Chapter 744: Reversal of the Situation (I)

Silent answer. It was a few pots of plants on his windowsill, and when he asked Sanchi to move to the hall, Ruan Bi and the others lit up and said, "Ma Lan!" ”

Pan Shigong and the others also whispered: "Daqing ......" Of course they know this tall plant, and they can find its traces on the slopes and roadsides in the mountainous areas of southern Gansu.

"This Daqing is also called Ma Lan." Silently smiling, he said to Panshi: "It is the best material for making indigo." ”

"That's exactly what your lord said." Ruan Bi said with a smile: "Ma Lan can grow up to three feet away, the leaves are dense and thick, the output is higher than that of low woad and indigo, and the material time is shorter than that of woody indigo, so it is the best material for making indigo." ”

"And the quality of indigo extracted from horse blue is significantly better than other species, and it is our favorite material." Wei Ming, the new leader with a jade wrench, also echoed: "Ma Lan has to grow in a sunny and well-ventilated environment. Our mountainous area in southern Gannan just meets these two conditions, and after careful investigation by adults, we found that the soil here is also very suitable for the growth of Ma Lan, and it has all the conditions for large-scale planting. ”

Listening to a few of them excitedly, the old man was unmoved, until they finished speaking, Panshi Gong pointed to the plant in the pot and said, "Don't say so much, we just want to ask about transporting things to ...... Wuhu, you have to talk about half a month, right? Fewer words"

"It's about twenty days." Ruan Bi nodded and smiled.

"Twenty days?" I was deflated when I got old. Pan Shigong pointed to his blue linen coat depressedly, and said: "We will also use Daqing to dye cloth, although we can't compare with you, but the principle is very similar, we have to take advantage of the freshness of Daqing Ye to make juice, right?" Shaozi is waiting for you to transport the big green leaves back to Wuhu, and it should be rotten if it doesn't dry out, how can you use it? ”

Shen Mo and Ruan Bi looked at each other and smiled, and the latter smiled and said, "Shi Gong is so knowledgeable, but our method of taking indigo is still slightly different." As he spoke, he said to Wei Ming: "You explain it to Shi Gong." ”

Seeing this, Pan Shigong also said to the next middle-aged man with a bun: "Qianqilang, you tell the guests, how do we dye the cloth?" ”

Wei Ming said: "When the leaves are picked back, the first step is 'net selection and cleaning', this step is the same, we are all transporting the fresh leaves together and pouring them out, removing weeds and miscellaneous leaves, and then washing the gray tips and sediment. ”

"Well, it's the same with this one." Chishichiro nodded and said, "Then we will put the linen cloth of the primary color and the washed leaves in the pool and rub them together with our feet; There are also particular, first knead out the juice of the big green leaves, and then soak the linen cloth in it to dye ......" thought about it and said: "Then add some plant ash, dye it quickly and ......" The last word "good" was interrupted by the cough of the old people.

Chishichiro was puzzled: "Isn't what we said wrong?" ”。

"Yes, that's right." She Lao on the side glared at him and whispered, "Who told you to say so fine?" ”

"No one won't let me say it so finely?" Chishichiro said.

"Shut up, you." The people on the left and right glared at him in unison.

"Shut up," Qianqilang said angrily: "Let's talk again is raised by the little lady." ”

After a hiccup. Pan Shigong was a little embarrassed and said to Wei Ming: "Let's ask President Wei to speak." ”

Wei Ming smiled understandingly: "This method of making indigo on the spot is simple and desirable, but the limitation of this method is that it is only suitable for the blue grass harvest season, and the dyeing liquid cannot be stored and transported, so the reduction dyeing method has been invented outside the mountain to overcome these troubles." He smiled at that Qianqilang: "We are pouring the washed leaves into the cellar to ferment for a few days," Wei Ming deliberately reciprocated the peach, and said in detail: "Then take out the leaf material, add lime and stir well, foam twice, and then let it slowly settle...... This is called indigo, and it produces a blue indigo solution. ”

"And then?" Chishichiro was so dazzled that he immediately forgot about the unpleasantness and asked repeatedly.

"Then introduce the qualified indigo liquid into the sedimentation tank, and after a few days of precipitation, put the upper layer of water, you will get a concentrated indigo paste, and after water flying and drying, you can get the final product. It is not a problem to leave the barrel for a year or two after filling. Wei Ming's answer sounded very detailed, but he understated the two most critical steps, which not only made the other party feel their sincerity, but also did not reveal a single secret.

The excellent performance made Shen Mo nod his head, and smiled at Ruan Bi: "No wonder Shi Gong boldly let go, it turns out that there is such an excellent successor." ”

Ruan Bi also smiled with relief: "I still need to practice, so it's early." ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After Wei Ming's patient explanation, the old people finally understood that through technical means, indigo can be turned into some solid objects, and then canned and transported.

"I'm not afraid of a long transportation time," Wei Ming said with a smile: "And after this purification, the final dried indigo is extremely effective, and two catties can be exchanged for a pool, so it is very valuable." ”

"That'...... How much is it worth? Pan Shi Gong pressed the thumping heartbeat, and asked in a trembling voice.

Wei Ming looked at Ruan Bi and saw that he nodded imperceptibly, before he said in a deep voice: "The purchase price of three hundred catties and a barrel is twenty taels of silver." ”

The old people were in an uproar, and some of them couldn't calculate the account, so they said dizzily: "One tael of silver is a thousand dollars, and twenty taels is twenty thousand ......."

"It's 20,000 dollars." Pan Shi Gong suddenly felt faceless and said: "I can't even settle an account." "How much can you buy for 20,000 dollars? You can buy five stones of fine white rice, which is enough for a family of five to eat for half a year! If this can really be done, why worry about eating?

But he was an old man after all, so he quickly calmed down and said, "How many big greens do you need to plant before you can propose a bucket of indigo?" ”

Wei Ming's profession is very good, and he replied without thinking: "Take thirty catties of net leaves and twelve catties of lime, and mix them into one ingredient." Four ingredients can be made into a load of indigo paste, and after the water flies dry, the amount will be removed by seventy percent...... So it's four catties of net leaves out of one catty of indigo. ”

"A bucket of 300 catties, you need 1,200 catties of net leaves, and 480 catties of lime......" Panshi Gong is no problem, and said slowly: "Lime is not a problem, there is a mine in Xinfeng County in the north, you must use selected high-grade lime, a load of silver needs one or two silver, not counting labor, lime alone costs four taels or eight dollars, which is only seven percent," paused, he said to Wei Ming: "The last question, how many catties of net leaves can be produced from an acre of land?" "In the past, it was just for my own use, and it was enough to go up the mountain to pick it, and I never planted this. But if you really want to cooperate, you have to grow it yourself to be able to use it, so it is necessary to understand this.

"Say it's high-yielding, and it's here." Wei Ming said with a smile: "Ordinary bluegrass can only be harvested twice a year, but if it is planted in winter, it can be harvested three times a year, and the 'fetal leaves' can be harvested in early summer." Picking 'excellent leaves' in autumn and 'knife leaves' in winter, one acre of land can pick six or seven hundred catties per year. After a pause, he said: "And this thing is only replanted once in three years, so if you take crop rotation, it will not be a problem for a family to plant ten acres." ”

"How can there be so much land...... Pan Shigong couldn't help but shake his head and said: "If you still want to grow grain, three or five acres of a family can do it." ”

Wei Ming nodded, didn't say anything more, let everything be left to time, as long as Ma Lan is successfully planted and exchanged for real money, I don't believe who is willing to grow food.

Calculate and calculate. Panshi Gong felt that it was very profitable, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence and say: "Who will pay for the freight?" ”

As soon as he asked this question, Shen Mo, Ruan Bi and the others all breathed a sigh of relief, and said in their hearts--It's done.

"We went to the mountains to collect it, and of course we paid for the freight." Ruan Bi smiled enthusiastically: "Don't worry, brother, our Hui businessmen pay attention to benevolence and righteousness, only do mutually beneficial transactions, and will never fool people." This is a beautiful thing to say, in fact, this kind of high-priced, easy-to-transport and invulnerable goods, the freight is almost negligible, folded into each barrel, but only one or two taels of silver...... This is still on the premise of taking into account the damage and loss.

"In that case...... Pan Shi Gong already knew in his heart, so he looked at the first few people and said, "What other questions do you have?" ”

Several of the elders looked at each other, and one of them asked, "What about ...... Will you give back the promised food? ”

Hearing this question, Panshi Gong's old face turned red and glared at him fiercely, which means that you can't live if you don't embarrass us mountain people?

"Hehe......" Shen Mo smiled and said: "Of course you have to give it, one yard to one yard." He said to Panshi fairly: "These grains are enough for the winter, and if you open a stallion next year, the elders will continue to provide rations until they successfully produce indigo, relieving everyone's worries." ”

"Yes...... "A group of She Lao are completely moved, if this is the case, then try it, of course it will be rich, if it is not successful, it will be carried by Huizhou businessmen, and it will be planted again next year.

Seeing that everyone began to sit still, Pan Shigong coughed again and again, reminding them not to forget his instructions. After letting the old people regain their hold, Panshi Gong cleared his throat and said: "Lord Jinglue, Changgong, and Mr. Wei, I have already felt your sincerity, of course, I have to answer your ...... sincerely" He patted his chest and said: "I am very interested in your proposal. His gaze swept over the old man and said, "But it's not for me to decide alone." ”

"We all agreed to ......," the five old shes said.

Panshi almost didn't sit on the ground, he could make these unproductive guys angry today, and said angrily: "It's not up to you to decide!" After speaking, he took a few deep breaths and said, "It's a gaffe." Gaffe......"

"I know what you mean." Silent but empathetic: "This is related to everyone's livelihood, of course, it should be decided by the villagers themselves." ”

"Yes...... Pan Shigong smiled gratefully, "I have to go back and ask for the opinions of the whole clan; They, and the people on the outside, too, can't make their own decisions. Saying Zhengse, he said: "Otherwise, you will betray the interests of the clan township!" ”

As soon as this big hat is buttoned, no one dares to talk more, and no one dares to be involved with this kind of crime.

"Of course." nodded approvingly and asked Ruan Bi, "Does the eldest prince have anything to add?" ”

"There's only one." Ruan Bi smiled at Shen Mo first, and then said to Panshi fairly: "Please allow my people to go to your cottage with you, there may be some things that they need to help explain, and they can also take a field trip to see how much land each village can have for horse farming." ”

"As it should be." Pan Shi Gong nodded and said, "Let's go with us." ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Initial negotiations went well, and the silent reward began to be allocated. In the afternoon of the same day, she Lao left Longnan with the grain transportation team, but because the county stock of grain was insufficient, there were still some people who needed to stay for a few more days, so as to wait for Lord Jinglu to transfer grain and grass from the barracks.

However, compared with the initial anxiety, the old people who have not left can also put their hearts in their stomachs, after all, there are ruts in front of the car and behind them, and since someone has received it, they have nothing to worry about. And there is enough good wine and good food in the post house, just let go and eat and drink.

But they don't know that the haze of disaster is gradually looming......

It is said that Liu Xian and others adopted Shen Mingchen's strategy to bluff with one move and kill two birds with one stone, not only achieving the first victory in suppressing bandits, but also making the internal response of those traitors visible.

According to Liu Xian's meaning, of course, these people were immediately pulled out and their bodies were broken into thousands of pieces. But this matter is not his responsibility, but the scope of Jinyiwei's work. As a result, after keeping an eye on those suspects for several days, Xu kept an eye on them a little more closely and let them run away.

The explanation given by Jin Yiwei for this inaction is that he is worried that the evidence will not be sufficient to convict, so he is still collecting evidence.

Liu Xian laughed at the time, when did Jin Yiwei also talk about the evidence? That's really like being an official talking about honesty, and the old pervert talks about abstinence, and he's a ghost.

Judging from the documents declassified decades later, Jin Yiwei meant that through coercion and inducement, soft and hard, these people obediently agreed to be undercover agents of the government, became double agents, and then calculated traitors in turn.

But Zhu Wu and the others seemed to see the problem too simply, and as a result, one of them did not pay attention and let the family escape. He also brought Lai Qinggui and Luan Bin the exact news in the city - one was that Li Zhen was arrested, and the other was that more than 30 She clan elders went to the city to hold the stinky feet of the government, and climbed the city tower with Lord Jingluo to watch the prisoner sacrifice ceremony.

"A bunch of wallgrass!" Hearing that some She people fell to the government so soon, Lai Qinggui was shocked and angry, he knew that if the government pulled all the mountain people over, then no matter how big Gannan was, there would be no place for him: "Are you going to be a Shunmin so soon?!" Talking about a few cases, he was extremely indignant: "Who are we revolting for?" Isn't it to drive the Han people out of southern Gan, so that our mountain people will no longer be bullied! Although he categorically did not have such an idea at the time of the incident, in order to pull the team and attract the enthusiastic young people over the years, he repeatedly preached like this, and finally even believed it himself, thinking that he was doing a very noble thing.

"In these years, what is there to be sincere?" The one who came to report the news, one of them was the head catcher in the county, and said with a dark face: "If you have milk, you are a mother, and whoever gives more benefits will go with whom." ”

There is also the ambassador of the warehouse of Longnan County, who also said: "Saying that something else is false, but the white rice and white noodles are real, and whoever comes from the village will be rewarded with 50,000 catties of grain, and the grain depot in the county has been emptied, and grain is being transferred from the barracks." ”

"Ah......" Lai Qinggui gasped, he was stunned by the silent big hand.

"It's not okay to go on like this," Luan Bin said with a sad face: "Big dragon head, we are not afraid of the government's cannonballs, we are afraid of their silver bullets, and as soon as the news of their food spreads, the rest of the villages will definitely compete to lick the butt surnamed Shen." ”

"Think beautifully!" Lai Qinggui slapped the table heavily, knocked over the cups and bowls, and gritted his teeth and said to the ambassador of Nacang: "Do you know who is in the county? ”。

"Yes." Ambassador Cang nodded and said, "I have made a list on the table, and I will think about it later......

"Let's go!" Lai Qinggui blew his beard and glared: "Gather the brothers, take the list and ask for accounts from house to house, and if you don't spit out what you eat, just wait for me to clean them up!" ”

"The dragon's head is angry." Luan Bin hurriedly persuaded: "If people close the door and don't let us enter the surrounding house, should we fight or leave?" ”

"This ......" Lai Qinggui snorted, the enclosed houses are like independent small kingdoms, the officials and soldiers can't beat them, not to mention these bandits, if they can't be defeated and retreat in disgrace, then where will his old face go? The more I thought about it, the more depressed I became, Lai Qinggui scolded fiercely: "Don't retract your head back into a turtle shell!" ”

"Big dragon head," the ambassador who was about to leave whispered on the side: "Actually, not all the * heads are in the shell, there should be some people who have not received food, waiting in the county." ”

"Oh?" Luan Bin squinted his eyes and said, "You know this, too?" ”

"I looked at the list before leaving." Ambassador Cang whispered: "The ones with the checks above have already left, and the rest are not the ones who haven't left?" ”。

"What do you remember?" Lai Qinggui asked in a deep voice.

"Remember, there are more than twenty miles."

"I'll find two or three of them!" Lai Qinggui said in a deep voice: "Even if there are official and military guards, so many villages are scattered, they can't get out so many people, let's just concentrate our strength, eat some of them, and avenge you with one arrow!" This latter sentence is said to Luan Bin.

Luan Bin thought about it, this time the officers and soldiers have nowhere to guess, as long as they don't underestimate the enemy like last time, and choose the ambush location well, they still have a great grasp.

What's more, he also wanted to be ashamed and find this place again, muttered for a long time, and nodded fiercely: "I think it's okay." ”

partition

In order to concentrate, I will not answer questions in the book review area in the future, especially those questions full of personal opinions, this monk can't convince you, it involves the problem of three views, let's still seek common ground while reserving differences, and read books with peace of mind.

Chapter 744: Reversal of the Situation (I)

Chapter 744 Reversal of the Situation (above, to the website