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Chapter 74 Couple Pear
Guo Jie and Ji Shaogong walked down Gaolan Mountain and headed for the fields in Jinchenglu. They passed by a number of round granaries surrounded by a thick wall. There was a left school at the entrance of the women's house. Three people were stationed there day and night, and a group of soldiers were replaced every three days.

There was a well and a pool dug inside the wall. The guards had to fill the pool with well water every day to prevent the granary from catching fire and not having enough water to put out the fire.

There was a fire in the warehouse, and drawing water bucket by bucket from the well was too slow, so a spacious pool was needed to put out the fire in time.

In the past, to enter or exit the warehouse, one needed a piece of bamboo slips written by Ji Shaogong himself. The village guards of Zuoshu would check it and confirm that it was correct before one could enter the warehouse. In the future, a piece of bamboo slips written by the female monarch Yishuo would be required.

Along the way, Guo Jie told some interesting stories about Chang'an, emphasizing the wrestler who killed Dou Pengzu a few days ago.

It was even arranged into a Jingguan, facing the main gate of the house.

Guo Jie looked at Ji Shaogong a few more times, observing his expression. He originally thought that Ji Shaogong, who was of calm temperament, would say something too risky.

Who knows.

The calm Ji Shaogong actually smiled. "This is the Mr. Guo I know. A few days ago, Dou Pengzu disdained Mr. Guo and even threatened to humiliate him in public, but Mr. Guo remained indifferent. I thought Mr. Guo was possessed by a ghost, but I never thought he was trying to deal a heavy blow to Dou Pengzu."

Guo Jie was surprised. He didn't expect that Ji Shaogong's reaction was to agree to take the risk.

He soon looked confused again.

The people recorded in "Biographies of Assassins" and "Biographies of Knights-Errant" in the Records of the Grand Historian are actually the same kind of people, all of whom are evil people who despise the law.

Jing Ke dared to assassinate King Ying Zheng of Qin during troubled times.

Yu Rang even rushed into the home of Zhao Xiangzi, who was the leader of the three families who divided Jin, in broad daylight and went in to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi. Zhao Xiangzi was the prime minister of Jin and his status was equivalent to that of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

Guo Jie killed the officials directly at the palace gate, provoking Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, and the entire Han government in person. His boldness was no less than that of Yu Rang.

He killed the wrestler that Dou Pengzu kept at home.

This is in line with the impression of the heroic Guo Jie by Ji Shaogong and others.

"Mr. Guo."

Zhao Guo hurried over in a coarse cloth jacket and trousers, plow in hand. His bun and trousers were caked with mud. He bowed hastily and said, "I was trying out my newly built plow in the fields. I was unable to come to greet you in time. I hope Mr. Guo will forgive me."

Guo Jie brought Yi Shuo to the gate of Jinchengluli. Zhao Guo brought a few executioners with him. They were now residents of Jinchengluli. They were unable to greet them in time because they had just made the couplet.

All the knights in crimson robes were recruited as full-time soldiers and were training hard, striving to chop off the heads of the Huns and be promoted to guests of the lower-class inn as soon as possible.

"It doesn't matter."

Guo Jie immediately became interested: "It's just a small matter, don't worry about it. Take me to see the Pear you invented, this powerful tool that increases the speed of plowing."

invention?

Ji Shaogong and Zhao Guo were confused and didn't understand what invention meant.

"Invention. Invention"

Zhao Guo exclaimed in admiration, "Discovering light is a good word. It means that the creation of new tools, like Cangjie's creation of characters, and the bringing of more millet to the common people who farmed, are inventions that bring light."

Guo Jie twitched the corner of his mouth.

It feels like a great scholar is debating for me.

“Not much different.”

Guo Jie walked on the rammed earth road in front of Jinchengluli, and went straight forward until he came to a wide river.

The endless plain is covered with lush green grass everywhere. A river flows through the middle of the grass. The river is wide, giving a sense of the vastness of the Red Cliffs.

The big river in the Jincheng area is located upstream. It does not bring in a lot of mud and sand. The water is clear and sparkling. From time to time, you can see schools of fish and shrimp swimming by.

Guo Jie even saw schools of copper fish, a rare, first-class protected species, appearing in huge numbers. "This fish tastes good."

Zhao Guo saw Guo Jie staring at the bronze fish, swallowed his saliva and said, "This wild fish, whose name I don't know, is delicious, especially when cooked into minced meat. I have more than a dozen of them in my house. If you like it, you can take a few back to try."

Ten. More than ten bowls.

The first-class protected animal is used to make fish sauce.

Jincheng is truly rich in resources; it is truly a vast and fertile land.

Guo Jie nodded gently and said, "Take a few of these with you when you return. Today, I'll go see your unique invention, the Pear Pear. What are its benefits that deserve your excitement?"

In the flat fields, several villagers wearing coarse linen shorts and coarse linen trousers were standing barefoot on the ridges of the fields. There were two cows next to them and a novel pair of pear trees.

The style of the Plow is very different from that used in counties and prefectures across the country. Compared with the simple Plow, it has more parts such as the Plow Wall, Plow Balance, and Plow Arrow, making it more complete.

"The farming method for Pear trees is two oxen and three men."

Zhao Guo took off his linen jacket to prevent it from getting ripped while plowing, revealing the shorts underneath. "Two oxen and three men" refers to a plow pulled by two oxen and operated by three people. Local people call this method of farming "two oxen pulling a plow."

When Zhao Guo mentioned Pear and Farming, he seemed like a different person. His usually taciturn and shy personality became eloquent and witty.

When it comes to farming, he knows a lot.

Zhao Guo was worried that Guo Jie wouldn't understand him if he just spoke, so he called three villagers over to start plowing the fields.

Talking while plowing.

In a two-ox plow, one person leads the ox, one holds the plow shaft, and one supports the plow.

The villagers in the middle who operate the plow are the hardest working and the most important, as they need to adjust the depth of the cultivated land.

Intensive farming is a practice that places great emphasis on the depth of cultivated land.

It cannot be too shallow or too deep. The soil needs to be plowed to a depth suitable for corn seeds to germinate.

Two oxen pull a plow together because the plowshare of the oxen is larger, which increases the plow wall.

By deep plowing, turning over the soil and building ridges at the same time, the furrows required by Zhao Guo can be plowed out.

"I tried plowing with a cow and a pear."

Zhao Guo shook his head and said, "The speed of plowing is slow. In the limited farming time, two oxen pulling two plows can plow far more land than two oxen pulling a plow."

When cultivating the land, you cannot assume that you can grow crops at any time.

The so-called farming season is the time summarized by common people over thousands of years. The time for sowing is less than a month.

It’s not too early.

It won’t work if it’s too late.

Seasonal vegetables are vegetables that can only be grown in each season. Every crop has a growing season.

Zhao Guo gave the exact figures: "One ox pulling a plow can cultivate at most 150 mu (approximately 1.5 acres). Two oxen can cultivate 2100 mu (approximately 1.5 acres)."

Guo Jie knew that the plow was a far more advanced invention than the pull plow, and was also a more advanced agricultural machine. He asked expectantly, "How many acres of land can be cultivated with two oxen pulling the plow?"

Zhao Guo picked up the soil that Couplet turned over, put it in his mouth and tasted it, with a smile on his face.

"Four hectares, two hundred acres!"

(End of this chapter)