According to the arrangement of the Prime Minister's Office, in the autumn, the soldiers collected all the surplus grain in the hands of the shadow and used it to buy cattle and horses from the herdsmen. The bitter north wind blew, the snow was blowing one after another, and it was a harsh winter with dripping water turning into ice, which was unusual for the farmers and herdsmen in the Xia Kingdom.

"This is for the child. Wang Qing broke half of the bun and stuffed it to his wife, and went out with the shovel. This light and durable shovel was issued by the sergeant, and it was a good thing for the shade households who signed up to build the pond dam, not only can they do the work, but the edges are sharpened and can even deal with the jackals who pull sheep.

After the autumn harvest, the sergeants organized the shade to build small ponds and dams in the winter, and when the spring snow melted, they could store more water and bring it out through the canal to irrigate the fields. Wang Yushi carefully placed the bun in the closet, looked at the wooden bucket containing millet and wheat, and sighed.

This year, the wind and rain were good, and the grain was harvested, but most of the surplus grain was collected to buy large livestock. The sturdy cattle pulled by the government from the grasslands were bought by each family, and those who produced more grain also had more time for their own use, so they could use it in a good time for farming, and those who produced less grain had less time for their own use, and they might not be able to take their turn when they were rushing to plough and grab seeds.

Wang Qingyi gritted his teeth and handed over all the surplus grain, and after the beginning of spring, his family could choose the best time to occupy a large livestock to plough the land, plus the family originally had a grass horse that was exchanged for all the money and the ancestral half of the golden hairpin, and then owed a two-horse plough on credit, which was enough to make dozens of acres of hard land as soft and uniform as cooked land. However, this winter, the Wang family is also particularly difficult, Wang Qing in order to save food, the strong labor every day to build the water conservancy dam to work and mix a full stomach, every day only eat a steamed bun at home, today I heard that it is the winter solstice solar term, according to the rules set by His Majesty in Lanzhou, the construction site solar terms add food and meat, Wang Qing only brought half a bun, and told his wife not to boil the batter for his son to eat.

Wang Yushi picked up the wooden bowl, slowly drank the gruel mixed with vegetable leaves in the bowl, and added the bottom of the bowl clean, this action made her face a little hot, but there was some hot soup and hot water in her empty stomach, and she felt a lot warmer. She looked back at the big dark eyes of the child on the ground, lovingly broke off a small piece of wheat flour bun, carefully stuffed it into the child's mouth, and coaxed it in her mouth, a smile overflowing on her thin face.

On the construction site of the dam building, two gray sheep have been tied to the old elm tree and bleating, each man will swallow two mouthfuls of gluttonous spit when he passes by, the dam construction site is in charge of a lunch, many people are the same as Wang Qing, with a little dry food from afar to come, to the construction site to have breakfast, tighten the belt and start to work, at noon a full meal, go home at night only drink some hot soup and hot water and go to bed early, so that you can save the most food for the family.

"Sun shopkeeper," Wang Qing said hello to Sun Gouzhi quite respectfully, Sun Shopkeeper's original name was Sun Gouzi, before opening the inn, the same field, his family beat more food than other families more than two percent, in the middle of the shade of archery to win silver ingots, repeatedly won the championship, and later opened an inn, business is also the best in this area, similar to this story of making a fortune, in Lingzhou left near the immigrant shade of the spread of its gods, Wang Qing is even more admired to the ground. This time, the government recruited the people to overhaul the water conservancy, the Sun family inn contracted the people's food, the heavy snow closed the road in winter, the inn business faded, and the left and right were idle, and the shopkeeper Sun Gouzhi personally brought the men to deliver food and food, which also made this Wang Qing see the legendary characters for the first time.

"Second Brother Wang," Sun Gou Zhihe bowed to him kindly. The so-called rather bullying the old than bullying the small, this young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes is not simple, listening to Shang Junye, this kid has only been in Lingzhou for more than a year, and when he collected surplus grain, he actually took out dozens of stones of grain in one go.

In a shack built on the highest hill of the construction site, the cold wind was blowing strongly, but the captain Shang Zhongxin was very frost-resistant, only standing with his chest and belly protruding, and seeing the thousands of people busy on the construction site like ants, several centurions were scattered everywhere, dozens of craftsmen held drawings in their hands, and shouted at the people, Shang Zhongxin felt as if he had returned to the battlefield of thousands of troops and horses, he grinned, the majesty of the officers of the Xia State who went on the horse to govern the army and the people on the horse could not be compared anywhere. Whenever progress was a little slow, Captain Sho would send his herald down and scold him for a while, and the sergeant had the right to punish Kashido within ten lashes, and as long as the laziness was confirmed, the tribune could not say anything.

"General Shang," after the shopkeeper Sun assigned the men to work, he walked up the hill and respectfully greeted Shang Zhongxin, although he fell into the merchant, but his inn was not in the city, nor was it under the jurisdiction of the Chamber of Commerce, and he was still a shadow of Shang Zhongxin, and every year he paid thirty percent of the inn's income to the sergeant master, and bought a safe entry and exit.

"Well, Sun Gouzi," Shang Zhongxin nodded, and said in a deep voice with a straight face, "Give the food package for this construction site to your inn to do, but don't embarrass Shang Ye, this pond and dam building is a good deed to accumulate yin virtue, if it is deducted from it, but heaven will not tolerate it." Sun Gouzi's face turned pale by what he said, and he hurriedly said: "Shang Ye and the sergeant have subsidized the military grain, and the people don't know, but they have a number in their hearts," he paused, and said, "Mr. Teaching said well, the gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a good way, and he also followed His Majesty to Lingzhou from Lanzhou for thousands of miles, how dare he earn those unscrupulous money that insults his ancestors." Having said that, when I was on the construction site in Lanzhou, I also tasted the mutton roasted by General Xin, how dare I forget my roots now. ”

Since the start of construction, the food provided by Sun Gouzi has been very good, which is why Shang Zhongxin handed over this business to Sun Gouzi regardless of suspicion. But although the power of the Xia State officers is very great, on the other hand, the responsibility is also very great, if Sun Gouzi makes a mistake here, then the same people protector, the secret agent of the Military Intelligence Department, the priest of the Inquisition, and the official of the Prime Minister's Mansion to investigate the traitor Cao are all looking for trouble. Shang Zhongxin nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "For the sake of the five-year plan, Your Majesty has cut his daily consumption by seventy percent, even the master mother has to sew clothes herself, and the generals and courtiers have also donated money to build water conservancy. Sun Gouzi was also amazed when he heard this: "Since the villain was redeemed by His Majesty from the hands of the Khitans, he knows that His Majesty is a holy monarch like bird and fish soup, and even the Lord Mother has heard that it is the reincarnation of the Emperor Shakti Bodhisattva, who specially assists Your Majesty." His voice was very soft, Shang Zhongxin nodded slightly, and suddenly turned his face pale, and shouted: "Such strange and deceitful words, you are not allowed to mention them again in the future, and they will reach the ears of those priests in the Inquisition, they really dare to put you on the fire and roast you." Sun Gouzhi nodded knowingly, at this time, the Inquisition had already established a certain prestige among the people, and even a rough person like Sun Gouzhi who was still loyal to him knew that he should not claim to be a god, and he should not speak of strange powers.