Based on his experience of soaking bean sprouts, Han Cheng scooped out the soaked rice from the water tank with a strainer, and then placed it in a prepared long rattan basket.

A layer of rough linen was laid under the rattan basket to prevent the water-soaked rice from leaking out.

There was not too much soaked rice in the rattan basket, about one centimeter thick.

After soaking, Han Cheng picked up the rattan basket and placed it on a basin of water.

There was water in the basin, but not much, just enough to slightly wet the rice in the wicker basket.

After doing all these, Han Cheng found a piece of burlap, soaked it with water and wrung it out slightly, then covered the rice in the rattan basket with it. This way, the initial preparations were completed.

The reason for doing this is that if the seeds are often soaked in water, they will easily lack oxygen, which is not conducive to the germination of the seeds.

Of course, Han Cheng didn’t know much about how to grow rice, and he needed to figure out many things by himself.

This is the case, for example, when cultivating rice seedlings.

Of the two vats of rice soaked in water, he only dealt with one vat in this way. After he scooped out the remaining vat, he put it in a basket and carried it all the way to the land he had leveled earlier.

I grabbed the soaked rice with my hands and spread it densely on the soft ground.

After spreading it as evenly as possible, use a shovel to scoop up the extremely fine soil prepared on the side, and cover it with a layer of soil to cover the soaked rice seeds.

The soil should not be too thick, only about one centimeter. If it is too thick, the seeds will not be able to sprout easily.

After covering the ground with soil, the second brother, who was ordered by Han Cheng, came over with a water pitcher.

A gourd-shaped ladle was floating on top of one of the pitchers.

The second brother placed the water jar next to the nursery. Han Cheng reached out and took the ladle from the jar, scooped up the water and poured it on the seedlings.

Han Cheng watered the plants very thoroughly. He used more than ten cans of water to water the area, which was not very large.

After watering, he stayed for a while, then together with his second brother, he picked up the straw fence woven with dry wild grass in winter and used it to cover the grass.

Covering the bed with such a layer of straw can reduce water loss and keep warm.

It is true that Han Cheng has never planted rice seedlings, but he is familiar with growing vegetables and watermelons.

When vegetables are planted early at home, this method is sometimes used.

If you plant watermelons early and want them to germinate earlier, you will cover the ground with plastic film.

Han Cheng couldn't make ground film or plastic shed, so now he could only make do with things like straw fences. Covering the ground with such a layer of material is better than covering it with nothing.

Whether planting pepper seedlings, tomato seedlings, eggplant seedlings or rice seedlings, the seeds need to be allowed to germinate. In this case, Han Cheng's use of the method learned from later generations for growing vegetables in planting rice seedlings would not be much different.

As for the subtle differences, we can only slowly summarize them through continuous practice in the future, and strive to find a more suitable method for planting rice seedlings.

After finishing all this, Han Cheng and his second senior brother stood here for a while, then returned to the inner courtyard of Jinguan City with their tools.

After a while he came out again.

Now, standing in the inner courtyard of Jinguan City and looking around, the large area of ​​water near the inner courtyard has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before.

The water that previously covered the entire area has gathered into the ditches, and the rest of the area has become dry land.

The ridges of the fields divide this area into irregular areas, and the land in each area has been turned over.

The people of the Qingque tribe are scattered here, and most of them are trying to make the turned over land flat and break it up as quickly as possible.

Some other people, who were further away from the inner courtyard, continued to turn over the land that had been cordoned off earlier, but have not yet turned over the land.

After standing here and watching for a while, Han Cheng, holding the copper shovel he often used in his hand, took his second senior brother out of the inner courtyard and walked towards the land.

After calling out to seven or eight people and asking them to stop what they were doing, Han Cheng took them to the harrowed land.

After a brief explanation, everyone started to get busy.

A hole was dug in the ridges of the paddy fields near the canals, and small ditches were also dug near the canals to divert the water that had previously gathered in the large ditches into the fields through the small ditches.

After some excavation, water was diverted to the edge of the field and flowed into the field along the hole dug on the ridge.

The dry land was slowly soaked by water, and as time went on, more and more land was soaked by water.

A few transparent small fish followed the flowing water and entered the fields together.

At the beginning, they seemed a little cramped, but as more and more water appeared in the field, they calmed down and began to wag their tails and run along the muddy ground at the bottom of the water.

As Han Cheng and his colleagues moved, more and more ridges of the prepared fields were dug up.

The bright water flowed happily into the fields along the gap in the ridge.

As time went by, the previously dry land slowly turned into water again.

In some places of the fields that were soaked in water again, a string of bubbles would rise up from time to time.

Standing in the inner courtyard of Jinguan City and looking around, it seems that there are many bright mirrors under the reflection of the sky.

The rice that Han Cheng placed in the rattan basket and was slightly soaked in water began to sprout small tender sprouts. Some of the rice that grew faster even grew some thin roots.

These roots are white and tender, with some tiny, furry tentacles on them.

Once the seeds have sprouted, they are no longer suitable for cultivation in this way.

Han Cheng and several other people from the tribe carried the sprouted seeds gathered in baskets and carefully scattered them densely on the warm ground that had been prepared for them.

Then they were carefully covered with a thin layer of fine soil.

After the soil was covered, watering was also carried out.

Lifting up the grass fences covering the ground, Han Cheng found that some of the seeds for the rice seedlings planted in this way had sprouted and broken through the ground. The tender buds looked very beautiful.

Han Cheng's face was full of smiles, and he was happier than if he had dreamed about Bai Xue.

These seedlings were obviously not enough to plant, and seeing the results, Han Cheng, who had gained confidence, led these people back to the inner courtyard. He took out more rice from the large vat where rice was stored, soaked it in water, and prepared for the larger-scale planting of seedlings.

Amid the hustle and bustle, time passed quietly and the sun's direct point began to slowly move northward.

I don’t know when it started, but the wind blowing on my face is not as cold as before, and the sunlight has become warm, shining on people’s bodies, making them feel warm.

Spring is not only a restless season, but also a good time for growth and sowing.

In the inner courtyard of Jinguan City, Han Cheng was digging the ground with a hoe around a built shed.

Not all of it was planed out. Only an area with a diameter of about 50 centimeters was planed out in the middle of each of the three sides of the shed.

Break the clods of earth into small pieces, dig out some soil, add some fertilizer, and cover with another layer of soil.

After doing all this, Han Cheng took out some seeds from his trouser pocket and placed three or four seeds in one place.

These seeds are quite large, and some are covered with a thin membrane.

These are gourd seeds, which Han Cheng got from the older female primitive people.

Gourd is a good thing with many uses. It is necessary to plant more of them in the tribe.

When these gourd seeds sprout, let them climb up to the shed.

By the time, green gourd vines had covered the entire shed, white gourd flowers bloomed in some places, and gourds of all sizes hung down in the gaps.

Move the vines and put them under the shed, lie down on them, enjoy the breeze, and take a short nap. It feels so wonderful.

It would be even more wonderful if I dreamed of a group of barefoot gourd brothers calling grandpa all the time.

Of course, Han Cheng is the only one in the entire tribe who might have such a dream.

After planting the gourds in the shed, Han Cheng planted some outside the yard.

On the east side of Jinguan City, there are still a lot of undeveloped open spaces, where there is enough space for them to climb.

However, Han Cheng did not plant all the gourd seeds. Instead, he left some and prepared to take them back to the main tribe.

After doing all this, Han Cheng also scattered another kind of seeds not far from the tribe.

These seeds are the orange seeds that were eaten from oranges before. Most of them were spit out at that time, but some were kept by Han Cheng's people for planting today.

The weather in Jinguan City is getting warmer day by day. The Qingque main tribe, Tongshan residential area, and the Qinling section of the adjacent mountain range also soon felt the breath of spring.

Walking on the land where the snow had just melted, Junior Brother Sha came to the Qinling sub-tribe which had already developed to a certain scale, bringing tools, seeds, food, and the people who had worked with him to build the Qinling sub-tribe before.

The house they built years ago is still there, and no one has taken over its place while they were away.

After placing the things they were carrying in the Qinling section, Junior Brother Sha and his men immediately began the intensive work of tidying up the land.

Once the weather gets warmer, the days will pass quickly. It always feels like there are still many things that are not ready yet, and spring plowing can begin.

That's why Junior Brother Sha is so eager to reclaim as much land as possible and plant more food before the spring plowing...

The furnaces in the Tongshan residential area that smelted copper and tin ingots once again stopped emitting smoke, and the people there, led by Shang, also plunged into the intensive spring ploughing.

The same is true in the Qingque tribe, and more people are dispatched.

On some plots of land, there were small piles of manure, each pile containing about two scoops of manure.

Heiwa held a shovel in his hand. He scooped up a piece of manure from the small pile, then turned slightly and used force in his hand to spread it around, trying to spread it as evenly as possible.

There were many people doing this with Heiwa, but Heiwa was the only one who seemed a little unhappy.

This is not because he felt it was unbalanced and humiliating for a master craftsman like him, who makes pottery and porcelain, to spread feces here.

In the Greenbird Tribe, no one would dislike the work done to earn food.

When it comes to spring plowing and autumn harvest, as long as there is nothing else particularly important, not to mention Heiwa, even Han Cheng, the son of God, will go to the fields to work.

The reason why Heiwa was depressed was not because of farming, but because of porcelain.

After successfully firing the porcelain, the entire Qingque tribe was excited at the exquisite porcelain that seemed as if it should not appear in this world.

As the person who fired the porcelain, Heiwa was extremely excited. For a long time after that, he was in a state of excitement.

Through his efforts and those of everyone in the pottery workshop, a lot more porcelain was produced in the Qingque tribe during this period of time.

As the number of porcelain artifacts in the tribe increased, people in the tribe saw them more often and it was no longer as rare as before.

However, when people see porcelain, they still can't help but feel amazed.

Of course, Heiwa became depressed not because of this, but because of the reaction of people from other tribes to the porcelain.

Nowadays, people belonging to the Qingque Alliance no longer need the Qingque tribe to send out trading teams to trade with them. When these tribes have needs for things like salt and soft furs, they will directly bring the things to the Qingque tribe for exchange.

Such things will release a lot of labor force of the Qingque tribe, and they don't have to worry about the risk of walking on the road. They just need to wait for these tribes to send things to the Qingque tribe.

Generally, after the ice and snow melt, some tribes will come to their tribe to exchange for salt, and this year will be no exception.

So Heiwa was holding back his energy, wanting to wait for these tribes to arrive so that he could exchange them for some other things using the porcelain recently produced by his tribe.

Pottery can be exchanged for so many things from those tribes, let alone porcelain, which is much more valuable than pottery. These tribes will only produce more and more things.

Just as Heiwa had thought before, those who came to his tribe to trade after the ice and snow melted were all stunned by the exquisite porcelain after seeing it and could not take their eyes away.

When the people of his tribe said that they could exchange food, furs and other things for these porcelains, Heiwa clearly saw the surprise and desire in their eyes. However, the following development was completely beyond his expectations...