Qin Shihuang frowned.

Holding the bamboo slips, he looked at Cao Xiu strangely.

This person is really weird!

I said before that it was written by him, but he refused to admit it.

It's better now, the title of the book is "Cao Xiu Shu".

"What book is this?"

"Can't you read?"

Cao Xiu said angrily.

This book is his painstaking work. He took several great works from ancient and modern times, Chinese and foreign, and combined them with his many years of experience, painstakingly copied... and integrated them. It covers agriculture, medicine, industry and other aspects. As long as it is finished, it will be completed.

The first encyclopedia in Qin and even the world.

Of course, Cao Xiu didn’t finish writing at all.

He wrote just two volumes.

As for the rest?

Ahem, suspended due to many force majeure factors.

There is no way, he is too tired to work behind closed doors. There are no readers to support him with recommendation votes or monthly tickets to make him happy. Without support, naturally there will be no motivation.

Qin Shihuang had a bad habit of reading and reading at the same time.

"Growing grains: There is no time limit for planting grains, because the land is in season. It rains in March, and the soil in the highlands is strong, so grains can be planted. Grain grains are usually planted in the middle of the night eighty-nine or ten days after the summer solstice, and there is frost in the sky like white dew.

At dawn, have two people hold long ropes facing each other, each holding one end, to cover the middle of the grain to remove frost and dew until the sun rises. In this way, the grain will not be damaged..."

The more Qin Shihuang read, the happier he became. This article was written with great literary talent and talked about how to grow corn. The planting method was not uncommon, but some methods he had never heard of.

Then, he continued to read.

"Planting millet: Millet means summer, and those who sow must wait for the summer heat. On the twentieth day before the summer solstice, there will be rain at this time, and the soil is strong enough to plant millet. When planting millet, covering the soil with hoeing, it is all like the method of raising crops; if you want to neglect the crops, you can plant millet.

”

"Seed potatoes: In addition to hundreds of grains, there are also those that can be used as cereals. The potato is also called yam. It has purple flowers and round leaves, and taro grows under the root. The root is as long as a thread, and there are dozens of them. It can be stored in slices for a long time and ground into powder.

It can also be used to prepare grain, cure famine, and save money for the poor. The poor can dig potatoes from a piece of land in a ravine for tens of kilo, while the rich can earn hundreds of kilo per year."

"???"

Xiuer, are you serious?!

Wang Jian stared. He didn't expect that even the potatoes from last time were described. What's more important is the record above. It can easily cost dozens or hundreds of stones. Does this thing really have such a high yield per mu?

Qin Shihuang couldn't wait to continue reading.

Unfortunately, the bamboo slips have reached the end.

"What's behind?"

"The back is gone..."

"No more?!"

Qin Shihuang gritted his teeth and glared at Cao Xiu, and his addiction to cheating suddenly came to him. He was looking at it with enthusiasm, but the result was that he was gone?

That's all. This one ended abruptly at a critical moment. The critical book was obviously more valuable, saying that the planting methods recorded were of great use. As for the seed potatoes, he still didn't believe it. The facts were not there.

In front of me, even if Cao Xiuchi went to heaven, he wouldn't believe a word of it.

"Did you write this book?"

"Well, half and half."

Cao Xiu said with a slight guilty conscience. Everything was written by others, and he was responsible for organizing and transcribing it. He should take half of the credit, shouldn't it be too much?

"Where's the other half?"

"No more..." Cao Xiu sighed: "What I originally thought was to record all the grains, six animals, and hundreds of vegetables, and at the same time attach my experience in farming over the years. But later I found that this work was too laborious.

I always think about writing again tomorrow."

"What about tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow comes tomorrow!"

"..."

"..."

Qin Shihuang and Wang Jian looked at each other.

Damn you thief Cao!

He clearly had great talent, but he was obsessed with making money and wasted his talents. As Cao Xiu said, if his book is really famous, if everyone in the capital of Guizhou has a copy, it will be the same as the "Book of the Sun"

Quite.

"What do you two mean by the look in your eyes? You can do it! Do you know how time-consuming it is to write this stuff? Grain, millet, wheat, rice, barnyardgrass, bean, quince, hemp, gourd, mulberry... all of these need to be

After on-site inspection, we found that different places have different planting methods, and we have to cultivate according to local conditions."

Cao Xiu talks eloquently.

Then, he patted the two of them on the shoulders very seriously.

"So, this good thing that has been passed down through the ages is left to you. From now on, I will speak plainly, and you will be responsible for polishing my records. Is there anything wrong with it?"

"..."

"..."

Cao Xiu also feels slightly guilty now.

Although he is a time traveler, he still does not have the halo of a protagonist. He only relies on cheating and cheating to save some money. In fact, there were many agricultural books like this in ancient times. For example, "The Book of Pan Sheng",

"Essentials for Elevating the People", "The Complete Book of Agricultural Government"... Cao Xiu has heard and read these, but many of them have been forgotten.

If he has a photographic memory, he will not accomplish anything in his previous life. He writes whatever comes to mind, plus his own fieldwork experience, which is a bit like a collection of various agricultural books.

What a shame!

Why can't he remember them all?

"Why did Xiuer do this?"

"Before, I was just idle and bored, so I just practiced calligraphy."

"Your handwriting is really good."

"This is what Cao'er wrote, this is what I wrote."

"..."

Qin Shihuang looked at the small seal characters on the bamboo slips that were as twisted as earthworms, and the corners of his mouth twitched. How dare he laugh at his ugly calligraphy with just this word?!

Cao Xiu sighed and continued: "Originally, I thought about using it later, but since I want to be promoted to a higher position, I naturally have to show some real skills."

"It makes sense."

Qin Shihuang quite recognized this.

If Cao Xiu wants to join the Qin Dynasty, he must show his true ability. Otherwise, he will not even be able to get out of Sishui County, let alone enter Xianyang as an official. This can also reveal Cao Xiu's secrets. If

From now on, Cao Xiu will fight against Qin life and death, so it’s okay to kill him.

Qin Shihuang would not tolerate rebels, whether in public or private matters. Even if Cao Xiu saved his life and even had a great talent, it would not work. Instigating him to rebel was already a great kindness to him.

"Is this your true ability?"

Wang Jian held half a roll of bamboo slips and couldn't help but complain.

He does not deny that this agricultural book is indeed valuable, but in fact the Qin State already has similar laws. The Qin State attaches great importance to farming, so the Cang Law records the methods of planting farmland. Some farmers in Guizhou are not good at farming and know how to do it.

Some local officials taught them according to the Cang Law, and even wrote down how many seeds to use for one acre of land.

If Cao Xiu could finish this agricultural book, maybe it would be okay.

But this is only half a volume, how can it be qualified?

"Don't be anxious yet, let's take our time."

Cao Xiu took out the silk fabric as he spoke, "For example, this curved shaft plow is much lighter and more labor-saving than the existing plows. I restored this thing with painstaking efforts, and it is guaranteed to be useful!"<

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"Wait a minute..." Qin Shihuang couldn't help but frown, "Have you forgotten? As the head of the local pavilion, you should govern the place with a three-foot wooden tablet, instead of doing the craftsman's work for you. As the saying goes, a minister cannot surpass his official position and gain merit.

, Don’t make improper statements. If you exceed the official position, you will die, if you do not make the statement, you will be punished!"

"Who overrode me?"

"You haven't yet?"

"I picked up this silk, and I didn't do it." Cao Xiu said calmly with a serious look on his face: "I am going to dedicate this tool for promoting agriculture to the country now!"

"???"

"..."

Is there such an operation?!
Chapter completed!