Chapter 153: Saving Grace
Tang Wude for three years, placed Jizhou, and subordinated to five counties such as martial arts. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and set up Fufeng County in the eastern part of Wugong County and Shiping (now Changning Township, Wugong County). In the first year of Zhenguan, Jizhou was abolished, Fufeng County was withdrawn, and its land was merged into Wugong.
Wu Yuanqing's fief is in Wugong County, and the households of Shiyi are all in the easternmost part of Wugong County, only seventy or eighty miles away from Chang'an, and the 1,000 acres of Yongye field rewarded by the emperor are also here.
Wu Yuanqing has been in his fiefdom for seven or eight days, in addition to looking at the construction progress of the Hou Mansion, the main reason is that he is going to plant greenhouse vegetables on the 1,000 acres of fields rewarded by the emperor, not only to eat fresh vegetables, but also to increase the seeds of tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, and potatoes for spring plowing next year.
In later generations, Wu Yuanqing and the greenhouses in their village were all built with long bamboo poles to build the roof skeleton, covered with plastic film to cover the roof of the shed, so that the crops in the greenhouse could photosynthesize, and then with the thick straw mat woven with good thermal insulation performance to do night insulation.
But in ancient times, there was no plastic film, which stumped Wu Yuanqing, without plastic film, there is no way to make the crops in the shed photosynthesize, can not carry out photosynthesis, those crops can not grow, then this greenhouse can not be built.
Fortunately, Wu Yuanqing later remembered that when he was in history class in junior high school, he learned that it was made of silk in the Tang Dynasty, which was light and thin, and the red mole on his chest could still be seen when he wore several layers of clothes.
Although Wu Yuanqing had not worn such thin clothes after crossing over, after sending people to the market to buy a lot of thin silk, Wu Yuanqing still found the ideal plastic film substitute he wanted. Although silk is expensive, it is nothing to Wu Yuanqing.
And no matter how expensive the price of silk is, it is something that can be made at any time, but the green vegetables in winter are too scarce, except for the Wentang Supervisor who relies on the hot spring geothermal energy to grow a few catties of vegetables to supply the royal family, even the princes and ministers can't see it, unless it is a meritorious service or the emperor is in a good mood to reward a few.
Solve the biggest problem, the rest of the things are easy to do, the natural use of the soil embryo for the greenhouse wall, on the Loess Plateau, adobe is the most lacking and easiest to get out of the building materials.
There is no need for any adhesive material, and the smooth adobe is directly built layer by layer. After building the low front and high back wall, it is to erect the frame, and then to lay silk and straw mats.
Wu Yuanqing also dug a criss-cross fire tunnel under the greenhouse to heat the floor, preparing to burn the fire in the fire pit outside when the temperature was too low, and then heat up the greenhouse.
Rich and powerful is good, in seven or eight days, dozens of greenhouses covering an area of more than ten acres facing north and south have all been done, and the soil inside has been turned over and applied grass and wood ash fertilizer, and Wu Yuanqing has made people wet manure on the day he came, and the soil has been mixed and sprinkled into the ground.
Some potatoes and pumpkins can be planted directly, but tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables need to be planted first, and they can only be planted after the seedlings are raised.
Potatoes, pumpkins, peppers, tomatoes, Wu Yuanqing didn't dare to plant them all, worried that it would be miserable if the greenhouse didn't get it and didn't grow anything, so he was ready to plant only half of the seeds of each type, and put safety first.
As for other dishes like eggplant Datang called Kunlun purple gourd at this time, as well as cucumbers, carrots, cabbage, mustard greens, and wead, then they can be planted at will.
Greenhouse planting is in full swing, and Wu Yuanqing is happy every day, but the discovery when he was plowing the field a few days ago has cast a shadow on his heart and has been lingering.
And at this moment, Wu Yuanshuang also came to martial arts with the eldest girl and Erya, and the prince Li Chengqian, Xiangcheng, and the two princesses of Changle, as well as Cheng Chumo, who went to the martial arts to collect debts.
As soon as he saw Wu Yuanqing, Cheng Chumo pounced on him and gave him a big warm hug.
"Hey, what are you doing, you give me a start" Wu Yuanqing broke free from Cheng Chumo's bear hug with all his might, and roared with an unswerving face: "You kid is sick, I don't have a habit of breaking sleeves, Longyang is good, if you bend it, you will give me as far as you can go."
was pointed at by Wu Yuanqing and yelled, Cheng Chumo was not unhappy at all, but held Wu Yuanqing's hand with excitement and said: "Thank you, thank you so much, I don't thank you for your kindness, I won't say more, you will be my Cheng Chumo's brother in the future, closer than my own brother." ”
"When did this guy get sick, he will recognize his brother when he catches someone" Wu Yuanqing looked at his younger brother Wu Yuanshuang and asked.
Because Cheng Chumo grabbed Wu Yuanqing's hand and shook it vigorously, Wu Yuanqing's body and face were trembling, making his current facial expression extremely distorted and funny.
The onlookers were giggling and laughing.
Wu Yuanshuang was scared by his own boss, although he wanted to laugh very much, but he didn't dare to laugh, and when he heard the boss ask, he could only smile and replied: "No, he is just too happy, I want to thank you so much, big brother."
"Thank me? Why do you thank me?" asked Wu Yuanqing puzzled.
Li Chengqian smiled and relieved Wu Yuanqing's doubts: "Since I listened to your words last time, Chu Mo didn't let Aunt Cheng put sugar when she drank the medicine when she went back, and after persisting for so many days, Aunt Cheng's body has improved greatly, her cough is less, and her phlegm has been significantly reduced." Right, be silent".
Cheng Chumo nodded excitedly: "Yes, yes, my mother said that her breathing is much smoother than before, and she can walk around without help for the past two days." The doctors who invited them all said that it would not take long to recover."
"Hehe, that's because my aunt is not seriously ill, and the medicine prescribed by the doctor is good, why do you thank me" Wu Yuanqing didn't want to take credit, he felt that he just made a suggestion not to put sugar when drinking medicine, and it was not a big deal.
Who knew that Cheng Chumo shook his head like a rattle and said, "No, what you said is not right." My mother has been sick since the beginning of the year, and she has never been better, from the occasional cough at the beginning to the more and more serious bedridden, and those doctors are helpless, and their words will inadvertently reveal that my mother's time is short. It was you, it was your words that made my mother get better, and it was you who saved my mother's life. Wu Yuanqing, I thank you for saving my mother, but unfortunately my father has returned to Luzhou half a month ago to continue to suppress the rebellion of the bureaucrats, otherwise he would definitely come to thank you in person."
Speaking of his father Cheng Biting Jin not being able to thank him in person, Cheng Chumo felt very rude and ashamed.
Hearing this, Wu Yuanqing secretly couldn't help pouting and thanked him? I don't know if your dad wants to kill me. (To be continued.) )