Steward Lu went back to the village to recruit people, and Yang Yi beckoned to Qing Niang and asked her to bring those children over. He snatched the ethereal sword and said, "Listen up, children, today I will teach you how to pick up your bones and study hard!" ”

With a wave of his sword, he cut off a wild grape not far from its roots, briskly cut some of the sections, and then chose another branch as a graft, cut out the edge, and inserted it into the incision...... Ouyang Xiu recorded in the "Luoyang Peony Record": There is a person with the surname Dongmen, known as the gate garden, is a peony flower master, rich and noble people ask him to graft peonies, autumn flowers, and then pay to see flowers in the spring of the next year, and pick up a plant, worth 5,000 yuan.

From Ouyang Xiu's records, it can be determined that in the Song Dynasty, there were people who had mastered the grafting technology, but they regarded this technology as their own way to make money, and kept it secret, so they did not make good use of it in agriculture.

Yang Yi explained while demonstrating, and Ming'er immediately raised her own question: "Uncle, if people are cut back and forth like this, who can stand it?" ”

"Hehe, it doesn't hurt, if you don't believe it, Ming'er, try your arm......"

"Ahh Ming'er's scream was enough to make the frightened bird fall, but luckily there were no glass windows nearby, otherwise it would have to burst a large area.

Yang Daguan covered his ears, feeling that the blood vessels in his body were about to burst, and he snorted: "Ming'er, your lion's roaring kung fu is about to catch up with the charter wife, stop!" ”

"You deserve it, who let your uncle scare you?"

Yang Daguan rolled his eyes, and at the same time secretly rejoiced, it's okay! OK! This girl's voice is not so powerful, otherwise she would have to be scared of Chengyang, or sooner.

Just when Yang Yi continued to explain the grafting technology to the children, the sound of gongs suddenly sounded on Zhuangzi's side, and soon, nearly 1,000 people carried hoes and shovels and rushed out in a mess, up to the old women who had lost their teeth, and down to the little children who dragged two lines of snot, all of them swarmed together, and the scene was quite scary.

Yang Daguan was worried, feeling like he had become a rat crossing the street, he subconsciously picked up Qingniang and retreated to the fruit forest.

Sure enough, the people chased after him, Yang Daguan was holding Qingniang and was about to go up the tree, a servant tom sounded, and I don't know what to do, the old and the young all knelt down on the edge of the fruit forest, talking about something, as if a group of demons were dancing wildly, and the buzzing sound made people feel like falling into eighteen layers of hell.

After kowtowing a few heads, before Yang Daguan could react, thousands of tenant farmers rushed to the barren slope with a hula, wielding hoes and shovels, digging hard into the soil.

Yang Daguan was dumbfounded, but this method is really good, it can have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort, uh, why don't those big girls and little daughters-in-law learn?

"What are they doing?"

"Isn't it uncle, did you say let them dig up the treasure?"

"However, I didn't let Steward Lu tell them to dig treasures, how could they kowtow again and work so hard?"

"Uncle, you have a lot of money to burn, fifty wen a pit, this sand is easy to dig, hum, the maid has to tell the lady when she goes back! Uncle, do you know that the young and strong laborers in the capital can earn dozens of dollars for a hard day, and at most they can earn a few hundred yuan, you are better, dig a small pit and give fifty yuan, they work hard, and they are afraid that they can earn one or two thousand yuan a day! ”

"Ming'er, why didn't you remind me just now?" Yang Daguan looked annoyed.

"How do you know that uncle, you really told them to dig a pit."

"Oh, hurry up and tell them to stop, let's talk about the price again......" Yang Daguan jumped to his feet while holding his money bag.

Ming'er straightened her waist and said righteously: "How can this work? What is the identity of my uncle, how can he go back on his word after agreeing to other people's prices? ”

"That's right, alas! They were all harmed by Lao Su. Yang Daguan looked depressed. No wonder, even the old woman who lost her teeth has been dispatched, feeling that they are not digging a pit, but digging my money bag!

Qing Niang asked curiously, "Brother Yang, what is the matter with this Guan Su University scholar?" ”

Yang Daguan said hatefully: "Why don't you blame him? It's all his fault! Who told him to say, 'Yellow pigs are as cheap as earth, the rich refuse to eat, and the poor do not know how to cook,'

Qingniang, you think, now there is a pound of pork in the market, and the scholar of Su University said that it is as cheap as soil, I just thought, dig a pit and give the tenant farmer half a pound of pork, isn't this price cheaper than soil?

Alas! I thought that the people were so rich that they didn't even want to eat pork, who would have thought, it turned out that they couldn't afford to eat it, it didn't matter if Lao Su was out of the masses and talked about it, so I also lost money, and when I saw him one day, I had to ask him to compensate for today's losses. ”

After hearing his complaints, Qing Niang grinned and said: "Brother Yang doesn't use Su University Scholar as a shield, people know that you deliberately gave the tenants a high price, by the way, Brother Yang plans to plant grapes here, right?" ”

Yang Yi smiled and didn't answer, and said softly: "The manuscript bamboo is asked for every other year, and the guests are like each other in the snowy night, like pouring wine, like embracing a heavy mink and mouse......"

This poem was written by Lu You, and the poem compares drinking wine with wearing a mink coat, which fully illustrates how precious wine was in the Song Dynasty.

Indeed, even in the city of Tokyo, wine is now a luxury that only a few wealthy families can afford to enjoy.

Why is that?

In the preface to "Pu Tao Wine Fu", Yuan Haowen told such a story, Shanxi Anyi has many grapes, but everyone does not know the brewing method, and the local officials mix grapes and rice and add koji to brew, although it can be made into wine, but it does not have the flavor of wine that the ancients said "sweet but not sweet, cold but not cold"; It was not until the reign of Zhenyou (about 1215) that a family came home from the mountains after hiding from robbers, and found that the grapes and berries in the bamboo vessels had dried up, and the bamboo vessels containing the grapes were placed on a clay pot with a large belly and a small mouth, and the grape juice flowed into the clay pot.

Wine was introduced to the Central Plains from the Han Dynasty and was at its peak during the Tang Dynasty, when the Tang court had mastered the method of making wine.

From the story told by Yuan Haowen, it can be known that after the wars of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, coupled with the isolation of the Central Plains and the Western Regions, after the Song Dynasty, the real winemaking method has been lost.

In the Central Plains, wine has become a high-end luxury item comparable to mink, which is very expensive. Therefore, Yuan Haowen was very pleasantly surprised when he discovered the natural fermentation method of wine.

Now that Yang Daguan is coming, hehe, there is no need for robbers to contribute to the country, hiss! A pot of wine and a mink fur are one more price, tsk, it seems that you have to go back and install a few more lightning rods, I'm afraid God will be jealous of making such money!

As the so-called money can make the ghost grind, fifty wen a pit, the tenant farmers are all like chicken blood, enthusiasm is very high, Ming'er secretly calculated, if all these hundreds of acres of land are dug up, I am afraid that it will take thousands of yuan, and I can't help but feel distressed again.

"Uncle, why do we plant so many raisins, just a few acres are enough."

"No, what is my identity, uncle, how can I not believe what I say? Dig it, dig it, maybe we can dig up the treasure, then we will have to make money. ”

"Hmph, anyway, the money belongs to my uncle, you can spend it as much as you like, and the maid can't control it."

Ming'er left in a rage, no wonder she, this fast wasteland is not worth thousands of yuan, Yang Yi let people dig a few pits and spend thousands of yuan, it is indeed more money to burn.

When she went far, Qing Niang asked coquettishly, "Is Brother Yang planning to plant grapes to make wine?" But we don't know how to make wine? ”

"Hey, the last time I was in the study, I saw Qing Niang that you remember how to make wine, how could you not know?"

"Is there one? Why don't people remember? Qing Niang looked puzzled.

"Yes, there must be! If not, how can I be willing to spend thousands of dollars to dig a hole? ”

Qing Niang's curved eyebrows and eyes fluttered twice, and the corners of her mouth slowly curled: "People don't have any impression at all, Brother Yang is a liar!" ”

"Shh......h Don't let outsiders hear this secret recipe, Qing Niang, you are really, such a precious secret recipe is thrown in the study at will, fortunately I saw it. ”

"Brother Yang put it away, right? Then you can show it to me. ”

"I burned it after I remembered it at the time, and I can't let anyone else see such a treasure." Yang Daguan's face was serious, so that Qing Niang had to suspect that there was a problem with her memory.

"Why don't people remember it at all, Brother Yang, I'll listen to it."

"Come closer." Yang Daguan took a few deep breaths, there was no way, the faint fragrance on this girl's body could teach people to be refreshed, "Qing Niang, listen up, pick the grapes when they are ripe and dry them coolly, then mix ten catties of grapes with two to three catties of sugar, put them in the jar, stir the grapes, and seal the mouth of the can..."

"It's that simple? Why don't people have any impressions? ”

"Qing Niang, don't scare me, if you forget me one day, I won't live."

"No, even if people forget themselves, they won't forget Brother Yang." After Qing Niang finished speaking, her face was more vivid than apricot blossoms, and between Ying Ying, there was a girl's shyness, her inner attachment, and her warmth.

"Qing Niang, with your brewing secret, our family will soon be rich and rival the country, when you want to collect anything, you don't have to worry about running out of money, what do you like, let's use money to smash it back, but, Qing Niang, I promise you what you collect, only one thing, you can't collect."

"Brother Yang, say quickly, what can't you collect?"

"Man!"

"Yikes! Brother Yang, you are necrotic! Necrotic! Necrotic ......"

Qing Niang's powder fist hit on the body, which has the effect of relaxing the muscles and invigorating the blood, making people feel like three flowers gathering on the top, five qi Chaoyuan, and the whole body is full of Tai.

Yang Daguan enjoyed it, and finally added: "Of course, except for me!" ”

Qing Niang couldn't bear his ridicule, and ran away with her skirt, her light figure was like a colorful butterfly dancing in the spring breeze.

The tenant farmers on the slope were enthusiastic about their work, and the old women were tired of digging, and did not forget to pluck a few handfuls of soil with their feet when they sat on the edge of the pit to rest, so as to speed up the progress; O iniquity! It seems that this price is really too high, but don't let these old ladies fall into the pit with exhaustion!

Yang Daguan hurriedly went up and persuaded: "Old man, you are so old, it's not good to be tired, don't dig it." ”

The old lady's face was wrinkled, her mouth was toothless, and when she saw that Yang Daguan came to dissuade her, she was very nervous, and her mouth leaked and said: "Daguan, you are wrong, the slave family is only eighteen this year, you just let me dig it!" ”

After hearing this, Yang Daguan stumbled under his feet and fell directly into the pit.

(To be continued)