On the second day of spring cottonseed sowing, the farmers of Fenghe Zhuangzi began to panic inexplicably. 600 acres of fertile land, not a single crop is planted, all the things that do not know the name, even if the imperial court has a pacification compensation plan, but the subsidy grain has not been implemented to the household after all, the farmer only has last year's surplus grain left, this year is obviously no harvest, everyone's mood is a little wrong, a few have stopped spring sowing, and the trouble will rise.

The common people don't care about the gold and silver planted in your court, even if you plant cat's eyes in the field, what you say is also blooming. But when it comes to thinking about the consequences, seeing that there is no food, no matter how expensive things are, people can't starve to death, right?

At the beginning, I also appeased and invited the officials in charge of the Ministry of Industry to come over to persuade them, but the concept of the people not fighting with the officials was deeply rooted, which could be regarded as dispelling the worries of the villagers. But then I don't know how to develop, and suddenly there was a resurgence, and it was menacing, not only the farmers on the Wang family's Zhuangzi, but also the tenants on the surrounding Zhuangzi, and the homesteaders, and several landlords came to complain for the tenants of the Wang family, and the chaos was inextricable.

The villagers in the township are related to their relatives, and they are willing to speak for relatives and friends, what does it mean for your landlord to run and talk nonsense? See the joke? Stir up trouble?

"Don't show up, I'll talk about it again." After five times, Lanling was a little angry, so he was ready to take someone to enforce spring sowing. I understand her feelings, everyone is in a hurry, after the sowing period will delay the big event, not only the cotton has no hope, but even the opportunity to replant grain has been missed. But after all, it is my own farmer, and it is a bit too much to let Lanling, an outsider, interfere, and I have never been in the habit of letting others interfere in the affairs of the family. "Even if it turns the world upside down, I have to be the head of the family, right?" comforted Lanling for a few words, and brought the two families into Zhuangzi.

The responsible official of the Ministry of Industry named Zhang Yun was sitting depressedly on the big mill in the middle of the Zhuangzi, and a dozen or so people stood aside helplessly, and the cotton seeds that were distributed were also returned by the farmer. Pile up around the grinding disc. The dealers stood on the wall, squatting, staring at each other, and ignoring whom. Protest, although the farm tools are in hand, but the people of this era have not been tricky enough to beat the court officials at every turn, anyway, they don't say anything, I don't listen to what you say. The line of non-violent non-cooperation.

Seeing me coming, Zhang Yun hurriedly got up and came over to salute, after all, my grade is more than half of him, since it is official business, then there must be a public courtesy.

"Brother Zhang has worked hard," I replied seriously. This official is still in charge, and since the call came, he has been busy in the fields endlessly, and he has exercised more than others. I admired it. "Don't be angry, it's not all the farmer's fault, I'll try." As he spoke, he prepared to convene the peasant households to give a lecture.

"Please wait." Zhang Yun stopped me, and everyone was already familiar with the contact in the past few days. I was easy-going, and he had no taboos. "It doesn't make sense, the dealers admit death. If we don't make up for this year's grain, I'm afraid we won't be willing to start work. ”

"Then make up for it. Didn't the imperial court also agree to replenish money and food? "Although it's a bit too much to argue for food before the work is done, after all, there is still a difference between going out to work. If you have no money and land, you can't starve to death, but if you don't even have a place to rely on, you can't live.

"The money has come down, but it is only a subsidy for farming tools and hired workers, not a farmer's family. As for the grain, it can only be allocated after the summer is ripe. Each household will be subsidized according to the original average yield per mu, and three stones per mu and five buckets of summer wheat (ten buckets are one stone, one stone is about 115 catties, three stones and five buckets are about 400 catties, and 600 mu will get 24,000 catties of grain). Zhang Yun was a little angry when he said this, tried to calm down his emotions, and said slowly: "It's not that there is no supplement, and it's not that there is no food subsidy." But when this regulation was formulated last year, it was already after the new grain was put into storage. Each item has its own regulations, so the subsidy can only be allocated after the new grain is handed over this year. ”

More than twelve tons of grain. It's trivial for the country, but people have already made rules and regulations, and it doesn't mean that they can revise it if they want to. But now there is no green and yellow, and the state can't subsidize it on the spot, if my family's grain depot takes so much grain out, there will not be much surplus grain, and a family of 100 people can't survive, and the canteen of the flower water workshop still buys food from the Wang family, and the Wang family does not have the reason to bear such a large subsidy.

Who would have thought that there would be such a change in Yima Pingchuan's plan, "Buy grain, if you can't buy grain, you can take it out of the subsidized money to buy grain..." "If you add up the total, it's a trivial matter, isn't it just a harvest of 600 mu plus 40 percent, a total of total."

"Sancheng!" Zhang Yun made a serious correction to my tampering with the regulations. Then he said with a bitter face: "What kind of totaling method?" If the farmers on the land of Zhuangzi do not follow the rules and regulations, if they delay any longer, they will be sowing and the whole year will be wasted. He looked at me cautiously and whispered, "No, if you really can't do it, do you want to consider forcibly ......?"

"Dare! Who dares! "My Zhuangzi people, who will try it, be careful that Lao Tzu kills his whole family. Let's not talk about who is wrong and who is right, if the official says 'forcibly', it is clear that he wants to use abnormal channels, that is, he will oppress the villagers, you of other families are casual, whoever dares to bully the Wang family will not be able to kill you. Gaffe, maybe his expression was a little bad, Zhang Yun couldn't help but take a few steps back, hurriedly changed his smile, and added: "No, Brother Zhang misunderstood, I mean that there is no need to enforce it, who 'dare' does not plant, I will pick him up, hehe." ”

It's a big deal to buy grain, if you can't buy it, you can send money to the villagers, and the subsidy of the imperial court is in my hands, ah no, in the hands of Lanling, it's the same. Ignoring Zhang Yun, he turned around and greeted the two family members who followed, and asked them to gather all the dealers around the grinding plate, and the family master lectured.

As for the head of the family, although the farmers have only officially dealt with me this year, they are still very polite to me. The relocated people also brought back the news, saying that the owner of the Wang family was so merciful, and the relocated farmers had new houses and new yards to live in, and they were very satisfied.

"Quiet, all quiet!" Seeing that everyone had arrived, I pressed my hand and looked around, "I came here in person the day before yesterday, and I haven't made trouble to this point today, so many people in our Zhuangzi haven't seen me." As he spoke, he jumped onto the big mill, condescendingly, and said loudly: "You can see it clearly, Wang Xiu is like this." "After seeing that everyone is looking carefully. After a pause, "I want to say, we are all a family, and we all rely on this acre and three points of land to eat, and the same wheat noodles are under each pot, and I will eat whatever you eat." It's the first time they've dealt with me, and they don't know who I am. I don't blame everyone for not being down-to-earth. Farming on this land is not food, and when you are afraid of famine, you will have no bottom in anyone's heart. Don't force it, I don't have to force all the cotton to grow today. It is only emphasized here that the subsidy of the imperial court is three and a half stones of wheat per acre of land. Like everyone, I also farm, know the harvest before and after, and know how much grain is in an acre in a good year. It can be counted with the toes of the toes, which is much more cost-effective than growing food at home. If the court has evidence, even if there is a disaster, and after the locusts, you have to recognize our subsidies! What are you afraid of? To add. In the future, the people who planted cotton fields will be subsidized by the imperial court, and they will all be their own, and they will no longer have to pay rent to me from now on! "I looked at the reaction of the dealers. Still satisfied, there was a buzzing sound in their ears, and everyone gradually had expressions, no longer lifeless, but loose. pressed his hand and continued: "Don't embarrass fellow villagers, whether you plant cotton or not, it's a voluntary principle. The key is not to delay spring sowing. If you believe in the imperial court and believe in my own words," he pointed to Zhang Yun below, "and went to the person in charge of the imperial court, Lord Zhang, to bring back the cotton seeds, re-register them, and wait for the summer harvest, and all those who have been planted will enjoy the preferential treatment of the imperial court." He smiled at Zhang Yun, and his voice was soft. Mr. Zhang also has time to come to our Zhuangzi. Since the end of the year, he has been living in the village. I'm sure you've seen him with your own eyes. The court officials are all sitting and talking. Speaking of this, he peeked at Zhang Yun with a blank face and was at a loss. Ignore him, this kid probably hasn't even seen the Ministry of Industry a few times, I said stupid, emphasized: "Such a big man, a big man, in order to let the people on our Zhuangzi have a good head, get up earlier than us in the morning, and return later than us in the evening, on the ditch, on the ground, there are more roads than any of us, and these dozen assistants brought by Lord Zhang are all well-known figures in the capital, have the big guys seen them lazy?" ”

The farmer under the "no ......" suddenly had a sense of cohesion, and invariably cast admiring glances at Zhang Yun and the others, making more than a dozen people embarrassed, and the others were embarrassed, Zhang Yun opened his mouth, and the dying silver carp had a virtue.

"That's right. Why do people? How many mouthfuls of food do we have to eat? If you run two more steps, you will get more food and salary from the imperial court? There are no mothers-in-law and babies at home? Don't know if it's comfortable to rest at home? The dealer was confused by my continuous questioning sentences, and he didn't know whether it was better to nod or shake his head, and all kinds of body language were messy, "People who don't worry about eating, drinking, and money, why are people crazy and running towards our remote river beach?" Why do people run? He looked around, well, very satisfied, "Just to trick us into planting some rotten cotton?" Just to trick us into planting cotton and let us fight famine? ”

Everyone shook their heads, and if they pushed it down according to this logic, they could only shake their heads.

"Behold, how is there a man in this world who has thoughts that harm others and do not benefit himself? It's not that I want the people to live a good life, I want everyone to have a few more mouthfuls of food to eat and more clothes to wear," casually pointed to a village woman who was holding a child, "Don't you want our baby to drink a few more mouthfuls of milk?" ”

"Haha......" Everyone laughed wildly, the noisy village woman hugged the child and squatted down to cover her face shyly, and his man stood aside and happily dragged the woman up again, and proudly took the child over and lifted it.

"Don't talk about Master Zhang, talk about me." Pointing to himself, "Am I like a melon seed?" See, you don't think I'm like that. The land is mine, and I am worried about everyone without the harvest. Let's not look at my reputation in the capital, just because I'm a bad place, and I don't have the reason to use my own land as a child's play, right? Mr. Zhang was invited back by me from the imperial court many times, but people were reluctant to come at the beginning, and there was nothing for our family to do to grow this cotton, so they didn't test it on our land at all. In order to experiment with cotton planting, all the people in the capital broke their heads to seek benefits for their own farmers. Fortunately, I ran for a whole year, begging grandpa to sue ***, before we took the benefits into our arms, last year in the capital, who and who's family, just planting this cotton, the food in the farmer's house is too much to eat, and the court is reluctant to do this again, why? Not to mention losing money and grain, the farmers are full of food and drink, and they don't do any work, and they have become pigs. He hugged his arms and gestured, "Quan Datang will plant this for our family this year, all quietly, don't be silent, let people know about the red eyes and bad things for us, aren't there other people in Zhuangzi who always put rumors on our side these days?" Their eyes were red. I'm trying to figure out how to call us a few years. If you can't get it right, it's over, and you still grow food and pay rent, and you have no hope of living. After speaking, he waved his big hand, "That's it, listen to it or not, I can eat as much as I want, no matter what I plant, it won't affect me." for your good. If you are willing to plant, go to Master Zhang to get the seeds and re-register them, and if you are not willing to ask me to sign up! ”

When the dealers saw me jump off the millstone, everyone hesitated, pushed each other and found an age to be the representative, and the group discussed for a long time. I ignored Zhang Yun, and commanded the two family members to move a bench and sit in the middle of the field, looking like waiting for the people who planted food to come forward and sign up.

The dealers have come to a conclusion. The old man approached me cautiously, negotiating. It means nothing else, although the farmers yearn for a rich life, after all, this cotton has never been seen, and they have never dealt with the imperial court. But there are concerns about unreliability. The old man expressed his trust in the Wang family very euphemistically, and wanted me, the head of the family, to set up a document that is the same as that of the imperial court. And tactfully mentioned the matter of not paying rent, hoping that it would be implemented together through the written note.

"It's easy to do, pen and ink are waiting!" After a turn of thought, he pointed to the old man, "Old man, wait a minute, I'll find someone to bring a pen and paper," and called Zhang Yun over. After a few compliments, according to what he just said, he asked him to draft the contract on the spot in front of everyone. "Master Zhang's Dimobao, I personally drew the charge, do you still have any concerns?" As he spoke, he took two contracts around and solemnly handed one to the representative of the dealer and kept one for himself. "I don't have any worries to get the seeds, and I'll talk to you for a long time. How much time is delayed. Go! He grinned and threatened, "I'll make up for all the lost time." Signing and drawing will have confidence, whoever shouts again, be careful who I pick up! ”

The farmers were reassured, and they all went to get cotton seeds, and no one cared about my Huang Shiren's style. Let out a long breath, wipe the sweat on your forehead, and send the two family members back first, and I will walk alone.

I smiled self-deprecatingly, I am simply a liar who engages in pyramid schemes, and I don't say anything about deceiving honest people with a dry mouth, even Lanling laughs at me. When I turned around Zhuangzi, I met Lanling, who had been hiding behind a big tree not far away to listen to my breaking, and intercepted me from the back of the village after the end of the scene.

"I've seen it, but it's a guy who has seen bad water." Lanling smiled and slapped me gently, "Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?" ”

"What do you know," he glanced back disdainfully, "It's not a fraud of grain and money, so the farmers can rest assured that they are working hard, what is wrong." ”

"Drink saliva quickly, wipe the white foam from the corners of your mouth, disgusting." Lanling handed over the water bag, he has been busy recently, and he often brings a water bag when he goes out. "The tongue blooms with lotus flowers, demagoguery, deceives people, and the notes have to be ghostwritten, is it a shame to lose people?"

"Lost, of course lost, but you know, what are you afraid of?" wiped the corners of his mouth indiscriminately, raised a water bag and drank from the cow, "If there is a way, try to let the subsidized grain be distributed as soon as possible, and now it is temporarily calm, but as soon as the wheat on other people's Zhuangzi comes out, the comparison between the two sides will inevitably cause trouble again." We thought about it smoothly at the time, but we didn't expect such a disgusting thing to happen, blame me, and blame you. ”

"Well, blame me," Lanling never shirks responsibility, who should be who, and has responsibility. "You and I never think about these things, and neither of us thinks about the scene of having no food. If you think about it carefully, if we are farmers, we are probably not willing to plant this strange crop, and the whole family is counting on the little grain in the field to survive. ”

"Over there," I said, pointing to the clean beach, "if you do anything in the future, you have to think first from someone else's standpoint, and what is wrong and right is not taken for granted." We think that it is for the country and the people, and people who are the people may not think so, doing bad things with good intentions, and being wronged at both ends. ”

"For the country and the people, these words come out of your mouth, hehe......" Lan Ling shook his head and smiled, and found a big stone to sit down, "Sometimes I can't figure out whether you are true or false, and the person who comes with nonsense opens his mouth......"

"Not exactly." He picked a thin stone and cut it hard at the surface of the water, and watched the stone jump on the surface of the water, once, twice...... "First of all, I am not a bad person; Secondly, I am a patriot. Maybe it's a little lazy, maybe there is a bad problem of loving a small cheap, it is human nature to protect the short, in the case of a prosperous family, greed for life and fear of death is not a shortcoming, but it is not an unscrupulous person, and it should be borne by itself. For me, sometimes responsibility is more important than life. ”

"I know, you're pretty good at that." The wind on the riverside was strong, Lanling seemed to be a little cold, and pulled the placket, "In the past year, you have changed a lot, and you don't have the feeling of being out of place with you, maybe you have been gradually influenced by you, it is the kind of assimilation that you often say." ”

"Assimilation with each other, influence with each other." Lan Ling said that it was a bit of an exaggeration to say that I was out of place at the beginning, but at that time, I had only only come into contact with this era, and the difference was still very distinct. "If we meet a year or two later, I guess we won't be able to get together. Didn't you find me out of curiosity? ”

"En" Lan Ling twisted his face and smiled brightly, "I really can't figure it out, even people can't get sick if they get sick once." I heard that your wife will pass you as you were, although it is still a reply, you may hear from it that she has a whisper, and others have also said, as far as your own original words are concerned, the mud can't support the wall. ”

"Hehe......" My mother has commented on me since I was a child, and now when I hear Lanling say this, my heart is warm, "It's not, it's really not ordinary." If the big family is defeated, if you don't have that disease, you will probably have to help me on the street, just this body, born to be a good material for asking for food. ”

"Anyway, didn't you show off your tendons and flesh to others last night?" Lanling glanced at it with big watery eyes, and his face was crimson, "I don't dare to take a boat in the flowing water, I saw you get off the ferry on the slope of the ferry that day, and my heart is admirable, what is there to do in Weicheng, tell me about it." ”

People on the Loess Plateau are afraid of a lot of water, and they can't feel it in the still water, and once they stand next to the flowing water, they panic and are not surprised. "I didn't say anything, it's far worse than the capital, but after all, it's a fresh place, and there is freshness when it turns. If it weren't for this, while the spring sowing would be over in a few days, we would cross the river to play. ”

"No, no." Lan Ling shook his head and refused, "It's a mood to stand on the shore, and it's a mood to go into the water." I won't let you see my scared look. When I was a child, I stood aside and didn't dare to go over to the Bahe River, and when I saw them playing on the other side, I stayed up all day. "Maybe I remembered what happened when I was a child, and I smiled sweetly," The willow tree in the Bahe River is about to twitch when he speaks, you can take me to see it at that time." ”

"Okay," I pointed in the direction of the official road, "Old Man Su has been out of the customs in the past few days, and he can't leave here, so there is no chance to give him a chance." "The old man took the fishing gear I gave him out of the customs, and it happened to be a good season for fishing in the past, and I was a little envious when I thought about it, and I was not surprised to catch dozens of catties of big guys in the flowing water.

"It's all worrying, and the emperor is also trying to do it." Lan Ling leaned over and grabbed a handful of sand, and watched the sand flow out of his fingers, "If Uncle Cheng's side makes a move, Su Dingfang will be bitter, the people who went to Tubo this time haven't brought back the news, and I don't know how your little trick is going." ”

"Even if it goes well, it won't help much," but there are Cheng and Su and the two old handsomes who stand in their way, plus the care of the imperial court as the top priority, it is not as thrilling as imagined, I have a kind of blind worship of Su Dingfang, and I feel that as long as he goes out, there is nothing that cannot be done. "They are all old handsomes on the battlefield, how to make people know what to do, it's useless for us to worry about it."

"Fortunately, the coal on the copper pass has been officially mined, and the thing is really sharp when used for forging, and all the big weapons workshops in the capital have been replaced with coal, and the speed has increased a lot." When Lanling said about coal, a smile appeared on his face again, "I have always been good at weapons, and now with this means, I am like a tiger with wings." ”

"We're here to grow cotton, what kind of coal." Lan Ling is a little obsessed with these things, and it is necessary to correct them, "The emperor is more worried about these things than you, and you can do it just by thinking about me." ”

"Think," Lan Ling slapped the sand on his hand and said with a smile: "It's only past noon, what's the use of thinking about you?" You've thought about ......."

。 Three Heads M.