Braised lamb is added with freshly harvested soybeans and potatoes, the pumpkin tip is scalded in boiling water and poured directly with soybean oil and garlic sauce, and the pumpkin flower is plucked from the bitter stamens and wrapped in egg flour paste and fried...... Zhu Xiang made a table of seasonal delicacies, which lured everyone's appetite to move.

"W-What does this smell like?" After Li Bing tasted the braised mutton, he was puzzled, "It's like the spicy of ginger and garlic, and it has some fragrance." ”

Li Mu said: "It's a bit like dogwood oil, but the taste is better." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It's the taste of green chili peppers." I planted chili peppers in the courtyard of Chengdu, I told you. ”

Only then did they remember that Zhu Xiang had dug up the flower beds in the courtyard of the Chengdu mansion and planted them all with strange plants. Because the variety of plants planted was so varied, they didn't pay much attention to what they planted.

"Same as spicy, chili peppers are more delicious and easier to grow than dogwood oil." Zhu Xiang said, "Shu County is hot and humid, and there is one more spicy vegetable, and the people should like it." But food is the most important thing, so I only grow it at home, and I don't promote it. If you like, give you some pepper seeds. ”

After Li Mu and Li Bing entered Shu, they were given a lot of land according to their respective positions, and many slaves were purchased to farm for them.

"I still have some wheat and rice seeds that I can plant in the winter and harvest next summer. However, because I don't know what the water and soil are like in Shu County, the people may not dare to rashly switch to other foods just after experiencing the flood, so they don't plan to promote it now. Can you lend me your field? ”

Zhu Xiang waited for the two to finish eating, and then "tried to see the poor dagger", smiled and asked them to "pay for the meal".

Li Mu sighed and said, "I knew that if you were lazy for a long time, you suddenly kindly said that you wanted to invite guests to dinner, there must be a problem." ”

Li Bingmu said with a grim face: "The meat dishes he invited to dinner were still made by the two of us." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "You just say whether to give it or not." ”

He rubbed his hands like a ruffian: "Eaters have short mouths, and if they eat the food I cook, they will exchange the fields for them." It doesn't take much field, don't be so stingy. ”

Li Bing said: "It's not stingy. You can enclose as much as you need. Isn't it enough to plant just the fields that have been allotted to you? ”

Zhu Xiang traveled thousands of miles to Shu County, even if he didn't have a fixed job, Li Bing also made the decision to give Zhu Xiang a lot of fertile and high-quality fields.

Zhu Xiang said: "I use it to grow mushrooms." ”

Li Bing was puzzled at first, and then pondered that Zhu Xiang planted his field to distribute grain to the common people. Perhaps, Zhu Xiang even directly rented his land to the landless commoners.

"You ......," Li Bing frowned, "why didn't you tell me?" ”

Zhu Xiang smiled: "I make my own decisions about what I plant in my own field, and I still know that I will tell you?" I don't have the time to try to grow new food and hand over your land. The wheat and rice varieties I brought are particularly good-looking, and the yield should be higher than the existing varieties. ”

Li Mu said: "Okay, thank you Changpingjun." After the harvest, I will take you to pick the ground and ride a horse with the help of the teacher. After the first month, Zheng'er is a year older and can ride a foal. ”

The land that has just been harvested is just right for running horses.

Li Bing also said: "How many ploughing cattle are needed, you go directly to the government to pull them." ”

The Qin State set up officials in various places to manage the cultivation of cattle, and Li Binggang supplemented a batch of cultivating cattle for Shu County.

Ying Xiaozheng crunched and ate the fried pumpkin flowers sprinkled with white sugar, his eyes dripping.

The teacher and Li Junshou sighed in their hearts about their uncle's character again, and he was honored.

Uncle is such a person, he is strict with himself and lenient with others, he never asks others to follow him when he does good deeds, and even finds all kinds of excuses to appease relatives and friends to enjoy life, don't learn from him.

Being friends with my uncle will not be pressured because my uncle is a sage.

Crunch crunch...... Ying Xiaozheng picked up the bowl: "Uncle, I haven't eaten enough, I still have to eat fried pumpkin flowers." ”

"Bear with it. You've eaten all the flowers, and you still can't bear pumpkins? Zhu Xiang lightly tapped the greedy Ying Xiaozheng's forehead, "Pumpkins are more delicious than pumpkin flowers." When the pumpkin is harvested, my uncle will make you a pumpkin cake. ”

Ying Xiaozheng put down the bowl obediently, without willfulness: "Okay." ”

Li Bing sighed and said, "Zheng'er is really well-behaved. When I think of my child...... Alas. ”

Zhu Xiang asked, "Your other family members are about to arrive in Chengdu?" Your son is here too? Didn't you stay in your hometown? ”

Li Bing entered Shu first, Mrs. Wang was a little later, and the family set off from their hometown with other ladies and belongings, walking more slowly, and was delayed for more than a month due to heavy rain, and winter had not yet arrived.

Li Bing said: "My eldest son stayed at home to study and seek officials, Erlang was stubborn, and his mother was difficult to discipline, so he sent him to Shu County for me to teach." ”

When Li Bing mentioned Erlang in the family, he couldn't help but support his forehead.

"Jiro?" Zhu Xiang remembered that it seemed that Li Bing's father and son were enshrined in the Dujiangyan Temple, and the "son" was Li Erlang.

Why in Li Bing's mouth, Li Erlang seems to be a bear child?

Li Bing couldn't help but sigh and said, "Well, my family's Erlang...... How to say it, he can't write, he can't do martial arts, although he has a lot of strength and is smart when he reads, but he doesn't think about making meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and he doesn't want to be a guest to seek officials, so he yearns for Yan Zhao Ranger every day. What Yan Zhao ranger, isn't it just a ruffian! I wandered around with my sword all day and was caught by officials several times......"

"Ahem, ahem." Li Mu and Zhu Xiang interrupted Li Bing with a dry cough at the same time.

Ying Xiaozheng held the water cup and reminded with a snicker: "Uncle Li Bing, the teacher and uncle are both from Zhao. ”

Li Bing was puzzled: "You have also been a Yanzhao ranger?" ”

Li Mudao: "I haven't been, but many of my subordinates were once rangers. ”

"Ranger isn't all ...... Local ruffian. Zhu Xiang said, "Yan Zhao is a good martial artist, if the common people want to become a noble guest, in addition to studying with a famous teacher, the only way to become a ranger and make a name for themselves with courage and martial arts is the only way." However, Li Erlang wants to be a ranger in the Qin State, it is indeed ...... Not used to the local environment. ”

The state of Qin forbade unemployed vagrants to hang out with swords, and when they saw them, they were arrested and sent to labor reform. This Li Erlang, who wants to be a ranger, seems to really break Li Bingcao's heart.

Li Bing smiled bitterly: "He really wants to go to Yan Zhao to join Xinling Jun Pingyuanjun." Didn't you say he was going to die! It will also affect the family! ”

Zhu Xiang said: "The children of the family go to other countries to seek officials, and they should not affect their families. However, Yan Zhao ...... Yan Zhao is probably not as good as he imagined, and Wei is the same. He will be disappointed if he goes. ”

Li Mu was silent.

Zhu Xiang poured Li Mu a cup of tea.

Although the tea tree has been improved many times in later generations, the taste is different from that of ancient tea, but ancient tea is also very tasty. In modern times, there are ancient tea trees that have grown for one or two thousand years, and ancient tea leaves are very valuable, and he was fortunate to drink them several times in the name of research. After he arrived in Chengdu, he found a tea tree transplant and planned to plant some in the courtyard of Mount Emei.

Li Mu took a sip of tea and said in a low voice: "Yes, I will be disappointed." ”

Only then did Li Bing remember that Li Mu was "sent" to Qin by Zhao State, and Zhu Xiang was also persecuted by Zhao State into Qin, so he quickly got up and apologized.

Li Mu stopped: "It's nothing, don't care." ”

Zhu Xiang said with a smile: "Your Erlang will be handed over to Li Mu to sharpen for some time, and get along with the real Yan Zhao ranger in the army for a while, he won't want to be a ranger." But you're only thirty, how old are you? ”

Li Bing said: "Fourteen. ”

Zhu Xiang: "...... Where's your husband? ”

Li Bing said: "Sixteen." ”

Zhu Xiang: "It seems that you got married very early. ”

Li Bing was puzzled: "It's normal for me to get married. ”

Zhu Xiang, who insisted on getting married at the age of eighteen, and Li Mu, who was not only married late but also had no children because he was busy with military affairs: "......"

Ying Xiaozheng: "Flutter." ”

Zhu Xiang immediately took Ying Xiaozheng into his arms and rubbed it. Ying Xiaozheng almost knocked over the water glass.

"Zheng'er, getting married too early is not good for your health, and you will move out after you get married." Zhu Xiang said, "Is it good to get married after the age of eighteen?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to his inexplicable uncle. Even if he gets married, he can live with his uncle and aunt. Even if they move to the palace, their aunts and uncles can live in with them.

He won't make a queen, and the harem has to be handed over to his aunt.

In the dream, Qin Shi Huang did not establish a queen because of the influence of his mother and the fear of the power of his relatives. Now Ying Xiaozheng has no intention of becoming a queen, for the same reason as himself in his dream.

He doesn't trust people.

"Zheng'er is only old, don't teach bad boys." Li Mu supported his forehead, "And Zheng'er's marriage is the king of Qin." ”

Zhu Xiang's mind flashed Zichu's sick appearance, and he couldn't help but have a worried look: "I don't know how Xia Tong is now, whether he has a good rest and eats on time." Won't he secretly pour out the medicine again? ”

Ying Xiaozheng said: "Father will definitely pour out the medicine secretly!" ”

Zhu Xiang rubbed Ying Xiaozheng's head, and sighed: "Do you want to ask the king for an edict to send someone to supervise him to eat and drink medicine?" ”

Li Bing joked: "I was just about to send the paperwork to the gentleman, do you want to send it?" "It seems that the relationship between Gongzi Chu and Zhu Xiang is as close as rumored.

Zhu Xiang said: "Okay." ”

Li Bing's expression froze.

Li Mu put down the teacup: "Don't make such a joke with him, he really did this kind of thing." ”

But Li Mu's reminder was too late. Zhu Xiang really wrote a long letter, asking the King of Qin to send someone to supervise Xia Tong's eating and drinking.

The letter was sent to Xianyang along with Li Bing's request for a large-scale water conservancy project for Shu County.

Li Bing's document describes in detail the suffering caused by the floods in Shu County.

He knew that the suffering of the common people might not be able to impress the king of Qin, so he asked for the rectification of the rivers in Shu County on the grounds of grain and water transportation.

The Chengdu Plain is covered with a dense water network, but there are very few people who are connected, and they are all "broken rivers".

Li Bing said in the document that he wanted to open up the large and small rivers of the Chengdu Plain with the Minjiang River, so that water transportation could go directly from Chengdu to the Yangtze River, and it would be very convenient for the Qin State to transport troops and grain to the land of Chu and Yue.

At the same time, when flooded, the flood summit of the Minjiang River was weakened by the water network of the Chengdu Plain; In times of drought, the Minjiang River can provide irrigation water for the Chengdu Plain. The Chengdu Plain will ensure harvest from drought and flood, and grain production will definitely increase steadily compared with the past, providing military food support for the Qin State to pacify the six countries.

Li Bing wrote this document very risky.

As he said when he entered Shu, the county guard did nothing, only soothed the people and collected taxes, and most of them could enjoy wealth and nobility; The more you do, the more dangerous it is.

If you want to tame the Minjiang River, and even make the Minjiang River an irrigation water source for the Chengdu Plain, the amount of work can be imagined.

A dam or bridge over a river is all it takes, and the local magistrate can solve it on his own. However, the big project mentioned by Li Bing is difficult to support in Shu County, and it needs to be supported by the King of Qin's order to recruit servants.

The Qin State was different from the feudal dynasties of later generations, not only was the court atmosphere utilitarian, and the Qin king only looked at the results, but also the laws were very strict. If Li Bing's water conservancy and irrigation projects fall short of expectations, Li Bing may be disadvantaged for abusing people's financial resources.

When Li Bing wrote this document, he was giving a military order to the King of Qin, leaving his life behind.

can sit in the position of county guard at the age of thirty, Li Bing is not a naïve person. But at this moment, he decided to use his life to change hope for Shu County.

Zhu Xiang didn't know if Li Bing in history saw the people in the flood struggling to make a living, faced the powerlessness of people in the natural disaster, and then decided to declare war on the heavens.

But the Li Bing he knows now is like this.

"I'll help you." Zhu Xiang didn't say much about Li Bing's cautious recklessness and impulsiveness for half his life, but only briefly.

Li Mu patted Li Bing's shoulder and laughed at himself: "Fang gathers by like, things by groups, birds live with wings, and beasts walk with feet." Together. ”

They were confidants and friends, and they had done the same impulsive things. These two things do not know who comes first and who comes after, who causes and who effectes.

Perhaps it is cause and effect of each other.

Even if Li Bing had made up his mind, he couldn't help but feel apprehensive in his heart. The unwavering support of his friends made him feel a little at ease.

It is difficult to find a confidant, not to look at the length of time together, but only to look at the heart.

He has two confidants, what is he afraid of?!

Li Bing said: "I want to cast three bronze figures to measure the water level, how about casting the portraits of the three of us?" ”

Zhu Xiang looked strange: "Good brothers are going to sink the river together?" I don't know what kind of bad taste you have, okay. ”