Chapter 695: Signs of Drought

Chen Xiliang has retired for many years, but last year he sent Su You his book - "On the Making of Utensils".

The idea that utensils are made according to the image is an argument, which means that the ancients created utensils based on the Yixiang hexagram of the Zhouyi.

For example, the hexagram "Li" is solid on the outside and empty on the inside. The ancients invented the fishing net based on this hexagram.

For example, the wood used for cultivating the land is taken from the "Yi" hexagram. The upper part of the Yi hexagram is the sunda wood, and the lower part is the vibration. The mutual gen is the hand, and the mutual kun is the earth.

"That's why the things that are easy to change are like things. The things that are like things are like things."

Chen Xiliang believes that interpreting the I Ching from this perspective, the I Ching is a book that summarizes the laws of nature.

The "Yi Gua" explains the methodology of how to use the summarized rules to benefit others.

The so-called "seeing is called the image, the form is called the tool, the control and use is called the method, the use of incoming and outgoing, and the people's use of it is called the spirit." "Xi · Chapter 11" explains it very clearly.

Su You felt that this theory was a little rough and not sophisticated enough, but the old man used this methodology to invent the Hong Bridge flying across the Bian River in front of him, using shorter materials to complete a large span.

Architecture, what else can you say in front of real results? I have to accept it.

However, these theoretical disputes had nothing to do with Hachigong. Su You just took advantage of the excitement in Kaifeng Mansion and explained them to Hachigong all the way.

Hachigong soon discovered a problem: "Why are everyone along the way letting us go? This is not good. When the first official comes first, the Su family always lets others go first."

Su You was speechless: "There is really nothing we can do about this. I'm afraid you have forgotten, Hachigong. This city is now under my jurisdiction. It would be a disgrace not to display the ceremonial flag."

Hachiko then stamped his foot: "Hey! I wouldn't even react if you didn't tell me."

Su You rolled his eyes secretly in his mind, I'm afraid you didn't respond, or you liked hearing me say this.

Hachigong said: "It's better not to play flags and be close to the people. The Su family is considered to be in the forefront after you and 9293's generation."

Su You said: "So my sister-in-law is a great contributor to the Su family. But as the old saying goes in Shu, all snakes bite, and being successful will also lead to trouble."

"Didn't Zizhan just offend the dynasty and go to Hangzhou to serve as a general judge? Ziyou has just been recruited by Wen Taiwei to serve as an academic officer in Heyang."

Hachigong said: "I really didn't expect that you could make such a big difference by studying. In fact, it would be better to be an academic officer like Jiu San. Things in the court are getting faster and faster. One time, tea will be planted, and another time.

Changed to mulberry, and later let tea grow, alas..."

Su You asked: "Is this the same in Longli?"

Hachigong waved his hand: "But Longli doesn't live on the two hundred acres of land. Yuanzhen and Ami found me a kind of fragrant rice seed from Dali. Now they are planting that kind. It is really fragrant. I will bring it to you this time."

Some."

"As for planting some mulberry trees on the field ridges to deal with the yamen, and the tea gardens on the mountains, we don't sell them for our own consumption anyway, so they can't control them."

"By the way, can you tell the eunuchs not to come see me if they have nothing to do? What's so good about me as a lonely old man? They don't even understand what they're talking about, so there's no need to embarrass you."

Su You smiled: "This really has nothing to do with me. It's because you are a highly respected man. As a rural elder, I have to visit you every year in the local area. The court system is like this. You can't do anything special, Hachigong."

Are you kidding me? It's strange that the local officials don't flatter the elders of the Shaobao Dynasty. That is to say, Bagong can live in the town. Otherwise, the Longli Su family doesn't know how much fertile land they have to occupy. Meishan City can be divided among several families.

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Hachigong also guarded the two hundred acres of land in the back mountain from increasing or expanding, which is a good point.

While chatting, they arrived at the Sanhua Building. Shi Fu, Cheng Wenying and Shi Dongxiu came up to follow them, followed by Shi Tong, Chen Zhaoming and Wen Tong.

Cheng Wenying smiled and said: "Brother, you are willing to come out and take a look..."

Hachigong was also happy when he looked at the two of them: "I haven't seen you two great masters for many years. The emperor's feet are different, and he is getting richer and richer."

Shi Dongxiu said with a smile: "This is appropriate for Lao Cheng. I'm not like him."

Cheng Wenying scolded him: "If you don't do abacus every night, you won't lose weight like an old monkey."

Shi Dongxiu said: "Go in quickly, there are many people waiting."

Entering Su You's box, sure enough, the younger sister, Lu Ruo and other female family members were also there, and they also came to pay their respects.

It was quite lively again. Hachigong stretched out his fingers to tease the infant Chen Wu: "I heard that my nickname is Little Chair? Lululu... You are so good. You can write letters to Wengweng at such a young age!"

Chen Zhaoming opened his mouth, but finally succumbed under the eyes of his little sister. Now he couldn't get rid of the nickname "Little Chair"!

When the food was served, men and women were divided into tables, and everyone began to talk.

Elderly people like to talk about the past when they are together, and most of them talk about Su You's naughty and mischievous childhood.

The younger sister Shi Wei is pretty good, they have known these things for a long time, but the family members of Lu Ruo and Wen Tong are different, they almost bury their faces in the soup with laughter.

This uncle is a real skin, and the skin has flowers, but he can take the infected wild rice to deliberately infect his own wild rice, and finally get plump wild bamboo shoots; he sifts the fry from the creek and throws them into the rice fields.

Breeding rice flower fish; castrating piglets to let them grow meat; grafting bitter orange branches onto sweet orange branches; cutting tea branches and growing seedlings in the sand; being able to extract borneol camphor from camphor tree leaves... It's really extraordinary.

Wazi can think of tricks.

He was also greedy, and refined refined salt for food; he made light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, spicy bean paste, ginger water tempeh, fermented tempeh, meat floss, cooking wine, Yongchun dew, thirteen spices...

In the end, the folks in Mankelongli all said that Pi arrived in the lower realm of Xingxu. Pi arrived in the Shi family's coveted house. Pi arrived in Zhang Fangping's hands and was trained by Zhao Peng. Pi arrived in Erlin, Dali. Pi arrived in the second forest of Dali. Pi arrived in the Queen's name and took good care of her. Pi arrived and became the most beautiful girl in the Song Dynasty.

, Pi came out of Neo-Confucianism.

Just these condiments and various dishes can be said to have greatly changed the lives of the people of the Song Dynasty.

Then it started with the purification and refining of kitchen seasonings, and developed to today's yeast, alcohol, ether, artemisinin, and penicillin. Today, Tianshi Dao is using vinegar essence and extracts from willow branches to make a medicinal material called myricin...

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Starting from iron pots, refined, ductile cast iron, and various steels have been developed...

Starting from the kitchen knife, it developed into the riding knife, the crane-shank crossbow...

Starting from bacon sausages, we developed canned and other series of military rations...

This is just one end!

The Su family now dares to pat their chests and boast about Haikou - just ask the entire Song Dynasty, who else is there?!

Cheng Wenying added wine to Hachigong: "Now that the industry in Meishan has grown, young people still have to be let out to see the young people. Now they have all gone to Japan and Korea."

Shi Dongxiu said: "There are also Siwa in Jinghu, Zaowa in Kuizhou, Yuanzhen in Yizhou, small stones in Shangzhou, big stones in Zhengzhou, mice now in Huangsong Bank in Hangzhou, where everyone comes and goes.

He is a maritime merchant, and his daily turnover is more terrifying than that of Bianjing City! He has become a unique figure."

Hachiko said: "No, there is only one dog left in my hometown and one is tied up. It really fits their name."

Everyone laughed loudly, and Cheng Wenying said: "It's not a big deal to keep a dog on a leash. We have to support Shaanxi to the north, Dali to Sizhou to the southwest, and Kuizhou to the southeast. It's difficult to let those who go out to explore without worries."

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Hachiko said: "This is not difficult. I have exhausted all my strength all year round, and in the end I have to eat rice bran. I don't know how the family will live next year. In the past, it was difficult!"

With one sentence, everyone at the table fell silent.

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It hasn't rained in Kaifeng Prefecture since July. Fortunately, the Yellow River has started its peach blossom flood season.

Suyou launched a water conservancy project last year and restored all the abandoned canals. It is still expanding now, and the benefits are fully reflected.

With the large-scale Biankou water conservancy project, a large amount of water from the Yellow River was introduced, and the digging of machine-driven wells in some places prevented disasters in the sixteen counties of Kaifeng.

Dujiangyan diverts water from the Min River and can irrigate five million acres of land. In later generations, it reached tens of millions of acres and thirty-seven counties.

Biankou has just reached a large scale now and has not yet reached that level. However, it is no longer a big problem for it to be used in the main grain-producing areas of sixteen counties to overcome drought.

However, just like the annual construction of Dujiangyan, the annual construction of Bianqu must also form a system.

The drought in Shaanxi was severe. Fortunately, Suyou required all localities to not only open canals but also build fish ponds of a certain size. Fish was not very popular on the Loess Plateau at that time, and the people were still resistant.

It wasn't until this year that Old Man Feng understood Su You's profound intentions back then. How about we explore the Flower Lang star and descend to earth!

It can be said that half of the drought in northern China has been solved by the Suyou water conservancy project.

But the Tibetan people next door were in dire straits. Fu Bi reported to the court that "all the Tibetan people and animals died of starvation."
Chapter completed!