Four days after Shi Jing arrived in the Central Plains, the Chong family began to move back from the south bank of the river. At this time, the farmer Ji Qi got wind of the news and came to Chonghua in a hurry, saying that he wanted to see the woman from the south. .
The reason why he wanted to see Shijing was naturally because of those agricultural issues. After finally catching a southerner, he had to ask the questions carefully.
"You take her to wander around here, and you are idle. Why don't you come to my land? There are new plows in the south, and I have new farming methods here. You see, we are like flowing water. "
"I also heard that there are some new grains in the south. I want to know what they look like. They are originally growing in the world, just like the rapeseed flowers that were just used to press oil. They are gifts from nature, but We haven’t discovered it yet.”
Ji Qi was tall and good-looking, at least in Shijing's eyes. Of course, he was still a lot worse than Gun when he was young.
"I still have many things I want to ask you."
Whether it was how cattle farming was discovered, the problem of compost retting, or the invention of new farming tools such as plows, Ji Qi was like a sponge in this regard, hoping to endlessly absorb this knowledge like absorbing water. .
Shi Jing came to the field, Chong Hua followed on one side, and Ji Qi vigorously showed her his achievements:
"Look at this grain field. I have improved on the ridge tillage method brought from the south. I call this new method of ridge tillage the ridge tillage method."
"Change your ridge acres into ridge acres. The ridges were originally a place for walking, but now you can also farm. You abandon the acres for the fields, and abandon the ridges for the fields. You see, those hills are the results of my farming!"
"On high-lying land, grains are planted in ridges; in low-lying land, grains are planted on ridges. High fields are planted with ridges, which can resist drought; low-lying fields are planted with ridges, which can drain water and allow the wind to follow the ridges. And moving, both up and down.”
"And after I tried the rakes and other earth-crushing farming tools that came from the south, I found that the land that had been raked was softer than the land that had not been crumbled. It was obvious that the water in the soil had not left."
Ji Qi was like a child who got a new toy. He happily showed Shi Jing his improved "rake" and said: "Since we have cattle plowing, I think it will always be tiring to use people to use the rake. So I asked oxen to pull the plow and changed the plow to a harrow, but it was not very useful, so I thought again and came up with this thing."
"I call it 'rak', and like a harrow, it can also be called a field grinder!"
Ji Qi used thorns and pointed sticks to weave something similar to a fence. This is a rake. He pressed a round and heavy piece of wood on top of this thing, and then used an ox to pull it in front. This became an ox rake. .
Shi Jing was a little surprised: "What Wu said, using a rake to break up the soil can indeed make the grains grow better. I haven't thought about the reason, because I have just joined the Akagata clan, and I just find this method novel. It’s just useful.”
Ji Qi sighed: "I wish we could meet each other! In this world, the number of grains is related to people's food rations. The beasts in the mountains also have reincarnation. Only by mastering the cultivation of grains can the human race gradually multiply and grow."
"In the era of the three ancient emperors, people drank hair and drank blood. In the era of the three ancient emperors, they finally got rid of the ignorant days like beasts. Sui people drilled fire and built nests and built trees. Zhisheng taught people, 'If you accumulate more salary in the summer, you will be exposed to the sun in the winter. As a result, humans learned to produce.”
"After all, hunting cannot satisfy people's appetites. Many people will die from hunger. The sheep on the earth have wolves to maintain their numbers. If the wolves are lost, the sheep will unscrupulously devour the grassland and continue to grow."
"It takes years for life to grow, which is very long, but it only takes one spring and autumn for grain to grow."
“One grain of millet is sown in spring and ten thousand grains are harvested in autumn. How can one produce hundreds of grains if God has no mercy for all people?”
Ji Qi smiled and said: "I am the son of Emperor Kuang, and I also know what kind of disasters the world has suffered. Natural disasters, it is too difficult for weak tribes to survive, but even a bug can be eaten. instinct."
"I invite you here to see what I have discovered, not to show off to you, but I hope that if one day you go back to the south, you must tell the wizard the knowledge I discovered so that they can eat better. Be fuller."
"The farming technology brought by the south can make the Central Plains full of food. When we are full, we will return the better methods we have figured out to you. One day, I hope that people in the world will no longer be subject to The misery of hunger.”
People's ideals are different. Shi Jing suddenly felt insignificant, and Chong Hua was also shocked.
Everyone thinks that the farmer is immersed in the soil every day, playing with the seedlings and grains, but no one knows that while others are busy asking for food from the ground, the farmer is thinking about how to better utilize the power of the earth. All things grow and grow, but the earth will not take the initiative to grow grains for humans, so how to use the soil's power to make enough food is what humans have to do.
"Look, this is a new grain I discovered. It is also edible. I call it 秫. This is also due to your inspiration! It turns out that there are so many edible grains in this world."
"Shennong tasted the herbs, and the grains were among the herbs. If you don't try to eat them, how can you know what they do?"
Shi Jing suddenly remembered and said, "Do you know about grains like wheat?"
"Mai, of course I know!"
In this era, wheat has already appeared in the history of mountains and seas, and was passed from the distant Western Wilderness. Of course, the first plant was the Xiwangmu family of the Western Wilderness, and it was brought to the Central Plains when paying tribute.
The oracle bones of the Shang Dynasty indicate that wheat had been widely cultivated at that time. Of course, I don’t know if wheat was regarded as something eaten by the lower class just like the Zhou Dynasty when it was cultivated in the Shang Dynasty.
By the end of the Warring States Period, some people in the East and South even believed that wheat was poisonous.
Shi Jing didn't mean anything special when he asked this question. He just said: "Witches said before that wheat should be available in the Central Plains. They said that wheat noodles can be made to eat, and wheat and wheat husks are good things."
Since Shi Jing was very curious about the appearance of wheat, he thought that this thing should be sharper than the curse words that Concubine Zai occasionally used on his lips. Then he took a look and saw that it was indeed a mango, as if there were needles growing on the rice.
"If you bring this back, Wu should be very happy. I don't know if this thing will live well in the south."
But while they were looking at the land and grains here, messengers from all directions brought bad news.
Some small countries launched a war of plunder and attacked the lands and tribes belonging to the Central Plains.
