"The first method is to soak the seeds in lime water to disinfect them. The second method is to compost them well."
Li Yi extended two fingers and introduced them one by one.
"Poisonous?" Li Longji and Li Chengqi asked at the same time.
"Insects smaller than fleas and ants. They are very, very small. There are some on the rice. If they are not killed, the rice will not grow well."
Li Yi explained in a simpler way.
Li Longji and Li Chengqi immediately understood.
Li Yi continued, "Other grains can also be treated according to this method."
"Write it down quickly." Li Longji ordered in a deep voice.
It was only after he finished speaking that he realized that this was Li Yi's secret method. It was wrong to take it by force.
Li Chengqi hurriedly said, "Brother Yi, can you tell others about this method?"
"Okay." Li Yi was even more anxious than the two of them.
He took the two of them to the side. There was a special smell drifting in the air. It was the smell of compost.
He said to the two of them, "Normally, it is to compost it. Put the feces together with the dregs and bone powder after the oil extraction and let the cows step on it."
"Mine is different. I put things in layers. Tree leaves and grass sticks can also be put in it."
"Lime is also added to it. It will heat up very quickly. Not only can it kill the insect eggs, but it can also make the soil more vigorous."
After introducing the compost, he led the two of them to another place.
There were piles of stones here. They were sometimes used by the people who transported goods to weigh the ships.
Then, they would be thrown by the Ba River. Some people would take the stones and build steps by the river.
There were also people who built walls. Some of the stones were greenish-white, and some were blackish-blue.
Li Yi picked up a stone, "I call this stone phosphate stone. There are many of them around Chang 'an."
"This stone is ground into powder and scattered in the ground. It can make rice, wheat, and other agricultural products grow faster. It can also withstand cold and drought and is less likely to fall sick."
Li Longji and Li Chengqi were shocked again.
Li Chengqi reacted and said, "You used … wood for your wheat?"
"Farm manure is also used." Li Yi nodded.
Li Longji picked up a stone and rubbed it, "It's common. You can always see it in the twenty-two counties of the capital."
"Yes!" Li Chengqi echoed, "Yes, it's common. But I never thought that grinding the stone into powder could be used in such a way."
"Big Brother, your Zhuangzi will follow the prescription this year." Li Longji knew that his big brother made a Zhuangzi to fool Li Yi.
If possible, next year, no, after the autumn harvest this year, it will be promoted throughout the capital.
He turned his head and looked at Li Yi again. No matter how he looked at him, he found him pleasing to the eye.
The three of them went back to eat skewers. Li Longji looked at the stones he brought back from time to time.
"Brother Yi, what kind of reward do you want?" Li Longji felt embarrassed to have taken the three prescriptions for nothing, so he asked for compensation.
"Reward? Third Brother was talking about benefits, right? Remember to find someone to recommend me. I should be able to be an official next year. "
"I've already thought about it. I'll become a county magistrate first."
"Just pick any county around the capital. I don't mind."
Li Yi looked like he wanted to serve the people.
"Cough, cough, cough …" Li Yi choked on his saliva when he heard Li Yi's words.
This Brother Yi is really ambitious. Just find someone to recommend him next year and he will be a county magistrate directly?
Moreover, he will be a county magistrate in the capital. Why don't I make you the Chang 'an county magistrate?
Or maybe I'll have to trouble you and change it to Wannian county magistrate?
"I'll try my best." Li Longji was also shocked.
He said again, "Brother Yi, can I ask my relatives and friends to spread these methods?"
"Don't, you can't just ask your relatives and friends to teach the people under your rule." Li Yi was more anxious.
He still wanted to increase his lifespan and enjoy life.
Li Longji looked at Li Yi again and nodded, "Okay!"
Li Chengqi said at the side, "To be honest, we are also close to the royal family."
"No wonder you were able to get cucumbers." Li Yi suddenly understood and felt that their identities matched.
"Yes, yes." Li Chengqi secretly sighed.
He did not want to expose his identity. Otherwise, they would not be happy together in the future.
Li Longji also had the same thought and said, "If you want to find us in the future, you can go to …"
"Six Li Village in the west of the city." Li Chengqi gave the name of the place.
Anyway, Zhuangzi already had someone to operate it. It was just a name.
Li Yi remembered the name. When there was delicious food and fun things, he would ask someone to send it to share.
When it was almost noon, Li Longji and Li Chengqi said goodbye.
The more than three hundred people were still eating and drinking. They probably could not find a chance to eat beef on a normal day.
Fortunately, the beef was big enough and there were other skewers to support it. Otherwise, it would not be enough for them.
The wine was not good either. It was more than ten copper coins per catty.
Li Yi tasted it and did not drink anymore. Sure enough, cheap things were not good.
If it was not too difficult to get a license, he would have brewed it himself and distilled it.
However, no one cared about the wine. It did not consume food.
As for the yongye fields and koufen fields, it was not a problem to plant a certain amount of hemp or mulberry trees.
Because the current Zhuangzi were all yongye fields, the system gave a series of operations like this.
Moreover, there were methods to increase the production of food and methods to raise crops.
If the imperial court wanted to investigate, it could be settled.
Li Yi calculated in his heart. He provided 42 students with housing for free. Normally, he would be rewarded.
He also set up private schools for the children of 17 tenant farmers. Similarly, he would be rewarded.
If any official did not let him go, he would make a big deal out of it.
Then, he would continue to offer advanced farming techniques. Maybe Li Longji would know about it in an instant.
Li Yi thought about various ways to deal with future problems.
Li Longji and Li Chengqi, who were rushing back, met up with the team and crossed the Ba River.
The two brothers sat in the carriage. Two jars of soy sauce, two jars of soybean oil, and two small jars of beef chili sauce were placed in front of them.
"Big Brother, if only we knew about Brother Li … Brother Yi last year." Li Longji looked regretful.
Last year, Li Yi had just come to take over Zhuangzi. Many things had already started at that time.
Because of the leap of February this year, they only knew about Li Yi's situation half a year later.
"Even if we knew about it last year, I couldn't tell." Li Chengqi was optimistic.
Li Longji closed his eyes and opened them after a while. "Come over one night and stay on Zhuangzi. Look at the swamp at night. Oh, it's called the methane lamp. It's more obvious."
"Third Brother, I always feel that he has more skills that he hasn't used. Look at the prescription he gave us. He doesn't care about it. Instead, he hopes that we will help him spread it. "
Li Chengqi analyzed. From this point of view, Brother Yi had only released a little.
"Indeed." Li Longji also thought about it.
At least, he did not know the secret of the methane lamp. He forgot to ask about it.
He originally wanted to ask about the soybean oil and the methane lamp.
However, when he went to the place where the seedlings were growing, he saw something even more magical.
"Third Brother, is the stone grinding and fertilizing real or fake?"
Li Chengqi was conflicted about the matter of learning from the new village.
Li Longji clasped his hands together. "It must be real. Brother Yi didn't know that we were coming. Why would he fake it?"
"Yes!" Li Chengqi agreed. He felt that Li Yi was very interesting.
He actually wanted to get a position as a county magistrate, and it was even one of the twenty-two counties of the capital.
Did he think that the counties in the capital were the same as those in other places? This was Gyeonggi Province.
A little further away was Guannei Province, an important place in the capital.
You're just a sixteen-year-old boy. Do you know how to be a county magistrate?
"Third Brother, Brother Yi wants to be a county magistrate," Li Chengqi said with a smile.
Li Longji also laughed. "Hahaha! However, seeing that he's taking care of Zhuangzi, he can use the people's hearts. In just half a year, the tenant farmers are so loyal. "
"He's making new clothes for the tenant farmers' children. He's also making the four treasures of the study for the boarding students to teach," Li Chengqi said.
"Why doesn't the other Zhuangzi do the same?" Li Longji asked the key question.
"How many of the other villages can be used to make kilns? He's still making brick kilns, but he can also change them into ceramic kilns. His kilns are also extraordinary. "
As Li Chengqi spoke, he suddenly thought of something important.
What kind of kiln was that? If he wanted to make bricks, he would make bricks. If he made some changes, he would make ceramics.
After being reminded, Li Longji also reacted. "That's right. The kiln is the foundation of a business. A kiln raises a village. Brother Yi can make kilns at will in Zhuangzi. He doesn't hire helpers or skilled craftsmen."
"He knows how to?" Li Chengqi was not sure.
Making bricks in a kiln and cooking in a stove were two different things.
In a village, if a skilled craftsman helped build a kiln to make bricks, the people in the village would find work to do.
On the other hand, Brother Yi built a kiln in a hurry and baked bricks to build houses for the students and tenant farmers.
Then, there was no more movement. Did he stop making kilns?
Did he think that buying bricks was expensive, so he burned them himself?
Shouldn't he continue to make kilns and sell bricks?
"Big Brother, find someone to buy soy sauce from Brother Yi in Zhuangzi. He helped the students entertain their classmates today and spent a lot of money."
Li Longji suddenly remembered the matter of money. Li Yi's younger brother didn't seem to have much money left.
Without money, there was no way to do other things. If he didn't do other things, how could he make new things?
"That's right." Li Chengqi agreed.
Then, the two of them directly returned to the Imperial City and gave half of the gifts they got from Li Yi to their father.
The remaining half was naturally kept by Li Longji. Anyway, Li Longji was idle recently, so he could go to Li Yi to get more.
***
The next morning, before Li Chengqi could find someone to buy soy sauce from Li Yi in Zhuangzi, many hotels in Chang 'an had already sent people to Zhuangzi to buy soy sauce.
They were able to come all because of the scholars who participated in the poetry meet yesterday.
They had seen the methane lamp, so before the curfew, each of them hurried back to the city with a small jar of soy sauce.
Some of them brought it home, while others turned around and ran to Pyong Kang Square.
Pyong Kang Square was the red-light district of the Tang dynasty, where there were prostitutes and entertainers.
When they arrived at Pyong Kang Square, they began to show off their soy sauce and recited many poems about soy sauce.
Naturally, the soy sauce they brought was shared and tasted.
For a time, if a scholar didn't bring soy sauce to a shop, they would feel inferior.
Not only did they give a free discount, but they also offered singing girls.
This was a big deal.
Preserved fruit dipped in soy sauce, dried fish dipped in soy sauce, garlic dipped in soy sauce, and poured soy sauce into wine bowls …
Crazy. In one night, everyone in Peace Square had gone crazy.
When the curfew was lifted at five o 'clock, a group of people rushed out and went straight to Tonghua Gate.
In the morning, when Li Yi in Zhuangzi was eating the noodles made with mixed minced soy sauce made with leftovers from yesterday, many people arrived outside Zhuangzi and asked to buy soy sauce.
Li Yi originally planned to sell it after everyone finished eating.
But Manager Song De disobeyed and called for everyone to put down their chopsticks and go to get soy sauce.
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