scientific farming

It has been snowing heavily in the capital for days, and the General's Mansion is too big, so it was planned that everyone will move to the side courtyard first, and attack the main courtyard first.

Song Wen was a talking general, and briefly explained the very simple schematic diagram of thermal circulation. Ah Er and a few craftsmen who made the house changed the main house first.

The craftsman determined the unmovable walls and load-bearing columns of the house, and then dug an underground circular passage directly from the outside along the four walls of the main house. Using tiles, hay and mud, carefully pasted it, and set the fire point and smoke point.As long as the fire is lit, the hot air will naturally circulate along the passage and rise, and the ground of the main house will become very warm.

The craftsman experimented for several days, and finally the heat was smooth.

Xiao Lue directly asked people to spread a thick blanket on the floor of the main house, and it was very soft for people to sleep on, and the floor was burning, so the floor was completely warm, and it was snowing heavily outside, and the room was so hot that people could only wear single clothes .

After a night of experimentation, Xiao Lue directly threw the most courageous dog out of the house, and asked him to rake the snow, kill chickens and monkeys, and after a little deterrence, Ah Da and Ah Er obediently slipped away.

Xiao Lue turned around and stared at the young boy Amian who was eagerly looking at him, and simply ordered: "Make the kang in Amian's room first."

Goutou was leaning on the window of the main house, and all the movement here fell into his eyes. The tall man was so angry that he went to rake the snow. While raking the snow, he silently whispered behind Xiao Lue that he was Mrs. Song. When he went out, he was just splashing water, caring about the Song family, forgetting that the general's mansion was still waiting to be fed.

Relying on his ears, Xiao Lue appeared coldly behind him, and decided to fulfill him, so he punished him to rake all the snow in the courtyard of the General's Mansion by himself.

Gou Tou silently hugged his weak self, and quickly ran far away to continue to grievance and rake the snow.

The construction of the craftsman’s main house was slow, that’s because the craftsmen were not familiar with it, and it took half a day to make another one, and it was soon finished in A’Mian’s house. Squeeze into Amian's room.

Afterwards, the three rooms of them and the rooms of the general's mansion were all fixed up. Half a month had passed, and the capital was getting colder and colder, but the general's mansion was very warm.

The craftsmen also stayed in the entire side courtyard of the General's Mansion to build kang roads for Quan. The side courtyard was unoccupied, and Song Wenquan used it to grow vegetables.There is no sun in the house, so I use a bronze mirror to attract sunlight, at least it can attract a little bit.

There are so many kang roads, and each house is separate, which consumes a lot of firewood and charcoal.

Gou Tou is the housekeeper of the general's mansion, counting the battles of checking firewood and charcoal every day, his heart is bleeding, if it weren't for the bayberry wine and various fruit wines that Song Wen and Xiao Lue got married at the wedding banquet, they captured a group of colleagues and their family members. I made a lot of money, but no amount of money is really enough to make it.

Ah Er also feels distressed, thinking about the vegetables in the side courtyard, the light is not good, they grow a bit slowly, and it takes more firewood and charcoal, how much money does it cost to sell a vegetable to see the money back.

Worrying here, but it was Song Wen who saw that the general's mansion was almost built, and decided that it was time to earn a wave of money and come back.As for lifting the roof of the General's Mansion, the capital will snow from time to time in winter, and the cost of building a roof farm in winter is too high, so he is not going to do it for the time being.

There is a kang in the house, and there is a big pot on the fire. These days, it is used for boiling water, washing and making tea.Because the water was boiled too much, everyone in the general's mansion took a bath almost every day, and the head of the general complained after washing, saying that he was no longer a man, and his body smelled so good that he was almost like a woman!

Song Wen simply gave them a recipe for shochu, especially red bayberry wine, because adding red bayberry, the alcohol itself has too high alcohol content, and the alcohol content will drop immediately.Telling these generals to drink it is too soft.Burning bayberry wine can increase the degree of alcohol, and it will make your throat hot when you drink it. It is expected that it will be sold for a high price among the military officials in the capital.

Gou Tou was the most delighted, squatting directly at the door of the house, brewed a few jars of red bayberry wine, poured it down in one gulp, and told him to slap his thigh and shout: "Happy!"

Song Wen smiled and said, "Maybe you can make money?"

A few days ago, the few of them settled the accounts explicitly and implicitly in front of him from time to time, thinking that he really didn't take it to heart.

Gou Tou nodded again and again, and gave Xiao Lue a jar like a dog's leg, and took all the rest to Xiao Lue's colleagues for a walk, and when he came back, he got a few hundred silver bills, this money came happily!

But there are so many kangs burning in the general's mansion, how can they be used up just by selling wine?

Song Wen thought about it, and the only thing that could be boiled for a long time was tea eggs, and the more they boiled, the more delicious they became.Tea leaves have to be transported from the south to the capital, so ordinary people have very little in their homes, so they can only buy some tea foam for appearance.This tea egg, just by its name, is not cheap.

The tea eggs will be handed over to Ah Mian, who will cook them first.After cooking a pot, move it to the gate of the general's mansion and sell it for three Wen for one, and for five Wen for two.

Ah Mian was selling tea eggs at the gate of the general's mansion, and the ministers immediately followed, and they knew Ah Mian who was beside Song Wen very well.Don't think that going to the gate of the general's mansion to sell, they think that the general's mansion is doing business, it must be Song Wen's idea, thinking that they dare not participate in Xiaolue!

The general's salary is already a lot, plus Xiao Lue's great military exploits, the rewards from the emperor, and after returning to Beijing, the empress dowager sympathized and rewarded things, so there is no need to do business.

In an instant, the emperor's desk was piled up with memorials from the Song Dynasty again, saying that he, as the parents and officials of the common people, openly engaged in business affairs, and even tried to blame Xiao Lue in vain, his heart is to be punished!

Emperor: "..." They are a family!

However, the emperor still ordered people to send the memorial of the Song Dynasty to the general's mansion directly, and the courtiers were dissatisfied, so he, the emperor, could not ignore it.

After reading the memorial, Xiao Lue went directly to let Ah Mian come back to cook tea eggs, and he personally guarded the door to sell tea eggs. He wanted to see if anyone would dare to join him!

The few ministers who participated in Song Wen naturally watched the movement here all the time, seeing Xiao Lue coming out to sell tea eggs in person, they had nothing to say!What kind of shit luck did Song Wen have to have such a good relationship with Xiao Lue!The yamen needed to be repaired, so the whole family moved to the General's Mansion. They wanted to sell tea eggs, and General Xiao sold them himself!

Jealousy makes people lose their minds!Some ministers quickly went to the book to participate in the affairs of merchants in Xiaolue!

The emperor just accepted Xiao Lue's military power, and it was time to show the emperor's favor, how could he touch Xiao Lue, this book was handed over, but nothing came of it, and there was no news immediately.

The minister wanted to submit another book, but the other ministers who could see it quickly stopped him.After all, they were the first to participate in selling tea eggs, Song Wen, if it got involved, it would hurt them again!

What's more, Song Wen is really not easy to provoke, even though he is not a great court, he has not been summoned by the emperor, so he can't use the old trick of resigning from office, but he is really insidious. They bought a stall selling tea eggs, and then spread rumors that they couldn't sell the tea eggs because they participated in his sale of tea eggs!

You must know that tea eggs have set off a trend in the capital in the past two days. Many people and literati think that tea eggs have status. After all, tea drinkers are either rich or literati. People can also buy and eat.It suddenly disappeared, which caused public outrage. Many people went to block people in front of their house, did nothing, just stared at people in a daze, this...

Don't think about it, it must be Song Wen's move!Extremely insidious!

Then, Xiao Lue came forward to sell the tea eggs in person, so the saying became that Xiao Lue sympathized with the people, so he sold the tea eggs in person, let's see who dares to participate!

That is, many shops in the capital followed suit and sold tea eggs. The best seller here was the General's Mansion. These were tea eggs sold by Da Jinjun himself, full of extravagance.

Song Wen's "Military Advisor" has deep merits and fame!

Selling tea eggs was originally a random sale, mainly because I didn’t want to empty the burning pot. Seeing that Xiao Lue was selling it himself, Song Wen asked the craftsmen to directly order a small house at the gate of the General’s Mansion, and also made a circular one. Kang, the tea eggs kept boiling in the pot set up by the burner.

There are also two stoves set up next to it, and the "Oden cooking" and lo mei that were sold in the sleepy city before are also sold.

Song Wen and Xiao Lue huddled together in a very small hut, one to collect money and the other to pack food for the common people, if they were not both men, others would praise them as a couple of gods.

Jinke champion and the general of the town army joined forces to sell food, and it was a great luxury to be able to eat. These days, people from all over the capital swarmed to buy food in front of the general's mansion.The guards of the General's Mansion finally felt that they were useful, so they asked the people who came to buy to come first and then queue up to maintain order.

There are also quite a few officials and rich households who asked their servants to line up to buy them. They didn’t care about the extravagance, but because they heard that the taste was very good. It was all thanks to the oden and braised meat that the enemy army made peace talks, and they directly instigated rebellion. The enemy who besieged the city.How can you not try such amazing food!

Many of the vegetables in the greenhouse in the side courtyard have grown to the height of a palm. Song Wen asked Ah Er to make a small flat cart, with a grid of mud on top.Transplant the vegetables in the greenhouse to the trolley, and push them out directly. If you want to eat, you can wash them and scald them directly in the oden, add some noodles, cook them, and you will be able to fill your stomach with meat and vegetables. .

The fresh vegetables in this small cart can also be sold by cart by cart.It is very cold in winter, and such tender green vegetables are rare, and they are pushed out with carts like this, and are now bought by wealthy households with their carts.

Song Wen said with a smile: "When you finish eating this dish, you can put some vegetable seeds in the cart, put it in the greenhouse and continue to grow it, and you can still eat it."

greenhouse?There are really no rich families, but there are many charcoal basins in their homes.

"The charcoal basin is not acceptable." Song Wen quickly interrupted the rich man and said, "As soon as the charcoal basin is put on, the food will be burnt immediately. Why don't you push the vegetables out first, and then push the cart back after eating. I'll change another car for you, so that next time you only need to spend money for ordering vegetables and growing vegetables."

It's so kind!Spend a few dollars in winter, and there are such interesting carts to eat fresh vegetables!

The fresh vegetables that were picked up in the cart immediately caught the attention of all the dignitaries in the capital. If it weren't for Song Wen's control of the quantity, the common people would definitely not be able to buy them, and the side courtyard of the General's Mansion wouldn't be able to sell enough vegetables.

There was no food to buy, but Song Wen had said about warming the house before, which still caught the ears of caring people.

The first ones to come to the door were Xiao Lue's colleagues. They saw at a glance that the small room where Xiao Lue and Song Wen were staying was unusual, and insisted on asking Xiao Lue to sell food for them. As if finding some rare treasure: "Hiss... my mother, this is really warm!"

It looks like it is not stable for a moment, touching with hands, feeling the buttocks, the tall and tall man just curled up and lay down, and refused to get up, so uncomfortable with curling up, and refused to go, no one said it would work.

"Hey, go back to the mansion quickly and ask Madam to come and keep warm." The colleague occupied the kang and refused to move, shouting loudly at the villain who followed, telling him to go back and call for someone.

The villain immediately ran back to the house.

The business was not affected, because when the colleague came out, everyone ignored the food and stared at the small house and the colleague.Xiao Lue's face was dark and gloomy, his gaze was like a knife, he wanted to slice him into pieces, and just threw him into the Kanto soup.

Song Wen teased Xiao slightly, smiling warmly.

Well, the kang is going to be sold!Xiao Lue understood instantly, stepped forward and said: "Get up. I will send craftsmen to your house to build your main house."

"Really?" The colleague sat up excitedly, but his buttocks still didn't leave the kang. Seeing Xiao nodded slightly, he said in surprise, "The main house is so big, and it can be built. Now, you don't have to worry about the cold when you sleep at night. You can even do activities during the day." .”

Song Wen smiled and said, "Of course it's true." He pointed to the fresh dishes on the trolley that had been re-launched in the General's Mansion, "They were all grown with kang as a greenhouse. And the charcoal fire can't be too big , otherwise it will be too hot. These days, because of selling food, the fire is full, and I have to eat ice to suppress the heat when I go back to the house."

The capital is always very cold, and ice is not uncommon in winter, but being able to eat ice in the house makes you feel warm and beautiful when you think about it.

The colleague immediately jumped down and let the people from the general's mansion sell food. He wanted to keep an eye on Song Wen and Xiao Lue, and brought the craftsmen back to the mansion to build the kang.

Song Wen smiled and said, "No hurry."

"Why are you not in a hurry?" the colleague said, "I heard that someone's home was so cold that they almost froze their old lady. Fortunately, they found it early. If there is a greenhouse, there will be no fear of freezing."

Xiao Lue turned around and shouted: "Goat, let's talk about the price!"

Goutou quickly revealed Song Wen with a smile and stepped forward to talk about the price: "How do you want to build it? This is the small house you lay in just now. You can prepare your own materials. It will be ten taels cheaper. If you build it, the Lord of the Lord's House house...and even build the whole mansion..."

Everyone listened to Gou Tou's words, and the people were all ready to move.

Xiao Lue ordered Ah Da and Ah Er on the spot to greet the people who wanted to build a kang.The common people didn't have the money to build the whole house, but it was no problem to spend ten taels of silver to build a small house like this, so they scattered around Ah Da and Ah Er immediately.

The front of the food shop suddenly became deserted, only a few people saw that there were many people there, and wanted to eat here first and wait slowly, still waiting to buy food.

The general's mansion built a greenhouse, and the fresh vegetables in the small cart were grown in the greenhouse, and it only cost ten taels of silver.The news spread across the capital in an instant like a bird with wings.

Those who participated in Song Wen and Xiaolue a few days ago, and those who Song Wen mentioned to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables in the Yamen, jumped up and down to participate in him, as well as the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and even those officials who followed suit. , They all have sympathy, how complicated the feelings in their hearts are, it is hard to express!

The snow on the ground has not yet melted, it is white, and seeing that it will snow again in a few days, the ministers are very eager for the kang and fresh vegetables.

Helpless, the Shenben a few days ago was still on the emperor's case, whether to want their old face, or to want the kang and vegetables, this is a question!

Those ministers who have many ideas will immediately come up with the papers. The Tao is that warming the house is a policy that benefits the people. It should be implemented in the world like a waterwheel.

The emperor was also in a delicate mood at the moment.In the past Song Wen had ideas and prescriptions, all of which were handed over to the imperial court. As soon as Xiao Lue got it, he knew he was taking care of the general's mansion!And that Xiao Lue, who used to take the initiative to hand in the ideas and prescriptions to the court, but this time he only cares about making money in a silent voice, without mentioning a word.

In the early court, the emperor didn't mention Xiao Lue, and directly summoned Song Wen to the palace.

Song Wen heard that the minister was called out by the emperor to explain his words, and then he knelt down on the ground, and said righteously: "My Majesty, when I returned to Beijing, I planned to build a greenhouse in the yamen. I didn't smash the wall. The memorials that participated in me were like snowflakes. Later, I wished I could take off my official hat..."

"Those who said that I broke etiquette, those who accused me of disturbing the luck of the capital, those who broke Fengshui, and other crimes are still ringing in my ears!" Song Wen held his grudges, saying that he only glanced at the participating ministers, "Your Majesty, your minister, Chang'an!" The county magistrate, this humble official, is really sincere and fearful, and it is difficult to rest day and night."

Listed as a minister: We see that you have a good life!

Emperor: See if I believe it or not!

Song Wen didn't care about them, and continued to speak righteously: "It's just General Xiao's benevolence and righteousness, and he directly asked the humble minister to build a greenhouse and grow vegetables in the general's mansion."

"Your Majesty also knows that my ministers are shy and have nothing to worry about. The cost of building a greenhouse is huge. It is all paid by the general's mansion. I can't repay you. I can only sell vegetables, sell food, and help make kangs to pay off debts. There are also ministers and merchants. The matter forced the minister to pay off the debt, and General Xiao had to come forward to sell food..."

Song Wen sighed, "The debt will be repaid immediately. The general sells food, and the minister can't give too much money!"

Xiao Lue stood upright by the side, secretly suppressing a smile, listening to Song Wen's nonsense in a serious manner, pinning all the pot on those ministers' heads, because they wanted to warm the house and fresh vegetables, the ministers did not refute at all , this scene, what a recruit without bloodshed!

The emperor and all the ministers also knew that he was talking nonsense, but it is a pity that there is something to ask for now.The emperor can't just kill a county magistrate for this.What's more, Song Wen still holds a lot of weight in the hearts of the people in the capital. Thousands of people in the capital are waiting for Song Wen to build kangs for them!

After Song Wen finished speaking, without any chance to catch his breath, he took out the memorial that he had prepared earlier in his arms, and under the expression of everyone knowing that he had come, he raised the memorial and shouted: "Your Majesty! , the minister is really... the minister please resign!"

Furious fall!

What is it?There is no doubt that the ministers and the emperor felt that Song Wen was already poor, and there was really nothing to make up!

The emperor glanced at Xiao Lue. He knew that Xiao Lue valued Song Wen as an official for the people the most. Xiao Lue set an example and valued the people very much. , like a deaf man, didn't hear anything, and stood firmly in the queue.

This is a threat to me!

The emperor sneered and said with a temper: "Song Wen, do you really want to resign?"

Song Wen asked: "My Majesty, since I became the county magistrate of Chang'an, I didn't earn half a penny, and my debts are high. Officials are not allowed to do business, so I decided to resign and do business to pay off my debts!"

"I paid it back for you."

Song Wen shook his head: "In that case, the subject's creditor will become the emperor, and he still hasn't paid it back."

The emperor said: "Song Wen, I will ask you again, do you really want to resign?"

Above the imperial court, everything is silent.

Just listen to Song Wen's words and say: "Your Majesty, I beg you to resign!"

"Yes!" The emperor directly agreed as soon as he slapped the table.

Song Wen kowtowed to thank the emperor: "Caomin thank the emperor for your kindness!" His identity changed very quickly!

The emperor turned to Xiao Lue, curled his lips and asked with a smile: "General Xiao, do you want to resign as well?"

Xiao Lue simply knelt down on one knee and saluted, "I'm going to die for Dali Dynasty!"

For the Dali Dynasty, it has nothing to do with the current Holy Majesty.Of course, in private, Xiao Lue and Song Wen discussed this point, mainly because Xiao Lue resigned, and the general's mansion would be taken back by the court.What's more, the two of them can't leave the capital, and the emperor won't agree, so it's better to live in the general directly, saving the money to sell the house, the house in the capital is not easy to buy.

This morning, the atmosphere in the court was really depressing, the courtiers were as silent as cicadas, and all the people who had made a fuss about attending earlier all died down, honestly waited for the next court, and left quickly.

For this greenhouse, they had no choice but to go to the general's mansion and ask craftsmen to come and build it.Even with a greenhouse, they don't know how to grow vegetables, and they don't bother to go to the general's mansion to buy them.

Song Wen's resignation to pay off his debts, of course, cannot be included in the imperial decree.

So, it finally spread to the ears of the people that Song Wen felt that he was incapable of being an official, and only farmed the land every day, thinking that he would simply give up the official position to capable people, and continue to farm the land.

Mr. Song wanted to farm the land himself, and he didn't want to be an official. Of course, the people had no objection. Anyway, he could see people in the general's mansion every day, just like when he was an official in the past.

The emperor lost such a big face in Song Wen, and within a few days, he ordered hundreds of elite soldiers to guard outside the general's mansion every day. The reason is that Song Wen and Xiao Lue knew the formula of firecrackers, and they were afraid that someone would harm them, so they arranged elite soldiers guard.

The business and eating at the entrance of the General's Mansion were forced to stop.

Xiao Lue directly asked Ah Wu to dispatch manpower, and the private soldiers of the general's mansion were exposed to the emperor's eyes, and they surrounded the entire general's mansion to fight against the emperor's elite soldiers.

The emperor was so angry that he smashed the things in the palace again, but because of the death token of the former emperor and the conditions of the peace talks with the enemy country, he could not be killed or moved!

But it doesn't matter, private soldiers and elite soldiers all surround the General's Mansion, and the General's Mansion is a shining cage, Xiao Lue and Song Wen live in it and cannot fly!

After the emperor comforted himself, he finally extinguished his anger.

next spring.

Under Song Wen's management, the General's Mansion was planted with vegetables everywhere.A few months later, the walls of the entire General's Mansion were covered with flowers, plants and pickled vines. The pickled vines poked out along the wall, and many pickled cucumbers grew directly outside.From time to time, the guards could pick a courgette and eat it with their hands.

In midsummer, the flowers and vines are even more luxuriant, and even the plaque of the General's Mansion is tightly blocked. You have to lift the vines to see the three characters "General's Mansion".

Song Wen and Xiao Lue were still holding ladders, and they had picked courgettes and ate them on the plaque.

It was not until winter, when the snow was covered, that the vines were covered.It's another spring, and it grows again. In summer, the entire General's Mansion is covered in vegetables, melons and fruits...

Repeatedly.

But, this winter, the courgette vines on the walls of the General’s Mansion withered and turned yellow... The people suddenly realized, why did the vines on the walls of the General’s Mansion turn yellow this year?In previous years, Song Wen would clean up the vines and feed them to pigs.Yes, Song Wen has been raising pigs in a side yard in the General's Mansion these past few years!

The people looked again, hey, there were fewer guards... Then they realized that the general's mansion had long since been deserted, and even the old servant whom they had seen a few days ago was gone...

The elite soldiers sent by the emperor have been guarding these years, and the private soldiers headed by Ah Wu have been called brothers and sisters for a few years, and they often don't guard for a few days, saying that they are doing things for Xiao Lue and Song Wen, and they are going to Pingxi Village to transport wine. I have had a lot of bayberry wine and fruit wine.

This happens several times every year, but this year, they never come back!