Zhu Xiang praised: "Zheng'er is smart! That's amazing! ”

The corners of Ying Xiaozheng's mouth twitched: "This is my sincere words, but my uncle shouldn't want to hear this." Although the conclusion may be the same, my uncle should want me to see how difficult people's lives are. ”

Zhu Xiang picked up Ying Xiaozheng and rubbed Ying Xiaozheng's still soft cheeks: "What I see is how difficult the people's livelihood is, that is my thought; What Zheng'er saw was the fear of civil unrest, which was Zheng'er's judgment. Zheng'er understood my thoughts and made her own judgment, and this question is full marks! ”

Ying Xiaozheng hugged Zhu Xiang's neck, put his face on Zhu Xiang's shoulder and muttered: "Mmmmmmmm, Zheng'er will always be full of points, alas." ”

Chapter 90: Pickles and smoked sausages

After Ying Xiaozheng came to a conclusion, he worked harder to handle the official affairs of Shu County, trying to use Shu County as a "test field" to practice his ideas.

I learned the saying of "test field" from my uncle.

During this period, Zhu Xiang harvested the first batch of regenerated rice.

Heaven is beautiful, there was no rainy and foggy weather during this rice harvest, and Zhu Xiang successfully harvested a batch of grain that was at least five times the current rice yield.

Zhu Xiang felt that Lin Zhen was a little wronged, and his face was dark, and he shouldn't have made so much food for Lin Zhen that he didn't like to eat.

In order to express his apology, Zhu Xiang later seasoned it with well salt, pepper and chili pepper from Shu County, poured sausages, smoked them with cypress trees, and sent them back to Xianyang with his family letter to make up for his wrongs against Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen didn't know why Zhu Xiang was thinking, thinking that Zhu Xiang missed him, so he deliberately carried sausages to Zichu to show off, and joked that Zichu only had pickles to eat.

Zi Chu looked at Zhu Xiang's letter that "people who don't care for their bodies have no meat to eat, they can only eat pickles", and he was speechless for a while.

As soon as the amount of grain came out, the eyes of the farmers who planted the experimental fields straightened.

The wealthy businessmen in Chengdu soon got the news and asked Zhu Xiang for seeds.

Zhu Xiang first distributed the seeds to the prisoners in Guantian to plant, and did not even give them to the civilians he cared about the most.

However, in Zhu Xiang's eyes, whether it is a prisoner or a civilian, they are all the same people. He cares about the large group of "people", so he chooses to think about the greater good, but he seems a little indifferent.

The Qin State had a large number of convicts who worked for the empire, and the official fields were in charge of the convicts, which were the main income of the county's grain, which was regarded as a remnant of slavery.

Although these prisoners are better off than the common people.

Zhu Xiang knew that the King of Qin would definitely send troops to attack other countries again in the near future.

For the Qin state, Guanzhong was the "hinterland", and the management of the people was the strictest. In other places that were fought later, the management of the people and officials was slightly lax, and the king of Qin only needed these newly defeated places to provide enough food and soldiers for large-scale wars, and he had not yet thought about long-term peace and stability.

Shu County is also closed, even if the people are in turmoil, it will not affect the rule of the King of Qin, so the King of Qin will definitely ask for a large amount of grain from Shu.

Most of the grain in the official fields belonged to the granary, and if enough grain could be accumulated, there would be no need to increase the taxes of the common people. For the convicts, switching to rice cultivation will not affect their interests either. Moreover, what to plant in the official field is completely decided by the government, and Zhu Xiang is better managed.

He didn't have the idea of hitting the official field before, because the seeds taken out by Zhu Xiang had not been verified, so it was not good to directly occupy the public field. Even if Li Bing will definitely agree, it is very troublesome to convince many people that Li Bing still has to take responsibility for it.

Moreover, Zhu Xiang does not have so many seeds, and there is no need to use official fields.

After Zhu Xiang initially dealt with the spring plowing and spring planting, he handed the document to Li Bing.

Li Bing didn't open it at all, and sent it back as it was, saying that he was too busy and tired to have no energy.

When Zhu Xiang saw Li Bing's letter, he had the urge to go to the construction site and beat Li Bing.

He wrote to Li Bing again, asking Li Bing to read the paperwork carefully. He won't be able to stay in Shu County for a few years, and sooner or later he will return to Xianyang. Li Bing threw away half of the county guard work to himself, and after he left, Li Bing picked up all the work of the county guard again, and there would definitely be chaos for a while.

Li Bing felt that Zhu Xiang was reasonable, so he entrusted the second lang of the family to Zhu Xiang.

"Let him learn, and when you leave, he will temporarily take over the responsibility of the county."

Zhu Xiang almost tore up Li Bing's letter.

Although when the magistrate came to office, if he brought with him the wiser heirs, those heirs would generally help to share the official duties. Especially in a closed place like Shu County, the power of the county guard is equivalent to that of a feudal monarch, and it is basically "family business".

But how old is your son? I'm still a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy!

Li Erlang was a little embarrassed and said: "Changpingjun, although I am not very old, isn't the son who temporarily acts as the county guard younger?" ”

Acting County Shou Ying Xiaozheng, who was sitting in a wide and raised chair, raised his head and glared at Li Erlang fiercely.

What are your grievances about me as the acting county guard? Hum!

Zhu Xiang said: "My housekeeper is different from ordinary people. ”

Although Li Erlang knew the identity of Gongzizheng, he was still unconvinced: "How can I be better than a six- or seven-year-old child!" ”

Zhu Xiang snapped his fingers: "Zheng'er, let him know the gap between him and you, and understand the cruelty of reality." ”

Ying Xiaozheng said: "Okay." ”

Li Erlang: "? ”

Ying Xiaozheng first competed with Li Erlang to memorize the law, and then compared with Li Erlang to test his understanding of Shu County, and then compared with Li Erlang to calculate the account book, the handling of documents, and the resolution of difficult lawsuits......

Li Erlang knelt down with his hands on the ground very exaggeratedly, and made an OTZ (this is a kneeling villain) pose: "How is it possible! ”

Zhu Xiang said regretfully: "The reality is so cruel. ”

Ying Xiaozheng hugged his arms: "Hmph." ”

Zhu Xiang squatted on the ground and poked Li Erlang, who was hit too hard: "Are you convinced?" ”

Li Erlang wept: "Convincing." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Li Bing sent you to me, it's not good for me to return you, you first give Zheng'er a scholar for a period of time." ”

Li Erlang didn't know what it meant to be a scholar for Ying Xiaozheng, he nodded in frustration in agreement, like a defeated little rooster.

In front of Li Bing, Li Erlang was not so obedient. Losing to a child was too hard for him.

After seeing that Li Erlang was honest, Zhu Xiang was very puzzled. He heard Li Bing say that Li Erlang was very stubborn, and he thought he was an ignorant bear child. Isn't that very obedient?

"Speaking of which, you seem to yearn for Yan Zhao Ranger?" Zhu Xiang asked.

Li Erlang immediately stood up: "Changping Jun must be very familiar with Yan Zhao Ranger!" I heard that Chang Pingjun was rescued from Handan City, which is the credit of the rangers of Zhao Kingdom! ”

Zhu Xiang said with a smile: "The rangers you are talking about, do you mean that in order to save me, a group of elderly people carrying farm tools and attacking Handan City by farmers near Handan?" ”

Li Erlang was dumbfounded: "What? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It is a serious crime to storm Handan City, so the villagers left the young and middle-aged people in the village, and the old people volunteered to save me." They're chivalrous, but they're not the rangers you know. ”

Seeing Li Erlang's stunned appearance, Ying Xiaozheng said unhappily: "Didn't Uncle Li Bing tell you that the so-called rangers are people who seek fame and fortune from nobles by force?" You are already the son of an official, and you can become an official with a normal recommendation. Who are you going to ask for what? ”

Li Erlang thought about the ranger stories he had heard, and suddenly didn't know how to answer.

Zhu Xiang said: "The spirit of the ranger in the book has merit. If you adhere to this spirit, no matter what position you are in, you are also a chivalrous person. Chivalry doesn't have to be a ranger. The Ranger himself doesn't want to be a Ranger all the time. ”

Zhu Xiang patted Li Erlang on the shoulder and said, "Work hard, if you can work for the benefit of the people, you are also following the spirit of chivalry." ”

Li Erlang didn't know why, his eyes were a little astringent: "Got it, Changping-kun." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "I am friends with your father, you can call me uncle." ”

Li Erlang hung his head and red ears: "Uncle...... Uncle...... Zhu Xianggong! ”

I can't call it out! This is the world-famous Zhu Xianggong!

Ying Xiaozheng's nose snorted and gave Li Erlang a contemptuous sneer.

Really timid.

Zhu Xiang did not force Li Erlang to continue to call him uncle. Now he and Li Erlang are not familiar with each other, and they will slowly adapt to it in the future.

Li Erlang can be talked about by Li Bing all the time, no matter how naughty he is, he has not been taught by Li Bing, he is extremely intelligent, and his skills are not bad.

Although it can't compare to Ying Xiaozheng, looking at Ying Xiaozheng's gradually satisfied look with Li Erlang, he knows that Li Erlang is indeed a talent.

After Li Erlang lost to Ying Xiaozheng, he was respectful to Ying Xiaozheng. said that it was Ying Xiaozheng's scholar, and Zhu Xiang felt that Li Erlang had become Ying Xiaozheng's "little brother" and "student".

Ying Xiaozheng taught Li Erlang to plan and teach Li Erlang to use charts to process documents, and then handed over the document data to Li Erlang, checked it again, and called Li Erlang so that his feet did not touch the ground, and he became more and more haggard.

Zhu Xiang couldn't cry or laugh, and asked Ying Xiaozheng to share more work with others, don't keep pressing Li Erlang alone.

Ying Xiaozheng muttered: "But he is the most comfortable." Other people will always treat me like a child, consciously or unconsciously, even if they know that I am amazing. ”

Zhu Xiang rubbed Ying Xiaozheng's little head and said, "Alas, the king originally came to give you the Meng family brothers as playmates, but he never fulfilled his promise. Otherwise, you wouldn't have so few friends around you. ”

"It's not a friend, it's a subordinate." Ying Xiaozheng corrected, "King Qin has no friends, and no one can be equal to Wang. They weren't uncles. ”

Zhu Xiang was very puzzled. I should teach Ying Xiaozheng in a normal way, why does Ying Xiaozheng have such a withdrawn idea?

Maybe it's not loneliness, it's self-esteem?

What you approve of is your true friend. Zhu Xiang did not correct Ying Xiaozheng and forced Ying Xiaozheng to make friends: "If you say no, it's not." In the future, if you have a friend who can be entrusted with your back, you should not hesitate because of your status. It is a very happy thing to have one more person to trust. If you can't find a suitable one, it doesn't matter if you don't have friends of the same age, your uncle is your friend. ”

Ying Xiaozheng said perfunctorily: "Okay." ”

Zhu Xiang sighed again, why didn't the Meng brothers come to be their own playmates. Look at how lonely Zheng'er is.

Ying Xiaozheng, who is not alone, knows the psychology of King Qin, but he doesn't want to tell his uncle, lest his uncle be hurt again.

It's very simple, Meng Wu has already befriended his uncle, and if Meng Wu's son becomes his playmate, then the Meng family is too deeply connected with him. Even if King Qin didn't worry about his uncle and himself, he was worried that the Meng family would be too powerful in the future.

Father Zeng still recognizes his talent and sees himself as a strong candidate to succeed King Qin in the future. If the children of the Meng family befriended themselves too early, it would ensure that the Meng family would be at the center of the reign of the Qin kings in the following generations.

The Meng family defected from the Qi State, not relatives of the clan, and the King of Qin could not trust them, and did not want them to have a childhood friendship with him.

He believes that when he grows up, the people he sends are not playmates, but subordinates, and he will not have too many personal feelings for them.

Ying Xiaozheng thought that the old King Qin thought too much and underestimated him. Even if the Meng brothers follow him now, he will not have too much personal affection for them, and regard them as playmates and friends.

But who made him a kid? The elders were too contemptuous and worried, and he could only endure it.

Zhu Xiang wrote a letter to Li Bing, praising Li Bing for how sensible Li Erlang was, and questioning Li Bing's previous evaluation of Li Erlang.

Li Bing looked at the letter paper in disbelief, rarely left the construction site, and returned home a few days to observe the second son, who was said to have changed his temperament.

"I lost to such a young child, what face is there to disobey?"

"And Zhu Xianggong recognized my chivalrous spirit and always praised me. It's completely different from you, Father! You always deny me! ”

Li Erlang was still a bear child in front of Li Bing, and he crossed his waist and tilted his chin to Li Bing.

Li Bing immediately wanted to give Li Erlang two blows.

This is your attitude towards your father?!

Li Bing and his son quarreled again, and then returned to the construction site with peace of mind.

If he knew that Zhu Xiang could tame Erlang so easily, he shouldn't have kept asking Zhu Xiang for help because of his face.