Chapter 49: Farmers Have Few Idle Months

"Why are these juniors so critical?" Liu Bei was very angry.

Zhang Fei didn't answer, but silently noted in his mind: It turns out that this white scorpion is called a panda!

"Such a statement cannot be called a lie." Kong Ming happened to have done some research:

"Ban Jia's "Book of Han" says that it is forbidden to cut down trees, and floods and droughts may not be caused by this;"

"When the trees and soil are cut down in one area, the torrential rain will carry mud into the river. This will become more and more persistent, or it is what future generations call soil erosion."

Liu Bei was speechless. Since it was what Ban Gu said, there is really no way to criticize him.

"And now, it takes seven pounds of charcoal to smelt one pound of iron, and one pound of charcoal requires at least three times the amount of wood."

Huang Yueying, who recently took charge of the Ministry of Industry and Skills, also had a conversation with the blacksmith and roughly listed the data:

"Ten years of Qingtong tree yields three hundred kilograms of charcoal. Smelting all of them can only smelt dozens of kilograms of iron."

This is the first time Liu Bei has come into contact with these data, and he can't help but be a little shocked:

"What's coal?"

The four people were speechless, but Huang Yueying said: "Perhaps the charcoal dug out of the ground once had the name of Stone Nirvana."

Kong Ming felt a little admiration in his heart: You are indeed my wife!

"What about the online store and porcelain making that this junior is talking about?"

Huang Yueying could only manage one answer this time: "Since they are put together, then this porcelain firing may be derived from pottery making."

As for online stores? Mi Zhu could guess that this store should be the same as it is now, but what does the word "net" in front of it mean?

This is true for Mi Zhu, Huang Yueying, Kong Ming, let alone the three generals Guan, Zhang and Huang.

"Let's break up now." Liu Bei waved his hand: "Kong Ming stays, we will talk in detail."

After leaving the hall, Zhang Fei remembered what his elder brother said and immediately turned into the back hall.

Zhang Fei looked left and right through the moon gate but didn't see a maid, so he could only shout loudly:

"Sister-in-law, I, Lao Zhang, are here to take Feng'er to the military camp!"

After a while, Mrs. Gan was escorted out and said curiously:

"Third General, what big mistake did Feng'er make?"

Mrs. Gan still remembers that Liu Bei didn't know why he didn't have a good attitude towards Feng'er and Adou in recent months.

From time to time I would fuss over it, and occasionally I would look at the backs of the two children and sigh.

He asked again with a hard-to-speak expression, which made Mrs. Gan extremely curious.

Zhang Fei was even more careful when facing Mrs. Gan, took a step back and said softly:

"Sister-in-law, nothing's wrong, but Feng'er has always wanted to lead the army in battle, right? There happened to be no war recently, so I brought Feng'er into the military camp to get familiar with it in advance."

Mrs. Gan nodded: "As long as nothing happens... Feng'er is at the martial arts field in the south, just go find him."

Zhang Fei clasped his fists and left. Finally, he hesitated and said, "Sister-in-law, I want to take good care of your health, but if you feel unwell, you must go straight to see the miracle doctor Zhang! Brother, in this backyard, I have to rely on my sister-in-law!"

Mrs. Gan nodded calmly: "Yide will just leave."

Zhang Fei went directly to the martial arts field without saying a word and snatched Liu Feng away to the military camp like a chicken.

In the much-anticipated side hall of Public Security County, the servants noticed that the lights in it were not extinguished until the end of the day.

"Liu Jingzhou must be sleeping on the same bed as the military advisor again!"

Niu Er, who was in charge of sweeping the house, was very confident about what he said, but the reaction from the people around him was mediocre: Come on, what kind of big news is this?

Jiang Wan's office has been moved to a side hall, and he has been officially confirmed as Zhuge Liang's assistant.

When he came on duty the next day, he knocked on the door for a long time before he saw Zhuge Liang, who was yawning profusely, opening the door for him.

"The military advisor didn't sleep yesterday?" Jiang Wan was curious. Such military advisors are rare.

Kong Ming scratched his head and said casually: "I had a long conversation with my lord last night."

Only then did Jiang Wan notice that there was another figure lying on the mat inside, sleeping soundly.

"Mr. Yan, you are here just in time. Please copy this order." Kong Ming picked through the pile of official documents on the table and pulled out a piece of paper.

Jiang Wan took it carefully and read out softly: "On the twenty-fourth day of the Yin lunar month, we hereby order the establishment of the 'Langcha Department' to read the words of the auspicious light curtain and see if they are unaware..."

On the other side, Kong Ming straightened his hair and explained to Jiang Wan casually while arranging his desk:

"My lord and I discussed it and felt that there would be errors and omissions in the light curtain's words if only I and a few others judged it on the spot, so I simply selected a reliable person to be responsible for carefully investigating the light curtain's words."

"Clean up the useful ones, categorize the information and send it to where it is needed."

"For example, the steel filling method seen in the light curtain yesterday has been compiled into a book. Later, Gongyan sent it to the iron smelting department of the Ministry of Industry and Technology to find a senior craftsman to explain his meaning to see if there is any progress."

"The model of the eight-oxen crossbow that has been sorted out is a prohibited item for the military. Such things need to be reported to the Lord and me, and I will find reliable craftsmen and soldiers to restore them and try them out."

Kong Ming did not mention the leaked two-page method of cultivating rice titled "Tiangong Kaiwu", but Jiang Wan clearly wanted to go to the old farmer himself to verify the method from the military advisor's actions.

Jiang Wan lamented in his heart, his leisurely time as a scholar was indeed gone forever.

The entire four counties of Jingzhou were busy from top to bottom, even Liu Bei, who slept soundly in a side hall of the office until noon before getting up.

After greeting Jiang Wan, Liu Bei went to the backyard to wash his face and slowly walked outside the county house.

Of course, he had to be gentle with Mrs. Gan in the meantime, and told Mrs. Gan to go to Dr. Zhang for a checkup tomorrow.

It's not the farming season yet, but there are already many small plots of farmland that have been reclaimed outside Gong'an County.

Liu Bei recognized them. They were all Jianghuai people who followed Lei Xu over Tianzhu Mountain.

Although the climate is cold, we still have to eat, right? We can't grow rice at this time, but at least we can grow some beans or vegetables to get through the days ahead.

Seeing that they were already using the curved plow, Liu Bei smiled and didn't disturb them. He walked over.

Opposite these scattered cultivated fields is the paper mill next to Hudu River in the south.

Liu Bei squinted and saw the eye-catching big round cart by the river.

It's really big. This round cart is three times the size of the common tipping cart.

But unlike the hand-cranked water-drawing tipping cart, this round cart can squeak and turn only by water flushing. If you look closely, you can see that there is a big bucket at the end of each keel of the tipping cart.

These buckets scoop water from the river, and when they turn, they touch the wooden poles set on the shore and automatically tip over, and the water in them also pours out and flows into the pool of the paper mill.

The last time Liu Bei came here, there was only one overturned cart. Now a group of low houses have been built, and a group of people are coming and going with things in their arms, very busy.

Curiously grabbing a helper who seemed not busy, Liu Bei asked:

"Is this round cart in the paper mill easy to use?"

The helper was about to push it away impatiently, but when he saw Liu Bei, he quickly lowered his hand and answered respectfully:

"Mrs. Huang's cart is so easy to use! Not only can it draw water from the river by itself, but it can also turn by itself without human power. Mrs. Huang also built a clever mechanism. This round cart can also beat tree pulp and pull the mill!"

After the helper explained, Liu Bei realized that when the round cart was made, a group of craftsmen were helpless and were completely obediently trained by Mrs. Huang, so now they all call this round cart Mrs. Huang's cart in private.

"It's a pity that Zuo Bo's paper has not been made yet." The helper said this with a look of regret: "Mrs. Huang said it might be a problem with the ratio of tree pulp, and several great papermakers have been trying to make it."

After a conversation, Liu Bei also left with satisfaction. In the end, Liu Bei had to face the problems that needed to be solved even if he was reluctant:

Chanling, Madam Sun.

Because it is still in the new book period, I am shamelessly asking for follow-up reading, after all, this is more important now.

And the new book period can only be updated twice a day, and it is really the first time for the author to write a book, and it is difficult to have both quality and quantity. The extra writing every day will be saved for publication, because I will definitely not be able to explode it on the same day, so I can only save it in advance, so that everyone can enjoy it at that time.

Thank you again to all the parents who provide food and clothing, thank you!

Thank you [Feng Yu Wu Fei] for the reward of 166 gold and five baht!