Li Shimin

Chapter 11 The gentleman and the cook

"Mingfu is polite, this matter is easy."

Li Xuan smiled lightly, it seemed that this was the real purpose of the county magistrate Pei.

"Also ask my little master to enlighten me!"

Lawyer Pei gave a sly smile and hurriedly asked.

"Deeply loosen the soil, weed frequently, and fertilize more!"

For a pragmatic official like Lawyer Pei, Li Xuan had a little patience in his heart.

Anyway, he has already taught the people of Lijiazhuang the farming methods of later generations. As long as lawyer Pei and the county magistrate really want to know, those villagers will rush to answer.

"Deeply loosen the soil, weed frequently, and fertilize more..."

Muttering something in a low voice, Lawyer Pei's eyes lit up.

In this era, although most of the Tang officials, especially the county magistrates, were descendants of aristocratic families.However, many officials still pay great attention to farming, and lawyer Pei is very proficient in farming.

Of course, Li Xuan's words are also easy to understand. Deep loosening of the soil and frequent weeding are the essence of intensive farming.

But, what is fertilization?

"Dare to ask my little master, what is fertilization?"

"It's just pouring manure into the field!" Li Xuan said.

"Pouring manure in the field?"

Lawyer Pei was taken aback, and even the servants beside him were also taken aback.

They all know this kind of operation of pouring manure on the field, and even the fertile fields in his Pei's village are often watered with manure.

Especially the fields near Chang'an or the surrounding counties are watered with manure every year when they are cultivated.

After all, in the county town, especially in Chang'an City, in order to keep the streets clean and tidy, it is strictly forbidden for people to discharge "dirty water" outside without permission.

Especially in the city of Chang'an, this kind of regulation is even stricter, and those who violate it will be punished with [-] boards.

Therefore, there is a profession, excrement picker.

Among them, this kind of people cleared the excrement from people's latrines, then transported it outside the city, and sold it to those farmers, who would use it to water the fields, which is equivalent to fertilizing.

Although this kind of occupation is very hard and dirty, it is extremely profitable.

Because, the excrement picker is charged by both parties!

Many excavation work in the city is controlled by people of certain influence.

In the Tang Dynasty, the most famous dung collector was Luo Hui, a person from Chang'an who made a fortune by digging up dung and won the title of "King of Dung".However, Luo Hui is not born yet, but this does not prevent Lawyer Pei's understanding of this profession and fertilization.

"It turns out that pouring manure into the field is fertilization!"

Lawyer Pei nodded slightly, and said, "It's just this kind of fertilization. In Lantian County, there are also many big families who fertilize like this."

"Don't worry in the Ming Dynasty. In Lijiazhuang, in addition to the excrement in the latrine, there are also the excrement of livestock and poultry such as chickens, ducks, cattle and donkeys. They are also piled together to generate high temperature, kill the germs and eggs inside, and decompose. Organic matter, making this dung a real fertilizer!"

Li Xuan said.

Hearing this, Lawyer Pei's eyes lit up. This kind of accumulation treatment should be the real reason for increasing the yield of farmland.

However, after thinking about it for a moment, lawyer Pei couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Dare to ask my little master, how to make feces produce high temperature? And what are germs? Organic matter..."

"Forehead!"

Li Xuan was startled.

I couldn't help rubbing the center of my brows hard, feeling a little pain in my head.

"Pei Ming Mansion, as long as these feces are piled up together, they will generate high temperature! However, it should be noted that the feces with water need to be buried in the innermost part!"

"Can it generate high temperature by itself?"

Lawyer Pei was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the servants beside him with a puzzled face.

"Dalang, we don't know about this kind of thing. The farmers in the village are like that, as long as they have manure, they will pour it on the field!"

Pei Li said quickly.

"It's okay, let the farmers in the village experiment with this first when you go back, and then you will know!"

"Yes!"

Afterwards, Lawyer Pei turned to look at Li Xuan again.

"Dare to ask my little master, what are germs?"

"Germs are microbes that are invisible to the naked eye. If people come into contact with them too much, they will easily get sick!"

"What about organic matter?"

"..."

Seeing that the county magistrate of Pei was going to start questioning him again, Li Xuan felt even more headache.

How could there be such a difficult person?

The villagers in Lijiazhuang are in awe of him as a scholar, and he does what he says, and never asks why.As for that family general, Li Wei, although he had some knowledge, he was also in awe of some knowledge, plus he was stupid and not suitable for reading. After being explained several times by Li Xuan, his head hurt and he left in a hurry.

However, it was the first time for Li Xuan to meet an official like Lawyer Pei who was full of thirst for knowledge and could roughly understand the meaning.

After one afternoon, Li Xuan felt that he had said more than what he had said in the two years in Lijiazhuang.

"Goo~gum..."

Suddenly, a strange voice came into everyone's ears.

Everyone looked along the source of the sound, and couldn't help but look weird.

"Hey, it's easy to make people hungry when studying, so please forgive me, my little master!" Lawyer Pei hugged his stomach with his hands, apologetic.

At the same time, full of annoyance, I would have eaten more if I knew it would come out, so as not to disturb the young master's elegance at this critical moment.

That's right, Lawyer Pei has already regarded Li Xuan as a master who is preaching and learning, and he would make strange noises when the teacher is preaching and teaching, which is really disrespectful!

Unexpectedly, Li Xuan didn't show the slightest sign of anger. Instead, he stood up with a happy face and a relaxed look, as if he was relieved from some kind of punishment.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's my master who didn't entertain well, Pei Mingfu wait a moment, I'll go cook some dishes!"

As he said that, regardless of the astonished lawyers behind him, Pei rushed out of the hall and headed for the kitchen beside him.

"Little Master is indeed a gentleman. He not only imparts knowledge with all his money, but also cooks for me himself!"

After recovering, lawyer Pei's face was full of joy.

"But Da Lang, the gentleman is far away from the kitchen, can this little master really know how to cook?"

On the side, Pei Li reminded in a low voice.

In this era, all scholars follow the words of the sages, regard cooking as a lowly profession, and never cook by themselves.

And for a learned sage like the little master, his cooking skills should be even worse.

Hearing this, Lawyer Pei's face froze, and then he remembered that this little master is a great sage with profound knowledge.

"I can only hope that the meals prepared by the little master are cooked!"

Lawyer Pei said slowly with a bitter face.

Afterwards, he looked at Pei Li and ordered, "I'll only eat some of the meals made by my little master in a while, and I'll leave the rest to you!"

"what?"

Pei Li and the other servants looked even more bitter.

However, who made lawyer Pei their master, they could only nod with a bitter face.

However, before Lawyer Pei and Pei Li had been suffering for a long time, they smelled a seductive fragrance wafting in from outside the courtyard.

Unable to bear it, he shrugged his nose and sniffed fiercely a few times.

"Cuckoo~cuckoo..."

Now, not only lawyer Pei's stomach growled, but even Pei Li's and the others' stomachs began to growl like a drum.

At the same time, looking out to the kitchen, his eyes were bright and his face was full of excitement.

So delicious!
They had never tasted such a delicious meal!
……

　Li Xuan:
　　Why does shopping appear in this world?

　　Why can girls go shopping for four hours?

　　Do you have to visit every clothing store?
　　Why are they not tired?

　　!!!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)