Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 52
Only when Sun Xin came to the Great Song Dynasty did he realize that the custom of this era is to start agricultural production on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

Zhenghe three years, sixth day.

Early in the morning, Zou Yuan came to Sun Xin's Zhuangzi gate happily under the leadership of Zou Run, wearing brand new clothes.

Soon Jie Zhen and Xie Bao also came out. The two guys would stay in bed every day until Sun Xin went to kick the door before they would get up, but today they got up early, put on new clothes, and sprayed sesame oil on their hair. Wipe meticulously.

Sun Xin sat at the head of the hall and next to Hu Sanniang.

Originally, Sun Xin also planned to make this ceremony a bit mysterious, thinking of setting up some god statue to make the three of them kowtow to the god statue first when they worshiped the master.

However, there has been no such thing as accepting apprentices since ancient times about farming. It was taught by Lao Tzu and his son by precept and deed. No one knows what god to sacrifice to when asked.

Sun Xin thought of putting a portrait of Shennong or the Yellow Emperor in the middle, and was quickly persuaded by Lehe when he mentioned it when he was visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year.

Le He said with an ugly face that the matter of kneeling down to the Three Emperors and Five Emperors would be a serious crime if people knew about it, and Sun Xin would simply forget it when he heard it, so the first thing he planned was to let them face the yellow land firmly. knocked.

One is to worship the land, the second is to worship the master, and the third is to worship the master.

When the three disciples kowtowed to the couple, Hu Sanniang was a little embarrassed. After all, she was only seventeen years old, and she was still a little girl. She was only two or three years older than Jie Zhen and Jie Bao, and eight years younger than Zou Yuan. There are many more, but now they are kowtowed and called Shi Niang.But when he first saw Sun Xin's presence, he thought that he must not embarrass his husband in front of his apprentices, so he finally took a breath and sat upright.

Then there is a toast to the master.

The three newly recruited apprentices stood up respectfully, and each handed a cup of warm Tusu wine to Sun Xin.

Drinking Tusu wine is also a custom during the Spring Festival during the Song Dynasty. The so-called Tusu wine is a drink made of rhubarb, pepper, magnolia and other medicinal materials and rice wine.

The medicines of Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Magnolia magnoli are warm, and it is understandable to drink Sun Xin in winter, but the formula of Dahuang, a heat-clearing and laxative medicine, is a bit fierce.

Sun Xin didn’t dare to drink too much. First, he couldn’t drink it. No matter how he smelled it, it smelled like bitter medicine soup. Second, if he drank too much rhubarb, he would have diarrhea. Most people would not dare to drink too much Tusu wine. After drinking two cups, Sun Xin estimated that if he drank all three cups of Tusu wine, he would spend most of the day in the hut today.

After shallowly drinking all three glasses of wine, Sun Xin stood up and lectured the three apprentices.

"It is impossible for our Sun Family Village to only have these [-] acres of land and [-] tenant farmers. If you can become apprentices under my command in one year, then each of you can become the head of the farm after one year. If you can become apprentices in two years, then In two years."

Hearing this, the three apprentices showed excited expressions on their faces. Although Sun Xin didn't say it clearly, after so many days, everyone can see that Sun Xin's ambition is not small, and Zhuangzi will definitely expand in the future.

If the Sun Family Manor expands to be as big as the Hu Family Manor on Dulonggang, each of them will start with a few hundred people under their control. There is still so much wasteland on the ten-mile card, there is enough room for Sun Xin to expand.

After speaking with the three apprentices, Sun Xin took out three books and distributed them to the three.

Xie Zhen scratched her head with the book and said, "Brother, I can't read."

Sun Xin put his hands behind his back and said, "How can you be my apprentice without knowing how to read? Learn slowly."

This was the first request the master gave them. The three apprentices did not dare to disobey, so they each took the book and looked left and right. Sun Xin explained to them: "From today onwards, I will teach you half a book every day." Shi Chen, let you understand the content of these three books in detail, today is the first lesson, we will learn the whole process of wheat growth."

"You must have a good understanding of the crops you grow, their growth process and various agricultural principles, so that you can have an accurate understanding of every problem that arises in the growth of crops, and don't worry about solving problems. Get confused."

Sun Xin is too short of manpower now. When he was planting wheat and corn last year, he only took care of [-] acres of land, and he was already too busy to touch the ground. Now the number of acres has directly expanded to [-] acres. The scale of the farm is too large. If Sun Xin manages it all by himself, he won't have time to do other things. What's more, the land area will be further expanded this year. He must quickly cultivate some technical backbones under his command.

Sun Xin's booklet is a brief outline written by himself. The content is simple. After finishing the study, the three of them can reach the level of ordinary farmers in later generations. Zhuangtou was all in a daze when he was ordered to do something, and he had to explain it over and over again.

Sun Xin explained the whole process of wheat growth to the three apprentices, and the three apprentices frowned as they heard it, as if they just realized that farming is such a troublesome thing.

During the process of telling the story, Sun Xin was also observing the xinxing of the three apprentices.

The eldest apprentice Zou Yuan worked very hard. He attended private schools for several years, but the number of words he could recognize was estimated to be less than [-] words. He had been taking notes very hard the whole time.

It's just that this guy took notes and took notes, but when Sun Xin asked him a few questions in class, Zou Yuan stood up and didn't know the answer at all, and he would blush every time.

Sun Xin understood in his heart that Zou Run, a unicorn dragon, had a correct attitude towards learning, but his brain was not very active.

Jie Zhen, a two-headed snake, is considered to be of a moderate level. Although he can't read, he listens carefully, and repeats the content of the lecture from time to time. Sun Xin tried to ask him to answer questions, but Jie Zhen could answer them all. I don't understand it a little bit deeper.

But Xie Bao was a bit interesting. Before Sun Xin started to give a lecture, his eyes had already started to wander left and right, and he even started to erect his book to cover his face in a daze without knowing anything. I found that this guy actually memorized all the content he said when he listened carefully to the lecture before, and he answered a few of the slightly in-depth questions after thinking for a while.It's a mind-boggling one.

Sun Xin taught a class for more than half an hour. After explaining all the growth process of wheat, he left the class homework: tomorrow, a few people will randomly check what they have learned today, and whoever can't answer will be retting this Yuezhuang. The live bag of shit is gone.

Hearing this, the three of them were all nervous for a moment. When Sun Xin walked out of the warm room, the three of them quickly took the books and began to exchange notes with each other to study hard.

Sun Xin nodded secretly: Sure enough, it is more effective to teach with some punishment.

(End of this chapter)