Chapter 44: Xingshi Asks for Guilt

"This is Jiangjia Village!" Cao Wenyi sat on the horse and asked loudly.

Jiang Luo frowned, dusted off the dust on his body with his bare hands, and stood up slowly.

She wore a long plum-dyed light red dress embroidered with two plum blossoms, a dark green waist, and a light-colored sachet and jade pendant.

The black hair is like a waterfall, and the posture is outstanding.

The eyes are like autumn water, the eyebrows are like mountain daisies, they are suitable for hatred and joy, like a fairy concubine, and they are beautiful in the painting.

"Yes." She said.

"What about the people in your village?" Cao Wenyi suspected, according to the rumors in the city, there were thousands of Diao people in this place, and they rushed over, and Jiangjia Village should be ready for battle.

"Didn't you see the adults on the way here? Now it is summer harvest time, and the villagers have gone to the fields. ”

Jiang Luo replied as a matter of course.

"Diaomin!"

Cao Wenyi dismounted and led people into the village, and there was nothing abnormal in it.

The sound of reading was coming from the school not far away.

The third watch is lit up and the fifth watch is the time when the boy is studying......

Further into the village, you can see the waterwheel on the lake, tirelessly drawing water.

The woman who dries the grain on the road holds a brush in her hand and writes an account on something as white as a silk cloth.

It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, how can a woman be literate and write?

"What's this thing in your hand?" Cao Wenyi snatched it up, and it was smooth and smooth in his hand, which was very suitable for writing.

The woman was dissatisfied, "You are so uninformed, this is a blank piece of paper, which is used for writing." ”

"Blank paper?"

Many officials who followed Cao Wenyi to Jiangjia Village were also here for the first time, which was really eye-opening.

About forty miles out of the city at five o'clock, they found that the road was full of wide and standard dirt roads, and the road was twice planted with neat and straight metasequoia trees.

After entering the village, he found that the people in the village were busy and completely ignored their big battle.

This Jiangjia Village gave them a very strange feeling, which they had never seen before, and everyone had a smile on their faces and clear eyes.

To put it simply, they are very polite, but neither humble nor arrogant.

Take the woman in front of her, who was drying grain, dressed cleanly and behaved generously. If you change into a silk brocade dress and tell them that this is the head of a big family in the city, they will believe it.

The woman explained, "Haven't you heard of papermaking? Jiang Luo said that bamboo slips are bulky and difficult to make, so we used white paper a few years ago. ”

"If you like, I can give you a bunch."

Someone in the city has seen a calligraphy and painting shop selling white paper.

It's just that that thing often costs a gold, and the people here can take a bunch of it and give it away!

After she explained with a smile, she noticed that they were wearing armor, "You are the officials of the city?" ”

"Are there bandits around here again?" The woman sighed and said distressedly, "It's been nearly a hundred miles from the city, the bandits around here have come and gone, we are all used to it, and besides, Jiang Cheng is here, so I don't need to trouble you." ”

The expression on Cao Wenyi's face was unpredictable, and he hurried over with great momentum, but after entering the village, he found that the situation here was very different from what he thought.

Until Sun Qiang rushed back from the field with a muddy face, he heard that the new county commander Cao Wenyi had come to Jiangjia Village, and immediately rushed over with his subordinates, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes.

"What kind of dignity have you become!" Cao Wenyi was dissatisfied.

Sun Qiang didn't care, he smiled and hugged his fist at Cao Wenyi, "My lord, what kind of body is not decent, during the summer harvest season, the people in the village are too busy, so I brought the yacha over to help." ”

"But don't worry, the affairs of the county government have not been delayed, and they are all voluntary."

"Yes, my lord, we all volunteered."

Cao Wenyi watched coldly, "Didn't you say that the Diao people here support the army and respect themselves?" ”

"If anything, the world is not peaceful, and the villagers spontaneously gather together to defend against bandits."

"Really?"

Sun Qiang was determined, "Of course! ”

Cao Wenyi sighed heavily and was silent for a long time, he came down from Anzhou City, most of the people near Anzhou were poor, and they couldn't eat or wear warm.

The drought in the past few years has finally passed, and the harsh taxes of the imperial court have come down again, coupled with the turmoil in the border cities and the invasion of Beiyi, I don't know how many people died.

He thought that the people's livelihood in Wushi City would be even more difficult, but he never expected that this would be the case. The people have enough food and clothing, and women and children can go to the school to study, which is really an eye-opener for him.

Sun Qiang gave him a brief introduction to Jiangjia Village and told him that most of the taxes in Wushi City came from Jiangjia Village. Not only that, but many of the merchants and scholars in the city are also from Jiangjia Village.

"Adults should act safely, since you have come to Jiangjia Village, you should also meet the people of the Jiang family." Sun Qiang reminded him.

"Who is the Jiang family?"

"I didn't notice when I entered the village, but the family in front of the village."

"My lord, what Lord Sun is talking about should be the family with a beautiful woman sitting in front of the door." Someone reminded.

Cao Wenyi's face was as pale as dirt, he was dignified and full of poetry and books, and he actually wanted to meet the village man.

"My lord~" Sun Qiang reminded again, "If there is no Jiang family, the people of Wushi City would not have such a worry-free life." ”

Cao Wenyi endured the discomfort, his eyes fell on the school, it was actually a woman who taught children to read, not only that, but there were also many girls sitting in the school.

"What kind of system is this?" He pointed to the school.

Sun Qiang understood what he meant, and said embarrassedly, "Yes, I thought it was too outrageous at first!" Isn't that unethical! But...... But it's good for adults to get used to it. ”

"Sun Qiang, if you say this, if I tell your wife, you wait to go home and kneel on the washboard." The woman who dried the wheat made fun of him.

Sun Qiang scratched his head and begged for mercy with a hippie smile, "Aunt Zhang, don't, my wife is very tired after a busy day, I can't make her angry." ”

"You! Your wife? Cao Wenyi rolled his eyes, if it weren't for the quick help of the people behind him, he would almost be angry.

"My lord, don't underestimate Mrs. Sun, she may be patient, there are so many masters in our village, as long as she can never forget it, no matter how thick the books are, she can remember them at a glance."

The woman praised proudly.

"Go to Jiang's house!" Cao Wenyi gritted his teeth and said.

When Sun Qiang saw him leave, he glared at the yacha who came with him.

"Usually let you voluntarily sign up to do farm work, one by two, why do you come here like a dog?"

"Master Sun, we are not ......"

"Yes, subordinates are also forced to do so."

……

"Don't talk nonsense, it's all here, before sunset, the twenty acres of land over there will be harvested for me." Sun Qiang's face was dark, and he gave a serious order.

"Huh?"

"Yes." Everyone reluctantly agreed.

Sun Qiang's face was overjoyed, and he patted the shoulder of the man closest to him, "After harvesting, I will stew mutton for you to eat at night!" ”

"Lamb? Okay! ”

Wu Yangyang's group took off their armor and went to the field to do farm work.