imprinted you in my heart

Lu Guanchu, who was standing behind Shi Min, seemed to have heard nothing, as if the old god was there, and Xi Xia, Fan Qiu and Ban Yue, who had not yet cultivated to her level, unconsciously glanced at Bu Qianxue.

"Why did you come here? If I remember you correctly, your home should be in the city, isn't it?" Shi Min was not interested in how fat the cat is.

Bu Qianxue did not reply, but looked around to make sure there was no one else around, got up and quickly closed the front and back doors, then walked up to Shi Min respectfully and saluted: "My minister, Bu Qianxue, I respectfully wish Your Majesty Shengan ".

Ban Yue, who was originally puzzled and didn't know what her young master was doing, was dumbfounded. Although the person sitting looked very expensive, she never thought that she would be an ordinary person, but she didn't expect to be an emperor, and she was a little nervous. Slowly, he also knelt down, "Respectfully, Your Majesty, Sheng An".

"Get up, you haven't answered my question yet." Shi Min was not surprised that Bu Qianxue recognized him, but his expression was much more serious than before.

"Thank you, Your Majesty" Bu Qianxue and Banyue got up, and Banyue, who was a little frightened, lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. Bu Qianxue began to talk about the purpose of his trip.

Yesterday, the Inspectorate received a case transferred from the Ministry of Officials. It was reported by the local government. The person who beat the drum to defend his grievance happened to live in this village. The leader asked her to secretly take the witness back for protection, so she appeared here.

Not long after Bu Qianxue finished speaking, the footsteps outside became closer and closer, and several farmers near the village's hometown had already brought fur goods and game, "Are you guys going to collect fur?".

"Yes, please wait for a moment." The imperial guards in plain clothes standing outside the door stopped them.

Shi Min, who heard it clearly inside, instructed Lu Guanchu to open the door, but was stopped by Bu Qianxue, "Since the young master wants to ask questions, please order to go outside to buy, young master, please stay here and ask", in his heart What I think is: Your Majesty, let me do something for you, even if it is just a trivial thing.

"Okay then, Xixia is here to help you." Shi Min was infected by Bu Qianxue's thoughts and enthusiasm, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally couldn't bear to refuse.

What she didn't say was that she had already arranged for Lu Guanchu and Xixia to be in charge of the purchase outside, and she asked the conversation indoors, while Fan Qiu took notes. She originally wanted her to listen, but she didn't expect her to ask for orders suddenly. That's fine. .

The stall that had been set up at the door of the village's hometown, became popular in an instant after Bu Qianxue, Xixia and Banyue came out. Later, there were more and more people, and the queue was very long.

Every farmer will follow Xixia's prompts to enter the main house after selling the goods and get the money. Those who enter will wait outside before they come out, because the village elders have said before that they all know that the boss who bought the goods has If you have to ask, the village elders have to answer seriously, and the price given by the other party is also very fair, so they can't break their promise.

The first person to enter the main room was a middle-aged man, strong and strong, but a little short, with dark skin and thick lips. When he saw the person sitting on the chair, he lowered his head in shame, thinking: Why does this person feel better than his father? It's fierce, and it's even taller and whiter than the guy who received the goods outside!

Shi Min, who saw his thoughts clearly, couldn't help translating for him in his heart. Fierce should be imposing or serious, while shame is entirely due to inferiority. When people see someone better than themselves , either envy or jealousy, or shame, and people who are ashamed are generally not too bad.

"How many people are there in your family, and how much income do you have in a year?" Shi Min's tone was gentle, she wanted to know a general situation of the income of the people in the suburbs.

Although the middle-aged man didn't know why the boss would ask this question, and his voice was pleasant, he thought of what the village elder had said before and replied seriously: "There are six people in my family, and I can earn about [-] yuan a year, which is not enough to spend."

The annual income is only ten taels of silver, and it is a family of six, which is not enough to spend normally. According to Chen Jiyuan’s investigation by Shi Min, the minimum expenditure of an ordinary family of five in Fandu is about two taels of silver a month. Even if most of the people in the suburbs are self-sufficient, they still need to buy necessities, one or two taels of silver a month.

The capital city has always been the place with the highest prices and wages. This is the case in the capital city. Even if it is different in other places, it will not be higher.

"What do you want the government to do for you?" The middle-aged man raised his head and opened his eyes wide. Shi Min added as if he didn't see it: "We are the only ones here. Say what you think, I just want to see Can I help you?"

The middle-aged man is hesitant. Although there is now a vengeance drum and His Majesty is lenient, but talking about the court is going to jail. He is afraid of jail, and he is also afraid of a boss who is more fierce than his father. In the end, the desire to speak prevailed. "Then you swear, you won't say it."

People here believe in Taoism and believe that there are gods in the sky, so they value swearing very much, and they should not swear lightly. Once you swear, you must do it. If you can’t do it, not only will others look down on you and despise you, but you will suffer to death in your heart .

"I swear, I won't say anything you said." Led by Shi Min, Lu Guanchu also swore that Fan Qiu, who hid behind another door and recorded it, would not use it, but without His Majesty's permission, she Don't dare to talk nonsense.

After confirming that they had all sworn, the middle-aged man lowered his head and mourned: "I just hope that the officials can give us a way to survive, and can control the rich and powerful who buy our land forcibly. A beast that does not spit out bones."

He has never read a book, and he doesn't know about land enclosure and land annexation. He barely talks about the fish and meat of the common people. He learned it only after listening to the people in the village, but his attitude of dissatisfaction with the rich and powerful is vividly expressed.

Shi Min knew that the dignitaries he was talking about referred to the gentry class and the feudal lords in various places who firmly controlled the country. Most of them were like moths. Do what you do well.

"Are you satisfied with the life of farming when the farming is busy, training when the farming is slack, and going to the battlefield during the war?" This is the question that Shi Min is most concerned about, because the current military system in Huaguo is such a military system.

The Fubing system is suitable for wartime, and it has put an end to the general's rebellion from the root, and strengthened the emperor's absolute control over the army, but it is not suitable for the Taiping period. This is what Huaguo is like now. national military strength.

Putting down the Braque rebellion is the best example. The number of casualties of Hua Guo soldiers is far greater than that of the enemy, and it is very inconvenient to dispatch troops. She has long wanted to change such a weak and chaotic army, but It's never been the best time.

"Training during slack? Nothing at all. Anyway, I have never trained since I was so old. I heard that the armor, swords and spears left by my ancestors were sold when I was very young." The middle-aged man replied this time Quickly, without any hesitation.

Shi Min was shocked after hearing this. She knew that the soldiers under the Taiping would be idle without any fighting power, but she didn't expect it to be more serious than she imagined. This man is more than 40 years old, and he hasn't been trained for more than 40 years. What does the military office do? .

As a rule, all provinces and counties across the country have military affairs offices, which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and are responsible for organizing youth training during the slack season. The Forbidden Army and frontier fortresses guarding the capital have inherited the military service system of the previous dynasty, at least three years, and directly obey the emperor's orders. In the early days of the Hua Kingdom, almost all the people were soldiers. It was also because of this better military system than the previous dynasty that Hua Gaozu was able to quickly clean up the mess and unify the country again.

It is also because of this military system that it is difficult for the treacherous minister Sikong and a clever woman to cook without rice, because the army guarding the frontier and the forbidden army are directly under the emperor's orders. The aggressive and ambitious Braque conspires.

This is also the conclusion that Shi Min came to after the war in private. Now it seems that most of the reasons for defeating Braque were the imperial army and the frontier army.

It is no easy task to save an empire that has sunk into the sky. This is what Shi Min has long remembered, but since she defeated Braque and stabilized the situation, she began to invade the upper kingdom fabricated by the ministers. I feel that Hua Guo's military strength is not bad, until now I don't know that if a strong army appears, it will be the day of her demise.

She was so frightened by this guest officer's perception that her spine shivered, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, shivering.

"Young Master...Young Master...Young Master!" Lu Guanchu yelled twice in a low voice, but seeing no response, he raised the volume a third time to wake Shi Min up, "Where's he?" The middle-aged man was no longer there.

"Because the young master said that he would only ask three questions at most, and seeing that you didn't ask any more questions, I let him leave," Lu Guanchu replied with a smile on his face.

The middle-aged man who had just been sent away by Lu Guanchu entered in a daze, then left in a daze, and when he went out, he was pulled over by two waiting people for questioning, but he didn't say anything, shook his head and said nothing. He went home with the money he got.

The waiting middle-aged woman was about to complain to a middle-aged man from the same village that she had no loyalty. Lu Guanchu opened the door and asked her to come in. On the other side, Bu Qianxue and the others also had an estimate, money, and instructions. Xixia was in charge of the latter two. .

It was specially arranged by Shi Min. As the big boss of Huaguo Company, she can't let her subordinates do the work for her, and pay for it out of her own pocket!Just like before, she raised her wages under the tight pressure of the national treasury, just thinking that she couldn't "just want the horses to run, but not feed the horses", so she specially gave them a big benefit, five days off and one day off, even in the morning court. The time was also delayed to Chenshi.

After that, Shi Min only asked three questions to everyone who came in, and they were all closely related to what she wanted to know. The speed was comparable to that of Bu Qianxue and the others, and there were only three people waiting outside the door at most.

When the village elders and the third elders came back with the farthest villagers, it was already noon, the sun was covered by dark clouds, and it might rain at any time. Bu Qianxue and the others outside had already started, and the speed was much faster.

After Shi Min asked almost all the questions he wanted to ask, the people behind him asked one or two questions based on their feelings. The people who came in were curious, excited, timidly looking around, and nervous when speaking.

The two-story brick-and-wooden house in the old village ranks first in the entire village in terms of luxury and floor space. The kitchen is built on the right side of the wooden house, and the inside is bustling with activity.

Before going out, the village elder made an agreement with his old man to kill a few chickens to entertain the distinguished guests. The chickens have already been cooked.

After another quarter of an hour, the last young man who sold fur and game came out of the main room. Bu Qianxue and the others' stalls had been put away, and the goods were put on the carriage brought by Xixia.

It’s been a morning since I came out of Fandu, and after sitting for so long, Shi Min wanted to go to the toilet. Just as Lu Guanchu went to ask, the village elder opened the door and came in, “Is Boss Wen satisfied with his question?” , every time she comes out, she uses an alias.

"Very good, thank you Mr. Bao Village for your support and help." Shi Min was sincerely grateful. Luwan Village was the first village she had come to China for so many years. It was much better than she imagined, and she was also much more enthusiastic.

The village elder chatted with her enthusiastically and went to the kitchen to help. Lu Guanchu, who had already gone out to ask about the toilet and went to explore the way first, also came back with a bad face, because the toilet environment is really hard to see, "Young Master , why don't people get another toilet, that one is really too dirty."

Some toilets in modern rural areas are still in the most primitive way, with two boards, a pit, and then surrounded. She didn’t expect the toilets here to be clean and tidy, but seeing Lu Guanchu’s appearance, the smiling faces are gone. It's really worrying, but it's really ostentatious and wasteful to build a new toilet just to go to the toilet. "Lead the way".

She is not the original owner. During the year when she was working at the grassroots level of Modern Modern, what dirty and messy toilet did she not use?Of course, most of them are relatively clean and hygienic, and the messy ones have basically been there once, and she never goes there again.

She has no obsession with cleanliness, but loves cleanliness and tidiness, and it hasn't changed here. She can't live the life of an ancient aristocrat for more than ten years and forget her origin and original intention.

Bu Qianxue, who had already come in and sat on the side, heard the conversation, and opened her eyes wide. She has also been to the toilet in her hometown, and it really can't compare with the toilet at home. I thought His Majesty would agree with Director Lu's suggestion, but unexpectedly It was completely different from what she thought.

Lu Guanchu had a bitter face, he still didn't want his master to go to that kind of toilet, but Shi Min didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all. In the end, Lu Guanchu still resigned to his fate to lead the way, Xixia and the others had to follow, It was stopped by Shi Min.

The toilet is built in the corner of the vegetable garden at the back of the house. It is a little far away. It looks like a small shed from a distance. When you get closer, you can see it clearly. It is a toilet with wooden gray tiles. The door is very old, and you can hear it when you push it open. Squeak.

Before she got to the toilet, she smelled the smell of the toilet. Lu Guanchu handed over a handkerchief, and she took it to cover her nose to help her, but the toilet was better than she thought. There is a hand-width seam left, the board is clean, and some toilet slips are placed on the side, presumably it was used by the village elders.

In China, toilet paper is almost exclusively used by nobles, because even after the technology changes and the expansion of paper production, it is still expensive in the eyes of ordinary people. In addition to the habit of thrift, most ordinary people use toilet paper. I've seen it online, this is the first time I've seen it in real life.

In Huaguo, she is used to playing trumpet without using paper, unless she comes to the big aunt. Girls here come to the big aunt later, usually at the age of sixteen or seventeen. She came here not long after she turned 17, and she also understands the cause The fundamental reason why the ancient times here are completely different from the ancient Chinese on Earth. ?