"What are you drawing, Langjun?"
Taxue stroked her long sleeves with one hand and ground an ink block with the other. The air was filled with the fragrance of ink.
Jiang Pengji dipped the brush in the ink and started writing on the bamboo paper. The ink lines of different thicknesses were arranged in picturesque disorder on the drawing paper. In a short while, a strange picture was formed. However, no matter how Taxue looked at it, she could not tell what it was.
"Something useful." Jiang Pengji drew a book from the shelf halfway through. She opened it and read it carefully. Then she sat back at the table and started to make changes on the drawing paper. "If it's feasible, it might be of great use."
Jiang Pengji wanted to improve the farming tools and use external help to improve work efficiency and save manpower.
If she was asked to toss about problems such as mechanical design or aircraft carrier energy core, her academic level would definitely not be able to handle it. However, if it was just designing simple wooden machinery, the difficulty would be greatly reduced. Not to mention, the audience in the live broadcast room could also provide her with friendly reference materials.
Therefore, it was not difficult for her to improve the farming tools. The real difficulty was that the tools had to be in line with the current level of technology. She also had to manufacture the tools that she designed. At the same time, she had to consider the cost and maintenance issues.
At least, the time and manpower needed to manufacture the tools could not be more than the resources that could be saved by using the tools.
Jiang Pengji continued to paint while Taxue stared at her with a confused face.
As Liu Xi's personal maid, she had read some books. She was good at writing, but that was all.
Nowadays, paintings were more about the artistic conception than the real scene. It was abstract and had meaning. Taxue naturally did not understand three-dimensional paintings.
She guessed that no one could understand what she was drawing except for Jiang Pengji and the audience in the streaming room.
"Langjun, it must be very important."
Taxue nodded and continued to grind the ink for Jiang Pengji.
After a while, she saw that Jiang Pengji had finally stopped. She asked in a low voice, "Langjun, do you need some hot soup to cleanse yourself?"
Jiang Pengji rode a horse back to the mansion after finishing the farm work. Her calves were exposed, and there were mud stains on them. Her sleeves were stained, and she was sweating. If the gatekeeper did not recognize her face, he would not have let her in.
Just based on her previous appearance, people would believe it if they said that she was a tenant farmer of some family.
"Yes, go and prepare a set of clean clothes. If you didn't mention it, I wouldn't have realized it. I do feel a little uncomfortable. "
Jiang Pengji was not a clean freak. After all, she was a genetic warrior in her previous life. When she carried out missions assigned by her superiors, what kind of harsh environment had she not encountered? Not to mention getting half of their bodies covered in mud, it was common for them to be stained with the enemy's blood, flesh, and filth.
But now that the conditions allowed it, she didn't like to mistreat herself.
Jiang Pengji temporarily turned off the livestream and took a shower. She wore a green Confucian robe and sat in front of the table. Her long hair was still damp.
Turning on the live broadcast again, her gaze fell on the drawing paper on the desk. Her brows furrowed imperceptibly before relaxing.
"Why haven't I seen Xunmei recently?"
Jiang Pengji dried her wet hair with a towel in one hand and continued to make changes on the drawing paper with the other.
Taxue continued to grind and said, "Xunmei has been keeping watch at night recently. Langjun sleeps early, so he naturally did not see her. Why do you want to see her? "
"Oh," Jiang Pengji said, "I just remembered something … Didn't I decide to go to Shangjing with my father? Both of you plan to bring only one of them. It's a long journey, and little girls can't take it. So I want to ask if you are willing to follow me. "
Taxue giggled. "Langjun, you've forgotten about yourself. You've suffered, let alone me and Xunmei. Since I'm Langjun's maid, I'll follow you wherever you go. There's no reason for me to be unwilling to go. Xunmei would say the same thing if you asked her. But why do you want me and Xunmei to stay at home? "
Jiang Pengji shook her head and answered directly, "I'm going to study, not to seek pleasure. I don't need too many people to serve me."
"Even so, you can't mistreat yourself." Taxue looked at her with hope. "I want to follow you."
Jiang Pengji did not agree immediately. She only said that she would ask for Xunmei's opinion.
Due to the elimination of some stubborn and cruel bandits, the autumn harvest in Hejian County was relatively peaceful. Plus, there was a small bumper harvest, so there was more or less some surplus grain. Jiang Pengji asked Xu Ke to calculate the money earned from the few thousand dans of grain and then purchase grain elsewhere at a lower price.
Going back and forth, the original five thousand dans of grain could be multiplied.
With the grain, Jiang Pengji, the "poor" person, had a slightly fuller purse.
Xu Ke was becoming more and more like a meticulous housekeeper. His abacus was crackling, and he could split a penny into two. There was still a lot of room for the grain they earned … He said that it was all because of his Langjun!
"This is …"
Before leaving, Jiang Pengji climbed over the wall and left the manor. She climbed over Wei Yuan's wall again to look for Qiguan Rang.
Qiguan Rang, who almost thought that it was a night attack, was speechless.
He pulled his cloak together and took a drawing from Jiang Pengji. There was a drawing of a strange object on it.
"It's an improved farming tool …" Jiang Pengji took a sip of tea. "But I have too little experience. This kind of imaginary thing can't achieve the desired effect. I'm handing this over to you. I've also talked to the carpentry workshop in the Liu manor. You can discuss with the carpentry workshop about how to make it into a usable object. "
Qiguan Rang listened to her in shock. He suddenly thought of the improved crossbow and was speechless.
"If Langjun can solve this problem, you may become a person who is not inferior to the Mohists."
It was a pity that Liu Xi's talent was not limited to farming, but to the world.
Jiang Pengji ignored his words and continued, "Do it in private. Don't let anyone know."
Qiguan Rang was from this era, so he understood the pros and cons of it. He cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Lanting."
Jiang Pengji said, "Okay. Thank you."
Qiguan Rang was smart and suspicious. Jiang Pengji climbed over the wall to look for him in the middle of the night, and it was the night before they left.
He put away the drawing and asked, "Langjun, do you suspect that there's something wrong with you?"
"Yes …" Unexpectedly, Jiang Pengji answered the question. "But that's not the main reason. It's just one of the reasons. The other reason is that it's convenient for Wenzheng to stay in Hejian … I'll be in Langye for a while, so I won't be able to take care of him. "
"Then …"
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