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

Cao Cao lived in Lu's house for one day, and left the next day with the dry food prepared by Lu's family and some money to help him get started.

His goal is Chen Liu, where Father Cao also went.

Why Cao Cao and Cao's father chose to go to Chenliu together instead of returning to their hometown Xia Anran didn't know why. He only knew that after Cao Cao left, the war between the feudal lords of the late Han Dynasty would begin soon.

It is now the end of September in 189 A.D., and in the spring of next year, the Dong army will gather. If there is no accident, they will soon usher in a military incident.

It's just that Xia Anran suddenly discovered a suspicious point after thinking about it next year.

In the Romance, Cao Cao and Lu Boshe should have brought Chen Gong and Chen Gongtai with him, but he just noticed that Cao Cao was so skilled and bold that he traveled alone on Qingqi.

Thinking about it, this might be the so-called rationalization.

Because in the Romance, it is extremely unreasonable to go here. Cheng Gao is located between Luoyang and Zhongmu County. If Cao Cao went to Zhongmu to win the Chen Palace according to the Romance, and then turned back, he would be a fool if he did so when he fled. , So the will of the world corrected this mistake. As for Cao Cao meeting Chen Gong in Zhongmou... or according to the official history, he will go all the way to Chenliu smoothly, it is hard to say.

Eh, in this way, it is very likely that what he encounters now may not necessarily be the plot of the Romance, because although Lu Boshe is not recorded in the official history, it is also included in several miscellaneous histories.

In order to prove this point, Xia Anran went to ask Brother Lu, a very serious literary figure, what is the name of the official city where Cheng Gao is located?

The answer is, Chenggao Pass.

It's just a small pass.

Xia Anran breathed a sigh of relief instantly.

Great, he doesn't have to face the drama of Sanying fighting Lu Bu, Cheng Gao can also avoid this military disaster.

As the saying goes, banditry is like a comb, and soldiers are like a grate.

Although this is an adjective for ordinary people a hundred years later, it is not a problem to use it to describe the armies of the Three Kingdoms.

In the early days of the Three Kingdoms, when the warlords fought in a melee, there was basically no systematic training. Basically, an army would be used when it was pulled up, and the generals would run away when they were defeated. If the generals come to pull the team, go to participate.

And then go round and round.

It was not until the warlords had their own regular army strength in the later period and began to cultivate the loyalty and combat skills of the soldiers that such situations became less common.

So even the army led by Liu Guanzhang, the military discipline is not much better, not to mention the alliance army who occupied Chenggao in the later period.

In counties like theirs, where there are checkpoints and garrisons, ordinary bandits are unlikely to provoke them, and the income and expenditure are not proportional, but the farmland between Guo and Ye may be robbed.

After all, although it will be chaotic now, it is not chaotic yet.Especially their places close to the capital will be relatively safe until Dong Zhuo moves west.

In this troubled world, Xia Anran felt that she had to make preparations early.

The Lu family is an official family, and Lu Boshe is also considered rich, so he hired some guards. Their village is also deep in the forest, with dense bamboo forests planted outside the village, and it is backed by mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Moreover, there is still a way to escape in the mountain stream, Lu Boshe knows that money can touch people's hearts, so he is naturally very wary.

He can be regarded as a person who has seen the big world, and Xia Anran doesn't need to worry about this, what he calls early preparations is Guangjiliang.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the famine during the Three Kingdoms period.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, plagues and famines were rampant, and even formed a situation of empty fields, empty courts, and empty warehouses.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion was caused by a drought.

On the one hand, the drought is indeed related to the weather, and on the other hand, it is also related to the fact that local farmers do not have the habit of building water conservancy facilities.

Xia Anran intends to take advantage of this relatively peaceful time to spread the concept of water conservancy.

He has a great advantage, that is, Cheng Gao is close to the Yellow River.

The Yellow River was relatively docile during the Three Kingdoms period. Of course, this has something to do with the current climate and vegetation coverage of the Loess Plateau at this time. The current Loess Plateau is still a land of abundance, the rain belt has not yet moved south, and the temperate monsoon climate zone The incoming rainfall and the high level of groundwater made people here not expect such a thing as drought to happen.

But this level is just to keep the plants from drying out.

To make plants grow well, just give them the conditions not to dry out and die, can plants obey?

Of course not.

Planting is the same as breeding. To put it bluntly, it is to eliminate all the factors that are not conducive to the growth of plants/animals, and not let them think about other things, just grow meat hard. Let’s not discuss the sunshine and land. Water and fertilizer is a controllable point.

Plants with several nodes cannot be short of water anyway. This is called the critical value. At this time, the lack of water will have a huge impact on the growth of plants, and even affect the defense of the city.

For example, the booting and flowering stages of rice, and the jointing and filling stages of wheat.

This is the self-protection of plants, and the same is true for daily flowering plants. If there is no flowering, and a life-threatening situation occurs before flowering, the plant will take back the nutrition for the flower, causing the plant to disappear, and if it is already blooming, The plant will pour all the nutrients into the flower, allowing it to breed successfully, but then the plant will die.

But now the problem Xia Anran encountered was that in his area, corn was grown, not rice or wheat.

Corn, also known as millet, is a traditional crop of the Chinese nation. It is said that it is a domesticated species of dogtail grass. It has high nutritional value, and its stems and leaves can be used as feed for large herbivores.

Wheat already existed in the Han Dynasty, but now the yield of wheat per mu is not high enough, and it is a new crop, and the tax is mainly based on corn, so farmers are not willing to grow it, and those who grow it are regarded as miscellaneous grains.

In other words, at this time, the status of millet and wheat is completely opposite to that of later generations.

Of course, the most important reason is that corn is extremely drought-tolerant.

In the turbulent season when water conservancy irrigation technology is not in place and farmers can't work with peace of mind, this kind of plant that can be harvested by nature is undoubtedly the best choice.

But Xia Anran from later generations knows that although wheat is not as drought-tolerant as corn, it is higher than corn in terms of taste and yield per mu, so he plans to plant wheat in his manor.

When he said this idea to Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Lu endured it, but she couldn't hold it back. She stretched out her hand and touched his forehead. After confirming that it was not hot, she said tactfully, "An Ran, it's almost autumn now. up."

Xia Anran had inquired about it before, and now a small number of areas where Hanmai are planted are planted according to the planting time of corn, before and after the grain rain. No one has tried planting in September or October, because everyone's concept is that wheat can survive the winter.

But Xia Anran once read a piece of news that Zhengzhou, where Cheng Gao was located, specially planted winter wheat on the banks of the Yellow River in order to have food for the migratory birds in the winter.

After all, he is not a major in agriculture and forestry, so he naturally doesn't know the crops that can be grown in each area, but even if the temperature in modern times rises a few degrees compared to ancient times, the difference will not be too much. The areas where winter wheat can be grown in modern times are not a big problem now, and he I vaguely remember that winter wheat can be grown south of the Great Wall.

Take a gamble anyway.

Now that the millet is being harvested, the farmland would have been empty after autumn. Seeing that Xia Anran was going to toss it, and hearing him say that it was just tossing his own farm, Mrs. Lu just felt sorry for the seed money, and nothing else, Xia Anran An Ran has also reached the age where such things happen, cockfighting at other people's houses, farming at home... what a big deal.

So she discussed with Lu Boshe, and Lu Boshe gave Xia Anran a fresh wheat seed that she bought at home to taste.

Not much, just a fight.

After all, it is bought for early adopters, but this amount is far from enough for seeding.

A bucket in the Three Kingdoms is about ten liters. Although when studying for convenience, one liter is equal to one kilogram, but in fact, ten liters is about seven or eight kilograms. Now, Xia Anran went to the site to see it, and made a rough calculation. , He may need forty to fifty catties of seeds for one mu of land.

There are three pieces of land in his village that are relatively close to the water source. If only these are planted, hundreds of catties of wheat seeds will be needed.

Naturally, it is impossible for Lu Bo to spend the money extravagantly. Fortunately, the Xia family is also a wealthy family. The money was sealed up before. When Xia's father and mother passed away, Xia Anran was already 14 years old, so naturally he knew the family's assets. Mrs. Lu made the decision to take out the sealed silver and entrusted someone to buy wheat seeds.

Because there are almost no people who grow this crop in large quantities, they all earn sporadic income. After collecting the amount of wheat seeds, Xia Anran feels heartbroken for the money spent.

This price can be regarded as the price of commercial crops!

Xia Anran was not idle when the Lu family helped him purchase wheat seeds, he was renovating the well in his own village.

Chenggao is a place rich in water resources. There is the Yellow River in the north and the Sishui meanders in the middle, which also leads to rich groundwater resources here.

The Xia family's manor is a little far away from the Yellow River, so it must be troublesome to divert water. Fortunately, there is a well in Zhuangzi, and the water level is very deep.

So Xia Anran found a master carpenter and asked someone to make him a water wheel.

But it's for well water.

The principle is very simple, similar to the keel waterwheel. The hand-operated pole drives the rotation of the disc embedded with the chain, and the bamboo cup is hung between the chains, with the bottom facing up, going down with the chain, filled with water and lifted up, and then turned over Pour it out after reaching a certain angle. This is a water intake method that is no longer used after the appearance of the pressurized water pump. Xia Anran would like to make a manual pressurized water pump if possible. Unfortunately, the raw materials are not available today, and the manual pressurized water pump needs a certain degree of sealing Conditions, when there is no metal original, you have to put it away first, and then figure out a way to do it later. The disadvantage of the hand-operated water wheel is that the parts are easy to break and the water intake is limited, but other things are fine.

As for the need to crank it...

Xia Anran showed a mysterious smile, and the farm children who were free after the autumn harvest would be happy to come and play.

These days, he has found farmers who are free after the autumn harvest to prepare the land for him, and bought some decomposed animal manure as base fertilizer.

No way, this field has just finished harvesting millet, and its fertility has been greatly lost. He can't wait now, and he has no time to make other fertilizers. He can only use animal manure as the base fertilizer and bury it deep in it. At this time, it must be said that fortunately, the autumn harvest is now over. , the demand for animal manure, which is very important to the farmers, is not as much as that during the busy farming season. In addition, the livestock have recently had fresh millet stalks to eat, which is the time to eat more and eat more autumn fat.

The Lu family has a good reputation in the local area, and Xia Anran's price is quite reasonable, and they even show people the waterwheel made by their family. Just because of this, the farmers are still willing to share some animal manure.

Anyway, from now until next year's spring plowing, the land must be rested, and some vegetables with shallow roots should be planted. There is not much demand for large fertilizers.

Yes, although the common people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty already had the method of using animal manure as fertilizer, but limited by the types of crops to be planted, the fields were empty after autumn harvest and before spring sowing.

However, Xia Anran had a premonition that after a year or two, the land would be utilized at this time, and for the sake of restoring the fertility of the land, digging wasteland was also indispensable.

Then there will be a virtuous circle.

He crushed the sulfur bought in the pharmacy, and the current sulfur is not a restricted product, after all, the age of firearms has not yet arrived.This is also relatively easy to buy.

Sulfur mixed with wheat grains at a ratio of [-]% can effectively prevent smut.This is the earth recipe of later generations, and it is still used in some more traditional areas.After all, it is more convenient to alleviate crop diseases from the source than to treat them later.In this era without soil disinfection conditions, Xia Anran also had to try this recipe. In addition, he also took advantage of the good weather these days, and when the autumn tiger was still in full swing, he soaked the wheat seeds in water and then dried them in the sun.

This is also an earthy method. Soak in low-temperature water for several hours in the early morning, and then put it in the hot sun for four or five hours, and then put it away. The prevention and treatment of smut is almost [-]%.

However, this is also suitable for small-scale planting, and the workload will be too much for large-scale planting. In addition to planting for fun, most of the modern plants choose to mix herbs and go to the ground.

After the land was plowed roughly and the seeds were processed, Xia Anran silently took out a small flower hoe.

The mission rewards in the previous world increased the planting success rate by 30.00%.

Xia Anran didn't understand the meaning of this probability, so let's assume that the germination rate increased by 30.00%.

When he was cleaning the wheat seeds, he had already picked out the shriveled ones, and now the seeds he was going to sow were fuller and healthier, and the germination rate should not be low.

But just in case, he still took out the flower hoe.

Hmm... The flower hoe was originally used by educated people to pretend to plant flowers and weeds. It is much more delicate than the farm hoe, but fortunately he is young, and the farmer only thought that this young man was a member of the family. The hoe was specially prepared for him so that he could carry it, so no one laughed at him.

Xia Anran pretended to take it for granted, but actually her ears were red.

Well, shame on me.

His hoe is one-third thinner than others', so let's forget it now, what will happen when he gets bigger?Do you want to excuse that you have feelings after using it for a long time?

The land has been plowed once, and now it needs to be tidied up again. Xia Anran has to break up the small soil clods one by one, and then use his small flower hoe to draw out small furrows as places to bury the seeds. I don't know the triggering conditions of this thing, so I can only use every place where the flower hoe can be used.

It's just that the old farmers were a little disapproving of the distance he drew, "Young master, this distance is a bit too big, it's a waste."

Xia Anran's distance was controlled at the width of about three punches, which was the distance he saw farmers in Yongchun County planting wheat.

This distance is convenient for plants to carry out photosynthesis, and it is also convenient for ventilation between plants. It is also more convenient for farmers to walk, but in the eyes of current farmers, these lands can be planted.

There were agricultural books in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which taught the common people the skills of planting millet and watching the sky, as well as the skills of planting distance.

But corn and wheat are different.

Xia Anran showed a cute smile at the old farmer, and the old farmer shook his head when he saw this, and said nothing more.

Originally, Xia Anran didn't waste the land, and what he planted was this wheat, not millet. Although he felt sorry for the field, since he didn't waste the staple food, it's fine.

Besides, everyone knew it in their hearts. This is what the Lu family played with their children. No one planted seeds in autumn. Isn't this just nonsense.

But the waterwheel is quite interesting... The small waterwheel can draw water from the well... If it is bigger, it can be placed by the river...

Several old farmers discussed with each other, scratching their hearts and lungs, and then went to ask the master carpenter who worked for Lu's house in private, but they saw the old carpenter playing with water as soon as they entered the door.

"Oh, you old man, you still play in the water at such an age!" The familiar villager couldn't help but leaned over and patted him on the shoulder, and then he saw that the old man was not playing in the water, he was playing from the top. Pouring water imitates the movement of water flow, and right in front of him, there is a slightly larger water wheel, which is turning without anyone shaking it.

While turning, he picked up the water and poured it onto the bamboo board held by the old carpenter's other hand, one bucket after another. Although the amount of water was not large, it was indeed moving by itself.

Several people gasped, "This, this is..."

"It was taught by Mr. Xia..." The old carpenter slowly lowered his hands, his expression blank, "When I was making waterwheels for him, I wondered why he called that car...then he told me This, the waterwheel, does not need manpower, and the wheels are rolling, and it can continuously draw water."

Several old farmers were silent for a while, and then took the carpenter and ran to the nearby stream with his water cart. They were so stupid, what is this thing doing with a wooden basin to scoop water!Come directly to the stream!

Some ladies by the stream were washing their clothes. When they saw some old men rushing towards them, they thought they were looking for someone, but they saw those people holding something and looked back and forth for a few times, and then they found a place. I didn't care about my clothes, so I stood in the water, and after a while, I heard them shouting, "Turn around!"

"The water is diverted, the water is diverted!"

A group of little old men are as happy as little furry kids.

Within a day, the news that Young Master Xia had made a water diversion truck that would turn around by itself without being pushed by anyone spread throughout Chenggao County. Even the county magistrate went to see it after hearing the news. Xia Anran recruited the county government.

The magistrate of Chenggao County felt that this thing was useful, so he asked Xia Anran if he would like to present this thing to the court.

Xia Anran naturally had nothing to do, he knew that the current imperial court did not have the time to take care of this thing, but Luoyang hadn't started to mess up, Dong Zhuo hadn't started massacring officials, and bad news hadn't come out yet. So everyone still believes that the court is functioning normally.

But Xia Anran made a suggestion to the county magistrate, we might as well make something first, if the chief comes to see it, wouldn't it be more convincing?

The county magistrate felt right when he heard it.

So I put aside the above-mentioned memorial for the first time, and felt that I was still on the safe side. I could try it first to see if it was good, and then submit the form if it worked.

It's just that the problem of site selection is difficult. Gein's family wants to connect the water truck to the edge of their own fields.

So the county magistrate called several village chiefs by the river, and everyone sat down to discuss.

First of all, it is still uncertain whether the waterwheel is good or not. Nowadays, a small waterwheel with the height of one person has been made, which proves that it is indeed feasible, but if it is to be irrigated, it must be at least ten people high. , when the flood season comes, I don’t know if it can stand up, so if it is built on the edge of the farmland, although it is indeed convenient for irrigation, once it is not blocked and the water falls down, it will definitely crush the farmer, and maybe it will be done again. Hurt.

When the county magistrate said this, several families retreated immediately.

They were already close to the water of the Yellow River, so it was a matter of walking a few more steps, and Su Ben didn't need watering very much, that is, a few families planted some vegetables for convenience, but the village chiefs of two villages stood Come out and say they're willing to take the risk.

The county magistrate looked at the location of their village on the county map. The two villages lived next to each other. If a water truck was to be built, the canal could pass through the middle of their village, so he agreed.

Xia Anran also came to join in the fun.

He leaned over to look at the blueprint they had prepared. The idea of ​​the two villages is to divert the water from the Yellow River to the place farthest from the river bank, and build a pool there. After the water accumulates in it, it will be convenient for people to live in it. When people fetch water to irrigate the fields, it is also convenient for the villagers to wash their clothes with water.

Because of the flooding of the Yellow River, the people in the area near the river bank do not live. They all live in the inner side of the river beach. It is indeed inconvenient for these people to use water on weekdays.

It is not easy to dig a well these days. The project is huge and dangerous. It usually takes two or three villages to collect the money to dig a well. For the Chenggao people who live by the Yellow River, it is obviously impossible. This is necessary.

Xia Anran looked at the map of the county, the location of these two villages is in the west, almost at the edge of the entire Chenggao County, and it is also the upper reaches of the Yellow River, when the Yellow River flows through Chenggao, the water is relatively stable , almost in a straight line, he thought for a while, stepped forward a few steps and bowed to the county magistrate, "Master magistrate, I have something to say."

"Oh?" The county magistrate also noticed that Xia Anran had joined in the fun, so he pulled the child over and patted him on the shoulder, smiling very kindly, "What do you think, Mr. Xia Xiaolang?"

Xia Anran clicked on the location of these two villages on the county map and said, "These two villages are upstream. After they build waterwheels, the river will be blocked and the flow will slow down. This section of the Yellow River in our county is already gentle. If If it is built here, then from now on, I am afraid that waterwheels will not be built outside the county."

Xia Anran’s remarks were unexpected to everyone. It turned out that the village chiefs just wanted to find a leader first, to see how well the waterwheel works, and if the effect is good, they are building one. Now that they heard that it was a one-shot deal ?I was not happy at the moment and started to regret it.

The county magistrate had more thoughts than them.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "Xia Xiaolang, take a look at the county map." He drew a rough location with his finger, which was the general orientation of the next county, and then asked Xia Anran in a low voice, "If the next county also uses this Waterwheel... Will our county be affected?"

Of course there will be, this section is a relatively gentle section of the river, and the upstream always has some advantages over the downstream when constructing water conservancy, unless there is a drop.

So the county magistrate said that the construction of the water tanker was put on hold for the time being, and he wanted to discuss it with several surrounding counties and Lord Yin of Henan.

So soon, Xia Anran met the county magistrates of several surrounding counties, and they all came to see the one-person-tall model made by the carpenter.

Among them, the one who caught Xia Anran's attention was a middle-aged scribe, who pointed to the county map and had a careful discussion with the magistrate of Chenggao County. In the end, the two chatted happily. This person was the magistrate of Zhongmu County next door.

Chen Gong.

The author has something to say: Yes, the main task of my Xia Miao in the Three Kingdoms is to farm (probably), is the style of painting very different?

Someone said before that Xia Miao is a counselor... um... the author's brain can't be a counselor!

This world is a rationalized derivative world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms plus history.

In the official history, Chen Gong voted for Cao in 192, but in the Romance, he voted for Cao first and then left Cao Cao because of the Lu Boshe incident.But as the previous one said, Cao Cao went east, passing Chenggao first and then Zhongmu, so this matter is impossible.

So it was integrated, Chen Gong was still the county magistrate in Zhongmu, and a few years later he abandoned his official position for some reason and left, to vote for Cao Cao and then betrayed.

This is the will of the world. (I really like this backer)

During the Three Kingdoms period, the staple food was northern millet and southern rice. The planting of wheat began to be popularized later, because wheat is also an exotic crop. I checked the information and found that it originated in the Middle East. Entering the Central Plains, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to promote planting, but it was not fully popularized until the Wei and Jin Dynasties of the Three Kingdoms.

For farmers, it is impossible to waste a piece of land to grow brand new crops, so it is privately located in Chenggao, except for Xia Miao, only a few people seriously plant this, and usually they grow it as snacks. (Baked ears of wheat are delicious)

In an era when there were no potatoes, corn, or sweet potatoes... let's plant wheat first, anyway, the yield of wheat per mu is higher than that of corn.

Wheat is resistant to cold and drought. It is divided into winter wheat and spring wheat due to different planting time and harvest time, but it is the same thing only at different times (of course, the domesticated seeds are also different now, and farmers will buy different grains according to their own land conditions) Cat people must know how good wheat is to germinate. The cat grass you feed meow is wheat, not catnip, which belongs to Nepeta.

If you don't know... Well, I'm afraid it's not a fake cat.

More about wheat tomorrow.

I guess if I can talk to Xia Miao, he will definitely say: This garbage system can’t be exchanged for potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes, so what’s the use of you.

There is no way because the system is called JJ, hey.

I saw someone urging him to attack... (Looking at the manuscript box silently, showing an inscrutable smile) The last attack was from Chapter 7, right? I will try to let him come out earlier this time.

Gong is not a pig, the pig has been eaten by Cao Cao! ! (cover face)

Gong is also from Cao Cao's camp, not an original character. Take a look at Xia Miao's age and guess? (No, I think you may not be able to guess, hee hee)

In fact, someone guessed a little bit, but it's not completely right~

I estimate that the length of the Three Kingdoms volume is about 12K words, and if it is 6K words, it will be about 20 chapters?Maybe it will end before the National Day or during the National Day holiday, the next world is the Song Dynasty of the Seven Heroes and Five Justices Lu Xiaofeng.

I have wanted to write Da Song for a long time, but now there are quite a lot of people writing Da Song, and I found that there are some conflicts, so I have to rewrite the outline (Touch)

The next world is probably Daqin, and the next one should be Liu Che's big man.

But now... I have some deep hesitation about Qin and Han, probably because of the fact that these two dynasties have nothing to eat.

Now a lot of food is brought by Zhang Qian after he came back, and the local food in China... is really miserable.

without!have!eat!of!

So sad... QWQ