Cultivation Starts From Planting Sweet Potatoes

After more than a month of land reclamation, a total of 20 mu of land has been sorted out on Qixia Mountain.

With the world's grain production, one mu of dry land can produce one to two hundred catties of grain if it is well planted.

There are still some differences in harvest according to different varieties. For example, the yield of soybeans is very low, much less than that of corn.

For a freshly reclaimed raw land like his, don't expect to reap it in the first few years, as long as you can take back the seeds that have been planted.

Therefore, the 20 mu of land he cultivated with a huge investment can only support a few people even if there is a bumper harvest.

Zhang He reclaimed the wasteland mainly to grow sweet potatoes, which are drought-tolerant, barren-resistant, and high-yielding.

The yield of sweet potatoes per mu can easily reach four to five thousand catties, and the high yield can reach seven to eight thousand catties. One mu of sweet potatoes is enough to feed several people.

However, too barren land is not a good thing after all, and some leguminous crops need to be planted to improve the fertility of the land.

Leguminous crops have a characteristic that they can absorb free nitrogen in the air and store it in root nodules, thereby increasing the nitrogen content in the soil.

Planting other varieties after a few rounds of legumes will yield much higher yields.

In places where there is no chemical fertilizer, crop rotation can only be used to increase yields.

Twenty mu of land is all planted with soybeans, and the seeds alone cost two to three hundred catties. The yield of soybeans is lower than that of grains, and one mu of land can only harvest tens of catties. The harvest in this first year may not be as much as seeds.

Forty people worked together, and it took only one day to plant 20 mu of land with soybeans.

After planting the 20 acres of land, everyone continued to reclaim the wasteland, and at the same time they still took turns practicing and practicing sword skills.

The progress of everyone practicing "Thirteen Swords of Chasing Souls" is still very slow. They have been practicing for more than two months, and finally someone has practiced the first form.

The first one to practice was Fat Tiger, who was only eight years old. It seemed that he also had good talent in martial arts, but he was still far behind Zhang He.

Zhang He was already practicing the fifth form at this time, and the progress of this sword technique became slower and slower.

Although "Thirteen Swords of Chasing Souls" has no other training methods except sword skills.

In fact, the practice of saber technique pays attention to the use of force to attract energy, and when the strength is reached, the energy will arrive. While practicing this saber technique, the strength and speed of the body are constantly improving.

Only by improving the physical fitness to a certain level through practice can one practice a certain type of sword technique.

In terms of improving the overall quality of the body, Zhang He also has an unnamed exercise, which he has never given up practicing.

Now he has a faint feeling that he may not be a martial arts genius with excellent bones.

Perhaps it was because of this nameless exercise that improved his overall physical fitness to a relatively high level.

His previous physical strength, agility, and reaction were all different from ordinary people, so it seemed very easy to practice sword skills.

Today Zhang He picked up another load of boiled sweet potatoes and sent them to the shopkeeper of rice, 120 catties, and received 600 Wen.

Now the money is only enough to cover food expenses for forty people for a day.

After practicing "Thirteen Soul-chasing Swords", everyone's physical fitness has improved, but energy is conserved, and a large amount of food is required to increase strength.

Now the average person can eat two catties of corn or soybeans a day, plus buy some meat, the money will be gone.

Pork is very expensive these days, and a catty of pork costs 35 Wen.

In addition, the horse he raised also cost a lot. In addition to eating grass, the horse had to be fed concentrated feed, usually soybeans.

If the expenditure of a horse is replaced by wild vegetables and corn paste, it can feed at least twenty or thirty people.

Zhang He thought that if the weather gets warmer after a while, he can raise a few pigs and sheep, consume fodder, and increase his income.

After leaving Heishui Town, Zhang He released the horse in the space, rode on the horse and headed for Dehua City.

It has been more than two months since he last sold dried sweet potatoes to Su Fa, and it is unknown if his dried sweet potatoes are sold out.

There is no phone these days, so he can only go and see it in person.

Zhang He rode a tall horse all the way, and the bandits along the way didn't even dare to stop him.

At this moment, he finally realized why everyone liked luxury cars in his previous life.

When he was approaching Dehua City, Zhang He hid his horse and walked into the city.

First of all, he found the Qibao pastry shop. When Su Fa saw Zhang He appear, he was closer than seeing his own father.

The dried sweet potatoes he purchased from Zhang He were sold well once they were launched, and the business of other pastries in the store also improved a lot.

The 1,000 catties of dried sweet potatoes I bought last time would have been sold out long ago if he hadn't controlled the sales later.

Recently, he couldn't eat and couldn't sleep at night. He was always thinking about Zhang He showing up with his dried sweet potatoes.

Su Fa's wife thought that he had fallen in love with that brothel girl again, and thoughtfully helped him find a concubine as beautiful as flowers and jade.

Even though the beauty is in his arms, Su Fa still thinks about Zhang He in his heart.

So when Zhang He saw that Su Fa's eyes were red and he was walking towards him with excitement, he quickly dodged a few steps back.

Both of them were old acquaintances, and one was affectionate, the other was interested, and the deal was concluded within a few words.

This time Zhang He sold 1,500 catties of dried sweet potatoes to Su Fa for a total of 30 guan.

And the two agreed that two months later, Zhang He would send another batch of dried sweet potatoes.

After the deal was concluded, Zhang He still led Su Fa to pick up the goods from the small courtyard last time, and Su Fa paid Zhang He 30 taels of silver on the spot.

When Zhang He reappeared in the small courtyard, a hooligan who was wandering nearby left immediately, and got into the small gate of a big house in the city.

After Zhang He received the silver, he also left the courtyard.

Last time, because a group of thieves were always around him, he couldn't take a good tour of the county town.

There are two bookstores in the county town, and he wanted to go in last time, but he was ashamed of his illiteracy, so he didn't have the nerve to go in.

Now he has been able to recognize thousands of characters, can understand most of the content, and can finally walk in with his head held high.

If you want to understand this world, you still need to read more books about this world.

After entering the bookstore, Zhang He showed his true nature and bought dozens of books in one go, including a large bundle, which cost a lot of money in total.

After buying the book, I walked around the city for a while, and it was already dark, so I had to go back to the small courtyard I rented for a night.

Too many people were killed in this room last time, and even now there is still a smell of blood.

Zhang He felt that he was originally a kind person, but others came to kill him. Out of self-protection, he could only be cruel.

It was less than half a year since he traveled to this world, and dozens of people died at his hands.

He took out a set of quilts from the space and spread them on the bed. This was a new one he bought while shopping today, and he hoped that it would not be stained with blood again.

The moonlight is good tonight, and it happens to be an elegant thing to read under the moonlight.

He has always found it very strange that at night in this world, there will be three moons in the sky, which are distributed in the sky in a zigzag shape. He doesn't know the reason.