Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Seeing the agitated crowd in front of him, Zhong Qingran finally realized deeply what it means to make a reform difficult.He was just using a sword on a small city of Fu, that's all. If it were to be placed in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he would be as honorable as an emperor, so he would have to compromise.It seems that without suitable soil, the seeds of reform cannot take root and germinate at all.Don't you see, in history, it seems that no reform has been really successful.

The more he saw it thoroughly, the more Zhong Qingran understood that if he didn't take advantage of the new construction of Fucheng and the order was not yet stable, he would start a fire and try to change it later, it would be difficult.

Zhong Qingran has already made a plan, he will explain, but he will not compromise, listen to them or not, if they really don't like it, just ask them to go as they please, he will not stop them.Of course, this is all his wishful thinking. In fact, he is clear in his heart. In a place like Hanhai Prefecture, where there are wolves and tigers in the front, he will not be a good person, but will be attached to the local tribe, or even worse. They can only be slaves, they are full of food, are they out of their minds?

It can be seen from this that Zhong Qingran did it with confidence.If it wasn't for him being reasonable and not being overwhelmed by power, he would have followed his will, came up with random bad ideas, and made rules arbitrarily. Such consequences are predictable.

If Zhong Qingran is cruel and merciless, that's fine. At worst, he implements a high-pressure policy, and he can always be suppressed.It's just that the harder you press, the stronger the rebound will be. One day, you will be unable to suppress it, but you don't know how long it will take for this day to come.Maybe, Zhong Qingran will never see such a day in his whole life.But this hidden danger will always exist. At that time, the Zhong family may not be able to survive for a long time. Not only that, but the development of Fucheng will also be greatly restricted.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. If Zhong Qingran wants to make Fucheng a long-term peace and order, he must minimize internal conflicts and stabilize the hearts of the people.Although the new law he promulgated, although the power of the clan and the head of the family has been slightly leveraged, it is not too much after all.What's more, the current situation is also very suitable for the implementation of the new law. As long as this kind of thinking takes root in the new generation, when they grow up, all problems will be solved.

Zhong Qingran didn't believe it. He instilled new ideas and brainwashed the city residents every day. How long could they persist stubbornly?He shuddered a little when he thought of the wickedness of those cults and MLM organizations in modern times.That's all for ignorant people, but what about those high intellectuals?It is so easy to be fooled so that the east dare not go west, and even the parents will not recognize it. If this method is used on the city residents, the effect will not be bad.At this moment, Zhong Qingran felt a little regretful. If he had known this before, he should have studied this specifically, and he didn't need to cram and think about how to fool people.

There isn't much farm work right now, and given the current situation in Fucheng, there are very few idle people, and most of them are still doing everything possible to find work.There is no way, the winter in Hanhai Prefecture is too long, and life will be difficult if a large amount of supplies are not prepared before winter, especially food and charcoal, which are the most important.

Zhong Qingran left enough time for the city residents to gather, even so, they only got together when it was nearly Youzheng.

Looking at the crowd of people under the stage, Zhong Qingran put on a solemn face, coughed a few times into the loudspeaker, and the plaza, which was full of people, fell silent in an instant.

"I know that everyone is very dissatisfied with the new regulations. I just want to ask, after the rules are established, can they only be static? Not necessarily? Look, not to mention the change of dynasty, the old rules will be overturned to varying degrees, even in normal times. From time to time, there will be new rules, so why can't Fucheng make changes?"

"It's different. Those are just changing the soup but not the medicine. The new rules promulgated by the city lord are uprooting. The rules set by the ancestors have been passed down for countless generations. How can they be changed rashly?" Some people objected on the spot, and the group below People agree.

"Be safe and don't be impatient. Then let me ask, who was raised by nature instead of being drilled out of the mother's belly? If women are really so statusless, how can a man's status be so high?"

"Don't be unconvinced, kick your own mother away if you have the ability. Don't you talk about filial piety, why don't you talk about it now? Shouldn't you be more happy that your mother's status has been raised?"

"Why don't you talk, you're dumb?" Zhong Qingran spoke bluntly, and every sentence was stern.Indeed, people all over the world respect filial piety, but in essence, there is a conflict between caring for mothers and the three cardinal principles and five constant principles.

Zhong Qingran does not think that what he has done can completely change the status of women. You must know that even in modern times, there is no real equality between men and women, let alone ancient times when people's wisdom was not yet developed.What he said was just to scare these people away temporarily, so that they would not always cling to this point.

The new laws introduced by Zhong Qingran are not limited to these, but also include the change of inheritance rights and the weakening of the clan's power over the clansmen.He skipped over these thorny matters, and only talked about what the identity of a mother means, and bloody uncovered the scars that were hidden under the skin, so that they could face up to filial piety, that's all.

Jian Mingyu remained motionless, standing behind Zhong Qingran on the right side, the corner of his eye glanced at the side of his face, a trace of surprise disappeared in a flash.After all, the city residents are just honest people who haven't seen much in the world, and even when they see the village chief, they have to bow and bow. Otherwise, how could it be so easy to be fooled into confusion, and I don't know how to refute it?

Zhong Qingran saw that the effect was good, so he said something loudly, which made people suddenly sound very lofty, but when he thought about it carefully, it made people puzzled, and led everyone's thoughts to an unknown corner.

Seeing the city residents receding like a tide with blank faces, the eyes of the city guards who were guarding them almost popped out.This is the end?Isn't this too unexpected?

Of course Zhong Qingran didn't think that the matter was over now, he just needed them to calm down for a while, and after the initial momentum subsided, it would be impossible to get into such a big fight in the future.After all, there are only a few who are the masters of the family. After holding back the breath in my heart, the resistance from the family itself should not be underestimated.He worked harder and sent people to carry out fatigue-bombing on everyone at fixed times every day to completely suppress the opposition.In this way, even if there are a few stubborn people, they will not be able to turn around much trouble.

"Third Brother, you're really amazing!" The kid Zhong Qinghan opened his eyes wide and round, and when the crowd had dispersed, he jumped up and down in front of Zhong Qingran, tugged at his sleeve, and looked up at him proudly. he.Zhong Qing, Zhong Xiao, Zhong Qingcheng and Jian Mingchen also stood aside, nodding their heads like pounding garlic, their faces full of admiration.

Zhong Qingran touched his face stiffly, thinking, is he really that powerful?Why doesn't he know it himself?But with a serious face, he happily accepted the praise from his younger siblings.At this moment, his heart couldn't help feeling a little flustered.

The other Zhong family members looked at Zhong Qingran with complicated thoughts.It's okay for others to object, but they can't, regardless of whether they agree or not, they have to hold back any other ideas.Especially for those who hold different opinions, they have to put on a face that they are happy to do this, and they all agree, not to mention how disgusting they feel.

Back home, Jian Mingyu took a look at Zhong Qingran and said with emotion: "I didn't expect you to be so good at fooling people."

"That is, who am I?" Zhong Qingran readily admitted shamelessly.

That night, Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu were called to the upper room.

"Qingran, this matter is probably over like this, but you have to be careful and don't take it lightly." Mr. Zhong said earnestly, "You can see the previous situation of our family. A small family with only more than 20 people Home, the mind is so complicated, with a population of more than 1000 in Fucheng, the difficulty of management will only be greater."

Mr. Zhong pondered for a moment, and then said: "Our family used to go from bad to worse. One was to support the fifth child in school, and the expenses were a bit high. Good responsibility. Qingran, do you think the law you are promoting now can play a big role? Can it really twist people's hearts into one?"

Zhong Qingran shook his head, this is simply impossible.How much effect can be achieved depends on the follow-up actions of the government. If it is just a one-shot deal and the new law is promulgated, it will be ignored.

"Let's take a look first. Where there is a problem, just fill in the loopholes." Zhong Qingran is very self-aware. He is not an all-rounder, so he can't do everything. , You, don’t bother about this matter. If they can’t take it seriously, the big deal is that we don’t want Fucheng. Hanhai Prefecture is so big, if we go into the mountains and hide casually, who can do anything to us?”

Grandpa Zhong looked at his third grandson, who had a tendency to be a rascal, and sighed helplessly.He knew that Qingran was joking, they were far from this level.If there is such a day, it is also the next strategy after being forced to do nothing.Otherwise, they would not leave their homes and run so far to come to Hanhai Prefecture, a bitter and cold place, but would hide in the deep mountains and old forests when the accident happened.

After all, people are only suitable to live in groups, and Zhong Qingran will not choose to do so unless it is absolutely necessary.

For the next few days, Fucheng's heart fluttered a little.Fortunately, this is Hanhai Prefecture, and the city residents have no choice but to stay in Fucheng, where they feel most comfortable.

The restlessness gradually calmed down until there was no longer any waves.

Zhong Qingran strolled in the glass greenhouse.In this season, the temperature in the greenhouse is much higher than outside.Fortunately, there are a lot of movable windows, otherwise, even if the summer temperature in Hanhai Prefecture is not high, the insulation effect of the greenhouse is enough to burn the crops.

Zhong Qingran looked at pieces of transparent glass, his thoughts drifted far away.These are just ordinary glass, not as strong as tempered glass, and the most feared thing is vibration.A small earthquake may cause losses. If you are unlucky and there is a strong earthquake, it is estimated that the greenhouse will be destroyed in an instant.The summer is fine, but if the earthquake occurred in the severe winter, the loss would be unimaginable.He had to think of a way, at least not to be taken over by a bunch.

Zhong Qingran focused his attention on the crops that were not grown in Hanhai Prefecture, such as Panax notoginseng, and his face was a little dignified.He sincerely hoped that these were just his unfounded thoughts.

The production of tempered glass has long been on the agenda. Unfortunately, the manufacturing method is very simple, but it is very difficult to make.So far, there are only a handful of qualified tempered glass produced by the glass workshop. If you want to mass-produce, you don't know that you have to wait until the year of the monkey.

Since there is no way to count on this in a short time, Zhong Qingran can only hope in other ways.

The glass greenhouse has enough light, and it is not busy now. Before winter, find a way to get some support to reduce the chance of glass being shattered, and at least keep the perennial crops.

Zhong Qingran left the backyard, went to another glass greenhouse of Zhong's house, picked a basket of strawberries, and kept it as an after-dinner snack.

This time, the people of Fucheng were able to stop their flags and drums so quickly, thanks to Zhong Qingran's kindness and generosity.After all, the vast majority of people thought of him well. Except for the initial emotional agitation and a little aggressive behavior, after calming down, the opposition became much smaller.Look, food, clothing, housing, and transportation, they can have today, how can they not have the shadow of Zhong Qingran?

As for the strawberries that Zhong Qingran just picked, Hanhai Prefecture does not produce them locally. They were all Zhong Qingran tried to find seeds, so that each family could get some.Now the people in Fucheng, everyone has a field, and every family has a greenhouse. Not to mention there is no shortage of melons and fruits. As long as you are not a lazy lazy woman, you don’t have to worry about food and clothing. Even if you don’t have one at home, you can buy it with money. .

In the summer, eating cool watermelon, how beautiful it tastes!How many of the more than 1000 people in Fucheng have never tasted watermelon in their entire lives?What they didn't expect was that after traveling thousands of miles to the inaccessible Hanhai Prefecture, they would live a different life.

The people of Fucheng, except for the people from the Yan clan who came with the Zhong family at the beginning, have been screened and their character is much higher than the average level.As long as Zhong Qingran guides it properly, the probability of a white-eyed wolf appearing is not high.This is why, the voices of opposition to the new law, thunderous and rainy, quickly disappeared.

It's just that people's desires are unlimited, and it's not advisable to just be kind. Zhong Qingran didn't mind, and showed the city residents their unshakable force.

The days pass by, and soon the autumn harvest will be ushered in.

These days, Zhong Qingran has been mixing with carpenters and blacksmiths to develop a simple threshing machine - a rice barrel, and a windmill for grain selection.

Both of these use manpower, which is very suitable for the current situation.Although the efficiency cannot be compared with modern machinery, it is much better than the original and more primitive threshing method.As long as the research and development is successful, the autumn harvest will save a lot of labor than before, and there will be more fields that can be taken care of per capita.

Hanhai prefecture is not suitable for rice growth, and each family can grow some in the greenhouse at most, and the opportunity to use rice barrels is more wheat.

The people of Maimangza are still hot right now, but the peasants are all wearing long-sleeved clothes and pants, and they don’t even let go of their heads. It is very convenient and hassle-free.

"Is it done?" Zhong Qingran said expectantly.

"I don't know yet, let's go, let's try it now." The blacksmiths headed by Ma Chongwen, even Zhong Qingran ignored them, and kept urging them to go out, with excited faces and fear of failing again.

The look of worrying about gain and loss made Zhong Qingran's teeth ache.Is it worth it?If you fail, do it again at worst. There is always a time when you succeed.

The structure of the rice bucket is very simple, the most difficult part is the main part, the structure like gears is quite difficult to handle.In the previous few times, the effect was not satisfactory. Not to mention the wheat was flying around, and the force was uneven. If you didn't pay attention, the pedal rice bucket would get stuck and you couldn't step on it.

It didn't take long to run, and then it went on strike, and the efficiency can be imagined.It was broken and repaired, and it was repaired again and again, but it still failed to cure the problem. After a day, it was not as fast as pure manual or animal power. Everyone had to give up and build a new set.

What is placed in front of Zhong Qingran right now is already the fifth finished product.The previous ones were useless except for recycling, and they were considered white jobs.

After losing four times in a row, including Zhong Qingran, the initial excitement has long since disappeared.If he hadn't insisted, the blacksmiths might have given up.With this time, it is better to build a few more weapons, at least to enhance the force of Fucheng.

"My son's father, look, the city lord and the others are here again, how many times is this?"

"You mother-in-law, why do you care about this? Hurry up and work."

"Don't work so hard, work is the most important thing, and you can't really treat yourself as an old scalper who doesn't know how tired you are. Your health is broken, what should I do with my children?" Women don't want to be lazy, they have to work moderately, But you can't ignore your physical fatigue and work hard.

"Okay, okay, can't I listen to you? Stop nagging." The farmer straightened up, looked around, and whispered, "The rest meeting is enough, don't let your parents catch you."

"Well, I know." The woman hammered her sore waist, glanced at the next door, and then bent down to continue harvesting.

In the past few days, with such a heavy workload every day, not only this woman is like this, but everyone else is also exhausted.But right now is the autumn harvest, so we must hurry up, if the weather changes, the harvest of the year will be in vain, and at that time, there will be nowhere to buy regret medicine.

When everyone first heard that there are more efficient machines, the happiness in their hearts is beyond words.It's a pity that disappointment after disappointment has hit them calmly.Just like this time, there was not even a crowd of onlookers next to the rice bucket. Compared with the first time, the spectacular scene of being surrounded by three floors of people inside and outside three floors was inferior.

The rice bucket is not big enough to be carried by one person.Put it in place, and the person in charge of threshing the wheat will be in place immediately.Practice makes perfect, the man took a handful of straw handed over by someone else, and while stepping on the pedal, threw the ears of wheat onto the drum, and the wheat grains were instantly separated from the straw.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and the rice bucket was still operating normally.Seeing that there was a little accumulation in the threshing bucket besides the wheat outlet, the threshing person stopped the operation and locked the drum to avoid unnecessary accidents when cleaning the wheat in the rice bucket.

Zhong Qingran emphasized and emphasized this operating rule, and everyone below strictly abided by it.They have seen the power of beating a rice bucket before. Once the wheat is put on it, it will scatter in all directions. The force is insignificant.

Indeed, it is not too easy to injure someone with a fast-rotating drum.Zhong Qingran developed the rice bucket in order to increase productivity, not to cause trouble for others.

"It's not bad this time. I persisted for a quarter of an hour, but I don't know when something will go wrong." Ma Chongwen didn't dare to say it to death, and he had a similar situation before. As a result, he was not happy for a long time, and the rice bucket got stuck and couldn't turn. No, let him be happy for nothing.

The autumn sun still shines on people.Zhong Qingran didn't do anything, just stood by for a quarter of an hour, his body was sweating profusely, and when he wiped it with his hands, it was all sticky to the touch.He is already like this, the person in charge of threshing rice has long been dripping with sweat, and I don't know how many times he stopped to wipe his sweat.

Every time he sees such a scene, Zhong Qingran sighs that it is not easy to be a farmer, so he cherishes the fruits of their labor even more.But that's all he can do. After sighing, he can't do anything, he can't help by himself.

Time passed by, half an hour, an hour, until noon, someone called them to eat, and everyone realized it.

"Is this done?"

"It's done!"

"Well, even if something goes wrong again in the afternoon, it probably won't be like before, and you don't even have to fix it." Ma Chongwen immediately made a decision, "Go, go back to eat first, and follow this later, remember to do everything Be careful and try not to rework."

The blacksmiths shouted, and went back to their houses in high spirits, leaving Zhong Qingran who was ignored, messed up in the wind.

"Let's go!" Jian Mingyu lowered his head and smiled sullenly.This is really a rare scene. Usually, when seeing Zhong Qingran, who doesn't treat him with respect?Right now...haha, it's too sweet.

Zhong Qingran is not a stingy person, seeing Jian Mingyu smiling so heartily, he also grinned and had fun with him.The two talked and laughed, and the time passed quickly, and they arrived home not long after.

"Qing Ran, I heard that you've been busy making rice barrels recently?" Mr. Zhong immediately asked when he saw the third grandson and the young couple.

"Well, it's almost done. The rest are just small troubles, just change it." Zhong Qingran smiled brightly, like the rising sun, warm and harmonious, but not at all ostentatious, which made people feel comfortable from the bottom of their hearts.

"That's good, that's good!" Now, not only Mr. Zhong, but also Mrs. Tong smiled.What farmers care about the most is the harvest in the field?The faster the harvest, the smaller the possible losses. With such a convenient tool, everyone's mood will be high, "Is that so, can we reclaim some fields next year?"

"Of course. But there's no rush." ​​Mr. Zhong said with a smile on his face as he sipped his tea comfortably, "Qingran, what are your plans? The rain is not very abundant in Hanhai Prefecture. Fortunately, Fucheng is near the sea. It's a little better, but that's it. As far as the water volume of the river in front of our house is concerned, there are not many places that can be irrigated, so we need to plan well, and we can't waste it at will."

Zhong Qingran also understood this point.It's not that the river is too small, but that the source of this river is in the mountains, it passes through the village, and finally flows into the vast sea. The places it passes through are really limited.If you are too far away from the river, you have to dig the river channel. This project is not small, so you must be careful.