Three Kingdoms: I rely on system loopholes to survive

Perhaps it was because he had too many things to do, or perhaps Zhong Ping was already accustomed to such emotional shocks, Wu Zhi did not see any inappropriate behavior from Zhong Ping, nor did he see Zhong Ping mention the matter again after that day.

It is not long since the beginning of spring, and Zhong Ping and others have not felt the horror of the rumored miasma since entering Cangwu. However, the barbarians in the counties mostly live in streams and hills, and they will inevitably have to march into the mountains in the future. In the long run, Zhong Ping still has to put the prevention and control of miasma on the agenda.

Zhong Ping remembered reading the chapter in Romance of the Three Kingdoms where Prime Minister Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times and released him seven times, and it mentioned that leek leaves and rue could be used to break the poison gas, so it should be correct to use them to detoxify the miasma.

He didn't know much about miasma at first, but after carefully reading the "Jingyue Complete Book" given by the system, it explained that miasma was caused by the abnormal climate in the south, which was humid and foggy, and warm in winter and cool in summer. As for the prevalent miasma, it should refer to malaria. However, different miasma caused different diseases, so they needed to be carefully classified.

This matter was not within Zhong Ping's familiarity, so naturally professional matters should be left to professionals. Although Zhang Zhongjing could not be found for the time being, Fan A was enough. Zhong Ping was only responsible for saying that he had read ancient prescriptions and that it seemed that boiled willow bark in water could reduce fever and that Artemisia annua juice had miraculous effects on malaria. He then stopped interfering and focused on repairing water conservancy projects.

Actually, Zhong Ping is a layman in water conservancy construction. But there is no professional talent in this field now, so Zhong Ping can only do it anyway.

Fortunately, Wu Zhi had previously drawn the water conservancy facilities of the Li River. Although when comparing them on site, it was found that the Yu River channel was wider and the terrain was quite different, it did provide some ideas so that Zhong Ping was not completely in the dark.

Before Wu Zhi and his companions entered Jiaozhou, Zhong Ping, in order to be safe, led people to repair several ditches that had fallen into disrepair based on the records in the county documents, and also repaired the places where ditches were previously seen intertwined. These things that are done first will always be right.

The village elders, headmen and village heads of the villages near Guangxin have checked the local ditches several times according to Zhong Ping's instructions to ensure that all the ditches have been repaired and can be used normally. Only on this basis can Zhong Ping continue to worry about the problem of embankment construction.

Guangxin is located at the confluence of the Yushui River and the Lishui River. The terrain is low, and based on effective geographical knowledge, the best way is to build a sluice.

There happened to be two mountains facing each other at the confluence of the two rivers. Zhong Ping took Huo Qiu and Li Meng along the Yu River all the way from Mengling to Duanxi. They checked everywhere and they all felt that it would be better to build a sluice between the two mountains.

Zhong Ping still couldn't understand the local language, so he named the two mountains according to the guide's accent and probably found words with similar pronunciation.

Baore Mountain and Changduo Mountain are both suitable for quarrying stones. If a sluice is built here, it will not only facilitate the quarrying, but also the drainage sluice built can be used as a cross bridge to facilitate traffic.

This project was not small in scale. Although Zhong Ping had a plan in mind, he did not dare to make a hasty decision. He spent more than half a month thinking about it and finally came up with a rough sketch using his soul painting skills. Then he went to Liu Bei's house to discuss the matter.

The servants in Liu Bei's mansion had probably been told that as soon as Zhong Ping stood at the door, he was led directly into the side room by the steward.

A few months ago, because Liu Bei did not have enough officials under his command, he specially asked Guo Yuan to write an article to recruit talented people in the county.

Although Jiaozhou was remote, there were also gentry in the area, and Cangwu was close to Lingling. In the article, Guoyuan made it clear that Liu Bei was eager to seek talents, regardless of their background. He also said that Jiaozhou was also Han territory, but the people were mostly ignorant and uneducated. He used Zheng Xuan's name to say something like the achievements of education, the system of rituals and ethics, were recorded in books, and passed down in prefectures and counties, and actually attracted quite a few people.

Even now, Liu Bei still has to receive three to five people who come to Cangwu to seek official positions every day. Sometimes, there are so many things to do in the county that Liu Bei himself cannot spare any time, so he has to ask Cheng Bing to spare some time to assist him.

Zhong Ping came at a coincidence today. Liu Bei had just sent away the last visitor of the day and was preparing to have lunch with Madam Gan. When he heard the news that Zhong Ping was coming, Liu Bei hurriedly caught a fish from the tank in the backyard, asked Madam Gan to go to the kitchen to stew fish soup, and went to see Zhong Ping.

Ever since he knew that Zhong Ping had a special liking for fish soup, Liu Bei specially bought a water tank and placed it in the yard, with fish always in the tank. He often asked Mrs. Gan to make fish soup and sent it to Zhong Ping himself, so that if Zhong Ping came to visit one day, he could directly invite him to have dinner with him.

"Bo Heng must be here at this time for water conservancy."

Liu Bei smiled as he walked into the side room and took Zhong Ping's hand. "Looking at Bo Heng's expression, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to decide for the time being. Why don't we have a meal together first and then discuss it in detail?"

Zhong Ping was a little embarrassed, but he was really hungry. Liu Bei's bright eyes stared at him, so he nodded without hesitation. It was only when he sat down that he realized he was restrained. Liu Bei only had one wife, Madam Gan, and he had a deep relationship with her, so there was no need to be particular about sitting at a different table.

Mrs. Gan brought out the fish soup and put it down, then sat down next to Liu Bei. She was wearing a ramie skirt and a silver hairpin on her head. Apart from that, she had no other accessories such as earrings. Her skin was white and radiant, and she was indeed a "jade beauty" as recorded in history books.

Out of courtesy, Zhong Ping did not look at her for long. He just thought that the lady spoke gently and was a very good elder. He thanked her while taking the fish soup.

There weren't many rice vendors in the city, and maybe Liu Bei wasn't used to it. On the table was corn rice, two or three meat dishes that looked like some kind of wild bird, rabbit, or deer, a steamed vegetable that looked like wild celery, and a sauce made of some unknown vegetable.

Zhong Ping had rice with fish soup and picked up a piece of wild bird meat with chopsticks out of curiosity. After chewing it for a few bites, he felt it was inexplicably familiar. He smacked his lips for a long time and suddenly realized - why does it taste so much like duck meat?

Although he had doubts in his heart, he was a guest after all, so he couldn't rummage through the dishes with chopsticks. Zhong Ping looked at the dish and wanted to pick up a claw to see if it was a wild duck. However, Mrs. Gan had cut the meat into small pieces, and he couldn't find the claw just by looking at the appearance.

After finishing the meal, Zhong Ping asked, "Excuse me, Madam...what is this dish made of?"

Mrs. Gan rolled up her sleeves. If Zhong Ping hadn't asked suddenly, she would have stood up to clear the dishes: "It's the duck we bought in the market, but it doesn't suit Bo Heng's taste?"

"No, my lady is very good at cooking."

Zhong Ping's attention is now completely on the ingredients of this dish. Based on his understanding, the duck should be a wild duck, but just in case, he decided to buy a live one when he returns to confirm.

“I just thought of other places.”

He further explained that when he was looking at the mulberry trees before, Zhongping thought about promoting mulberry-based fish ponds, so that he could develop local fisheries while planting mulberry trees, but he was still concerned about the rice fields.

If the ducks here are wild ducks, and there are enough of them, maybe we can develop a three-dimensional agriculture that integrates fish, rice and ducks...

Zhong Ping thought about his own small yard. Maybe in addition to growing coriander, he could also try raising ducks?
I haven't figured out how to build a water conservancy project yet, but ideas about farming come to my mind one after another.

Zhong Ping couldn't help but laugh to himself. He put these ideas aside and planned to discuss the construction of the sluice with Liu Bei first.

A long-lost "ding" sound suddenly rang in his mind. Zhong Ping was stunned for a moment before he realized that it was the prompt sound that the system strategy had been successfully adopted.

At first, Zhong Ping thought that the system could make predictions now. Before he even mentioned the matter of repairing the sluice gate, the system had already determined that his suggestion was successful. However, when he clicked on it, he found that the name in the column of the proposer was Zhang Fei.

Taneping fell into deep thought.

At this time, it suddenly shows that the suggestion was successful?
Did you use my trick?

Could it be that he succeeded in quitting drinking?

(End of this chapter)