Li Zicheng left in disgrace, Dali County, Baishui County, and several surrounding county towns that were plagued by disasters immediately became the target of Lantian County, and the boundary monument of Lantian County advanced rapidly at a speed of thirty miles a day, and soon the entire Weinan area was Li Chaosheng's territory.

The army triumphed, Li Chaosheng held a grand celebration banquet in the Lantian camp, and the major legions were praised, and everyone was duly rewarded for a while.

Meritorious heroes should be promoted, bonuses should be awarded, and commendations should be commended.

After the conference, the army began to enter a period of recuperation, and at the same time, the entire Lantian also entered a period of rapid development.

On this day, a man came to Lantian, and the man was dressed in Confucian clothes, looking like a dusty man, and he had a strange black box around his neck, which was called a camera.

The man's eyes were not enough to see when he came to Lantian, and he looked at the newly built water conservancy in Lantian along the way, as well as the crops called corn growing in the fields, and the man sighed.

The people of Lantian County now grow more corn than potatoes and sweet potatoes, the reason is also very simple, compared with potatoes and sweet potatoes, corn is more like grain, especially after corn is ground into flour, the corn paste made is better, and it is an important staple food for Lantian people now.

Sweet potatoes, Lantian people are also planting, but it is not the main crop for a long time, that thing is very sweet, roasted and delicious to eat, but it can't be used as a staple food, this thing tastes old and smelly, which is very excessive.

Moreover, the sweet potatoes are sweet, and they are not very delicious to eat with dishes, so except for a small amount of sweet potatoes that are retained, the rest are sold to the government.

The government buys sweet potatoes, and even allows the people to pay taxes with sweet potatoes as grain, but the amount of wheat is much larger than paying corn, and after the government buys sweet potatoes, they begin to sell them, Lantian is not short of grain, but Shaanxi is short of grain, Shanxi is short of grain, and many places around are short of grain.

Although the price of sweet potatoes is not as good as wheat, it can't stand the large amount, so sweet potatoes have become the main food of Lantian County's foreign trade, and the price is still very cheap, compared to wheat, rice and the like, so people often buy sweet potatoes to satisfy their hunger.

In addition, in the major construction sites of Lantian, sweet potatoes are the staple food, of course, you can eat a meal of white rice or white mask every seven days, which is Li Chaosheng's grace.

The man looked at the scenery of Lantian all the way, and couldn't help but sigh, even if the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River is similar to here, the people are rich in things and people, and it is really a peaceful scene.

The man walked all the way, and at noon, he passed by a village, where the smoke was curling and the man was hungry, so he came to a family that was cooking.

When the man came to the door, he saw an old man in the yard rummaging grain, and the plump corn kernels were yellow and clear.

At this time, the man stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked at the old man and said, "Old man." ”

The old man looked up at the men, especially the scholars, and smiled: "What's the matter? ”

The status of scholars is still very high in these years, there is no way that this is the habit of the people for thousands of years, and there is a mysterious worship of readers.

At this time, the man saluted the old man and said: "In Xia Xu Xiake, passing by here, I am hungry, can I buy some dry food at my father-in-law's house." ”

Xu Xiake said very clearly, it is to buy dry food, not to ask, let alone rub rice, you must know who comes to the house to rub a meal now, it is not a problem, it is a big deal to have more pairs of chopsticks, but in this era, rubbing rice?

Whoever has food for you to rub, their own family is not enough to eat, especially in Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places, some places are easy to eat, how can there be extra rice for people to rub, this era of rubbing rice is a big deal.

It is said that even in a province where there is no famine for the time being, the girl will not leave food when she takes her aunt home, because she is afraid that there will not be enough food to eat, which is something that cannot be helped.

Xu Xiake has walked all the way, and he sees such things very clearly.

So he won't be stupid, so he chirped to the old man: "Old man, rub a meal." ”

If you really say that, it is estimated that the other party will also say politely: "Get out." ”

Even Xu Xiake was already ready to buy dry food and was refused, after all, food is still very precious these days, and gold and silver are sometimes really inferior to grain.

But Xu Xiake didn't expect the old man to hear this and said, "Oh, you are a passing scholar, right?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Xiake said: "Exactly." ”

The old man said, "Okay, come in, it's just right for dinner." ”

Xu Xiake was stunned for a moment and said, "I'll just buy some dry food." ”

The old man said: "It's okay, come in, there is no more than one pair of dishes and chopsticks left and right, this little old man has a birthday, and you can also come to be lively." ”

Hearing this, Xu Xiake hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My husband has a long life." ”

The old man cracked the corners of his mouth at this time and said, "Two out of sixty." ”

Xu Xiake exclaimed: "The old gentleman has a long life." ”

When the old man heard this, he said, "Yes, it's a good time, I didn't expect that I would live so long, come to the hospital." ”

Xu Xiake entered the yard, and then saw the corn drying in the yard and said, "Is this the corn in Lantian?" ”

The old man said: "That's right, it's this thing, if there is no such thing, Lantian doesn't know how many people will starve to death, this is a good thing, after a while, you can taste it, this is a sticky cake made at home." ”

"Then you have to try it."

Xu Xiake said as he squatted down and pulled off a corn kernel from the corn cob and said, "What is the annual output of this thing?" ”

The old man smiled when he heard this: "This thing has a high yield, the year is better, the inferior fields can also produce more than 1,000 catties, and the better ones can produce 1,500 catties, our town's mu yield champion this year, an acre of land yields 1,892 catties, and the chief personally issued a brand of mu yield champion to his home, which is magnificent." ”

"Oh, you lieutenants still care about this."

Xu Xiake asked in surprise when he heard this, and the old man said: "In our Lantian County, there are many things that the chief is in charge of, not only this, anyone who has any difficulties can find the chief, and they will solve it for us." ”

"You're so good?"

Xu Xiake was even more surprised, and the old man smiled: "That's our county respect, if it weren't for our county honor, I would have starved to death five years ago." ”

Hearing this, Xu Xiake asked what was going on, and the old man said: "In the past, we called Chang'an County here, which is no different from other places, the county officials are greedy for money, the people are poor, and they can't eat a full meal all year round. ”

"After becoming a Lantian person, the government came to measure the land for us, began to build water conservancy, divided the land for us, and interviewed our landlords in the past, and cut the previous fifty percent of the rent into two percent, and changed it to one percent in recent years, plus one percent to the government, we can leave eighty percent, which is enough for us to eat."

"And the county also re-planned the governor for us, the governor really did things for us, gave us new seeds, and the big guys rented farming cattle together, and then there was a series of measures to benefit the people, and the disasters outside have continued in recent years, but our Lantian water conservancy ensures irrigation, and every year we are a bumper harvest year, and the days are good."

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"No, my bad old man can live to be sixty-two years old, which is something I didn't dare to think of before, thanks to our county honor."

The old man said very religiously, with a happy smile on the corner of his mouth, and Xu Xiake nodded again and again when he heard it.

Followed by the old man invited Xu Xiake into the house, as soon as he entered the house, Xu Xiake looked at a painting in the north direction of the old man's house, the painting was a young boy, the young man's eyes were like electricity, the tiger was standing on the dragon card, and there was an indescribable momentum standing there.

"What is this?"

Seeing this, the old man immediately bowed his hand and said: "This is our county honor, most of our Lantian County people's homes are dedicated to the portrait of the county honor, praying that God will make our county respect live a long life, and it is best to live forever." ”

Xu Xiake immediately understood, this is the ancestral hall, if there is no certain merit, it is absolutely impossible for the people to spontaneously build the ancestral hall, you must know that when Wei Zhongxian's power reached its peak, there were also a group of people who were forced to cultivate the ancestral hall, but the ancestral hall that was forced to be cultivated could not be the same as the ancestral hall that took the initiative to cultivate.

Xu Xiake asked again at this time: "Is it every family?" ”

Hearing this, the old man said, "Almost every family has it. ”

"Was it requested by the county government?"

Xu Xiake asked, and the old man scolded angrily when he heard this: "The group of descendants of the county government don't say that I am not angry, as soon as I say it, I will be angry, we will give the county a sacrifice to them, what should they do, they have to come down to let the lieutenant inform us, we are not allowed to worship like this, what do you say that the county is a mortal, how can you be a god to worship." ”

"At that time, those descendants were sprayed back by us, the county can feed hundreds of thousands of people, these are mortals, this is the gods, if we don't let us worship the county honor, that is a lack of virtue, hehe...... Those little descendants were scolded by us, and they went back without saying a word, and we can listen to them for other things, but this thing can't be done. ”

"Later, the county respected stood up and spoke, saying that he was an ordinary person and could not be worshiped by everyone, so we went to the county government to kneel at the door, and the county respected it himself and came out to serve us water to drink, and then the county respected us agreed to provide his portrait, but it was not allowed to incense the portrait."

"Let's think about it, the county can't eat incense while alive, we just want to be grateful, so it has become such a simple offering now."

The old man said with a smile, and Xu Xiake said four words when he heard this: the people's will.

"Daddy."

Xu Xiake was thinking about it, a strong young man came back, and he was still carrying a big carp in his hand, the big carp seemed to weigh five or six pounds, and the old man saw the strong young man at this time and said: "Son, this is Mr. Xu from afar, and he is staying at our house today." ”

Hearing this, the young man said, "Hello Mr. Xu." ”

Xu Xiake smiled: "Hello." ”

Then he looked at the carp in the young man's hand and said, "You carp is fat enough." ”

Hearing this, the young man said: "Yes, I went to the Chang'an Reservoir early this morning to line up to buy it, and Mr. will try it later." ”

Xu Xiake said: "Then I have a mouthful, hahaha......"

After the young man finished speaking, he carried the fish into the kitchen, and the woman in the kitchen said, "Why did you come back?" ”

"Don't mention it, there are too many people who let the fish go today, and I almost didn't make it."

"Okay, it's almost noon, kill the fish, let's stew and eat."

"Yes, yes."

The young man answered, and went out to kill the fish and scrape the scales.

Xu Xiake was a little shocked at this time, the people here can eat fish?

"This Chang'an Reservoir?"

Xu Xiake asked the old man, and the old man smiled: "Chang'an Reservoir is a water conservancy project built by us to irrigate farmland. ”

Hearing this, Xu Xiake said: "I see, this Chang'an Reservoir? ”

The old man said: "Twenty miles to the east, it is a large area. ”

Xu Xiake nodded, Xu Xiake had dinner with the old man's family, five or six catties of big carp were scaled and gutted, put into a big iron pot, put it in the sauce, and there were cakes on the side of the pot, the cakes were delicious, and the fish was fresh and tender.

Xu Xiake swore that this was the best meal he had eaten recently, it was so delicious, fish pot stewed cakes, and a big bowl of longevity noodles, and the young man also took out a jar of rice wine, Xu Xiake accompanied the old man to have a few drinks, Xu Xiake swore that this was the most comfortable time for him to live this time.

After eating, Xu Xiake took out a piece of one or two pieces of silver, the old man didn't want to live or die, Xu Xiake had no choice, took out his pen and ink and wrote a subword to the old man, the old man looked very happy and said: "Although I don't know it, it looks comfortable, framed and hung on the wall." ”

Xu Xiake smiled at this time: "Old man, these words are read: blessing is like the East China Sea, and longevity is better than Nanshan." ”

The old man said, "Okay, auspicious, thank you, thank you." ”

A politeness, Xu Xiake is leaving, and the young man is also going to enter Lantian, he is working in Lantian Steelmaking, this time he asked for leave to come back to accompany the old man for his birthday, and he will leave after his birthday, the workload of the steelmaking plant has increased recently, mainly because the county wants to cast a batch of new artillery, and the big guys are very busy.

So Xu Xiake and the young man walked together, and twenty miles east, Xu Xiake saw the Chang'an Reservoir the size of a lake, the thick embankment, the stiff gate, and the solid gray stone.

The young man said to Xu Xiake: "This is not a stone, this thing is called cement, it is produced in our Lantian cement field, Xu Xiake was amazed when he heard it, and couldn't help but sigh at the magnificence of this reservoir."

After walking another twenty miles into the Lantian land boundary, he saw the Lantian Reservoir, a huge water conservancy project that was not lost to the Chang'an Reservoir, Xu Xiake asked the young man: "How many such reservoirs are there in Lantian County?" ”

The young man said, "There can be more than a dozen, and there are more than one size smaller." ”

Hearing this, Xu Xiake sighed: "With such a water conservancy project, Lantian County has not been afraid of natural disasters since then. ”

Xu Xiake continued to move forward, and finally arrived at the core area of Lantian, this time Xu Xiake was scared because there are many towering chimneys here, the big chimneys are towering into the sky, they can be dozens of meters high, and the big chimneys are smoking, Xu Xiake was stunned and said: "My good man, what is this chimney for, who needs such a big chimney for cooking?" ”

Hearing this, the young man laughed and said: "Sir, this is not for cooking, at this time, our special blast furnace for iron smelting in Lantian is used for iron smelting." ”

"Iron smelting?"

Xu Xiake's eyes widened.

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