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

"It's wrong, it's all wrong." The fish farmer found from the folks shook his head when he saw the bottomless pond, and he asked to bring in branches and poles quickly. Bamboo is better.When the things came, he immediately went into the water and used these branches and wooden poles to build a small area along the edge of the pool, and then inserted bamboo mats into the water to block the rushing water at the front of the water.

As a result, this area became an extremely abrupt existence in the entire pool.

Seeing this, Zhao Zheng was puzzled. He knelt down by the pool to find out what the secret was, but the materials used were the most common, and nothing unique was placed. It looked like a mess. It's as messy as it comes in.

Then the fish farmer wanted to use a branch to block the water inlet, and he reached out to manipulate the lever to close the water inlet halfway after getting guidance.

After doing these things, he squatted down again to study the condition of the live fish in the pond, picked up a few fish and looked at the fish gills, knowing it well, and then went ashore.

Zhao Zheng immediately asked someone to take a handkerchief to wipe the water for him, "Mr. just said something wrong, what is wrong?"

The man clasped his fists and said, "My lord, can you tell me how to raise fish first?" Zhao Zheng had a good memory, and he told each of his actions in the past six months.After hearing half of it, the man showed a wry smile, and after listening to everything, he could only shake his head.

He first vetoed Zhao Zheng's speculation that it was due to natural disasters, and he told Zhao Zheng that the cause of death of the fish in this pond was all man-made.

Let's start with his last move.

The first element of fish farming is water. Temperature and water volume are very important. Originally, a balance was maintained in the pond, and the fish got used to the balance of new water and old water, but now it is suddenly disturbed, and the fish cannot adapt.

And now it is summer, the temperature of the two is different, hot and cold intersect, just like people, fish will also get cold.

But this is not such a large number of deaths, at least not all deaths in one day, this is only one of the reasons.The root cause of the fish's death was Zhao Zheng's previous toss.

First of all, in order to make the fish eat more bait, Zhao Zheng came up with a method of exercising more. From time to time, he asked people to increase the water flow and artificially drive them away. The effect is indeed good in a short period of time, but it is meaningless in the long run, because All that is eaten is consumed, which only adds to the fatigue.

The man gave the simplest example to the questioning young man, "But doesn't eating too much make you fat?"—Men eat more than women, so who is more prone to gain weight?

Zhao Zheng thought about his father who was as skinny as a bamboo but could eat three bowls a meal, and his mother who was still worrying about her growing flesh even though she counted the grains of rice every day.

"Water is to fish, it is wind to us." The man raised his hand slightly, his long robe sleeves were gently fluttered by the breeze, and he motioned Zhao Zheng to look at his robe, "If it wasn't for someone raising his hand now You must have not noticed that the wind is blowing again, right? Usually, the wind is strong and the wind is too small, so it is difficult for people to notice it, and the fish are the same. However, if the wind blows and poops, sand and rocks destroy the house, it is even more tiring to walk against the wind. Two days is fine, but if you persist for a long time, no matter how fit you are, a strong man will feel tired."

"People get tired and sick, and so do fish."

In order to exercise the fish school or to change the water, Zhao Zheng increased the water flow, the water volume is large, and the water flow is naturally disturbed. For the fish school living in the pool, it is not like a breeze suddenly turning into a hurricane. They have to walk in the hurricane every day, don't they have to be tired and thin?

But the water in the canal is actually not very big compared to the whole fish pond, and the pond is also in an irregular shape, so theoretically there is still a shelter in the water for the fish to rest, this is the pond the second question.

——The water is too clean.

Zhao Xiaozheng thought that the garbage in the pool might damage the health of the fish, so he cleaned it up. He removed the moss on the edge of the water, the aquatic plants at the bottom, and the stones that were easy to hide dirt.

It's not that he's acting recklessly, Zhao Zheng asked clearly about the function of these things in the water before doing it.

After questioning, he got the answer: aquatic plants are fish food, but the fish in this pond are eating fish food now, and stones have no effect.After confirming that they were all useless, the other party asked people to move them away.

The man shook his head slightly when he heard the words, "My lord thought that aquatic plants are food for fish, so have you ever thought about what aquatic plants eat?"

"Of course it is..." Zhao Zheng got stuck in the middle of his sentence. He wanted to answer that the food of the grass was mud, but the moss clearly grew on the stone. He had checked it when he was cleaning it, and there was no mud at all.

So what are these grass foods?

Zhao Zheng is a smart man, he immediately looked into the pond, recalled the fish pond in his memory before, and answered after thinking: "The food is the filth produced by the fish?"

Just like my elder brother always burying dirt in the soil when he was farming?

"That's right." The man responded, "There are a lot of fish in the pond, so naturally there is also a lot of filth. However, the pond was full of plants before. They ate the filth of the fish, and then grew up to become the food of the fish. This is a balance."

And now that there are no aquatic plants in the pond, of course these filth will have no place to go. Doesn't that mean... the fish have to live in a dirty environment.

Zhao Zheng nodded to make it clear.

He had farming experience when he was young, and he also raised cattle at home. He also knows that the living environment of livestock is too dirty and they will get sick.That's why he thought about cleaning up the environment as soon as he took over, but he never expected that his taking it for granted would make the environment even dirtier.

"It's because I don't think carefully." Zhao Zheng reflected for a moment, and then asked, "Then, sir, what is the use of the stone? Why did you build a fence in the pool?"

The man smiled slightly: "Master, why don't you take a closer look at the situation inside the fence?"

Zhao Zheng took a closer look, and was surprised to find that there were several swimming fish gathered in the place blocked by the fence. These fish were flicking their tails in the place separated by the fence, just like the nervous look they kept wagging their tails in the pool just now. Different, looks extremely laid back.

He got it right, "Sir, what do you mean, those stones used to be used in the pool to block the water flow, so that the fish can rest behind?"

"That's right." The man agreed, and said, "Your Majesty, you can go to the other side of the pond when feeding in the future. In order to eat, they have to go through the fast-flowing water, so that you can exercise without getting tired. You can use bamboo strips as a barrier for maintenance in the future, Master. The pores of the mat are too dense, and the water flow will be completely blocked."

"this is not good?"

"If the water flow is too slow, it's easy to collect dirt. If the water flow is too fast, it's easy to overwork the fish. The degree of it all depends on your master's control." The man said softly.The eyes of the little boy he was looking at were clear. He looked at the pool water and then turned his head to look at himself with a little bit of confusion, half understanding, but there seemed to be a small star hidden in it, and there was a little bit of flickering. shine.

The man smiled and didn't explain much.

Seeing this, Zhao Zheng wrote it down. He looked at the pond in the water after some simple arrangements, and hesitantly said, "Then, should we plant the aquatic plants back?"

"You can release some, but you don't need to release more." The man said, "The damage has already been done, and the most important thing to do at this time is to take care of it carefully. You must not make any big moves, even for recovery."

Seeing the child's frowning expression completely incomprehensible, he chuckled slightly: "The recovery process will also cause secondary damage, as long as we create an environment for them to rest and develop themselves, and then make them adapt to their own recovery. it's the best."

Zhao Zheng was stunned, "Will the aquatic plants grow?"

"meeting."

"Fish get fat too?"

"meeting."

"I don't have to do anything?"

The man smiled and nodded.

Zhao Zheng sighed a little, put his hands in his sleeve pockets involuntarily, cupped his fists at the man and said with emotion: "Great-grandfather once told Zheng that raising fish is extremely difficult, and it took him more than ten years to learn this way. Obscenity."

But he was really puzzled, "I thought it would be enough to learn from those who are good at fishing, but now I am surprised that it is really difficult to raise fish as the king said, thanks to the guidance of the master."

"It's not difficult to raise fish." The man turned sideways to avoid the ceremony, he raised his eyes slightly, his warm eyes reflected the pool water, and all his emotions were blocked under the sparkling light, "The difficult thing is to raise them well, You have to fatten it up."

"The villain has a formula to say to the young master."

"This mantra is - rather slow than fast, rather hot than cold, don't worry, don't worry."

After finishing the eight-character proverb, the man said again: "Young master, there is nothing wrong with adopting the directors of hundreds of families. It's just that each family has its own advantages and disadvantages. Although their advantages and disadvantages are opposite, they are also complementary. And the environment Different, different types of fish raised have different ways to deal with them, and the young master has to link them to learn.”

"I see." Zhao Zheng bowed again, "Thank you for your teaching."

Zhao Zheng personally sent this man out of the palace, and also gave ten gold as a thank you gift, which the man accepted frankly.When leaving the main palace of Xianyang Palace, this person suddenly turned his head and glanced at the lush royal fields in the distance. Summer is the vigorous growth period of grains, and the field is spreading its leaves to bathe in the sun at this time, and it is full of vitality at a glance.

Seeing the gentleman looking at the field, Zhao Zheng explained: "That is the rice field we planted."

Then he added, "Some people have successfully grown rice in Xianyang before, but my great-grandfather said that it would be too risky for the common people to turn dry fields into paddy fields, so we have to try planting on this field for a few years to ensure that there are no problems before promoting it."

Hearing this, the man's face moved slightly, he seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't speak, he stopped in front of the palace gate, turned around and bowed to Zhao Zhengxing: "Young master, you can just send it here, let's go down. "

"Hey!" After Zhao Zheng returned the gift, he looked at the carriage sent to pick up the guests and said to the man, "Sir, go slowly. If you have any more difficulties, Zheng will come to ask you for advice."

Unexpectedly, the man straightened up and looked at Zhao Zhengdao: "Young master is talented and intelligent, so I thought that the young master would never need to ask for advice again."

Facing this answer for the first time, Zhao Zheng was a little at a loss for words. He blinked his eyes, not knowing what to say next.

Seeing this, the man pursed his lips, and bowed again, "I only hope that my lord will raise the fish in the pond well, so it's not in vain for me to come this way."

It was a bit rude to say this, and even Zhao Zheng couldn't help frowning a little. He raised his head and replied a little rudely: "I will definitely not make the same mistakes again!"

The man just nodded when he heard the words, Zhao Xiaozheng felt even more aggrieved by such a neutral gesture, he suddenly took a step forward to stop him from leaving, although he looked up, his eyes were burning, his momentum was not weak at all, "The boy just forgot to ask for advice. I don't know the gentleman's name?"

"It's just a countryman, not worth mentioning." The man turned a step sideways, and walked around the boy lightly.Before Zhao Zheng could react, he saw that this person had only walked a few steps, then walked a few feet away, and Shi Shiran got into the carriage.

Before the coachman urged him to move, the horses moved forward by themselves.Zhao Zheng was startled, and took a step forward to chase after him, but he heard the man say from a distance: "If the young master wants to find me, I will be the Huangshi at the foot of Gucheng Mountain in Jibei in 50 years."

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"What happened next?" Lu An listened with great interest, and even forgot to eat the melon in his hand.Zhao Zheng couldn't help moaning when he saw his elder brother watching the excitement, and he was a little angry: "The carriage stopped by itself not long after it left. The driver was surprised and found that there was no one in the carriage."

"In this way, this person is really mysterious? Could it be that he is an immortal?" Lu An rubbed his chin, "Did the king send someone to look for him?"

"No." Zhao Zheng grabbed the last piece of melon on the plate and said angrily, "Great-grandfather didn't say anything after he found out, but only asked me to raise fish well... I heard that the person who is good at raising fish in the palace is not He, this person entered the palace with the first name, and his person is completely different from what was written on the wooden tablets, but several people checked and found nothing, but the king has no intention of blaming them."

"Now, now everyone knows that I have attracted the Immortal Professor because I can't raise fish well!"

What a shame!

Zhao Xiaozheng didn't want to go out these days, because he could hear all kinds of speculations when he went out. Even his grandfather and prince An Guojun sent him to tell this story several times, and the audience was different every time.

Therefore, the disappearance of people is too mysterious and miraculous, and the coachman himself is also a member of the palace, and his words are highly credible, and it happened to Wang Sun. This incident is now firmly at the top of the gossip list in Xianyang City.

Even the people from Shu County who came to travel this year have heard of it!

Zhao Zheng was young after all. Although he knew that immortals were miraculous and rare, he didn't really have much idea about it. After others knew about it, it was too late for him to regret that he didn't leave people behind, but for him——

Shame!

Now that Zhao Xiaozheng heard the word "immortal", he felt a little sick to his stomach.

He really doesn't want to remember that memory anymore. There are so many people present, why do you have to ask me?And why is it not enough after listening to it several times?Don't make me say it over and over again!Simply very angry.

However, no matter how hard Zhao Xiaozheng is, he still has to eat.

When his parents smiled and looked at him, even Zhao Xiaozheng could only hold back his temper and repeat what had been told countless times.

However, human beings are strange creatures. When Zhao Zheng came to Lu An's place to escape, no one asked him, but instead, he murmured all the words by himself, and sighed at the end He took a breath, took a sip of tea, Xiaorou's face was full of the vicissitudes of "the baby has experienced the unbearable burden of life".

Lu An was not interested in immortals either, especially after Zhao Zheng said that the immortals looked like ordinary people, he was more concerned about the fish ponds that the immortals had set up, "Brother, how does the fish look now?"

"No way." Zhao Zheng gnawed on melons, very angrily, "Probably everyone in Xianyang Palace went to worship the carp in that pond. After the immortal left, another one died. Pushed it over and ate it."

Hmm... this is really a bit...

Lu An coughed dryly, and asked a poignant question, "Then Zheng'er, is there enough fish in your pond for the birthday party?"

Of course that is not enough.

In the pre-Qin period, there was a meal-sharing system, one meal per person, so of course one fish per person during large banquets.

There are still more than 20 pitiful fish left in the pond, which is okay at first, although the king of Qin said that fish should be used as the main course, but this is not to be distributed to everyone, and it can't be done now.

Don't say that there are only twenty fish. According to the situation of the female family members of the civil and military clans in the Manchu Dynasty... I am afraid that adding zero is just a reluctance.

So... what to do?

Zhao Xiaozheng narrowed his eyes a little bit.

As a flexible mind and a bit of a perfectionist, Zhao Zheng made a decisive decision. Taking advantage of half a year before the banquet, he quickly caught some fish and brought them back to raise.

Anyway, the key point is that these fish are not in the pond. Who knows which are old and which are new when they are stuffed into the pond?Just don't tell them!

At a young age, the future king of Qin invented the famous bath fish more than 2000 years later with wisdom and vision that surpassed the times, and put it into action with great courage.

Lu An thought about it, and felt that this method is indeed feasible, so he reminded: "Remember to catch it from the Jing River."

...why?

Lu An stood up and brought water over, then stuffed his younger brother's sticky little hands in to wash his claws, and rubbed his little fleshy hands while saying: "The water in Xianyang Palace comes from the Jing River, and the fish in the Yunjing River come to raise and adapt to it." fastest."

"But even so, you have to be isolated when you first come."

"Isolation?" Zhao Zheng raised his hand and asked his elder brother to wipe every finger clean for him, then shook it up and down again, some didn't quite understand the term.

"You can't be sure if the fish that have just arrived are sick. It would be bad if they are directly raised with your own fish and infected."

oh! ! !understood!

Zhao Zhengju made an inference: "The newly arrived fish should be kept separately, and then observe whether they are sick. If they are not sick, then keep them together, right?"

"Correct."

"Then how do we separate them? Take a wooden barrel?"

"No, since the new fish will be incorporated in the end, it cannot be kept in the basin, otherwise it will be more difficult to adapt when the two are merged." Lu An raised his hand, one hand on top and the other on the bottom, and motioned, "Under the original pond, put the fish in the basin again." Dig a small pond, lead the water from the big pond into the small pond and keep it in the small pond, so that the two are separated, but the water is the same. The fish in the pond can’t affect the big pond, but it’s like growing in the same pond, and they don’t need much adaptation when merging the pond.”

Understood.

Zhao Zheng suddenly felt that this method was really good!Sure enough, his elder brother is the smartest!

The wise elder brother reminded him, "Don't feed the fish in the small pond too much."

"Why is this?"

"When the pond is closed, there must be a fight between the two sides. There are few fish in the big pond, and many fish in the small pond. In this way, it is easy to lose out if the fish in the small pond are too fat. If the fish in the small pond are too fat, the fish in the big pond will be attacked to death by it." Lu An explained. "And if the fish in the big pond are big and the fish in the small pond are small, and the small fish are united but unable to defeat the big fish, they will temporarily obey the leadership of the big fish."

"But..." Zhao Zheng was a little hesitant. Qin people's educational philosophy made him feel that it was right for the capable to be at the top. Now, why does he feel like he is helping the big fish to bully the small fish?

How can this be called bullying?Are those things about fish farming bullying?

Lu An criticized him, "First of all, the purpose of your fish farming is to eat, but in order for the fish to taste good, you must make them fat, and they should look beautiful, right?"

Zhao Zheng nodded, and suddenly said: "Zheng'er understands, because I raise fish to make them safe, strong and delicious, so I should create conditions to avoid their fighting."

"good."

Zhao Zheng continued to diverge, "Now I have more fish in the small pond and fewer fish in the big pond, so the small fish should be raised thinner and put in to avoid killing the big fish. If there are few fish in my small pond, I should make the small fish fatter to avoid big fish Fish kill small fish, don't they?"

"Yes."

"And if I want to choose the most ferocious fish from two schools, then I should encourage them to fight. For example, the fish that win will be given more food, and the fish that lose will be given less, so that they can fight in order to grab fish. If you eat, you will fight even more fiercely!"

The direction of this topic is a little dangerous. Lu An coughed dryly. He glanced at the sky and touched Zhao Zheng's belly. He judged that the child must be hungry. Obviously, the child had digested the melons just now. Now There was still a while before dinner, so he got up and went to the courtyard to shake a bamboo basket that had been placed in the well before.

He returned with the basket, and opened it under Zhao Zheng's curious eyes, revealing the white and soft tofu cubes inside. "Eat tofu today..."

The children who came to Cengfan were a little disappointed. For children, tofu, which is a bland and tasteless ingredient, is not delicious at all.However, Zhao Zheng, who had been punished many times by his elder brother for being picky eaters since he was a child, did not dare to show this mentality. He forced himself to show an expectant look.

Of course, every move of the younger brother cannot escape the eyes of the elder brother. Lu An glanced at him, saw the child immediately sat up straight, and said, "Don't worry, I tried it, it's delicious."

"Brother's cooking is always delicious!" Zhao Xiaozheng immediately expressed his support. Outsiders will never believe that this is the domineering son-in-law in Xianyang Palace with his dog-legged appearance, but in Lu's family, cooking is the biggest. , Anyone can offend, but the person who cooks cannot be offended.

This is the truth that Zhao Zheng has understood since he was a child.

At that time, the Lu family went to farm in person, and exchanged the output with others for food. After Zhao Ji gave birth, she fell ill, and the family had to leave a sum of funds for her care. Earlier, it was really not rich.

Under such circumstances, no matter if it is two mothers or two children, the food cannot be left over. Unless you can handle the spoon, otherwise you must eat it no matter how unpalatable it is!Zhao Zheng has been receiving such education since weaning.

In my impression, Zhao Xiaozheng had a long period of dark days, until his elder brother stepped on a small bench and held a rice spoon before he got better.

Cooking really depends on talent, but no matter how talented his elder brother is, he will inevitably make unpalatable things by mistake, especially when he is in a bad mood.

In order to prevent his elder brother from continuing to be depressed, Zhao Xiaozheng learned to flatter him since he was young because of his strong desire to win.

Lu An was so happy being coaxed by his brother, he touched his brother's head, then took some soup from the bean box beside him, put it in a bowl, and quickly put the cold tofu into the soup , and finally sprinkle shredded green onion, dried shrimp, and some small red powder on top, pour a circle of brown sauce and put it in front of Zhao Zheng, "Taste it."

His series of movements were extremely fast and pleasing to the eye. Zhao Xiaozheng was so appreciative that he held up a spoon and divided the tofu in half, then took a mouthful of the best stuffing and stuffed it into his mouth.

The child let out a happy admiration. He swallowed the tofu in two or three bites, and praised: "It's so fresh! Brother, what did you put?"

"Shrimp roe just harvested this year." Lu An also made a copy for himself, and said with a smile, "I've already wrapped it for you. Take some with you when you go back. It tastes good when you put some in the soup."

"I want the sauce too!" Zhao Zheng immediately hit the snake on the stick, and Lu An replied, "It's ready too."

The tofu was filled with well water, and it was cold in the mouth. It was extremely refreshing to eat like this in the hot summer season. Zhao Zheng finished it in two or three bites, and at the end he was still a little bit unsatisfied.

At this moment, he suddenly felt blessed and asked, "Brother, do you still remember the theory of wolves and sheep?"

The child was stunned, "The principle of fish is the same as that of sheep and wolves! If you put wolves in a flock of sheep, there are more sheep than wolves, so the wolf must choose the one that is stronger than the sheep, but there is only one wolf, and although it may lose A few sheep are generally beneficial to the flock, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

"The time of Heyu is the fusion between the two groups, so the new group should be slightly weaker, so that it is easier to be tolerated and accepted by the old group, and it is easier to obey the management of the old group, so that the two groups will not cause conflicts. battle and death between

"Although the new fish may be killed by the old fish, most of them can survive and integrate into the group."

"It's also more pros than cons."

The child finally understood: "Zheng'er understands, this is not herding fish...great-grandfather...is teaching Zheng'er how to herd people."