Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 187 Planting

A group of people took the corns and looked at them over and over again, and then they were all completely silent.

If what they were holding was corn, then what were those we saw before?

One of the soldiers came from a farming family before he joined the army. He happened to have planted corn a few times before, but not only was the yield low, the corn was not edible, and good quality was even rarer. After planting it a few times, his family just made back their investment, and after that they refused to plant it again no matter what.

But today, he saw different corn in the hands of a young boy. The corn kernels were neatly arranged, so many that they formed a circle. He could clearly feel its weight when he held it in his hand. He bent down to take a bite and it had a fragrance that was different from other grains.

"Oh my God, how can I still eat corn in my lifetime?" the man exclaimed.

The people next to him nodded: "Not to mention that this tastes pretty good, who would have thought that this corn is actually edible..."

Song Chunlin looked at them with a smile: "Now you believe what I said, right?"

Everyone nodded in unison. The chain of evidence was so complete that it was hard not to believe it.

"Young Master is truly the reincarnation of Shennong. In our Dajing, corn has always been treated as an object to play with. If it weren't for the young master's ingenious idea, I guess no one would want to grow corn to eat in another hundred years, right?"

Everyone then started praising and complimenting him again, which made Song Chunlin's ears turn red. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted everyone.

"Okay, okay, now that everyone knows that this is corn, you have to listen to me throughout the planting process. Can you do that?"

The person who had grown corn at home was about to say that he had grown corn at home and had experience, but Song Chunlin quickly added a few words.

"Since you have seen corn, you naturally know how people in the past planted corn. But my method of planting corn is completely different from the previous ones. So no matter how outrageous it is, you must plant it according to what I say. Do you understand?"

After hearing this, the person who was about to say that he had experience suddenly fell silent, thinking, how outrageous could it be to plant corn? Isn't it just to sow the seeds directly into the soil and plant them?

But he soon understood why Song Chunlin said that he had to do as he said no matter how outrageous it was.

In the past, when planting corn at home, they would just spread the seeds evenly into the soil and then cover it. But it’s not like that with Song Chunlin. He loosens the soil first. One time is not enough, he has to do it a second and third time. When it comes to the fourth time, Song Chunlin pulls over a large cart of wood ash and asks them to spread the ash into the ground, saying that it can kill bacteria and serve as base fertilizer.

They all knew about composting, but they didn't quite understand what Song Chunlin said, so they could only do it anyway.

There were only two acres and six mu of land in total. A group of eight people worked for four days and finally finished the most basic work. Song Chunlin looked at the well-maintained fields and nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, everyone, take a break and eat first, then come back to dig holes and plant corn."

After saying that, Song Chunlin took out the ancient version of the lunch box he had prepared in advance from the carriage. The lunch box was an antique wooden lunch box, but the food inside was poured out from a modern lunch box. Not to mention the taste, the food was much more oily than the food of ancient people. The lunch box that Song Chunlin bought was cheap, large in quantity, and tasted good, so he ordered a lot in his previous life. He didn't eat it very often after traveling through time, so there were still a lot of them left in the corner.

The eight people held their lunch boxes and ate with their mouths full of oil. After eating, they wiped the corners of their mouths with their sleeves and burped comfortably.

"Comfortable, the food here is really delicious, with lots of meat and good flavor."

One of them was eating the last Orleans chicken wings. He held up the chicken wings and said with emotion: "I never thought that chicken could be eaten like this in my life. The taste is really novel."

"Yeah, and there's this thing called eggplant. Do we have this dish here?"

When the others heard this, they suddenly fell silent.

"no?"

Not to mention eggplants, even the bright red tomatoes were vegetables they had never seen before.

"Okay, don't worry about it. We didn't even know corn before. What's the big deal? The young master won't give us something poisonous to eat, right?"

That was true. When everyone thought about it, they felt it made sense, so they stopped worrying about it and quickly finished their meal and got ready to work.

Two acres of land requires about ten kilograms of corn seeds. Song Chunlin brought a total of fifteen kilograms of corn seeds. When the eight people saw the small cloth bag, they were stunned on the spot.

The soldier who had planted the corn asked again uncertainly: "Young Master, is this really all we need?"

Song Chunlin nodded as a matter of course: "Of course, how much do you think it will take?"

I thought one acre of land would require at least 40 kilograms. Can this mere 15 kilograms be enough to plant a full acre of land?

However, Song Chunlin's next move once again dumbfounded the eight people present.

"What? Digging a hole?"

"Each pit is two feet apart?"

“Three seeds in one hole?”

"Young Master, are you sure?"

"Can such a small amount of seeds really grow such a big corn?"

Song Chunlin said seriously: "What did I say before?"

The eight people shouted in unison: "Everything is up to the young master."

Song Chunlin nodded with satisfaction: "Since you've said you'll be at my disposal, then go dig a hole now. Remember, a hole only needs to be about the depth of a fist, it doesn't need to be too deep."

Several people were puzzled, but they still went to dig holes obediently. The eight people were divided into four teams, with two people working together, one digging the hole in the front and the other planting the seeds and burying them in the back. It must be said that the soldiers were very obedient and had good physical strength. Two acres and six mu of land were planted in less than an afternoon. Of course, everyone's waists felt like they were going to be broken.

Looking at the neatly arranged cornfield, Song Chunlin rubbed his hands excitedly: "Wow, not bad, not bad, it's really neat. As expected of a soldier, he's fast."

On the way back to the city, the soldier whose family grew corn couldn't help but speak up and asked Song Chunlin why he grew corn like this.

Song Chunlin looked as if he had known this before and shook his finger at him mysteriously.

"The secret cannot be revealed. Just wait and see. In a few months, when the corn grows up, you will understand why I plant corn this way."

Well, since everyone said that, several people shut up.

After sending a few people back to the military camp, Song Chunlin thought about whether he should directly ask General Qi to use these people as his guards. He finally got used to these people, and if he replaced them, he would definitely not be used to it. Besides, they were really tight-lipped and worked hard. Song Chunlin liked this kind of subordinates.