Sister Han is good at farming

Chapter 279 Planning for Handicraft Industry

"Grandfather, what could possibly happen to me?" Chi Jingxiao swallowed the bun in his mouth and smiled awkwardly.

Chi Jianyu kicked him again, "Why am I hiding things from your grandfather? I am old, and sometimes my mind is not clear, but I am not completely stupid. Tell me! What is it that has made you lose your mind?"

"It's okay. I just feel a little uncomfortable seeing that you have been so busy lately." Chi Jingxiao said with his head down.

Chi Jianyu glanced at him sideways, "What's the matter? Are you heartbroken?"

"A bit~"

"If you feel sorry for her, just try your best to marry her home as soon as possible. Then you can feel as sorry as you want!" Chi Jianyu said as a matter of course.

Chi Jingxiao quickly covered his mouth with his hand, "Grandfather, don't talk nonsense!"

Chi Jianyu waved away his good-for-nothing grandson and said, "Why are you so cowardly? If you like someone, just say it openly! You are hiding something from others and it's not honest at all. Even your father wasn't as shy as you when he was young.

After he made up his mind, your father went to your maternal grandparents' house the next day to ask for your mother's hand in marriage. He was so anxious that he didn't even have time to say hello to me. In the end, your grandmother and I were the last two people in the entire military camp to know that your father was going to get married.

The old man still has complaints about the bad things his son did back then.

Chi Jingxiao lowered his head, his voice was indescribably sad, "My whole face is ruined, I'm afraid I'm not worthy of her."

"Hey! Girls nowadays do like handsome guys. But that girl looks different to me. She shouldn't be the superficial girl who only looks at the face. Grandfather thinks you can give it a try. Besides, don't you still have a childhood sweetheart relationship? You can definitely succeed." Chi Jianyu encouraged him.

"I'm worried that once I open my mouth, I'll have no reason to stay with her in the future." Chi Jingxiao said sullenly.

"I said, why don't you look like a member of our Chi family at all? You are so timid, how can you be so disrespectful!" Chi Jianyu was so angry that he wanted to curse, "She is now a leader of the Mo Sect and the mayor of three cities, and she is short of manpower. With your skills, why can't you find a job by her side? Why do you look down on yourself so much?"

"I……"

Chi Jianyu was annoyed when he saw him hesitating, "Forget it, if you don't dare to say it, I'll go and tell your grandfather, is that ok?"

He stood up with the tray and left.

"Grandfather, Grandfather~" Chi Jingxiao hurriedly caught up with Chi Jianyu, "Grandfather, don't tell me, I will find a suitable time to tell me, okay?"

Seeing his grandson in such a humble state, Chi Jianyu couldn't help but feel distressed. If his old wife were still alive...

He waved his hand in annoyance, "Alright! You young people should deal with yourselves. I, an old man, will not get involved!"

……

Ruan Qingqing got up at 6:45 am, more than an hour later than usual. After she took care of herself, she handed the drawings she had drawn that night to Yue Linlang.

It contains the plant morphology of three types of hemp: ramie, flax and ramie, as well as the structural diagrams of beating boards and textile machines.

"Give the looms to Yan Qufeng and his team, and have them make thirty of them as soon as possible. Give the hemp board drawings to Ge Lao, and have him arrange for people to make them as soon as possible. The more the better, at least three hundred. Give the drawings of the plants to Wushang, and have him organize people to help find the plants on the drawings. The more the better, I will be of great use."

"Okay! Master, I'll do it right away!" Yue Linlang took the blueprint and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, and by the way, send a message to Chase and ask him to find a way to get some silkworms for us."

"Okay! Sir, I'll do it right away!"

"And..." When Ruan Qingqing was about to say something else, she found that Yue Linlang had disappeared. She patted her head in annoyance. Her brain was not working well because she didn't sleep well. She always forgot this or that.

"City Lord, Lord Yue just asked me to bring your breakfast." Caihua's voice came from outside the door.

"Come in!" Ruan Qingqing was ready to finish her breakfast before doing anything else.

After Cauliflower prepared breakfast, he prepared to leave.

"Caihua, are you used to it here?" Ruan Qingqing asked her.

"Thank you for your concern, Lord City Lord. I am used to it and everyone takes good care of me." Caihua turned around, bowed, and replied with her head down.

Ruan Qingqing nodded, "You'll get used to it! Go ahead and do your work! I'll send the dishes to the kitchen after I finish eating, so go do your work and don't worry about me."

"it is good!"

While eating, Ruan Qingqing was thinking about who would be the best person to accompany her to look for mulberry trees. After finding the mulberry trees, she would plan a mulberry forest near each village. This would make it easier for everyone to raise silkworms and pick mulberry leaves.

Autumn is coming soon, and wool collection has to be put on the agenda. There is also autumn harvest, and hybrid rice needs to be harvested. She also needs to arrange more people to open up wasteland, and how to make the best use of every inch of land while preventing soil erosion, these are also the issues she needs to consider at present.

To prevent soil erosion, you can plant some ramie on slopes. Ramie has a strong ability to conserve soil and water, comparable to sparse young forests that have been planted for 5-7 years.

This season is a good time to peel hemp. After finding the hemp field, we will try to make it reproduce. There are three methods of reproduction: seed reproduction, root division reproduction, and cutting reproduction.

If you propagate by seeds, you have to wait until autumn to collect seeds and then you can cultivate and plant them the next year. This method is time-consuming.

Root division propagation is also called stump division propagation. Dig out the seed roots, then cut them into several pieces, select healthy, disease-free and insect-free seed pieces with nodes and buds, and then plant them.

Cutting propagation is to cut the tender shoots of ramie and insert them into nutrient soil. Under suitable conditions, they will take root and grow into seedlings, which can be transplanted after hardening.

Among them, root division propagation is relatively simple to operate and is suitable for large-scale planting. Secondly, ramie seedlings propagated by root division have strong vitality and can quickly adapt to new growth environments. In addition, the root system of ramie seedlings propagated by root division is well developed, which is conducive to improving the plant's resistance to stress and growth rate.

However, this method of reproduction also has certain limitations. For example, since ramie is a cross-pollinating crop, propagation through root division may cause natural hybridization, resulting in separation variation in offspring. Therefore, when using root division for reproduction, it is necessary to pay attention to selecting good seed roots to reduce the possibility of variation in offspring.

But this is not a problem for Ruan Qingqing, who holds a PhD in agriculture.

So they just needed to find hemp, and then Ruan Qingqing would select the best varieties, dig up the roots and bring them back for root division and propagation. As for the stems, they were all peeled and left for everyone to spin.

That is to say, everyone can harvest some hemp. First, weave the hemp cloth, and then sell it in the market to see the response.

When thinking of linen, Ruan Qingqing also thought of woven products made of linen, as well as hemp ropes, curtains, sacks...all of which are practical.