A world of glory

Yizhu hurriedly ordered the maids and daughter-in-laws in the yard to avoid her, the doctor and the imperial physician all came in to have a look, they all prescribed prescriptions and talked about the illness in detail, but they were all a bit embarrassed.Although the words are euphemistic, but the tone, it seems that the illness is born from the heart, and the treatment is only a little effort.Yizhu ordered people to send away the doctor and imperial physician, and went out to decoct the medicine with the prescription.

When the medicine was ready, Yi Zhu brought it into the room again, because the medicine hadn't cooled down yet, Qin Yi smiled and said, "You leave it first, I'll drink it myself later." Looking at the sky outside, he ordered "Seeing that it's getting dark, tell everyone to light up the lamps." Yizhu went out according to his words, and Qin Yi picked up the colorful silver-buttoned dark flower bowl and smelled the medicine. No one moved around, so he poured a bowl of warm medicine onto the flower soil.

When the prescription was poured out, there was a soft meow, and the snow-white hydrangea-like Persian cat got out from under the flower tree and went straight to the courtyard. "Painting slave, why are you here, you little thing?" A little maid in a pink dress and a white flower skirt called out in surprise when she saw the Persian cat.The cat is also very human, and it rolled lazily on the ground.

"Who is talking outside?" Qin Yi asked.The little maid hastily lifted the curtain and came in, saluted timidly, lowered her head and said: "It's me, just now I saw the painting slave next to Miss Six in the yard, and I disturbed the young master's rest because of a sudden surprise." , bowed his head as if about to weep.Seeing that the little maid looked familiar, Qin Yi suddenly remembered that he had seen her clean the yard before, no wonder she looked familiar.She smiled and asked, "What's your name?" The little girl looked up at Qin Yi, and said shyly, "My name is Hezhu."

Qin Yi saw that the lotus bead was shy and timid, but it looked like a tender lotus morning bead, so he asked again: "Hua Nuer, this is a strange name, who took it?" He Zhu said with a shy smile: "Miss Six took it. Not only this one, but also the eye is blue and green. It's not all weird that Miss Six named him Lvxiuer." Qin Yi only smiled after hearing this. "Since it's Sister Xia's favorite pet, you should send it back to her, lest she won't be able to find it later, but you won't have to shed tears again." As she was speaking, Lanyue lifted the curtain and entered the room with a smile: "Who shed tears?" Son, pick it up quickly, it is dry right now, picking it up to water the flowers, isn’t it another merit.”

Qin Yi smiled when he heard the words, but said in his mouth: "I'm talking about Xia'er's love of cats. Fortunately, you are still in charge of the big maids, and you don't even know which room the cat has come in." Lanyue was on the side, only smiled and joked: "I would like to know everything, but it's a pity that God didn't give me a good ear or clairvoyance." After chatting and laughing for a while, Fang led away.

However, after Qin Yi stopped the medicine, his unwell body recovered, and within two days, most of it recovered.Gossip less, Qin Yi's illness is slightly better, and he doesn't want to stay in the mansion, it's not because he is annoyed in the quiet, but he feels a little uncomfortable in his heart, the reason is that he is a bit troubled by nothing.

On this day, Qin Yi had told Danqing to prepare a horse outside the corner gate early on. After breakfast, he left the corner gate and rode two Juechens to Shumoxuan.Entering Shumoxuan, Qin Yi saw that although it was early, there were not too many scholars and scholars coming and going. He thought that the Spring Festival was approaching, and those scriptures and ink posts were not generally easy to sell.

Although Qin Yi was still a little sick, but he was full of energy, different from ordinary rotten Confucianism, and everyone in the shop was attracted to look sideways.Before the shopkeeper came up to meet him, a white-faced scholar came forward and said, "But Qin Shixiong, but he still recognizes my younger brother." Qin Yi took a closer look, but saw that the scholar had a long face, and his appearance was still pretty. Qin Yi saw it Then he remembered that the scholar's surname was Tian Shaohe, and he was still Qin Yi's old friend of the same year.

Speaking of this Tian Shaohe, his family background is not simple, his ancestors were also enshrined as marquises and ministers, but now he is full of dudes, and his family is in decline, not compared to the previous situation.This Tian Shaohe is also the son of a concubine, but that Tian mansion is full of snobbish eyes, and this Tian Shaohe is not valued in the mansion. After being elected, in order to avoid the disputes in that mansion, he went to Jinzhou for a study tour. It seems like we haven't seen each other for nearly two years.

Qin Yi was overjoyed when he saw Tian Shaohe, and asked with a smile: "Tian Shidi, when did you come back? Why don't you send someone to send a letter, so I can cleanse you up." That Tian Shaohe is also open-minded. , just cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I didn't plan to come back this month, but I just came back to Beijing yesterday. I was thinking of sending the worship box to the deceased brother's house today, but I never thought that I would meet my brother by chance."

According to common sense, although Qin Yi is a bastard, he still has some old friends in the world.But Qin Yi's status is embarrassing, and the eldest son is not the first son, so if he keeps in touch with each other diligently, it will appear that he is restless.Second, Qin Yi is a time traveler after all, so it would be better for him to stay in the mansion. If he went out to socialize, his sons would look down on him, and few of his sons would be promising, so it was really boring.All in all, there were no more than three or five people who could talk to him, but it was funny to say that people of a feather flock together, and things are divided into groups. The situation of these few people is not far from Qin Yi, and they are congenial, It's a good friendship.But like Qin Yi taking the imperial examination, the others had to struggle for their future. Those who joined the army, those who went on a study tour, and those who stayed in the capital were Qin Yi alone.

Now that Tian Shaohe has returned to Beijing, Qin Yi is interested in reminiscing about the old days, and said with a smile: "But when I return to Beijing to prepare for the spring, I want to come to my brother to study for a few years and improve a lot." After Tian Shaohe heard this, he was full of confidence He said: "Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, the ancients never deceived me. Although I dare not say I have made progress, I have gained a lot." Although the two wanted to chat, they were in a bookstore after all. Tian Shaohe had something to do at home, so he didn't dare to go out for a long time, the two chatted about the recent situation, Tian Shaohe took his servants and said goodbye and went back.

After a while, after half an hour, Qin Yi saw that Tian Shaohe had gone far away, so he turned his head and asked the shopkeeper, "Is the book you found for me a while ago complete?" The book I want is not very easy to find, I asked someone to search everywhere, how many books are still short?" Qin Yi listened, but didn't care, and told the shopkeeper: "Then I will go up and have a look later." Then he turned to him Danqing said: "It's rare to come out. You can go to the West Market for me to find some new and interesting things." Danqing followed Qin Yi out, waiting for Qin Yi's order, and went happily.

Qin Yi sent Danqing away, and followed the shopkeeper into the quiet room upstairs.After half a cup of tea, two stewards came into the house and presented the account books and other things to Qin Yi.Qin Yi looked through it, and there was nothing wrong with it. He secretly promised, but didn't show it on the surface, and asked: "Since the beginning of this year, the drought has become more and more serious. How is the situation of Zhuangzi in various places?" One of them was an old-looking steward. , hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Except for Linzhou and Gaozhou, the villages everywhere are fine, only a few Zhuangzi in Jinzhou, just in case of a flash flood, they suffered a lot of losses."

Qin Yi heard this, but he was thoughtful, and asked again: "The drought in the past two years has been severe, and I didn't mention it last year. This year, even the middle of Beijing has experienced a drought. I wonder if Zhuangzi's fields have ever been short of water?" The steward nodded and sighed: "Master, in order to seek concealment, most of the Zhuangzi he bought were not high-end, and there were few fields near the river. In the past, the situation was good and there was a lot of rainfall, but now the drought has started, although a lot of land was hit. Well, but it’s not easy to irrigate the fields with manpower alone.” Seeing that Qin Yi didn’t change his expression, he said: “The Zhuangzi bought by the young master is not bad, although there is a lack of water, but the pond was dug earlier and raised Those who raise chickens and ducks only spend some manpower on watering, and there is not much food. But most of the other villages are not as good as in previous years, and some are even worse. It’s only because of the bad times this year.”

Hearing this, Qin Yi only said: "Even so, this drought will only last for one year. If it lasts for another year or two, it's not too late. It's better to plan ahead than to make up for it." The two stewards Hearing this, he repeatedly said yes, another yellow-faced and long-bearded steward thought for a moment, then stepped forward and said: "You guys also know what you are worried about, and have discussed ways before, but it is just digging wells to store water. And so on, if it is to open canals and build dams, it will take more manpower than the farm. Moreover, the farm is not close to the river bank, and irrigation is extremely labor-intensive, but it is powerless."

Qin Yi smiled slightly, and said: "It's hard to do it with manpower alone, but if it's just to divert water to irrigate the land, I have a way. Just opening canals and building dams is quite to my liking, but I should also find One way is to do this kind of merit." After hearing Qin Yi's words, the two stewards couldn't help looking at Qin Yi, wondering what the trick was.

Qin Yi took a teacup, took a sip, and then explained: "If we talk about water diversion, the existing waterwheel is too simple, and the water diversion is too shallow. If Zhuangzi is close to the river or has a canal, I will find someone to improve the waterwheel. It is more than sufficient to divert water for irrigation. It would be a waste of manpower to dig a well to store water now, but it would be better to dig the original well deeper, as long as the groundwater source continues, this well will never dry up." A white satin brochure came out, and he smiled again: "Not only the waterwheel, I ordered people to improve a lot of mechanisms, including water diversion, and plowing. Although it is a bit complicated, it is very convenient and easy."

The mature-looking manager hurriedly picked up the booklet, unfolded it and read it carefully, and saw that there were some detailed drawings of the machinery on it, and described the purpose with a Chinese ink pen and small letters beside it.The steward was already worried about the drought in the farm, so he only looked for the mechanism for water diversion. He saw not only a water tanker, but also three or four exquisite mechanisms, all of which were made according to different terrains, which couldn't be more ingenious.