"The Ming Dynasty is being polite, this matter is easy."
Li Xuan smiled softly, it seemed that this was the real purpose of Magistrate Pei.
"Please give me some advice, Master!"
Lawyer Pei smiled and asked quickly.
"Solid the soil deeply, weed often, 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 these farming methods of later generations. As long as Lawyer Pei and other county magistrates really want to know, the villagers will rush to answer.
"Deeply loosen the soil, weed frequently, and apply more fertilizer..."
After murmuring something in a low voice, Lawyer Pei couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
In this era, although most of the officials of the Tang Dynasty, especially county magistrates, were descendants of aristocratic families, many officials still paid great attention to farming, and Lawyer Pei was very proficient in farming.
Of course, Li Xuan's words are easy to understand. Deeply loosening the soil and frequently weeding are the essence of intensive farming.
But, what is fertilization?
"May I ask, young master, what is fertilization?"
"Just pour manure on the fields!" Li Xuandao.
"Pouring manure in the fields?"
Lawyer Pei was stunned, and even the servant next to him was also stunned.
They all know this kind of operation of pouring manure on the fields. Even the fertile fields in his Pei family's village are often poured with manure.
Especially for the fields near Chang'an or surrounding counties, manure will be poured on them every year when they are cultivated.
After all, in the county, especially in Chang'an City, in order to keep the streets clean and tidy, people are strictly prohibited from secretly discharging "filthy water" outside.
Especially in Chang'an City, this kind of regulations is even stricter, and violators will be slapped with sixty bullets.
Therefore, a profession emerged, that of dung picker.
Among them, this kind of people clean up the excrement from people's latrines, then transport it outside the city and sell it to farmers, who will use it to water the fields, which is equivalent to fertilizing.
Although this profession is very hard and dirty, it is extremely profitable.
Because, both parties are charged for manure removal!
Many fecal removal jobs in the city are controlled by people with certain influence.
In the Tang Dynasty, the most famous dung digger was Luo Hui, a Chang'an man who made a fortune from excrement and was awarded the title of "King of dung diggers". However, this Luo Hui was not born yet, but it did not hinder his success.
Attorney Pei’s knowledge of this profession and fertilization.
"It turns out that giving manure to the fields is just fertilizing!"
Lawyer Pei nodded slightly and said: "It's just this kind of fertilization. In Lantian County, there are also many big families who use this kind of fertilization."
"Don't worry, Mingfu. In Lijiazhuang, in addition to the excrement in the latrines, there is also the excrement of chickens, ducks, cattle, donkeys and other livestock and poultry. They are also piled together to generate high temperatures, which kill the bacteria and insect eggs inside and decompose them.
The organic matter makes this manure a real fertilizer!”
Li Xuan said.
Upon hearing this, Lawyer Pei's eyes lit up. This kind of accumulation treatment should be the real reason why farmland yields can be increased.
However, after thinking carefully for a moment, Lawyer Pei couldn't help but frown slightly.
"I dare to ask, young master, how to make feces produce high temperature? And what are germs? Organic substances..."
"Forehead!"
Li Xuan was startled.
I couldn't help but rub my eyebrows vigorously, feeling a little pain in my head.
"Pei Ming Mansion, as long as these feces are piled together, they will generate high temperatures! However, it should be noted that feces containing water need to be buried deep inside!"
"Will it generate high temperature on its own?"
Lawyer Pei was stunned and looked at the servants on the side with doubts on his face.
"Dalang, we don't know about this kind of thing. Farmers in Zhuangzi are like this. As long as there is excrement, they will pour it on the fields!"
Pei Li said quickly.
"It's okay, let's go back and let the farmers in the village experiment with this, and then we'll know!"
"yes!"
Then, Lawyer Pei turned to look at Li Xuan.
"May I ask, young master, what are germs?"
"Germs are microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye. If people come into contact with them too much, they can easily get infected and get sick!"
"What about organic matter?"
"..."
Seeing that Magistrate Pei was asking questions about his attitude again, Li Xuan felt increasingly headache.
How could there be such a difficult person?
The villagers in Lijiazhuang were in awe of him as a scholar. He took whatever he said and never asked why. Although the family general Li Wei had some knowledge, he was also in awe of some knowledge. In addition, he was stupid and was not a scholar.
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 curiosity about knowledge and could roughly understand his meaning.
At the end of the afternoon, Li Xuan felt that he had said more than he had in the two years in Lijiazhuang.
"Gu~gu..."
Suddenly, a strange sound came into everyone's ears.
Everyone looked towards the source of the sound and couldn't help but have strange expressions on their faces.
"Hey, studying can easily make you hungry quickly, please forgive me, young master!" Lawyer Pei held his stomach with both hands, apologetically.
At the same time, I was full of annoyance. I would have eaten more if I had known it was coming out, so as not to disturb the young master's enjoyment at this critical moment.
That's right, now Lawyer Pei has really regarded Li Xuan as his master who teaches and teaches, but he actually makes strange noises when his teacher is preaching and teaching. It's really disrespectful!
Unexpectedly, Li Xuan didn't look angry at all. Instead, as if he had been relieved from some kind of punishment, he stood up with a happy face and a relaxed look all over his body.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. It's me, the host, who didn't entertain you well. Pei Ming's house will wait for a moment while I go cook some dishes!"
With that said, regardless of the astonished lawyer Pei and others behind him, he quickly rushed out of the hall and headed to the kitchen on the side.
"My young master is indeed a gentleman. He not only imparts knowledge to me, but also cooks for me himself!"
After coming back to his senses, Lawyer Pei's face was filled with joy.
"But Da Lang, the gentleman is far away from the kitchen. Does this young master really know how to cook?"
Beside, Pei Li reminded in a low voice.
In this era, all scholars follow the words of the sages, regard cooking as a despicable profession, and never cook themselves.
And for a knowledgeable sage like Xiaofuzi, his cooking skills should be even worse.
Hearing this, Lawyer Pei's face froze, and then he remembered that this young master was a wise man with profound knowledge.
"I can only hope that the food prepared by the young master is cooked!"
Lawyer Pei said slowly with a grimace on his face.
Then, he looked at Pei Li and ordered: "In a moment, I will only eat some of the food prepared by the young master, and I will leave the rest to you!"
"ah?"
Pei Li and other servants looked even more bitter.
However, Lawyer Pei, who was their master, could only nod with a bitter look on his face.
However, before Lawyer Pei and Pei Li could suffer for long, they smelled an alluring fragrance wafting in from outside the hospital.
I couldn't help but huffed my nose and sniffed it several times.
"Gugu~Gugugu..."
At this time, not only Lawyer Pei's stomach growled, but the stomachs of Pei Li and others also began to scream like drums.
At the same time, he looked out at the kitchen, his eyes bright and his face full of excitement.