scientific farming

On April 26th of the lunar calendar, it was officially settled that Song Wen was included in a book by the censor.

Guo Kaitong was sent to a mountain village in the southeast to be the county magistrate.Southeast Prefecture is known as a land of barbarians. In the Dali Dynasty, although the land of barbarians was also under the jurisdiction of the emperor, the land of barbarians was generally dominated by clan autonomy, and the yamen were basically useless.Guo Kaitong is going back to Beijing, which is far away.

Song Wen received another imperial decree, the emperor stated that Song Wen was worried about farming and was busy with affairs, and specially appointed a person to assist Song Wen in handling the government affairs of the yamen.This basically means that Song Wen can be a hands-off shopkeeper and concentrate on farming.

On April 27, Song Wen set off to teach the technique of growing bean sprouts in the residential area south of Chang'an City.The most poor people gathered in Nancheng, the worst law and order, and the most turbulent.The first place to teach is in Nancheng, because they need it more. Not only can they fill their stomachs, but they can sell them for a few pennies.

Nancheng was very chaotic, Song Wen didn't dare to exaggerate, he specially asked Xiao Lue to ask for someone to protect him.Unexpectedly, when Song Wen was ready to leave, it was Xiao Lue who personally led Goutou, Ah Da and Ah Er over.

Song asked: "...How can General Xiao be free today, come here in person?"

Xiao Lue said seriously: "I will come to you personally when I have something to do, and I will not pretend to be someone else. You must not believe anyone who comes to the door in the future and says I sent it."

Song asked: "..."

I just think the lineup is too big, just make fun of it, don't answer me so seriously.

But when people came, they couldn't be allowed to go back, so they simply asked to help carry things, and Song Wen led the way out empty-handed.As soon as he left the gate of the yamen, he saw a group of people gathered.

Song Wen's heart skipped a beat, could it be that someone is joining him again?

The leader cupped his hands at Song Wen and said, "I've met Mr. Song. I heard that Mr. Song is going to Nancheng to teach the skill of sprouting bean sprouts. I thought there would be a lot of chaos there, and I was worried that someone would hurt Mr. Song, so I came here Guarding Master Song."

"Thank you all."

As soon as he heard that he was not here to find trouble, but to support himself, Song Wen suddenly changed his face, his face was kind, and he looked like a parent who was worried about the world, and he cupped his hands and said, "But the emperor was thoughtful, and he ordered General Xiao to accompany him early, and he also brought him with him. Here are three guards, if you think about it, there is no bastard in this capital who can survive under General Xiao."

They actually saw Xiao Lue just now, and now the leader said: "I heard that Master Song taught this method of sprouting bean sprouts, and wanted to make poor people stutter. We are not rich. I don't need to wait for guards, I wonder if I can also bring me and tell me to wait on the sidelines..."

After saying this, his face became hot and bright red.

Song Wen said with a smile: "This is meant to be taught to the common people. If you take the initiative to learn, there is no reason not to agree. I also hope that you can learn it and help teach your neighbors. It will save me a lot of effort."

Hearing what Song Wen said, everyone was very pleasantly surprised, and quickly thanked them.Seeing that it was getting late, they did not continue to thank them politely, and the group immediately set off for Nancheng.

Song Wen walked in front, Xiao Lue walked in parallel, Gou Tou and the three of them walked slightly behind with Ah Mian, and the people who followed were even further behind. The group of people was dense and mighty.

Nancheng is indeed poor. As soon as you approach here, you can see many people whose clothes are covered with patches, and their mental outlook is also weak and tired. More importantly, the air smells much worse, and the road surface is dirty.I'm afraid I'm busy with my livelihood, so I can't take care of these.

Hu Lin, the county lieutenant, brought the yamen servant over to make arrangements.

As soon as Song Wen arrived at the place, he faced the people who had already gathered to listen to him talk about sprouting bean sprouts. There was a group of people on his side, a group of people on the opposite side, and their eyes met. Song Wen suddenly felt that something was wrong. Why did he suddenly feel different? Became a prelude to a gang fight?

Hurrying to get rid of these idle thoughts, Song Wen quickly entered the reserved restaurant, stood on the prepared high platform, and waited for Hu Lin to maintain order before starting directly.He first took out the wooden board to tell everyone how to punch holes in the wooden board, then evenly sprinkled the pre-soaked mung beans on the perforated wooden board to keep it flat, and finally covered the mung beans with a wet cloth towel.

"It should be noted that it must be tightly covered and cannot be exposed to light. If it is not tight enough and exposed to light, the bean sprouts will not grow well." Song Wen pointed out.

Someone clasped his hands and lazily said: "My lord, these mung beans are not cheap. It looks like a dish for the family. We can't even eat rice. Where can we buy mung beans and send out bean sprouts to eat. "

Hu Lin's face darkened, and he went up to explain with his ear: "This man is a well-known bum, he doesn't work all day long, and only relies on his mother-in-law at home to take over the work and earn a few copper coins to support him. He usually does petty theft and was caught by us He went to the cell several times, but he never repented. His mother-in-law died not long ago, so he made a fuss about committing crimes, so he went to the cell, saying that the cell was in charge."

Song Wen nodded, apologized, and said, "Indeed, I was not thoughtful. I just thought that you sent out bean sprouts. Anyway, it was considered a vegetable. If you don't eat it yourself, you can sell it to earn a few copper coins, but I forgot. , you don’t have money to buy mung beans. How about this, I will pay for you to buy mung beans..."

"real or fake?"

"is that a lie?"

"Where is such a good thing..."

In an instant, the people who were listening below became lively like a frying pan.With a sullen face, Hu Lin took the first step and shouted: "Shut up! What are you arguing about? Go back if you are arguing. Don't listen."

All of a sudden the people below were stunned.If they said they would come, they had to come because the court had spoken, but everyone refused to leave at the moment. After all, Mr. Song said that he would pay them to buy mung beans.As for whether to sprout bean sprouts or not, it's not up to them if the mung beans are in their hands.When I really investigated it, I said that the mung beans were broken.

Those who were thinking about it immediately began to calculate in their hearts.

There are also those who really want to add a dish to the family. Wouldn't it be better to get mung beans for free.

So Hu Lin's words were very effective, better than the suppression by government officials in the past, and the audience was silent.

Song asked: "Of course mung beans are not given for free." Before the people below became lively again, he quickly continued, "If you have no money, you can come to me to get mung beans. I will record them one by one. How many mung beans can be sold?" I know how many bean sprouts. If you take the mung bean and eat it yourself, then you must give me the money for the mung bean. If you sell it, I don’t care how you sell it. After you sell the mung bean Just give me the money."

"Right now there are no mung bean sprouts for sale in Chang'an City. It may not be so after today. If you are quick, you will see mung bean sprouts tomorrow. I don't need to say more about this first order. You all know that it will definitely make money. Even if you put The mung bean money has been settled with me, and there will be some surplus later, but in the future, if there are too many mung bean sprouts, it will definitely not be easy to sell."

After finishing the previous paragraph, everyone shrank back.But as soon as the last paragraph was added, the big guy became excited again.Among the people who followed Song Wen, someone shouted quickly: "Master Song, I want to order five catties of mung beans."

"Okay." Song Wen smiled and nodded, asking Ah Mian to record this person.

It started with this person, and soon many people went to Ah Mian, asking to order mung beans.Of course, it’s not true that everyone is too poor to afford mung beans. Many people are also planning to buy mung beans by themselves. If there are those who are clever, they will run back early and let the family soak mung beans quickly.

Song Wen saw that the situation was getting noisy, and he was very helpless, so he could only secretly poke Xiao Lue who was beside him, and asked in a low voice: "General Xiao is always in the army, does he give lectures to the three armies?"

Xiao Lue glanced at him, and saw him beckoning to the noisy common people.Yihui nodded, took a step forward, and yelled loudly at his subordinates: "Shut up!"

Song Wen turned his head to look at him.

Xiao Lue pointed to the frightened common people below, and Ba Feng said indifferently: "It works."

Really simple and powerful.

Song Wen hurriedly took advantage of this moment and said: "Today, I will order people to distribute the eating methods of mung bean sprouts to restaurants, restaurants, etc. in Chang'an City. If you have mung bean sprouts, you can go and ask them if you want to eat them." Accept. And I will also post the method of mung bean sprouts in various places in Chang'an City, everyone can read it, and it doesn't matter if you can't read, there will be someone explaining it at the posting place."

The common people were overjoyed immediately, they didn't expect Mr. Song to even think of this.All of a sudden, more than half of the people who came here decided to give this bean sprouts a try.

After talking about Mung Bean Sprouts, Song Wen waved his hand, and the people who couldn't hold back for a long time dispersed in a swarm, some ran home, some rushed to Ah Mian, it was orderly in chaos.

Before Song Wen came here, he told Ah Mian that if there is a vegetable field in the yard of his house, then ask if anyone is willing to plant peanuts. If there is, write it down, just like mung beans, and wait for the yamen to pick up the seeds tomorrow.When the peanuts are ripe, the seed money is paid back directly according to the method of taking one tenth, and the peanuts can be sold to the Yamen, and the Yamen is willing to accept it.

The people at the moment are still very simple, and the yamen is also very intimidating, Song Wen doesn't have to worry about them daring to cheat the yamen.

"What do you want peanuts for?" Xiao slightly puzzled.

"Press the oil."

"Oil extraction?"

Song Wen smiled with a pair of fox eyes. He found that there are peanuts and soybeans here, but there is no vegetable oil. How expensive it is to use lard and mutton oil. Peanuts are cheap, and if you grow a peanut plant, you can get a catty or two, but no matter how stupid you are There is also half a catty of it.The emergence of peanut oil can make oil affordable for the common people.

Nodding to Xiao Lue, Song Wen saw Xiao Lue come back to his senses, his eyes sparkled, he was obviously excited, and couldn't help thinking funny, "General Xiao, let me tell you such a big secret, What will you give me in return?"

Xiao Lue was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that it might be a way Song Wen was planning to use to make money, and immediately said solemnly: "I don't know how to use it, and I don't know how to say it."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and made a solemn oath, "If I, Xiao Lue, extract oil in private or spread the word, I will die!"

Song asked: "..."

I couldn't help but move my gaze down, and landed on him.Full of sympathy, follow your cruel master, what a pity!