The so-called upward and downward effect, when the people at the top lead the fashion of talking, the people below will swarm to follow the trend and talk; When the people at the top value farming and indulge in farming, the people below turn to indulge in farming, and the scholars who work in the fields are like stars in the sky.

Because the Qing Dynasty could not talk about people, it developed to the point of going to prison, and when the sober scribe was dragged into the field to dig a ditch, he saw many familiar people in the field at a glance.

The scribes were all surprised, and they were not in a hurry to jump the ditch, so they held on to the shovel and looked at the acquaintance wielding a hoe in the field, "Brother Jin, I didn't see you in prison, why were you punished?" ”

Brother Jin raised his head, looked around blankly, and after a while, his eyes fixed on the scribe, frowned, and said, "What is the punishment, this land is rented by me and the yamen." Food is very important, like our kung fu mediocre, knowledge is also limited, it is impossible to help the king calm the world, so I work hard in the rear to study the method of farming. ”

He said: "Zhao Tingshi said that the climate has not been good in the past two years, and Qin Tianjian said that there may be a drought, and the further it goes, the colder and drier the weather will become, so I want to try to see if I can grow a more drought-tolerant and cold-tolerant seed." ”

He looked the other party up and down, and saw that he was holding a shovel, and there was a group of prisoners standing next to him who had obviously just come out of the prison, and there was a servant staring at them with a whip not far away, and his expression was a little playful, "Brother Zhou, what are you ...... Penalized? ”

On the other side, the scribe who also rented land with the yamen said loudly: "Brother Jin doesn't know, Brother Zhou was imprisoned for fighting, and he will not be able to come out in seven days." ”

Brother Zhou was not ashamed, and shook his hair and said: "I can't tell the reason, I am in prison for the sake of heavenly principles, and I am not ashamed." ”

"Huh, Brother Zhou, if it's just bickering, how can the yamen arrest you? Zhao Yuanjun does not stick to the people's words, even if someone goes to the yamen to scold her, she also spits on herself, you obviously can't say that you can't talk about people, and you beat people, how can this argument be reasonable? ”

"Who did Brother Zhou beat?"

"I beat a scribe from Shu, named Li Fangzhi."

Brother Zhou snorted and said, "Crazy people, you should fight!" ”

The official felt that they had been talking long enough, so he came forward and urged, "It's time to work, it's time to work, this section of the ditch has to be desilted by you, and you can't go back to prison until it's done." ”

Brother Zhou didn't care, and snorted, saying as if he wanted to go back to prison, it was not bad outside, the curtain was on the ground, and he could watch the stars at night, how romantic.

So Brother Zhou was not in a hurry at all, and after jumping off the ditch, he slowly shoveled up the soil and weeds inside, and it took half a day to clear about ten steps.

The officials scolded loudly, but they had a special status, and they were not repeat offenders, nor were they common people, and they could only fall to the ground when the whip was thrown up.

Seeing them grinding like this, he couldn't wait to jump down and do it for them.

When night fell, all the gold and silver brothers carried farm tools back to the city, and only this section of the prisoners did not leave.

The official looked at the channels they had cleared, gritted his teeth and said: "I dug out such a section in one day, I don't have the face to go back, no one is allowed to go back tonight, if you don't complete the task for a day, you won't be allowed to return to the city for a day!" ”

Brother Zhou and the group of scribes didn't take it to heart at all, and then they gnawed a piece of dry bean dregs in the cold wind, and the last group of people gathered around a fire, feeling the cold wind blowing from all sides and shrinking their necks.

The official craned his neck and walked over and said to their group of romantic scribes: "The county government has posted a notice, and it has been cold in the past two days. ”

Scribes: ......

After a night of freezing, because of sleeping in the open, lying on the ground can still hear the wolf howl in the distance, although it is true that the sky is over, and it is true that you can see the stars and the moon when you look up, but the scribes still think that this experience is enough once.

So the next day, everyone worked hard, and the speed was much faster, and in the evening, we were finally able to call it a day and go back to prison.

Brother Zhou snorted while carrying the shovel and said, "The speed of dredging is still too slow, how can it be done by manpower alone?" ”

The scribe on the side asked, "Do you still want to use animal power?" Now is the critical time for ploughing, and the animal power of cattle and horses is used for ploughing first. ”

"You don't need animal power, you should also improve the tools, and use hoes and shovels to dig up the soil and throw it up little by little, it's too much effort."

In fact, he was so tired that he felt that he couldn't lift his arms.

"How?"

Brother Zhou said: "I don't have a clue about the part of the hoe for the time being, but I have an idea for this part of the shovel, I heard that the county government is now pushing the water mill, I went to the water mill in Chen County to see, they rotate the lever with water power, and then drive the water mill, there is also a foot pedal thing, that is, when the water is insufficient, use the foot to step on, raise the water into the water, and then start. ”

"I think that foot-mounted thing is very labor-saving, we can use it on the shovel, the strength on the legs is better than the strength on the hands, right?"

When the other scribes heard this, they thought it was feasible, so they went to the officials and asked them for something, and they would do it to-morrow.

The official silently listened to their reports, looked at their expressions seriously, and found that they were serious.

"Lang Jun, you are now in prison, and you eat bean dregs and bean cakes for two meals a day, do you think the yamen will give money to buy these things? Do you know how expensive iron is? ”

The scribes were silent for a moment and then said, "We pay for it ourselves." ”

This is no problem, the official immediately smiled, "Langjun wants to buy, and the small ones can be purchased on their behalf." ”

Although there is iron in it, but the officials are not afraid of them escaping from prison or something, these scribes, at most, are sentenced to ten days in prison, they have been squatting in prison for two or three days before, and the longest one has six days to get out of prison, who would think so much about escaping from prison at this time?

Therefore, as long as they can afford to pay for it, the officials will buy it for them.

When he returned to the prison, the servant brought the basin again, and it was a bean dregs cake, which was still warm.

But the scribes were very disgusted, yesterday because they had no conditions in the field, and today they have returned to the city, they must not be so wronged themselves, so they have paid for the officials, "Go out and buy a few buns and come back." ”

"I want a bowl of noodles."

"I want a bowl of rice and two more dishes."

The official happily took the money, went out and found the cook who cooked for the yamen, and sent him to prison in less than two quarters of an hour after ordering the meal.

This is the extra money of them and the cook, how expensive it is to buy outside, and the fat and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders.

Since discovering that Zhao Hanzhang treats literati very politely and never restricts folk speech, more and more people are willing to come to Chen County, especially aspiring literati and samurai.

Influenced by the Qing talks, they still express their views on various issues such as national politics in the streets and alleys, hoping to be appreciated by Bole.

Among them, there are always people who can't say that they can't be human, and those who have a more explosive temper and don't have much literary products will do it directly.

As a result, the number of rich people who squatted in the prison for a short time increased, and the officials were able to earn some extra money from it.

The newly arrived county magistrate of Chen County, Goldman Sachs, was very excited about this part of the extra money, so he went to Zhao Ming and asked Zhao Ming to allow him to add a new regulation.

Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows, "Ransom people with money?" ”