"Get up at two o'clock, wash, go out at three o'clock, run around the mountain for a week, return to the house at one o'clock, breakfast at two o'clock, breakfast content is two taels of gruel, two steamed buns, and an egg."

"From 3 o'clock to 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. taught the Thousand Character Essay" (Note 1)."

"From two o'clock in the afternoon, there is a quarter of time for lunch, the content of lunch is three taels of dry rice, two steamed buns, four dishes of vegetarian vegetables for every eight people, a plate of carp, and another soup, the soup is either poultry, or pigs and sheep, or poultry offal."

"From 3 o'clock to 2 o'clock in the afternoon, during the lunch break, a mandatory nap."

"From the second hour to the second hour, he is a helper for carpenters, stonemasons, tenant farmers, blacksmiths, weavers, etc."

"It's three o'clock, free to move around and wash."

"From three o'clock to the hour, dinner, dinner and dinner are the same as Chinese food."

"It's two o'clock, arithmetic."

Looking at the schedule in his hand, Zhao Youju frowned, the time was too tight, he couldn't wait to divide each hour into two times to use, but the current conditions and abilities made him have to make do.

Originally, he didn't teach the children how to write, but after two days of practice, he realized that the children's foundation was so poor that they couldn't read what he wrote on the blackboard. Therefore, he had to adjust his time and pay a lot of money to hire a Confucian student from the countryside to teach the children to read.

It also freed him up to spend the morning doing the rest.

The carpenters, blacksmiths and stonemasons invited by Zhao and Ju were busy day and night for Zhao and Ju's request, and they didn't understand why the Zhao family wanted to create all kinds of strange things, because it was always the old housekeeper Zhao Xi who came forward to negotiate with them, so they only regarded Zhao and Ju, who were following Zhao Xi, as a child who was too curious.

Naturally, those children can't learn any real skills in the hands of these craftsmen, but Zhao and Ju don't need them to learn real skills, his purpose is twofold, one is to improve the children's hands-on ability, and the other is to let the children have certain manual skills. As for how to turn pig iron into mature iron or even forged into steel, Zhao Youju has more advanced skills in his mind than these craftsmen.

Inviting these craftsmen, Zhao and Ju wanted to make something that could be done with today's techniques, and to start their own primitive accumulation. Compared with this invention, the previous manufacture of white sugar was only a small fight, and white sugar, as a hobby and even a luxury product, was far inferior to this invention in terms of sales scope.

"Young Master, Ou Laogen has one thing to ask for, and when he came back yesterday, he pulled Xiao Lao'er and said it." Seeing that Zhao Heju put down the paper in his hand, Zhao Xi said with some caution: "That kid from his family, named Bama, wants to be sent to our house to be literate." ”

Ou Laogen is the blacksmith invited by Zhao and Ju, he claims to be the descendant of Ou Yezi, has three sons, the eldest son and the second son have grown up, and are following him to make iron, only the youngest son Ou Bama is thirteen years old, and he is also a helper in the shop. It is said that Ou Laogen was named after the fact that he saw eight horses passing by in front of his house when his young son was born, which was a great event in the Song Dynasty (Note 2), which was extremely short of horses. Zhao Youju wanted to laugh every time he thought of "Ou Bama", for no other reason, but to think of the first black president elected by a certain country in later generations.

"If he wants to come, he can come, but he has to abide by our family rules, provide food and lodging according to the children in the family, and ask Ou Laogen if he is willing." Thinking of the Ou family junior who was always a little stunned, Zhao Heju accepted the matter.

"What if the rest of the craftsmen have to send their own boys?" Zhao Xi didn't agree with this, those children were the future servants of the Zhao family, and they were also the assistants of his big housekeeper in the future, so he didn't want outsiders to break the house rules.

"It's like this, it's just a few more mouths to eat, but you have to make it clear, since you come to my house, you have to abide by my house rules, and if you don't follow the rules and are not willing to scold, you should leave as soon as possible." After packing up his things, Zhao Heju clapped his hands: "Let's go, go and see how Ou Laogen and their work is doing." ”

Ou Laogen and other craftsmen lived with the villagers, and the row of earthen houses was now full, and the sound of tinkling and beating was heard at dawn. At this time, the industry and commerce in the area of Liangzhejiang Road were prosperous, and the wealthy families built houses and added furniture, and many craftsmen were invited to live at home to make them, and Zhao Xixu used a lot of money, these craftsmen were very happy to live here. From the village courtyard to here, it is only one hundred and fifty zhang (about four hundred and five meters), and it is only a hundred and fifty zhang (about four hundred and five meters), and it is only a matter of moments. When Zhao and Ju first moved here, there were still wild grass and shrubs on both sides of the road, these days Zhuang Ding took the children to clean up both ends of the road, and according to the meaning of Zhao and Ju, paved the road with gravel and coarse sand, and then planted camphor trees on both sides of the tree, walking in it, which has made Zhao and Ju quite a little feeling.

The road is a gentle slope, Zhao and Ju saw that the rice in the paddy fields by the stream was ripe, Zhao and Ju asked the tenant farmers at home, and knew that these rice were the famous "Champa rice". Zhao Yoju remembers that this rice variety, which is native to central Vietnam, has three advantages: drought tolerance, adaptability, and short growing season. Although in terms of taste, this Champa rice is not even comparable to the bad rice of later generations, but in ancient times, when there was widespread hunger and lack of food, yield and growth period were kings (Note 3).

"If only there were corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes." Zhao Youju muttered and sighed, in a short period of time, these things were still wishful thinking.

"That hillside is barren and barren, and the little old man wants the family to plant mulberry trees, so that they can raise some silkworms in the future, and in case of famine, mulberry leaves can also be used as food...... Alas, look at the little old man, this old fool, with the eldest young master here, how can our family be afraid of the famine? Zhao Xi didn't hear Zhao Heju's muttering, and pointed to the hillside at the other end of the road.

Zhao Youju nodded, the slope of the hill was a little steep, which was originally not suitable for planting mulberry trees, but being idle was also idle, so that Zhao Xi could be busy with some things, and it would also help maintain the loyalty of this old servant.

The lack of manpower is the biggest difficulty for Zhao and Ju at present, although he is already starting to cultivate, but those children are only three or five years old, and they cannot take charge on their own.

"Two days ago, it rained continuously, and the carpenter came to complain, saying that the house where he lived was leaking, and did he take advantage of the sunny weather to turn over the roof again?" Zhao Xi thought of one more thing and asked Zhao Heju.

"It's a little thing, you decide." Zhao Youju was a little impatient: "Old housekeeper, you are an old man at home, why are you so careful?" ”

Note 1: In ancient times, enlightenment education had the saying of "three, hundred, and thousand", that is, "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names", and "Thousand Character Text", which were compiled by Zhou Xingsi in the Southern Dynasty when Emperor Wu of Liang was scattered.

Note 2: There was a shortage of horses in the Song Dynasty, which was also an important reason for the lack of large-scale cavalry in the Song Dynasty when fighting with the northern nomads. Although the Southern Song Dynasty set up a pastoral supervisor in the south of the Yangtze River, it was difficult for horses to reproduce due to the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, and the war horses mainly came from the frontier places of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Guangnan.

Note 3: Book lovers who often read the overhead will not be unfamiliar with Champa rice, but frankly speaking, this kind of rice is not as good as imagined, at least in terms of taste, modern people may not be used to eating it. "Analysis of Several Issues on Champa Rice" (Huang Gui) says that Champa rice: rice grains are small, sticky, hard and unpalatable.