The sun went down, and the people who cut the grain returned to the village one after another. Because it was the first day of the autumn harvest, Du Zhongxiao specially asked the camp to allocate money and prepare wine and food to reward the villagers who participated in the labor.

The celebration site is a quasi-good grain field, with a fire lit in the middle and a few torches planted around it, which is illuminated.

Chang Wei and Qiu Shilong disdained to sit with the villagers, and Du Zhongxiao looked down on them and sat at a table alone.

Looking at the people celebrating coldly, Chang Wei said to Qiu Shilong beside him: "This magistrate is stupid, and I don't know how to get into the Jinshi." This year, the new camp was set up for field affairs, and both the prime minister and the imperial court looked at how much grain they could pay, and they counted their merits accordingly. What is the use of him giving the villagers a lot of wine and meat here, buying people's hearts! Everyone said that it was good, and it was also a magistrate, would the court still ask the people if he was promoted! Isn't this wine and meat money! ”

Qiu Shilong said: "It's hard to collect grain, if you don't eat better, I'm afraid that you won't be able to do it." ”

Chang Wei sneered: "These mud legs can eat a few full meals all year round, and they are not alive and kicking one by one." It's a great kindness to be able to feed them these days, and it's crazy to have wine and meat! ”

Qiu Shilong shook his head, and he didn't distinguish with Chang Wei. He didn't know if Du Zhongxiao was doing it right, or if Chang Wei was right. The peasants who work in the fields are also human beings, and they open the fields, sow the land, harvest the grain, and eat and drink as they should. Being an official can't strip the people, and being mean is not a good reputation in officialdom. Du Zhongxiao did this, Qiu Long could understand. Chang Wei is right, the imperial court calculates merit according to the income from the camp and field affairs, and Du Zhongxiao should be careful and pay as much as possible to the state. The contradiction between the two depends on each person's choice.

But I didn't know that Du Zhongxiao didn't think about relying on the camp to invite merit, the initial purpose was to encircle and suppress Ma Meng, and he did it along the way. Now that it is doing well, everyone is staring at here, what to do with Du Zhongxiao. Many state farms are often lively for several years, and when the tax holiday passes, they quickly fall into disrepair, just because there are many people who think like Chang Wei. Thinking of asking for merit from the imperial court, it is better to be a guest to the landlord than to farm in the camp, and the people who open the fields will of course flee. Officials serve a three-year term, anyway, when they are there, they collect more food, and the credit is in hand, as for forcing people away, that is a headache for the next one. It's just that people have fled, the land is barren, and the camp and fields are reopened.

Chang Wei looked at Du Zhongxiao, sitting at the main table, pushing cups and changing lamps with Baozheng and others, and looked down on him a little. Speaking of the ability to do things, Du Zhongxiao has it, but in one year, Yingtian has become so prosperous. But when it comes to being an official, Chang Wei couldn't help but shake his head. If he had Du Zhongxiao's Jinshi background, sitting in his seat, and having the merit of camp and field work, he would definitely be able to soar to the sky. waited until the governor sent someone to inspect it, and publicized the matter early, and everyone knew about it. If there is merit, it will be promoted, and if there is a fault, it will be covered, this is the only way to survive in officialdom.

After drinking a few bowls of wine, Du Zhongxiao stopped. These days are busy, and I can't indulge. Occasionally, when I turned around, I saw Chang Wei sitting in the distance, looking here from time to time. knew that because he beat him, he hated himself very much in his heart, but Du Zhongxiao didn't care. This kind of person who has been a slave in other people's homes for many years is short-sighted, and his vision is limited to death, which is nothing more than insufficient success and more failure. With Xia Zhu's current situation, he won't do anything to Du Zhongxiao, but he still wants to take advantage of it.

Xia Zhu is not very generous, but he is not so bored as to fight with a subordinate, he also wants to make achievements in politics, he is very busy, where is he free to take care of these idle things. In Xia Zhu's view, giving Chang Wei a chance to learn the construction camp is a reward for him to follow him for many years.

Xia Zhu was born in a small military family, his father died in battle with the Khitan, and he was rewarded with three classes of messengers. When he was in the capital, he was appreciated by the prime minister Li Xin, and changed the civil official to the county master's book. Later, he should be virtuous and square, and he was born as a scholar.

From a small master book, to the current position of Bizai, Xia Zhu has risen step by step, and he does not rely on stammering people. In fact, when he was a middle-level official, he often went against Ding Wei and was suppressed. Xia Zhu has excellent literary talents, capable government affairs, and loves talents, except for his lack of achievements in the military of the northwest, he is a first-class capable official in this era.

After beating Chang Wei, Xia Zhu wrote to explain that without a word of blame for himself, Du Zhongxiao roughly understood the principle of getting along with Xia Zhu. Xia Zhu doesn't plant henchmen, and he doesn't bother to pay attention to you if you go up and slap him up yourself. But he is really capable and a talent, as long as he doesn't go against him, Xia Zhu is happy to promote.

The servants of Xia Zhu's family are messy and messy, and he is too lazy to care, he uses a lot, and there are all kinds of characters. This time, Chang Wei was not sent by Xia Zhu to do things for him, but let him study and prepare to promote him. Du Zhongxiao can see this, but Chang Wei doesn't understand. Du Zhongxiao was polite to Chang Wei, that was Xia Zhu's face, this face could not be given at any time, and Xia Zhu didn't care.

Looking at Chang Wei and the others, Du Zhongxiao secretly shook his head. People are frustrated for a while, and they are committed to begging for food, but if they recognize themselves as slaves and servants in their hearts, the world will be deformed in their eyes. Chang Wei is like this, he is used to being a slave, Xia Zhu gave him a chance to promote him, but he didn't know him clearly. With this kind of mentality, how can he become an official in the imperial court.

After drinking a few bowls of wine, Du Zhongxiao felt tired, so he got up and went back to the yamen. Seeing that Chang Wei and the three of them didn't mean to get up, they didn't bother to pay attention.

Under a torch, Liu Adaa asked An Sanlang: "San Lang, why don't you drink today?" ”

An Saburo said: "Now that the weather is fine and there is a moon at night, I want to do some work in the fields later." The sooner the grain is harvested, the better. I also planted an acre of grain on my family's land, and I thought that I would go to the field and cut some after a while. Cut a little every night, or it will be finished in a few days. ”

Liu Ah was overjoyed and said: "San Lang originally had this thought, why didn't I think of it!" Then I won't drink it anymore, and I'll go down to the ground and cut the grain in a while! ”

Each household has five acres of private land, and most of them have planted a few acres of grain, and when the village harvests grain, their own should also be harvested. In some families, the man works for the village, and the woman takes the children to work for their own family. An Saburo got married a few months ago, and he felt sorry for his new wife, so he did it all by himself.

The news spread quickly, and a dozen strong people who didn't feel too tired discussed it, and after a while, the banquet dispersed and went to work in the fields together.

When the bright moon rises and the sky and the earth are hazy, the banquet disperses. Yasuzaburo and the others raised torches and walked out of the village together. The private fields of each family are in the east of the village, close to each other, so it is convenient to work together.

Chang Wei was drunk, staggered to his feet, watched An Saburo and the others go outside the village with torches, and said, "If these birds don't go home to sleep, what are they going to do outside the village?" ”

Qiu Shilong said: "I heard them talk about it, and they said that they should take advantage of the good moonlight to go to the field to harvest their own grain. ”

Chang Wei didn't react for a while, he was stunned for a while, and suddenly said: "These birds are now working for the village, and the grain they collect is tax grain, and they work and distribute rice every day, how can they do their own work?" Ah, who doesn't want to cheat? If you do your own work, you will work hard, and when you arrive in the field tomorrow, you will inevitably be listless and unwilling to contribute. It's worth it! ”

When Qiu Shilong heard it, Chang Wei's words also made sense. If the evening is not good, it will be powerless to wait until tomorrow, who will harvest the millet in the village? As for Bao Zheng remembering how much each person received, it is even more unreliable, who knows if that old man will be selfish and deceitful.

The more Chang Wei thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and shouted: "No, no one is allowed to do private work these days!" Let's go find Baozheng! ”