For example, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to take care of the land in the beginning of spring. One is the problem of irrigation and the other is the problem of arable land. Both of these have solutions.

For example, if you are transplanting rice, there is no transplanting machine now, so you must have to rely on manpower. Moreover, the transplanting rice is concentrated and it can be done in a few days, and it does not take too much time.

Irrigation of land is not a problem for Shi Lei here. When he first settled in the village, he built many water trucks, and there were channels built by bamboo. It was very convenient whether it was watering the land or providing water for the farmers' homes.

Most of the rice fields are not far from the river, and you can get water without a long journey.

Moreover, there is rain in the area of ​​Yazhou almost every day. When necessary, it has to help drain water. There is never any need to worry that this piece of water is not enough.

As for the arable land, there has never been a plowing ox in Shi Lei's farm, and he has always been able to complete this work by relying on manpower, which means that the farmers are strong enough, otherwise it would not be surprising that this job would be exhausted.

The merchants were all together with a few young men, who simply replaced the position of the ox and used manpower to pull the plow.

Fortunately, the ploughs in this world have been improved. Not only can they be used for deep farming, but they are also very convenient to turn. In short, it is very easy to use and labor-saving.

However, compared to using oxen, the efficiency is definitely much worse.

There were no oxen plowing in the farm, but on the one hand, it was because I was too poor and could not afford such a luxurious thing.

On the other hand, it is also because of the paddy fields where rice is grown in this way. Ordinary scalpers are not good. If they soak in water, they will rot their hooves. Buffaloes are quite suitable for use.

However, few people sell such large animals, especially in small places like Yazhou. It is not easy to find one or two ends, let alone to equip large-scale equips for their own households.

Even if the farmer is considered rich now, it is impossible to solve this problem through trading.

But this is not a big problem for Shi Lei today. Because there are bisons in the forest around the village.

They all lived in the south in later generations, and the Asian bison. This kind of bison is also called white-limbed bison, or simply called white socks, because they are basically completely black, with only the lower ends of their limbs white, just like wearing white socks.

Although the name sounds cute and it is relatively gentle, this kind of bison is a giant with a shoulder height of more than 2 meters and a weight of two or three thousand kilograms. It is the second only to elephants and rhinos.

At this time, the temperature in the entire territory was warmer than in later generations, so things like rhinos and bison were distributed much wider than those in later generations, and they could basically be seen north of the Yangtze River.

There are also brown bears, that is, the crotch among bears, which is similar.

In the late Tang Dynasty, rhinos were rarely seen in the north. When those rhinos offered to the royal family wanted to be released, they had to choose the Jiangnan region.

At that time, the distribution ranges of rhinos, elephants, and other rhinos will also be migrating south.

Unlike now, these huge creatures can still be seen in the mountains and forests around Zhuangzi. This also provides great convenience to Shi Lei.

In the past, he couldn't make up the idea of ​​these big guys. In addition to hunting them, he also used the horns and flesh and skin. It was unrealistic to change them.

Because their size is too large, with the original energy accumulation speed of the system, it is impossible to transform any end in just a few years.

However, when the system has been upgraded, this problem will be solved.

A bison is only a few cubic meters in size. While the farmer is busy, more bisons can be transformed and used as plowing oxes, so that a lot of labor can be liberated.

As for rhino, it seems that it is not used for plowing land. Although it is strong enough, it has a bad temper and cannot control it, and it is not easy to command.

Unlike a cow, just putting a ring on the bull's nose is not a bad temper, but definitely means a good helper who will hit him wherever he wants.

Elephants are also very useful, but it is difficult to find elephants here, unlike rhinos and bisons.

Well, you can actually get one or two rhinos, and come back to have fun? If you need a pioneer or something, this kind of tank-like guy is definitely very useful.

Remembering all the problems and solutions you think of in your notebook is now an important habit of Shi Lei. He always has to record the problems and to-do items.

Of course, there is also a small notebook that specializes in recording various black materials, such as when and how to find some trouble for Daimao and Xiaojin, which he has never forgotten.

This question can be put aside for the time being. Then, I will go to the forest to see if I can get one of the tigers back and fulfill my wish to raise a real big cat. I feel a little excited when I think about it.

Then, it’s the question of how to keep warm. We all know that in the plateau, the weather has always been linked to something bad and volatile. In short, I’m really not a good place.

Of course, it is also because of this environment that many fierce and warlike soldiers there are. If they don’t fight, they may die. If they are pure men, they will choose to go to the battlefield to earn their lives, and at least they will die more valuable.

Moving forward and sacrificing one's life and death becomes a brand and a spirit on which they rely on.

Therefore, Shi Lei also wanted to recruit some soldiers from the plateau ethnic group to serve him, so he also wrote the slave trade on his trading list.

Just think about the performance of those Gurkha mercenaries in later generations, and Shi Lei is still looking forward to this.

Shi Lei's thoughts couldn't help but run away again, and finally got back to the issue of keeping warm.

In fact, Shi Lei had a solution to this matter. From the beginning, he prepared to improve the situation in Zhuangzi through trade, Shi Lei put Tubo into the plan.

But it is definitely not the preferred option in the plan. The reason is that the journey is too difficult, and there is no business. Even if you can stick to the local area, there will be no transaction. Apart from simply increasing damage, it will not be of any use.

The village is not yet at the point where Shi Lei needs to use this method to deliberately reduce his staff.

The key to fighting the cold is to fall on the ducks and geese at home.

As long as it comes from later generations, when you think of the issue of keeping warm, the first thing you think of is down jackets, not fur.

Whether it is to be enlarged in the Tang Dynasty or later generations, these fur things are definitely luxury goods. Especially those bear skins, tiger skins, and thick things like this. The cost of hunting is too high. It is not realistic to ask the merchants to equip this.

However, duck down and goose down are much easier to obtain, so many of them are raised in their own farms.

Although the inner layer of fluff is used instead of the larger feathers on the outside, it cannot hold back enough.

Especially ducks, nowadays, not only for laying eggs, Shi Lei has also specially transformed a batch of meat ducks.

The purpose is of course to be used for our own restaurants and restaurants, and to make roast duck.

This thing can exist as a new top brand, making Duyiwei Restaurant even more unique.

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