Autumn ploughing is deep, spring ploughing is shallow, spring ploughing is like turning cakes, and autumn ploughing is like digging wells. Spring ploughing is one inch deep, and it can be used to top dung. Spring ploughing is unwilling to be busy, and the face is hungry and yellow after autumn. After the beginning of spring, and the Spring Festival has passed, every household is really busy.

In order to prevent the simplification of crops and the ability to resist natural disasters, the government has repeatedly issued edicts requiring that the south cannot have a single rice crop. The yield of rice is high, but once there is a dry year, there is no reservoir dam like modern in the Song Dynasty, which can transport water over long distances, and farmers can only stop producing and harvesting.

Since the Han Dynasty, the official family persuasion will require the village community to build soil cattle, the land cattle is a symbol of spring persuasion to ploughing, this ancient formalism is equivalent to the banner hanging on the wall today: every family raises cows, get rich without worrying, plant greenhouses, and get rich quickly. This kind of earth ox is generally three feet six inches high, symbolizing thirty and sixty days, eight feet four inches at the head and tail, nearly twenty-four solar terms, and a grass hut should be built on the head of the earth ox to shelter from the wind and rain.

He Lu is building earth cattle year after year, but the enthusiasm of the people to farm is getting lower and lower, and now the earth cow built in Lichun is like a mule that is about to starve to death, looking without any spirit, and there is no high pile of dung made by peasant women.

Emperor Taizong called on local officials in Jiangnan, Jinghu, Liangzhejiang, Fujian and other prefectures to promote crops such as millet, millet, soybeans, barley, and barley, and the government distributed seeds to plant these northern crops in these southern areas without tax.

Because there was no tax on the cultivation of these grain crops, after the promotion of the imperial court, after a long period of crop domestication, the crops in the north adapted to the climate of the south, and also obtained a bumper harvest in the south. In addition, the war in the north and the migration of a large number of people to the south, they still like to eat the crops of the north, so gradually, there are more dryland crops in the south.

However, after all, the seeds distributed by the government are limited, and they will not be popularized on a large scale, but will only be distributed as a kind of war preparation food. Rice has relatively high requirements for land, most of which are in the hands of large households, and small farmers cannot grow paddy fields, so they guard a few acres of dry land every year and grow some grain to pass their stomachs. Or take the beaten grain to the market and exchange it for some white rice.

Because it can be sold in the market, individual farmers or restaurants will also buy a little farm vegetables, and will also plant some leeks, alfalfa, turnips, castors, garlic ginger, rape and other crops in the field, and plant them according to the time, try not to let the land be barren and increase a little income.

The peasant family planted according to the time of year throughout the year, worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, and the slightest locust drought caused them to lose their gray hair, not because they did not work hard to take care of it, but because the manpower was weak and could not overcome nature.

At this time, if you don't get busy, this place will really be wasted. In the fields, the farmers are busy wielding hoes and water, watering the land, and testing plows for ploughing. He Baozheng and He Sanshu are now immersed in their fields all day long, and they don't come back until the sun sets in the evening, and Liang Chuan has no chance to pull him to chat. I can only honestly stay in the yard and chop wood.

On this day, Liang Chuan followed as usual, alternating between big axes and small axes in his hands, chopping firewood quickly. Lao Cai, the housekeeper of the Zheng family, suddenly came to the door of Liang Chuan's house in a carriage. A subordinate drove the carriage, the horse's hooves clicked, and Lao Cai was alone in the carriage, and there was no one else.

Lao Cai went all the way, and Liang Chuan also asked Ye Xiaochai to pour him a bowl of water. Lao Cai finished drinking the water and told Liang Chuan about renting the Zheng family's clothes shop in the Zheng family a few days ago.

Liang Chuan thought that he would go to Zheng's Mansion in a few days to talk about it, but he didn't expect that this old servant would come to the door by himself, and he should have received instructions from Master Zheng.

Lao Cai said: "Zhang Daguan, my lord agrees to rent the shop that the original shopkeeper Xu was responsible for to you, but there are a few conditions, one cannot be used as a traitor in the shop, used to do illegal and undisciplined work, and the other can not be demolished and built in the shop without permission, the house is an old house, and it may collapse if it hurts its muscles and bones." The third is that you can't make a living from the Zheng family, otherwise you will take back the shop and ask you to find another home. You can do it, and if you can, we'll go to the shop right away. ”

Several requests are reasonable requirements, how can Liang Chuan not agree. At the moment, he called Ye Xiaochai and went to Fengshan with him to see the shop he was about to rent. Lao Cai invited the two of them to get into the carriage together, and it was too time-consuming to walk.

There is a distance from He Lu to the middle of Fengshan. Lao Cai worked in the Zheng family when he was a child, from the servant at the bottom to the current housekeeper, and when he went out in Fengshan, he also had a head and a face, and everyone would say hello to Steward Zheng. But since I met this offspring, it's different, this offspring is very polite to him, but he won't take the initiative to get close. He is a person with vision, and even his master's brother-in-law is so polite to this farmer in He Lu, and if he fights for strength, he is not comfortable.

At the moment, in the same car, he could only sit opposite each other in the carriage, and it was quite boring to stare at him with big eyes, so Lao Cai simply closed his eyes and recuperated for a while. Liang Chuan dangled in the car for a while, Lao Cai didn't speak, as if he didn't see him, he took the initiative to talk to Lao Cai and said, "Steward Cai, you have been in Zheng Mansion for some years." ”

Lao Cai didn't expect Liang Chuan to take the initiative to answer him, because he intuitively felt that Liang Chuan was a capable and temperamental person, and his temper was a bit big, he had been to Liang Chuan's house a few times, and he fully felt that Liang Chuan's difference was different. He didn't expect Liang Chuan to ask this question, and replied lightly: "I have been in the Zheng family all my life, and I have followed my father and grandfather since I was sensible, and I have forgotten how long it has been." ”

"Awesome, awesome." Liang Chuan looked at Ye Xiaochai and nodded, both of his eyes revealing a look of surprise and admiration. "If we can settle this matter today, do we have to sign a contract or a contract or something." Liang Chuan asked weakly.

Lao Cai's eyes slowly opened, looked directly at Liang Chuan, and asked neatly: "Are you worried that when you wait for the next deed to sign, my identity is not qualified and I can't sign the deed on behalf of the Zheng family?" ”

Lao Cai's words were too direct, Liang Chuan didn't mean that originally, there was no trace of hip-hop on his face, there was no posture of slowing down his face after being exposed, and he said seriously: "Manager Cai, I don't question your identity, and I don't worry about who signs and draws on that deed, it doesn't matter if I sign it or not, business letter is the first, your Zheng family is the first big signboard in Fengshan, I won't worry about this." ”

Liang Chuan continued: "You are the old man of the Zheng family, even the big and small families of your family respect you like their own relatives, how dare I be disrespectful to you." ”

Ye Xiaochai also helped to say good things: "Yes, Steward Cai, our owner is not that kind of person with the eyes of power, and he will never have this kind of thought." ”

"Then why do you ask?"

"I just want to see if I can settle this matter once and for all today. Since you took the initiative to come to Helu to find me, you must be full of sincerity, and I also have a lot of desire to rent your shop. If you have to toss a few more times, not to mention the long way back and forth, it will be a waste of time, and you are afraid that your old man will be affected. ”

This is quite passable, and Lao Cai responded slowly: "My young lady is already waiting for the two of you in Xu's shopkeeper's shop." It should not be surprising that the big and small families rely on you so much. ”

The carriage walked on the bluestone slab of the market street in Fengshan, and the wheels collided with the ground with a rhythmic clicking sound. I don't know who built the bluestone road in Fengshan, it is really good, a road has raised the grade of the entire township by several grades, and there is no need to go on the muddy road when it rains, so as to benefit the people. Even Xinghua County can't find a few such good roads.

"Phew-", the groom said softly outside the carriage: "Steward Cai, it's here." ”

Lao Cai answered and wanted to pull the car curtain, but Liang Chuan took the initiative to pick it up and let Lao Cai get out of the car first. A small action made Lao Cai's eyes look at Liang Chuan a little kinder. Zheng Ruoying was standing at the door of the store with her hot cousin Zheng Yuzhi waiting at the moment.

Zheng Ruoying was full of joy when she saw Liang Chuan get out of the car, she didn't know why, she always felt that this man was different from other people, and he always exuded a unique charm. Liang Chuan jumped out of the car, Ye Xiaochai followed, and reached out to help Ye Xiaochai again.

When Zheng Ruoying saw Ye Xiaochai also coming over, her face was obviously unfriendly, as if there was naturally a hostility between women and her kind, and her face suddenly pulled down. This woman can speak better than Liang Chuan's main room, the key posture is not bad, she is a subordinate, she follows Liang Chuan's ass every day, and she thinks she is Liang Chuanna's concubine if she doesn't know!

Liang Chuan didn't have the time to pay attention to the expression on Zheng Ruoying's face now. For the first time, he walked to the intersection of this township in the north of Fengshan, and the flow of people and passengers here was several grades worse than the core area of the lower pavilion, as if he had opened a shop in Helu, sparse and lifeless. The bluestone slabs on Fengshan Street were just broken at the door of this shop, and the wind outside blew up gusts of dust.

There are two trees planted at the entrance of the market, and on the right is a willow tree, the buds on the wicker have been pulled out, and ten thousand green silk silk made of jasper hang down. On the left is a pine tree, with bent branches and green leaves, and the seasons are normal. The two trees are slim, as large as a car cover, with thick trunks, and they are quite old. The small pavilion under the willow tree, which was about to collapse, did not even have a name.

Look at this shop again, the stump in front of the store has been taken down, and there is only a bare flagpole left. The signboard on the door was also removed, leaving a clear mark on the place where the sign was signed. The size of the shop is no different from the others, the door panels are closed and locked tightly, this house is a duplex structure, there is a small attic upstairs, the structure is good, but the house is a bit old.

"Go knock on the door and open it." Zheng Ruoying instructed a servant to enter through the back door, and to remove the door panel before entering the store. At this time, the shops used long thick wooden boards as the door of the store, first, the iron was expensive to install the door, and secondly, the door width could be increased. The servant removed the door panel piece by piece and placed it on the wall.

Zheng Ruoying led Liang Chuan in. There are also many unsold paper made of gold and silver utensils in the shop, which are placed on the floor and shelves in a distinct manner. If you don't have to use these objects, who likes to come to this kind of store on weekdays.