Chapter 892: Feeling Proud
"Dad, are we really going to mess around with that guy from the Han tribe? Did you hear how those people laughed at us? I feel like I've really become a fool now." One of Guan Tao's nephews heard the ridicule from other villagers and gritted his teeth in anger. He complained to his father in a low voice in great anger.
His father was Guan Tao's brother, so he naturally knew his brother's difficulties. Besides, he had been farming for twenty years since he was a child, so he could still see something. He
glared at his son and motioned him to speak in a low voice, and then he taught him a lesson.
"Use your brain more in everything, talk less and use your eyes more. Others can talk as much as they want, but can they still say that you have lost a piece of meat?
And didn't you find anything?"
"What did you find?" His son asked in confusion.
"I told you to use your brain more and use your eyes more, but others just said a few words, and you fanned the flames. Look carefully at the corns in the field, and see what you can see?" Guan Tao's brother taught his son a lesson again.
His son looked carefully again, first at his own land, then at the land of other families, but he couldn't see any problem.
"Dad, what did you see? They are obviously the same on both sides!"
With a snap, his father slapped him on the head and cursed in a low voice.
"The problem is that they are the same. We obviously planted three days later than them. Their seedlings sprouted first, and ours sprouted later. When their corn had two leaves, ours only had one leaf. Now they have three leaves, but ours also have three leaves. Didn't you notice? I always feel that our corn seems to grow faster than theirs."
The boy covered the back of his head and felt wronged. After hearing his father's reminder, he compared carefully again and found that it was really the same as his father said. He obviously planted a few days later, but now the corn on both sides is almost the same, as if his side is really growing faster.
"That man from the Han tribe is quite capable. Stop making trouble. Let's just listen to him and see what happens." The boy's father gave his son a few more instructions, then he followed the team with his hoe and started weeding his own fields. He even took the initiative to invite Jing Chun to his fields to teach him the weeding techniques, and he learned very seriously.
Jing Chun was originally here to teach them, and he did not hide anything. He passed on his years of farming experience to them without reservation.
However, when Guan Tao was weeding, he looked at the cracked ground under his feet and couldn't help asking Jing Chun again.
"Well, Brother Jing, you see there are cracks in our land. When should we water it? If we don't water it, it will die of drought, right? I feel like the corn seedlings are wilting."
Jing Chun also looked at the ground under his feet, and he still insisted, "If we don't water it now, it doesn't matter if it's a little dry. As long as it doesn't die of drought, we don't need to water it. It won't be too late to water it when it grows the fourth leaf."
"Oh, okay, I got it."
Seeing that Jing Chun still looked confident, Guan Tao's brother felt that Jing Chun was a capable man. People have said that the seeds are not really going to die of drought, but there is a specific time to water them, and they have to wait until four leaves grow before watering. Although he didn't know what the saying was, he still kept it in mind. What if it comes in handy? Then he would have learned something, wouldn't he?
After several days of weeding, Guan Tao's family's land was cleaned up. There was no weed except corn. Two days after they finished weeding, their corn finally grew the fourth leaf. Jing Chun immediately asked them to start watering, but they also required watering only in the early morning or evening, not at noon.
Guan Tao and his family couldn't help but complain in their hearts. The Han tribe had so many rules for farming, and even the time for watering was required. However, looking at the dry and cracked fields, they didn't refute it. After all, they were allowed to water. Now let Jing Chun say whatever he wants, as long as they let them water.
After this round of watering, those villagers who did not accept the reform immediately stopped laughing, and Guan Tao and his family were smiling every day.
Because the corn planted by Guan Tao and his team, after drinking enough water, began to grow rapidly as if they had eaten fertilizer. It was like a night. Every morning when they went to the field to look, they could clearly see that the corn had grown a section. This growth rate was something they had never dared to imagine before. Some people had even planted corn for decades and had never seen such a situation.
When Guan Tao and his team's corn grew seven leaves, the corn of other villagers who had not accepted the reform had just grown the fifth leaf, and Guan Tao and his team successfully surpassed them by a large section.
Moreover, not only did they grow faster than them, but they also grew very strong, with upright roots and green leaves that looked very pleasing. Although they were planted very densely, they did not look malnourished at all.
Seeing this magical situation that was beyond their cognition, many people could not help but humbly ask Jing Chun for advice.
Jing Chun did not hide his knowledge. He directly called everyone over and gave everyone a lecture in the cornfield.
"You all say that the land is barren, and you only know that you should plant less and leave it fallow so that corn can be produced, but you have never thought about replenishing the soil with fertilizer. The pond mud I asked you to dig is the best fertilizer. Don't ask me why, I don't know either. Anyway, these are the methods passed down by our leader.
The second is weeding. I don't know if you have ever seen birds feeding their chicks. Generally, birds will give birth to two or three chicks at a time, but their hunting ability is limited. They can only feed one or two of them. The remaining weakest one will be abandoned by them in the nest.
The same principle applies to weeding. We already know that the land is barren and does not have much fertility, but there are so many weeds competing with corn for nutrients. Can the corn grow well? So in order to make the corn grow well, we have to abandon the useless weeds and kill them as soon as they appear. Don't even think about competing with the corn for any nutrients, so that the corn can grow strong.
The third is watering. From the time the corn seedlings emerge to the time the fourth leaf grows, this period of time The period between the two periods is called the seedling stage of corn. The seedling stage is the main time for corn to grow its roots. Although it grows slowly on the surface, the roots below grow very fast.
If you water frequently when the seedlings are growing roots, there will be a lot of water on the surface of the soil, and its roots will be full on the surface, so they will not grow downwards. However, if you water less at this time and let the soil dry a little, the seedlings will desperately take root downwards to find water deep in the soil in order to obtain enough water for survival, which can promote the growth of the root system.
According to this method, when it grows the fourth leaf, the seedling stage is over, and the root system stops growing, we start watering at this time, and in addition to our previous intensive cultivation, we apply fertilizer, the fields are no longer barren, and there is nothing to compete with corn for nutrients except grass. If we water less, the root system will grow more developed, deeper, and can absorb more nutrients.
If our corn still doesn't grow fast, then our previous intensive cultivation will be in vain. "
"Hahahaha, Brother Jing is awesome."
"Brother Jing is really capable."
"Yes, Brother Jing, you know so much, why didn't you tell us earlier? You've kept it a secret from us."
"Oh, even if I told you at that time, you didn't see the corn today, would you dare to believe it?" Jing Chun saw through their thoughts without hesitation.
"Ahem, we didn't have much knowledge before, please don't mind, Brother Jing, we will listen to whatever you say in the future, as long as Brother Jing teaches us how to farm."
"Don't worry, everyone, I came here to teach you how to grow corn, but it's agreed that I will go back after this season. I won't stay here for long, but you don't have to worry, the leader has found more people who are more capable than me to come here, and there will be more people to teach you when the time comes, whether it's planting rice, wheat, vegetables, or weaving cloth, there will be people to teach you when the time comes." Jing Chun pressed his hand, signaling everyone to rest assured, no need to flatter like this, he came here anyway on orders, and he would definitely do what he should do, because this is a mission.
"Brother Jing, don't you want to stay? If you stay, we will definitely build you a better house. If you want to live in a brick house like yours, we will also find a way to build one for you." When someone heard that he was leaving, they immediately tried to persuade him to stay.
(End of this chapter)
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