"Good Samaritan, is there a shortage of maids in the house? It's not expensive, five taels of silver will be. An unkempt middle-aged man looked at a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper and asked with hope.

He knelt on the ground in a very humble posture, a boy of five or six years old snuggled into his arms, and beside him was a little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old with thatch, with a vegetable-faced, skinny skin, and a pair of big hollow eyes, which looked like an old man who was about to die.

It was the age of flowers, and Zhang You's heart was stabbed hard.

The man's voice alarmed the back of the man next to him who made Zhang You feel familiar, he turned around and found Zhang You, and was stunned.

"It turned out to be Brother Shiyu." It's none other than Miyun County Zunkang Piyang, Zhang You greeted him, and then heard the middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper ask the man: "This is your daughter?" You've lost weight, right? It's not good-looking...... Five taels is too expensive. A very critical tone.

The yellow-mouthed child in the man's arms looked timidly at the middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper, and suddenly cried "wow", and looked back at the man pitifully while crying: "Don't sell my sister, Daddy, let's not sell my sister, okay?" I don't want to eat the cake anymore...... Sister, I won't let you go......"

As he spoke, the little guy suddenly broke out of the man's arms and threw himself into the arms of the girl next to him, who hugged him tightly and shed tears silently.

Seeing this, the man suddenly gave himself a mouthful, lowered his head, crawled forward two steps on his prostriety, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master, you are a kind person at first glance, five taels of silver, she really can't be less, she can do anything......"

His voice was low, with a faint cry.

The man who looked like a housekeeper did not speak, as if he was picking an animal, he stepped forward and pinched the girl's cheek and looked at it, shook his head, turned and walked forward, and was soon surrounded by other children sellers.

The man sighed in disappointment, and looked a little relieved, turned his head to look at the children who were still sad and crying when they hugged each other, and did not continue to sell his daughter to Zhang You.

"The tragedy in the world is nothing more than this, let's go, Brother Cheng, if you don't buy it, it's better not to watch it, so as to save your heart from being blocked." Kang Piyang said to Zhang You bitterly and helplessly, Zhang You did not reveal his identity, and he naturally could not expose Zhang You's identity.

Zhang You's heart was like being pressed on a boulder, and he nodded a little indifferently and left this depressing place.

The City God Temple is built on the mountain, standing at the gate of the temple, the empty field is unobstructed, Zhang You put his hands behind his back, and couldn't help but look at the place where people are bought and sold again, the middle-aged man who looks like a housekeeper has already picked a little girl, and is handing over the silver taels, and there are a few robes in four square steps to look at the men and women who are walking for sale.

"This is the human market, right?" Zhang You asked quietly, if it was the body, it might not be strange, but unfortunately he did not inherit the memory of the body.

"Humble and incompetent." There were no pilgrims entering or leaving the temple gate, and Kang Piyang sighed heavily.

Zhang You didn't want to continue this heavy topic, and asked, "You didn't write a note in the yamen, why did you run out?" ”

"It's written, and it's just time to steam the steamed buns...... Earl, what did Master Taifu say? ”

Zhang You shook his head and did not speak.

Kang Piyang didn't seem to be surprised at all, and sighed: "I know...... Don't blame yourself, the court also has the difficulties of the court, and the matter of repairing the reservoir should be discussed in the long run! ”

"No!" Zhang You shook his head heavily, and glanced at the human market again: "I still have to repair, if the imperial court doesn't repair it, I will repair it, and I won't be able to repair it in one year, and it won't be three years in two years, I won't believe it, and I have to repair the reservoir for those people to see!" ”

"But ......"

"There's nothing, have you heard of Wang Yangming? The unity of knowledge and action, just knowing that it is not possible, but also having to do it by doing. ”

"It turns out that the earl is a believer of Yang Minggong......"

"No, I just admire him very much, there are many giants in words in this world, how many can really apply what they have learned and practice? Although I am not talented, I would like to follow the example of the sages! ”

"The earl is too humble, humble since childhood, seventeen as a showman, twenty-four in the lift, twenty-seven in the jinshi, self-reliance on the talent of eight buckets, eyes have no spare son, life rarely admires others, today I hear the words of the king, I am not as good as you!"

Kang Piyang's tone was very sincere, not a compliment, but Zhang You was not happy, but a little ashamed.

He waved his hand: "Let's learn from each other...... Listening to the little boy crying, I don't know how you feel, but I feel very uncomfortable. The life of the common people is too hard, but if there is a way, who is willing to sell their own daughters as if they were willing to sell things?

Those of us who are officials will be indifferent to the Holy Religion in vain...... Most of my money was taken to Nanjing, and it is really impossible to support the full start of construction, so let's repair one dam at a time, and I will go back to Beijing to find a person who understands water conservancy to come over and help select the site, and then prepare materials first, and raise some people first.

Then you tell the people that Daming Silver will open a branch in the local area to provide low-interest loans to the people, and you only need to sign a contract to repay the loan at a discount of corn or sweet potatoes in the future, and you can receive ......"

"Sweet potato corn? Are those two crops you are talking about? ”

"Yes!" Zhang You nodded affirmatively, and then said, "Of course, in order to prevent future defaults, there must be some restrictions...... Well, just like the five-child joint insurance before the student's exam, I will consider the specifics carefully. ”

"The Earl Lord Bodhisattva has a heart, there are countless living people, and the people of Miyun are lowly on behalf of the people, thank you in advance." As he spoke, Kang Piyang had already pushed Jin Shan to his knees like a jade pillar, and kowtowed respectfully a few times.

Gratitude is one thing, more or admiration, knowing that it must be difficult to promote new crops, a low-interest loan, immediately solved.

There is never a shortage of smart people in this world, and there is no shortage of good people, but people who can have a good heart and a way to solve problems are too valuable.

However, he was still a little worried about Zhang You, and couldn't help asking: "It's just the same, are the two crops you said really that good?" Aren't you afraid ......? ”

"What's there to be afraid of? It's not just the crops that come, but there are also several very experienced experts who won't be in the kind of situation you're worried about. ”

"But the south orange and the north orange, I heard that those things are all from the south, what if they don't adapt to the climate and environment here at all?"

"Probably not, right?" Zhang You said a little hesitantly, and then his expression became firm: "There are some things that you have to try to know if you can succeed...... It's not early, I'm going back to the house, so I won't invite you over, please tell the father and daughter of Shicai, let them go to the Zhang family compound, I will go first. ”