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Winter is going to spring, and it's January in the blink of an eye.

The river thaws, everything recovers, the grass is new green, and the willows sprout.

Suddenly, as if overnight, the mountains and rivers are already full of spring, in the mountains and fields, the apricot blossoms and pear blossoms have been competing to open, in the slightly steep spring breeze Turui to compete for beauty.

The people who have been cats on the kang for a winter have also taken off their thick winter clothes and begun to plough and sow seeds in spring, and the winter wheat that has spent a winter has been more than a foot high, and the rows are neatly undulating with the wind in the spring breeze, full of green.

The wheat seedlings on both sides of the Xiaoqing River are verdant and green, and there are countless villagers driving cattle and horses to sow corn in spring between the fields.

"Lord Ridian, it seems that this year is bound to be a bumper year!"

"Yes, yes, Lidian's method of deep cultivation and sowing of refined seeds is really effective, the old man has lived a lifetime, and there has never been such a good wheat seedling!"

"If the wind and rain are smooth, there will be no problem with the yield of five stones of wheat per mu!"

Standing on the edge of the twenty acres of experimental fields in Qinghe Town, looking at the wheat seedlings with neat and strong branches and leaves, a large group of people such as Liu Po, Niu Quan, and Sanlao gathered around Chen Xu, and they all praised loudly with happy faces.

"Hopefully!" Chen Xu secretly sighed in his heart.

Qinghe Town under his strong leadership, eleven villages are equipped with a large number of farm tools and plough rakes and carts, so last year's winter sowing effect is very high, almost half of the farmland has adopted the planting method of accumulating fertilizer and deep ploughing, so the wheat seedlings are growing gratifying, but when I went to the county seat to meet Jiangbei Pavilion a few days ago, the situation was not optimistic, the whole Pheasant County may be less than one-third according to this planting method, and even a large number of farmland near the outside of Pheasant County is still the original slash-and-burn method, and the wheat seedlings are sparse and sparseIt doesn't look like weeds are as lush as it gets.

"Liu Quan, a few of you are going to various villages to supervise spring sowing recently, don't be lazy!"

"Lidian rest assured, we will definitely go down to inspect every two days, and all villages are strictly enforcing it, and no one will dare to be lazy!" The three pavilion chiefs hurriedly surrendered their hands.

"Liu Erwa, you have to speed up the production of the wheelbarrow, you don't need to be delicate and good-looking, you just need to be strong!"

"Don't worry, we have enough wood to make five wheelbarrows a day!" After a winter, Liu Erwa, a carpenter who seemed to be a lot older, hurriedly said.

"The hemp pole should step up the construction of the axle of the wheelbarrow, as well as the iron hoe and shovel, and the ox three should speed up the weaving of bamboo baskets and rattan baskets!"

"Don't worry, my lord, we are processing every day, and we will definitely not delay the construction of Heti!" Iron sisal rod and carpenter Niu San all saluted together.

"Very good, the construction of the river was supposed to start before the winter last year, but the construction of the kang was delayed, but in order to ensure that the nearly 20,000 acres of farmland on both sides of the Xiaoqing River can get a bumper harvest, this river must be repaired before the rainy season."

"Lidian rest assured, we have already been notified of this matter from door to door in the town, and everyone is very enthusiastic and happy, just waiting for the adults to give an order, absolutely no one will be lazy!" You Zhu Liu Po clenched his fists with a serious face and said loudly.

"Then notify it, it will officially start in three days, register by household, each household must have at least one strong laborer, I subsidize five yuan a day for men, and three yuan for healthy women, and at the same time pass it on, if someone in the village below voluntarily comes to participate in the construction of Heti, the subsidy is the same, and the daily subsidy is one pound of coarse grain!"

"It's not okay, it's okay to replenish food, but it's too much to pay back!" A large crowd hastened to speak.

"I have my own claim on this matter, last year's vinegar wine and sugar in the wine workshop, the porcelain in the pottery workshop, and the sweaters and scarves made of wool by the weavers in the town were sold a lot in Wancheng, and I kept the money uselessly, and everyone can subsidize the family after the repair, and every household can get more than 100 dollars after the repair, which is the last thing I did for everyone before leaving, and it should also be to express my gratitude and help to the parents and villagers in Qinghe Town." Chen Xu waved his hand and said.

"Big ...... My lord...... You...... What did you just say? After a large group of people were stunned for a long time, Liu Po stammered and asked.

"A few days ago, I went to the county seat, the county magistrate has officially informed me, in March I will go to Wancheng County Shoufu as a government official, so this construction of the embankment may also be the last thing I can do for Qinghe Town, I hope you will work together, work hard, and build my Qinghe Town into a stable and prosperous place, both sides of the Xiaoqing River are anointed soil, as long as there is no flood, there will be a bumper harvest every year, and it is near the river, after the construction of the embankment and waterway, drainage and irrigation are also very convenient, In your spare time, you can open up more grain fields and build our Qinghe Town into a granary, so that you will have endless food every year in the future, and you don't have to worry about being hungry when you don't have a green and yellow crop! Chen Xu said with a smile.

A group of people with heads and faces in Qinghe Town were stunned in an instant.

"Your Excellency...... You...... You can't go, what are we going to do if you're gone? Liu Po's expression suddenly became extremely anxious.

"Yes, Lord Ridian, you are our backbone, and you are gone...... This Qinghe town is ...... It's never going to get any better! Liu Erwa grabbed Chen Xu's arm tightly, and tears rolled in her old eyes.

"My lord, you left the elementary school...... What about elementary school? Niu Quan also said loudly without the owner of the six gods.

Seeing that a group of people were a little emotionally out of control because of excitement, Chen Xu was also quite emotional in his heart, and hurriedly comforted him: "I won't leave immediately, there is still more than a month, during this time, I will try my best to arrange the things in the town, and everyone will do it according to my arrangement in the future, and I have already agreed with the county magistrate, the summer grain and autumn grain tax in the future will be collected according to what I said last year, and it will definitely not be overcharged, and the town's lidian will also be recommended by me, and the appointment letter will be issued at that time, so during this time, everyone is working at the same time, Let's also discuss with each other to see which one is suitable for Danglidian, which can lead everyone to continue to build Qinghe Town into a better place! ”

"Your Excellency...... Can you not leave, we thousands of people in Qinghe Town will only serve you, and no one can serve the public! Liu Po said excitedly.

"Liu Po, Lord Lidian has a bright future, how can he stay in our poor countryside for the rest of his life!" Old man Chen spoke, and a group of people slowly came to their senses, but they all looked at Chen Xu with blank eyes.

"Lidian, since the county magistrate asked you to recommend it, we won't choose it, you see which one is suitable for Lidian, and we will all listen to him in the future!" Another old man among the three elders said directly.

Chen Xu looked around for a while, and finally his eyes fell on Niu Dashi, who was standing behind the crowd with Yu Wuya, and hesitated slightly and said, "What do you think of Dashi?" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look at Niu Dashi together.

Niu Dashi shook like an electric shock, turned his head creepyly, looked at everyone's straight eyes and stammered, "Everyone...... What do you think I'm doing? ”

"Dashi, I recommend you to be the Lidian of Qinghe Town, do you have any opinions?" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"What?" Niu Dashi shuddered, and the lollipop in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

"Dashi, you will be the lidian of our Qinghe Town in the future, and all of us will listen to your arrangement!" Liu Po said to Niu Dashi.

"What do you think of Oishi? If you're not satisfied, I'll pick another one! Chen Xu said loudly.

"Don't choose anymore, just Dashi, he and Lidian grew up together, and everything in the town is well known, we are most at ease when he is Lidian!" Old man Chen spoke, and everyone nodded together.

"That's good, this matter is settled, after I leave, Niu Dashi will be your lidian, please help!" Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

Regarding letting Niu Dashi be a pawn, Chen Xu also thought about it and hesitated for several days.

Niu Dashi is down-to-earth and hard-working, hard-working, a typical peasant child, but he has some brain cancer, and it is generally no problem to arrange him to do things, but it is a bit too much to let him use his brain.

But the current situation of Qinghe Town does not need to use brains, each workshop has been basically prepared, just need to continue step by step, everything in Qinghe Town will be carried out slowly and orderly, and now as long as Chen Xu organizes the villagers to repair the embankments on both sides of the Xiaoqing River and solve the flood problem, Qinghe Town will become an absolutely peaceful and prosperous town once and for all.

Therefore, Li Dian doesn't need to be smart, the main thing is to be able to continue all Chen Xu's work, from this point of view, Niu Dashi is the best candidate, for everything Chen Xu said, Niu Dashi will definitely complete it meticulously, and the relationship between Niu Dashi and Chen Xu The people in the town also agree.

"Brother Xu, Lidian me...... I'm afraid I can't be good, or you should take me to Wancheng, or I can go back to Xiaohe Village!" After everyone dispersed, Niu Dashi said nervously.

"Wancheng, I'm afraid I won't stay long, so there's no point in you going, I let you be a pawn because I need a way out, so that I can have a place to stay in the future when I have to do it!" Chen Xu looked at the hurried green wheat fields on both sides of the Xiaoqing River, and said leisurely.

"Brother Xu, what do you mean? How do I ...... Why can't you understand? Niu Dashiyan looked at Chen Xu and said worriedly.

"Maybe one day you will understand, in fact, it is very good to pawn here, don't you see that I have been a good person for half a year, and You Jia, the three elders and the three pavilion chiefs and Niu Quan, they will help you, the only thing to do well in the future is to urge a few pavilion chiefs to go down on time to inspect the villages, deal with taxes and grains and forced labor, you have seen me do this, it is very simple......"

Chen Xu carefully told Niu Dashi some of his experiences as a pawn, and repeatedly told him about taxes and grain and forced labor, because in fact, as an official in this era, everything will be fine if these two things are done well, and Daqin's orders are basically centered on these two things, and the others can not be considered, whether they love to do it or not, there is no reward for doing it well, and no one cares if they don't do it well.