[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Of course the person who came was also Shen Qi.

When he rushed to the junction of Yongchun Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture, he was stopped by an earthen wall as high as two people.

Originally, there was no earth wall here, only a boundary marker.The edge of Fuzhou Prefecture close to Yongchun Prefecture is also a wasteland, and a dirt road runs straight through it.

But as far as he can see now, Shen Qi approached with his horse and took a closer look. There was a door opening along the dirt road for two or two carriages to pass through, and there were two strong men guarding it. Blocked by the wall, this is to allow Fuzhou Prefecture to Yongchun Prefecture, leaving only one passage.

Shen Qi approached, and the strong man was not nervous when he saw that he was the only one. Seeing him looking at the earthen wall, he said with some pride in substandard Mandarin, "It's amazing, it was built by the order of our state government."

In this dynasty, except for the extremely developed central urban area, other urban areas generally use stone walls to surround the county seat, and then a slightly richer county will build an earth wall outside the county seat and close to the county seat.

This is the city wall, the inner city wall is the city, the main defense, and the outer city wall is the Guo, which is the first line of defense. The construction level depends on the wealth of the county. The place outside the Guo is the wild.

Between the city walls, the people have a certain life guarantee. If they encounter foreign enemies, they can quickly rush into the county to seek protection. After the fire is lit, the local garrison will rush to rescue in time. The general city wall can withstand the enemy attack for two days Not a problem, there are granaries in the county, enough to last until the garrison arrives.

Generally speaking, the bandits at this time will not be reluctant to attack the city. Most of them are begging for food, and most of them will take the opportunity to grab some food and grass and leave. I watched half a year of hard work go to waste.

But in the wild, unless you run extremely fast and can run past the enemy, the chance of survival is extremely low.

Generally speaking, most of the cities are built with a wall outside the city wall. The soil used to pile up the wall is made of local materials. Expanding outward, there can be more than a dozen roads. When it develops to this extent, such a city will be enough to cause headaches for the enemy for a long time.

However, because of the special terrain of Yongchun County, which is a long strip, not too rich, and not a major rice producing area, the foreign enemies are usually only the mountain people in the west. Therefore, the previous county magistrates only repaired the inner city wall. Everything is done casually.

However, Xia Anran built the earth wall this time with great care. Because the county government of Yongchun County is relatively close to Fuzhou and Xinghua Prefectures, it is a plain area in the county, and most of the rice fields are also located in this location. He speculated that whether it was Japanese pirates or fugitives, most of them came from the east. Therefore, after discussing with Zhizhou, he decided to build the first layer of Guo directly with the boundary line.

After the construction started, that's what Shen Qi saw.

In fact, the wall has not been completely built so far. After all, it takes time for the triadic soil to dry out. Although the construction team adopted the policy of starting work in multiple places at the same time, one place was built and then rebuilt in another place when it was dry, and the first place was dry. After it was completely dry, it continued to build up, and then went to another place, but the speed of drying was not as fast as the speed of construction.

To this day, there are still some places where work has been suspended and they are waiting for them to dry out completely. Taking this opportunity, the common people can just replant a season of wheat.

Yes, in this place in southern Fujian, after two seasons of rice are planted, another season of wheat can be added.

It's not just wheat. When the next spring begins, another crop of soybeans can be planted before rice breeding. After transplanting, almost soybeans can be harvested.

Although the rainy and high-temperature climate in the south brings too much precipitation, the soil is easy to acidify, and it also gives plants the easiest temperature to grow.

Due to the lack of resources and the lack of land suitable for planting, most Fujian people are very hardworking. In the 90s and [-]s, there was a song from southern Fujian that became popular all over the country. One of the lyrics inspired many people at that time, "Three minutes of heaven" It is destined that seven points depend on hard work, and hard work will win." This is the portrayal of the fighting spirit of the people in southern Fujian.

To be honest, Xia Anran was also surprised by the extraordinarily positive attitude of the people under his rule. His planning speed was calculated by working eight hours a day. In addition, he also set aside one to two days to prevent accidents.However, when those who came to serve heard that this was building a city wall, they wished they could work for twelve hours a day, mixing the soil from sunrise, and finishing the work until it was completely invisible at sunset.

In this regard, Xia Anran, who wanted to dissuade the servants from hurting his body, was actually comforted here. Everyone knew that building a city wall was a good thing, and because of the threshing machine this year, it greatly reduced the work intensity of the farmers after receiving the goods, and relieved them. The burden of the servants, the active working attitude of the servants is also to thank Xia Anran.

Xia Anran had no choice but to increase the original two meals to three meals, and because the tax was just paid, the granary was filled with new rice after sorting out a lot of old rice. Although modern people say that the taste of old rice is not good, people of this era They are not picky.

When I was thirsty during labor, I had hot mint tea, and when I ate white rice without bran, the food was better than the servants expected.

Although the autumn harvest is just now and this year is another bumper year, everyone is more willing to eat rice, but it is not so extravagant that a whole bowl is filled with white rice.

After eating and drinking enough, being forced to exercise to digest food and take a nap, everyone worked harder in the afternoon.

In the end, in less than a month, the earth wall near Fuzhou Mansion has been built. These two strong men are not here to be in charge of the garrison. They are farmers in the nearby farmland. This earthen wall from their hands.

By the way, it is also necessary to prevent farmers from other nearby counties from picking up the earth wall out of curiosity.

Shen Qi nodded, and responded to the two strong men. The strong man immediately opened up the chatterbox when he saw the military master's approval, pointed him in another direction proudly and ostentatiously, and told Shen Qi that Yongchun Prefecture is now If you are interested in casting the wall near Xinghua Mansion, you can go and have a look.

Then he rubbed his hands and said that the county magistrate said that the road here may be paved again in the future, so that even if it rains heavily, it will not be slippery, and it will be convenient for caravans to come and go.

Shen Qi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and after thanking the person, he rode straight forward along the dirt road. He could see the changes in Yongchun all the way. When he touched the fish, he shouted with joy and surprise. The farmland in Fuzhou hadn't been harvested yet. When Shen Qi was on his way, he saw the farmers there rushing to harvest. The atmosphere was naturally tense, not as cheerful as here.

Then he saw a goose fluttering past.

Shen Qi: ...Huh?

Things like geese are the product of domesticated wild geese, and they do have a certain ability to fly, but most of them are for short distances.But this goose is extraordinarily large and looks like it has eaten well recently. It has a red ribbon tied around its long neck, which looks particularly conspicuous. Shen Qi saw it landed in a rice field with peasy eyes. It was very sharp, and as soon as the flat mouth pecked, it picked up a thin wild eel, and then it flew up and rushed towards the direction of the county with a flick of its wings.

Shen Qi can already see the county town from where he is now. His eyesight is excellent, and he saw that the goose was unimpeded all the way, without needing to land on the ground. When it reached the city wall, it would not go through the main entrance. On the other hand, he easily climbed over the two-person high city wall, and then entered the city. The guards and the people all looked at it happily, and no one stopped him.

Shen Qi: No.

It seems that Xia Duoduo has a good life here.

He kicked the horse's belly to signal the horse to move on.

When he arrived at the county government office, Xia Anran was studying the rice field eel brought back by Duoduoge.

This rice field eel was drilled into the paddy field without knowing where. It was fat and strong, and its abdomen showed an extremely attractive golden yellow color. This is the manifestation of the eel's rich fat layer, just like eels. Having this layer of gold means that it tastes delicious!

It was still struggling desperately when it was held by the goose, and its long tail slapped Duoduo goose's face.

Seeing its fierce resistance, Duo Duo Goose threw the eel on the ground, stepped on its head, and squawked at Xia Anran.

Wild eels mostly eat earthworms and snails in rice fields, or rice ears dropped from early-maturing rice. Occasionally, they also eat young fish and frogs in rice fields. They are greedy and have sharp teeth.

Hmm... So Xia Anran doesn't dare to catch them very much. He has a hard time dealing with such elongated animals, such as snakes, eels, and eels.

Seeing the geese urging him, he couldn't call the yamen servants who were watching the fun to help, so he could only forcefully raise his hand to catch the eel. At this moment, he saw Shen Qi who entered the door, and immediately became happy, " Brother Shen, you came just in time, Duoduo came back with a rice field eel in his mouth today, you can have extra meals!"

After that, he looked at him expectantly.

Shen Qi silently glanced at a picture that showed "Come and help me, I won't be able to hold back the hotness" Duoduo goose was thumping non-stop, and saw the goose trembling, raised its paw and slapped the eel's facade, knocking the goose The eel fan fainted, and then it pattered to Shen Qi's side, and didn't dislike Shen Qi's travels, just kept squawking and acting coquettishly there.

Xia Anran glanced at the eel that passed out on the ground.

Look at the goose who ran to make a fool of himself.

Did he meet a dramatist?

Shen Qi hastened his horse and turned the original two-day journey into a day and a half. He was also on the road at night, so naturally he didn't have a good rest. After eating a meal and asking Xia Anran for alcohol, he fell down and fell asleep.

Xia Anran: ...

Xia Anran raised her forehead, no, brother, you can't say you want it!I don't have this item in stock either.

However, he saw that Shen Qi still had scratches on his face, and he just learned that the battle of Xuzhou had just ended and the enemy had been completely wiped out, but there were a lot of wounded, so it was worth sending people to the county wine shop to buy wine helplessly. While re-setting up the equipment to prepare distilled wine.

Shen Qi slept very deeply this time, he fought the Japanese pirates for three days, during which he took people to dig a boat, and after that, he held meetings and comforted the wounded soldiers, so far, he has not slept for five or six days.

In fact, he didn't need to come in person for this trip, he just needed to find a few personal guards to bring his letters.

It's just that he wants to take a look.

So he came with a military order.

After opening his eyes, what he saw was a wooden bed, not the couch he slept on. He was placed on top of the big bed, his armor was removed, his hands and face were wiped to loosen his hair, which made him sleep very comfortably... …

The freshly dried quilt, the pillow filled with rice husk, and the smell of grains are particularly reassuring.

Also, traces of another person in the room.

This is Xia Anran's room.

Shen Qi turned over, took a deep breath, then sat up, and heard some noise from outside. He stepped on his shoes, gathered his long hair, tied it into a ponytail, put on an unlined garment and left. go out.

I saw Xia Anran hugging a fat young man excitedly.

Shen Qi knew this person, the friend Xia Anran made in the capital, the only son of Ziwei Sheren Xue's family, who almost didn't ruin his family fortune, only recently got a little better thanks to the prescription Xia Anran gave.

He walked out of the door slowly, his eyes wandered, and he saw Xia Anran finished hugging this one and went to hug another young man who looked like a gentle scum.

When he walked to the side of several people, Xia Anran also happened to let go, seeing Shen Qi coming over, she immediately said happily, "Brother Shen, you're up, let me introduce you."

After the two parties met the ceremony, Xia Anran was a little thankful and said, "The wines in Yongchun County wine shop are too tasteless, thanks to brother Xue who brought a lot of spirits this time, it really helped a lot."

Xue Pan smiled and touched the back of his head when he heard the words, "I also want to see if the people in the south can accept the spirits from the north, so I bought a few jars to test the water. The method of purification. It’s a mistake. When our caravan came, we encountered a group of bandits. Thanks to the garrison of Fuzhou Prefecture, we were able to preserve it. Since Jingxi said that it can provide good medicine for wound healing, I will give it to you as well. It’s okay, take it as a thank you.”

Good man! !

Xia Anran, who was very short of money recently, heard the words and grabbed the hand of her good brother, tears were about to flow out of her eyes.

While talking, a white goose flew over with a kicking frog in its mouth. Seeing that Xia Anran was holding hands with a stranger, he immediately spit out the frog and looked at the two of them deeply. people.

When Xia Anran saw Duoduo's goose came back, she introduced it to the two startled friends, "This is Duoduo, brother Shen's goose. It's amazing. It can catch eels."

"Xia Duoduo." Hearing Shen Qi behind him suddenly say something, Xia Anran still hadn't reacted, raised her face and stared at him with round eyes, "Huh?"

Shen Qi said very confidently, "Its name is Xia Duoduo."

There is a kind of impolite posture that you only use nicknames when introducing people.

Xia Anran: No, when did this goose have the surname Xia?I do not know how?

Xia Duoduo: Ah——