Chapter 87 The output estimate is a bit low

With the arrival of cabbage, the sixty-five people finally didn't have to continue training. They were called by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to go back to the yamen together. When they were on the road, Wang Juan asked him to go back quickly to prepare a large jar, just a water jar, and prepare stones two circles smaller than the mouth of the water jar, and a millstone, and there were also a lot of salt, not the thin and white ones.

Li Xun didn't know what Wang Juan was asking for instructions to do. When everyone came to the yamen, the crabs and shrimps brought by the old man also arrived.

"It just happened to stir-fry cabbage with shrimps. The main food is cabbage stuffed dumplings, and the soup is dried tofu and cabbage shredded soup. Make a sweet and sour cabbage, steamed crab meat and cabbage buns, soak the sea stings, make an old vinegar and cabbage, and make a cold dish..."

While walking into the yamen, Wang Juan muttered that she liked to eat cabbage the most. She could make dozens of them in one go as long as there were sufficient auxiliary materials.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't think so much about it. He just had sauerkraut, especially the sauerkraut stewed with three layers of pork, which was both greasy and refreshing. Otherwise, he would eat it raw. He always ate the cabbage as a fruit. At this time, he was still holding a cabbage in his hand and gnawing it with a heart of crispy and sweetness, and there were a little memories.

Li Xun was also greedy when he saw that Zhang Xiaobao was eating too delicious. Seeing Zhang Xiaobao ate a cabbage heart and not throwing away the remaining part, he asked, "You two have seen Baishou? This one cannot be eaten."

"I haven't seen it before. Who said this can't be eaten? It can be made into pickles, just like the sliced ​​melon. I'll tell you how to make it later. These methods are not important, just think about it. What's important is that the big jar, as long as it is done, you can keep the dish until summer, and the taste will change, but it's better than not eating it."

Zhang Xiaobao is already preparing to take the cabbage seeds to the south to plant. In addition to cabbage, there are also cabbages. It is good to make soup and can also be eaten with sauce.

Li Xun was careful about this matter and could be put until summer, which means that ordinary people could eat food, even if they were not allowed to take care of it, they decided to take a good look at how to make it.

When you enter the yamen, everything is ready. In fact, it is very simple. Brush the water tank clean, put the salt in the cabbage, put it into the tank one by one, and then press the grinder on it. After a few days of pressing, add a few more trees. When it is almost done, change the water and the sauerkraut will be ready. If you don’t change the water, it will smell bad.

Li Xun wrote down the whole step and asked Wang Juan who stopped commanding, "Is that over?"

"It's not over. After a few days, I saw bubbles and muddy inside..."

"I need to change the water, I know, why is the biggest thing? Others have done it long ago. When it is done, they will be sour in their mouths."

Li Xun finally had something to know and said to Wang Juan proudly.

Wang Juan didn't expect that someone had already done this. Seeing that Li Xun said, he stopped talking.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't say anything, at least there were many different ways to eat, such as sauerkraut hotpot, so I won't tell him about this for now.

After a while of busyness, crabs, shrimps, and newly brought cabbage made a table of dishes. The two families and Li Xun gathered there to eat.

When the food was almost the same, Zhang Xiaobao said to Li Xun: "Do you have any idle people? Lend me some and use it for work."

"When will you want it? After receiving the rice, I will be able to get some people from Lijiazhuang." Li Xun replied.

"It's too late. Now I need to pick cotton, just white buns. After it blooms, the flocs that grow will be useful for me to pick them off. I will give you benefits when the time comes." Zhang Xiaobao said as he painted.

Li Xun remembered that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan bought a lot of white buns in the capital and planted them in a piece of land of the old Shangshu's nephew. There were about 8,000 plants, originally ten thousand, but later they died a little.

"Xiaobao, what are you going to do that thing? If you really can't find a soldier to pick it, there are not many. There are less than nine thousand, eight thousand six hundred, and seven hundred. It will be finished in a short time." Li Xun felt that there were few white buns on the land.

"That's it, I'll find someone to pick it myself. It will take two or three months to pick it. I have to pick it when it comes to producing cotton bolts. I don't know how much they can be picked. I can first come one acre to see how much it can produce." Zhang Xiaobao suddenly had his own considerations. Thinking about the more than ten acres of cotton, there are not too many people. Three people per acre, so I will pick it slowly.

After a meal, Li Xun returned to the yard he bought, while Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan sat together to discuss.

"Xiaobao, did you buy less? How much cotton can you get with more than 8,000 plants left? How many kilograms can you get with eight,000 kilograms?" Wang Juan felt that it was a bit too little.

Zhang Xiaobao shook his head vigorously, "Let's plant seven hundred plants per acre. After planting twelve acres of land, one acre will have seven hundred kilograms. If one acre is 640 grams per acre, that's 900 kilograms. If that acre is replaced by us, it will have a yield of nine hundred kilograms. The best cotton seeds at that time were one acre, one acre, one acre, and one acre, and it seemed to be three or four hundred kilograms a hundred years ago. That was quite good. How many of us can we have here?"

"It seems that there are not many. At that time, we were specifically thinking about how to plant it. The seeds were improved countless times. With various auxiliary fertilizers and pesticides, we can have 50 kilograms in this mu, right? Twelve acres, 600 kilograms."

Wang Juan pressed down the weight all at once, and Zhang Xiaobao continued to shake his head, "I guess there is 40 kilograms per acre of land, which means it is successful. Total of 500 kilograms, it is more than 780 kilograms. It's okay to make up for it, see if it can reach 800 kilograms, enough to make some quilts."

Wang Juan sighed and suddenly thought of something, "I guess it can only be 750 or 60 kilograms, or even less. We have to take off the seeds, and even less after taking off the seeds."

"Yes, I also have to get a tool to remove seeds and a flower tillage machine. Tomorrow, people will be watching one acre of harvest. It is estimated that two people can pick one acre a day, but it is because there are few cotton balls. It seems that if you have to find a way to cultivate it in the future, you can't just look at the flowers. What we want is cotton, and you will make a flower tillage machine in the evening."

Zhang Xiaobao also thought of this and felt less and less confident. He occupied twelve acres of land, but he got six or seven hundred kilograms of cotton. How much does it cost to sell to compare with the farming? There is no way, the cotton plants are too tall and the spacing cannot be small. Later, the cultivation of short plants is densely planted, with many branches and many fruit entrapments. A single cotton can reach seven grams.

This is an adornment thing. Who would have thought of cultivating it so that they can only cultivate it themselves? There should be such a person in Sinong Temple. If you don’t have it, you can get some information and come over.

The two of them discussed and came out to find someone to make a flower treading machine. This thing is simple, just to find a way to let the cotton wool pass and the seeds are left behind. The most primitive one, one big and one small, and the gap between them depends on the size of the cotton seeds. A little improvement is to step on it. Once you step on it, you will move it on the other side. Remove a few gears from the fan and adjust it.

"This is a great invention. In the future, someone will remember our name, which is called Baojuan Flower Blossom Machine. Oh, this one must be engraved with the name of the craftsman, or a unique mark of the craftsman." Zhang Xiaobao stepped on it a few times and said proudly to Wang Juan.

Wang Juan nodded, "Xiaobao, you are really good, you know to share the honors with the craftsmen."

"Of course, if one of them is broken, it seems that the quality is not good. I have to find someone. If I don't leave my own mark, how can I know who did it?" Zhang Xiaobao finally told the truth.

"I took back what I said just now, it was really good." Wang Juan didn't care about the flower-killing machine, threw down the words and turned around and left.

Early the next morning, Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan and Li Xun took about ten maids and twenty male servants from the inner courtyard toward the place where cotton was planted.

After wandering until noon, the old man's nephew was waiting at the dock. When he saw the visitor arrange food first and ate it in a hurry, the group arrived at the cotton field. Originally, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were still thinking about more than 8,000 plants, and planted them according to about one meter of plants, which could occupy twelve acres.

As a result, it occupied eleven acres, but this acre is too small, right? The cotton plants are next to each other, and the sunlight is always blocked. Not all cotton grows on top, but there are also branches below. When you look closer, there are indeed not many cottons below that grow.

"Cai, just pull it down and put it on your own. If you have too many, put it in the sack." Zhang Xiaobao waved his hand and more than 30 people rushed over. He had never done such a job before. He was really good at hand when he first came into contact with him. He put his clothes on one hand and turned the cotton plants there with the other hand. When he saw it, he would pick it.

"Mr. Li, this year's output is a bit low. I can only give you five sets, one set with pillows, scalp, mattress, and quilts. You have to use ten kilograms. No, it's more than eight kilograms of these things, only five sets, you can give them to whoever you like when you go home."

Zhang Xiaobao estimated the output in a low way. In the end, he could produce about 600 kilograms of cotton. If he only made a quilt, he could make 130 or 40 sets. If he made a full set, he could only make 70 or 80 sets, and some would have to cut the material.

Li Xun didn't know what Zhang Xiaobao said at all. He gave him quilt, mattress, and the skin of the pillow. He didn't think much about it and nodded, nodding what he gave in the end, just take it.

Wang Juan was also worried, "I have to make clothes, I'll give you three sets."

"That's fine, so Mr. Li, I just said I'm going to give you three sets, and I'll give you some other things at that time." Zhang Xiaobao felt that it was the same when he heard this. He had to make clothes and shoes, and he couldn't make them all into bedding, so he discussed with Li Xun.

"It's okay." Li Xun didn't have much demand for this. To be precise, he didn't pay attention to what Zhang Xiaobao gave him, just a quilt, how could he cover it himself?

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were relieved when they heard Li Xun's answer, and then looked at the people who picked cotton.

"Huh? Master." Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan stared at one person and spoke at the same time.
Chapter completed!