The fourth year of Yonghui (653 AD), the first day of April.

The old saying goes, March is afraid of March and April is afraid of the first day of the first day. Wukang stood at the door of the main hall, looking at the gray sky and dense drizzle of cows, and his heart was covered with haze. It rained in the early April, indicating that there is plenty of rain in April, and the next two months will be the main rain. For pear trees in the peak flowering period, the rice test field in Chameng is not a good thing.

The pear trees can be artificially pollinated. The experimental fields that are about to mature in May are not sunny enough, so they may have to reduce their output. After dealing with the gambling of the club, they will be busy with two things throughout March: the decoration and recording the military office, collect pollen and prepare to order pear blossoms.

Since receiving a letter from Wu Zhaoyi, I learned that Miss Wushun was here to handle the wedding, so I accelerated the renovation of the mansion. I spent money like urinating on the kang, and I just decorated the house with my bag and moved in, making Wushun feel comfortable to live there.

They are the best relatives, and they can't offend easily. They can eat, drink and treat them well, and serve as ancestors. Cui Xiaoqing plays a guest role in the supervisor, and is busy, and finally completed the renovation the day before yesterday.

To put it bluntly, when drawing flowers from pear trees, it means artificial pollination. Use small wooden sticks to dip pollen. Lightly tap each pear blossom to increase the fruit rate of pear trees. The scientific management of pear orchards, the first step in pruning in winter is the flowering period, and pollination is the flowering period.

Yesterday I made an appointment with Cui Xiaoqing. Today I went to Lanyi Township. I contracted my own pear garden to teach pear farmers to pollinate and sprinkle flowers. While I was thinking about it, Xiao Cui hurriedly reported: Everything was ready, and the carriage of Jiu Niangzi has arrived.

When he arrived outside the courtyard, there were seventeen tall horses. The scholar personally led 16 bodyguards to be responsible for travel security. There were two carriages in the middle of the horse team, and the black carriage was owned, which contained pollen and related tools. The luxury carriage was from Cui's mansion, and Cui Xiaoqing lifted the curtain to wave.

When she entered the carriage, she lit up. The little girl was dressed up and was dressed up in a shiny way. She smiled and said hello, took off her horizontal knife and threw it away, and sat side by side with her. Her butt was just touched by a soft couch, and her legs were heavy, and her pretty face gradually enlarged, causing each other to hurt each other to start.

It was not until the destination that I heard the scholar's call that my mouth was liberated from the sweet and sourness. I took a long breath and glanced at Cui Xiaoqing with a confused look. You are so energetic that you are too embarrassed to not play the suona. Get out of the car with a horizontal knife, buckle the knife on your belt, and hold Cui Xiaoqing out of the car.

Before I could turn around, I heard a crisp childish voice: Uncle Caihua is here, go and tell yeah...

Wu Kang turned his head angrily, and more than a dozen children ran away happily and went to the distant crowd to report the news. Wu Kang was very depressed. Some time ago, the unlucky child called himself "the flower-picking uncle". He said he was wronged, and he said he was wronged, and he said he was not wronged or wronged. Cui Xiaoqing was so happy that the bodyguards bowed their heads one after another.

He swayed his sleeves and walked and met them by the pear garden. There were many people of 60 or 70, including men, women, and young and old. The leader was Wang Baochang, and the village was in charge of the village and Lao Qian from the owner of the pear garden, and greeted him respectfully.

After seeing Li’s greetings, I decided to give up my power first, coughed and laughed dryly, "I have to worry about you for a long time. I feel ashamed. Due to the limited time, we will get to the point. As we all know, couples can only have children after the rituals of Duke Zhou. The same is true for pear trees, and they must also be followed by Zhou... I said why are you shy? This is a serious academic discussion, don’t think about it!"

The crowd burst into laughter, the man grinned in a vulgar way, and the woman blushed and rolled her eyes.

This was embarrassing. Wu Kang coughed several times, and waited for the laughter to stop and said, "If the pear blossoms want to bear fruit, they must go through pollination. The pollen enters the female stamens to form seeds. Traditional pollination, relying on insects such as bees and butterflies, is very inefficient. Many flowers cannot feed their pollination, resulting in a significant reduction in yield."

Set the tone, walk to the pear tree, look carefully for a moment, and continue to say: "The pear tree is dioecious. Look at this branch, all flowers are male flowers, called male plants; this branch is all female flowers, called female plants. Look at their differences carefully, it is easy to identify."

The pear farmers were amazed, whispering to each other, shaking their heads or nodding. A few minutes later, Wu Kang continued to say: "A little bee flew into the flowers, and pollen was transmitted from the stamen of the flower one, sticking to the bee's body. When the bee flew to the flower two, the pollen was transmitted on the stigma of the flower two, forming the seeds of the pear. This process is scientifically called spread. In layman's terms, it is the ceremony of Zhou Gong of the pear tree."

The scene was silent. After a long time, Lao Qian said embarrassedly: "I used to be very annoyed by bees, afraid that they would destroy pear blossoms, and afraid that they would sting people. I not only drove them away, but also killed them. This... I will repay the grudges without mercy!"

Wu Kang did not argue that the little bee was a synonym for hard work in later generations, and was well-known as the beneficial insect. She ignored the silence of the masses, ignored the admiration of Xiaoqing's flower ecstasy, and continued to show off: "Bees are too hard and should take a break. Let's replace them and pollinate each flower. Increase the pollination rate, that is, increase the yield."

Speaking of this pause, it is given time to digest. Pear farmers cannot fully understand the theory, but they know that people are more reliable than bees, so they will be convinced after a little thought. Seeing that the effect is good, Wu Kang continued to popularize science: "I just talked about the theory, and now I am talking about practical operations. If you want to pollinate, you must make powder. The first step is to pick flowers. Now, I will teach you how to pick flowers."

Another woman was shy, and Wu Kang quickly added: "Don't get me wrong if you pick pear blossoms! Look carefully, this is an inflorescence, two to three flowers are picked and three buds are about to bloom, this is this... There are many trees with many flowers, and few trees with sparse flowers. Fifty kilograms of flowers can pick five kilograms of anthers, and one kilogram of dried pollen can be used to pollinate twenty acres of pear trees."

Ask the scholar to pick up the pollen from the car, carefully unpack the paper bag, and put it out to show it: "Please look, this is dried pollen."

Everyone came over and stretched their necks to look at them. The bodyguards were nervous and subconsciously held the hilt of the knife and watched the crowd alertly. Wu Kang stretched out his arms to protect Cui Xiaoqing and cheered up. After a few minutes, he felt almost done and signaled the crowd to disperse and handed the pollen to the scholar.

The bodyguard breathed a sigh of relief, Wu Kang let go of Xiaoqing and picked two pear blossoms. "Pick the flowers home, don't pile them up, and make pollen in time. You can take one in one hand and rub each other to make the anthers, stamens, and petals spread and fall. Or put the flowers in a sieve and rub them gently with your hands until the petals are rubbed off."

Looking around the masses, he continued to explain: "The steps I just mentioned must be carried out in the house, putting the anthers on paper and cloth. In this season of Wuzhou, the indoor temperature is just right, so I turn it three times a day on time, just like turning over food. About one to two days, the anthers crack and dissipate pollen."

He threw away the rotten flowers in his hands and clapped his hands and said, "There are fine sieves at home? They are the ones that sifte wheat beefs... Don't understand? The flour often has insects, and Yeye calls it wheat beefs. When cooking, pour the flour into the fine sieve to sift out the flour and leave the wheat beefs. The same operation will give you pure pollen and put it in a bowl. At this point, the pollen is finished. If you don't understand, you can put it on it."

The crowd was in an instant, and the pear farmers rush to the top. If they hadn't been concerned about the evil star in black, they could smash him into the crowd. Wu Kang was very patient, he would never get tired of answering it, and even talked about it from the beginning.

The scholar looked at the silly lady of the flower and the gentle-faced boss, and was full of jealousy. The boss's good temper was 70% on the nine lady and 30% on the people. I was not greedy either. I could win one of the 100 points and put it on my brothers, which would definitely increase the cohesion...cohesion.

It was like a fan meeting. After half an hour of Q&A, the pear farmers finally became quiet. Everyone's eyes were discharged, and their faces were red with excitement. Wu Kang asked the bodyguard to act and took out more than a dozen pieces of white paper to divide the pollen evenly.

Later generations and my father managed the pear garden with their father, they used rubber spots, which are pencils with erasers or rubber tied to wooden sticks. It is said that they would not hurt the buds. Now the conditions do not allow, just use clean chopsticks instead.

He brought the pollen and chopsticks and continued to say: "The stick for the flower to be ordered should be cooked twice in boiling water. Let's see if I do it... This is the inflorescence of the umbrella room, with five styles. The flower next to it blooms first and the middle last. Let's click the second and third flowers, and it turns out to be neat and large. There is also a little bit, the flower to be ordered on a sunny morning."

He looked up at the dark clouds and sighed: "I am busy with official duties and have no time, so I am interested in managing the pear garden. Please read carefully and must learn to teach it to other pear farmers as a lecturer in the future. I want our Wuzhou pears to be famous throughout the Tang Dynasty!"

Such a fake and empty space moved everyone, and they applauded and shouted that Wu Gong was kind. The teacher is the most respectable these days, and the pear farmers are so grateful. The program is very effective, and Wu Kang is very satisfied and began to demonstrate the pear blossoms. He guides them step by step for about a quarter of an hour.

Everyone was busy, and they were cautious in the dots, becoming more and more proficient and faster. After learning, they dispersed and scattered according to the rows. In fact, there was no technical content at all, but it was too complicated, one by one, one by one.

Wu Kang was tired of not ordering a hundred flowers. Later generations ordered his own pear orchard, and he was so tired of it like a yellow cow. Now he has no patience. He handed the pollen to the pear farmer and looked at the busy Cui Xiaoqing. This person is more like a gardener. Who is beautiful? Leave it on and sniff it first, click it a few times, and stroll around like bees.

The snow-white sea of ​​flowers, the red elf, the breath of spring, the fiery life, Wu Kang was stunned for a moment. The little bee stopped pointing flowers, smiled like a flower on her pretty face, smiled sweetly on her mouth, and made her eyes look like a little while again and again, and blinked naughtyly.

Wu Kang came to his senses, and the little bee ran over and circled around him twice, making a serious comment: "The face is not handsome, with a hostile aura. There are two vertical lines on the eyebrows. If there is a black mole in the middle, it will be like Zhenjun Erlang in the temple. The timid person who sees you in the middle of the night will be shocked to death."

Oh my god, is it that unbearable? Wu Kang disdains to sneer. We are the face of the public. We can't be handsome, and we are definitely not ugly. We should be a medium-sized person.

Cui Xiaoqing smiled and continued to talk fiercely: "It looks ugly when she smiles, and children can scare her to cry. But I like it!"

Is this being flirted with? Wu Kang couldn't laugh or cry. Cui Xiaoqing smiled, and Xiaolu turned her eyes twice, and said thief: "Erlang, look, that flower is very beautiful, I want to make it."

I looked up at the flowers on the branches, and thought I couldn't even reach them. This girl was going to be funny. I made an appointment to go on a horse after ordering flowers, so I wore a strong outfit, an ordinary robe on the outside and tight pants on the inside, similar to later generations. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but curl my lips, look at the cunning smile, and squatted down.

Cui Xiaoqing laughed and was very polite to ride her neck, the legendary horse riding. Wu Kang held her slender waist with her hand, stood up slowly, and heard the command again: "This is finished, change to another one. Go left... and go forward..."

The confused scholar came back to his senses and quickly turned his back. He waved his big hand and dispersed, alerting the pear farmers from all directions to prevent them from getting closer. His depressed face turned red. Isn't this kid playing house? Our boss is too tricky, increasing the difficulty of work anytime and anywhere.

Just as I was depressed, I found the leaves in front of me shaking, and I lowered my eyebrows and saw the human feet. I frowned and pulled out the horizontal knife, bowed my waist and legs, and was ready to go. The moment the human face appeared, I decisively cut out the horizontal knife.

Ouch, he cried in a low voice, put away his knife, and gritted his teeth and cursed in a deep voice: "The Tianshu wants to scare Naiweng to death? What are you doing in a hurry?"

Qian Shun ignored him. When he saw the boss being ridden, he quickly turned his back, wiped his forehead and lowered his voice and said, "What are you doing with Shuai Wu? Scholar, I have urgent information. That...you go and report to Shuai Wu."

Scholar: "Why don't you go?"

Qian Shun: "I'm scared!"

Scholar: "I'm afraid too! Let's wait..."

After waiting for half an hour, Qian Shun quickly peed. When he heard the footsteps, he was overjoyed. He turned around and was about to report, but when he saw the two holding hands, he turned around in embarrassment. When the boss walked past him, he couldn't help but speak: "Wu Shuairong... Cough cough"

Seeing the shut-up gesture, he shut up his mouth in an instant, and his donkey face wrinkled into bitter gourd. He looked at the scholar and had no choice but to follow him. After leaving the pear garden, the two of them let go and quickly reported in a low voice: "Wu Shuairong, the target is in the second area, and will arrive in the first area tomorrow."

Wu Kang turned around and frowned and asked, "How to report it? How many times have you told you, the target appears on No. 2, come back to report immediately. You, a slave in the field, treat my words as wind in your ears?"

"The subordinates dare not," Qian Shun lowered his head and said cowardly: "The goal suddenly accelerates, and the brothers dare not stop him."

Feeling colder and colder, Qian Shun's head hangs lower. After a few breaths, Wu Kang sighed lightly, and it seemed that he was going to go on a starry night. He said in a slow tone: "It's not your fault. How many brothers are there in the company? Can you gather a hundred people? Are there enough horses?"

The scholar replied: "The company plus the here, there are 56 people. Then we will call it temporarily from the employer's house, and it will be fine to get a hundred people. However, horses are a problem, we only have fifty-three."

After thinking for a few minutes, Wu Kang took out two seals and handed them to the two, "Hold the seal of the Faya and the seal of the Luzhan, the soldiers were divided into two groups. The scholar went to second the staff, and Shunzi asked the gentry to borrow horses. The gentry could not get enough, so he went to find Lao Qin in the military. No matter what method he used, he had to get enough people and horses."

He looked up at the dark clouds in the sky and continued to instruct: "Looking at the beginning of rain, let the brothers prepare their hats and straw raincoats, and let the Chu Shenke participate in the action. After gathering the troops, he asked Yu Hongzhi to borrow a bow and arrow and wait three miles away from the northern city gate. I will send Jiu Niang to the governor's mansion and meet with you."

The two of them promised to leave, but were called to stop by Cui Xiaoqing. The little girl asked Wu Kang: "Where are you going, what are you going to do? What are the target and No. 2? Mysterious! Erlang quickly tell me, official business or private matter? Don't be perfunctory, you promised me not to lie."

Wu Kang had a headache and didn't want her to know, so he looked around and said nothing else.

Cui Xiaoqing was unhappy and questioned the scholar: "Erlang often mentions you and praises you for being honest and honest. But honest people do not do honest things. I honestly explain what you are going to do, otherwise I will settle the accounts with you!"

The naked threat was a little confused. What is the general account? Suddenly, the head buzzed, and the matter was exposed. Suddenly, sweating profusely, he lowered his head and pretended to be mute, and he didn't speak. Cui Xiaoqing didn't force him, staring at Wu Kang with his eyes full of contempt and questioning.

The guilty Wu Kang smiled with a smile on his face and said awkwardly: "The target is our elder sister's convoy, and the area No. 1 is Muzhou. You know, the public security in Muzhou is very chaotic, we suffered a big loss last time. There were gifts from aunt and second sister in the convoy. I was afraid that the thieves would target them. I planned to take my brothers to escort Muzhou, for fear that you would worry..."

"I'm even more worried if you don't tell me," Jiu Niang rolled her eyes and said angrily: "The thieves in Muzhou are very fierce, and bringing a hundred people is far from enough. Listen to me, bring the bad guys over, and then ask Uncle Yu to borrow soldiers... at least fifty cavalry!"

Wu Kang secretly cola and sent a scholar to the scene. Qian Shun shook his head and explained: "The bad guard is an official guard, not a private armed force, and cannot be used by public weapons. It is okay to borrow bows and arrows from Uncle Yu, but it is impossible to borrow cavalry. Even if he borrows it, we can't ask for it. The army's private out of the jurisdiction is no different from rebellion."

Hearing the "rebellion", the atmosphere suddenly became stiff. Cui Xiaoqing looked anxious and said without hesitation: "What should I do? The thieves in Muzhou are all outlaws, and one hundred people are not enough. The second sister is really, letting the elder sister make trouble..."

Oh my mother, Wu Kang was almost scared, so she quickly covered her mouth and turned her head to look around. No one was around, and she breathed a sigh of relief, almost begging: "My aunt, remember, don't complain about Wu Zhaoyi whenever, that girl is petty and very vengeful!"

Cui Xiaoqing was puzzled, and Wu Kang let go of his hand and said slowly, "Don't worry, our bodyguard brothers, after I have carefully trained, their combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the soldiers in the palace. With the addition of war horses, it is like a tiger with wings. Widow Chen's native chicken and tiles are not enough to see at all."

When he thought of Chen Shuozhen, anger flashed in his eyes and said hatefully: "We are strong and powerful. If Widow Chen doesn't show up, she wants to show up. Humph! Kill the head of his neck and pay tribute to Wen Ruo, Erniu, and all the dead brothers."

This is a train full of words. Chen Shuozhen would not let her die before rebellion. If she dies, who will rebel? Without anyone rebellion, there will be no merit of fighting against rebellion. The dream governor has to wait for the year of the monkey and horse month.

"Don't talk nonsense, no matter when, you will be the first to save your life." After the lesson, Cui Xiaoqing looked sad again: "I'm not at ease. Let's go and ask Uncle Yu to walk with you. Ye Ye once praised him, saying that he is extremely brave and has the talent of a general."

Speaking of the general's talents, Wu Kang remembered one person and laughed: "Xiaoqing doesn't have to worry. Secondly, we go to Muzhou and bring two general's talents. One is Chu Shenke, who has unparalleled three-stone strong bow and archery skills. The other is hunter Lin Pinglang. Do you still have the impression?"

Cui Xiaoqing recalled carefully and said after a moment: "That murderer of the big murder case, the hunter who sold us 'tiger heads and brains'? If it weren't for you, he would have died long ago. Well... I would be relieved with them to protect me. Go back to the governor's mansion with me and fight for you as a mount."

Wu Kang smiled and gave a thumbs up. Lao Cui's test was BMW, so he had already salivated...
Chapter completed!