The deep pit that had been dug earlier for drainage was now more than half full. Lu Tu had no test strips or tools, so it seemed he could only use the most rudimentary method to test the improvement of the saline-alkali land.
He called over a peasant woman and asked her to get some wheat seeds, which he planted in the saline-alkali land. After planting them in several places, he stuck a wooden sign in the soil as a marker and warning.
If, after a few days, wheat sprouts in other places but not here, it means that the saline-alkali land has not been properly improved.
If the wheat here also sprouts, then it will be perfectly timely to plant it on a large scale in these saline-alkali lands.
If it's too late to plant wheat, you can still plant millet or sorghum, etc.
Sorghum is also a staple food. Although it is not as delicious as wheat, in the current situation where everyone is starving, who has the mood to be picky?
Looking across the entire border region, apart from Lü Tu, probably no one else has such troubles.
Thinking of this, Lü Tu went back to check the planting of the rice seedlings. Fortunately, Xiao Zhong had lived in the south for a long time and knew how far apart the rice seedlings needed to be, which was enough!
After three days of hard work by everyone, all the fertile land except for the saline-alkali land was finally planted!
Although everyone's faces showed exhaustion, their eyes were so bright they seemed to shine. On the third night, Lu Tu announced, "To celebrate our hard work in spring planting, everyone will have noodles tomorrow!"
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