Chapter 443 Gift Grain
The swords that Shao Xuan and Guangyi brought were put in Gongjiaheng, and Gongjiaheng would repair Shao Xuan's sword, but the slightly disgusted eyes when he looked at Gongjiaheng when he looked at the sword were probably due to the improvement of his vision and the further absorption and digestion of some high-level technologies, Gongjiaheng couldn't look down on the original creation, and probably made a bigger change.
As for the one in the broad sense, it is a pure waste sword, and Gongjiaheng didn't even take a second look.
When they came out, Shao Xuan and Guangyi were carrying two swords that Gong Jiaheng gave them for temporary use, which were not very good, but they were much better than the ones that Guangyi used before.
"Black Bear" also wanted to put the big knife on his back there and let Gong Jiaheng help repair it, but unfortunately today is not the time, wait, don't worry, be patient, since you can come in, the success of the sword test "Black Bear" has also been mentioned with the help of Shao Xuan, Gong Jiaheng knows in his heart, I believe that next time I come over, it will be a good time, and it is best to hit an axe.
When he came out, the pit at the door was being filled because of the fight, and there were people from the Black Bear Caravan and the Linlu tribe, which were divided into two areas to fill the pit, each without interfering. The so-called one go, then three times and exhaustion, the most impulsive time did not fight, now they have calmed down, each has its own thoughts, and there is no idea of standing up again, of course, just here and now there is no fight, maybe it will not be long before you can fight to the death in other places.
Both sides of the apology were also sent to Gongjia's house, and the Linlu tribe wanted to send it again tomorrow, but when they saw that Mao Da hurriedly brought people back to carry a lot of things, they didn't dare to lag behind, after all, in Wangcheng in the future, there may still be requests from Gongjia's family, especially the Heng master who just emerged this year, even if he doesn't make friends, he can't offend people to death.
However, the "black bear" was not so worried, and saw the familiar attitude and tone when Gong Jiaheng spoke to Shao Xuan. The burden in his heart was a little lighter, and at the same time, he was glad that the people who originally helped Yanjiao were because of some things in Amba City, but they didn't expect to have such an opportunity when they came to Wangcheng. Who would have thought. The Yanjiao tribe, who hadn't set foot in the royal city for decades, would still know Jingu Jiju and Master Heng?
Even if the rest of the people in the royal city forgot about the Yanjiao tribe, after today, there must be more people who remembered the tribe that had caused a few sensations in the royal city. Don't underestimate the gossip ability of the people of Wangcheng.
After seeing Gong Jiaheng, Shao Xuan also prepared some changes of clothes, etc., and the millet he got from Jiju also sold two bags to the black bear caravan, with gold leaves in his hand.
Early the next morning. Shao Xuan, together with Guangyi and "Black Bear", went to Jingu Grange again.
Because last time I mentioned that Shao Xuan stayed in the Grange directly for a period of time, saving himself the eye-catching of running around every day, so this time Shao Xuan brought his equipment and prepared to live in the Grange for three or five days, to see more about how the Grange in Jiju is grown, to know more about some food crops, and to understand the customs here.
"Black Bear" is completely here to brush up on its sense of existence, and at the same time, it is also to use Shao Xuan's face. I got some fresh grain from the chief steward. He couldn't stay at the Grange for long, and Jiju didn't invite him. I still know this self-knowledge, so after following Shao Xuan to the Grange, he discussed the success of the transaction with the chief steward of the Grange, and the "Black Bear" left satisfied.
Jiju doesn't care about trading on weekdays.,If everything needs to be done.。 So he only supervised the farming, and left the trading to the stewards. People outside want to get Jingu? Okay, go to the steward, and flatter and bribe. This is also the reason why the stewardship of Kanaya Grange has a high status.
This side of the Grange. During the year, the autumn harvest is the majority, although there are crops harvested in other seasons, but there are fewer in comparison, and at this time, the Grange has already harvested a batch of millet, which is not ripe and is now ripening one after another, and during this time, the slaves of the Grange are very busy, harvesting, planting, and preparing the crops in the field for winter.
"Every tribulation of a thousand grains of gold is crucial, as long as you rush through one calamity, you will usher in the peak of growth again. So, don't look at them now, but after the second tribulation, they will grow faster, and by the time of the third tribulation, they will also tassel. It's a pity you can't see it. Kiju said regretfully. He wanted to show off, but Shao Xuan and they definitely had to go back before the winter, that was the habit of the tribe. And when the thousand grains of gold in the ground were ripe, the Yanjiao tribe might have just finished the sacrifice, and Shao Xuan couldn't catch up.
Kiju said as he stared at the slaves in charge of the Thousand Grains of Gold over there pouring fertilizer. The raw materials of these fertilizers are divided into several large pottery jars, which are all lifted out after the Jiju is configured, and then poured into the ground after secondary configuration and dilution.
Just like some pharmaceuticals produced in factories, the stock solution will be configured before use, marked with liquid A and liquid B, etc., and then mixed with liquid A and B according to the ratio of the instructions when used, and then used. It's a truth.
Jiju will not reveal the secret recipe to anyone, and even if the slaves and stewards who take care of the thousand grains of gold know the proportion and method of secondary preparation, no one knows what the initial fertilizer is and how to configure it?
"As for the kind of your tribe," Ji Ju thought for a moment, and suggested: "If you plant it again next year, you can try to rot the flesh of the beast, or you can add some animal bones, especially those beast bones that like to eat grass, shoots and moss, if the animal bones are not good, it is better to try adding bone marrow." ”
"Can you do this?" Shao Xuan was surprised.
"Hmm. Jiju muttered, but didn't explain much.
Knowing that there might be some secrets involved, Shao Xuan didn't continue to ask, and wrote down all of Jiju's suggestions, and tried again next year.
Jiju made a few more suggestions, and Shao Xuan wrote them down one by one.
Jiju felt that Shao Xuan had told him how a thousand grains of gold were grown, and he also hid everything, which was too unkind. Therefore, even if Jiju did not come up with the secret recipe of a thousand grains of gold, in addition to making some suggestions, he also told Shao Xuan a lot of other ways to grow grains. Which crops are adapted to which environmental conditions, how they need to be grown, and what technical points to pay attention to are all explained.
The Ji family claims to have a hundred grains, I don't know if there are really a hundred kinds of grain, but Shao Xuan has seen no less than twenty or thirty kinds of grains in the past few days with Jiju in the Grange, and these Jiju also sent some excellent grain seeds according to the geographical environment and weather conditions where the Yanjiao tribe is located.
The grain seeds produced in the grange of Jiju are things that distant tribes can't buy even if they have a large number of gold leaves, Shao Xuan thanked him and carefully put them away, even if the Yanjiao tribe is now mainly hunting for a living, but no one can say whether they will change their way of survival in the future. If you have the opportunity to go back to the other side of the sea, you can also bring back the seeds from this side. There are a lot of fields that have been reclaimed over there.
When Jiju introduced the grains in the field to Shao Xuan, there would often be stewards who would select the best of the newly harvested grains in the field, and put them in several clay pots to show Jiju, and when Jiju selected one of them, someone would take away the clay pot with the new grain.
"What did you do with all that millet?" asked Shao Xuan.
"Those will be made into burial goods. Kiju replied.
"To whom?"
"Naturally, it was given to me. Jiju didn't think there was anything unspeakable about this, "Our Ji family's funeral goods will have grain, once the Ji family's most difficult period, natural disasters were repeated, when there was no harvest in the ground, it was to go to the ancestors' tombs to ask for the grain that had been sealed for emergency." Ever since I had my own fiefdom, every year I have harvested the new grain, I have selected some of the best of them and stored them, and on the day I left, I would bring the jars of grain that had been sealed into the tomb and give an account to my ancestors. In the future, if the descendants of the Ji family encounter natural disasters again, they can also help them. ”
Shao Xuan: "......" You are still alive and well, so you are thinking about what will happen after you.
However, what Jiju said is indeed something that many Ji family members will do, and the Ji family has long stopped using cremation, even some young people nowadays will carefully handle and put away the good grain after getting it, which is a custom they have passed down.
As for why it is a clay pot and not a bronze ware, because, over time, many bronze ware will rust, unless it is those that have been specially treated, but not everyone has that kind of skill and confidence, so from the beginning of the Ji family ancestors, it was a habit to use clay pots to hold grain. Bronze ware is just one of the burial goods, and perhaps in the eyes of others, those exquisite bronze objects are very important burial objects, when in fact, in the tombs of the Ji family, for them, the grain contained in various clay pots and urns is the most important. Some will be sealed, with the secret skills of the Ji family for a long time, even thousands of years are still intact, while some unsealed bowls and jars and so on, are for their own after death, the symbolic meaning is that after death or continue to have grain to eat, will not starve.
If later people enter the tomb of their ancestors and see that the uncovered clay jar or amphora in the tomb is full of rotten grain husks, or even directly decayed and gray grain powder, they will put some new grain in it as a sign of respect.
There are people who have the courage to think of the idea of hitting the tomb of the Ji family, but unfortunately, no one knows where the tomb of the Ji family is. Those who went to look for it, searched and searched, and no one was seen again.
Jiju took Shao Xuan to see all kinds of grains in Jingu Grange, and watched the thousand grains of gold successfully survive the second tribulation, and put down a big stone in his heart, and was in the mood to take Shao Xuan out for a walk.
Recently, because the granges of various slave owners in the vicinity have reached the peak harvest season, in order to avoid some trouble, the roads have been directly closed, so Shao Xuan has not seen anyone wandering outside the granges in the past two days.
Walking out of the grange, Shao Xuan saw some new crops in other granges, there was a kind of corn cob that looked like an upside-down cob, one person was tall, and there was only one for each plant, which was similar to some of the plants he had seen in the wild, but those in the field were domesticated stable varieties that could be eaten.
"Whose land does it belong to?" Walking on the dirt road, Shao Xuan pointed to the grange that was busy not far away and asked.
They were on a high place, so they could see part of the grange.
"That's the Yi family's land, I don't remember who it is. Jiju didn't care, it was just a small village over there, and it was planted with something that seemed ordinary to him. (To be continued......)