From Chief to Ball

The plan for a year lies in spring, which is also the busiest time for the farm, and the rest of the workshops in Yucheng are already operating as planned, so the first batch of children Chen Jian wants to teach are those assigned to the farm.

There are men and women. The women are mainly responsible for teaching others how to read and calculate accounts in the future, while the men have to take on more things.

The time limit of two months is very tight, and we can only use the method of feeding ducks. From the fermentation tank of the silage feed to the use of the plowshare, we must learn everything.

In addition, Chen Jian has to teach them very practical breeding.

It is mainly artificial insemination of cows, horses and pigs. It sounds very high-end, but it is actually not that difficult. It is just a little disgusting. I need to help the bull... Lu, and then put a hand into the cow's ass to touch the cervix Then use a simple container to send the tadpoles in from another cavity below.

The reason for this is that there are not many bulls suitable for breeding, and it is very tiring to mate naturally with cows. At most, they will have no strength or interest after handing over seven or eight cows.With the progress of artificial breeding, the cow's sunning time will become unstable. The method of rapid reproduction is the best and fastest method, and it is also the method that can pass on the best genes.

In terms of tools... some lubricant, a pottery pipe, a soft ox self-cup, a cellar, some saltpeter to make ice, a wooden frame to tie the cattle, some strong wine... and a few dissected heads cow, let the children know where to reach.

This is faster and better than natural breeding of cattle.

It looks disgusting, but it can guarantee the mass breeding and artificial selection of cattle and horses. After all, male horses will be tired if they do too much, and they will easily hurt their waists.

And not everyone is qualified to be a stallion.

Chapter 5 Six moments in 34 years ([-])

"For stallions, you should choose those with straight knuckles, straight lines, broad chest and back, and strong temper. For bulls, you should choose smart ones, with curved horns, strong body, and good temper. Remember, other cows need to whip the whip and it only needs to pull the rein to understand..."

In the classroom, there was a strong smell of blood. The back of a dead cow was cut open. Chen Jian stood at the front and drew a few things with soapstone on the blackened wooden board, and was talking about something there.

"This method can't be used now. When you come back to study in July, I will teach you how to identify whether a cow is in heat. At that time, let's see if the method I mentioned can be used."

According to the plan, all the half-time students in all six classes will have two months of full-time study every year within three years. Because Chen Jian has no skills, he can only use this method.

The agronomy class has to be full-time study in February and July, because March and August are the seasons for spring plowing and autumn planting, so you can go directly to the farm after learning.

Smelting classes are August-September; Military classes are October-November; Textile classes are December and January; Education classes are May-June; and final medicine classes are March-April—mainly for coping May and June are the hottest months when diseases frequently occur.

The entire Xiacheng education system will be divided into two levels in the future. After completing one to two years of enlightenment education, the best five or six people will be selected to continue their studies with Chen Jian, and most of the rest will go to professional education. The method is that workshop and farm practice account for [-]% of the time in a year, and the remaining two months continue to study full-time.

Three years later, after the first batch of professionally educated children leave the school, they will teach the next batch of people everything they have learned in practice to form a scale.

These two months have been cramming education, only let them know what it is, don't let them know why it is, just do it.

These young people who have been instilled with various technical methods may screw things up, may make mistakes because they are too aggressive and eager to make achievements, and may even waste people and money.But as long as you dare to do it, it's always good. Xiacheng's financial resources can support them for a few years.

It's February now, and Chen Jian spends half a day every day telling them many things, which is unshakable.

After finishing today's homework, Chen Jian shook the talcum powder on his body and said, "Okay, let's go, there is something delicious tonight, beef. You are going to the farm in a few days, and there must be Eat bitter, eat good here. Go."

As soon as he pointed to the cow in front of the stage, he left. The children in the classroom looked at the cow that was cut open in front of them, and felt a little disgusted for a while. Several boys said with a smile: "Then you are also born like this?" ?”

The girl blushed, looked at the cut open cow on the wooden platform in front of her and said, "Stop talking, who brought this to the kitchen? I don't know how to eat it...Ji Xia is I'm afraid we will disgust us if we eat beef in the farm."

A boy put down the pottery board and was about to go out with the half cow in his hand with a smile on his face. Several children shouted, "Shi Quan, why do you laugh every day? Are you so willing to go to the farm? If only we were born a few years earlier Now, the first batch of people who have finished their studies in the school, except Ji Yun, who is not an eighth-class noble? But we will have three years to qualify for the twelfth-class noble."

The boy named Shi Quan was very handsome, and his eyebrows and eyes were very similar to his famous actress sister.

Holding the beef, Shi Quan said with a smile on his face, "Why are you unhappy? Isn't it the same wherever you work?"

There was a burst of hissing from below, and Shi Quan sighed: "Don't think so, isn't Man Yuan criticizing himself? What are the things we learned?"

The girl below couldn't help asking: "Don't you want to control many people at a young age? Look at Yu Qianer, she is only a little older than us, but even my mother is afraid of her. Even if we have to work , How good would it be to stay in the Yucheng workshop? I don’t want to go to the farm.”

Shi Quan put down the beef, carefully put away the clay slabs on which he had painted many things, and said angrily, "Wherever we go, aren't we working for Xiacheng? Jixia said that Xiacheng belongs to us, and we are Xiacheng." Citizens of the city, don’t we need to eat?”

"As long as I can remember, the tribe has been starving. At that time, I thought that one day I would be able to eat enough. Now I am full. But why are we full? It is because our mothers and uncles have always been hungry. I'm working."

"My eldest brother died in the battle against the Meteor tribe. The third brother stayed on the grassland to let those people from Shishan leave and was nailed to a tree by the tribes of the grassland. Although my sister is liked by many people, she has to go out every day and rarely rests. That said, when I was in Xiacheng, I secretly practiced singing many times at night, and my voice became hoarse."

"They are dead, or so tired, for whom? Isn't it for us? We can go to school now, we can dislike beef and nausea, and even feel that going to the farm is very bitter. Isn't it they who fought for us? They It's for Xia Cheng, but who is Xia Cheng? Isn't it us?"

"When the third brother died in the grassland, the second brother followed the white horse to attack the large settlements in the grassland. Although he hated the white horse and beat the white horse with Shi Shan after he came back, he never told me Let me hate Baima, just tell me that if one day I grow up and become a man in Xiacheng, I must distinguish between personal hatred and public hatred."

"In the Battle of Yangguan, the second brother was shot by the best shooter on the grassland from the city wall and broke his leg. But every year, the public property will give out enough money for the second brother to eat. Where do these money come from? Is it not made by everyone? So I really believe in Jixia’s saying that everyone is for one and one is for everyone. I also look forward to the day when everyone only needs to work for a little time to eat, and the rest of the time will be enough. You can do what you want.”

"For example, I'm also very lazy, and sometimes I don't want to get up in the morning and lie on the warm kang, but every time I think about it, I hate myself. My brothers, sisters, mothers and uncles have done so much, I But nothing can be done.”

"I'm not smart, and I'm far behind the seven named by Jixia, but I don't envy them. They learn from Jixia, and they can learn better than me, just like my sister's acting is far better than dyeing." Spinning Division does a better job. Since Jixia let me go to the farm, it proves that going to the farm is more suitable than other places, and I don't feel wronged in my heart."

"I think... your eyes are only looking at things that will happen a long time later. Three years ago, being able to recognize words and count was indeed very good, but from now on, what is this little ability? You have seen the columbine You have seen a plowshare in a car, do you know how to use it? Even... even I don’t think I can compare to those farm laborers who are not Chinese.”

"It's time for us to grow up. Working is what we have to do to support ourselves, because we are not children anymore, and we can no longer rely on the city to support us."

"Besides, Ji Yun made such a mistake, didn't he also do a good job in the mine? Ji Xia said that he alone was worth six hundred people, and his deeds were written in books. Can’t we do the same thing on the farm?”

"It's not good to cry and complain when you talk about going to the farm, because as Ji Xia said, you don't even have the courage, because you don't have the courage to face the unchangeable things, and you don't have the courage to think that your wisdom can change the things that can be changed. thing. I don't like you like this."

After speaking, he carried the beef and left the house. Several girls looked at his back with smiles, but more people expressed disdain.

"Hey, Ji Xia couldn't hear what he said so nicely. Why bother? He's too fake. I never thought about it that way, never. So he must be pretending."

"Definitely is."

Several people nodded in agreement, and felt much more comfortable in their hearts. They took out the Tao Bei given to them by their mother or brothers and sisters before leaving and said, "Let's go eat something else. As long as there is Tao Bei here, you can buy anything. Yes. I met Sutang from Sucheng yesterday, chatted with him for a few words, and convinced him by saying something casually. He said that a person like me might be able to become a Where is the priest..."

The people in the house gradually separated, talking about the life they imagined, and naturally divided into two groups.A group of people touched the Taobei given to them by their mothers or brothers and sisters. Thinking of Shi Quan's words, they felt that there seemed to be something sticky like sweat or blood on these Taobei.

After hesitating for a long time, he swallowed the saliva caused by thinking about the deliciousness of the iron pot cooking in the small dining room, and put Tao Bei away cruelly.

"When I grow up, I want to use my labor to earn Taobei. I will buy my mother a pair of high-quality lambskin and handmade felt boots next year. My mother's feet will always be cold."

Thinking this way, or thinking that way, or instinctively feeling that something is really wrong, so this group of people went together to eat the beef that had been cut by a knife before.

A few days later, Shi Quan finished the last class of his full-time study in February, and was going to the farm tomorrow.

At night, all the children who went to the farm were invited by Chen Jian to drink. After a few glasses of wine, Chen Jian gave them a message.

The sky is high and the earth is wide, and there is a lot to do.

"When you come to the farm, you can toss the things I taught. It's okay if the toss is broken. Our Xiacheng is broken now, but don't affect the normal work of the farmers. I really hope that when I go to the farm next year, those farmers When people mention you, they don’t say with disdain that you can’t even use plowshares and carts, but they give you thumbs up and tell me that your method of composting manure is very effective, and your method of raising pigs and sheep is better than that of others. The old ones were better."

"Farms are the lifeblood of Yucheng. People have to eat. Iron and copper can indeed be exchanged for food now, but if one day they don't exchange it for us, what should we do? So what you do is not a small thing, but a big thing, very big. It’s such a big deal, it’s so big that if you don’t do well in Yucheng Workshop, you’ll have to worry about it. Think about how many people and boats are needed to transport grain from Xiacheng?”

"Those farmers are not our countrymen. If they do a lot better than you and work harder than you, I will be very unhappy, because you don't even consider yourself as Xiacheng's people."

The wine in the middle of the night, the songs in the middle of the night, the children were a little drunk, this was their first time drinking, very light fruit wine, but they were all a little drunk.

Early the next morning, Chen Jian personally sent them aboard.

Before leaving, Chen Jian took out four pockets.

"There are six hundred peas in one bag. There are twelve hundred peas in all, carefully selected."