Traveling through time and encountering war, I took the whole village to escape famine

Yun Duo looked at everyone's expectant eyes and continued, "Then let's talk about the issue that everyone is most concerned about. We are all from farming families, so farming should be our priority. Currently, reclaiming wasteland and planting land is the top priority. It's May now, and if we reclaim the land and find suitable crops, we may be able to plant another crop."

Upon hearing this, several old farmers in the audience frowned and started to discuss.

Yun Duo heard the low-pitched discussion from the audience and said, "Grandparents, uncles, if you have any questions, please raise your hands and ask them."

The discussion in the audience stopped and everyone was silent. Yun Duo paused and waited for someone to raise their hand to speak. She wanted to cultivate a good habit in the villagers.

The villagers below the stage looked at each other, and Yun Changgeng mustered up the courage to raise his hand.

Yun Duo smiled and said, "Grandpa Yun San, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask."

Yun Changgeng looked at Yun Duo's encouraging eyes and boldly asked what he was thinking: "Duo girl, it's too late to plant food in our Beizhou Prefecture in May. We can only plant vegetables such as radishes and cabbages for winter storage. However, these two vegetables need sufficient water. At present, even if we dig a hole in the sandy land we see to plant vegetables, I'm afraid we have to pay for the seeds. Planting on a large scale is not like watering every day in a small vegetable garden."

Hearing this, Chu Liang also raised his hand.

"Grandpa Chu, please speak."

"Miss Yun, if we can cultivate the land near the river to plant cabbage, it should be possible. I see some vegetables planted by the veterans there. But the amount that can be cultivated there is limited."

"You two grandfathers have made the right decision. The key point is what crops to plant. Today, we have also inspected the wasteland around our Yunjia Village. Next, let the head of the Yun family tell everyone about the soil conditions of the surrounding wasteland."

Yun Dachuan was helped up by Jinsheng and held the loudspeaker and said with full energy: "The land allocated to Xiangyun Village by the town is all sandy land on the south, east and north. We are all farmers and should know that this kind of land loses water quickly and is not suitable for planting general crops.

Fortunately, the amount of sand is not too much, which is better than sandy land. If you plant corn, one acre of land can produce 100 to 200 kilograms. Although it is much less than the 300 kilograms per acre of land in our Northeast Province, it is not a complete loss.

If we plant more wheat, we can pay taxes and have enough food for food after three years. There is no hope of growing wheat on this land."

Yun Duo was shocked by the yield, it was too low. Although she had never farmed in modern times, she had seen the yield in books.

This acre of land can produce more than 1,000 kilograms of corn now. Although it is an improved variety with various chemical fertilizers, good land can only produce 300 kilograms, which is really too low.

Yun Dachuan didn't know what Yun Duo was thinking and continued, "At present, the only land in Xiangyun Village that can be reclaimed and considered good farmland is from the back of the barracks to the river in the west of the village. However, not only is the amount here limited, but there is also the risk of being washed away in heavy rain years."

After saying this, he looked at the clouds expectantly with his cloudy eyes.

Yun Duo looked at the villagers' expectant eyes and smiled to comfort them: "My father checked the geography of the capital when we all decided to come to the capital. He basically knew that the only place around the capital that could accommodate all of us in Xiangyun Village was here."

What Yun Duo said was correct. Yun Qingsong had indeed studied several places around the capital that were most likely to house them. However, those were not geographical records of the Great Zhao Dynasty, but maps that Yun Duo had retrieved from a drone and the terrain conditions analyzed by a computer through geographical features. Yun Duo was too lazy to read them and gave them to his father and his second brother.

The reason why they didn't tell the villagers was to see how many people believed that they could come here with them. As everyone believed in them unconditionally, they didn't go to a better resettlement place, and followed them here. The three of them were very satisfied.

This place was actually chosen by the three of them, father and son, for everyone a long time ago. Even if others were unwilling to come with them, their family would still come.

Hearing this, the villagers in the audience became excited again.

"As expected of a scholar, you think things through comprehensively."

"Yes, yes! It is more thoughtful than we thought. The phrase is called something safe and something dangerous... You said I heard my son say that it was Master Yun who taught him. You said I wanted to nitpick the words and still haven't remembered them."

The woman's words caused everyone to laugh.

A young man next to the woman said: "Mom, that's called being prepared for danger in times of peace. Being prepared means you will be prepared for danger."

"Yes, yes, that's it."

Hahaha……

Yun Duo continued, "My father looked up a lot of books on the way, and before coming here, he selected a few crops that are suitable for cultivation on the land here."

Everyone looked at Yun Qingsong who was sitting in the front and said happily: "Master Yun, what kind of crop is this? Can you tell us about it?"

Yun Qingsong was being watched by everyone. He stood up and said to the people, "I have found two drought-resistant crops."

Yun Qingsong took out a sweet potato and a potato that Yun Duo had given him in advance and showed them to everyone: "This thing is called sweet potato. It tastes very sweet when cooked and can be used as a staple food. The surface of this one is pink. Duoer named it sweet potato. This lumpy thing is called potato, but I think it is more appropriate to call it potato.

I got these two kinds of seeds when I went to buy pens and ink in Tongzhou Prefecture. I accidentally discovered that a foreigner went to a seed shop to sell them. The owner of the seed shop didn't know him and didn't dare to buy from him, so he drove him out.

I happened to see it. I had read about it in a book, which also said that these two crops are high-yielding, drought-resistant and have a shorter growth period than grains. At that time, I thought that the place we came to is all sandy land, so it should be suitable, so I bought all their seeds at that time.

They didn't bring much, only 200 kilograms of each, and these seeds can't plant much land. I'll go to Yuntong County tomorrow to see if there's a dock there and see if I can meet some foreigners and buy some seeds back."

Everyone's excitement was heightened again, but with so few seeds, they couldn't plant much land.

Don't worry, there is another crop that should be suitable for this kind of land. Since it is recorded in the book, it should not be difficult to find. I have also asked someone to help find it.

When everyone heard Yun Duo asking someone to find someone, they knew that it must be the Crown Prince's man, but Miss Yun didn't say it because there were outsiders. Before the villagers came, they were told by the heads of each family not to mention the relationship between the Yun family and the Crown Prince in front of outsiders, otherwise if something went wrong, they might lose their heads.

The villagers felt relieved when they thought of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince helping them.

"Second Grandfather, we will organize everyone to reclaim the wasteland tomorrow. I wonder if everyone has any ideas about reclaiming the wasteland. Should we organize everyone to reclaim the wasteland together, or divide the land according to the population and let the families do the work themselves? Does anyone have any good ideas for this? We need to do the most work in the shortest time."

Yunhe thought for a moment and said, "It would be fairer if each family could open up their own land and how much land they could open up. However, it would be difficult to divide the land and determine the boundaries. It would be difficult to determine the distance. After all, everyone wants to open up land close to home, which would easily lead to conflicts."

Yun Duo had an idea in her mind, but she didn't want to say it out loud. She hoped that all the villagers would get involved. It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

Yun Duo saw that Yun He was a little embarrassed, so she asked Chu Liang, who used to be the village chief: "Grandpa Chu, what do you think?"