Spring goes to winter, cold comes and summer, everything in the world can be consumed, only time is unstoppable.

The days will always slip between people's inadvertent fingers, Bai Zhixin has already concealed the other members of the dark pavilion, and quietly married Miss Ling'er in Nantang, this is not that he is unwilling to pass the news back, but as soon as he enters the rivers and lakes, he can't help himself, he really doesn't want the woman in front of him to have too much to do with this right and wrong rivers and lakes.

He even came up with the idea of quitting the rivers and lakes, from now on, with a sword in one hand and her hand in the other, he still cares about grievances and hatreds!

However, he knows very well that the Dark Pavilion will not let him leave, not to mention that the Dark Pavilion has worked hard to cultivate you for many years, and after cultivating you into a second-grade top master, you can leave now, even if you are just a nobody, it is impossible for you to leave easily, the road of rivers and lakes has always only had an entrance, and it is difficult to see the exit.

Therefore, in the past two years, he racked his brains to perfect the layout of the Dark Pavilion in the Southern Tang Dynasty, because in this way, the old ancestor would not send someone to monitor him, and he and Ling'er could live a more peaceful life.

And in addition to the best of his devotion to the dark pavilion, Bai Zhixin is still busy with one thing, he is looking for famous doctors all over the world, trying to cure Ling'er's eyes, but unfortunately the famous doctor he found is not mediocre, but there is nothing he can do about Ling'er's eye disease.

Nantang's side stabilized for a while, and everyone was busy without disturbing each other.

Fu Qingyuan has not changed, and he is still hidden in the prefect's mansion of Taiyuan Mansion, but as long as Bai Zhiyuan does not disclose the news on credit, everyone will think that he is dead.

Even if someone guessed that he was not dead, such as the prime minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was not yet named, he could not catch the evidence that Fu Qingyuan, that is, Mr. Liantang, was still alive.

Li Houzhen, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was still fighting wits and courage with the group of rebellious ministers and thieves led by the prime minister in the court, and the latter was still planning to let the overseas four princes return to the mainland.

However, there will be no huge progress in a short period of time, but as the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and they are not in a hurry for a year and a half.

The Southern Tang Dynasty has calmed down, but Da Chu is wave after wave of unsettled waves, and the battle between the two brothers, Chu Wushuang and Chu Tianxiong, has gradually reached a white-hot stage.

And Chu Zheng didn't know what he thought, but he was happy to see the fight between his two sons, and sometimes he even added a handful of firewood to add fuel to the fire.

But there are always people who want to push themselves into the fire pit, such as Su Ruyu, who was released by his father and became a county official for three years!

However, I have to say that his father Su Wang's eyesight is really powerful, if Su Ruyu did not have the experience of being a county official in the past three years and the way of being an official learned in Zhu Wenran's hands, but ventured into the court, then it would take him at least ten years to polish his cultivation skills.

At the gate of the county seat of Taopu County, Su Mo sat in the carriage with a dog's tail grass in his mouth and waited for his son, he had not seen him for three years, this kid's kung fu was indeed good, and he was close to the peak level of the three products, no wonder he was now sitting in the carriage with a smug villain look.

"Lord Su, I'm afraid that you will never see each other again when you go to the capital, and your colleagues for three years, Shi has benefited a lot, and they all say that Yangliu has the intention of keeping people, but Lord Su is going to make a big show, and our small county town will not leave Lord Su, but I hope that Lord Su can drink this cup of parting wine!"

Su Ruyu looked at the officials of Taopu County in front of him and was slightly distracted, after three years, every face here is no longer as unfamiliar as when he first came, but extremely familiar, but he is not a hypocritical person, he took the wine glass in Shi Linwu's hand and drank it all.

Then he took the flask himself and filled his glass again.

"The official journey is frank, I am just one step ahead, and everyone present may not have the opportunity to enter Beijing in the future, here, Su Ruyu only relies on this glass of wine to encourage you!"

Raising his head and drinking again, Su Ruyu leaned over and lowered his head, and put his ear next to Shi Linwu's ear, which was shorter than himself, what he said just now was originally said to this Taopu County county with good wisdom.

"Master Shi, if you want to talk about some intrigue and clever calculations in officialdom, I am not as good as you, but you always lack the temperament of being a big official, and there are not only those shady deeds in the secret in the officialdom, but also-for-tat on the bright side!"

Su Ruyu said this, raised her head and took one last look at the city gate in Taopu County, which was as dilapidated as when he came.

"Look at what has become of the city gates of Taopu County, and I don't know how to repair them with pen and silver, after I leave, you will be the number one in the county, and the city gate will be your face! ”

Some words are the best until now, so after Su Ruyu finished speaking, she turned around and got into the carriage, and Su Mo, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately drove the carriage away, leaving Shi Linwu alone to stop and think.

When the carriage was almost gone, Shi Linwu finally came to his senses, and he chuckled.

"I've been a county magistrate for three whole years, and I don't even talk about repairing the city gate, you threw this mess to me as soon as you left, it seems that you have learned a lot of skills from Zhu Wenran's old fox!

Shi Linwu turned around, he first glanced at the officials who had different expressions after seeing Su Ruyu leave, and then looked up at the gate of the county seat.

"It does look quite shabby. ”

......

It is said that the wind is proud, and the horseshoe is sick, and you can see all the Xijing flowers in one day. But for Su Ruyu, who has grown up in Xijing City since she was a child, the flowers in the capital are really nothing to look at.

He knew exactly what he was going to face after entering Beijing and returning home this time, but he thought he was well prepared.

If the abundant reading of poetry and books when he was young allowed this young man who was not yet too old to accumulate a wealth of knowledge, then the trip to the rivers and lakes with Ergou and the three-year county magistrate of Taopu County this time made him see clearly what the people's suffering is, and what the people in this world need most!

After the carriage driven by Su Mo came out of Taopu County, he did not immediately set foot on the official road, and he had to gallop dozens of miles on a muddy road.

Su Ruyu in the carriage was still the same as when she came, holding a book in her hand, but the content of the book was no longer the previous high-minded talk about governing the country and the country, but some "Agricultural Affairs" that only non-existent agronomists who were regarded as unpopular by the reader would study.

Su Ruyu happened to read the second chapter of the book, which focuses on how farmers should trim their fields, when to sow seedlings, and how much the spacing between seedlings should be!

The territory of Dachu is vast, and the row spacing between seedlings varies from state to state, but it can be roughly divided into two types: southern rice and northern rice, the southern terrain is higher, the climate is pleasant, and rice can be doubled or even triple cropped in a year.

The row spacing for early rice is generally between 3.9 inches and 4.8 inches, the row spacing for medium rice is generally between 4.8 inches and 6 inches, and the row spacing for late rice is between 6 inches and 6.9 inches......

"Childe, it's time for dinner, come out and eat something!"

Just when Su Ruyu was watching with relish, Su Mo's voice rang out, he put down the book and went out of the carriage to sit next to Su Mo, while Su Mo took a bag from the side, took out a few cakes, and handed a piece to his son-in-law.

Su Ruyu took the cake and took a bite, and it could be clearly seen from his bite marks that the cake was filled with meat foam, it seems that this dry food is not a good thing!

Just when Su Ruyu was silently eating the cake, he saw an old farmer planting rice in a farmland not far away, so he took a meatloaf from Su Mo's hand again and walked towards the old farmer.

"Old man, it's time for dinner, eat a cake and rest before continuing to work!"

The old farmer was obviously hesitant, it was not yet a meal for him, and he could work a little longer, but if he walked over and took the strange young man's bread at this time, it would save a mouthful of food for the family.

After several struggles and weighing the pros and cons, he still put down the seedlings and walked back from the middle of the field.

"Thank you!"

After taking the cake in Su Ruyu's hand, the old farmer felt that it was full of meat foam after taking a bite, so he was a little embarrassed.

Although he could see that this young man was not poor in money, the simple agricultural style still made him feel that he had taken advantage of this kind young man.

"Young man, you are tired of traveling! ”

The old farmer took out a basket from a very hidden corner, and could see that this was his lunch.

He lifted half of the basket and took out two tuba bowls and a small pot of wine from it, the other half was not something he was unwilling to open, Su Ruyu actually quietly caught a glimpse of what was contained there, it was just a few corn tortillas, extremely rough.

The old farmer probably didn't want to lose face in front of Su Ruyu, so he didn't show those tortillas.

He carefully poured a bowl of wine for Su Ruyu, but not a drop fell on the outside of the bowl, and then he poured himself another half bowl.

Su Ruyu took a sip of the wine bowl, this wine was spicy and choked after entering the mouth, it was really not a good wine, about ten cents can be beaten for several catties.

Not perceiving Su Ruyu's abnormality, the old farmer said proudly.

"This is the wine that my son brought back to me from the county seat of Taopu County, according to him, it costs three cents a pound!"

Hearing the old man say this, Su Ruyu suddenly didn't feel that this wine was unpalatable, he took another sip, and seemed to drink some other flavors.

"The sheep has the grace of kneeling and the crow has the righteousness of feeding. This is a piece of filial piety for children, you can enjoy it all the time!"

"Hahaha, you young man is a literate at first glance, and what you say is listening, in the future, I will send my little grandson to the school no matter how hard and tired I am. ”

After taking another bite of the meatloaf, the old farmer reluctantly put the meatloaf back into the basket, and then took out a tortilla from it, probably thinking that the little grandson of the family had not eaten the meatloaf.

"Hey, hey, I'm old, and I'm not used to eating those things that are too greasy, so it's better to drink lightly!"

Taking advantage of this moment, Su Ruyu finally revealed the true purpose of his visit.

"Old man, although our Bianzhou is not southern, it can be regarded as a southern, and now it is time to plant the second rice! Although the boy is not familiar with farming, he also knows that the best row spacing for planting medium rice is between 4.8 and 6 inches, but I observe that the row spacing of the rice you grow seems to be only 4.2 or 3 inches. ”

When he mentioned what he was best at, the old farmer's face began to show pride and excitement, as if to say that this young man, who seemed to have a university question, also asked me questions.

"Hey, hey, young man, can I still not know the distance between each row of seedlings after I have planted rice for decades? Although shortening that little distance will indeed affect some harvests, but in such a large field, I don't save a little distance in every row, and in the end I can plant several more rows of seedlings, so that the harvest will not only not decrease, but will increase a lot!"

At this point, the old farmer took another sip of the wine bowl, and he wanted to take another sip, but he stopped thinking that he had just given the bowl to the young man.

"It's just that people are tired, but don't worry, it's a cropper with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky, so let's be tired a little bit!"

After listening to the old man's explanation, Su Ruyu suddenly realized that the real experience was not in the thick books, but in these farmers who worked hard day after day, year after year.

"Old man, the boy has been taught. ”

Su Ruyu stood up and saluted the old man, which frightened the old man, and quickly helped him up.

......

When I came, I wasted too much time, and now I am in a hurry wholeheartedly, and I saw the head of the capital in less than ten days.

"Childe, the capital is in front, we can get home in a while. ”

"Hmm. ”

Facing his son-in-law's love and ignorance, Su Mo was unwilling to be lonely and continued.

"Childe, I noticed that you have changed. ”

"How has it changed?"

"You used to give me the feeling of being a state minister, but now you are more like a county official, and I don't know if the county officials in the past three years have been stupid for you!"

Hearing Su Mo's words, Su Ruyu in the carriage was silent for a long time, and finally woke up under Su Mo's shout, and after being stunned, Su Ruyu spoke leisurely.

"When I used to read when I was young, I really felt that the ideals of those saints thousands of years ago were the aspirations that scholars should have. ”

Su Ruyu, who changed the book in her hand from "Governing the Country" to "Agricultural Affairs", wrapped the book in a bucket shape and put it on her chest.

"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations. Although this kind of sentence is still exciting to read today, it will also feel a little ambitious and unrealistic in the eyes of the heart.

This young man, who had been a county official for three years, smiled slightly.

"Actually, it's good to be able to do some small things to help the people. ”​