Pig Killer

Chapter 308

What else could Zhang Jixian say? He said, "I'll go with you to the fields to take a look."

"You're going too?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him in surprise.

"Take a look at the new plowshare and see how it works," Zhang Jixian said, looking at them gently. "Is it as good as you said?"

"It's great!" Huang Zhongchang said happily like a child, "It's much easier than pulling the plow, and it plows faster." He smiled and said, "You can try it."

"I've never been to the fields." Zhang Jixian said embarrassedly.

Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his dark eyes and said, "Just take a look. Plowing the land is more tiring than building the imperial mausoleum!" His eyes, which were clearly black and white, turned and said, "This imperial mausoleum has a head, but this plowing land! As long as you survive, you have to keep pulling."

"Is it as exaggerated as you say?" Zhang Jixian said to him with his eyebrows slightly raised.

"You'll know if you try it, Mr. Zhang." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her inky black eyes and said, "You'll be so tired that you won't want to farm anymore in your life."

Zhang Jixian looked at her in disbelief, "Really?"

"Let's go! Give it a try." Huang Zhongchang called him.

Huang Zhongchang carried the plow and they went to the fields.

"Mr. Zhang, come and have a try! I'll hold the plow and you pull the plow." Huang Zhongchang tied a piece of animal skin on his shoulders and put rabbit skin gloves on his hands. "Let's go!"

Zhang Jixian started walking with the hemp rope on his shoulder. "What's so difficult about this?" Hesitantly, he said, "To be honest, it looks easy for them to pull it. It's quite heavy for me to pull it."

"Haha..." Huang Zhongchang shook his head and laughed, "You continue."

At first, Zhang Jixian walked easily carrying the hemp rope, but gradually his steps became heavier, and he leaned his body sideways, stretching his hands to hold the hemp rope. He felt that this made him stronger and saved effort.

Zhang Jixian's originally fair face gradually turned red, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and dripped down his cheeks.

After pulling the plow for less than an hour, Zhang Jixian let go of the hemp rope on his shoulder and said, "Stop, stop, stop! I can't take it anymore." He pounded his shoulder and said, "I feel like these shoulders are not mine anymore."

"I've really seen it. It seems that oxen are more suitable for this job." Zhang Jixian moved his hands and felt that his hands were numb from holding the hemp rope. "Fortunately, I wore gloves, otherwise my hands would definitely get blisters, as would my shoulders." He kept pounding his shoulders, "Do I have to do this for the rest of my life?"

"Yes! What would you eat if you don't do it?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him deeply and said.

Zhang Jixian swallowed his saliva and swallowed the words back.

"Uncle Zhang, have some water." Da Chong came over holding a water pitcher.

Li Nu took two bowls, filled them with water, and handed them to them, saying, "Father, Uncle Zhang."

"You're just in time. My throat is smoking." Huang Zhongchang took the water and gulped it down.

Zhang Jixian also drank half a bowl of water generously and said with a smile, "What are you doing?"

"Sowing seeds!" The big insect looked at him with round eyes and said, "Uncle Zhang, do you want to come and play? It's really fun."

"Play?" Zhang Jixian looked at her with interest and said, "Is this sowing for fun?"

"Come and see and you'll know." The raccoon slave looked at him with eyes like black grapes.

"Then I'll go and take a look." Zhang Jixian said enthusiastically.

Zhang Jixian followed the children to the plowed fields, watched the farmers who were sowing seeds, and looked at the toys in their hands with curiosity.

"Is this it?" Zhang Jixian's eyes widened. "I didn't know how to sow seeds before, but later I saw it, and it's not like this! I've been bending over all day, and I can't even straighten my waist."

"It's not necessary now. You can try it." The big insect handed him the seeder.

Zhang Jixian's curiosity about the seed drill made him play with it for the entire morning without realizing it.

"The sun is too hot!" Zhang Jixian kept fanning himself with his hands. "It's so hot! I never felt this way before!"

"Uncle Zhang rarely stayed in the sun for such a long time before." Da Chong looked at him with his dark eyes, and sweat formed on his forehead. "You should have worn a straw hat."

"At that time, I had your father and others to protect me, so I never had to stand in the sun for so long." Zhang Jixian said gratefully.

"I can see that you are not tanned at all." Da Chong said with a smile, "My father and others were tanned to a black charcoal color."

"Uncle Zhang, remember to wear a straw hat next time so you can block the sun." Li Nu said, touching the brim of his hat with his index finger.

"There's a red ribbon tied on your hat, it looks very nice." Zhang Jixian said gently as he looked at the ribbon tied on her straw hat.

"My mother tied it!" Li Nu stretched out her hand to adjust the ribbon and said with a smile, "It's beautiful, isn't it?"

"Is it especially hot this year, or is it the same as in previous years?" Zhang Jixian frowned slightly and glanced at the bright sun. "If it doesn't rain, I wonder if it will affect the growth of crops."

"Haha..." The big tiger looked at him with a smile when he heard that.

"What are you laughing at? Don't worry!" Zhang Jixian lowered his eyes and looked at him and said.

"Uncle Zhang is also concerned about the crops now." Li Nu looked at him with innocent eyes and said.

"Your parents kept telling me that." Zhang Jixian was stunned when he heard that, then he sneered, "Food is the most important thing for people, I don't want to go hungry."

"It's hot this year, and mother is afraid of drought, so she has started making a waterwheel." The big tiger looked at him and said with a smile.

"Waterwheel?" Zhang Jixian looked at him puzzledly and asked.

"You'll know when it's done." The big tiger looked at him with a smile and said.

"Then wait!" Zhang Jixian looked at them tenderly and said, looking up at the soldiers working hard in the fields, "They are all here!"

"We have to work until the spring plowing is over, which doesn't last long. There are many of us, so it will only take ten days." The big tiger looked at him with its round eyes and said.

"Concentrate our efforts on major tasks." Zhang Jixian looked at them with gentle eyes and said.

"That's right, mother always says that." Li Nu looked at him with her innocent little face.

"Oh, by the way, Uncle Zhang, you came from the south. Did it rain on the way?" Da Chong asked with concern.

"Yes, it rained when we passed through the Central Plains." Zhang Jixian nodded when he heard it.

"It seems that it is not raining here." said the big tiger with a pout.

"Oh God, please let it rain soon!" said the cat slave, looking at the blue sky.

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The spring ploughing is over. Not a drop of rain fell, but the spring crops that were planted have only sprouted a little.

"It's only been a few days since we planted them, so it's normal that they haven't sprouted." Huang Zhongchang, standing on the ridge of the field, comforted her, "It usually takes seven to ten days for them to sprout."

"Now that the weather is warm, the time can be shortened." Shen Hui'e squatted down and dug out the seeds. "Look, the seeds are still the same as before. The soil around them is dry, without any moisture."

"Don't worry about the seeds for now, let's take a look at our wheat seedlings!" Huang Bochang walked over to them anxiously and said, holding the wheat seedlings in his hand and handing them over, "Look, this leaf, this root."

Huang Zhongchang gave the order directly, "First, ask the soldiers to carry water to irrigate the fields and protect the seedlings."

"Second brother, second brother. Relying solely on people carrying water cannot solve the fundamental problem." Huang Bochang said nervously, grabbing his arm.

"I know! Let's go and see if the waterwheel is built?" Huang Zhongchang patted his hands and said.

"Waterwheel? The waterwheel that my sister-in-law mentioned before." Huang Bochang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he said worriedly, "Will this work?"

"It's possible!" Shen Hui'e said with a smile, "But we need to have people dig the canal first, otherwise how will the water flow over when it comes up?"

"Okay! I'll arrange someone to clean the canal right away." Huang Zhongchang said readily after hearing this.

Huang Bochang opened his mouth when he heard this, and looked at them hesitantly as if he wanted to say something.

"Brother, you'll know once you see it." Huang Zhongchang patted his arm and said, "Let's go!"

Shen Hui'e and the others went to find Liu Ding together. At that time, Liu Ding and the others were concentrating on building a waterwheel.

"Brother Liu, is it finished?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him gently and said.

"Okay, okay, look." Liu Ding said to them excitedly.

"So big?" Huang Zhongchang looked at the waterwheel in surprise.

"You have to be big to draw water!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with a smile.

"Let's go! Let's carry them to the river." Huang Zhongchang gathered people and carried the waterwheel to the river in a blatant manner.

"what is this?"

"I do not know?"

"This is called a waterwheel, used for irrigating the land." Liu Ding took the opportunity to say.

"What do you water the land with? How much can you water?"

"It's been a drought this year. It hasn't rained since the spring. If God doesn't rain, this year's harvest..." Heavy sighs came one after another, and everyone was very worried.

"Carrying water to irrigate the land, distant water cannot quench nearby thirst!"

"When you pour a bucket of water, it dries up before it even leaves the ground."

Although it's a bit exaggerated, it's not bad. The land is too dry and the water seeps in quickly.

"Mr. Huang and General Shen ordered us to make water wheels to irrigate the fields because it hasn't rained." Liu Ding said cleverly, "It's definitely better than carrying water for irrigation."

"really?"

"Come with us and you'll know if it's true or not."

As more and more people came, they all arrived at the riverside in a dark mass.

"Brother Liu, show me how to do it." Huang Zhongchang waved at Liu Ding with his black and white eyes.

"Yes!" Liu Ding said respectfully, bowing, and called on the masters to set up the waterwheel together.

Five or six people began to push the huge millstone-like machine.

"Wow...the water is coming up, it's coming up." the crowd said excitedly.

"The canal has been dug, and we can now irrigate our fields."

"It's just that you all have to work hard to push the waterwheel." Huang Zhongchang said to his fellow villagers with sparkling eyes. Seeing the water coming up with his own eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not hard, it's not hard. It's much easier than carrying water."

"As long as the soil can be irrigated, this little bit of hard work is nothing."

"This is much easier. Isn't it just like grinding flour?"

“It seems that this one water truck is not enough!”

"This is simple. Let's do it better. Ten water trucks are not enough. Are twenty enough? The water trucks and workers don't stop. They keep watering day and night." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her shiny black eyes.