Chapter 9 The Landlord's Farming Notes
When Xiang Shaolong came to Handan, Zuo Xiaoyou had been here for four months. With the help of the Wu family, Zuo Xiaoyou bought a large mansion near the Wu family, enclosed more than ten acres of land, dug an artificial lake of more than 2,000 square meters, and dredged water to irrigate it. Not only can you enjoy the scenery and fish, but you can also use it as a water source for irrigating farmland.
In other places, three acres of land were cultivated into farmland. In addition, two simple greenhouses were built with the help of the skilled craftsmen of this era. With greenhouses, fresh fruits and vegetables can be eaten all year round. This is also the place where Zuo Xiaoyou intends to use to plant his own seeds. It is now autumn, and if you want to plant crops, you can only use the power of greenhouses.
The entire manor was organized and built with Zuo Xiaoyou's opinions. Zuo Xiaoyou's strange ideas made countless people feel strange, but his self-written identity as a descendant of the Shang Dynasty helped him. Since the Wu family took him to see King Zhao and pretended to be a ** in front of King Zhao, he had obtained the power to leisurely call skilled craftsmen.
In the past four months, some short-season crops planted by Zuo Xiaoyou have harvested one or several crops. After Zuo Xiaoyou invited Zhao Wang and Wu, the powerful people of Zhao State, to visit and try them, they were all conquered by Zuo Xiaoyou's seeds.
The King of Zhao and those who were truly patriotic regarded Zuo Xiaoyou as a treasure given to Zhao by God, and they could be said to be layered and protected by Zuo Xiaoyou. Although Zuo Xiaoyou could walk around the city of Handan, to put it bluntly, he was under house arrest. Zuo Xiaoyou himself didn't mind. Anyway, he had no plans to leave Handan. He had a lot of people, but instead promoted him in various aspects, strengthening Zhao's national strength and his own reputation.
Recently, it is time to harvest high-yield crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes on the left and right middle finger. I believe that when King Zhao sees the yield, he will be treated similarly to the giant panda.
Because Zuo Xiaoyou's role became increasingly prominent, the powerful people in Zhao and Handan attached great importance to Zuo Xiaoyou, either honoring him, winning over him, or flattering him. In short, all kinds of good things were given, and not to mention anything else, but only the beauty gave him hundreds of them.
These beauties are not inferior to Yu Fangfang, but they are just maids or kabuki in Zuo Xiaoyou's manor. Only those who have reached the next level will be accepted by Zuo Xiaoyou.
These include Shu'er, **, these two women with a poor life, and of course there are more heavyweights. For example, Wu Tingfang was given to Zuo Xiaoyou by Wu's family to marry him, and King Zhao was even more cruel and married Princess Zhao Qian to him.
Yes, it was the princess who was originally going to be married to Wei State and was escorted by Xiang Shaolong. In the original work, when Xiang Shaolong was on behalf of Qin to envoy the six countries, Lu Buwei sent someone to pretend to be Yan people and shot him to death. His fate was very tragic. Now, in order to win over Zuo Xiaoyou, King Zhao betrothed Zhao Qian to him, indirectly changing Zhao Qian's tragic fate. Zuo Xiaoyou felt that he had done a good deed and happily put Zhao Qian in the room.
By the way, Zhao Mu, the Marquis of Julu, also gave him a bunch of twins, Tian Zhen and Tian Feng. Yes, Zhao Mu wanted to bribe the twin sisters of Yue Kingdom sacrificed by Xiang Shaolong. They were only half a piece of beauty than Wu Tingfang, but their twin attributes could perfectly erase the half-stack gap, and even more so. Zuo Xiaoyou liked them very much after trying it, so he put them in the room.
However, Tian Zhen and Tian Feng are still virgins, which is completely different from Xiang Shaolong after being trained by Zhao Mu at that time. This may be because Xiang Shaolong had been here for several months, Zhao Mu had no time to take action, and Zuo Xiaoyou became more and more valued by the King of Zhao, which put pressure on Zhao Mu. This was a bargain for Zuo Xiaoyou, otherwise he would not have been able to put these two sisters in the room, and at most let them make a pair of forbidden traits.
When Xiang Shaolong arrived, he saw Zuo Xiaoyou's life was so romantic and happy that his eyes turned red with envy.
"Brother, you are here for a happy and romantic life, but poor little brother is sleeping outside and suffering all his hardships." On the dinner that day, Xiang Shaolong washed away the dust, drank wine, and chewed chicken legs while complaining.
Zuo Xiaoyou chuckled: "You just saw me being in a romantic and happy life, but you didn't see how many invisible verbal battles I've had with the powerful people of Zhao in the past few months. If it were you, I'm afraid you'll be sold long ago, so how could you buy such a family business?"
"That's true." Xiang Shaolong said beautifully as he chewed the roast lamb legs: "Brother, now we have such a large family business, we can enjoy our family life in the future, right?"
"It's not that easy to be a rice worm." Zuo Xiaoyou said, "But you have suffered for several months outside, and my elder brother is not too strict with you. You should rest well at home for a while. When Lian Po comes back from the battlefield, I will invite him to visit the house. Then you can perform well, strive to be favored by Lian Po, and then make some military achievements in the army."
Xiang Shaolong's face turned bitter: "Brother, I want to be a rice insect."
"You are only twenty years old, why are you a rice insect?" Zuo Xiaoyou said angrily: "Go to the army for twenty years. After twenty years, I will guarantee you wealth and wealth, and you will have many wives and concubines."
Xiang Shaolong did not value glory and wealth, but the four words "something with wives and concubines" made him saliva: "Can you have wives and concubines now?"
Zuo Xiaoyou smiled and cursed a few words, clapped his hands, and saw two extremely beautiful women coming here, one on the left and one on the right, sitting on both sides of Xiang Shaolong: "I'm a naughty concubine Shu'er (**), pay homage to the second master."
When Xiang Shaolong saw these two beautiful women, he was shocked: "No gifts and no gifts." He turned his head to look at Zuo Xiaoyou: "Brother, is this?"
"Shu'er is a famous beauty in Yan State. Tao Fang's owner Wu Shi gave her to me. ** was from a brothel and had not yet taken over the customer. It was also Wu Shi's gift to me. But I know that you are alone, and I can't bear it, so I keep them for you. I'll be waiting for you to come back in the past few months." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled.
Xiang Shaolong was extremely moved: "Brother, you...you are so nice to me."
"You and my brothers, why are you talking so distant?" Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly and said, "Shu'er, **, my second brother is a talent for a powerful general. He will definitely be the number one general of Zhao in the future. If you follow him, you will have your glory and wealth in the future."
Shu'er and ** were actually a little disappointed after seeing Xiang Shaolong. The reason was that Xiang Shaolong was much worse than Zuo Xiaoyou in terms of appearance, and they looked a little rude, and they did not have Zuo Xiaoyou's gentle temperament at all. But considering that Xiang Shaolong was a sworn brother of Zuo Xiaoyou, and they followed Xiang Shaolong, who was the wife of the wife of the family, was much better than being a concubine for others. What's more, Xiang Shaolong was masculine and looked pretty good, which gradually made the two women accept Xiang Shaolong a little more.
"Okay." After drinking and eating, Zuo Xiaoyou said, "Second brother, I have worked hard for several months, so I'll enjoy it tonight! I'll talk about anything tomorrow."
"Okay." There were two beauties sitting beside her. Xiang Shaolong could not help it. Under the guidance of the maid, Xiang Shaolong walked into the guest room with Shu'er and his slender waist. Soon, a sound of ear-blowing heartbeat sounds in the guest room...
The next day, I saw Xiang Shaolong again, and I felt so refreshed and satisfied with being in the clouds.
"How do you feel about giving two women a night?" Zuo Xiaoyou smiled.
Xiang Shaolong laughed and said, "It's a bit troublesome, but psychological satisfaction is greater than physiological satisfaction."
Zuo Xiaoyou nodded. Many men like virgins, but they are actually just a simple psychological need. If it is a physical satisfaction, the virgins will definitely not be as good as the old driver. This is why many men have a virtuous wife at home but still go out to play with their wives. It is not that they are not physically satisfied, but that they have no psychological freshness.
This kind of man is not necessarily a scumbag, maybe something specific happened in a specific environment. In fact, the same is true for women. Even if they have a husband, they may not be as good as jade. If their willpower and moral sense do not meet the standards, they may be betrayal in a specific environment.
No one is noble. The reason why it has not happened is that it is just that it has not encountered a specific environment. If you can still keep your body as jade in a specific environment, there will be no ten men and women like this.
"Has the killer moves from Juzi Order been taken out?" Zuo Xiaoyou asked.
"Not yet." Xiang Shaolong shook his head: "The foundation is not solid, the earth is shaking. I am still laying the foundation now, and I will look at the killing moves rashly, and it will not be worth the loss."
Zuo Xiaoyou nodded with a smile: "Let me teach me Mozi's sword technique later."
"Okay." Xiang Shaolong laughed and said, "Brother, I have learned Mozi's sword technique and my combat power is much stronger than before. If you are not careful, you will suffer a loss."
"You will know it after a try."
After dinner, the two of them came to a place specially used for martial arts practice. Xiang Shaolong told Zuo Xiaoyou about the origin and tricks of Mozi's swordsmanship, as well as the skills of exerting force, etc. Finally, Zuo Xiaoyou opened the Juzi Order with his own hands and took out the three killer moves of Mozi's swordsmanship, which is the so-called three supplements of Mo style. With these three supplements, the complete Mozi swordsmanship is.
After reading the above tricks and tricks, Zuo Xiaoyou was thinking and trying out the moves with Xiang Shaolong. At the beginning, Xiang Shaolong gained the upper hand with four months of cultivation. But after just one morning, when he saw Zuo Xiaoyou getting more and more fiercely, Xiang Shaolong felt sweaty. If this continues, it will take less than three days to suppress him in terms of his skill in moves.
"Brother is such a pervert." Although Xiang Shaolong is already a genius in all directions, he was also severely hit by Zuo Xiaoyou's monster.
Three days later.
"No, no, no, no, no." Xiang Shaolong was so tired that he lay on the ground like a grandson, and panted heavily. Zuo Xiaoyou was still holding the wooden sword and playing with a few sword flowers: "Second brother, please don't work hard at night, I think you are getting worse every day."
Xiang Shaolong was speechless. What did it have to do with my hard work at night? You are too perverted.
Three days! He practiced Mo Zi's sword skills in just three days. Xiang Shaolong could still gain some advantage on the first day, and tied the next day, and was suppressed on the third day. Now, he was completely regarded as the target of Zuo Xiaoyou. He was besieged for half an hour. Xiang Shaolong, a special force soldier, could not stand the physique, and sat on the ground, and he was completely paralyzed.
"I feel like my body is hollowed out, and I am as tired as a dog..."
Zuo Xiaoyou seemed to hear this sad song from Xiang Shaolong.
This Mozi sword technique is indeed well-known. After Zuo Xiaoyou practiced it, he felt that his combat power had increased by at least two or three times. In the past, he only relied on his speed and had the bonus of the magic weapon of the army shovel, so he could easily slaughter eight hundred horse thieves. But if he was in his current state, if he met himself in the past, he would definitely be fine if he didn't say one pick ten, one pick three.
The result of having skills and not having skills is different. Zuo Xiaoyou deeply realized the benefits of having superb swordsmanship.
"If you meet that old guy Cao Qiudao, it will be easy to deal with him!"
Zuo Xiaoyou felt that he was already the best in the world.
"Get up quickly, I'm going to collect potatoes and sweet potatoes today, and King Zhao and the others will come over." Zuo Xiaoyou kicked Xiang Shaolong, who was lying down on the corpse: "Go and clean up, and show your face today."
"I think I can pretend to be with my elder brother today." Xiang Shaolong smiled: "In this era, the per mu yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes can definitely make those powerful people lose their eyes."
Zuo Xiaoyou laughed: "No need to pretend, our stature has already broken through the sky."
As the two said, when King Zhao and other powerful people came to Zuo Xiaoyou's manor and weighed the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the greenhouse, everyone's eyes fell off.
The yield of potatoes in one cent land is 720 kilograms.
Yifen sweet potato yields 930 jin.
One acre = ten-thousand land, which is converted into a mu of yield, potatoes are 7,200 kilograms and sweet potatoes are 9,300 kilograms. How many kilograms of grain yield per mu of this era?
Typical data on grain yield per mu in the early Warring States Period include the following:
(1) "Han Shu·Food Records" records Li Kui's words: "Now a man takes five gulfs to manage a hundred acres of land, and he collects one and a half stones per year." This means that the yield per mu of millet is 1.5 stones.
(2) "Guanzi·Light and Chongjia" says: "A farming matter is to cultivate hundreds of acres every year, and the harvest of hundreds of acres is only twenty minus." This means that the yield of millet per mu is 0.2 minus acres is equal to 10 kilns, and 1 minus is 1 minus. Therefore, 0.2 minus acres means 2 minus acres.
(3) "Guanzi·Light and Heavy" River: "The river silts the princes, and the country of a mu of zhong". This means that the fertile soil that has been silted and irrigated has a relatively high yield, with a mu of 1 zhong, which means a mu of 10 shi. Five times the number in "Guanzi·Light and Heavy A".
(4) "Records of the Grand Historian: Book of Hequ" says: "Ximen Bao leads Zhang River to irrigate Ye to enrich the West of Wei." After the Zhang River irrigates Ye, how much yield per mu? "Lunheng·Ru Xing Pian" says: "White land traveled a hundred mu, and Ye was only 200, and Ximen Bao used Zhang River to irrigate Zhang River, and then one min a mu." The yield per mu is 1 min, which is also 10 stones.
(5) "Records of the Grand Historian: Book of Hequ" says: Qin opened the Zheng State Canal, "more than 40,000 hectares of turbid land, and harvested one pound of a mu." It also yields 10 stones per mu. The first two of the above five materials are generally the case. The so-called "hundred acres" are a per mu of acre of a square of a hundred steps.
During the Warring States Period, a weekly mu was equivalent to 0.328 mu of today's city. The "stone" mentioned by Ban Gu should be Han Dashi, 1 stone was combined with 0.333 stone, which was converted into a current volume. The yield of millet per mu was 1.524 stone per mu, and the weight of millet per mu was 135 kilograms, which means that the yield of millet per mu was 205.8 kilograms per mu.
In this era, the yield of millet was only over 200 kilograms, and other crops were not much worse. However, the potatoes and sweet potatoes on the left had a yield of 7,200 kilograms and 9,300 kilograms per mu, increasing the grain output by thirty or forty times in one breath.
Chapter completed!