The curved plow is perfectly suitable for the small paddy field area in the south of the Yangtze River, so the short curved plow first appeared in the Jiangdong region.

Xiaopo Village is located in the northern region. Due to its climate, most of the farmlands are dry fields. However, even so, the convenience of the curved plow is much better than the kind of plows they use now.

Dongfang Ming observed the five plows and rakes, and their plow bodies were all straight and looked bulky and stiff.

With just a glance, Dongfang Ming knew that this was not a Quyuan plow. He turned around and asked the village chief and Gensheng behind him: "Does everyone use this kind of plow rake?"

Dongfang Ming’s problem was a bit strange. The village chief was stunned for a moment before saying, “It’s not all this. Our village is poor and we buy the cheapest one. But even the best plow rake is similar to this one.”

With questions and answers, Dongfang Ming roughly understood what level of agricultural development level in this era is.

Dongfang Ming stood up on the hem of his clothes and asked, "Can you take me to the farmland to see?"

"Okay, no problem!" The village chief was about to take Dongfang Ming to the farmland of Xiaopo Village again.

Gensheng stopped the village chief and said, "Village Chief, go back and take a break! I'll just take my benefactor with such a simple thing!"

The village chief blew his beard and glared at him, and said dissatisfiedly: "What if my benefactor is doing serious things again? I will go with him if there are any questions I can answer."

Gensheng didn't care, he just smiled and helped the village chief into the house.

In the early years, the village chief injured his waist and legs when he helped the villagers work. Moreover, he was older and could not stand for a long time, otherwise his waist and legs would be sore.

After sending the village chief back to the house, Gensheng came over to Dongfangming and said, "My benefactor, if you want to see the farmland in our village, come with me."

The village chief’s house is in the middle of Xiaopo Village, and the large area of ​​farmland concentrated in Xiaopo Village is on the east side of the village. Gensheng and Dongfangming arrived in such a small place.

Xiaopo Village is not big, and the farmland is much larger than the area of ​​the village. When you stand on the edge of the field in the east, you can see that the border on the other side of the farmland extends to the distant foothills.

How many generations of people have worked diligently to cultivate and cultivate, so that such a large-scale farmland has been created. The farmland is divided into small pieces of similar area by crisscrossing ridges.

There are no crops in the fields because there is no rain, so they cannot be planted at all. However, there are not many weeds, and only the withered grass falls on the ground. After all, weeds also need to absorb water to grow.

In such a drought, the land in the farmland is cracked. With such a land situation, no matter what you plant, you cannot survive.

Dongfang Ming has several ways to improve farmland water conservancy.

First, irrigation, by extracting water sources to irrigate crops, the water source conditions of the farmland are changed.

Thinking of this, Dongfang Ming thought about it and asked Gensheng: "Since it is spring drought and there is no water in the farmland, how can you solve the problem of drinking water from the villagers?"

This is a question that Dongfangming has been ignored for a long time.

For the human body, water intake is much more important than food intake. People do not eat or eat a small amount of food for a month. However, if they do not consume a certain amount of water, they will definitely be dehydrated and die.

After all, two-thirds of the human body are water, and metabolism is consumed all the time. If the moisture content cannot be kept within a range, life is in danger.

Xiaopo Village has been drought for so long, how can the villagers solve their usual needs for drinking water? Is no one thirsty?

If you can persist for so long, it will inevitably be unrelated to the water source.

If Xiaopo Village really had a stable water source, it might be used to irrigate crops. Designing an irrigation system is not a difficult task for Dong Fangming.

"There is a small well in our village, and we usually get water from where we can get it." Although we don't understand what Dongfang Ming's use of such an irrelevant thing, Gensheng still answered honestly.

"How big is the well?" Dongfang Ming asked.

If the well is large enough and deep enough, it will not be a problem to provide drinking and irrigation to the villagers at the same time.

In this era, there was no chemical compound fertilizer, and it was all farm fertilizer fermented by farmers themselves. The water was used to irrigate the farmland, and after being filtered by layers of soil, it was still drinkable after being returned to the water circulation.

There is no water pollution here. When you walk in the countryside, you can pick it up and hand it over to your mouth to drink when you see the stream.

In this way, there is no need to worry about the water source being irrigated in the short term.

If the well is large enough, it is not a problem for Dongfang Ming to ensure that the irrigation system he designed for Xiaopo Village can be used for ten years. As for what Xiaopo Village can develop in ten years, it is Xiaopo Village’s own fortune.

Gensheng scratched his head, compared the size of a millstone with both hands, and said, "It's probably that big."

Dongfang Ming looked at Gensheng's hand and shook his head in disappointment. If this is the case, it would be too small and its water volume may not be able to support the consumption of irrigating farmland.

Then we can only use the second method to attract traffic.

Find a stream or river with stable water volume and dig a canal to bring water into the farmland. Just design a gate between the canal and the farmland that can be man-controlled, so that Xiaopo Village can independently control the water conditions of the farmland according to the season and climate.

In this way, as long as there is no large-scale severe drought and the rivers are cut off from the source, Xiaopo Village will no longer be easily affected by drought.

Furthermore, digging canals to divert some river water can also reduce the possibility of flood disasters to a certain extent.

Dongfang Ming asked again: "Gensheng, are there streams or rivers near Xiaopo Village? Which type of water with moderate scale and relatively stable water source."

Perhaps because there is well water in the village, the villagers do not need extra water.

Gensheng scratched his head and recalled for a long time, but he spoke with no certainty: "There is a valley on the other side of the farmland, and there seems to be a stream. The water flow is quite high, and I have grown up in Xiaopo Village since I was a child and I have never seen it flow through it."

Dongfang Ming nodded and said his thoughts to Gensheng.

Gensheng didn't understand what the purpose of Dongfang Ming's problem seemed to be irrelevant. As soon as Dongfang Ming explained, he immediately realized. Especially Dongfang Ming proposed digging canal to divert traffic, which was simply a genius idea for Gensheng.

Gensheng was just an ordinary farmer and did not know the principles and benefits of digging canals. But he worked with crops and worked with farming all his life. He could tell how good the digging canals are for farming with his rich farming experience.

He slapped his head and said with emotion: "I am worthy of being a benefactor. I can't think of such a wonderful idea! I, a rough man, can't think of such a good idea!"

Dongfang Ming smiled slightly and said modestly: "This method is not what I think, it is just to learn from the experience of his predecessors."

Gensheng didn't care about so much. He knew that even Dongfang Ming didn't care about this good idea. He ran to the village chief's house excitedly, wanting to tell the village chief this wonderful good idea.

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