We will continue our unique knowledge for the past sages and bring peace to our eternal generations.

This is what every aspiring young man who travels to ancient times wants to do.

The archaeology of various tombs and coffins in later generations was to find the various inheritances lost by Chinese civilization in the long river of history.

Unfortunately, thousands of years of civilization have experienced thousands of years of war. Human history is a history of war. From ancient times to the present, countless civilizations have been cut off from their heritage and countless races have disappeared. According to the study of history, there has been almost no peace in Chinese history. In the midst of the sky, countless classics have been burned, and countless inheritances have been destroyed invisible. Even the Book of Changes, which represents the orthodox origin of Chinese civilization, gradually lost their true colors in the repeated dynasty changes and wars. Later generations can no longer see the root of the roots, which can only make countless descendants sigh.

It is an indelible pain in the hearts of every Chinese that cannot protect the foundation and inheritance of our ancestors.

The simplest ones are the casting of bronzes. How were those exquisite bronzes made thousands of years ago? The sword of King Goujian of Yue was still unable to be restored with modern technology and craftsmanship more than two thousand years later. Therefore, countless scientists and philosophers believe that the predecessor of Chinese civilization also had a highly developed splendid civilization, but it has been submerged in the vast flood. The Bagua and the Book of Changes, the obscure and difficult-to-understand Shangshu, the incredible Sanxingdui relics, the myths passed down from ancient times, everything can be found in many classics today. If it is not collected and protected as soon as possible, after the collapse of the Qin Dynasty, Chinese civilization will have a cliff-like destruction and severance.

If history cannot be changed, the burning of books and burying scholars a few years later, followed by the Chu-Han War, countless ancient inheritances will be completely annihilated.

This pain, this wound, will tear it for thousands of years and will never heal again.

Chen Xu knew history, but he couldn't guarantee that he could really change history.

So I had to make plans early and keep these things as much as possible while they are not valuable and no one pays attention to them.

Otherwise, even if only a few hundred years later, Emperor Wu of Han abolished all schools of thought and respected Confucianism, the only classics that could best understand the history of the Qin Dynasty were the book "Records of the Grand Historian", and the person who wrote the Records of the Grand Historian was Sima Qian, a Confucian disciple. The books had to be recognized and approved by the Emperor of the Han Empire. Many of the contents were naturally no longer pure. The identity of the Qin Empire and the knowledge of the pre-Qin philosophers were inevitably modified and distorted. How many of them were true or credible, especially the discussions about the Qin Dynasty and Qin Shihuang were worthy of discussion and doubt.

Later generations all said that the Qin Dynasty was a violent Qin, but according to Chen Xu's observation, the tax burden and labor service were indeed heavy, but it was not as cruel as to the point of collapse and destruction of the country.

Although the old and young people in the six countries were secretly dormant and were in a state of turmoil, the political situation of the Qin Dynasty was very stable, and this stable situation became increasingly increasingly popular. Even if officials and the people were dissatisfied, they were actually more stable and obedient.

The people’s request is very simple, that is, as Jiangbeiting said: it is just a place to live for every meal, one dress.

At present, Chen Xu has to worry about his own safety and allow himself to live as hard as possible, while also worrying about the inheritance and future of Chinese civilization.

So he felt that he was very tired and at the same time he was a little confused.

What exactly will happen in ten years?

Even if you hold Qin Shihuang's thick thighs, can you change history, China, and destiny with your own strength?

At the foot of the hill one mile away, next to the pottery workshop, another closed mud and stone room was built. It was not too big, about seven or eight meters long, with several small holes on it, and it was only two meters wide and high, just like a large chimney lying across the ground.

This is the place Chen Xu used to make ink.

A earth stove and this long mud stone room are used to burn pine wood to get pine smoke.

In fact, ink was already available in this era, but the graphite used was the black carbon core in the center of the dry battery in later generations. It was a kind of ore with high carbon content and was very crispy. It had to be ground into powder and stirred into black ink, which was used to write on bamboo and wood slips. However, because the particles were very rough and water-soluble, the characters written were not black in color and could easily fall off over time. Therefore, the important information was to carve the font on the bamboo and wood slips with a carving knife, and then add graphite to it with a brush. This was a completely repetitive labor, but it had to be done, otherwise it would be difficult to identify the words engraved on the bamboo and wood slips.

However, Qinghe Town does not even have graphite in remote areas. Usually, writing is written with charcoal powder and water. It can be identified on bamboo and wood slips. However, because the water content is too high, a large piece will instantly bloom. Therefore, he always uses tung oil, water and wood toner to boil, and then writes. However, the charcoal powder is also rough and water-soluble, and the tung oil is too sticky, which is very sticky. Once the tung ink is dry thoroughly, this pen will be wasteful, and the brush is more troublesome, so the cost is relatively high. Another biggest disadvantage of tung ink is that it dries fast and is inconvenient to make and use, because the filling and storage are not well sealed, the boiled ink may become dry after a few days, and it cannot be used at all. Therefore, Chen Xu needs to make the ink strips of later generations in advance, and put them in the inkstone when used and grind them with water.

Chen Xu only knew that pine smoke ink was popular in later generations, and his experience in rural life also told him that the thick smoke coming out of the firewood stove would adhere to the bottom of the pot or chimney. After a year and a half, the pot would have to be taken down and scraped off a thick layer of pot bottom ash. Otherwise, the cook would be dying when cooking. Of course, the chimney would be the same. It would also have to be cleaned in a few years, otherwise the entire chimney might be blocked by the ash. Naturally, poor ventilation would cause the whole house to be filled with thick smoke, which would be enough to smoke the person who burned the fire into Kunlun slaves.

Those that are cleaned from the bottom of the pot or chimney are charcoal ash. The particles are definitely much finer than the powder ground from charcoal, and they are definitely much better for making ink than toner.

The long-shaped room used to make ink in front of me is actually a fire stove and chimney.

In this era when materials and construction technology were extremely low, it was unlikely to build a chimney, but slenderness was not a problem at all, so what is being built now is such a strange large chimney.

To get enough soot, the less it burns, the better it is. That is, the wood cannot burn fully and smoke desperately, just like smoked bacon.

The earth stove has been lit, but now it is burning dry wood, mainly to smoke the big chimney, because it will only take a day to repair it.

"Master Lidian!" Several helpers saw Chen Xu riding a horse, and quickly stood up to salute.

"No need to be polite, is it all dried inside?" Chen Xu asked after jumping off the horse and waved his hand.

"It's been burning for four or five hours, and I think it's almost done!" said an honest middle-aged man.

"That's fine. Anyway, it's just a test for the time being. Slowly throw the chopped pine and cypress branches into the fire outlet. The bigger the smoke, the better. Just don't ignite the open flame. After burning for a few days, put out the fire. Then wait until it's cold inside, sweep the ash out. Remember to wear a mask, hat and gloves, otherwise it won't be easy to wash off if it gets stuck!"

"Don't worry, we can save it all!" The middle-aged man nodded quickly.

Seeing several helpers start throwing pine and cypress branches into it and covering the fire outlet of the earth stove, thick smoke instantly rolled up, and a large amount of black smoke rolled out from the feeding outlet. The two helpers standing in front were swallowed up by the smoke.

"Enough, close the door and let the smoke simmer inside!" Chen Xu saw that he had lost enough, so he asked someone to close the entrance door. Then the entire chimney was like a coal-burning locomotive, spraying dark smoke from several small holes on the top and rushing into the air, rushing directly into the air for dozens of meters.

After watching for half an hour, the smoke from the cigarette outlet gradually weakened. Chen Xu ordered to open the door. Sure enough, some of the pine and cypress branches inside had already begun to burn, so Chen Xu ordered to continue throwing the pine and cypress branches inside, and then close the door again after completely covering the open flame.

"Just treat it in this way, the thicker the smoke, the better, be careful!"

Chen Xu told him a few words and then rode away.

Whether it is papermaking or ink making, it is actually not necessary for him now. As a Li Dian, his main job is to manage the farming of nearly 3,000 villagers in Qinghe Town. Otherwise, if the tax on grain cannot be collected, no matter how much he does, it will be useless.

But now it seems that this year is still a rare and good year.

Because it is already autumn, the rain will become less and less, and the beans and millet in the fields have begun to turn yellow, less than a month after the harvest. Therefore, he must ensure that the autumn harvest this year is completed smoothly, and he will soon recruit the second batch of road construction workers to replace Ma Erdan and the others. Therefore, the entire Qinghe Town will soon become busy.

After the autumn harvest, it is the time for wheat to sow. This year he is planning to promote deep cultivation work in the whole township. If half of the fields can be deeply cultivated with curved plows, then it is possible that the summer grain income in Quanqinghe Town will triple next year.

Although this goal is difficult, mainly because of the lack of large livestock such as cattle and horses, and the speed of ploughing rakes is far from keeping up, he had already informed the task of turning over the ground by four pavilions to eleven villages, and each village has issued at least five or six sets of curved plows and horizontal rakes, and hoes and other farm tools to supplement. Judging from the feedback, after the summer grain harvest, each village has started to plow wheat fields. Although most of them use manpower to pull the plow, some families with sufficient labor have already climbed up seven or eight acres. As for the fields near Qinghe Town, because there are more cattle and horses, some families have already plowed twenty or thirty acres.

While plowing the fields, Chen Xu also asked all villagers, both men, women, young and old, to collect human and animal manure and pile it up in the fields. If there is no human and animal manure, they will cut weeds and dig pond mud and mix them together to compose and ferment. These are all tasks that must be done. If you are lazy, you will catch them and build the roads in the town.

However, Chen Xu's prestige is very good. Whether it is turning the ground or compost, it is meticulously executed by all the villagers.

Moreover, in their spare time, the villagers continued to go up the mountain to dig medicinal materials and pick mountain grapes to send them to the town's pharmacy winery to exchange for some change. This was a total of extra income that had never been in previous years. Not only that, the town's papermaking workshop also purchased various materials such as shabby clothes, rotten linen, and new, old, bamboo shoot shell, straw, and other materials all year round, which was another extra income.

Hemp is very common and almost does not need to be planted specifically. Generally, there are more or less planted in front of and behind each house. There are many peeled hemp spun into hemp and weave cloth at home. The so-called self-sufficient small peasant economy, rural people can supply everything except metals. Spinning and weaving are almost every rural woman's essential skill. Chen Xu's mother, Chen Jiang, can do it, but she has no time on weekdays, and when she has time, she will spin a few pieces of cloth and get it to the town for salt. For a woman, this is almost their only ability to make money.

Because of the bumper harvest of grain this year and the continuous spending of several workshops in the town to collect some things, the villagers in the ten-mile villages have more or less money this year. The hardworking and capable families earned two or three hundred yuan more, which is enough for the income of two or three years in previous years. Therefore, the sales of salt tools and pottery and linen in the town this year are several times higher than in previous years, and several workshops in the town have also made a lot of money.

The curved plow and cross rake were jointly created by Chen Xu's money-spending by wooden workshops and blacksmith shops. They are now free to use. After next summer grain harvest, if the yield per mu exceeds three stones, the villagers who have turned over the land must pay more grain as a rental fee for every five mu.

All the villagers naturally agreed with this policy. Anyway, it doesn’t cost money to plow the land with a rake. If the yield per mu is really three stones, it will almost double that compared with previous years. The rental fee for one stone is completely reasonable for five acres. The most important thing is that Xiao Lidian assured them that as long as he farms according to the method he said, the yield per mu will be possible next year. Therefore, although it is very tiring to overturn the arable land and collecting fertilizers is also tiring, everyone is working hard. If they can climb up to ten acres, they will have to earn fifty stones of wheat alone.

And Xiao Lidian also said that no matter how much grain income is next year, you only need to complete the land tax and tax as usual, and Qinghe Town will never collect one more grain of grain.

Therefore, if ten acres of land earn 50 stones of wheat, and after paying 7 or 8 stones of tax grain, the rest of them are all their own. This is simply a fragrant meat patty, which makes all the villagers in Qinghe Town scream. Therefore, all the villages are busy arable land and collecting fertilizers recently.
Chapter completed!