Traveling through ancient times.

After Jiang Yizhou came to this world, he basically ate whole grains made from a mixture of sorghum, buckwheat, barley and other flours.

Not only is the taste rough, but there is also some bitterness left.

The seasonings and cooking methods are also very simple. Apart from boiling, stewing, and stir-frying, only a very small number of wealthy families with iron pots can make these.

It's basically animal fat.

Because the pigs and sheep here eat grass and have no feed, the meat is very lean.

No matter what dish it is, it needs oil to be fragrant.

As you can imagine, without oil, stir-fried dishes are not as flavorful and fragrant as those stewed directly.

Jiang Yizhou understood that if he wanted to improve the food, it was not a problem that could be solved by simply raising more pigs and sheep: looking at the entire Fusong Town, the original owner's family was among the top three wealthy families.

But meat and vegetables are also rationed every day.

The price of pork is basically thirty or forty cents per pound, and chicken is even more expensive.

Ultimately, it’s not that people are unwilling to raise pigs and sheep, but that there is simply not enough food here.

There is not enough food for people, let alone for the livestock.

So the question comes back to the starting point: productivity.

Only when the land produces more food and people are well fed will there be surplus food to feed more livestock.

There will also be more land and labor to grow cash crops such as rapeseed.

In the past few months, Jiang Yizhou has inspected his farm every day, chatted with nearby farmers, and walked and saw more.

She knew that crop yields here were very low, not only because of the lack of modern fertilizers, but also because of the seeds themselves.

These seeds are basically not genetically modified and have very low yields. For example, for sorghum, oats, etc., it is good to get a hundred kilograms per acre.

The improved wheat from the system is different. According to the above introduction, the yield per mu is at least 700 to 800 kilograms, or even more.

Jiang Yizhou also specifically asked Xiao Tongzi whether the wheat grown from the system seeds could be used as seeds.

She had heard before that many modern crop seeds can only be grown for one generation, and if planted for the second or third generation, the yield will either decrease or no fruit will be produced.

So she asked specifically.

Xiao Tongzi proudly said: It can naturally be used as a seed.

He hadn't said anything else. The system asked the host to exchange the seeds, wasn't it to improve the genes of the crops here?

Jiang Yizhou's merits are automatically increasing in his account every day, all of which were generated from the positive impact on society caused by his previous promotion of the waterwheel.

I didn't expect that just one drawing could bring so much profit.

Xiao Tongzi said: Only a part of this was the future income from the drawings, and the other part was from her large-scale construction on the farm, which invisibly provided job opportunities for people nearby, paid them wages, and allowed them to have money to buy food and clothes.

The system also converts these into merits and accumulates them in her account.

At this point, Jiang Yizhou finally understood the merit reward rules that Xiao Tongzi had told her:

——“It’s good for the development of the world”

——"Help the poor, build bridges and roads, and save people from danger..."

The reason why she is welcomed and respected by people here is that even when faced with rumors about her from the outside world, they will fight back without hesitation and speak up for her.

Because she really helped them.

Jiang Yizhou was filled with emotion, but also more motivated and motivated.

If she originally just wanted to escape from the back house and gain a foothold in this remote and barren place.

Now, her idea is not only to establish herself in this world, but she also wants to use her golden finger to let the people here live a better life.

Well, especially the women—she was seeing more women working on her estate now.

They found that they could earn money by doing the same work as men, so they were willing to do it, and their families were basically willing to let them come out.

After all, no one wants to go against money.

Of course, there are also some families with strict "rules". As long as there is food, women are not allowed to "show their faces" to avoid damaging morals.

Jiang Yizhou ignored all this. As long as more and more women came out and earned more money, these ideas would slowly change.

take it easy.

Getting back to the point, Jiang Yizhou estimated that in about half a month, he would be able to collect 500 merits, and then he could exchange them for improved wheat seeds.

Then all the land left after planting cassava was sown with wheat seeds.

However, it doesn’t make sense to take out cassava seeds earlier and now take out wheat seeds for no reason.

So she decided to go to the county town in a few days to find an excuse for wheat seeds.

…Next, Liao Qi summarized what happened today.

There were three groups of people who came to visit Jiang Yizhou or Yunshan Farm. They were basically representatives sent by surrounding villages and towns or some landowners.

I mainly looked at the water wheels and irrigation networks, and of course I also mentioned the orders and drawings.

Yunshan Tianzhuang has become a living signboard for waterwheels. Almost everyone who comes to place an order will take a tour here to learn from the experience and become more determined to buy a waterwheel.

These are all trivial matters. After Liao Qi said this, his expression gradually became serious.

He said, "I saw the boy next to Ning Jianren these past two days. He changed his clothes and mixed in with the crowd. I wonder what he wants to do?"

Jiang Yizhou just said "oh" softly, and then said: "I know, you keep watching over there."

Then he added: "Fish fry will be put into the pond in the spring of next year, so don't let anyone throw anything into the pond. Is the shack next to the pond ready?"

Yucui took over the conversation: "It has been built. When the time comes, should we buy servants from the pawnbroker to guard it, or hire people directly from here?"

Jiang Yizhou: "Just hire one from here. Those with heavy family burdens, no special skills, but honest people are preferred. One tael of silver per month. When signing the agreement, not only should it be made clear to the person himself, but also to his family. If something happens to the pond due to negligence, and the person himself cannot bear the responsibility, his family will also need to share the responsibility."

Yucui responded: "I understand."

After the meal, everyone had finished talking about most of the things.

Now that we have entered the twelfth lunar month, both wealthy and ordinary families have begun to prepare New Year's goods and celebrate the Chinese New Year.

The construction of the one-bedroom apartment that Jiang Yizhou designed for himself officially began.

It is located in the courtyard at the end of the farm. One side of it is against the hillside and there is a wall, which is considered a courtyard within a courtyard.

In addition to the bathroom, the one-bedroom apartment also has a kitchen next to it.

The weather here is hot and muggy in summer and cold and damp in winter, so we have a kang in the bedroom.

In summer, you just need to block the flue under the kang and use it as an ordinary bed.

The most difficult part of building a separate bathroom was the sewer, so it took a lot of time to dig and build it with stones.

A total of more than ten stonemasons, bricklayers, and a dozen laborers were hired.

It is estimated that it will be completed by the middle of the month, which means she can move into the suite with a bathroom before the New Year.

No more having to sit on the toilet to go to the bathroom, no more having to be accompanied by that soul-stirring smell all night long.