Chapter 160: Surrounded by Mountains and Waters
"I've never seen such a streamlined bureaucracy." Liang Manshan really gained knowledge.
His first impression of the Guanzhou government was excellent.
Although it is barren, the personnel are simple and capable, and they are all solid and practical people.
It is completely different from his hometown of Leshan Mansion.
No wonder his brother made the move to move his family......
Yan Lao Er listened to it for a long time, and asked, "Tiger City is not small, just those people, can they be busy?" ”
"The tiger is a border city, and the military households are not under the management of Lord Tian, which saves more than half, and there are really not many good people in the register, no wonder there is so much wasteland, not that the land is not good, but there are not enough people." Liang Manshan Road.
"The second master said that he went to Yongning to ask for money and food for disaster relief.
The third master is said to have taken two classes of officials to Gufeng......"
"With the servants? Is it to arrest people? Yan Lao Er guessed.
"Definitely." Liang Manshan looked strange and said, "It's to recruit homeless people." ”
Yan Lao Er was stunned for a moment, and the next moment he was overjoyed.
"We, the homeless, have become fragrant and sweet? All the cities in Guanzhou are rushing to ask for it? Hahaha! ”
"The two masters also took away some books, which made the official office seem deserted, but compared with other places, there are really few people in the yamen.
But it doesn't matter, if you are really busy, you can also hire another clerk by yourself. Liang Manshan said according to previous experience.
Yan Lao Er was very curious, but he couldn't ask, which seemed that he was too uncommon-sense.
After all, he has also mixed in the circle of readers, and when it comes to these side-by-side matters, the wisest thing is not to ask.
But he doesn't want to ask, his daughter is okay.
Yan Yu's little radar received her father's signal.
"Uncle Liang, what do you want if you ask for a clerical request? Is it enough to be able to write? Yan Yu asked 'innocently'.
"Not only can you write, but you also have to write neatly, Xiao Er, you practice more, and you may be able to earn some copper plates from your uncle's hands in the future." Liang Manshan quipped.
Seeing the little niece's eyes wide-eyed, Yan Huaiwen said softly: "When it comes to government affairs, it can't be passed on, but some irrelevant transcriptions and sorting, if you practice the characters well, you can help me share one or two." ”
He turned his head to look at his attentive son, and said, "If Heng'er is also interested, you can give it a try now." ”
"My son would like to write for his father." Yan Xiangheng's voice trembled slightly, forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and reminded himself that he couldn't be rude in front of Liang Tongsheng's father and son.
The hands hidden under the sleeves are clenched into fists.
The recognition from his father is cherished in the heart of the teenager.
"Look, there's the river ahead." Yan Lao Er pointed ahead.
Ox carts move nimbly through the woods.
Soon, the horizon widened.
A long river flows quietly between the mountains.
Under the night sky, the light of the stars fell in the distance.
The sparkling microwave, brushing through a curved mirror moon, the clear light shines on the water, and the shape of the two sides of the strait is outlined shallowly.
Yan Yu stood up and let himself see more clearly.
Even Li Xuemei couldn't help but stand up and look, wanting to take a look at her father's mouth, Zhongshan is a good place for mountains and rivers.
I saw the mountains in the distance undulating, the eyes gradually approached, and the mountains tended to flatten.
The long river narrows as the mountains confine, and when you look downstream, the river maintains a long distance until you see the eye, and then it widens.
Liang Manshan spoke first and praised: "Brother Huai'an, this is really a good place!" ”
The landscape feelings of the reader have been greatly satisfied at this moment.
Especially the long river under the moonlit night, like the jade belt of the fairy left in the dust, quiet and elegant, detached and quiet.
Yan Lao Er grinned.
"There are also boundary monuments on the other side of the bridge, and Yongning on the other side." He pointed from afar.
Yan Yu measured the distance and felt that her father was reliable.
If you know how to swim to the other side, you will have no problem swimming to the other side.
"Where's the bridge?" Yan Huaiwen asked.
"We have to walk down the river for a while, you sit down, let's go downstream." Yan Lao Er beckoned, and the ox cart moved again.
Along the banks of the river, the water and grass are abundant, and the reeds and wild grasses swaying on the river beach are taller than people......
The noisy sound of insects came and went, and of course, there was also the sound of frogs, which croaked non-stop.
Yan Yu watched as an owl flew into the reeds, and after a while, it flew out again, as if it had taken something away.
I can't help but sigh: what a place full of life!
Needless to say, the people on the ox cart noticed that they should have arrived at a large forest in Yan Lao'er's mouth.
The dense forests that are naturally raised are sparse and scattered, and there is no law at all.
Some of the trees are straight and tall and need to be hugged by two people, and some are still babies.
The immature little sapling is a maverick: I don't grow upright, I grow obliquely!
"Where we're walking now, it's a place where the water level has fallen and dried up." Yan Huaiwen looked around and judged.
Yan Lao Er said: "What the eldest brother said is that this year's drought will not have an impact on Guanzhou, but if we live around here, we will never have to worry about water shortage in the future." ”
Liang Manshan nodded and replied, "Very, very." ”
The ox cart walked to the bridge.
The crowd saw clearly the stone bridge that spanned both banks.
It is taken from the narrowest part of the river, and the stone bridge is made of extremely solid materials, and the stones are embedded in the whole block, which is a typical round arch bridge.
The bridge deck is very wide, so there is no problem for cars and horses to pass.
The straight path under the bridge is flat.
Two stone boundary pillars are lined up on both sides.
Follow the path under the bridge, and there is a path on each side.
Liang Manshan's finger pointed and said, "This side is the tiger, and the other side is Gu Feng, separated by the bridge." ”
Yan Huaiwen said: "Cross the bridge and take a look." ”
The ox cart went up the bridge, steadily.
Under the bridge on the other side, there is indeed a stone monument of Yongning.
"Haha!" Liang Manshan clapped his hands and praised: "Sure enough, the other side is Yongning." ”
Yan Lao Er said: "You can't go any further, it's not far from the post station, let's not let people find out." ”
Yan Huaiwen said: "The place is good, where is the wasteland you said?" ”
"Upstream, there is wasteland near the mountain, plus the one we came in, it's enough." Yan Lao Er said.
"Xu Yishu is also in the book, I have agreed with him, tomorrow to borrow the cadastral map, if it is really a borderless land, we will occupy here." Yan Huaiwen made the final decision.
The people on the bullock cart were full of joy.
Yan Lao Er pondered this realm for the longest time, and began to think: "It's too convenient to get water by the river, but it's better to dig a canal to divert water from it, and it will be convenient for us to farm and irrigate in the future."
This water is not short, can we grow rice? ”
Liang Manshan joined the discussion: "Rice is more expensive than flour, and if you only plant one season a year, it is better to grow rice than wheat."
We can keep some and sell some, and then buy noodles to eat with the money. ”
Yan Lao Er said: "I don't know if the seeds of the yamen are all incomplete, whether there are vegetable seeds, it's too late to plant grain now, you can grow vegetables, if it's fast, you can harvest it in two or three months, count the days, it's not yet the time when it's cold." ”
Liang Manshan said: "Five acres of land for one person are all wasteland, and it takes some effort to open up the wasteland, and I don't know if I have time to plant." ”
"You have to have good farming tools." Yan Lao Er said.
Liang Manshan is not the one who doesn't know how to farm, and immediately said: "Yes, yes, tomorrow I will find an opportunity to enter the city and go to the blacksmith shop to inquire about the price of iron." ”