Chapter 29: Taking a loss or taking advantage (Part 1)

After obtaining this precious information, Qi Ce no longer concealed it. He invited Sun Lin's eldest son, Sun Kuai, to have a banquet and displayed Zhao's goods to him. Sun Lin's eldest son was traveling in Jin and wanted to establish a relationship with the powerful figures of Jin State. Qi Ce hit it off with Sun Kuai, and Sun Kuai immediately sent "House Old" (usually referring to the old ministers in the family. The word "House Old" had just appeared at that time) to personally escort the first batch of goods to Chaoge...

Dong Guoli continued: "(Qi) Ce thought that we did not need to send someone to follow the caravan. Sun Lin's father would not dare to deceive us, but we could save valuable manpower and contact others."

"Dingjiang" is a kind of respectful title, which means "the precious woman of Duke Ding of Wei".

When Duke Ding of Wei had a conflict with Sun Lin's father, Mrs. Ding Jiang persuaded Duke Ding of Wei to accept Sun Lin's father in order not to anger the overlord of Jin. Her behavior left an idiom for China: "There is a good wife in the family, and the husband will not suffer any misfortune."

Mrs. Ding Jiang is very wise and rational. Such a person is respected by the people of Wei, and the words she said have a strong sense of prophecy master...

Zhao Wu nodded and raised his hand to greet Shi Xiu, as well as the warriors, Qing, Lian, Lin Hu: "Let's go, I've been bored in the yard for several months, let's go around the city together."

Zhaocheng has indeed changed. Not only the city’s appearance has changed, but the people’s mental outlook has also changed greatly. In the era when Zhao’s family was bullied, people in Zhaocheng had a cautious smile on their faces, as if they were cautious, for fear of taking the wrong path. Now Zhaocheng’s faces are full of confidence. Many people greeted Zhao Wu very confidently and easily.

After walking a few steps, Zhao Wu turned around and asked Dong Guoli: "Is our food enough to eat?"

Dong Guoli shook his head: "It seems that it is not enough. According to our calculations, there was enough food to eat, but the master asked the samurai to increase the amount of training and let the samurai eat three meals a day every now and then. Our food was consumed very quickly. Now it is a time when the yellow and yellow are not in contact, which is really worrying."

Zhao Wu immediately replied: "Can you organize another hunt?"

"No!" The teacher cried out: "Spring is the time when everything is sprouting. The beasts that have been in the cold and have been preparing to go down the mountain to have a full meal. After a winter, these beasts have long been thin and have no flesh. If they want to hunt them, they are too unkind and righteous - this is what people usually call "fishing through the pond."

Shi Yan immediately changed the topic: "When talking about 'fishing and fishing in the lake', I thought of the pottery industry. With Fan on his head, our pottery industry cannot have great development, but the harm has already emerged. In the winter of this year, many people dig mountains and extract soil, digging out the grass and trees to make the hills bare. What else can they plant in the future? Therefore, I do not agree with continuing to develop in pottery making.

Now that spring is coming, our potters have been studying for half a year. Fan is eyeing our skills and is drooling. It is better to transfer all the potters to Fan. Fan has stored grain at his family. We will transfer the potters out. Fan must be very happy. He will definitely give us preferential treatment in the amount of grain exchange."

Shi Yan's words were a bit like "a poisonous snake wrapped around his wrists, and a hero broke his arms". After Zhao handed over all the potters, he could show Fan that he had no ambition to get involved in the pottery industry. He not only won over Fan's family, strengthened the Fan's determination, but also exchanged for urgently needed food.

"Just do it like this," Zhao Wu agreed. At this time, a little girl ran towards Zhao Wu with a flower in her hand. Qing pressed the sword nervously and said relaxedly: "It doesn't matter, this is the old man from Zhao Cheng."

The little girl was not old and said she was "old man" because in the Spring and Autumn Period, "old" means "long-lasting" and "family residence". It is a noun and can also be used as a name. For example, there is now a "Hou Yan (Director of Logistics and Equipment Department)" in Jin State called "Lao Zhang", and "Lao" is his name.

The little girl raised the flowers to Zhao Wu and said with a smile: "(Zhu) Lord, look, the flowers are blooming, and spring is coming."

Zhao Wu carefully took the tender little flower. The flower was very small, not much larger than a human fingernail, and the stems were also very tender. With a little pinch, you could feel the wet flower juice on your hand.

Zhao Wu held the little flower and raised it to Shi Xiu, and asked happily: "Is it possible?"

Zhao Wu’s words were once asked by Duke Wen of Jin. It means: Can ordinary people use them now?

Shi Xiu answered in the words of Zhao Wu’s great-grandfather Zhao Shuai that year: “It’s not possible. The people do not know what etiquette and rules are. Please let the people know about etiquette and rules.”

Duke Wen of Jin held several military parades in succession after hearing what Zhao Shuai said.

Shi Yan thought his answer was the final answer, and Zhao Wu should do it immediately, but he forgot the difference between the two: Duke Wen of Jin was the king, and he wanted to hold a large military parade, just one order. Zhao Wu dared to hold a military parade in Zhaocheng, because he was seeking death. The king would send him a command to confiscate his family and destroy his clan. Even with Han Jue, the result could not be changed - he did not even dare to dissuade the king.

Shi Yan hurriedly reached out and pulled Shi Xiu hard. Shi Xiu woke up and was about to speak to ease what he said, but Zhao Wu squatted down and communicated with the little girl: "This wild vegetable is so tender, it must be edible. Where did you pick it?"

Shi Xiu almost fell down, but Zhao Wu continued: "Do you know, any flower seeds will produce oil when you pinch them? Of course, there is no need for too much oil. Just crush the seeds and feel a layer of oil on your hands, that's enough. Can you pay attention to me?"

The little girl agreed with a smile, and ran away with an old man's greeting. Zhao Wu stood up, watched the little girl leave, and said to himself: "Who said that now is the time when the green and yellow are not gathering, and the winter wheat is not sprouting? I heard that there is a winter wheat planting technique, which is to plant the wheat in winter and wait until the spring is harvested?"

Shi Yan slapped his forehead and shouted: "That's right, among the slaves released last winter, there was a prisoner of war from Chu. After he was assigned to the land, he immediately planted wheat seeds. Everyone next to him laughed at him for being stupid, but there were also prisoners of Chu who learned from him - it turned out that this was really a new planting technology, so the master was here to wait, so I went to find the official of the corporal officer."

Zhao Wu waved his hand to stop him: "Tell the officials of the Ministry of Peasants not to interfere, just pay attention to observation. If the prisoner of Chu succeeds this year, he will immediately give him a generous reward - he might as well give him a hundred acres of wheat fields as his fiefdom, which will be passed down from generation to generation. However, the condition is: he will pass on the experience of this winter wheat to the farmers in Zhao."

Shi Yan shook his head: "The reward is too thick!"

The teacher cultivator opposed: "It's not thick or thick, it's not thick at all. If everyone in my country understood this technique, wouldn't it be equivalent to growing twice as much food in the same piece of land? Such great achievements will not be much reward."

Shi Yan sneered: "Last year, the Lord agreed with them to lose based on the grain output that year, and let them go to the symphony of the land rent... I think this old farmer is taking advantage of the opportunity. He planted the land twice a year, but our original agreement did not limit the number of sowing times. Now we have to abide by the agreement and collect one season of grain - no matter how much grain he planted, what are the benefits for us?"
Chapter completed!