Self-cultivation of Male Supporting Role

The crowd followed the prestige and let out the middle-aged men behind the crowd. When the village chief saw one of the men wearing a square scarf, he stepped forward and saluted: "Yang Fucheng, why are you here? ?"

The man known as Yang Fucheng did not answer, but pointed to a man in his forties with a slightly fat body and said: "This is Lord Zhizhou. Recently, the villages in various parts of the state have come to the harvest season, Lord Zhizhou. Don't worry, I deliberately walked around and observed the people's feelings."

The biggest official the village chief had ever met was Yang Fucheng. When he heard that the man next to Fucheng was Lord Zhizhou, he was startled and knelt down to kowtow to Zhizhou.

The village chief took the lead, and the others who were not aware of the situation also knelt down.

Inside and outside the courtyard, he knelt on the ground in an instant, and even the person who had just been digging potatoes in the field threw away the shovel in his hand and lay on the ground, not daring to look up.

It took a lot of effort to get everyone to get up, and finally got to the point, the village chief also explained to Zhizhou with some trepidation: "Our Taohua Village has moved to a new scholar who is preparing for the township examination next year.

I accidentally got a sack of strange seeds, so I opened up a piece of land and planted it. It's not just about to be harvested today, and everyone is here to see the fun. "

Zhizhou was said to be interested: "Strange seeds? Go and see!"

The village chief hurriedly asked the crowd to let Shi Yan out.

When Zhizhou saw Shi Yan's extraordinary bearing, his smile immediately became a little kinder: "What a handsome young man! Is it something you planted? Take a look at this official!"

Shi Yan bowed and saluted: "Sir, wait a moment."

He then picked up a few potatoes from the ground, rinsed them by the well, placed them in a wooden basin, and brought them to Zhizhou to see.

Zhizhou is not unfamiliar with farming. Of course, the first question to ask is safety: "Can I eat it?"

In fact, the village chief was so excited before that he even shoved something into his mouth. If this was really poisonous, the village chief might have been cold by now.

It can only be said that Shi Yan left a deep impression on the villagers in the past six months, and everyone subconsciously believed every word Shi Yan said.

The village is embarrassed, he can't say: The villain has eaten two bites, and he is still alive and kicking, should he be able to eat?

Shi Yan took the initiative and said: "Yes, it is also food and food, it can satisfy one's stomach, and it contains a lot of starch."

As he said that, he took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Zhizhou: "Sir, please read, this is the information that the students have checked and sorted out these days. It was said in the "Founding Years" of this dynasty that after Emperor Tai and Zu had pacified the world, ordered to go to sea

The businessman looked for a plant called the potato.

Tai and Ancestor once said, this is even a treasure. If I Darong obtain this treasure, everyone in the world can have enough to eat, why worry about the world not being peaceful?

This plant is the size of a baby's fist, its color is like loess, and the inside is as white as a cloud or slightly yellow. It can be boiled and eaten, and its yield is extremely high.

But soon after, war broke out along the coast, and the large-scale war lasted for three years, so the matter was over.

When students saw this thing by chance, they felt vaguely familiar. Later, after going home and looking up the information, they suspected that the thing in front of them was the potato that Emperor Tai and Zu ordered to look for.

So I groped and planted, and there are planting diaries written by the students, when to water, when to fertilize, too much rain, and what will happen to the sun. "

Zhizhou is also a learned and talented person. After being reminded by Shi Yan, he instantly remembered the historical records. During the founding years of the country, such an incident did happen. It has a history of more than 200 years. Most people have read that historical book. forget.

Zhizhou was overjoyed, holding potatoes and recalling the contents of the "Founding Years", comparing them one by one, looking carefully, the more he looked, the more he felt that what was in front of him was the treasure that Emperor Tai and Zu once ordered to find.

No one can understand the excitement inside.

Shi Yan saw that Zhizhou seemed to be caught in some kind of strange thoughts and couldn't help himself, so he took the initiative to propose to Mr. Zhizhou: "Sir, it was said in "Annual of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" that the yield of potatoes is extremely high, and a medium-sized field can produce 50 to 80 stone per mu. Ten shi of grain, fine farming with fertile soil, can produce about 130 shi of grain per mu.

Right now, the students are asking people to help them dig potatoes. When they are dug out, let's measure them and compare them before and after, so as to be more sure whether the students' guesses are correct. "

In the Han Dynasty, one catty was approximately equal to two hundred and fifty-eight grams, and one stone weighed approximately thirty-one kilograms. During the Three Kingdoms period, a stone weighed about 60 kilograms.

The measurement method of this dynasty is different from that of the previous dynasty. One stone is converted to sixty pounds. The average yield per mu is 3,000 catties, which is 50 shi.

Zhizhou was reminded by Shi Yan, and instantly woke up, he put his slightly trembling hand into his cuff, calmly smoothed out the crumpled paper with excessive force, breathed gently, and calmly instructed the person who was following behind him. Servant: "Go, help to dig together!"

The village chief jumped out hesitantly, and told Zhizhou tremblingly: "Sir, the poor men have never done farm work, and they are afraid that they will lose their importance and waste good food.

Why don't you leave it to the big guys in the village?

Those who are used to serving crops all year round have experience. "

Zhizhou thought that what the village chief said was very reasonable: "Then there is Uncle Lao!"

The village chief was overwhelmed, and facing the courtyard door, he opened his mouth and ordered a few good practices for farming: "Wang Erniu, Zhang Laosan, Li Mazi, Li Laosi... A few of you quickly go home and grab a shovel and a shovel, Come and help Li Xianggong dig potatoes, hurry up and come back! Don't make the adults wait for a long time!"

After speaking, there was a sound outside the door, and the village chief jumped into the ground and helped the monks to dig together.

The old man can see that this Li Xiucai is indeed a scholar, and he has many ideas. Where did they get so many twists and turns when they farmed the land.

Even if Li Xiucai planted a land, he could pull out the founding emperor, and he even kept a planting diary, which made Lord Zhizhou admire him with admiration.

Tsk, I can't say that Li Xiucai won the favor of Lord Zhizhou, and their village can follow suit!

If nothing else, it's the potato seeds, shouldn't they Peach Blossom Village put some into their own bowls first?

The village chief's thinking is very clear, and other people in the village naturally have this kind of thinking, so they look at Shi Yan more eagerly, as if they can burn a hole in a person.

The excessively hot eyes made several guards brought by Lord Zhizhou nervous. They held their hands tightly on the handle of the knife, with blue veins on the back of their hands, for fear that these irrational villagers would suddenly rush up and hurt Lord Zhizhou.

On the contrary, both parties were very calm.

After all the farmers in Peach Blossom Village went down to the ground, more than 400 potato plants planted in the front and back of Shi Yanfang were quickly dug out and piled up in the yard, forming a high hill, and the eyes of the people were very hot. .

Yang Fucheng had asked someone to find a measuring tool long ago. Without being reminded, he personally rolled up his sleeves and took someone to weigh him.

Shi Yan was chatting with Mr. Zhizhou under the eaves. The more Zhizhou chatted, the more he realized that the person in front of him was knowledgeable and malleable, so he appreciated Shi Yan more and more.

"I think your writing is brilliant and your poems are extraordinary. Why has your talent not been prominent in the state capital?" Zhizhou wondered.

You know, these days, most of the scholars who have made excellent essays and poems are famous. Even if the essay has seven points, it can be praised as nine points.

And Shi Yan has only just finished the chapter, and the allusions come casually, and his talent is clearly nine points, how come he has no reputation at all?

Shi Yan's face was a little ashamed, and seeing the incomprehensible look of Lord Shang Zhizhou, he gritted his teeth and told what happened at home some time ago.

At the end, he looked ashamed and said, "When something like that happened, the students really don't know how to face it.

For the mother and younger siblings in the family, they can only seek help from the elders of the clan.

Later, the elders of the clan decided to cut off my relationship with my mother, brother and sister. Even so, the students are still in a state of anxiety. I really don’t understand how everyone in the family has changed when their father, who loved the students, died overnight. face, so that students are afraid from the bottom of their hearts.

Under that circumstance, the students couldn't live in the same yard with them and calm down to study, so they gritted their teeth and rented a yard in Taohua Village near Fucheng. "

Zhizhou could see the confusion and pain in Shi Yan's eyes, and remembered the days when his father favored his concubine when he was a child.

Immediately there was a sense of sympathy.

Zhizhou Xin said: There is no worst in this world, only worse. Compared with the people in front of me, I still have a family that loves me, and I have no worries about food and clothing at home. There is a family member who can ask me to teach me, and my grandparents also A lot of help me in the dark.

The person in front of me has biological parents, it is better not to have them. I have spent many years as a cow and a horse, and finally ended up alone and widowed, which is really pitiful.

So the two chatted even more.

At this moment, excited shouts from the crowd came from the courtyard: "Eighty stone! A full eighty stone!"

Then came Yang Fucheng's excited shout: "My lord! My lord! Eighty stone! A full eighty stone!"

Zhizhou stood up abruptly, strode out, and asked loudly, "Where's the land? Where's the land?"

These words had no beginning or end, but Yang Fucheng answered his question immediately: "Sir, I have measured it, and I personally led someone to measure it, eight points, front and rear, left and right, the edges and corners added , less than an acre!"

Without waiting for Zhizhou to continue to ask, Yang Fucheng said all that Zhizhou wanted to know in one breath: "According to the village chief, this is a newly cultivated mountain and barren stall this year. Not fat.

But Li Xiucai's younger brothers are diligent, often watering and fertilizing, barely regarded as a middle field! "

Zhizhou was overjoyed: "Good! Good! Go to the yamen and bring a few people over to protect these potatoes!"

Shi Yan came out with a smile and reminded Zhizhou: "Sir, although it has been preliminarily confirmed that what the students planted are potatoes, the last and most important thing is still missing to be verified."

Zhizhou: "What?"

Shi Yan bowed and saluted: "Sir, students are willing to try it in front of everyone to prove that this product is non-toxic and can be eaten with confidence!"

Zhizhou already had a bottom line in his heart, and in the gap between chatting, he turned out the "Founding Years" in Shi Yan's house again, and compared it to the word by word.

But he was very satisfied with Shi Yan's cautiousness.

He patted Shi Yan's shoulder: "You don't need to try it alone, this official believes in you! Let's find a few aunts who can cook in the village, and this official will accompany you to try it today!"

Shi Yan smiled and said to Zhizhou: "Sir, you forgot that Tai and Zu had the recipes prepared together, but unfortunately the dishes were not found, so this matter was forgotten by everyone..."

Zhizhou slapped his forehead suddenly: "Yes, there is a recipe for this thing!"

Shi Yan bowed: "It's the first time my aunt in the village made it, and I'm afraid I can't understand the recipe, so let my elder brother do it. First, my elder brother knows a few words and understands the recipe. Second, my family has three times a day. The meals are all made by him, and they are delicious!"

After the Taoist priest passed this morning, he was already numb.

The ghost knows that Shi Yan can grow so vigorously that he can plant the treasures of Emperor Tai and Zu.

When he was a child, he also heard his family tell it as a story. The whole family thought it was a story made up by the people. It was a pleasure to listen to, who would have known it was true!