Feng Heming

Chapter 308 If something is abnormal, there must be a demon

Shao Sihu took Lu Ming and others to practice on the boat, and by the way, he brought back a boat full of fish every day.

In addition, the construction of two city walls at the gate of the county town that had been discussed had officially started.

It happened to be the slack season, so Xu Feng also agreed, calling on the labor force of the county, and it was regarded as corvee labor.

The people in the county don't understand why the city wall was built. It has been done like this for decades, but this is something the county magistrate decided, and the people will not object.

The stones used to build the city wall were all pulled out of the mine, which just saved the effort of digging and digging stones. The stone mud was blended by loyal people arranged by Jiang Yuanxi.

There are many people and strength, and the two tall city walls were built in less than two months.

There is still nearly a month before the Chinese New Year, Jiang Yuanxi simply asked someone to build a city wall in the direction of the sea. As for the stream dug from the dock that leads directly to the sea, a gate was built. When the gates were opened, the big ships that had already launched did not return to the dock, but anchored at the seaside.

If it wasn't for the new year, Jiang Yuanxi was still planning to build a pier by the sea. With the increasing number of big ships, this matter would have to be put on the agenda, but these were all things after the beginning of spring.

The more big boats were built, the more fish were caught. The granary built by the county government could no longer hold the dried fish, so Jiang Yuanxi asked someone to build another big granary.

Xu Feng didn't know why Jiang Yuanxi wanted so many dried fish, but no one would dislike the lack of meat, which is also a kind of grain. When building the granary, Xu Feng thought about fishing every day after the spring started like this, and silently increased the size of the granary. doubled in size.

"Master Xu, the cold winters in Danyang County are so warm in previous years?" Jiang Yuanxi was wearing a cotton-padded jacket and robes, and Afang wanted to put a crane cloak on her, but she refused.

At the beginning, I heard that Danyang County would be very cold in winter, so Zheng Youniang specially packed a lot of thick clothes and brought them to her, but it turned out that it was really cold winter, and Jiang Yuanxi felt that she didn't need to wear a cotton jacket.

With doubts, she came to Xu Feng.

Xu Feng also frowned, "My lord, in previous years you had to wear at least several layers of clothes to go out in the county, but this year it's actually much warmer."

Jiang Yuanxi immediately sensed something was wrong, "You mean that Danyang County was very cold in the past, but it's warmer this year?"

Xu Feng nodded affirmatively, "Yes, it's been decades, and I haven't encountered such a warm and cold winter. No, it's not a cold winter right now, it's a little colder than in autumn. There is a lot of firewood, and this year almost no people burn firewood for warmth."

Xu Feng just lamented that this year's cold winter has been much better, but Jiang Yuanxi felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart. After parting with Xu Feng, she tried her best to find Jiang Boyong.

"Fifth brother, how is your intelligence network?"

Facing Jiang Yuanxi's question, Jiang Boyong said: "Now almost every county in Beiliang has your shop."

This means that Jiang Boyong's intelligence network has almost covered the county town of Beiliang.

Before she had time to sigh that Fifth Brother had helped her increase so much property without saying a word, and had no time to admire Fifth Brother for building such a large intelligence network, she asked solemnly: "Fifth Brother, help me see if other places are similar to other places. It’s much warmer than last year.”

Jiang Boyong's heart shuddered, and he sighed again in his heart, did Wu Niang notice the difference?
Jiang Boyong responded immediately, "I will give you information on various places within five days at the latest."

Five days later, Jiang Yuanxi looked a little ugly with the information Jiang Boyong gave her.

Like Danyang County, other places are also much warmer than in previous years, and the side near Dajin is originally close to the south, and this winter is not cold at all, just like autumn.

Many people are thankful that winter is not cold, and they don't have to worry about being cold to death in the cold winter.

Jiang Boyong even gave Dajin's information to Jiang Yuanxi. When she saw that the whole winter of Dajin was warmer than their Beiliang, she only had time to feel that the fifth brother's hand stretched out of Dajin. Great uneasiness surfaced in her heart.

If there are abnormalities, there must be demons. In winter, there must be a winter appearance. If it becomes warmer in winter, there must be something wrong.

After contemplating for a long time, but still not satisfied, Jiang Yuanxi pinched the center of his brows.

At this moment, Zhu Xuezhen came to her with a serious face, "Wu Niang, follow me to the fields."

Zhu Xuezhen was very anxious, and he pulled her away without waiting for Jiang Yuanxi to refuse.

His footsteps were fast and impatient, and Jiang Yuanxi's heart was raised immediately, for fear that something happened in the field.

When she came to the field, Zhu Xuezhen pointed to the field and asked her, "Did you see it?"

Jiang Yuanxi was a little stunned when she asked this question, even though she helped Zhu Xuezhen observe the growth of the rice, she couldn't figure out what the words meant.

Fortunately, Zhu Xuezhen is not really testing Jiang Yuanxi's farming work, and continued: "I asked the old crops in the county, and they said that the fields in Danyang County will be frosty during the cold winter, and it will be frosty when the New Year is approaching. When it snows, snowflakes cover the fields.

In the year of auspicious snow, the fields are covered with heavy snow for a cold winter. When the next spring begins, the heavy snow melts, which not only nourishes the fields, but also allows the soil in the fields to recuperate and become much thicker. After spring, the rice will grow better.

Look at this field, not to mention heavy snow, not even frost, the soil is very soft, if it is in other places, it will be fine, but there must be something wrong in Danyang County. "

Zhu Xuezhen jumped down from the field, picked up the small hoe hanging from his waist, dug hard, dug several times, and called Jiang Yuanxi to come down and look, "Wu Niang, come and look."

Jiang Yuanxi's eyesight is very good, standing on the ridge of the field, she can see clearly, even if she is not afraid of anything, her scalp is numb at this moment.

Seeing the dense insect eggs in the soil made Gein hate her good eyesight for the first time, and her goosebumps came out.

Zhu Xuezhen turned around and continued digging, and then Jiang Yuanxi saw another pit still densely packed with insect eggs, goosebumps all over his body kept popping out, and his expression became much uglier.

"Mr. Zhu, aren't these insect eggs?" Jiang Yuanxi hoped that it wasn't what she thought, but Zhu Xuezhen shattered her fantasy, "Yes, these are probably locust eggs."

Zhu Xuezhen's expression is also very ugly. He is a farmer, and he is very skilled in farming. If he was in other places, maybe he would not come to the field to check it out, but he values ​​​​the fields in Danyang County very much, and chatting with the old farmers Afterwards, he couldn't sit still for a while, he found a random field and dug it up, and when he saw the last thing he wanted to see happened, he came to Jiang Yuanxi immediately.

Jiang Yuanxi thought more, even in Danyang County, what about other places?
She still remembered that Dajin's place is now warmer than the warmest place in Beiliang.

Jiang Yuanxi looked up at the sky, and let out a sigh of relief, "God will not give you a way out."

However, heaven does not save people, people have to save themselves.

In an instant, Jiang Yuanxi thought of many ways to deal with it, and the first thing that came to his mind was the chicken that Fifth Brother insisted on raising.

"Mr. Zhu, would it be useful to raise chickens in the fields?"

Zhu Xuezhen nodded again and again, "Of course it is useful, these insect eggs can be regarded as encountering natural enemies."

Jiang Yuanxi was a little more open-minded. She remembered that the little brother was rich and powerful, and bought tens of thousands of chickens. After a few months, the chickens had grown up. Chickens hatch eggs, come and go, there are at least tens of thousands of chickens in Danyang County, right?
"Then let the common people drive the chickens to the fields and eat all the eggs."

Jiang Yuanxi immediately wanted to go back and discuss this matter with Xu Feng and his younger brother. The Chinese New Year is approaching, so it is best to tell the people not to kill chickens during the Chinese New Year. Chickens are of great use!

Just turning around, Zhu Xuezhen stopped her, "Wu Niang, it's not urgent to let the chickens eat the eggs. No matter how many chickens there are, it is impossible to eat up all the eggs. And if the chickens eat the eggs, just eat them." You have to dig the soil in the field first, which is tantamount to plowing in the spring, which is too time-consuming."

Jiang Yuanxi immediately asked sincerely, "What advice does Mr. Zhu have?"

Zhu Xuezhen said one word at a time, "Burning the fields! The people in Danyang County are used to not planting anything in the fields after the autumn harvest, so the fields must be empty now. Let people bring firewood and put all the firewood on the ridge. When the fire is hot, throw it in the field and burn the field again. We choose to burn it at noon, and there is less fog. Even if there is water vapor in the field, it’s okay. Just put a few more firewood and burn it again. I dug the field to see how many insect eggs are left, if there are few remaining, you might as well burn it again, and then put the chickens in to eat the eggs."

This method is good, just now she saw that the eggs were two inches below the soil, she had seen Hu Bugui dig a hole in the ground, put the chicken in lotus leaves, and then filled the hole Well, start to burn the fire on the top, wait for the fire to burn out, then simmer again, the chicken buried in the pit is also cooked.

Raw chickens can be mature chickens. I don’t believe that if they are burned like this, the eggs can still live!
Without further ado, Jiang Yuanxi immediately went back to the county government office to find Xu Feng, director Lin Fei and others to inform the matter. When they learned that there were insect eggs in the field, Xu Feng, Lin Fei and the others all changed their expressions greatly. It was said to burn the fields, and this method was suggested by Zhu Xuezhen, Xu Feng was the first to respond.

Jiang Yuanxi also issued a notice from the county government, ordering the policemen to stick their heads under the dew, and beating gongs and drums to ask the common people to cooperate.

As soon as this incident happened, the people were in an uproar. The field was their lifeblood. Most people didn't really believe that there were insect eggs growing in the field, but more old crops were worried.

The head catcher had already experienced, and he didn't leave even in the dew. After waiting for an hour or two, more and more people came back, and the faces of the same people were all anxious, and they surrounded the head catcher one after another.

"My lord, there are indeed insect eggs growing in the field, what should I do?"

"My lord, what did the notice say, what did your lord say?"

Many of these people's families sent their children to the Tai Academy in exchange for new grain seeds, and they all looked forward to planting new seeds after the spring, so that they could have a good harvest.

Don't say it's a good harvest right now. If the county magistrate hadn't issued a notice, they wouldn't know that there were insect eggs growing in the fields. Not waiting for the harvest, but waiting for the locusts
The faces of the common people became even worse.

The head catcher said the method Jiang Yuanxi ordered three times in a row. Everyone heard it, burning firewood?
Which family can be short of firewood, thinking that this year will be as cold as in previous years, and they have prepared a lot of firewood at home. The people are relieved at first, but then they hear that they may end up asking chickens to eat insect eggs, or even If there are really locusts crossing the border in the coming year, then let the chickens go out and eat as much as they can eat. After hearing this, some of them with quick brains sneaked up to the head catcher and asked: "My lord, didn't the county magistrate make a mistake earlier?" Is it about people adopting pigs and sheep? I remember that chickens were not adopted by many people at that time, can they still be adopted now?"

The head catcher looked at this man angrily, "It's true that adults have nothing to do on weekdays, and every action of adults has a deep meaning. See, when you were asked to adopt chicken cubs, you disliked them and refused to take them. Now I know I'm wrong."

The man kept nodding his head to admit his mistake, "Yes, yes, I know it's wrong, I know the county magistrate is doing it for our own good, but we don't know what's good and evil, we really know it's wrong, can you let us adopt chickens back now?"

In fact, the head catcher may not know the intention of Jiang Yuanxi to let people buy so many chicken cubs back then, but it does not hinder his admiration for Jiang Yuanxi. The smartest person I've ever seen built the Imperial College, built a big ship, brought new grain seeds that can yield more than three stones per mu, built the city wall, and bought pigs, sheep and chickens. As soon as the incident happened, he felt that Jiang Yuanxi had the foresight at the beginning. It must be that Jiang Yuanxi watched the stars at night and knew that there would be a natural disaster, so he bought so many chicken cubs in advance. ?
When Jiang Yuanxi agreed to buy so many chicken cubs back then, it was really because there was a lot of money, otherwise Jiang Bojin would not be so generous.

Without Jiang Yuanxi's knowledge, the people in the county government that used to be Danyang County had a feeling of blind trust in Jiang Yuanxi, and it was not limited to the officials in the county government, and now the common people also have this feeling.

At any rate, the head catcher still remembered the important business, and squinted at the person who came, "The one who adopted the chickens was put aside first, and hurried back to move the firewood to the field to burn the field. Remember, we don't go until noon, and we will burn it for several days in a row." , and then dig up the field to see how many eggs are left, as for the matter of raising chickens, I will help you and ask the adults later."

The visitor thanked him in every possible way, turned around and withdrew from the crowd, and hurried home to collect firewood.

Many people heard what this man said, and they all made up their minds. When the county magistrate agreed to take the chickens back to raise, they must adopt a few more chickens, and they can't kill chickens to eat during the Chinese New Year.

Well, the most important thing now is to burn the fields!
(End of this chapter)