Xiaojiu pondered a bunch of vague ideas and fled amid the laughter of the three sisters. He wanted to write down these ideas, even though they were disorganized, it did not prevent him from recording these scattered fragments first. His brothers had worked so hard, so of course he could not fall behind, and he was serious about feeding people.

Food: Next year, we will plant the three major grains: rice, wheat, and soybeans.

Clothing: Planting cotton and jute, and in some areas planting mulberry and raising silkworms.

Accommodation: Brick and tile factory, lime factory, furniture factory, ...

Travel: road construction, horses, cows, donkeys, ...

Xiaojiu scratched his head in annoyance. How to do such trivial things?! The silly boy didn't realize that he didn't need to do it himself. He just needed to push and guide others to do it. He didn't realize that he just needed to come up with a plan and let others implement it. He bit the pen and thought hard for a long time, and decided to ask three teachers for help!

The three sisters were chatting happily when they were surprised by Xiaojiu's question. They gathered together to look at what he had written.

"Food? Do you have soldiers and fields? That's easy. Just give them the fields to plant and the harvest goes to their respective camps. As for the fields in the manor, you just need to plan what to plant and let the people below do it."

"As for the people's fields, we can provide some guidance and exchange planting techniques. We need to adapt to local conditions on how to fertilize the fields and what crops to plant."

"The most important step is to arrange for people to purchase the products. If there are people to purchase the products, there will be people to plant the crops."

"Why do we need to collect? Because to maintain stability in a region, we must have sufficient food reserves. If floods, natural disasters or man-made disasters occur, we can provide sufficient supply to prevent prices from soaring and people from living in poverty. The amount of this reserve is based on the annual food consumption of the local population."

"Every year during the harvest season, we need to replace the new grain with the new one and sell the old one. We also need to reserve other important materials such as oil, salt, medicinal materials, cotton, etc. In short, from the perspective of people's survival, we cannot starve to death or freeze to death... Think about what else we need to reserve."

“Same as above in other respects”

The three sisters live in a country of great love. They not only react quickly and have rich experience in dealing with crises, but also receive support from all sides when one is in trouble. They have learned a lot through observation and exposure, and these words are just a drop in the bucket.

"..." Xiaojiu was stunned by what he heard, but then his mind suddenly became clear. This was the first time he came into contact with the concept of material reserves. He only knew that his brothers often brought back truckloads of things and stored them in warehouses, and that shops often stored large quantities of goods. The army also prepared a large amount of food, fodder, and weapons. This was the first time he heard and recognized that materials were stored from the perspective of ordinary people. It turned out that the pattern could be opened up a little more. So he went back to his room and started his closed-door work. No matter what, he had to come up with something decent to impress his brothers.

Seeing Xiaojiu slipping away with his paper and pen again, the three sisters looked at each other and fell into deep thought.

Yiyi: "Should we also contribute a little?"

Bai Lu: "It seems that I need to show my presence."

Yanan: "Otherwise, what's the point of us coming here?"

Yiyi: “Give birth to children?!”

Bai Lu: "Hanging on both sides? Enjoying handsome men?"

Yanan: "Aren't three enough?"

Yiyi: "So..."

Bai Lu: "Of course..."

Yanan: "Just do it."

"…How can we do this? It's another case of taking what is available?!" Yiyi and Bailu asked at the same time.

"Shouldn't we take it?! If you don't want to take it, then we should recreate everything as it says in the Book of Genesis. Please start from water and air!" Yanan hit the nail on the head and his words were quite sharp.

"Awesome!" Yiyi and Bailu gave her thumbs up at the same time.

"Hey! Let's go and invite that brat Xiaojiu over first. Let's just say, let him write it! It doesn't count as a violation!" Yanan was actually also lazy.

"agree"

"Agree plus one"

So, Xiaojiu, who hadn't even warmed up his stool yet, was called over again. He sat upright at a separate desk, complete with writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.

The three sisters leaned on the sofa, each occupying a precious spot, and relaxed.

"...What are you asking?" Xiao Jiu was still confused. He didn't know what the three sisters were going to do.

"Well, the three of us are determined to give you an intensive tutorial. Of course, we'll charge you for the tuition fees. Just ask if you want to know anything." It's amazing that Bai Lu is still thinking about the tuition fees at this moment.

"Well, let's be serious and start with agriculture. You write." Yanan had to get back to the topic. She believed that coming from a big agricultural country, even if she had no farming experience, she still had some experience, so common sense would be enough.

"Okay, the main crops are rice, wheat, soybeans..." Xiaojiu was a little nervous and spoke haltingly.

"To grow rice crops, you first need paddy fields. If there are no paddy fields, you can create them. You need to build ditches to divert water and create fields!"

"Water flows to lower places, and those with higher terrain cannot draw water. We can consider building dams to intercept the water and raise the water level before building canals to divert it. These are water conservancy projects. Agriculture and water conservancy are inseparable anyway. Water conservancy projects can be built in the fall and winter when the crops are not cultivated. The task is assigned to the villages, and people can be sent to investigate. This is an agricultural management issue, and the personnel needed are village heads, villagers, and the like. Plus appropriate rewards for water conservancy construction!"

"After the fields are built, the next step is to plant crops scientifically. The fields must be fertilized. Pig manure, sheep manure, cow manure, chicken manure, etc. can all be composted with easily rotten vegetable leaves to form farmyard manure. Lime, wood ash, and kiln ash can improve the soil, but do not mix them with farmyard manure, as this will cause the soil to lose its original fertility."

"Another method is to improve varieties. By cross-breeding, the best ones can be selected and used as seeds. The yield will also increase accordingly. This requires gradual experiments in experimental fields to get results. Scientists in our area spend their entire lives on improving varieties."

"Now when it comes to farming, we encourage land reclamation. As long as it does not cause soil erosion by deforestation, people can reclaim wasteland. We need to come up with some preferential policies for wasteland, such as exempting the reclaimed wasteland from taxation? You can think about these things yourself."

"What to plant depends on local conditions... But I would like to add that we can guide people to plant and raise crops through economic guidance. If there is demand and they can make money, people will definitely do it."

"After talking about farming, let's talk about using the hillside to plant fruit trees..."

"Planting and raising, planting and raising, how can we miss raising? Raising pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, chickens, in addition to free-range raising, you can also build ranches and farms for centralized raising, or you can raise them in a cluster, such as raising chickens under fruit trees, raising fish under rice... As I said, if there is demand and it can be sold for money, there will be people raising them."

"Let's talk about reserves..."

"Let's talk about circulation..."

"Talking about business..."

"..."

In the end, not only did the three sisters feel hungry after talking so much, but Xiaojiu was so exhausted that she couldn't even lift a pen. She sat there slumped for a long time before she came to her senses.

"I can't do it anymore. Let your imagination do the rest." The three sisters decisively returned to their slacking state.

"I'm so hungry, let's make dinner quickly and replenish our energy."

"Yes, yes, yes. The world is big, but eating is the most important thing. Let's keep it simple and just make a pot of chicken noodle soup. I really don't want to make it too complicated!"

"Well, it's good to have something to eat! Look, we've eaten all the fruits."

The working people Yanan and Xiaojiu hurried to prepare chicken noodle soup, which is a nutritious and quick-cooking food available at the moment.

Finally, several people finished a big bowl and shouted that they were satisfied!

The men who were busy outside could never imagine that the people at home were working so hard that they kept complaining of being hungry before they stopped.

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