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The steward quickly made the Luoyang shovel roughly according to the rough drawing drawn by Shen Miao, considering that the investigation of the terraced soil layer was not a tomb robbery, the size and length of the Luoyang shovel have changed.

As soon as Shen Miao carried this heavy iron guy, he couldn't even walk, and Luo Zhao glanced at him with disgust: "When I was young, I wasted my body and didn't know how to exercise, what should I do when I get old?" ”

Shen Miao was ashamed of what he said, the exercise he had been thinking about and practicing martial arts was always delayed because of this and that, so that he couldn't even carry such a guy who was twice as heavy as a hoe.

Fortunately, Luo Zhaozhi only counted such a sentence, and went to the mountain to inform Luo Hu, and followed the next day. One is to help carry it, and the other is to take care of it in case of an accident.

Shen Miao was secretly happy in his heart, he, the master, had a knife and a tofu heart, and he was ridiculed with a few words on his mouth, and he cared about it in his heart.

Early the next morning, Luo Hu and Chen Laohan were waiting in the outer hall, the two of them were talking about the finished guys, Shen Miao hurriedly finished the meal and came out, and Duo'er hurried behind him: "Son, go slowly, take this." ”

What Duo'er handed over was a bag of dry food, with some beef and the like, which Aunt Zhang specially prepared for the three of them early in the morning, and Duo'er helped take it, not wanting Shen Miao to leave in a hurry, and almost forgot to give it.

Shen Miao took the back of his body, thanked Duo'er and went out.

Luo Hu swaggered along with his tools, for him, this thing was very light, and it couldn't compare to his slashing saber at all.

Chen Laohan followed step by step with a firewood knife on his back, and the people in the mountains know the key to walking the mountain road, and a uniform speed is the most economical.

The group walked along the mountain road, and after a while, Chen Laohan picked up the firewood knife and started to open the road, and the three of them left the mountain road and walked towards the mountain. The criterion for probing must first be the sunny side, there is no light, even if you find a suitable place, it is useless; The second is the vegetation situation, if the shrub is Moso bamboo, the soil layer will not be thick; Then there is the topography, is it a mountain basin? Is there a collapse at the ridge? Finally, the soil layer is explored.

On the first day, the three of them did not gain anything, and they walked a lot more.

The next day, he changed his strategy, first sifted on the map, and Chen Laohan marked the possible places, and then designed a route to go. In the evening, they managed to find a place that was still dominated by hard mountains, but the soil layer was relatively thick. Shen Miao asked Luo Hu to explore the thickness of the soil layer from multiple angles, and returned to Zhuang after carefully recording it.

The third and fourth days were still fruitless.

Near noon on the fifth day, the three of them finally found the right dirt mountain in a mountain col.

The three of them poked around the dirt mountain, and after making sure that it was correct, Shen Miao shouted excitedly: "I finally found it." ”

Luo Hu was also excited with the Luoyang shovel, running all over the mountains for five days in a row, Rao is people with his physique felt tired, not to mention Shen Miao and Chen Laohan, it was a good thing that they finally found it, and everyone could rest.

Chen Laohan also rubbed his hands excitedly, which not only meant that they had finally found the right method, but also meant that he had mastered this craft, and he could rely on it to eat in the future.

Shen Miao's actions were soon learned by Xu Laohan, and when he heard that they had really found the right place, Xu Laohan immediately became anxious, and after thinking carefully for half a night, he went to Beizhuang early the next morning to apologize, saying that he only wanted to stand on his own feet and ignored the kindness of the village.

Shen Miao and the others naturally knew that this matter could not be hidden from Xu Laohan, and they were not prepared to hide it, on the contrary, they hoped that Xu Laohan would know as much as possible. As much as he knew, he would be able to make Xu Laohan realize his mistakes, so he would cooperate with the others in the village to explore the mountains that could be opened up. Therefore, when he saw Xu Laohan come to apologize, the steward did not make any trouble, and even never mentioned the matter from then on.

Xu Laohan was grateful, so he began to join Chen Laohan and bring some young people who are wise and willing to learn to go up the mountain to find Tushan.

After half a month, I found a few more, but I never found them again.

Shen Miao attributed the fact that the orogeny in this place was too frequent, and even if there was an accumulation of volcanic ash, it was submerged by the magma due to the continuous movement after that. It's a pity that there is not much room for a way that could have greatly increased the number of acres.

Suddenly, he remembered that when he went up the mountain the next day, he found the kind of mountain with a hard soil layer behind the mountain, the terraced fields are mountain ladder-like rises, and each acre of field has a certain shape, once the thick soil layer is thick to a certain extent, can it also be used?

Thinking of this, Shen Miao turned out the record of the initial discussion of opening up the mountain and opening up the field, at that time Chen Laohan said that why the mountains here cannot be mined like the land of Bashu is because the soil layer is too thin, digging deep will quickly encounter the rock layer, digging shallow will make the soil filled with soil is not enough, if the soil is transferred from other places, it will be time-consuming and laborious, not to mention, it will also destroy the soil layer elsewhere, making it impossible to grow other crops in that place.

Then, judging by Chen Laohan's words, as long as the thick soil layer is so thick that the rock mass is not dug up, and the soil is enough to fill the soil, the field can be illuminated. How do you calculate this number? Shen Miao dug out the mathematical knowledge that he had forgotten for a long time, and finally calculated a reasonable interval in the middle of the night, and spent a lot of effort to explain the mathematical knowledge in a way that the ancients could understand.

The next day, he rushed to find Chen Laohan and Xu Laohan.

The two old men patiently listened to Shen Miao's explanation, asking some questions from time to time, Shen Miao tried his best to use words that they could understand, and if it really didn't work, he just spread out the paper and began to draw abstract pictures.

After talking for a long time, the two old men understood, and they couldn't help stroking their palms: "Shen Gongzi's method is very good, let's go to investigate when we go back, and try to find a short gentle slope first." ”

Shen Miao nodded happily, and the two old men hurriedly went back to prepare.

Three days later, the two found a suitable gentle slope and hurriedly organized people to start work, Shen Miao got up early in the morning, plunged into the construction site, followed to see and turn, and helped a few handfuls.

After more than ten days, the ten-step terraced fields have taken shape, which can show that Shen Miao's method is feasible.

Seeing this, Shen Miao wiped the sweat on her face excitedly, completely ignoring the current situation that her face was already covered with dust and turned into a flower face with a wipe of it. Luo Zhaoji, who came over to check on purpose, couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed deliberately: "Pay attention to your appearance." ”

Shen Miao smirked: "Will this be happy...... Wash it when you go back. ”

"Hmph, don't get too happy. If we find a new method of opening fields, there will be more fields that can be opened, and there will be more people who come to open fields, so the money borrowed will not be enough. Luo Zhao said.

Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, his heart was not good, he really didn't pay attention to this matter, he had to go back quickly to check the dendrobium planting, and if he could collect it, he would collect some of it first and take it out to sell.

The growth of dendrobium is gratifying, Shen Miao planted it on the stone slab next to the stairs of the second floor of the inner house, where there are three high walls, for ordinary crops, the sun intensity is not enough, too damp, for the most suitable for dendrobium.

The dendrobium brought back by Monk Gu is in good condition, especially at the root system, there are already some young shoots, which is just suitable for the budding planting method. As soon as Shen Miao got his hands, he carefully divided the buds and planted them, May and June is the season when the dendrobium grows violently, and it has been raised by about half a foot at this moment, and the buds are stable, and the old branches can be taken down and sold. Dendrobium can be dried and eaten, or fresh dendrobium can be used directly, Shen Miao didn't know what kind of use method was here, so he had to come to ask the steward.

The steward had been instructed by Wu Liu earlier, once the immortal grass planted by Shen Miao was ripe, he would let him sell it at the medicine store that he had said in advance. As soon as he heard Shen Miao ask, he said: "Ten miles away from Beizhuang is the market town, there is a medicine shop in the town called Bai'an Tang, its owner is the young master's best friend, the young master has already greeted him, the son can go there to ask." ”

"Market town?" Shen Miao was excited, he hadn't visited this era market town yet, and he didn't know what it looked like.

The steward saw Shen Miao's excitement and advised: "The young master said that if the son wants to go, someone will set up a bamboo raft to send you there, change your clothes to be simpler, let Duo'er follow, and the two of you will pretend to be brothers and sisters." As he spoke, he took out a piece of wooden raft, "When you arrive at Bai'an Hall, don't ask at will, don't say anything about your fairy grass, take advantage of the fact that there are few people to hand over this thing to the shopkeeper, and someone will naturally receive you." ”

"Okay." Shen Miao took the wooden row and nodded, and on the wooden row was the word Bai'an, Lishu.

The next day, Shen Miao and Duo'er went to the market town. This market town, but the market is not a town, every fifteenth day of the new year, there will be farmers in the village and merchants outside the village rush here, buy and sell goods, usually there is basically no one, only pharmacies, craftsmen and so on sporadically open.

No wonder Wu Liu would rest assured that he would bring Duo'er here, Shen Miao thought to himself, before he came, he was worried that he would be seen by people who knew Liu Nianlang because there were too many people.

Bai'an Hall is located in the east of the market town, and there are two lanterns hanging at the door, and the lanterns have the word Bai'an written on them, which is very easy to argue. When I entered, there was only a young man who looked like a man sorting medicinal herbs.

Shen Miao stepped forward and asked, "This little brother, is the shopkeeper there?" ”

The young man had a kind attitude, looked up and smiled and said, "I have few villains in this land, and I can't afford to hire a man, so I am the shopkeeper." ”

"Disrespectful, disrespectful." Shen Miao said hurriedly.

"It doesn't have to be that way." The young man waved his hand: "The contemptible surname is Pi, and the name is Guangye." I don't know if you are here to grab medicine or to ask for a doctor? ”

"Neither." Shen Miao said and handed over the wooden row, Pi Guangye put down his hand and came forward to pick up the medicinal materials, the medicine was dim, and he didn't see this person's face clearly, but now when he saw it, he was actually a good-looking young man.

When Pi Guangye saw the wooden row, he smiled and said: "It turned out to be a friend of Qian Liugongzi, please come in to talk." As he spoke, he led Shen Miao to the back hall.

There are a lot of medicinal herbs planted in the back hall, and there are a lot of sunbaths, and the fragrance of the herbs is even stronger than that in the front hall, Shen Miao likes it very much, and can't help but take a sharp breath.

Pi Guangye smiled and said: "It seems that Gongzi is also a good person." ”

Shen Miao hurriedly shook her head: "I just smell and like it, and I don't know anything about medicine." ”

Pi Guangye smiled kindly, and Shen Miao asked Duo'er to take out the dendrobium and show it to Pi Guangye: "This is the fairy grass produced in the village, I don't know what price I can buy." Shen Miao deliberately did not say anything according to the instructions of the steward, only said that the output was produced, and most people would think that he was looking for it in the mountains.

Pi Guangye was overjoyed at first sight: "This thing is very in demand now, how can you find so much?" ”

Shen Miao was stunned, and he also brought five or six, how could it be too much?

Pi Guangye then explained: "The war disaster in the west of Zhejiang, the rich people have moved to the east of Zhejiang, the road is bumpy, and frightened, most of the ladies and ladies are not very comfortable, this thing can nourish the yin, and it is the place of origin, and the rich people have bid for it." It was difficult to collect, and it had to be special, and soon there was a shortage, and the price went up. ”

No wonder, Shen Miao thought to herself, and hurriedly asked, "Then now this thing is dry and easy to sell?" Is it still fresh and easy to sell? ”

"The medicinal effect of the dried fairy grass is indeed better than that of fresh goods, but it will inevitably bring fire, like the body of ladies and ladies who can't bear it, they can only eat fresh goods, and because of the large number of fresh goods, the price of fresh goods is higher." Pi Guang Ye Dao.

Shen Miao nodded when she heard this, and pushed the dendrobium in front of Pi Guangye: "I bought them all, how much can I get?" ”

Pi Guangye lowered his head and smiled: "This thing is hard to find now, and it is all sold to me, I can't take out so much money." ”

"Huh?" Shen Miao was stunned.

Pi Guangye smiled: "If you don't worry, leave it with me first, and after you sell, I will have someone send the money." ”

Shen Miao nodded immediately, since the master here is Wu Liu's best friend, he will definitely not hack him, so you can rest assured. Pi Guangye then commanded the fairy grass, which was well preserved.

Three days later, in the afternoon, a strong man came to Bezhuang with a box and things, claiming to be a person from Bai'an Hall, and came to find the son who had come to the hall a few days ago. Shen Miao hurriedly came down, the strong man handed the box to Shen Miao, Shen Miao stumbled when he took it, so heavy!

The strong man hurriedly helped, and after taking the steward out and someone took over, he said goodbye and left.

The steward took a little bit of the gold and silver brought by the strong man, and said to Shen Miao with a smile on his face: "With this money, don't say that it will support until the end of the year, even if it is double the number of displaced people, it will be enough for them to eat." ”

Shen Miao smirked happily, and Luo Zhaoji, who could see the inquiry, couldn't help but sarcastically mock him again: "Money is something outside the body, why are you so demented?" ”

"Gentlemen love money...... Shen Miao smiled happily.

Luo Zhaozhi immediately raised his eyebrows: "Taken out of context!" How to learn, hurry, copy the Analects three times. ”

"Master~~~" Shen Miao protested, and Luo Zhao ignored it. Shen Miao had no choice but to run back to the study and bury her head in copying.

Thanks to nearly two months of hard reading, Shen Miao finally filled in the hole of traditional Chinese characters, as for the characters...... In the words of Luo Zhao, it is described as the level of Mengxue for a year is a little better than painting red. Shen Miao silently looked at those words that were still of different sizes, and cried, when the ancients were really bitter, in the era of computers and mobile phones, who cares if you write well or not!!

Thinking about it, Shen Miao continued to copy the Analects stroke by stroke, silently reciting what has come is safe.

When the copy is finished, the sky is dark, although the heat has completely arrived, but after all, it is not Shen Miao's era, a hot is a high temperature of 40 °, the high temperature here is about 30 ° at most, plus the mountain breeze can be eliminated a lot in the evening, so not only is it not difficult, but it is also very pleasant to stand on the railing on the second floor to blow the wind.

Duo'er brought Shen Miao a bowl of Mulian tofu to cool off, and turned around to go about her own business, she has recently become obsessed with embroidery, and she pesters Xiaohua whenever she is free.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, only the sound of frogs chirping, the starry sky on the summer night is particularly beautiful, the pollution-free starry sky is even clearly visible the Milky Way, and the two stars of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl at both ends of the Milky Way are twinkling.

On July 7th, the Magpie Bridge will be held, and it will be almost Tanabata, right? In ancient times, this festival was the Qiqiao Festival, and in his time it was said to be the Chinese Valentine's Day, speaking of the Valentine......

Shen Miao took a bite of Mulian tofu and sighed a little disappointed, he thought about Wu Liu, and everyone had been gone for almost two months.

Suddenly, a warm palm covered Shen Miao's eyes, and one of them whispered in his ear, "I'm back." ”

Wu Liu?!