The Adventures of the Mad County King on the Domain [Infrastructure]

Xie Qian didn't expect that He Feiyun would be interested in fungus planting. On the one hand, he wanted to show off, but on the other hand, he thought about holding back for a few more days, waiting for the fungus to be actually planted, holding back a big surprise. After thinking about it, those eyes that were already agile It is becoming more and more brilliant.In the end, he could only smile proudly at He Feiyun, and said: "Wait for another two days, if it really works, then every winter from now on, you can have fresh mushrooms to eat, whether you use them to boil the pot, or fry them, they are all very delicious." .”

Although he was painting a bright future for He Feiyun, he couldn't help swallowing suspiciously as he spoke.It can't be blamed on him being greedy, seeing the stockpiled food bottoming out day by day, life in Xiying is gradually no longer what it was when he first arrived.Meat is still edible, but most of them are steamed and boiled to save ingredients and shipped.Rice noodles are seldom eaten pure, or mixed with grain stubble, or mixed with soaked broken beans. In the first few days, they tasted fresh, but after ten and a half months of eating, the stomach lacked oil and water. Up and down Xiying, no one can't help but feel greedy when it comes to eating.Xie Qian is no exception.

He Feiyun smiled, thoughtfully pretending he hadn't seen it, and when Xie Qian finished his recollection, he said: "Only fungi are drawn in this picture, what about vegetables?"

Xie Qian sighed, holding the small painting back and forth to let the ink dry quickly, and said: "Hey, vegetables. It's done, but it's not done. You can just approve the official documents in hand and listen to them as you like." How about a few isolated complaints? The kind that goes in one ear and comes out the other.”

He Feiyun lowered his head, approved the word "yes" on the one in front of him, closed the page, and read the next briefing, saying: "We are waiting anytime."

When it comes to growing vegetables, Xie Qian is filled with sadness. He has been busy for a few days, and he will brew them in his stomach for a few days. It is late at night, and he finally seized an opportunity. Finished.

Na Song Shi is a good hand at growing vegetables. From loosening the soil, planting seeds, to any details in the planting process, he can immediately know the problems and come up with at least two solutions.The only thing is, don't let her make the decision.

For example, starting from the first batch of selected plants, I could chat with Xie Qian for two whole days, from morning to night, just about choosing peppers or cultivating dogwoods. ", "But peppers grow faster than cornel and don't take up much space."

At the beginning, Xie Qian adhered to the idea of ​​respecting experts and patiently waiting for her to make her own decision, but after waiting for two full days, there was no progress, and there were still a lot of vegetables waiting for "judgment". The tree is too tall, and the shed cannot be built up to the height", and finally escaped from this alternative hell.

This was just the beginning, after which Xie Qian fell into an endless hell of choices.

For example, when selecting soil, use peat soil, natural soil, leaf rot soil, what peat soil is easy to recycle, what leaf rot soil is good for materials, natural soil saves the test, you can turn it over and over again if you choose one of the three, and talk about it for three days and three nights It's not too much.Another example is the selection of seeds, and another example is the orientation and location of the wooden shed. When it comes to choices, this Song can be entangled and entangled. The point is that no matter how long the entanglement is, he will never be able to make a decision and will only fall into an infinite loop.

After these few days of torment, Xie Qian has formed a conditioned reflex. When it comes to choices, he will make a decisive decision immediately after hearing the pros and cons.

Contrary to Bai, who is silent and does everything independently, the project of growing vegetables is mainly in charge of Song, supervised by Xie Qian, and assisted by two women recommended by the head of the household.The first batch of trial plantings was not large, but the variety was as complete as possible. Radishes, eggplants, spinach, rape, green peppers and millet peppers basically covered all the good and short-term vegetables in Shu County throughout the year.

Vegetables with fast germination and fast growth cycle, such as spinach and rapeseed, are the top priority, followed by root vegetables that are more resistant to storage and stagnation.

Now that the minor cold has passed, the outdoors will freeze in the early morning when it is the coldest. Obviously, it cannot be planted outside. After discussion among the planting team, two experimental fields have been pre-determined, and a simple shed will be directly set up in Xiying. The other one intends to use the vacant and unoccupied large houses in Shu County.

Of course, the first batch will only be planted in the simple shed in Xiying, and will be considered to be extended to Shu County when the scale of the plant is reached, so as to avoid the hard work of the planting team traveling back and forth.

Xie Qian has always done what he said, and he grabbed idle young men and built a shed next to the cooking stove. The ground didn't need to be flattened, he just dug a hole in the ground, and pulled out a flue from the cooking stove. Use the flue gas from cooking three meals a day to heat the simple shed.Then put pots and boxes inside, spread the soil that has been sifted and mixed with fertilizer, and the walls are made of thick windproof tent cloth, and bricks are pressed on the bottom, so the first simple greenhouse model is built. It's done.

Although the soil in the pots and boxes is thin, it is enough to plant leafy vegetables with less developed roots. However, just three days after planting this batch, the planting team discovered many problems.

The first thing is that the insulation of the shed is not good.The earthen pots near the flue can barely sprout some seedlings, and the soil near the side will be frozen by the wind, and the seeds will freeze to death.Since it is not windproof, then block the air outlet, and the single layer of tent cloth becomes two layers, and the gaps are crossed and separated. If there is any air leakage, another layer will be added, so that the tent can hardly see the light at all.Now, the planting team put forward an objection. Although the wind can't get in, neither can the light.The seedlings that had finally germinated in the center of the shed quickly wilted, completely lacking energy, because they did not receive sufficient light.Although it was cold in the side area before, the lighting conditions were much better than in the center, but now the whole shed is as dark as night, no matter what kind of seeds can grow.

At this point in the experiment, I was caught in a dilemma.If there is sunlight, there will be air leakage and no heat preservation. On the contrary, if heat preservation is desired, there will be no sunlight.

Xie Qian was so worried that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so he couldn't help but came to He Feiyun to talk.He recounted all the reasons and consequences, sighed, grabbed an unused pen holder from the table, and said, "Oh, how can you not know something that is transparent and windproof? With the financial resources to build a shed with these things, do you still need to worry about raising food? Wouldn’t it be nice to buy at a high price regardless of the cost?”

He Feiyun stopped writing, and said, "You mean Liuli, or crystal?"

Xie Qian sighed and said, "Isn't it just these two things? Although crystals are not very precious gemstones, if the purity is high enough to cast light, or even big enough to be a window, it will be a priceless treasure. No tribute Brother Huang, if you take it down to grow vegetables privately, if there is no other meaning, I am afraid that I will be criticized by the officials until there is no ashes left! If this is the case with crystals, let alone the more expensive colored glaze? Lamp, if it is not a father-in-law and maid who is safe enough, no one else can touch it. Even a small lamp is like this, let alone a glazed tile with a big window?"

He Feiyun: "It is indeed extravagant. But glazed lanterns are heavy and fragile. Although they are beautiful, they are not as convenient as paper lanterns."

Xie Qian smiled and said, "You also carried that lamp?"

He Feiyun: "Only twice."

Xie Qian winked, bumped his shoulder, and said: "It seems that the emperor really believes in you. Gu wanted to touch him before, but not only failed, he was also dismissed by the emperor as reckless. But since you said it was heavy, then Gu would not I like that glazed lantern, and I also like paper lanterns like you...huh?"

He stopped suddenly, his brows became brighter, his eyes sparkled, and he said, "Yes! Why not use paper! Paper lanterns can protect candles from the wind, and ordinary window paper can also keep out the wind and rain." , as long as the skeleton is done well, you don’t have to worry about the wind! You only need to build paper windows on the sunny side, and the other three... No, build walls on both sides to keep warm, wouldn’t the problem be solved!"

He suddenly sat up straight, let the pen in his mouth fall on the paperwork, the eyes of the two touched slightly, one was overjoyed, the other couldn't help but curled the corner of his mouth, writing on the document with a smile, and said while writing : "Maybe you can give it a try."

He Feiyun nodded and said, "Maybe you can give it a try."

Immediately, Xie Qian's back didn't hurt, he didn't sigh, he didn't sleep, he grabbed He Feiyun, smacked that handsome face, said "Thank you", jumped up and ran.

He Feiyun watched his figure run out of the tent, and disappeared into the night, so he smiled and shook his head, and looked down, there were a few ink dots on the side of the horizontal and vertical comments, and at the corner of the paper, Draw a crooked line.

It's really reckless, but it's also cute because of it. Occasionally make some small mistakes, which are harmless. The general has a big heart. What else can he do except pretend that it never happened?

As a result, the major problem of growing vegetables was successfully overcome on this dark and windy night.After Xie Qian received a punch from the planting team (after all, he broke into the door in the middle of the night) and scolded him, he was easily resolved by a thin piece of paper pasted on the window.Of course, the light transmission map of the paper was not enough to satisfy Xie Qian, but coupled with the fact that the price was so low that it was almost free, Xie Qian couldn't be more satisfied.

The bright paper used to paste the window is not rice paper for writing, but a kind of "moso bamboo paper" that is abundant in Mi County.In the mountains next to the county town, there are inexhaustible moso bamboos. The middle sections are cut, and each section is cut into five feet and five inches. After that, it is soaked in quicklime and retting until it softens into bamboo fibers.The bamboo fiber is then used as raw material, and after dozens of processes, it is dried into a very strong paper with a slightly turmeric color.

Although it takes more than nine months to make a piece of paper from scratch, Xie Qian does not need to make it now. The paper mill still has a lot of old paper that has not been sold out in previous years. The owner of the workshop and the paper craftsmen happen to live in Xiying. As soon as Xie Qian heard that Xie Qian needed to raise large-page window paper, he simply donated all these stocks.Although these papers are yellower than new bamboo papers, some of them are moldy due to improper storage, so even if they are sold, they cannot be sold at a good price.But if you use it as a window for a greenhouse, it is enough to block the wind and frost, let alone cost money, so no one will care about these small flaws.