Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 228

"The Book of Lord Shang?! What does Shang Yang have to do with the Five Ways to Rule the People?"

Jiang Xiaomi was completely confused.

"Many people say that the Five Methods of Governing the People was summarized based on Shang Yang's Reforms! Although Shang Yang's Reforms were great in history, they were the most oppressive to the people. Don't you know that?"

"Now that you mention it...I really didn't remember it!"

The dead historical knowledge did not attack Jiang Xiaomi: "I am a science student, I may have known it when I was studying history, but now I have completely forgotten it!"

"I remember!" Jiang Xiubai said proudly, "You didn't mention the two most important points, which are emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce and imposing strict taxation. The taxes on farming are already very high, and the taxes on commerce are even higher. This will control the scale of merchants. Everyone knows that doing business can make money. If everyone goes to do business, who will farm the land? Who will supply the army with food? Food is the foundation of a country."

Jiang Xiubai approached Jiang Xiaomi and said, "Do you know what will happen to someone who cannot be convinced by the Five Arts of Controlling the People?"

Jiang Xiaomi glared at him: "Kill him?"

"Congratulations, you guessed it right! I remember there is such a saying -" Jiang Xiubai looked at Jiang Xiaomi and said word by word: "If stupidity, weakness, fatigue, humiliation, and poverty cannot make him lose his ambition, exhaust his body, and control his mind, what's the reason? I say: kill him!"

"Oh..." Jiang Xiaomi was no longer in the mood to listen, her body full of negative energy: "If the dynasty established by County Magistrate Chen in the future is also such a dynasty, is there any need for us to rebel? It's just a change of emperor to oppress the people."

Jiang Suying also said: "This question needs to be carefully considered."

"Yeah." Jiang Yipei nodded.

He used to dream of following County Magistrate Chen in starting a rebellion and becoming a powerful official who could shake the throne, but since taking over Luoshui County, he found that he was really not cut out for it.

Because there are too many injustices in this world, if he encounters them, he can't just leave it alone, but how can he do it?

The word "manage" is easy to say but difficult to do.

He is already exhausted from managing Luoshui County. Luoshui County is simple, without too many complicated networks of relationships. But in the entire Dasheng, among masters and apprentices, in-laws, families, old friends, etc., how many communities of interests are there?

Can he manage it? Does he have the power to do so?

Jiang Yipei really thought things were simple at the beginning. It was because he was a modern man, and he had a sense of superiority when looking at problems in ancient times, and it was easy for him to ignore the real problems.

This dynasty is not the past dynasty in history books, but the current dynasty!

They are in the midst of it, moving towards the future with this era.

They are not outsiders, they are insiders.

"My brother said we were too idle." Jiang Xiaomi took out a note. It was written by Jiang Xiumian after she told her brother about this matter. "He said that even the emperor might not be able to handle social problems such as oppression of the people well, let alone us."

“Especially in a corrupt imperial dynasty and an unstable new dynasty, if County Magistrate Chen really sits in that position, the first thing he would do is to stabilize his throne, not to liberate the people. He needs the noble families and dignitaries in the court to help him stabilize the world, so he would never touch their interests.

"Liberating the people is like touching the cake of the aristocratic families. How can the aristocratic families help you? If they rebel against you, the throne will fall before you even get comfortable with it. Therefore, the aristocratic families cannot be touched for at least five to ten years. Later, if County Magistrate Chen really has this intention, it will be a long struggle, and he may not win during his tenure."

Jiang Yipei: “…”

The more I hear words like this, the more insignificant I feel.

"Let's not talk about such a heavy topic!" Jiang Xiubai rubbed his face and said, "I want to go see my chickens. Can you come with me, Jiang Xiaomi?"

"What am I going to do? You can just go alone!"

"Go ahead, go ahead and check if those eggs are fertilized."

"alright."

Jiang Xiaomi and Jiang Xiubai left, leaving behind Jiang Yipei and Jiang Suying.

Jiang Yipei threw himself on the bed, then quickly got up. He asked Jiang Suying to come over and sit down, then he leaned over and said, "Wife, I don't know why, but I suddenly want to go home so badly."

"I want to go back, too." Jiang Suying hugged him, "But we can't just go back if we want to! I know what you're afraid of. Our family doesn't have such big ambitions. How can we really become a marquis or a prime minister? If we really want to participate in County Magistrate Chen's affairs, there is only one way, and that is to do logistics."

"Logistics?" Jiang Yipei raised his head.

"That's right!" Jiang Suying sighed, "Xiaomi and Xiaobai, after all, graduated from key universities. Even if they didn't study well, they were able to get into key universities, which shows that they have a solid foundation. In addition, they bought so many books, and Xiao Mian is here, so we can do research in the rear."

"That's indeed a solution!" Jiang Yipei said, "Then let's go back to the county tomorrow without them. Xiaobai needs to take care of her body. As for Xiaomi, let her stay in the village. Let's see if she can start planting when the weather warms up in the spring. And let her teach the kids in the village. I heard that Xiaobai was beaten up a few days ago because of this. If she wants to be a master, let her be one."

"This child, it's not that she is not allowed to be a master, but she is running around outside every day, how can she have time!" Jiang Suying's smile faded: "Mr. Chen has returned to Jiangnan, which means that there is chaos outside. It is safer for her to stay in the village. When Xiao Mian's affairs are arranged, ask him to come back as well. These three children must be well."

"Yeah." Jiang Yipei said.

Isn’t everything they do for the children?

In the chicken coop, Jiang Xiubai placed the eggs on a tray and shone a high-powered flashlight on them.

"Yes, yes, yes! There are fertilized eggs! Pick them out!" Jiang Xiubai was so excited, but the next second Jiang Xiaomi slapped him lightly: "Pick them out if you say so! I have to learn how to do it, teach me!"

"You're so fierce! Who would dare to marry you in the future?" Jiang Xiubai hit back and snorted.

"Hi——" Jiang Xiaomi put her hands on her hips.

"Hey hey hey! If you hit me again I'll lie on the ground and won't be able to get up!!!" Jiang Xiubai held Jiang Xiaomi's hand and said with a flattering smile: "Don't hit me, don't hit me. I'll teach you a lesson! I'll teach you how to look at the eggs! Really, you can't even look at the eggs!"

Jiang Xiaomi: “…”

For this person, three meals a day is not enough!

"I won't tell you about the other structures of the egg. Let's mainly get to know the air chamber of the egg. It's at the bottom of the egg. There's an air chamber like a bubble at this end. Let's shine a flashlight on it. See, this one has a black shadow, and this one doesn't. The one with a black shadow is a fertilized egg."

"Another way is to shine the light on the yolk, which is in the middle of the egg. You can see there is a black dot here. This is the rooster's genitals. This is also a breeding egg!"

"So simple?"

Jiang Xiubai said, "How difficult do you think it is?"

"There are quite a lot of those eggs!" Jiang Xiaomi picked them out while taking pictures. While she was talking, she had already picked out five or six.

"There are many large roosters, none of them have been castrated, and they live together. If there aren't many, it means the rooster has come out. Although it is said that gender orientation should be respected, even for chickens, I cannot accept my rooster coming out. If I find out, I will be the first to slaughter it!"

Jiang Xiaomi: “…” There was an emotion called speechlessness that broke through the top of her head. Could it be that this person thought he was very humorous?

Seeing Jiang Xiaomi looking at him strangely, Jiang Xiubai avoided her gaze and changed the subject: "Brother Mian doesn't have time to make an egg incubator, so we can only use the most primitive method."

"any solution?"

"Hens hatch!"

Jiang Xiaomi: “…”

She thought Jiang Xiubai was talking about methods other than using hens to hatch, such as using lamps or something, but she never expected... it was so primitive!

A hen is hatching eggs, doesn't she know that?

I even brought it up specifically, and she still asked stupidly!

This makes her look such an idiot!!

The next day, Jiang Yipei and Jiang Suying left together on the harvester, taking Jiang Lizheng with them. Today they still had to deal with Dahe Village, which had given them a headache, but they had already thought of some solutions, and it remained to be seen how effective they would be.

Jiang Xiaomi was kept, which made Old Mrs. Yang very happy. She thought it was only right for her husband, wife and eldest grandson to work, but she did not agree with taking her delicate granddaughter to suffer hardship from the beginning!

Now it's all right, I can finally stay with her! This old woman can finally put her mind at ease.

"I will bother you often in the future. Are you happy?" Jiang Xiaomi blinked and acted funny to Old Lady Yang.

"How could grandma be annoyed with you? Grandma will never be annoyed with you no matter what you do." Grandma Yang tucked a strand of hair behind Jiang Xiaomi's ear and said, "Grandma is so happy! You are my good baby!"

"Wow--"

When the grandparents and grandchildren were being affectionate, a baby cried out. Jiang Xiaomi smiled and said, "You have a good baby calling you! Go check it out?"

"Let's go and have a look!" Old Lady Yang smiled kindly: "Let's go, take your sweet baby with us and go and see the other sweet baby!"

Jiang Xiaomi laughed "chuckle".

"Old lady, young lady."

When they arrived, Aunt Cui brought a basin of black medicine into Qin's room and said, "Third Madam, it's time to wash up. Young Master, would you like Qiu Guo to hold you for a while?"

"I'll do it." Old Lady Yang picked up her grandson, who had stopped crying and was kicking his legs on the kang, and went to the flower hall to tease him: "My dear, what's wrong? Are you hungry? Be patient and wait for your mother. Hey, you're smiling at grandma? Are you happy?! That's great!"

In fact, the smile of a baby in confinement is not a smile, it is just a nerve twitch that looks like a smile, because the child is too young and cannot control the facial nerves well.

The birth canal after delivery needs to be disinfected every day, not with iodine or the like, but with disinfectant made from Chinese herbal medicines such as Atractylodes lancea and Artemisia selengensis, and flushed once in the morning and evening.

On the first and second days, Qin was scared when she saw the basin because it was so painful to wash!

It wasn't until today that I felt better.

Because the inflammation of the wound has subsided, it doesn’t hurt as much when I get up.

After disinfection, I also had to soak my feet, also with Chinese herbal medicine, because little Yutou had woken up. After disinfection of the incision, I held him while he was drinking milk. After feeding, the child was full and fell asleep again.

Babies in the confinement period are either eating or sleeping, making them the easiest to take care of.

Her mother said that February is the month that can kill her, the kind that can drive people crazy.

After spending some time with the old lady at home, Jiang Xiaomi went out and went from house to house to gather her soldiers. The last house was the home of Jiang the Hunter.

Jiang the hunter and Jiang Zhengwang were not in the village. Like most of the able-bodied laborers in the village, they were assigned to various positions by Jiang Yipei.

The one with the best family background is his youngest son, Jiang Zhengchang.

"You're finally here. Come in and sit down!" Jiang the hunter's wife greeted Jiang Xiaomi.

"No, sister-in-law." Jiang Xiaomi waved her hand. A group of "Bone Dragons" followed behind her: "Where's Xiaochang? We're just waiting for him."

"Xiaochang!" Jiang the hunter's wife shouted into the house, and soon Jiang Zhengchang came out: "Aunt Xiaomi!!"

"Listen to Aunt Xiaomi and don't act naughty, or I'll beat your butt if I find out!"

"I got it, Mom!" Jiang Zhengchang skipped to find his little friends.

"As for me, I thought I couldn't practice it! The child is naughty and it caused you trouble." The hunter Jiang's wife said with a smile.

"How could that be! The children are all very well behaved!" Jiang Xiaomi smiled, trying to appear older. She was not lying. For her soldiers, emotional stability was very important.

Weak ones, don’t.

Angry, don't.

"I've been too busy lately and haven't had time. So, I'll come back as soon as I'm free! Sister-in-law, today is the first day. You may come home for dinner, or you may eat at our house before coming back. From the second day onwards, you will eat before coming home. You don't have to leave any food for me."

"Is that so?" Hunter Jiang's wife thought for a moment and said, "Then wait, I'll bring you a bag of food!"

"Need not……"

"What are you not using?"

Before Jiang Xiaomi could finish her refusal, Jiang Hunter's wife interrupted her: "You have taught my child boxing and kicking for free, how can I let your family raise my child! Take it - eh? No one else gave it?"

Hunter Jiang's wife looked at Jiang Xiaomi's hands and her feet, which were clean and empty. She immediately frowned, "No, I have to go find them! This doesn't make sense. They are taking advantage of me!"

Then he ran away carrying the bag of grain: "Xiaomi, you take them to practice, I'll collect them and carry them to your house later!"

Jiang Xiaomi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but when she thought about it, what Jiang the hunter's wife said made sense. Her family's food was not inexhaustible. If she hadn't reminded her, she would not have considered this problem.

I just thought that people who practice martial arts must consume a lot of physical energy. It is obvious that the food in the village can only fill the stomach, and the nutrition is definitely not enough. It doesn't matter for a day or two, but in the long run, the growing children can't bear it. So I thought about providing the meals for them, and as for collecting the meals, I really didn't think about it.