Chapter 240

Li Daniu took two entourages to search Wan Jue's house, and soon the female relatives of Wan Jue's family who got the news ran to the sky and the ground, a white fat woman held the corpse and cried, and seven or eight women with beautiful eyebrows cried into the crowd, each holding their family members and crying bitterly.

Song Nan knew that these women were probably the women of the village forcibly occupied by Wan Jue, and as soon as Wan Jue died, they were also free.

The fat woman cried bitterly, pointed at Song Nan and gritted her teeth, Song Nan didn't pay attention to him at all, and ordered: "Everyone in Wan Jue's family must be taken to Jinyiwei to record a confession, and whoever participates in the affairs of the common people will be punished." ”

The woman jumped to her feet and scolded: "You thief who kills by heaven, you dare to kill people in broad daylight, you wait, my son is an official in Beijing, he will not be spared, and you will be broken into ten thousand pieces." ”

The little county lord shouted: "Palm mouth." ”

A dozen villagers also took the opportunity to rush up and punch and kick the woman, scolding angrily: "You vicious woman, you still have a noisy face, your husband and wife have been in trouble in the township for so many years, and now they are innocent of death, we can't wait to eat your flesh and pick your skin." ”

The crowd roared angrily: "Kill this evil woman, how much bad water is from her, and she is the most vicious." ”

The people were so excited that they came forward and grabbed the woman's hair and beat her around, and the scene got out of control for a while.

Song Nan hurriedly said in a loud voice: "Folks, stop, leave this matter to me to take back to the yamen for interrogation, you can punish how you want, you can't kill anyone; I killed him because he wanted to harm me, but this woman was just disrespectful, and the rest of the bad deeds still need to be investigated. ”

Song Nan ordered someone to tie up all the family members and family members of Wan Jue's family and throw them aside, and ordered someone to carry the corpse on the ground to the side and place it, and then said in a loud voice: "I will deal with Wan Jue's matter, you don't have to worry about it, in the future, I will let Wan Dabao collect the rent of the acres of land here, and at the same time I will reduce the amount of rent to be handed over, originally one stone per mu, so I will only collect eight buckets; Remember, in the future, you only need to hand over one bucket of each acre of land to the official's family and my eight buckets, and all the rest will belong to you. ”

The people cheered and thundered, in the past, one acre of land had to pay rent for one stone and seven stones, but now half of the burden has been removed, and each person and each family will have an extra income of one or twenty taels a year, how can they not like it?

"In addition, I would like to ask why the yield per mu of paddy fields here is less than that of other places, such fertile fields with sufficient irrigation do not say that the yield per mu is not three stones, but at least two stones, five or six. Just now, Wan Dabao told me that the mud floor has a sour smell, is this the reason? ”

An old man said: "I heard the old people say that this seems to be the reason, the old people in the village say that the mud of this land is sour, the roots of the rice are easy to rot, and the harvest has not been good, and the harvest is much higher than ours, and we don't know what to do." ”

Song Nan's heart was full of anger, this is no coincidence, Liu Jin gave himself a thousand acres of acidic land, and also flattered him to say that it was a thousand acres of fertile land, Song Nan calmed the anger in his heart and said: "If it is for this reason, it is easy to do, after I go back, I will order someone to send dozens of trucks of lime, and you will be able to sprinkle it in the field." ”

Everyone was stunned and said, "Lime is effective? That's amazing. ”

Song Nan said: "Believe me, if you don't believe it, you can first take a look at the actual one acre of land per household, if the crops in the field are damaged, I will exempt you from the rent of ten acres, and you will not suffer." ”

Wan Dabao said: "Just listen to the orders of the Song Dong family, and the Song Dong family will also collect rent, will it not harm us?" ”

Everyone nodded yes.

Song Nan said: "Also, I don't think it's enough to just weigh rice, rice can only be planted for one season, and the income is limited; I see that our fields are full of ponds, so there should be no shortage of water for irrigation. ”

"There is no shortage of water, we have water here all year round, and when we harvest the crops, we have to build a dam to scoop water into the canal." Wan Lao said with his pipe.

Song Nan said: "Very good, after I go back, I ordered someone to buy some fish fry and send them, you raise them in the rice field water, and the fish are fat when the rice is ripe during the autumn harvest, which will inevitably increase a lot of income." ”

"Fish farming in rice fields?" Unheard of.

Song Nan said with a smile: "Save time, effort and worry, pay attention to the water level on weekdays, and it is useful to keep it." ”

Everyone never thought that fish could be raised in the rice fields, and this proprietor really has a lot of ideas, not to mention, if you think about it, this method must be useful, so wouldn't it be a lot of extra income.

Everyone was excited to talk about it, so they heard Song Nan continue: "You don't have anyone to cover my family's mountainous land, don't you know that it is also a good land, why don't you put mulberry trees on the mountains that can grow wheat and crops that can't?" Mulberry leaves can raise silkworms and sell silk, and it is also an income, so the brain should be active, don't just stare at the rice in the paddy field, what to do with the money, as long as you don't violate my Ming law, and pay enough to the housekeeper and the owner, aren't the extra ones all your own? ”

Everyone blinked, listening to Song Nan's words was like an empowerment, in the mouth of Song Dong's family, there were many ways to make money, but they didn't expect it at all.

"I am willing to take the barren mountain, plant mulberry and raise silkworms according to the method of the Song Dongjia, and give half of the proceeds to the Dongjia." Wan Dabao raised his hand and shouted.

Song Nan smiled: "Okay, I'll let you try, but you don't have to hand over half of it to me, I only need thirty percent, and the mountain land doesn't pay official rent, and the rest is your own." ”

Wan Dabao was overjoyed, the people were excited, and they talked about it, forgetting that just now, Song Dongjia slaughtered eight or nine people with a wave of his hand, and the corpses were still dripping blood on the side of the haystack, everyone's impression of Song Nan has changed completely, with this owner, a better life is just around the corner.

Song Nan jumped off the big bluestone under the tree and walked in front of the women, and saw that all the women were looking at Song Nan in a daze with their mouths half-open, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with you?" ”

The little county lord said: "You...... Have you ever farmed? ”

Song Nan said: "No." ”

The little county lord said: "Then how do you talk about these heads." ”

Song Nan said: "I also said it casually, whether it will be successful or not, but these are not bad things, and there is no loss if it can't be done, so I said it and let everyone give it a try." ”

The little lord said: "No, what you said is so sure that it must be useful, how do you know that lime sprinkled into the ground can remove acid?" ”

Song Nan said in his heart: "Do I want to explain the neutralization reaction to you?" ”

In fact, Song Nan's method has been used in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the ancient people are not as stupid as we think, they will not only use lime to neutralize the acid, but also use arsenic to mix seeds to prevent pests. Song Nan is just crooked, and Song Nan himself is really not sure, but rice and fish farming is a common thing in later generations, although Song Nan is not from a farmer's family, but TV reports, radio propaganda, naturally know that this method is feasible, but I don't know how to do it.

"The people live in poverty, so they have to use their brains more, just like we do business, the capital of one or two silver always wants to make as much profit as possible, how is this not the case for farmers, how to produce more money per acre of land is also worth trying to try; The life of the people is too hard, and I can't bear to look at it. Song Nan sighed.

Lu Qingli said with a smile: "Brother Song is also compassionate, I haven't heard you say these words before." ”

Song Nan said: "I'm telling the truth, a Wanjiazhuang can see the current situation of many people in my Ming Dynasty, the people are so poor, and no one cares about them; They are also human beings, and if you think about it, if we were to be reborn in a house like Wanjiazhuang, where we could not eat three meals a day, and we were not clothed, and no one cared about us, what a terrible thing it would be. ”

The women shuddered, this can't be imagined, when they think of such a hopeless day, it is really better to die.

Song Nan said: "I didn't have such a big feeling before I came here, but today touched me a lot, I was ashamed of my previous narrow-mindedness, only caring about my own life, and I had no compassion for others; Since people are born in the world, they must have a purpose for being born, and no one wants to spend a lifetime in chaos; I wondered if I could save the people of the world from their hardships within the scope of my ability, would it be a great thing to accumulate virtue and do great good. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, Song Nan said this, they never thought about it, everyone cared about whether their relatives could live a good life, but they never felt that the suffering of the people had anything to do with themselves, and when Song Nan said this, they also felt a little ashamed.

"Song Gongzi, this is considered enlightenment." Dai Su'er said suddenly.

Song Nan smiled: "I just said it casually." ”

Dai Su'er said: "Song Gongzi, do you know who my father admired the most when he was alive?" ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "I don't know, I have no relationship with Ling Zunsu." ”

Dai Su'er said softly: "It is Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister in the Song Dynasty, and my father only respects him because of his words. Father used to say that those who can say such things must have great wisdom and great heart; If it can be done correctly, then the stars in the sky will come down to help the people. ”

Song Nan thought for a while and said, "It's a pity that I can't do it, if I change it, I may be able to do it." ”

Dai Su'er looked deeply at Song Nan's face and said, "How to change it?" ”

Song Nan said: "Worry about the worries of the world, and enjoy the joy of the world." I'm not a saint, the world is rich and I am poor, that's not to do, I have to ensure that my life can be nourished, and then I take care of the affairs of the world. ”

The women's eyes flew wildly, and there were such frank people, who took care of themselves first, and didn't even want to say a word of lies.

"It's just a feeling, in fact, I'm still a small person, and this kind of thing probably shouldn't be my heart." Song Nan smiled slightly and waved his hand: "Let's get ready to leave for home, I'm really sorry today, I took everyone to the spring, but I encountered such a thing, so many people died, and some of them were busy after going back." ”

Only then did everyone remember that today's events were really not small, and so many lives were lost, and they didn't know if they could calm down after going back, and everyone's hearts were covered with dark clouds, and they turned around and got into the car.

Dai Su'er walked past Song Nan and whispered a sentence: "Su'er seems to have mistaken Song Gongzi, Song Gongzi is a good person who confesses, and maybe he will still be a big hero in the future." ”

Song Nan was speechless, and the group said goodbye to the villagers of Wanjiazhuang, borrowed a few board cars to drag the corpses, and escorted the prisoners back to Beijing.

On the way back to the city, Song Nan rode on the horse without saying a word, and his thoughts were like a tide in his heart.

Today's emotion is not Song Nan's momentary meaning, Song Nan really feels that he should do something; If it is said that he is struggling to survive when he has just crossed over, the current Song Nan has long passed that stage; Faced with the poor and numb life of the people of the Ming Dynasty, Song Nan's heart was irrepressibly filled with thoughts that he had not had before.

Could it be that God wants to live again in order to prolong one's life? I have hundreds of years of wisdom more than the people of this era, and I have also seen a better dynasty and a better life, this last Han dynasty is declining, and its future fate is also to be invaded and destroyed by the Manchu Tatars, resulting in the most humiliating and darkest history in later generations; Knowing this foreseeable future, whether to ignore it or try to change.

The answer seems self-evident.

(At the end of the third volume, please see the next volume: Water and Clouds)