On the other hand, in the evening in Quanzhou City, curling smoke rose into the air from the chimneys of various households, and pedestrians on the street were also in a hurry, hurrying to their homes so that they could accompany their families to have a hot dinner.

Gu Er led the stone, just came out of the barracks, and drove towards his home.

"Childe, the third battalion will be disbanded in a few days, and the brothers will return to the counties when the time comes, what should we do?" Stone asked.

Gu Er and Shi are now in the third battalion to help train the group of township warriors who were transferred from various counties in Quanzhou for intensive training.

Gu Er glanced at the stone unhurriedly and said, "Zihou has his own arrangements, I'm not in a hurry, what are you anxious about!" ”

Shi smiled and rubbed his head: "Aren't I worried about Childe!" ”

"What is there to worry about!" Gu Erdao: "Since Zihou called me from Bianjing all the way, is it just to let me come over and help him train a few villagers?" ”

"By the way, isn't there a new kind of pastry in the pastry shop in front, you go buy some and go back and give Sister Rong and Brother Chang a taste." Gu Er took a horsewhip and pointed to a pastry shop next to the road in front of him, and instructed the stone.

When Gu Er and Shi returned to the small courtyard arranged for him by Wang Chong with the pastries they had just bought, the cook had already prepared dinner.

"Jiro is back!" Seeing Gu Er, Zhu Manniang immediately greeted him with a smile, Gu Er hugged Sister Rong, returned to the back room with Zhu Manniang, and sat at the dining table, Zhu Manniang urged the female envoy to bring the food.

After a while, the family of four started chopsticks, and Zhu Manniang gave Gu Er and a pair of children vegetables with a smile on her face, looking like a good wife and mother, which made Gu Er, who had lacked love since childhood, more and more satisfied with it.

In the past few days, Gu Er has been on duty in the barracks as usual, although the third battalion is about to be disbanded, but Gu Er has always been a responsible character, in line with the idea of being a monk for a day and ringing the bell for a day, that is, the last few days, not only did not let this group of villagers relax a little, but was more severe than usual.

Fortunately, the villagers had long been accustomed to Gu Er's rigorous training, but there were no moths.

But Gu Er would never have thought that the barracks were calm and quiet, and the villagers didn't make any moths, but his backyard was the first to burn.

Gu Er just told Manniang that the third camp was going to be disbanded, and he could stay at home with her and a pair of children for a while, thinking that what was waiting for him was Manniang's intimacy, shy and happy, but he didn't think that Zhu Manniang's reaction was not as he expected.

"The third battalion is about to be disbanded?" Manniang looked surprised: "Erlang is the Marquis of the third battalion, and now that the third battalion is about to be withdrawn, where is Erlang going to be transferred?" ”

Looking at Zhu Manniang's face with surprise, although it was a little different from what he expected, Gu Er didn't feel that there was anything wrong: "It's not clear for the time being, I'll ask Zihou another day." ”

Zhu Manniang chuckled in her heart, then hurriedly adjusted her mood and squeezed out a rather sweet smile: "It's okay if the errand is gone, as long as Erlang can be safe, our family of four can be together, and the slave family will be satisfied." ”

has been sharing the same bed with Gu Er for seven or eight years, and Zhu Manniang has long felt Gu Er's temperament, knowing what Gu Er cares about, and naturally following Gu Er's meaning.

Sure enough, as soon as she said this, Gu Er showed a smile on her face, looked at a pair of children, and then looked at Zhu Manniang, and said in a firm tone: "Don't worry, Manniang, I will definitely get ahead, so that you, Sister Rong, and Brother Chang can live a good life." ”

Zhu Manniang smiled and took the dish for Gu Er, and said: "Erlang Wen Taowu is strategic, wise and brave, the slave family believes that Erlang will be able to do it!" ”

"Erlang must be tired of training soldiers in the military camp, why don't you accompany Erlang to have a few drinks to relieve fatigue?" Zhu Manniang said softly with concern.

"Good!"

Zhu Manniang asked the female envoy to sell wine, and then she personally carried the wine jug and added wine to Gu Er one by one, until Gu Er was drunk.

The next day, seeing that Gu Er and Shi went to the barracks, Zhu Manniang asked the female envoy to take the children at home and go out to buy them by herself.

There are many people outside, and Brother Chang'er is too young to take him out, because in the past, Zhu Manniang went out alone, and the female envoy didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

In a deserted side alley in the city, Zhu Manniang looked around before entering the door, and after making sure that no one was following, she walked into the side alley.

"Manniang!" The man who had been waiting in the alley for a long time saw Zhu Manniang with a smile on his face, but he couldn't help asking, "Why are you in such a hurry to meet all of a sudden?" ”

"How's it going about what I asked you to inquire about?" Zhu Manniang asked quickly.

The man said: "I have inquired clearly, from last year to now, the nearby waters are not very peaceful, there are many pirates, plundering passing ships, several businesses jointly wrote to Zhizhou, begging the Yamen to send troops to the sea to exterminate the pirates, these soldiers and horses newly trained by the Yamen are likely to go to fight pirates!" ”

"Fighting pirates?" Zhu Manniang couldn't help but speculate: "Could it be that the prince Hou brought Erlang from Bianjing just to fight pirates?" ”

The man shook his head helplessly and said, "That's what I heard!" ”

"What's the use of you!" Zhu Manniang looked at the man with disgust, and then said to herself: "No, we can't stay in Quanzhou for a lifetime!" ”

"Gu Tingye refuses to go back to Bianjing, what can we do!" The man looked helpless.

"His eldest brother is not in good health, who knows that there are still a few years to live, he is not treated by the old marquis, if he is not in Bianjing, when his eldest brother goes, won't the Hou Mansion become his younger brother's." Zhu Manniang calmly analyzed.

"Is it possible to tie him back?" The man said angrily.

Zhu Manniang sneered: "Tie it back? He eats soft and not hard, don't say it's you and my brother and sister, even if there are seven or eight more big men, they may not be his opponents. ”

"What then?" Zhu Dalang frowned, and his eyes were all on his sister Zhu Manniang.

Zhu Manniang thought about it and said, "I'll try again in the next few days to see if I can persuade him to go back!" ”

"What if you can't?" Zhu Dalang asked.

Zhu Manniang thought about it, but she still didn't dare to say it too much: "Let's try it first!" ”

As he spoke, he lifted the cloth covered with the bamboo basket he was carrying, handed the silver ticket he had just sold the jewelry to Zhu Dalang, and did not forget to advise: "Now that the IOU at home, the jewelry that Erlang bought for me is almost sold, my brother must not gamble anymore, otherwise Erlang should be asked to see the clue." ”

As soon as he saw the silver ticket, Zhu Dalang's eyes lit up, and all his attention was attracted by the silver ticket, and he said again and again: "Don't gamble, definitely don't gamble!" ”

Zhu Manniang looked around again and whispered: "Brother be careful these days, Erlang is coming back, brother must not be seen by him." ”

"Then I'll stay away, and if something happens, inform me as I was, and I'll come back to you."

Zhu Manniang nodded, leaned over, looked around on tiptoe, and then walked out of the side alley, and Zhu Dalang quickly turned around and left.

But before he could go far, he had just reached the corner, and before he could see clearly, a sack was covered with a cover.

The next morning, Gu Er was training the soldiers in the barracks, and suddenly the sergeant on duty came to report, saying that Wang Zhong had something important to do, and told him to go there.

Gu Er walked out of the barracks and found that it was none other than Wang Chong's personal follower Yu Chuer, who knew that Wang Chong was by no means a person who was unprovoked, so he immediately followed Yu Chuer all the way to the county office, not wanting Yu Chuer not to lead Gu Er to the back hall, but went straight into the cell.

Just when Gu Er was full of doubts, he saw Wang Chong sitting at the table eating wine in the cell, and there were two braised vegetables and a plate of edamame and a plate of spiced broad beans on the table.

"Zhong Huai is here, sit!" Wang Chong saw Gu Er, got up with a smile and motioned for Gu Er to sit down.

Gu Er only felt that his heart was full of suspicions, and he really couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Wang Chong's gourd, and after sitting down, he looked around, and couldn't help but say: "Zihou's interest is different from ordinary people, and he has to go to this prison specially to eat and drink." ”

Wang Zhong poured a glass of wine for Gu Er with the wine jug, and said: "It's not because there is anything special here, but because there is a person in the prison at this time, and he still has some relationship with Zhong Huai, and the news will inevitably leak, so I specially asked the second junior high school to invite Zhong Huai here." ”

"Come, let's have a few glasses first, lest Zhong Huai lose his interest in eating wine later!" Wang Chong picked up his wine glass and invited Gu Er to drink with him.

Gu Er and Wang Chong had a drink, and when they saw that Wang Chong had poured wine for himself, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to block it, looked at Wang Chong and said, "Zihou better make it clear first, otherwise this wine will not be interesting." ”

"That's it!" Wang Zhong put down the wine glass and glanced at Yu Chuer, who immediately ordered: "Bring people up." ”

The two jailers immediately went to the inner room, brought out a man with iron shackles and made him kneel before them.

"Is that you?" Gu Er looked at the man in front of him, his face immediately changed, and he was shocked: "Aren't you dead?" ”

The man immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Second Prince Gu spares his life, it's not that I want to lie to you, it's all Manniang, it's all her idea!" ”

"What do you mean?" Gu Er's brows were furrowed, his eyes were full of shock, the first time he saw this man, in fact, Gu Er had already guessed it, but he didn't want to believe it.

The man has already been tortured, where do you dare to hide it, when even if you pour beans and explain everything: "It's Manniang, Manniang fell in love with the identity of your Houfu's sister-in-law, and envied the wealth of the Houfu, so she chased you all the way to Jiangzhou, Manniang also said that you are kind-hearted, and you pity the fragrance and cherish the jade the most, so you lied to you and said that I was dead, she was alone, and you were willing to take her in!"

Second son, it's all Manniang's idea, I didn't do anything! ”

A gambler like Zhu Dalang is most afraid of death, and Wang Chong can't stand it if he is tortured a little.

Yu Chuer brought a package and put it on the table, Wang Zhong said, "Zhong Huai open it and take a look!" ”

Gu Er opened the package and saw that it was full of gold and silver jewelry, some of which he bought for Manniang, some of which were left by his deceased mother, and a pair of long-lived golden locks for Sister Rong and Brother Chang, with the names of Sister Rong and Brother Chang engraved on it.

"Why is this stuff here?" Gu Er looked at Wang Zhong in shock and puzzlement.

Wang Chongdao: "It's all the things that Zhu Manniang took to the pawnshop to pawn, and the second year of junior high school was ransomed back, as for the silver money in exchange·······

Wang Chong didn't continue to speak, but just looked at Zhu Dalang who was kneeling on the ground next to him.

Gu Er couldn't guess how the money must have been given to Zhu Dalang.

"It stands to reason that this is Zhong Huai's family matter, I shouldn't have taken care of it, but I can't bear Zhong Huai to be deceived by others, and being treated as a big pastime to play with, now I have done what I should do, how to deal with things, Zhong Huai will look at it himself! I'm not going to interfere! ”

Wang Chong bowed to Gu Er, got up and left, Yu Chuer followed, only Gu Er, sitting on the bench, his face changed uncertainly.

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The scorching heat has faded, and the autumn is getting stronger, but Quanzhou is still as usual, and the salt drying field is still in full swing.

Countless large ships returning from overseas trade anchored in Quanzhou Bay, and merchants from Fujian also gathered in Quanzhou City, bringing with them the tea rich in Fujian, and taking away countless spices, cherished wood, and countless new things brought back from overseas.

The Ship Division has already entered the right track, and the ten apprentices brought by Wang Zhong from Yangzhou in the past are now two staying in the salt field, and the rest are either in the Ship Department or temporarily being a small knife and pen officer in the Yamen.

Rao is Wang is a general judge of a state, and his prestige is very high, and he can't change the practice of the imperial court, so he can only let these named disciples he brought to him temporarily be a small sword and pen official, and he can't let them be officials, because they have no fame.

Even if it is the main book of the county, you have to be famous to do it.

The establishment of Baishui Academy is too short, and there has only been one talent so far.

However, although these named disciples of Wang Chong are not officials, no one dares to despise them in the entire Quanzhou, including Zhizhou Chen Jun.

Wang Chongzheng is wearing a straw hat, rolled up trouser legs, and straw sandals, leading his nieces and nephews to work on the newly built terraces the year before last.

This place was originally a barren mountain, Wang Zhong was ready to vigorously develop terraced fields in Quanzhou, and saw that there was still water next to this mountain, and there were one large, two and three small streams, as well as several natural wells, all that flowed out were cold groundwater, and the water quality was excellent, and the water of the streams was formed by the convergence of the water from these wells.

This mountain was the private property of a wealthy local family, and was later bought by Wang Chong.

Originally, it was only in the middle of the mountain and there were more than a dozen acres of dry land, and there were 20 acres of paddy fields at the foot of the mountain, and they were all scattered and unsystematic.

In particular, the waterways are combed, and the water from two large and one small stream is introduced into the fields for irrigation, and the irrigation canals are built from top to bottom to form a systematic system.

Nearly half of the place below the mountainside has been built into terraced fields, surrounded by mountains and forests, you have me, I have you, and the rest of the place, the suitable place has also been changed to dry land, originally only a few dozen acres of paddy field dry land, suddenly became hundreds of acres, and at the foot of the mountain also built a Zhuangzi, and gathered more than 50 tenant farmers.

The early rice is planted in mid-to-late February and harvested around mid-June, and the late rice is planted at intervals of one month, and the seedlings are planted in mid-to-late July and harvested in mid-October.

Now approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, the rice seedlings have just been planted in the field for more than a month, but the growth is quite gratifying, the seedlings are rising higher and higher, and the paddy fields are already verdant.

Nowadays it is not like the real world, there are so many chemical fertilizers and pesticides, fortunately, in recent years, the speed of development of Quanzhou is gratifying, the people have started breeding under the call of the yamen, and the large households have built a farm, and the chickens and ducks are everywhere.

Wang Chong also popularized the technology of septic tanks in the countryside, taught the people how to build livestock houses to collect livestock manure more easily, and publicized the method of manure to all the people, so that the people could use everything they could use to increase the fertility of the soil, and only in this way could they grow more food in the limited land.

He also used his medical book, which had vaguely touched the sixth-level level, to develop a lot of fertilizers and insect repellent potions and sprays.

On his own Zhuangzi, he took Wang Qian'er, Zhang Xin, Zhang Yi brothers, and a few students who had just been sent from Yangzhou not long ago, to cultivate and select high-yield pest-resistant Taoist species.

Although Wang Chong has learned about agronomy, he is not a professional in the end, and he has no experience in breeding, after all, there are so many copies of the world before, there is no need for Wang Chong to deliberately delve into breeding technology, and the country has its own professional talents.

The only thing that can be said to have something to do with breeding may be Wang Chong's decades of experience in the copy of "Old Farmer".

In addition to seeds and fertilizers, some advanced planting methods and planting patterns are also important reasons for increasing yields.

Wang Chong has been in this world for so many years, and he has already handed over these things to the villagers in the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Yangzhou and Bianjing.

And not to mention Yangzhou and Bianjing, only Quanzhou, in recent years, it has gradually shown results, the output of the ground is not to say doubled, but it is also growing year by year, especially with the increase of fertilizer and the promotion of fertilizer technology in the people, the output of the land has tended to stabilize year after year, compared with the previous one, the yield per mu has increased by nearly fifty percent.

The people's pursuit is not high, it is nothing more than good weather, parents, wives and children, the family is safe and healthy, and they don't have to worry about food and clothing.

On the ridge, on the winding path that appears from time to time, Wang Chong, who was dressed in a robe, wearing a hat, stepping on straw sandals, and holding his trouser legs, walked in front, and Wang Qian'er, who was also dressed in the same costume, followed behind, with his ears erected high, and listened carefully to Wang Chong's talk about the joints.

He followed Wang Zhong down to the field to observe and record the changes in rice seedlings.

Suddenly, a fast horse galloped and stopped at the edge of Zhuangzi at the foot of the mountain.

Gu Erfei dismounted, asked Wang Chong's location from the Zhuang account, and walked up the mountain to find Wang Chong quickly.

After walking half a pillar of incense, I saw Wang Chong and his party in the field.

"Zi Hou! Sub thick! Gu Er stood at the edge of the field, waving and shouting.

"Zhong Huai?" Wang Chong straightened up and followed the prestige, and when he saw that it was Gu Er, he immediately waved and responded loudly.

(End of chapter)