? Chapter 122 Hard life sharpens the strongest will
The whole content of savage life is-work.
They always have endless work to do, and they can't be idle for a day.
?Because there was no rain or snow, the seven-day rest promised by Yunchuan basically did not appear under Abu's urging.
However, people still look forward to rainy and snowy days, hoping that they can completely give up work on this day, do nothing at ease, and just live a lazy day.
?As the weather is getting warmer, there are more rainy days, just like today, the light rain is not heavy, but it stains people's clothes.
The whole family came to the river bend to tidy up the farmland. Since the weeds here were burned by Xingtian, Abu burned them neatly again when the weather was fine a few days ago.
Because of the plowshare, when the bison dragged the plowshare to break through the dark land, the whole clan cheered.
However, when the tribe tried to put harnesses on the rest of the bison, those bison were not very obedient, and they were unwilling to carry those strange things on their backs anyway, and they were unwilling to go in the direction required by people. Help them plow the fields.
The little buffalo only recognizes Yunchuan, and he will do whatever Yunchuan tells him to do. If it is another person, even if it is Abu and Jingwei, it will not be obedient.
This is obviously inappropriate. As the head of the clan, Yun Chuan does not think about the development of the clan all day, but plows the fields, which is extremely harmful to the development of the clan.
Therefore, Yun Chuan found a red-hot iron awl, and pierced the bison's nose in one go.
And put iron rings on the noses of these bison. Although many people were terrified when they saw this scene, they immediately discovered that the bison with nose rings on their noses became obedient. On the ring, let them face east, and they will never face west.
Even if the rope is held in the hands of children, they will be obedient and will not resist violently.
When Yun Chuan pierced the nose rings for other bison, the little bison stood aside and watched, maybe because the little bison was smarter than other bison, this guy began to obey, at least when Abu needed it to cooperate with the plowing field, The little buffalo was still very docile, but after a busy day, he didn't want to talk to Yunchuan much.
It was raining continuously in the sky, and on the ground, seven oxen were working hard to plow the field. In the furrows cut by the plow, the women and children had to pick up all the grass roots inside.
Because there is a rush of time, seven oxen want to deal with the tens of thousands of acres of land, but it is still a drop in the bucket. Yun Chuan wants to quickly expand the team of oxen, but because the number of iron plowshares can't keep up, he has to give up .
A cow can only cultivate three mu of land a day, which is already very remarkable. After calculation, Abu found that if he plowed at the rate of 21 mu of land a day, it would be absolutely impossible for this river bay land to be cultivated by the time the seedlings were planted. All plowed.
The earth's atmosphere has begun to rise, and the goshawks in the sky can already hover in the high altitude for a long time only by relying on the rising hot air without flapping their wings.
The green grass on the sunny slope is also beginning to emerge, and the footsteps of spring are about to reach Peach Blossom Island.
So, Abu pierced all the bull noses on the island, and began to work day and night.
The disadvantage of this is obvious. These cattle need a process of adapting to the field, but Abu did not give them the process of adapting at all. Therefore, under the double oppression of the whip and heavy labor, within half a month, Yun Kawabe has eaten beef four times.
Abu doesn't care about these things. Ever since he was scolded by the patriarch last time, he has understood one thing. Now, all things are not as important as cultivating the ten thousand mu of land and planting rice.
For this reason, Abu sent Huai to the Xingtian Ministry, offering to exchange grain for more cattle.
In the days before the Shennong family returned to the clan, Xing Tian seemed to be very talkative, and exchanged another ten bison for the Yunchuan tribe.
The little buffalo refused to work in the field no matter what, even if it was given more delicious food, it refused to move, and lay down under the window of Yunchuan, like a monk who had attained enlightenment, ruminating peacefully Hay, poor and happy life is outrageous.
Abu tried to put a harness on an elephant, but the result was that the broken ears would definitely not be accepted, even the female elephant, but the one-toothed elephant had little reaction to this, and was willing to put on a harness. Roaming in the wilderness.
However, using elephants to plow the fields proved to be a bad idea. The strength of the elephants is too great. When the plowshares touch the stones in the field, the plowshares are torn under the huge force of the elephants, or the plowshares break. , if the harness breaks, thenWell, the stone was dug out.
Fortunately, when designing this set of plowshares, Yun Chuan deliberately lowered the firmness of the harness, that is to say, the harness is used as an insurance to keep the plowshares safe.
Therefore, when an elephant plows a field, the damage will be the fastest, and the harness will always be the most damaged.
The labor efficiency of the new oxen was very poor, and the old oxen were depleted too quickly. Abu had to let Kuafu and the giants carry harnesses to plow the fields day and night.
Therefore, Abu has become the incarnation of the devil in the world.
In order to prevent the group from being too tired and distracted, Yunchuan and the little buffalo also went to the fields to cultivate, and even the little wolf put on a harness.
In this way, the little buffalo is willing to work hard. Of course, when a cow, a dog, and a person are working together on the field with a plow, you only need to look at the loose rope behind the man and the dog, and you should understand that the main force is of course It's bison.
There was no more iron, so Yun Chuan ordered to melt some bronze wares, and made these bronze wares into plowshares. Unfortunately, bronze plowshares are too easy to damage, just like iron plowshares are easy to be damaged by elephants. Bronze plowshares After the head was hung on the ox, it was also seriously damaged. In the end, it had to be pulled by a man to plow the field.
Generally speaking, elephants have the best plowing effect, and the furrows are the deepest, followed by bison plowing the field, and people pulling the plowshare have the worst plowing effect.
Seeing that the peach blossoms have begun to bud, the river bend land has only been cleared out less than 4,000 mu of land, which is far from the 10,000 mu of land that Yunchuan expected.
This is already the best result of the joint efforts of the whole family.
However, the rice seedlings cultivated by Yunchuan have already germinated, and within thirty days, when the peach blossoms bloom and fail, these seedlings should go to the field.
Yunchuan selected the best 30 mu of land in Peach Blossom Island to cultivate seedlings, which can be planted in a thousand mu of paddy fields at most. As for other paddy fields, they can only rely on sowing seeds to grow naturally.
And the millet Yun Chuan had in hand was simply not enough to cover 10,000 mu of land.
However, if he works hard in the direction of 10,000 mu, Yunchuan can get at least 5,000 mu of rice fields. If he prepares according to 5,000 mu, Yunchuan can get 3,000 mu of land.
This is an art of leadership, and Yun Chuan is well versed in it.
As for the extra land, rice, millet, millet, and sorghum can be grown instead of rice, and it will definitely not be wasted.
This time, Yunchuan invested a lot of money in the river bend. The rice that Yunchuan planted last year was hardly eaten by Yunchuan, and it was all kept as rice seeds. The iron powder collected over the years was also turned into plowshares. Even more than half of the precious bronzes collected before the Xia Dynasty were melted down by him and cast into plowshares.
The six cows were exhausted to death. As for the people, although none died, all of them had burnt yellow on their faces. This color indicated that everyone's physical strength was seriously overdrawn.
And the spring plowing is still going on
In the early morning, Yun Chuan hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of food, and was about to cross the river to the river bend, but he saw Hui rushing over and told Yun Chuan that the Shennong clan was coming.
"Alas, Xuanyuan, Chi You, these two idiots¡ª" Yun Chuan sighed, clenched his fists, and prepared to meet the former co-lord.
When Shennong went there, he was very haggard, looking like he was about to die, but when he came back, he was not like this, he was full of energy, and looked like he could marry three thousand women.
I don't know whether the spring water is really magical or because the spring water has a comforting effect. In short, the spring water showed its most magical side in Shennong's body.
"Why didn't Xuanyuan and Chi You be informed of my whereabouts?"
The former bad old man suddenly became a mighty overlord. Yun Chuan was a little uncomfortable for a while, and said after a while: "Because it is not in the interests of Yun Chuan's department."
Shennong laughed loudly and patted Yun Chuan on the shoulder: "I like what you said, interests are a very good thing, and I like people who act according to interests.
He is more reliable than a promise, and more reassuring than an oath. Young man, since you talked about benefits, then you should tell me, what kind of benefits do you want from me? "
Yun Chuan respectfully said to Shennong: "I hope to inherit Shennong's spirit of tasting hundreds of herbs and carry it forward."
I don't know if Shennong understood Yun Chuan's flattery, but he still laughed and said to Yun Chuan: "This road is not easy. My ancestor died because of it, my father died because of it, my brother died because of it, and I was disabled for half my life. , in order to have the prosperity of Shennong today.
If you want to emulate Shennong, you must be prepared to sacrifice. Although this road is difficult and dangerous, as long as you persevere and generations are willing to continue to sacrifice, then one day, your Yunchuan tribe will also be like The Ministry of Shennong generally prospered. "
Yunchuan humbly bowed to Shennong to express his respect for the sacrifices of Shennong in the past, and then said: "It seems that the spring water is still very helpful to the patriarch's body."
Shennong looked at Yunchuan with a puzzled expression and said: "Unfortunately, that is not Shennong's territory. If possible, I would like to stay there until I die."
Yunchuan said with a smile: "As long as you are willing, the territory of Yunchuanbu is a road that you can pass for a long time."
Shennong put his mouth close to Yunchuan's ear and whispered softly, "Young man, have you really thought about monopolizing that piece of spring water?"??One day, your Yunchuan Department will flourish like the Shennong Department. "
Yunchuan humbly bowed to Shennong to express his respect for the sacrifices of Shennong in the past, and then said: "It seems that the spring water is still very helpful to the patriarch's body."
Shennong looked at Yunchuan with a puzzled expression and said: "Unfortunately, that is not Shennong's territory. If possible, I would like to stay there until I die."
Yunchuan said with a smile: "As long as you are willing, the territory of Yunchuanbu is a road that you can pass for a long time."
Shennong put his mouth close to Yunchuan's ear and whispered softly: "Young man, have you really thought about monopolizing that piece of spring water? ?