Destiny Only Han

Chapter 68 The Doubt of Hand

Yang Di, the palace of the King of Han.

Liu Ying, with a short-sleeved white jacket on her upper body, knee-length shorts on her lower body, and straw shoes on her feet, squatted under the shade of a tree in the backyard.

Now is the fifth month of the Qin calendar, converted to the Gregorian calendar of later generations, it should look like June.

The weather is hot and the cicadas are singing.

The suit he wore was not invented by himself, but was commonly worn by people in this period.

The ancients were not fools either. Unless it was a formal occasion, what about wearing long gowns on the inside and outside in hot weather to cover prickly heat?
Of course, the shorts on the lower body are not the ventilated crotch pants that were very popular during this period...

People's sitting postures during this period were mainly squatting, sitting cross-legged, and the oblique kneeling posture similar to the squatting military posture.

As for the rest of the way of sitting, it is easy to reveal things that should not be seen by outsiders.

Well, for example, in "Book of Rites: Under the Tan Gong", Confucius would call Yuan Rang a thief when he was sitting with his legs spread apart, and beat his leg with a walking stick.

There is also the famous Jing Ke Assassin Qin.

Knowing that things are not going to work, Ke leaned on the pillar and smiled, and scolded him: "Does the King of Qin think I'm a dick?"

The First Emperor: ... melon skin!
Liu Ying shook her head, dispelling some strange things that her brain made up.

The purpose of his coming to the backyard today was that Ding Yi came to tell him that the corn planted in the garden had bloomed!

At this moment, the breeze blew, and the corn stalks taller than him shook slightly.

Before that, he had been worried that the few corns he had planted would not be able to take root, germinate, bloom and bear fruit because they were not in season.

Now it seems that all worries are completely unnecessary.

He knew that corn is a plant with different flowers of the same plant. On the same corn plant, the male flowers bloom first, and the female flowers bloom later. The male flowers are on the upper part of the corn plant, and the female flowers are on the middle and upper part of the corn. Pollination is mainly done by wind.

As for artificial pollination?

Laughing to death, I don't understand at all!
And there were only these five corns in front of him, he couldn't bear the price of manual intervention failure.

So, I can only pray to God for mercy.

But having said that, there are other things that can be done.

For example, it is midsummer at this moment, which is the period of frequent squalls and showers caused by strong convective weather.

If these five lonely corns were blown down by the strong wind, it would be truly unacceptable!

Therefore, in the bamboo forest on the other side of the garden, Ji Xin and Ding Yi, under the command of Liu Taigong, were cutting down suitable bamboo branches and tied them to corn stalks for support.

When Liu Ying was squatting on the ground, teasing an ant that crawled in front of him, Taigong Liu came from the side and squatted down in the same posture.

Well, Liu Ying popularized the existence of underwear to the whole family at the beginning of her time travel. Although it is troublesome to go to the toilet, she can sit or squat in various comfortable positions.

Liu Taigong looked at the green corn in the distance: "My dear grandson, where did you get this rare thing?"

Ah, look at me weaving flower baskets... Liu Ying said solemnly: "One day when I was catching grasshoppers in the field for my sister to eat, an old man with a white beard gave it to me. He said that this kind of thing is called corn, and the yield per mu is the least. Three stones..."

Taigong Liu opened his eyes wide, and asked with disbelief on his face: "Three stones per mu? Are you serious?"

He has planted the land all his life, even if the weather is good and he takes care of it diligently, the yield per mu has not broken two stones, but now he suddenly heard that there are crops with a yield of three stones per mu, how can he not be surprised!

The grain output during this period generally ranged from one stone to one and a half stones, and the weight of one stone was equivalent to about [-] kilograms.

Well, I remember that in the era when there was no chemical fertilizer in later generations, the yield of corn was about three to five hundred catties per mu... Liu Ying shook her head: "I don't know, anyway, father, look, this thing grows tall and strong, longer than corn or rice." They are all tall, so they should be able to harvest a lot of food!"

Liu Taigong looked at the corn with thick roots and fat leaves, and he was not suspicious: "Well, it should be possible!"

He shook his head slightly, and said with a sigh: "It's a pity that person only gave you five seeds, it would be nice if there were more..."

Liu Ying suddenly wanted to tease him, so she babbled and said, "Actually, he gave me a big ear, which was sweet and glutinous, so delicious, so when I was full, I only had these five ears. It's..."

The beard under Taigong Liu's chin moved without any wind, and he wanted to raise his hand to teach his family's prodigal son a lesson, but he was reluctant, so he turned his head away angrily, without saying a word.

Ji Xin and Ding Yi, who were squatting aside and pruning bamboo branches, looked at each other with dumbfounding expressions on their faces.

Liu Ying giggled: "I'm lying to you, that cheapskate really only gave me five seeds!"

"But as the saying goes, one grain sown in spring, ten thousand grains harvested in autumn! With these five seeds, we will be able to achieve corn freedom in three to five years! At that time, the corn distiller's dregs will be fed to pigs, and the freedom to drink and pork will be free. It's all there!"

Ji Xin smiled, full of longing: "I'm already curious about the taste of corn..."

Ding Yi swallowed his saliva: "I'm not curious about this... Young master, let's have dumplings for dinner! Pork and green onion stuffing, put more meat and less green onion..."

Liu Ying nodded: "Arrangement!"

He turned his head and looked at the old kid who turned his head away because he was tricked by his juniors. He looked angry and couldn't be coaxed well: "What kind of stuffing does Dafather want to eat?"

Taigong Liu moaned and chirped for a long time, and finally choked out two words: "Whatever!"

Liu Ying nodded: "Understood!"

The old man was full of praise after eating the dumplings stuffed with shrimps, so casually, it should be a big bowl of dumplings stuffed with shrimps!
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spine.

At dusk, the setting sun slanted against the sky, and the evening photos reflected the clouds in the sky like clusters of red peonies splattered and painted.

Zhang Han was wearing only a small-nosed jacket, standing on top of a mountain bag, and the setting sun cast a long shadow under him from west to east.

A few days ago, Sima Xin returned from the coalition camp and told him everything that happened during the negotiations in detail.

Although he knew that there was little hope for peace talks, what he couldn't understand the most was Chen Yu's attitude.

Not long ago, he had received a personal letter from Chen Yu, which described in detail the achievements of his senior general, Bai Qi Mengtian, and why he was killed.

Chen Yu also said that he has been a general for three years now, and lost troops and lost generals, but the rebels in the world are fighting more and more, and they have changed from a mob at the beginning to an invincible army.

These are all his crimes, and with Bai Qi, Meng Tian and others coming to an end, he can't escape death no matter what.

Therefore, surrendering to the coalition forces and carve up Qin is the only way out.

Thinking of this, Zhang Han frowned, and whispered to himself: "What happened to make Chen Yu's attitude change like this?"

(End of this chapter)