novelaction Chapter 765: Water diversion for irrigation
Chapter 765: Water diversion for irrigation
The more I talk, the less confident I feel.
Zhou Guo was speechless, but he knew that he had tried his best to find this one.
He smiled and said, "Thank you, sir. You have worked hard. Come, let's have dinner together tonight."
The magistrate of Song County shook his head quickly. "No, no, no, that's not necessary. You can eat by yourself. I still have official business to attend to, so I will go back to the government office first."
In fact, there is no official business at all.
However, when he went to the provincial capital this time, he vaguely heard that Zhou Guo was actually a woman.
Isn't that the general's daughter?
How dare he eat alone with the general's daughter? He still wants to live a few more years.
Zhou Guo waited until the county magistrate left, then he looked at the staggering man, waved his hand, and ordered, "Bring him a chair."
She sat aside and waited for him to sober up, reading a book while waiting.
By the evening, when the sky was filled with rosy clouds, the man finally woke up.
Zhou Guo put down the book and said with a smile: "Sir, are you awake? Do you know where this is?"
The man opened his eyes and saw Zhou Guo. He was stunned and said nothing. He looked around and was a little dazed by the thriving and lively scene.
Zhou Guo didn't care and watched with him. After a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Sir, do you know who I am? Why did I invite you here?"
Still without a reply, she began to suspect that he had hearing problems and was deaf.
The man looked around for a while before looking at Zhou Guo, looking her up and down, "Are you the owner of Songxian Village?"
Zhou Guo asked, "Why, doesn't it look like him? What's your name, sir?"
The man said, "Tang, Tang He."
Zhou Guo nodded, "Mr. Tang, do you know why I invited you here?"
Tang He waved his hand and said, "Don't talk yet, let's take a walk around your farm."
The two of them toured the whole Zhuangzi, including Zhou Guo's experimental field.
He looked at the green patch of land, so shocked that he didn't move for a long time. He squatted down and touched and pulled it. After a while, he said, "This salty and bitter land can actually grow grass?!!"
Although it is dying, it has indeed grown.
Zhou Guo said: "I have used these plots of land to transform them. I have used water to irrigate them many times and applied fertilizers. Now at least some strong seeds can survive. If they want to grow well, I will have to put in a lot of effort."
Tang He looked at the vast expanse of salty and bitter white land and asked, "So, you want to bring water to irrigate the land?"
Zhou Guo said: "Yes, sir, you really have a good eye. If such a large piece of land is transformed, I wonder how many people can be fed by the grain produced every year."
Tang He shook his head. "This is a huge project. I'm afraid it can't be done in a short period of time. In my entire life, I've never heard of anyone being able to grow food on salty and bitter land. There has never been anyone in history."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "There has never been such a thing before, but it will happen from now on."
Pointing to the green patches on the ground, he said, "Isn't this the best proof?"
Tang He looked at the grass on the ground, speechless.
He was sure that these were not dug from somewhere else and planted, but that they really grew from this land. Could grass really grow on the salty and bitter land?
Zhou Guo said: "I have several large plots of land like this in other counties, and I also have small plots of land. I don't expect to become fat all at once. If these lands can grow food one day, I will be happy no matter how long it takes."
If she could turn these saline-alkali lands into fertile fields, she might even be recorded in history books.
Tang He looked at her deeply for a few times, then nodded and said, "I'll help you."
Zhou Guo said happily: "Thank you sir!"
She didn't ask him what he knew, and she felt there was no need to ask.
With manpower, material resources, food and even experts, Zhou Guo put the river diversion on the agenda before the freezing.
Later, as more and more people came, there was more manpower.
At the same time, work started in several other counties. Although there were not enough manpower to dig rivers, they were still able to dig wells and ponds. They made water wheels, pumped water from distant rivers, and dug ditches to bring the water to the fields.
Although the effect may not be great, it is better than nothing.
After Tang He finishes his work in Song County, he will travel around the various counties. Each county has different terrain, so this task is not difficult, but it is not simple either.
Zhou Guo handed the task over to him. The river water had to flow through the fields and return to the river channel, with ditches built everywhere in between.
The refugees who came in droves finally had work to do.
The work of making compost has not stopped either. Besides water, the most indispensable things for converting saline-alkali land are these fertilizers.
She felt relieved after handing over this job. She didn't have to spend all day in Song County and could finally go home!
When Li saw her coming back, she said, "You are almost like your uncle now, not coming home day after day. Do I have to take care of you year after year if I take care of you one day?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, it's not necessary for now. I'll let someone else handle the matter over there. Just go over and take a look from time to time this winter."
As he said this, he sat down in the pavilion, pinched a piece of dessert and put it in his mouth, leaned comfortably in the rocking chair and hummed a song. Home is still the best.
This Mr. Tang has made a great choice. She will send some delicious food to the county magistrate later.
Well, as for the Lord of the Mansion... forget it, forget it, she doesn't know him either. Let the magistrate of Song County repay the favor. If these pieces of land are improved, he will benefit no less than her. It can't be that this favor belongs to her alone, right?
Thinking of this, she began to rock her head with peace of mind, and asked as she did so: "Mom, what are we having for dinner? You don't know, I've been following them these days and have only had liquid food in the morning and evening, and only had solid food at noon. I finally had a meal of meat, but there were only two or three thin slices, not even enough to fill my teeth. I'm so greedy now that I can swallow a cow!"
Life in Song County was really hard. Quanzi's secret treats for her every night were useless, as she was still greedy.
Li was distressed after all, "Make braised pork, mushroom-roasted chicken, braised beef, braised fish, and sweet and sour spareribs."
Zhou Guo started drooling just by hearing the name.
"You're not broke, so why can't you eat alone instead of eating with them?" The old man came in from outside carrying a big grass carp.
Zhou Guo's eyes lit up when he saw the fish. "It's so big. Should I braise half of it and stew the other half with tofu?"
The old man snorted.
Zhou Guo said quickly, "So many people are eating from the same big pot, wouldn't it be nice for me to secretly eat the big meal in the back? I ate with them, and everyone worked very actively, with smiles on their faces, working quickly and well, and without any complaints."
The old man asked, "You just want them to work hard, so you eat two meals a day and one meal a day? Do you do the same to Quanzi and the others?"
Zhou Guo said: "That's not the case. Quanzi and the others don't eat at the farm. I am enough to suffer together. The less the others, the better."
Otherwise, why would she be so active in finding OEM jobs? Not having enough to eat is the greatest suffering.
She is always greedy and wants to eat everything she sees.
Li and Wu Ya felt sorry for him, so they prepared a large table of delicious food in the evening, all of which was meat.