The agricultural students of Quanling Academy usually study for half a year. After completing their studies, they return to the local area to participate in agricultural guidance.
A small number of students with excellent academic performance will be retained and appointed as teachers and researchers in agricultural sciences.
No matter how busy Lantian was, he never gave up on agricultural promotion. He wanted to do his best to spread the modern agricultural knowledge he had mastered to researchers with high understanding.
Although these people who stayed behind were affiliated with the school, they were directly led by Lan Tian.
As a close disciple of Lantian, Deng Ai's main responsibility at Quanling College is to contact and manage this group of valuable agricultural researchers.
Agricultural researchers marked out more than a dozen areas in the test field based on different pesticide varieties and dosages, numbered them after taking the pesticides and spraying them, and finally recorded the results based on the growth of the seedlings.
In the end, which pesticide has the most suitable efficacy and whether the dosage needs to be adjusted requires a lot of manual observation and recording, and finally analysis and selection of samples based on the data.
There were no scientific instruments in this era, so we could only observe with the naked eye over time, and the results could not be seen overnight.
Such a simple matter as selecting pesticides could have been left to Deng Ai. Lan Tian personally came to the test field to show how seriously he took this matter.
Agricultural researchers no longer use bulky bamboo slips for records. Instead, they are given rough paper produced by the Quanling Paper Mill, which can be cut and used for writing.
The papermaking workshop was planned and built by Lantian after he returned to Lingling from Jiaozhou. At that time, the Confucian teachers at Quanling Academy reported that the Thousand-Character Classic had been taught, and if they wanted to continue teaching, they needed to add new teaching materials.
Lan Tian immediately thought of "half of the Analects rules the world". He planned to distribute teaching materials to every student, but the bamboo slips were heavy and not conducive to dissemination, so he decided to start making paper.
Although papermaking cannot directly increase productivity, it is of great significance to the spread of various technologies, especially the spread of Confucianism.
Papermaking technology has matured in this era, but it only served the nobles and nobles of the clan, and it was not popularized in the world due to low output.
Based on the idea that he could build it himself without asking for help, Lantian chose a land to build a house near the Quanling Military Workshop, and selected relevant professional disciples from the school to work in the papermaking workshop. The paper currently produced is only provided to Quanling School.
"Are the paper notebooks issued to you useful?" Lan Tian asked, pointing to the small notebook in Deng Ai's arms.
Deng Ai nodded quickly, "It's so easy to use. It's light to hold. I remember how much..."
Lan Tian summoned the agricultural researchers and encouraged them happily: "If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. Now that you have a convenient paper notebook, you must remember to observe more, remember more, and write more.
After everyone has mastered the growth rules of crops, they must boldly try and verify them carefully, whether it is preventing pests and diseases, cultivating grain seeds to increase yields, or grafting new varieties.
In the future, when we compile an encyclopedia of agricultural sciences, you and others will not only leave your name in history, but also benefit future generations. "
How can these people from poor backgrounds dare to think about leaving their names in history and writing books? But these words came from Lan Tian's mouth, and their eyes were full of hope.
"Sir, can we really leave our name in history?" an agricultural researcher asked doubtfully.
Lan Tian said with certainty: "Of course, no matter who made the contribution, his name will be in the Encyclopedia of Agricultural Sciences in the future, I guarantee you."
When the agricultural researchers heard this, everyone was happy. This was a matter of honor to the ancestors, and everyone's enthusiasm was high.
Seeing the enthusiasm of the agricultural researchers filling the experimental fields, Gao Shun couldn't help but sigh: "Mr., the paper he made into books and notebooks for recording is really ten thousand times better than bamboo slips."
"If I had recorded it on paper, Boping wouldn't have had to push the cart to deliver it to me..." Lan Tian said with a smile.
Gao Shun smiled and said: "Sir, what you said is that you didn't just open a papermaking workshop just for the sake of a school, right?"
"Of course not. This paper is still useful. You will know the secret later." Lan Tian said mysteriously.
Gao Shun married a wife and had children in Linwu County. Lan Tian looked at him and Deng Ai and thought of New Deng Village, and said to himself: "I haven't been to Guiyang for a while, and I don't know how Xiao Lizi and the others are doing."
"Sir, do you want to go to Guiyang for inspection?" Gao Shun asked.
Lan Tian thought for a moment and nodded and said, "Shizai, you go and get ready. Come with me to Guiyang tomorrow."
"Wei." Deng Ai responded with cupped fists.
Although Lan Tian nominally supervised the military and political affairs of the four counties in Jingnan, he did not interfere too much in the management of the three counties outside Lingling.
The relationship with each county governor is also an ordinary superior-subordinate relationship. As long as agricultural production is arranged according to unified requirements and absolute loyalty to Liu Bei is required in military and political terms.
After Liu Bei took full control of Jingzhou, the Yuancong faction and the Xuzhou faction who fought for him all occupied important positions. In order to balance the interests of the Jingzhou gentry group, he not only took away generals such as Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Huo Jun, and Zhuoying when he entered Sichuan, but also Promoted Pan Jun, Xiang Lang, Fan Jian, Yin Mo, etc. to serve as state and county officials and county magistrates...
When Zhao Yun was appointed as the Sima of Liuying and in charge of the internal affairs of Jingzhou, Zhao Fan was also transferred to Jiangling as an idle official in the state government.
Liu Bei appointed Hao Pu, a native of Yiyang, as the prefect of Guiyang, and Liao Li, a native of Linyuan, Wuling, as the prefect of Changsha.
The Jingzhou gentry, led by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, became the second largest force under Liu Bei after the Yuan Cong faction.
From Quanling to Linwu, you can take two roads, the north and the south. The north road turns from Xiangshui River to Leishui River and then Chenxian County to take the overland road. The south road goes south along Shenshui River, and then takes the mountain road of Jiuyi Mountain to enter Guiyang.
The North Road is far away from the water and takes a relatively short time. The South Road is near the water and has a short distance, but it has to take the Jiuyi Mountain Road, so it takes a little longer.
"We're going south this time. You go to the medical hall to call Xing Ba, and ask him to bring Gan Gui to meet his relatives."
Lantian didn't want to alarm the county governor Hao Pu, so he chose to enter Guiyang secretly from the south road.
"Wei." Gao Shun responded with a red face and clasped his fists. Gan Ning's wife's relatives were in Linwu, and his wife was from Xindengzhuang. He had to take his son back to visit.
After Gao Shun left, Lu Lingqi walked into the room with soup and tea.
She put it next to the table and asked gently: "The inspection of Lingling has been completed, where is your husband going?"
"I plan to visit Xindengzhuang in Linwu, and let Xingba and Boping take their sons to find relatives..." Lantian explained.
"Will you take the children with you? It just so happens that Shi Zai also wants to go back to see his family, so that they can be taken care of along the way. Last time you took Ji'er to Jiangxia alone, even though Yuan'er didn't say it, you have to do it without favoring one over the other. ." Lu Lingqi reminded.
"Both Yuan'er and Ji'er are going? What about Adou?" Lan Tian was worried about his nephew.
Lu Lingqi frowned and asked: "Simply take them away together?"
Lan Tian shook his head hurriedly: "This time we are walking to Jiuyi Mountain in the south. The carriage and horses are bumpy. I am worried that Sister will feel sorry for Adou..."
Lu Lingqi said with a smile: "A Dou has been playing with Yuan'er and Ji'er in the past two years, and he has become less delicate than when he first came here. Anyway, please ask Gao Yuan to prepare an extra carriage. I will go to Sister A to discuss it."
"If Sister doesn't want to, let Ji'er stay with Adou in Quanling." Lan Tian nodded and said.
By this time, everyone in the house had had dinner, and the sky was quickly getting dark.
While Lu Lingqi went to discuss with Gan Qian, Lan Tian poured hot water into the wooden basin to soak his feet.
Lantian was a little tired from running around these days. He fell on the back of the chair while soaking his feet and soon fell asleep.
Lan Tian dreamed that he had become Lan Ji, climbing on a high branch to dig out a bird's nest. A man under the tree rolled up his sleeves and pressed his hand against the trunk.
Suddenly Lantian felt the ground shaking, and the big tree under him was pulled up like an onion by the man.
Lan Tian woke up with a cold sweat on his head, only to find Lu Lingqi carrying him towards the couch.
"Husband, the water in the basin has gone cold. I will wait for you to rest on the couch..."
