Yi Huo and Yong Chi looked at each other and said in confusion: "Are they crazy? Why are they dancing in front of a pile of dung?"
The master and servant scratched their heads, puzzled.
Then, they saw Tian Weng and Xiang Lizhu walking out of the courtyard, smiling and rushing towards the small courtyard where Li Shui lived.
Yi Huo said to Yong Chi: "Let's go and have a look."
Yong Chi was a little hesitant: "Aren't we going to do business in Xianyang City? I just checked out a stall recently and am about to negotiate the price and set up a stall outside Shangjun Courtyard."
Yi Huo looked at Yong Chi with a look of hatred on his face: "What a fool, how much money can you make by setting up a stall? Opportunities are everywhere in Shangjun Courtyard. For example, my sword only cost 20,000 yuan to buy. Yes, but after Shangjun Courtyard publicized it, it sold for a sky-high price."
"The two people were in a hurry just now, looking for the immortal. I guess something big must have happened. Let's follow them and see what they are doing. Maybe we can seize the opportunity, and from now on, we can soar into the sky. "
Speaking of soaring into the sky, Yihuo thought of the sword. When I think of the sword, I remember that I can't hear the roar of tigers and dragons, and I will never be a hero in this life.
But...it doesn't matter if you don't become a hero, the worst thing you can do is become a big businessman.
Nowadays, the status of merchants is getting higher and higher, and they can live well if they accumulate some money.
Just as Yi Huo was thinking of this, he saw Tian Weng and Xiang Lizhu walking over hurriedly with Li Shui.
Yi Huo and Yong Chi immediately stood on the roadside.
Li Shui smiled at them and said, "If you are interested, come and take a look."
Yi Huo and Yong Chi were surprised and happy, and quickly followed Li Shui into the small courtyard.
Tian Weng pointed to a pot of crops and said, "Exiled Immortal, please look at this pot of crops. There is no fertilizer."
The crops in the pots are diseased and some are withered and yellow.
Li Shui said: "This crop is not particularly lush."
Tian Weng said: "Yes, in order to make the comparison obvious, we specially took the soil from the barren land and watered it regularly. Logically speaking, this crop has good weather and weather. But its growth is still not good."
Li Shui nodded.
The field man pointed to another pot of crops and said, "This pot of crops is made of manure."
Li Shui nodded: "The growth of these crops is better, but..."
Tian Weng smiled: "However, it is still not satisfactory."
Finally, he pointed to the third pot of crops: "This pot uses our new fertilizer."
Li Shui saw that the crops were green and much taller than the others.
It seems that Tian Weng and Xiangli Zhu's new fertilizer is indeed working.
Li Shui asked Tian Weng: "What is your new fertilizer?"
Tian Weng looked at Xiangli Zhu.
Xiangli Zhu cleared his throat proudly and said, "This matter is a long story."
Li Shui suddenly said: "Wait a minute."
He looked around, and then said to Yong Chi: "Go to Cang Fu immediately and ask him to call someone who is good at writing. Write down all the words of Miss Zhu."
Yong Chi responded and left quickly.
This was the first time Xianglizhu was treated like this, and he couldn't help but grin.
Soon, Aangfu called three people.
These three people are all good at writing and their pens are very fast. The reason why I called three of them was because I was worried that they would not be able to keep up with Xiangli Zhu's speaking speed. If there were any omissions, they could confirm each other.
After the three people prepared pens, inks, paper and inkstones, Li Shui said to Xiangli Zhu, "Please tell me."
Xianglizhu said: "Tian Weng and I have been studying feces for several months. We have studied human feces, pig feces, cow feces, sheep feces, and chicken feces. While we were studying..."
When Xianglizhu said this, he suddenly frowned and said to Li Shui: "These things don't seem very elegant. Do you want to omit them?"
Li Shui shook his head firmly: "Absolutely not. We are not writing an article praising virtues, and there is no need to be so colorful. We are writing about how to make a new type of fertilizer, and there must be no mistakes or omissions."
Xiangli Zhu nodded: "What you said makes sense."
She continued: "Different feces have different effects on the growth of crops. We are very surprised, do the feces of different species have different ingredients? But what are the differences?"
"So we dried the excrement carefully and sorted it into categories. Later we found that there were more weeds in cow dung, and there was sand in chicken dung..."
Li Shui was a little dirty when she heard what she said, but he still held on tenaciously to avoid Xiangli Zhu being embarrassed. In that case, it would be difficult to record this great discovery.
Xianglizhu said: "But these weeds and gravel have no effect on crops. We have verified this and are very sure of this."
"Then we thought maybe there was something in the poop that we couldn't see that was at work. So we built a microscope."
"It can be said that it took us such a long time to make a new type of fertilizer. Most of the time was spent making microscopes."
Xiangli Zhu showed Li Shui a microscope.
Once upon a time, Shangjun Academy developed a microscope, but that thing was very primitive, just a single tube, and its magnification was relatively low.
But the one shown by Xiangli Zhu is much more advanced.
Its glass is of higher purity, its lenses are more delicately polished, and it even has a light-concentrating device underneath to allow for clearer observation.
Xianglizhu said with some pride: "In order to make this microscope, the technology of the glass factory, polishing factory, and even the workshop that makes polishing machines in Shangjun Courtyard has been improved a lot."
Li Shui nodded, becoming more and more satisfied with Xiangli Zhu.
Xianglizhu took out a few more pieces of paper and said, "Later, we found something in the feces. We called it Feisu. It looked like this."
Li Shui looked at it and saw that there were irregular polyhedrons drawn on the paper.
It seems that what Xiangli Bamboo painted should be a kind of crystal, not a molecular formula.
It's no wonder, she only has a handmade microscope. It is not easy to get crystallization.
Xiangli Zhu added: "There is more than one kind of fertilizer, we have discovered two for the time being. Hey, we are a little selfish. We named one of them Li Zhufeitsu and the other Tian Weng Feitsu."
Xianglizhu was a little embarrassed: "Everyone knows that this may be something that will last forever, so...it's not too much, right?"
Li Shui said repeatedly: "It's not too much, not at all."
Tian Weng said: "Actually, we have also discovered a third kind of fertilizer, Banxian. Should we name it Sophora millet fertilizer?"
Li Shui waved his hand quickly: "No, no, thank you for your kindness."
I really don’t understand the thinking of these science and engineering geeks. Are you very proud to associate your name with shit?
Xiangli Zhu didn't think much and said to Li Shui: "This third type of fertilizer is not actually a fertilizer. Because it is what we found in urine."
Then Xiangli Zhu took out another piece of paper with some kind of crystal painted on it.
Xiangli Zhu said: "We collected the urine of livestock, and after the urine dried, such residual substances appeared. Under the microscope, although the species are different, the substances in the urine are the same. Therefore, we will It’s called urea.”
Li Shui nodded with satisfaction.
Unexpectedly, after traveling two thousand years, I could actually hear a familiar term.
Xiang Lizhu said: "After research, we found that whether it is Li Zhu fertilizer, Tian Weng fertilizer or urea, it has an effect on the growth of crops."
"They can be used in combination or alone. And they are hundreds of times more effective than manure. If we make new fertilizers according to our method, crops can grow no matter how barren the land is. And fertile land, crops It can increase production hundreds of times.”
Li Shui's heart beat loudly.
The prosperous age is just around the corner.
At this time, Yi Huo said weakly: "Exiled Immortal, can I ask you a few questions?"
Li Shui said: "Ask, ask boldly, and brainstorm ideas."
Xiangli Zhu also nodded towards Yihuo.
After all, she had made something so awesome, and she really wanted someone to ask questions. If you don’t ask questions, how can you give yourself a chance to show yourself?
Yi Huo said: "I have a few acres of farmland in Pei County. I am also somewhat familiar with farming."
"I understand the new type of fertilizer that this girl and the old man introduced just now. After using this fertilizer, the yield of crops in the field can be increased hundreds of times."
Xianglizhu nodded: "Not bad."
Yihuo frowned and said, "However, this new type of fertilizer is obtained from feces. How much of this new type of fertilizer can be obtained from one stone of manure? Is there not enough manure in the world?"
Li Shui was slightly startled: "That's right."
Xianglizhu was a little proud: "We have also considered this issue."
"After Tian Weng and I found the fertilizer and urea, we also had a discussion. Finally, we believed that the fertilizer in the manure was not produced by the livestock itself. It should be in the forage."
Yihuo suddenly realized: "So, can we use grass to make new fertilizers? Yes, yes. I remember an old farmer said that plant ash can fertilize the fields."
Xiangli Zhuyi clapped his hands: "Yes, plant ash can fertilize the fields. But extracting fertilizer from the grass is also too complicated."
"We further thought that a piece of grass can grow from the size of a pinhead to several inches long. Why can they grow so big? That's because there are fertilizers in the soil."
"So, we had a conjecture. Fertilizer and urea naturally exist in the soil. The plants take root in the soil and absorb these two things into the vegetation."
"Livestock eat grass and absorb part of it, and the rest is excreted in the feces, so we also found fertilizer in the feces."
"Tracing back to the root cause, we should look for fertilizers from the soil. And it is very convenient and can be used just by digging it up."
Yihuo suddenly realized: "It makes sense, it makes sense."
Yong Chi said cautiously: "However, digging fertilizer from the soil and then applying fertilizer to the soil sounds a bit..."
Xiangli Zhu smiled: "Did you know that the land in some places is fertile and the land in other places is barren? It can be seen that the fertility of the land in the world is not equal."
"We just need to find a place where fertilizers are very rich, then dig out the soil, refine it a little, and then fertilize the barren farmland."
Li Shuishen nodded in agreement.
Yi Huo said: "So, if you want to find a place like this, you must first find a place with abundant water and plants?"
Xiangli Zhu shook his head: "Otherwise. We found that either too low fertility or too high fertility is bad for crops."
"Therefore, crops will not grow well in areas rich in fertilizer. It is more likely that the soil is not on the surface, but underground, buried several feet or even several feet deep."
Xianglizhu thought for a while and then said: "I can even boldly predict that it should be a kind of ore. Like iron ore and copper ore, it is a kind of fertilizer ore gathered together."
Li Shui looked at Xiangli Zhu with emotion: "You are really going to... become an immortal."
Xianglizhu was even more proud.
Li Shui said to Cang Fu who was standing not far away watching the excitement: "Go and find two groups of people."
"The first wave of people are required to have been to the Western Regions and have experience in searching for mineral deposits. They are put under Xiang Bo's management. They are looking for fertilizer deposits everywhere."
Most people in Shangjun Courtyard knew Xiang Bo's identity, so Li Shui didn't bother to use his pseudonym.
Cano said: "However, those people may not recognize the Fei Mine."
Li Shui said: "Just put the suspicious soil in a jar and bring it to Shangjun's courtyard. Miss Zhu will screen them one by one later."
Ao Fu responded.
Li Shui said: "The second group of people must be able to read and write and learn how to use a microscope from Miss Zhu. After the soil from various places is delivered, they must start work immediately to analyze the ingredients inside."
Ao Fu responded and left in a hurry.
Xiangli Zhu looked at Li Shui with admiration: "I didn't expect that you would also act vigorously and resolutely."
Li Shui looked upright: "This matter cannot be postponed. You must know that although Daqin is much richer than before, and the people are living much better than before. But outside Guanzhong, there are still people who are struggling and don't have enough to eat or wear. Not warm."
"Therefore, I can't wait to develop a new type of fertilizer so that they no longer have to suffer from cold and hunger."
Xiangli Zhu rolled his eyes: "That sounds quite selfless. But I know you are just doing it to make money."
Li Shui said with emotion: "My money is just to help the common people."
At this time, Yi Huo suddenly said to Li Shui: "Master Banished Immortal, I have a request."
Li Shui asked: "What request?"
Yi Huo said: "This new type of fertilizer will be popular all over the world in the near future. Please help me sell this fertilizer."
Li Shui looked at Yi Huo and said with a smile: "You are quite business-minded."
Yi Huo laughed dryly and said: "Last time I sold the sword, I got a lot of money. This time, I am willing to use half of it to fund the research of Miss Zhu and Tian Weng."
Li Shui patted Yi Huo on the shoulder: "Okay, I like people with visions like you. When new fertilizers are produced in the future, 10% of them will be yours to sell."
I was immediately overjoyed by the success.
10% doesn't sound like much, but what about the vastness of Qin's territory? Even if it's half a percent, it's enough to make a country as rich as any.
