"What's going on over there in Zuoguoyuan?" Shao Xun asked casually, standing in the yard.
"Yesterday I came to report that the spring sowing has begun." Wang Zilang (Shao) said respectfully.
"But Ma Peng?"
"Exactly." When Shao mentioned this, he became more excited and said: "I followed the method shown by my grandfather and selected three hundred strong draft horses to plow the fields by the river. They plowed two or three times faster than the oxen.
Times. Although the plowing is shallow, the people in the garden say it is enough."
"What are you planting?"
"Millet, wheat, and beans are all available."
"How was the harvest?"
"Wheat is the highest. If you put the upper, middle and lower fields together, you can harvest more than two dendrobiums per acre."
"How much is left?"
Shao thought for a while and said, "Let's fight two or three times."
"Is it two or three bushels?" Shao Xun said displeased: "One bushel difference is a lot. Now one bushel of wheat,
Take it to Luoyang South Market and sell it for 30 yuan. It is still a newly minted Yongjia Tongbao. If you exchange it for old Wu and Shu coins, it will be useless. Did you know that farmers go to the market to sell some spring leeks and garden sunflowers, and only sell them for 30 yuan at a time?
Can I get eight out of ten coins?"
Shao Baoran.
"Hmph!" Shao Xun snorted coldly and said, "This will have to be reported to my subordinates, not yours to personally test."
Having said this, he poked the second son's forehead with his finger and said: "I don't know what I am doing every day. Do you feel dirty? Do you feel tired? Some things can be borrowed from others, and some cannot. My father has been working in the fields since he was young. Your grandparents
You're nearly seventy and still growing vegetables, but you can't do anything about it? Why are you so squeamish?"
"Grandpa, I also plowed during spring sowing." Shao lowered his head and said.
Shao Xun was speechless and sat down beside the stone table under the tree angrily.
Just at this time, Lu Xun came over with two bowls of water and cakes, saying: "It's noon, let's eat first."
Shao Xun smelled the familiar aroma and looked at Lu Xun's slightly white hair on his temples. His heart softened and he stopped scolding his son. He pursed his lips and said, "Sit down and eat."
Shao responded and sat on the other end of the stone table. After Shao Xun moved his chopsticks, he slowly started eating. Shao Xun was eating at the speed of a soldier. After the wind and clouds rolled over, he pushed the bowl and chopsticks, and some soldiers came forward to take them away.
.
"Xun Niang, sit next to me." Shao Xun said.
Lu Xun sat down with some embarrassment.
Shao lowered his head to eat and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"After all these years, I still remember the Shuiyin cakes from Liuhuayuan back then." Shao Xun said with emotion.
Lu Xun also recalled what happened back then, and his face turned slightly red.
A woman in her thirties had no children and even though she had some money, she was lonely and helpless. She once thought about whether her adopted heir would be able to fulfill her filial piety and provide for her in her old age.
The world was in chaos at that time, and she had some respite after escaping to Guangchengze. However, the family officials despised her, enriched their own pockets, and embezzled property. The generals also had hidden evil intentions, which made her terrified.
All this is the result of the chaos of the world, the loss of people's hearts, and her childlessness.
Gritting his teeth, he thought that taking advantage of others would be better than taking advantage of Shao Xun.
He mentioned her beauty and the huge wealth that King Fan Yang brought back from his conquest of Hebei.
She covets his protection and hopes to live a peaceful life without fear.
As the saying goes, everyone takes what they need, half push and half done.
In the end, the middle-aged man was overjoyed when he got a son.
The moment she held Guan Lang in her arms, her tears couldn't stop flowing down. This son was her lifeblood, so much so that the man called her "a loving mother often loses her son."
Today, her child was scolded, and she felt a little uncomfortable, so she couldn't help but want to persuade him.
The man is now in a high and powerful position, and his prestige is growing every year. Fortunately, he still misses his old love——
Shao also finished eating. The soldiers took away the bowls and chopsticks, wiped the stone table, and served tea.
Shao Xun picked up the bowl and rinsed his mouth, and then said: "You should go back to Zuoguoyuan. I originally wanted you to be a county magistrate and gain experience, but I think it's better to forget it."
Areas such as Shanglinyuan and Zuoguoyuan are not small, not even a county, but they are as big as several townships. There are also private households in them. For example, there are more than a thousand households in Shanglinyuan, and Zuoguoyuan is about the same.
However, the "ecology" of Yuan and County is different after all.
The gardens are all atomized households, similar to the society of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
There are gentry in the county, a powerful and non-atomized society.
Being able to manage a garden can only be said to have passed the basic skills.
But to govern a county, more comprehensive capabilities are needed.
Erlang still needs to practice again.
At the same time, I also sighed a little, the second generation was different after all.
He has worked as a farmer, worked as a soldier's slave, experienced battlefields littered with corpses, faced overwhelming arrows, slept on ice and eaten snow, killed people without batting an eyelid, played with heads, and argued with scholars.
The second generation grew up well-fed, had a different living environment, and had different life experiences. After all, there is a generation gap between father and son. Sometimes he also wonders whether his demands are too high.
Perhaps, the second-generation emperors in the past dynasties were almost like this.
They were not born with knowledge, they also made mistakes, and were beaten and scolded by the founding emperor. They also grew up through continuous experience, continuous learning, and correction of mistakes.
History books will not record the times when they were scolded when they were young. They will only record their actions after ascending the throne. Before that, they would only mention it briefly, such as "less clever" and so on.
People will grow and change. We cannot completely deny them because of their shortcomings at this time. We need to observe more.
Thinking of this, Shao Xun softened his tone and said, "Will there be any gain when implementing the method of horse plowing?"
"Yes." Guan Lang saw his mother looking at him with encouraging eyes, and he felt calm and said: "There was horse dung falling on the field. The barbarians said that horse dung hurt the ground, so he asked someone to put it on the back of the horse's buttocks.
A bag to collect horse manure."
"Also, as my father said, adding one or two horses in front of a herd of cattle can make plowing a lot faster. The cattle are too lazy, and being led by the horses, they are forced to speed up and work hard to plow the fields."
This is rolling! The oxen are too lazy. They obviously still have some energy left, but they are slow and unwilling to plow the fields. After adding a horse in front, the oxen is forced to roll up, and the efficiency is greatly improved.
"What else?" Shao Xun asked.
"When I was in the garden, I set the rules. Spring society, cold food, Dragon Boat Festival, Autumn society, Double Ninth Festival, Winter Solstice, the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Zhengdan festivals are all celebrated by both Hu and Han people." Shao said: "Now the Huns are all mixed.
changed,
Slowly becoming like the people of Zhongxia."
"Are they influencing each other?" Shao Xun said.
"My father is right," Shao said, "The Han people learned from the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu learned from the Han people. However, the customs of all counties in the world are also different from those of the Han people."
"It's good that you have this understanding." Shao Xun nodded and said: "Starting from this year, you will have more contact with Kelan, the two counties of Xihe and the Shanyu Protectorate. Whether it is farming with oxen or horses, in short, teach more and find ways to do it.
let
They settled down. Nowadays, many tribes still have nomadic farming and nomadic phenomena, which is not conducive to their transformation into kings. You should pay more attention and stop sitting in Zuoguo City all day. Over there at Shanyu Duhu Mansion, you
Get the title of Zhonglang."
"Yes." Shao responded quickly.
"Zuo Guoyuan can be slightly expanded. The land is lush with vegetation, and fine horses were produced during the Han Dynasty. There were also pastoral officials during the Xiongnu period." Shao Xun added, "I intend to set up a pasture here to cultivate cattle and horses.
Draft horse, find a good place as soon as possible."
"yes."
Shao Xun thought for a while and realized that he had nothing to say for the time being, so he said no more.
"Your Majesty." Lu Xun said softly: "Xiaohe has found a mansion in the plains, and Liuhuayuan is back, so why not go one by one?"
"Liuhuayuan is too big." Shao Xun said, "Yilang's official position can only occupy twenty-two hectares of land."
"Liuhuayuan is not in the Liang Kingdom." Lu Xun said, "It doesn't matter."
"That's what I say, but it's not beautiful after all." Shao Xun muttered.
As the sons grow up and go on errands, they have to support staff, retainers, guards, and, if they get married, a large family.
According to the current trend of paying for one's own work, the cost is not a small amount. It is impossible to support it with that salary, and it is also difficult to manage the area under its jurisdiction because the official system is very imperfect and the finances are even more unhealthy.
To put it simply, if you don’t have a mine at home, don’t be an official, because you won’t be able to support the people under you.
But if you become an official, it will be difficult for your family to have a mine.
Some people have mines at home, but not enough, so they need the support of the entire family. Correspondingly, you need to support the entire family.
This is a medieval characteristic and must be tasted.
What Lu Xun said is correct. Until the court's income is abundant and it can support more officials and improve the official system, you can only rely on your own money to support people and make up for the shortcomings of the system for the court.
Guan Lang used to be in Zuo Guoyuan and supported himself, so this was not a big problem, but if there was an intersection with Xihe, Kelan and Shanyu Dufu, the cost would increase sharply.
"Guan Lang hasn't gotten married yet. Let Liuhuayuan be handed over to the Shaofu. I'll let the Shaofu spend some money." Shao Xun said.
"That's fine." Lu Xun nodded and said.
"Lang, I'll stay with your mother in Beijing for a few days, and then return to Zuo Guoyuan. If you want to travel far, bring enough guards." As he said that, Shao Xun couldn't help but ask: "Zuo Guoyuan's young man, have you ever practiced?
"
"I have practiced." Shao replied: "Practice thirty days every year."
"What about other than that?"
"There are still a hundred people on the Youzhou Tuqi, and they are training on their own."
"Is the equipment complete?"
"Human armor, vest, and bow are all complete."
"It's not like you don't know how to ride a horse and do archery. You need to practice with them. Don't always rely on your uncle's family." Shao Xun said seriously: "The things your uncle gives you are yours. If you don't practice with them, who will you listen to in the future?"
?Take all the families of these hundred people to Lishi and give them land."
"yes."
"Go back." Shao Xun waved his hand and said.
Shao bowed and resigned.
"You scared me just now." Lu Xun complained.
Shao Xun said helplessly: "What I entrusted him with is a serious job, one of the three things I care most about in my life, but you - a truly loving mother has many failures!"
"I only have a son——" Lu Xun said quietly.
Shao Xun wanted to say something, but was speechless.
The beauty that made him so anxious back then is gradually getting older and no longer looks as good as before.
Now, he is indeed more attracted to fresh and tender flesh.
He doesn't have much conscience, but he still has some.
Xun Niang once brought him unparalleled happiness, and he still likes to eat the food she cooked.
He gently grabbed her hand and said, "Come for a walk with me."
"After the founding of the country, I will patrol the north and south to let Li Yuan in the world know that there is a new king." Shao Xun said: "At that time, we will go to Guangchengze Liuhuayuan to have a look. I went to Liuhuayuan for the first time that year and ate
The food you cooked is still fresh in my memory to this day."
"When Hua Nu brought you here, I was shocked." Lu Xun covered his mouth and smiled, saying: "My eyes were as bright as a cat at night, and she always looked at me secretly. I almost regretted it at that time.
Where did this vulgar warrior come from?"
"How can that happen?" Shao Xun said awkwardly.
Lu Xun didn't answer, but gently held his hand, looked up at the sky, and said, "The sky is so beautiful today. In the old days, on the long embankment of Guangchengze, I held the naked Guan Lang and walked
Let's go. In the blink of an eye, he has grown up.
The first time he called you grandpa, you smiled from ear to ear. Listening to the woman's soft words, Shao Xun also had some memories,
After a long time, he sighed softly.
Chapter completed!