Chapter 18: The Craft of the Torch
Three days passed, and when he returned to Baijia Town from Zhangxian Ling's house, Qin Shaochu thought about the fire gun every day in addition to eating and sleeping. Qin Shaochu also asked someone to help him find it, sulfur, nitrate, of course, he was also looking for it for the past three days.
However, carbon is usually quite common, so Qin Shaochu didn't ask someone to help him find it, but just said that all the people who have carbon at home will send it to their homes, although the villagers are a little puzzled, why did Qin Shaochu want carbon. But no one said anything, and all of them transported their carbon to Qin Shaochu's home.
On the fourth day, Liu Dong came over and told Qin Shaochu that everything had been arranged on his side, and he was just waiting for Qin Shaochu to bring some people over to help guide him. Qin Shaochu nodded, and called more than a dozen people, followed him, and went to Qiantang together.
For more than half an hour, Qin Shaochu and others came to Liu Dong's 100 acres of fertile land. Qin Shaochu looked at this hundred acres of land, and was very happy in his heart, after all, with this hundred acres of fertile land, he could also better play his plans.
Immediately called for people to standardize, where to plant rice, where to plant fruit trees. To say that this 100 acres of fertile land is also large, it took everyone half a day to plan this field.
Looking at the planned field, Qin Shaochu said to Liu Dong, "Brother Liu, do you think that my plan is such a big field, and now it has become very small?" ”
Hearing Qin Shaochu ask himself, Liu Dong nodded, "Yes, Qin Gongzi, I only knew how to use this land to grow rice before, but I didn't expect that I could plan like this, Qin Gongzi, you are really amazing." ”
Hearing Liu Dong's praise, Qin Shaochu had nothing to be proud of when he arrived. "Okay, Brother Liu, next, I'll tell you how to do it."
Qin Shaochu pointed to the west and said, "Brother Liu, on the west side, I want to use it to grow rice, and in the east, I want to use it to plant fruit trees." "After all, the terrain in the east is higher than in the west, so there is no fear of water flowing from the west to the east."
"And then that hill to the west, I want to use it for poultry. Poultry manure is used to fertilize rice and fruit trees. ”
When Liu Dong heard this, his eyes lit up, and he found that what Qin Shaochu said had never been thought of before. I admired Qin Shaochu even more in my heart.
Qin Shaochu didn't know what Liu Dong was thinking now, and continued: "In order to prevent the fruit tree roots and rice from being destroyed by the poultry, we also have to build a guardrail on the side of the poultry. ”
After Qin Shaochu finished speaking, he looked at Liu Dong: "Brother Liu, what I said is almost there." Do you have anything to say? ”
Liu Dong hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, Gongzi Qin, just do what you said." I listen to you. ”
"That's good, Brother Liu. Tomorrow, I will have someone come with a plough, and you must have oxen here, and then we will first plough the fields on the west side, and when the land is finished, we will plant fruit trees in the east as soon as the rice is planted. And then poultry farming"
Liu Dong is now persuaded by Qin Shaochu, thinking about what Qin Shaochu said, thinking that in the future, he should have a lot of money. After following Qin Shaochu for a while, Liu Dong took Qin Shaochu and the others to have a meal together.
In the afternoon, Qin Shaochu explained that he would go back first and come back early tomorrow morning.
When Liu Dong heard Qin Shaochu's words, he was also very anxious. nodded directly, and told Qin Shaochu to come over early tomorrow.
Seeing Liu Dong's anxious appearance, Qin Shaochu understood his thoughts, after all, if the rice was planted a day earlier, Liu Dong would be able to get the money earlier. Qin Shaochu didn't say anything about this.
When it was almost evening, Qin Shaochu returned to Baijia Town. As soon as he returned to Baijia Town, the village chief told Qin Shaochu that they had found sulfur and nitrate, and when he heard the village chief's words, Qin Shaochu was excited, and he could finally start making firecrackers.
The village chief took Qin Shaochu to a villager's courtyard, and the village chief pointed to the yellow stone, "Qin Gongzi, this is what you want." ”
Qin Shaochu stepped forward, picked up the yellow stone, and sniffed it, "Well, village chief, this is sulfur." Thank you so much."
"Where, where. Being able to help Qin Gongzi is nothing," the village chief hurriedly postponed Qin Shaochu's thanks.
Looking at Qin Shaochu's happy appearance, the village chief asked a little curiously, "Qin Gongzi, can I ask, do you want these things, what's the use?" ”
Qin Shaochu smiled mysteriously, "Haha, village chief, this is a secret." I'm just telling you now, you don't know, when I'm done, experiment, you'll know. ”
Seeing that Qin Shaochu didn't say anything, although the village chief was curious, he didn't ask again. After all, everyone has their own secrets.
Qin Shaochu looked at so many sulfur and saltpeter in front of him, and did not move them to his own home, but asked someone to protect them carefully, and after the villagers had protected these sulfur and nitrate, Qin Shaochu came to Da Niu's residence.
knocked on the door, and the sound of the big cow came out of it, Qin Shaochu found that the big cow hadn't slept yet, so he answered, "Big cow, it's me." ”
Da Niu opened the door and saw Qin Shaochu standing outside, and hurriedly invited Qin Shaochu into his house. Da Niu was very grateful to Qin Shaochu in his heart, you know, when he first met Qin Shaochu, Qin Shaochu asked Da Niu to help him make a quyuan plow.
Although Qin Shaochu did not give the big cow copper plate at that time, but later the village harvested the rice and sold it, Qin Shaochu gave most of the money to the big cow. With this copper plate, Da Niu will be able to better improve his own life, and there will be a matchmaker to tell him about the matchmaker.
So Da Niu was very grateful to Qin Shaochu in his heart, no, Da Niu let Qin Shaochu in, and hurriedly said words of thanks.
Qin Shaochu has been thanking himself for hearing that Da Niu has been so long. A black line couldn't help but rise on his forehead, it wasn't that Qin Shaochu was annoying the big cow, it was just that Qin Shaochu was not used to the enthusiasm of the big cow.
Qin Shaochu threatened: "Da Niu, if you are still like this, I will leave immediately, and I will not come to you in the future." ”
When Da Niu heard this, he quickly closed his mouth and danced there. All of a sudden, his face flushed.
''Alright, alright. Da Niu, I came to you this time to find something and need your help." Qin Shaochu saw the big bull who was blushing because of his words, and said.
The bull patted his chest. "Qin Gongzi, you, you said, as long as my big cow can do it, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, the big cow will not frown.
Qin Shaochu smiled, "Haha, Da Niu, it's not that serious, I'm here this time, mainly to ask, do you have any copper here?" "Or a little better iron."
Da Niu heard Qin Shaochu's inquiry, stood in the distance and thought about it. Suddenly slapped his thigh, Qin Shaochu was startled by Da Niu like this. This is the big cow who ran into the room, "Qin Gongzi, you wait, I'll look for it." ”