Although paddy fields have high yields, rice cultivation is quite labor-intensive. In particular, rice planting can only be done by manpower.

If it's dry land. Nowadays, there are cocoon (lóu) cars available.

The cocoon car is also called "cocoon plow" and "harrow". It is a kind of animal power seed drill. It is composed of a cocoon, a cocoon bucket, a cocoon leg, a cocoon shovel, etc. It can be sown with barley, wheat, soybeans, sorghum, etc. The seed drill is pulled by a cow, a horse or a mule and can sow the seeds in a straight line at a farmer-controlled speed.

Cui Shangshu's "Political Commentary" records that the cocoon car was invented by Zhao Guo of the former Han Dynasty. It is composed of three cocoons, also known as three-legged cocoons. There are three furrowers under the three-legged cocoon. When sowing, a cow pulls a cocoon cart, and the cocoon feet dig a ditch on the flat land to sow seeds, and at the same time cover and suppress, saving time and effort. Its efficiency can reach "one hectare per day".

Cui Shangshu saw that his students were working hard, so he handed over the car map to Liu Bei. I asked him if he could transform it into a rice transplanting machine according to the map.

This one is a bit harder. Liu Bei pondered the mechanical principle of the rice transplanter whenever he had time. However, little has been gained. What he didn't know was that even simple rice planting tools: rice horses and mages would not appear until the Song Dynasty many years later.

None of this is the point.

The point is that her mother suddenly said that she wanted to marry Jin Lan with Huang Xu's mother and Taishi's loving mother.

Smack.

Gongsun's words just came out. The chalk chalk in Liu Bei's hand fell to the ground in response.

After thinking about it again, I suddenly understood my mother's painstaking efforts.

Tai Shi Ci Fox is widowed and lives in the house. Previously, Wu Lian suspected that Liu Bei had fallen in love with someone's widowed mother. Although the young prince and marquis are light on wealth and righteousness, there is an ancient style. But what people say is terrible. Mother and Taishi Mother married Jin Lan. Gossip is self-defeating.

Bowing to Huang Xu's mother, in addition to proving his innocence and dispelling rumors, also has the intention of winning people's hearts for Liu Bei. After all, Huang's father and son are all enemies.

Mother's move is really well-intentioned. Liu Bei almost forgot that his mother was also widowed. Beware of gossip as well.

In this way, the rumors about Liu Bei's mother and son should have disappeared.

Mother is hardworking, how can Liu Bei not know.

I heard that my mother was going to get married. The teacher sighed and bowed to his mother.

Although the mother was a little uneasy, she also accepted it with a smile.

Choose an auspicious day and a good day, in the Linxiang Hou Temple, the mother, the loving mother, and the yellow mother in royal clothes, under the witness of the clan relatives and the elders of the Confucian village, walked into the ancestral hall together.

The ancestral hall inherits the ancestral ranking, and the lower hem is three animal offerings. In the middle is a live hen, a bowl of water and wine, and a name card with the eight characters of the birth of the three people.

The mother is older and in the center.

Mother is second, on the right.

Yellow mother is the smallest, on the left.

Bow down to the ancestors and the ancestors, and slaughter the blood of the chicken and drip it into the wine. He pricked his finger with a silver needle, and dripped the blood of the three people into the wine, and then stirred it with a silver needle. The handprints are made on the names of the respective names written on the name post. Take the bowl in your hand, sprinkle three drops on the ground first, then take a sip per person in order of age, and serve the rest in front of the table. The three exchanged names, burned incense and swore an oath, and made an alliance with blood. Become righteous sisters who live and die together.

and asked Liu Bei, Tai Shici, and Huang Xu to bow down one after another.

Mouth: stepmother.

Then bow to Huang Zhong, who is side by side with the three mothers and stands on the right seat.

Mouth: Father-in-law.

and let Liu Bei live in front of the third mother, Tai Shici, Huang Xu, and goodbye.

Mouth call: Brother-in-law.

Liu Bei returned the salute and exclaimed: Righteous brother.

The ancestors are the witnesses, and the heavens and the earth can be learned. The clan relatives and retainers, and the elders of the Confucian township are all witnesses. Since then, Liu Bei, Tai Shici, and Huang Xu, the three of them are righteous brothers, and the three mothers regard them as their own. The third son is regarded as his mother.

Nowadays, the chivalrous atmosphere is very strong. Knots are not new. And it has been since ancient times.

There is no distinction between men and women, young and old, and the number of people is unlimited. Men are called brothers, women are called sisters, most of them are like-minded, and they hate to see each other late.

There are also taboos: those who are relatives do not worship. Those who are in-laws do not worship. Those who are different in rank do not worship. Those who do not agree with the eight characters do not worship. Those who violate the clan rules do not worship (if the clan has a grudge with another clan, swear not to marry a certain clan, etc.).

Since then, we have shared weal and woe, blessings and misfortunes. And all weddings, funerals, various festivals, etc., are exchanged as brothers or sisters. It is also counted among the three tribes! If the father is married, he is counted as a father. When the mother is married, she returns to the mother's family.

After the righteousness, no one gossiped anymore.

The two stepmothers do not regard themselves as outsiders in their hearts, and they live in peace.

Jurisdiction of 100 miles. and made a retainer. Family members should also receive money. Mother came to ask Liu Bei how much the two stepmothers should have.

"The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Later Chronicle": "And Guangwu Zhongxing, carving for Pu, the title of the six palaces, only the queen and the noble." The nobleman has a purple ribbon with a gold seal, but he can't serve dozens of hu. and put beauties, palace people, and maids, and there is no rank, and the reward is only given when the year is old. ”

The nobles in the palace are no more than a month's worth of 'Su Dozens of Hu'. It should not be too high, there is a suspicion of overstepping.

Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "It's worth a hundred stones."

One hundred stones, sixteen moon valleys, one hundred and ninety-two stones a year. The Gongsun family also received a hundred stone annual stipends.

Yan maid leads the fight for food, the eleventh day of the month, one hundred and thirty-two stones a year.

Musician, dancer, waitress, eight days of the month, ninety-six stones.

As soon as the food came out, the beautiful maid cheered. The musicians, dancers, and maids, who have no rank, also have a good fortune, and they are even more surprising. The two stepmothers were also grateful. The Gongsun family loves Liu Bei deeply, and it is the same whether there is or not. The mother also received a copy, otherwise the two stepmothers would not have postponed it.

The retainers are loyal. There was peace in the Hou Mansion.

The retainers and dependents are clearly distinct and have the same spirit, which is the bearing that nobles should have.

The news of righteousness spread throughout the north. It is said that the mother is righteous and modest.

Rumors are self-defeating.

Lou Sang is a household of Qi people, and there are in the house: the front building, the back building, the warehouse building, the watchtower, the water tower, the double building, and the four corner buildings. A total of 10 floors. Licheng has a wall, and the four corner towers on the four corners and the overlay riding on the wall do not need to be built. Only need to build the front building, the back building, the warehouse building, the watchtower, the water tower, the double building, and the sixth floor.

The number of households is decreasing, but the total number of households is large. For the 3,000 households who want to settle in Licheng, a total of 18,000 buildings will be built!

At the rate of '400 floors per month', it would take 45 months to complete. Almost four years.

If you want to speed up the process, you have to deploy more people. Helplessly, the cofferdam of the canal and the construction of the embankment polder all require manpower. Transferring manpower will only take care of one at the expense of the other.

Thinking that Huaisi immigrants would not be able to move into their new home in four years, Liu Bei was worried for a while.

The summer heat receded slightly, and the big construction resumed.

Liu Bei is worried that no one is available. Suddenly, the county reported it. It is said that a large number of Huaisi refugees went north to beg for food, and the target was the hometown of the young prince.

Liu Bei was stunned. Huaisi homeless?

Only then did I remember that a few months ago, I received a handwritten letter from Tao County, Shu County, saying that a sufficient number of households had been recruited to move north.

At that time, everything was complicated, and I didn't have time to look at it carefully. Take a look at it now, and you will find the clues.

What is sufficiency?

In other words, Liu Jian has not yet raised many relocated households in Jiujiang County, why does a Shu County order dare to call it 'sufficient'.

Another half a month. When Liu Bei received the report of the assassination, he climbed to the top of the pavilion to take a look. I can't help but be horrified!

This flow of cars, horses and people, which stretches for dozens of miles, is all tiger skin and shield.

It's Lujiang Shanman!