Chapter 85: Central Plains
"Don't hide it from my cousin, my ambition is to let the entire Chengyi, the entire Zhao family, and even the entire Jin Kingdom be able to enjoy with me!"
Zhao Wuxian's words made Zhao Guangde fascinated, after two days of getting along, his cousin took care of him a lot, he admired Wuxian, and unconsciously put himself in the role of the younger brother. He has also heard of the dispute between the sons of the Zhao family, his father Dr. Wen Zhao Luo is afraid of things, so he has a neutral wait-and-see attitude, but Zhao Guangde is inclined to Zhao Wuxian's position.
He was not as stupid as he seemed on the surface, so he bowed his hand very respectfully and said: "My cousin has great ambitions, I don't know what my brother can do?" โ
Zhao Wuxian patted him on the shoulder and said, "Cousin, are you willing to help me so that your Wendi can also have fun with me?" โ
Zhao Guangde swallowed his saliva: "I...... My Wendi? โ
He has always been untreated by the big clans, and he is always worried that after his father, his fief will be taken back by the tyrannical head of the family, Zhao Ying, and he will have nowhere to go in the future, so he can only beg for food in Xinjiang and send people under the fence. Now, Zhao Wuxian's words are almost equivalent to a promise in the future: If I am the head of the family, Wendi will still be your Wendi. Zhao Guangde was immediately moved by this statement.
The cousin's territory has the ancient folk customs, and the cousin's pawn is like a tiger and a wolf. Looking at the high-spirited Zhao Wuxian, Zhao Guangde's heart also became outright admiration.
He lowered his head and whispered, "My brother is willing to serve his cousin!" โ
Zhao Wuxian, who had made an empty pie, saw that the little fat man entered the urn smoothly as planned, so he smiled and said: "Good, great good!" Poetry, Chang Di's flower, Hu Buwei, in today's people, is like a brother. Cousin, go to the village temple with me, there are delicious new foods waiting for you to taste! โ
While he was talking, Mucha and Jing, who were sweating profusely, also came up to salute Zhao Wuxian, and in this juju match, the two ended up to a draw.
Tian Ben, who was itching on the side, was a little indignant, pointed at Mu Xia and said, "You guy, didn't you say that you would win him this time and avenge me?" โ
Mu Xia smiled innocently, knowing that Tian Ben had a bad mouth, and he didn't think he was angry.
"You lost the field yourself, go and win it back yourself, what kind of ability is it to expect others? Is it because he is afraid that if he loses a few more games, he will have to take the soldiers to pick up a few more people's dung? Yu Xi covered his mouth and nose and snickered, as if there was something smelling on Tian Ben's body.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, except for the drowning buckets in the private room, the general toilet was called "ๆบท". ๆบท (hun) is also the name of the pigsty, which shows that the pigsty and the toilet are adjacent, so when the doctor goes to the toilet at home, there will always be a group of humming black-headed pigs around him.
The Chinese savages in Chengxiang are even more casual, often solving problems on the spot everywhere.
Therefore, in order to improve the living environment in the township and prevent the pollution of water sources and the breeding of epidemics, Zhao Wuxian excavated several "people's houses" on the side of each mile of the road for the use of the people in the country. The people are surrounded by a wall, which is eight feet high, to prevent people from peeping and doing bad things.
The waste generated by cattle and horses was also piled up in a remote corner for high-temperature composting and composting. After the first half of the month, its fertilizer efficiency far exceeds the dry manure and straw green manure that was sown at will before.
And two of each played and juju, because they were forbidden to gamble on coins and silks, and the two horses privately changed to the loser to be punished, and if he lost by a big score, he had to take the soldiers to pick up the manure and manure fields. Tian Ben's one or two were often defeated, so he became a frequent visitor to Minwei, and when he was counted down by Yu Xi, his face suddenly turned red, and he complained that his villagers couldn't play Keju, dragging down his superb skills.
As soon as these words came out, he was scolded by Zhao Wuxian on the spot.
Wuxian reprimanded: "There is a saying that one general is incompetent, and the three armies are affected!" Think about it, why do you have the best Keju skills in the country, but your two have been defeated repeatedly? โ
Tian Ben hung his head, speechless, looking at it like that, he couldn't realize anything.
Zhao Wuxian knew that he had to scold a lot to be effective, so he continued to say earnestly: "The reason is that you are more than brave, but you are too harsh and harsh to the soldiers, and you are careless and undisciplined, so you are not cooperative. Now that you have lost on the Keju field, you only need to go to the manure tank to pick up a few loads of filth, but if you lose in the battle in the future, it will be your head that will be lost, as well as the lives of your soldiers! โ
The evil boy was a little surprised, he didn't expect such serious consequences.
"You usually learn from Jing Xue, one or two of him are more pawns selected from the savages, his status is humble, he is not known for his bravery, but because of his proper cooperation, he can win many times!"
Tian Ben was ashamed and made a promise, and the well was praised, but he didn't look proud, just bowed his head and was humble.
Yang Yurong, Musha, Yu Xi and others were also taught.
Wang Sunqi listened silently to Wu Xian's words, and couldn't help nodding secretly, and the method of knowing the soldiers and the people has gone one step further.
At this time, the people who watched the juju and the people also gathered around, because they had no way to return, so they said that the beans were ripe in the past two days, and they were going to pick them to give to the gentleman, and asked him to taste them.
As the Book of Poetry says: "The Central Plains are soy, and the small people pick them." Soybean, that is, the soybean of later generations, is found all over the summer and is one of the five grains.
At present, the way to eat soybean is to steam it into rice, which can chew until your mouth is sore; the second is to mash and boil into soup; The third is to knead it finely, knead it into a cake shape with water, and bake it by the stove.
Although this thing is nutritious, no matter how processed it is, it is always rough and difficult to swallow. Soybeans are called soybeans, bean seedlings are called weeds, and soybeans are considered to be very frugal and poor lives. At present, most of the savages in Chengyi, and even some of the Chinese people, are still living this kind of life.
The people said happily: "Although I don't know why the gentleman asked us to mix beans in the wheat field, the effect is excellent, and the growth is amazing!" โ
Zhao Wuxian smiled and didn't say a word, just let them continue to do so in the future. The reason why he asked the people to mix soybean and wheat is because the legume has a unique nitrogen-fixing effect, which is common sense in junior high school biology. After mixed planting, the field is equivalent to more nitrogen fixers, and the later generation of wheat and bean intercropping is also a good way to improve crop yield, but the increase in soybean yield is due to the effect of the field substitution method.
But Wu Xian is not satisfied, he believes that the production of soybean beans can be further improved. Because he saw such a sentence in the classic history he read: "Qi Huan Gong went on a northern expedition to the mountains, and the winter onions and Rong Shu came out, and the cloth was in the world."
More than 100 years ago, when the Duke of Qi Huan crossed the Yan Kingdom and went north to conquer Shanrong, he brought back a kind of Rongdi soybean bean, which is large and round, very delicious, and the yield of one mu is two to three times that of Xia Shu. Guan Zhong, the secretary of Duke Huan, attached great importance to it, and for this reason, he also ceremoniously sent people to bring it to the state of Lu to present this thing to the temple of Duke of Zhou, as a witness to the friendship between the two countries.
Shanrong is located in the east of Jieshi, Liaodong and Liaoxi, so Narong Shu may be the Northeast soybean of later generations?
However, the statement "cloth in the world" in that record is obviously unreliable, because Zhao Wuxian specially asked in Xinjiang and Xiagong, and there are no such excellent varieties, which shows the slow spread of crops and technology in this era. He decided that when he went to Xinjiang North City again, he would find a few Qi and Lu merchants and entrust them to buy some Rongshu seeds.
Even if it's not meant to be eaten, it's good to use it for oil extraction.
Looking at the countrymen who were looking at him eagerly, Zhao Wuxian naturally thanked them for their kindness, but politely refused the real thing.
"If the second or third son has a heart, he will bring some shelled and cleaned beans to the township temple tomorrow morning, and there will be a big gift to give to you."
Everyone looked at each other, but they were also very curious about the "big gift" that Wuxian said, and the smart people had already guessed it.
"Aren't they those objects that the gentleman asked the craftsman to quarry before he left a few days ago? Don't know how it works? โ
After arousing the interest in everyone's hearts, he didn't break it, and took Zhao Guangde and others back to the township temple.
โฆโฆ
Ask for collections, ask for recommendations......