Uncle Nine also understood the clan leader's painstaking efforts. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Then let's give it a try. Don't waste the food."
The clan leader immediately smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, you can rest assured. I know the seriousness of the matter."
Uncle Nine watched from the side as the clan leader rigorously instructed the villagers to start composting step by step according to the method he had learned.
"Clan leader! Jingzhi has sent a letter!"
A loud voice came from the village entrance.
The patriarch asked his son to watch the composting process while he took over a bag brought by a villager.
"Where's the messenger?"
The villager scratched the back of his head and said with a simple smile, "The man delivered the gift and left. I asked him to stay for dinner but he refused."
"What message did Jingzhi bring back?" asked Uncle Jiu.
The villagers immediately slapped their foreheads and said, "I almost forgot about this. Jingzhi asked someone to bring us a method for composting fertilizer."
Uncle Jiu's old voice asked, "Composting and fertilizing?" He turned to glance at the villagers who were still busy, "Aren't we composting right now? Jingzhi also knows about it. Could he be in Qucheng?"
The villager shook his head, indicating that he didn't know, and continued, "Jingzhi just sent that person to deliver the letter back."
"He said that method works, and many people in the city are using it. Even the city lord has used it on all his own land."
"He was afraid we wouldn't understand, so he drew a picture for us. It's in the bundle."
The patriarch quickly opened the bundle, trying to look inside for any animal skins or bamboo pieces, but he searched for a long time but found nothing.
"It wasn't found. Maybe it was lost on the way?" The clan leader's voice was a little anxious. He originally just wanted to give it a try, but now Lian Jingzhi specially sent a letter back to tell them, it seems that this method can indeed be used.
Although he had learned about the composting method, he had no idea what fertilization was. Can't you just use it after composting it?
Uncle Jiu took a look at the bundle and picked up a pornographic book from it.
When I opened it, it was full of pictures, and some of them looked like the compost they were making.
"Jingzhi painted on it." It's very thin and you can't tell what material it's made of.
Considering that the villagers were illiterate, An Jingzhi could only teach the methods of topdressing and fertilizing to the villagers in the form of pictures.
The paper cannot be used externally after it is made, so he can only promote it in the same way as toilet paper, otherwise he might be attacked by everyone.
One of the reasons why knowledge is monopolized is that it is difficult to preserve and disseminate.
The clan leader quickly came to Uncle Nine, and they all huddled together to look at the picture book.
Although there were no words, they could see it clearly.
"It turns out there are certain things to pay attention to when composting and applying fertilizer. If you apply too much fertilizer, it's like eating too much and you'll die."
The clan leader was still frightened. "Fortunately, Jingzhi sent this thing back in time, otherwise I would be the sinner of our village."
Uncle Jiu glanced at him and said, "Anyway, we'll just try it on vegetables first. If it doesn't work, we won't try it on grains."
He looked at the drawing thing, turning it over and over but couldn't figure out what it was. "I haven't seen this thing before. If it can draw something, it should be able to write as well."
He had lived for so long and had never heard of anything that could carry words other than animal skins, silk, or bamboo.
"It must have been brought back by the big merchant Jingzhi followed from another city." The clan leader also found it strange, but did not think much about it. "Jingzhi still cares about our village. He sent this thing just in time."
The clan leader's son picked up the other items in the bundle and looked at them. "Is this the food pictured at the end? It says to soak it in water and cook it in a pot."
He held a piece of bean curd sticks and looked at it left and right.
The clan leader slapped his hand and quickly put the bean curd sheets he was holding into his bag.
"What are you touching? Don't you know what your hand has touched?"
The patriarch's son smiled awkwardly.
With the picture book sent by An Jingzhi, the villagers became even more enthusiastic about composting.
Only Uncle Nine watched everyone busy at work, but his heart became heavier.
His intuition told him that Jingzhi's current situation was definitely not as simple as the other party said, that he was just working for a big businessman.
Every time An Jingzhi sent someone to deliver a letter, he would disguise himself and pass on his request through several people.
Life in the village is difficult, but he cannot bring all the villagers over at the moment. He has to wait a while. He can only use these methods to help them improve their lives a little without attracting too much attention.
Ever since the composting and vegetable growing experiment was successful, the people in the city have been eagerly looking forward to the city lord's mansion sending people to teach them how to fertilize the crops.
There is no more confusion as at the beginning.
According to the farming methods of the City Lord's Mansion, not only can grain production be increased, but their taxes can also be reduced. Now An Jingzhi has won the hearts of all the people in Qucheng.
There are many people in the City Lord's Mansion, but An Jingzhi only trusts a few of them.
Da Niu continued to work on projects with Shi Ji, and his earlier report of Jin Fu's whereabouts also caught An Jingzhi's attention.
This time, An Jingzhi sent a big shot to promote grain composting.
Wanting to know about the current planting situation, he sent someone to call Da Niu to his house.
"How's the publicity going? Is everyone cooperating?"
After being promoted, Da Niu learned a lot of etiquette from the old housekeeper. He bowed and then replied respectfully, "Your Excellency, everyone is cooperating very well, and the people all trust you."
When it comes to harvesting some vegetables, whether you like it or not, you will take out a few acres of land to experiment.
The City Lord's Mansion did not force them to use this method of planting, but just took the lead in using this method on their own land. When others saw that the City Lord had used it, they also rushed to inquire about it.
When Da Niu went to promote his product, the people also rushed to ask him questions about every detail.
"This is about food, so we can't be careless. You have to make it clear to them that more fertilizer isn't necessarily better."
Da Niu said respectfully, "Your Excellency, everyone has understood the examples you gave during the publicity. I will also send someone to keep an eye on it."
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"This tea is really good," Earl Rongchang picked up the cup in front of him and tasted it carefully. "The Lord of Qucheng is a gentleman."
Young Master Rongli sat below Earl Rongchang and said, "Father, the person I sent to investigate has returned with the news."
"The entire family of the Marquis of Ji was implicated in the rebellion ritual and has been executed. The decree was not issued by the Emperor, but by the Marquis of Huai'en."
"Father, the world is in chaos." Master Rong Li's face was heavy.
Upon hearing this, Earl Rongchang no longer had the energy to judge whether the Lord of Qucheng was an imposter. He put down his teacup and asked, "What's the situation? Tell me in detail."
"The official news is that the eldest son of the Marquis of Ji State committed adultery in the harem, but my son has found out that it was the Marquis of Huai En who joined forces with several other dukes and marquises to annex the Marquis of Ji State's territory."
"They forced the emperor to issue this decree."
"The Marquis of Ji's fiefdom has been divided among several people."
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