Chapter 773: Fish and Rice Symbiosis
Li Shaoan, who had left home, walked quickly and came to Kong Jianjun's field.
When I arrived here, I carefully checked along the ridge of the field. As expected, there were almost no traces of Fushou snail eggs in the Kong family's fields.
Unlike other paddy fields in the village, Kong Jianjun's side has a unique scenery, but he has not been attacked by the Fushou Snail.
Suddenly, a wave of water appeared in the paddy fields, and several carp swam quickly to a farther place as if they were frightened.
Li Shaoan held his cheek and fell into thinking. It seemed that the reason why the Kong family did not have a fat and longevity snails broke out in the fields was probably because of the carp.
"Shao'an, why did you come to my field?"
While thinking, I suddenly heard a voice coming from behind. Looking back, it was Kong Jianjun, the owner of this paddy field.
Previously, when the villagers rented the fields in the village, most people agreed with this method, and some people opposed it. The most representative of this was Kong Jianjun.
He has always been a big grain grower in the village and secretly competed with Wang Changgui. The two had a conflict earlier, so Kong Jianjun was dissatisfied and was unwilling to rent the land to the village, and was determined to use it to plant it himself.
"Uncle Jianjun, did you raise the carp in this field yourself?"
"Yes, when I went fishing, I brought up a few small carp, but I didn't plan to eat it, so I threw it into the field."
"This is really a shameless way to plant willows."
"Oh, what's wrong after hearing what you said?" Kong Jianjun was very puzzled.
Li Shaoan explained: "Recently, there are cases of Fushou snails in the village. Some Fushou snails have been found in the fields everywhere, but there are almost no snail eggs in your fields. The biggest possibility is the carp raised in your fields, which control the reproduction of Fushou snails."
Kong Jianjun was not familiar with the Fushou Snail. He was just as curious as Li Shaoan when he talked about this matter and asked: "What did you say? Can this carp still cure Fushou Snail?"
"In fact, the reason is very simple. Just like snakes can eat mice and frogs can eat flying insects. This carp usually feeds on plankton and small insects in the water. The Fushou Snail is the food of the carp. With the existence of the carp, the Fushou Snail cannot reproduce."
"According to what you said, I'm just a mistake?"
Kong Jianjun suddenly became proud. At that time, he saw that the few little carp were not enough to be stuck in the teeth, so he put them in the field. Unexpectedly, he even prevented the Fushou Snail from being treated.
"Uncle Jianjun, thanks to you, I have been thinking about how to deal with Fushou Snail before. I have suffered so much that I can't think of a good solution. Now I have a way."
"What's this? I'm very good at farming! Although you have learned a lot of knowledge from school, it's just something in the book after all. Whether it works is OK, you have to try it in the field to know that the Chairman has said that only practice is the only criterion for testing the truth."
Kong Jianjun had a rare opportunity to be proud, and he would not boast about himself in front of Li Shaoan.
This time, Kong Jianjun did not rent the fields to the village. He just wanted to make a sigh and prove that he was the best farmer in Tieshan Bay. The collective cultivation that Wang Changgui and others did was just like this.
"Yes, yes, ginger or old man, if you want to talk about farming, Uncle Jianjun, you do have two brushes."
At this time, Li Shaoan found a way to prevent and control the snail of fortune and longevity. He was in a good mood. Following Kong Jianjun's words, he praised him very well, making Kong Jianjun feel very comfortable and happy.
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The next day, Li Shaoan came to the village committee early in the morning and found Chen Baozhong and Wang Changgui.
Seeing Li Shaoan so excited, Chen Baozhong couldn't help but ask: "Is there any good news? I've gathered everyone up so early in the morning."
Li Shaoan said excitedly: "When I passed by Uncle Jianjun's field yesterday, I found that there were almost no Fushou snail eggs in his field. Then I felt curious that almost all the paddy fields in our village have Fushou snails, why are there not in Uncle Jianjun's field?"
Wang Changgui said, "Oh, Kong Jianjun still has some skills, so what's going on?"
Li Shaoan said: "I happened to meet Uncle Jianjun. After asking him, I found out that he had carp in his field."
Chen Baozhong frowned and said, "Is this carp the method to prevent and control the Fushou Snail?"
"Yes, the key to the problem is carp. I thought about it for a long time after I went back yesterday. There are so many benefits of growing carp in this field."
"Then what are the benefits?"
"Carp in this field, firstly, carp will feed on insects in the field, greatly reducing the occurrence of pests and diseases in the field; secondly, carp's feces can also bring nutrients to rice, promote rice growth, and increase rice yield; thirdly, carp can also be regarded as an economic product. In addition to rice, carp can also be sold for money in a mu of fields, which will further increase the overall income."
Chen Baozhong and Wang Changgui's eyes shone in their eyes. After Li Shaoan's analysis, the matter of raising carp in this field is really beneficial and harmless, and it is indeed worth doing.
"Can this happen? No one has done this before." Wang Changgui had a little doubt.
"No, someone has done this, and it was done by our ancestors." Li Shaoan said: "I have checked the information and our ancestors have long had the concept of mulberry-based fish ponds. They plant mulberry trees near the pond, use mulberry leaves to raise silkworms, use silkworm sand and silkworm pupa as bait, and use pond mud as mulberry fertilizer to form an ecosystem of planting mulberry by the pond, raising silkworm leaves to raise silkworms, feeding fish in silkworm pupae, and fertilizing mulberry in the pond."
Chen Baozhong suddenly realized: "This mulberry fish pond is indeed similar to the rice field fish you just said."
Li Shaoan nodded and said, "That's true. This is the symbiosis of fish and rice. And there is another thing I have also considered, that is, the fish raised in the rice fields eat natural bait, and it must be more delicious than the fish raised in the fish pond, so our fish may be sold more expensive than ordinary fish."
"Can the fish raised in this field be more expensive?" Wang Changgui was a little surprised.
"That day I bought fish in the vegetable market in the town. Wild fat-headed fish are more expensive than farmed. Nothing else, because wild meat is more delicious, so everyone can accept more expensive prices." Li Shaoan continued: "As long as our fish grows up and compares them with the farmed fish, if the taste is better, the price will naturally be more expensive."
Chen Baozhong was ready to rush and said, "Then let's call the villagers to raise fish together."
Li Shaoan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, we have said so much just now, but we are just staying at the theoretical stage. Whether this fish can be raised, how much can one acre of land can be raised, and which fish is the best to raise, needs to be investigated according to local conditions."
"Then how to investigate?"
"We first divide the paddy fields in our hands into several pieces, raise different species of fish in each area, and after we have determined that this method is effective, it will not be too late to promote it in the whole village."
Chapter completed!