flstandardbreds Chapter 134 Fertilizer
Chapter 134 Fertilizer
Even the oldest and most knowledgeable among them didn't know what these things were.
The head of the village came here early today. When he saw this situation, he subconsciously thought that these things must have been made by Lin Chuyi, otherwise how could such a coincidence happen.
She just said yesterday that we would gather here, but today there are so many unknown things.
Could these things really change the soil quality problem? He didn't see what was so special about them.
The head of the village was puzzled but did not show it on his face. He stopped the villagers from touching the bags and asked them to wait patiently for Lin Chuyi to come and give them an explanation.
When Lin Chuyi and her friends arrived, it was not yet the time agreed upon with them, but she learned from the village head that everyone had already arrived, so she didn't waste anyone's time and got straight to the point.
Lin Chuyi brought Grandpa Huang to the front of the crowd and said, "Let me introduce this to you all. This is the chili pepper planting expert I brought back for you. He lives in my home. You can ask him any questions you have about chili pepper planting in the future."
Lin Chuyi winked at Grandpa Huang and motioned for him to introduce himself. It was the first time for Grandpa Huang to face so many people's gazes. His palms were sweating from nervousness, but he still remembered Lin Chuyi's instructions and did not show any timidity.
Uncle Huang cleared his throat and said, "Well, my name is Huang Dafa. From now on, we are all from the same village. If you have any questions about farming, just come and ask me. I will definitely know... I will tell you everything I know."
"it is good."
Lin Chuyi took the lead in applauding, and the villagers on the opposite side followed suit.
Uncle Huang forced a smile and secretly rubbed his hands behind his back on his clothes to wipe off the sweat stains.
Uncle Huang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as he had finally finished the self-introduction that the girl had taught him. He found that the job the girl had assigned to him was really difficult. When he was speaking just now, he was so nervous that his hands were shaking.
The villagers naturally didn't know that Grandpa Huang was feeling guilty, and they started asking questions one after another. Grandpa Huang just answered the questions that Lin Chuyi had taught him.
Lin Chuyi had prepared a lot of questions for him before to train his on-the-spot reaction ability, which came in handy now.
Lin Chuyi waited for two minutes and stepped forward to interrupt everyone's enthusiastic inquiries.
"That's enough, that's enough, stop! Everyone, listen to me first."
Lin Chuyi's voice was very penetrating. As soon as she spoke, the scene quickly became quiet.
"Uncle Huang will live in the village from now on. If you want to ask questions, you can ask them later. Now let me tell you about the pile of things behind me. I'm sure everyone is curious about what's in these bags."
As soon as Lin Chuyi said this, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to her. They agreed with Lin Chuyi's statement that the experts were here and they could ask questions later. What they were most concerned about at the moment was the source and purpose of this pile of things.
It turned out that these things really belonged to Lin Chuyi, and Li Zheng also became interested.
"The stuff in these bags is called fertilizer. It contains a lot of nutrients that can change the quality of the soil, supplement the needs of crops for a variety of nutrients, and prevent problems such as slow growth and plant shrinkage caused by lack of trace elements."
"It can improve the drought resistance, cold resistance, disease resistance and other stress resistance of crops, promote crop germination, shorten the seedling period, increase crop survival rate, early flowering and fruiting, and extend the harvest period, which can ultimately enable crops to achieve high and high yields."
After Lin Chuyi finished speaking, the whole place fell silent. All the villagers looked at her in bewilderment.
They knew very well that Lin Chuyi was speaking human language, but they just couldn't understand what she was saying.
As soon as Lin Chu saw their expressions, she knew that these villagers did not understand the meaning of her words, so she simply changed it to the most understandable way and explained it to them.
"In short, my point is only one, that is, after the land is treated with this thing, the pepper production can be increased. Rich families in the north all use this."
"Oh, now we understand what you said."
"That's right. I've never heard of the elements and kang mud you mentioned before. It's better to understand it this way."
"That means spreading this stuff on the land. How should we spread it? How much should we spread per acre of land?"
“Is this thing really that magical?”
"Can it really increase production? Is it only for peppers, or can it also be used for other crops like corn and sweet potatoes?"
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Everyone kept asking questions at once, and Lin Chuyi raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"I know what you want to ask. Don't worry and listen to me. I will tell you the answers one by one."
When everyone quieted down, Lin Chuyi spoke again.
"First, can the use of chemical fertilizers really help increase pepper production? The answer is yes, but the more important reason is that I want to use it to change the quality of the soil, but changing the quality of the soil is not something that can be achieved by just talking about it."
"Some wealthy people use fertilizers to change the quality of the soil. Depending on the composition of the land, it takes three to ten years to change, and a large amount of fertilizer is needed every year during this period."
"For poor land like inferior fields, one mu of land needs four to six kilograms of fertilizer per year, and additional fertilizer needs to be applied later. The price of one kilogram of fertilizer is 200 wen, which means that the minimum fertilizer cost per mu of inferior field is 800 to 1200 wen per year to make the inferior field reach the level of medium field."
"Once the supply of fertilizers is stopped, nutrients will be lost and the land will return to its original state. The cost of using fertilizers is too high. It is more cost-effective to directly spend money to buy high-quality and medium-quality fields. This is also the main reason why fertilizers cannot be promoted."
"What you grow are ordinary cash crops. Putting aside the costs, you can only earn a few taels of silver in a year. Even if the yield increases, the additional income will not be much left after deducting the cost of fertilizers, so this is not a cost-effective deal for everyone."
Lin Chuyi raised the production cost of fertilizers and changed the concept, which directly killed the villagers' desire to use fertilizers to increase production.
After listening to Lin Chuyi's words, the villagers compared the yields of their own top-grade fields, medium-grade fields, and bottom-grade fields in their minds, and then subtracted the amount of fertilizer needed. They found that the cost of using fertilizers was actually higher.
When I looked at the pile of fertilizer again, I couldn't help but feel regretful. It was a good thing, but it was a pity that they couldn't afford it.
Someone in the crowd noticed something was wrong and asked directly.
“If it’s not cost-effective to use fertilizers, why do you use them?”
As soon as this was said, other people also reacted. Yes, if there was no benefit at all, why would Lin Chuyi prefer to suffer losses and use chemical fertilizers?