After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

In the scorching heat of summer and the sound of cicadas chirping in the afternoon, the leafy trees seem to be a little wilted by the scorching sun, and the grass leaves on the ground are even curled up.

Xiao Yansui was wearing an extremely light and thin shirt and stood on the field. Her servants had always held umbrellas above her head to help shade her from the sun, but she still felt the heat was unbearable, so she slapped herself with a daily record book as a fan Fanning the wind, the sleeves on his arms had already been rolled up.

Axiu was anxious at the side, but she didn't dare to disturb Xiao Yansui at will, so she could only remind Xiao Yansui when Xiao Yansui occasionally stopped to drink, "Liu Niang, the sun is shining brightly at noon, Even if you want to visit the fields, you can catch the early morning when the sun just came out, or choose a cloudy and rainy day, so as not to suffer from heatstroke."

Xiao Yansui smiled and waved her hands, "It's okay."

Summer is hot, but she is not exposed to the sun all the time, so she will not be so delicate.Besides, there is no air conditioner in the room anyway, although putting ice and blowing the fan will definitely cool it down a lot, but Xiao Yansui still feels that since he chooses to conduct experiments in this environment, he has to face these objective conditions.

The experimental equipment in the Tang Dynasty at this moment is crude, and the experimental environment is also easily affected by the outside world, whether it is air humidity or temperature, these things are indeed controllable in the laboratories of later generations, but now this However, she urgently needs to have a calculation of the real outdoor temperature environment.

Xiao Yansui herself doesn't know much about farming. If she really wants to practice it, in fact, her biological knowledge may be far behind that of experienced local farmers.

It's just that Xiao Song intentionally mentioned before, whether the little bits and pieces that Xiao Yansui tinkered with can be used on farming equipment, the speaker is interested, and the listener is also interested. After Xiao Yansui pondered carefully, naturally And followed suit.

In the farming society, the primary industry occupies an absolute position, and fields and food are naturally the most important things related to the common people in the world.

Xiao Song turned a blind eye to everything all his life, and when he became old and retired and returned to his hometown, he suddenly became interested in the many hard livelihoods of ordinary people throughout the year.

As for Xiao Yansui, after understanding Xiao Song's thoughts, he then allocated some attention to farming.

Before and after Qingming, Xiao Yansui and Xiao Song did not catch up with the busy season of planting melons and beans. However, the warmer weather, the vigorous vitality of the vegetation, and the thriving spring scenery of all things still came to mind clearly.

Taking advantage of the fact that the kiln for calcination of lime is still trying to find a more stable recipe ratio, Xiao Yansui, who is rarely free, naturally left the old house of the Xiao family and chose to visit the fields.

The south of the Yangtze River is known as a water town. According to common sense, there is no shortage of water here, so digging wells for irrigation does not seem so urgent.

In this way, Xiao Yansui naturally focused on how to save time and effort.

Based on the climate in the south of the Yangtze River, in Xiao Yansui's impression, most of the crops here should be harvested twice a year. When Xiao Yansui went to the field to observe the situation in person, he naturally called the old farmers from Xiaojiazhuangzi to come over. , and soon came to the same conclusion as in the impression.

Seeing that Xiao Yansui was finally willing to sit down under a small shed in a field and continue to question the old farmer with great interest, Axiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, and quickly asked the servants who followed her to fetch water, and then poured it into a cup, making sure that the temperature of the water would not be stuffy, but it would not be too cold because it was chilled, Just now it was handed to Xiao Yansui.

Xiao Yansui actually didn't quite understand Wu Nong's soft language often spoken by the local people, but fortunately, when she was doing preliminary research and textual research, she was not usually patient enough, and the old farmer also tried his best to slow down his speech, almost It was written word by word, and he made two gestures from time to time, trying to answer any question Xiao Yansui had clearly.

Axiu looked at the sky outside and saw that Xiao Yansui was still questioning the old farmer non-stop. It seemed that she had no plans to return to Xiao's mansion for a while, so she could only try to suppress her worried mind. He took the fan, stood beside Xiao Yansui and fanned her gently.

Not long after, in the direction of the Xiao family's old house, two people suddenly rode towards this direction.

Axiu's eyes were sharp, and she kept shaking the fan in her hand, but she immediately reminded her softly, "Liu Niang, she is from the family."

"Huh?" Xiao Yansui turned around subconsciously.

The man who was galloping on horseback had already run not far outside the arbor in the blink of an eye. The man turned over quickly and got off the horse. Xiao Yansui also knew him. It was Xiao Song's capable guard who returned to Lan from Chang'an City all the way. On the way to Ling's hometown, this guard also followed Xiao Song all the time.

The guard bowed slightly and said respectfully to Xiao Yansui: "Liu Niang, Mr. Please go back immediately."

Xiao Yansui stood up and asked directly, "What happened at home?"

The guard who sent the letter didn't show any anxiety, but an indescribable entanglement and hesitation appeared on the face. After a pause, he replied: "A messenger from Hexi has arrived."

Xiao Yansui blinked her eyes.

The guard stood quietly. After a moment of hesitation, Xiao Yansui's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in a crisp voice, "My book!"

——On the way back to his hometown in Lanling from Chang'an City, Xiao Song sent a letter to Wang Zhongsi who was far away in the northwest, asking him to help collect some books on Mohism mechanism techniques.

It was a long journey, so two months had passed in the blink of an eye, and now, a messenger came all the way from the Hexi area, obviously bringing Wang Zhongsi's reply.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yansui immediately turned around and said, "Let's go, let's go back first!"

Axiu was overjoyed, nodded her head quickly, and called the other maids and servants around to pack up and prepare their things. The old farmer who was talking with Xiao Yansui just now was also sent back on a special trip.

"Ah Weng!" Xiao Yansui's sleeves were still rolled up on his elbows, and because of his excitement and anticipation, he walked over with brisk strides, and Axiu followed her, almost unable to keep up with her.

However, walking into the main hall, the first thing Xiao Yansui saw was a completely unexpected scene.

Her three sleek and fluffy dogs are facing something in a circle.

Sitting on the guest seat next to Xiao Song was a young man who looked a bit unfamiliar, with a bit of travel and dust from a long journey, under the wind and sand all over his body, his back was straight, showing a bit of The cold breath that belongs exclusively to the brave soldiers at the border.

However, at this moment, the brave soldier who came to deliver the letter looked at the three tall earthen dogs and the beagle trapped in a circle on the ground in front of him, and smiled awkwardly. But he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

"Woof!" Hearing Xiao Yansui's familiar footsteps, the three dogs immediately turned their heads in unison, and barked loudly at Xiao Yansui twice.

"Wow?" The beagle, who was surrounded by three local dogs and couldn't move, was about half-sized. Naturally, he raised his head in confusion when he heard the sound. The big ears moved accordingly, and let out a soft whimper.

Xiao Yansui: "..."

That half-sized beagle, judging from its strong and tall frame, will definitely have a smooth body, stretched and slender limbs when it grows up, but the little guy should be growing up right now During the embarrassing period, the body will inevitably appear a little uncoordinated, especially those big ears, which almost occupy half the size of the head.

"This is, what's the matter?" After a while, Xiao Yansui asked softly and tentatively.

Xiao Song caressed that white beard, but said with a cheerful smile: "Liu Niang, do you still remember that Wang Zhongsi said that I will send you two good-looking hounds later."

From the appearance point of view, this hound must be good. The problem is that the gods can't solve the appearance problem of the beagle in the embarrassing period.

——The originally cute and cute beagle, like a dumpling, was raised by Wang Sili for half a month, and he took it to play with adult hounds every day. He just taught him to be smarter, and the result is good. In addition to the more than a month on the road, the beagle has just entered an embarrassing period of growth. The fine fluff has not been changed, and the limbs, ears, and face are particularly uncoordinated due to the different growth cycles. The "good appearance" that Wang Zhongsi said was too far off.

For a moment, the soldier delivering the letter couldn't bear to look directly at him.

After all, he watched the fluffy little dumpling become like this day by day with his own eyes. Although he knew that the beagle would become handsome and handsome again when he grew up, but the beagle's current appearance , sent to Mr. Xiao and Liu Niang of the Xiao family, he felt that he was even more embarrassed than the beagle in the embarrassing period...

The soldier sneered and struggled for a long while in embarrassment, but when he heard Xiao Song say that when Wang Zhongsi promised to give Xiao Yansui "two" hounds, he quickly explained: "The hound in the general's barracks, This one gave birth to a single seedling..."

Xiao Song said in surprise: "Yo, this is rare."

After all, although the number of puppies born at the same time varies, only one litter is still rare.

The soldier laughed awkwardly and said: "It's just a coincidence!" It was not Wang Zhongsi's fault, in fact, this litter indeed gave birth to this beagle.

Xiao Yansui didn't pay much attention to these things, she was in a hurry to go home, she wanted to ask about the book when she entered the door, but seeing that the guest was still there, she didn't ask for the time being.

At this moment, seeing his three dogs still coming from afar in arrogance, Xiao Yansui raised his eyebrows unknowingly, and walked over, He directly hugged the beagle in the middle.

"Wow, woof, woof!" The other three domestic dogs quit immediately, and kept flicking their tails around Xiao Yansui, wishing they could just pull that dumb beagle out of Xiao Yansui's hands.