Dongyi, Lishan.
In front of Chonghua, there was a big bull pulling Yu's plow, and he followed behind. There were wild elephants and birds playing in the distance of the farmland.
A light rain fell on the muddy ground.
The Yuan's plow was an imitation of Chonghua's Quyuan plow. When he made it, he saw the sample given by Uncle Xi and realized that it already existed in the south. So he was too embarrassed to put his name on it, so he just copied the plain plow. The name of Yuzai, whom I had never met, was posted.
Once the Yuan's plow was launched, it was immediately well received. There was an endless stream of buyers at Chonghua's stall every day. On the one hand, it was cheap and easy to use, and on the other hand, it led to the prosperity of the animal husbandry industry.
Because this plow would best require an ox.
As a result, the price of cattle near Shouqiu began to skyrocket, and there were many fewer beef sellers.
From the era of livestock farming to the era of cattle farming, the importance of cattle has increased, and the price of beef near Shouqiu has soared like a rocket.
The big leaders of the Dongyi tribe issued an urgent order last autumn, which was to designate a few livestock owners so that their cattle were not allowed to be slaughtered, and their cattle were specially brought to the market to be used with plows, and their cattle were adjusted. Cattle price.
At this point, farm cattle and beef cattle were separated.
Chonghua attracted much attention because of this, but the big leaders of Dongyi came several times, and it seemed that they wanted to move Chonghua to several main cities in Dongyi. At that time, Chonghua’s family was ready to move, but Dongyi When the barbarian envoy came again, he said that he could not move for the time being. As for the reason, he was vague.
Of course Chonghua would not know that after Dongyi's envoy went out, their leader was interviewed by Di Fangxun.
Robbing people from the Central Plains? So brave! You can also snatch the emperor's descendant? A procurement minister just wants to fool him?
Chonghua's family's wish to move and become city dwellers was dashed.
But compared to Gusou's unhappiness, Jiman's disappointment and irritability, Xiang's indifference, and Taoshou's happiness, Chonghua seemed very calm and even talked about this matter with his brother and sister.
"Although I have made this plow, others made it before me. And if there is no straight shaft plow, it is difficult for me to transform the curved shaft plow. Therefore, our opportunity this time is not actually obtained by ourselves, but by ourselves. It’s because I have inherited the favor from others.”
"This favor has come. If we can get it, then we can naturally be happy. If we don't get it, we shouldn't be resentful or disappointed, because it is indeed not ours."
After disappointment, life goes on.
He raised his head. The last rain of winter was coming, and spring was coming soon.
Therefore, it is very important to turn the soil in advance.
Plow the soil before sowing. This kind of soil is soft and has good air permeability. Rainwater can easily be retained in the soil and air can enter the soil. At the same time, turning the soil can also kill some insects hiding in the land. .
In this case, the seeds sown will easily take root and germinate.
During the winter slack, that is, when autumn and winter alternate, Chonghua has already plowed the farmland once, and now it is the second time. He is usually very careful in doing things, just in time to catch the last rain of winter. The current climate It has been gradually changing. As long as there is no cold spring, we will definitely have a bumper harvest this year.
This kind of farming behavior was discovered when Chonghua used plows at the alternation between the year before and last. He originally just wanted to give it a try, so during the winter, he and his neighbor A Shi calculated it and the two of them bought it. A few cattle were brought back for farming.
Unexpectedly, the effect was unexpectedly good. Because the plowing was carried out in advance in winter that year, the seedlings grew significantly better in spring, so that the Chonghua family had a bumper harvest last year.
As a result, Chonghua and his stepmother Jiman's face also looked much better. She even told Chonghua that when it came to Shouqiu's business, Xiang should be left to exercise while he could just work at home with peace of mind. In fact, that was the case. He intended to let his youngest son see more of the world and make some money, but Xiang, who had always been "playful", was not happy.
"The goods that brother sells are good, but the goods that I sell are not good. I don't know how to do it!"
Xiang made a rogue excuse, but in fact it was just prevarication, because Jiman found that Xiang seemed to be following Chonghua to work in the fields recently, which made him very dissatisfied.
"Your brother has spent his life digging for food in the fields. Do you want to be like him? Go to Shouqiu more often and get to know some important people. If you can enter the Jiuyi Kingdom one day, then our faces will also look bright!"
Jiman wanted Xiang to become a master, but Xiang was only interested in fun things. Before Quyuanli was bought by Chonghua, he went out to walk the chicken and play with the dog every day, but since the last time Chonghua After Hua was defeated by two new plows on the tillage tools...
However, in fact, it is not that Xiang likes plowing, but that Xiang is interested in two things: straight and curved shaft plows, because these two things are movable. He can play with them just by watching the oxen pulling the plow. On the previous day, Chonghua even saw Xiang calling his friends to the field at home. Several people pulled a straight-shaft plow and plowed 150 steps at a time in a competition style.
Of course, there is another important factor.
I don't want to guard the stall for a whole day. It's too boring.
Chonghua's younger brother, if this child is considered in future generations, he will have ADHD... But his nature is not too bad now. It can only be said that he has been with Chonghua for a long time, and the children of Chonghua's neighbors The partners are indeed not bad people, so the stubbornness in their characters has been subdued and disappeared a lot.
Chonghua packed his things at home and seemed to be going out.
This year is the third year, starting from the strange old man touching himself.
Fortunately, they seemed to have no ill intentions, and at first they thought they were sent by a hostile market to steal business, but it turned out that was not the case either.
"Brother, where are you going?"
Xiang watched Chonghua pack his things, and then thought of his brother Suli's hard work in farming, and he quickly felt the danger.
Chonghua looked at him, shouted happily, and stopped packing his things.
"Xiang, I was just about to talk to you about something. I had to go on a long trip. When you went to Shouqiu to sell Yu's plow..."
Upon hearing this, Xiang's entire face suddenly turned the color of pig liver.
He doesn’t want to go to Shouqiu to sell goods! That's so boring!
So Xiang started to have a desperate reaction to things at work, so that he suddenly suffered from a "dementia caused by work" problem, which left Chonghua speechless and sighed.
"I have already agreed with others..."
Chonghua said this twice, as if he had woken up from a state of dementia, and said to Chonghua: "That's it, brother! Let me help you!"