"Li Gui, if you do this, it's very clear."

"With such an identity as the second cabinet, it's really not worth the delay here."

"If every Zhuangzi is delayed like this, I don't know when I will be able to get to Tianchengwei and Shuozhou."

"It's a similar situation in all places, I counted last year's year, I feel very poor, who knows worse this year, I have three consecutive years of Tianchengwei around the average yield per mu statistics table, but also want to do the past ten or even twenty years of calculations, I think the second cabinet may have to calculate the considerable area and people's Zhuangzi, how much stone grain can be collected at a time, so as to make a prediction for the next step of accounting the total grain figures......"

The last person to speak was a small man with a white face, who spoke softly, and seemed to lack confidence.

"Xia Xiping is right," Li Gui's eyes lit up, and he said, "The second cabinet may really think so." ”

"Not necessarily." A black boy blinked and said in a funny tone: "Maybe the second cabinet is so slow......"

"You don't joke too much."

"Well, the second cabinet is far away, let's follow."

Everyone didn't laugh when they heard the "joke", but just urged their partners to hurry up.

Li Yuchun was not very far away just now, who knows if he would hear such disrespectful words from his partner.

The old shopkeeper Zhou Fengji is highly respected, in addition to the smuggling business of the main store, in recent years, because the supply of goods is sufficient, the goods are good, so the usual business is also rising, the old shopkeeper's past contacts have also played a big role, plus the relationship between the main store and various branches, Zhou Fengji is also very well coordinated, after all, he has this prestige.

Liang Hong is concentrating on the management of the mule and horse shop and the main store of the account bureau, and has also won wide respect.

In contrast, Li Yuchun's position is more embarrassing, he usually runs outside, and the business of the main store is not in charge, and he used to be a little bit against Zhang Han's past, which makes many loyal Zhang Han people always look at him with strange eyes, these things may not be known to others, but these young people who have been studying at the core know very clearly, and some things cannot be said nonsense.

Li Yuchun still walked with his hands behind his back in front, and said a few words to the people in the village from time to time, as if he didn't hear the words of these young people behind him.

Before dark, they went to the farmhouse where they were staying, and the peasant woman was spreading oil cakes, and smoke was rising from the house.

The young men couldn't smell the smell of oil smoke, they choked, they sat on the bench outside the door and joked, the old yellow dog in the yard looked at them in a daze, the small courtyard was not big, there was a chicken pen in the southwest corner, a dozen chickens were pecking at the empty space, several half-old children were crowded in the house, the little dirty faces were full of expectant expressions, they were waiting to eat.

Li Yuchun entered the house, bid farewell to the steward of the village, and sat on the corner of the pit and smoked with a flint.

Half an hour later, the peasant woman invited everyone to come in and eat.

On the table were scrambled eggs, cucumbers, picked toon sprouts mixed with salt, and the attitude of the hosts seemed to bring out a big meal.

Li Yuchun said some kind words, and then used chopsticks to pull more than half of the eggs to the host's children, the attitude of the young men did not matter, and even thought that this meal was too monotonous, after all, their food standard in Xinpingbao was basically the same as that of the archers in the barracks, but the meat intake standard was two taels a day, which was not low, that is, the standard of meat dishes for every meal.

In addition to meat, they also ate refined grains almost every meal, and they didn't suffer too much during their growth, so they were a head taller than the people at that time, and their teeth were also very good, if it weren't for Li Yuchun to point out their identities, these ordinary farmers only thought that these young people were rich young masters.

The meal was quickly finished, and the master gave up the hall to himself in the side compartment, and after dark they did not light the lamp, and the children were driven into the house, and soon they also ceased, except for the occasional barking of dogs, and the whole village was plunged into darkness, except for the occasional barking of dogs, and only the moonlight and stars in the sky shone brightly.

"It's better to be in Xinpingbao." Li Gui half lay on the pit and said lazily: "I don't eat well here, I sleep too much, and my days are boring, so I have to sleep before I get up." ”

"At this hour, it's not even eight o'clock with my uncle's clock, and we are still in class in Xinpingbao."

"I can't wait to come out and do things during class, and I feel good in class when I do things......"

A few young men spoke in a low voice, but Li Yuchun suddenly sat up, and the oil lamp in the corner of the house had not been blown out, and everyone saw him with a straight face.

"Second cabinet, let's go to sleep immediately."

Li Gui is a clever ghost, and he can see that Li Yuchun is not very happy, so he hurriedly wants to blow out the lamp.

"Don't blow out the lamp, I'll have a few words with you."

Li Yuchun waved his hand and looked at several attachés.

Several of the young men were a little nervous, looking at him with blank eyes.

"You are not from rich and noble families...... Li Yuchun's words were dry, he said a word first, swept the corners of his eyes again, and then lowered his head to make a fire and eat cigarettes, and there was a clicking sound in the room.

After lighting the cigarette, he said: "Now that your life has passed, each family not only has good food and shelter, but also money, and it is because the proprietor has brought you that there is such a good life, so you must not forget your roots." ”

Xia Xiping said: "We have never forgotten the kindness of the proprietor, and we dare not forget. ”

"Hmm." Li Yuchun nodded and said, "The account you calculated is good on the surface, but if you don't forget the original, the account is not calculated like this." ”

He said to the people, "Arise, every man, and come with me to the stove." ”

Everyone didn't know his intentions, but they didn't dare to disobey, so they all hurriedly went down to the pit and followed Li Yuchun to the stove.

Li Gui was clever, came over with an oil lamp, and when he arrived at the stove, it was really dark, Li Yuchun saw him come with an oil lamp, nodded slightly, but did not praise loudly, he lifted the lid of the pot between the stoves, pointed to the pot and said, "Look, what is this?" ”

Xia Xiping picked one up, pinched it, and said, "This is steamed with miscellaneous grains and wild vegetables." ”

"Yes." Li Yuchun said: "The miscellaneous grains are exchanged for wheat, and the account you calculated is here." In addition, the rest of the grain is taken to exchange for miscellaneous grains, there are wild vegetables from spring to autumn, wild vegetables are eaten less in good years, and some meat can be eaten, and refined grain is also eaten more, like the current several consecutive years are a famine year, there have been many displaced people fleeing, each family can not go out to beg for food or sell houses and land is lucky, and dare to eat refined grain? It is true that a family has five stones of grain, but each family can leave at most half a stone, give some to the children during the New Year's Festival, and sell the rest to us, and eat coarse grains and wild vegetables by themselves, why? Because the price we give has always been fair, because we do things according to our conscience, and we don't mess with those cats and dogs who fight big and small, so people believe us. You should watch more, listen more, learn more, and do things carefully, so that the proprietor spends so much money to support you for your study, and there is meat and vegetables every day! ”

"Second cabinet, we understand." Li Gui covered his face and squatted down: "I am still from a craftsman's family, and I used to live the same life as them, and I have only lived a good life for a few years, I am really confused." ”

Xia Xiping's eyes were also red, and he said: "Second cabinet, the account was originally calculated like this, it turned out that we could collect two thousand stones for such a Zhuangzi, I really understand." But I'd rather we could collect a few hundred stones less, and they could keep a few hundred more stones, so that they could eat a few times every few days. ”

"You baby is kind," Li Yuchun sighed and said: "Our proprietor is also kind, in fact, according to the current year and situation, ordinary small and medium-sized grain merchants are not able to come, and small and medium-sized landlords can't hold on, our proprietor is benevolent, this is still a high price to collect, in fact, the worse the year, the more difficult everyone's life is, but it can lower the price of grain." ”

In fact, normal grain merchants are as Li Yuchun said, the more bad the year, the more desperately to suppress the price of grain before the summer tax, and then slowly rise all the way, when selling grain, the price of grain is low and scary, and then the green and yellow do not accept to buy grain to eat, and the result is that the price of grain is high and scary.

In this way, it is equivalent to the government using a whip method to help the merchants and gentry and landlords to exploit the common people, and even the small and medium-sized landlords can not bear this kind of play, and a large number of small and medium-sized landlords went bankrupt at the end of the Ming Dynasty, mainly concentrated in the provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan, which were severely affected by natural disasters.

Li Guidao: "Alas, I hope that in a few years, everyone will be able to get better, and everyone will have a better life." ”

Li Yuchun said: "I used to think like this, pointing to God to enjoy food, but now it seems that God is unreliable, and I still have to rely on myself." I have been to the boundary of northern Shaanxi, except for God, no one can do anything, dozens of miles may not be able to see a river, we are still good here after all, there are many rivers, there is a lot of groundwater, whether it is to use a big water truck to divert water or to dig a well, as long as there is a heart or can lead water, there is a harvest. Our Lizhuang area, as long as it is the owner's field, the average harvest of dry land is about three and a half stones, and the paddy field is five to seven stones. ”

"It has to be led by someone like the proprietor, who is willing to pay a few thousand taels of silver to repair the waterwheel and change the canal?"

"Even if someone wants to do it, they can't resist the difference in people's hearts."

"It's not just about water diversion." Xia Xiping was very concerned about these things, he said: "There are also various methods of digging deep ditches in the field, raising fertility, using cooked manure, and selecting and breeding, all of which were taught by that Kong Minxing, without him, the yield would not have gone up so much." ”

"Hmm." Li Yuchun took a puff of cigarette, the cigarette butt flickered with fire, and he said in an approving tone: "Xia Xiping, I remember you, you are really willing to think hard about things." You are good material, and I will recommend to the proprietor that you go to the archers' side. ”

"Thank you for the second cabinet's praise." A flush flashed across Xia Xiping's face, and his body trembled with excitement.

Xia Xiping's physical fitness is average, and many young men expect to be selected into the archer team in the future and be able to be an officer directly with their qualifications. When the archers are not as good as the border army, Zhang Han has always paid great attention to the casualty rate of the archers, and the battlefield treatment is also very timely...... In the eyes of the young people, they usually work together to train and run, and learn some military things, which is no more tiring than they are learning things in Xinpingbao, and if they can be selected as officers, it is of course the best thing.

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