Husband and wife are hot on the kang

"Border Garrison?" Shi Hongda's hands stopped.

Yu Liangji is also baffled, border garrison?to their house?

"They also brought a lot of furs!" And they are all furs, which is a great gift!

The border guards are generally very proud. They have military exploits, strict discipline, and a decent style of work. The nasty thing of "military prostitutes" has been removed during the time of the emperor, so they have ten years of service as soon as they guard the border. , is a very respected profession. After they change jobs, they get very high positions. Even if they return to their hometown, they still have generous transfer fees. At that time, the people were also very active.

Moreover, the army is independent, and the seniors who traveled through the army valued the army very much. Civil and military divisions ruled the army, and the supreme commander of the army was the emperor.

Followed by the marshals of the various garrisons, as well as the generals, generals, and so on.

It is adjusted every three years, and the service period of the barracks is ten years, but it does not necessarily mean serving in one place for ten years. It is normal to change places in three to five years.

They have nothing to do with anyone.

Why did you suddenly come to give gifts to the Hou Mansion?

Yu Liangji and Shi Hongda went out to see that 50 people came, with five large carts loaded with many things.

"Qingfenghou?" The leader looked at Shi Hongda.

Because in their eyes, Shi Hongda's image made them even more fond of him, so they saluted Shi Hongda immediately.

Shi Hongda immediately put his feet together, still woke up and gave them a military salute: "Shi Hongda, not the Marquis of Qingfeng, but a sixth-rank cavalry captain."

Only then did everyone turn their eyes to Yu Liangji who was standing next to him.

Yu Liangji was wearing brand-new cotton clothes, a coat made of fine cotton, because he had just pollinated the peach blossoms, and there was a hint of floral fragrance on his body. Because he is much shorter than Shi Hongda, he is a bit weak!

"This is Lord Hou, and this is Lord Shi." Steward He hurriedly introduced.

"I've seen Lord Qingfeng!" Everyone saluted in unison.

"Oh, okay, well, what are you doing here?" Yu Liangji smiled to hide his confusion.

What does the border army have to do with him?If it is related to the army, it is also the Northeast General!

"Gifts." The other party's leader replied very directly: "Because of your guidance, the military field was saved from damage. This is a sympathy from the army."

"Isn't that good?" You can't receive gifts from the frontier army!

"This is prey hunted by the brothers in the army. The best one is of course paid to His Majesty, and the good ones are picked for you." The leader said with a serious face and a rare smile: "It is a little kindness from our brothers."

This year is also thanks to the Lord Qingfeng. People in the army will not forget their kindness, but they can't afford valuables, let alone give them. In order not to cause trouble for Lord Qingfeng, even the gifts are carefully selected. Absolutely will not exceed the standard.

"This...?" Yu Liangji looked at Shi Hongda.

He didn't know much about the military, so he could only let Shi Hongda make up his mind.

"Thank you brothers for being considerate, we have accepted the things, let's stay at home for one night, and leave tomorrow!" Shi Hongda accepted the gift without saying a word.

"Butler He." Yu Liangji hurriedly called Butler He.

"Master Hou." Steward He hurriedly stepped forward.

"Take the brothers down to rest, let the kitchen cook quickly, it's so cold along the way!" Shi Hongda ordered immediately.

"Yes, my lord!" Steward He immediately enthusiastically led the people who came over down, and directly arranged them to the guest courtyard, and asked the kitchen to quickly cook big fish and meat, and even scoop out white rice and fry pancakes.

After Yu Liangji and the others left, they immediately approached Shi Hongda: "How is your subordinate?"

"It doesn't matter, the army doesn't pay much attention to those things, everyone is just thanking you." General Shi Hong opened the gift list and looked at it with Yu Liangji.

Although there are many furs on them, they are all ordinary. The best ones are two white fox skins, four black fox skins, ten red fox skins, and twenty variegated fox skins.

Ten black wolf skins and twenty gray wolf skins.

Thirty raccoon skins and thirty badger skins.

Thirty white rabbit skins, thirty gray rabbit skins, thirty black rabbit skins, and fifty flowery rabbit skins.

After a closer look, there is nothing valuable, and all of them are wild animal skins, not even domesticated ones, such as cowhide, sheepskin, nothing at all!

All the skins of wild animals!

"So many?" The emperor gave so many furs, and they also gave so much. The family can make another batch of big wool clothes this year.

"Fur goods like these are common things on the border." Shi Hongda gave the gift list to Yu Liangji: "Let someone send it to the embroidery room, they will arrange it."

"Well, let's make a wolf fur quilt from those wolf skins, it will keep you warm." Yu Liangji still remembers the wolf fur quilt he used at home. How many years has he been laying it out?It's a little fluffy, but the warmth is very good.

"Okay!" Shi Hongda said nothing.

Yu Liangji happily went to find Cao Mama, who was in charge of all these matters at home.

Bian Jun thanked Lord Hou and sent a car of leather. Shibalipu soon found out. Everyone thought that Bian Jun had bought their potato seeds, and then planted garlic after listening to Lord Hou. Everyone thinks that the frontier army is very grateful, not bad!

The quality of the army is getting better and better.

This incident was told to His Majesty the Emperor by people from all walks of life. His Majesty looked at it, but said nothing. Eunuch Liu took a sneak peek at his face, but couldn't see anything, so he put the memorial aside, and then looked at the following Memorial.

Neither angry nor laughing!

But Eunuch Liu felt that His Majesty the Emperor didn't care.

So I served His Majesty with peace of mind to read the memorial and drink tea.

Fifty frontier soldiers spent the night in the Hou's Mansion. The Hou's Mansion prepared delicious food and drinks, and they slept well at night. They left after breakfast the next day. He rode away without escorting a carriage.

The carriages were all left by the Hou Mansion, and they got them casually. The horses belonged to the captured enemies, and they were old horses, so they should stay in the Hou Mansion for the elderly.

They left easily, the old horse left behind, the people in the stable had to take good care of it, the horse was too old to take care of it, but it was sent by the frontier army, of course it had to be taken care of well, after Yu Liangji knew about it, he also said Well, old horses know the way. It's not easy for such an old horse, so take good care of it.

There is no shortage of working animals in the family, such as these old horses with plow sticks.

Not long after they left, there was a heavy snowfall. After the snow stopped, the school began to have winter vacation. After sending the students back, only those students who had merit and reputation and needed further education stayed in the school.

After the winter vacation, it began to snow again.

Yu Liangji looked at the heavy snow outside and frowned. There were no fluorescent lamps in this era, and if the weather continued to be cloudy for several days, the vegetable seedlings inside would suffer.

It has been cloudy frequently these days, and now it is snowing heavily.

"Don't be afraid, it will be sunny sooner or later." Shi Hongda simply pulled people to sit in front of the window sill to watch the snow scene outside. They are now on the third floor of the main house, condescending.

You can see all the scenery of Houfu and Shibalipu.

A piece of silver!

"Well, it's rare to see such a heavy snow." Yu Liangji looked at the snowflakes that had started to fall outside, from the smallest to the largest, and after a while he couldn't see the scenery outside clearly, it was all white!

Bored in winter, Shi Hongda and Xiao Xinghuai played cards with him for a while, this is a rare time for a family of three to play cards outside the Chinese New Year, Yu Liangji did not enjoy playing cards very much.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Xinghuai looked up at his uncle.

"It's nothing, I feel like I forgot something?" Yu Liangji frowned, stopped playing cards, and strolled to the study by himself.

Forgot what?

Can't remember!

"Why don't you think about it, what do you want to do now?" Shi Hongda asked Yu Liangji.

Yu Liangji thought about it, and there was nothing to do, but...

"Don't bother me, I figured it out!" Yu Liangji began to ignore others, lying on the table to write and draw.

What he thought of was a fan car!

The fan cart is a fan cart, a farm tool invented by the working people of the Han nationality in ancient times to remove chaff, chaff and shriveled grains from grains.

It is a kind of machine that can generate airflow, also called "Yang (yang) fan", "grain lifter", fan cart or lift cart.

Invented in the Han Dynasty, it is driven by human power and used for cleaning grain.

The fan cart is mainly used to remove the chaff in the grain particles, and is composed of a frame, a casing, a fan, a feeding hopper, and an adjustment door.

When working, put the grain into the upper feeding hopper, hand-operate the fan, there will be wind blowing under the feeding hopper, open the adjustment door, the grain will slowly fall under the action of gravity, and the density of the chaff and light debris will be blown out by the wind Outside the machine, the grains with high density and fullness flow directly out of the lower outlet, and it is enough to put a connected cloth bag or rice tank at the outlet.

In this way, the chaff is separated from the grain.

Although it has existed for a long time, manpower is not as easy as natural force.

The fan cart designed by Yu Liangji is propelled by water power!

Because there is a big river ahead!

The force of the river flow is enough to push the fan cart, and the water is the force of nature, no manual labor is required!

I remember that after planting millet last year, everyone worked very hard to put the millet grains on the threshing ground and raise them one by one in windy weather, blowing away the chaff and sundries in the grains. At that time, Yu Liangji I thought of this, but then I forgot something!

Now I suddenly remembered and drew it quickly. What he drew was a large fan cart, which was to stand on the embankment, and the power device was to be horizontal on the river, and the driving force came from the river.

If the design is successful, everyone will save trouble in the future!

Yu Liangji was very serious about writing and drawing. Shi Hongda saw him like this, so he had to take Xiao Xinghuai out, went to the martial arts training ground, and fought boxing with him. Yes, but it's still possible to keep fit, barely protect yourself.

"You can't do it like this. I'll teach you two tricks to save your life." Shi Hong taught Xiao Xinghuai with his hands: "You can keep these two tricks for self-defense. Once you make a move, it will kill people. If you don't die, you will be disabled."

"Uncle Shi, I don't need to learn this, right?" The young boy didn't dare to learn when he heard that this shot was either dead or disabled.

"Your uncle has already thought about it. When you pass the scholar examination next year, you will have to study hard. After you pass the examination, you will be sent out to learn and learn. When you go out and have no means of self-defense, how can you let it go?" Uncle, rest assured? Or do you want to take a lot of people with you? Bring twenty or thirty guards? Or find you ten bodyguards?" Shi Hongda patted the young boy's head: "Your uncle can't wait to arrange your future. Okay, it's just that he knows that you are a high-minded kid, and you won't be reconciled if you don't go out and have a look. It's okay, read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Your uncle said he didn't have that chance. You still have .”

"Uncle, he...?" Xiao Xinghuai pursed his lips, with doubts in his eyes.

"Back when you were young, your uncle couldn't walk away, and he couldn't bear to leave you to travel. Now that he is the Marquis of Qingfeng, why go out when he has nothing to do? He attracts attention wherever he goes." Shi Hongda knew that Yu Liangji was panicked, But there is no way.

According to the regulations, if a knighted person wants to travel, he needs to report to the imperial court. You don't just leave if you want to. If you go out in a private capacity, you must have a legitimate reason.

And Yu Liangji may have been busy in the past two years, so he never planned to go out again!

In addition, Yu Liangji has produced many things that benefit the country and the people in recent years. How many dependent countries outside watched eagerly as the court became stronger and stronger. When their country was still dependent on the sky, they had fertilizer and urea.

Not even a locust plague could hurt his muscles and bones, which is enough to prove how valuable Yu Liangji, the Marquis of Qingfeng, is.

And the harvester, I heard that the harvest in the south is half as fast as in previous years!