From Chief to Ball

Outside the earthen wall, dozens of people were chopping wood with stone axes, and they looked like they were making wooden slips. From a distance, a person was heard shouting: "Jixia said that I want me to teach you how to read. The top priority, tomorrow each of you has to prepare a bundle of wooden slips, make brushes, burn pine ink, and you are not allowed to eat at night if you can’t finish it..."

Chen Jianqiang held back the trembling all over his body, took a deep breath, and said to the black-clothed guard leader Ji Bo with a smile on his face, "He really can't make a mistake. He will do whatever I ask him to do. Okay."

Chapter 1 Labor Reform

When approaching, Manyuan realized Chen Jian's arrival, hurriedly dispersed the group of people, and ran to Chen Jian's side.

There was a slight jump in my heart, and I subconsciously glanced at Chen Jian's hand wrapped in linen, and asked, "What's wrong with Ji Xia's hand?"

"It's nothing. I accidentally touched the clay pot yesterday. What are you doing?"

"Jixia, I'm teaching them how to read. Also, according to Xiacheng's rules, I'm building a canal, and when the canal is completed, I'll have to dig a lot of ditches to produce more food in the future."

Chen Jian laughed and said: "Well, I saw it, but the method is not right. I don't think they are willing to learn. Another thing, is it unnecessary for you to force them to get wooden writing brushes? In fact, stone charcoal is also OK."

Manyuan nodded and said: "Yes, I'm too dull. Hey, I tried my best to do so many things, but I didn't do them well."

Chen Jian wasn't angry either, and said with a smile, "I can see it. It's my fault. I didn't explain clearly what you are going to do. It seems that you are not suitable for working in a village farm, at least you haven't learned how to manage it."

Manyuan didn't speak, and after a while, all the old people from Xiacheng in the village farm arrived, all bowing their heads.

Chen Jian stared at them with a smile and said: "It seems that you still need to continue to study. Well, I just heard that the wheat seedlings here grow earlier, and I'm afraid they won't survive the winter, so come and have a look. It's still my fault, I shouldn't say that the autumnal equinox is the right time to plant wheat."

Those people didn't say a word, only Manyuan replied: "We are also a little anxious, thinking that if we grow wheat earlier, we can feed Yucheng's food."

Chen Jian waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. What you're afraid of is making mistakes and not correcting them. Just correct them. You are still the best group of young people in Xiacheng, and you have a long way to go in the future."

There was something in the words, the faces of several people changed slightly, Chen Jian didn't give them a chance to speak: "Prepare some food, I'm hungry, I didn't eat on the way."

He looked up and looked around, pointed to an open space not far away and said: "Well, let them build a few big houses there, before the sky freezes, this should be done well? If not, I will Call some masons from Yucheng."

Man Yuan hurriedly returned: "This can be done well. I just don't know what Ji Xia built this house for?"

"I don't need to worry about this. You just need to do it, and the mud is fine. With so many people, can it be repaired in five days?"

"can."

"That's fine, let's prepare the meal first. After eating, I will go to other villages to see the situation there."

After lunch, the meaningless work on the dry and cold land finally stopped. Chen Jian left Manyuan and others who were confused, and left with the guard in black to the rest of the farm.

Almost every farm was carved out of the same mold, and the answers he got were similar. Chen Jian didn't get angry, so he just went around a few times.

The farm where Manyuan lives is the center of several farms, and it is also the one closest to Yucheng. The only difference brought about by the difference in location is that Manyuan’s farm was required to build a few thatched huts, while the rest of the farms did not do these things. .

But not building a house does not mean that there are no earth-shaking changes. After the two-day inspection, Chen Jian returned to Yucheng, and selected forty from the few old Xiacheng people who had a very low rank and official rank. Young people who are not tall.

These young people can only supervise twenty people in the Yucheng workshop. They are not smart and have no ability to supervise more people.

These people can only follow the steps, and may be able to complete the tasks assigned by the above, but it is difficult for them to do better.There are many people, but it is undeniable that people have unchangeable inequalities from birth, such as IQ, brains, learning ability, etc., so Chen Jian is full of expectations for the leaders of the new generation such as Manyuan Jiyun.

Up to now, he can only use these young people who are not suitable for senior officials that he has newly selected.

Another eight people were selected from the black guards, and each person was divided into five people to be under the control and sent to each farm. There was only one task: to take care of those people and do what they did before, without making any changes, and to distribute food to manage them. Don't let them resist and escape, including continuing to dig ditches.

This is a very simple task, these people know what to do, just need to complete it according to the regulations, it is not difficult.

The management of all the previous farms were all transferred from the original farms to the farm where Manyuan was located. The reason is very simple: your management has gone wrong, you have made mistakes, and mistakes prove that you need to relearn.Keep your rank and rank, and all the treatment is the same as before. When did you realize your mistake, when did you learn it, and when will you be eligible to be a real official again.

This was also done in accordance with the rules. Chen Jian's handling of this incident was an ordinary farming accident, and he did not determine their crimes by investigating what they thought in their hearts.

Since the name is justified, those people can't object, but the offensive and defensive alliance of the small inner circle has been formed.They have already discussed with each other, no matter how Chen Jian talked with them, he firmly refused to admit that he was passive confrontation, and said that he made a mistake by following what Chen Jian said.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jian didn't talk to them alone at all, but sent someone to inform them that within three days, he would hand over the newcomers and head to the farm where Manyuan was.

Three days later, in the drafty and damp wooden house, the officials of the original farm were sitting quietly in it. Manyuan never thought that the house he built would become his residence.

Chen Jian stood in front of the crowd, and several black-clothed guards stood guard at the door.

"These days, I've been thinking, why do you make such a mistake?"

"After thinking about it for a long time, I finally figured it out. You have been out of labor for too long, so that you don't know how to dig canals, how to make agricultural tools, when to open up wasteland and when to plant. Let me see, let you keep the conditions of noble rank Next, continue to study labor, and let labor transform your minds."

Those people suddenly asked in shock: "Ji Xia, what do you mean? Do we want to work with these peasants who are like slaves?"

Chen Jian nodded and said: "That's right, but this is not punishment, it's learning. What is learning? In addition to learning words and counting, you also need to learn how to farm. That's what you care about. If you don't know how to farm, how can you manage?" farm?"

"Don't worry, you are just reforming through labor, and all the benefits will be reserved for you. Now the black guard and some young people are taking care of it for you. When you learn it, you will naturally let you go back."

A group of people looked at each other in blank dismay, never expecting such a result. Many of them have been away from front-line labor for two or three years. As the most valued young people in the city, they have always been in the management team. Everyone knows that they will be in charge of people in the future. , how did they think that Chen Jian would let them come here to work?

After a while, the dissatisfied complaints broke out, and Chen Jian slammed the board with his uninjured left hand and shouted, "What are you talking about?"

"Ji Xia, we already know that we are wrong, and we will be able to manage the farm well when we go back. How can we not farm? We have planted in Xiacheng... It's just... It's just that we didn't expect it to be warmer than Xiacheng, which caused the wheat to grow. It's just too early."

Chen Jian hummed and said with a smile: "That's all? I thought, if you admit your mistakes, then it's not impossible to go back now, but looking at it now, you still don't realize your mistakes! Labor reform is very necessary!"

"You have food and clothing here, with at least the treatment of the eighth rank, you won't starve to death anyway! Think about where your food and clothing come from? It was made by so many people in Xia City with all their efforts, in exchange for food and clothing For you. What about you? I asked you to do something in the farm, but everyone was reluctant."

"From the beginning of Xiacheng to the present, not counting those slaves, how many people of Xiacheng people died in battle and labor? Why did they die? Isn't it to make every person in Xiacheng live better? What about you? I asked you to come to the farm to start from scratch, compared to those dead clansmen, what is your suffering?"

"Everyone is working. In Yucheng, our old people get up before dawn every day. Why? Isn't it because we are short of food and need to exchange it with workshops and other cities? What about you? I say a little and you do a little , I don’t have the energy I had when Xia City was first built, and what I think about every day is how to make it to the next day.”

"It's like these few houses. This is where you will live in the future, but you didn't know it before, so you repaired it with air leaks everywhere. You can't even build a house? Or did I say that there are air leaks everywhere when building a house?"

"Okay, haven't you forgotten the most basic work? Don't you know how to adapt to local conditions? I'll teach you."

"Kibard! Come in!"

The expressionless Ji Bo came in holding the bronze sword. Chen Jian pointed to the people below and said, "I will leave fifteen people for you. Watch them reform through labor."

"Remember, they are not slaves, they are still our countrymen. Some people have higher ranks than you, and all treatment is the same as before. There is no shortage of basic necessities, food, housing and transportation. I have already told the people in the supply and marketing department, Call four cooks to take care of your meals."

"However, except for the two days of rest and bathing, the rest of the time is spent working with the people on these farms. When will it be considered as when you have improved to know how to plant the land, build houses, manage the farm and how to make the farm produce more food? Re-qualified to manage the farm."

"Didn't you let people dig the canal with stones in this weather? Well, you will dig it tomorrow! This is what you have decided, how can you not do it?"

The crowd became chaotic at once. Chen Jian pulled out Ji Bai's bronze sword and chopped it on the wood, shouting, "What are you shouting about? Whoever has an opinion stands up and speaks."

When the house became quiet, Chen Jian spread his hands and said, "I repeat, this is not a punishment for you. Is it punishment for an official to work with the peasants? You have not been beaten or scolded, and you have retained your titles as officials. Who I feel that I understand what I have learned, and I can go back to manage what I have learned, and I feel that I will not make such a mistake again, so come and talk to me alone!"

Chapter 1 Inspiration

Chen Jian returned the sword to Ji Bai and clapped his hands. Someone brought a bunch of wooden slips, and everyone distributed a copy.

"Decentralization of labor is to let you understand the most basic things. But if you can be an official if you only know these basic things, I don't need you. Since you retain your rank and rank, it is the future when you realize After I make mistakes, I still need to continue to use yours, to cure diseases and save lives.”

"On this wooden slip, I wrote a plan tailored to local conditions as an official of the farm. I took the farm managed by Manyuan as a model. Now the rules have changed. Some things need to be allocated by the Planning and Statistics Department. You need to write them out. What to do, the Department of Planning and Statistics will review and approve it if it thinks it is feasible."