Little Zhuangtou and the Great General

042

The steward quickly made the Luoyang shovel roughly according to the rough drawing drawn by Shen Miao. Considering that the investigation of the soil layer of the terraced fields is not a tomb robbery, the size and length of the Luoyang shovel have changed.

As soon as Shen Miao picked up this heavy iron guy, he couldn't even walk. Luo Zhaojian gave him a disgusted look: "When you were young, you wasted your body and didn't know how to exercise. What will you do when you get old?"

Shen Miao was ashamed when he was told that, he had been thinking about training martial arts and was always delayed because of this and that, so that he couldn't even carry such a guy that was twice as heavy as a hoe.

Fortunately, Luo Zhaojian only said this, and sent someone to the mountain to inform Luo Hu, and followed him the next day.One is to help carry it, and the other is to take care of it in case something happens.

Shen Miao was secretly happy in his heart, as his master, he had a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, and he scolded and mocked him, so he cared about it in his heart.

Early the next morning, Luo Hu and old man Chen were waiting in the outer hall. The two of them were chatting around the prepared guy. Shen Miao quickly finished the meal and came out. Go, take this with you."

What Duo'er handed over was a small bag of dry food with some beef in it, which Aunt Zhang specially prepared for the three of them early in the morning. Duo'er helped bring it over, not wanting Shen Miao to leave in a hurry, and almost forgot to give it.

Shen Miao took it and turned her back on her body, thanked Duo'er and went out.

Luo Hu followed swaggeringly with the tool on his shoulders. To him, this thing was very light, and it was no match for his saber.

Old man Chen followed step by step with a hatchet on his back. Mountain people know the key to walking on mountain roads.

A group of people walked along the mountain road. After a while, the old man Chen picked up the hatchet and started to open the road. The three left the mountain road and walked into the mountain.The standard of exploration must first be the sunny side, without light, even if you find a suitable place, it is useless; secondly, the vegetation condition, if the shrubs and bamboo are the main ones, the soil layer will definitely not be thick; Between basins?Is there a subsidence at the ridge?Finally, the soil was explored.

The three of them had nothing to gain on the first day, and they walked a lot more.

On the second day, the strategy was changed, and the old man Chen marked the possible places first by screening on the map, and then designed the route to go.In the evening, they managed to find a place that was still dominated by hard mountains, but with a relatively thick soil layer.Shen Miao asked Luo Hu to investigate the thickness of the soil layer from multiple angles, recorded carefully and returned to the village.

On the third and fourth day, there was still no harvest.

When the fifth day was approaching noon, the three finally found the correct earth mountain in a mountain depression.

The three of them poked around the mound, and after confirming that it was correct, Shen Miao shouted excitedly: "Finally found it."

Luo Hu leaned on the Luoyang shovel with an excited expression on his face. He ran all over the mountains and plains for five consecutive days. People with his physique felt tired, let alone Shen Miao and old man Chen. It is a good thing that they finally found them. Everyone can rest.

Old man Chen was also rubbing his hands excitedly, which not only meant that they had finally found the right method, but also meant that he had mastered this skill and could rely on it for food in the future.

The actions of the three of Shen Miao and the others were quickly learned by the old man Xu. Hearing that they had found the right place, the old man Xu immediately became anxious. He wanted to stand on his own, ignoring the kindness of the village.

Shen Miao and others naturally knew that this matter could not be hidden from old man Xu, and they were not going to hide it. On the contrary, they hoped that old man Xu would know as soon as possible.Knowing as soon as possible can make the old man Xu realize his mistake, so he can cooperate wholeheartedly with other people in the village to explore the earth mountains that can be opened up.So when the old man Xu came to apologize, the manager didn't make things difficult, and even never mentioned the matter from then on.

Old man Xu was grateful, so he started to go up the mountain with old man Chen and some young people who were enlightened and willing to learn.

After half a month, I found a few more, but I never found them again.

Shen Miao attributed it to the fact that the orogeny in this place was too frequent. Even if there was volcanic ash accumulation, it was submerged and disappeared by the magma due to the continuous movement afterwards.It's a pity that the method that can greatly increase the number of acres does not have much room for display here.

Suddenly, he remembered that when he went up the mountain on the second day, he found the mountain with the hard soil layer behind the mountain. Can't it also be used?

Thinking of this, Shen Miao found out the records of the initial discussion on opening up mountains and fields. At that time, old man Chen said why the mountains here could not be mined like the ones in Bashu. It was because the soil layer was too thin. On the upper rock layer, shallow digging will result in insufficient soil for filling. If the soil is transported from other places, it will take time and effort, and it will also destroy the soil layer elsewhere, making it impossible to grow other crops there.

According to old man Chen's judgment, as long as the soil layer is thick enough not to dig into the rock mass, and enough to fill the soil, the field can be used for farming.How to calculate this value?Shen Miao dug out the mathematical knowledge that he had forgotten for a long time, and finally calculated a reasonable interval all night long, and spent a lot of effort trying to explain the mathematical knowledge into a way that the ancients could understand.

The next day, I excitedly went to see Old Man Chen and Old Man Xu.

The two old people listened to Shen Miao's explanation patiently, and asked some questions from time to time. Shen Miao tried to speak in terms they could understand, and if it really didn't work, she just spread out the paper and started drawing abstract pictures.

After talking for a long time, the two old men understood, and they couldn't help clapping their hands: "Mr. Shen's method is very clever. We will send people to investigate later, and try to find a short gentle slope first."

Shen Miao nodded happily, and the two old men hurried back to prepare.

Three days later, the two found a suitable gentle slope and hurriedly organized people to start the work. Shen Miao got up early in the morning, plunged into the construction site, watched and turned around together, and even helped a few times.

After more than ten days, the ten terraced fields have taken shape, which shows that Shen Miao's method is feasible.

Seeing this, Shen Miao wiped the sweat off her face excitedly, completely ignoring the fact that her face was already covered with dust and would turn into a disfigured face with just one wipe.Luo Zhaojian, who came here to check it out, couldn't stand it any longer, and coughed deliberately: "Pay attention to your appearance."

Shen Miao smirked: "I'll be happy... I'll wash it when I get back."

"Hmph, don't get too excited. With the new method of opening fields, more fields can be opened, and more people will come to open fields. The borrowed money will not be enough." Luo Zhaojian said.

Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, feeling bad, he really didn't pay attention to this matter, so he had to go back quickly to check the planted Dendrobium, collect some that can be harvested and sell them first.

The growth of Dendrobium is gratifying. Shen Miao planted it on the slate floor next to the stairs of the second-floor small building in the inner house. There are three high walls here. For ordinary crops, the sunlight is not strong enough, and it is too humid, which is the best for Dendrobium. suitable.

The Dendrobium brought back by Monk Gu is in good condition, especially at the root system, where some young shoots have already grown, which is just right for the split-bud planting method.As soon as Shen Miao got it, she carefully divided the buds and planted them. May and June are the season when Dendrobium grows vigorously. At this moment, it has grown about half a foot, and the buds have stabilized. The old branches can be removed and sold.Dendrobium can be dried and eaten, or fresh Dendrobium can be used directly. Shen Miao didn't know how to use it here, so she had to ask the steward.

The steward had earlier ordered Wu Liu that once the fairy grass planted by Shen Miao matured, he would be asked to sell it at the pharmacy agreed in advance.Hearing Shen Miao's question, he said: "There is a market town ten miles away from Biezhuang. There is a medicine shop called Bai'an Tang in the town. The owner is a close friend of the young master. The young master has already greeted him. You can go there and ask."

"Market town?" Shen Miao was excited. He had never visited a market town in this era, so he didn't know what it looked like.

The steward saw Shen Miao's excitement, and instructed: "The young master said that if you want to go, young master, someone will set up a bamboo raft to take you there, change your clothes to be more simple, let Duoer go with you, and you two will pretend to be brothers and sisters." He took out another wooden raft, "When you arrive at Bai'an Hall, don't ask casually, don't casually tell me about your fairy grass, give it to the shopkeeper while there are few people, and someone will welcome you."

"Okay." Shen Miao nodded after taking the wooden raft, on which was the word Bai'an, official script.

The next day, Shen Miao and Duo'er went to the market town.This market town is just a market, not a town. On the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, there will be farmers from the village and businessmen from outside the village rushing here to buy and sell goods. Usually, there are basically no people there, only sporadic openings such as medicine shops and artisan workshops.

No wonder Wu Liu would rest assured that he would bring Duo'er here, Shen Miao thought to himself, before he came, he was worried that people who knew Liu Nianlang would see him because there were too many people.

Bai'an Hall is located at the east end of the market town. There are two lanterns hanging at the door. The word Bai'an is written on the lanterns, which is very debatable.When I entered, there was only a young man who looked like a buddy sorting medicinal materials.

Shen Miao stepped forward and asked, "Brother, is the shopkeeper there?"

The young man had a kind attitude, raised his head and smiled and said, "There are few villains in my place, so I can't afford to hire a man. I am the shopkeeper."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Shen Miao said hastily.

"No need to do that." The young man waved his hand: "My surname is Pi, and my name is Guangye. I don't know if you are here to get medicine or ask a doctor?"

"Nothing." Shen Miao said and handed over the wooden raft. Pi Guangye put down the herbs in his hands and came forward to pick them up. Just now, the place where the medicine was drawn was dim, and he didn't see his face clearly. Now when he saw it, he was actually a beautiful woman good boy.

When Pi Guangye saw Mu Pai, he smiled and said, "So he is a friend of Mr. Qian Liu, please come in and talk." He led Shen Miao to the back hall.

There are a lot of medicinal materials planted in the back hall, and a lot of them are dried in the sun. The herbal fragrance is stronger than that in the front hall. Shen Miao likes it very much, and can't help but take a deep breath.

Pi Guangye said with a smile: "It seems that the young master is also a person who likes this way."

Shen Miao quickly shook her head: "I just like the smell, I don't know anything about medicine."

Pi Guangye smiled kindly, and Shen Miao asked Duo'er to take out the dendrobium and showed it to Pi Guangye: "This is the fairy grass produced in the village. I don't know how much you can buy it for." The previous exhortations were deliberately left unsaid, only the output was mentioned, and most people would think that they went to the mountains to find them.

Pi Guangye was overjoyed when he saw it: "This item is in short supply now, how can you find so many?"

Shen Miao was taken aback, he only brought five or six, how could it be too many?

Pi Guangye then explained: "Western Zhejiang Road suffered disaster, rich and wealthy families moved to Zhejiang East Road one after another. The road was bumpy and frightened. Most of the ladies and ladies were not feeling well. People bid for it one after another. It is difficult to collect this thing, and it needs something special, so it will be in short supply soon, and the price will go up."

No wonder, Shen Miao thought to himself, and quickly asked: "Then is this product easy to sell now? Is it easy to sell fresh?"

"Smoked and dried fairy grass is indeed more effective than fresh ones, but it will inevitably bring anger. Like the wives and young ladies who can't bear it, they can only eat fresh ones, and because fresh ones require a lot of food, the price of fresh ones is higher." Pi Guang said.

Shen Miao nodded after hearing this, and pushed all the Dendrobium in front of Pi Guangye: "I bought them all, how much can I get?"

Pi Guangye lowered his head and smiled: "This item is hard to find now, and it is sold to me. I can't afford that much money."

"Ah?" Shen Miao was stunned.

Pi Guangye smiled: "If you don't worry, put it in my place first, and I will send the money after I sell it."

Shen Miao nodded immediately, since the owner here is Wu Liu's best friend, he will definitely not blackmail him, so you can rest assured.Pi Guangye then ordered the Immortal Grass to preserve it.

Three days later in the afternoon, a strong man came to Biezhuang with a box on his back, claiming to be a member of Bai'an Hall, and came to find the young man who had been in the hall a few days ago.Shen Miao hurried down, the strong man handed the box to Shen Miao, Shen Miao staggered when he took it, it was so heavy!

The brawny man hurriedly helped out, brought the steward out, and only after someone took over did he take his leave.

The steward took some of the gold and silver brought by the strong man, and said to Shen Miao with a smile on his face: "With this money, not to mention supporting it until the end of the year, even if there are twice as many refugees, it will be enough for them to eat."

Shen Miao smirked happily, and Luo Zhaojian, who could see the inquiry, couldn't help but satirized him again: "Money is something outside of the body, why are you so stupid?"

"A gentleman loves money..." Shen Miao smiled cheerfully.

Luo Zhaojian immediately raised his eyebrows: "Take the meaning out of context! How can you learn it? Hurry up and copy the Analects three times."

"Master~~~" Shen Miao protested, but Luo Zhaojian ignored it.Shen Miao had no choice but to run back to the study in despair and concentrate on copying.

Thanks to nearly two months of hard study, Shen Miao finally filled in the hole in traditional Chinese characters. As for the characters... In Luo Zhaojian's words, the level of Meng Xue's one-year study is a little better than that of tracing red.Shen Miao silently looked at the characters that were still of different sizes, and she shed tears. It was hard for the ancients, and in the era of computers and mobile phones, who cares whether your handwriting is good or not! ! !

Thinking about it, Shen Miao continued to copy the Analects of Confucius stroke by stroke, and silently recited what had come, so that it would be at ease.

When the copy was finished, the sky was already dark. Although the scorching heat had arrived, it was not Shen Miao’s time. When it was hot, it was 40° high. The high temperature here was around 30° at most. A lot has been eliminated, so not only is it not difficult, but it is also very pleasant to stand on the railing on the second floor and blow the wind.

Duo'er brought Shen Miao a bowl of magnolia tofu to cool off the heat, and turned to go about her own business. She has recently become obsessed with embroidery, and whenever she has free time, she pesters Xiaohua to learn.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, except for the sound of frogs. The starry sky on a summer night is particularly beautiful. The pollution-free starry sky can even clearly see the Milky Way, and the two stars of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl twinkle at both ends of the Milky Way.

The Magpie Bridge will be held on July [-]th. It’s almost Qixi Festival, right?This festival was Qiqiao Festival in ancient times, and it was said to be Chinese Valentine's Day in his time. Speaking of lovers...

Shen Miao ate a mouthful of magnolia tofu, and sighed a little disappointed. He missed Wu Liu, and he had been away for almost two months.

Suddenly, a warm palm covered Shen Miao's eyes, and someone whispered in his ear, "I'm back."

Wu Liu? !