After seeing the village, Zhang Miao led Xu Shu around outside the village, in the field, dozens of sturdy men were driving the oxen to plough the field, and as the ploughshare passed, a large piece of soil turned up on both sides.

"Before the winter comes, wheat will be planted, so that a crop will be harvested next summer, which can greatly solve the food shortage of the villagers. I brought back 1,000 stone wheat seeds from Xiangyang, the seeds are sufficient, but the wheat must be planted before the frost, and with the ability of the villagers, they can only cultivate 3,000 or 4,000 mu, less than 30% of the village's fields. But by next spring, all the fields will be planted with spring wheat. Zhang Miao introduced to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu was a little surprised: "Compared with millet rice, the yield of wheat is high, but the taste is too poor, why do you grow so much wheat?" ”

Zhang Miao smiled slightly: "Does it taste bad?" That's because a lot of people don't know the right way to eat wheat. ”

In this era, people cook very simply, wheat cooking is the same as steaming rice, put the whole wheat into a kettle and add water to boil, the taste of the wheat rice is really gratifying, and eating too much will often be accompanied by bloating. Therefore, wheat is generally the ration of the poor or the subordinates, while the ordinary Han people eat rice. The south eats rice, the north is millet rice, and the Nanyang area of Xiangyang has both rice and millet rice.

But Zhang Miao, who came from later generations, knew that the cooking method of wheat was not correct, but should be ground into flour and made into a variety of delicious pasta. Steamed buns, steamed buns, fried dough sticks, knife-cut noodles, ramen noodles, braised noodles, oily noodles, these are the correct way to eat wheat!

According to the number of fields in Sanshui Village, it doesn't take a thousand stone wheat seeds to plant all the fields with wheat, and the reason why Zhang Miao buys so much is that wheat is cheaper than millet rice, that is, he used to be a northerner, and he really wants to eat pasta!

"Brother Yuan, stay here for a while, I'll show you how delicious the wheat cooking is!" Zhang Miao said with a smile.

"Oh? Then I'll see. Xu Shu said with a smile, but he was quite unimpressed in his heart, the wheat is like that, how delicious it will be if you do it?

"Brother Sanjiang, there should be a reason why you left me here, if there is anything that needs me to do, just say it." Looking at the situation of the villagers plowing the land, Xu Shu finally asked the question in his heart.

Zhang Miao turned around and looked at Xu Shu: "Brother Yuanzhi, you have a strategy and are a real wise man, I want to ask you to help me plan, how can my Sanshui Village prosper, how can it rise in this troubled era?" ”

Xu Shu looked at Zhang Miao suspiciously, and then looked at the scene of plowing the fields in full swing, and was embarrassed: "Brother Sanjiang, I'm afraid you asked the wrong person." I didn't know how to plow the land or how to get rich. ”

Zhang Miao smiled slightly: "Brother Yuan didn't understand what I meant. ”

"Right now, it's a troubled time, Huyang is located between Xiangyang and Nanyang, and it belongs to the two areas, so bandits are rampant. What happened to me in Sanshui Village was not the first time, and it will never be the last. In this troubled world, it is really difficult to survive. ”

"I often think about how to save my people in this troubled era, and at the same time rescue the entire Huyang County from the turmoil, so that the entire Huyang County and even the neighboring people can be saved from robbery and robbery, so that they can live a peaceful life."

"Brother Yuan, this chaotic situation is a crisis, and it is not an opportunity, an opportunity for us to make contributions! If we can pacify the bandits and calm Huyang and the surrounding counties, it will not be a real feat! ”

"But I'm still young and resourceful, so I want to ask Brother Yuan to help me!"

After Zhang Miao finished speaking, she looked at Xu Shu with unblinking eyes, waiting for Xu Shu's decision.

Xu Shu looked at Zhang Miao in surprise, he didn't expect Zhang Miao to have such thoughts and ambitions.

"What do we study for? Is it just for the sake of the career and the glory and wealth? Qi family ruling the country and leveling the world should be the true ideal of our scholars. I know that the little Sanshui Village can't fit the talent of Brother Yuan, with Brother Yuan's ability, there will definitely be a broader stage in the future, and it may not be impossible to pay homage to the prime minister. But now I'm really weak, and only Brother Yuan is a real resourceful person among the people I know, so please don't refuse Brother Yuan and help me plan. ”

Seeing that Xu Shu was a little hesitant, Zhang Miao continued.

"The Qi family rules the country and the world," Xu Shu couldn't help but light up in his eyes, he had never heard of such words, this mere seven words exhausted his pursuit and ideals, so that he couldn't help but boil his blood.

"Brother Sanjiang, you are really too famous, I am just an ordinary person, wandering around to learn to Xiangyang, I just hope to learn something and show my ability." Xu Shu smiled and said, "Since you have spoken, Brother Sanjiang, I will stay and help you, and see if we can settle down this Huyang with our brothers!" ”

At this time, Xu Shu had a very difficult time in Xiangyang, and he left his hometown, relying on the help of Cui Zhou's friends and earning some extra money as a ranger, so that he could barely maintain his life as a study tour. And what made him feel even more desperate was that his career was not smooth, and in Xiangyang, he couldn't get the opportunity to become a leader at all.

Liu Biao opened a state school to recruit talents, and scholars from all over the world gathered in Xiangyang, and because of the large number of scholars, there may be fewer scholars. And Liu Biao likes to use those who have a good family background, and it is impossible for a poor scholar like Xu Shu to do so.

Of course, with Xu Shu's ability, it is not a problem to go to the government to be a small official, but how can a small official satisfy the ambitious Xu Shu?

Xu Shu knew that if he wanted to be an official, first, he had to be recommended by someone to make connections, and more importantly, he had to be famous, so he made a lot of friends, met many Jingxiang celebrities, and tried to make a reputation.

Now, an opportunity to increase fame has arisen in front of us. If you can help Zhang Miao pacify Huyang, just to save the people in a peaceful place, it will increase her fame a lot!

At this moment, Xu Shu was really moved!

Instead of wasting the years in Xiangyang, it is better to do it with real knives and guns!

Seeing that Xu Shu promised to stay, Zhang Miao smiled, and she was also very proud in her heart.

Zhang Miao, who is proficient in history, knows that in real history, the reason why Xu Shu defected to Liu Bei was that he fancied Liu Bei's future, and it was more of a helpless choice.

Because of Xu Shu's identity and reputation, he couldn't get any opportunities in Jingzhou at that time, and even if he defected to Cao Cao, it was impossible to be reused, after all, Cao Cao's subordinates were full of talents, and there were not too many capable people!

So in desperation, Xu Shu chose to defect to Liu Bei, who was at the end of the road, and relied on his own ability to help Liu Bei train and appease the people, and then faced Cao Cao's victory in the battle, and his reputation reached Cao Cao's ears, and later he had a place in Cao Cao's camp after returning to Cao Cao.

Therefore, Xu Shu's original intention of defecting to Liu Bei was not to use the weak Liu Bei to gain fame!