The Big Farm Project has been in place for two years, and the sooner it is renovated, the more life in the village will change. Xiao Li Zhuang and Da Li Zhuang were the first people to become wealthy.

The previous Xiaolizhuang had already been rebuilt, and because it was expanded a lot at that time, Zhu Houwei simply merged the people of Dalizhuang into Xiaolizhuang. The original village of Da Li Zhuang was converted into a warehouse, and all the production of Huangzhuang will be transported here for storage in the future.

Now Xiaoli Zhuang has become Li Town, and Guan Zhuang Mansion has also moved here. Today is just after the Lantern Festival, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, except for the work that cannot be separated from the hands, the workers in other positions have all started to work on this day.

In the past two years, the first two Zhuangzi to be renovated, a family can earn at least 30 taels a year, so the previous situation of not being clothed and not having enough food has long been gone. The only thing the villagers of Huangzhuang have to pay every year is the poll tax, and there is no other tax. The grain and other things needed are purchased directly from the village, and the price is lower than that of the capital. The people in the village are now not only well fed and clothed, but also have some spare money in their pockets, and once they have a headache or brain fever or something, they will go directly to Zhuangli Hospital to see them, and the consultation fee and medicine price are also cheap. Now there are a total of 10 hospitals, each of the 9 imperial villages, and the "Friends of Women", which is now quite prestigious in the capital, is also one. The people of Li Zhen live the present life, feel that they have never been so satisfied, they are full of food and clothing, live in a brick house, have extra money in their pockets, and can afford to see a disease, this is a good life that the farmers who have faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky in all dynasties have never lived, so many people worship the tablets of Hongzhi father and son at home to express their gratitude.

Zhu Houwei is not very familiar with farm work, so there is no way to make a qualitative leap in the productivity and yield of the farm, so he can only encourage the villagers, develop their enthusiasm, and let them explore and research on their own. In the first year, there were not many Zhuangzi reformed, and there were not many technical improvements proposed, but once adopted, Zhu Houwei would still reward them.

In this era, there is still a very serious view of the door, and the older generation will basically choose to pass on the unique craftsmanship of the family to men rather than women. However, now that the Zhu Houzhao brothers had brought them a good life that they had never dared to imagine before, and there would be a lot of benefits when these techniques were adopted, they began to offer their own unique skills to Guan Zhuang. Of course, there are also some people who have developed their own technical improvements in their work. After the transformation of Zhuangzi in the second year, new technologies sprung up in an endless stream, and Zhu Houwei was happy and decided to hold a commendation meeting this year to reward the people who made these technological improvements.

Early this morning, the barn in front of Guanzhuang's Mansion was crowded with people, and people from every 10 Zhuangzi families came, including people who migrated from Shandong. Although not all of them came, there were still about 10,000 people standing in the square, filling the barn to the brim. A high platform about 2 meters high was erected in front of the Guanzhuang Mansion, with an area of about 100 square meters.

There are not many people standing on the high platform, Gu Dayong stands in the middle of the high platform to the west, Zhu Houzhao stands in the middle, and Zhu Houwei stands 2,3 meters behind Zhu Houzhao. The sound in the square was very noisy, and Gu Da used the small servant next to him to beat the gong in his hand vigorously under Gu Dayong's signal, and the loud gong overshadowed the noise of the crowd, and the crowd gradually quieted down. Gu Dayong picked up the speaker prepared for him by Zhu Houwei at this time, which was very advanced, but in fact, it was a thin wooden barrel that was transparent on both sides, one large and the other small, and shouted loudly, "The first Huangzhuang Commendation Conference in the nineteenth year of Hongzhi starts now." This sentence was over, and everyone under the stage looked at Gu Dayong in a daze, without any other action. Gu Dayong's face froze, ready to scold, and Zhu Houwei in the back shouted "continue". Gu Dayong had no choice but to continue to speak, holding a speaker in his left hand, picking up a booklet in his right hand, and began to read aloud, "In the 18th year of Hongzhi, Li Zhen Li Da Niu handed in the method of improving the survival rate of cattle, and the survival rate of cattle rose from the original 68 percent to 87 percent, and he was rewarded with 100 taels of silver, plus 5 taels of monthly money, and Li Da Niu came to the stage to receive the award. "What percent, the people below don't understand, but they also heard that Li Daniu let the cow live more.

Zhu Houzhao, who was standing in the middle of the stage, and Zhu Houwei, who was behind, began to applaud, and the crowd below also began to applaud. After a while, an honest man of about forty stumbled up the stairs on the east side of the platform, and when he crossed the last staircase, he tripped and fell on the high platform. Li Daniu's swarthy face was faintly red, but he still came to Zhu Houzhao tremblingly. At this time, Zhu Houzhao came to a girl in the first phase, 16, 7, with a tray in his hand, a wooden box on it, and a boy from the first phase next to him, carrying a burden, looking at the shape, it should be silver.

Li Daniu stood in front of Zhu Houzhao, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "The grass people knock to see the prince." Zhu Houzhao smiled and "get up" and then picked up the box on the tray, as soon as he opened it, it was a medal made of transparent glass with a radius of about 5 cm and a thickness of about 3 cm, with three words "first-class merit" in the middle of the front, a sickle on each side, and a "farmer" in the middle of the back, and then around it was a circle of small characters "The first month of the nineteenth year of Hongzhi", and there was a large pin attached to the back of the medal. Zhu Houzhao took out the medal, and then slowly pinned it to Li Daniu's left chest, Li Daniu didn't dare to breathe during the whole process, his whole body was stiff, and there was silence underneath, he didn't expect the prince to touch some dirty clothes with his noble hands. In just a few seconds, Zhu Houzhao pinned the medal, because it was too heavy, the medal hung downward, and it could not be flat against his chest. Li Daniu couldn't say a word at this time, just kept wiping his eyes with his hands, but the tears flowed too fast and couldn't be wiped clean at all. Zhu Houzhao glanced at him with a smile, and then applauded slowly, and the people below applauded vigorously at this time, and some of the women in the crowd also applauded, letting the tears flow freely.

In this era, most people have a very hard life, military households are hard, happy households are hard, craftsmen are hard, small farmers are also hard, no matter how hard and willing to work in a lifetime, they will not be recognized by the upper class, and they can only survive so hard for a lifetime. But today, they feel the kindness and respect of the crown prince, which is something that their fathers did not have, and it is also worth boasting about to future generations.

The boy with the burden next to him took the burden off his shoulder, handed it to Li Daniu, and said, "This is a hundred taels of silver, you can order it." Li Daniu took the burden with trembling hands, hugged it tightly in his arms, and said excitedly, "There will be no less, no less." Then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao three times. stood up and was about to walk off the stage, but was stopped by the girl and told him to wait on the side of the stage, and then led the way in front of the head and led him aside.

The applause from the audience was still very intense, and at this time, Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hands and pressed down, and the crowd quieted down again. Gu Dayong continued to shout at this time, "In the autumn of the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, the craftsman Wang Tian Cuihua improved the vertical kiln, so that the failure rate of the vertical kiln decreased by 40 percent, and improved the vertical kiln, so that the cement output of each kiln increased by 5 percent, increased the output, rewarded one hundred taels of silver, and added 5 taels of monthly money, and Wang Tian Cuihua came to power. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, women were generally called Wang Tian, Wang was the surname of the husband's family, and Tian was the woman's own surname, not a name. This time, it was shouted by name. After a while, a woman who was about thirty years old came on stage, her expression was a little excited, tears were rolling in her eyes, they did not flow down, and her steps were very steady. When he arrived in front of Zhu Houzhao, he also kowtowed, and the procedure was the same, but on both sides of the front of Tian Cuihua's medal were two hammers, and on the back was the word "work". Zhu Houzhao didn't help her bring it, but directly opened the box and handed it to her. Tian Cuihua took the box, then hugged the burden of silver in her arms, kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao, and said with some excitement in her mouth, "The Queen of the People, Tian, has thanked His Royal Highness the Prince." Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Okay, get up quickly." Then Tian Cuihua was also led aside. The applause from the audience was non-stop, mixed with the applause of these women.

Zhu Houzhao awarded a total of 10 first-class merits, each of which was 100 taels of silver, plus 5 taels of monthly money. All 10 people received their rewards, and then stood in a row under the guidance of the girls of the first issue, facing the audience. Most of the people looked at the more than 10,000 people in the audience, looking very restrained. Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houwei stood on both sides of the team and applauded.

After standing for a while, 10 people were printed off the high platform and stood back in their original positions, along the way the crowd gave way one after another, while paying attention and applauding, these 10 people also smiled and bent down slightly in response.

After the 10 people were awarded, the two brothers got off the high platform and walked towards Guan Zhuang's mansion, the crowd was a little disappointed, but it was understandable. Twenty second-class merits and 50 third-class merits were awarded below. The second-class merit reward is 50 taels, the monthly money is added 3 taels, the third-class merit reward is 20 taels, and the monthly money is added 2 taels, all of which were awarded by Liu Jin.

Although the Zhu Houzhao brothers went to Guan Zhuang Mansion to rest, the applause and cheers outside still reached their ears. Today, the whole Huangzhuang is filled with a joyful atmosphere.