Chapter 21: Yun Zhao's Invitation

Zhang Chunliang disconnected the mechanism, and the rotating hydraulic lathe slowly stopped rotating.

Use a brush to brush off the iron filings in the barrel, measure the inner diameter of the barrel with a caliper, remove the chuck, and hang the barrel with thick hemp rope to remove it from the lathe.

Placed upright on the wooden shelf, the wooden shelf has three fulcrums, he moved the fulcrum with his hand, and found that each fulcrum was load-bearing, so he was relieved.

However, if there is one fulcrum that cannot bear the weight, the barrel will be slightly deformed after being placed on the two fulcrums for a long time.

Zhang Chunliang never allowed the barrel of the cannon from his own hand to be flawed.

There was no problem with the previous two hundred and sixty-two barrels, so there could be no problems with the next one, and even the future ones.

It was too hot in the workshop, so I just moved and my whole body was soaked with sweat.

After lifting the kettle and pouring it with cold boiled water, the sweat came out more and more, and after this wave of hot sweat went out, the body suddenly cooled a lot.

I didn't sleep all night last night, and as soon as I sat down, I was very sleepy.

In the distance, the hammer was still rattling endlessly, indicating that no new barrel had been forged.

After sleeping in a daze for a while, he was woken up, and he looked over in a daze, and the chief steward of the workshop stood in front of him, and Zhang Chunliang's sleepiness suddenly disappeared.

"What's the matter, there's a new life?"

He Liang looked at Zhang Chunliang with a smile and clasped his fists with both hands and said, "Congratulations, congratulations." ”

Zhang Chunliang smiled: "Have you raised your salary? ”

He Liang said: "It's a bit promising, you already have the highest craftsman's salary, and your family is also living well, why can't you get out of your eyes every day?" ”

Zhang Chunliang said: "If you don't have money, you let me drink the northwest wind, we are a group of coolies, apart from money, what else can we expect?" ”

He Liang frowned and said, "What about your labor medal?" ”

Zhang Chunliang said angrily: "Copper, not gold." ”

He Liang shook his head regretfully and said, "Good things are given to dogs." ”

Zhang Chunliang said: "Don't use broken copper and iron to fool me in the future, see me work hard, and raise my salary is better than those vain things." ”

He Liang said angrily: "You deserve to be a coolie for a lifetime." ”

Zhang Chunliang said: "Lao Tzu was originally a coolie. ”

He Liang looked up to the sky and sighed: "Heaven is unfair. ”

As he spoke, he stuffed an invitation card in his hand into Zhang Chunliang's hand, and said sullenly: "The county invites you to enter Chang'an City in September next year to discuss the plan!" ”

Before He Liang's words could be spoken, Zhang Chunliang's hand trembled, and the invitation card fell from his hand like a piece of red-hot iron.

Looking at the invitation card that fell to the ground, Zhang Chunliang said: "Why me, not you scholars?" ”

He Liang picked up the exquisite invitation card from the ground and put it in Zhang Chunliang's hand and said: "You are the winner of the Lantian Labor Medal, you are qualified, I am just a steward, a scholar, and I am not qualified to ascend to the palace and discuss business affairs with all the people in Lantian with me." ”

After speaking, He Liang left the workshop with some loss.

Zhang Chunliang looked at the exquisite invitation card in his hand and muttered to himself: "Let me be a coolie to discuss state affairs with the ministers, isn't this harmful to me......

Such invitations are naturally of infinite use in the hands of officials, but in the hands of craftsmen and farmers, they become a hot potato.

No one knows what to do, and no one knows what they should say when they meet the ministers of the Lantian Political Affairs Hall, or they should use that foot to step into the door of the Political Affairs Hall first......

Han Lingshan and Zhang Guozhu had long expected this kind of situation, and they vaguely reminded Yun Zhao, but Yun Zhao seemed to be very indifferent.

Always show an expected boldness.

The wheat in Lantian County has been harvested, and millet has just been planted in the field, which is considered a gap in farming.

Peng Da came back from the vegetable field, there was still a bundle of sweet potato leaves hanging on the hoe, he was going to take it home and cook it with garlic paste, just this fresh sweet potato leaf, drink some wine to relieve fatigue.

When he came out of the field, he washed his feet in the ditch, put on his shoes and walked home, and saw his cattle grazing on the edge of the canal, while his little son was gone.

The scalper's stomach was round, and Peng Da cursed, then pulled up the cow peg and led the ox home.

Nowadays, there are not many Lantian people like him who serve the crops wholeheartedly, and he looks down on those who go to work for a little money.

When the catastrophe came, the first to starve to death were these bastards who only knew money and did not grow crops.

For this reason, he had a quarrel with his eldest son who wanted to go outside the caravan yesterday.

The unfilial son actually said that he didn't want to find food in the land, and he wanted to make a lot of money.

Grandpa Tian, the family has 26 acres of land, 6,000 catties of wheat, 1,000 catties of beans, more than 5,000 catties of potatoes, 400 catties of rapeseed, and millet has just been planted.

The more Peng Da thought about it, the more sour his heart became, and he couldn't help but sing in a low voice: "The arm of the carrot, the leg of the white radish, why can't I keep you in such a good place......"

The eldest son can't stop it, his unsuccessful uncle has made a lot of money outside the mouth for many years, this time, the mother-in-law of the family also wants her son to go, and his words are really useless.

Seeing that he had arrived at the door, he untied the cow rope, and the big yellow cow did not need to be driven away, so he walked into the cattle pen, obediently lying on the hay hill, and continued to eat hay without a mouthful.

Peng Da pushed open the door and saw a man in a green shirt sitting under the eaves, shaking a fan and talking to his eldest son.

There is only one person who can sit under the eaves of his house for such a long time, and let his wife and doll serve around him, and that is the doll sent by the academy.

When the mother-in-law saw Peng Da coming in, she hurriedly greeted him, took the hoe and sweet potato leaves from his shoulder, pointed to the young man under the eaves and said, "Zhou Lichang has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Peng walked over with a smile, sat on the steps and said, "Why did the chief remember to come to my house, but I can't invite you on weekdays." ”

Zhou Yuan, who was talking about Lantian City with his eldest son, said with a smile: "Your family is wealthy, you live a careful life on weekdays, and you are not a person who likes to make trouble, wouldn't I come to your house to disturb you to live a good life?"

If you don't come today, you can't do it. ”

As he spoke, he stood up and saluted Peng Dashi: "The county respects and invites Uncle Peng to come to Chang'an City in September next year to discuss important matters!" ”

While speaking, he took out a beautiful invitation card from his arms and handed it to Peng Da with both hands.

Peng Da is different from Zhang Chunliang, he has seen Yun Zhao, and Yun Zhao has also come to his house, so he was not panicked, and took the invitation with both hands and said suspiciously: "The county invited me to discuss state affairs?" What do I know? What ideas can you give to the county? ”

Zhou Yuan looked enviously at the gold-painted invitation in his hand and said, "I don't know about this, but ah, there are no more than ten farmers in Lantian County who have received this kind of post."

When selecting characters this time, Uncle Peng met all the conditions, one of them, you are a real farmer, and you are a well-known good skill.

Second, you are a regimental trainer and have entered the Qinling Mountains to fight against bandits.

Third, you have contributed more than 100,000 catties of grain to Lantian over the years.

Judging from these three points, you are the most suitable candidate, and other people's families basically don't farm anymore, so they can't be regarded as farmers. ”

Peng Da looked down at his invitation, then glanced at his son and said, "The county lord wants to invite me to Chang'an for a drink?" ”

Zhou Yuan said with a smile: "The meeting time is not short, and there are naturally a few banquets in between. ”

"Is the county leader who ran the caravan invited?"

"As far as I know, the businesses that can be invited by the county are all big businesses, and ordinary people may not be able to."

Peng Da laughed and said: "Look, even the county respects us who farm, and we refuse to farm one by one, if we encounter a disaster year, no one will give you heat when we go to eat."

This time, I met with the county honor, and if nothing else, I wanted to talk about the fact that the farmers were unwilling to farm.

Let the county take care of those bastards who don't do good things, and it's best to send them to Ningxia Town to farm, and you will know the benefits of farming in Lantian.

In the year of the catastrophe, there was not enough food, and when the county respected such a noble person, when he arrived at my house, the county honored with a meal of oily spicy garlic noodles was about to cry.

I've always remembered this old man.

Without the farmer to farm honestly, the world is a fart! ”

Peng Da, who got the invitation, immediately changed to a different person, and he was very energetic when he taught his son and mother-in-law.

Zhou Yuan saw Peng Da's appearance, it was not good to continue to stay, God knows if Peng Da said that he was energetic, would he even beat him.

A small invitation card set off a monstrous wave in Guanzhong.

Through these invitations, people can easily judge who is valued by Zun Yunzhao in Lantian County.

Unfortunately, some wealthy landlords did not receive the invitation, but some craftsmen, farmers, doctors, officials, tax collectors, and merchants who had done good deeds received the beautiful invitation.

"Let's discuss state affairs—"

What a glory this is, why is it that so many poor ghosts are cheaper, but they are not taken to heart?

When these rich people hurriedly huddled together to discuss the situation they were facing, they suddenly realized that not all the rich people were not invited, but they were not invited.

"Have you ever heard of proportion?"

The rich man who got the invitation carefully took it out of his bosom, put it in front of everyone, and shook his fan to explain to these frightened companions why they did not get the invitation.

"This time, the county lord doesn't look at who has more money, so he sends invitations to whom, do you know why farmers, craftsmen, and businessmen get the most invitations?"

Some smart rich people immediately said, "Because there are so many of them!" ”

The rich man who got the invitation closed the folding fan and pointed at the rich people present with the folding fan: "That's right, you count the number of us, and then look at the number of farmers, craftsmen, and merchants.

The county is ready to give everyone a chance to speak out, which is a great kindness. ”

"If there are more poor ghosts, we will be outnumbered."

"That's right, but I'll also tell you, where did the poor ghost come from in Lantian County now? There are no more people who rely on our handouts to survive.

At this time, if you want to get better, don't shout a poor ghost on the left and a poor ghost on the right in the future, annoy them, and unite against us, and you won't have tears when you cry. ”