Quli Zhen slept beautifully until the sun came out, and saw that the big guys had been washed and eaten, so he waited for him to get up and give him food, and felt embarrassed that he had gotten up too late. However, because Xiaohu said that he was relieved to know that he hadn't slept all night, he naturally took the small basin woven by Xiaohu with grass and branches, and used a piece of oilcloth as a compartment to hold water for washing his face. But without waiting for him to wash his face, he looked at the toothpaste and toothbrush that Xiaohu handed over again, but he was confused, what is this for?

Although toothpaste and toothbrushes have been around for more than a decade, they are not as common as they once were, and almost everyone uses them. First of all, it is used by people with status in the official family, then by those who have status in rich families, and then by people who are scholars. So far, the only ones that have been able to popularize it are a few farmers and workers in and around the relatively wealthy Jiangnan and Luzhou, as well as relatively wealthy farmers and workers in other places. If you calculate it carefully, the number of people who can use toothpaste and toothbrushes is less than one-tenth of the people in the whole country.

And the people in the west who can use toothpaste and toothbrushes are even rarer, although Quli Town is also considered an official, but this town is far worse than Wuli Town in the north. They can't support the army, they can't pay much tax, and they can't even complete the conscription. Where can I get extra money to buy these things that are all luxuries in the eyes of the local wealthy?!

It's not that Quli Town doesn't know this toothpaste toothbrush, although he hasn't seen it before, but when Xiaohu and his party stayed overnight in their Qujiaao, he and the villagers had seen them use it. It's just that now it's unnecessary to let him use it too. He shook his head. He said, "You don't have to give this to my uncle, although my uncle has seen you take this in the morning and make it in your mouth." But if you give it to your uncle, your uncle won't use it. Uncle won't lose that ugliness! Uncle, just use hot water to make a mouth! ”

Xiaohu didn't take back the toothpaste and toothbrush, but put it next to the basin and said, "Uncle will take it away in a while, and this will be given to you." Since you have also seen us use it, you don't need me to teach you otherwise, you will naturally know how to use it better when you go back and use it twice. ”

Qu Lizhen looked at the bamboo pipe that was a palm long, and there was a bamboo handle with a white transparent brush head at the other end, and he still wanted to take it back to the other people in the col to see the novelty. He nodded: "Okay!" The old man will bring it back in a while, so that the big guys can see this good thing! ”

Xiaohu saw that Quli Town did not excuse himself, and smiled very happily. "Uncle! You can use it, I'll get it for you when it's gone! Er Ya, who was busy boiling water next to him, was also thinking that he would really have to bring more of this kind of daily necessities in the future.

Quli Town has eaten the delicious chicken soup, and suddenly the whole body is warm. There was no fire in the old man. That sleeping bag with cotton. The boys slept well, and he wasn't enough. Although it is not cold to the point of getting sick, these limbs are slow to get hot air, and they always feel cold and uncomfortable. At this time, the hot chicken noodle soup is not only warm and comfortable in the stomach and stomach, but also the limbs are also feeling the comfort of the hot air coming out of the bones.

When the tents were all packed, they walked back from another place, of course, to see the state of the landscape. When it comes to the crops planted by Qujiaao. Erya took a special look at the red sorghum and millet they planted. The red sorghum here is not a little worse than the red sorghum in the Northland! To tell the truth, Erya originally planned to buy their red sorghum at a high price or exchange rice for red sorghum with them. Brewing wine for the winery in the Northland can be regarded as helping them. It's just that she was a little timid when she saw such red sorghum, which definitely can't make good wine.

It is said that 'every crop depends on fertilizer', and sorghum is no exception, and it also needs fertilizer. And what this land lacks is precisely fertilizer. But there is no manure at the moment, so how can they get a lot of fertilizer to feed the crops, so that the crops can grow as well as those in the Northland?

Since there is no animal manure, then use plant fertilizer, and now the weeds have not dried up, so they can be cut and used for fertilizer.

Erya thought of this method, so she immediately thought of discussing with Quli Town how to dig a pit and make fertilizer, and ensure that the fertilizer water did not flow away in the sand.

"Uncle Qu! I heard that the fertilizer you use now is mainly grass ash made from burning grass? ”

"That's right! Our land here is so poor that most people can't afford to raise livestock, and there is no manure to use, only the wild grass here can be burned into ashes to make fertilizer! We've been using this for so many years, but it doesn't seem to have a big effect on the harvest! Qu Lizhen replied with a puzzled frown.

"Since that fertilizer didn't have much effect, let's switch to something else! Besides, grass ash is an alkaline fertilizer, and it is not good for the land to use this for many years. We have a way of making fertilizer, which is to take grass and water and stuff it in the cellar, and I think that kind of fertilizer should be suitable for the land conditions here. It's the sand here that doesn't store water and can't make fertilizer, which is a big problem. ”

There is nothing comparable to crops in Quli Town, and when he heard that there was a better way to make fertilizer than burning grass ash, his heart felt like it was beating too fast. Asked anxiously: "My nephew and daughter-in-law just need to tell the uncle about this method of making fertilizer, and the uncle has his own way to make that kind of watertight water cellar." ”

Er Ya knew that they would be able to make a watertight cellar out, think about how great the cave they made! The wisdom of the working people is unquestionable. The method of fertilizing grass is actually very simple, and the reason why they didn't think about it was probably because of the lack of water.

"Uncle, the method of grass manure is very simple, that is, in the dug cellar a layer of grass and a thin layer of soil, and then a layer of grass and a layer of soil so that it accumulates to the place where it is almost to the mouth of the water cellar, and then fills the cellar with water, and the grass is fermented. When the grass ferments and becomes sludge, it is a fertilizer that can be used. However, when using this fertilizer, it is best to add something else to mix it, otherwise it will be too fat and easy to burn the crop seedlings. However, that kind of fertilizer is used at the time of planting, and the sprouts that emerge from the seeds are generally quite strong. ”

Quli Town's spirit was suddenly stimulated to the extreme because Er Ya said that the fertilizer was too fat. His face was red and shiny because of excitement, and his eyes were dizzy and felt like he was about to fall, which made Er Ya very worried and nervous, and he would have symptoms such as high blood pressure.

Xiaohu knew Quli Town's mental situation, thinking that when his daughter-in-law said that he could help the family pay off the debt as soon as possible, he was no different from Quli Town at that time.

"Uncle Qu! Seeing that you can't stand up like this, you better take it easy! With this method of making fat, you can just gather people to start working when you go back, but you can't be too excited and hurt your spleen. Xiaohu was too excited to see Quli Town, and he was afraid that there would be a mistake, so he hurriedly spoke to him to distract the attention of Sari Town.

Although Quli Town is old, he is in good health, and there are really no general problems. On the one hand, I was really excited, but on the other hand, I was also annoyed that no one thought of this solution. Only then did he fall into a daze. When someone spoke, his sanity immediately returned, and he nodded in response, "Hey! That's natural, I finally have a good way, can you do it quickly?! ”

When he returned home, Quli Town gathered everyone to start busy with the matter of grass manure, while Xiaohu and Erya circled one piece here and there on the drawings. This is to be cleared first, and next year potatoes, sweet potatoes and other grains will be planted, there will be reserved for grazing, trees will be planted here, water channels will be opened there, and so on.

According to the topography, the difficulty of water conservancy, and various considerations in other aspects, the two people assigned these wastelands to different types of use. After the two of them were optimistic about the terrain and made a good plan, they left Qujiaao and returned to Fucheng, and then they heard Xiaolong vomit proudly: "Hmph! As soon as you left, they treated me like a child without an adult's protection, and they all came to bully me. They think I'm so easy to deceive? Ask me for money, okay! I originally wanted to drag them down, but then I thought that this was showing weakness to them? That's not going to work! So I ordered the house to take out all the books, and I wanted to check the accounts of the previous years. That's good! No one was silent, and until now they have not brought me the account books, but they have not mentioned any more money.

The torture room gave me trouble, and I made a lot of cases. At first, I thought that I would take someone to deal with it myself, but then I was busy with two things, and when I saw them leisurely looking at the scenery, I realized that I was too stupid. Why do you do it yourself? These people are just taking money and not working, but they are beautiful. I summarized all the cases, one large case with two small pieces, and assigned them, and they all had to have three or four groups of showdowns, which were handled quickly and without mistakes, and the credit was recorded; Those who do not do it will be dismissed from this post by the Ministry of Officials; The grinding foreign workers were transferred out of the torture room to be government soldiers; If there is a mistake in the handling of the unclear, he will be demoted, and he will be transferred out of the torture room to be a government soldier if he does not change repeatedly.

Ha ha! Now they are all so well-behaved that they don't even dare to show their faces in front of me! ”

Erya couldn't see Xiaolong's too proud appearance, and reminded: "Don't be too careless, you have to prevent them from shadowing you behind your back." ”

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I naturally know that none of them are good birds. I have already sent someone to follow me one-on-one! I know that some of them are in collusion with the bandits! ”

Erya and Xiaohu saw that Xiaolong had been wary of it, so they let him play with confidence.

In the evening, Xiaohu put back two harriers, one of which was released to the uncle to report safety, saying that they were good here, and Xiaolong was also very good; Put one to Shi Jingxuan, and ask if there are any special things that can't be handled at home to report?! (To be continued.) )