Fenghou

"Humble job understands!"

Chen Qing added: "There is another detail about farm tools and farm animals. In fact, the main force in farming is the army. Ordinary people are only sowing and watering, and are responsible for daily farmland maintenance. We must explain this clearly to everyone. I think Many people complain that there are no oxen and plows, but it is completely unnecessary.”

……

The county government needs to improve the plan again. Jiang Yanxian accompanied Chen Qing to inspect the well drilling site in the east of the city.

"They all think that the golden soldiers will definitely attack Ganquan Fort?"

Chen Qing nodded, "Regardless of Wanyan Wushu or Wanyanchang, both of them regard us as a cancer, especially after the failure of the Sichuan-Shanxi Campaign, they will realize more clearly that as long as we exist, their Sichuan The Shaanxi strategy cannot be realized, unless they don’t want Sichuan, or don’t want the northwest, otherwise they will definitely regard us as the number one enemy, and they will definitely do everything possible to annihilate us, and they will come soon.”

"That's why Dutong gave up Chengji County and stick to Ganquan Fort!"

"Yes! If we can't defend Ganquan Castle, we will have no chance to expand outward."

After a pause, Chen Qing apologized again: "Jiang County Magistrate was the magistrate ten years ago, and now I have to wrong you to become magistrate again, I am really sorry!"

Jiang Yanxian smiled slightly, "I will not do the magistrate appointed by the imperial court, but I am deeply honored to be the magistrate appointed by the capital!"

The two looked at each other and laughed together knowingly.

At this time, Jiang Yanxian thought of another thing, and said to Chen Qing: "It seems that Wei County Lieutenant is a little emotional about his position, and he has been depressed these two days."

Chen Qing thought of Lu Wei's performance in the meeting hall today, and he was indeed silent and sullen. It seemed that he was having a temper tantrum.

"Why did he do this?" Chen Qing asked.

"The humble staff thinks that he wants to be the county magistrate, and his wish is also the county magistrate, but in the end he was appointed as the county magistrate, which makes him a little disappointed. Maybe he thinks that Zhang Miao's qualifications are a bit inferior."

Chen Qing nodded, "I will persuade him, there are some things he hasn't seen through, just point it out, you don't have to worry."

"Please be in charge as soon as possible. Chun Geng needs his cooperation in many things. If he doesn't cooperate, the mutual aid society cannot be formed smoothly."

"I see, it will be resolved today. If he is still in such a mood, I will withdraw him directly!"

……

There are a total of four deep water wells in the city of Ganquanbao, all of which are more than ten feet deep. They existed before the castle appeared. Zhe Kexing personally named it Ganquan Castle, but the folks called it Four Wells City.

In the past two years, Chen Qing has been hoping to drill more water troops. He has drilled five more wells, but they all failed. It seems that he can't escape the curse of only four wells.

For the past two months, Chen Qing has been studying the characteristics of the four wells, and he finally found that the four wells are arranged in an arc, which extends all the way to the outside of the city.

Chen Qing boldly judged that the arc-shaped underground river below has four wells on this underground river. If his judgment is correct, they can drill three more wells, one in the northwest and two in the southeast.

In the past few days, three hundred soldiers have been digging the well day and night, hoping to succeed this time.

There were still more than a hundred steps away from the well in the northwest direction, and suddenly there was cheering all over the place, and the surrounding people and soldiers rushed over one after another.

Jiang Yanxian excitedly said: "Dutong, maybe the water has been dug out!"

Chen Qing nodded, it should be, otherwise he wouldn't be cheering so much.

They urged their horses forward, and saw a group of soldiers hugging each other, shouting excitedly, and some soldiers pulled a bucket of yellow muddy water from the deep pit.

Seeing Chen Qing's arrival, Hu Yanyun rushed to meet him and said excitedly, "Dutong, the well was successfully drilled!"

"Okay! Sure enough, I found the water vein."

Jiang Yanxian quickly asked: "Can we dig some more wells?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "According to the direction of this underground river, we can drill two more wells in the southeast corner at most, and there will be nothing, unless we go to dig wells outside the city, but it is meaningless."

Jiang Yanxian said again: "If the Jin soldiers also find out the direction of these wells, they will probably cut off our water veins directly outside the city. We must be extra cautious about this!"

"You are right. In fact, our predecessors have thought of this point. They specially placed four wells in four houses. Most people don't know where these four wells are? Unless Jin Bing deliberately drew them before. A detailed diagram of the whole city, but Jin Bing did not think of this from the mouth of the surrendering soldiers. Even if they really drew the blueprint, they would never think that it has something to do with the direction of the underground river. I have been in Ganquan Fort for almost two years , After careful research, I finally discovered this secret, how could Jin Bing think of it? So I am not worried."

"They're all right, it's a humble job."

Chen Qing laughed again: "Go and have a look at the wheat fields outside the city."

The two urged their horses to go out...

Chapter 382 Mutual Aid

With the promotion of mutual aid associations, the people in the city have been busy forming associations these two days.

Associations advocate self-selection, so most people are neighbors or relatives and friends.

A group of women were also sitting in the courtyard of Chen Qing's house, basking in the warm sun while discussing the matter of forming an association.

Chen Qing's family is the first club, led by his wife Lu Xiu, including four people in the courtyard of his master Li Qingzhao, his neighbor Zheng Ping's wife Yang Liuer, Yang Yuanqing's wife Wei Su, Wei Su's sister-in-law Ma Qianer, and Lu Wei's wife Li Mei.

A club requires ten to 20 people, and their club has exactly 11 people. Zheng Ping’s family also has a wet nurse who wants to take care of the child, so it is not counted. Wei Su’s family also has a maid who wants to take care of the child, so there is no need to join the mutual aid club .

Lu Xiu clapped his hands and laughed: "We happen to be 11 people, and they don't count as men. I also asked clearly. In fact, we just sow and water. We have a total of ten acres of land. Everyone talks about how to sow, and each person is responsible for one acre." land, or do we do it together?"

Li Mei worried: "I've never planted land before, and I don't know anything. Who can sow seeds, please tell me first!"

Yang Liuer raised her hand and said, "I know how to sow seeds. It's actually very simple. Just spread the wheat seeds evenly in the soil, bury them, and then water them. After that, I need to water them every two days to grow gourds in the yard." The same goes for winter melons.”

Li Qingzhao is the oldest among these people. She smiled slightly and said, "It's better to plant the land together, and if you don't know how to sow, you can watch how others plant and follow suit!"

Everyone agreed to plant the land together, Lu Xiu smiled and said: "Since everyone thinks it is good to plant the land together, then we will not be separated, and then we must gather before dawn tomorrow morning, bring water bottles, dry food, and clay pots, I suggest Each person brings a pair of chopsticks, inserts a hole in the ground, and sows two seeds, which saves the need to pick up the soil with hands."

Everyone made an appointment to meet up tomorrow morning, and then went back. Lu Xiu stepped forward to Zhao Qiaoyun, "Qiaoyun, is your body okay? Otherwise, you can grow gourds and winter melons at home."

Zhao Qiaoyun shook her head and said with a smile, "The work I used to do was ten or a hundred times harder than this one. This work is nothing."

"Okay, let's go together tomorrow!"

Zhao Qiaoyun went back, just when Lu Wei walked in, he looked back at Zhao Qiaoyun's figure, and asked in surprise, "Little sister, who is she?"

"Do you care who she is?"

Lu Xiu's face sank and said: "Take care of yourself!"

Lu Wei couldn't hold back, "What's the matter, you called me here just to give me a lesson?"

"Sit down first! I'll talk to you later."

Lu Wei sat down angrily, turning his face to the side.

Lu Xiu gave Yu Lian a wink, and Yu Lian hurried to pour tea.

Lu Xiu softened her tone and said: "My husband said you have emotions, let me persuade you, do you feel wronged by being a county captain?"

"I have emotions, anyone else has emotions!"

Lu Wei also confessed frankly: "I was also from the eighth rank Cong Yilang in the Lin'an Palace before, and I should be the deputy envoy of the eighth rank regiment when I was released. I followed your husband and served as Cangcao to participate in the military. As a civil servant, the Ministry of Officials designated me as a minister, which is the eighth rank, but now I have not made any mistakes, and I have been directly demoted to the county captain, which is the ninth rank!"

Speaking of this, Lu Wei sighed again: "For your husband's sake, I endured it, but why is that Zhang Miao in front of me? He is the county magistrate, but I am the county magistrate. How can I be worse than him?" gone?"

Yu Lian brought a cup of hot tea and put it on the small table. Lu Wei picked up the tea cup and looked it over carefully, his eyes widened. son!"

"Take it if you like!"

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "Your husband is right. You are emotional about these two things. Let me tell you about the second thing first. Do you know what kind of official Zhang Miao used to be? When our grandfather was a transit envoy in Hebei, He is the transfer envoy of Xiangzhou appointed by his grandfather himself, a dignified sixth-rank official.

There is also Zhou Kuan, whom you saw in Zitong County. They used to be judges of Xiangzhou, and the Jin soldiers invaded. They all abandoned their officials and fled to Wang Yan's tent to serve as staff. They followed Wang Yan to fight in the east and west. He was afraid that Zhang Miao and Zhou Kuan would be bullied by Fu Xuan, so he recommended them to his husband, one to serve as a military officer and the other to serve as a household officer. He has no objection to being a county magistrate, but you are full of complaints.

And Jiang Yanxian, ten years ago from a senior official of the fourth rank, served as magistrate of Dengzhou. "

When Lu Wei heard that Zhang Miao was still under his grandfather's command, he immediately lost his temper and said for a while, "I can't figure out why they would accept the post of county magistrate."

"You! What an elm head, why don't you get the hang of it?"

Lu Xiu hated and said angrily: "You think Ganquan County is just a small county, but the household registrations of all the generals and family members are in Ganquan County. You are the first officials of Ganquan County and your husband's real confidantes. Two days ago, Hanzhong Feiying passed on a letter saying that your husband has been appointed by the imperial court as the governor of Xihe. You don’t know, do you really think that Ganquan County is just a small county like Chengji County? If I tell you, Ganquan County’s government office is Xihe Jiedushi Guanya, don’t you understand?”

Lu Wei was stunned, and he blinked and asked, "Your husband said all these?"

"Of course, you think I understand this?" Lu Xiu said angrily.

Filled with shame, Lu Wei got up and walked out, forgetting the teacup he wanted to take away.

Lu Xiu took a few steps quickly and shouted: "Hurry up and do what you have delayed. If you delay tomorrow's spring plowing, you will be dismissed. It will be too late for you to cry!"

"I see!" Lu Wei's voice came from afar.

……

After dinner, Chen Qing listened to his wife's report in the study, and said with a smile: "It seems that he has listened to it. In the afternoon, he actively went to the farmland to plant signs and allocate land. He is probably still planting signs in the fields now!"

"That's what he asked for. Why did you go a few days ago?"

Lu Xiu sighed and said, "Grandfather has long said that the second elder brother has a Yumu head, and his reaction is always slower than others!"

"It doesn't matter if you react slowly, but the key is to be serious and do things well, that's what matters."

"He has no problem with this. He has always been serious about everything. You can tell when he is married. He memorized more than 100 opening poems and makeup poems, but in the end he only used one."

Chen Qing couldn't help laughing, this is indeed Lu Wei's character, overly cautious.

Lu Xiu sighed and said again: "The same is true for my grandfather. On the day of my brother's wedding, so many guests came to the door, but he went fishing. He was so obsessed with it that the whole court called him a fish madman."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "It seems that grandfather still wants to get back together! He just retired like this unwillingly."

"Husband, you said it the wrong way!"

Chen Qing shook his head, "You don't understand his thoughts. He doesn't like fishing at all. He fishes for others to see. The more he is obsessed with fishing, the more it proves that he is eager to be the prime minister."

Lu Xiu was a little stunned, and asked for a while, "Who did he show it to?"

Chen Qing took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Do it for the emperor, let the emperor believe that he does not miss the position of Xiangguo, do it for Qin Hui, let Qin Hui let go of his guard against him, do it for the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty Everyone thinks he has forgotten the court."

"and then?"

"He's waiting for his chance!"

"What opportunity is grandfather waiting for?" Lu Xiu asked puzzled.

"He is waiting for the Son of Heaven to change from the Harmony faction to the War faction, and Qin Hui should be dismissed. Then the Son of Heaven will definitely use him to stabilize the situation!"

"Will the officials become the main combat faction?"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "The official family is a peace faction at heart, but if there is an advantage to take advantage of, it is possible to change the direction of the wind on the surface. Although he is afraid of the Jurchen, he is not afraid of the fake Qi. Battle faction!"

Chapter 383 Sowing

Ganquanbao's farmland is located on the east bank of the Baishui River, covering more than [-] hectares. It is grown three times in two years. One season of spring wheat is planted every year, and another season of beans can be planted every other year. The annual grain output is far from enough for the soldiers and civilians of Ganquanbao. To meet their needs, they have to buy from outside, but even so, the hundred hectares of wheat fields are still extremely important to Ganquanbao.

Since mutual aid groups are formed voluntarily, they are different in size, so the number of acres allocated cannot be the same. Before Lu Wei was in a mood, he used a one-size-fits-all approach. All mutual aid groups are ten acres of land, which made county government officials generally object , thinking that this would cause a contradiction.

It was only yesterday afternoon that Lu Wei began to correct his mistakes, and brought people down to plant signs again. He was busy until midnight before adjusting the number of acres.

It was still daylight, and everyone gathered in the courtyard of Chen Qing's house. Everyone was in high spirits. Rather than saying that they went to work, it would be more appropriate to say that they went on an outing. Yu Lian and Yu Ying even changed into their best clothes, After being ridiculed by everyone, the two ran back and changed into old clothes.

Seeing the two young ladies running back, Lu Xiu smiled and said, "It's almost time, let's go!"

Eleven women's soldiers led four little donkeys and set off talking and laughing. All the mutual aid groups basically set off at this time. Go to Baishuihe.

Walking across the pontoon bridge on the Baishui River, everyone began to look for their own plots. There was a sign on the top of each plot, which was easy to identify. It's just that some mutual aid groups have to go far, but there are special guides and archers. Save everyone from going the wrong way.

The archer is the fast catcher, the subordinate of the county lieutenant. This is also the performance of Lu Wei's serious work. He was worried that everyone could not find the land, so he specially arranged for a guide.

Lu Xiu led the crowd and followed an archer to the south. The wheat fields stretched as far as the eye could see, and the field was filled with the smell of fresh soil. Come for plenty of food.

Everyone walked all the way to the southeast corner, and finally found their own land. Everyone shouted in a fuss, "Mrs. Lu, ten acres of land is only this little?"

Archer quickly explained to everyone: "This is not ten acres of land, but three acres of land. The land is re-divided according to the number of people. The land is divided into five parts for men and three parts for women. This is probably how it is divided."

Archer is gone, everyone is staring at each other, what should we do next?

Everyone looked at Yang Liuer. She was the only one who had planted the land. Yang Liuer smiled and said, "In fact, there are many things to do in spring plowing. First, we need to dig the soil, pull out weeds, sow seeds, water and fertilize. Bury the seeds, otherwise they will be eaten by birds. The soil has been turned over, and many weeds are suppressed by the soil. We only need to pick up some weeds on the surface, but if you see grass roots, you must To unplug."

Compared with this group of bewildered ladies, many mutual aid groups in the distance started to take action. Lu Xiu clapped his hands and smiled and said, "Let's learn from them too! Each person is responsible for a piece of land, and first pull out the weeds in the field. "

Lu Xiu also had her own ideas. She divided the one-acre land into eleven strips, and used the water hyacinth she carried as a sign to start pulling weeds.

Suddenly someone screamed and looked at the ground in fear. It turned out that the owner Lu Xiu found something?

Everyone gathered around, it turned out that there was a fat white worm writhing on the ground, Li Qingzhao said with a smile: "Oh! So it's a worm?"

"I thought it was a grass root, pulled it out from the soil, and it was still moving, it scared me to death!"

Yang Liu stretched out his hand to pick up the fat worm, smiled and approached Lu Xiu's face, "Look, does it look like a fat baby?"

Frightened, Lu Xiu screamed and backed away, "Don't come near me!"

"Alian, Aying, are you afraid?" Yang Liuer asked again with a smile.

Yu Ying curled her lips, "When I was young, my family was poor, so I ate it for food!"

"Stop talking!" Lu Xiu was terrified.