The people in the village were planting vegetables. They were preparing to store cabbages for the winter. There were also radishes for the winter.
They could be harvested in two months and the weather would be very cold.
The unplanted green onions, cabbages, radishes, and carrots were vegetables for the winter.
If there were potatoes, it would be even better. They could be used as vegetables and rice.
There was another piece of land that was prepared to be used for planting greenhouses. After that, they would turn in the compost and use it for planting greenhouses.
In fact, it was also possible to plant eggplants in advance. That would consume too much fertilizer and was not suitable for greenhouses.
Li Yi's onion seeds would start to grow in a few days. They would then be planted to survive the winter. They would be harvested in the spring and summer of the following year.
The commoners read the newspapers and learned. The newspapers taught them.
Sometimes, the commoners could not remember the days and did not have a calendar. They did not know what to plant.
The officials needed to take care of it. For example, they would use mud, branches, and bamboo to make good cows. On the beginning of spring, the officials would use whips to whip them.
The commoners watched the commotion and knew that today was the beginning of spring. It was time to plant.
Some of the elders in the family had passed away. Their children did not understand the weather and asked the elders in the village.
In the north, they also needed to see if there would be a late spring cold. If there was, the elders could judge based on experience. They told everyone not to plant in a hurry. They would lose a batch of seeds or seedlings.
Li Yi wrote about it in the newspapers. As the relay station was built, the contents of the newspapers were quickly transmitted. The newspapers wrote about the situation in the north, northwest, southwest, southeast, and central regions.
The newspapers also printed calendars. Special days were written in red.
Other places were not good. The mimeographed ones could only make the words bigger and thicker.
The commoners bought the newspapers and pasted them on the wall. They found a charcoal strip and tied it to the side. When the day came, they would mark it on the corresponding grid.
It did not matter if they were illiterate. When they saw big words, they would quickly ask others. If the words were big, what should they do?
The commoners of the capital office were better. At least they learned how to read and could write simple words.
"Dongzhu, do you think it will be dry today?" A villager came over to eat and asked Li Yi.
Today, they were eating burritos. There were fried shredded eggplants and cowpeas. There was also sauce.
They were rolled up and held with a piece of paper. The commoners only brought a ceramic bowl. They were prepared to use a big pot to cook soup with black bread.
When Li Yi's team arrived, they didn't eat the black bread anymore. Instead, they ate the rolls with soup.
Li Yi: "…"
He raised his head and looked at the sky. In the end, he could not tell if there would be a drought in the coming days. The only thing he was sure of was that he would not be able to find a large number of locusts.
"No, even if it rains less, we still have a water net." Li Yi took a gamble. If there was a drought, then so be it. The sky was dry, but the earth was not dry.
"Dongzhu, we've thought about it. We'll change the stone tablet for you. What kind of stone do you like?" Another villager came forward.
"The stone is a tablet. I'm not dead yet." Li Yi glared at him.
"I heard others say that a monument should be erected." The other party shrank his neck and mumbled.
"What he erected was a memorial tablet of love. He didn't place it at home to offer incense. Instead, he placed it outside to write merit. No! "Li Yi explained.
"It's fine now." Princess Yongmu held back her laughter as she spoke.
"Oh, right. Let's follow the original plan. Who came up with the bad idea?" The man who shrunk his neck muttered again and turned around to eat in the distance.
"You said it." The person who spoke earlier followed.
"It wasn't me." The other party sped up and walked away without looking back.
After the meal, Li Yi was not in a hurry to go back. He brought the children to help the villagers.
The furrows were raised. Small holes were dug one after another above the furrows. They put the cabbage seeds in them and buried them with soil.
Actually, they could use the VOD device that Li Yi took out. However, the requirements for growing cabbage were not that high. It was more strenuous to bring a VOD device with them.
Everyone worked. The children were responsible for counting the cabbage seeds and putting them in the small holes. The older children helped to step on the seeds with their feet.
Princess Yongmu brought the maids to boil water for everyone on the shore. The weather was even hotter in the afternoon.
After playing for more than two hours, the children were tired. Usually, they should be sleeping at this time.
Before Princess Yongmu moved in, they had to work with the adults. There was no such thing as taking a nap.
"When do we water the cabbage?" On the way back, Princess Yongmu was thinking about the cabbage.
"If we don't water it, we'll just leave the furrows. We'll open the water net and pour it in. When it grows longer, we'll thin out the seedlings. After that, we'll look at the weather. If it doesn't rain, we'll continue to draw water.
Where there's no water net, we can only carry water in. It's tiring to use a ladle to water the cabbage.
It's impossible to have so many bamboos extending into the ground. Otherwise, we can just pour water from one end. "
Li Yi shook his head while speaking. The current yield of cabbage was still low. It was not the kind of cabbage that weighed more than five kilograms.
Princess Yongmu thought for a moment. "If they don't sell the cabbage and store it in a big enough cellar, the price will be several times higher."
"It will be more than ten times higher. In fact, it's impossible. The people can't afford it. If they don't eat it, the people who grow cabbage will join forces and wait for the cabbage to rot? Store vegetables … "
Li Yi talked about the matter of storing cabbage in large quantities. It was not easy to flip the cabbage and cut down the gangs.
Instead of wasting so much effort, it was better to sell a large batch as soon as possible and then plant it in a greenhouse.
"It won't sell for much." Princess Yongmu's heart was biased towards the farmers.
Li Yi smiled. "If it's sold at a high price, what will others do? The people in the north are counting on the last batch of green onions, cabbage, and radishes to survive the winter.
After two years, the onions will be planted. There will be one more vegetable that can be stored well in winter.
After this year, the fleet will set off at the beginning of spring and bring back other seeds. In a few years, the Tang dynasty will be able to plant them all. "
"You have to restrict it. Don't let Tubo and Turkic people take it. Don't give it to Bohai either. Also, the Japanese Empire, Xinluo, and barbarian merchants."
Princess Yongmu began to be petty. Before the ship set off, she began to think about the future.
She felt that the things that Li Yi sent people to bring back would not be easily spread to other places.
"It can't be prevented. Just treat it as me letting the people in Asia enjoy in advance. It can also be spread to Europe."
Li Yi shook his head slightly. How could he prevent it? The Tang dynasty's territory was large and the coastline was long. They could send things out from anywhere.
It was even more impossible to stop it on land. How could they build walls to surround themselves? Then, they would patrol. Those who wanted to climb over the wall would not be allowed. Those who wanted to throw things out of the wall would also be caught.
People from other places would not stop them. Cucumbers, watermelons, and peppers were all brought back from other places.
After a trip to the Western Regions and an exchange, they would bring back a lot of seeds. Then, there would be seeds in the country.
Princess Yongmu sighed softly. "The good things have been taken away by others."
"There's no hurry to go back. The children were tired just now. Now that they are tired, let's go to the amusement park in the south of the city to play. I have been contributing."
Li Yi actually wanted to take Princess Yongmu to play. There was an amusement park in the south of the city.
Merry-Go-Rounds, slides, seesaws, children's mazes, piles of fine sand, toys for playing house, and so on!
The children who went to school came over with the teacher's evaluation. As long as they were excellent, they would be free. If they were not excellent, they could play with them for one yuan.
As for the other children who did not go to school, they would look at their height. If they were above a certain height, they could play with them for two yuan. If they were below a certain height, they could play with them for free.
If it were not for the fear of affecting other merry-go-rounds, Li Yi would not take any money.
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