Chapter 9: Approaching the People (Part II)

Su Lie opened his mouth, and Li Chengzong also encouraged everyone to speak freely, because these two brothers have no frame and are approachable, so after a while, everyone opened their minds and talked about their thoughts and opinions freely. Some said: Now the world is in chaos, there is food to have everything, they Sujiawu because of safety, so there are many displaced people, this person is too many, the food is obviously not enough to eat. Some also say: If the problem of eating food cannot be solved, the difficulties of the people's lives will be aggravated; Some people also say that there are so many displaced people now, and it is even more difficult to manage, especially Sujiawu is now in a state of low grain...... As soon as you say it, I say it, everyone's opinions are more and more! For the problem of food, Li Chengzong and Su Lie have actually attracted attention for a long time, but it is a pity that although the climate of Wuyi is mild and the four seasons are distinct, and there are many fertile fields, it is a pity that in the past two years, Wuyi has also been seriously abandoned like the entire Great Sui Dynasty, and many fertile fields are also overgrown with weeds.

In order to solve the food problem, Li Chengzong and Su Lie organized the displaced people to open up the wasteland, and Li Chengzong even practiced it himself, quietly cultivating the wasteland, placing himself among the ordinary people, experiencing the laws of production, and exploring the road of development. Although grain output has increased by a large margin and the shortage of grain has been alleviated somewhat, the problem has not been fundamentally solved. In this regard, Li Chengzong has been considering expanding the scale of production and completely reversing the passive situation.

Today, Li Chengzong wants to take advantage of the opportunity of New Year's greetings to listen to the opinions of the people. Seeing that everyone was almost done, Li Chengzong said with certainty: "What you have raised is very good and right, but how to solve these problems, I have to ask you to help think of a way." ”

At this time, many effective methods such as clearing land to increase the area of cultivated land and strengthening field management to increase the yield of grain per unit area were proposed.

Li Chengzong said deliberately: "We can do all this, but what if it doesn't rain and there is a drought?" Can you dig a well for irrigation? ”

Everyone told Li Chengzong that the surface water in Wuyi was too deep, and it was impossible to get water in ordinary places. Then everyone told Li Chengzong that there would be no drought in Wuyi this year, and said: The Year of the Dragon is scorching, and the Year of the Snake is raining. Last year's Year of the Dragon was dry, and this year the Year of the Snake should have plenty of rain.

Li Chengzong heard an "ah" in surprise, and hurriedly asked, "What else does Wuyi say?" ”

People say: This is passed down from generation to generation, people say so. Li Chengzong smiled and asked, "Is it accurate?" What should I do if I don't allow it Who is responsible? Everyone laughed.

A peasant proverb is a natural phenomenon, a natural law that is still inexplicable. On the way back, Li Chengzong seemed extremely happy, and he seemed to have gained confidence in large-scale land reclamation and farming from everyone's speeches just now. After the Chinese New Year, Li Chengzong made a decision, calling on the old and young masters of Sujiawu to actively devote themselves to the cultivation of the land, and they must draw up a production plan and stipulate the production indicators according to the actual situation.

This year, as the people said, Wuyi was in good weather, all kinds of crops were not affected by any disasters, and the crops on the territory under the protection of Li Chengzong and Su Lie received a bumper harvest. During this year, Li Chengzong and Su Lie, who were the actual controllers of the land, were exempted from paying the land rent paid by the people, and the living standards of the people suddenly improved significantly. As a result, the people truly realized that everything Li Chengzong and Su Lie did was for the benefit of their people.

As soon as the Chinese New Year arrived in the second year, the people were grateful, actively and enthusiastically formed a Yangge team, and flocked to the Su family compound where the brothers were smiling. Li Chengzong, who came to welcome the Yangge team, listened to the shouts of the people, and said to Su Lie beside him as he walked: "Big brother, what are we great and wise? It was the difficulties that forced us to have no choice, we went to kowtow to the people, and the people pointed us out a way to live. It is the great wisdom of the people! ”

Because Su Lie was influenced by Li Chengzong, he gradually accepted Li Chengzong's people-oriented thoughts, and he was also deeply touched, "Ah Wei, I used to be a little unaffordable for these farmers who dig in the soil...... But now it seems that ...... I was wrong......"

What made the brothers even more unexpected was that in the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wu Laogui, the most capable of the displaced people taken in by Li Chengzong, and his son Wu Dacong were beaming with joy and pushing several slaughtered sheep in a dirt cart to be sent to Li Chengzong.

Halfway through, I met two familiar fellows. Facing the questions of his fellow villagers, Wu Laogui said with a smile: "I don't want to go out and sell so much mutton, I want to send it to a big family in our Wuyi." ”

The fellow still shook his head in confusion. Wu Laogui further said: "Xiao Langjun is a good young master, are the two brothers the biggest in our Wuyi?!" His witty words made the two fellows suddenly realize, laughed, and one said: "It turns out that the old noble brother is giving meat to our father-in-law!" Well, medium! Middle! Middle! In the end, the old noble brother is a production activist named by Xiao Langjun himself, and he is more thoughtful than us! ”

Wu Laogui said: "The two brothers are sorry! I can't sell this mutton to you today. Another day, when the new sheep are out of the circle, I will slaughter a few more and let everyone try them

The two are gone. Wu Dacong and Wu Laogui continued to walk forward. Wu Dacong said as he walked: "Dad, let's go all the way like this, will we meet many acquaintances, will they all answer their inquiries like this?" Wu Laogui said proudly: "Yes! I'm also propagandizing! Let everyone learn from me Wu Laogui, and think more about Xiao Langjun and Young Master Su who have taken in us who are homeless people, as well as the guards who protect us! ”

Wu Laogui and his son pushed a cart of mutton into the courtyard where Li Chengzong and Su Lie were. As soon as I put down the car, I happened to meet Li Chengzong.

Li Chengzong asked with a smile: "Wu Laogui, I also said that I was going to your place to pay New Year's greetings, and you are here!" ”

Wu Laogui said: "How can you let Xiao Langjun run away and go to my place." I led my son to pay my respects to Xiao Langjun, and by the way, I sent some meat to Xiao Langjun and you and Young Master Su to fight tooth sacrifices. Wu Laogui hurriedly asked his son Wu Dacong to bow to Li Chengzong.

Li Chengzong looked at a large cart of meat pushed by Wu Laogui and said, "Why did you send all the mutton over for the New Year?" You should also leave some haggis for the children to make a tooth sacrifice. ”

Wu Laogui said: "Xiao Langjun, now that the world is in turmoil, it is not easy to have a stable place to farm, the children of the escort team, the Chinese New Year is still standing guard for us ordinary people, what are a few sheep." Besides, you and Young Master Su want to command the battle, so use your brains and mind like this, and don't eat some meat, that's not good! ”

Li Chengzong said: "You killed a sheep, and you didn't even keep a sheep in the water for yourself, and gave it all to us to eat." This touched me very much, and it also made me uneasy. ”

Wu Laogui hurriedly said: "Why did Xiao Langjun say this? ”

Li Chengzong said: "You Wu Laogui is so brave and loyal, much better than those bullshit court officials......

Wu Laogui said: "Xiao Langjun, you don't have to blame yourself like this, if you hadn't taken in us as homeless people, my Wu Laogui's family still doesn't know if they will live, in the days of escaping the famine, I saw that there were more dead people........ you are good to us people, we all see in our eyes........ old man will not do anything else, but to grow food, raise sheep, sheep and cattle to honor you." This is the New Year, you and Young Master Su are still worried about us ordinary people...... Don't say that you should send a sheep, even if you send ten cows. ”

Li Chengzong said: "With the support of good people like you Wu Laogui, our days will definitely get better and better, but Wu Laogui, these sheep are a lot of money, you came to Song to give me and my eldest brother, I Li Chengzong don't want to go!" There is so little we can do for you people! ”

The reason why Li Chengzong is so close to the people is entirely because he knows that only when he has the support of these grassroots ordinary people can he fight against the powerful clan gate lord forces, dominate the world, and avenge the shame of his host!