technical type

"My biological father is my father, and my master is also my father. The two fathers are competing for me. I am happy and worried—how can I be so lovable?"

Only after forgetting the pain in his buttocks did Ji Mo jump up and down again, muttering with his hands behind his back, he went down to the ground like a little old man, and waited outside where Father Ji couldn't see him, and when he saw Ji Sang coming out, he smiled and waved at him , asked "Good morning, Master", and then walked quickly to the field after hearing the other party's instructions.

For this "early", he went out earlier than Ji Kui, and his attitude was extremely positive.

Ji Sang looked at his back and smiled, this kid is really likable.

The work in the field is as boring and boring as ever. Observing the condition of each herb and thinking carefully has gradually become a rare interest in it. At least it is with brains. I will correct myself again soon. Anyway, the precision required in intensive cultivation is not without reason, let's see later.

After following Dongwancai for a season, Ji Mo started to follow Qingshuangcao, which is not far away. It is the herb that Ji Kui is taking care of next to him. If this kind of herb is higher than Dongwancai, it is really I can't put it on the table casually. In other respects, maybe being cold is an advantage?

In winter, the blue color in the field except for the conifers and cypresses is the blue frost grass. The frost formed by the cold condensation will coat the surface of the green leaves. The washed azure color is really beautiful, hence the name Qingshuang.

It is mainly used to reduce fever. If you have a sore throat, fever, etc., you can also use a piece of Qingshuang grass to make tea and drink it, soak it in warm water, and do not stew it in boiling water, for fear of damaging the medicinal properties.

Compared with the hard work and easy planting of Dongwan vegetables, Qingshuang grass is a bit delicate, and there is no shortage of water during the growth period. Li Jikui has to spend a lot of time on watering every day. Its state can be seen from afar.

After he really took care of it, Ji Mo realized that Ji Kui's sloppiness was not without reason, and Qingshuangcao's reaction was too straightforward. If there is something wrong, it will be obvious soon. If a remedy is made in time, if it is a remedy Yes, the results can be quickly reflected. For plants, this is equivalent to talking to the grower.

In this way, it seems to be a delicate and labor-intensive thing, because the other party's reaction is intuitive and timely, and it becomes an interesting interaction. It seems that many people like to tease the mimosa. Seeing its shy leaves closed, I can't help Smile knowingly.

This interaction seems to be excellent at first glance, allowing Ji Mo to test the difference in the amount of watering a little bit. I dare not say that it is only affected by that one factor, but it can be relatively intuitive.

However, if you look closely, you will find that this kind of interaction is too superficial. The reason for the failure may be that there is not enough water, it may be too hot in the sun, or it may be burnt due to excess fertility.

In order to better observe the green frost grass, Ji Mo transplanted a blue frost grass into a flower pot, and brought the small flower pot back and forth, so as to observe the changes of the green frost grass at any time.

Ji Sang saw it once, asked him the reason, nodded slightly, and felt that Ji Mo's attitude was correct enough for the first time.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't know how to write the current text, Ji Mo was so excited that he wanted to write his observation diary. Even so, he also used his brain to record a lot of things about Qingshuang grass that he didn't give any professional knowledge. .

Ji Kui looked at it but just laughed: "If all of our Ji family are herbalists like you, then we don't need to be some kind of herbalist. Wouldn't it be good to grow orchids? They are rare and valuable, and one pot is worth one piece."

At that time, people had the habit of valuing orchids, thinking that it was a gentleman's posture, and it must not be ordinary. The harder it is to grow orchids, the more precious they are. Whatever the appearance, from the leaves to the lines, even the calyx of the flowers are all different. The basis of the classification is divided into three, six, and nine grades one by one. Ordinary people really can't grow them. Because some orchids can also be used as medicine, there are medicine planters who specialize in planting this.

Different from the situation where ordinary herbalists plant a large herb, the herbalists who specialize in planting orchids really carry flower pots with them. A small courtyard is full of orchids, each with a single pot and watered in the sun. , are different, but it seems like Ji Mo is now.

Not to mention far away, there is someone in the Ji family who specializes in planting orchids. Speaking of which, he is still a member of the inner circle. When Ji Kui visited with his brother, he was kicked out at that time. The reason is that popularity will destroy orchids. noble air.

After the two came back that day, Ji’s father who heard about the incident gave him a good beating, which made Ji Kui’s memory especially deep. When he said it now, his face was full of disdain: “I didn’t see what was so good about it!”

The flowering period of orchids is not too long. He didn't see the flowers blooming at that time, and he only thought in his heart, even if the flowers bloom, can they be as beautiful as the sky?

This is the first time Ji Mo heard of this, pestering Ji Kui to ask him to say more, Ji Kui has not been so dependent on his younger brother for a long time, on a whim, he really said more, he knows a lot, if This kind of special planting of orchids, the attitude of the family has always been negative.

The benefits of orchids are great, but the risks are also great. Even those who grow this year round and claim to be experienced, it is common to raise a few orchids to death. That's the real squeamish herb.

This kind of unstable income is obviously not enough for the development of the family, so it was denied. Even that person, he only dared to raise it in the yard in a secret way, and did not dare to publicize it everywhere, otherwise the family would send him down first. It's getting popular.

"Don't be so thoughtful, if you go astray, don't blame me for being beaten!" Ji Kui suddenly looked at Ji Mo vigilantly as he spoke. He felt that his younger brother had already thought of going astray, so he warned , hoping to disentangle the relationship.

The relationship between brothers is always easy to be entangled in accountability. Ji Kui, who was beaten with his elder brother, does not want to be beaten with his younger brother again.

"Don't worry, I won't."

It cannot be said that this kind of planting is worthless, but such a small-scale planting obviously does not reach the level of reverence for a medicine planter.

Ji Mo has roughly figured out how it is easy to keep a name. It is an epoch-making thing. The so-called "unprecedented". .

Secondly, it is something that is respected. It is not only the thing itself that is spread, but also the meanings contained in it. Dare to say that there was absolutely no king seal before this, and it can only be said that there was no glory created by Lange before that, and those king seals lost some color in front of the Lange king seal.

Thirdly, it can be promoted and has universal significance, bringing about the effect of "no one to come after". At least within a few decades, no one will be able to surpass the "myth" you created.This is also Ji Mo's guess about the profession of medicine planter.

If a certain quantitative standard can be established and a certain concept of herb planting can be unified, it will become a benchmark in the industry, just like the Yaowang Valley today. Talents occupy more than half of the pharmaceutical industry today, and it is the sacred place in the hearts of all those engaged in the pharmaceutical industry in the world, and its status cannot be shaken.

This kind of reputation can be passed down for decades, even hundreds of years, or thousands of years.

In contrast, what kind of potions Yaowang Valley has really made, what kind of diseases it has treated, and how many methods of planting medicinal herbs have been promoted are all the icing on the cake of this reputation, or the foundation of this reputation. The foundation does not completely represent the physical carrier of this reputation.

In other words, everything is a carrier, but it cannot carry everything.

Doesn’t the work also bear fame?

It is not the reputation of the caster, but it is also the epitome of a period.

"If what is passed on is fame and the work is not important... In fact, every time a work is passed down, few people know that I am the creator. If it is said that the work is passed on, then how should a profession like a medicine planter spread the work? , a detailed plan for planting medicinal herbs, or I will also publish a classified and summarized work like "Compendium of Materia Medica", listing in detail the cultivation methods of dozens of medicinal herbs, from seed selection to harvesting, including intermediate fertilization. How to make fertilizers? ——It’s not impossible, but...you need to learn the characters first.”

Speaking of which, there is really no good way for the Ji family to be able to read and write. The cohesion of the family in this world is a bit like the world of the swordsmith. Everyone is like this. Those who consider changing their majors are always a few rebellious ones, and more people are still honestly continuing the family career.

And because they have never learned the concept of reading and literacy since they were young, they rely on their brains to remember everything, and obviously they will not suddenly awaken the string of reading and literacy. Not to mention financial support, but other aspects, where can they find teachers? It's also the same thing. Today's knowledge should still be monopolized in the hands of high-level officials. For most people who have lived their entire lives without literacy, their descendants will rarely have this awareness.

What is the need to spend time learning knowledge that is completely out of reach and seems to be out of use?The key is that I don't know where to learn it, and there are no conditions around to trigger this skill.

Ji Mo thought for a while, and made sure that he didn't want to look up the genealogy or steal the teacher's tombstone, so he could only memorize it honestly, and he was not the kind who studied silently and completely forgot about the master and didn't interact with each other. After observing for a few days, with or without, he would tell Ji Sang what he saw and thought, and describe in words the conclusions and problems he reached during this observation period, and the other party would explain it to him, and at the same time Knowing about other medicinal herbs of a similar nature can be regarded as allowing him to understand by analogy.

[Main task: medicine planter. 】

[Current task: professional knowledge learning - (9/100)]

He has not broken through single-digit professional knowledge, and often makes Ji Mo mourn for himself. This time, the study is really difficult. It is necessary to keep the medicinal properties of some herbs and to classify some planting knowledge. Given the huge amount of work and the hardships of working in the fields every day, Ji Mo felt that after the completion of this exam, he must have been greatly trained, and he would be able to strive for self-improvement in the future.

Time flies and it is winter. The four kinds of herbs cultivated by the Ji family have already been harvested. Not all of them have been harvested. Some things like herbs have a certain age. In this regard, Yaowanggu gave The knowledge of planting herbs is obviously superficial, and does not include these related.

The Ji family is not stupid. Ever since they started planting, they have been experimenting to see if herbs with different ages will have different medicinal effects. Obviously, if the medicinal effects are more effective, the longer the age, the more valuable it must be. It is as if thousand-year-old ginseng is better than century-old ginseng Same.

Of course, this is a simple comparison. If the water and soil are not good or other reasons, this inequality of drug efficacy may not be true.

Just like the harvest of grain in the dry season and the flood season, medicinal herbs also depend on the season of the year. This year is quite smooth, I dare not say that the weather is smooth, at least the manpower can make up for the needs of the medicinal herbs, and the harvested medicinal herbs are still very good. .

The Ji family kept some medicinal herbs over the years untouched, and this year they left a few plants unpicked, and picked the rest that should be picked. During this group activity, Ji Mo was quite calm because of his previous performance. , was also included in the picking staff, which is really an honor at his age.

Ji Mo, who followed Ji Sang, didn't realize this at all, and he learned how to pick herbs seriously. He only followed one kind of herb, which was neem white that grew in the humid environment by the water. A kind of woody medicinal herb, half of the body is covered with moss, half of the wood is soaked in muddy water, it is hard to say whether the other party has rotted in the water.

Neem white is the medicinal herb that grows on it, in clumps, the ends of the leaves that grow to naturally bend down are slightly white, and it looks like a white velvet. The so-called neem white, specifically, is those When picking the white velvet, you have to pick off the leaves together. Only the outer part of each clump is picked, leaving the innermost part that has not even grown the white velvet to continue to grow and save it for the next year.

The part where the leaves are picked will flow out transparent juice. What Ji Mo has to do is to quickly apply a powder on the juice after picking the leaves, as if to stop the bleeding of the plant, to stop the juice The loss of medicinal herbs should be preserved as much as possible to survive the cold winter.

There is little snow in winter here, and the most severe thing is the cold brought by the frost. The damp air seems to be able to penetrate into the bones of the people. Many old people and children will feel that winter is difficult.

People are like this, and plants are no exception, let alone these herbs that are artificially grown. In order to help them survive the winter smoothly, the Ji family will not hesitate to put clothes on them if possible, and add a layer of relatively soft grass cover. Inevitable.

The dried grass path is slightly woven, it does not need to be smooth, just finer, slightly support around the herbs, and then cover the grass cover to prevent it from crushing the herbs, just like covering them with cotton The quilt is similar to the feeling of wrapping tree trunks with straw ropes in circles in modern greening, which looks quite gratifying.