Chapter Ninety-Nine: The First Bloom of the Sunflower (1)
Autumn is a very important season for ink artists.
A lot of things need to be solved when the autumn event is over and the ink makers get together.
But for the autumn event, the ink artists are not worried.
If it weren't for the right persuasion to wait until the time for the Chu people to attack the Song Dynasty before making drastic changes, the Mo Scholars would now use extremely radical methods.
The obstacles of the little Peiyi were no deterrent to the gathered ink scholars, they only cared about the forces outside of Peiyi.
Before autumn comes.
The sunflower seeds planted all over Peiyi have already appeared to have flower bones, and the strange crops that have been planted have also stretched out their graceful bodies to reveal attractive fruits.
Shangqiu rushed a group of ink scholars, and more than 30 members of the Craftsmen's Guild who were close to the righteousness of the ink scholars arrived in Peiyi in July.
In addition to some wooden tools, he also brought 200 sets of leather armor for defending the city.
These were originally stored in the ink workshops of Shangqiu, but now they have all been brought over.
The spirits that were transferred to the Qi State were first replaced by cattle and horses, and they were driven to Peiyi. The cattle and horses purchased by Wu Mabo and others in Sanjin are also on their way.
The inkers from Qi, Lu, Wei and other places who did not participate in the last gathering of inkers will all gather in Peiyi before August this time, and those who do not arrive within the time limit will be treated as those who quit the ink.
Unlike the previous gatherings, this time the inkers had some money, and they would give a small amount of money to those who came to the gathering for their own use, or teach their families how to grind soy milk and make wheat flour, and support the family's expenses with handicrafts.
In the village communities outside of Peiyi, those ink people who went deep into the village community, with methods similar to those suitable for Shangqiu village communities, with more abundant resources, and with their love as ink artists, with the help of the last witch blessing incident to disguise the ghosts and ghosts, won the trust of the people, and gradually usurped the central position of the autonomous power of the village community.
Each village is different, and everyone uses their own different ways.
For example, the bone craftsman who was asked about the word "cake" before leaving, and his starting point in going deep into the village community was much easier than that of Shi in Shangqiu.
At the very least, when he came to the village community, he had money in his hand, and he didn't need to be attached to anyone to starve to death.
Soon after, the inkmen brought salt in wheelbarrows or wagons, and the bonesmith weaved together five or ten households in the village according to the agreed words, and went deep into each house to check the population of each family.
The inkman who sent the salt left the wheelbarrow ink cart, and the bone maker used this ink cart to start his career of "doing small things and gathering people's hearts".
or whose farm tools are broken, and he uses his excellent bone grinding skills to make a new one; Or someone who needs to repair the house, and he uses an ink cart to help push the soil; Or if someone is lonely and widowed, he will send some food.
Learn to be appropriate, tell stories at night and gather people to listen; All kinds of strange seeds, talk about the paradise of heaven; Share the 200 words you have learned and share the simplest dozen to teach those children.
The toilets were to be dug and were originally just meant not to get sick and clean. In the art of defending the city, the ink master also attached great importance to the toilet, and those who committed crimes were not enough to kill their heads had to clean the toilet as punishment.
But one day, with the loud noise of Pei Zezhong's life, the toilet has become more than just a compost and a clean function, and has become the first purposeful and necessary task for the ink workers who go deep into the village community.
Fortunately, in the previous Wuzhu incident, the identity of the ink artist usurped the trust of the village community in Wuzhu, and Lu Hua and others shuttled through various villages to show those villagers some treatable diseases, and the matter of digging the toilet was quickly completed.
In accordance with the orders of the giant, the bone maker never mentioned the sacrifice in the village community, but only talked about the future life, the seeds that changed life, and the righteousness of the ink man.
"The ink is a group of good people."
This is probably the evaluation of the village community on the ink people.
"The Ink Artist wants to make everyone a happy land in the world."
This is probably the village community's perception of the purpose of the Mo.
But the process, no one knows.
The inkers gave them hope, or the seeds gave them hope.
This kind of hope, with the seemingly insignificant little things done by the people in the villages, is transformed into trust day by day.
It's a small thing, but no one has ever done it.
This is an era in which soldiers who suck abscesses will give their lives as gifts, and it is also an era where a glass of wine can make people promise to kill.
So such a small thing has achieved the name of the ink artist in the village community.
The people of the village often went to see the crops planted by the bonesmith, listened to him talk about the wonder of these crops, and looked carefully at the sunflowers that grew here for the first time, hoping that one day the golden crow would perch on them.
One day when the sunflowers were blooming, the bonesmith was practicing calligraphy with a wooden stick in his small grass hut, when a two-wheeled carriage came from a distance.
The bonesmith put down the stick, and said in his heart, what is the matter?
After welcoming out, the ink man who drove the car first took out three pieces of paper and said with a smile: "This is the straw silk, Mr. said that each of the ink writers who went deep into the village community will have three sheets, and there will be three more after going back." Can write. ”
The bonesmith took the thin paper with both hands and put it away carefully, and the inkman who drove the car took out a swarthy piece of bamboo, and after the bonesmith checked it, he said, "The giant has an order, and the villages and communities prepare hay." ”
After speaking, he took out a piece of paper with words written on it, and the bone craftsman couldn't recognize it all, but he recognized the seal of the giant below, and said with a happy eyebrow: "The cow and horse are almost here?" ”
"It's pretty much the same."
The bonesmith clapped his hands and said, "Excellent! If there are cows and horses, these people will believe more. It's just that there are many villages, how to do without a supporting ploughshare? ”
The messenger laughed, "That's not your business. There were a lot of carpenters from the craftsman's association, and the fifty-fourth also came back from Chudi, and the disciples of the public loss class were already on their way. When it comes to carpenters, there is no better place in the world than here. ”
After laughing, the messenger said, "The giant said that the matter of preparing hay is not trivial. With so many cows and horses, if you don't prepare in advance, one will starve to death in winter, and one less will die. ”
The bonesmith nodded and took the order. The messenger whispered: "It's time to say, at most half a month, sunflowers will bloom everywhere." This time, the matter of witch blessings will be resolved, and it will be on August 15, when the time comes, you will inform the villages and communities, and they will gather on August 15. The people of each village must return to Peiyi once before the tenth day of the first month of August, first, to report the hay preparation, second, the situation of each village and community, and third, there are some details to be discussed. More than 10,000 people gathered and the situation needed to be controlled. ”
The messenger carefully advised: "The village community controlled by each ink writer should select those young people who are devoted to ink, who have been cured by ink, who believe in the happy land, who are the most resentful in chatting on weekdays, and who have received salt because of their poor families, and who have received salt, and who have gone to Peiyi before the tenth day of the eighth month." ”
The bonesmith wrote them down one by one, and the inkman who delivered the letter put down a bag of salt, said a few more gossips, and drove away on his own.
The bonesmith left his hut and casually called out to a child who had been learning calligraphy, poetry, and bone grinding with him on weekdays, and said, "Go and tell the people of the village that you will come here tonight to gather and discuss." Whoever can come, comes. ”
The children ran away, and by evening, most of the people in the village had arrived, men, women, and children.
Many people muttered that the sunflower was about to bloom, and some people said that they had seen the ghost fingers and sweet potatoes dug out of the ground with their own eyes a few days ago......
The bonesmith sat there and said, "There's something I want you to do." ”
Everyone said, "That's it." You ink writers always do righteousness and do nothing wrong. ”
The bone smith said: "In the afternoon, the giant has an order, and this is the season to cut and dry the grass." These days are good, and it is best for each village community to prepare some hay in advance. ”
As soon as the words fell, the villagers shouted excitedly: "Is this the cattle and horses that you ink artists said that you want to lease to us?" ”
The bonesmith didn't dare to say this kind of talk early, and he didn't tell the village people until the news of the cattle and horses was settled.
First, the inkman is trustworthy and does not speak wildly, and the bonesmith already has trust in the village community, and the village community has already been excited once when he said this, and this time he directly said that he was preparing hay, where can everyone still sit still?
One by one, they shouted loudly, thinking about the ploughshare mentioned in the happy land, the smoothness of plowing more than ten acres of land in a day, thinking about the wheat that had been successfully tried by the ink master, coupled with those strange and high-yield crops and the manure accumulated after fermentation, the trust in the ink artist was deepened a little.
The bonesmith just wanted everyone to listen to him, so he casually learned to press his hand, not wanting the whole crowd to suddenly fall silent, and a few people who didn't notice that they were still shouting were also grabbed by their clothes.
He really didn't expect that he would be able to have such prestige one day, and said to the villagers who were looking forward to a good life and were very quiet: "What does the giant mean, there are not many cattle and horses, and the ink man has limited money, so ...... Well, five or ten households help each other and share one horse. In the case of lease, the cattle and horses are ours after all, so it will be paid off in five years, and the foals born halfway will be counted as ours. ”
Where have the people in the village community encountered such a good thing? Nowadays, the interest rate of borrowing is extremely high, and this ink artist does not seem to care about the profit at all.
They don't yet understand what it is, but they feel that it is.
Some people also calmed down and asked, "It's hard to repay it in five years." ”
The bonesmith said, "Didn't I tell you?" When the time comes, there will be ink masters to guide you in planting, and what ink will be planted to harvest, can't you still trust us? When we say five years, we mean that in five years, you will not only have your own cattle and horses, but you will also have a better life than you have now, otherwise what righteousness will we do? What is the benefit of the world? But there is one thing, if you don't listen, you have to come yourself, and if you don't do it in five years, you will take it back. ”
Everyone said, "Only the stupid and stupid do not listen to the ink." ”
Seeing that everyone was in full swing, the bone maker said, "Then that's it, according to the Shiwu that was compiled before, take advantage of the good weather to mow the grass." There is only one thing, if the harvest is not enough, you will not be able to receive cattle and horses this year, otherwise you will starve to death. Remember, this is not to mow the grass for the military of the office, it is to mow for yourselves, all work hard, don't wait until the sky is cloudy and rainy. ”
Someone couldn't help but ask, "Isn't your ink guy the wings of Zhurong's blood golden crow?" Couldn't he know when it was going to rain? Besides, if you say that if you know the Heavenly Will, you can know why it rains, but don't you know that? ”
The bonesmith smiled and replied, "When you stay in Jin Wuqi, you will naturally know." Busy mowing the grass first. ”