Although they didn't know why the gods asked such a strange question, Chu Ji and Xiahou Xing still respectfully took Yun Yi to their warehouses.
On the way, Zhao Yun whispered only Yun Ci will hear"
"My Lord, are you going to consecrate those foods?"
Yun Yi smiled.
"How do you know?"
Zhao Yun grinned: "My Lord, you told me before that you need objects as a medium to use your magic in the mortal world."
"And you've asked them what kind of crops they have so I guess you are preparing to consecrate the food."
Yun Yi nodded: "The growth rate of crops in the human world is too slow"
"I do have plans to transform a batch of crops but not all crops can be transformed by magic, so I need to know what they have"
"When we go back to Zhaojiazhuang later, I also plan to pick some from your warehouse"
Only crops in MC can be transformed into MC crops such as wheat, potatoes, carrots, beets, sugar cane, pumpkins...
Unfortunately, as far as he knows, it seems that there were only wheat and carrots in Daxia at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wheat was planted tens of thousands of years ago and carrots were brought back by Zhang Qian during the Western Han Dynasty.
The remaining potatoes, beets, pumpkins, etc. are probably not hiding in the country and overseas. So he wants to see if this village has any of them.
Inside the Chu family's warehouse were mountains of various foods piled up inside.
The main ones were millet, sorghum, etc. rice and wheat that has been ground into flour.
These grains are relatively easy to preserve. There are few vegetables, but there are some that are not fresh vegetables. The ancient preservation method was to dehydrate vegetables by drying in the sun, or vegetables that have been salted.
When you want to eat them, soak them in water with corn and millet and cook them into porridge. Meat is the same as vegetables, most are dried in the sun or smoked. There is very little fresh meat and there's nothing they can do about it.
There were no refrigerators in ancient times.
If fresh vegetables and meat are not processed, they will probably go bad in a few days.
"Do you have wheat seeds?" Yun Yi asked. Chu Ji nodded quickly and moved several sacks from the corner.
"My Lord, these are all wheat seeds."
Yun Yi opened the sack and looked at the bright yellow wheat inside. Wheat seeds are actually wheat itself, It's just that in reality, planting usually requires germination and seed mixing but planting in MC is not so troublesome. You just need to use a hoe to cultivate a piece of land then sow the seeds and wait for them to mature.
And wheat in MC is also a good thing. Not only can it be synthesized into bread, cakes, cookies and other items on the workbench. It can also attract and breed cows, sheep, chicken and mushroom cows.
Although there are no creatures like moo mushrooms in reality there are still animals such as cows and sheep. In addition, crops can be used to feed animals and make them grow faster. For example, feeding horses wheat, chicken seeds, etc.
For horses, you can feed it wheat to recover any lost health and increase favorability
Yun Yi grabbed a handful of wheat. Suddenly, he had a mysterious feeling in his heart. He felt that he could turn the real world crops into MC seeds the moment he planted them into the ground. Each handful can plant one square meter of arable land, however, there are three prerequisites for transforming real-life wheat into MC-based wheat.
The first is that he must sow the seeds.The second is that the soil must be an MC block.
The third is that the soil block must have been reclaimed with an MC hoe.
Fortunately, these three prerequisites are not difficult. He can complete it anytime, however, he decided to return to his luxurious villa in Zhaojiazhuang to test instead.
After all, he would not only test the planting of wheat. He would also need to test the effect of wheat on the reproduction of animals. In the game, wheat can make cattle and sheep reproduce but what about the reality? He is not sure yet.
"I'll take this bag of wheat." Yun Yi said.
"It would be our honor."
Chu Ji nodded and agreed happily. But Yun Yi did not take it for nothing so he gave Chu Ji ten cooked fish. One cooked fish weighed ten kilograms and Ten fish weighed one hundred kilograms. The sack of wheat he took was only one hundred kilograms.
Plus, the fish is meat and it's not only delicious, but it is also a MC creation. Ordinary people can quickly replenish their satiety after eating it and it can also restore blood volume.
Chu Ji did not know the hidden effect of cooked fish. Fortunately, Zhao Yun explained it to Chu Ji and Xiahou Xing :
"Patriarch Chu Ji, Master Xiahou, do you know the effect of this fish meat?"
Chu Ji and Xiahou Xing were stunned. What effect can fish meat have except to fill your stomach?
Seeing Chu Ji and Xiahou Xing's indifferent look. Zhao Yun shook his head.
"Patriarch Chu Ji, if you don't want these cooked fish, we Zhaojiazhuang are willing to exchange them with you for 500 kilograms of other meat."
As soon as the voice fell, Chu Ji instantly realized that these cooked fish might not be simple.
"No way, these are all given by the gods, and they must be coated with divine energy."
Fortunately, he didn't agree. Otherwise, Chu Ji would never know what's so special about it.
Zhao Yun smiled and said:
"These fish meats are not ordinary. If you eat them, you can quickly restore your physical strength."
"And if you eat them after you are full, it can quickly replenish your qi and blood."
Replenish your qi and blood? Chu Ji and Xiahou Xing both widened their eyes after hearing this.
"Isn't it the same effect as Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng?"
Zhao Yun nodded and shook his head:
"You said it yourself, this is touched by the gods' divine energy. The effect of this fish meat is much better than Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng."
After knowing the effect, Chu Ji's eyes were shining when he looked at the cooked fish.
Such a good thing, It must be well preserved.
Xiahou Xing beside him said:
" Chu Ji, my Xiahou family is willing to exchange one thousand kilograms of other meat with you."
"Go away, don't even think about snatching the things that the god gave me. "
Chu Ji put the cooked fish away and rolled his eyes at Xiahou Xing. Yun Yi was about to leave the Chu family warehouse when suddenly, he found a touch of orange in the corner of the warehouse.
He walked over and opened it. It turned out that there were several shriveled carrots inside. Carrots, like wheat, are also a good thing. In addition to replenishing satiety, carrots can also attract and breed pigs and rabbits.
You can also craft carrot on a stick, golden carrots and rabbit stew. The most important thing is that golden carrots can be used to breed horses. Not the real horses in reality that eat a lot but the nuclear-powered horses in MC that never get tired.
Not only can they walk on a one-meter drop as if it were flat ground, they can also jump up to five meters high if they prepare in advance. You can also ride horses in water within a depth of two meters... They are definitely an essential creature whether in game or in real life. No other horses in the world can compare!
And Yun Yi knows a "glitch" about horses which is, if you use the Swiftness Potion on horses and then breed them. The horses born can inherit the swiftness effect. If you continue to use the swiftness potion with the horse that inherits the swiftness effect and breed it again.
The horses born can keep inheriting the speed and who knows? This is not the game world and maybe, just maybe, he can breed a horse that can run at the speed of light or even make it fly. Just thinking about it made his body shiver in anticipation.
Anyway, the planting conditions of carrots are almost the same as wheat which is planting it on a hoe used soil.
"I will take these carrots too." Yun Yi said.
"Okay, My Lord"
Chu Ji nodded. He was still immersed in the effect of cooked fish and was very happy. Yun Yi is not a person who likes to take advantage so he took their carrots and planned to exchange them with milk.
"Do you want milk?"
Milk? Chu Ji was speechless, and then instantly ecstatic. On the way back, they were informed about the effects of milk. It can bring someone back on the verge of death and regenerate flesh and bones so how could he not want it?
"Yes yes, please wait a moment, My Lord. I'll go prepare the jar."
After a while, Chu Ji came in with a few clansmen carrying a large jar. Good guy!
Is he playing tricks on me? But it's still useless because the milk bucket has been poured out to the villagers of Zhaojiazhuang.
Although there is still a lot left in it, it is definitely not enough to fill this jar. Yun Yi took out the milk bucket from his inventory and poured all of it in and it only filled up half way.
Chu Ji looked at Yun Yi eagerly, Yun Yi furrowed his brows:
"Isn't this much enough? Being too greedy is not good."
Hearing this, Chu Ji was immediately terrified and immediately knelt on the ground: "Lord God, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I was blinded by the effect of milk. It will never happen again"
Yun Yi narrowed his eyes and warned: "This is your first and last warning. If this happens again, I will take back everything I gave."
Chu Ji's pupils shrank instantly. If he displeased the gods, he will take back all these things. He will become the sinner of the family then.
Especially the infinite water source, that was very hope of their survival. If everyone knew that the gods took away the infinite water source because of him, even if he was the head of the family, he would get torn into pieces by the angry crowd.
"Thank you for your mercy, My Lord, I promise it will never happen again!"
Yun Yi shook his head. It seems that he still has to pay a little attention to keep these people in line in the future. People's desires will grow and excessive leniency will only make people push his limits.
He had to make sure they understood their place, it is them who needs him and not the other way around.
"Okay, enough kneeling, get up."
Chu Ji slowly stood up, but he kept his head down, not daring to breathe. Then, Yun Yi followed Xiahou Xing to the warehouse of Xiahou's family. It was similar to the Chu family.
The only difference was they have a little more food. After looking around, Yun Yi did not see the crops he wanted. It seems that if he wants to get crops such as potatoes, pumpkins, and beets, he will have to go to Europe or the Americas in the future.
Seeing that the god did not take anything from his family's warehouse. Xiahou Xing was so anxious that he broke out in a sweat. The Chu family got fish meat comparable to ginseng and divine milk medicine. Their Xiahou family can't be left behind, right?
Xiahou Xing stepped forward and said:
"My Lord, we bought some rare fruits from southern merchants some time ago. Would you like to take a look?"
Rare fruits? That piqued Yun Yi's interest.
"Bring it here."
Xiahou Xing asked someone to bring a cart of fruits. There weren't many varieties but it made Yun Yi's eyes light up. Is this a coconut? And a papaya? Oh, and a mango?
Sure enough, they were merchants from the south, and they were all tropical or subtropical fruits. But the appearance did not look very good, they were dry and shriveled but so be it.
Most of these fruits are from the south or the tropics, but it's already good that they could transport it all the way here without spoiling.
Unfortunately, although Yun Yi likes to eat these fruits, they are not in the original version of MC so they can't be transformed into MC creations.
"Not bad. " Yun Yi praised, Then he picked up a coconut.
He took out a pickaxe and knocked it with the tip of the pickaxe and cracked a hole. He took a big gulp from the hole, it tasted refreshing with a little sweetness.
It's a pity that it's not iced, otherwise it would be more refreshing. After drinking the coconut water, He cracked the coconut again and scraped out the flesh inside and ate it clean,
It tasted average.
But it feels familiar, this should be the first time he has eaten something other than MC food since he traveled to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
He drank a whole coconut and paid attention to the satiety in his sight. Sure enough. For him, it's not only MC food that can increase satiety.
In fact. As long as food is eaten by him, the satiety can be increased.
This whole coconut only gives him half a grid of satiety. At least it means that if his satiety is low in the future, he can eat the food in reality and doesn't need to use MC food.
Putting down the coconut with only an empty shell, Yun Yi planned to put all the fruits on the cart into his inventory. If a real object is placed in a compartment of the inventory, it is equivalent to a cubic meter of space.
It is definitely more than enough to put down these fruits and after the items are put in, no matter how long it has been in it, they will still look the same when they are taken out.
It is countless times more powerful than the rapid liquid nitrogen preservation in later generations. However, when he took the fruits off the cart, he suddenly found several purple slender rod-shaped fruits under many fruits.
Sugarcane! His eyes widened instead and looked carefully. That's right, it's sugarcane! Yun Yi showed a hint of surprise on his face.
Sugarcane, like wheat and carrots, is also a crop in MC.
Sugarcane can grow anywhere along as there is water and it can be used to craft paper and sugar. Paper can be used to make books, maps, etc. Sugar can be used to synthesize food like cakes and pumpkin pie.
The sugar cane that Yun Yi got was actually somewhat different from the one in the game.
These ones were purple sugar cane while the ones in the game were mostly green sugar cane.
The green sugar cane had a higher sugar content and the effect was better. The sweet juice is cool and refreshing and with the MC characteristics then it'll probably have better effects.
The prerequisites for transforming sugar cane into MC creations were similar to those for wheat and carrots but the difference was that there was no need to use a hoe to cultivate.
Yun Yi took away the sugar cane and gave all the remaining dozen cooked fish and cooked salmon in his inventory to Xiahou Xing which is almost 200 kilograms.
After getting these cooked fishes with effects comparable to ginseng and ganoderma lucidum, Xiahou Xing couldn't help grinning. And because of Chu Ji's greedy consequences, He was very sensible and didn't try anything.
On this trip to Xinghua Village, Yun Yi felt that he had made a lot of gains. In addition to conquering Dian Wei, he also harvested wheat, carrots and sugarcane.
However, after getting these things, he was not in a hurry to return to Zhaojiazhuang because
He had one last thing to do, testing bone meal.
Yes, it is the bone meal in MC which acts as a super fertilizer on steroids. There are many ways to get bone meal in MC. For example, killing Skeletons drops bones and fishing also has a certain probability of catching bones.
Bones can be decomposed into bone meal in the basic crafting column of the inventory and one bone can be decomposed into three portions of bone meal.
Bone meal is used to quickly ripen the crops but some crops take more bone meal to ripen it so the most cost effective way to utilize this item is to spread it amongst all the crops evenly.
He had caught two bones while fishing before so he put the bones into the basic crafting column in his inventory and the next moment. The bone was decomposed into six pieces of bone meal in total.
Of course, this is not the focus of Yun Yi's test.
The bones caught by the fishing rod were originally created by MC. It is normal that they can be decomposed into bone meal.
What he really wants to test is whether real bones in the real world can be decomposed into bone meal. If they can be decomposed then there will be no need to be afraid to use bone meal leisurely to ripen crops in the future.
Yun Yi called Ji and Xiahou Xing to him:
"Do you have any bones?"
Because he was beaten before, Chu Ji seemed very attentive. He wanted to change Yun Yi's opinion of him.
"My Lords, are any bones fine?"
Yun Yi nodded:
"Yes, small and big ones are fine too"
Chu Ji nodded: "Okay, I'll have someone get them now."
He then asked the clansmen to collect bones.
After a while, dozens of pounds of various bones of different sizes were brought to Yun Yi. There were chicken bones, pork bones, and cow bones...But every bone was very clean.
The meat on it had been cleared away without any residue. After all, it's not like the future where anyone can get meat anywhere in the market but in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Ordinary peasant families may only eat meat once a year.
Local tyrants like the Chu family can't eat meat every meal and only have a chance to eat meat every ten days or half a month. Therefore, every time they eat meat, everyone will lick the meat off the bones as well as the marrows.
After eating everything, bones will not be thrown away and instead, they will be put into the pot to boil out the fat in the bones and make a broth.
The bones in front of Yun Yi looked like they had been boiled several times. They were pale and you don't even need to touch them to know that they are very brittle but it doesn't affect the test.
Yun Yi picked up a piece of bone and tried to put it into the basic synthesis column. There was no problem but there was no icon for bone meal in the synthesis column. Could it be that bones in reality cannot be decomposed into bone meal?
Yun Yi frowned slightly. If it can't be decomposed then the plan to make bone meal and ripen MC crops in large quantities will fail. He could only settle for the next best thing and wait for the MC crops to mature.
But he did not give up easily, Instead, he started a new round of tests. For example, if chicken bones don't work, he can put pig bones, and if pig bones don't work, he can put cow bones.
However, when he put in cow thigh bones. The icon of the bone meal actually appeared. Yun Yi's eyes lit up immediately, bones in reality can be decomposed into bone meal.
What are the conditions? Can only cow thigh bones be decomposed into bone meal? With curiosity, Yun Yi continued to test. He put in all kinds of cow bones like thighs, skulls, and even broken ones.
It turns out that all bones can be used, the problem was that the total weight of the bones must reach around 10 jin. Every 10 jin of bones can be decomposed into three portions of bone powder.
It is quite cost-effective when you think about it. After all, after the bones are boiled into soup, the nutrients are basically gone and only a brittle shell is left.
Anyway, Yun Yi called Chu Ji and Xiahou Xing to him again. He planned to collect all the bones in Xinghua Village and decompose them into bone powder. Otherwise, when he returned to Zhaojiazhuang, it would take another hour to come here again which was troublesome.
"Do you have more bones here? I have great use for them."
Chu Ji and Xiahou Xing nodded immediately:
"Yes, our two families should have about 500 kilograms of bones."
Five hundred kilograms of bones can be decomposed into 150 portions of bone powder. Although it is not much, it's enough.
Yun Yi nodded:
"Okay, bring them all. The more the better"
Chu Ji suddenly asked:
"My Lord, are you in urgent need of bones now?"
"It's not urgent, but I'd rather have them than not," Yun Yi said casually.
Chu Ji nodded and bowed, he said with a bit of flattery:
"My Lord, I have a way to get a lot of bones, at least tens of thousands of kilograms, or even more.
"Oh, what is it?" Yun Yi was a little curious.
Chu Ji pointed to the east: "There is a mass grave about ten miles east of our Xinghua Village..."
Huh? A graveyard? Yun Yi hurriedly stopped Chu Ji from continuing. What the hell? Is this guy a disciple of poisonous scholar Jia Xu? Such a disrespectful method? Oh…well, Jia Xu is only 35 years old now, maybe not even as old as Ji.
If Chu Ji Hadn't been lost in hits you he probably would've been compared to the likes of Jia Xu and Cheng Yu...and maybe even earn him a title of corpse refiner or something along that line.
In theory, human bones can indeed be decomposed into bone powder. But using human bones to decompose...Yun Yi himself did not want to do it and it makes him feel uncomfortable, at least when he's not so desperate to dig up human remains. But he has to say that Chu Ji's method is indeed useful, It's just a little too distasteful.
"Alright, let's not mention human bones. They'd been buried and reincarnated already. It's disrespectful to dig it up"
Chu Ji saw that he had said the wrong thing again, so he quickly shrank his head and stopped talking.
Then, he and Xiahou Xing sent their clansmen to send all the bones of the two families to Yun Yi. It was more than 500 kilograms. Yun Yi put all the bones into the craft column and decomposed them into bone meal.
A total of 160 portions of bone powder were decomposed, It should be enough for experiments. After collecting the bone powder, Yun Yi also planned to return to Zhaojiazhuang.
Before leaving, he also told Chu Ji and Xiahou Xing:
"In the future, if you have extra bones, don't throw them away. You can pack them all and send them to me. "
Chu Ji and Xiahou Xing nodded in response.
There were more than 20 people when they came. But when they left, only a few people were left, Yun Yi, Zhao Yun, Zhao Yu and Zhao Yan. In addition, there was a son of Xiahou Xing, Xiahou Lan.
When he heard this name, Yun Yi remembered this fellow villager of Zhao Yun who was mentioned in history. Xiahou Lan was an upright person. In history, he was a general under Cao Cao's, and was later captured by Liu Bei's group at Bowangpo.
Zhao Yun asked to spare Xiahou Lan's life because he valued his talent. Xiahou Lan was knowledgeable about the laws so he recommended him to be the military chief of Liu Bei's army, only responsible for the criminal law of the military group. Xiahou Lan was actually Zhao Yun's friend. The two knew each other at the age of ten so they had a close relationship.
However, Xiahou Lan is a few years older than Zhao Yun. The two used to fight each other frequently. When they were young, Xiahou Lan could fight Zhao Yun to a draw by relying on the advantage of being a few years older.
But since Zhao Yun's body began to develop.
Xiahou Lan has never won again. He went to Zhaojiazhuang this time because of the instructions of Chu Ji and his father Xiahou Xing.
Invite the people who built water wheels in Zhaojiazhuang and help Xinghua Village build some water wheels to Improve the effect of irrigation.
The return journey was smooth. It took the five people just over half an hour to return to Zhaojiazhuang. Upon learning that Yun Yi and others had returned, Zhao An ran to the entrance of the village to greet them.
"Chief Zhao An."
"So you are the young master of the Xiahou family. What can I do for you?"
Xiahou Lan got straight to the point:
"The Lord God has given us unlimited water, but the efficiency of carrying water by manpower is too low."
"So our Xinghua Village would like to ask Zhaojiazhuang to help us build some water wheels."
"Also, Chief Chu Ji and my father said that you can send people to Xinghua Village to copy the books they promised at any time."
Hearing this, Zhao An's face was full of smiles.
"Your father couldn't just sent someone to inform me"
"When you go back later, I will send our Zhao family's children to escort you back."
"As for the water wheel, it was built by my eldest son Zhao Feng."
" You also know that our Zhaojiazhuang is not in a good shape, and my son has a lot of things to do now, so he may not be able to go to Xinghua Village to help you build a water wheel. "
Old fox! Xiahou Lan cursed in his heart. He knew that the Zhao family is the only one of the three families that can build a waterwheel. Although the construction of a waterwheel is not difficult. They can build it by themselves after learning. But the crops in the fields can't wait that long.
If the crops die of drought, the loss will be really big. Fortunately, Before coming, Chief Chu Ji and his father had already told him the conditions that the two families were willing to pay.
"Chief Zhao An is right. If we invite Zhao Feng to come, it will definitely delay him a lot. So our two families are willing to provide all the materials for building the waterwheel ourselves, and after the completion of the project, we will also give Zhaojiazhuang 100 shi of grain. "
One dan in the Han Dynasty was equivalent to 60 jin in later measurement. At that time, the grain yield per mu of good farmland was generally about three dan. One hundred dan was equivalent to the harvest of thirty mu of good farmland. Enough for twenty or thirty people to eat for a year.
Zhao An did push further, but said:
"Saving crops is a big deal, my son's personal affairs are small in comparison"
"Don't worry, nephew, I will let my son go back to Xinghua Village with you now."
Yun Yi on the side also listened to the conversation between the two.
"Did Zhao Feng build the water wheel?" He asked casually.
Zhao An nodded hurriedly:
"My Lord, my son Zhao Feng has been interested in studying crafting skills since he was a child."
"Not only water wheels, but also the tap water you mentioned before."
Oh, so determined? Zhao Feng has a talent for research and craft. It seems that he can be brought to his side and trained intensively in the future.
Maybe a great inventor of the Three Kingdoms era will be trained. Even though MC rules are strong, he is only one person and can't change the status quo of the world alone. Plus, by continuously expanding a research team, they can study deeper into the MC rules so he can make better use of it.
"After helping Xinghua Village build the waterwheel, tell Zhao Feng to come to my place," Yun Yi said.
Ah, my son Zhao Feng is going to be summoned by the gods? Zhao An was stunned, then he was instantly surprised. He originally thought that the crafting skills that Zhao Feng learned were all strange and mostly useless skills.
Unexpectedly, they were so valued by the god. It seems that our old Zhao family is going to produce another dragon. The talent training skills mentioned by Zhao Feng before must also be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
"Okay, My Lord , I will go back and tell Zhao Feng." After that, Zhao An prepared to take Xiahou Lan to his home.
Yun Yi also took Zhao Yun and others back to his luxurious villa.
Xinghua Village, Xiahou Family Ancestral Hall.
Xiahou Xing twisted three incense sticks in his hand and inserted them into the incense burner respectfully. Then he kowtowed and knelt. Just after he knelt, a thin and tall man beside him came over:
"Brother, should we tell the main family about this matter, about the god?"
The thin and tall man was called Xiahou Zhen.
He was not only Xiahou Xing's younger brother. He was also the second person in charge of their branch of the Xiahou family.
Xiahou Xing did not answer, he just picked up a clean rag and a tablet of ancestors and began to wipe it.
"Second brother, do you know how our family became successful?"
Xiahou Zhen said with a smile:
"Brother, you are testing me."
"Our ancestor Xiahou Ying was a friend of Emperor Gaozu when he was young. Later, he followed Emperor Gaozu to rise up against the tyrannical Qin and made great military achievements."
"After the founding of the country, he was named Lord of Ruyin, which led to the 400 years of glory of our Xiahou family. "
Xiahou Xing nodded:
"That's correct."
"Then what do you think of our ancestors' talents amongst the many people who followed Emperor Gaozu at that time?"
Xiahou Zhen glanced at the tablet at the highest point of the ancestral hall:
"Brother, isn't it a bit inappropriate to evaluate our ancestors here?"
"It's okay, our ancestors are magnanimous and will not blame us for such a small matter."
Xiahou Xing picked up the tablet of Xiahou Ying at the highest point and wiped it carefully, "Tell me"
Xiahou Zhen nodded:
"Our ancestors' talents may not even be ranked among the people who assisted Emperor Gaozu..."
Xiahou Xing also showed an expression of disbelief:
"In terms of internal affairs, they are not as good as Xiao He."
"In terms of military management, our ancestors are not as good as Han Xin."
"In terms of strategy, our ancestors are not as good as Zhang Liang."
"In terms of bravery, our ancestors are not as good as Fan Kuai."
After hearing this, Xiahou Zhen whispered:
"Brother, when you say this, it seems that our ancestors are useless. "
Xiahou Xing laughed loudly:
"Maybe I have some talent, but I want to tell you that the one who is close to the water gets the moon first."
"Our ancestor Xiahou Ying was good friends with Emperor Gaozu when he was young. When he was young, he was whipped hundreds of times for Emperor Gaozu. After the uprising, he rescued Emperor Hui."
"So he was rewarded for his merits after the founding of the country and was granted the title of Lord of Ruyin."
Xiahou Zhen was puzzled:
"But what does this have to do with whether we tell the main family or not?"
Xiahou Xing showed an expression of a child who was incorrigible:
"How do you think our talents rank in the entire Xiahou family?"
After thinking for a while, Xiahou Zhen uttered a few words which were barely a whisper.
"...-."
Xiahou Xing sighed and said straight to the point:
"Yes, our talents are average, so we can't become the right-hand man of the Lord God just by relying on our talents like Xiao He, Zhang Liang, and Han Xin in the past."
"As for close relationships, we are not as good as the Zhao family who live with the god. "
"If we call the main family and tell them about this. What If when the god wants to reward meritorious service before returning to heaven one day, do you think we can even be considered?"
Xiahou Zhen also understood this:
"I'm afraid... not."
Xiahou Xing nodded:
"Yes, we won't ."
"And be honest, do you want to be in the shadows of the main family forever?"
Xiahou Zhen fell into deep thought. Yes, they are a branch of the Xiahou family in Qiao County, Pei County, Xuzhou. But it's just a branch.
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the Enfeoffment Order. The aristocratic families have tried every possible way to resist the unparalleled conspiracy of the Enfeoffment Order.
These branches are the product of these methods. Their ancestors are also descendants of the Xiahou family but they are basically the second sons.
If the Enfeoffment Order is implemented, they do have some inheritance rights but they are all pitifully few. But this will not only not satisfy these second-born sons, but will also continue to dilute the power of the main branch of the Xiahou family.
At this time, they thought of a way. That is, before the previous generation of the heir to the title is about to pass away. These second-born sons will take the initiative to split up the family.
Go far away to set up another branch. Before the split, the main family will give some materials as compensation. This can avoid the weakening of power to the greatest extent.
It is hard for these children of the branch.
But this decision was made by countless elders of the main branch. Even if their ancestors are dissatisfied. It is useless.
It is precisely because of this that after these branches were separated, although they still maintained some contact with the main branch, they were more secretly competing. They hoped that one day they could replace or completely break away from the main branch's influence.
Now, the opportunity for this branch of the Xiahou family has come... As long as they follow God closely. Their future achievements will never be worse than their ancestor Xiahou Ying.
After all, Emperor Gaozu of that year legitimized his rule by spreading his legend of killing a giant white snake. And now they have met a real God in the flesh. Even if they do not get farther than Emperor Gaozu, they should not be worse than their ancestor Xiahou Ying.
"Brother, I understand." Xiahou Zhen said.
Xiahou Xing finally showed an relief expression:
"For the gods, one more or one less Xiahou family makes no difference."
"But for us, if there is one more family of Xiahou, our branch family may never see the light of heaven."
Xiahou Zhen nodded in agreement.
"Then big brother, we must make sure everyone thinks the same way"
Xiahou Xing nodded and said:
"Mmm, when the everyone else get back, we will immediately convene a meeting"
As Xiahou Zhen left, Xiahou Xing was still wiping the tablets of the ancestors in the ancestral hall. While wiping, he muttered to himself:
"Everyone says that I have no ambition. But, I have that and more. I don't want to be the so-called head of the family anymore. I want to be the patriarch!"
…
Yun Yi stood by the pond while chewing the mango brought from the Xiahou family, he instructed Zhao Yun to the MC fishing rod.
Yun Yu can fish in the void with the fishing rod but he wonders if ordinary people can too. Zhao Yun held the fishing rod tightly with both hands. His eyes were fixed firmly on the fish float floating on the water.
He didn't dare to rest for a moment. When he saw Yun Yi fishing before, he was curious and wanted to try this divine fishing rod that could fish in the void.
Now he finally got to try, how could he not be excited? But he didn't know if he could fish in the void like the gods. The fish float stood quietly on the water and didn't move. After waiting for about a minute the fish float still didn't move.
The waiting time for an unenchanted fishing rod is between 5 seconds to 45 seconds. After waiting for a minute, nothing was hooked.
Yun Yi sighed, the result wasn't expected but he was still a bit disappointed. No matter how powerful Zhao Yun's martial arts are, there is still an essential difference between them.
Anyway, he waited a little longer. Another three minutes passed and the float still didn't move. Zhao Yun looked at Yun Yi helplessly:
"My Lord, it seems I can't fish in the void"
Yun Yi took the fishing rod and threw it out. This time he got lucky and only five seconds passed. A trail of bubbles floated from a distance to the bottom of the float. The float sank quickly andYun Yi pulled it up fiercely.
A slender red salmon was caught by him. Zhao Yun looked at the salmon lying motionless on the ground.
He sighed. Sure enough, mortals are mortals.
They can never be like gods or him. Yun Yi looked at the fishing rod in his hand, and then looked at the salmon on the ground.
However, as a former science student, Yun Yi has a strong scientific research persistence.
He would not give up the research on fishing rods just by such a simple test. He should set more variables.
Then, he asked Zhao Yu and Zhao Yan to test fishing with fishing rods. The waiting time for fishing was also increased to half an hour, however, they were not successful.
At this time, Yun Yi was basically sure that he was the only one who could use the fishing rod in MC. What a pity.
If ordinary people can also fish in the empty water like him, then he can probably began an assembly. He can pull thousands of people from Zhaojiazhuang and Xinghua Village to fish.
With fishing, there will be no shortage of food. Maybe I can catch all kinds of enchanted books, enchanted bows and enchanted fishing rods in batches.
Sigh…This huge plan failed before it even started. He put away the fishing rod. Although I didn't test anything just now, the harvest was pretty good.
He caught more than 20 fish, three pufferfish, three pairs of leather boots and a string. Yun Yi felt that he seemed to have an indissoluble bond with leather boots.
Anyway, he often caught it. But it's fine, Although he can't use it, he can give it to others as a reward. After all, no matter how bad the boots are, it is still a MC item.
It has the effect of "artifacts protecting the owner". The half-grid armor of leather boots can also reduce a little damage. Yun Yi can't make leather boots by himself because it's not worth the resources.
Leather boots are crafted from leather and leather can only be obtained by killing cows or horses except for a very small probability of being caught by a fishing rod.
It takes four pieces of leather to synthesize a pair of leather boots. Killing a cow or a horse can only get two leathers at most...So killing two or three cows or horses can make a pair of leather boots.
In ancient times, cows and horses were both extremely valuable livestock. The value of a cow or a horse is often more expensive than an acre of good farmland. How extravagant must he be to kill two or three cows and horses in order to make a pair of leather boots with weak protection?
Then, Yun Yi called Zhao Yun, Zhao Yu and Zhao Yan to the pavilion. "Thank you for your hard work just now. You must be hungry. Eat something first."
After saying that, he put the fish he had just caught into the furnace. The flames rose but Yun Yi and the others could not feel the heat.
After a while, the raw fish was roasted into cooked fish.
He took out a few bowls as big as washbasins and placed them on the table and put the cooked fish in, then he took out the fruit he had taken from Xiahou's house from the inventory space.
"C'mon, let's eat"
Actually, normally, it is not recommended to eat fish during famine because the protein content is too high. The energy required by the human body to digest a portion of protein often exceeds the energy of the protein itself.
(Couldn't fact check this)
So in theory, if you only eat fish, even if you eat until full every day, you will still starve to death so you have to eat it with other foods.
In particular, you have to eat more fats. However, these cooked fish are MC creations. They do not follow the rules of reality so you can eat them as much as you want. It can supplement all the nutrients needed by the human body.
The same is true for rabbit meat. Rabbit meat is even cleaner than fish meat. There is a little bit of fat in fish meat, but there is almost no fat in rabbit meat and that is why rabbit meat is delicious only when it is made into spicy rabbit food.
The freshness of the protein itself and a little bit of spice and the aroma of fat is simply delicious. Thinking of this, Yun Yi's salivated.
It's just that this is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are rabbits, and there are peppers but there are no chili peppers. Chili peppers are natives of the South American continent.
It was introduced to China after the Ming Dynasty and was quickly accepted in China's cuisine. As for what to use to replace the spicy taste in ancient times without chili peppers? The answer is mustard. Yun Yi has eaten this thing several times but he never likes it, it's too pungent and bitter.
Zhao Yun and his siblings had eaten cooked fish before so they were not surprised by it. Instead, what caught their attention was the other plate of fruit.
They had never seen it before. Although they had seen Yun Yi eat it before, they hesitated for a long time and still did not dare to try it. Yun Yi laughed, took out the pickaxe from his inventory, and knocked a hole in the coconut on the table.
"This is a coconut, it tastes sweet, you try it."
Zhao Yun took the coconut first. He took a sip and his eyes lit up immediately. It tastes so good! In the future, even when beverages numbered in the hundreds if not thousands, coconut has always stood firmly at the top.
In fact, what impressed them most was the hint of sweetness in the coconut. The ancient sugar-making process was relatively rough. For a very long time, sugar was a luxury. Even Yuan Shu, a separatist force in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the top family had three generations of officials. Their last wish before death was to just drink a bowl of honey water.
You can imagine how great the impact of sweet coconut water on their taste buds is.
"My Lord , why is this coconut so delicious? Why don't we grow it here?" Zhao Yun said with emotion.
Yun Yi laughed:
"It's not that they're not being grown, but coconuts can only survive in environments with humid and hot weather."
"Do you think Jizhou meets this condition?"
Zhao Yun thought about it and nodded:
"Right, we have horrible droughts in summer and severe cold in winter, which is indeed not suitable for coconuts to survive. "
"But the number of coconuts is probably scarce. I'm afraid we won't be able to enjoy them after this."
Yun Yi patted his shoulder:
"That's not necessarily true. Just wait till I develop a light-speed horse."
"I'll take you on horseback to Jiaozhou to eat freshly picked coconuts."
Zhao Yun was stunned:
"Light-speed horse? What kind of horse is that?"
Yun Yi grinned and explained:
"A very special horse that can inherit the special magic power of the previous generation."
"Generation after generation, its speed will become faster and faster until it can even compete with light."
"Even if it is tens of thousands of miles, it can travel back and forth in just a day and even less."
Hiss! As soon as the voice fell. The eyes of everyone present were widened. It was hard for them to imagine it in their minds. Tens of thousands of miles in just one day? Doesn't that mean that by riding this kind of horse, they can go to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu by the evening?
It is really worthy of being a god! They began to fantasize about traveling around the world and seeing the scenery of many thousand miles of China in one day.
Yun Yi looked at their expressions and couldn't help but wonder if the light-speed horse could travel to another continent. After all, the flash was able to run on water very easily, maybe the horse could too, right? In addition, since he can give other people armor, he wondered if he could equip the horse with a frost walker enchanted boots.
Yun Yi sighed, he looked around and couldn't help but wonder how lucky he was. Drinking coconut juice, eating grilled fish, and sunbathing. Life is really comfortable, especially when he never got to have this kind of leisure before crossing.
In the society of the future, everything passes by too fast. Prenatal education, Kindergarten education, elementary school , Junior high school, high school, college, graduate school...
Every year is more important than the last. After graduating with great difficulty, you have to hurry up to find a job. After finding a job, you have to consider getting married and having children. After getting married and having children, you have to prepare the next generation and the cycle continues.
Generation after generations like a machine. You must follow the established procedures step by step from birth to death. Life should not be like this. Everyone should live out their own splendor.
That's why Yun Yi likes to play MC very much.
In it, it's like starting a new life. Adventure, mining, building a home, fighting monsters...
There's no need to follow the established procedures, you can play however you want.
You can even go to a village and rob them instead of playing according to the normal way.
Or you can invite three or five friends to have fun in the open world of MC.
Yun Yi smiled, reminiscing about the past. He and his friends had done many things and had a lot of fun. For example, using a bug to block the explosion ability of the creeper then turning it into a harmless pet which follows you around.
Or you can place TNT under a friend's home then use redstone technology to make them blow their own house up. Or you can use commands to create a human cannon ball.
You would sit on the mine cart then use commands to continuously accelerate on a closed track. Finally, you adjust the direction instantly and fly through the edge of the track and soar into the sky. He vividly remembers the laughter of everyone in the game channel at that time.
Sigh~…Memories really make people old.
Yun Yi shook his head, then took out an iron sword from his inventory and cut the papaya on the table a few times into four even pieces.
He took out the round black seeds and handed them to them:
"This is papaya, try it, it tastes pretty good."
Most of the fruits of this era have not been improved by selective breeding yet and they aren't what they were in the future so papaya is not that sweet. But it is sour and sweet which is a unique taste.
Yun Yi the. handed each of them a mango. It was sent from Jiaozhou in the south to Jizhou in the north. This mango has been ripe for a long time, so it tastes very soft and sweet.
Zhao Yun, Zhao Yu and Zhao Yan have never eaten such sweet fruit. They took the mango core and sucked it. When they took it out of their mouths, the mango core had been sucked clean.
After eating and drinking, they sat on the stone bench, looking quiet and leisurely. At this time, Zhao Yun, Zhao Yu and Zhao Yan suddenly scratched their lips.
"Strange, why do I feel a little itchy in my mouth?"
"Mmm? Me too."
"Yeah, and my throat feels like it's blocked by something, and it's getting hard to breathe."
Suddenly, the three people felt more and more uncomfortable. They have itchy lips and difficulty breathing. Their faces also turned red, and a series of tiny rashes appeared in the red area.
They are allergic! Yun Yi also reacted immediately. Theoretically, everyone will be allergic to mangoes. The reason why people in later generations do not show allergic symptoms is because the Huxia people have been eating mangos for generations.
(Couldn't fact check this)
As a result, they were desensitized by eating.
However, it is still the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Mangoes only exist in small quantities in Jiaozhou and other places. Desensitization by eating? No one has eaten it yet, how can it be desensitized?
Unfortunately, he has used up the last bit of milk he had so Yun Yi immediately said to the three of them:
"Stay put, I'll go get some milk."
"If it starts to become unbearable, you can eat some cooked fish."
Allergy is a physical condition so milk can easily eliminate it. Cooked fish certainly cannot eliminate physical conditions, but it replenishes satiety and blood area. With the supplement of cooked fish they will be fine for a while. At most, their lips will itch and numb, and their breathing will be a little uncomfortable.
As long as they drink milk, the allergy will be cured immediately. Afterwards, Yun Yi ran out of his villa and went straight to Zhao An's house.
"Feng'er, hurry up, what are you packing that's taking you so long? You're not going to live there. You don't need to bring everything with you."
Zhao An looked at Zhao Feng who was packing in the house and urged him,
"Besides, Lord God said that you can go find him after you build the waterwheel for Xinghua Village."
"With your slowness, who knows when you'll actually have the time to see him?"
Zhao Feng raised his head and looked at Zhao An who kept urging him helplessly.
Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. Do you really think that the waterwheel is so easy to build? Just a few words and it can be done in one day? How is it possible! It takes at least three days to build all the parts of the waterwheel.
Why can the waterwheels in Zhaojiazhuang be erected in just one day? It's not because the craftsmanship skills of Zhaojiazhuang are so strong. It's because he had prepared all the parts of more than a dozen waterwheels a few years ago.
Originally, it was planned to use the waterwheel to divert the water from the Hutuo River into the ditch instead of slowly watering by manpower.
But when the drought came. The Hutuo River almost dried up and the waterwheel became useless. So, they could only be placed in the warehouse and gather dust.
Until now, the gods have brought unlimited water sources but if you want to take water from the unlimited water source, you still need manpower to actively carry it.
These parts of the waterwheel finally came in handy and replaced the human manpower to carry water. But this trip to Xinghua Village was different.
He had nothing right now and all parts had to be made from scratch. Plus, he didn't know how many people in the Chu family and the Xiahou family had craftsmanship.
He didn't know how skilled these people were.
So if he wants to build the waterwheel as quickly as possible. He must do the preliminary preparations well. Especially the manufacturing drawings of various tools and waterwheels.
There are many craftsmen in the Chu family and Xiahou family in Xinghua Village who are all skilled. Then he can show them the blueprints and divide the work and cooperate.
With several people working all together, it won't take long before all the waterwheels are completed. Even if they do not have many craftsmen who are proficient, they can also ask the more experienced ones to refer to the drawings and help make some parts that are not difficult to make.
The remaining parts that are more difficult to make and the overall assembly will be completed by him which will make things faster.
"Dad, I'm not slow, your the one in such a hurry"
Zhao An said angrily:
"You brat! Your father is concerned about you. The Gods have paid attention to you so you need to fix your attitude. "
"Instead of acting as if it doesn't matter like you are now"
Zhao Feng came out carrying a huge box:
"Dad, I know you care about me."
"But I don't care about that, I don't think the Lord God is the kind of being who likes to be over-flattered."
"As long as I do my job well, follow my dream, and keep myself grounded, Lord God will naturally not ignore me"
Zhao An was a little disappointed:
"You, you, aiya, I'm talking to a stone wall.."
At this time, a voice came from behind them.
"Chief Zhao An, I think Zhao Feng is right, dreams can change the world and hard work will bring prosperity."
"Ah, Lord God, why are you here?"
Zhao An turned around and saw Yun Yi walking into the yard with a smile.
He bowed respectfully. Zhao Feng also put down the big box in his hand and bowed to Yun Yi. Though they could've just greeted why the hand saluted, it's still better then kneeling and kowtowing he guessed.
Yun Yi stepped forward and patted Zhao An on the shoulder:
"Chief, your ideological thinking needs some improvements. But never was that, I came to ask what livestock you have in Zhaojiazhuang now? I need to use them as a medium to perform some magic."
Hearing this, Zhao An nodded quickly:
"Thank you, Lord God, for pointing out my problem. I will definitely correct it carefully in the future."
"We have all the livestock there, which livestock do you want, My Lord?"
Yun Yi thought for a while and said:
"Cows, sheep, pigs and rabbits."
These livestock can interact with wheat or carrots. They can reproduce under the rules of MC. He originally wanted horses but after thinking about the conditions required for horse reproduction, he thought it was better to leave it for the time being.
Horses will only reproduce after eating golden apples or golden carrots, he has both apples and carrots but no gold.
Gold is not easy to find. Iron ore is very common in reality and you can find a lot of it by just digging in any place but gold mines are very rare.
Unless you are extremely lucky, you may not find gold mines even if you dig to the other side of the earth. Anyway, he didn't pay attention to where there are gold mines in China before he crossed over but he did see a short video that he accidentally saw.
There seem to be many gold mines in Qilu. Unfortunately, Qilu is a bit far from Changshan County in Jizhou and there's no one to guide him there. Unless a gold mountain is right in front of him, he can't recognize what the gold mine looks like.
Gold generally has high value and breeding a horse requires using golden apples or golden carrots on two adult horses.
Golden carrots require nine gold nuggets and one carrot to make while Golden apples require nine gold ingots and one apple to make. Even with the cheapest golden carrots. It takes eighteen gold nuggets to breed a horse.
Given the wealth of Zhaojiazhuang, breeding seven or eight horses would probably drain them out so it's better to buy a horse in reality.
Horses in reality are not cheap either but it certainly doesn't need eighteen gold ingots to buy it.
In conclusion, if he wants to test the reproduction of horses and cultivate light-speed horses, he still has to dig more until he encounters gold.
Zhao An then said truthfully:
"We have chickens, cows, and sheep, but no rabbits. However, there are many rabbits in Taihang Mountain, and we can organize a team to catch them"
Yun Yi waved his hand:
"No need, if there's none, then it doesn't matter. Bring the livestock to my villa yard, oh, and remember to bring two of each kind."
Zhao An was about to leave, and suddenly asked again:
"That... Do you need one male and one female?"
It was tested before on his first milking. MC rules do not discriminate between male or female. Bulls can also be milked so two bulls should also be able to reproduce calves under the effect of MC wheat.
But just in case, Yun Yi still said:
"Try to have one male and one female. If there are really none, two males or two females is also fine"
Zhao An nodded and went out. Then, Yun Yi turned his head and looked at Zhao Feng:
"What you said before was very accurate and far sighted."
Zhao Feng grinned:
"Thank you for the compliment, Lord God."
"I see you need to take so many things. Here, it'll make things more convenient."
Yun Yi took out an empty MC chest, "you can have this chest, although the size is a bit troublesome it should be better then the one your carrying"
"Plus, the capacity inside it is much larger"
Zhao Feng's eyes lit up:
"Lord God, is this the storage treasure chest that can hold many things inside?"
Yun Yi nodded: "Yes, you should have seen it.
When Zhao Yun and Zhao Yan came back from Taihang Mountain before, I gave Zhao Yun a chest to carry wolf corpse in"
In the end, he did not take the chest back. It was given to Zhai An by Zhao Yun.
Zhao Feng grinned:
"I have seen it but my father treasures it very much. Anyone who gets close can only look at it but not touch it."
"Now the chest has been used to store food with a short lifespan."
"The chest is really effective. Hot food will continue to stay hot even when you take it out so we no longer have to worry about food going bad in the future."
Yun Yi nodded slightly. This is considered to be making the best use of it. There were no refrigerators in ancient times so many foods were either made into dry food or pickled with salt.
The purpose is to extend the shelf life of food as much as possible. Now there are magical chests that can keep food fresh forever, especially meat"
With this chest, the Zhao family also has the opportunity to eat fresh meat frequently.
Taking the chest from Yun Yi. Zhao Feng put all the items in his hand into the chest and smiled happily.
Yun Yi suddenly reminded:
"See the lock in the middle of the chest? You can touch the lock to set a password."
"Except for me, only those who know the password can open this chest. Otherwise, the chest cannot be opened no matter what."
"Even if it's destroyed by force, they will get nothing in the end."
Zhao Feng's eyes almost lit up when he heard this: "Thank you for the grace, My Lord, Feng'er will never forget it."
Yun Yi waved his hand: "Don't be grateful to me, just remember your own words, be down-to-earth, and prove yourself with your actions."
Zhao Feng nodded and bowed respectfully again. "Yes, Feng'er will always remember it."
Then, Yun Yi prepared to return to his villa.
Before leaving, he said to Zhao Feng: "remember to stop by my place when your finish"
Zhao Feng nodded as he watched the god leave.