"Oh!" the two apprentices still looked reluctant, but at this point, they couldn't go into the water, and their clothes were already dirty anyway.

Seeing that the two apprentices finally arrived in the paddy field, Luo Qing said with a smile: "Rice planting is actually a science, it's all good, you can do what I do." ”

After Luo Qing finished speaking, he untied a bundle of seedlings, grabbed a small handful, held it in his left hand, and then used his right hand to take out the seedlings that grew together one by one and insert them into the mud of the paddy field, and the seedlings were planted neatly and arranged in an orderly manner.

After seeing Luo Qing's practice, the two apprentices also did the same according to the gourd painting, and at this time Sima Yan said, "Master, is this what you do?"

Luo Qing looked at it, and then said with a smile: "You don't insert the seedlings vertically from the top down, but insert the seedlings into the mud along your fingers at an angle." ”

"Ahh Why is it so troublesome, why can't the seedlings be inserted vertically?" Sima Yi said curiously.

"The seedlings are already weak, and if you pinch the seedlings like this and insert them vertically, it is easy to break them. Luo Qing paused and said: "You insert the seedlings vertically, because of the resistance of the water, when you pull out your hand, the seedlings will also float up a little, which will cause the roots to be unstable, and it will easily fall down when the wind blows." ”

"It turns out that there is so much knowledge here!" Sima Yan also sighed, the rice he usually eats, he didn't expect it to be grown like this, if he wasn't doing this, he couldn't believe it.

"There is a lot of knowledge here, how do you think the rice eaten by you princes and nobles comes from, it is those diligent little people who go through a series of processes such as land preparation, seedling raising, rice planting, weeding and insect control, fertilization, irrigation and drainage, and then it is the harvest season. ”

After talking a bit much, Luo Qing paused, and then said: "When it is the harvest season, when the ears of rice hang down and the millet is golden and full, you can start harvesting." ”

The two little apprentices stopped what they were doing and listened with relish, when Sima Yan asked again: "Master, can you use the grain to cook after the harvest?"

"You want to be beautiful, which is so simple. Luo Qing smiled bitterly, this apprentice is really a little naïve, it is estimated that the royal nobles are almost like this!

"It's all good to be harvested, can't it be used for cooking?" Sima Yan wondered.

"At harvest time, the whole rice is cut in bundles with a sickle, and then the threshing tools separate the ears from the stems, and the golden grains on the ears are the grains. Luo Qing said with a smile.

"Then you can use it for cooking, right?" Sima Yan once asked about cooking.

"Of course not!"

This disciple was also too anxious, Luo Qing smiled bitterly, and said: "The recovered millet still needs to be dried, and then the full and heavy millet is sifted out by using a windmill, and those plump grains are suitable for cooking, but it's not time to cook yet." ”

"Ahh What else?" asked Sima Yan again.

"The millet also has to go through the process of scooping rice, and then you can get the white flowered rice, which can be used for cooking. ”

At this time, Luo Qing suddenly smiled and asked, "Do you know what Chungmi is?"

"I don't know, master, tell me about it!" the two said in unison.

"Alas, it seems that you will have to experience the life of ordinary people more in the future. ”

Qing said with a smile: "Rice is to remove the shell on the surface of the millet to get the white rice inside, the specific method is to put the millet into the stone mortar, and then beat it with a pestle, the shell that comes out is the rice bran, and the white rice is used for cooking." ”

Luo Qing didn't know how to explain it, in this era of backward technology, he couldn't tell them that there was a threshing machine on the earth!

"It turns out that we have to go through so many processes before we can eat rice, and the whole process will take at least two or three months, and we have planted so much, and finally there is a little bit of use, those rice bran and rice stalks are useless, it is really too hard. ”

Sima Yan couldn't help but sigh when he thought back to the whole process that Luo Qing said.

"Who told you that rice bran and rice stalks are useless. Luo Qing smiled, and then said: "The so-called grain and grass, grain is for people to eat, grass is for cattle, sheep, and horses, and that grass naturally includes rice stalks. ”

"Hehe, it's really making the best use of things, it turns out that the whole rice is a treasure. Sima Yan smiled innocently, and then asked, "What is the rice bran used for?"

"Cows, sheep, and horses can naturally eat rice bran and the like, but the most important thing is to feed pigs. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Qing paused, suddenly felt a little depressed, and said: "But in order to survive, people will also eat bran, there is a word called eating bran swallowing vegetables, I don't know if you have heard of it?"

"Master, I've heard the words you said, and I've also seen rice bran, seriously, can you really eat rice bran?"

"Ordinary people are not like us cultivators, when they are about to starve to death, do they still have a choice? What else can they do besides eating rice bran and eating wild vegetables?"

"It's... What the master said is reasonable, but is our Eastern Jin Dynasty really poor to this point, and the people have to eat bran vegetables?"

"Alas, you are all noble people, naturally you don't know the suffering of ordinary people, do you know that those small people, ninety percent of the rice they planted, was collected by the government. ”

Luo Qing paused, and then said: "The little millet that remains, and some of it will be left as seeds for the next year, and there will not be much for them to eat, so in order to survive, they can only eat rice bran and wild vegetables, and if they encounter a famine, they will also eat grass and tree roots." ”

"Master, are those lower-class people really so bitter?" asked Sima Yan with some emotion at this time.

"I don't care if it's bitter, you can experience it for yourself when you go back, and you don't want you to eat more as a teacher, so you can try a small bite of rice bran, and then you will know how luxurious your life is." Luo Qing said lightly, but there was no longer the same bright smile on his face as before.

"Master, this is exempt from eating rice bran, the disciple is afraid that he will not be able to eat it. Sima Yan smiled innocently.

"Look, you know how to escape!" Luo Qing smiled bitterly: "Telling you this, I just want to tell you that if you become the emperor in the future, you must treat the people of Li well, you must know that the suffering you have entered is far less than one percent of them." ”

"Master, I never wanted to be an emperor. ”

Hearing Luo Qing say about being the emperor, Sima Yan couldn't help frowning, and said: "There are two imperial brothers in front of me, they are both talented, and they are the material for being the emperor." ”

"You are wrong, they can't be emperors, first of all, your emperor father loves you the most, and secondly, your two brothers don't have the spirit of an emperor, but you

Yes. Luo Qing didn't want to say it, but one day he was going to say it, so it was better to say it directly.

"Do I have the air of an emperor? But I don't want to compete with them for the throne. Sima Yan frowned again.

"You don't have to fight, you don't have to do anything, just go with the flow, if you really need to be the emperor in the future, then you should be, if you don't need it, you can practice hard. Luo Qing smiled, and there was a meaningful taste on his expression.

In fact, he doesn't have to fight at all, his two imperial brothers can't have children, and they are not cultivators, even if they become emperors, they will die of old age one day, and they will still pass on the throne to Sima Yan in the end.

"Yes, the disciple knows. Sima Yan nodded and asked, "Is the Wanmin Chamber of Commerce opened by the master also for the convenience of ordinary people? The three masters have given 100,000 stone of grain to the civilians!"

"Have you already sent out 100,000 stones?" Luo Qing said with a smile.

"Yes, as of the day before yesterday, 100,000 stones have been distributed, and the price of grain in the future will be parity, wouldn't it be a loss?"

At this time, Sima Yan and Liuxiang looked at Luo Qing in confusion.

"Your master and I are not short of money, just lose a little, but you have to send someone to show me well, don't allow profiteers to make trouble in private, what your master and I do, but it is beneficial to your Eastern Jin Dynasty." Luo Qing thought Sima Yan admonished.

"Master, don't worry, as long as it is in the territory of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, I dare to guarantee that no one will dare to touch the Wanmin Chamber of Commerce. Sima Yan patted his chest and reassured.

"Alright, alright, let's get on with our work. Luo Qing said, then continued to plant seedlings, looked at Liuxiang, and said: "Oh, Ah Xiang, when you plant seedlings, you should keep a distance the size of two fists between the two seedlings, and give them enough space to grow." ”

"Got it, master!" Ruka said embarrassedly.

"Master, can I use spiritual power, that will be faster. Sima Yan is still a little lazy after all, always thinking about ending it quickly.

"No, you have to plant them one by one, and you can't be lazy. Luo Qing smiled happily and said, "Hurry up, I'll cook for you personally when you go back, and let you eat a meal you've never eaten before." ”

"Really, what kind of food is it?" the two disciples said in unison.

"We call this delicacy hot pot there. Luo Qing smiled: "While the three of you are not here, let's have a good meal and drink some wine." ”

Luo Qing showed a treacherous smile, but suddenly a voice came: Who said that we were not here?

Luo Qing was also taken aback, and soon the three girls were pulled to the edge of the field, Luo Qing smiled and said, "What, you also have to come to help?"

"No, the fields are dirty. The three girls said in unison.

"Come here, I'll tell you something!" Luo Qing made a gesture of waving.

Hearing this, the three girls all leaned on Luo Qing and walked over, and when they weren't paying attention, Luo Qing waved his hand, and the mud and water in the field splashed all over them.

The three girls were stunned for a while, and Hongxia suddenly scolded: "Bastard, Luo Qing, you are a big bastard, the new clothes that the old lady bought were ruined by you like this." ”

"Haha, now that you're all dirty, you can come down and do it, if you don't obey, you're not allowed to eat hot pot at night.

Luo Qing looked evil, but the third girl couldn't cry or laugh at this time, looking indignant but helpless, but the two little apprentices were holding back on the side, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.