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Chapter 29 Dragon Boat Festival (Part 1)

Xu Ping got up, washed it, and left the courtyard. He realized that Zhao Zi had already left with his men. He said that the military camp was not as good as other places, and he had to go back earlier, and he didn't know whether it was true or not.

Sang Yi had already gotten up and squatted in the yard to study a seeder made by Xu Ping.

This was made by Xu Ping when planting sorghum and alfalfa. The seeds were made of clay and were extremely inaccurate. Xu Ping was very dissatisfied and put them in the yard after using it. He studied changing the seeds to copper.

Xu Ping had already refined some brass, and he first used calamine to make metal zinc, and then made with pure copper. In this era, there was brass, called crocodile, because it was golden and could replace gold in some occasions, and the price was much more expensive than pure copper. It was also a specialty item of the court, and ordinary people prohibited trading.

Xu Ping didn't know how brass is made now, but it would definitely have a lot of profit margin than pure copper. Unfortunately, this is another specialty product that cannot be used to make money. The Song Dynasty's specialty products are not ordinary. Anyone with a large profit margin is basically monopolized by the government, and Xu Ping felt that it was impolite.

Seeing Xu Ping coming, Sang Yi stood up and said to him: "The farm tools on the owner's house are really ingenious. This is the first time I have seen this kind of worm. I wonder how it is more useful than ordinary worms?"

A shopkeeper next to him rushed to answer: "This car is made of us little officials, and it is better than the old car! We use less seeds. What's more gratifying is that we use this car, and the seedlings are evenly planted, unlike using an old car, which is thick and sparse and unevenly planted. After the seedlings emerge, the seedlings are exhausted to death!"

People in this era like to be exaggerated. The biggest advantage of seeds is efficient sowing. This advantage cannot be revealed before mechanization is achieved. As for other benefits, there are also some, but it is not as magical as Zhuangke said, so it can only be said that there are improvements.

Xu Ping smiled at Sang Yi and said, "The benefits of this new car are not as magical as the shopkeepers say. But if there are good animals on the farm, it is best to be a strong mule. This car can allow the animals to move forward at full speed, and it is no problem to plant twenty or thirty acres a day. Of course, the planting is also evenly higher than the old style, which really saves seeds."

Sang Yi said: "To be honest, I have planted 100 acres of land in Longxing, and they are all planted and harvested in a lot of ways. If this car is really effective, I would like to go back and imitate one."

Xu Ping said: "Scholar thinks it's good, I'll just give you one."

If you invent a new type of agricultural tools in your previous life, you will definitely hide them. First apply for a few project funds from the country, then apply for ten or eight patents, and then fix your own benefits.

There is no such rule in this era. Xu Ping was a person who promoted agricultural machinery in his previous life and would not hide it. In fact, the most important point is that Xu Ping is confident enough about his profession and thinks that this is good for you. I have enough ability to make better ones. I hide it if I make something new, for fear of being peeked by others. That is not confident. Xu Ping rebelled that he thought he was looking down on himself. A real strong man doesn't care about these things.

Sang Yi thanked Xu Ping and said, "Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and I will go back to my hometown to celebrate the festival. I will come to the house after the festival to plan what we talked about last night."

Xu Ping nodded: "I forgot about this festival. When will the scholar set off?"

Sang Yi said, "I'm leaving now. I'm just waiting for your master to come out and say goodbye. It's not easy to say goodbye."

Xu Ping accompanied Sang Yi to have breakfast and took him out. He asked the shopkeeper to lift the seed machine in the yard and asked Sang Yi: "How should this scholar take away?"

Sang Yi smiled and said, "The little mansion owner is really a honest person, and he is not afraid that I will no longer visit your door! But this time I am going back to my hometown in Qi County, there is no place there, so what's the point of bringing this? Let's put it here first, and I'll talk about it when I come back."

Sang Yi's new home with land planting was in Longxing, which was exactly two directions from Qi County. After hearing this, Xu Ping asked someone to carry the seed machine back and said to Sang Yi: "Then I'll be in the village and wait for the scholar to come back after the festival."

Sang Yi was sent away, and just happened to see Xiuxiu and Suer holding hands, humming songs and returning from outside. The two of them in this village are about the same age and are both girls. They have been familiar with each other in a short while. They stick together when they have nothing to do, and they play together when they have nothing to do.

Seeing that the two of them were holding a bundle of mugwort in their hands, Xu Ping asked, "What are you doing for picking mugwort?"

Xiuxiu replied: "Sister Suer and I have a few Aihu people, and we also have a season of celebrating the season."

Xu Ping nodded: "So that's it. By the way, it's not peaceful around Zhuangzi recently. Don't go far away. You can only play around the courtyard. Do you know?"

Su'er stuck out her tongue: "I know. My wife said the same thing."

After saying that, when he passed by Xu Ping, he whispered: "Little official, I have made a beautiful long-lived strand in the past two days when I saw my wife. I must have brought it to you. Have you given it to you?"

Xu Ping cursed: "You little girl, why are you doing this?"

Su'er and Xiuxiu laughed and ran into the yard.

The Dragon Boat Festival in the Song Dynasty was very different from later generations. The first is to ward off evil spirits and poisons, and the second is to eat rice dumplings to commemorate Qu Yuan. Mugwort is a holy object to drive away evil spirits and is essential. They are tied into mugwort tigers, worn with them or hung at the door to seek good luck. As for long-lived threads, they are made of five-color silk threads, worn on arms, legs or neck, and are also seek good luck. However, this thing is often used as a token of love, and is given to each other by men and women.

Did Lin Su Niang really make this thing for herself?

Xu Ping turned around and walked slowly towards his yard while thinking secretly. He and Lin Su Niang already had a husband and wife status, but they were not as husband and wife. They have never been indifferent these days. The two have never talked alone together, which made Xu Ping feel strange.

The couple's six rituals are only one last step left to welcome them. The couple is legally a foregone conclusion, just like Xu Ping's previous life has already received a marriage certificate. To put it bluntly, even if Xu Ping had an accident at this time, Lin Su Niang could only be a widow and could not be considered an unmarried girl.

Because the two were still young, the marriage was scheduled for three years when Xu Ping was eighteen and Lin Su Niang was sixteen. Lin Wensi thought it was a bit too early. It was originally delayed for two years, but Zhang Sanniang insisted on it. Many early marriages were married in the Song Dynasty, but late marriages were also very popular among literary officials. Li Qingzhao married her 21-year-old husband Zhao Mingcheng at the age of eighteen, and Song Renzong's favorite princess got married at the age of twenty. This was also a common phenomenon at that time. There were even those who insisted on men pursuing fame before the age of thirty and starting a family after the age of thirty, which was even more in line with the ancient etiquette.

Lin Wensi was a leader in the Three Legends of the Spring and Autumn Period, and was a person who advocated late marriage. He believed that men were strong at thirty years old and getting married early could easily lead to loss of energy and was not good for themselves and their offspring.

Sometimes Xu Ping also thought, he really didn't know how his father-in-law came up with his thoughts. If he was allowed to travel to future generations, would he be an older single man?

After thinking about it, my heart was in a mess and finally a sigh.

It is hard to explain everything, but Lin Su Niang’s thoughts are too difficult to guess. Although this little girl is only thirteen years old, she is old and never feels happy and angry. She has no idea what she is thinking.

In Xu Ping's remaining playboy's memory, he also kept a distance from this woman, and he couldn't say what kind of person he was.
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