Luo Hou since he woke up to the princess of Jin is his long-admired Liu Shi Niang, the indifferent attitude of the Pingshui meeting has come to a earth-shaking change, I heard that Shi Niang is going to go to the village with He Ye, and it is understandable to recommend herself as a guide, along the way, and the princess talked more happily, and talked about the situation in Bailing Village like a number of treasures, but it has helped the princess a lot for the purpose of observing the people's feelings.

He Ye could hardly interject, of course, he didn't have the determination to interject, he put on a stinky face all the way, showing his dissatisfaction with being "forced" by the princess, in fact, there was indeed no charming scenery in the winter countryside, the grass next to the strange road was withered and yellow, and there was only a piece of frozen soil in the field.

Walking about two or three miles away, Eleven Niang vaguely heard the sound of water, Luo Houyao pointed to a row of dead branches in the distance: "There is the Jinshui River, but the water that flows through Bailing Village is not turbulent, if there is a drought, the river is difficult to keep flowing, and the advantage is that there are few floods. ”

Eleven Niang does not plan to inspect water conservancy, although she knows more about farming than ordinary ladies, but most of these understandings are through reading agricultural books such as "Shang Nong" and "Qi Min Yaoshu", which is only theoretical knowledge.

"Jiurou is so familiar with the situation here, could it be that he has lived in the countryside for a long time?" Although Shi Niang also knows that many rich children are impatient with the detention of the elders in the family, and run to live in the grange from time to time, they are rarely able to endure the desertion of the village, so they are not willing to live for a long time, let alone understand the situation of the farmers, and the business of crops, but Luo Hou is obviously different from those idle children, it can be seen that he is not just to hide from the clean, but he is the hope of the Taigu Luo family, and the elders in the family should not indulge him to live in the suburbs for a long time.

"For the past two or three years, I've lived in the Grange for a long time." Luo Hou replied.

Why is that? I had heard that Taigu Luo attached great importance to Jiulang, and hoped that Jiulang could get a middle jinshi, but he could live in the grange, and the lack of a teacher to explain the scriptures and history was not conducive to his studies. Seeing that Luo Hou's attitude towards her had changed greatly, Eleven Niang no longer had any scruples about making shallow words.

"I took the princess to a place, and the princess knew why." Luo Hou was also very happy, leading the way in front, about half a mile away, then turned to a narrower strange road, walked more than fifty steps, and pointed to a large field in front of him: "This is it." ”

Eleven Niang: ......

The only difference between this field and what you see on the way...... She really couldn't see the difference.

The poisonous tongue in He Ye's mouth was about to move, he was really not just a disguise, for some reason, he obviously didn't dislike Luo Hou's character, but he couldn't help but squeeze this kid.

"What is the reason, could it be that Luo Langjun is afraid that this field will be encroached upon, and he must personally guard it to rest assured?"

For the sake of Princess Jin's affection, Luo Hou generously tolerated the provocation of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and did not return the words, but his eyes still revealed the meaning of "Of course His Royal Highness does not know why", and only explained to the princess with a smile: "These ten acres of land, can the princess know the harvest in the old years?" ”

The princess said a number, she knew that the domain of Jinshuo, the farmland owner planted wheat and millet, and also referred to some household records, saying that this number was laid on the basis of the harvest year, and the old year did not hear that Jinshuo suffered a disaster, so she guessed that the actual harvest should not be far away.

However, Luo Hou complacently reported a different number.

The princess was surprised: "It is more than half of the harvest? ”

"As His Royal Highness said, this field is indeed produced under the name of Xiaosheng, the reason why Xiaosheng lives in the suburbs of agriculture for a long time, is to study the business of crops, try to improve agricultural tools, and according to the season, soil quality, the agricultural book records are applied to practice, or on the basis of the writings to innovate, groping the way to increase crop yield, after two years of practice, a little experience, I think that this year in Bailing Village to promote, or can ease the burden of farmers."

Eleven Niang never thought that Luo Hou would personally manipulate the crops and focus on improving the agricultural mulberry, which is indeed a matter of profound significance, so she did not hide her admiration: "Jiulang's trip is really beneficial to the society and the people's livelihood, but listening to Jiulang's words, have you not thought about entering the office?" ”

Speaking of this, Luo Hou's expression was no longer so pleasant: "Now that the official system is corrupt, although Xiaosheng is not talented and has no power to reverse the situation, he is also unwilling to be in the company of traitors. ”

"But Jiulang wasted all his efforts to improve farming, wouldn't it be a pity if only a small number of people in Bailing Village benefited?" Eleven Niang sighed: "The maladministration of officialdom is not accumulated in a day, and it is certainly not a day's work to cure the root cause and restore peace to the world, I can understand Jiulang's unwillingness to join the traitorous family, but if he is depressed and retreats just for this, isn't it also a matter of avoiding medical treatment?" Don't say it's far away, let's say it's close, Jiulang only has people in his position, so that the painstaking exploration of this great way to benefit the people's livelihood can be truly promoted, not just for the benefit of every inch. ”

Luo Hou frowned and thought about it, but still shook his head: "Although what the princess said is reasonable, but Xiaosheng is going to take the exam at this time, if there is no recommendation from the powerful, it is impossible to win the middle jinshi, even if he is lucky, can he be immediately appointed and can promote agricultural skills?" Xiaosheng really doesn't want to do things for the sake of his career. ”

Shi Niang thought about it again, and had no choice but to give up.

Even if she can recommend Luo Hou to the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother will not really pay attention to agriculture, Luo Hou can be conferred, and he must go up the training layer by layer in the post of county lieutenant, and he will have to wait for at least three and a half years to the county order, and the impact is only a county. If you want those officials to take money from outside, only the imperial edict cannot guarantee that the order will be implemented.

If the officials deal with the matter, and the tax revenue does not actually increase, maybe Luo Hou will be punished instead, and even she will not be able to protect Luo Hou from retreating.

In the final analysis, the incompetence of those in power, the insatiable greed of officials, the more fictitious supervision system, and the decrees that are beneficial to the society are nothing but dead letters.

It is better to leave Luo Hou in Taiyuan Mansion, first promote his agricultural skills on a small scale, if it is really conducive to the harvest, and then try to implement it in Taiyuan Mansion first, if in the future, the King of Jin can gain power and fundamentally rectify the official system, so why worry that Luo Hou and other good talents will not be used by the monarchy?

There was really nothing to look for in an empty field, so Eleven Niang asked Luo Hou to lead her to a village inhabited by peasants.

In fact, a piece of adobe thatched roof is already in sight, because it is not yet the spring ploughing season, the farmers do not have to work in the field, and near the entrance of the village, I only see seven or eight young people repairing farm tools, a few spinning wheels are placed in the dam field, peasant women are spinning linen, and some children are squatting on the edge of the spinning wheel.

"Jiurou is here!" A middle-aged man greeted him with a smile, it was the eldest son of Nan's old man.

"I'll bring two nobles to talk to my husband." Luo Hou was not arrogant at all in front of these villagers, and explained to the man patiently: "Dalang is in my Zhuangzi, I will first let him sort out the manuscripts and scrolls, and I can teach him to read and write when he is empty." ”

The man rubbed his palms excitedly: "Da Lang can be regarded as a blessing." ”

He politely let a few nobles into his yard, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Father, Jiulang and the two distinguished guests are here." ”

The villagers were obviously curious about the two brocade-clothed guests brought by Jiulang, and they gathered outside the courtyard of Nan Laozhang, and Eleven Niang said to Luo Hou: "Let everyone come in, I originally wanted to talk to you about family life." ”

Luo Jiulang and the villagers are very familiar, and everyone is not afraid of this son of the wealthy family, and when he got the invitation, more than 20 farmers flocked into this small courtyard at once, and even a child Ai Ai came over, and sat on the ground with her legs crossed like an adult, but none of the women approached, and they were still standing outside the courtyard.

Eleven Niang first saluted the old man in the south, then sat on the reed mat taken out by the two women, and asked first: "I heard Jiu Lang mention it yesterday, and I learned that the old man had been Li Zheng from his predecessor, but I didn't know that the current Li Zheng was present today?" ”

But a child replied first: "As soon as Jiang Lizheng came to the village, he asked us to hand over the corn again." ”

Before the words fell, he was slapped by his father.