Chapter Twenty-Three: It's Too Mysterious
To explain what 'iron' is, it's a bit difficult to be honest. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Originally, Qin Xin didn't intend to explain. It also seems like a good opportunity, though.
If Zheng Qing can know the existence of 'iron' now, then when he studies iron smelting in the future, there will be one more person who supports him.
"'Iron', like copper, is smelted."
Qin Xin explained as he walked, of course, the explanations now are all very simple things. Even if the people here listened, they still wouldn't know how to make iron.
Qin Xin just made the matter of taking out the iron a regular thing, so as not to let the people here think that it was an artifact or something.
In addition, Qin Xin also deliberately said that the difficulty of iron-making was very high, thus breaking other people's thoughts about iron-making.
Therefore, after listening to Qin Xin's explanation, Zheng Qing felt a little pity.
"It would be nice if everyone here had an iron like this now. With this kind of weapon, it is definitely possible to double the efficiency of farming. ”
Zheng Qing: "Uncle, then this ......" Zheng Qing wanted to ask how he came. Because Zheng Qing remembered that when Qin Xin came, he was obviously unarmed. Even the change of clothes on his body was temporarily purchased by him from ordinary people.
However, Qin Xin just looked at Zheng Qing. Zheng Qing knew that there must be a reason for this, and he didn't want to continue to ask. Otherwise, it is easy to commit taboos.
But after this, Zheng Qing suddenly felt that his uncle was a little mysterious.
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When Qin Xin and Zheng Qing finished talking, the curious people over there had already passed the two shovels all over the place.
Zheng Li got the shovel and tried to shovel it many times, just like an immortal martial artist who had obtained the supreme divine weapon, and he was so excited that he dug potholes on both sides of the road.
However, it is true that compared with wood and stone, the shovel is not only tough and not afraid of damage, but also, mechanically speaking, because the blade is thinner, it is more labor-saving than the first two when breaking the soil.
"Don't look there, let's go to Daejeon first."
When Zheng Qing saw it, he said that when the others heard it, they couldn't wait to find a real field to try immediately.
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Soon, everyone came to a paddy field.
When those young and ignorant people still thought that even the shovel was fun and couldn't put it down, Qin Xin's side also told Zheng Qing and Zheng Li about his intentions one by one. Zheng Hai, on the other hand, was curiously listening in front of him.
"Here, I want to dig a big hole."
"Here, and here, I want to dig four ditches. Wide, about that wide. Deep, probably that deep. ”
"There is also the periphery of the ridge, which is also dug around the ridge."
After Zheng Hai listened to Qin Xin's words, he was also curious and asked Qin Xin.
"Uncle, what are you digging so many pits and ditches for?"
"Fish farming."
"Uh......"
"Except for these potholes and ditches, you can help me tidy up the other places according to the way of rice fields. Questions? ”
Naturally, there are a lot of questions, but Qin Xin will definitely not explain them to them.
After a while, more than 20 people were in action. Qin Xin also took off his clothes, wearing only a pair of cropped pants and a short-sleeved T-shirt that he had bought from Taobao Free Trial, and then went down to the field to work together.
At the beginning, seeing Qin Xin untie his belt and want to go down to the field, Zheng Qing still wanted to stop Qin Xin, but when he saw the strange set of clothes that Qin Xin was wearing at the inside, he was quickly stunned again.
It stands to reason that Zheng Qing knows Qin Xin the best, he didn't make such clothes for Qin Xin at all, why did Qin Xin have it?
Qin Xin didn't care, because the clothes on his body were not some kind of demons and monsters, they could all be seen and touched, but probably, Zheng Qing didn't dare to go too far and directly came up to touch the material of Qin Xin's clothes. I can only stare and watch, and the doubts in my heart are getting bigger and bigger. Qin Xin undoubtedly became more mysterious in his eyes.
Work started at about seven o'clock in the morning, and at noon, Zheng Li's family specially sent food. It's nothing more than millet and bean bibimbap, plus some meat sauce made last year. And this meat sauce was probably deliberately prepared because Qin Xin was there.
The family had a simple lunch in the shade of the tree, and the warm breeze gently brushed their faces.
Qin Xin rested his hands on his head, lay on the grass under the tree, and took a nap gently. When the break was almost over, the afternoon work continued.
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Qin Xin didn't take too much of the field for experiments, probably, it was only one acre of land in this era, and one-third of the acres in later generations.
So more than 20 people did it, and the speed was still very fast. In just one day, it was almost complete. It is estimated that it will take less than half a day, and basically, this piece of land can be sorted out.
After returning to Zheng's house in the evening, Qin Xin also began to think about the next move-that is, to raise seedlings.
In this era, due to low productivity, there is no such thing as pre-seedling rearing. Everybody grows rice or other fine-grained grains, it's as simple as tidying up the ground and then spreading the seeds directly into the ground. The advantage is that it saves time and effort. However, there are many disadvantages, such as uneven distribution, inconsistent distribution of seeds into the soil, more cluster seeds, and low seedling rate.
Originally, Qin Xin didn't want to waste so much time, so he just spread it, but then he thought about it, since he wanted to do it, then he naturally had to do his best, if he dealt with it casually, then what was the difference between it and giving up halfway.
It's just that......
It was precisely for this reason that Qin Xin was a little entangled. Because the 100 punpei that Zheng He gave him has been used up, and now there is only one pun left, and if you want to buy a seedling tray, you don't have 50 pun, and you don't have to worry about it.
Originally, Qin Xin would not have done anything about being a thief, but now there is no way.
After Zheng He's death, all the property was transferred to Meng Zheng's side, and Meng Zheng has not come back now, time waits for no one, so let's use it.
So it didn't take long for Zheng Qing to see Qin Xin in a utility room in the east wing, and saw dozens of rice trays, how did these things come about, which once again made Zheng Qing feel that his uncle was really a little too mysterious.
In the first few days, the seeds have not yet germinated, so Zheng Qing can only see trays of soil, but after a while, he can see green rice seedlings growing in the trays.
Several stepmothers also came to see Qin Xin when he was doing this, and probably knew what Qin Xin was doing. However, as to why Qin Xin did this, he should just be a little curious. Anyway, they probably didn't think Qin Xin was serious, and they probably thought it was just a game.
Not long after, Meng Zheng also came back from Shangcai. This time, the 'National People's Congress' seems to have talked about a lot of issues. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come back so late.
"What did you say?"
In the evening, Qin Xin asked Meng Zheng.
And Meng Zheng also told Qin Xin the general content.
First, encourage childbearing. For example, in this era, it is said that the age of fifteen is adulthood, but before the age of fifteen, for example, there are not a few people who get married at the age of twelve or thirteen. Therefore, this time, the 'National People's Congress' proposed to encourage everyone to advance the time of marriage. In Qin Xin's opinion, this is undoubtedly an extremely irrational approach. You must know that having sex and giving birth to children so early, at this time, the physical development of many little Loli is not fully mature, and the probability of problems is very high. But perhaps, this is also the urgency and need of this era.
Second, focus on business development. The fiefs of all secretaries and doctors should vigorously develop commerce. Especially Cai Guo, the location is precisely the center of the world, and people from all over the world have to pass through here for business. It's time to see the opportunity and take advantage of businessmen from other countries. But perhaps it is the limitation of this era, these people are discussing how to increase the commercial tax and set up more tax collection points, rather than providing corresponding supporting services, so as to earn greater profits. After listening to Meng Zheng's words, Qin Xin shook his head, learned from Guan Zhong, opened a brothel, and let those businessmen who were suffering on the road find a place to vent, and they didn't make a lot of money.
Of course, Qin Xin was just thinking about it. After all, opening a brothel is a bit immoral no matter how you think about it. Moreover, such a disgraceful and immoral thing is not the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period at this time. Probably, it's hard to work either. In this day and age, it feels like watching a dance or listening to a song may lead to a crime. This has to wait for the etiquette and conquest to come out from the princes, and the resistance will probably not be so great. But...... It's not a brothel, if it's just a foot bath and massage, is there a head?
And there is a third ......
Fourth......
Fifth......
After Qin Xin finished asking Meng Zheng's question and complaining about the various shortcomings of this era. On Meng Zheng's side, it was her turn to ask Qin Xin questions next.
"What about the husband, what has the husband done recently?"
Meng Zheng said curiously, with great interest, as if waiting for Qin Xin to surrender himself. Obviously, Zheng Qing had already told Meng Zheng all the mysteries of Qin Xin these days. Now, Meng Zheng also wants to know what his husband has done these days.
For example, where did the two iron rakes come from, for example, where did they buy those fancy clothes, and why did you dig a pit in the field, husband, do you really want to grow rice, how do you feel more like digging a pond?