Chapter 278: The Daily Life of an Ordinary Minister
Busy days always fly by.
Yang Chuan, Huo Quzhi, Cao Xiang and Weaver Liu Man, etc., are all fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers and girls, even in a desolate Shuofang County, but they have their own youthful joy.
Teaching, nurturing and educating people, and cleaning up Huo Qu's illness and Cao Xiang by the way, this day will be more fulfilling and comfortable.
Yang Chuan, who has been a man for two lives, although he is hidden in the body of a young man, has a heart, but he has already experienced the vicissitudes of life, looking at Huo Quai, who is growing up day by day, he has an inexplicable touch.
Well, it's almost like an old father...... Ahem, it's almost like a father and brother.
Fighting, noisy and shouting, in a blink of an eye, the year has turned, and it is the season of spring again.
Counting with his fingers, Yang Chuan is finally seventeen years old.
Ah, next year, you can ......
"Yang Chuan, Guo Xie is asking to see him at the door, do you want to let him in?"
On this day, Yang Chuan was looking through a scroll of maps and thinking about Shuofang County's Tuntian plan, Liu Man walked quickly to the back hall and probed his brain at the door of Yang Chuan's house.
Yang Chuan didn't raise his head, and said gently: "Let him come in." ”
Liu Man let out a 'hey', coughed a few times, and asked, "Xiao Langjun, I have made great progress in my studies recently, and many problems will be solved." ”
Yang Chuan raised his head helplessly, rubbed his eyebrows and smiled: "Is it a new clothes?" ”
Liu Man was satisfied, tiptoeed, and stiffened his chest: "Look, Sister Weaver cut it by herself, is it good?" ”
Yang Chuan looked at it seriously and nodded: "Well, it's quite big." ”
Liu Man was stunned for a moment, his pretty face turned red, his legs couldn't help but be soft, and he groaned and scolded: "I hate it, who let you look at it randomly?" They aren't eighteen years old......"
As she spoke, she came running with a puff of smoke.
Uh, I didn't find out before, this guy turned out to be so promising, and he was shy with a word......
Yang Chuan shook his head, and his hands were not idle, writing and drawing, and he was very busy.
Shuofang County has a vast area, and there are all kinds of ruins waiting to be rebuilt, and he is about to start reclamation and reclamation, and many preparations have not yet been made, which makes him very anxious.
"I've seen the Marquis of Changning."
After a while, Guo Xie came to the door of the back hall, first bowed his hand, and only stepped in after getting Yang Chuan's permission: "Changning Hou, Guo Xie came here this time to ask, what do you want me to do?" ”
Yang Chuan raised his head and pointed to a chair at the bottom: "Sit down first and take a sip of water." ”
Guo Xie didn't sit down, and insisted on asking: "Changning Hou gave me an innocent household registration, and gave me 3,000 acres of fertile land, but I have not been summoned for more than a month, Guo Mou is a little uneasy in his heart, and always feels that this matter is a little unsteady, so come over today and ask, what do you want me to do?" ”
Yang Chuan smiled: "Didn't you say last time that you should be a good person?" ”
He stood up, stretched, moved his muscles, and said casually: "If everything has to be calculated for others to do, and not to do it, then the world is too boring; ”
"Sell all the people and livestock you have in your hands to Shuofang County, even if the money and food in Benhou's hands are tight, but there is no shortage of that; In addition, I would like to tell your brothers that no matter how chivalrous and evil you do outside, Ben Hou will not blame the past and is willing to find a way to get a clean household registration for everyone. ”
"People, you have to eat......"
Yang Chuan looked very tired, his face was a little pale, his two eyeballs were seriously congested, and he was really too busy in the past few days, and he was about to be unable to hold on.
Guo Xie looked at Yang Chuan, thought about it again, and said, "Marquis Changning, you are different from other nobles. ”
Yang Chuan smiled: "What's the difference?" Three heads and six arms? Or eat with fart swallows? ”
Guo Xie was finally laughed at.
Immediately, he said with a straight face: "You are the first nobleman Guo has seen to treat the people as human beings, and even those stateless savages, sons-in-law, and other slaves, you treat them equally, and let them become military households in Tuntian, such people are rare to see in the world."
However, Marquis Changning, if you act like this, you must be careful that others have a grudge against you......"
Guo Xie paused, seemed to hesitate slightly, and then continued: "Someone has already tried to buy your Changning Hou's head at the price of 30,000 gold through my subordinates in Chang'an City. ”
Yang Chuan smiled indifferently: "Hey, who is so stingy that he paid the price of 30,000 gold?" You must know that two years ago, the heads of Cao Xiang and Huo Quai, Cao Xiang, and Huo Quai, were bought by someone for 50,000 gold. ”
"You should know that, right?"
Guo Xie nodded and said, "I know, and that task was released by me myself." ”
Yang Chuan nodded, quite satisfied with Guo Jie's openness, and pointed to the chair under his head for the second time: "Guo Jie, let's sit down and talk." ”
Guo confessed his guilt, and then sat down.
Yang Chuan pondered for a few breaths, and suddenly asked, "Guo Jie, why didn't you want to recruit your brothers as county soldiers last time?" Relatively speaking, you outlaws, you are better than being human and animal on the battlefield, right? ”
Guo Xie sighed: "Changning Hou doesn't know, today's Guanzhong rangers have long been torn apart, many people, named rangers, are actually just nurses, thugs, and livestock dealers in the homes of the powerful, and even horse dealers;
Under the hands of every nobleman, who doesn't have dozens of rangers?
It can only be said that there are more and more poor people in this world, and they are getting poorer and poorer, while the nobles are also rising, one is more luxurious than the other, in their eyes, the so-called rangers, but a group of rabble, gangsters, just do a little tiring and dirty work for them.
Even if someone is willing to accept the recruitment of the imperial court, once on the battlefield, those of us who do not do our jobs are not the targets of the arrows that suffer losses first and charge ahead? ”
Guo Xie is this guy, his brain is very good, huh?
can see the world so thoroughly, and he can be regarded as a heroic figure.
Yang Chuan was silent for a long time, and said: "That's all you say, if you are willing to do it, go directly to Sima Qian to sign the relevant documents and contracts, if you really don't want to do it, Ben Hou will not embarrass you, farm well, have children, and live a small life for the people." ”
As he spoke, he picked up the tea bowl and was about to send off the guests.
Guo Xie finally spoke, and asked tentatively: "Marquis Changning, you really don't hold us people accountable for their past sins?" ”
Yang Chuan chuckled lightly and said, "Just because you Guo Xie can say the sins of the past, I, Yang Chuan, will respect you as a good man!" ”
Guo Jie's eyes flashed, he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a long time, he sighed and arched his hand: "Thank you Changning Hou, this matter involves the lives of many brothers, please allow me to go back and think about it carefully." ”
Yang Chuan smiled and nodded, and said, "Guo Daxia, walk slowly......"
……
Guo Jie's matter is just a small episode, and it can be regarded as an idle pen left by Yang Chuan's temporary idea, as for whether there can be a good result, it just follows fate.
After a busy morning in the back hall, it's time for lunch.
Yang Chuan rode out on horseback, only taking Sister Leopard, two sand sculptures, Tangyi's father and Dongfang Shuo, and in addition, let those half-grown children protect them in secret......
The greater the man's office, the more valuable he felt that his life was.
In order to live for a few more decades, prepare some more back-ups, not chilling.
On the wide avenue of Shuofang City, he went straight to the area where the Huns lived, and watched the steppe people busy in their courtyards, whether men, women, old or young, the sheepskin robes on their bodies were clean, and their heads and faces were very clean; In addition, seeing that there was cooking smoke coming out of the chimneys of these Huns, Yang Chuan's heart was quite proud.
It is actually quite difficult to let these people who can only herd sheep and horses to farm.
First of all, it is necessary for them to learn to enjoy the farming life first, and then let them gradually like the tranquil life of plowing at sunrise and resting at sunset.
Suddenly, there was a commotion ahead, mixed with the laughter of some children.
Riding his horse forward, turning a clean yellow mud road, Yang Chuan saw a large group of Hun children gathered in front of him, as if they were having some kind of party.
Yang Chuan's face turned gloomy.
During this special period, he allowed the Huns to enjoy life, to be fed, clothed, and to feel the 'goodwill of the Han Dynasty', but he was absolutely not allowed to gather.
At this point, he once repeatedly ordered Zhang Tang to personally supervise this matter.
When the group got closer, they found that among the group of Hun children, there were two little women, Zhiniang and Naren Toya, who distributed some rock candy in their hands and even told stories?
These two losers!
You know, now his Yang family's rock candy can be exchanged for a ploughing cow, so it is given to people for nothing?
Simply that!
Yang Chuan's face was strange, and he didn't say anything after getting off the horse, and walked over silently.
"Early tomorrow morning, everyone must remember to come to the school, whoever comes first will be rewarded with two pieces of rock candy, do you remember?"
Naren Toya carried half a bag of rock candy, smiling, like a big sister, using the Xiongnu dialect to demagogue: "When you arrive at the school, you can learn to write your own name, learn to count your own sheep, and help Abba and Aunt count money." ”
"What is money, do you know?"
"Look, this is money, as long as you can earn enough money, you can buy a few pieces of rock candy a day, everyone says, okay?"
The children of the more than 200 Huns were stunned, and after thinking for a while, they shouted: "Good! ”
It turned out that these two little women came to make a 'propaganda advertisement' for the school......
The corners of Yang Chuan's mouth showed a hint of a smile.
Look, these little women around me are quite brainy.
He silently retreated, led his horse and turned around.
Recently, he has been patronizing such major events as recruiting county soldiers, building cities, building roads, making farm tools, purchasing ploughing cattle, and building water conservancy, but these small things have been delayed.
This is not possible, Yang Chuan, as a chef, understands very well in his heart that whether a dish is delicious or not, ingredients, recipes, seasonings, and cooking techniques are all indispensable.
In particular, patience and carefulness are indispensable.
Because, the so-called 'heat' can only be reflected in these details, and it seems that many things cannot be too rushed and need to be cooked slowly......
Soon, their group came to the outer office of the Taishou Mansion, walked straight into their 'office', and summoned Sima Qian, Zhang Tang and other subordinate officials.
"Sima Qian, bring the household registration list of those Huns, and Ben Hou will check it himself."
"Zhang Tang, bring all the case files in the past period of time, and Ben Hou will pass it over."
"Mr. Dongfang, how are the preparations for the construction of the four schools in Shuofang City? How's the recruitment of teachers? What is the total number of students? How much does it cost to pay for free food and accommodation every day? ”
“……”
For a while, Yang Chuan turned into an 'overtime maniac', starting from around noon, and was busy until midnight, knowing that Zhiniang's little women couldn't wait for him to go back to the back hall to eat, so Zhiniang personally came over to urge him two or three times, and then 'reluctantly' went back to eat.
As soon as he worked overtime, Zhang Tang, Sima Qian and others also starved together, so in order to apologize, he ordered the kitchen to add a few more pairs of chopsticks and a few bowls, even if it was a working meal.
This busyness really made him find a lot of problems.
First of all, the household registration of Sima Qian's gang is almost the same as the household registration system in the Guanzhong area, dividing all the people into three, six, nine and so on, and even marking the 'source' and 'variety'; that is to say, if he Yang Chuan is transferred out of Shuofang County, the next Taishou will be a fool like Gongsun Ao, and those Huns who were fooled by themselves into coming to Tuntian to cultivate the land still have a way to live?
How can this work?
Yang Chuan was furious at that time, and when he caught Sima Qian, he was scolded, and asked him to rectify it immediately, change everyone's household registration to 'Dahan People', and compile the names in a unified manner.
Not to mention, Sima Qian's book is very good, just after a little thought, he came up with a lot of surnames, and he still looks good.
Yang Chuan added a little 'guidance', and a book of 'hundred family names' came out.
This time, Yang Chuan was not very polite, and directly wrote the words '[Dahan] Sima Qian/Author, Yang Chuan/School' on the book of 100 family names, and listed it as the 'school-based textbook' of all schools in Shuofang County......
In addition, in a large number of cases tried by Zhang Tang, Yang Chuan also found some faults, and by the way, asked this guy to also compile a 'Handbook of Common Sense of Han Laws', naturally, he also generously added Zhang Tang and his own name to it, and also listed it as the 'required reading' of Shuofang County School.
In one afternoon, he almost 'compiled' seven or eight 'monographs,' which gave him a sense of accomplishment.
So, on a whim, he simply arranged the next stage of 'homework' for the three little women of his family-
"Zhiniang, Liu Man, Naren Toya, a few of you, your latest homework is to write a few books separately, and Benhou is responsible for printing the world."
"The weaver girl wrote basic agricultural monographs, such as how to raise silkworms, how to grow wheat, how to spin and weave cloth, and how steel is made...... Uh, forget this one, you don't understand. ”
"Liu Man, you are the princess of the Han Dynasty, let's first write three arithmetic books for students all over the world, I have thought of the title of the book, it is called Yang Liu's arithmetic, which is divided into three stages: elementary, middle and high, and must be simple and easy to understand."
"Naren Toya, you just need to write a book of dung scriptures......"
When eating supper, Yang Chuan casually ordered, but was unanimously opposed by the three little women in the family: "The title of your book is too arbitrary, isn't it?" ”
"Yes, not only casual, but also a little cheesy, what is Yang Liu's book? It's hard to hear. ”
"Brother Yang Chuan, can you change the name of the book I want to write, the Dung Sutra...... It's too ugly...... Right? ”
(End of chapter)