The whole family traveled through ancient times with their house

"Madam Jiang, could you please keep the seeds for next year and sell the rest to our Hundred Households Office?"

"Yes. Once the rice is dry, I'll leave some seeds for planting ten acres next year, which will weigh about eighty kilograms. The rest, you can take away."

"One mu of paddy field requires eight kilograms of rice seeds?"

"For direct-seeding rice, one mu of land requires between four and twelve catties, depending on the soil conditions and the sower's skill. I chose a compromise, thinking that if my sowing skills improved, I might have some left over."

"Direct-seeded rice?" Captain Dong suddenly remembered that Madam Jiang didn't grow rice seedlings, but sowed the seeds directly.

Captain Dong thought that the yield of rice grown by Madam Jiang was much higher than that of the Dongshan Captain's Office, so he continued to discuss it with Jiang Yan.

"Madam Jiang, next spring, could you teach our people in the Hundred Households your rice-growing methods?"

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with that. We should all make progress together." Jiang Yan didn't expect that she would say something very modern.

She wanted to scream for help, but luckily she didn't bring up the idea of ​​getting rich together, otherwise she really wouldn't be able to get back on her feet.

Captain Dong didn't care. He was just happy that Madam Jiang was so generous and agreed to teach everyone how to grow rice without making any extra requests.

Jiang Yan: That was close.

Next, Captain Dong said something to Jiang Yan with a lecherous look on his face. "Madam Jiang, you have a cellar in your yard. Can we store all this rice for seeds there?"

"The bad guy hasn't been found yet?"

"Well. This matter is almost becoming a great shame for this centurion." Just because this person was not found, Centurion Dong did not dare to keep such precious rice seeds in the centurion's office.

He was really afraid that he and his brothers would be careless and cause irreversible damage to those precious rice seeds.

"Okay, you can put it in our house."

Jiang Yan: The cellar was dug by the captain, and he might have had this idea in mind when he was digging.

However, Jiang Yan did not feel any burden in her heart. Since the captain trusted her, she would just let him go.

...

The entire Thirteen Banners were bustling with activity all day long due to the rice harvest, and things gradually calmed down until Captain Dong and his men left.

But this calm seemed to last only a moment, and everyone in the flag slowly came to Zhang Xiaoqi's door.

"This is what you are doing?"

"Master Xiaoqi, can we grow rice together with Madam Jiang next year?" The first person to speak was Lao Yu. He spoke first by relying on the little face he had gained from Zhang Xiaoqi.

There was no way around it; it was all due to poverty. Everyone present knew that only by growing rice could they save more food.

For every one who opens his mouth, there is a second.

Old Wang also came over tremblingly and begged, "Master Xiaoqi, please let us plant rice too, even if it's just one acre."

Seeing Old Wang with his hunched back and looking so thin that he looked like he could be blown away by a gust of wind, Zhang Xiaoqi didn't hide it from everyone.

"The captain's intention is to plant rice on a large scale in our small flag next year. Each household must plant at least two mu. If anyone wants to plant more, they can come to our small flag to discuss it in detail."

"Oh, that's great!" Old Yu took the lead in shouting, "Everyone in our family can go to the fields to work, and we can grow more."

“We can also grow more at home.”

"Our family can do that, too."

In the entire Thirteen Banners, except for the Wang family, all other families said they could plant more. Even Mada's father told his son that he could plant one more acre.

Yichen looked at the crowd gathered on the other side of the river, which seemed quite lively, so she pulled a basket out of her home.

(I’m too small, so every time I pick up the basket, I have to use the word “pull”.)

"Chenchen, why are you holding the basket?"

"Mom, I'm going to pick up rice ears." Yichen remembered the scenes of picking rice ears in various novels, and she wanted to give it a try.

"You're unlikely to find it."

"Why?"

"The soldiers in the garrison value food more than we think."

"No way, not even a single ear of rice will be left?"

"They are just protecting the food."

"Okay, I'll go over and take a look." Yichen said as she threw down the basket and ran to the field empty-handed.

The four of them, freshman and sophomore, followed behind, running quite fast, thinking that their little master was taking them out to play.

Yichen took a short stroll, and just as her mother had predicted, she didn't pick up a single ear of rice, and her little arms and legs were so tired that they were no longer under her control.

Her legs were so sore that she couldn't walk any more. Yichen found a relatively clean place and sat down to rest.

But as soon as she sat down, she saw something moving in the soil not far away.

Yichen curiously dug up the soil and saw a very fat loach.

"Ah!" Loach is a good thing.

Yichen immediately perked up when she thought of the fried loach her mother had made. "Mom, please get me my shovel and the small wooden bucket."

Not to mention Yichen ordering people around, she really couldn't walk anymore.

Hearing Yichen's shout, before Jiang Yan could reply, Sansheng ran to the river first.

"Sister Chenchen, what do you want the shovel and bucket for?"

"There seem to be loaches here. I want to dig them out and let my mother make something delicious."

Hearing that there were loaches in the rice fields, the boys on the other side of the river stretched their necks, wishing they could put their faces next to Yichen and dig loaches with her.

Ermao smacked his lips even more, remembering the fat fish Aunt Jiang had given him. He approached Sansheng and said cautiously, "Sansheng, could you talk to Master Xiaoqi and ask him to let us go to Sister Chenchen's rice fields and dig some loaches?"

Sansheng also wanted to go, so he turned around and looked at his father.

Zhang Xiaoqi glanced at the children in front of him. All of them were tanned and as thin as mantises. He nodded in agreement with a soft heart.

The children shouted excitedly and ran home to find the right tools.

Zhang Xiaoqi didn't leave either. He waited until the children returned with their loach digging tools before telling them, "You can dig loach, but don't damage Madam Jiang's crops. If you're caught, you'll have to pay double the compensation."

"Master Xiaoqi, we will definitely not harm the crops." The young man from the Wang family took the lead in answering.

"Yes, if anyone dares to harm the crops planted by Madam Jiang, we will take the lead in beating him up." The other children also echoed.

These children have learned from the adults at home that they can grow rice at home next year.

Planting rice was a good thing, as it meant they could have more coarse grains next year. This benefit was brought to them by Madam Jiang, and they had to thank her.

There is also a rumor that the corn and beans grown by Mrs. Jiang can also be exchanged for seeds with them.

Because everyone is from the same small flag, Mrs. Jiang also gave everyone a cheap exchange, one pound for one pound.

They are not as lucky as others in other places.