Acai's Sky

Chapter 672: What Does the Heroine's Escape Have to Do with Me?

A Cai followed closely the Tong family's second steward, Uncle Qi, to the newly purchased barren mountain.

Looking around, you can see several small hills rolling up and down, covering a quite large area.

Ah Cai took out the five-year plan she had spent several days meticulously compiling and solemnly handed it to Uncle Qi, the second steward beside her, while instructing him, "Uncle Qi, please be sure to act according to this plan."

Uncle Qi took the thick five-year plan, quickly scanned the text inside, and admiration gradually appeared on his face.

He turned his head and looked at his intelligent young lady with admiration, praising her sincerely:

"Miss, this five-year plan is absolutely perfect. Every aspect has been considered so thoroughly and meticulously!"

As he spoke, Uncle Qi pointed to the hillside not far away and continued to explain the specific contents of the plan:

“This is the terraced land reclamation system mentioned here, which requires the ingenious construction of stone terraces according to the terrain.

Moreover, the height difference between each step needs to be precisely controlled at around 1.2 meters.

In addition, honeysuckle is planted along the ridges to help consolidate the soil."

As he spoke, he gestured the general outline and height in the air and nodded.

Then Uncle Qi pointed to the upper part of the barren mountain and asked, "Miss, are you planning to plant chestnut trees here?"

Ah Cai smiled and nodded in affirmation. She enthusiastically introduced:

"That's right, Uncle Qi. Chestnuts are a wonderful thing. They can be prepared in many ways and are delicious no matter how they are cooked.

It can be ground into fine powder to make exquisite pastries.

It can also be used as a side dish and cooked with other ingredients.

Of course, directly frying it into sweet sugar-fried chestnuts is even more popular! "

At this moment, Uncle Qi suddenly saw an unfamiliar name appear in the plan - sweet potato.

He couldn't help but frown and asked in confusion, "What exactly is this sweet potato? I've never heard of it in our Fengyu Country."

Seeing this, Nanny Ying, who was standing by, hurriedly called the accompanying servant Mo Shan and told him to gently open the big basket that everyone had brought.

Afterwards, Nanny Ying personally picked out a large and round sweet potato from the basket and handed it to Uncle Qi so that he could take a closer look.

"These are the high-quality seeds our young lady bought at a high price from those blue-eyed, fair-skinned foreigners! They say the crops produced from these seeds have an extremely high yield."

While busy with her work, Aunt Gu enthusiastically explained to everyone.

Hearing this, Uncle Qi, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but take a breath and utter a

"hiss……"

He frowned, his face full of confusion. He muttered to himself, "What do you mean by good quality? What do you mean by high yield?"

At this moment, Uncle Qi's eyes were like being attracted by a magnet, tightly locked on the sweet potato in his hand.

He opened his eyes wide, as if trying to see through the thin potato skin to see what secrets were hidden inside.

That focused look was as if he wanted to drill a hole in the sweet potato with his eyes.

Uncle Qi slowly raised his slightly trembling hands and carefully placed the sweet potatoes into the basket beside him.

Then he quickly picked up the plan, turned to the page about sweet potato planting methods, and read it carefully word by word.

After a long while, Uncle Qi finally nodded vigorously as if he had made up his mind. Then he straightened his chest, stretched out his right hand, and slapped his chest heavily. Two crisp "pa pa" sounds were heard.

"Miss, don't worry! I will definitely live up to my mission and do my best to properly transform this terraced field and ensure that these sweet potatoes will thrive!" Uncle Qi vowed, his voice loud and firm.

At this moment, Ah Cai, who had been standing quietly beside him, suddenly stretched out a slender finger and pointed to the barren land in the distance.

Then she opened her red lips and said, "We have quietly entered the twelfth lunar month, and the time left for us is becoming increasingly tight.

At this moment, the most urgent task is to repair this terraced field first!

After completing this work, we will need to strictly follow the steps detailed in the plan to dig a Tianchi Lake at the top of the mountain."

She paused, then added, "The diameter of this Tianchi Lake needs to be about 10 meters, and the depth needs to be just right.

Moreover, in order to prevent the pool water from leaking and losing, the bottom and walls of the pool must be carefully treated with clay with good viscosity to prevent leakage.

This will ensure that this large pool can store water stably over a long period of time."

Hearing this, Uncle Qi did not dare to delay at all. He quickly reached out and took out the five-year plan that he treasured like a treasure from his arms, and quickly and carefully found out the chapter about water conservancy projects.

As expected, this book not only records in detail the specific methods and techniques of how to build the Tianchi Lake on the top of the mountain, but also lists the construction methods of the chain seepage wells in the central region.

It turns out that the distance between these seepage wells should be controlled at one every 30 steps, and all of them should be built with hard blue bricks to form a solid well wall.

In addition, a crescent-shaped pond was meticulously constructed at the foot of the mountain. It is estimated that the pond could hold up to 2000 dan of water.

After it is completed, some fish such as grass carp can be raised in it to effectively control the growth and reproduction of algae in the water, thereby keeping the water quality clear and excellent.

As for water-saving irrigation, we can cleverly use bamboo shovels, an ancient and practical tool, to guide the water flow.

The specific method is to split the fresh bamboo into two halves and remove the middle bamboo nodes, so that it can naturally transform into natural water pipes.

Through this simple yet extremely effective method, precious water resources can be smoothly transported to every corner that needs its nourishment.

Ah Cai narrowed her eyes slightly, stretched out her slender and white index finger like a scallion, and gently scratched her round and small chin, her eyes slowly sweeping over Ying Mama and others standing in front of her.

She opened her red lips and said in a crisp voice, "This winter, everyone who works must have an extra meat dish every day, and a bowl of steaming, fragrant bone soup to go with it! We must ensure that everyone is well fed, so that they will have more energy to work and do their best!"

When Madam Ying heard this, a smile immediately spread across her face and she nodded in agreement hurriedly, secretly admiring that her young lady was so kind-hearted and considerate of the servants.

As she was thinking, she had already started to make plans. She planned to go to the second housekeeper to discuss recruiting more people from the clan to work.

Speaking of Madam Ying, she was truly blessed. Not only did her young lady take great care of her, she also meticulously arranged all the travel arrangements for her.

Look, she was specially equipped with a small, exquisite but very practical donkey cart, and the driver was the experienced, honest and simple driver Lao Hei.

In addition, there was a clever and diligent servant named Mo Shan who was always by his side, helping with errands and odd jobs.

Even important tasks like bookkeeping were handled by the clever little maid Lamei.

Such a thoughtful arrangement shows how much the young lady values ​​her nanny Ying.