In the third year of Yonghui (652 AD), September 20, the hour of Mao.

Just after the fifth watch, according to the current situation, from 5 to 7 o'clock in the morning. It was five o'clock to five o'clock and five o'clock and fifteen o'clock, and it was not yet dawn. In Nancheng District, Wuzhou, the craftsman Hutong martial artist, like smoke, tried his best to sneak Wu Kang out of the bed.

Wu Kang yawned again and again, didn't stay up to cry, sat in front of the dresser with sleepy eyes, and let his head be played with like smoke. From the first egg breaking three days ago, I didn't sleep well for three consecutive days, and only slept four hours a night. Yesterday until late at night, it was not until late at night that all the chicks were processed and the data was counted.

The data is very touching, 1,500 eggs, 1,000 and 1 chicken babies hatched, and the bad egg rate reached one-third. Carefully inspect each of the bad guys, three hundred and eighty dead eggs, and the rest are all unfertilized. Non-fertile eggs, not to mention artificial incubation, hens can't hatch chicken babies.

How to judge whether eggs are fertilized is impossible in the Tang Dynasty, a wasteland of science, and it is also a worldwide problem for future generations. The only way is to incubate, incubate for five to seven days, and identify with an egg illuminator. There is no egg illuminator, and one way to the black bar.

Yesterday afternoon, I instructed Xu Sanjiao and Wu Yuan to put on a carriage and pull all the bad guys to the manure storage factory and pour them on the manure pile to ferment fertilizer.

Ruyan tied his hair in a bun, inserted a white hosta, and told Xiaocui to come in and change clothes. Toss and take care of his appearance, hang a horizontal knife on his waist, and walk out of the bedroom with a yawn. Out of the backyard to the front yard, Wu Yuan prepared the horse early, stirrups, saddles and other horse harnesses.

Riding on a horse and rushing to the state office, he didn't get out of the craftsman alley, he heard someone say hello, rubbed his eyes and found that it was Xu Sanjiao, so he threw the reins over and let him lead the horse. Listening to the sound of horses' hooves, I remembered the picture of yesterday's slap in the face, which was called a sour.

The second generation has long known that he hatches chicks, and has always been a laughing stock, and he has to laugh at every party, making fun of him for being whimsical. Wang Dalang put down cruel words on the spot, if he didn't use hens to hatch chicks, he would write his surname upside down. Wu Kang is too lazy to take care of him, what is the "king" upside down? also put down the cruel words, ride a donkey and read the record book and see!

Yesterday I invited them to visit and slapped them in the face! This group of people is thick-skinned and ruthless, and they beg for secret tricks with their dead skins. Wu Kang didn't want to monopolize either, so he drew the design of the kang and told him that the core of the kang is to control the golden temperature. It is recommended to find Langzhong to feel that 38 to 39 degrees is the temperature at which people are hot.

Dozing off in a daze, I heard Xu Sanjiao anxiously remind... When I looked up, I was scared out of my body. The Wuzhou leadership team has arrived, all dressed in formal clothes, all of them straighten their waists, and stand according to their ranks, like a pyramid that has been knocked down.

At the top of the pyramid, there is the thorn Shi Cui Yixuan, the old guy does not squint; The second layer, Wuzhou don't drive, Changshi, Sima. They don't have much real power, they are Cui Lao Fox's staff, idle officials placed by the imperial court.

When it comes to the official position of "Sima", Wu Kang always thinks of "Jiangzhou Sima Qingyi is wet", and he is not sure why Bai Juyi is crying. Is it for the ill-fated Pipa Girl? Or do you use the topic to play and complain that Sima is a pension official and cries because he is not reused by the imperial court?

The third layer is the record of the military, Lu Fu and Lu Huaiyuan, the real second-in-command of Wuzhou officialdom. After that, there are six Cao, Si Gong, Si Cang, Si Hu, Si Bing, Judicial, Si Shi and other six major join the army.

The name of the sergeant in the army is Wei Dingzhou, who is in charge of the development of Shanze and the affairs of the envoys. It is equivalent to the "Minister of Natural Resources" and "Minister of Organization" in later generations. The real power is quite large, and all the natural resources of Wuzhou, including minerals, forestry, rivers, etc., are under his control. Just took office this year, his family has not yet come, and the second generation of his family has not been able to enter the circle.

Finally, for the officials of various departments, as far as the eye can see, the black pressure is all people. Looking at the scene in front of him, Wu Kang's head was buzzing, and he almost rolled off his horse. This group of old foxes, what are you doing so early, making the major bosses wait for a long time, Lou Zi stabbed quite a lot.

Trembling and dismounting, handing over the reins to Xu Sanjiao, forcibly suppressing the anxiety in his heart, he walked quickly to Cui Yixuan, bent down and bowed to the end. After turning his brain three times, he really couldn't find a suitable excuse, so he simply shut up and waited obediently.

However, the wind was calm, Cui Yixuan didn't put on a stand, but just said lightly: "Don't be formal, stand next to me." ”

Wu Kang did as he said, and instantly felt the needles on his back, and it is estimated that those people behind him are envious and jealous. But there is no way, in this position today, the little lady has absolute qualifications! In the next good play, the little master is the chief director.

Secretly proud, he looked at Xu Sanjiao, who was leading the horse and was stunned, and looked at him without a trace. The meaning is obvious, I'm fine, and you're even more fine. Xu Sanjiao raised his sleeves, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, tied the horse to the stable in the distance, tiptoed around the wall, and returned to the bad guards.

Half an hour of boring waiting, the sound of horses' hooves in the distance came, and the silence of the street seemed extremely harsh. The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and gradually the knight on the horse was clearly visible. He is a big man, with a full beard and a pair of big triangular eyes. This name is Yu Hongzhi, the commander of the regimental training in Jinhua County.

The so-called regimental training commanders, similar to the heads of the people's armed forces departments in various localities, are the commanders of the united forces. Solidarity soldiers, similar to the militia of later generations, were recruited into the army by the local government and did not register as a regular army. When the horses came closer, the officials went over to lead the horses, and Yu Hongzhi trotted over to report: "Cui Gong Rongyu, a large number of people gathered at the south city gate, do you want to open the city gate?" ”

Cui Yixuan estimated the hour and solemnly ordered: "Commander Yu, open the city gate in a quarter of an hour." After the people entered the city, the soldiers maintained order, and there was no chaos, let alone a stampede! ”

"Get the order", Yu Hongzhi took the reins and rode his horse to the south city gate.

Cui Yixuan took two steps forward, turned around and glanced at the officials, and said with a strained face: "After the people are assembled, all colleagues will perform their duties and act according to the plan. This agricultural support conference is the first in Wuzhou and the first in Datang! Ugly words are ahead, which link goes wrong, the tiger will be investigated to the end... Start preparing! ”

The old fox gave an order, and everyone began to get busy, and Wu Kang was the busiest. As the chief planner and director of the event, all the officials, bad people, and jailers arranged the venue in an orderly manner under his command.

In about ten minutes, the venue was set up. Wuzhou Yamen sits in the north and faces south, is the starting point of Dongming Avenue, and leads to the south gate in the south. Yesterday two wooden stakes were planted overnight, with planks on them, which are three meters six long and fifty centimeters wide.

A pair of words were pasted on the wooden board, and the book "The First Wuzhou Agricultural Support Conference" was written, and the dragon and phoenix danced iron painting silver hooks, written by Cui Yixuan himself.

Originally, it was the "First Chicken Sharing Conference", but the old fox disliked it and changed it to a farmer's conference. In front of the torii. There are long tables side by side, similar to the desks of later students, behind which are high chairs. These were all designed by Wu Kang himself, and he ordered people to work overtime to produce them.

There are a total of eleven seats, Cui Yixuan is in the middle and sits in the right position, on both sides are Beijia, Changshi, Sima, and Records to join the army, and on both sides are the six major soldiers. On the table was a thick stack of white paper. The governors sat down, and the officials performed their duties, waiting for the people to arrive.

In less than a quarter of an hour, roaring footsteps rang out, and the ground began to tremble. All the officials are like facing a great enemy, and they stick to their posts. All the bad guys went out, used hemp rope as a cordon, pulled out a square with a side length of three zhang, and surrounded the rostrum.

The crowd was like a flood beast, and the black pressure stopped outside the cordon. Led by five old men, all in their fifties, they are five miles in Lanyi Township. Lanyi Township, Jinhua County, is the township where some time ago, the bad guard was responsible for harvesting autumn.

The grassroots bureaucracy of the Tang Dynasty included neighbors, bao, li, and townships, and then counties and prefectures. Four households are one neighbor, and there is one neighbor chief; Five neighbors and one guarantee, one chief; Five guarantees and one mile, one in the middle; Wuli and one township, originally there was a township head, but it was revoked by the old president Li Er, and the five Li Zheng took turns to be the township head.

The one in the middle is surnamed Wang, and he also serves as the chief of their security. Wu Kang was very impressed by him, and the name "Wang Baochang" always reminded him of the teacher "Liu Luoguo Li Baotian". The last harvest and autumn cooperation was pleasant, and the welfare of the first batch of chickens naturally had to take care of their township.

The appearance of a sea of people, unable to see the edge at a glance, Wu Kang was very suspicious, did the five hundred households in their township pour out of the nest?

After receiving Cui Yixuan's instructions, he took the object handed over by Jiang Daniu, and the corners of his mouth twitched unnaturally. A sun-dried vegetable gourd, sawn from the belly, acts as a simple horn. Raise the horn to his mouth, and shout at the top of his voice: "Folks, please be quiet, the conference will start immediately, please keep quiet!" ”

The amplified voice was very loud, and when the crowd quieted down, Wu Kang then shouted: "A certain Wuzhou bad handsome Wu Kang, I am honored to be the host of the conference." Now I announce that the first Wuzhou Agricultural Support Conference has officially begun! The first item of the conference is sounded, the whip! ”

Jiang Erniu came over with a whip and snapped three whips.

Wu Kang continued to shout: "Three whips roar, the world is peaceful!" The second item of the conference, by the blue sky over Wuzhou, the respected Cui Thorn Shi Cui Gong, to all the folks, everyone warmly welcome! ”

A warm welcome is a warm applause, which is the signal of Wukang's agreement. Wuli Zheng had already arranged it, and immediately took the lead in applauding, and the applause was thunderous for a while. The Wuzhou bigwigs were stunned, Wu Kang's sycophants just now only made them despise, but now they are shocked.

Cui Yixuan encountered such a strange routine for the first time, and he couldn't keep up with the rhythm for a while. But the old fox was a human spirit after all, and soon had a way to do it, got up from his seat, and saluted the crowd with both hands in fists.

The applause was even more enthusiastic, and the old fox's face turned red, probably climaxing. After another moment of enjoyment, he pressed his hands down, and the applause gradually stopped.

Wu Kang handed over the horn, Cui Yixuan waved his hand, held his head high and said in an official tone: "Fellow villagers, I am very pleased. The first agricultural support conference is a grand event in Wuzhou! So what is protecting farmers? It is to help farmers and benefit the township! ”

The warm applause rang out again, which lasted for half a minute, Cui Yixuan pressed down with both hands, and said with full anger: "How to help the farmer?" How to benefit the township? The answer given by Wuzhou is to distribute chicks to every household! There are thousands of chicks in the state government, which were hatched by the judiciary and the Sicang yamen four days ago, and the state government decided to hand them over to the villagers to feed after discussion! ”

The nursery arranged by Wu Kang immediately applauded, and Wuli was following closely behind, and thunder erupted in the hall. Cui Yixuan's face was full of red light, and his smile couldn't be suppressed. The other bigwigs on the rostrum were all full of envy. The judiciary and the secretary of the army also straightened their waists, looking comfortable.

Wu Kang gave them the credit, just like hoping that the judicial Zheng fox would approve the bad guards to sweep away the evil and fight the evil; Woo Sicang Zheng Fox, find an opportunity to negotiate the issue of "city officials", and prepare for the second mountain to pick off the heads of Wuzhou merchants.

The applause stopped, and Cui Yixuan continued: "The chicks are handed over to you to feed, but they are not given away for nothing. Each household can get ten chicks, take them home to feed, half a year later the chicks grow up, to feedback to the state government, there are two plans. First, turn in a chicken, regardless of male or female; Second, pay 40 copper wen, that is, the price of an adult chicken. Do you understand one of the two options? ”

"Understood... We all understand...", the crowd shouted to the sky. In fact, they already knew that they were just playing on the spot at this moment! As early as three days ago, Wu Kang took all his subordinates and returned to Jinhua County and Lanyi Township again, cooperating with Wulizheng and every mile of village propaganda policy.

When a thousand chicken babies hatched, Wu Kang couldn't sleep with excitement, but when the excitement passed, he was full of melancholy! What to do with them? It's unrealistic to raise them all, there is not such a big place, and I don't have that mood, and I don't want to go to the streets and alleys to sell chickens.

Thinking about it, the idea came to mind. First, to give the bigwigs a chance to show their faces, and give them prestige and reputation. Second, to support farmers and give benefits to the people. In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, meat was very scarce, and there is a small story to illustrate.

The late president Li Er once had a rule prohibiting the history of eating meat. When officials go on business trips, magistrates cannot entertain them with meat because they are afraid of extravagance and waste. The legendary prime minister Ma Zhou is a foodie who loves chicken, and he strongly requests to eat chicken when he travels on a business trip, resulting in excessive expenses. The magistrate didn't want to take the blame, so he went directly to Li Er to complain. Li Er was very stunned, and only replied: Chicken is not meat.

The prime minister of a country, because he was accused of eating chicken, the lack of meat in Datang can be seen. Not to mention the ordinary people, the only meat that can be eaten is estimated to be chicken and eggs. Even if it is these, I usually can't bear it. Wu Kang was sick in bed, and his stepmother was willing to kill the chicken and boil chicken soup to make up for him.

Yesterday I made a great wish to make chickens and eggs worthless, and to become the most common food for future generations. It is estimated that after half a year, the adult chickens will be worthless, and the people will send the chickens over. It just happened that the adult chickens they sent were all fed to the two big tigers.

The conference continued, and Cui Yixuan continued to speak: "You all have rods and scales in your hearts, and you all understand the pros and cons. Ten for a chicken baby, fifty for a chicken. Whatever one may say, there is a lucrative one. If the villagers still have questions, they can raise them and answer them one by one! ”

The crowd began to fall silent, and the nursery arranged by Wu Kang stood up and asked: "Cui Gong Rongyu, everyone wants to lay hens, and they all want big chicken babies." Dare to ask Cui Gong, when we receive the chicks, can we choose by ourselves? ”

Cui Yixuan laughed and said: "Of course not, the first to pick the fat and the thin, it is unfair to the latecomers." In order to be fair and just, the villagers signed the agreement, and the officials were responsible for the distribution, and the chicken leader could not come forward! ”

Someone else asked: "Cui Gong Rongyu, if I take away ten chicks, but I encounter an accident when I feed them, and the ten chickens are not raised, and I can't get forty yuan, can I have a grace period to repay the money?" If so, how many days? How much is the interest? ”

"Hmm... Good question! Cui Yixuan stroked his long hair, shook his head and said: "The agreement has clouds, and it can be graced in October." There are two ways to repay the money, one is to repay it once without any interest; Second, it is repaid in installments, with ten cents of interest. Repay 5 wen per month and 50 wen per 10 months. There are two repayment methods, you can choose by yourself. ”

The masses exchanged their heads and ears, and some people were bold enough to ask some questions. Cui Yixuan was very patient and answered in detail one by one.

Wu Kang and the other crowd were quiet, giving Wang Baochang a look. Wang Baochang understood and asked: "Dare to ask Cui Gong, this is the first session, and there will be a second and third session?" Villagers want to receive chicks, which yamen to find? ”

Cui Yixuan replied: "There is the first one, and naturally there are second and third!" Now the old man announced that starting from this year in Wuzhou, on this day of each month, the agricultural support conference will be held as scheduled. The number of chicks in each session will only increase, and the rules will not change. ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was excited and the applause was thunderous. Wu Kang's arrangement, according to the formulated routine, raised his arms and shouted: "Xie Cui Gong, Xie Zheng joins the army, Xie Sun joins the army!" ”

The people who eat melons are also grateful, and they follow suit for a while, and the neat shouts resounded in the sky.

Cui Yixuan couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and the judiciary and Si Cang's joining the army also climaxed, and his facial features were distorted. The jealous eyes of the other bigwigs were on fire, and their green eyes glanced at Wu Kang from time to time.

Wu Kang looked at his nose and nose, and only complained bitterly in his heart. He also wanted to divide the cake equally, but Cui Yixuan didn't agree, and the knife for cutting the cake was confiscated. I can only say sorry to the other big guys, I hope you understand my hardship!

When the shouting stopped, Cui Yixuan continued: "Now answer the question of quota allocation. Before the start of the agricultural protection conference, the old people will convene their colleagues to discuss and determine which township to help and how many households to help. The results of the discussion were sent to inform Lizheng. ”

Cui Yixuan glanced at the crowd, satisfied with the eagerness in their eyes, and continued: "Villagers who have not participated in the collection can apply to Lizheng. Li Zheng determined the quota and submitted it to the division for review to join the army. After the review was adopted, the General Assembly was held as usual. Lao Yu assures everyone that all the townships in Wuzhou will be taken care of! ”

The melon-eating crowd also climaxed, and the applause lasted for a long time. Wuli was shining on the stage, and Wang Baochang took out the object from his arms, and when it was unfolded, it was a piece of red cloth. Sixty in width and one hundred and twenty in length, with a white cloth sewn into a pocket on the top, and a cyan bamboo pole is worn; triangular below, with a white cloth condensation; There are two columns of white characters embroidered in the middle: Wuzhou blue sky, benefit the township

It is the pennant of later generations, of course, from Wu Kang's handwriting. Wang Baochang trembled and said: "The pennant is the best embroidery girl in Lanyi Township, and it is made all night long, representing the gratitude of the five hundred households in Lanyi Township to Cui Gongrenzheng." The old decay represents Lanyi Township, please urge the public to accept it! ”

The rest of the people were bowing and shouting in unison: "Please urge the public to accept it!" ”

Wu Kang's childcare took the lead, the crowd followed suit, and the scene of the good guy was no different from long live Shanhu...