Chapter 68: Youzhou (24)
When they first started reading this script, they just thought it was funny.
Jiang Xuewei in the script remembered how to solve the problem at the last moment and was admitted to the lift. The identity of this person is not up or down, and he is lucky to get a small county order.
However, the situation of this small county order is similar to that of Lufeng County, the poor village is out of the people, and the rich households in the county are rich and unkind, and they disobey the orders of the county order. This ancestor's method is really high!
In the afternoon, several large pieces of paper were posted on the notice at the entrance of the yamen.
The people next to him quickly gathered, and the official stood next to him and looked at the gongs and drums and shouted: "Come and listen, we adults have heard about the recipe for making tofu, come and learn it." There is also a diagram of this farm tool and a loom, and those who can do carpentry should hurry up to learn it. ”
Wow, there is such a good thing? Adults write recipes to them?
A carpenter passing by heard this, and hurriedly squeezed up, oops, there were drawings. Forget about this farm tool, you will do it when you see it. This loom drawing is a good thing!
"What's written over there?" One of the people asked.
The official cleared his throat: "This is a monument of merit!" ”
"What merit monument?" The people were puzzled.
The official said proudly: "During the Chinese New Year, wasn't the Salesian Church smashed by hail? If anyone is willing to spend money to rebuild the Salesian Church, a monument will be erected next to the Salesian Church to indicate who donated it. ”
Oh, the people understand.
The official continued: "Last year, the bridge between Xiangshui Village and Jinli Village was washed away by a heavy flood, and it was inconvenient for you to cross the river, so you either made a single-plank bridge or took a long detour. The adults also said that if anyone financed the construction of the bridge, a monument would be erected next to the bridge to indicate who built the bridge. Whoever crosses this bridge in the future will have to be grateful. ”
An old man said happily, "That's good, that's good." ”
The official continued: "You see, these are all funded by others, last summer, the road from Yangchi Village to the county seat was washed away by a mudslide, and whoever repaired the road set up a monument on the side of the road. And this, the ...... that built the school."
In the past, the county ordered rich households to donate money, but those rich households refused to donate or donated very little, but now this is very positive!
Looking at the stack of papers on the table, it was full of silver tickets left by rich people who came to pledge to donate, as well as receipts and handprints left by pledges.
Jiang Xuewei's ancestor's trick "Le Shi Gong Ji" is really wonderful! Ha ha!
Master Lu has always felt that he has lived so happily, and the more he looks at Tao Ling, the more pleasing he becomes. I hope that Tao Ling will send more letters to Lord Tao in the future.
Voluntary donations are naturally different from being forced to donate by prefectural orders.
A wealthy man wrote a letter to a distant relative, mentioning the matter. And showed that he had built a school in several surrounding villages, and the thought of a monument written on it next to the school made me feel comfortable. If those boys really have someone who is admitted to the imperial examination, won't they have to miss their own love?
As a result, the other party replied that their county was also doing this. They paid for the construction of the dam, but the county order insisted that they pay 5,000 taels of silver to build it. It's just that with the merit monument, they can be tax-free for five years.
With the exchange of letters from all over the country in the beginning of spring, the first and second issues of Gewu Monthly slowly spread, and the recipes for making tofu recorded on it also slowly flew into thousands of households.
"This tofu is really rare, just beans, you can make something like this." Xie Yuxin pointed to the tofu in the small bowl.
Bai Mu happened to come to him and found that he was drinking afternoon tea, and he also ate some with him.
"Your chef really has a way, this jade tofu looks quite delicious." Bai Mu ate two pieces and put down the bowl in his hand.
The white tofu and green tofu are cut into small squares and placed together to look delicious.
Xie Yutao touched his belly: "When Lord Lei wants to go back to Youzhou and his father invites him, I don't know if there will be this jade tofu." ”
They thought that only the third edition of the blue version would have some food and skills, but they didn't expect that the content in the second edition of "My Ancestors and Me" would be richer.
When Jiang Xuewei first arrived in the county seat, several nearby villages had just been flooded, and the post-disaster reconstruction fell on him. However, the local wealthy did not cooperate and refused to donate. Therefore, the ancestors' "Le Shi Gong Ji" made the rich households donate money, a rich family helps a village, and a rich family builds a road to help the common people. Because the ancestors also emphasized that there would be a plague, they also disinfected with lime everywhere.
After that, what Xie Yutao didn't understand was that the script also used two whole paragraphs to describe how to disinfect the pigsty.
Then, in order to develop his livelihood, Jiang Xuewei used the method taught by his ancestors to teach the people to make tofu and provide several dishes of tofu. The people were also taught how to use new farming tools and new looms.
If the second edition of the Blue Journal is a book, then there are drawings of farm tools and looms in the Color Journal, which means that you can learn these for free.
Jiang Xuewei listened to the words of his ancestors and attached great importance to the post-disaster reconstruction work, and collected wool from rich households to help the people rebuild their homes.
After disinfection with lime to prevent the plague, everyone was also taught how to raise pigs and rabbits. These alone occupy a third of the second edition.
When the story came to this point, everyone was happy, but there was a twist. Before Jiang Xuewei came, there was a plague in a remote village, but the mountains were high and the road was far away, and it did not spread. Now it's spreading.
When everyone saw this, they were anxious to know the result. But Youzhou is so far away, it will be a long time for the next issue to be sent!
Disinfect with lime to prevent plague. Shouldn't they have some lime on hand? Then advocate that the villagers raise more pigs and rabbits, and the tax revenue will also be more! This is so detailed about how to raise pigs and rabbits, it should be feasible!
"Well, what's going to happen to the third issue of the monthly magazine? How did Jiang Xuewei deal with the plague? Xie Yutao was a little anxious.
"Young master, young master." Yan Mo suddenly rushed over, and when he saw Bai Mu present, he stopped in his tracks.
"What's the matter?" Xie Yutao said dissatisfiedly.
"Young master, the Gewu Bookstore posted a notice saying that you should go to the bookstore to discuss the manuscript!" As soon as Rock Mo's words fell, Xie Yutao pounced and grabbed his shoulders.
"What do you say? Say it again! Xie Yutao was afraid that he had heard it wrong. When he got the second issue of the monthly magazine, he was a little disappointed that he didn't see his travelogue. However, Bai Mu's manuscript was not uploaded, and this time he was psychologically balanced.
Yanmo smiled flatteringly: "There is a notice posted outside the bookstore, and Mr. Yuguan, the author of "Youzhou Travels", is invited to come to the door to talk about it!" ”
Mr. Yuguan...... It's his pen name, haha!
"Congratulations, Brother Xie." Bai Mu threw his hand at him.
"Where, where, it's not that it hasn't been published yet!" Xie Yutao is still a little sensible, that Bai Mu's poems have been published, but his has not been published, so he should be low-key and low-key. But the corners of his mouth still curled uncontrollably.
"Brother Bai, you can go with me!" Xie Yutao didn't dare to go out alone, otherwise his father would think that he was out playing and not doing his job. It's different with Bai Mu, this guy has good knowledge, just in the name of two people going out to study and visit.
Bai Mu nodded: "Okay." ”
As soon as the two of them arrived at the carriage shed in the backyard, they found that Xie Yuxin was already dressed like a ball and was waiting there with a cotton hat.
"On this cold day, you want to go out?" Xie Yutao asked curiously.
Xie Yuxin raised his chin and said proudly: "Mother accompanied me to Gewu Bookstore." ”
Xie Yutao looked him up and down, especially confirming the smug look in his eyes, and an ominous pre-cold came out.
"Ahem, a notice was posted outside the bookstore, asking me to come to the door to discuss the manuscript." Xie Yuxin pretended to be reserved, and clenched his hands into fists to cough. It's just that his small eyes are about to burst into stars, and the corners of his mouth that can't be held back betray him.
"Xin'er, hey, are Tao'er and Zhichang going out too?" Mrs. Xie is nearly forty years old this year, and if Lu Yingfang were here, she would definitely say, "I finally saw the kind of people in their forties who looked like they were in their twenties in the plot."
After Bai Mu greeted Mrs. Xie, the coachman drove the carriage over, Xie Yuxin couldn't wait to get into the carriage, and urged Mrs. Xie to get into the carriage quickly.
Now even the nine-year-old Xie Yuxin's manuscript can be uploaded? I want to go with him to meet the owner of Gewu Bookstore?
Bai Mu looked at Xie Yutao's somewhat constipated expression with some amusement.
"Let's go!" Xie Yutao wanted to go another day for a moment, but the paper couldn't contain the fire, and he was also his younger brother, so what was there to be ashamed of.
When the carriage came to the vicinity, they got out of the carriage, and the Gewu Bookstore was full of people.
Xie Yutao also once sneaked out alone and came to visit. It's just that the Xie family has a lot of books, so he doesn't need to come here to read books for free. Rock Ink deliberately led them to the place where the notice was posted outside.
Xie Yutao saw that the title above read:
The following authors are invited to come to the store on a later date to discuss the manuscript.
Mrs. Weilan "The Legend of Lethe"
Little Ink Ke "Cold Plum"
Mr. Yuguan "Travels in Youzhou"
……
……
After Xie Yutao and Bai Mu entered, the clerk asked the reason and took them to the guest room of Zhizhiyuan.
The clerk said, "Please go to the side room to rest first, the owner is receiving customers." ”
"Really?" Xie Yuxin's voice came from within, and Xie Yutao's eyelids twitched.
"Xin'er......" Mrs. Xie's voice came out.
The two of them were in the side room, and in less than two quarters of an hour, the clerk came to invite.
The two of them were about to enter the inner room, Xie Yutao was glad that they didn't meet directly, and Xie Yutao's cheerful voice came from behind him: "Third brother, why are you here...... Hey, you're not here to discuss the draft, are you? ”
Xie Yutao ignored the voice behind him and went in directly, but Bai Mu bowed his hand to Mrs. Xie and Xie Yuxin before going in.
Before closing the door, Xie Yuxin's voice came from behind him, "It's my brother's manuscript that has been chosen, right?" ”
Xie Yutao took a deep breath and didn't bother with the bear child.