He Xian was stunned for a moment and looked at Xu Shu unconsciously. Xu Shu was also turning his head over, his eyes beaming with joy. Both guessed the identity of the comer.

"Caomin Cai Mao (folk girl Cai Yu), I have seen the general, I have seen the engagement!" Two young men stood up and saluted He Xian.

He Xian and Xu Shu returned the salute.

Cai Yuan hurriedly beckoned everyone to sit down. At this moment, she is no longer Mrs. Huang, but the eldest sister of the Cai family.

"Come on, good tea in Nanyang!" Cai Yuan commanded.

Nanyang's tea is actually not the best, but Nanyang's frying method is very special. To put it bluntly, it is the way of artificially roasting green tea in Jiangnan in later generations. No condiments are added, only the original fragrance of green tea is retained. With the fire rush, the fragrance is overflowing, which is very in line with the charm of the Han literati. It is much more tasteful than the dark tea brewed from eighteen kinds of auxiliary ingredients such as star anise, fennel, ginger, etc.!

"General Wei is really a god! It was possible to invent such a magical way to drink tea. Now, the whole Han is changing for it. It's breathtaking! Cai Mao picked up the teacup and paid tribute to He Xian.

He Xian was not modest, and took Cai Mao's praise as it was: "The tea ceremony is just an insignificant one of the more than 100 changes in Nanyang. Nanyang's changes in agricultural planting, breeding, weaving and spinning, iron smelting, etc., are breathtaking! ”

"Oh? I want to hear about it! Cai Mao said curiously. The reason why the Cai clan is called the Xiangyang Wang clan is that in addition to the clansmen being officials, it is also because they control a large amount of land in Xiangyang. At the same time, they were also the largest weavers in the Jingnan region. The trinity of officials, landlords, and businessmen is the most powerful clan in this era.

"Nanyang now implements a combination of large-scale and three-dimensional mode of agricultural planting and breeding. In the vast plains, it is carried out on a large scale. Several villages unite to plant and harvest in a unified manner, and distribute according to work! ”

Cai Mao nodded. The fields gathered by several villages in Nanyang are probably not as many as Cai's Yicheng's fields. It's just that one is organized by the Nanyang government, and the other is planted by the Cai family who hired the people who depended on them. Cai Mao thinks that there is not much difference between the two types of field planting patterns, but in fact, there is a big difference. The difference in production capacity per mu is more than 30%. This involves the efficiency of large-scale planting, and He Xian will not say it.

"What's the stereo pattern?" Cai Mao asked.

"A simple example: the three-dimensional farming model of mulberry silkworm fish. The people plant mulberry trees by the fish pond, raise silkworms with mulberry leaves, and then put the silkworm sand secretion of the silkworms into the fish pond to feed the fish, and finally dig the pond mud from the fish pond to provide fertilizer for the mulberry trees, so as to form a benign ecological agricultural cycle of the dike-pond. The longer the mulberry tree grows, the better it will be, and the more mulberry leaves it will bear. The more mulberry leaves, the more silkworms can be fed, and the more silk can be harvested. The more silkworms there are, the more silkworm sand there will be, and the fish in the pond will grow faster and fatter, so the more fish will be harvested. When there are more fish, the silt in the fish pond will increase, and the extra silt can be used to cultivate mulberry trees... And so on and so forth! ”

"Wait!" Cai Mao has been confused by He Xian's circular theory. According to the previous planting theory, mulberry leaves should not be over-picked, otherwise the vitality of the mulberry tree will be overdrawn. But now He Xian says that the silt in the pond can replenish the vitality of the tree... This is believed for the time being, because the silt from the fish pond can be regarded as fish manure. Human manure as fertilizer for crops has been widely recognized by the Han people. Human feces can, and fish feces is theoretically okay. But Ho Xian said that silkworm sand can be used as food for fish... This is unheard of.

"According to the general's theory, isn't it possible to breed an infinite number of silkworms and get an infinite number of silk and pond fish?"

Cai Mao was able to hit the nail on the head with one word, which made He Xian impressed. This powerful minister around Liu Biao in history, the governor of Jingzhou who finally surrendered to Cao Cao and was unjustly killed, seems to be quite interested and talented in agricultural mulberry planting, as if he is a talent! .

"Of course not! Stereo mode maximizes throughput in these sessions. But it can't be infinite. When the output reaches a certain limit, it will be in a state of equilibrium. He Xian explained.

Cai Mao nodded, indicating understanding.

"Silkworm fish is just one example. Mulberry can be replaced with other crops, silkworms can be replaced with chickens, ducks, geese and pigs, and fish can continue to be the link between the two! Therefore, the application of this model is very wide. ”

Cai Mao's eyes were blazing, obviously extremely interested in this topic.

He Xian said angrily: "In addition to farming, Nanyang has improved the loom used by Dahan before, and the weaving efficiency has increased by at least three times!" ”

Cai Mao's eyes widened when she heard this, and she had an expression of disbelief. As the largest textile producer in Jingnan, Cai Mao understands what it means to triple the efficiency of weaving. He also finally understood why more and more high-quality and affordable weaving cloth has been delivered from Nanyang in recent years.

Cai Mao was a little moved, and a little embarrassed: "I wonder if the general can sell a few looms to Xiangyang?" I can buy it at a high price! ”

"I'm sorry!" "The latest loom is only open to internal members, and it is not sold out. ”

Cai Mao asked, "What is an internal member?" ”

He Xian replied: "The internal members are the members of the Nanyang Army, or the allies of the Nanyang Army. For example, Xiangyang Huang's has already received the latest version of my Nanyang loom! ”

When Cai Mao heard this, she quickly turned around and looked at Cai Yuan. Cai Yuan nodded in approval.

"Then I'm Cai's too..."

"cough~cough~"

Cai Mao's words were interrupted by Cai Yu's violent coughing. Cai Yu really can't stand it, her younger brother is indeed more interested in increasing income and accumulating wealth, but this meeting will decide which camp Cai's joins, which is related to the rise and fall of Cai's honor and disgrace in the next few decades, and also about her own marriage, how can it be such a child's play? If this talk continues, Cai Mao designated to be taken to the ditch by He Xian.

"Also consider whether to join the alliance of the Nanyang Army!" Cai Mao changed her words and added the words "think about it".

What He Xian didn't expect was that what attracted Cai Mao the most was not the high-ranking officials Houlu, but Nanyang's economic development model and ability to collect money.

"Mr. Xiang has promised to serve the general, and in return, the general will support Mr. Xiang to take charge of a county!" Xu Shu saw that the time was ripe and threw out the bargaining chips for negotiation. Taking Xiang Lang as an example, in fact, it is also expressing that Cai's treatment is implemented with reference to Xiang's. As long as you are loyal to He Xian, you can serve as a county guard.

The three Cai siblings looked at each other silently. Compared with Liu Biao's vague promise of "taking charge of Jingzhou together", the "land of one county" promised by He Xian is not heavy or light, but it is more straightforward. It can be seen and imagined.