Chapter 284 The old village chief comes to visit and Qiao Ran offers advice

The old village chief turned around and saw that Qiao Ran and Qiao Erhe had indeed put down their bowls and chopsticks, and said:

"Oh, I'm too anxious. What should I do in the future? How to deal with the poisonous miasma? How should such a large dense forest be turned into cultivated land? I have no clue at all. I should still find a few of you young and lively minds. Let’s discuss it with others and get a charter!”

Seeing that he was indeed anxious, Qiao Ran smiled and comforted:

"Grandpa, village chief, don't worry. I have already made a rough plan for these things. Fortunately, it is winter now, and it is still early for next year's spring plowing! We can use these two months to properly cultivate this valley. Repair and repair, and plan carefully where to build houses and where to open up wasteland for farming.”

The old village chief felt that this girl had thought things too simply. He still said worriedly:

"How can I not be in a hurry? The New Year is about to come, and spring will begin soon after the New Year, but this valley that belongs to us is still a wild forest with poisonous miasma. Not to mention how to solve the miasma, you must have a way. But after solving the miasma, we still have to cut down trees, weed, and plow the ground. The soil below is turned over to dry out. This reclaimed land needs to be plowed several more times before spring begins. Farm!”

"By the way, we still don't know what kind of food is suitable for growing in Zhongzhou! The seeds have to be bought. We have only had some rice, corn, wheat flour and other food when we fled the famine. What can be used as seeds? It’s so pitiful that I don’t know if it’s suitable for the soil and water of Zhongzhou. If it’s not suitable, it’s all in vain. No, I have to ask people to find out what people grow near the capital. We also have to find a way to buy it. Some seeds are ready."

Qiao Ran couldn't help but shook her head when she saw that the old village chief said a few words and then rushed to find someone to find out the news.

The old village chief is old, but he works really hard for the livelihood of the whole village!

She quickly stopped the person again: "Grandpa, village chief, don't worry, these things can't be rushed for a while, we will solve them one by one."

Zhao Tieniu also advised: "Grandpa! Didn't you say you came to discuss with Sister Ran? Nothing has been discussed yet, why do you want to leave?"

The old village chief heard it right, so he came back.

Qiao Erhe found a diabolo basket and turned it upside down on the ground, put a piece of animal skin on top, and asked the old village chief to sit by the charcoal plate to warm himself up.

The old village chief sat down and asked Qiao Ran impatiently: "Girl Ran, let's sort out which things are more urgent and which things can be slowed down. The first thing is to remove the miasma, and then we can move on to the next step, right? You If there is any way to remove the miasma, can you tell me about it?"

Qiao Ran smiled nonchalantly: "Of course it's possible, Grandpa Village Chief. As far as I know, the miasma is mainly caused by the humidity in the forest in the valley. Many dead branches and leaves and animal carcasses evaporate into the air after they rot. , forming toxic gases. Moist and dark places are also prone to breeding mosquitoes. There are too many of these mosquitoes, flying in groups in the forest, forming something like a ball of gas. Moreover, these mosquitoes carry a large amount of The poisonous substances in the body will infect humans, and this is the origin of malaria.”

"Therefore, if we want to get rid of these miasma and poisonous mosquitoes, we only need to set a fire! Anyway, we have to open up wasteland to build houses in the valley, and these trees and weeds must be cleared away. But those trees are too big That’s a lot! We’re cutting them down one by one for who knows how long, and we don’t dare to be contaminated by the miasma in the middle, so we can just burn them with fire.”

The old village chief was dumbfounded when he heard this: "It's that simple? Just light a fire? If it's so simple, why didn't the dignitaries in the capital send someone to clean up such a beautiful valley and then encircle it and build it into a villa?" I can see there are many Zhuangzi outside this mountain!"

Qiao Ran said with a smile: "Because they don't have that much courage! It's not easy to burn all the trees in such a big valley, because the trees in the valley are relatively humid and not so It is easy to burn. Moreover, if the fire is not controlled well and the surrounding mountains are burned, they cannot afford such losses."

The old village chief also thought of Jia Tongpan's warning to them that if the surrounding mountains and forests were burned down, they would all die.

The old village chief said worriedly: "This is indeed very difficult! Since those high-ranking officials cannot do things, can we do it? Will we not be able to burn all the trees in the valley, but instead burn the trees on the mountains?" If that happens, all the people in our village will lose their heads!"

Qiao Ran smiled confidently: "Grandpa, village chief, just believe me! I said there is a way, and there must be a way. If the trees cannot be burned, we will add fuel and firewood. If we are afraid that the surrounding mountains and forests will be affected, then we will dig a way. Isolation zone to prevent the fire from spreading outwards.”

The old village chief was still confused after hearing this: "Here, how do you add oil and firewood? What are you bringing? How do you dig it?"

Qiao Ran smiled and turned to Qiao Erhe, Qiao Sanhu, Qiao Sihai, Zhao Tieniu and Qiao Dong who were listening carefully, and encouraged them to express their understanding: "Do any of you understand?"

Zhao Tieniu was the first to say: "To add oil and firewood, is to pour oil into the forest and add dry firewood? But is this possible? We don't have so much oil to waste so much! I don't have much oil left to cook game animals at home. I Mom, I definitely won’t be willing to waste my milk like this.”

Qiao Ran nodded, but smiled and said nothing.

Qiao Dong continued: "I think the isolation zone that my sister is talking about is to dig a trench between the valley area we want to burn and the mountain forest that does not need to be burned, just like we need to dig a ditch when farming. , if there is water in the canal, the mountain fire will not be able to burn the other side. But, in this case, wouldn’t the canal have to be dug into the size of a small river? And where can we find so much water on this mountain? "

Qiao Ran laughed and explained: "Xiaodong's understanding is half correct and half wrong. What I mean is indeed to dig out a zone between the mountains and forests on both sides to prevent the spread of wildfires. However, there is no need to dig ditches to divert water. , we only need to cut down the trees on the isolation belt and clean up the weeds. It is best to hoe the ground again to remove all the dead grass and leaves on the ground. The isolation belt in the middle needs to be at least three feet wide. , so that the mountain fire will not easily spread to the other side. Someone must be sent to keep an eye on the isolation zone. A person will stand two or three feet away, holding a branch used to extinguish the fire. As long as he sees a mountain fire spreading Once it reaches the other side, use branches to put it out immediately.”