Chapter 143: Slapped in the face
Domestic animation adventure
Almighty Cultivation Supreme
July 15, 5th year of the Apocalypse
Just when the matter of thousands of catties per mu was in an uproar, a caravan that looked very ordinary quietly came to the boundary of Nanjing. However, it is somewhat strange that this caravan did not enter the city of Nanjing, but passed by it and rushed straight towards the Jiangdong Gate Thousand Households.
This caravan was ordered by the Apocalypse to come to Nanjing to investigate Yang Feng and Cao Dazhong, headed by Li Youzhi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, and their group spent more than half a month from the capital to Nanjing under the escort of dozens of guards.
When the group crossed Mochou Lake and came to the boundary of the Jiangdong Gate Thousand Households, looking at the three-story waterwheel on the river, Li Youzhi and his party couldn't help but be stunned.
Looking at the river water flowing into the canal by the river from the waterwheel, almost everyone was amazed, and Wei Tinghe, the general envoy of the General Political Envoy Department, said in surprise while looking at the waterwheel by the river: "Today is really an eye-opener, this official has never seen such a large waterwheel, I don't know which rich gentry made these waterwheels." ”
Next to him, a royal historian named Lu Jianshen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also said: "The cost of such a big waterwheel must be expensive, it is estimated that it will not be able to take down a few hundred taels of silver, you see, the fan blades and skeleton on it are not wood or iron, and I don't know what it is made of, this thing is really a thing that benefits the country and the people." ”
Li Youzhi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, looked at the waterwheel and praised: "This official has served in the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years, and such a big waterwheel is the first time I have seen it in my life. ”
A speech official next to him interjected: "Not necessarily, maybe these waterwheels are under Yang Feng's command?" ”
"Uh......" Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. How is this possible? If even the guards can make this thing, then how rich Daming must be.
"Lord Ling is really good at telling jokes." A speech official laughed breathlessly and pointed to the waterway by the river: "If this thing is really Jiang Ningwei's thing, I will eat this waterwheel." ”
"Okay, you are all people who read the books of sages, don't discuss right and wrong behind your back." Li Youzhi still couldn't stand it, waved his hand to stop everyone, he looked around and pointed ahead: "See, there is a group of farmers plowing the land there, let's go over and ask." ”
"Right...... Go over and ask. ”
Everyone agreed in unison, and they were also curious about the person who could build such a large waterwheel. When they came to the edge of the field, they saw a group of farmers driving a few oxen to plough the fields. Li Youzhi leaned over and asked an old farmer who was sitting on the edge of the ridge smoking dry tobacco: "Old man, we are all businessmen from the capital, passing by here, I am very curious to see the big waterwheel by the river, I don't know which family and which family made these waterwheels?" ”
The old farmer put down his pipe, looked at these people, and found that they were all ordinary people before he smiled and said proudly: "A few guests are the right people, these waterwheels are not owned by others, but our Yang Qianhu...... Well...... No, it's Commander Yang now. ”
"Commander Yang?"
Li Youzhi and the others exclaimed, and Lu Jianshen on the side stepped forward and exclaimed, "You mean Yang Feng, how is this possible?" Yang Feng is just a martial artist, how could he be so kind to load a waterwheel for the military households of the Thousand Households, this shouldn't be. ”
As soon as Lu Jianshen said this, the old farmer was immediately unhappy, only to see him knock the dry tobacco in his hand on the sole of his shoe, and said coldly: "Why, do you think the old man will coax you foreigners?" ”
Seeing this, Wei Tinghe hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Old man, you are discouraged, we are not suspicious of you, we are just ......"
However, the old peasant didn't give them much face, but interrupted him with a cold face: "Since you think the old man is lying to you, then there is nothing to say, you can go!" ”
"Not ......"
"Let's go!"
Originally, I wanted to explain, but the old man didn't give any face, stuck the dry tobacco in his waist, and went to work in the field with a cold face.
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly, thinking that the youngest of these officials was also a seven-rank official, and he was also a figure in the capital, but he never thought that he would be despised by an old farmer of a thousand households after coming to Nanjing.
A guard stepped forward and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, these mud legs are really too presumptuous, the villain has arrested them in the past to make amends to the adults, right?" ”
"Shut up, it's not a shame!" Lu Jianshen, who was already in a bad mood, glared at the guard angrily and scolded, his mood was even worse. These people are now ordered to verify the big case of thousands of catties per mu reported by Yang Feng and Cao Dazhong, as Qincha, every word and deed represents the son of heaven, if they go to embarrass an old farmer in the countryside for such a reason, if the news reaches the capital, they are afraid that they will become the laughing stock of the entire Shilin.
The guard on the horse's leg could only retreat stupidly, and when he secretly raised his head to look at the adults, he found that the faces of the adults were getting more and more ugly.
After a long time, Wei Tinghe said in disbelief: "Could it be that what the old farmer said is true, these waterwheels by the river are really made by that Yang Feng?" ”
"This ......" Li Youzhi pondered for a moment, "It's not impossible, after all, the official has heard that this Yang Feng has made a lot of money every day just by selling those glass mirrors and some of Obaro's strange and obscene things for most of the past six months." Building a few waterwheels is probably not a big deal. ”
"Definitely." As if he had found an excuse, several imperial historians and officials around him also echoed their words.
Suddenly, Wei Tinghe said coldly: "Since those waterwheels were built by Yang Feng, is it possible that what he said about thousands of catties per mu is also true?" ”
The scene suddenly cooled down, this time everyone was nominally here to investigate the authenticity of the incident reported by Yang Feng and Cao Dazhong, but in fact, in the hearts of most people, Yang Feng had already been sentenced to death, in their opinion, this matter actually did not need to be investigated at all, and Yang Feng and Cao Dazhong were directly arrested and charged with bullying the king, but they were just thrown in the face by an old farmer, and their faces were still faintly painful, and they didn't dare to be as sure as before for a while.
Looking at the silent crowd, Li Youzhi, who was the representative of the Qin Mission, forcibly cheered up and pointed ahead: "Let's go...... Let's go to the front quietly, the official wants to see what the thing that claims to produce thirty stones per mu is? ”
"Right...... Ladies and gentlemen, go with us! ”
"Let's go!"
The group walked in the direction of the Thousand Households while exchanging heads......