Qin Shihuang frowned.
Holding the bamboo slip, he looked at Cao Xiu strangely.
This man is really strange!
It was previously said that it was written by him, but he refused to admit it.
It's better now, the title of the book is "Cao Xiu Shu".
"What kind of book is this?"
"Can't you read?"
Cao Xiu said angrily.
This book is his painstaking work. He collected several masterpieces from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, and combined with his many years of experience, painstakingly copied them... and integrated them. It covers agriculture, medicine, industry and other aspects. Once completed, it will be the first encyclopedia in Qin and even the world.
Of course, Cao Xiu didn't finish writing at all.
He wrote just two volumes.
As for the rest?
Ahem, it was suspended due to many force majeure factors.
There is no way, it is too tiring to work behind closed doors. There is no recommendation or monthly support from readers to make him happy. Without support, there is naturally no motivation.
Qin Shihuang had a bad habit of reading and reading at the same time.
"Growing grain: There is no time limit for planting grain, because the land is in season. It rains in March, and the high ground has strong soil, so grain can be planted. Grain grain, eighty-nine or ten days after the summer solstice, is often planted in the middle of the night, and there is frost in the sky like white dew. At dawn time, have two people hold long ropes facing each other, each holding one end, to cover the middle of the grain to remove frost and dew until the sun rises. In this way, the grain will not be damaged..."
The more Qin Shihuang read it, the happier he became. This article was written with great literary talent and talked about how to grow corn. Planting methods are not uncommon, but there are some methods that he has never heard of.
Then he continued to read.
"Growing millet: Millet means summer, and those who plant must wait for the summer heat. On the 20th day of the summer solstice, there will be rain at this time, and the soil is strong enough to plant millet. When planting millet, covering the soil with hoeing, it is all like the method of raising grass; if you want to lose sight of the grass. "
"Seed potatoes: In addition to hundreds of grains, there are also those that can be used as cereals. The potato is also called yam. It has purple flowers and round leaves, and taro grows under the root. The root is as long as a thread, and there are dozens of them. It can be stored in slices for a long time and ground into powder. It can also be used to produce grains. It can be used to cure hunger and famine, and can be used as a storehouse for the poor. A poor man can dig potatoes from a piece of land in a ravine for tens of kilo, while a rich man can earn hundreds of kilo a year."
"???"
Xiu'er, are you serious? !
Wang Jian stared, not expecting that the potatoes from last time were also described. What's more important is that the above records can easily cost dozens or hundreds of stones. Does this thing really have such a high yield per mu?
Qin Shihuang couldn't wait to continue reading through the back.
Unfortunately, the bamboo slips have reached their end.
"Where's the back?"
"The back is gone..."
"Gone?!"
Qin Shihuang gritted his teeth and stared at Cao Xiu, and his addiction to sex suddenly came up. He was looking at it enthusiastically, but he was told that it was gone?
That's all for the first book, but this one ended abruptly at a critical moment. The key point is that this book is obviously more valuable, as the recorded planting methods are of great use. As for the seed potatoes, he still didn't believe it. The facts were not before his eyes. Even if Cao Xiu blew him to heaven, he would not believe a word of it.
"Did you write this book?"
"Well, half and half."
Cao Xiu spoke with a slight guilty conscience. Everything was written by others, and he was responsible for organizing and transcribing it. He wants half the credit for this, so that shouldn’t be too much, right?
"Where's the other half?"
"No more..." Cao Xiu sighed: "What I originally thought was to record all the grains, six animals, and hundreds of vegetables, and at the same time attach my experience in farming over the years. But later I found that this work was too laborious. I always think about writing tomorrow.”
"What about tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow comes tomorrow!"
"..."
"..."
Qin Shihuang and Wang Jian looked at each other.
Damn that thief Cao!
He clearly had great talent, but he was obsessed with making money and wasted his talents. As Cao Xiu said, if his book is really famous, everyone in the capital of Guizhou will have a copy, which is comparable to the "Book of Japan".
"What do you two mean by the look in your eyes? You can do it! Do you know how time-consuming it is to write this stuff? Crops, millet, wheat, rice, barnyardgrass, bean sprouts, alfalfa, hemp, gourds, mulberries... all of these need to be After on-site inspection, we found that different places have different planting methods, and we have to cultivate according to local conditions.”
Cao Xiu talks eloquently.
Then, he patted the two of them on the shoulders very seriously.
"So, this good thing that has been passed down through the ages is left to you. From now on, I will speak plainly, and you will be responsible for polishing my records. Is there anything wrong with it?"
"..."
"..."
Cao Xiu also felt slightly guilty now.
Although he is a time traveler, he still does not have the aura of a protagonist, and he only relies on cheating and cheating to save some money. There were actually many agricultural books like this in ancient times. For example, "The Book of Pansheng", "Essentials for Elevating the People", "The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration"... Cao Xiu has heard and read these, but many of them have been forgotten.
If he has a photographic memory, he will not have accomplished nothing in his previous life. He writes whatever comes to mind, plus his own fieldwork experience, which is a bit like a collection of various agricultural books.
Shame!
Why can't he remember them all?
"Why did Xiu'er do this?"
"Before, I was just idle and bored, so I just practiced calligraphy."
"Your handwriting is really good."
"This is what Cao'er wrote, this is what I wrote."
"..."
Qin Shihuang looked at the small seal characters twisted like earthworms on the bamboo slips, and the corners of his mouth twitched. With just this word, you still have the nerve to laugh at his ugly handwriting? !
Cao Xiu sighed and continued: "Originally, I thought about using it later, but since I want to be promoted to a higher position, I naturally have to show some real skills."
"That makes sense."
Qin Shihuang quite recognized this.
If Cao Xiu wants to join Qin Weijian, he must show his true ability. Otherwise, he would not even be able to leave Sishui County, let alone enter Xianyang as an official. Just like this, we can take advantage of the situation and take out all the bottom of Cao Xiu. If Cao Xiu wants to rebel against Qin life and death in the future, then it will be okay to kill him.
Qin Shihuang would not tolerate rebels either in public or private matters. Even if Cao Xiu saved his life and even had a great talent, it wouldn't work. Inciting him to rebel was already a great kindness to him.
"Is this your true ability?"
Wang Jian held half a roll of bamboo slips and couldn't help but complain.
He did not deny that this agricultural book was indeed valuable, but in fact Qin already had a similar law. Qin State attaches great importance to farming, so the cultivation methods of farmland are recorded in Canglu. Some farmers in Guizhou are not good at farming, and there will be local officials who teach them according to the Cang Law. They even write down how many seeds to use for one acre of land.
If Cao Xiu could finish this agricultural book, maybe it would be okay.
But this is only half a volume, so how does it qualify?
"Don't be anxious yet, let's take our time."
Cao Xiu took out the silk fabric as he spoke, "For example, this curved shaft plow is much lighter and more labor-saving than the existing plows. I restored this thing with painstaking efforts, and it is guaranteed to be useful!"
"Wait a minute..." Qin Shihuang couldn't help but frown, "Have you forgotten? As the head of the local pavilion, you should hold a three-foot wooden tablet to govern the place, instead of doing the craftsman's work for you. As the saying goes, a minister cannot surpass his official position and have merit. , Don’t make improper statements. If you exceed the official position, you will die, if you do not make the right statement, you will be punished!"
"Who overrode me?"
"You haven't yet?"
"I picked up this silk, and I didn't do it." Cao Xiu said calmly with a serious look on his face: "I will dedicate this weapon to the country now to promote agriculture!"
"???"
"..."
Is there such an operation? !
[Silently asking for a recommendation vote~]
