After the spring ploughing, the common people of the four counties of Pingzhou began to serve in forced labor.

The government organized the people who served to dig ditches, build roads, widen official roads, and build city walls......

At present, the entire Pingzhou has three large-scale infrastructure projects.

In fact, these three items are quite labor-intensive, but they cannot be done, they can only be carried out one by one, and the first arrangement of conscription is to clean the ditches and ditches.

Ditch cleaning, this time including removing the silt from the bottom of the ditch and removing weeds on both sides of the ditch, is to widen and deepen the original ditch to facilitate water drainage.

In this way, it is not only convenient to irrigate farmland, but also an effective means of preventing flood disasters.

Before each ditch is cleaned, the water inlet will be blocked at the upstream in advance, and when the water in the ditch is almost gone, the personnel will be organized to clean it.

As soon as the water in the ditch was dry, they were able to pick up a lot of fish, large and small.

These fish will be sent to the temporary room for processing. The fish are either boiled with tofu into a fish soup or fried with a little salt until they are charred and scorched, and they each share a bowl of fish soup or a spoonful of dried fish at dinner.

This is the time that all the men who come to serve are most looking forward to, and it will make them feel very happy.

Wu Qi is a native of Xiangping and an outstanding student of Liaodong Academy.

Last year, a large number of craftsmen and craftsmen were mobilized in the Panhuo Kang in the three counties of Pingzhou, and the promotion and completion of this matter required the guidance and assistance of many officials. At that time, there was a shortage of manpower at the grassroots level in Liaodong County, so some outstanding students from Liaodong Academy were recruited to help.

He also went, and was rewarded for his excellent performance.

This year, the government repaired ditches and canals, but there was still a shortage of manpower. Most of their students from last year were also recruited to help this time.

For example, he was one of the overseers this time.

Seeing that the strong men began to work, Wu Qi hurriedly said, "The silt of these ditches, canals, and ponds is all dug out, and the silt that comes up is placed uniformly." ”

Every section of the river and canal has a place to be piled up with silt. Later, someone will be arranged to turn over the sludge.

After the shovel and dustpan were thrown, a third of the strong men on the shore went down, another third was clearing weeds, and the last third was responsible for transporting the silt.

The strong men hummed and said as they worked, "This year's work is quite hard. ”

"Didn't the officials say it? These ditches have been made well, and the draft is deeper, and it will be more convenient to irrigate the farmland in the future. In the event of a large flood, it can also be drained faster. So let's take a little effort. ”

"Supervisor Wu, are these sludges useful?" The man at the bottom asked with a smile.

Wu Qi was helping to carry a dustpan of silt ashore, and when he heard the question, he said angrily, "What do you care?" Let you do the work, what are you doing with so many questions?! In fact, he didn't understand it very well, anyway, these sludges were pointed out by Master Guo who joined the army.

This sludge was indeed pointed out by Guo Chunsheng.

Lu Songli knows very well that the harvest at this time is not high, and the crops do not grow well, which has a lot to do with the lack of fertility.

At this time, there was already a prototype of farmhouse manure, but it had not yet been fully promoted. In addition, the farmyard manure is not enough.

Sludge is rich in organic matter, and when properly treated, it can be converted into highly effective fertilizers that lend plants the nutrients they need, improve soil quality, promote microbial reproduction and improve soil fertility. There is also the humus of the mountains, which contains humus, is rich in organic fertilizer, and is also a soil amendment.

These Lu Songli have been informed to Guo Chunsheng and others, and they have been experimenting last year, which can indeed increase the harvest of crops.

This year, the river channel will be cleared anyway, and Guo Chunsheng simply asked people to collect a large amount of silt.

When the common people were busy with spring ploughing and then working hard to serve the conscription, the various workshops that were originally opened in Liaodong County also sent people to the other three counties of Pingzhou to select suitable addresses to open branches.

In general, Pingzhou has entered a period of balanced development.

Lu Songli is committed to building the internal circulation of Pingzhou's self-system and arming himself.

She is planning ahead, and if Pingzhou is locked down in the future, she can also achieve self-sufficiency as much as possible.

At this time, the branches of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce were also laid in some places one after another.

And because the goods sold are either good and inexpensive, or they are unique. The huge blue ocean market is only occupied by one of them. So the business was booming, and a lot of silver was brought back, transported back to Pingzhou, and blood transfused to Pingzhou.

The people of Pingzhou are in the midst of rapid change, and they are also the people who can feel the changes in Pingzhou the most, among which the people of Liaoxi County feel it most obviously.

Liaoxi County, Yi County, Yushu Village

Aunt Liu and the old sister separated at the first intersection in the village, and the two went back to their respective homes.

As soon as she pushed open the door, she saw her eldest daughter-in-law drying clothes.

When Sister-in-law Liu saw her mother-in-law, she immediately greeted her, "Mother, have you come back from the market?" ”

Aunt Liu smiled, "I came back after buying things, and I picked up so many mushrooms today?" ”

Sister-in-law Liu replied, "Yes, it's all hanging here, I'll pick up some in the afternoon." ”

Mushrooms and fungus and other mountain goods can be exchanged for money after they are dried, and they can sell them to the grain and oil store of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, or wait for the people of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce to come to the village to buy them uniformly.

These mushrooms and mushrooms are all from the government, and they have been taken to the mountains to identify them, and they are sure that they are non-poisonous and can be eaten.

"Where's your father?"

"Dad, he went to the entrance of the village, didn't you see him when you came back?" During this time, her husband went to serve in the conscription, and her uncle went to work in the county. Everyone has their own things.

"Your father has to go to the entrance of the village several times every day, and he is more concerned about building a private school in the village than building a house at home." Aunt Liu muttered.

Sister-in-law Liu smiled, "That can't." ”

A private school was being built at the entrance of the village, which was jointly built by them in Yushu Village and several villages, and the government promised to pay half of the money.

Because of the good geographical location of their elm village, the location of the private school was chosen at the entrance of their village.

The village chiefs of several of their villages and the elderly with prestige held a meeting together, and agreed that every household in their villages would have the money to contribute and make a strong contribution to work together to establish a private school.

An old man like her father-in-law in the village has to go to the entrance of the village every day, and by the way, he will help a little or something.

"Where's your little sister?"

"She's probably a little uncomfortable in the house."

"I'll go in and have a look." Aunt Liu didn't go into the house where she and the old man were carrying the basket, but went to the hut on the side. She has long been thinking about it, and this time she went to the market to buy things for her daughter.

"Mother-" Liu Dani was lying in the house, her stomach was faintly uncomfortable, and when she saw her mother coming in, she hurriedly called.

"Still uncomfortable?"

"Sort of."

"I'll make you a bowl of ginger soup to drink later." Aunt Liu said, and went to turn over the basket, "I just went to the grain and oil grocery store of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce in the town to buy a piece of paper and came back, oh, you take it and pad it." ”

Liu Dani blushed and took it.

Recently, the paper mill in Liaodong County has made two kinds of paper, one is yellow-brown toilet paper.

Toilet paper is not expensive, a bundle for a penny, thick, cut into squares, a family of three can save a little use, and it can be used for a month. She thinks it's much easier to use than a side chip.

Another type of knife paper, which is a little better quality than toilet paper, has a greenish color. She heard that this green knife paper was specially developed for women's decay water.

Liu Dani leaned sideways, took out a thick piece of knife paper, and stuffed it into the menstrual belt.

Aunt Liu couldn't help but mutter, "You can be regarded as catching up with a good time, we used to stuff grass and wood ashes into it." Your aunt said that the grass and wood ash is not clean and unhygienic, let me buy you green knife paper. ”

That is, after Lord Lu took office, they had more opportunities for ordinary people to earn money, and from time to time they were willing to spend money like this.

Liu Dani thought to herself, she likes the current days.