Chapter 82 [The Power That Was Hidden at the Time]

This is actually a matter of ecological balance, only a stable food chain structure can be maintained for a long time, and only in this way can ladybugs stay in the wheat field for a long time, help people guard the wheat, and realize the idea of Li Qingshan's complete automatic removal of aphids. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the short term, although the effect is amazing, but after a long time, the number of aphids will rebound, but the ladybugs have already escaped, and the effect of treating aphids is not good.

With such an explanation, Gu Dazhu understood a little: "In this way, there will be no aphid plague in the future, because there are more aphids, and there will be more ladybugs, and if there are fewer aphids, ladybugs will fly away a little, and they will become fewer...... Anyway, as many aphids there are, there are as many ladybugs as there are. ”

Speaking of this, the old patriarch suddenly sighed: "This is really, really...... Lord Li, Gu doesn't know how to describe it. ”

Li Qingshan said with a smile: "This truth, in fact, I have already written it into the book "Aphid Treatment" compiled by Miss Chen, this part is still focused on at a large time, Uncle Gu should really take a good look at it." ”

Gu Dazhu immediately nodded and said that he should take a good look at it, and strive to eat the theoretical knowledge thoroughly, but Huang Laoxie next to him sighed: "The girl of the Chen family also has a vision, she has tinkered with such a book, not only for the benefit of the township, but also for the reward of the imperial court, or the holy decree, this kind of thing is really unprecedented......

Gu Dazhu also felt the same way, and Huang Laoxi's sigh was of course for a reason.

Although Shinong is the stone people of the country, the status of merchants in ancient times has not been high. The ruling class has always paid little attention to this group. It's good that there is no suppression. Because they prefer the common people to go to farming. The more people farming, the more stable and manageable the society will be.

Huang Laoxie has been a village leader all his life, from the Western Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and then from the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the current Great Sui, he has never seen such a thing of issuing a holy decree to reward businessmen, and this time it can be regarded as an eye-opener.

Chen Ruolan was holding Tang'er's hand, quietly listening to Li Qingshan explain to Gu Dazhu and them seriously, she had already heard that knowledge. I've even written and sorted it out, but when I hear it again, I still sigh.

Hearing Huang Laoxie talk about herself, the girl smiled modestly: "Ruolan is all stained with Li this time...... The light of the lord, otherwise, how can I enjoy such an honor for a merchant who does business all day long? ”

"Miss Chen, don't be humble, your efforts this time are not less than mine, this reward...... You deserve it. Li Qingshan turned his head to look at her perfect side face. I couldn't help but say something.

This is not polite, because in Li Qingshan's opinion. Chen Ruolan's performance this time was also perfect.

She immediately made a decision, as soon as she saw that the ladybug's method was indeed wonderful, she immediately sorted out the relevant information as quickly as possible, paid out of her own pocket to find someone to engrave, print, and assemble the line, and paid Zizi into a book, and gave full play to her channel resources all over the country, and quickly sent the printed books to various disaster areas, even those states and counties that have not yet had an aphid disaster.

At that time, after the book was printed, Li Qingshan was the first to pass the purpose, because he was responsible for checking, mainly checking the two core parts of the operation rules and principle description of pest control. After reading it, I have to say that this book far exceeded his expectations, Chen Ruolan did not ignore the quality of the book while rushing to race against the aphid, I really don't know how this woman did it.

She must have put a lot of effort into this. Not to mention anything else, but with such speed that her book was printed and on the way before the government had time to react.

This small book called "Aphid Treatment" is detailed and detailed, easy to understand, what to do at each step, what tools to prepare, the key points of catching ladybugs, the precautions for delivery, and the protection measures in the later stage, all of which are written clearly.

Chen Ruolan even found someone to carve the appearance of a seven-star ladybug, which was truly illustrated and written. As long as the literate people can basically understand it, and the results of the insect plague fight in Yellow Ant Village and Gujia Village are also attached to the book, which greatly increases the persuasiveness of this book.

Later things can be imagined, this "Aphid Treatment" once it came out, it was frantically sought after by farmers all over the world, the seven-star ladybug, which was disliked in the past, the stinky turtle, suddenly turned into an auspicious sky, Li Qingshan's method of treating aphids with scoops, it became a household name overnight.

Officials in various places had a headache about the aphid plague, for fear that they would not be able to deal with the disaster effectively, and the higher authorities would blame it, but they did not expect that such a method would suddenly appear among the people to curb the aphid plague, and they were also ecstatic and vigorously followed up. With the help of local governments, this method has become more popular.

The result did not disappoint them, this peculiar method almost saved half of the empire's wheat, and from then on, the problem of aphids, which caused a great headache for thousands of farmers, was finally no longer terrible.

Officials in various localities were frightened by others, and they reported the brilliant achievements of their own disaster resistance one by one, and they all mentioned the same book, that is, "The Record of the Treatment of Aphids" -- if this book was not written, the whole thing would immediately become groundless and unconvincing.

The court was full of human spirits, and they obviously felt the thick weight of this book, so as soon as Yang Jian said in the early court that he would reward the compiler of this book, he immediately ushered in a voice of approval.

It can be said that although Li Qingshan came up with the method to fight the aphid plague this time, Chen Ruolan also played a vital role, and in a certain sense, her role is even no less than that of Li Qingshan.

Therefore, Li Qingshan's words are from the heart, not polite.

She is obviously a woman with brains and abilities, and she should also have a good heart, and her enthusiasm for the aphid plague is far greater than anyone Li Qingshan knows. If Huang Laoxi's enthusiasm is based on thinking about the villagers of Yellow Ant Village, then Chen Ruolan obviously thinks more long-term.

And her style of doing things Li Qingshan also likes it very much, and even secretly studies to be able to do this big thing with her. Li Qingshan actually learned a lot.

He likes the chemistry that works together. Enjoy this sense of accomplishment that one plus one is greater than two. In the process, I finally realized the sense of integration that is gradually in line with this era.

This sense of integration comes from Father Yang Yang Daxuan, from Huang Laoxie Zhang Erleng, from Lao Tiezhu's father and son, and from Yellow Ant Village, because their joys and sorrows are gradually becoming the same.

Of course, a large part of this sense of integration also comes from his professional rewards. No pesticides. There are no sex hormones, no various high-tech insecticidal methods, just relying on the meager knowledge of insects that later generations have learned, it can still help people kill pests on a large scale and save crops in the field in this era.

This gave Li Qingshan a huge sense of accomplishment and a deep sense of integration.

These two feelings reached their peak after receiving the knighthood, so he suddenly had so many feelings.

At this time, the excitement of the holy decree knighthood has passed, and the drama of the four fingers of judgment has also come to an end, and the onlookers gradually dispersed.

A group of people stood at the door of the Majia iron shop and chatted happily for a while. Gu Dazhu said goodbye to Li Qingshan and took the villagers back to the village. Huang Laoxie couldn't wait to run back with Lao Tiezhu and them all the way, wanting to bring the heavy news of the whole village being tax-free for one year and Li Qingshan's knighthood back to Yellow Ant Village as soon as possible, so that everyone could receive this joy as soon as possible.

Xiao Liuzi ran over from the liquor shop and called the two sisters, as if something was wrong with the shop, and the blacksmith Ma, who had been watching for a long time, finally seized the opportunity and pulled Li Qingshan into the blacksmith again.

He asked Ah Xing to guard in the front bunk, lifted the curtain himself, and led Li Qingshan into the back room.

The back room is about the same size as the front bunk, with two beds, a low table, a one-person high wooden cabinet, and two homemade wooden stools. There are a few brand-new utensils stacked in the corner, presumably freshly made, and the guests have not yet had time to take them, so they are temporarily stored here.

There is also a small door in the back room, and it is a small road to go out, and Ah Xing went out from this back door to kill Gujia Village to report the news.

There were a lot of people just now, and the blacksmith Ma didn't dare to thank this baby in person, but at this time, he couldn't help it anymore, his knees were weak, and the man in his forties was about to kneel down for Li Qingshan, but fortunately, Li Qingshan had already prepared, so he helped him.

It was Lord Li who opened his mouth, and Li Qingshan frowned slightly when he heard it: "Uncle Ma, Lord or something, just let others shout, you still call me Qingwazi, otherwise I will listen awkward!" ”

Seeing that he insisted on doing so, the blacksmith Ma also obeyed his wishes, and now he was grateful for a thousand thanks, not only for himself, but also for Ah Xing.

Li Qingshan was also curious about his private coinage, and he didn't dare to ask just now, but there was no one else around at this time, so after thinking about it, he finally asked.

Today's events can be said to be all because of private casting, so this is a topic that cannot be bypassed.

The blacksmith looked ashamed, but after all, he hesitated for a while, after all, the stakes were high. Later, thinking that even his own life was saved by Li Qingshan, what other worries do you have? Even nodded in acknowledgement.

Although Li Qingshan had already been mentally prepared, he was still a little surprised when he heard him admit it at this time, and after thinking about it, he asked again: "Uncle Ma, those officials came in to search, why couldn't they find anything?" ”

Blacksmith Ma had a look of luck on his face, and said with a smile: "It's also their bad luck, before you and Da Xuan entered my shop, the batch of coins minted today had just been transferred, and they naturally couldn't find any of them." ”

"I see!" Li Qingshan suddenly remembered something again, "But at that time, Four Fingers wanted to rush into the back room, and you tried desperately to stop him, what was the reason?" I don't think there's anything worth protecting. ”

"I can't hide anything from you," said the blacksmith as he walked over to the wooden cabinet, "...... At that time, although the coins were gone, there was a money model in the back room that had not yet had time to be put away, and if this thing fell into the hands of Four Fingers...... It's not good. ”

"Qian Fan?" Li Qingshan was a little puzzled for a while, "What is Qian Fan?" ”

The blacksmith smiled: "It's a mold, a mold used to cast money...... I'll show you, you wait. ”

As he spoke, he moved the wooden cabinet to the side, groping with his hands on the wall for a while, not knowing which switch he had touched, and pushing hard, a large piece of the originally smooth brick wall in the middle was actually pushed by him to turn it over left and right, revealing a dark room.

Seeing that Li Qingshan's face was shocked, Blacksmith Ma smiled and said, "I deliberately reserved the secret compartments found by those officials. It is used to hide people's eyes. Easy to find. But ordinary people in this dark room can't find it. Except for me and Ah Xing, I'm afraid that there is no third person in the world...... If Uncle Ma doesn't even have this ability, how dare he do something private? ”

Although his tone was calm, there was a faint sense of confidence, a kind of craftsman's confidence, a transcendent confidence in his own skills.

Also, this is a guy who can make counterfeit money, how can he come out and mix without any housekeeping skills? Although ancient coins have few awesome anti-counterfeiting measures. But it is not easy to make counterfeit money on your own.

At this time, Li Qingshan figured out why the blacksmith was not worried at all when Du Zhongfang brought people in to search.

Before that, Gu San asked Ah Xing to go to Gujia Village to call people, Ah Xing walked out of the back door of the back room, and when he passed through the back room, he must have put Qian Fan into the dark room. Later, someone was called, and everyone's attention was focused on reading the holy decree, and Ah Xing must have told Blacksmith Ma about this matter as soon as possible, so Blacksmith Ma was not worried about the official sending in to search.

Wait until he understands this. The blacksmith had carefully removed a stone mold from the dark room.

The stone mold was about half a meter long and about one-third as wide. Less than a finger thick, from the outside, it looks like two stones of similar size, tightly fitted.

The blacksmith put the stone mold on the low table, and with a slight break in his hand, the stone mold was divided into two, and the mold inside was immediately visible.

There is a gate at the top of the stone mold, there is a dent at the gate, like the trunk of a big tree, with the "trunk" gradually divided into three branches, each branch has more than a dozen copper coin molds, from the composition, like a cash cow.

It seems that this is the ancient folk money-making mold, which is what the horse blacksmith called "money fan".

"I carved this money model for half a month, and I originally planned to mint 50 coins each time, but then two coins were not engraved, so I could only mint 48 coins each time." Seeing that Li Qingshan seemed to be interested, Blacksmith Ma briefly introduced, "...... This is the gate from which the molten copper is poured in, and then flows down from these three branches into the mold, where it cools and then takes shape. ”

Hearing that this Qian Fan was actually carved by himself, Li Qingshan admired it again in his heart, but after thinking about it again, he felt that it was normal, this kind of secret thing, of course, he could only do it himself.

I can't find a craftsman and say, "Hey, help me carve a money model, I'll use it for private casting......

He suddenly thought of something again, and asked again: "Uncle Ma, didn't you just say that all the coins minted today have been transferred, so what happened to those copper coins that they found on your body?" ”

Alas, speaking of this, the horse blacksmith was depressed again.

It turns out that the temperature of the copper liquid is extremely high, and if this money fan is used too frequently, it will slowly wear out. In order to ensure the quality of each batch of private coins, after each minting, he will take out ten private coins by sampling, and then compare them with ten official coins.

It's just that today's ten private coins were forgotten, and they have been put in their pockets after the comparison, which is not a big deal.

The tall man was like a god in judging the case, not to mention that there was Du Zhongfang's old fox staring, and the blacksmith Ma was suddenly searched for coins, and he was in a state of confusion for a while.

If it weren't for Li Qingshan's improvisation at that time and the timely shift of the audience's attention to him, I was afraid that the matter of private casting would definitely be interrogated, and at that time, the lives of Ma Blacksmith and Ah Xing would have to be involved.

Although the profits of private casting are amazing, the sentence is extremely heavy, thinking of this, the blacksmith Ma is afraid for a while.

Li Qingshan pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but say: "Uncle Ma, if you are short of money, you can tell me that I have been fishing and selling bricks recently, and I have saved some money. ”

"Qingwazi, Uncle Ma is not just running for money...... blacksmith Ma said and sighed, "Now that it's such a fuss, I'm afraid I won't be able to make a living in the future." If you continue to take risks, if you are caught, I am afraid that even you will be settled by the autumn queen. I think they'll understand......"

Li Qingshan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "...... them Who is it? ”

Blacksmith Ma fell silent for a moment, as if he was considering whether to tell Li Qingshan.

Thinking of the sentence "Uncle Ma can handle it" when Blacksmith Ma persuaded himself and Yang Daxuan to leave at that time, Li Qingshan suddenly thought of a certain possibility, and asked at the moment: "Uncle Ma, is your shop secretly protected by 'their' people on weekdays, so you didn't want me and my eldest brother to interfere in this matter at that time?" ”

Blacksmith shook his head and said, "Not really. It's just that they had just shipped the coins out of the shop, and according to the procedure, they still need to come back and check the number with me again. Originally, I was going to wait for you to leave, and they checked the numbers, and then they left, but who knew that the four fingers brought people up again at that time. ”

Blacksmith Ma thought about it for a moment, and then continued: "...... Later, they also saw that the four fingers were obviously coming for the private casting matter, and they wanted to make a move, but I stopped them. If they do take action, I am afraid that more incidents will arise. ”

Li Qingshan was also a little stunned for a while, according to what the blacksmith said, among the crowds of onlookers at that time, there was still a force hidden in the crowd, and today's matter is really involved! (To be continued.) )