I farmed in ancient times

Years later, Caesar plunged into the winery under renovation. After the internal renovation of the winery was completed, Caesar circled a large piece of land, ordered a pile of large green bricks to be fired, and took the blueprints to supervise the workers to build the fence. .

In the end, Jueming simply didn't go home and lived in the winery. If Cen Chaoan wanted to find him, he had to go to the construction site.

In such a hurry, the distillery was not completed until the end of the first month. Wang Ergou paid his wages and began to move the grain distiller's koji to the distillery. Caesar personally watched the long worker mix the distiller's koji into the steamed ingredients. into the pool.

This time the site is relatively large, planning the steaming room, mixing material, fermentation room and wine steaming room, as well as the room for mixing and bottling. In the end, Cassia added a process to make the bottled wine Seal it well, and steam it in a clean pot for an hour to barely sterilize it.

Although he is not sure whether the effect is good or not.

The winery was completed, and Jiang Jinnian was over for the winter. Wrapped in thick fox fur, he sat in a sedan chair to the door of the winery, and saw that there was a dilapidated signboard on the winery of Cassia Ming, engraved with the word "Winery" on it. Words, Jiang Jinnian smiled and shook his head, this Cassia didn't take the winery too seriously.

Doesn't he know how many people are waiting impatiently for more wine to be brewed now?

"The name of your winery is really random." Jiang Jinnian walked around the winery with Cassia Ming. There was no snow here, and the remodeled warehouses had large windows, and the temperature inside could be felt through the walls.

"After thinking about it, it's better to call it a small winery." Jueming didn't dare to take him for a long stroll outside, and led him to a place to rest and entertain guests, brought him the wine from the small winery, and poured it into a wine cup Give it to Jiang Jinnian, "Look."

Jiang Jinnian held the wine cup up his nose to sniff, but he didn't touch the wine, suddenly he raised his head and said, "How about I ask someone to inscribe it?"

"I can't ask for it!" Jue Ming said happily, "Then I won't bother, and I'll just find someone to carve a plaque."

Jiang Jinnian nodded and took the newly brewed wine away. After a few days, he asked someone to bring a large letter.

Jueming looked at it, and wrote the name of the small winery in a well-regulated manner with a strong pen, and there were a few private seals underneath. Jueming couldn't tell whether the characters were good or bad, so he folded the characters in two and handed them over to the craftsman who carved the plaque.

Ten days later, the craftsman who carved the plaque delivered the goods. He highly praised the small winery and almost didn't pay for the plaque and wood.

The small winery put up a plaque and started to open quietly. Caesar Ming and Wang Ergou patrol the factory every day. Whether they are long-term workers or short-term workers, if there is anything they don’t understand, they can directly ask the old factory workers. If you ask Wang Ergou or Cassia Ming, they will answer them carefully.

The north wind rolled over the treetops, taking away the last trace of chill, and the paper kites rose with the south wind. In the river, the water that had been stagnant for a winter thawed out one after another. Ducks twisted their buttocks, quacked into the river, and shuttled among the broken ice .

The warm sun slanted through the window lattice, and outside the Suzaku gate, the weeping willow treetops on both sides of the moat were full of greenery. The city people took off their heavy fur coats and wore only cotton-padded jackets, and took out their winter books to dry in the sun, in case Moldy and moth infested.

Another spring has come.

The winery is gradually getting on the right track, and every process is supervised by a special person, and Cassia suddenly feels free.

Thinking of last year's promise that Wang Ergou would take him to the fields in spring and give Jiang Jinnian the glass formula he tinkered with, Caesar rolled up his sleeves and took Wang Ergou to the farmland outside the city.

It is still cold in the morning and evening, and most of the fields are winter wheat. The wheat that has survived the winter has not yet headed, and it looks short and green.

On the open land, diligent farmers have already begun to dig the soil, and new crops can be planted in a few days.

Jueming first took Wang Ergou to the field for a walk. Wang Ergou went to the field with his second uncle before the flood, and knew a little about the things in the field. thing.

When he was working on an alcohol meter before, Caesar had to find ways to burn glass, build a kiln by himself, and find materials to burn by himself. Due to his inexperience, he got caught in the dust and burned down countless kilns before he could barely burn out a little glass liquid.

Cassia spent money to hire a sugar blower to blow glass, and it took more than a dozen blows before he succeeded.

The method of burning glass was handed over to Jiang Jinnian. Jiang Jinnian was more curious than Cassia Ming, but he was less experienced.

Cassia left the winery, went to the wheat field, and finally went to Jiang Jinnian.

After finally finding time to find Cassia, Li Xiurong tried three times in a row, but he had no choice but to send a message saying that he would go to Cassia another day.

But Juming refused Jiang Jinnian's offer of loops, took off his outer cotton robe and tied it around his waist, put on only a tunic, rolled up his sleeves and began to make mud.

"Make a small one first, and then make a big one after it's adjusted." As Jueming said, he put the reconciled clay into a strip and placed it on the dug hole. The kiln he built was a small one, and the initial experiment did not require Such a large kiln costs firewood and manpower.

Jiang Jinnian stood by and watched. After cassia coiled one, waited until the base was almost dry, and then plated other soft soil on top to form a tall cave dwelling.

A few days later, after the kiln was completely dry, Jiang Jinnian brought a thick small iron pot, and Caesar held it in his hand and looked at it. It was still cast iron. There was nothing he could do about it. Iron products were very expensive in this era.

Caesar thought for a while, why were iron products already in circulation in the town when he came?Should not.

This idea flashed by, and soon he held a miniature iron pot and stuffed it into the kiln. First, he burned a pile of shells. Quartz stone, the humble glass material is ready.

Fill the fire at the bottom of the kiln, and use tongs to take out the iron pot after it is fully burned. The iron pot has been burned with the glass liquid for so long, and it turns red and hot.

Carefully pour the glass liquid onto the iron plate, roll it up with a hollow iron rod and knead it, then hold it up to the sugar blower standing behind him.

The master knew that his hard work was coming, and he blew on the long and thick hollow iron rod with all his might, until his face turned red and his hair swelled. Knead it into a bottle shape, cut it off at the end, and let it cool slowly.

The made glass bottle is green all over, and contains countless unknown impurities inside, which looks extremely strange.

Jiang Jinnian was very happy. After the glass bottle was completely cooled, he hugged the glass bottle in amazement, and when Cassia Ming polished the bottle mouth, the surrounding people were shocked.

Jueming said: "This is like porcelain, it is easy to break, and the pieces are extremely sharp and easy to cut people."

To put it bluntly, it is better-looking porcelain, and Caesar prefers kiln-fired porcelain vases.

After enjoying himself, Jiang Jinnian pursed his lips, with a rare expression of seriousness on his face, "Cassy, ​​this glass can only be mass-produced by the palace."

Cassia nodded, "I know, it's all up to you."

"And that shell ash." Jiang Jinnian asked, "Can it really be used to build a house?"

Cassia patted his chest, reassuringly said: "Really, there is still cement, but I don't remember how to get it. I only remember that there is limestone."

"Why don't you write down what you think of and give it to the craftsmen in the palace to study?" Jiang Jinnian tentatively suggested, but he didn't have much success in his mind.

After all, once these three things are developed, the entire Song Dynasty may undergo earth-shaking changes because of it.

Cassia can use it to earn a lot of silver.

After pondering for a moment, Jue Ming nodded, and directly asked Jiang Jinnian for a pen and paper, and leaned on Zhong Xin's back to write down what he thought of on the paper.

It's not that he is generous, giving away Huahua's silver to others, but that the materials are too difficult to collect, and there are not many substitutes. If you want to make high-quality things, you still have to rely on the royal family.

Among the hundreds of officials, there are those who are responsible for these things. As long as they are given a direction, they will be able to display infinite wisdom and do things to perfection.

Ancient people spun silk and spun cloth, and the density of the cloth weaved was comparable to that of a parachute. Jueming believed that it was better to give them the prescription than to fumble here.

After all, it is a rare item, even if it is circulated, it will only be circulated in the upper class. It is estimated that it will take a hundred years before it becomes popular for everyone to use.

Jiang Jinnian took the paper from Cassia Ming, without looking at it, carefully folded it up and put it away, the sugar blower was simply retained, and immediately changed to a glass blower.

The two bid farewell to each other, and a major event was settled. Jueming felt relieved, and walked in the direction of home in the setting sun.

I seem to have forgotten something?Jueming thought about it. After the Qingming Festival, the warm wind gradually picked up. When he put his hand on the soil, he could feel the steam rising from the moist soil.

Seeing that the wheat in the field was about to bloom, Jueming called Wang Ergou, and after thinking about it, he called a few more dexterous long-term workers, each holding a small bamboo clip.

Squatting on the side of the ground stalk, Caesar first cut off the ungrown part of the wheat ears, cut off half of the wheat husks and wheat awns together, carefully picked out the stamens that did not grow pollen, and discarded them with a leno. Cover fastened.

After several demonstrations, Wang Ergou and the others quickly got started. Caesar said, "This is just the simplest wheat, and there will be fruit trees and other crops in the future."

Wang Ergou immediately expressed his loyalty, saying that he could do other things himself.

Caesar nodded, and a group of people picked and tossed the strong wheat. After a few days, the wheat flowers bloomed, and Cassia brought people to collect pollen and pollinate one by one.

Others think that this kind of tossing and ruining the wheat, only Wang Ergou knows that this kind of tossing is the secret of the soaring yield per mu of wheat seeds in Shiwen Liangpu.The boss in front of him, who is one or two years younger than himself, is an extremely powerful person.

What Caesar taught him was the simple hybridization method. There was already a systematic crossbreeding method for several commonly sold crops, not to mention that Cassia had found a wheat variety whose stamen pollen would not produce wheat kernels. The wheat is planted together, and what is harvested is the wheat that can be sold.

You only need to ensure that enough seeds are reserved for hybridization, and the sold seeds can maintain the yield per mu.

This is why the yield of many seeds is high in the first year, and the yield of self-saved seeds will become lower and lower. This problem has not been solved in modern times, let alone in ancient times.

In June, when the waves of wheat are golden, Cassia packs his bags and prepares to set off again.