The group crossed several fields and came to the field where Brother Le and the others were.
Yu Qingze introduced him to Grandpa Chang and Jiabao. They didn't know the magistrate yet. Brother Le and several others stood up and saluted the three adults.
Master Cai hurriedly said: "Don't be too polite, this is not in the yamen, everyone keep busy."
Jiabao came over and called out, "Foster father."
"Hey." Master Cai responded happily, watching Jiabao's sweating sweat, wiped him off, and asked, "Are you tired?"
Jiabao shook his head, smiled, and said, "It's okay. That foster father, I'll go to work first, we'll finish cutting this field in the morning."
"Okay, let's go." Master Cai replied.
Seeing that Jiabao is now cutting the grass in a decent manner, Mr. Cai said with emotion: "I haven't seen him for a few months, and I'm becoming more and more sensible."
Yu Qingze replied with a smile, "Yes, now it's a small cashier in the store, so I can do it."
Master Cai laughed, and then asked, "Do you have any extra cutting knives? Let's go and cut it too."
Yu Qingze raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "Are you going too?"
Master Cai nodded and asked back: "Why, I don't think I can?"
"No, I'll go get the knife." Yu Qingze touched his nose, walked to the grass he had cut, took his own, then went to the dung pan at the head of the field, and walked over with two spares.
Yu Qingze gave the one he had used to Mr. Cai, "This one has been used, be sharp."
Master Cai handed it over to Luo Mingda.
Luo Mingda was stunned for a moment, then pointed at himself, "Me?"
Mr. Cai nodded and said, "Try it, you are the parental official of Tongshan, you have to know how the people under your control live and work, experience it, come on."
Speaking of which, Master Cai put the mowing knife into Luo Mingda's hand without any explanation.
Lominda: …
"Sir, why don't I come, Lord Luo has never done this..." The county magistrate said quickly when he saw it.
"Don't worry, this is yours." Master Cai handed another cutting knife to the county magistrate.
Magistrate: …
"Okay, let's go." Master Cai took off his robe, handed it to his entourage, rolled up his sleeves, and was ready to go into battle.
Seeing that the magistrates had gone to cut them, Luo Mingda and the county magistrate had no choice but to take off their robes and, following the example of Lord Cai, rolled up their sleeves and walked to the rice fields.
"Do you need me to demonstrate to you?" Yu Qingze asked.
"Show them both." Master Cai squatted down as he spoke, and then started to cut with the side that Yu Qingze had cut before, the action was quite similar.
Seeing that Mr. Cai was fine, Yu Qingze turned to look at Luo Mingda and the county magistrate.
Luo Mingda handed the cutting knife in his hand to him.
Yu Qingze took it over with a smile, and gave them a demonstration while talking.
When it was over, Luo Mingda squatted down with a frown, imitating Yu Qingze's style, grabbing the wormwood with his left hand and using his right hand.
brush-
It didn't cut off the first time. He frowned again and tried again, this time it was cut off, but the force was too much, and he slammed back and almost sat down.
But looking at the cut weeds, Luo Mingda hummed a little, and then proceeded to the next weeds...
Yu Qingze watched from the side, smiled, and reminded aloud: "Sir, you can put some more knives below."
"Oh, so?" Hearing that, Luo Mingda put the knife against the ground and cut a little bit of grass.
"Well, yes, that's about it."
Hearing that the three adults were going to cut weeds, Jiabao and Chang Hao secretly looked over here, laughing as they watched.
Yu Qingze walked over and gently gave each of them a brain break, saying, "What are you looking at, cut it quickly."
The two touched their foreheads and smiled, then cut them off.
But the two of them didn't look at it, but the other villagers in the fields next to them were watching curiously. It is quite strange that the adults in the city came to the fields to cut weeds.
Mr. Cai's two entourages put the three adults' clothes on Mr. Sun's arms, then walked to Jiabao and Chang Hao, took the cutting knives in their hands, and squatted down to cut them.
Jiabao and Chang Hao looked at the two big guards, shhush, shhhhhhhhh, they were much faster than them, so the two of them went to the field to pour water and sat on the field ridge to rest.
It's still early, and before noon, Yu Qingze was thinking about the meal at noon. There were six more men, and the food at home was not enough.
He walked over and discussed it with Grandpa Chang. When the time comes, he can buy a fish from the uncle by the river, kill a chicken, and add the vegetables that he originally had at home. It should be almost the same.
Mr. Cai cut for about a quarter of an hour, got tired from squatting, stood up and moved a bit.
Yu Qingze walked over and said, "Sir, let me come."
Master Cai handed the knife to Yu Qingze and said, "Then come on. I cut too slowly."
Yu Qingze took the knife and whispered to Master Cai while cutting it, "Master, are you not afraid that Young Master Luo will lose his temper?"
Mr. Cai squatted down, sighed, and whispered: "His father wrote to me and asked me to help me take care of it. Hey, my nature is not bad, but I'm used to having fun, and I never thought about business."
After Yu Qingze heard the words, he sighed with emotion, and then said, "You brought him here on a special trip to let him experience it?"
Mr. Cai shook his head and said, "Oh, this is incidental. I read Wei'er's letter saying that when I came to play before, Chang Hao told him that you had made a few new crops, and even got a foot beating. Gu Ji, I just wanted to come and have a look. The people are living too hard. If there is any way to increase grain production and income so that they can have enough to eat, I would like to try it. Mr. Sun is the one I found in Yunzhou. If there is someone with more ideas, I will bring him.”
Hearing this, Yu Qingze said: "So that's the case, I'll show you when you go back. There is a kind of egg called ground egg, which is already being planted in the north, and it is effective, we can also plant it here, we have already planted it for a season. Come out. I originally thought of planting another season. When there are a few more potatoes, I will mobilize the villagers to let them plant together. This thing is very filling, and it is mainly harvested in winter and spring. After harvesting, it is almost ready to plant. Just in time for the spring planting."
When Master Cai heard the words, he said happily: "That means that there can be multiple seasons in the field?"
"Yes." Yu Qingze nodded and said: "The survival rate of this thing seems to be okay. It can be cooked and eaten, or it can be steamed or simmered like a sweet potato. It tastes pretty good. I will make it for you at noon."
"That's great!" Mr. Cai stood up excitedly, and then said: "Cut quickly, let's go back and have a look after cutting. I'll go talk to Mr. Sun first."
After saying that, he went to find Mr. Sun.
With the help of Mr. Cai's two entourages, the harvest was much faster.
Luo Mingda and the county magistrate didn't cut quickly, and of course Yu Qingze didn't expect them both, so after about two quarters of an hour, Yu Qingze asked Jiabao and Chang Hao to take over the two adults' cutting knives.
Luo Mingda stood up, his hands were dirty, especially the right hand holding the knife, the knuckles were muddy. However, he turned around and looked at the small piece of rice he had cut behind him. Although it was a little crooked, there was an inexplicable sense of accomplishment. What was going on
He chuckled, raised his arm, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
"Sir, there is water in the ditch at Tiantou, you can wash it." Yu Qingze reminded.
Luo Mingda and the county magistrate went to wash their hands.
This seven-centimeter field was all cut in less than noon. The group packed up and went home.
Entering the house, Luo Mingda and the county magistrate found that Yu Qingze's house was really big, much better than some houses in the city, and without those crooked paths, flower beds and rockeries, the middle of the yard looked special. Spacious.
"Hey, Boss Yu, what is that?" The county magistrate asked while pointing to the yard.
On the right side of the yard, there are three plants in about 30 pots. The highest row, under the green branches and leaves, is full of bunches of red and green fruits. They are round and very beautiful. In the remaining two rows, some are still seedlings, and some branches and leaves have grown quite tall, and small yellow flowers have bloomed.
"It's persimmons, which a brother brought back from the south. We don't have them here yet. We planted the two rows below that were short and fruitless." Yu Qingze explained.
Because he was afraid that it would be difficult to manage the seeds outside, the red fruits would definitely be picked by the children when they saw them. Then, for ripe tomatoes, Grandpa Chang collected the seeds and tried to plant them in one or two pots. The more they were planted, the more pots there were.
"Hey, I know this. There are seeds in the garden of the palace. The red ones are very beautiful." Luo Mingda looked at the persimmon and said happily.
Yu Qingze smiled and said, "I'll fry a plate for you to taste later."
Hearing this, Luo Mingda asked in surprise, "Can you eat this?"
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "If you can eat it, it tastes pretty good."
Mr. Sun and Mr. Cai walked over to the tomato and looked at it.
Hearing that the taste was good, Luo Mingda's eyes lit up. He leaned over to hold up the tomato, smelled it, and said, "No one eats it in the capital, so it's all taken to see. It turns out that it's still edible."
"Yes, you can eat it." Yu Qingze smiled and said to Master Cai, "Master Cai, I'll take you to see the eggs."
"Okay, let's go." Master Cai heard the words, and followed Yu Qingze to the storage room at the back with a few people.
Yu Qingze took out a small basket of potatoes, showed them, and told them the benefits of this thing.
Mr. Cai and Mr. Sun discussed again.
"I heard how many vegetables are there?" Master Cai asked.
"Yes, I'll take you to the field after dinner."
After showing them the potatoes, Yu Qingze went to the kitchen for lunch. Mr. Cai and Mr. Sun were discussing around tomatoes and potatoes in their hands, and the county magistrate listened to them.
Seeing that Luo Mingda was sitting in the room drinking tea leisurely, Mr. Cai called him over and asked him to listen.
In the morning, I didn't have enough to eat and still worked, and the hungry Luo Mingda: ...
Fortunately, Jiabao brought a few trays of snacks over at this time, and Chang Hao brought them stools. Master Luo was consummated, sitting and eating snacks while listening to them.
The county magistrate watched him eat snacks one by one, and kindly reminded: "Sir, don't eat too much, and you will have lunch later."
With such a reminder, Lominda stopped eating snacks immediately. It was Yu Qingze who was cooking at noon today, so he had to save his stomach to eat delicious food.
Seeing this, Mr. Cai shook his head helplessly. Then, when he was discussing with Mr. Sun, he asked Luo Mingda's opinion from time to time, forcing him to listen carefully to what they said, and to answer a sentence or two from time to time.
It was also at this time that Luo Mingda realized that the reason why Mr. Cai came to Niutou Village was for these new crops, not to eat the dishes made by Yu Qingze.
He listened to Mr. Sun and Mr. Cai imagining how much food and income the new crops could bring to the farmers, how many people could be fed, and how many people could be saved from starvation, and he could not help sitting up slowly. , his expression gradually became serious...
When Jiabao said it was time to start dinner, Luo Mingda was startled, why did he just listen to it without realizing it
He took a deep breath and immediately got up and went to the well to wash his hands.
It's finally time to eat!
Lunch is naturally very rich, and there are several dishes that have not been seen in restaurants. Such as chicken stewed with mushrooms, potato stewed chicken nuggets, pickled fish, tomato scrambled eggs, hot and sour shredded potatoes, etc., as well as some other home-cooked dishes.
A table full of aromas.
Both Mr. Sun and Mr. Cai's entourage had never eaten the dishes made by Yu Qingze. After the first bite, they didn't care to talk to Mr. Cai and the others, and they all started eating.
Master Luo Mingda was not polite, he ate happily and contentedly, thinking to himself, fortunately, he had a stomach.
After lunch, as a walk after dinner, Yu Qingze took Mr. Cai and his party to the field again. It was the end of September, the sun was not so bright, and it was not too hot.
In the field, Grandpa Chang had already sown three kinds of vegetables in July. Now the cabbage has grown very well, and it is estimated that it will start to bear balls soon; the cauliflower has begun to bear small balls; the snow beans are also growing lush.
Yu Qingze showed them cauliflower, cabbage and snow peas one by one, and introduced them to the characteristics and benefits of these three dishes. Master Cai and Master Sun couldn't help nodding and said straight.
After reading the new crops, Mr. Cai discussed with Yu Qingze and Luo Mingda, and asked Yu Qingze to cultivate the seeds specially. Then the seeds would be purchased in the name of the county government, and then distributed to farmers to promote planting.
At first, Luo Mingda still didn't understand why he bought it in the name of the county government, or the county chief explained it to him in a low voice. There are no more people dying of starvation, which is a great achievement for the county government.
Luo Mingda listened, understood, and nodded in agreement.
Yu Qingze also agreed, but he also put forward the condition that demonstration planting must be done first in Niutou Village.
On this point, Master Cai and Luo Mingda have no opinion, and the three parties have reached an agreement.
After this matter was settled, in the afternoon, Master Cai and his party experienced the magic of stepping on the threshing machine, and they were all amazed.
Mr. Sun even wanted to take it apart and take a look.
After the discussion between Mr. Cai and Mr. Sun, Mr. Cai asked Yu Qingze if he could submit the rice bed and the invention of the foot threshing machine to the court for the benefit of the common people.
Yu Qingze listened, pulled Mr. Cai aside, and asked, "Can this be counted as your political achievement?"
Mr. Cai didn't hide it from him, and said directly: "I just presented it as a discoverer. The court has set up special rewards in this regard. When the time comes, it will be confirmed by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry. If it proves to be useful, the sage will award it according to the contribution. The reward is given to the person who made it. Of course, the government office will definitely be able to get some light, if the sage is happy, it is estimated that he will also get some rewards, and he will definitely be able to add some points during the year-end staff assessment."
Hearing this, Yu Qingze said: "The rice bed was made last year, and many traders have already taken it to the north. I don't know if it is still useful? However, I still have a drawing of a wind valley car, but the village chief's family has not done it yet. It came out to separate the rice grains from the rice, and it was very useful."
"Oh? Is that so? Can you show it to me?" Master Cai asked.
Yu Qingze drew him directly on the ground, briefly said, "I have to discuss this matter with the village chief, because I promised to cooperate with them on these drawings before, I have to ask Ask for their opinion."
Mr. Cai nodded understandingly and said, "Okay, you can discuss with them. But I hope to promote it to the whole country. And it will take some time for us to submit it. You can make it and sell it during this time. Besides, This thing was originally made by you, and you will do it here, and it is not so fast to promote it in the court, so don’t worry about this problem.”
Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Okay, I'll discuss with the village chief at night. How many days will you stay in Tongshan?"
Master Cai said: "The day after tomorrow, I will go back to Yunzhou. I will go to the county office tomorrow to check the situation. If you discuss the results, go to the county office to find me."
"OK."