Traveling through ancient times

Since there was nothing else to do now, sister Gu Dalian took little Gu Lun and went to the barren mountain!

The men spread out in pairs and dug holes according to the marks made by Gu Wenzhi and Luo Feimo, doing everything in an orderly manner!

After taking a look around, Gu Dalian saw a man in his forties who was digging a tree hole seriously.

The man even ran to the sapling and measured the width of the roots with a wooden stick before returning.

He measured the width three times and made marks on all sides with a shovel before starting to dig down. He looked very experienced!

A young man in his 20s next to him also started digging on the other side based on the mark!

Gu Dalian was puzzled, so she came closer and asked while looking at him:

"Uncle, I see you are still using a branch to measure the root of the tree. What's the point?"

The man said, "This kind of tree is also a science. For example, the depth and width, 50 centimeters is enough for a small sapling, but if it is a big sapling, it must be one meter!"

When talking about planting trees, the man's dark face came alive!

"Also, separate the cultivated soil on the surface and the raw soil dug from below. Then spread the slag fertilizer at the base of the tree roots, and then break up the surface soil and spread it on top of the fertilizer!"

"After placing the sapling, fill the pit halfway with the raw soil dug out from the pit, then gently lift the sapling up!"

"After lifting the seedlings, tamp down the soil around them to make it firm. When tamp down, straighten the seedlings and keep them straight!"

"After tamping it down, fill it in for the last time. Fill it in with all the raw soil that was dug up previously. Make sure it is about three inches above the ground, and then tamp it down!"

"After planting, use the remaining soil to make a funnel-shaped soil around the roots of the saplings, and then water them. This will ensure that the water will not be lost and it will be easier for them to survive!"

Gu Dalian listened with great interest. After listening, she couldn't help but praise: "Uncle, you are an expert in planting trees!"

Then a man next to me laughed and said, "Girl, you are absolutely right. What we did today was taught to us step by step by Uncle Liu!"

Gu Dalian's eyes lit up. She was worried that after planting trees, she didn't know where to find talent to plant them. She was always doing things here and there, just doing whatever she thought of!

"Uncle Liu, after I finish planting trees on this barren mountain, I need to find an expert who knows about trees. How about you come and work for me? I'll pay you!"

Uncle Liu is called Liu Dacheng. He has been working for many years. He is dark-skinned, of medium height, honest and not good at speaking. But he gets very excited when talking about planting trees!

In the past few years, Liu Dacheng had been helping people plant trees and look after the mountains. Later, his master went to Beijing to develop, sold his property, and he had to go home!

The family didn't have many acres of land, the two sons worked odd jobs outside, and the wife did some laundry work. In short, they could barely make ends meet!

Gu Dalian saw Liu Dacheng's eyes light up, obviously there was a chance, so she said:

"Our mountain is not small. If you can come and find two more helpers, I will give you one tael of silver per month, and the rest of the helpers will each get four hundred coins per month. What do you think?"

Liu Dacheng nodded without thinking: "Okay, okay!"

Pointing to the guy next to him, he said:

"This is my eldest son Liu Wei, who is also good at taking care of fruit trees. My second son will be back in two days. The three of us, father and son, will definitely be able to take good care of the trees!"

Liu Wei was also very excited. He finally didn't have to look for a job everywhere! He would do his best to take care of this mountain in the future!

The people around me are so envious and jealous!

In the blink of an eye, Lao Liu's family became prosperous!

The monthly salary of the father and his two sons is higher than other families’ income in several months!

"Little Boss, do you still need someone? I can do it too!"

"Yes, little master, I can do it too!"

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Gu Dalian smiled slyly, this was exactly the effect she wanted!

"Uncles, don't worry. After the trees are planted, we still have to build a wall around the barren mountain. You have work to do!"

"It's just that we agreed in advance that those who are sneaky and try to stir up trouble are not welcome. Once we find out, we will never use them again!"

Everyone cheered and worked even harder!

Gu Wenzhi and Luo Feimo followed Gu Dalian's instructions and marked all the tree pits before running over!

Gu Xiaolian took little Gu Lun around for a while, then felt it was boring and ran over too!

Luo Feimo's eyes were full of disbelief!

This girl is going to give me so many surprises. I didn't expect that she had prepared piles of fertilizers. There are so many varieties of saplings that I can't recognize many of them!

Thinking about having to cook fish, Gu Dalian called her younger brothers and sisters to go back together!

He walked to a deserted place and took out two wooden barrels of fish, each fish weighing four or five kilograms!

Seeing that there didn’t seem to be much, they took out two more buckets of fish. The two sisters each carried one bucket and walked back home holding their brother’s hand!

When I passed by the village head's house, I met the village head walking out happily. When he saw Gu Dalian, he ran over with a bouncing gait!

"Miss Dalian, are you going to the mountains? Are the workers obedient?"

A series of questions made Gu Dalian a little confused. Was the head of the village possessed by an evil spirit today? Wasn't he too enthusiastic?

Before he could reply, he heard the head of the village say:

"I've been busy distributing potato seeds to the people in our village these past two days, and I haven't had time to thank you. Haha, you two are the great benefactors of our Cuiyu Village!"

Oh, so that's how it is! Why aren't the men absent? Are they working overtime for their own families in the middle of the night?

Look, the village chief has given the answer!

"Yesterday morning, the county magistrate sent the Ministry of Agriculture and the yamen runners to come and said that it was a voluntary initiative. Anyone who needs to plant potatoes can do so first, and then they can pay back the money in three months. One acre of land will produce at least 2,000 kilograms!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Fa's eyes turned red.

Most of the people in Cuiyu Village are poor. Although they live off the mountains, they are a minority. There are also many deaths and injuries from hunting.

We usually have two meals a day, and they also have to eat wild vegetables, but we still can't eat enough.

When winter comes, we suffer from hunger and cold!

As the head of a village, I am better off than most other people, but I still have to tighten my belt to make ends meet!

"Liu Sinong said that you and your sister found these potatoes, and that you specifically asked the county magistrate to give priority to our Cuiyu Village!"

"Miss Dalian, on behalf of all the villagers in Cuiyu Village, I want to thank you!"

Gu Dalian smiled slightly:

"Uncle Lizheng, we are now villagers of Cuiyu Village, so of course we have to consider the people in our village!"

"Uncle Lizheng, have you distributed all the potato seeds?"

When this is mentioned, Zhang Fa feels angry!

Some people had dirty thoughts and were afraid that the imperial court would use the people of Cuiyu Village as experiments in order to promote new varieties.

If you don't plant it yourself, you're encouraging others not to plant it! Now there are still 5,000 kilograms!

"Oh, some people are just so mean!"

Gu Dalian saw that there was a story behind this, so she signaled her sister to carry a load of fish back, and then asked someone to come and take this load back as well!

"Uncle, let me go in and take a look!" Gu Dalian said as he fished the fish out of the bucket!

"Uncle, go get a bucket!"

"This is impossible!"

"This is for you to eat. Didn't you say that the agricultural envoy came to your house? Let the adults have a taste of this!"

Zhang Fa quickly ran back and brought out the wooden barrel, and saw Gu Dalian skillfully taking out a big fish and putting it into the barrel.

The speed was so fast that Zhang Fa felt dizzy for a moment!

Little Gu Lun was watching the fish outside the door, while Gu Dalian carried the bucket into the headman's house!

There were dozens of baskets of potatoes placed in the east of the yard, most of which were covered with pig grass. This was also what Gu Dalian had ordered!

There is a pergola on the west side of the yard, with a table set up underneath and two people sitting next to it.

A man in his fifties, with slightly dark skin and dressed like an old farmer.

The other one was in his twenties, wearing a green robe, and should be a scholar.

There were two yamen runners standing next to him, one of them was named Wei!