Chapter 11 Don't have a backbone for nothing

Wang Juan looked at Tian Gouzi's sticky things, said that it was coal, and he would clean and bury it, stretched out his hand to wipe it a little, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, and asked, "Brother Tian, no one of you is going to dig this coal there?" ”

"No, who's going to dig this thing,." Tian Gouzi looked at the little girl in front of him and asked himself, and he didn't dare not answer, the person who can sit in the car of the county magistrate will not be so simple.

Wang Juan couldn't figure it out now, according to records, it seems that coal has been used since the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it happened to be used to coke carbon in the Tang Dynasty, why no one used it? Isn't there a lot of production here? Bad coal quality?

She wanted to ask Zhang Xiaobao, but Zhang Xiaobao pretended to be dizzy there, when she said coal just now, Zhang Xiaobao didn't have the slightest movement, and her concentration was quite strong.

"Juanjuan, what's the use of this thing?" Zhang Zhong looked at his daughter-in-law there and asked.

"Broken rice flowers faster." Wang Juan can only think of this usefulness now, as for iron smelting or something, she and Zhang Xiaobao have tried it, but they didn't succeed, and they can try again after pondering and pondering it later.

"And this thing works?" Zhang Zhong asked again.

Wang Juan didn't say how good this coal was at this time, but said, "It's okay, I'll talk about it later." ”

Zhang Zhong turned his head and continued to ask Tian Gouzi, "Then how much grain can you collect there in a year, one acre of land." ”

"Less than a stone, some only grow grass, the original county order was at that time, when there was a drought last year, the original rents had to be levied, or for two years, the three hundred or so people in our village were ready to fight, and then they were afraid, so they didn't dare to come to levy."

As soon as Tian Gouzi talked about this, his fists clenched, and the voice became louder, so big that even people outside could hear it, and the car of the lord Bo and the county was not far away, and the two of them also heard it, and sat there with different expressions.

The officials who followed also heard it, and they sighed almost at the same time, no way, they also had to pass, it was all what Wen County Ling said at the beginning, who dared not to go, fortunately, the new county commander has money at home, I don't know how much it is, I only know that I gave more than 100 yuan on the first day of my arrival.

Now you don't have to worry about going to Yushu Village to collect rent, more than 100 yuan of money, in that broken village, ten years may not be able to collect.

Zhang Zhong didn't expect that the Wenxian Order to be so greedy, and said angrily: "This is no longer greed, this is life." ”

"My lord, you're right, if you really hand over the rest of the food, we'll starve to death, my lord, will you go and collect rent?"

Tian Gouzi has always felt that this county order is very good, and even let him sit in the car that the county order can only take, and he can talk so kindly, so he feels that he should not collect rent.

Zhang Zhong didn't say no, but said: "It depends on what happens in your village, if there is a lot of food, you will naturally have to go, and if there is less food, you don't have to, and I don't want to collect the rent myself." ”

"Oh, it may not be much, the land is not good, do adults usually live without too much spending, and there are few people at home?" Tian Gouzi asked again.

"Well, less, there are only 2,000 people, and I don't usually go to other places to eat, just eat casually in Jinlai Building, do you think I will be greedy for that little rent?" Zhang Zhong felt that Tian Gouzi was honest and deliberately teased him.

Sure enough, hearing Zhang Zhong's words, Tian Gouzi was frightened, opened his mouth wide, moved his throat, and said, "My lord, why are there so many people in your family?" ”

"The three Zhuangzi households, add up to those, and the Jinlai Building is also opened by my family." Zhang Zhong just wanted Tian Gouzi to go back and tell him about this matter, and when he went to Yushu Village, the people there would not worry about him collecting rent.

Tian Gouzi looked at Wang Juan opposite, and Wang Juan nodded and admitted this fact.

"My lord, then you must not be short of money, nor lack of food, my lord, I want to get out of the car, I want to go back to the people in the village, so that they don't have to worry about the new county order coming to collect two years' rent, and our rent there is not as much as the money opened by the adults.

My lord still has Zhuangzi in his own family, three, there is no shortage of food, and I don't have to worry about living in the future, my lord, let me go down, I will kowtow to you first, you are a good official, and those who are not greedy for money are good officials. ”

Tian Gouzi said excitedly there, he had to get out of the car, Zhang Zhong thought about it, asked people to stop the car, and asked, "Then do you still have food now?" ”

"Yes, my lord, now that spring begins, the wild vegetables are all out, as long as you get some wild vegetables together, you can eat them, we are there in Elm Village, and there is elm money to eat, and elm leaves are not bad, as long as there are no insects on it."

Tian Gouzi seemed to think that eating some wild vegetables and eating some elm money was a good day, and he drew Zhang Zhongbi with his eyebrows fluttering, and said several ways to eat.

Wang Juan looked at Tian Gouzi, who was happy to eat wild vegetables because of the arrival of spring, talking there, his eyes closed, and he looked down at Zhang Xiaobao, the corners of Zhang Xiaobao's mouth turned up, and he seemed to be very happy, so that Wang Juan pinched it vigorously, and Zhang Xiaobao's lips moved.

"The elm money is really delicious, let my father send them some food first, and when the two people finish using them, they will go over there to dig coal, give them some compensation, and let them help dig it, and life will be better than in other places."

Wang Juan thought about it, there is no need to be sad, you can send some food now, oil, meat, etc., the past cannot be traced, just live well now.

"Brother Tian, in fact, you can ask for some food to go back, and my future guild will give you some." Wang Juan finally spoke at this time, she was still embarrassed to call her father-in-law directly, not as thick-skinned as Zhang Xiaobao, and screamed at her father-in-law one by one.

Zhang Zhong understood, this must be how his son and daughter-in-law discussed it just now, and prepared to give food and other things to Yushu Village, and also said: "Tian Gouzi, you first say the number, how much is needed, the whole village, I will let Zhuangzi give it then." ”

"My lord, we work and eat by ourselves, we can't ask for other people's things for nothing, we have nothing to return." Tian Gouzi didn't want it, knowing that with a word, the people in the village would have enough food, and he didn't open this mouth.

Zhang Zhong now understands why Wenxian Ling didn't dare to send people over to forcibly collect it, the people's style, seeing that people don't want it, they have to look at Wang Juan.

Wang Juan also secretly praised, this is called the backbone, it seems that the people of the whole village are like this, this village wants it.

Persuaded: "Brother Tian, it's not for you, I'll let you help you work in a few days, and when the time comes, it's very tiring to count from that salary." ”

"Really? Not lying to us? Tian Gouzi also wanted to eat better, but he couldn't take other people's things for nothing, and the people in the village wouldn't agree, and now he heard that he could work in exchange, and asked hopefully.

"Really, how many things does Brother Tian want?" Wang Juan asked again.

Tian Gouzi snapped his fingers and began to count there, "Yes, yes...... How many things do you need, one pound of grain a day, and three hundred and twenty-two people, how much food do you eat a day? Two hundred pounds of grain? No, no, it's going to be more, two hundred and fifty pounds of grain ....... ”

Wang Juan listened to Tian Gouzi counting there, and finally knew the importance of education, so he had to say beside him: "Brother Tian, do you only eat food?" Of course, it costs to only eat grain, but you can also eat some meat, and then fry some wild vegetables with oil, and on that day, adults and children, about half a catty on average is enough.

Three hundred and twenty-two people, one person a day and a half pounds of grain, first give a month and thirty days, four thousand eight hundred and thirty catties, five thousand catties, one or two pounds of meat a day per person, is nine hundred and sixty-six pounds of meat, no, it is six hundred and three pounds of twelve taels of meat, give one hundred catties first, everyone first eat a good meal of dumplings, meat can not be given at one time, it can be broken, and oil, one person gives five catties, more than 1,600 catties, what is missing? ”

Wang Juan said the number of various things in one breath there, only for one month, and it would not take another month to go there to dig coal, and when the time came, he would be paid directly, and those who were willing to ask for money would be paid, and those who were willing to ask for things would be given things.

Tian Gouzi listened to the number that Wang Juan gave there, and he didn't know how to get it, and he wanted to have meat, so he nodded in agreement, "Then these first, with oil and water, you don't have to eat so much food, you have to hurry up and come to work with us, otherwise we have to find a way to return it to you." ”

Zhang Zhong knew what his son and daughter-in-law were going to do over there at this time, and said: "Well, I must go over to work for you, if there is no work, I will find someone from your village to come over and be a servant, detain it from there, and transport the grain there tomorrow." ”

Tian Gouzi happily got off the car, as soon as his feet landed, he turned around and knelt down, kowtowing to the carriage, "My lord, you are a good official, our people in Yushu Village will not forget you, you will go to Yushu Village in the future to see, we will carry you all the way, and we will never let you touch a little black thing on your feet." ”

After saying these words, he had already kowtowed nine times in a row, stood up, looked up at the sky, and strode back.

The officials didn't know what they said in the car just now, and when they saw Tian Gouzi kowtowing to the new county magistrate, and said that they would carry it all the way when the time came, they felt as if they had seen something incredible, when did the people of Yushu Village talk so well?

Looking at the car of the county magistrate again, there was an unusual feeling in his eyes.

The lord Bo and the county also heard what Tian Gouzi said, and became even more jealous of Zhang Zhong, who didn't know how to subdue a village.

Zhang Xiaobao in the car also got up at this time, and said happily: "There is coal, it is impossible for Huayuan County to develop now, let's mine more first, transport it to Zhuangzi over there, and store more." ”