Since Yu Yuan left, Wen Zhong has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the cause of improving Linhuan Pass.
In addition to teaching children, he spent the rest of his time teaching the people of Linhuan Pass to cut wood from the forest and drag it to the river to build a huge wooden vessel.
The name of this device is: Waterwheel.
This waterwheel does not require magical powers or Taoism.
It turns around when it encounters water, day and night.
When the waterwheel rotates, it can lead the water of the Huaihe River up to the river bank.
After seeing that this waterwheel could really divert water, the people of Linhuanguan no longer had any doubts. While building more waterwheels, they also built canals and dredged the rivers according to his suggestions, and piled up the silt dredged from the river tidal flats. Go to the fields.
After the canals and waterwheels were built, it was time for planting.
Wen Zhong also taught them animal power farming, made rakes, coupler plows, plows, harrows and other tools out of bronze, wood and other materials, and taught them to select fine seeds and cultivate intensively.
Linhuan Pass is located in the southeast with abundant water systems, and the most cultivated crops are rice and millet.
Previously, people's planting method was to just sow the seeds and forget about it. The harvest depends on God's will.
However, Wen Zhong learned from the encyclopedia that these two grains are the most delicate and require careful care from the beginning of seed selection.
Every step such as seed selection, breeding, irrigation, planting, weeding, insect repellent, bird repellent, fertilization, etc. is very important.
Especially insect and bird infestations.
In addition to farmland, the area near Linhuan Pass is surrounded by wilderness and dense forests, with many birds.
In the past, after sowing, the seedlings would attract many birds to peck and destroy them as soon as they grew up.
As for insects, the common people can still catch them, but there is nothing they can do about these birds. They can't guard the fields all the time to drive them away, right?
When Wen Zhong heard the news, he directly asked each household to get a few scarecrows to insert in the fields, and the effect was not bad at all.
In just over a month, Linhuan Pass, located in the southeast corner of the Great Shang Dynasty, has been transformed unknowingly.
That square paddy field is neat and uniform, and the rice and millet planted in the field are lush and green. One plant and one clump, the roots are connected, the branches and leaves are dependent on each other, and they are densely packed together.
The green grass is fat and strong, dripping with morning dew, bright and vivid.
There is no end in sight!
The morning mist filled the dense forest in the distance.
Several figures of ordinary people stood on the ridge of the fields, looking at the lush seedlings with joy from ear to ear!
They never imagined that their fields could grow such lush crops.
Although the harvest season has not yet arrived, they can already predict that this year will be an unprecedented bumper harvest!
What excites them the most is that they did not achieve this by relying on the blessing of gods!
But under the guidance of the Immortal Wen Zhong, they obtained it through their own hard work and hard work!
Nowadays, the people in Linhuan Pass have all deeply felt the changes brought about by Wen Zhong, and they all praise his great virtues and express their gratitude for his great kindness!
Wen Zhong was not idle, and continued to plan the construction of schools, livestock breeding, improved mulberry and hemp cultivation and textiles, etc.
The sun rises slowly, and the morning glow fills the sky.
Under the watch of adults, the children in Linhuan Pass walked out of their homes one by one and came to the woods in the south of the city.
Several reed thatched cottages have been spontaneously built here by the people to provide shelter from the sun and rain for the immortal and the children.
Wen Zhong also lives here on weekdays.
It's not that he is pretending to be noble, but that he is used to the simple living environment.
Compared with before, the children are all completely different.
In order to please Wen Zhong, the wealthy families in the city sent them clothes and food, so that the children could be fed and clothed, their faces were clean, and their bodies gradually gained flesh.
But the biggest change in these kids is their eyes!
In the past, whether these children were ignorant children or half-grown teenagers, their eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of gray fog, unable to see the light.
The older you get, the less light there is in your eyes.
But now, their eyes are bright and shining with a faint light of clarity.
This is the light of wisdom and the light of hope!
Under the careful instruction of the immortal Wen Zhong, these children have mastered a lot of knowledge after more than a month of study.
They know the rules of sunset and starrise, understand the changes of seasonal climate, understand water conservancy, farming, calculation and many other things.
Every time Wen Zhongmei saw their eyes, he felt happy and taught more seriously.
"Today we are going to talk about pi... Once you master pi, you can accurately calculate the circumference, area of a circle, volume of a sphere, etc..."
Wen Zhong's voice came from the thatched cottage and spread in all directions.
In the woods not far away, Long Ji stared at Yu Yuan with a pair of bright eyes and said seriously: "Shangxian, please listen, is your junior brother possessed by evil spirits?"
Yu Yuan's face twitched slightly, and he said angrily: "You called me all the way here just for this trivial matter?"
"Little things?"
Long Ji said in surprise: "How can this be a trivial matter? Look at this Wen Zhong who has been tinkering with weird things all day long, and he has never even heard of it..."
"Yes, yes, it's not a trivial matter..."
Yu Yuan responded perfunctorily, "I know about this. Is there anything else?"
Long Ji shook his head, his eyes slightly disappointed.
With her shrewdness, she could naturally tell that Yu Yuan was absent-minded and did not welcome her arrival.
Sure enough, I heard Yu Yuan say immediately: "Since nothing happens, I will go back to Penglai."
After saying that, he summoned the golden-eyed five-cloud camel and prepared to leave.
"Wait..." Long Ji called him and said hesitantly: "Actually, I still have something I want to ask the Immortal to help me with."
Yu Yuan frowned slightly.
He didn't want to have too much contact with this heavenly princess.
Because the princess's father, His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven, is not a simple person. If Yu Yuan has too close contact with his daughter, he might be plotted against her!
Just because Long Ji had helped him protect Wen Zhong before, if he really wanted something from him, he wouldn't be able to refuse easily.
"Please tell me what it is."
"Actually, I don't know much about it..."
Long Ji said with some concern: "A few days ago, I was meditating in the Qingluan Dou Palace in Fenghuang Mountain, but I was disturbed by a loud noise. When I escaped from my soul and went to check, I saw a three-eyed young man similar to Wen Zhong. Fighting with a three-headed immortal dragon.
I didn't take it seriously at first, but the three-eyed young man claimed to be the son of my Aunt Yunhua, and also said that my Aunt Yunhua was suppressed under that Peach Mountain..."
Yu Yuan's heart moved slightly and he asked: "Is that three-eyed young man going to cut down the mountain to save his mother?"
"That's right!" Long Ji nodded repeatedly, and then said curiously: "How could the Immortal know this?"
Yu Yuan did not answer and continued to ask: "Then did he split Peach Mountain?"
"No."
Long Ji shook his head and said: "He left after defeating the three immortal dragons and did not split the mountain."
Yu Yuan nodded slightly, looked at her and said, "Then what do you want me to help you with?"
Long Ji looked slightly hesitant, but finally made up his mind and said: "I haven't seen Aunt Yunhua for a long time. I want to know if that three-eyed young man is really Aunt Yunhua's son?
And... was Aunt Yunhua really suppressed by my father under that Peach Mountain? "
Yu Yuan frowned slightly and declined: "If you want to know the answer to this question, you should ask His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven or the Golden Mother in person?"
"I asked, but they wouldn't tell me."
Long Ji shook his head and smiled bitterly: "After the three-eyed young man left, I immediately used the sound transmission orb to ask my mother, but she just told me to ignore it and cut off the contact..."
Speaking of this, she sighed softly: "I didn't believe it at first, but my mother's reaction made me suspicious.
It’s just that I can’t find anyone else I can trust, so I can only ask you, the Immortal, to help me find out. "
"Just asking for information?"
Yu Yuan raised his eyebrows. If that was the case, he could tell the other party the answer now.
Although His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor did this very secretly, he could not hide it from a caring person like him.
As early as when he first met Yang Jian, he had already asked Bai Ling to send someone to find out the news.
He knew most of the information about Yang Jian clearly, and he could naturally confirm that under that peach mountain was indeed suppressing the Emperor of Heaven's sister - Fairy Yunhua!
"I don't know either..." Long Ji shook his head and said with a sad expression: "My aunt treats me very well. She often takes me on tours in the three realms. Every time she goes out, she brings back a lot of spiritual fruits for me to eat... What's wrong with my father? Will she be suppressed under Peach Mountain?"
When Yu Yuan heard the meaning of her words, it was not as simple as being suspicious, but he already believed that it was true.
This heavenly princess is very smart, and she has probably found out the exact information from the Golden Mother, but she just doesn't want to believe it.
She came to Yu Yuan probably just to talk.
As she said, there weren't many people she could trust...it could even be said to be pitifully few.
Thinking like this, Yu Yuan didn't say much.
He put away the golden-eyed five-cloud camel, summoned a palace in the forest, and then invited Long Ji inside to drink tea while listening to her talk about old things about Fairy Yunhua.
Of course, that tea is just ordinary spiritual tea.
The sun sets, the stars rise, and the night ends with dawn.
The night passed by in a hurry.
The two did not chat all night.
After all, Long Ji was still young and not so sentimental, so he quickly came out of his sad mood.
Yu Yuan took out the chessboard and invited her to play.
The two of them fought until daylight, with each winning or losing.
"Hoo~"
Long Ji stood up, stretched out his body without any image, and said with a smile: "Thank you to the immortal for enlightening me. Now I feel much more relaxed."
Yu Yuan shook his head, he actually didn't do anything.
Just talking to her and playing chess.
At this moment, a frightened voice came.
"Something bad is going on!"
"The flood is coming, everyone run away!"
Yu Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, realizing that the person speaking was none other than Shi DaDa, who was appointed as the new Water God by Wen Zhong.
As soon as he thought about it, he transformed into Wen Zhong and appeared in front of Shi Dadan. He asked in a deep voice: "Don't panic. Tell me clearly what's going on?"
Shi boldly regarded Wen Zhong as a god and did not dare to hide anything. He quickly said: "Last night, there were many water monsters and monsters fleeing from the upper reaches of the Huai River. The villain stopped them and asked them.
I heard that a guy with three eyes turned into a giant last night, lifted up the turtle mountain, and pulled out a giant ax from underneath...
After that, the great water ape sage Wuzhi Qi rushed out and had a huge battle with the three-eyed giant. The fight caused the mountains to collapse and the earth to crack, and the Huai River to surge.
Those water monsters said that Wuzhiqi would turn the entire lower reaches of the Huaihe River into a marsh country!
Shangxian, let’s run away quickly! "
(End of chapter)
