This Zhuangzi in the north of the Anping Marquis Mansion is called Goutou Village, and the Zhuangtou is called Wujin. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info lives in a three-entry courtyard. When she saw the carriage of the Hou Mansion, the woman who was talking to someone at the door thought that it was the young lady of the family who had come to the Grange to have fun. When Mama Fang got out of the car, the woman hurriedly called someone to call Zhuangtou, and led Manyan and others into the door. The woman is the daughter-in-law of this village, known as the daughter-in-law of the martial family.

Man Yan had already inquired a little about Mama Fang in the carriage, and saw that this courtyard looked spacious and bright, with everything in place, and there were washed melons and apricots on the square table in the house, which was not as poor as the daughter-in-law of the Wu family who cried when she went to the Hou Mansion.

Man Yan said to eat first. After driving for so long, Zhao Da and Liu Wu were hungry and tired. After waiting for more than half an hour, one plate after another of hot dishes was served on the table, stir-fried reed with meat, kung pao chicken, pot roasted carp, shrimp scrambled eggs, silver sprout quilt, bean skin rolls, fried bamboo shoots, fried eggplant, steamed eggs, fried pea seedlings, full of tables, made up a perfect one. Man Yan ordered a few meat dishes and brought them to the small table for the coachman, leaving only a fried reed and vegetarian vegetables on the big table. She doesn't eat meat either, but picks up reeds and eats them. In modern times, her favorite food is artemisia, and the things that have not been eaten in the Marquis of Anping have actually come to this Zhuangzi to eat.

The emperor is big when he eats, and he has to talk about big things after eating. Zhao Da and Liu Wu both gulped the rice into their mouths, secretly happy, who thought that following the third lady out this time could improve the food, but it could be regarded as picking it up. Everyone let go of eating, and this meal can be described as satisfying, except for the two heads of the village.

After stuffing two mouthfuls of rice indiscriminately, Wu Jin's face was blue and red, and he didn't know why Mama Fang was silent. His daughter-in-law was even more remorseful, she knew that she should have made only a plate of vegetarian fried reeds for the third lady, but all those vegetables went into the stomachs of the subordinates, and there was nothing left after eating, so that their intestines were rotten. That plate of artemisia was just picked from the ground this morning, and I haven't eaten it at home. With such a heavy grudge, the daughter-in-law of the martial arts family can't pretend to be smiling. Fortunately, someone came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, so they could cover up one or two.

Mama Fang received the look from Manyan and asked, "Didn't you say that the harvest of Zhuangzi was not good, I see that there are a lot of vegetables and fruits." ”

Wujin's daughter-in-law argued, "The harvest of Zhuangzi is indeed not good, if you don't believe it, you can go to the field to see it yourself." So many acres of land to get these vegetables and fruits, how much? ”

Mama Fang glanced at him, "Hmph, didn't you say that I would also go to the field to see." ”

Wu Jin didn't make a sound, and his daughter-in-law still wanted to argue a few words, "Mama Fang, what is your ......identity?"

As he was talking, a man broke in from outside, who seemed to be the head of Goutou Village, and shouted: "Wuzhuangtou, it's not good, it's not good, your young master is surrounded by Hu San and others, I'm afraid I'm going to be beaten." ”

Wu Jin's face was dark, and he shouted, "That dog mongrel, dare to come to Lao Tzu to play prestige, send him to the official mansion and kill him......" While scolding and muttering, he waved his hand to summon people to rush out.

As soon as he walked out of the courtyard gate, a young student with a group of tenants was already waiting there.

That later life is Hu San, he has always been bold, and this time he risked his life to seek justice for the villagers. I saw him dragging Wu Wei's clothes out of the crowd, with an impassioned expression, "The surname Wu, if you don't invite someone from the main family, you will kill your son today." My Hu San's life is very cheap, but your son is half a young master, think about it. Today, I dare to roll up my sleeves, and I don't plan to leave a way for myself to live. ”

Wu Jin trembled with anger, "You...... You ......" He had to get rid of the troublemaker, so he suppressed his anger. "Brother Hu, if there is anything to say, I will listen to your grievances, and I will help you convey them to the master's family."

Hu San was surprised, when did this black-hearted Zhuang head bow his head and say soft words, and he didn't know if it was true or not. Looking back at the villagers behind him, all of them were yellow and thin, he shook off the hesitation in his heart and said loudly, "You don't have to say anything, we don't listen." As long as you send someone to the Hou Mansion to call someone from the main family, I will release your young master immediately. ”

The bell, who had been standing behind, walked out, "I'm the person next to the old lady of the Hou Mansion, what do you have to say?" ”

When everyone saw it, it was just a soft and delicate maid, and they all questioned in a low voice, "Can she be in charge?" ”

"She can't take care of it, I can." Mama Fang resolutely walked out of the crowd, her face was serious, and her back was straight. "I'm Mama Fang who serves the old lady."

At this time, everyone knelt on the ground, and Hu San also let go of the hand that bound Wu Wei and knelt down. "Mama Fang, we didn't make trouble, it was because we couldn't grow anything in the field, and now we have eaten the last meal, but Wuzhuang still wants to increase our rent."

"Yes, yes, Mama, you are okay, help us talk to the old lady, you see, my two sons are skinny."

Liu Er's mother pinched the shoulders of her son next to her, and her words were full of bitterness.

Man Yan saw that the child's arms were thin into reed branches, and the sleeves that were pulled out looked empty.

Mama Fang was furious in her heart, Wu Jin, a deceitful thing, raised the rent for the tenants here, and asked the house to reduce the rent on the other side. If you hadn't come here, I wouldn't have known what was going on. was about to tell the tenant the truth, but Hu San said, "Mama Fang, can you help us bring a message back to the Hou Mansion, we want to exchange the dead rent for the live rent." We really can't pay the rent this time, can we wait for the autumn to make up for the output from the fields? ”

Mama Fang knew that the annual rent of Zhuangzi in Goutou Village was 300 taels, 30 acres of land, and the annual rent of 1 acre of land was 10 taels of silver. Last time, several daughters-in-law went to the old lady to say that it was difficult, and the old lady agreed to reduce it to eight taels of silver. She can't be the master of renting or renting, but she has to figure out how much rent is now.

"One acre of land, how much rent does Wuzhuangtou let you pay a year?"

"Twelve taels."

"Ten taels."

Mama Fang didn't smile. "Is there another kind of rent for one acre of land?"

It was that Hu San who answered. "At the beginning, it was originally a rent of ten taels per acre. But I don't know for some reason, the things grown on our side in the past three years are much less than those on Zhu Da and Zhengda's. And the soil of the field was red, and the wheat that was sown could not be reaped. Last year, there was not much rain, and the harvest was even less. After the autumn harvest last year, we asked Wuzhuangtou to help deliver the message to the house, wanting to reduce the rent a little. As a result, the rent on our side did not drop, but the rent on Zhu Da and Zhengda's side rose to twelve taels. Mama, don't you say that this is going to cut us off? I, Hu San, admit the punishment and just ask you to help our dozens of peasant families to plead for the master. ”

When Man Yan heard this, he suddenly became interested. "Mama, let him take our people to the fields."

Only then did everyone realize that there was a little girl standing behind.

Seeing that Manyan had already appeared, Mama said helplessly, "This is the third young lady of our Hou Mansion, who can be the master." As long as what you say is true, our Hou Mansion is not the overbearing family that oppresses the good. Get up and go to the fields. With that, he glared at the martial artist fiercely.

This group of people heard that they were the masters, and for a while the crowd was excited, and the surging waves of people rushed towards the fields.

The large fields I saw first were quite fertile, with clear ditches and ridges, and a bunch of green vegetables, which was very eye-catching. Further east, the crops in the fields began to thin out and begin to glow green, and further east were large scorched earth, some of which were almost bare, with the occasional willow and black locust tree standing abruptly.

Man Yan walked to a very bald field and took a closer look. The color of the soil is reddish, and the soil is cracked, which is the salinization of the soil. There are two conditions for the formation of saline-alkali soil: first, the climate is arid and the groundwater level is high; The other is low-lying and there is no way to drain the water. Man Yan looked at the vast mountains stretching not far away, and remembered that Hu San said that there was little rain last year, which really met these two points. In such land, wheat will definitely not be sown in April and May, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to harvest grains if planted. The villagers didn't seem to be lying.

But why is the land to the west so much better? You must know that land salinization is generally in patches, why is the east and west sides distinct? Unless, there is a change in the water table in a certain section. Manyan didn't know much about geography and geology, and couldn't figure out what the root cause of soil quality change was. However, she still has a way to improve the soil in saline-alkali land.

High school textbooks write that raw gypsum can be used as a saline-alkali land improver. Raw gypsum is a natural gypsum dihydrate, the main chemical composition is CaSO4・2H2O, and its improvement mechanism is a chemical formula: CaSO4 + Na2CO3 = CaCO? (precipitation) + Na2SO4. Gypsum reacts with Na2CO3 to form neutral Na2SO4, so it can reduce soil alkalinity in saline-alkali soils.

She walked around the land to the west two more times, and then led the tenants back to the courtyard of the village. Mama Fang told them that the rent of the eastern field was exempted this year, and the rent of the western field was still ten taels a year per acre of land, and the gang cheered and shouted like thunder. Man Yan asked Fuchen to quietly hand five taels of silver to Hu San, and asked him to take care of those tenants who couldn't even eat. Hu San directly spread the silver, and the people who got the silver were all grateful, and Liu Er's mother couldn't stop chanting, "The third lady is a living Bodhisattva." ”

The remaining question is how to deal with this Wujin. Mama Fang said that his family was an old man in the house, and Wu Jin's father had served by the old lady's side in the past, and then he was assigned to Zhuangzi.

Man Yan knows the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, and he doesn't want to kill them all. Grandmother is now in charge of the house, so it is better to be quiet than to move. After discussing with Mama Fang, he only asked Wu Jin to spit out the money he had concealed in the past few years, and he was punished with a big punishment. In the end, Wu Jin took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels. This is how the matter was revealed.