Liu An didn't express his name on a whim. The first time he looked at his dashboard, the four words "not yet expressed" on it made Liu An very wary.

In the properties panel, everyone else's surname is so-and-so, and their given name is so-and-so, but when it comes to my own name, it has not yet been named.

He looked like he was on the same level as a housekeeper or a disaster victim. He looked uneducated and didn't even have a nickname.

Ms. Cui looked at Liu An and pondered for a moment before saying, "My son has indeed grown up, and it's time for you to know some things."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Cui got up, went to her room, brought a bamboo slip, and handed it to Liu An.

Liu An took it curiously and saw two lines of small words written on it:

I named him An because I hope that my son will live a peaceful life like his name and not be bedridden for a long time like his father.

When he reaches adulthood, it means longevity, longevity, and long-term survival. Don't be like a father.

After Mrs. Cui handed the bamboo slips to Liu An, her eyes gradually filled with tears, and she even swallowed and said:

"This was left behind by your father when he was dying. He asked your mother to take it out when you come of age. Now that my son is in urgent need of a token of appreciation, he will abide by your father's last words."

Liu An looked at the word "immortality" on the bamboo slip and fell into silence.

Isn't this Guan Yu's cousin?

Do you want to use the same word as Guan Yu?

Mrs. Cui thought Liu An was grateful for her late father, so she didn't bother him.

Liu An was silent for a long time, and finally sighed.

That's all, you can't do anything based on your father's orders, especially if it's your late father's orders. I don't know who to turn to for reasoning.

Anyway, Guan Yu later changed his surname, so he didn't really use the same surname, which is not unacceptable.

So Liu An knelt down on the ground holding the bamboo slips in both hands and said respectfully: "I will obey my father's death!"

Mrs. Cui nodded, wiped the tears from her eyes, helped Liu An up and continued eating.

Because of this episode, the atmosphere became gloomy. The mother and son didn't say a few words after that. After dinner, they cleaned the pots and dishes and went back to their houses.

The next day, Liu An finished his daily homework and after dinner, he picked up Liu Bei and Liu Ming and headed to the camp for the victims.

The carpenter came to Liu An and asked what he would do after the two houses and the well were built. Liu An told the carpenter his plan.

First of all, we need an empty room to store potatoes, and a house that can house all the victims. Each house needs to be built with a fire wall, and then an earth wall with a size of three or four acres of land must be built around it.

After the carpenter understood it, he went to plan and build it.

Liu An stayed in the camp for a while. Seeing that everything was going smoothly, he called Feng Yan and went to the city again to assemble the Quyuan plow.

Except for lunch, the two of them have been installing the curved plows non-stop. With yesterday's experience, the two people have become more and more skilled in the installation. Within an hour after lunch, all 30 curved plows were installed.

Afterwards, the two people stacked the five ploughs on the bullock cart and drove back to the victims' camp.

At this time, the two houses have been completely built, and carpenters are installing doors and windows. Several carpenters are directing the victims to build two more houses.

Some water has overflowed from the well, and it can be used after it settles. Liu An finally no longer needs to refill the water himself.

After unloading the curved shaft plow, Liu An told Feng Yan how to use it, and asked him to arrange for fifteen young men to use the curved shaft plow to plow out a quarter of an acre of land in the Han Dynasty tomorrow morning. Two people would pull the plow and one person would control it.

Just use the handle and plow back and forth several times. The soil must be plowed deeply and thoroughly.

Although Liu An had 30 cattle in his inventory, they were only plowing one-quarter of an acre of land. There was no need to release all those cattle.

In the evening, Liu An saw that the breeze was blowing today, which was very suitable for cutting potatoes.

He called the 40 women who had distributed kitchen knives before, and asked 10 young men to move all the wooden boxes to the potatoes. At the same time, Liu Bei and Liu Ming were asked to arrange for people to light a fire and make rice.

The 100 wooden boxes Liu An customized at that time were customized according to the amount of potatoes required for one acre of modern land.

Because the amount of chemical fertilizer in his novice gift package is the modern amount used per acre, Liu An plans to use all of these fertilizers and cannot waste them.

Liu An doesn't plan to plant too many potatoes for the time being.

Potatoes have high requirements on soil fertility. Without chemical fertilizers, it is impossible to achieve high yields. Instead of wasting time and effort to plant them, it is better to eat them directly and leave the land to wait for chemical fertilizers or other crops.

By then the planting time for potatoes has passed, and these potatoes cannot be planted anymore.

Seeing that Liu Bei was busy, Liu An began to teach the women how to cut potatoes into cubes.

"There are a few key points that you must remember clearly. First, make sure that there is a sprout eye on each small piece. Come and take a look, this is a sprout eye." Liu An picked up a potato and pointed to the people next to him.

He does not expect everyone to learn it at once, as long as the people next to him understand it and then teach others.

"Then, like I did, cut the potatoes into 5 to 8 small pieces along the skin, with the skin on each piece."

If a piece of potato has many sprouts, it can be cut into at most ten pieces for growing seedlings under extreme circumstances. Normally, it can be cut into 5 to 8 pieces.

Of course, potatoes can sprout if they are buried directly in the soil, but if you cut them into eight pieces, you will get eight seedlings. If there is enough land, the yield of potatoes cut into pieces from the same number of potato seeds is equivalent to eight times the yield of potatoes directly buried.

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The difference is self-evident.

As Liu An spoke, he also demonstrated it. After seeing that several people nearby understood it, Liu An continued:

"After cutting, apply plant ash on the cut surface of each piece, and then lay it flat in the box. Remember to put the side with the buds facing up."

Plant ash is the residue after burning plants. The residue after burning wood is wood ash, and the residue after burning hay leaves is grass ash.

This product can be used to sterilize the cut surfaces of potatoes. There is a lot of firewood burning these days, so there is no need to worry about not having enough.

"Keep cutting until those wooden boxes are full, then move them to the side of the room against the fire wall and stack them up. Don't worry about it. Do you understand?"

Liu An asked several women nearby, and when they all nodded, Liu An said loudly: "If you don't understand anything, just ask these people."

But when Liu An raised his head and shouted to the people behind him, he discovered a face that shouldn't be there.

Liu Bei didn't know when he got mixed up in the women's team. Hearing Liu An's words, he even nodded seriously.

Liu An secretly thought to himself, "Oh no," he had deliberately pushed him away, so why did he come over anyway.

Looking towards the cooking side, Liu An discovered that the victims were already cooking in an orderly manner, without the need for anyone else to direct and arrange the meal. No wonder Liu Bei came over to eavesdrop when he was free.

Liu An was caught off guard by this beating, but Liu An would not show anything wrong on his face. He looked at Liu Bei and asked:

"Did Xuande learn how to do it?"

"Bei already knows the general idea. Although I missed a few sentences before, the method is not difficult. You can probably guess it. You can understand the specific operation method with just a few glances." Liu Bei replied modestly, cupping his fists.

"Very good, I'll leave this to Xuande. Watch them and don't make any mistakes." Liu An ordered with a smile, and then left to find Feng Yan.

After walking out of Liu Bei's sight, the smile on Liu An's face disappeared instantly, and he was so gloomy that he could almost drip with water.

It is true that his arrangements for this matter were not rigorous enough. He thought he was just teaching the peasant woman how to cut potatoes, and that it would be over in a short time.

But he never expected that Liu Bei would work so quickly, and he would finish the matters arranged by Liu An in just a moment.

Although Liu An secretly hated herself for not being careful enough, it was too late to regret it now.

Having to take action against Liu Bei so early was really not what Liu An wanted.

But he had no choice. If Liu Bei suddenly changed his mind and went to some nook and cranny, it would be extremely difficult for Liu An to find him.

Cutting potatoes into cubes is a critical step in potato cultivation. Some people do not know how to sterilize the cut surfaces of potatoes, which will cause a large number of potato seeds to rot, and there is a high probability of illness after emergence.

The yield will be reduced in proportion to the number of diseased seedlings.

If unfortunately it exceeds half, there will be no replenishment of seedlings, and the yield will be directly reduced by half.

There are also some people who don’t know how to cut potatoes into pieces and plant them directly, but the yield will be greatly reduced.

Although Liu An's chemical fertilizers are crucial, for this barren wasteland, if potatoes are planted in good fields and fertilized properly, the yield will not be much different.

Therefore, Liu An must resolve Liu Bei's matter in advance.

ps: Chapters 38 and 39 are very controversial. The author is preparing to revise them. Readers who are anxious to read can skip these two chapters. The plot is probably about accepting Liu Bei as his subordinate. It will not affect reading. Please skip it for now. The author has completed the revisions.
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