Chapter 47: Nightshade

Not long after returning home, Liu Yichi went out again.

In addition to going to the blacksmith to make a ploughshare, he had more important things to do.

He was looking for fertilizer for his farmland.

Now in ancient times, to be precise in the early Tang Dynasty, farming already had the concept of fertilization and top dressing. In addition, farmers mostly use human and animal manure, weeds, grass and wood ash, and river mud as fertilizer. But how can ordinary farmers have so much manure and urine on weekdays, and plant ash. As far as Lao Liu's family is concerned, every year they burn some knots and weeds in the ground during the autumn harvest. Little success.

Liu Yiyi went to Uncle He's house in the east of the village and ordered twenty iron ploughshares, and paid a fixed amount of money in advance. Then he went straight to Sanyuan County.

Sanyuan County is located in the north wall of Chang'an City, which is a subsidiary county of Chang'an City. Although the area of the county seat is not large, it can accommodate nearly 10,000 people. Most of these people were merchants, officials, or hawkers. They all live in the county seat, and generally do not need to go to the field to farm, and eating, drinking, and sleeping must be carried out in the county seat.

The purpose of Liu Yiyi's visit this time is for them, their "night fragrance".

Liu Yiyi has always believed that farm fertilizer is the most environmentally friendly and easily absorbed fertilizer by crops among all fertilizers, which can not only regulate the nutrients of the land, but also change the structure of the soil, which is the best choice for land cultivation and land protection. Therefore, the current residents of Sanyuan County are all fertilizer producers in his eyes. It's all treasures.

Think about how much Lazar a day of nearly 10,000 people will add up, how much a month, or even a year. If it is put together, it will be enough for his thirty hectares of land to be used for charity and pursuit.

As for how to collect it, Liu Yiyi already had a plan in his heart.

To collect the "night incense" of Lazar, the people in the city, of course, you have to find professional workers in the city.

Ye Xianglang, a very elegant title, if you don't know, you would never have imagined that the person with such an elegant name would be a full-time worker who cleans up the feces of various households.

The ancients did not have flush toilets and did not have well-developed sewers in all directions. Residents living in the city generally go to the toilet by sitting on a 'horse'. 'Mazi' is a wooden barrel, commonly known as a toilet, and was called 'Huzi' in the Qin and Han dynasties, but here in the Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid an ancestor of the Li family called Li Hu, it was renamed 'Mazi'.

'Horses' are an indispensable household utensil. Most people will have one or two, and there will be as many as ten to hundreds of large families. In order to facilitate everyone's life, every morning, when the sky is just dawning, there will be dozens of night incense men, pushing their dung trucks, to start collecting and cleaning up these filth that have been accumulated for a day.

Yexianglang can be regarded as a kind of public office, hired by the county government, and can receive a certain amount of money every month. So there are a lot of people who want to do it.

Liu Yiyi came here for these night fragrances. If you can send all the night incense that Yexianglang collects every day to his field, or store it in his field first, then the crops in his field will not grow up.

Knowing that Yexianglang was under the unified management of the county government, Liu Yiyi specially came to visit the new county Cheng Li Zhide. It seems that since Li Zhide took office, Liu Yiyi has never seen him. Now he is the county lord of Sanyuan County, and he is the biggest in the entire county, so it is really time to have a relationship with him.

Liu Yiyi waited outside the door for a short time, and was led in by the subordinates of Li Zhide's family.

Li Zhide sat in the main hall of the back hall in civilian clothes, his face was very kind. Liu Yiyi saw that he was about the same age as Wang Zhihong. is also in his thirties, which is the age of prime of life.

After entering the house, Liu Yiyi stepped up two steps, and when he came to Li Zhide, he bent down and bowed and said, "Xiaomin Liu Yiyi, meet Li Xiancheng." ”

"You're Yanagichi?" Li Zhide looked Liu Yiyi up and down. When Wang Zhihong was leaving, he mentioned this Liu Yiyi to him a lot, saying that he was talented, scheming, and reasonable, and he would definitely be a great figure in the future. Now it seems that Li Zhide can't help but be a little disappointed.

Liu Yiyi is not tall, and his appearance can only be said to be average, plus he is dressed as an old peasant, and he is bowing down at the moment, it is difficult for people to see anything different.

But even so, Li Zhide didn't dare to have the slightest contempt. He and Wang Zhihong are in the same department and have been friends for a long time, and he knows Wang Zhihong's personality very well. Liu Yiyi can be praised by Wang Zhihong, and there must be something different from ordinary people.

"Well," Li Zhide nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, please sit down, hehe, let's meet in private, don't be so restrained." ”

"Master Xie Li sits, one knows." Liu Yiyi saluted and thanked him, and then sat down on the chair next to Li Zhide's head.

Waving his hand to signal his subordinates to serve tea, Li Zhide said: "I often hear Lord Wang mention that Brother Liu is not only talented and has excellent calligraphy attainments, but even his achievements in veterinary medicine are very unattainable. Seeing it today, Brother Liu is really a talent. True to the name, worthy of the name! ”

"Lord Li praised it falsely, one is just a farmer's ear, and he only knows how to cultivate land and farm, how can he be praised by Lord Wang, Lord Li." Liu Yichi replied modestly.

Li Zhide didn't care, picked up the new tea on the table, took a sip, and said: "Brother Liu is too modest, although Li has not seen Brother Liu's previous deeds with his own eyes, but Lord Wang's words will not be wrong." After a pause, Li Zhide continued: "In addition, Lord Wang took care of Li before leaving, if you have anything to do, even if you know about it with Li, if you can help, Li will naturally not look at it." ”

"Thank you, Lord Li, for your kindness." Liu Yiyi thanked him and said, "Don't hide it from your lordship, there is indeed something I want to ask Lord Li to help me with this time." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhide's eyebrows were raised, and he said: "Little Brother Liu can say that Li Mou, who can help, will not stand idly by. ”

Liu Yiyi stood up, bent over and saluted, "Xiaomin wants to ask Master Li to transfer the employment relationship of the county middle night Xianglang to Xiaomin. Xiaomin is willing to sponsor. ”

"Yakaro?" Li Zhide's brows furrowed, he didn't expect Liu Yiyi to mention such a filthy profession. He said, "Tell me about it." ”

Liu Yiyi said: "Ye Xianglang still belongs to the county government according to the row, and the small people will pay them the money, which is one less expense for the county government festival, and the small people only need Ye Xianglang to send the night incense collected every day to the place designated by the small people." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhide is a little interested, and there are still people who spend money to buy such filthy things? It's also fresh. He asked Liu Yiyi, "I don't know where Brother Liu wants to send this night incense?" What use do you have with such filthy things? ”

"Returning to the words of the adult," seeing that Li Zhide did not know about farming, Liu Yiyi despised him in his heart, and replied: "The small people have thirty hectares of land, and they need fertilizer for cultivation for a long time. Those night incense are taken by the small people for the purpose of plowing the fields. Please be able to agree. ”

Plough? It seems that he is really a farmer.

Li Zhide nodded, how could he think too much about such a trivial matter, so he opened his mouth and responded: "This kind of reciprocal thing, how can this official refuse it?" In a moment I will give orders. Brother Liu can rest assured. ”

"So, there's Lord Lao Li." Liu Yiyi smiled and bent over to thank him.

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