Chapter 118: Inspecting the lives of the valley people
Canglang and more than a dozen other guards were waiting anxiously in front of the gate, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the three people come in.
Everyone in the guard office had no previous restraint on Fang Wenqing, and they all stepped forward to greet him.
When Fang Wenqing saw this, he couldn't say how happy he was, it seemed that he was not the master of the valley, and they were much more restrained in front of Zhang Kai and Song Ziming.
In the end, Fang Wenqing decided that Zhang Kai and Song Ziming would go back, cancel the original plan, and assist Chen Yiyuan and Yang Tongyu in moving Gu Min back. But he was invited by everyone, saying that he had caught a few hares, pheasants and other wild meat, and wanted Fang Wenqing to taste it.
These people are also from the Peach Blossom Valley people, some were slaves, some were civilians, in a short period of time, the Peach Blossom Valley has undergone earth-shaking changes, everyone is equal, everyone has eaten, thanks to one person, this is Fang Wenqing. From time to time, their families have to warn them to be on duty, this is their own home.
Canglang took the lead, and more than a dozen people were busy, and soon, a table of delicious food was made. Fang Wenqing sat on the main seat, took out some peach blossom cake and peach blossom brew and distributed them to everyone, and everyone thanked them.
After being full of wine and food, Fang Wenqing talked to them about the salary, and learned from the discussion that the salary of the people in the guard office was not low, but there was a little bit of it that was boring and tasteless, and no girl took a fancy to it, like a wild man all day long.
Fang Wenqing felt that this problem needed to be solved, which reminded him of the incident between Lu Chen and Lin Xiaodie not long ago, cultivation is a must, but when it is time to get married and have children, how can we organically integrate cultivation and personal lifelong events?
With this question, Fang Wenqing said goodbye to everyone and returned to his room. Soon, Chen Yiyuan and Yang Tongyu came, Liu Ying also walked in, and finally Yang Kai and Song Ziming came in.
"Brother Fang, is there anything wrong with summoning us here?" Chen Yiyuan asked.
Since the last time she showed strength, she seriously reflected on herself, feeling that she was being used by others, or she was too obsessed with power, and when she saw that Zhang Kai and others were diametrically opposed to people from the outside world, her mentality also changed.
"Chen Yiyuan, how is the life of the Gu people now, if the life is not good, I will ask you." Fang Wenqing said.
"The current life of the valley people is very happy, but the supply of materials is still much worse than that of the outside world." Chen Yiyuan said.
Looking at Chen Yiyuan, who had a happy face, she finally walked out of the shadow of the extinction, and mentioned the outside world today, and had the opportunity to take her out for a walk to see if she could bring things from the outside in.
"Well, I know this, let's go out again when we have time, and let Wu Wancai get something to bring back." Fang Wenqing said.
"The gold, silver and copper reserves in the mines we mined are quite sufficient, and Qian Guiwu has minted a large number of coins, but he does not dare to send them out, and the materials are still too small." Zhang Kai said.
"We simply take the mined gold out and exchange it for currency, and then use the currency to buy back what we need." Chen Yiyuan said.
Fang Wenqing nodded in approval.
"Why, just discuss it, and tell me if there's anything I need to do. Today, I came mainly to discuss the personnel of the guard office and the cultivators in the Peach Blossom Gate, how should they get married and have children? Fang Wenqing said.
"One heart can't be used for two purposes, my opinion is that whoever joins the Peach Blossom Gate, in order to protect the Peach Blossom Valley, must die alone." Zhang Kai said seriously.
Liu Ying glanced at Zhang Kai, smashed Zhang Kai with her arm, and said, "Do you want to accompany you to die alone?" ”
Zhang Kai was speechless for a moment, and Liu Ying continued: "It is human nature to get married and have children, and only when you have a family can you have the motivation to protect it, my opinion is to let go and let them fall in love freely." ”
Chen Yiyuan's face was slightly red, and she didn't say anything, and Song Ziming and Yang Tongyu didn't say a word, just listened.
Fang Wenqing looked at Liu Ying and said, "Liu Ying, tell me what you think, the people in the guard office mainly don't have time to come back, and no girls take a fancy to them." ”
"This is easy to do, it can be divided into several groups of people, one group of people for two or three days a week, so that not everyone can rest, and there is still time to participate in the work of Peach Blossom Valley, and there is still time to cultivate, so you can kill more than one stone." Liu Ying said.
Fang Wenqing immediately decided to adopt Liu Ying's suggestion, he found that Zhang Kai seemed to be very afraid of Liu Ying recently, he looked at Yang Tongyu, and then at Zhang Kai and Liu Ying, Yang Tongyu naturally understood what Fang Wenqing meant, and shook his head at Fang Wenqing, indicating that he didn't know anything.
In addition to helping Zhang Kai at work, Liu Ying also takes a lot of care of Zhang Kai in life, what cooking, cleaning, almost no need for Zhang Kai to do it himself, Yang Tongyu used to go to help clean up every three or five times, but now there is basically nothing to do with her.
Zhang Kai coughed a few times dryly and said, "Okay, just do what Liu Ying wants, Tong Yu and Ziming will issue the main order of the Peach Blossom Valley and the main order of the Peach Blossom Gate tomorrow to convey the meaning." ”
Early in the morning, Fang Wen got up early in the morning, it was rare to have such a quiet time, washed up, and walked out of the door.
The street was already bustling, with people carrying hoes, carts, and children......
On the way, from time to time, someone greeted Fang Wenqing, and Fang Wenqing smiled slightly.
When he came to the field, the number of people hoeing in the field gradually increased, and he found that some of the weeds in the field had been hoeed several times, and he looked at the green wheat plants, as if he had returned to his childhood.
Several wastelands next to it have also been reclaimed, and some crops have been planted, some of which can't even be named by Fang Wenqing, and the wasteland that no one wants has been reclaimed by the people in the guards, and now it seems to have been divided by Chen Yiyuan according to the head.
On the edge of a small wasteland, Fang Wenqing finally saw an acquaintance - Xiaoyue, a young woman who lives with her mother-in-law, has been widowed for many years, I don't know if she is married now?
When Fang Wenqing approached, Xiao Yue rubbed her eyes vigorously, and said excitedly after finally confirming, "Brother Fang, why are you here?" ”
Fang Wenqing's face was embarrassed, thinking why can't I come, could it be that Chen Yiyuan and the others have never come down to inspect, so he asked, "Hasn't the current valley master sent someone down to check?" ”
"No, no, Brother Fang, now Deputy Gu Master Chen often brings people down, or he won't give us so much wasteland, look, although there is no title deed here, it can be contracted, I have contracted for twenty years, and I want twenty copper plates, which is basically the same as giving it for nothing. But the conditions are quite strict, that is, plants must be planted, not abandoned, if it is found to be dark and wasted, confiscated at the same time, but also pay a hundred times the fine. Xiao Yue hurriedly explained.
Wen Qing finally put his mind at ease, it seems that Chen Yiyuan really has two moves, let the people in the guard reclaim it, and then engage in contracting, which is good.
Chatting and chatting, the sun had risen high, Xiao Yue invited Fang Wenqing to her house for breakfast, Fang Wenqing was not polite, and followed Xiao Yue to Xiao Yue's house.
Now Xiao Yue's home has changed a lot, the original thatched hut is gone, standing in front of him is a row of adobe houses, just completed, and there are builders busy next to it, Xiao Yue pointed and said: "Brother Fang, my house was just built a week ago, isn't this they building for our neighbors." ”
"How much does it cost to build such a row of adobe houses?" Fang Wenqing asked.
"It doesn't cost money, this is what you said last year, and now Deputy Gu Master Chen is just implementing, and the salaries of the construction workers are all borne by Peach Blossom Valley." Satsuki said excitedly.
When she came to the back room, it was indeed more spacious and bright than before, Xiaoyue's mother-in-law had already cooked and was waiting for Xiaoyue to come back for breakfast, when she saw Fang Wenqing coming in, she hurriedly stood up, and walked over to give a salute, but was stopped by Fang Wenqing.
"Lord Fang Gu, please sit down, there is nothing to entertain, there is still a chicken in the yard, Xiao Yue went to slaughter and stew, please eat chicken at noon." Satsuki's mother-in-law said.
Fang Wenqing hurriedly stopped it, and explained that it was to see, by the way, he had breakfast, and took the steamed buns handed over by Xiaoyue, Fang Wenqing said: "Do you eat steamed buns every day?" ”
Xiao Yue nodded and said, "Our family divides more than one acre of land, plus the wasteland I contracted, the wheat can't be eaten, and there is still a surplus." This year, we began to pay rent grain, a few hundred catties per acre of land, and the sect bought it at the market price, to put it bluntly, it is to use money to buy our grain, where is this called paying rent grain? It's still a good sect, always thinking about us. ”
Fang Wenqing knew that it was Chen Yiyuan's idea when he thought about it, so that the grain depot could be filled in case of a famine.
Xiaoyue's mother-in-law gave Fang Wenqing a bowl of porridge, and Fang Wenqing quickly took it. There were fried greens and pickled pickles on the table, and Fang Wenqing found that coarse salt was still being used here, so he asked: "Don't you use iodized salt, it's bags of fine salt." ”
"The salt you mentioned, we haven't seen it, only coarse salt like this." Satsuki said with chopsticks in her hand pointing to the coarse salt in the pickle bowl.
Fang Wenqing nodded, and asked Xiaoyue's mother-in-law about the medicine she was taking, and found that the medicine her mother-in-law was taking was long gone, and the free distribution office of medicine in the sect had also been closed, and now it was back to before, looking for a doctor and catching medicine.
After breakfast, Xiao Yue fed the chickens and said, "Brother Fang, our current life is already an eye-opener, and we don't dare to have any greater extravagant hopes, so we can eat enough and have our own land, I feel very happy." ”
Fang Wenqing looked at Xiao Yue's serious and happy appearance, the sun shone all over her pretty face, but for Fang Wenqing, this was just the beginning, he wanted the Gu people to enjoy the same life as the outside world.
Looking at the dusty courtyard and the water he had picked up from the river, he thought to himself that it was time for a change.
Seeing that Fang Wenqing was leaving, Xiao Yue hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Fang, where are you going, I'm fine today, or I'll take you around." ”
Fang Wenqing couldn't ask for it, under the leadership of Xiao Yue, he soon came to the northern wasteland, where the adobe houses were already lined up one after another, looking at the pedestrians coming and going, Fang Wenqing's heart was also settled, after all, all people had a place to live.
In the trading market, Fang Wenqing saw that the items traded were extremely limited, except for grain, vegetables, and game, there were almost no decent items, and the trading store established in Peach Blossom Valley had closed its doors because there was no goods to sell.
Fang Wenqing stepped forward and carefully asked a few people who set up stalls, and they all said that the sect did not charge a penny, and it was completely free.