Chapter 357 357: Sow a grain of millet in spring [Ask for double monthly votes]
The day before the autumnal equinox, the millet is ripe.
Heyin County, Fugu City.
People came and went in the official office of the government office in a hurry, and there were even officials holding bamboo slips half a person tall and shouting all the way.
"Give me, let me - who can help..." The clerk felt that the top of the slip was about to slip off, and hurriedly called for help. A passing colleague extended his hand to help prevent a tragic accident. In one breath, I don’t know how long it will take to put away this pile of things. I was about to raise my head to say thank you when I saw the face of the person who came, and hurriedly crossed my hands and saluted, "I have met Gu Duyou."
Gu Chi had just returned from a business trip and was completely dusty.
He glanced at the large pile of bamboo slips.
Ask: "Why is the government office still so busy?"
Wasn't he already quite free before his business trip?
The clerk wiped his sweat, and although his face was tired, he was mostly happy. He said excitedly: "The village officials reported that the corn ripened half a month earlier than in previous years, and all counties and townships in the county began to be busy... ..." This is the first autumn harvest since Lord Shen took over Heyin!
Everyone is following the autumn harvest experience of previous years. The plan is to start getting really busy in half a month. Who knows that this year the corn will mature early and every household will be in urgent need of manpower. The official offices of the government office, which had finally been quiet, were extremely busy again.
Gu Chi: "..."
He seemed to have guessed the reason for Blue Bird's urgent call.
The co-author is to catch him back to farm.
Shen Tang said that this was not to follow the principle of "one thing does not bother two owners". Who asked Gu Chi to be responsible for the measurement and statistics of Fugu and other fields in Heyin? He knew how many acres of good and bad farmland there were, and the approximate output of each acre.
If we don't arrest him now, when will we?
Gu Chi almost laughed out loud when he heard Shen Tang's thoughts.
He was thrown out of the postal supervisory position in Heyin County by his lord. He worked hard for a small amount of money, and the conditions for the business trip were difficult to explain.
Life was so hard that he often wanted to change the way of being a scribe with Qi Shan. Inspecting counties and townships, supervising officials, checking criminal cases and prisons, checking illegalities, and paying attention to taxes everywhere... It's a burden when you walk, but you don't have a quilt when you sleep. When the road conditions are good, you can ride a horse, an ox cart, or a donkey. Cars and poor road conditions can only use two legs. It doesn’t matter where you go, and you can just make do with a bedroll...
The result?
His lord didn't understand his suffering, and thought he did too little work, so he forcefully recalled him from a business trip.
As long as a person can do it, she will do nothing.
Facing Gu Chi's black face, Shen Tang just giggled and tried to be cute, but Gu Chi didn't accept her behavior at all.
Shen Tang curled his lips inwardly, and moved with emotion but reason - the autumn harvest is one of the most important events in a county, how could Gu Chi be absent as his right-hand man? It would be outrageous for Gu Chi not to be present at the autumn harvest ceremony.
Gu Chi’s expression softened.
Shen Tang gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.
Those who can do more work, Shen Tang raised his hand and threw this pile, this pile, this pile, and that pile...all to Gu Chi to deal with. Gu Chi had no choice but to accept his fate and have someone bring in a desk to work with him. In fact, Shen Tang is not in a hurry to summon him. Gu Chi will come back in half a month, which is the normal time for corn to mature, to help Shen Tang host the autumn harvest ceremony.
It’s just that this year’s prematurity caught him off guard.
Confusing all his original plans.
As the official offices of the government became quiet again, you could occasionally hear the slightest movement caused by the collision or rolling of bamboo slips.
He was busy until the golden crow fell in the west and the tired bird returned to the forest. Only then did Gu Chi stop his brush and raised his hand to rub his stiff shoulders.
When I turned my head, I saw that my lord had fallen asleep at the table at some point.
Gu Chi stood up cautiously.
Afraid of making a big noise and disturbing Shen Tang.
However, no matter how careful he was, Shen Tang was still awakened by the sound of the hem of his clothes rubbing against the mat, and he reluctantly stood up while holding his forehead. He stared out the window with his eyes, yawned and stretched, saying: "Ah, is it already o'clock? Why did I fall asleep..."
Gu Chi sighed: "My lord is too tired."
Shen Tang: "The autumn harvest is very important and cannot be delayed."
Heyin is a land of poor mountains and rivers, and there is a shortage of people everywhere. Shen Tang Tang also chopped off several local snakes from head to toe, and there were very few candidates who were qualified to serve as county and township officials. We had no choice but to promote some temporary petty officials and summon replacements from the villages.
At the same time, seize the time to provide on-the-job training for people.
Qishan and others each shoulder many positions.
It is not difficult to deal with the matter, but it is too trivial and takes a lot of time. Even the county guard Shen Tang has to work part-time as the cashier of the personal wealth of the young master. Occasionally, he wants to go out for fun, so he goes part-time. Catch the thief.
When Shen Tang first took over Heyin, there were crimes involving murder and robbery of wealth and sex everywhere. It took time to catch the criminals. Shen Tang didn’t have enough manpower, so sometimes he had to ask Gong Shuwu and others to help. Work hard, in short - if you can't work to death, work to death.
Recently, I have been staying up late every day.
She yawned and stood up, inviting Gu Chi to go to the government canteen to eat together. Well, she built a canteen in the government office, where the officials who were busy in the government office could have a meal. It not only saves the time of going home to eat, but also saves a lot of money.
For officials, the latter is equivalent to a disguised salary increase, and the government canteen is still full of food. For Shen Tang, the former is the most important, increasing everyone's working hours_(:з)∠)_< br>
"Oh, I have to find a way to purify the salt later..."
The chef in the cafeteria is very good at his craftsmanship.
But I can’t stand the quality of the salt.
The dishes produced have a bitter taste, but salt is an indispensable consumable in life.
Every time at this moment, I miss Chu Wuhui’s craftsmanship more and more.
Adhering to the rule of eating without saying anything, Gu Chi swept away every grain of millet in the pottery bowl, then wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Since my lord wants to, why don't you just ask Wuhui to make a portion?"
Chu Yao’s identity is a little more special than others.
Shen Tang drank the last bit of rice soup.
Said: "He has been focusing on the matter of Lingde and Wenxin recently, and I don't want him to be distracted by this."
Gu Chi calculated the time.
He knew that it was important for Lin Feng to unite his literary heart: "Oh, so the autumn harvest sacrifices have to be done on the pond?"
Shen Tang smiled and said: "Those who can do more work."
Gu Chi: "..."
It is imperative to expand enrollment.
He took the tableware used by his lord to the recycling place. As soon as he came back, he saw a clerk standing next to Shen Tang, whispering something. Shen Tang listened patiently and nodded from time to time.
After a while, the clerk left.
His legs are lame and he walks with a limp.
Gu Chi asked: "Is this a new face in life?"
He did not remember any junior official in the government office with a disabled leg.
Shen Tang: "Well, I just came here a while ago."
Gu Chi didn't ask much.
Firstly, he believed in his lord's vision, and secondly, he also believed in his own way of being a scribe. If there was a problem with this person, contacting him for a while would definitely reveal his true colors. Shen Tang knew what he was thinking and smiled: "Don't think too much."
Gu Chi disagreed.
In his opinion, when it comes to working in the government offices, personal ability is second, and obedience, loyalty and strictness of mouth are the most important. If you meet someone who has great ideas but limited brains, bad things will happen. If you are not loyal enough, who knows when you will be bribed by other forces? The news that the corn is ripe in Heyin cannot be hidden from the outside world. I'm just afraid that someone will cause trouble during the autumn harvest.
Shen Tang smiled and said: "Don't worry Wangchao, this person has been checked repeatedly and can be used. A poor refugee who left his hometown took a bag of wheat seeds with him when he left his hometown. He was so hungry that he could not bear to eat it... It happened to be Reminded me of something.”
“What’s the matter?”
"The yield of corn is not high if it ripens once a year. It is better to cultivate crops twice a year in rotation. No one knows what will happen in the future. If the common people do not have enough grain storage in their homes, once there is a natural disaster and grain shortage, our business will be like this He Yin will be destroyed for a long time."
Shen Tang then set his sights on Xiaomai.
Rice, millet, millet, wheat, and bean sprouts are the five grains.
Corn is the "ji" among them, and commonly understood as millet, it is currently the most important crop in the northwest continent. As one of the five grains, wheat is not taken seriously.
It’s not that I don’t want to plant it on a large scale, but this thing is a little acclimatized and difficult to grow!
Wheat is suitable for planting in areas with cold and wet winters and hot and dry summers, but the northwest of the mainland where Heyin is located has a different planting environment. Spring planting and emergence of seedlings are in urgent need of rain, but here there is a drought and little rain in spring, making irrigation a problem.
As a result, wheat cultivation is not large-scale.
The main crop in Heyin and even in the northwest of the mainland is corn. Wheat is the younger brother and cannot shake its status at all. If the problem of water supply in spring can be solved, it may be possible to cultivate it on a large scale and replace corn as the main food. .
Having two kinds a year is a great temptation.
Go back and improve the stone grinding.
Speaking of this, Shen Tang felt a little fucked up.
If it were not for the frequent changes in national power, the common people would not have much time to settle down and recuperate. Perhaps agriculture could develop faster. The wooden plows used for cultivating the land are still heavy, straight-shaft wooden plows that are difficult to turn, and the farming efficiency is extremely low.
Gu Chi said: "Then you have to look for good wheat seeds."
There is less wheat cultivation, but that does not mean there is none.
Shen Tang said: "I have asked Xu Wenzhu to look for him before. Next time he comes over, there should be good news."
In terms of connections and connections, Shen Tang is a river. Sheriff Yin is far inferior to Xu Jie, the head of the Xu family. Because Shen Tang is kind to Tianhai, and Wu Xian's conscience has discovered that Tianhai will be satisfied with Shen Tang's difficulties as long as they are not excessive.
Of course, people don’t work for nothing.
Still give the friendship price_(:з)∠)_
Due to the sudden increase in the autumn harvest workload, everyone in the government office had to work overtime for an hour or two at night. Shen Tang had enough to eat and drink, so he could keep up his energy and continue working. This time it was not to deal with government affairs, but to visit the workshop, which was the cornerstone of her dream to be precise!
Last year, Shen Tang was still thinking about starting a side job.
After all, she loves paintbrushes deeply.
But there were too many problems before her, such as poor printing technology and copying by hand; papermaking efficiency was low, and there was little paper that could be used for writing and drawing, and it was difficult to preserve. Only when Shen Tang completely solves these problems and reduces the cost of construction so that the common people can afford paper will they come to appreciate Shen Tang's paintings. Only when someone buys it can Shen Tang make money through his side business.
However, fatness cannot be achieved in just one bite.
In the same way -
Problems also need to be solved slowly one by one.
Shen Tang first focused on "paper".
Wood, bamboo, reeds and even rice straw and wheat straw can be used as raw materials for making paper. In the spring of this year, Shen Tang sent people to cut down and collect young bamboo. I also searched for other materials to see which one was more suitable.
The whole process is complex and cumbersome, such as soaking and degreening, hammering and cleaning, then boiling, washing, cooking twice, removing sewage and fermenting with water, pounding the material with a stone mortar, repeatedly washing and beating, and finally Just use the bamboo curtain to catch the paper and dry it.
The whole process can be summarized in a few sentences.
Chop the hemp, remove the green color, sauce the ashes, boil over fire, wash with water, draw curtains, and brush with green. Shen Tang only knew the general process, trying to find a way to get the pulp out and then fish the paper out to dry. The various processes can only be figured out and mastered one by one by the craftsmen themselves.
Other materials are also processed in similar ways to get pulp, and the subsequent processes are pretty much the same.
The corners of Gu Chi's mouth twitched slightly.
Said: "My lord, your perseverance is really commendable."
Those vivid and colorful secret opera pictures from last year were created by Qi Yuanliang. He didn't know how good his master's painting skills really were, but judging from Qi's expression, it seemed that his singing skills were similar. Where did the Lord get the confidence to rely on his painting skills to make a living?
"Haha, don't wait and praise me." Shen Tang naturally thought that Gu Chi was praising him, so he said a few polite and humble words, and then said with great interest, "I'll wait until my picture album is published. I’ll give you a set for free!”
Gu Chi’s face was expressionless.
What are you doing with your lord's paintings?
As someone said, is it used to ward off evil spirits?
Or is it used to attract evil?
Gu Chi silently swallowed his heart.
She couldn't bear to punish her own protagonist. When her picture album came out but no one paid attention to it, she knew that the reality was cruel.
The second day, the autumnal equinox.
Good harvest and good luck.
Having learned from the experience of the spring plowing ceremony, Shen Tang kept the small note he wrote close to his body, for fear of another accident - Su Shang and his nine cubs had a strong backer like praying for good deeds. He comes and goes freely in the government offices and "runs rampantly", seeming to have evolved from one cat bully into a violent gang of ten cat bullies. Shen Tang didn't dare to offend these little ancestors.
If you offend them, who will catch the mice?
The stupid dog of Chu Yao's family is probably the one who is most troubled, being bullied by ten of them every day. Whether they are happy or not, the Meow Bully gang will challenge and bully it, and even use the interspersed and coordinated tactics carefully trained by Qi Shan. If the stupid dog calls for help, they will "circle around for help" and bully the dog until it jumps up and down and howls.
At that time, Chu Yao's face was so dark.
Shen Tang feels that even if there are factions in his account, they are probably the cat faction and the dog faction who have sworn hatred.
_(:з)∠)_
With experience, Shen Tang was much more calm this time.
Gather everyone before the auspicious time.
The process is similar to the spring plowing ceremony. Shen Tang must first recite a prayer, worship the heaven and earth, thank the spring god for his blessings for the year, and then go to the fields to harvest a bunch of corn. After she finished doing this, the people nearby could start the official autumn harvest.
It usually lasts for less than half a month.
Taking into account the shortage of manpower in each household, Shen Tang will also run out to build roads. Zhao Feng and his team will catch them after they have repaired somewhere. They are ready-made strong men, so there is no need to regret it.
Hayin's good harvest this year is inseparable from their hard work, and they should come and enjoy the fruits together.
She arranged her appearance: "The God of Spring is above, Shen Youli, the governor of Heyin County in Xiaguan, is leading a group of officials..."
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