binnovel Chapter 420 Vegetable Shed
Chapter 420 Vegetable Shed
After Gu Fengyun replied on behalf of Song Chunming, there was no further news from the person in the palace. However, the date for the foreigners to leave was set, which was the first day of March, and Gu Fengyue was responsible for escorting them all the way. The two sides decided to establish a suggested market at Mucuo Lake, a hundred miles away from Quemeng Mountain, to facilitate trade between the grassland and Dajing.
"It's so far away." Song Chunlin sighed. Altan beside him blinked his eyes, but he didn't say anything, because this place was not far away for the grassland people. Mucuo Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the grassland. When spring comes and flowers bloom, it is surrounded by grazing herdsmen. In the final analysis, this place was chosen with great consideration for the grassland tribes.
Following Gu Fengyue were a large group of extremely vicious criminals and people who were originally scheduled to be exiled to the north. Now they were all redirected to the grassland. The imperial court planned to let these people build roads there. Otherwise, after they finished the trade, how would they transport so many things back?
In the past, the people of Dajing relied solely on manpower to build roads, but now they have explosives. Thanks to the efforts of the academy and others, the third and fourth batches of explosives have become very stable and can be put into use. The court is now recruiting various talented people to work together to build this trade route.
I heard that the route they planned will pass through many mountains. This would have been a huge project in the past, and it might have killed several generations of people. Now, using explosives should save a lot of time.
Because the amount of explosives needed to be accurately calculated and controlled, Cai Sheng also brought his two young apprentices with him. As one of the commanders of this mountain road construction, Song Chunlin did not see Cai Sheng when he came this time. He probably went to prepare things for going out.
Altan held his bamboo cup and sipped milk tea, looking curiously at the young man standing beside him. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, but his face was extremely serious. Altan took a look and then looked away.
Song Chunlin came here this time specifically to bring Song Chunming to school. Song Chunming's subject is unique, just like Altan's, or like everyone else's, and there are not many professional teachers to teach him. Song Chunming can only explore it on his own. Fortunately, there are vacant lands here and many houses need to be built later. Song Chunming plans to work with other like-minded people to build his future campus together.
I have to say that this job sounds quite exciting. Song Chunlin looked at this group of young people and for some reason suddenly thought of the Ding family in Baita City. The last letter from them said that the old man had a few more great-grandchildren. He was really fertile.
Song Chunlin stroked his chin, wondering if he could invite the old man to come and take charge. The old man has been doing this for his entire life, so he must have more experience than this group of young people, right?
Song Chunming had finished his daze and reported to Song Chunlin, saying that he wanted to take a walk and measure the size of the land.
Song Chunlin naturally had nothing to worry about. After all, the dormitory building had everything, and they could just move in with just their bags, so they didn't need to pack anything. He reminded his younger brother to remember to go to the cafeteria for dinner on time. Seeing Song Chunming waved his hand nonchalantly, Song Chunlin knew that this guy definitely didn't take it seriously.
Watching his brother walk away in silence, Song Chunlin felt that he had to put some dry food in the child's room later. Otherwise, with his sleepless nights and forgetting to eat, he was afraid that he would miss meals every day.
"Chunlin, let's go. I'll take you to their newly built vegetable shed. There are so many vegetables planted in it. I've never seen them before."
Altan's eyes sparkled, and he knew all the vegetables and fruits he saw for the first time.
"Your area is truly vast and rich in resources. Unlike ours, we rarely see fresh fruits and vegetables. We only occasionally get melons and fruits from the Western Regions, but their melons aren't as sweet as yours."
"Are there melons in the Western Regions? What do they look like?"
Altan recalled carefully: "Well, they also have green skin, but their skin is very thick, the soil is white, and they are full of water, but not sweet, and the seeds are big. If you accidentally buy an unripe melon, the taste is simply terrible."
As if he remembered something bad, Altan wrinkled his face and said he didn't want to try it again.
"Hahahaha, that's really bad for you, but don't worry, from now on, just look for the melons from our Dajing, they're guaranteed to be sweet."
The two of them came to the vegetable shed with smiles on their faces. It was hard to imagine that they had almost become enemies in the hall because of fighting for a man.
The vegetable shed is different from the vegetable greenhouses in the previous life. It is just a frame made of a few pieces of wood. The top is removable. It has not been installed yet. When winter comes, glass will be installed around it to make it a glass greenhouse, so that the vegetables inside can grow normally in winter.
This is very similar to the previous greenhouses, except that the material has been replaced with more expensive glass.
The greenhouse was built by students from the Agricultural College. Most of these students had attended classes taught by Song Dazhuang and Song Chunsheng at the Song family, so they were not unfamiliar with Song Chunlin. When they saw Song Chunlin, they all bowed and greeted him.
Song Chunlin smiled and waved his hand to let everyone do as they pleased, and he was also pretending to be nice.