Yipin Farmer

Qi Chongyu estimated the approximate cost, a little embarrassed, shook his head and remained silent.

Ting Shuang also understood his difficulties, and felt that it was necessary to add a dose of strong medicine based on the advantages and disadvantages: "Di Weng has read the books of sages and sages, and he also wants to serve the country wholeheartedly. Although the magistrate is only a seventh-rank official, he can manage a county People, you can kill or live, and you can do something. Since you took office, you have been conscientious and diligent, and you want to make a name for yourself. But don't blame me for saying something that is not pleasant. Di Weng has served as a county magistrate twice, and his achievements are in the top tier. where?"

Qi Chongyu was silent. He studied hard for ten years in the cold window. He passed the college examination, township examination, public examination, and palace examination all the way until he was named on the gold list. In fact, they have no significant political achievements, and their positions have not been promoted.

(Note: In the ancient official assessment, the assessment of Beijing officials was called Jingcha, and the assessment of foreign officials was called Daji. The first grade is outstanding achievements, and the second grade is hardworking and cautious.)

It was the first time that someone directly pointed out his lack of political achievements in person.There is embarrassment, sadness, and unwillingness. I am unwilling to go on like this for a lifetime of mediocrity.

Looking at his face, Ting Shuang knew that he had aroused his strong heart, and said: "Now we have this opportunity to do good things for the people. Once this water conservancy is repaired, several surrounding villages will no longer suffer from drought and flood. You don’t have to worry about food and clothing for a good harvest, and you can pay more taxes. Don’t the people praise you for your honest work and for the benefit of the people, and you will also set up a longevity tablet for you. You are the parents of a county. When you leave office, you must leave a memorial for the local people I think, when people mention adults, they can give a thumbs up and say: What did this magistrate do in office, he is a good official. Instead of people mentioning: Who is that person? I have never heard of it.”

Qi Chongyu was a little tempted, but he was still in a dilemma: "But the county treasury can't afford so much money for a while. The imperial court has a decree that 'never add taxes', and the county's travel expenses, travel expenses, post stations, and schools are all paid out of the consumption expenses, deducted It is difficult for them to come up with the money for water conservancy repairs."

(Consumption envy: It is the extra money and food collected in addition to the regular tax in the name of loss, and a lot of it falls into the private pockets of officials)

"You can take out as much as you can. As long as you can start and set up the stall, you can continue." Ting Shuang encouraged him, "Only by overcoming all difficulties and accomplishing things can we show our true skills."

"The most you can take out is 500 taels." Qi Chongyu thought and thought, and said a number.

"Ah..." Bao Qi's face collapsed, and he also roughly estimated the project cost, including labor and materials, the money was less than half, as the saying goes: The emperor does not send hungry soldiers.What to do if you don't have enough money?But he was already very convinced of Ting Shuang, and looked at him expectantly and curiously, to see how he could repair the project without funds.

Ting Shuang imitated Master Mao, and waved his hand in an extraordinary manner: "I have a solution. Diweng just go back to get money. As long as I can get the first phase of the project payment, I will leave the rest to me."

Qi Chongyu was relieved, and smiled embarrassedly: "Brother Meng once again turned the tide, stopped the gang fights, and eliminated a large-scale bloody conflict invisible, and now he is benefiting the construction of water conservancy in the village. There are people like Xiongtai. Blessings of the villagers."

Do you think that giving me a few high hats can make me irresponsible?Ting Shuang drank his sweet soup and said indifferently, "Please be sure to raise the first sum of money when you go back."

Ting Shuang sent away the county magistrate Qi, reconvened the villagers, and began to mobilize the masses: "Folks, let me tell you a piece of good news."

All eyes were on him. Ting Shuang had a sense of accomplishment, and she didn't feel that her stomach was growling with hunger. She continued to make a speech, to the effect that the county leaders took time out of their busy schedules to extend cordial condolences to the affected people. , Encourage everyone to overcome difficulties, fight against nature, and plan to allocate funds to build water conservancy projects. After the repairs, these villages irrigated by sanitary water will no longer suffer from drought and floods. The days of abundant food and clothing are waving to us. Home is in the field of hope...

As expected, this news ignited the flame of hope for the villagers who were in the dark. Although this year's harvest is hopeless, but after this year's difficulties, the days to come will be better.

The villagers all cheered, thanked the county leaders for doing practical things for the people, and began to look forward to a better day in the future.

"The labor required for water conservancy projects should be considered first in the hardest-hit villages. The wages are [-] yuan per person per day. Everyone works hard and brings their own tools. Women and children are left in the fields to water the crops. How many lives can be saved?" the court said. Frost announces specific matters.

The villagers were even more excited, some people began to calculate, twenty Wen a day, six hundred Wen a month, two months...

This money can also postpone the urgent need of poor harvest and food shortage.

After the mobilization is complete, do what you say.Everyone went back to prepare tools, Ting Shuang went to the city to contact construction materials, found two suppliers specializing in civil engineering materials business, and first did ideological work for them.

The central idea is that in doing business, fame is the most important thing. Everyone knows this truth, and now there is a good opportunity to gain fame.

The county government wants to vigorously build water conservancy, which is a good thing for the benefit of the people. If you provide materials at a discount, the villagers will appreciate you, embed your name on the dam, and promote it for you. The county leaders will also remember your kindness. The stone engraving in the county to praise you is also to make you famous, and you will be given priority in government projects in the future, and so on.

The material dealer is tempted, and this matter will definitely gain a good reputation. As for the benefits, there is no such thing at the moment, but the government will take care of the business in the future, and it will be beneficial in the long run.

After the supply of materials was settled, Ting Shuang went back to the village to lead everyone to repair the water conservancy, asked Ping An to be the chief cashier, and sent Ting Hui back to the city to watch his family build a house. Old farmers and workers participated in the project planning, and soon they worked in full swing.

Qi Chongyu also set aside the first sum of money. When he went to the countryside to inspect the project, the villagers all bowed down and praised him as the master of Qingtian, and wanted to set up a longevity tablet for him.In the past, county magistrates only knew how to press for taxes, squeeze the people, and search for corruption for fear of being too late. How could they squeeze out money to repair water conservancy projects for the people.The grievances accumulated for a long time were completely resolved by the water conservancy project. I forgot his previous inaction and only remembered his kindness.

Qi Chongyu was moved and guilty, and was motivated to do practical things, and planned to continue to raise money.Ting Shuang also regained his prestige in the village, persuaded the county magistrate to pay for water conservancy repairs, and also found materials to organize manpower, and his prestige was even better than before.

The whole family is very excited, only Baoqi is a little worried, the project is halfway through, what will happen if there is no funds?Half of the water conservancy repairs were ruined, and the villagers were so angry that they smashed his house.

Ting Shuang knew his worry, and only said: "There must be a way before the car reaches the mountain."

"But where is the road?" Bao Qi reminded him to prepare early, lest he be slapped all over the head by angry villagers.

The project went smoothly, everyone worked hard and conscientiously, Ting Shuang was very relieved when he made rounds every day, and took time to do other things, that is, lead the mother deer to the mountain to lure the male deer, and Baoqi was naturally the helper.The two led the deer and went up the mountain with a noose. Along the way, Ting Shuang kept talking excitedly: "I want to build a deer farm, raise dozens of deer, cut the velvet every year, and open a pharmacy in the future." .”

"Look at you as happy as a magpie." Bao Qi smiled and said, "Don't you want to open a restaurant? The restaurant hasn't opened yet, and you're thinking about opening a drugstore."

Ting Shuang closed her smile and said seriously: "My family used to be in the silk and satin business. A fire turned the family business from prosperity to decline. I want to learn a lesson and open up more development directions for my business. If one fails, the others will lose." There are a few things that can be fixed so that you don’t lose everything, it’s called not putting all your eggs in one basket, I made a mistake before and I can’t make the same mistake again.”

"You're right. But why do you want to open a pharmacy?" Bao Qi nodded approvingly, and expressed her opinion, "It costs a lot to open a pharmacy, and you don't have experience in this field, so it's difficult to open it. It’s better to open another powder shop. Your third child is very good at making face cream. After Dayingzi used the pearl jade cream he made, I saw that the scars on her face disappeared and she became more beautiful. Your old man The second is good at growing flowers. The peony branches picked up from the city last winter were actually saved by him, and green buds sprouted. In the future, your family can grow flowers and make rose nitrate rose paste. It is also an industry .”

"Good boy, your idea is very good, you can try it." Ting Shuang patted him on the shoulder vigorously, "However, I have another idea."

"what?"

"Restaurants, makeup shops, and flower shops can certainly make money, but they can only be opened when the country is prosperous and stable. If a war breaks out, who will eat in restaurants, let alone buy flowers and makeup. In my opinion , within three years, there will be wars, and I have to consider industries that can also make money in wars.”

"What did you say?" Bao Qi stopped, her face darkened, her eyes were sharp, and she stared at him without blinking. "Now that the emperor and his ministers are in harmony with each other in the imperial court, all the people in the four seas live in peace, and there is a scene of peace. You actually said that there will be wars. Do you know that you are slandering the government and you will be beheaded."

"Damn, don't be so bureaucratic, aren't we two here? Who heard that?" Ting Shuang gave him a dissatisfied look, "Could it be that if I don't say it, there won't be a war?"

Bao Qi also gave him a look, and said: "Your way of thinking is very different, but, at such a time of singing and dancing, there must be a reason for you to say such things."

Ting Shuang explained to him as he walked: "Now the imperial court looks very peaceful on the surface, but in fact there are hidden dangers buried, and this hidden danger is a few vassal kings with different surnames in the south."

"You...you...you can see it." Baoqi's expression was agitated, her lips trembling.

"What's so difficult to see? If you think about it with your toes, you can understand that several vassal kings not only collect taxes, open mines and make money, but also choose officials by themselves without going through the bureaucracy. The political and economic powers are independent of the central government. What's more serious is that with a heavy army in hand, one year's salary will cost half of the country's annual tax. May I ask which court can bear it? How can the country develop if it continues like this? The court has favored several vassal kings and married them as princesses. It's just a temporary appeasement, and it will be a matter of time before the feudal clan is cut."

Ting Shuang talked eloquently, and didn't care about converting modern Chinese into classical Chinese, since the other party could understand the spirit anyway.

No country in any era will allow local governments to have too much power. For example, Lord Deng proposed the unprecedented one country, two systems to solve the problem of the return of Hong Kong and Macao, allowing them to have their own system, their own currency, and independent rights in economics, politics and education. They are absolutely not allowed to have military power and diplomatic power. These two rights are important symbols of a country exercising its sovereignty, and local governments are not allowed to have them.

Throughout the history of China, it can be seen that division is an extremely unstable way of existence, and wars will inevitably occur, and eventually tend to unification. Chinese history continues in this way of division and combination, and it will eventually move towards unification.

Those vassal kings have been separatist and have possessed excessive power, including military power, for 30 years. It is unbearable to replace anyone as emperor. In the long run, it will also endanger the stability and unity of the entire country.The imperial court favored the vassals, and it seemed that they were happy and harmonious as a family, but they were only coaxing those scholars and uneducated ordinary people who had studied rote books, coaxing us who have learned historical materialism and often watch the news to care about current affairs and politics Modern people are definitely far behind.

Do you think that if you marry the princess, we won't be able to see the knife you hide behind your back?

Of course, those treacherous feudal lords may also be able to see it, and they will definitely not stand still, and a fight will inevitably happen...

Tsk tsk, let's hurry up and make enough money while we're not fighting.

Baoqi's complexion changed again and again, cloudy or sunny. She stared at him for a long time, and finally pondered for a long time, and said, "Unexpectedly, you have such an opinion. Who are you?"

"Now I'm a ninth-rank farmer, and in the future I will be the owner of restaurants and drugstores. Hey, don't be so serious, okay?" Ting Shuang held a grass leaf in her mouth, looking leisurely.

"When the war breaks out, all businesses will be ruined, but there are two things that will not fail. One is food and the other is medicine. You think, the army is fighting, and there are countless casualties. Naturally, a lot of medicine is needed, and the people are displaced and tortured. It's not powder, it's also medicine."

Baoqi was silent and didn't speak any more along the way.

The two went up the mountain, found a place rich in water and grass, tied the mother deer to a tree, and hid.

"Hey, Xiaobao, there is a male deer coming, you must be quick, you must..."

"I see. You talk a lot. If you keep talking, the deer won't come."

In spring and summer, it was the time when the sika deer was in estrus and looking for a mate. Not long after, a beautiful male deer smelled the smell of the female deer and came to court.

At the end of the day, the two caught two bucks.Ting Shuang was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, Baoqi kept silent, thinking about her own thoughts, and didn't joke with him.

During the day, Ting Shuang ran between the construction site and the mountain. She was so busy that she hit the back of her head with her feet. At night, she coughed badly. Her throat, which was damaged by smoke and fire during the fire, never healed. When she was tired, she fell into an old disease. She coughed until her face became red and her neck was so thick that she could hardly breathe. , Baoqi, who was sleeping next to him, got up to take care of him, beat his back patiently and fed him boiling water, and it took a long time before he fell asleep.Ting Shuang felt sorry, and after drinking a few times of medicine, she gradually got better.

The two lived and ate together, and Ting Shuang soon realized that something was wrong. Baoqi used to go to bed at midnight, but in recent days she went to bed very early, and fell asleep as soon as she fell down.

"It's so strange, how did Xiaobao go to bed so early these days, and fell asleep as soon as he lay down." Ting Shuang felt strange.

Ting Zhi said: "When I woke up last night, I found that he had gone out in the middle of the night."

"When?" Ting Shuang asked quickly.

Tingzhi said: "The pocket watch you gave me shows the time at two o'clock at night."

Ting Shuang became more and more suspicious as he thought about it. He seemed a little tired these days.Where did he go in the dark and midnight?What are you doing out there?

"Is this guy going out to be a thief?"