Farming and teaching across different worlds

Looking at each other with a smile in their eyes, they turned their heads and continued talking to Jiabao.

Instead, Jiabao talked for a while, saw Ji Xiuran sitting beside the stone table, and stretched out his hand to him: "Daddy hug"

Ji Xiuran gave him a squinting look, and said pretending to be disgusted: "You talked to father, but father didn't even see him when he came, and now he wants me to hug you, so I don't want to hug you."

Hearing Ji Xiuran's accusation, Jia Bao's eyes widened, and he explained: "Jia Bao didn't see it just now, Dad, don't be angry, Jia Bao will not be like this in the future. Jia Bao likes Dad the most."

Ji Xiuran was not moved by his sweet words, and refused coldly: "I don't believe you, anyway, I'm not enough for you."

After hearing this, Jia Bao withdrew his hand in disappointment, leaned into Shi Jingchen's arms, and said cleanly, "That's fine."

On the contrary, Ji Xiuran was stunned by his magic trick, and after he realized it, he pretended to look at Jiabao viciously: "Well, you Ji Jiabao, are you playing with your father? Look at my hands."

After finishing speaking, she stretched out her hand to scratch his itch, and made Jiabao twist and turn to avoid him in Shi Jingchen's arms. Shi Jingchen almost couldn't hold him anymore.

Having no choice but to separate the father and son, Shi Jingchen gave Ji Xiuran an indifferent look, and Ji Xiuran sat obediently on the stone bench inside, and stopped making trouble with Jiabao.

Seeing him being cast down by Shi Jingchen's gaze, Jiabao leaned against Shi Jingchen's arms, covered his mouth and snickered, causing Ji Xiuran to glare at him secretly.Jia Bao was backed by someone, so he was not afraid of him, so he made a face at him, which made Ji Xiuran grit his teeth secretly, but there was nothing he could do about him.

Shi Jingchen saw Jiabao's small movements, in order to avoid angering Ji Xiuran for a while, he took advantage of the situation to change the direction for him, separated the father and son, then picked up the food on the table and gave it to the two of them, which made them quiet down.

Shi Jingchen shook his head amusedly, these two treasures are sometimes a sweet burden.But he also enjoyed it.

After sending Shi Jingchen away, Liu Qiang and his team also made progress in their investigation. There was news from Gensheng that the envoy of the Salt Supervisor was going to conduct a transaction recently.Liu Qiang and others began to arrange manpower, planning to get both stolen goods during the transaction.

But after returning, the result was not satisfactory. Although the people from the Yanjian side were caught, the people who traded with them escaped.

Listening to Liu Qiang's report, Ji Xiuran frowned. Seeing Ji Xiuran's ugly face, Liu Qiang took the initiative to salute and admit his mistake: "Master Ji, this time it was my subordinate's negligence, please punish me."

Ji Xiuran waved his hand, signaling him to get up, and then asked his doubts: "How did those people escape?"

Liu Qiang carefully reviewed the situation at that time, and then opened his mouth to describe carefully: "When we arrived at the trading place, the two parties were already making a deal, so we went forward to arrest people. , before he had time to react, he was arrested, but the people on the other side, seeing something wrong, gave up the transaction very vigilantly, and jumped into the sea. They were ordinary people, and the trading place was at the seaside, and the situation in the sea was unknown, so they jumped in without hesitation, and these circumstances are all suspicious in retrospect.”

After listening to Liu Qiang's report and analysis, Ji Xiuran nodded lightly, pondered for a while, and then asked: "Did those people see the ship after they jumped into the sea?"

Liu Qiang thought about it carefully, and said: "The sky is dark, although I can't see clearly, but I can vaguely see a shadow on the sea surface, and now I think it looks like a boat."

Hearing his words, Ji Xiuran frowned, thought about it, and finally gave up and sighed secretly: "Let's leave it like this for now, those people were stunned this time, and I think they won't appear again in the near future, but they can catch the salt." The people in prison can be regarded as rewarding, thank you for your hard work, I have already asked the kitchen to prepare a banquet to reward you, you should go eat too."

Liu Qiang felt that his actions this time were not perfect, but Ji Xiuran didn't punish them, and even prepared a banquet for them, he thanked them with a grateful face and stepped back.

Ji Xiuran put the people from the Salt Superintendent in prison and interrogated them overnight, and then went to the Salt Supervision to find out the account books of smuggling salt.

He also tried the case while the iron was hot, and reported it to the higher authorities. The envoy of the Yan Supervisor, the court orderer, and his handling had to be decided by the Ministry of Punishment.

After sending away the prisoner Yanjian envoy and some evidence, Ji Xiuran started to deal with the matter of the salt prison.Let Yu Wenyuan temporarily act as the salt supervisor, while he himself presides over the salt drying.

Chapter 118

Ji Xiuran asked Gensheng to be found.After cleaning up the salt prison, the life of these salt cookers in Gensheng became much easier.So when Ji Xiuran saw Gensheng again, his entire mental outlook underwent an earth-shaking change.

Gensheng followed the people into the inner hall, saluted respectfully, and completely lost the previous rebelliousness.Ji Xiuran helped him solve his biggest enemy and improved his life. He was like a reborn parent. He respected him very much in his heart, so when he was summoned, he felt so excited.

Seeing that he was in good condition, Ji Xiuran signaled him to excuse himself, and watched him casually say, "I have a task that I would like to entrust to you, I wonder if you would like it?"

Although Ji Xiuran felt that Gen Sheng was the best candidate, he still had to ask about his own wishes.

Gensheng saluted respectfully, and replied: "My lord, just give orders, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, the little ones will have no complaints."

After hearing what he said, Ji Xiuran smiled faintly, raised his eyebrows and looked at him in a happy mood: "That's not necessary, but you have to be more serious before the matter is done, and this officer has taken a fancy to you."

After listening to Ji Xiuran's words, Gensheng once again agreed firmly: "If there is anything, please order it as you like, and the small ones will be taken care of for you."

Ji Xiuran got an affirmative answer, nodded, and motioned to the people around him to bring the things he had prepared, and then handed them to Gensheng.

Gensheng took it respectfully, and opened it carefully. It was densely written with articles and some pictures, but he was illiterate, and his face was hot with embarrassment for a while, and he said in a low voice: "Small one, small one is not I can't read, and I still ask the adults to make amends."

Ji Xiuran secretly sighed, as expected, he should have thought of it beforehand, but he always wanted to give it a try, but the final result was still unsatisfactory.

However, Ji Xiuran did not continue to embarrass Gensheng. He waved his hand and asked Youxi to come forward, and told him, "From today on, follow Youxi to learn how to read. I will give you a month to figure out what is on this paper. Can it be done?"

When Gensheng heard that he would have the opportunity to read and write, he didn't care about whether it would be a month or not, so he quickly agreed.

Ji Xiuran received a satisfactory answer and motioned for the two to leave.Gensheng got up immediately, and left behind Youxi, carefully holding the document given by Ji Xiuran in his hand.

What Ji Xiuran gave him was summed up, the ancient method of drying salt.Ji Xiuran wanted to entrust this matter to Gensheng, one reason was that Gensheng had experience, and the other reason was that there was not enough manpower around him.

Some of the people who were brought from Qingshan Academy followed Mu Xuanzi to work in the dock, some were scattered to various counties to support teaching, some were to experiment with planting seaweed, and some were sent to the Salt Supervisor to take over the task. Now those who stay with him are There are only a few people, and if the sun salt is distributed, there will be no one around him to use.

Considering this factor, he thought of leaving the matter to Gensheng.

In the beginning, only one mu of salt field was built, and only three people were enough. Except for Gen Sheng, the rest of the people could let Gen Sheng find helpers among the people he knew well.

Speaking of which, Gensheng is considered smart. In just ten days, he can recognize more than a hundred characters, and one month is enough for him to recognize and understand all the characters on the materials.

At this time, all the materials prepared by Ji Xiuran were delivered, and good news just happened to come from the shipyard, the newly remodeled warship was completed.

Ji Xiuran took everyone to the dock, and Mu Xuanzi stood in front of the remodeled warship, directing everyone to launch the new warship.

Ji Xiuran raised his eyes and looked at the past. The streamlined new ship type is faster and more stable than the previous warships. Large warships can carry hundreds of people. They are equipped with the latest heavy crossbows and detachable and foldable catapults; medium-sized warships can carry 50 people. , equipped with a detachable ram angle, sails and oars have been modified to make it fast and flexible. When encountering an enemy ship, it can quickly ram into the opponent. The general ship can Breaking through, making it impossible to drive, with these medium-sized warships with huge lethality, the combat effectiveness of a fleet has been raised to a higher level.

There are also small warships that can carry 20 people. Such small warships are equipped with basic offensive weapons and are suitable for daily coastal patrols.

There is also a miniature battleship, a specially prepared fireship. When encountering a large enemy fleet, you can choose to use the fireship to carry out a fire attack. However, the South China Sea is relatively calm now, and there are a few sporadic little pirates who don't need it at all. This kind of tactic, so in the dock, only a few ships were temporarily made to see the effect, and they were not put into use.

Ji Xiuran looked at these warships, smiled approvingly, and walked to the busy Mu Xuanzi.

At this time Guan Xiao who heard the news also came over, saw Ji Xiuran and saluted and greeted Ji Xiuran, and then praised Mu Xuanzi and others to Ji Xiuran: "Master Mu is really talented, I have never seen such a mighty warship. "

The expression on his face was full of admiration. After hearing what he said, Ji Xiuran smiled lightly and didn't say anything.

Seeing his attitude, Guan Xiao said anxiously: "Don't you believe me, sir? Get on the boat and have a look, and I will definitely believe what the officer said is true."

Ji Xiuran raised his hand