Chapter 191 The name has changed
Jian Mo and his friends chatted for a while at Qi Ming's house and decided to go to the vegetable fields of the Yuqi tribe.
They grow off-season vegetables, which require a higher temperature. The vegetable fields are not near the tribe, but in the mountains.
Even if the beastmen change back to beast form, it will take some time to get there.
Qi Ming turned into a giant caracal and explained to Jian Mo and his friends: "There is a hot spring on the mountain, and that valley is particularly warm, so we can grow vegetables. If it weren't on the mountain, we wouldn't be able to grow vegetables."
Jian Mo understood: "Is the soil also hot?"
Qi Ming: "Not really. We dare not choose soil that can obviously feel the heat to grow vegetables. Vegetables can't survive in such places. We have to choose a place farther away from the hot springs so that vegetables can grow well." Jian
Mo nodded to show his understanding.
The caracals ran in the mountains to lead the way, and the giant wolf followed behind them.
They climbed over two hills before reaching the valley where they planted vegetables.
This valley was not a traditional valley at the bottom of a mountain, but a valley halfway up a mountain, surrounded by mountains. If it weren't for the locals leading the way, Jian Mo and his team might not have found it.
The valley was not very big, with a waterfall on one side and several pools in the valley, some of which were hot springs and some were cold springs.
The temperature in this valley was much higher than outside, and as soon as you entered here, you would feel warm and comfortable.
Jian Mo breathed in the air filled with water vapor and felt quite comfortable.
The caracals changed back to human form and introduced them to Jian Mo and the giant wolf: "These are the vegetables we planted, all here."
Jian Mo got off the giant wolf and looked around: "There are quite a lot of varieties."
Wu Jiong also changed back to human form: "We haven't seen many of these vegetables before."
Qi Ming: "These are all varieties we collected from nearby tribes. Zhuozhi and his tribe don't like to eat the same vegetable continuously, so I planted more."
Jian Mo sighed: "You are so nice."
Qi Ming shook his head: "It's nothing, it's what I should do. The vegetables on this plot and that plot are mainly different. If you want to eat the leaves, the vegetables in this field are eaten from their swollen stems, and the ones near the pond are eaten from their roots."
After Qi Ming introduced the vegetables to them, he continued, "Those large-leaf garlic, ginger, and green onions on the side are planted in plugs. They are condiments and we can't eat much of them, so we didn't plant too many. The large-leaf garlic that was said to be non-bitter is this kind. You can try it, it's not that bitter when eaten raw."
Since he was already here, Jian Mo didn't bother to be polite with him. He really plucked a leaf of the large-leaf garlic, wiped it with his hand, and took a bite.
The unique spicy garlic flavor of large-leaf garlic instantly spread in the mouth, stimulating Jian Mo to spit several times: "Puh, puh, so spicy!"
Qi Ming smiled: "Not bitter, right?"
Jian Mo took the wooden barrel from Wu Jiong's hand, drank water to rinse his mouth, and thought carefully: "It's really not bitter, just a little bit. How did you grow non-bitter large-leaf garlic so quickly?"
Qi Ming: "Maybe it's good luck? We only planted two rounds of large-leaf garlic in total, Now it's the second round, they are not so bitter anymore."
Jian Mo: "Maybe when they were artificially planted, they couldn't absorb the necessary elements to synthesize bitter elements, so they are not bitter anymore."
Qi Ming probably understood and nodded: "That's possible, you can pick whatever vegetables you want to eat, and I'll bring them back for you to taste later."
Jian Mo didn't bother to be polite with him, he picked some of each vegetable and put them in the backpack, planning to have a vegetable feast when he returned later.
Jian Mo asked, "How long will it take for these vegetables to grow?"
Qi Ming: "It won't take long. The vegetables you see were planted more than ten days ago and they are growing very fast. In fact, when we first started planting, the vegetables grew even faster, growing a section every three to five days. I don't know why they didn't grow that fast later."
Jian Mo: "Maybe there's not enough fertilizer."
Qi Ming: "Are you talking about the manure your tribe uses?"
Jian Mo nodded: "The soil in this valley should have had a lot of rotten leaves and weeds, which made it more fertile. After you planted the vegetables, the vegetables absorbed the fertilizer, and this area gradually became less fertile. In this case, you have to add new fertilizer in time, otherwise the vegetables will grow worse and worse. The worse it gets."
Qi Ming: "We understand. In addition to not growing as well, the vegetables are also more likely to be infested with bugs. Many of our vegetables have been eaten by bugs."
Jian Mo: "There is no way. We are also facing this problem. Our current solution is to make medicines from poisonous plants and spray them on the leaves of crops to kill as many bugs as possible."
Qi Ming wondered: "Won't that poison the people who eat the vegetables as well?"
Jian Mo: "If you eat the vegetables immediately after spraying them, then it will be fine. If you wait for a while after spraying them, then there will be no problem."
They use a crop called "Spring Thunder Eggs" to make pesticides to repel insects. The toxicity is actually quite mild, and it is not a particularly poisonous plant.
However, Jian Mo still can't tell whether the pesticides he made before were really that effective?
After all, the kids in the tribe can help catch insects.
The crops they grow are also quite special. They rarely grow fresh vegetables, but mostly fruit stems such as flour grass, pearl rice, hairy roots, and wood roots, which are not so attractive to insects.
Seedlings are very attractive to insects, but when the seedlings grow a little bigger, there will be fewer insects.
Therefore, Jian Mo is not sure whether he can apply his previous experience with pesticides here.
Jian Mo briefly described the situation of the Riverside Tribe and said, "The situations on our two sides are different, and we can't apply our experience directly to you."
Qi Ming: "That's right. If the land is not planted much, it's okay to catch the insects manually, but if it's planted too much, people can't catch them."
Jian Mo: "Yes. If you are here, I still suggest that you see if you can get some pesticides."
Qi Ming immediately said, "Then I have to trouble you to help us, we don't know how to do it ourselves."
Jian Mo: "Let me think about it first."
Qi Ming and his friends took Jian Mo and Wu Jiong for a walk in this small valley, and then took them back to the tribe.
The Yuqi Tribe is almost the most developed tribe among all the nearby tribes, and many families in their tribe have metal pots.
Jian Mo borrowed the pot from Qi Ming's house and fried several vegetables.
It must be said that the vegetables grown are crisp, tender, fresh and sweet. Even though they are newly domesticated vegetables and have a slightly bitter taste, they are still very refreshing to eat.
Jian Mo exclaimed: "These vegetables are much more delicious than those picked directly outside."
Qi Ming: "It is indeed more tender and not so bitter. We don't know why."
Jian Mo: "Maybe because the growth time is too short, the bitter substances in the vegetables have not had time to accumulate, so they taste sweeter. If you continue to grow this vegetable, it will definitely be very popular."
Qi Ming smiled: "Maybe, but we don't grow this vegetable just to exchange for something."
"I know." Jian Mo teased, "You want to let Chief Zhuzhi eat more."
Qi Ming nodded: "Yes."
Jian Mo: "Anyway, it's rare to have such delicious vegetables in autumn and winter."
It is still necessary to eat vegetables in winter. Lack of vitamins will make people prone to various diseases, and lack of fiber will make people prone to constipation.
Jian Mo has seen many beast-shaped cubs biting wooden sticks and unable to defecate, which left a certain shadow on him.
The winter here is long and cold, and most of the vegetables people eat are stems stored in caves.
Stems are not very easy to preserve. The longer they are stored, the more likely they are to deteriorate. They become wrinkled and easily sprout, and have a bad texture and taste.
If the Yuqi tribe can grow vegetables in winter, it will definitely be very popular.
The Yuqi tribe also intends to continue the vegetable planting business.
Qi Ming asked, "Doctor Jian Mo, have you thought it through? Can you stay in our tribe for two days and take us to find the medicines you mentioned?"
Jian Mo thought it through and said, "Two days is fine. Any longer won't work. We also collected throat eyeballs and plan to go back and make ointment."
Qi Ming said quickly, "Two days is enough. The main thing is that we are not familiar with the herbs. If you give us the prescription, we can find them ourselves in the future."
Jian Mo: "Then we have to talk about the reward next."
Qi Ming: "What reward do you want?"
Jian Mo gave him the reward he had thought of . The reward was stated: "Give us a share of the vegetables you grow, and also a share of the related seeds and the like. Give us some of the vegetables for this autumn and winter according to the ratio."
Qi Ming: "How much is the ratio?"
Jian Mo: "One tenth?"
Jian Mo explained: "I will prepare the pesticide prescription for you, and you can use it all the time in the future. I will only charge you once."
This was not expensive, and Qi Ming agreed: "If the effect is good, we have no objection."
The implication was that if the effect was not good, they would have to discuss it separately.
Jian Mo smiled: "It is true that we should charge according to the effect. Then I will think about which medicines can be used on vegetables. We will go to collect herbs tomorrow and see the effect first."
Qi Ming also agreed: "I will find a house for you, you can have a good rest."
Jian Mo: "Okay, you also get ready, we will set off early tomorrow."
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went back to their temporary residence to memorize the prescription.
There are many poisonous herbs nearby. As for which ones can be used on vegetables and which ones are best not to be used, Jian Mo has to think carefully.
Just when Jian Mo was thinking hard, he heard a chirping sound outside.
He came to the window and looked out, only to see a group of fat chirps coming in at some point, playing with Chirp and Ying Ao.
Hearing the window opening, the fat birds looked over here and waved happily to Jian Mo and Wu Jiong: "Brother Jian Mo, Chief Wu Jiong--"
Jian Mo: "Why are you here?"
The fat birds: "We flew here after hearing the news that you were coming. Brother Jian Mo, are you going up the mountain to collect herbs tomorrow? We will go with you."
Jian Mo smiled: "Then you have to ask Chief Qi Ming."
The fat birds: "Brother Qi Ming agreed and told us to go whenever we want."
Even the titles have changed. It seems that the relationship between the two tribes has indeed improved a lot.
Jian Mo raised his eyebrows: "That's fine, we don't have any objections."
Fat Chirps: "What are you doing? Come down and play."
Jian Mo: "I want to think of a recipe that can be used on vegetables. You guys can play with it first. I'm not free for the moment."
Fat Chirps They asked for the next best thing: "Clan leader Wu Jiong is free? Do you want to come down and play?"
Wu Jiong did not expect that the Fat Jiujiu would invite him: "Okay, I'll come down."
The Fat Jiujiu were happy: "Come quickly."
Wu Jiong said to Jian Mo: "I listen. Qi Ming said that most of their vegetables seemed to be sent by the people of the Baizhi tribe. I'll go ask them. "
Jian Mo was writing furiously and didn't have much time to care about this at the moment, so he agreed directly: "You go, remember to feed Jiujiu and Yingao later."
Wu Jiong held Jian Mo's chin and kissed his forehead: "I know, I'll bring you delicious food when I come back later."
Jian Mo kissed back, waved his hand, and told Wu Jiong to go quickly.
Thanks to the experience of studying in the Cuxing tribe, Jian Mo knew a lot of poisonous plants.
These plants are combined according to different prescriptions, some of which can detoxify, and some will increase toxicity.
The witch doctors increased the toxicity of the drugs mainly to treat parasites and abscesses outside the body. No one thought that Jian Mo would use them as pesticides.
Jian Mo wrote down the prescriptions on paper quickly. To make pesticides, it is mainly necessary to adapt to local conditions.
If some prescriptions are very useful, but there are no relevant medicinal materials here, it is not practical to go far away to exchange them.
After preparing for an entire afternoon, Jian Mo wrote down all the relevant prescriptions he remembered, filling up more than ten sheets of paper.
For several prescriptions, he was sure that the relevant medicinal materials were available locally.
He had visited the Baizhi tribe and the Yuqi tribe many times before, and he had seen those plants.
This time it should be stable. Jian Mo reviewed the prescriptions and felt that he should be able to get the batch of vegetables from the Yuqi tribe.
It just so happened that after bringing the vegetables and seeds back, they could also plant a batch by the river.
If the weather is too cold in autumn and winter this year, they will have to wait until the beginning of next spring to plant.
By then, the prescriptions he has researched will still be useful.
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