Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

"Tao Gongzu is afraid that he is also short of food. He heard that Xiapi Prime Minister Ruo Rong is in charge of food transportation, but this fellow raised taxes from the three counties of Xiapi, Pengcheng, and Guangling. Futu Temple, the Buddha is clothed with gold painted statues and brocade..." Guan Yu shook his head.

"Mr. Tao's employment is not careful, no wonder Pengcheng lost to Cao Mengde last year." Liu Bei was very sorry.

At this time, Liu Bei suddenly discovered that there was a few inches in the field next to Su Miao Gao not far away, and he rode over with doubts.

"Did you plant this millet?" Liu Bei asked Gan Ji.

Ganji's family was harvesting the ten mu of land in Lantian. He looked up and saw that his master had arrived, so he folded his hands and replied, "Yes, General."

Ordinary people dare not look directly at the officials and family members, but Lan Tian does not have such a psychological burden. After Ganji got up, he also looked up at the people who came.

Looking at their outfits, one could tell that Liu Bei and Guan Yu had arrived. Although Liu Bei's ears were bigger than ordinary people's, they were definitely not as exaggerated as hanging down to his shoulders. Relatively speaking, Guan Yu, who had a long beard, was indeed very heroic.

"Not bad!"

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he grabbed the next bunch of millet ears and said, "This millet grain is full. I think this year's harvest will be bumper. Will this season's tax be paid?"

Ganji hesitated and then nodded. He took care of the 70 acres of land and weeded frequently. The yield was 190 shi, which was almost enough to pay the rent and tax. It was slightly lower than the average yield per mu in this era, but it was not easy.

In addition to making up for the rent and tax, the output of the ten acres of Lantian is the rations of the Gan family for the next few months. If the head of the village is more ruthless and deducts the seeds and advance rations, he may have to find someone to borrow food to pay off the debt.

Ganji regretted it in his heart at this time. If he had known that all the plants had been planted according to the method of Lantian, then there would be a bumper harvest.

Liu Bei was born in weaving mats and selling shoes, and he is very aware of the hardships of the people. However, due to the high consumption of the troops, he set a relatively high tax rate.

Just as he was about to leave, Liu Bei was surprised to see Gan Qian's side face, and thought that there were such beauties in this country.

Walking on the road, Liu Bei said to Guan Yu: "Second brother, turn around and tell Gongyou (Sun Qian) that you should not be too harsh on the farmers for collecting rent and tax this season. If it is not enough, you should pay it to the next season..."

"I know bro."

The rest are the same as the Ganji family. Although the weather is beautiful, the corn production is basically not up to the standard. Most of the households in Wangjiazhuang and even all the military villages near Xiaopei can barely pay the rent and tax, and they have to find camp in order not to be hungry. Borrow food from China.

The ten mu of land in Lantian is an exception. Even if it is relatively barren land, the average yield per mu has reached 3.2 shi. In addition to the 10 shi to make up for the tax, the remaining 22 shi is equivalent to the current market price. There are about 700 jin of corn (about 281 The harvest here is pebbles, each pebble is about 33 jin).

The village head of Wangjiazhuang was surprised when he collected the grain. This Ganji family was the only one in the whole village that did not owe rent or tax.

Ganji went to the city to sell some corn, cut back some pork, and made a few drinks. Finally, Ganqian made a harvest feast, which the family enjoyed happily.

It has been five months since Lan Tian crossed over, and the soup was so watery all day long that he forgot even the taste of meat. Gan Qian's cooking method is extremely simple, and there are no condiments in this era, but it is delicious when eaten in his mouth.

That is really fragrant.

After less than ten days of rest after the harvest, a new round of autumn planting began again. Only then did Lan Tian realize that in order to survive, farmers really don't have much time to rest in a year.

When the Gan family started digging the land, almost all farmers from Wangjiazhuang came. After the Gan family's harvest was spread by the head of the village, the news flew everywhere like wings.

Ganji was so entangled by his neighbors that he had no choice but to reveal the news that his adopted son would be able to farm.

Looking at the longing eyes of this group, Lan Tian was full of respect for the late Yuan Lao in the original world again.

At this moment, he deeply knew how attractive a full meal is to ordinary people.

Lan Tian knew that his scientific planting became popular.

Neighbors in the village come to ask for advice every day. These enthusiastic neighbors directly take turns to help the Gan family farm. The main purpose is to secretly learn some techniques and go back. The so-called practice is very important.

After the enthusiasm of the people in Wangjiazhuang was ignited, not only did Lan Tian become a hands-off shopkeeper for a while, but even Ganji became idle, thinking that this was a sign that I was going to become a landlord?

In the blink of an eye, the end of the year, under the guidance of Lan Tian, ​​the people of Wangjiazhuang have achieved a bumper harvest in every household. Not only can they pay the rent and taxes in full, but they can also save some surplus grain.

In September of the first year of Xingping, Lantian was enjoying the coolness at the door of his house. A group of soldiers came to Wangjiazhuang to carry the burden. The leader was a Confucian scholar, a middle-aged man dressed up.

Ordinary people were all terrified when they saw the official, but Lan Tian didn't take the visitor seriously at all. The middle-aged man was amazed to see his calm expression.

"Excuse me, brother, is this old man Gan's house?" the man raised his hand and asked.

"Who is your Excellency?"

"I am Jian Yong under General Liu's account. I came here to visit Ganji specially today. I have something good to tell him."

good thing?When Lan Tian saw the several loads of things wrapped in red cloth behind him, he had a vague premonition in his heart.

"Tian'er, who is talking outside the house?"

Ganji was taking a nap, when he heard movement outside, he came out waving a cattail fan. He saw that the visitor was dressed like an official, so he looked at Jian Yong carefully.

Seeing this, Jian Yong bowed his hands and saluted, "I am Jian Yong under the tent of Liu Yuzhou, and I am here to pay a special visit to the master of the Gan family today."

"That's the little old man." Upon hearing this, Gan Ji hastily replied, and then invited Jian Yong into the house.

The life of the Gan family is getting better with surplus food. Although there is no tea and wine for guests, there is still a bowl of water.

When Jian Yong saw Gan Qian who was serving water, he thought that the lord's vision was indeed not bad.

Not long after, there was laughter in the house.

After Jian Yong gave the betrothal gift and left, Lan Tian knew that Liu Bei had come to propose marriage. Seeing Gan Ji so happy, he couldn't persuade him, since he was still an outsider to the Gan family.

For Gan Qian, Lantian didn't have much affection between a man and a woman, but was more grateful for a meal, a brother-in-law friendship, and he was just not worth it for this beautiful girl.

"Sister Qian, are you willing to marry?" Lan Tian secretly asked Gan Qian in the afternoon. She didn't know what she planned to marry Liu Bei's guy in his thirties, or to be a concubine.

After hearing this, Gan Qian was very surprised and said: "Marriage matters, parents' order, matchmaker's words, how can I disobey my father? Besides, Liu Xuande has a good reputation, and now he is the master of Xiaopei, sister should enjoy the blessing .”

Lan Tian remained silent, thinking that Liu Bei had been in exile for the first half of his life, so this blessing might not be easy to enjoy.

Chapter 5 Denial of Bliss

Liu Bei's betrothal gift included food and meat. In the evening, Gan Ji asked Gan Qian to cook a sumptuous meal. Remembering the words of Mr. Xiangmian back then, Gan Ji became drunk after drinking two bowls of rice wine.

In the early morning of the next day, Gan's family, including Lan Tian, ​​changed into neat clothes, while Gan Qian put on the dark red wedding dress brought by Jian Yong.

When Chen arrived, the entrance of the village was beating gongs and drums, Liu Bei rode a white horse to pick up the bride, and Guan Zhang followed on the left and right.

Because it is a concubine, there is no such cumbersome etiquette as the three books and six ceremonies. After Liu Bei brought Gan Qian back to Xiaopei, he just asked Sun Gan to set up a few banquet tables and ended the process.

At this time, Liu Bei temporarily lived in Xiaopei, which belonged to the time when Jiaolong had not met.

After Gan Qian married Liu Bei, Gan Ji still returned to live in Wangjiazhuang, but since then she no longer had to do farm work, Wangjiazhuang has also become Ganjiazhuang, and Ganji's dream of being a landlord has been realized in an instant.

At the beginning of December of the first year of Xingping, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, was seriously ill. He sent his farewell driver Mi Zhu to Xiaopei to invite Liu Bei, intending to give him the throne as the master of Xuzhou.

After Liu Bei and Guan Zhang got the news, they led Qingqi and Mi Zhu to visit Tao Qian in Tancheng.

At the end of December, Liu Bei accepted Xuzhou Mu after several refusals. Tao Qian died of illness in Tancheng in the same month.

Liu Bei moved Xuzhou's administrative office from Tancheng to Xiapi, and the tribe he recruited in Xiaopei was also transferred to Xiapi for garrison, and Guan Yu was sent to pick up Gan Qian's family to live in Xiapi. This Ganji can finally enjoy the real happiness.

When Guan Yu and Gan Qian came to Ganjiazhuang to pick them up, Lan Tian unexpectedly refused to go to Xiapi. He excused that he had no martial arts strategy and only wanted to stay in Xiaopei farming.

Guan Yu had met Lan Tian twice before, and he had a deep impression of this frail young man.

"Brother, I know you are talented, why don't you go with us? A man who is born in heaven and earth should do something, how can he grow old like a forest?" Gan Qian persuaded.

"Sister, it's good to stay here, you know I like farming." Lan Tian grinned.

"I also know that you read books. Have you read all the remaining letters in the village?" Gan Qian shook her head.

Guan Yu was very surprised when he heard that, this peasant boy could read and write? "Sister-in-law is right. When I arrive in Xiapi, I will ask my eldest brother to arrange a job as a scribe for you. It will be better than facing the loess and back to the sky."

"Thank you, Sister, thank you General Guan, you should go on your way as soon as possible, General Liu is the first to take charge of a large county, and there should be many important matters to discuss with you."

"That's right, you can't miss my grandpa's important matter. General Guan, don't try to persuade me. Lantian just loves to farm. I can rest assured that I will hand over this Ganjiazhuang to him." Ganji thought that Lantian coveted the position of owner , I said in my heart that this is what your kid pursues.

Guan Yu didn't pay attention to Gan Ji's words. Although Lan Tian said it lightly just now, the second master felt that this son was very eloquent, so he asked, "Since you know how to read, do you have any pronouns?"

"Uncle, my younger brother hasn't written a letter yet. I think it's better to hit the sun than to choose a date, so I will trouble you to write a letter for him." In this era, only a letter means a scholar. Naturally, Gan Qian hoped that his adopted brother would be accepted People add blue eyes.

"Well... let me think about it..." Guan Yu stroked his long beard and thought.

"Everyone should set off as soon as possible, the kid has already signed up as Ziyu, so I don't bother General Guan." Lan Tian said with a smile.

"Ziyu? Brother, who gave you the words?" Gan Qian was very puzzled.

"I don't have anything to do on weekdays, so I confess to myself." Lan Tian scratched his head and said.

"Lan Tian, ​​Lan Ziyu? What a good name, I remember you, sister-in-law, let's go." Guan Yu raised his beautiful beard.

Lan Tian knows that life is difficult in troubled times. He has no martial arts, no strategy, and he is not from a noble family. These conditions limit his promotion path. Instead of following Gan Qian's nepotism, it is better for Gou to be a professional counterpart in farming in Xiaopei.

Anyway, they are all farmers, where is it not?

The main reason is that Lan Tian has a bad impression of Liu Bei. How can you be my lord?And based on Lantian's understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei should not be safe in Xuzhou.

Ganjiazhuang’s bumper harvest of millet was thanks to Lantian’s teaching of scientific planting techniques. The tenant farmers knew how to be grateful when they had surplus grain. They sold some grain, bought eggs, meat, and melons and fruits, and sent them to Ganji’s home.

Ganji now goes to Xiapi to enjoy the blessings, and the adopted son Lantian becomes the new owner of the farm, and the tenant farmers on the farm feel more and more hopeful for life.

During the slack season in winter, Xiaopei is located in the flat Huaihe Plain. Because there are no hills to block the cold wind, the weather outside the house is very cold.

The people in the village are all fattened at home, but Lantian wants to find some leisure books to read. Unfortunately, in this era, books, a scarce resource, are mostly held in the hands of the gentry, and there are no books on the market.

It turned out that most of the bamboo slips stored in the village were for children's enlightenment. Lan Tian quickly read them all. With his postgraduate learning ability of the Agricultural University and reading those ancient books from the perspective of God, he basically did not have any dyslexia.

With a lot of time left, this guy can only devote his energy to cooking. He is a loyal fan of "Bite of the Tongue". The condiments of the times are limited, and the dishes can only be improved continuously.

In the spring of 195 A.D., Ganjiazhuang started spring plowing and sowing. At this time, more farmers came here to learn farming. Besides the people in the village, there were also many people from other villages. Pei's neighborhood became famous.

July is the summer harvest of millet and grain. Due to the impact of rain and pests, Ganjiazhuang’s harvest is not as good as at the end of last year. However, apart from paying taxes, there is basically a small amount of surplus grain. This is all due to Lantian’s fertilizer use and pest control methods.

In this kind of disaster year, if you change to another place, people will starve to death, but the tenant farmers near Xiaopei not only did not starve, but also mastered many new skills, which will be useful for a lifetime in the future.

Lan Tian gradually became the myth of these tenant farmers. He seemed to have infinite agronomic knowledge on him, and he seemed to have become a folk leader near Ganjiazhuang.

Because Lan Tian was eloquent and able to distinguish right from wrong, and because he was related by marriage to Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei, the people in the village were unwilling to bother the government whenever they encountered disputes and fights, but they found him to adjudicate and deal with them.

At the end of July, Lu Bu failed to steal his home in Yanzhou and came to Xuzhou. Liu Bei ordered him to station in Xiaopei, thinking that he would be in trouble.

The iron farmer, the master of flowing water.

After the owner of Xiaopei changed from Liu Bei to Lu Bu, the farmers in Ganjiazhuang still farmed the land and paid rent and taxes, and their lives did not change. With the popularization of scientific planting, their lives are gradually improving.

Lantian is now the owner of Ganjiazhuang, and every year the farmers pay tribute to grain, so apart from improving some varieties for experiments, he basically doesn't have to cultivate the land himself.

After the basic food and clothing were settled, he began to yearn for a better life.

In order to ensure the diversity of food varieties, Lantian Tuo Ganqian bought many seeds of vegetables and fruits from Xiapi, and then set aside a small piece of land for experimental planting.

Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty brought back many fruits and vegetables and seeds after his mission to the Western Regions. Now, in addition to staple foods such as rice, seasoning, bean, and millet, there are also vegetable non-staple foods such as onions, garlic, broad beans, sesame seeds, radishes, and cucumbers.

In addition to cultivating a vegetable garden in his own backyard, Lan Tian also set up a grape trellis in front of his house, and this little life like Li Ziqi's gradually flourished.

In August, when the autumn sowing was over, Lan Tian was enjoying the coolness under his grape trellis, and saw a man and a woman not far away pointing at the door of his house.

"General Gao, what is that black thing? Grapes?"

"Grapes? Why are they different from the ones I've eaten?"

"Then ask."

"only."

"Hey, what is hanging on the vine? Are they grapes?" asked the burly man.

"Miss has good eyesight, this is indeed a grape." Lan Tian shook his cattail fan and nodded. Those who can recognize Putao are not ordinary families. Looking at the extraordinary clothes of the two of them, I know that they must have a lot of background.

"You, pick a few for me." Another woman pointed to Lan Tian and ordered.

Lan Tian saw that although the girl was still childish, she was born with beautiful features, red lips and white teeth, and she was a beauty, she looked about the same age and size as herself.

"Sorry, I can't go up..." Lan Tian refused.

Chapter 6 Chilled Grapes

The woman looked at Lan Tian with a puzzled face, and thought to herself that it was only one foot high, so why couldn't she go up?

"Only the top grapes on the rack are ripe, but the weather is too hot for me to climb up, and the rest are not fully ripe yet..." Lan Tian explained.

"Are you still a man?" The woman jumped up after she finished speaking, put her foot on the grape trellis and picked a few grapes directly from the air with her strength.

Lan Tian was dumbfounded watching this series of movements, wondering if this is the so-called kung fu?

"Why is this grape so huge? It's different from the ones I've eaten before." The woman said to herself.

Lan Tian stood aside and smiled without saying a word. This grape has been grafted and improved by himself, and it is probably the only one in the entire Three Kingdoms. In terms of taste and size, it is undoubtedly the first in the Three Kingdoms.

The woman threw the grapes into her mouth and chewed, only to feel the juice splashing in her mouth, and the grapes with a bit of fruit acid tasted very thirst-quenching.

"General Gao, try it too. These grapes are very delicious. The ones you ate in Chang'an were not as sweet as before."

"Miss, let's go back quickly, so as not to worry the Lord later." The burly man didn't eat, but reminded him in a low voice.

"Okay, how about I pick a few more for my father to taste?" the woman asked Lan Tian.