Chapter 753: Valuing Farming
The next morning, the gates of the city were opened, and the people of the city went out of the city.
By the time the sun rose, the fields were already full of people, and when Zhao Hanzhang brought the officials from Chen County over, except for the space left in the middle of the road for carriages to pass by, the rest of the place was crowded with people.
And in such a crowd, there are even vendors carrying burdens and shuttling among them to sell.
Looking at this crowd of people, Zhao Ming was very happy, and there was a smile on his always calm face, which was all for Sanniang, which showed that her prestige was getting heavier and heavier, which was a good thing.
Zhao Hanzhang was also very happy, looked at these people and said secretly: This is all people and money.
Zhao Hanzhang smiled, and the people on both sides of the road were also happy to see it, and they all bowed to her excitedly, "Envoy, envoy, look at me, I am from Qianjia Village, just on the side......
"Envoy, I'm from Xiping, we're fellow countrymen!"
"Zhao Tingshi, I am from Jizhou, specializing in selling your glazed ......."
Zhao Hanzhang raised his hand to greet them, everyone became more and more excited, and after giving his hand, he felt that Zhao Hanzhang couldn't see it, so he waved his hand with him, hoping that she could look at them more.
People crowded the world, a little girl with a big basket was squeezed forward and pounced, the soldiers standing on guard on both sides of the road slowed down for a moment, did not hold people, she fell out like this, just in front of Zhao Hanzhang's horse's hooves.
Zhao Hanzhang's horse is a war horse, and she has been paying attention, as soon as the person fell out, she pulled the reins, the horse stopped, just lazily glanced down at the person who fell in front of her, and then raised her head boredly, and snorted.
As soon as the crowd was quiet, they were all a little frightened, and immediately a soldier stepped forward and grabbed the little girl's arm and was about to drag it back, Zhao Hanzhang raised his hand to stop their movements, looked at the little girl with a pale face, and asked with a smile, "But you hurt your leg?"
"No, no." The little girl immediately got up from the ground, and tripped over her skirt, and the sackcloth covering the basket crookedly, and two loaves of bread fell out of it.
The little girl picked up the cake in a hurry, and almost cried.
Zhao Hanzhang saw that her eyes were red and her face was red, so he leaned over and asked with a smile, "Is this cake for sale?" Is it tasty? How much does it cost?"
The little girl subconsciously handed the cake in her hand up, "Two pennies, it's delicious, do you want to taste it?"
"Okay." Zhao Hanzhang immediately took it, and saw that there was some dirt on the cake, she didn't mind, patted it and took a big bite, this cake was added with green onions, baked and dry, crispy and delicious.
She nodded approvingly, and took out two new coins from her purse and gave them to her, "It's delicious."
The little girl didn't take the money, so she retreated and refused.
Zhao Hanzhang smiled and threw the money into her basket, just on the linen, without soiling her remaining cakes, "Take it, the Zhao family army has military discipline, and you are not allowed to take a stitch from the people, you can't let me take the lead in breaking the rules."
The little girl grabbed the two new coins and held them tightly.
The soldier was gentler and leaned over to get her aside.
The little girl bowed to Zhao Hanzhang, and hurriedly retreated to the side of the road, and everyone quickly gave her a place, and then stared at Zhao Hanzhang even more excitedly. ….
They were excited, although it was not them who talked to Zhao Hanzhang, and it was not them who got the two coins, but they were just like the little girl, a hot current suddenly poured into their hearts, and they were full of energy, everyone waved to Zhao Hanzhang excitedly, and watched her go away with blazing eyes.
When they arrived at the field, Zhao Hanzhang dismounted, and Li Zheng and the officials, who were waiting one step earlier, immediately greeted him, "Envoy, the altar has been set up."
Zhao Hanzhang nodded slightly, first lit incense to pray for blessings, and then took out the sacrificial text written by Zhao Ming for her to read. This is to pray for the mountains and rivers and the land, and pray for good weather and good weather.
She knows that this year's climate is not good, and she only hopes that God can have mercy on the people, the climate will not be as bad as written in history, and the natural disasters will not be so huge, so that more creatures will have a chance to live.
After Zhao Hanzhang finished reading the sacrificial text, he knelt down after burning it in public, and bowed down very reverently.
From a scientific point of view,
She and Fu Tinghan came to this world may be the conservation of energy, and there are no ghosts and gods in this world; But from a metaphysical point of view, everything is possible.
But whether there is or not, she sincerely prays to God, hoping that there will be fewer natural disasters, the world will be smooth, and life will be prosperous.
As soon as Zhao Hanzhang knelt down, the people around him who were watching the ceremony also knelt down and prayed together.
However, they have made many wishes, and most of them pray for good weather and abundant crops this year like Zhao Hanzhang; There are also people who carry private goods, praying that God will bless their families with health and safety, wealth and prosperity.
Zhao Hanzhang respectfully kowtowed, stood up and rolled up his sleeves, Zhao Ming, who had not done anything yesterday, also got started today, and helped her set up the plow with Fu Tinghan.
Then Zhao Ming, the county guard, led the cattle in front, and Zhao Hanzhang supported the plow in the back, and ploughed a piece of land in public.
Zhao Hanzhang also asked the officials of the county guard mansion and the subordinate officials of her assassination mansion to carry hoes to the ground to break clods, pull weeds, and level the land.
Zhao Hanzhang said: "The people take food as the sky, so grain is the foundation, spring plowing and summer harvest are the most important, and you must cooperate with the people to do a good job in spring ploughing, and you must not slack off."
Zhao Ming took the lead and respectfully responded.
Zhao Hanzhang also said a few important precautions during spring ploughing, for example, officers and soldiers are not allowed to encroach on people's land, and all counties, lili and villages must do a good job in distributing seeds, and do their best to provide the people with ploughing cattle and farm tools;
Do a good job of watering, and be wary of disputes over water;
Regardless of dignity or inferiority, it is forbidden to trample on and destroy the seedlings, and if anyone knows the law and violates the law, and deliberately destroys the seedlings, he will be severely punished.
This plough let the people of Yuzhou know that Zhao Hanzhang attached great importance to farming, and the officials of the Assassin Mansion and the County Shoufu were all driven by her to work in the fields.
In fact, if she was the only one who advocated this, an official from a scholar clan like Yu Sima would not want to follow, but Zhao Ming also responded.
Zhao Hanzhang went to the army, followed the soldiers to the field, occasionally went to the fields to inspect, and from time to time helped a group of farmers who were working in the fields;
Zhao Ming went to his own field to harrow the field after work, and he has always been fast in handling government affairs, and he can go to the field for half a day every day.
Up and down, Yu Sima and others can only follow the field, but adhering to the principle that fertilizer and water do not flow into outsiders' fields, they all plant their own official fields.
Planting, planting, they really found a lot of problems, such as, "This rake is too far apart, it always leaks, and it needs to be tighter."
So the counties of Yuzhou began to allocate funds to improve the rake.
Another example, "I asked the people at Sinong Temple, and they said that after the field is raked, it is best to apply fertilizer once and then plant the seedlings, so that the seedlings will be thicker and the harvest will be better."
So Chen County built more than a dozen new thatched toilets, this style is also popular in other counties, Sinong Temple also flowed out of several manure methods, although the officials looked disgusted, but still let the family do it.
There is news in the Assassin's Mansion that if anyone can grow good grain and have a high harvest, the Assassin will be given an official and a knight.
They don't expect to get into the knighthood, but the officials can fight for it.
Yu Yuzhu