Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Seeing that Xiao Xuan didn't understand, Xiao Xuexing said: "Strictly speaking, those little ladies didn't disappear without reason. They were bought by a young gentleman, but they haven't appeared since they were bought."

Xiao Xuan immediately understood what he meant: "Do you think that young gentleman is Rong'er? Are there similarities?"

Xiao Xuexing said succinctly: "The clothes and accessories on her body are very similar to when Rong'er disappeared."

Of course, what he didn't say was that the young man could talk, but there's no need to talk about it, Xiao Xuan wouldn't let him go if he really said it.

Xiao Xuexing didn't think so at first, but now...he would rather go and see with his own eyes than miss the slightest chance. Time has passed for too long, so long that even he can't help wondering whether Xiao Zirong is really dead or not. Sleeping forever somewhere he doesn't know.

It's just that he couldn't accept this result. At the beginning, he thought he could protect Xiao Zirong, so he brought him from the countryside, but now the other party's life and death are unknown, how could he be reconciled.

And he always felt that there must be something that he had overlooked, there was no reason for a living person to just disappear without a trace.

Xiao Xuan's heart was moved immediately after hearing this. It's not that he didn't want to find Xiao Zirong, but his obsession was not as deep as Xiao Xuexing's. Hearing a clue at this time, he simply said: "I will send someone, you stay in Jiankang to take care of your body."

Xiao Xuexing immediately said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, my body has already..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Xuan interrupted him and said: "The imperial doctor said that your disease can only be cured, not cured, so don't fool me by saying that you are already cured."

Xiao Xuexing said in a low voice: "Because of this, I have to go out even more. I have to find Rong'er. I can explain something when I go underground to meet the late Emperor."

Xiao Xuan said earnestly for a long time, seeing Xiao Xuexing was stunned, there was nothing he could do if he didn't change his mind, and finally threw the memorial to him and said: "Forget it, let's go, why don't you patrol the border on my behalf."

Xiao Xuexing was silent for a while before answering: "Yes." After speaking, he bowed neatly: "I will leave tomorrow."

Xiao Hyun: ...

So whether he agrees with it or not, the little bastard is planning to leave, right?

Xiao Xuan felt powerless and had no choice but to say: "I sent two imperial doctors to follow you, and you must listen to the imperial doctors along the way."

Xiao Xuexing responded bluntly: "Yes, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

Xiao Xuan sighed: "Go, go, it would be the best if you can bring Rong'er back, if not...you should come back as soon as possible, at least you will be here."

Xiao Xuexing naturally complied. There are still several months before Zhengdan, so there is plenty of time.

After Xiao Xuan finished speaking, he waved his hand to let Xiao Xuexing go back to pack his things. He looked at Xiao Xuexing's back and was silent for a long while before sighing.

If he could, he didn't want a regent to be his hindrance. Unless he couldn't govern himself, no emperor would like to have an extra regent when he was still in power, but he couldn't help it now. One of the biggest disadvantages is that there is no military power.

When he was the King of Hedong, the military power in his hands was not enough, but Xiao Xuexing held almost half of the military power in Daqi, and the remaining military power was not in his hands, but distributed among other courtiers. Those courtiers were not of the same mind, and most of them had their own camps. It could be said that as long as Xiao Xuexing supported him, his throne would be as stable as a mountain.

Even now Xiao Xuan has to admit that it was a stroke of genius that Xiao Zirong used the position of regent to win over Xiao Xuexing, but it also made him fall into a passive position. After all, he couldn't come up with anything better than the regent. To win over Xiao Xuexing, he could only continue to sit in this position.

I have to sigh with emotion that his eldest brother taught Xiao Xuexing really well, he valued love and righteousness and was loyal, otherwise Xiao Xuan had to balance the court every day and be careful to guard against the regent, he might not even be able to sleep well.

But he was determined to find Xiao Zirong, which made Xiao Xuan very happy and a headache. Xiao Xuexing did not have the heart to fight for power, which is good. He values ​​love and is very loyal to the Xiao family, which is also good. But it's not good to walk outside at every turn.

It is estimated that apart from him, no one in civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty really thought that Xiao Xuexing was looking for Xiao Zirong, and they all misunderstood that Xiao Xuexing was forced by him to leave Jiankang from time to time, and what's more, they might mistakenly think that he wanted to kill the bird. bow Tibetan.

This is true for Xiao Xuexing, who can be said to have single-handedly pushed him to the throne, so how can it be good for others?

Xiao Xuan felt that his reputation was in jeopardy, but he couldn't stop Xiao Xuexing, so he could only forcefully give a reason for patrolling on behalf of the emperor, barely blurring his reputation. When Xiao Zirong came back, Xiao Xuexing was the first, and Xiao Xuan was the second.

It's just that Xiao Xuan didn't understand why Xiao Xuexing was so smart, why he couldn't figure out why Xiao Zirong wouldn't come back if he was really alive and had the intention to buy someone?

The throne of King Xuancheng is still reserved for him, how can anyone not insist on being a commoner with nothing while keeping a good throne?Especially since he is still so young and can't speak, it may be very difficult to survive outside.

The more Xiao Xuan thought about it, the more his heart ached, and he turned his head and said: "Order, the people involved in Xiao Yan's treason case don't need to be interrogated too much, and they will all be severely punished for treason!"

His nephew's whereabouts are unknown now, and his life and death are unknown. What qualifications do these people have to live?

On the other side, Xiao Zirong didn't know that Xiao Xuan had executed another group of people because of his affairs, and he didn't know that Xiao Xuexing was still looking for him, or that even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart. Anyway, Xiao Xuexing should Unexpectedly, he and his people squatted in the mountains and did not go out. Their location is so hidden, how could they find it?

Now his focus is on how to develop productivity, so he asked Liu Cainiang to bring someone to prepare some wood for him, and then he was going to start making Quyuanli.

Those who sell salt can do it easily if they have the ability, but for them now, farming is the most important thing.

After helping him prepare things, Liu Cainiang said helplessly: "City Lord, just tell us what you want to do, we've done it, why bother to do it yourself?"

Xiao Zirong waved his hands and said, "You go about your business, don't worry about me."

After the land was divided, everyone’s enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high. Even if it’s not the right time for sowing, the rice seedlings have not been fully cultivated, but everyone’s enthusiasm can’t be resisted. lap.

Xiao Zirong felt that if the house can make people feel safe, then the land can make these little ladies feel happy.

The land still needs to be repaired, and everyone can't spare their hands. Naturally, Xiao Zirong will not insist on grabbing people to help him make things.

The most important thing is that the blueprints he drew are in accordance with the habits of later generations, and all kinds of markings are in centimeters, which conflicts with the existing weights and measures.

If someone else were to do it, Xiao Zirong would have to convert it into the existing weights and measures first, which would be very troublesome.

It's just that he soon discovered that it is really not easy to make a Quyuanli in the absence of tools.

Especially for those curved parts, without a saw blade, Xiao Zirong could only chisel them out bit by bit by hand.

Whether it was before or after crossing, where did he suffer from this?

So I started a life of plowing during the day and picking water at night.

When Ayin Aman saw the blisters on his hands for the first time, she couldn't help but her eyes were red, and said directly: "Tomorrow, let's help the city lord make things, and we will do whatever you tell us."

Xiao Zirong said: "Take care of your land, that is the foundation of your life, these things don't need you."

Ah Yin wiped away her tears and said, "But why do you have to suffer so much?"

Xiao Zirong sighed: "You have to get used to it sooner or later."

He now needs to prepare for the worst. Now he can not do heavy work because others share what he needs to do, but what if it happens?There was a natural or man-made disaster, and he had to get his body used to working.

Ayin Aman can't say no to him, so she can only help him pick up blisters and apply medicine every night.

However, the production process of Xiao Zirong's Quyuanli was very slow.

After all, he has no experience in this area, and he needs to fumble a little bit.

The most important parts of the Quyuan plow are also known to everyone, including the plow share, plow wall, and plow bottom, but such things as the press, the forehead, the plow arrow, the plow shaft, the plow tip, the plow comment, the plow construction and the plow disc are also more important. These parts had to be made separately and finally put together.

When making these parts, Xiao Zirong discovered a very headache for him, that is, the blueprints he drew were basically useless!

Because the opponent's combination method used a lot of things that he didn't have in his hands, such as nails, super glue, and so on.

What he needed was to assemble it with the oldest wedges, but he didn't know if it was because the library felt that this knowledge was useless when it was entered. Although he could find some drawings, there were no detailed data on the drawings.

Xiao Zirong never imagined that he would encounter such difficulties even while driving, and now there are only two ways in front of him, one is to give up making Quyuanli, go out and buy it, and find a skilled craftsman to do it when the time is right. The second is to study where to open the hole, how big to open, and how to make the wedge.

He thought about the simple plows made by the little ladies he saw before, how tired they were every day and couldn't plow much land, and couldn't help sighing.

What else?I can only do my own research.

It's just that it's not easy to study. The mortise and tenon joints must be calculated accurately, neither too much nor too little, otherwise it will either fail to assemble or the entire Quyuan plow will be loose and loose after assembly, making it unusable at all.

After Xiao Zirong wasted a lot of wood and finally understood the mortise and tenon of each part, he found that there was another problem to be solved, that is, the material of the plowshare.

The plowshare can be regarded as the most important part of the Quyuan plow. This part is used to turn the soil. Nowadays, the plowshare is usually wrapped in bronze, but now Xiao Zirong and the others are almost in the stone age, and there is no need to buy metal. place to buy.

Not to mention iron, Xiao Zirong tried to use wood directly, and planned to replace it uniformly when he had the opportunity in the future, but what he didn't expect was that the hardness of the wood itself would be very high if the wood was used as a whole.

And now they are basically relying on mountains to eat mountains, what kind of trees are used, the most important thing is that they may not be able to cut down those hard wood trees.

After thinking about it, I finally had to use stone as the material for the plowshare.

The production of stone tools is also difficult, and it is not easy to chisel stones into the shape you want bit by bit.

Xiao Zirong had seen those little ladies making stone tools before, and now he learned their techniques and made them a little bit. It took him three days to make a single plowshare, and it was still in the end that he settled for the next best thing by himself, and did not ask for superficiality. The result after smooth and good looking.

It was precisely because of this that Xiao Zirong once again lamented that those little ladies are really capable.

And when he got Quyuanli ready and thought it should be usable, there were already many little ladies plowing half of their land!

They still use the very primitive kind of human plow, which requires two people to plow, one pulling in front and the other supporting behind.

But because of the special situation of their group of people, many young ladies have independent households, and those whose families are slightly larger, either have sisters or children, and there are not many who can come in handy.

So many little ladies simply teamed up to do things, and the two helped each other plow the land.

Xiao Zirong didn't care too much about this matter, he didn't need to help everyone find a way. In terms of survival, sometimes the wisdom of ordinary people can't be underestimated.

He directly carried Qu Yuanli to find Liu Cainiang, who was plowing the fields with Ayin Aman, and said to them, "Come on, try this."

Liu Cainiang has long seen the special-shaped tool in Xiao Zirong's hand. That tool looks much more complicated than the one they used, but no one knows whether it works or not.

After all, Liu Cainiang also planted land and did work. She took a look at Quyuanli, and keenly realized that it is not difficult to use this thing, so she simply asked Ah Yin to follow her to find unplowed land to try.

Xiao Zirong walked over and originally wanted to explain the benefits of Quyuanli to them, but before he opened his mouth, Liu Cainiang waved and said, "Don't talk about it, the city lord, let's study it."

When encountering new things, it is interesting to figure them out on your own. If Xiao Zirong introduces them directly, even if you explain it clearly, you may not be able to remember much.

Xiao Zirong laughed after hearing this, and simply squatted aside, resting his chin and watching them toss.

After going around the Quyuanli, Aman hesitated and said, "This plow seems to be usable by one person."

In fact, Quyuanli can also use human or animal power as the antecedent, which is naturally faster, but cattle are very precious property in feudal society, and poor people may not have cattle at home, let alone here.

Xiao Zirong also saw cattle selling at the market before. As for why he didn’t buy it...on the one hand, it’s because the price of cattle is a bit expensive. Even if you buy it, it’s impossible to cover everyone’s head. He didn't know how many points to set up.

On the other hand, it is because none of them are familiar with this thing. Living things are different from ordinary things. When buying, they need to look at many things. The most important thing is to distinguish whether they are sick or not.

Xiao Zirong's knowledge points have not yet expanded to that place, so he can only give up temporarily, so Qu Yuanli naturally wants to make it usable by everyone.

Liu Cainiang pushed the Quyuan plow and tried it. Xiao Zirong squatted there and looked at the plowshare carefully, and found that the stone plowshare seemed to be a little bit worse when plowing the ground, which was different from the pictures he searched in his mind. too same.

It doesn't look very efficient.

Xiao Zirong frowned. When he was short of raw materials, he didn't even know how to improve.

It’s just that he was the only one who was dissatisfied at the scene. After trying it for a while, Cainiang Liu excitedly said: “This is easy to use, saves effort, and plows deep! Come, Ayin Aman, come and try it too!”

A Yin and A Man's eyes lit up when they heard the word saving effort.

Because they have been by Xiao Zirong's side all the time, the two of them have quite a lot of points, but when the land was photographed, the two of them only photographed one piece of land. It looks like ten acres.

This is a relatively small area among all the land.

There was nothing they could do. After all, they were too young to plant so much land. They had tried to plow the land by themselves before, but they found that being exhausted for several days was not as good as Liu Cainiang's plowing in a day.

Ayin and Aman have been worrying about this matter all the time. It is impossible for the two of them to spend all their time plowing the land. They always have to do other things, such as cooking and washing clothes. If you can’t do farm work, then don’t do anything else, right?

Now Liu Cainiang said that Qu Yuanli's effort saving made them very excited, so she hurried over to try it.

The strength of the two of them is still not strong, not as fast and stable as Liu Cainiang, but even this has satisfied A Yin and A Man. With this Qu Yuanli, the two of them can take turns without spending any money. So much time on this.

The two young ladies ran to Xiao Zirong after trying them separately, looked at Xiao Zirong adoringly from left to right and said, "Mr. What? Quyuanli?"

Xiao Zirong coughed lightly and said, "I didn't invent this."

Liu Cainiang was a little surprised: "No? But I have never seen such a plow before."

Although bandit villages often do robbery, how can so many people deserve to be robbed in a year?Ordinary people don't rob often, not because they are kind, but because they don't have any money, not to mention if even ordinary people rob, what if the reputation of this place spreads over time and no one comes here?

So in fact, they also farm, oh, or they also let the little ladies farm, and the farm tools they use are no different from ordinary people.

Liu Cainiang has done this before, but she has never seen this so-called Qu Yuanli.

Xiao Zirong said without changing his face: "I once saw such a blueprint on the desk of an old friend, and I wrote it down at the time, but I didn't expect it to come in handy."

Ayin and Aman believed it, and ran over to try Quyuanli again.

And Liu Cainiang squatted beside him and asked in a low voice: "Is this the City Lord's invention?"

Xiao Zirong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "No, this is... I saw it from Prince Regent Xiao Xuexing."

He really didn't expect that one day he would be able to pull Xiao Xuexing's banner to cover himself.

Liu Cainiang looked at him suspiciously, while Xiao Zirong looked calm as if what he said was true.

Well, Quyuanli was not invented by him in the first place. Although Quyuanli has not yet appeared in this era, it is easy for him to impersonate him, but this kind of thing can't help but be investigated carefully.

Quyuan plow was originally improved by farmers in the process of farming. People who have never planted or used an old plow will not understand the evolutionary steps involved.

Regardless of Xiao Zirong's previous life or this life, let alone farming, he has never understood how to grow flowers. If he really takes this on himself, as long as others ask a few more questions, he might reveal his secrets.

Of course, he could also rely on the knowledge in his mind to cheat, but that would be rather boring.

The last thing he needs is to be famous all over the world. If his real name is famous all over the world, he might die soon.

Liu Cainiang observed him for a long time and suddenly said, "I understand."

The smile on Xiao Zirong's face had just bloomed when Liu Cainiang added: "You really invented Quyuanli."

Xiao Zirong's smile froze on his face and he turned his head to look at Liu Cainiang in disbelief: "Didn't you listen to what I said for a long time?"

Liu Cainiang suddenly smiled: "Do you think I'm a fool? According to what you said before, no matter whether the regent is good or bad, he seems to want to teach you some basic things, let alone Quyuanli. Qualified to be personally valued by the regent?"

Xiao Zirong: ...

Yes, he seems to have overlooked one point. The rulers in the feudal era cared about people's livelihood, but they managed it at a large level. Such details are usually dealt with by the people below. will report.

Careless!

Xiao Zirong said very tiredly: "What about the most basic trust between people? I'm telling you the truth, and you just find the loopholes in my words?"

Anyway... it is impossible to admit it, and no one can make him admit it.

Liu Cainiang smiled and said: "Okay, I understand, I will definitely not tell them that Quyuanli was invented by you."

Looking at the narrow smile on her face, Xiao Zirong reckoned that Liu Cainiang's words...may have to be heard the other way around.

Sure enough, the appearance of Quyuanli attracted the attention of many people. One after another, people came to ask what it was, and some tried it directly. After trying it, they were full of praise for this plow, and naturally asked where it was. here.

Then Xiao Zirong heard Liu Cainiang say very loudly: "The city lord said, he didn't invent this."

Xiao Zirong: ...