Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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Lan Tian: "Around this time next year..."

Gao Shun has no doubts about Lan Tian's prophecy, because Lan Tian has not miscalculated once since he realized it.

Gao Shun saw that Lan Tian was pinching his middle finger with his right hand, as if he was spying on the secret.

"These days I am patrolling around with my husband. Most of the official warehouses in Jingnan have half-stored grain. There is no need for such a high requirement."

Lan Tian shook his head and said: "Prepare umbrellas on sunny days, and plan ahead. I asked farmers to build reservoirs at first, but many people questioned that the fields are right by the river. It's useless to work hard. Boping, look at it now." Did it work?"

Gao Shun nodded affirmatively: "These people don't know what you are capable of, sir. If you suffer a loss, you will know that you are good. Look at how obedient those people in Dengjiazhuang are."

"The old villagers brought by Xinye are different. Now that I have too many things to do, I can't go to the countryside one by one. Boping can't bring all the farmers to train. Our energy can't keep up..." Lan Tian sighed .

"Mr. once said to me that 'the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility'. Now you don't just care about the people's hunger, but fortunately you have opened the Quanling School. The farming methods and new seeds of your husband have benefited the whole of Jingnan..." Gao Shun said.

"Currently, the grain in the official warehouses in Jingnan is only enough for [-] soldiers a year. I feel it's still a little short. I don't know how much we can harvest from the drought this year." Lan Tian frowned.

"Where are the 4 soldiers? Excluding the regular garrisons in various counties and counties, there are [-] soldiers in the formation, [-] generals in the navy, [-] barbarians in Wuxi in Jiaozhou, and only [-] soldiers in southern Jing. The general has [-] soldiers, and the total strength of Jingzhou is only [-]..." Gao Shun was puzzled.

Lan Tian smiled and said: "Boping is very precious to our family. My so-called [-] soldiers do not mean now. My brother-in-law will fight against Liu Zhang next year. Jingzhou must send troops to reinforce. I plan to recruit another [-] warriors in Jingnan." .”

"I finally understand the recruiting last year, why did you control the number of soldiers, so you waited until now to recruit soldiers?

But it is also the same reason, if Liu Shijun brought too many troops into Sichuan, Liu Zhang should have been suspicious long ago. "Gao Shun suddenly realized.

Lan Tian raised his fingers and shook, "I don't want to recruit soldiers now, I have to wait until next summer when the seeds are harvested, and you can send people to mobilize everywhere in advance."

"Ah? It's October now. If we wait until next summer to harvest and sow the seeds, wouldn't it be after August? It will be too late to send them to the training camp of the Jiangwu Hall by then." Gao Shun asked in surprise.

Lan Tian explained: "There is no way to do this, but the three-month recruit training period can be suppressed to be completed within one month, and the rest can be practiced slowly on the battlefield.

If we recruit these [-] farmers into the army to eat food directly, we will not only consume a lot of stored food, but also produce a lot less food.

"Sir, you really plan carefully..." Gao Shun opened his eyes wide.

Lan Tian said with a smile: "Is the housewife in Boping's family in charge of daily expenses? I really don't know how to be in charge of the family..."

When Gao Shun was mentioned as a housewife by Lan Tian, ​​his always serious face turned hot instantly. When he and Gan Ning were stationed in Linwu County, Guiyang, Lu Lingqi came forward to marry Zhang Luo to them.

"I don't see you bringing Gao Ling out to play with Yuan'er and Ji'er..." Lan Tian pretended to complain.

Gao Shun scratched his head and said, "Ling'er is still young, and his status is very different, how dare he play with the two young masters."

"Aren't you young? I remember he was a few months older than Ji'er, what status does he have as a child..." Lan Tian frowned.

"The two gentlemen are very human. I am different from Mr. and Miss as a master and servant. Ling'er grows up and naturally follows the two young masters..." Gao Shun said sincerely.

Gao Shun was not only very strict with himself, but also with his family and sons. Lan Tian hardly ever saw him show up with his family. After Gao Ling was born, Gao Yuan made a slip of the tongue, so Lan Tian and Lu Lingqi brought some gifts to the door.

Knowing that Lao Gao accepted death, Lan Tian shook his head and stopped trying to persuade him, then changed the subject and said, "Let's go to the medical school while it's still early in the city."

Chapter 236 'Poison'

Gao Shun calmly followed behind Lan Tian, ​​thinking that Mr. Gan didn't want Gan Ning's son Gan Gui, did he?

Gan Gui and Lan Ji are the same age. Gan Ning learned the extensive education in Lantian and treated his son wildly, but there is no fixed way of education. The premise of extensive education in Lantian is that he is very knowledgeable. A mother like Lu Lingqi It is also a powerful boost.

Whenever Gao Shun heard Gan Ning showing off his son, he always thought it would be better to strictly abide by the rules.

After Gan Ning came back from Jiaozhou, he often went to the medical school. He was relatively healthy, but he fell ill twice when he went to Jiaozhou. In order to find out the cause of his illness, he studied medicine with Hua Tuo for several months.

When Lan Tian and Gao Shun arrived, Gan Ning was practicing Wu Qin Xi in the courtyard where medicinal herbs were dried.

"It's really well practiced. Who would have thought that the Jinfan thief would practice Wu Qinxi here in Yuanhua?" Lan Tian clapped his hands and laughed.

When Gan Ning saw Lan Tian and Gao Shun, he quickly put his hands behind his back and said embarrassedly, "Mr. and Bo Ping are here. I just have nothing to do to practice and play. I don't have anything to do except transport food to Moon Fort..."

"What's so embarrassing about it? Yuanhua also taught me Wuqinxi, but because I didn't practice at ordinary times, I couldn't play it as smoothly as Xingba." Lan Tian said with a smile.

"Sir, Ovary is alive, how can I compare with you..." Gan Ning replied with his head down.

Gao Shun shook his head and added: "Miss and sir are too busy to learn martial arts, how can I spend much time practicing this weird five-animal show..."

The man is such a gentle and gentle woman, Gan Ning is not envious of Lan Tian's blessing from the bottom of his heart, seeing Gao Shun's words to help him, he smiled and did not refute.

Lan Tian quickly said: "Bo Ping, don't underestimate this Wu Qin Xi. This action is simple and easy to learn. As long as you can persist for a long time, you can prolong your life."

"In this way, I also want to learn. Only by prolonging my life can I have life companions with Mr. and Miss. General Gan taught me..." Long-term persistence is too easy for Gao Shun.

Gan Ning looked sideways at Gao Shun's loyalty again, and he nodded excitedly, "Okay, I'll teach you now..."

"Xingba, wait a minute, we didn't see Yuan Hua when we came in from the main entrance, do you know where he is now?" Lan Tian asked anxiously.

Gan Ning pointed to a side room at the back and said: "Mr. Yuan Hua has to stay in that room for several hours every day, secretly not allowing anyone to come near, will he hide it from us? What kind of magic medicine did you develop?"

"Oh?" Lan Tian squeezed his chin suspiciously, then waved to the two of them and said, "Xingba, teach Boping Wu Qinxi. I'll go and see what Mr. Yuanhua is doing. If there are good things, you are indispensable."

"Wei." Gan Ning (Gao Shun) replied in unison.

Lan Tian strode towards the ear room in the corner, and as soon as he got to the door, he smelled a pungent smell, thinking to himself, what is this miracle doctor doing in the room?

Dong dong dong, Lan Tian knocked on the door.

"Who is it? I told you not to disturb me..." Hua Tuo's displeased voice came from inside the room.

"Mr. Yuanhua, I'm Lan Tian."

"Wait a minute..." Hua Tuo was obviously excited.

Then the door opened, and Hua Tuo welcomed Lan Tian in. It was like a small supermarket inside, with large bottles and more than ten small bottles on two shelves.

"I heard that Mr. Yuanhua is doing great things here. Could it be that he is developing some kind of elixir?" Lan Tian asked jokingly.

"The general is really amazing. How can there be longevity medicine in this world? These are the 'poisons' you asked me to develop..."

Hua Tuo handed Lan Tian a small bottle, as if to say: Da Lang, drink the medicine...

"Poison? I asked you to develop it?" Lan Tian scratched his head, puzzled, why do I need all these poisons?

Hua Tuo shook his head quickly when he saw this: "The general's statement is wrong, you seem to be talking about pesticides?"

"Are you talking about pesticides? There are so many kinds..." Lan Tian casually said that when he saw Hua Tuo for the first time, but he didn't expect that the doctor who was hanging the pot to help the world would be interested in it.

"The last time I listened to the general's words at the banquet, I was suddenly enlightened. Later, in Lingling, people searched for poisonous herbs, discarded the extremely poisonous vine grass, and finally selected a few less toxic herbs such as mangcao and deervine. Smash the poisonous rhizomes and leaves and mix with water, there are probably several dosage categories at present..." Hua Tuo introduced.

Lan Tian was overjoyed when he heard that, he took Hua Tuo's hand and said, "Mr. Yuanhua's move is very kind. There is a severe drought in the south this year, and there will be insect plagues in the next year. With these pesticides, the people under the rule will not suffer from disasters and starvation... ..."

"These pesticides have not been tested, and I don't know if they will work. Since the general can predict the pest disaster in the coming year, he should think of some surefire methods..." Hua Tuo reminded.

Lan Tian nodded and said, "In addition to the pesticides, I have already asked people to raise ducks in the rice fields to catch insects. I will ask the agricultural students to take the pesticides to the field for trial. Once the dosage is determined, please make a plan and start stocking up immediately."

Before the advent of Hua Tuo's pesticides, in order to prevent insect disasters and reduce production next year, Lantian asked farmers in major grain and rice producing areas to raise ducks in rice fields to prevent insects by restraining natural enemies.

Batch breeding of poultry consumes food, and it is unrealistic to promote it under the premise that the common people can't eat enough. Moreover, if there are too many poultry, it is easy to cause poultry plague due to poor breeding. Once it is out of control, it will be transmitted to humans. This is why Lantian has not promoted it .

Now is the critical time for Liu Bei to take Xichuan. Food must not be a constraint. In addition, the medical school has trained many students, so Lantian pushed the rice field duck out.

Since there are generally few duck species now, it is difficult to form rice field ducks that can really work in a short time, and pesticides are the main starting point for killing diseases and insect pests.

"These poisonous weeds grow in the wild, how can we have an inexhaustible supply..." Hua Tuo shook his head and felt unrealistic.

Lan Tian said nonchalantly, "Shouldn't we plant in batches? Now we not only need to grow poisonous weeds, but also grow conventional medicinal herbs by ourselves, so we don't have to be limited to medicinal materials."

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Under the premise that the common people could not eat enough to eat, almost no one went to grow medicinal herbs.

When Hua Tuo heard what Lan Tian said, he was even more optimistic about the future of the medical school. With sufficient medicinal materials, the disciples taught would have the opportunity to perform.

Walking out of the medical school with joy, Lan Tian went straight to Quanling School without stopping.

"General..."

"gentlemen……"

When Jiang Wan and Deng Ai got the news, they came to the gate of the college to greet them in person.

Jiang Wan's personal ability is quite outstanding. He managed Quanling Academy in an orderly manner, and Lantian also asked him to be his staff member to participate in the management of the county's affairs.

Deng Ai specially left Lantian to practice in Quanling Academy before he went to Jiaozhou. Although he is only 14 years old now, he has the essence of Lantian and is young and mature.

"Shi Zai, you call twenty agricultural researchers, and now follow me to the experimental field in the outskirts of the city to try Mr. Yuanhua's pesticides." Lan Tian said, pointing to the bottle in the arms of Gao Shun and Gan Ning.

"Wei." Deng Ai turned around and left.

Jiang Wan said in amazement: "It turns out that what the general said that day is true. Mr. Hua really developed this 'poison' to cure diseases..."

Lan Tian nodded and said, "This pesticide is poisonous, and if it is not properly managed, it will hurt people. Gong Yan will draw up a decree for me to control the drug. This is the medicine of rice to cure diseases, just like the sword of a warrior..."

"Wei." Jiang Wan cupped his fists and accepted the order.

Chapter 237 Upside down weeping willow?

The agricultural science students of Quanling Academy usually have a schooling period of half a year. After completing their studies, they return to the local area to participate in agricultural guidance.

A small number of students with excellent character and learning will be retained and appointed as teachers and researchers of agricultural science.

No matter how busy Lan Tian was at work, he never gave up the promotion of agronomy. He wanted to spread the knowledge of modern agronomy he had mastered to researchers with high comprehension.

Although these remaining people belonged to the school, they were directly led by Lan Tian.

As a closed disciple of Lantian, Deng Ai's main responsibility in Quanling College is to contact and manage this group of valuable agricultural researchers.

According to the different types and doses of pesticides, the agricultural researchers marked out more than a dozen areas in the test field, numbered them after taking the pesticides and spraying them, and finally recorded the results through the growth of the seedlings.

In the end, which pesticide has the most suitable effect and whether the dose should be adjusted requires a lot of manual observation and recording, and finally analyzes and selects samples based on the data.

There are no scientific instruments in this era, and we can only observe with the naked eye over time, and the results cannot be seen overnight.

The simple selection of pesticides could have been left to Deng Ai. Lan Tian came to the test field himself to show how much he attaches importance to this matter.

Agricultural research researchers no longer use bulky bamboo slips for records, but distribute rough paper produced by Quanling Paper Mill, which is cut and used for writing.

The papermaking workshop was built by Lantian after he returned to Lingling from Jiaozhou. At that time, the Confucianism teachers of Quanling Academy reported that they had finished teaching the Thousand-Character Classics. If they wanted to continue teaching, they needed to add new textbooks.

Lan Tian suddenly thought of "Half the Analects of Confucius governing the world", and he planned to distribute textbooks to each student, but the bamboo slips were heavy and unfavorable for dissemination, so he decided to start papermaking.

Although papermaking cannot directly increase productivity, it is of great significance to the spread and record of various technologies, especially the spread of Confucianism.

Papermaking has matured in this era, but it only served the gentry and nobles, and it has not been popularized in the world due to low output.

Based on the idea that he can make it himself without asking for help, Lan Tian chose a place to build a house near the Quanling Army Workshop, and selected relevant professional disciples from the school to work in the paper workshop. Currently, the paper produced is only provided to the Quanling School.

"Is the paper notebook distributed to you useful?" Lan Tian asked, pointing to the small notebook in Deng Ai's arms.

Deng Ai nodded quickly, "It's so easy to use, it's light to hold, and I still remember a lot..."

Lantian convened agricultural researchers and encouraged them with relief: "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Now that you have a convenient paper notebook, you must remember to observe more and write more.

After mastering the growth law of crops, you must try boldly and carefully verify it, whether it is preventing and controlling diseases and insect pests, cultivating grain varieties that increase production, or grafting new varieties.

In the future, we will compile an encyclopedia of agricultural science, and you will not only leave your name in history, but also benefit future generations. "

Leave a name in history, write a book and write a story, how can these poor people dare to think?But these words came from Lan Tian's mouth, and their eyes were full of hope.

"Sir, can we really make a name in history?" An agricultural researcher asked doubtfully.

Lan Tian said with certainty: "Of course, no matter who made the contribution, his name will definitely be included in the Encyclopedia of Agricultural Sciences in the future, I assure you."

After hearing this, the agricultural researchers were all happy. This is a matter of honoring the ancestors, and everyone's enthusiasm is high.

Seeing the enthusiasm of the agricultural researchers overflowing the experimental field, Gao Shun couldn't help feeling: "Mr. made paper into a book and a notebook for recording, which is really ten thousand times better than bamboo slips."

"If "Wei Liaozi" was recorded in paper books, Boping wouldn't have to push a cart to deliver it to me..." Lan Tian said with a smile.

Gao Shun said with a smile: "Sir, what you said is that you didn't open a paper workshop just for the school, did you?"

"Of course not, this paper is still very useful, and you will know the secret of it in the future." Lan Tian said mysteriously.

Gao Shun married and had children in Linwu County. Lan Tian watched him and Deng Ai think of Xindengzhuang, and said to himself, "I haven't been to Guiyang for a while, so I don't know how Xiao Lizi and the others are doing."

"Sir, do you want to go to Guiyang for inspection?" Gao Shun asked.

Lan Tian thought for a while and nodded, "I will take you to get ready. I will go to Guiyang with me tomorrow."

"Wei." Deng Ai clasped his fists in response.

Although Lantian supervised the military and administration of the four counties in Jingnan in name, he did not intervene excessively in the management of the three counties other than Lingling.

There is also an ordinary superior-subordinate relationship with the county guards, as long as agricultural production is arranged according to unified requirements, and military and political loyalty to Liu Bei is sufficient.

After Liu Beiquan took over Jingzhou, the Yuan Cong faction and Xuzhou faction who fought for him all occupied important positions. In order to balance the interests of the Jingzhou gentry group, he not only took away Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Huo Jun, Zhuo Ying and other generals when he entered Sichuan, but also Promoted Pan Jun, Xiang Lang, Fan Jian, Yin Mo, etc. to be state and county officials, county magistrates...

At the same time that Zhao Yun was appointed as the Sima staying in the camp and in charge of Jingzhou's internal affairs, Zhao Fan was also transferred to Jiangling to serve as an idler in the state government.

Liu Bei appointed Hao Pu from Yiyang as the prefect of Guiyang, and Liao Li from Wuling and Linyuan as the prefect of Changsha.