Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 449 Thinking

Chop onion and garlic in a 1:1 ratio, wrap them in gauze, and soak them in a certain amount of water for twelve hours. Then use the water soaked with onion and ginger to spray the tea tree.

So, Hualei asked Uncle Fu to make onion and garlic preparations according to Boss Yu's method and spray them on the tea trees. Ten days later, the tea trees finally recovered a little.

Looking at the tea trees on the hillside, Hualei also flipped through some books and found that it is easy to get red spider disease when the temperature is high and the environment is too dry.

Therefore, Hualei had people trim some branches of the tea trees and move out a few tea trees in overly dense areas to ensure good ventilation between the tea trees. He also asked farmers to spray some water on the tea trees every day to make the air slightly more humid.

After timely pest control and moisturizing, the growth of the tea trees gradually became smooth.

When Hualei was strolling around the North Mountain, she saw the remote corner behind the workshop and felt it was a bit wasted.

Due to the irregular terrain, the workshop and the mountain formed a triangular area, and there was a long and narrow passage, so the actual area was actually quite large.

It seemed a bit of a waste to leave it vacant, so Hualei decided to raise chickens. She asked Uncle Zhao to bring some people to cut some bamboos and surround the low area with bamboos.

The passage is covered with straw fans to serve as a chicken coop. The triangular area is just right for the chickens to stroll during the day, and with a little tidying up, it can become a chicken farm with a large area.

So, he bought several hundred chicks and put them in the chicken farm, and recruited a few people to start taking care of and raising these chicks.

While Hua Lei was taking time out from her busy schedule to take care of her own affairs, Emperor Sheng Wu finally finished reading Hua Lei's plan.

Putting down the plan in his hand, Emperor Shengwu couldn't help but admire that some people's character is engraved in their bones.

Cunning but not cunning, will ask for things openly but will not steal in a roundabout way. Have their own little thoughts and persistence, but always know the principle of putting the overall situation first.

They are much more pleasing to the eye than some old stubborn people who don't use their brains, don't know how to adapt, and just cling to what's in their bowls.

Among the three suggestions, Emperor Shengwu undoubtedly chose the suggestion of planting mixed crops according to local conditions. He also proposed to plant as many crops as possible because he believed that he had no shortage of manpower.

Moreover, he was most happy about Hualei's suggestion to first clear a few basins so that they could plant rapeseed in October, but he was also very anxious.

The first batch of rapeseed seeds purchased from Hualei at the beginning of the year had all been sown in the official fields of Shangjing City by the Ministry of Agriculture. Emperor Shengwu decided to plant the rapeseed just purchased from Hualei in the newly reclaimed basin.

Of course, Emperor Shengwu also adopted Hua Lei's final suggestion. No matter what was planted on the barren hills, the Silin Bureau would continue to manage it, and the profits would also belong to the Silin Bureau.

However, Emperor Shengwu did not agree so straightforwardly. Instead, he repeatedly persuaded the head of the Silin Bureau, Mo Linguan, several times, and finally revealed that he agreed to give the Silin Bureau the right to continue management because Hualei knew how to grow corn and rapeseed. Invisibly, this supported Hualei.

Emperor Shengwu made the decision, and the next step was to transform the barren mountains. The first step was to transform the basin and plant rapeseed, and then cut the weeds, dig ponds, load water trucks, and dig ditches.

However, Hua Lei does not need to worry about these for the time being, because when Lord Mo received the oral order from Emperor Shengwu, his heart was already beaming with joy, and the profits he obtained were still kept in the Silin Bureau. After the barren mountain was transformed into a gold and silver mountain, his performance silver would surely double.

Therefore, he and several of his pastoral officials actively followed up on the next matter. When it came to the manpower for the land reclamation, the first thing to consider was the prisoners in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. As for how many manpower he had, he decided to go to the Ministry of Justice in person in a few days to have a drink with Lord Wen.

Oh, by the way, first find colleagues from the Water Bureau to help find springs on the barren hills and where to dig ponds. Find the Construction Department of the Ministry of Works to help make water wheels. Yes, and we also need to contact the tools for land reclamation.

Lord Mo and several of his pastors rushed in and out every day, doing everything themselves. Even Hua Lei, who was sitting at the desk doing nothing, was very pleasing to him.

Originally, I thought that the plan for the transformation of the barren mountain would not go so smoothly, and I would have to worry for a while. If things went wrong, I would even have to endure the wrath of Emperor Shengwu.

Unexpectedly, Hualei's move directly made Emperor Shengwu finalize the land reclamation plan. This level seems to be quite good.

It seems that she is not here to step on my face, she is here to give money to me and the Silin Bureau.

However, Hualei was not really doing nothing. Although the first step had been decided, which was to transform the basin, Lord Mo and Yu Mushi were also doing everything themselves, Hualei also had to dig ditches and draw maps for the rapeseed according to the topography of each basin and local conditions.

Don't think that you can dig the ditch casually. If the ditch cannot drain water, the rapeseed in the basin will easily be flooded if there is heavy rain.

It can be said that rapeseed planted in basins is more dependent on and has higher requirements for ditches than rapeseed planted in ordinary fields.

Because the terrain is inclined, we need to dig along the inclined angle, and the water inlet and outlet must be arranged. So, Hualei has been thinking about these things in the past few days.

She wanted to draw a plan for the digging of the ditch first, and then let the professionals of the Water Bureau take a look to see if it was feasible? Although, Emperor Shengwu said that all government offices should assist the Forest Bureau to open up the wasteland.

However, both the Agriculture Bureau and the Water Bureau are actually very busy and have a lot of things to do.

Not to mention the Agriculture Bureau, just like the Water Bureau, it also has a lot of things to do. All rivers need to be inspected, those that are blocked need to be dredged and cleared, and some lakes also need to be cleaned.

You, the Forestry Bureau, are reclaiming the wasteland. You can't just do nothing and go directly to the Water Bureau to ask them to help draw the plan for the ditch excavation, right? They definitely won't be willing to do that!

It's great that we can help you find the spring. Draw the canal map, drain the crops, etc., you can solve it yourself at the Forestry Bureau. If you can't solve it yourself, go to the Agriculture Bureau, they are professional in this.

The land reclamation work of your Forestry Bureau is not a short-term activity. The transformation of the barren hills will take several years. There is no reason to ask the Water Bureau to help all the time, right?

The staff of the Water Bureau was worried that if they helped once, they would have to help countless times. So they simply refused directly, but could provide consultation and technical guidance.

So, Hualei has been thinking about these things these days.