It seems that I am still too full [travel]

The next day, Xie's mansion, the threshold was almost broken by successive visitors. Xie Shi didn't know that he knew so many people on weekdays, and even Qin Sui came here curiously.

Cen Yu was still studying the gift bag that Xie Shi had brought back, gearing up to bring new rare items to Bazhen Pavilion, but when he heard the news this morning, he rushed over in a hurry.

"But it's really eight stones per mu?!" When Cen Yu saw Xie, he asked so abruptly without even saying hello.Xie Shi had already answered this question several times from different people in the morning, and his mood had already changed from the excitement last night to the calmness of today, so he nodded calmly at him now.

Be calm about what you're excited about. It's just that rice yields [-] kilograms per mu, and Yuan Dashen's hybrid rice yields thousands of kilograms per mu. Compared with the experimental results of the big guy, the dwarf rice he successfully bred by luck this time Where is this!This is through the careful care of a professional agricultural student of his. Starting from a tender seedling, various fertilizers are applied. Scientific management can achieve this kind of result rate. It is basically impossible to completely reproduce his farmland with ordinary farmers. Eight stones per mu.

However, Cen Yu couldn't be as calm as him. As soon as he received Xie Shi's definite answer, he couldn't restrain his inner excitement. He waved his robe sleeves and walked around the room, "Miracle! This is simply divine rice! Thank you." Tanwei, are you really a god from the sky who came down to earth? Tell me, your real body is the god of grains?"

Xie Shi almost couldn't hold back the dragon and phoenix tea that he had just entered. He looked at Cen Gu'an with a dazed expression, suspecting that this person might have lost his mind, or was still in a dream. Look at what he said. What nonsense.

Xie Shi calmed down his speechless choking mood, thought for a while, and gave him a "vaccination" in advance, and he said: "Don't get excited, Gu'an, the eight stones produced per mu are called wet food, dried in the sun It will definitely be less, and this kind of yield per mu can only be achieved in my experimental field, if it is popularized in ordinary farmland, the yield may be reduced to five or six stones."

Even after hearing this, Cen Yu did not show the disappointed expression as Xie Shi imagined. He stopped walking back and forth, paused, and said to Xie Shi with a bit of hatred: "Even if it is dried, there are It is seven and a half stones, and this rice plant with an yield of eight stones per mu, if it is placed in the ordinary farmers, will be immediately regarded by the local government as an auspicious thing from heaven, and will be tributed to Dadu immediately, and it will be the god rice heard in heaven! "

Afraid that Xie Shi would not know how amazing the yield per mu is, Cen Yu said again: "Even if it is introduced, the yield per mu will be reduced to five or six shi, so do you know that most of the rice yield per mu in my court is only three shi Left and right, only in the land of Jiangnan with rich water and soil, in the fields cultivated intensively by old farmers, can there be a harvest of five or six stones per mu! If such grains are popularized, wouldn’t it be possible for the people’s harvest to double in the coming year! Why worry about no food, why worry about hunger! Thank you Tanwei, you will benefit the people of the world!"

Xie Shi smiled and said: "Don't make me so great, it's not my work alone, the wild rice plants that were successfully cultivated this time were all brought from Qiongzhou by Brother Han who sent people all the way, he is the one who benefits the people people."

Speaking of the master, Cen Yu suddenly thought of something, immediately lifted his robe and sat on the chair next to Xie Shi, and said in a low voice: "I heard that my brother found a jade seal from the belly of a giant fish in the sea this time when I went to sea?! "

Xie Shi hurriedly disregarded the relationship, "It's not me, it's your master." At most, he contributed a fishing rod.

Cen Yu looked at him with meaningful eyes, "Do you know how much trouble this jade seal has caused?"

Xie Shi didn't expect that there would be a follow-up to this matter, and it sounded quite interesting, so he said curiously: "What's the matter, let's hear it!"

Cen Yu didn't whet his appetite, and told Xie Shi everything he knew, "My lord, he ordered Qi Qi to escort this important treasure to the Han family in Fuzhou, and invited people to identify the authenticity of this thing. The Han family didn't publicize it, but privately Letters were sent to some great Confucians who thought they were old men from the previous dynasty or did not serve in the Mongolian Dynasty, and invited people to come for appraisal. This way, it can be regarded as attracting all those great Confucianists in the southeast region who had avoided the world and did not serve in official positions. Not only Mr. Song Xi, who was originally retired in our academy, went with him, but even Mr. Song Shou, who had not written a book in Xianhua Mountain, came out of the mountain! You know, the head of Qiu Zhai came to invite him before, but he declined Already!"

Xie Shi didn't realize who Song Shou was for a while, and he was able to let Han Ji send someone to invite him. It wasn't until Cen Yu left that he recalled that Song Shou was the famous founding official of the later generations. Great Confucian Song Qianxi!

Xie Shi: I slapped the wings of a butterfly, and I slapped Zhu Chongba's founding official in parallel time and space...

Xie Shi, who was conscious of "doing evil", felt a lot of emotion, and put this "little accident" behind him, and continued to complete the rest of the test field.Xie Shi called this improved variety "Qiongzhou Ai", which was bred by crossing the wild bantamia No. [-] and the local cultivated rice No. [-] in Qiongzhou, Hainan. It is as high as eight stones beyond everyone's imagination, but it is not yet known whether the stable traits can be maintained after the trial planting. Xie Shi thinks that all this will have to wait for the spring sowing in the next year, and it will be confirmed after the introduction of the seeds in the field. If the introduction is still such a high yield, Then we can take the lead in promoting it in Le County.

The ears of rice in the experimental field were harvested earlier than those in the farm, so it took two days for the harvest to start at Xie's farm, which brought good news to Xie Shi.In Xiejia Farm, a group of old farmers wore cotton-padded clothes that had just been handed out, braving the chilly autumn wind to help tie rice ears on the ridge of the field.On the side, Huang Wu commanded people to hurry up to thresh the millet, but they had to take advantage of the good weather to spread out the threshed millet to dry, and put it in the grain depot as soon as it dried. Although they were too busy to touch the ground, everyone There is a smile on the face.

The threshing farmers laughed and chattered while working, "This rice is good, there is no empty shell!"

Huang Wu and several other stewards were also happy, and said beside them: "I don't know how much the yield per mu is, but it must be a bumper harvest! After a while, everyone will have a good year after the grain is distributed!"

On the side there were refugees who had wandered from the north before and were settled in the farm by Xie Shi. He asked in surprise, "You can still distribute food at the end of the year?!"

"That's right!" the old farmer said happily, "Although we can't survive and signed the deed of sale, no matter it is the Han family or the current owner of the Xie family, they will give us food at the end of the year, although it is not as good as what other tenant farmers get. There is a lot of food, but our food and clothing are given by the owner, and now we live in such a good house. If we are sick, the adults will ask the doctor to show us, and they will give us cotton coats when winter is coming. Life is better than those sharecroppers out there!"

Others echoed: "That's right, when I save money, redeem my deed, and work as a tenant farmer in our farm, I don't want to suffer outside."

The refugee was even more surprised after hearing this, "You can still redeem the contract of sale?!"

Huang Wu nodded proudly, "Of course, whoever saves money can naturally ask for redemption with the owner, and the fee is not high. Anyway, the farmers here are hardworking, and it's almost enough to save for three years. To be able to cultivate the land of the owner, the rent is only twelve miles!"

The refugees who had only been here for two months were stunned, and only charged [-]% of the rent, which was unheard of. You must know that in the place where they lived before, the master who only charged [-]% of the rent could already be praised as benevolent , Basically, [-]% of the rent is collected, and if there is any drought or flood, when the tenants pay the rent, those landlords will not care whether you are affected by the disaster, or they will still ask you for the previous year's amount of grain!This is also an important reason why they simply abandoned the land and fled famine after the disaster, because they couldn't survive at all...

The refugee who asked the question was so envious that his eyes were red with envy. See what kind of fairy life the people of Xiejiazhuang are living. If it were him, he would not want to leave. How could I flee from famine to this strange southern land!

He cautiously asked Huang Wu: "Boss Huang, can we refugees also sign the deed of sale? Will the treatment be the same then?"

When resettling these refugees, Xie Shi did not sign contracts of selling their lives with them. After all, he received modern education and did not agree with the practice of letting people sell their lives. Therefore, in the resettlement policy of "relief with work", These refugees are only in an employment relationship with him. If they want to get food and housing, they must work according to his arrangement every day. When the war in the north subsides, these refugees want to return to their homeland and live in peace, and Xie Shi will not stop them.

As for the peasant households that Tian Zhuang had previously signed the contract of sale with the Han family, and then transferred into his name together with the farm, Xie Shi did not directly exempt all of them from the contract of sale, but planned to wait until they stabilized. After that, we will gradually dissolve the contract of sale with these people, and then see if they will sign as tenant farmers according to their wishes.

In order not to dampen the enthusiasm for working, the benefits of prostituted farmers, tenant farmers and hired refugees are not the same, and generally decrease gradually. For example, in the distribution of cotton clothes this time, these farmers who signed the deed of prostitution were given two sets at a time. , and the first distribution, and grain, oil and some silver at the end of the year, so that they have a good year, the tenant farmers and refugees only have one set to keep out the cold, and the benefits of the refugees will be less.

But fortunately, some live, some have food and clothing, and you can ask a doctor to see them if you are sick. The current situation is good enough for these refugees.

It was the first time Huang Wu saw someone willing to sign a deed of sale, but he remembered the owner's order and shook his head, "Our owner will not buy people, but if you decide to settle down in Le County, you won't go back to your hometown , I have a way, you just listen."

Now not only the refugees who asked the question, but also the other refugees who envied the life of the farmer in the farm like him also pricked up their ears, urging him: "Guard Huang, tell us, we are listening!"

Huang Wu puffed his chest out, feeling like he was a master, "Except for the first time when you came here, the farm only took care of your food and lodging, but didn't the owner of the farm take pity on your poverty and gave you some wages for working? And work hard, save some money in your hands, and share a few acres of land with our owner in the spring of next year. Although it is hard work and you have to pay for food and drink, you don’t have to be a slave anyway, and you can be the master of your own house.”

Huang Wu also revealed a piece of news to them, "I heard from our Patriarch that if there are improved rice seeds in the coming year, we will buy another farm. There are plenty of fields to plant."

The refugees thanked him for his advice, and some of them secretly decided to work harder, save more money, settle down in Le County in the future, and maybe send letters to relatives and friends in their hometown, asking them to come here .Of course, there are also some refugees who care about their homeland. No matter how good Le County is, it is still a foreign country. They still plan to wait for the spring to see if the situation outside is better and whether they can go back to their hometown.

They worked while talking, without any delay in their hands. The farmers took advantage of the good weather to turn the threshed millet over and over in the sun for several days, until it was thoroughly sun-dried before being stored in the grain depot. Weighed before.

Huang Wudang, who got the results of the yield per mu, even sent a clever young man to run errands to the city to deliver the good news of the farm's bumper harvest to Xie Shi from the academy.The last crop was the same farm, and the average rice yield per mu was about four shi. After all, the fertility of the fields was not uniform. Some fields near the water source had high yields per mu, while others had low yields.This time Huang Wu specially sent someone to inform Xie Shi, because the rice yield in the second season was beyond expectations. Although it did not have the astonishing eight stones of Xie Shi's experimental field, the field per mu was half a stone higher than that of the surrounding farms. Many, and all this is only because Xie Shi promoted the new plow and the method of fertilizing the field in the farm.

It may not be confirmed whether the improved "Qiongzhou short" can be introduced, but the new plow and the method of fertilizing the field have been proven to increase the grain harvest in the field. I want to come and wait for the news of this year's harvest in Xiejiazhuang. In the spring of next year, I am afraid that not only the nearby farms will sow seeds, but also farmers farther away will follow suit after hearing the news.

However, maybe there were too many happy events, and God wanted to add some trouble to Xie Shi. After an autumn rain, not only did the weather officially cool down, but Xie Shi, who was already in good health, also caught a cold because of catching a cold at night. Xie Ju was so scared that he rushed to the restaurant After a few days off, he returned to the house on the mountain to take care of his son.

Xie Shi was wearing a thick padded coat, and was being forced to lie on the bed by Xie Ju to recuperate. Xie Ju tucked him in the quilt and reprimanded him, "You are such a big man, and you can still kick the quilt at night. It seems that you have to give it to our brother Shi." Say kiss, marry a wife, at least someone will take care of you."

Xie Shi was helpless, he just had a cold and was not so weak that he needed to lie on the bed, but Xie Ju had no choice but to treat Xie Shi like a fragile vase, and when he heard that he was not feeling well, he immediately fell into trouble, maybe this It must also be the fault of the original owner's frail and sickly body.As for the matter of marrying a wife that Xie Ju mentioned again, Xie Shi did not respond, just pretending not to hear.

Xie Ju's nagging was interrupted by the announcement from the servant outside the house, Xie Ju asked someone to come in, the servant entered the room, bowed and said: "Officer, Chief Han Shan is here."

Xie Shi immediately sat up from the bed, got out of bed and put on his shoes, "Brother Ji is here, I have to entertain him."

Xie Ju had no reason to stop him, so he had no choice but to put another thick robe on Xie Shi to wrap him tightly before letting him go to meet guests.

Xie Ju also said: "Brother Shi, you go to see the head of the mountain, and I will go to the kitchen to prepare the beef hot pot you want to eat. Let the head of the mountain stay in the mansion for dinner today."

Xie Shizheng had this idea. Before he caught a cold, it was the rice harvest season. He was very excited to use the new rice harvested in the farm this year to make kway teow. If you eat it, you will get sick.

Although Xie Shi thought he was fine, his body was not deceiving, at least Han Ji frowned severely when he saw him for the first time.He even walked a few steps quickly, and stepped forward to stop Xie Shi who came out to greet him. When someone approached, Xie Shi was about to speak with a smile when he felt his eyes darken, but it turned out that it was Han Ji who took off the cloak on his body and gave him a tight hug. covered.

Xie Shi, who only showed a pair of eyes: ...Brother Ji, are you polite?

Han Ji didn't even have the slightest intention to ask him to speak, and directly took him into the room.Entering the house, Xie Shi took off the hood that covered his head, and said with a smile, "Why are you here?"

Han Ji hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Seeing that the mansion has called a doctor, I'm worried about you, come and take a look." He frowned and looked at the abnormally flushed eyes and cheeks of the person in front of him, and said seriously: "From now on, Ah Shi Shi was indeed sick. Why come out to see the wind when you are sick?" After speaking, he put on the cloak that Xie Shi was about to take off again.

In fact, he was dressed so much that he had already felt the heat and had no choice but to give up. While serving tea and snacks to the servants casually, he said naturally: "I was very happy when I heard you came. I didn't think too much about it. Besides, I don't have anything It's a serious illness, I just feel the wind and cold occasionally, brother Ji doesn't need to worry."

Xie Shi didn't notice that when he said the first half of the sentence, the expression of the person opposite him changed for a moment, but soon the strangeness dissipated like a phantom.Han Ji asked: "What did the doctor say?"

Xie Shi lazily said: "Suddenly cooling down and catching a cold, I prescribed medicine, and it will be fine after a few doses of medicine."

Xie Shi always felt that he was just a minor illness. Most modern people have caught a cold, and they will get better gradually without taking medicine. I am very worried, after all, wind-cold is a disease that should not be underestimated in ancient times, not to mention that Xie Shi was a sick child in the past, which is even more worrying.

Han Ji wanted him to lie down and rest, but Xie Shi didn't feel sleepy, so Han Ji had to talk with him. The two talked about the resettlement of refugees in Le County, and the arrangements for the farm at the end of the year. The battle outside the county.

Xie Shi took a sip of hot milk tea and sighed, "I'm afraid that those Xiangjun Qinglian sects outside will come to Fuzhou, and An Sheng's days will be gone now."

Han Ji said indifferently: "Ah Shi, there is no need to worry."

Xie Shi on the opposite side: ...I almost forgot, his friend is also a rebel leader, before someone else calls, maybe he has already called.

In the evening, Xie Shi finally had the beef hot pot after a long absence.It is said to be hot pot, but it is actually more like hot pot. According to the way of eating in the north, the shabu-shabu is full of mutton, and the beef is used for roasting. There is no beef to eat, but in the south, especially in Chaoshan area, it is just the opposite. Hot pot is the best Love the beef shabu shabu.

Xie Shishabu uses the yellow beef raised by Xuetian itself. In winter, all of them grow fat and strong.Although the ancient government banned the slaughter of farm cattle, Xie Shi discovered that beef is one of the most commonly eaten meat among the people after traveling through time. Xie Shi did not go into the details of the reason, but it did not prevent him from happily eating beef hot pot.

Different from the so-called boiled water "clear soup", Xie Shi eats beef hot pot and likes to use beef bones to stew the soup. After the stew is almost done, add the diced beef offal. This is a relatively "wild" local method. I learned it from a graduate student in Chaoshan.

The soup base Xie Ju made under his guidance was not much different. When it was served, it was served in a copper pot, and a small charcoal stove was placed underneath to burn it. It was steaming hot and full of fragrance.Xie Ju also sent someone to send a message to Xie Shi, saying that he would not disturb him to entertain the distinguished guests, and he ate it by himself, so Xie Shi had no choice but to give up.

Beef hot pot is purely eating the freshness of beef, such as hanging dragon, chest oil, neck kernel, five-flowered toe... Different parts of beef have different tastes, but they can't escape the word fresh and tender.When eating, the beef balls can be put into the pot first and rolled in the pot, but the thinly sliced ​​beef balls have to be picked up immediately after being put in the pot for ten seconds, or they will be old immediately.

According to Xie Shi's way of eating, Han Ji began to boil the beef. After tasting it, he also felt that this way of eating was indeed more tender than ordinary beef.Xie Shi asked him to dip the meat in the sand tea sauce he made. After Han Ji tried it, he was a little surprised, "Is it the sauce made by Ah Shixin?" It tasted like he had never tasted it before.

Xie Shi nodded: "It is said that it is a must-have dipping sauce for beef hot pot in the Chaoshan area of ​​southern Guangdong. It is called sand tea sauce." At the end of the two, they added kway teow to the pot and stewed it. Each of them ate a bowl of beef. Kuey Teow soup, hot noodle soup and beef hot pot made Xie Shi sweat a lot and feel more refreshed.

But after the meal, Han Ji still didn't let him see him out, the two said goodbye in front of the house, Xie Shi watched Han Ji's back gradually leave.

The moonlight is bright and clear, a rare full moon, the moonlight illuminates the courtyard, and the plum blossoms transplanted from Meilinzhai are blooming proudly, with a faint fragrance floating.

The person who left stopped, and seeing Han Ji coming back, Xie Shi thought he had left something behind and said softly, "Brother Ji, what did you leave behind?"

The person walking slowly from the moonlight looked at him, and asked softly, "Why don't you move to Meilin Zhai for a while?"