Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 150 The Lancet
Wang Hong was stunned, and he didn't realize it for a long time. Yesterday, he was given an extra ten catties of pickles and five catties of shrimp skins, and he gave it again today.

"No, no, I can't. This is what I should do." Wang Hong said.

Shi Xiu said: "Take it, don't be too polite. You have to run around. In addition to the strong men of the iron mine, you have to pay more attention to recruiting people with special skills, such as carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons, masons, veterinarians, and even People who plant the land well and plant trees well."

Wang Hong said: "Planting trees well can be considered a specialty?"

"It goes without saying that planting trees is a skilled job. Those with special skills are considered skilled jobs. They start at [-] yuan. If the skills are really good, they can divide the house and take over their wives and children." Chailin said.

"Okay, I see." Wang Hong said.

Wang Hong is really a man of affairs, he ran really fast on two legs, and ran to Dachong Village more than ten miles away, where his sworn brother lived.

This brother lived on the side of the road. When he was young, he had dreams and thought about how he would develop in the future. As a result, he was 30 years old, with a bunch of children, and couldn’t fit his pants. He didn’t dare to go out in winter. , let alone a hard life.

The five courtyards with blue bricks and red tiles have been around for some time. When Wang Hong came to the gate of the courtyard, he opened the door and walked in. Rural people don't pay much attention to it.

"Ryoko, Ryoko, is Ryoko at home?"

A man in a torn dog-skin jacket came out and shouted, "What are you calling for? Where can I go if I'm not at home in winter? Come in quickly."

This is Wang Hong's brother, named Xu Liang, who has a nickname called The Lancet.

There was a wood fire burning in the room, Liangzi's daughter-in-law had tears in her eyes, and the child was crying too, apparently from a quarrel just now.

Seeing someone coming, Liangzi's wife and children went to the back room to warm up on the kang.

Only then did Xu Liang take a closer look at Wang Hong's green mountain leather padded jacket and the short-handled shovel hanging from his waist, and Xu Liang said, "Brother Ergou, okay, I haven't seen you for half a month, so you should wear new clothes , and took a new shovel, what are you going to do, dig a tree?"

Wang Hong said: "Where is there a tree to dig in the winter, what are you doing, quarreling with your wife again?"

"The child clamored to eat millet porridge, and the family only had sorghum, so they couldn't make do with it. After a few words, their mothers blamed me for my incompetence. The world is like this, so can you blame me?" Xu Liang said.

Wang Hongdao: "What's the big deal for me? It's easy to drink millet porridge. I just made ten catties of millet. Come, take a pot and share five catties with you."

Wang Hong took the newly issued ten catties of millet and wanted to share it with Xu Liang, Xu Liang said: "No, your house is worse than mine, millet is an expensive thing, you should keep it for yourself. "

"We two brothers still share this. Some time ago you killed a rabbit and gave me half of it. Don't play with that, just take a rice jar." Wang Hong said and gave Xu Liang half of the rice.

Xu Liang took the rice to his wife and asked her to cook porridge for the children.

Xu Liang said: "Brother Ergou, you are here today for business. You look like a rich man with your clothes."

"It's something, of course it's something. I know your family can't live on. Your wife and children are struggling. Let me show you the way to prosperity. It depends on whether you want to go or not." Wang Hong said.

Xu Liang said, "You don't think you want to drag me up the mountain as a beard?"

"You're talking nonsense, am I that kind of person? The government-run large iron mine in Cangzhou Prefecture is recruiting people. The average monthly salary of a strong man is 50 Wen, and sorghum is [-] catties. Although the salary is not high, it is expensive because it can be paid in advance. This one hundred catties of grain, just went to our village for more than [-] people yesterday, and at least [-] families can survive this long winter without starving to death. After two months, the wages will be increased to [-] per month. Wen." Wang Hong said.

Xu Liang's eyeballs were red, and his family's situation was too difficult.Originally, his family was very wealthy, and Xu Liang was a capable person, who knew how to embezzle flowers and graft trees. To put it bluntly, it was the technique of grafting. At that time, it could be regarded as a rare technique, and not many people knew it.He has a five-acre peach orchard not far from the county seat, and the grafted big red flat peaches can be sold for ten taels of silver every year.

But the good times didn't last long. The prefect of Murong came a few years ago, and the land was taken over by the government, and the Taoyuan he worked so hard to build became the government's property.Now only a few acres of thin land can be planted in the village. In addition to heavy taxes, it is a problem for a few members of the family to have enough food and drink.

Xu Liang asked: "This condition is fine. If I work for two months, can I come back freely?"

"Of course, you can pick up the car and send it off. One month starts, and food and housing are included. If it is less than a month, you will not be paid starting wages. But your condition does not require you to go to the mine to do coolies. You can say that Chai Daguan is a person with special skills. As a skilled worker, you can transfer the skills of others, and you are absolutely a skilled worker.” Wang Hong said.

Xu Liang hesitated, and said: "This is a trivial technology, can Chai Daguan appreciate it? Can he understand this technology?"

"I can't wait to see what's ahead. If I can't do it, I can work as a miner for a month and earn a few hundred catties of sorghum rice. At least I won't starve my children to death. Let me tell you whether you want to go or not," Wang Hong said.

Xu Liang said: "Then consider a ball, go. I guess there are still people in our village who are willing to go. May I ask someone to come with me?"

"That's a good relationship. As long as you pass the registration, you can get sorghum. Don't look for someone who cheats the grain and refuses to go tomorrow, or I won't be able to hold my head up in front of high officials." Wang Hong arranged.

Xu Liang stared, and said: "Whoever dares to break his promise, I will beat him to death, and let's call someone together."

The two greeted in a low-key manner in the village, and did not dare to look for more. It happened to be No. 50 people, and a group of people came to the recruitment site in a mighty manner.

They queue up one by one for medical examination, registration, and receiving food without mentioning it.

It's just that Wang Hong led Xu Liang to Chai Lin and Shi Xiu.

Wang Hong said: "Lord Chai, Shi Dutou, this is my good brother Xu Liang, who knows how to transfer flowers to trees, whether it is peaches, plums, or apricots, you can change the varieties with just a knife, which is very miraculous."

Chai Lin is worrying about this matter. Seedlings in spring. The barren mountains and wild ridges around Chaijiazhuang that are not suitable for farming need to plant a large number of trees and seedlings. Planting willows near Hedao Village. Fruit trees are naturally the first choice in barren mountains and wild ridges, but there is no one in Chaijiazhuang who knows how to graft Manpower, Chai Lin is thinking about cultivating it himself, but he didn't expect anyone to come.

Chai Lin said: "Brother Xu Liang, come and sit down."

Xu Liang was very nervous. After all, ordinary people have never seen officials before.

"How dare a villain sit in front of an adult."

Chailin asked Dian Zhengnan to cut off a few branches from the big willow tree nearby, found some cloth strips, and said, "Let's pretend it's a fruit tree, and you can pick up some knives for me to see."

"Yes." Xu Liang said as he took out his usual willow leaf grafting knife, and made two grafts using split grafting and bud grafting respectively. The technique is very skillful.

Chai Lin said in admiration: "Not bad, not bad. It looks like a familiar hand, then I will test you again. When is the best season for grafting?"

Xu Liang was a little surprised. He never thought that a rich man like Mr. Chai would know such a technology.

"Splitting grafting is generally used before germination in spring. The survival rate is relatively high and the growth is fast. Bud grafting can be used at the beginning of summer, which is suitable for fast-growing peach trees and can become seedlings in that year. In fact, there are many varieties of peaches, plums, and apricots. , but most of the common people don’t know about it, they only know how to grow it with seeds, and the result is small fruit, after grafting, the fruit will be greatly improved.” Xu Liang said.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a collection.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)