012 Leprechaun
After a while, she let out a faint "oh" and rolled her eyelids as if unconsciously.
"You've been flipping through this booklet for the past two days." She said solemnly, "Once you are busy with spring ploughing, you will immediately start militia training." ”
Li Yi looked at it with a deep gaze, and asked without any ups and downs: "What else?" ”
Pei Qing opened her red lips slightly, and subconsciously replied: "No." ”
Across a table, his gaze rolled over her face.
"You said you want money, money, money, things?" His kind reminder.
Pei Qing suddenly realized, and then replied clearly: "Ah, isn't it something you need to move your mouth?" By the way, I can have someone make you a loudspeaker, so that you can save a little effort when you shout the trumpet during training. ”
Li Yi: ......
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Pei Qing attaches great importance to spring ploughing.
It's a pity that she doesn't have good seeds for the time being, and the people of Xixian County still planted seeds with poor yields before.
They scattered the seeds in the ground and left them alone, waiting for the autumn harvest.
It's useless to manage in this place, I don't know when a war disaster strikes, people will have to flee with their families, and food will not necessarily be cheap at that time.
Even if you work hard to cultivate the land, but the land is so barren, the difference between the yield obtained by using 10 percent of effort and using 1 percent of effort is not very great.
So in previous years, people here were usually struggling to get by.
But this year is different, this year they have a fairy-like princess.
Princess Rui not only gave them money to help cultivate the land of the palace, but also bought bark and grass roots that were of little use to them at a price of 10 catties per penny, gave them income, and handed over the method of making paper to some people.
That's a craft to make a living!
An apprentice needs to dedicate more than 10 years to the master's family, and the craft that can only be obtained by being a cow and a horse for half a lifetime, the princess told them so generously.
The living bodhisattva is nothing more than that.
And the people who were singled out to learn papermaking also had all kinds of peculiarities - either old and helpless, or young and helpless, and they were the most miserable part of the common people.
After this part of the people learned that they were going to be taught papermaking by Ah Yun, they all became Pei Qing's most fanatical followers, not to mention paying wages, even if they didn't give money for nothing, they were also willing.
According to the technology given by Pei Qing, they produced a batch of strong and durable thick paper, at this time, she had already selected a group of people, and handed over the mature engraving and printing technology in history to them, and actually wanted to cultivate the engraving and printing craftsmen who belonged to the palace.
You must know that only in the prosperous area of the south of the Yangtze River, the big bookstore belonging to the big family will have such craftsmen, and this kind of craftsman will only starve to death when he comes to the barren north.
In the palace, the pomp and circumstance were unprecedented, and the busy crowd was everywhere, and the faces of the hungry and tired people were swept away from their faces and replaced by the enthusiasm for work after they had eaten and drunk enough.
Li Yi stood on the roof of the house, looking down at the crowd coming and going, and the more he looked, the more confused he became.
"What exactly is the princess going to do?"
He still had the militia training manual in his hand, and others didn't know it, but he knew that it was a priceless treasure, so he didn't dare to throw it away wherever he went.
At this time, Guard Chen gently jumped on the beam of the room and stood beside him, and reported in a low voice: "Lord, when will you go over to preside over the overall situation?" ”
Li Yi held the treasure book and was silent for a moment before replying: "Wait a minute, I want to train the princess." ”
Guard Chen was taken aback, and couldn't believe his ears: "Practice, train soldiers?!" What is this going to do, Princess? ”
Li Yi glanced at him with heavy eyes, and the latter suddenly stopped.
"Let's just think she wants to have the power to protect herself." He sighed and gently stroked the spine of the book in his hand.
Guard Chen wanted to speak several times, but finally couldn't help but ask: "That...... Just sit back and watch? ”
Li Yi snorted, looked down at the people who were moving piles of papers into the palace treasury, and said as if talking to himself, "What is there to manage?" After all, she is the princess, and the entire feudal town ...... Now she's the biggest. ”
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A copy of "The First Grade Chinese Book of Primary School" and a "First Grade Mathematics Book of Primary School" were put into Ah Tao's hands by Pei Qingzhen, and at the same time, she was given the process of "Engraving Printing".
"Tao, you are one of my most trusted people." Pei Qing held Ah Tao's hand and instructed gently but firmly, "I want you to be responsible for printing these two books with engraving printing, and when the paper is made, the engraving will be done immediately." In the early stage, 500 copies of each sample will be printed, from the beginning of engraving to printing, every detail must be kept an eye on, for a while you will follow me every day to learn these two books, and soon you will finish the content of these two books, I hope that in the future you will be responsible for the education of the people of the county. ”
Ah Tao was frightened and confused by the princess's hand, and the anxiety in her heart reached its peak.
She was originally an illiterate village girl, but for a while, the princess Niangniang taught her personally, and almost used cramming to let her learn the content of the two booklets, so that she changed from an illiterate person to a cultural person with ink in her stomach.
But let her pick the lead to teach others...... Does she deserve it?
"Slave...... I, I'm afraid I can't do it well. Tao said worriedly.
Pei Qing's gaze was as soft as water waves, and she patted Ah Tao's shoulder gently: "If you refuse, I have no one else to count on." Tao won't be so willing to let me down, right? ”
Such a beautiful and noble person, but so softly begging, not to mention that Ah Tao is just an ordinary person, even if she is a clay stone sculpture, she can't help but accept it now.
"For the sake of the princess, Ah Tao will definitely work hard!" Ah Tao's fighting spirit was burning in her heart, and she burst out with unprecedented confidence, "I am desperate, and I will complete the things that the princess explained." ”
Pei Qing sighed in disgust: "What do I want you to do?" I just want you to get an education right. Do a good job, take care of you. ”
Ah Tao breathed quickly with excitement and replied loudly: "Obey!" ”
In addition to the people who made paper, made engravings, and prepared to engage in printing, Pei Qing mobilized all the young and middle-aged people who could be mobilized in the former county, and set a plan to start "militia training" tomorrow.
This is another new word that is unfamiliar to the whole county, but they know that as long as they listen to the princess, they will have food, and this is enough.
And the people of Xixian County, who are looking forward to having enough to eat, don't know that now the food in the palace is almost empty.
"Not only will the food be cut out soon, but the money will also be used up," Pei Qing counted the things in his hand and said to Li Yi, "This princess is not easy to be." ”
Li Yi was standing on the first floor of the garden building at this time, he was the only guard and the only man allowed to enter the princess's residence.
However, Pei Qing didn't seem to be aware of this, so no one mentioned it.
"You can also choose not to be a princess." The man with the militia training manual in his hand said lightly.
In response to him, there was a charming white eye, with bright pupils, sultry eyes, and a fairy-like look.
Li Yi's scalp exploded, and his back seemed to be swept by an electric current, and the numb feeling in the crisp made his eyes sink.
Pei Qing didn't notice his strange appearance, and said lazily: "Who should I be?" You. ”
Li Yi: ......
After waiting, Pei Qing didn't wait for him to speak, he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, and asked half-jokingly: "What, I said it?" Do you really want to be a princess? ”
Thinking of the appearance of the eight-foot man in front of her wearing a gorgeous palace costume, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, her peach blossom eyes were crooked, and she couldn't even hold a smile in her dimples.
Li Yi glanced at her coldly, and asked, "Are you a little too careful about me?" ”
Pei Qing's smile condensed slightly, and he let out an afterthought "oh", and as soon as he turned around, he pretended not to hear this sentence, and then brought up another matter.
"Militia training will start tomorrow, have you finished reading the book?" She asked quietly.
"I'm done." Li Yi saw her pretending to be stupid, her dark eyes reflected a little candlelight, and asked a little seriously, "But I have a little question, I hope the princess can answer it for me." ”
When it came to official business, Pei Qing's attitude was instantly correct: "What questions?" ”
"The regiment needs to bring its own dry food to participate in the training. But your militia training is food and shelter. He held up a finger, "How long does it take?" 10 days, 20 days, or 40 days? Will you be able to hold up the money in your pocket? ”
"You wrote in your book that you also need to train the queue." He held up his second finger, "Did you know that many civilians can't even tell the difference between left and right?" How do you let them know what a left turn is and a right turn?"
He was about to raise his third finger, but he saw Pei Qing waving his hand and stopped him.
"It's not my doubt, it's your question, you're a professional." She held up her first finger.
"It is better to believe in the book than to have no book. The book is only a method in theory, and how to implement it needs to be constantly adjusted in practice. She held up her second finger.
Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, she pressed her palm from afar, and her tone softened: "Now I'll answer your first question again - someone will send us money soon, and with money, are you afraid that there will be no food?" ”
*
Zeng County ordered that the past two days were not very happy. Originally, as a dignified and two-rank jinshi, not to mention walking in the six departments, at least he had to stay in Beijing to be a Beijing official, right? However, he was sent to this poor and remote former county as a county magistrate.
When he first came to this place, the vassal king was seriously ill and there was no one in the palace, and he had the final say in the entire county, and compared to his colleagues in other feudal towns, he was quite comfortable.
Especially the sudden volcano outside the county, after the volcano was extinguished, various mineral deposits appeared, and he, a poor county commander who may not be able to move for decades, suddenly entered the eyes of the nobles, and he had more hope.
The nobleman had already promised him that when the minerals were mined to a certain extent, he would rise one liter and become a lord of the palace.
Of course, everything produced in the mine had to be handed over to the nobles, and not a tael could fall into the hands of the imperial court.
Zeng Xianling was born poor, and he had never seen money or power, but this did not prevent him from longing for power, he not only wanted to be the prefect, but also the most free and rich prefect in the world.
Therefore, he worked hard to mine, tried his best to apportionment the conscription, and squeezed out two taels of oil from the already poor Xixian County, which was already poor to stone, and fattened himself, and the only thing that harmed was the interests of the vassal palace.
When Zeng County Commander thought that such a good life would last for a long time, the vassal king died of illness, and it was his turn to withdraw the feudal domain.
It stands to reason that the vassal king has been ill for several years, and he has no children with the princess, this feudal town must be removed.
However, when the imperial court sent a eunuch to announce the withdrawal of the feudal domain, the princess said that she was pregnant, and the eunuch who came to withdraw the feudal domain had a nose and a face, and in the end she could only run away in disgrace, and it was obvious that the feudal town could not be withdrawn.
If it can't be withdrawn, forget it, Zeng County Ling only thought that the two parties were still safe and sound as before.
Who knew that the situation had taken a turn for the worse, but he wanted to pretend that he didn't see the princess of the domain, and sent someone to assassinate him, and he couldn't stand up to the fact that there were capable people under him, and it didn't count if he was humiliated, he scavenged money from him once or twice, and called it "debt collection".
Zeng County Ling felt that he had been wronged to death, who did he provoke? It's just that I just want to be the emperor of the soil, why is the process so difficult?
There is also the princess Rui, who looks delicate and beautiful, but has the means to disappear between talking and laughing, as soon as she comes, she is like entering a no-man's land, and the weak chicken-like palace people are stunned and agitated into a group of tigers and wolves, beating his family and his family are powerless, and they rob him of the people's wealth that he has tried his best to collect.
Zeng County ordered that anger, don't mention that grievance.
At this point, the people he sent out to assassinate the princess were like mud cows into the sea, never to return.
And the people above are urging tightly, and there are still incidents in the mine one after another, and it is no longer the smooth sailing of the previous two years.
The burning bubbles of Zeng County's urgency grew into a mouth, and he pulled his beard at home every day.
However, just when he thought that things could be no worse, Princess Rui's actions made him realize that things could be even worse.
- This princess actually plans to train the whole county!
Although it was in the name of group training, Zeng County was suspicious, and he always felt that the princess was targeting him.
According to the regulations of the imperial court, the vassal king cannot have government soldiers, but he can have regimental training, because no one in any dynasty or generation has ever pointed out that regimental training can be used on top, but it is just a pronoun for the rabble.
At the same time, the imperial court also stipulated that all the production of the feudal town belonged to the feudal king, whether it was the grain produced on the ground, the mineral deposits buried underground, or even the animals and birds in the mountains...... As long as it's in the realm of the feudal town, it's all the domain of the feudal king.
You say the vassal king died? That thing is also someone else's son's, and it can't be touched by a county order at all.
Therefore, when Princess Rui announced that she was pregnant with a posthumous child, the most distressed person was not the high eunuch who came to withdraw the domain, but the local official of Zeng County.
On this morning, Zeng Xian Ling paced in the house as usual, the house was made of good wood, the room was spacious and bright, and even the silk yarn was used to paste the windows, revealing a sense of carefree pride.
Suddenly, Zeng Xianling found that the silk yarn on the window of his house was trembling slightly, not only the silk yarn, but even the window lattice also made a gentle trembling sound, and after a while, even the door frame was buzzing.
"What's going on?" Zeng Xianling was stunned.
At this moment, there was a sudden roar outside like a thunderbolt in the blue sky, which was deafening and terrifying.
It was thousands of people shouting in unison, making a huge vibration caused by the same sound.
"One, two, three, four, princess Niang Chitose-"
The voice is sonorous, high-pitched and bright, and it is devastating everywhere it goes, almost slapping the undetermined person to the ground.