Qinghe Town, there is a warmth in the tranquility.

Although several days have passed since the mid-month market, the hustle and bustle continues.

A new yard is being built next to the pharmacy, covering a planned area of three acres and including the pharmacy.

This is the clinic that Chen Xu plans to build, but in terms of scale, it is clear that it is not just a clinic, but also includes a pharmaceutical workshop, an outpatient department, a pharmacy and an inpatient department.

Because of Xu Fu, a general practitioner who has both internal and external training, plus Chen Xu, a half-baked doctor, as well as the town's doctor Xu Yao and a few apprentices, plus the helpers of the pharmaceutical workshop and a group of ten-year-old babies in the primary school, Chen Xu decided to expand the scale of the clinic a little, and prepare to make it a township health center with a three-in-one pharmaceutical, outpatient and inpatient hospital, and strive to be able to see and treat patients, deliver babies, and even perform simple surgery.

Almost all the villagers in Shiliba Village, Qinghe Town, know that this health center will see a doctor for free, and I heard that it will be very cheap to treat diseases and take medicine, so they don't need Chen Xu to initiate, and countless villagers come to help spontaneously every day, and even farmers from remote villages come to the town to carry one or two logs or even a few stones to do their part.

In just three or four days, the construction of the health center has begun to take shape, a large area of barren river beach has been cleared of shrubs and wild grasses, all kinds of wood and stones have been piled up, and a group of bare-armed villagers are waving hoes to level the field under the scorching sun.

And a group of women and children are also busy picking up soil and stones or serving tea and pouring water, which is very much the enthusiasm of the whole people in the sixties and seventies to mobilize the people to learn from Dazhai.

Chen Xu, Niu Dashi and others stood on the sidelines, like the foreman of the contractor who inspected the construction site in later generations, wearing a hat and pointing with a folding fan.

In this scene, Chen Xu was naturally full of relief, at least it seemed that he had done nothing wrong.

The three mountains of later generations, schooling, housing and medical treatment, almost all Chinese are overwhelmed, in order to buy a house to eat or drink for thirty-four years, and the medical treatment is even more unbearable, any small cold can see hundreds of thousands, the bigger disease is seen, the whole family directly returns to the state of extreme poverty, and the poor can only wait for death, and this era is not much different, now it is a serious illness to look down, the future is a serious illness to look down on, but the result is the same, death quietly no one cares.

Population is the key to prosperity, and population is also the foundation of the Chinese nation that has continued to reproduce for thousands of years, as long as there is enough demographic dividend support, even if Qin Shi Huang wants to build the Great Wall to Rome, it is not impossible.

But the premise is to ensure that the child born can survive, and the adult must also be able to survive, only the mother and child are safe and the child can survive healthily, in this era, the child without a mother will definitely not live, no milk and no rice noodles, even if the adult is born without a child, it is a dead end.

So Chen Xu takes this health center very seriously, because he himself may be sick at any time, there used to be a saying that doctors can't self-medicate, that is, doctors can't see their own patients, traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the four methods of looking, hearing, asking and cutting, although there is a very mature theory of diagnosing the pulse and color, but the doctor himself is sick and can't know his pulse and physiognomy, so he can't be treated, and he may hang up if he takes medicine indiscriminately.

And with this hospital, at least it is very important to save your own life, no one will not get sick if you eat whole grains, in this era, a small cold can be fatal!

Zhao Qing and two entourages also stood next to Chen Xu, Zhao Qing also held a folding fan in his hand and fanned it gently, this folding fan was sold to him by Chen Xu, fifty yuan, and he paid it very happily.

For such a rich and idle big financier, Chen Xu naturally welcomed him to stay and play for a few more days with open arms.

Because through the contact in the past few days, this guy of unknown origin may not have been arranged by Zhao Gao to deal with him, because he had asked some things about the court of Daqin now, although Zhao Qing answered in an unclear language, but when he asked Zhao Gao, Han Qing showed great contempt, only saying that this person has no great ability, just a portable official who waits for the emperor's carriage and horse, and is born as a cheap slave, which is not worth mentioning in Xianyang.

But Chen Xu was silent for a long time at that time, it was this worthless guy who collapsed the Great Qin Jiangshan and killed the entire family of Qin Shi Huang.

But through this, it also shows that although Zhao Qing may have other plans when he comes to Qinghe Town, he can also rest assured that he can communicate with him, and he is a very suitable conversation partner to understand the situation, so in recent days, Chen Xu has provided him with good food and drink, and chatted together in his spare time, and Zhao Qing is also happy to do it, and follows his ass almost all day long.

"Chen Lidian, these people come to work spontaneously, it's really unheard of, and Lidian spent money and food to build a medical house for free medical treatment for the people and pawns, isn't it impossible to make a profit?" Zhao Qing asked very incomprehensibly.

"If you don't make decisions for the people, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes! Xu made this Qinghe Town, of course, for the benefit of the villagers in Shili Eight Villages! Chen Xu shook the folding fan and said lightly.

Zhao Qing recalled Chen Xu's words just now, and asked with some doubts: "Chen Lidian, what is a sweet potato?" ”

"Ah, oh, sweet potato is a kind of plant, raw vines, the rhizome is huge when mature, the taste is sweet, it can be eaten raw and cooked, especially after roasting, it is very sweet, and the yield is huge, the yield per mu can reach thousands of catties, which is about the same...... Two hundred stone of grain! ”

"What?" Not only did Zhao Qing's legs go soft and almost fell to the ground, but even Niu Dashi grabbed Chen Xu's arm and said with his eyes shining: "Brother Xu, you didn't lie to me, you have two ...... per mu Two hundred stones? ”

"Yes!" Chen Xu nodded, two hundred stones is about six hundred kilograms in later generations, and he had heard before that the yield per mu of large sweet potato growers can exceed three tons, but the mu in later generations is two or three times larger than the current one, but it is still very scary.

Although sweet potatoes eat too much flatulence and love to fart, but for the current era, if someone can introduce planting, it will definitely make Daqin Wanmin grateful and engrave his name on the wooden plate three incense sticks in the morning and evening.

"That'...... So, Brother Xu, where is this sweet potato? Since you said it's sweet when grilled, you've definitely eaten it, right? Although Niu Dashi was a little incoherent, the meaning was clear and there was no logical confusion.

"Chen Lidian, tell me quickly, where is this sweet potato?" Zhao Qing also gasped and grabbed Chen Xu's other arm.

Chen Xu closed the folding fan with his hand, knocked the hands of the two off his arms and pouted and said: "I don't know, I just invited me to eat in a dream a white-bearded old man, he told me that thousands of miles away from the East China Sea, there is Dongsheng Shenzhou, the land is divided into north and south, this sweet potato grows in the hot rainforest, the vines cling to the net, the rhizome in the soil is as big as a fist, it is a good product, and it can be the main food in the famine season, he told me to get it back if I have the opportunity, but ...... I haven't even seen the sea now, I heard that it is the vast waves of smoke and waves, Mr. Zhao, have you ever seen the sea? ”

"See...... I've seen it! Zhao Qing nodded again and again with a dry mouth.

"Tell me about the sea!" Chen Xu suddenly became interested, and pulled Zhao Qing's arm under a tree.

Nima just said that he leaked his mouth, sweet potatoes are not available at all now, and later Columbus discovered the New World America only after he knew that there was such a thing as sweet potatoes, and then transplanted to Europe, and then spread to the Philippines and Indonesia in South Asia, and then spread to China at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

He traveled 1,800 years before Columbus, so sweet potatoes are still grown in the tropical jungles of South America, and it is not easy to get them back, at least if you build a large sea ship first.

But to build a ship...... Chen Xu began to have a toothache again.

However, it seems that the common high-yielding crops in later generations were all from the Americas, such as corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, tomatoes, and even peppers, tobacco leaves, and maca, which was touted as an aphrodisiac elixir.

Therefore, the Americas are equivalent to a treasure trove of the earth, and almost the entire earth in later generations is fed by these things, and the Amazon rainforest is known as the lungs of the earth, and the good things in it are innumerable.

It is estimated that ten or eight years is definitely not enough time, so the premise is that Qin Shi Huang can't die so early!

Sitting in the shade of a tree and chatting with Chen Xu for twenty yuan, Chen Xu went to the brewery for something, and Zhao Qing walked to the place where he lived in a trance.

"My lord, you don't have to believe in the sweet potato thing, this son must be just talking nonsense!" One of his subordinates followed and said.

"Yes, yes, my lord doesn't have to be entangled, he said to himself that he was just dreaming, with a yield of 600 stones per mu, how could it be possible, if there is such a thing, I will eat the big stone mill in the mill!" Another attendant also chimed in.

"You don't need to say much, whether this matter is true or not, it must be reported to Your Majesty to know, I will repair a letter and you will send it to Wancheng immediately, and let the county governor's mansion expedite it to Xianyang and hand it over to Your Majesty!" Zhao Qing said with a frown.

"喏~"

When the three of them returned to their residence, Han Qing spread out a piece of hemp paper, then picked up a brush and dipped it in ink, pondered for a while, and began to write, writing three sheets of paper in a row, and then rolling it into a bamboo tube with another stack of densely written papers, and handing it to an attendant.

When leaving Xianyang, the emperor instructed that once he found the young man surnamed Chen, he must carefully observe and not collide, and every word and deed must be recorded and reported.

Now that he has only been here for a few days, he has been convinced that the young man His Majesty is looking for is Chen Xu, because this young man is too unusual, in the past few days, he has found countless unbelievable things in the town, primary school, stone mill, steamer, abacus, rake, wooden high tables and stools, and even wooden beds, medicine workshops, bamboo workshops, carpentry workshops, pottery workshops, breweries, copper and iron workshops, and he is going to build a medical house called the health center, he has visited these places, and Chen Xu has not stopped them, However, the small courtyard at the east end of the village is not allowed to enter, and there is a big sign at the door prohibiting fireworks and pedestrians stopping, and there is a sour smell inside, but after a few days of observation, he found that it is a paper mill, and the paper written in his hand is made in it, but he is not allowed to go in to watch, and naturally there is no way to know the process of papermaking, and these papers, he bought them from Chen Xu for three yuan a piece.

Three dollars is not expensive, and he can afford thirty yuan a piece, so he is not concerned about money, but about the method of production, and he keenly feels from the first sight of the paper that this kind of thing is definitely an epoch-making thing that will completely change the habit of writing.

But no matter how good things are, it's useless to be blind.

Zhao Qing sighed.

He can't stay here for too long, otherwise it will arouse Chen Xu's suspicions, and what he should listen to and see has basically achieved his goal, as for what Chen Xu will come up with in the future, he can only take the opportunity to take the opportunity to come to see it next time.

This young man is completely like a mystery, there are endless strange ideas every day, and a sentence can make people's jaws drop in an instant, if this son goes to Xianyang, he will promote these things to the whole country, Daqin...... What will happen?

Zhao Qing tugged at his beard and sat silently.

He didn't want to leave very much, so he stayed here every day, watching Chen Xu make those unbelievable things, especially the winery, and he wanted to know how to make good wine from mountain grapes.

At this time, Chen Xu really happened to make his wine in the winery.

After screening, cleaning and drying, hundreds of pounds of ripe mountain grapes were pinched and put into six clay jars respectively, and then covered with a lid to ferment, today is the third day, just now a helper came to him and said, has been able to smell some fermented sourness, so he also rushed over to see.

After lifting the lid, in the clay jar with a diameter of three feet and a height of about three feet, the purple-red grape skin floated all over the half of the jar, and when it was gently stirred with a wooden stick, a rich fermented taste came to the face, almost washing Chen Xu away, but the taste was very familiar.

Yes, it's a sour liquor!

Although it has only been three days, it is clear that alcohol has already been produced, which means that this very simple and primitive process is completely capable of producing wine.

"Bring a clean spoon!" Chen Xu instructed, and soon a young helper handed him a brand-new long bamboo spoon, Chen Xu stirred the grape skins side by side with a wooden stick, and then scooped up a little purple-red liquid with the bamboo spoon and tasted it, and couldn't help frowning a little.

There is indeed wine, very light, and the sourness is more obvious, really like that couplet, the wine vat is good to make vinegar, and the jar is sour.

Nima, it seems that this winemaking is going to fail.

Chen Xu opened another vat and tasted it, the taste was almost the same, and the sour taste was still relatively obvious.

After tasting five tanks in a row, Chen Xu was a little confused, feeling that the brewery known to the 3,000 people in the town with great fanfare this time obviously showed signs of becoming a vinegar factory, and this face was a bit embarrassing.

Although vinegar is also a good thing, the special vinegar is definitely not as big as the market for wine, rich people can not drink vinegar, but they absolutely love to drink!

And I've never heard of eating barbecue and drinking vinegar!

Chen Xu didn't give up, opened the last jar too, and found that there were obviously fewer floating grape skins inside, but he didn't care, scooped it up with a bamboo spoon and tasted it a little, and couldn't help but shake his eyebrows.

The smell of wine in this vat was obviously much stronger, and he almost didn't feel the sourness, so he asked in surprise: "The taste of this vat is different from the previous five tanks, has anyone touched it!" ”

"Yes...... I've stirred it! A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy trembled with fright, and his face turned a little pale.

"How many times?" Chen Xu hurriedly asked.

"Every day...... Stirring once or twice a day, I saw that the skin of the mountain grapes was too thick, so I wanted to press them, guessing that they might ferment faster, and ...... My lord, I didn't mean to, please spare me! ”

The boy stammered a little, although everyone knows that Lord Lidian has a good temper, but I heard that those who do not work according to his requirements will be punished, light to do a hundred push-ups, heavy directly fired, in the workshop as an apprentice helper This job is not easy to get, in addition to eating three meals a day, there are two sets of clothes a year, Lord Lidian said that the benefits are good and the New Year and the festival will be paid, such a good job is lost in the second, go home and let Dad know that he has broken Lord Lidian's wine, and he will be beaten half to death.

"Okay, haha, good!" Chen Xu didn't get angry as expected, but happily patted the young man's shoulder and said, "Well, it seems that you need to stir it so that it won't become sour when fermenting, Lu Gen did a good job this time, from now on you will be the manager of the winery, instruct them to stir the grape skins of these wine tanks once or twice a day, and the wine should not taste sour, according to this fermentation rate, it is estimated that it will be almost ready to drink in two or three days!" ”

"Really...... It's true? The boy named Ashigen was so surprised that he almost fainted.

"Well, you need to be experimental in everything, there are six vats here, you can set it to different times of agitation, taste it a few times a day to see the effect, and then find the best way to make wine, and when the wine is brewed, I will have a reward!" Chen Xu did not hesitate to encourage.

"Thank you, Lord Rito, I will definitely do a good job! Guaranteed to make wine! Lu Gen was almost unhappy, and as soon as Chen Xu left, he immediately began to direct the remaining helpers to work hard.

The history of wine is very long in China, it is said that there are seven or eight thousand years of history, and the clay pot of seven thousand years ago was unearthed in Wuyang County near Nanyang in later generations, which is said to contain wine, and Wuyang is only more than 100 kilometers away from Pheasant County, very close, it can be seen that making wine with mountain grapes is not Chen Xu's invention.

Grape Qin Dynasty people called Portuguese peach, the pronunciation of the same word is not the same, but it refers to the same thing, and the later generations of the kind of large grains and large bunches of grapes are introduced from the Western Regions during the Western Han Dynasty, that is to say, good grapes are still growing in Xinjiang and other places, controlled in the hands of the Huns, it seems that to drink really good wine, you have to kill the Huns, in the Qin Dynasty want to do business with the Huns is estimated to be chopped by Qin Shi Huang to feed the dogs.

Regardless, this time the sake brewing is almost half the battle, and it will be clear in a few days.

Once the wine is made, it's best to find a low-temperature cave to cellar for a few months, and there are no oak barrels.

Chen Xu was quite entangled and regretful and rode a horse to find the tour in the town.

This black-faced man about forty years old was shot by a mountain bandit last time and slashed a few times, but he was rescued by Chen Xu and recuperated for almost a month, and his body has almost recovered.

"Liu Po has seen Lidian!" When You Yu saw Chen Xu, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.

As the saying goes, the grace of saving a life should be reciprocated by a spring, this black-faced man was also killed on the battlefield, and he knew that he was grateful to Chen Xu for saving his life.

In this era, he can survive such a heavy trauma, he really doesn't know who to thank except for Chen Xu's eight ancestors, after a war, countless people were dragged to death because they were injured and could not be treated in time, he saw too much, when Qin and Chu were wars, the villagers of Qinghe Town, who served at the same time as him, went to more than 300 people, and came back less than 100 people, serious injuries mean death, bleeding alive and dying, that kind of wailing everywhere day and night, anyone who recalls it will be like a nightmare.

"Liu Po, do you know where there is a cool cave near Qinghe Town?" Chen Xu did not dismount, but sat on the back of the horse and asked.

Liu Po thought for a while and said: "In the Wild Wolf Valley two miles north of the town, there is a cave there, and there is a fine spring flowing out of the stone stream, the spring water is cold to the bone, even in summer, I don't dare to stay in it for too long, but there are often packs of wild wolves there, so few people go, I don't know why Lord Lidian asked about it?" ”

"Oh, I've made a little wine, and I need to keep it in a cool place for a few months, otherwise it's too hot and sour, but if there are wolves, forget it, it's too dangerous, and think about other places!" Chen Xu replied.

"No, it's just a few wild wolves, I can take a few hunters to clean up, maybe I can get a few wolf skins, and wait for the cold winter wax moon to make mattresses and adults to keep out the cold!" Liu Po hurriedly said.

"It's okay, I'm free today, I'll go with you to have a look!"

"Wait a minute, sir, I'll go and prepare!"

After Liu Po gave a salute, he went into the house to clean up, brought a bow and arrows, and then rode to call the three hunters in the town, and after converging, he took Chen Xu to the Wild Wolf Valley together.

The horse's hooves rattled, and although the distance of two miles was not far, it took a quarter of an hour.

Because this is not close to the road, and there are wild wolves in the valley, so few people come in, a path has long been covered by crazy growth of thorns and weeds, and there are no visible appearances, and all the way through, from time to time startled many animals, there are colorful pheasants, as well as black and yellow spots of bobcats, hares and snakes not to mention, groups of people are alarmed by the sound of horses' hooves, fluttering and cheering, there are thorns shaking everywhere, making Chen Xu's heart tingle.

"Whew~~" Suddenly, an extremely long wolf howl came from the mountain beam on the side, and Chen Xu was so frightened that he almost fell off the horse.

"Hehe, don't be afraid, this is a warning from the scouts of the wolves who may have discovered us, but it doesn't matter, usually this group of beasts will not come out in broad daylight!" One of the Orions said with a smile.

That's good, I almost scared my pee out! Chen Xu kept wiping the sweat from his forehead.