Some of the leaves are yellow. I think the soil is not too dry. It doesn’t look like it’s lacking water... I’ll have to check for more details..."

Zao Zhi was talking nonchalantly, some of which were recording observations, and some of which were giving instructions for processing. The agricultural doctors who were following Zao Zhi also respectfully wrote them down, and then they went to work separately.

The position of "Da Si Nong" under the Hussars General is fundamentally different from the post of "Da Si Nong" before the Han Dynasty.

Zao Zhi's "Da Si Nong" was a real technical position, while the previous Da Si Nong among the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers of the Han Dynasty could only be regarded as a bureaucratic position.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the early days of the Western Han Dynasty, Da Sinong did have many technical positions, such as being in charge of collecting and storing rice and millet, supplying rations to officials and in charge of quantity control, and was also responsible for arrangements

The emperor personally plowed the land and was in charge of the harvest of his fields for sacrifices, and was also in charge of the accumulation of national money and goods, in charge of the casting of money, etc. Basically, many of them were indeed related to some specific technologies, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty

After that, the only subordinate officials under Da Sinong were Taicang, Pingzhun, and Guan Sanlingcheng. The rest were reduced or re-affiliated to prefectures. Da Sinong became simply the central financial officer and was no longer responsible for some technical matters.

affairs.

Pure bureaucrats pay more attention to their official titles. Who would care about various improvements and developments that are originally within the responsibilities of the chief minister?

Therefore, the position of "Da Si Nong" re-constructed by General Hussar placed the financial logistics project in the hands of Xun You, while Zao Zhi was more similar to the Da Si Nong during the Western Han Dynasty, focusing more on agricultural related technologies.

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Zao Zhi is also very happy about such a change. He originally liked these plants and even believed that plants are simpler and more straightforward than humans. As long as they are good to the plants, the plants will return as many fruits as possible to humans, and

Is it good for human beings? The rewards may not always be good...

After years of cultivation, the crops in these experimental fields have grown very well.

Zao Zhi had just gone to the ground, personally removed some newly grown weeds, and collected relevant data. Then he washed up with the dirt all over his body and sat down to rest.

On the edge of the ditch, there is a small green herbaceous plant. If you get close and smell it carefully, in addition to the smell of mud and feces in the soil, you can also smell a refreshing fragrance. This vegetable is "

Coriander.

Zhang Qian brought some back from the Western Regions, but later it was gradually lost. After Fei Qian reopened the Western Regions, this "coriander" really appeared on the dining table of the Han Dynasty.

When Zao Zhi eats soup cakes, he always likes to cut some coriander, sprinkle it with green onions, and then pour it with hot oil. It's so delicious.

Of course, this is also the eating method taught by Fei Qian...

According to Fei Qian, there is another delicacy called chili in the world, but it is a pity that it has not been found yet. With chili, this oil-soaked soup cake would be perfect.

Of course, not everyone likes "coriander" so much. For example, Pang Tong dislikes the taste of "coriander" and even thinks the taste is smelly, which makes Zao Zhi, who likes to eat "coriander", find it a bit strange.

Why does this "coriander" smell so bad?

However, Zao Zhi later discovered that there were indeed some people like Pang Tong who thought "coriander" was smelly. This made Zao Zhi very strange and puzzled.

Then Fei Qian said that this involves biological knowledge...

Biology means the things that are born between heaven and earth.

This made Zao Zhi very excited. He felt that besides the mulberry trees, there seemed to be something vague appearing in front of his eyes. It was like a brand new land, waiting for Zao Zhi to open up, plant and watch.

The fruit is abundant.

But the main work in Wubao during these two days was not "coriander", but melons and fruits.

The most harvested fruits in summer are all kinds of fruits, which can be harvested one after another until autumn.

Among them is courgette.

The name of cucumber was changed during the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms period. Emperor Shile of the Later Zhao Dynasty tabooed the word "Hu", and Fan Tan, the governor of Xiangguo County of the Han Dynasty, changed it to "cucumber". I don't know if people in later generations can eat cucumbers.

Remember that time when your ancestors were weak and bullied and become stronger?

Dahan's current courgettes, like carrots, don't look like those of later generations at all. Except for some similarities in the outer skin, there is almost nothing else in common. Not only are they small and stubby, but they also have a very large

The troublesome part is that it must be picked and eaten when it is fresh and tender, otherwise when it grows old, the courgette will be like a hedgehog, dry and hard, and can be used as a meteor hammer. If it is knocked down and pricked, it will definitely draw blood.

dripping!

There were no convenient refrigerators in the Han Dynasty, and melons and fruits were not durable for storage, so if you wanted to eat fresh food, you could only eat it freshly picked. There were refrigerators among the noble families, but they were not affordable for ordinary people.

, it is obviously not cost-effective to store vegetables and fruits such as courgettes.

Therefore, if you want to store these courgettes, you can only pickle them.

During this period, the newly picked courgettes were washed in the ditch and then put into jars for pickling. The jars must also be cleaned in advance and then baked on the fire before they can be used to contain these pickled vegetables.

The courgettes will not go bad and rot halfway through pickling.

Of course, in this season, you don’t need to eat pickled food, you can still eat fresh food.

After peeling off the outer skin with a knife, the melon flesh inside is still crunchy, slightly sour, and a little bitter, but it is still a good thing to cool down in summer. If you add a little sour vinegar, it will be even better...

Of course, Pang Tong also didn't like this method of adding sour vinegar. He liked to add some icing sugar.

As for the hussar general Fei Qian, anything is possible.

Sometimes Zao Zhi also laments that perhaps only someone like Fei Qian, who is tolerant of everything and not picky about food, can gather so many officials and people from various places with different habits under his command, and then he can

Live in this land of mutual understanding and tolerance.
Chapter completed!