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E Mang snorted and said, "Let's not talk about having a baby. At that time, how much did the workshop produce every day, what kind of workshop was built, where was the land reclaimed, what was allowed to sing and what was not allowed to sing when serving in the army, and even where to go to the toilet. …At that time, they had to be taken care of, and they have been taken care of for a long time.”

"Our city was pretty good at that time, and Xia Guo's management was strict. At that time, Xia Guo's people were farming, what should be planted, how much food, how much vegetables, how much cotton and hemp were planted by the people of Xia Guo, all had to be approved by the Planning and Statistics Department. "

In more than ten years, too many changes have taken place. The child couldn't believe what happened at that time, and felt that it would be boring if he lived in such an era, especially the name of Planning and Statistics Department, which has become a thing of the past. He traveled through time and space to fantasize about despair and daily repetition—in his opinion, it seems that the first day of the new year will know how to live the last day, which is like watching a scene that has already been seen, which is a bit scary.

"and after?"

"Later, there was no fight, and the order was lifted, but the governance was still not loosened. Wine and other things have become a rationing system. Private brewing is not allowed, and money can't be bought. We found out that on our side it is necessary to Those who fine money and land will be directly reduced to nobles in Xia Guo."

"In the spring of the second year, all the soldiers along the Caohe River will go to Xia County to get acquainted with each other so that they can cooperate easily in future battles, and practice siege and climbing ladders. Also, after the blood is pierced, everyone will issue the A, B, B, C and D brands A piece that says what your blood is, so that you don’t die because of too much blood when you fight. That’s the first time I saw glass. At that time, it was said that if the glass can be made bigger, it can be installed in the window in the future. It’s a pity that it’s still not big enough.”

"Speaking of which, I remembered that you have been in school for so long and you can recognize many more characters than me. So what is going on with the bleeding?"

The child shook his head and said helplessly: "I have read the booklet "Medicine", but I am not a medicine class, so I can't understand it at all. Besides, even now people will still die because of blood transfusion, even if it is five doses The relatives within the family are the same after blood transfusion and they are easy to die. They can only find people with foreign surnames. The king has not explained why. Moreover, use your eyes to see if the blood that has gone red is condensed into a ball, Some people can’t see clearly, and they often make mistakes and even cause death. In the new edition of the “Medicine” pamphlet every year, no one thinks about this. They are all looking for herbs everywhere. Finding an effective herb will give a lot of money. The money and rewards, who will think about this."

"The king said, if you don't understand, you have to find a way to understand it, but if you don't understand it, you can use it as long as it is effective. When father and you went to the south of the river to fight, the king used stinky wormwood to smash and squeeze the juice to treat the hot and cold epidemic in the army. In fact, according to the theory of yin and yang, the disease must be yin, and the hot soup is yang. It should be boiled in hot soup, but it is soaked in cold water. It can be seen that some things are not necessarily yin and yang. People from the medical class Now I am just busy looking for herbs, asking the clans hidden in the mountains what can cure diseases, and how many of them are wondering why they can cure diseases?"

E Meng glared at the nonsense child. The people in Xiaguo's medicine class had saved his life more than once, and had a goose quill tube inserted in his arm several times for infusing blood. For those people in the medicine class, he was quite embarrassed Respectful.

The child also knew about this, so he changed the subject with a playful smile: "Father said that he went to Xia County, what happened after that?"

As soon as his train of thought was interrupted, he forgot the emotion of blowing his beard and staring at his eyes, and fell into the memory of the public, sighing: "When I went to Xia County in the spring that year, it was the spring plowing time in February and March. Busy helping in the fields, those of us in armor should go first, otherwise we wouldn’t have met your mother.”

"A few days after I arrived in Xia County, it was the Pregnancy Festival, but I couldn't find the girl who picked up my comb back then. If I asked, I couldn't find it, so I found a time to ask those actors to teach me I sang the wind song of Qu Xia County, and changed some words, but the tune is still the tune of Xia Feng."

"I just stood by the river and sang and sang all morning. Many girls from Xia County sang to me, but I told them that I was waiting for a bone comb, and they ran away laughing. Later until While singing, my stomach growled with hunger, and I thought to myself that she must have married someone else, and when I was about to leave, your mother was singing to me behind me."

"I saw at that time that your mother was holding the small bone comb in her hand, and I recognized it at a glance. Her sisters laughed badly and sent her to the other side of the river by boat. It was still spring at that time, and the water It was still cold, and I didn't think too much about it at the time, so I swam over, and when I reached the other side, her sisters laughed and ran away, leaving me and your mother behind."

"You will know what happened after that. I went to the little chief and brought my gift to propose marriage. And because I was already the best young man in our city at that time, and I was the little chief's partner. You My mother's surname is Ji, which is considered a major event between the two cities. It was also one of the few Eji marriages at that time. At that time, the old grandmother of the king had passed away, and there were still many people with the surname Ji. Now you People who are hard to see presided over the wedding and temporarily lent us a mud house to make a new house."

The child couldn't help asking: "Who are those who officiated the marriage?"

"A lot. It was easy to see at that time, but now they are all serving as county guards in the capital or in various cities. Although our family's meritorious service is similar to theirs, it is still a bit worse after all. I will Ask someone to write it down, and you can go to see him when you arrive in Gyeonggi, there must be some connection."

"Later, your mother was pregnant, and then there was a war, and the fight was sudden. Later I learned that my most beautiful day in the army, but your mother gave birth to you prematurely, and left. If it weren't for the medicine Those people in the class put you in the steaming wet grass, and there happens to be a breastfeeding woman in the nursing home, I'm afraid I won't even be able to see you."

"I told you these stories, not only because you asked, but also because it is related to your future marriage. Although the king said that there is no distinction between official ranks and ranks in marriage, he did not say that marriages between nobles and nobles are definitely not allowed. Naturally, everyone is looking for someone who is worthy of their own family, so it’s fine if you’re not sure.”

"The woman I found for you, you also met when you were young. She was born when you were born, that is, the one who fed you when you were young. Speaking of which, it has some relationship with our family. Now her father is here There is also a person in Gyeonggi, Shi Quan, who is in charge of farming. If it weren't for the bone comb that Shi Quan's sister threw to me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have met your mother."

"The monarch may not like us to marry those civil servants who are in charge of affairs in our own city. I am in charge of many military affairs. It is also very good to marry a woman from Gyeonggi. The king is getting old, and Shi Quan does not want his daughter to be involved in the wind and rain in Gyeonggi. Our country is also a marquis country, with the sea in the east, the river in the west, the mountains in the south, and the land of thousands of miles of silt. Five uncles, nine sons and seventeen men, whoever does not abide by the rules of the founding covenant of the year can be conquered on behalf of the king. The place."

"Your Majesty said that one generation has to do what one generation has to do. Our generation has seen too many battles and endured too much suffering, so we have the size we are today. What happened between me and your mother sounds very Well, you don’t have to envy that you have to meet such a woman to have such a story. Just as I fight and bleed to live a good life, not to bleed for the sake of bleeding. The stories of meeting your mother are also to be with your mother But, not just for a memorable story like that, you have to be clear."

"You have grown up now, and I also heard that you also had acquaintances with women when you were in school, and there may be good stories. But these are not suitable for you, you should listen to me, and it will be good for your future."

The child curled his lips, unavoidably saying that I might not like that girl, but I really hope there will be a story where you and your mother meet and get to know each other before getting married.

E Mang guessed what the child was thinking, and didn't make much sense. She said coldly, "You are my son first, and then you. You are different from those ordinary people. They can be themselves, but you can't. You can't be yourself." No need to curl your lips. I just want to ask you, if you are not my son, you can go to Gyeonggi to study military warfare based on the results of the books you studied in the school? Can you go to Jixia Academy? Why do you? Isn’t it just because everyone forced you Did the king issue a decree to set aside half of the quota for those of us who have meritorious service in the war to be nominated?"

Only then did the child remain silent, recalling the girl he vaguely met when he was a child, and the girl's father, Shi Quan, he finally let out a sigh of disappointment.

Chapter 122 Those People, Those Years ([-])

Also many years later, Shi Quan recalled that the stability of those years was not because of the child's questioning.His wife did not die young, so there was no such questioning.

The reason for the recollection is that the new year's "Agronomy" booklet was published in the academy, and the ink on it smelled a little foul, but it was not handwritten but printed with clay.

It's full of things like planting, compost, new farm equipment, fish farming, and the like.

The first and most conspicuous one is about using the picked poplar leaves outside the cotton field to lure moths to kill the cotton worms when the cotton is harvested in summer. It was written by a student from an agricultural college; The second article was written by the king, using blue vitriol and lime to cure some diseases such as hemp and cotton.

He recalled that it was not because of cotton bugs in those years. At that time, he was still a farmer in Xiadong County. When cotton was planted in Yucheng Xinhua City in those years, there was still no cotton in Xia County, so naturally there was no cotton. insect.

The reason why I recalled this was because I suddenly thought of the first time I saw paper. At that time, there was no clay to print on it, and everything was hand-copied.But instead of the wooden slips, he didn't have to carry around a catty of wooden slips every day.

It was the autumn of the 37th year of the Chinese calendar. It was the time to prepare for autumn planting. Taking advantage of the last east wind, a ship came from Yucheng to Xiacheng, bringing a lot of cut and glued one side easy to turn pages. paper.

Shi Quan remembered that he happily received three copies, as well as a new writing brush and ink bought from other cities.

Dang even wrote his name on the three books, feeling more comfortable, and copied some important words from the wooden slips onto the paper.

At that time, it was also the most difficult time. Among the [-] households in four miles, most of them were those who had just joined or those who were originally barbarians, and only [-] households were new and old Chinese from the original Xiacheng.

There were not enough cattle, but there were a lot of iron hoes and shovels. He had been in Xiadong County since the national meeting in spring. Although the city was not large in autumn, at least everyone had a place to stay.

The land is everywhere, thick, good riverside land covered with thick humus and silt, stretching as far as the eye can see, it was still wasteland in spring, but now it has been reclaimed and straight land.

Either because such a scene made him, a person studying agriculture, very happy, or because of the joy of having paper, so from that day on, he wrote some major events he encountered in the first place with his limited words. roll paper.

So from an exquisite and expensive wooden box, he took out a crumpled paper roll that was incomparable to the current paper, looked at the ugly words written a long time ago, and was dazed.

"On the third day of August in 37, I saw the paper for the first time. I was very happy. I will go to Xia County tomorrow and talk to the county guard about the reclamation here. The boat has arrived and we will leave early tomorrow morning."

"On the fifth day of August, Sister Hongyu got angry. In some places, the amount of reclamation has not been completed, and she is really scary when she gets angry. Fortunately, I have been working with those people since spring, and I am the first one to go to bed and the last one to go back to sleep every day. Ji Xia said it was for the country of Xia, and I think I did it. The four miles under my management have reclaimed a total of [-] mu, which is the most, and sister Hongyu praised me, so I am very happy."

"August [-]th, fishing, very happy. Because the land I manage has the most land reclamation, my name is written on the slate, I was given a bronze medal, and I was given four sheep. They wanted to eat and I wanted to raise them. So fish instead of sheep."

"August [-]th, Sister Hongyu came, sacrificed to the land god and ancestors, and distributed the wheat seeds. We will plant winter wheat tomorrow."

"On August [-], someone died of illness. I have to write it down and report it to the county tomorrow."

"August 27th, the wheat planting is over, but next year's wheat harvest will not be good. This year's food rations, they moved out of the mountains very happy, and they don't have to worry about starving to death. So many women are pregnant, and they are not married. I'm not used to marriage. Many women have big bellies when the wheat is harvested, and it's the same in other villages. What should I do? I have to talk to the county."

"September [-], I'm not happy. There is a mouse hole in the warehouse where the grain is stored. It was newly dug, and I didn't have time to block it. The county people came to check it. I was fined [-] yuan. If I didn't block it, I would be fined [-] There are a hundred, and I will check every day in the future.”

"October [-]th, my sister came here to perform, it's very good to watch. My sister said that the coal in Yucheng has finally been smelted into charcoal. This is what Jixia wanted to do since the establishment of Yucheng. This is a big event. Over there Changed the stove from pig iron to wrought iron. My sister said it was bricks made of good clay from Yuemei’s city, otherwise it would not be able to withstand the heat of coal burning into charcoal. That wrought iron stove has been seldom used, Ji Xia said that wrought iron is different from the iron on the plowshares in our hands, and it can be smashed, but what is the use?"

"November [-]th, I'm sick. I'm going to the Department of Medicine tomorrow to get some herbal medicine. I eat the root of indigo grass when I have a cough. I eat it when I have a fever. I also eat it when my throat is sore. Can't the people in the Department of Medicine get something else? ?”

"On November [-]th, I eat maple syrup and peaches boiled in sugar water. Because I am a farmer, I am rationed. I am very happy that everyone in the village came to see me. Jixia said that they should trust me, They now treat me like their leader and respect me."

"November 29, I survived, but I didn't have any energy and couldn't do any work. I was supposed to take them to pour the river into the pasture, so that they could graze cattle and horses next year. I didn't expect that I said they would I did it myself. I didn’t do it very well, but I’m very happy. People from the construction department came here and organized people from Xiadong County to dig canals for irrigation next year.”

"On the first day of December, it snowed. Finally, some newcomers learned to write. It's too cold these days, so I taught them to write. Writing is a good thing."

"December 23, Chinese New Year is coming soon. There are firecrackers wrapped in paper wrapped in gunpowder. I heard that the sound of burning bamboo is louder than burning poplar with worms. It's called firecrackers in Yucheng."

"December 28, the county guard judged that I got an upper class this year. There are only three people in Xia County. I will do better next year."

"On the seventh day of February 38, there will be parties and competitions in a few days. I can't compare with them, and I can't shoot arrows. Let's take advantage of the spring and reclaim some land. After the Huaizi Festival, we will plant gourds and beans. something like that."

"On the third day of March, Pregnancy Day, I have my eyes on a girl, and I want to have a woman."

"On the ninth day of May, there is a good harvest. The wheat grows very well, and the peas are also very good. It's just that harvesting the wheat is too tiring. One person can only cut two acres a day, and the four miles are only [-] acres a day. It is impossible to cut at night. It’s raining, everyone’s back hurts from exhaustion, white flour is distributed in the county, and buns are eaten every day when the wheat is harvested. It’s delicious, and I’m so tired.”

"On May 260th, the summer grain was paid, and the rest was enough to eat. The people in the village cried happily. They had never seen so much grain when they were in the mountains. Counting peas and wheat, one mu of land was [-] Everyone carried the wheat and handed it over to the warehouse. They were very happy. They ate dumplings with leeks and pork at night. Now they really believe that everything is much better than in the mountains, and they respect me more. Some people call me Xiaoshi Leader, I am not, the jade badge on my waist is."