Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Seeing that the mushrooms were growing well, Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu didn't stay any longer, went back to the room after walking around, and started to work on their respective affairs.

Zhong Qingran took away the paperweight, and continued to draw the design blueprint of the glass greenhouse with finely processed charcoal pencils.There are few people in Fucun Village. As far as the current force is concerned, no matter how strong it is, it cannot compare with the crowd tactics. In order for the village to have enough self-protection ability, in a short period of time, it must rely on the various medicines prepared by Zhong Qingran. , there is not enough medicinal materials.

Limited by the climatic conditions, many medicinal materials that can only grow in the south cannot survive in Hanhai Prefecture.With a greenhouse, this point can be satisfactorily resolved. As long as the light intensity is not particularly high, most medicinal materials can grow as usual.

This is also the reason why Zhong Qingran temporarily reduced the expenditure on other projects and focused on the glass workshop.Before the village is completely settled down, safety is the first priority in everything. Only when this premise is met can we improve our lives with peace of mind.

The land reclamation has basically ended, but the villagers can't stay idle. After resting for a while and recuperating their bodies back to normal, they will spend a certain amount of time every day on land reclamation.I was in a hurry before and had to reclaim as much wasteland as possible before the spring plowing ended. For this reason, the villagers worked hard and were very tired. This situation could not be maintained for a long time.

Right now, it’s no problem. During the slack time, the reclaimed wasteland can only grow some vegetables at most. No one is in a hurry. A little troublesome, at least not tired.

The same goes for the Zhong family. Mr. Zhong paid people to do the work, and he has reserved a large piece of land.It stands to reason that there are only a few people in Fucun Village, and it is useless to open up too much wasteland, and no one will plant it.This is especially true for the Zhong family. Mr. Zhong and his wife and Jian Mingyu, Zhong Qingran is not willing to let them go to the fields, so he can do it himself. Without this ability, only Shen Changgui's family can work, but how much land can two laborers take care of?

The reason why Zhong Qingran still persisted in doing so was because he wanted to be prepared.He had already thought about it, if he couldn't find enough manpower in the villages of Hanhai Prefecture, he would go to the border town, no matter what, he had to find a way to solve the problem of manpower shortage.Otherwise, with Fucun's unreasonable sex ratio, relying on natural reproduction, I don't know how many years it will take to make Fucun not afraid of any tribe in Hanhai Prefecture.

Since the iron ore had not been found yet, the small amount of iron brought over from the Great Zhou Dynasty had long been exhausted, which made it impossible to use iron as a support for the glass greenhouse. As a last resort, Zhong Qingran planned to use a wooden frame as a support.

With the complete recipe, the glass workshop produced the colorless and transparent glass that Zhong Qingran wanted when the third furnace was opened.The quality of the glass produced this time is far from what it was before.

Zhong Qingran rested his right hand lightly on the newly polished glass, with a smile in his eyes.With them, the greenhouse can break ground, whether it is off-season crops, or crops that cannot grow in Hanhai State at all, you can try to grow them.Judging from what he has seen and heard in his previous life, the possibility of success is extremely high.

When Zhong Qingran built the house, he took the greenhouse into consideration. Therefore, although the house was only built twice, the backyard was extremely spacious, covering several acres of land.

Due to the shortage of manpower, the output of the glass workshop is not high, and the amount of glass needed for the greenhouse is huge. It is estimated that it will take a long time to complete the task. If other villagers want it, they can only wait.In this regard, no one has any complaints. After all, there are not many villagers who have enough money to buy a lot of glass. They don't value this new thing that they have never been exposed to.After all, if he is a farmer who has been farming for generations, if he is really so adventurous, he might not wait until now.

"Uncle Shang, come and see, can you build such a wooden frame?" Zhong Qingran pushed the finished draft in front of the carpenter Shangli and looked at him expectantly.

Shang Li took the blueprint and examined it carefully.

The frame of the greenhouse is not complicated, and with the level of carpenters of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is estimated that there will be no problem.Although Zhong Qingran thought so, but before he got a definite answer, he was always hanging on.He can come up with all kinds of techniques, except for the production step, the lucky luck beads can't do anything, unless he turns the lucky luck into copper, as long as he is not afraid of being treated as a monster, he can use this ability at will.

How could Zhong Qingran use such things that could not be explained to others?Don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients. If you don't pay attention to them, you may be knocked down by them one day, and there will be nowhere to cry.

"The frame is not a problem, but the beam is not easy to support such a high frame." Shang Li frowned. It was more than one foot high, and the wood used was less than a palm's width. In this way, the workload will increase greatly, which will be extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Zhong Qingran didn't think about this problem, he thought, green brick and tile houses can be built, and the difficulty of greenhouses is not as high as that of houses, so can it be difficult for them?Who would have thought, the problem really lies here.A house has walls to support it, but a greenhouse doesn't.If the height is lowered, things are also simple, and various operations can be performed directly by stepping on the stool.Considering the needs of lighting and crop growth, this cannot be changed, otherwise, the effect will be greatly reduced.

"Uncle Shang, then you first deal with the wood according to the requirements on the drawings. I will find a way to solve the difficulties you mentioned." Zhong Qingran left the design draft of the greenhouse and hurried back to Zhong's house.

Zhong Qingran propped his forehead with his hands, frowned and thought for a while, but he couldn't come up with a solution.He used his brain too much for a while, and his thinking was not very clear, so he simply put aside this troublesome matter, and relaxed his body and leaned on the back of the chair.

Zhong Qingran knew that this matter was actually not difficult, but he didn't find the right direction and went astray, so he couldn't remember it.After feeling more comfortable, he left the study and wandered around the house.Since working behind closed doors can't solve the problem, go out and have a look.If the family can't give him a reminder, then go to other places.

When he turned to the utility room, Zhong Qingran's eyes lit up, and he patted his forehead in frustration. Why didn't he think of such a simple thing?

After laughing at himself, Zhong Qingran came to the study again with brisk steps, sat upright, spread out a piece of rice paper, and a herringbone ladder jumped out of the paper.

After the ink was dry, Zhong Qingran came to the merchant again with the blueprint in his arms.

"Uncle Shang, this is a good thing. If you can make it, your work will be much easier in the future." Zhong Qingran smiled, and his tone rose slightly.

"Oh?" Hearing Zhong Qingran's words, Shang Li became interested, opened the drawing paper, laid it flat on the table, looked at it for a while, and said with some puzzlement, "Is this a ladder?"

Zhong Qingran nodded.

Shang Li looked at it carefully for a long time, with a blank expression on his face: "What is the use of this ladder, and how is it different from the current one? Seeing that you have brought it here in such a hurry to show me, I think the effect is not low. I am still a little confused, you Tell uncle quickly."

"Uncle Shang, can you do this?" Zhong Qingran didn't answer directly, but asked other questions first.

"Yes." Shang Li responded very simply, he still had some confidence in this.

"It's good if you can do it." Zhong Qingran stopped whetting his appetite and said with a smile, "Uncle Shang, this ladder, called a herringbone ladder, has the same function as the current ladder. It can support itself. With it, you don’t need the extra bracket you mentioned.”

"Really?" Shang Li was overjoyed, and looked down at the blueprint.If this is the case, it is really a good thing. How much effort can he save in doing work?And it is not only useful for carpenters, it can be used in many places, and it is even more useful in houses.

"Ah."

Shang Li stared at the blueprint with bright eyes, and said excitedly, "I'll buy this blueprint, and you'll make an offer."

Fukumura was decided by Zhong Qingran, and he proposed the concept of patent rights, any unique design can be sold for money.He has suffered from imitations. If Qinghefang hadn't been able to innovate for a long time, how could the business be so prosperous?

Of course, given the conditions of this world, it is impossible to do what it is in modern times, where an extremely valuable patent can be sold for a sky-high price, and it can even be invested in technology.Not here, no matter how good the idea is, you can’t charge too much, otherwise you can only throw it in your hands.

Zhong Qingran was just trying it out, if it was in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he would not have tried to block the traffic with his arms, and even other tribes in Hanhai Prefecture, he would not have proposed this matter in such a vain way.In the village under his own jurisdiction, there is no such taboo. The worst thing is to strengthen the secrecy work. As long as the villagers have tasted the sweetness, they will not object.

After receiving a few taels of silver, Zhong Qingran was very happy.This was a windfall. If Shang Li hadn't encountered trouble, he would not have thought of a ladder as a tool.After enjoying it, Zhong Qingran regretted it.If he had come up with this design draft earlier and built houses and walls, he would have saved a lot of effort.It seems that in the future, he will look more, think more, and bring all the modern tools that are easier to use and can be made at the current level.

Seeing that the progress of the greenhouse was only a little faster than that of the turtle, Zhong Qingran felt a headache.There is a shortage of people in Fucun Village, and jobs that don't require much skill are fine. If you gather together, you can find dozens of people.Building brackets and installing glass windows is not something everyone can do. Including the master Shang Li, there are only a few people in total, and it will be strange if they can do it soon.

Fortunately, most of the villagers know the skills of masons. Otherwise, if they want to build a blessed village, it will not be until the year of the monkey. Zhong Qingran is very lucky.

The shortcoming of the lack of people in Fucun was fully revealed at the moment of building the greenhouse, and Zhong Qingran had a headache.There are more than [-] craftsmen in the village. Except for some craftsmen who are urgently needed by the village and recruited a few apprentices, the rest are still working alone.This is not a good sign, if someone has some health problems, wouldn't it mean that a skill will be cut off from inheritance?Zhong Qingran didn't want such a thing to happen in front of him.

It was impossible to go on like this, Zhong Qingran decided to take a trip to Walin Village to see if he could buy some servants.When he had an idea, he immediately put it into practice.Hanhai Prefecture is different from the Great Zhou Dynasty. Here food and other real objects are more popular than money. Many transactions are barter, and no money is charged at all.To buy people, it is natural to provide enough equivalents.

Zhong Qingran went to the granary to take a look, and finally gave up on using grain as a trading item.This is too eye-catching and easy to attract people to covet, it is better not to take it out.That's all for corn and wheat. The ancestors of the permanent residents of Hanhai Prefecture are mostly farming peoples, and they will reclaim a small amount of land for planting. Rice is unique. If it is released, isn't it obvious that people will grab it?

Food is not enough, and neither is meat. There is no shortage of meat here, so Zhong Qingran focused on some commonly used medicines produced in Hanhai Prefecture.

"Mingyu, I'm going into the mountain tomorrow, do you want to go?" It's not the time to harvest herbs, Zhong Qingran went into the mountain just to confirm the types of herbs produced here.

There are very few doctors in Hanhai Prefecture, and there is no doctor stationed in Walin Village. I have minor illnesses and pains, and I basically survive on my own.Some diseases can be cured by themselves, but those who cannot be cured by themselves will go to a doctor for treatment due to delays and delays in treatment.This kind of situation will happen, after all, it is still caused by poverty, and doctors are scarce resources in Hanhai Prefecture, so the consultation fee is even higher, and ordinary people have reached the point where they can't even look down on illness.

"Go, I'll make arrangements." Jian Mingyu strode out of the house.The forest near Fucun is much more dangerous than the outer area of ​​Lushan Mountain. If it is not so easy to get lost here, no one would dare to enter. Jian Mingyu is worried, Zhong Qingran only set out with a few village guards.

Zhong Qingran went into the pharmacy and counted the inventory of patented medicines. What the villagers used the most was not medicines for curing diseases, but insect repellent powder, which was not very eye-catching.The mountains and forests here are deserted, and there are many poisonous insects and beasts.Without the insect repellent powder provided by Zhong Qingran, how would the villagers dare to go deep into the dangerous mountain forest?

Wild beasts are easy to deal with. As long as you have enough people, you don’t have to be afraid. Snakes, insects, rats and ants are hard to defend against. If you don’t pay attention, your life will probably be in the mountains and forests. This is why there are countless treasures in the mountains, but not many people dare to attack them. s reason.

Fortunately, Zhong Qingran planted a lot of medicinal herbs in Xiaoshan, otherwise, with the consumption of the prospecting team and hunters, the insect repellent powder would have been insufficient.However, even though Zhong Qingran still had a lot of stock in stock, everyone consciously saved it.Not to mention the villagers who bought the insect repellent powder privately and went hunting in the mountains, even the prospecting team provided the powder by the public did not use it lavishly.If this is used up, how can they enter the mountain?Isn't this a delay?

"Grandpa and grandma, tomorrow Mingyu and I will go into the mountains to find medicine, and we will wander around the nearby forests, don't worry." Zhong Qingran ventilated the two of them in advance to prevent the two elders from worrying blindly.

"Okay, then you should be careful." Mr. Zhong has nothing to worry about entering the mountain.Qingran's insect repellent powder is very effective. He knows this better than the villagers. With Mingyu and the village guard around, there is no need to worry about wolves, tigers and leopards.Entering the mountain is much safer than suppressing bandits.

"I know Mingyu is powerful, so don't rely on his ability to act blindly." Tong herself doesn't know hunting, and she doesn't lack common sense. She also knows that as long as Qingran and his wife don't encounter natural disasters, the probability of accidents is extremely low. She was afraid that the two of them would be bold and dare to enter any place, "Since we are looking for medicinal materials, we should try our best to avoid the beasts that can be avoided."

Zhong Qingran was in a hurry to respond, and he didn't think about hunting, it would be best if he could hunt by the way, and he wouldn't feel sorry if the prey ran away.This time there is a mission, if you want to hunt, wait until next time.

The next day, Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu set off with a small team of village guards.

It has been a few months since I came to Hanhai Prefecture. This is the first time for Zhong Qingran to really go into the mountains. He used to wander around the foot of the mountain behind the village at most.

The vegetation around Lushan Mountain is not lush, and there are not many tall trees. This side is completely different. Not to mention the tall and straight trees, there are also various shrubs, weeds and vines spreading everywhere on the ground, making it quite difficult to walk.

Zhong Qingran walked around aimlessly, and recorded every herbal medicine he saw.This mountain forest has not been developed, and there are countless treasures in it, not only medicinal materials, but also wood mineral deposits, etc., just waiting for everyone to discover.

Although it is not yet the time when most of the medicinal herbs are mature, Zhong Qingran is not without any harvest. After nearly an hour, he dug up a wild ginseng and picked some other medicinal herbs. Jian Mingyu and the others also hunted I found a few pheasants and hares, which happened to be used for lunch.

Because the forest was too dense, at noon, Jian Mingyu led people to search for a long time before finding a place to set up a stove.

Zhong Qingran looked at the group of them with several lacerations in their clothes, and felt very sorry.He was wearing cotton clothes, before the cotton was planted, it could be said that he used a little less. This time, not to mention Tong's, even Zhong Qingran felt a little heartache.He believed in the magical effect of the greenhouse, but before he saw the real thing, he didn't dare to guarantee that the cotton would be successfully planted.

Cotton is different from rice and requires stronger light. Even if it can be successfully planted, the output must be lower than that of Hewan Village.The price of cotton cloth will naturally rise.What's more, the cost of glass greenhouses is not low, and the production of glass cannot be increased for the time being. This means that greenhouses will not be popularized on a large scale, and the prices of products produced will be much higher than those of current crops.

Zhong Qingran spread a layer of oilcloth on the dusted stones, put water and food on it, got up and picked up a handful of dead branches, and left the rest to Jian Mingyu.

To be honest, lighting a fire and grilling meat in the mountains and forests is not something worth advocating. If you replace it with a team with insufficient force, you can't be too cautious, but Zhong Qingran and his party are not like this.Here, Zhong Qingran is the weakest in force. It's not that he is lazy, but in fact, except for Jian Mingyu, the rest are adults. How can he compare with them when his training is slightly inferior?Of course, with the exception of Jian Mingyu, there is nothing anyone can do about God's rewarding food.

Even the weakest Zhong Qingran can deal with a wild wolf, let alone others.It seems that the daily training and the weapons they were given were not in vain.

After all, this is a mountain forest where poisonous insects and ferocious beasts have been showing their power for many years. Fearing that the beasts will be attracted by the scent, several people take turns to be vigilant even when they are eating.The effect of doing this was immediate. After a meal, everyone harvested a beaver and a sable.

Zhong Qingran looked at the sable's smooth fur and couldn't put it down.This little thing is very alert, if it wasn't for Jian Mingyu's superior skills, he might be run away by it.Mink is rare in Lushan area, and few people are lucky enough to see it, let alone catch it.Unexpectedly, they saw it in the forest near Fucun, which shows how rich the resources are here.

After a full meal, everyone took a lunch break for half an hour, then packed up their things and continued on their way.

This time, Zhong Qingran did not fool Mr. and Mrs. Zhong, he just walked around in the forest near Fu Village.No one has visited here for so many years, and the distribution of herbs is relatively even. It will not be like Lushan Mountain, where the closer to the mountains, the more herbal resources.Since the inside and outside are not much different, there is no need for him to ask for trouble, crossing mountains and ridges into deep mountains and old forests.

Zhong Qingran looked around, trying every means to find various medicinal herbs from the lush vegetation.The mountains and forests here are not patronized. The advantage is that medicinal materials can be found everywhere, but the disadvantages are also obvious. They have to open a road by themselves, which seriously affects their itinerary.

Jian Mingyu led the way, followed by Zhong Qingran, and the rest of the people guarded the sides and the back. Whenever there was any trouble, they would receive their vigilant eyes. If prey appeared, they would not hesitate to send them a few arrows.

"Huh!" Suddenly, Zhong Qingran was surprised, and then turned to ask the village guard, "Have you been here before?"

"No." Several people said in unison.

The mountains and rocks in front of him were densely covered, and the trees behind him were towering. The place where Zhong Qingran was standing was just on the dividing line, and there were two worlds on both sides, which were clearly separated.

This is nothing at all, and stone mountains are not rare, there are many scattered in the mountains and forests, to Zhong Qingran's surprise, there are a few places that reflect the luster of metal, which is unusual.

"Mingyu, how far is it from Fucun?" Zhong Qingran turned his gaze to the side.

"It's estimated to be seven or eight miles away." Jian Mingyu was also not sure.

"This distance is not bad, barely acceptable." Zhong Qingran took a few steps to the nearest piece of ore that was shining with metallic luster, squatted down, and buried his head in digging, "Leave the manpower for vigilance, and the rest come to help, just dig my men like this stone."

Jian Mingyu stepped forward to take a look, and then he understood the difference between the stones excavated by Qingran and those beside them.He looked up and wandered around, and saw several similar items. Jian Mingyu didn't get involved, and told the village guard the location, and then ignored it.Among the group of people, he has the highest force value, and protecting everyone's safety is his top priority, there is no need to put the cart before the horse.

The stone was very heavy, and Zhong Qingran asked everyone to bring a small piece. He didn't know what kind of mineral it was, and he didn't want to use the lucky beads for everything, so he decided to take them back and let the masons and blacksmiths identify them. If they can be used, That's all happy, no, at most it's a waste of effort.

Zhong Qingran and his group didn't stay here any longer, and after digging out a few small pieces, they set off again.

They are walking back now, and Shishan is already on the way back, and the group of people is like going around an irregular circle.

On the return journey, apart from harvesting a few pieces of unknown minerals, everyone didn't gain much.