in the future.”
While talking to Zhang Ping, Zhang An was not idle.
The shovel in his hand was swung rapidly, heading towards loading the horse basket.
Zhang Ping didn't say much when he saw this. He said a few words to Zhang An and then returned home.
After Zhang An made two trips, Zhang Ping went home, changed his clothes, and took the family's packhorse over to help.
(End of this chapter)