Chapter 83: Choosing Land
Xie Chong’s routine was the same as before.
Qin Wanwan was snatched away by Shang Wuyang at night again. He held the little one like a warm stove, and Xie Chong would act like he was dying if he tried to snatch her back.
Early in the morning, Xie Chong got up and practiced his spear in the courtyard, the sound of the long spear piercing the air being “swish, swish, swish.”
Shang Wuyang was still sleeping in.
Qin Wanwan wriggled out of his embrace, and as soon as she reached the edge of the bed, she was grabbed by the feet and dragged back.
Shang Wuyang dragged the little warm stove back, but he didn’t wake up.
Qin Wanwan: (ò?ó)
If she struggled more, she would crawl past his feet this time.
Shang Wuyang opened his eyes slightly but didn’t stop her.
The warmth lingered in the bedding, and he could continue to sleep.
Qin Wanwan ran out, and Lu He helped her get dressed, making her a beautiful little immortal child again.
“Daddy Xie~”
She huffed and puffed, carrying two bags of forage grass seeds.
During this time, the merit points had been continuously increasing, and now they were over two thousand.
It was merit points from Father Shang. Keke said that Father Shang had people distributing congee everywhere in her name, so Father Shang was too kind. Now Wanwan had a lot of little money.
“Daddy, for you.”
Shang Wuyang opened it and took a look. It was seeds!
“Forage grass seeds?”
Qin Wanwan nodded her little head.
Xie Chong didn’t ask where she got them, he just happily picked up the child and tossed her high.
Qin Wanwan was not afraid; instead, she laughed with excitement.
“Daddy, do you want more seeds? Wanwan has potato seeds, forage grass seeds, soybean seeds, and seeds for big watermelons!”
The watermelon was a recent development.
“Can you buy them?”
Xie Chong never expected the little one to bring him such a big surprise.
Qin Wanwan nodded.
“Then buy more potato and forage grass seeds. For soybeans, give me three mu of land.”
“How much silver do you need? I’ll provide the silver.”
As for the watermelon, it sounded like a fruit, so she didn’t want it for now.
It was good that she could buy them. Now the military camp had more horses, and a lot of silver had been spent. They also needed to buy fodder.
The warhorses in the military camp were more precious than humans. They needed wheat bran, forage grass, and beans, and the quantity required was very large. They even had to feed them eggs twice a month.
There were now eight thousand horses in the military camp, and just for eggs, they needed at least 16,000 a month, which was an unimaginable amount of silver.
But the seeds Wanwan brought out were really too tempting.
Not to mention the potatoes with a yield of five thousand jin per mu, the forage grass grew quickly and well, and like chives, it grew back quickly after being cut.
The soybeans had not yet been harvested, so the yield was unknown, but the soybeans in the backyard were also growing very well.
Wanwan was simply a little lucky star sent by heaven!
Qin Wanwan shook her head: “I don’t want silver, I want to do good deeds.”
Although Xie Chong wasn’t as quick to react as Shang Wuyang, he wasn’t too surprised.
“You mean, by doing good deeds, you can buy those seeds?”
Qin Wanwan nodded.
At this moment, Aunt Zhang came over, holding a plate with fragrant baked flatbread.
“Miss Wanwan, would you like some?”
Her tone was very kind and amiable.
Qin Wanwan nodded vigorously.
She took the baked flatbread, sat on the small stool, and nibbled it bit by bit, her cheeks puffed out.
“General, would you like some?”
“Yes.”
Qin Wanwan ate one baked flatbread. Although she tried her best, her mouth was too small, and in the end, she only ate one.
Xie Chong wolfed down the rest.
“Go drink some soy milk, don’t eat too much of this dry stuff.”
Qin Wanwan nodded: “Daddy, are you leaving?”
“Yes, I’m going to check the land.”
Qin Wanwan immediately and skillfully hugged his leg.
“Daddy, please take me~”
Xie Chong:…………
After letting the child drink some soy milk and giving her a steamed bun, he left the General’s Mansion carrying her with one arm.
Shang Wuyang woke up, and the child was gone.
Shang Wuyang: (?_?)
Did that little brat forget to tell him?
Qin Wanwan had indeed forgotten, and only remembered halfway.
“I forgot to tell Father Shang that I’m going out.”
Xie Chong: “It’s okay, Aunt Zhang will tell him.”
Shahe City had a lot of land, and the military camp also had public land. All of it was to be used for growing grain; otherwise, they couldn’t eat enough just waiting for military rations from the higher-ups.
The fields were already planted with wheat, millet, and beans, which were the main grains of this era.
“How about using that area to plant forage grass?”
“Does that forage grass have high requirements for the land?”
Qin Wanwan scooped up Keke and held him up: “Keke will tell you.”
“Keke is Wanwan’s spokesperson.”
Xie Chong didn’t understand the reason, but the two words were quite easy to understand.
Keke: “That forage grass doesn’t have high soil requirements and can grow anywhere. It can even fertilize the land. You can try rotating crops every year. Tomorrow, plant grains in the land where forage grass was grown, and they will definitely grow very well.”
There was another surprise.
Xie Chong looked at the forage grass seeds as if they were great treasures.
“Does this forage grass have a name?”
Keke: “No.”
In the Immortal Realm, this type of forage grass was the most common and had a very tenacious vitality, growing anywhere.
It was treated the same as weeds in the human world, no, worse than weeds.
In the human world, pigs, cattle, sheep, and horses ate weeds, but in the heavenly realm, even herbivorous spirit beasts didn’t eat this forage grass.
The spirit beasts ate grass with richer and more delicious spiritual energy than this forage grass, and of course, they preferred to eat spirit rice and spirit fruits.
“Alright, I’ve thought of a place to plant this forage grass.”
Xie Chong rode his horse and took Qin Wanwan towards the outskirts, running for about an hour.
“How about over there?”
The place he pointed to was a sandy land with soil that wasn’t very good.
Sandy land was not good for growing grain, and even the grass grew sparsely.
But this piece of land was really vast.
As far as the eye could see, it was barren and endless.
“It’s okay, give all the seeds to Daddy.”
Shang Wuyang’s mouth turned up: “No rush, we still need people to tidy up this land.”
To make the forage grass grow better, the land definitely needed to be reclaimed.
The military camp had no shortage of people.
Xie Chong returned with Qin Wanwan and immediately began making arrangements.
“Centurion Kong, Centurion Sun, today you will arrange for a thousand men to go to the sandy land in the western suburbs of the city and reclaim thirty mu of wasteland. Each person will bring five hundred subordinates. Tomorrow, let Centurion Lin and Centurion Meng’s men go, and so on, rotating them so as not to waste training…”
Although they didn’t know what the General wanted to do by reclaiming that barren sandy land, they still cupped their fists, agreed, and left.
After everyone left, Xie Chong asked Qin Wanwan: “Does planting potatoes require that fertilizer?”
Qin Wanwan nodded: “Yes, it needs…”
Qin Wanwan then listed all the types of manure needed, and Xie Chong became somewhat confused listening.
“No need to say more, I’ll borrow some people from Shang Wuyang.”
Since Shang Wuyang had already produced fertilizer, he should have the experience.
Wasn’t it just livestock manure? The military camp had plenty of that!
If she only wanted to do good deeds, how could he do good deeds so that Wanwan could buy more seeds?
