"Coo coo coo, coo coo coo …" On a mountain behind Zhangjia Zhuangzi, Cherries and a few people were calling the chickens to come over and eat. Cherries found that since the chickens were moved to the mountain, they needed less food every day.
Some of the chickens could find food anywhere on the mountain. What's more, some unlucky insects would be accidentally eaten by the chickens. The chickens grew better than before.
Thinking of this, Yingtao admired the young master and the young lady once again. Even though she had admired them for a long time, she still admired them for saving food. Another thing was that the young master and the young lady actually sold the small eggs at a higher price than the big eggs. They would buy at least 50 jin of eggs each time, which would cost the buyer 12 copper coins more.
The most important thing was that people would rush to buy at such a high price. Their ability to make money was really amazing. It seemed that there was nothing in the world that the young master and his wife couldn't do.
The more Cherries thought about it, the happier she was, especially now that she was in charge of so many chickens. The young master said that each place would keep the accounts separately. At the end of the year, whoever earned more would get more rewards.
The most important thing was not the rewards, but the young master said that whoever got more rewards would be more capable. In the future, the young master could give more important things to this person to do.
As long as she worked hard to raise the chickens, the young master and his wife Cuckoo would arrange to sell them. At that time, she would definitely be better than others. Who said that girls were inferior to boys? Parents always praised the younger brother. Let's see who they praised this time.
Cherries thought about it and laughed. A girl beside her touched her curiously, "Sister Cherries, what are you laughing at?"
"Hmm? I'm laughing. I'm laughing. In the future, when the eggs are ready to be hatched, I'll hatch more and give them to the farmers in Zhuangzi. At that time, every family can live a good life and their children can grow white and fat. "Cherries laughed again.
"Yes, they can live a good life. This is all because of Sister Cherries. The young master is really good at judging people. The people around him have so many things to do and they can do them well. The young master and his wife are really immortals." The girl said again.
"Don't always mention this. In fact, the young master and his wife also have times when they are worried. But every time they are worried, they can think of a good solution. In fact, we are all taught by the young master. It's the same who is with the young master."
Yingtao glared at the girl and modestly said. This young lady was also from the inner courtyard. If it was an outsider who said such things, Yingtao would have investigated who leaked the information.
The girl stuck out her tongue in fear, "Sister Cherries, I swear that I will bury this matter in my heart and won't tell anyone. Without the young master and his wife, our good days will come to an end. We won't be able to find a master who is so good to us."
"Hmm, hurry up and feed the chickens. These chickens eat so much all day. When the time comes, we can kill them to eat. I heard the young master and his wife say that when we have more money, we will build a school so that the two children in Zhuangzi can read and write."
Cherries poured down half a bucket of feed and thought about the future in Zhuangzi.
The girl also nodded, "Yes, it's very good now. They found two doctors who stayed in Zhuangzi. One specializes in treating people, and the other is in treating livestock. The day before yesterday, I felt a little dizzy, so I went there and got a prescription. When I came back, I drank it. I didn't spend a penny. They said it was the young master's money. Everyone in the inner courtyard is like this.
The farmers seem to have to spend some money themselves. I heard from the housekeeper that the farmers don't need to spend money in the future, but they have to pay a part of the annual harvest. This part of the money is used to take care of everything. They will treat the sick, bury the dead, and even build houses in the future. "
"Then you have to do things properly in the future. If you really make a mistake, others won't be able to protect you even if they want to. In a while, send these eggs to the warehouse and sell them to those people." Cherry said seriously as he carried the empty bucket back. Today's meal was more or less over.
*****
Qizhou, Linyou County.
People came and went on the streets. The restaurants and inns were very noisy. On this day, three people came here carrying a heavy thing and directly found a blacksmith shop.
"Shopkeeper, do you still care about carpentry?" One of the three people asked.
"Yes, my son specializes in carpentry. Are the three of you going to make something?" One of the blacksmiths stopped what he was doing and wiped away the sweat on his forehead with his hand and asked with a smile.
"Yes, make something like this for us." The three people said and took out the thing wrapped in cloth and showed it to the blacksmith.
"This … is this a plow? Why have I never seen it before? " The blacksmith was puzzled. No wonder the three people wanted carpentry. This plow was made of iron and wood.
"Yes, it is a plow. This plow is called a curved shaft plow. It was made by our Sanshui County Magistrate. It works very fast and is several times faster than a normal plow. It is even faster when people pull it than when animals pull it. The plow is also very deep. I have two relatives here who bought one in Sanshui County and made another one here.
In this way, one or two of my relatives have one. When I came here, I saw a lot of fields that haven't been plowed. It's too slow. Sanshui County has already done it. Some of them have been plowed twice. Our County Magistrate is awesome, right? "
The man continued talking. When he talked about the County Magistrate, he straightened his back and raised his head as if the County Magistrate was his father.
"Really? Which County Magistrate is your County Magistrate? He cares about this kind of thing? " The blacksmith was attracted by the man's words. Thinking that he also had relatives whose fields hadn't been plowed, he thought he could make one for them.
"How can it be fake? Our County Magistrate's surname is Cheng, his name is Ling Xiang, and his courtesy name is Anran. He is a good County Magistrate. Let me tell you, in order to let us do the spring plowing well, the County Magistrate doesn't eat or drink … "
The man didn't stop talking about the County Magistrate. He started from the auspicious signs and then talked about the County Magistrate sending food and oil to the poor people during the New Year. Then he talked about the curved shaft plow. He perfected Song Jinggong's words and exaggerated them even more.
As he talked, more and more people gathered around. The other two men who came with him were afraid that some people didn't hear everything, so they went to the side and talked to a group of people. As they talked, they made gestures and pushed the curved shaft plow in front of the crowd to let them have a good look. They also introduced the benefits of the plow over and over again.
After the people around remembered it, they handed it to the blacksmith and said that they would come to pick it up at night. It was a total of 60 coins. They paid on the spot. After leaving the plow, the three of them each found a restaurant to eat.
When they arrived at the restaurant, they joined in the crowd. After a few words, they began to talk about the curved shaft plow and talked about the County Magistrate. They also pointed out which blacksmith shop was making it.
After eating in the restaurant, they didn't waste any time and went to the teahouse to drink tea. They didn't even drink the free tea in the restaurant. They drank the tea from the teahouse set up by the roadside. The same words were said by the three of them again.
However, before night fell, different versions of the story began to appear in Qizhou's Linyou County. Some said that the County Magistrate of Sanshui County only came up with the plow after his hair turned white overnight. Some said that the County Magistrate of Sanshui County was so thin that he was only skin and bones. He was so touched that he told the story in a dream.
The story of the curved shaft plow was also amazing. Some said that a person could pull it faster than two oxen. Some said that as long as the plow was put on the ground, it could plow by itself.
No matter which one it was, they all connected the plow with County Magistrate Cheng of Sanshui County. When the plow was mentioned, people would think of County Magistrate Cheng. When people talked about County Magistrate Cheng, people would talk about the curved shaft plow.
When night fell, the three of them came to the blacksmith shop again. The blacksmith was already waiting there. He handed the plow to the three of them and watched them walk away. The blacksmith closed the door, pulled his son, and carried his two large curved shaft plow to his relative's house.
The three of them didn't take the curved shaft plow to their relative's house. Instead, they turned around and left for the next county.
The blacksmith and his son each sent the two plows to their relative's house. They also told their relative what they had heard during the day. When the relative heard it, he couldn't help it. He didn't care that it was already late and took the curved shaft plow to the fields. Some curious neighbors also followed behind.
The blacksmith's son pulled at the front while the relative controlled the plow from behind. After walking a few steps, he got used to the plow's speed. The blacksmith's relative was very happy. On the way back, he asked people to send food and wine to his house. He said that he wanted to have a good drink with the blacksmith.
The neighbors couldn't stay still. They wanted to share what they had seen with everyone they knew.
Early the next morning, people who heard the news came to the blacksmith's relative's house. When they heard that they had gone to the fields early in the morning, they hurriedly went to the fields. When they arrived, they saw that there were already many people watching. There were even people who exclaimed from time to time.
Just like this, a few days later, people in the counties around Sanshui County knew that there was a new type of plow called the curved shaft plow. They also knew that this plow was made by County Magistrate Cheng of Sanshui County. Many of the farmers in the counties who had late spring plowing began to make this type of plow.
When the county magistrates of the counties saw that this plow had such a great effect, they also paid attention to it. Many memorials were sent to their superiors. When the people in the counties saw that this plow didn't belong to their county, they didn't want to fight for the credit. They also reported this situation to the capital.
The officials of Feng County originally wanted to drag it out with County Magistrate Cheng until he couldn't hold on any longer and gave up the credit. They didn't expect that this matter would suddenly spread to the Capital's Land Administration and the Ministry of Works. The officials of the two ministries even told each other, causing all the departments to know about this big matter.
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