The next day, before the third watch, Chang Xiu taught people to prepare a carriage to go out of the city. That's it, he still feels that time is pressing. There are hundreds of miles of road back and forth this time, and when he is in the merchant Zhuangzi, when he comes back from finishing things, it may already be night.

But he didn't think he would be able to get things done with this trip. Alas, it is easy for others to ask for themselves, but it is difficult for them to ask for others! Whether Shang Yanshan knew about Lao Shizi's glass firing method is one thing, and whether he is willing to help in promoting the promotion of new agricultural tools and new practices. Shang Zida's identity is both the Shangzhu State and the actual county uncle, and he must avoid court affairs and political affairs, if he is unwilling to reach out to help, then no one can blame him for this. It is against the way of a friend to ask for help from him; But I can't help but open this mouth. He really can't help it! Liquor, glass, new farming tools and new methods, these three things are like three mountains, weighing heavily on his body, so heavy that people can't breathe. There is also the teacher's measurement of acres and inventory of floating households, which also makes him full of anxiety and uneasiness. As a close disciple, and also as a member of the imperial court, he knows very well what the teacher is doing now, one by one, Shang Yanshan once said, "This thing will kill many people"! However, it should not be shelved because it could have dire consequences. In Beijing alone, the officials and gentry have six or seven tenths of all the cultivated land, and it is obvious that the phenomenon of land annexation in Dazhao has deteriorated day by day, and the measurement of acres of land and the inventory of floating households has reached the point where it is imperative!

However, at present, the "Notice on the Acres of Nuclear Land" has only been promulgated in the world, and the matter of measuring the acres of land has just begun, and it has already shown signs of failure. From the imperial court to the localities, there were many obstacles everywhere. Even though they had long realized that things could not be done overnight, the difficulties were still far more severe than they had imagined. For example, the Ministry of Industry has promoted new agricultural tools and new practices, floating households without land and lower households with only a small amount of land have no surplus money to replace farm tools, and upper households with a large amount of land are unwilling to use money to replace farm tools for floating households and lower households; As for the middle households, their lives are quite passable, so naturally they have no idea of replacing farm tools, and it is too risky to change the farm tools and practices passed down from their ancestors with a word from the government. And no matter where they are, whether they are middle or low, they will always follow in the footsteps of the upper households, and follow suit. Even though the Ministry of Industry has tried out new agricultural tools and new methods in several counties in Beijing last year, and the results are remarkable, there are still few people who have applied for local promotion. Didn't the farmers see the increased harvest on those lands? There is no doubt that they saw it. But why are they just not willing to respond and change?

He knew that there must be some truth in this.

But he couldn't figure out what that was.

He sat in the dimly lit carriage, trying to keep his bloodshot eyes wide and bloodshot from lack of sleep, staring at the curtain hanging from the carriage door, as if trying to find an answer from the veil......

Because he was in a hurry, the carriage went very fast, and before the hour he saw the Zhuangzi of Princess Nanyang on the side of the official road. After crossing the river from the stone bridge, he walked upstream along the river. As he walked, he asked the coachman and his entourage to inquire about the merchant all the way.

I asked a few farmers who were hoeing soil in the fields, but no one knew that there was a merchant village nearby. However, a warm-hearted farmer pointed to a large bamboo forest to the north and said that there was a village over there that had just been renovated. However, the owner of the Zhuangzi seems to be a prince, and he has absolutely nothing to do with the county uncle or the like.

Chang Xiu remembered that he had heard someone say that the Zhuangzi given to Shang Cheng by the Son of Heaven was the property of an heir. The unlucky heir was the first person to be involved in the "Liu Lingtai Case" in the seventh year of the Eastern Era, not only was his family property confiscated, but he was also deposed as a concubine...... Yes, the merchant must be there!

Before he reached the bamboo forest, Chang Xiu knew that he was on the right path. On the side of the dirt road stands a large black stone, and the black stone is painted with white paint with three characters one by one.

He finally put some of his mind at ease. As long as you don't go the wrong way. Now, he only hopes that Shang Cheng will still stay in Zhuangzi and not teach him to pounce. However, there seems to be no place to go in this place, except for a Zhuangzi on the other side of the Xing River. He even prayed to God in his heart, hoping that Uncle Ying County would not learn from those poets and to do anything! Even if Shang Cheng suddenly came to have a leisurely ambition, it must not be today!

However, when the carriage came to the edge of the bamboo forest, it suddenly stopped.

The waiter of the Ministry of Works, who was in a hurry, asked angrily, "What's the matter?" ”

One of the attendants leaned down on horseback, leaned against the window of the car, and said, "My lord, there are a few Hu men blocking the road." ”

"Knock it out!" Chang Xiu said angrily. He didn't even bother to look ahead. A few people who turned into foreign Hu people actually dared to block the road, so don't blame him for being polite! Of course, if it was the people who were in the way, then it would be impossible for him to speak in this tone, regardless of whether these people were dealers on the merchant farm, or whether these people were upper households or floating households.

The three attendants, who had a rare opportunity to perform, immediately kicked their horses and stepped forward, raised their horsewhips, and crackled and waved them wildly.

Listening to those Hu people being beaten and howling indiscriminately, Chang Xiu suddenly felt a little unbearable. He knocked on the wall of the compartment, lifted the curtain of the car, and said impatiently: "Forget it, just let them suffer a little!" Then he said to the groom, who had already stood under the wheel and was holding the bridle of the horse, "It is important to hurry, let's go one by one!" ”

However, his kindness did not help. The bearded men were whipped and rolled all over the ground, but they just didn't get out of the way.

Chang Xiu was so angry with these Hu people who didn't know what to do when he boarded up that his hands and feet were cold. In the hinterland of the Central Plains, when will it be Hu Lu's turn to commit murder? He waved his sleeves, rarely ruthlessly, and said viciously: "You dare to stop it?" Fight to the death one by one! "Anyway, Hu people are not considered people, and if they are killed, they will be killed.

The groom whispered twice, holding the long whip, and whispered, "My lord, it seems to be a little strange. There's a bearded man lying on the side of the road......"

"Oh?" Chang Xiu looked in the direction pointed by the groom, and there was indeed a person lying under the barley on the side of the road. It seems that there is a reason why these Hu people can't eat and fight. He told his entourage to stop and prepare to inquire about the situation and see what was going on before dealing with it.

Of course, he wouldn't personally ask a few Hu people. The entourage picked out a guy who looked more pleasing to the eye from the Hu people, kicked it over, and then said: "Kneel well!" You have eaten bear heart and leopard gall, dare to intercept it? "It is worthy of being a person in the mansion of the article, this question is extremely true, whether it is right or wrong, first plant a charge of "interception in charge" on the heads of several Hu people. A few Hu people committed such a crime, and the lightest punishment was to eat twenty or thirty strokes of the cane.

The unkempt Hu man raised his head and was about to answer, when he was immediately whipped on the shoulder.

"Talk with your head down!"

The guy immediately buried his head again.

The attendant who questioned him kicked again: "I asked you!" One by one, what is your intention in interception? ”

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A large series of grunting nonsense came down, and the three attendants looked at each other with big eyes, and no one understood what this guy said. Feeling that he had been fooled, the questioner kicked the Hu man to the ground with another kick, and waved his hand to whip it over: "Speak official words!" ”

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The attendant who asked the question no longer paid attention to him, picked a new guy and asked, "Do you know how to speak official language?" ”

"Strangler, strangled crushed. Le crush, slea (I, I will.) I'll be a little, I'll be a little) ......" the guy nodded vigorously.

Finally, someone can speak official language! Even if this guy's official words are difficult to read, it's always official words, isn't it? The attendant secretly breathed a long sigh of relief, and even his voice and tone soothed. He asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"Rest, rest, rest...... Lesome Tuseaa. Wo, Wo, Wo, Wo......" As soon as the guy who claimed to be able to speak official words spoke, he immediately taught the entourage to be dizzy. His two companions stiffened their faces, lest they might show a little smile and let off their might. The coachman had already tightened his whip and buried his head vigorously, smiling so hard that he shook his shoulders and shrugged. Chang Xiu, who was standing on the wheel and listening to them, couldn't help but wonder. He had already seen clearly, and he didn't know what it was, and he took a sackcloth bag and made holes in the four corners of his body and put it on his body; The hair and beard are also curly. Coupled with a long time of sleeping in the sun and rain, my face, arms and legs were black and I don't know how many layers of oil sludge were wrapped, and they were already hard and cracked. Just now, he was beaten by his entourage again, and he rolled on the ground covered in loess, which was even more dirty......

“…… Hit, hit, beat, fight, beat, beat. …… Le, Jay. Five. Plain. "That Hu man squeezed his eyebrows and made gestures, and at the same time tried hard to say the official dialect of God knows where, but in the end he really couldn't help it, and even the local dialect of his hometown came out." …… Episcopusfamelicum (The bishop is starving), I

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IMOX (he's going to die soon)! Fearing that his attendants would not understand his words, he spread out his left hand in front of his mouth, and then raised his right hand and kept digging in his mouth.

Now everyone understands. These Hu people ran out to block the road because they were hungry.

Chang Xiu shook his head, sighed and said, "Which of you brings dry food?" Throw a few pieces to them. One by one, the Buddha said that saving a life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, which can also be regarded as a matter of compassion. ”

A few pieces of dry and hard wheat cakes were exchanged for a few Hu people's continuous thanks. Although no one understands the "deus.be

Edicattibi (God bless you)" but their sincere expressions when they thanked him still lightened Chang Xiu's gloomy mood a little. However, when the Hu man who was lying on the ground was supported by his companion and gestured horizontally and vertically towards Chang Xiu, his good mood suddenly came to naught.

Just when a few Hu people who dared to draw "ghost talismans" at Lord Shilang were rolling in the dust and being beaten to the ground crying, Li Feng rushed over with two guards and a group of villagers. Li Feng saw this scene, and without saying a word, he asked a few Hu people to tie up firmly, and then came over to greet Chang Xiu.

Chang Xiu returned the salute indiscriminately, and asked first: "Is your general in the village?" ”

"In!"

Hearing that Shang Cheng was on Zhuangzi, Chang Xiu breathed a long sigh of relief. Only then did he ask about the origin of these Hu people.

Li Bong didn't know where these guys came from. He also heard just now that there were a few people outside Zhuangzi who did not look like people and ghosts, and Hu people who did not look like ghosts and ghosts blocked the road, and when they saw people, they mourned, so he hurriedly brought people over to see what was going on. He smiled and said to Chang Xiu that now the young lady is going door-to-door to tidy up the dilapidated houses for the tenants in Zhuangzi, and then she will dig ditches to build water conservancy, which is all a labor-heavy way to live, and these troublesome Hu people are just going back to do hard labor. With them, not only can the big animals in the village take a breath of relief, but also save a lot of wages!