The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

The experimental field is actually not far from the city. You can get there by passing through the city gate and walking for a while.

There are several villages here that are the "suppliers" of vegetables for the county town.

So this place is richer than ordinary villages, at least much richer than Big Bird Village where only birds shit.

Sunshan’s “Rice Experimental Field Base” is located on the way from several villages to the county seat.

There are so many people coming and going here that the villagers can hear clearly any slight movement.

At the beginning, when the Sun family guards surrounded this piece of land, the nearby villagers had already come to gossip about it. After asking around, they lost interest when they heard that it was used to grow rice.

Everyone has rice, and everyone knows how to grow it. So why the hell fence it off?

The villagers gossiped for a while and then dispersed, continuing with their business.

Gradually, as the Sun family guards were busy here, watching for twelve hours a day, the villagers' quiet gossip hearts rose again.

Just plant rice and fence it off, but why do you have to squat here all day and night and even build a shed next to it to watch over it?

The idle and curious villagers came over to inquire, but the Sun family guards had a very poor learning ability. After studying for so long, they could only utter a few simple words of the local dialect.

Fortunately, there were many smart people among the crowd, and they were able to piece together what the Sun family guards were going to do.

It turns out that they were just growing rice, and they came here to look after it because they were afraid that someone would come and destroy it.

The villagers rolled their eyes when they heard this. Why would they destroy the rice, especially since the cost of doing so would be very high?

Intentionally damaging other people's crops is a serious crime, and damaging official crops is an even more serious crime.

According to the Daqian Code, anyone who abandons or destroys other people's belongings or cuts down trees or crops will be charged with theft. Losing or accidentally destroying official property will be punished by three levels.

Therefore, anyone who burns other people’s fields and accumulated goods shall be punished with 100 strokes of the cane and three years’ imprisonment.

For intentional destruction of crops, the sentence is determined based on the value of the crops, converted into the amount of theft. The minimum penalty is thirty beatings with a stick, and the maximum is one hundred beatings and three years of imprisonment.

Anyone who intentionally sets fire to crops shall be punished with 100 strokes of the cane and three years’ imprisonment, regardless of the size of the loss.

If one intentionally destroys official crops or grain fields used for sacrifices, the crime will be more serious and may even be considered "endangering the country", which can be punishable by death.

Although the villagers are uneducated, they still understand the basic rules of social operation and will not damage other people's crops unless it is absolutely necessary.

The villagers couldn't help but roll their eyes when they saw that the Sun family guards were guarding the fields for twelve hours.

It's not something precious, so is there any need to be so cautious?

As the rice fields thrived, the villagers didn't think there was anything unusual at first, but gradually they discovered that something was very wrong.

How come the rice in Mr. Sun’s so-called “rice experimental field base” is so much better than theirs?

Many curious people came to ask about it, but at this stage they were just asking and didn't think much about it.

The villagers didn't react until the rice ears emerged and the millet formed grains.

They felt that Mr. Sun’s rice not only grew better than theirs, but also produced more and fuller grains.

No one asked questions out of curiosity anymore, but instead secretly observed what methods the Sun family guards used to make the rice grow well.

The experienced and quick-witted villagers gradually discovered that Mr. Sun's family used a kind of fertilizer they didn't know what it was on their rice.

I saw them pulling out bags of rice one by one and spreading them into the fields little by little, and then the rice grew better.

Sun Shan's rice experiment this time was much larger in scale than the vegetable experiment. The control group was not set up acre by acre, but piece by piece.

Therefore, after using bird droppings, the rice field grows taller and thicker than the ones next to it, and the threshed grain is heavier than the ones next to it.

Anyone with a sharp eye can see that this rice field is unique.

The villagers in the nearby villages naturally saw it, and they tried to hold it back until they could no longer bear it.

Seeing that the Sun family guards were preparing to apply fertilizer again, he couldn't help but jump out and ask directly about the situation.

If it was a business secret, they would feel embarrassed to ask, but if it was a question like how many more buckets of food rations could be harvested from the fields, they would come to ask no matter how confidential it was.

It’s not that the villagers don’t want to find out the news quietly, but they really can’t figure out what the villagers are throwing into the fields in sacks.

So I had to muster up the courage to come over and ask.

When Sun Shan and his companions arrived at the "Rice Experimental Field Base", they saw groups of villagers surrounding Sun Dalang and Sun Erjie.

There was a lot of noise and it was very lively, just like a market.

County Magistrate Wang, who was following Sun Shan, saw the dense crowd and couldn't help but ask, "Sir, what are these villagers doing?"

Don’t ask why we know they are villagers. Just look at the way they dress and you will know they are farmers.

Sun Shan expected that someone would come to inquire about the news, but he didn't expect so many people to come.

Judging from the situation, doesn’t it mean that all the villagers who can come have come?

There are 80-year-old white-haired old men and women above, and a baby in a baby carrier below.

There were so many people, young and old, men and women, it made one's scalp tingle.

At this time, the lackeys brought by County Magistrate Wang came into play. They wielded wooden sticks and shouted loudly: "You rude and unruly people, what are you doing? This is the government's land, what are you doing here? Get out of here immediately."

Look at the way he walks forward in a swaggering manner, and the way he waves the big stick, he is a complete gangster.

Not to mention seeing their appearance, I would even stay away from them when I hear their voices.

Sun Shan glanced stealthily at County Magistrate Wang, who was standing straight and straight, with an air of taking it for granted.

Emma, ​​this is the impression that a local tyrant has.

It's not that Sun Shan is rigid, but that the native Wang Xiancheng reinforces Sun Shan's rigidity.

If a local tyrant doesn’t look like this, he is not called a local tyrant.

Compare it with the Sun family guards.

Tsk tsk~~~A rookie who looks simple and kind-hearted. He can fight against bandits, but he really needs more training to deal with villagers.

County Magistrate Wang's servants quickly scolded the villagers and made them stand far away.

It is easier to deal with locals than locals. If Sun Shan asked the villagers to go away, it would be useless even if he shouted at the top of his lungs.

The villagers were asking the Sun family guards where the sacks of so-called fertilizer came from and whether they were effective.

Before I could ask for the answer, someone hit me on the back with a stick, and it hurt so much that I almost cried.

Just as he was about to curse, he turned around and saw that it was the servant of the "bully" Wang Xiancheng.

The "fragrance" that was about to be spit out was immediately swallowed back into the stomach, and he dared not say anything.

It's possible that the villagers in Da Niao Village said they didn't know the lackey of County Magistrate Wang, but there was no way the villagers in the nearby villages didn't know him.

He immediately didn't dare to fight back, for fear of offending the Wang family and making it difficult for him to survive in Yuanlu in the future.

The Wang family's business is spread all over Yuanlu, and I have to carry vegetables to the city to sell. If I offend them, my business will be ruined in no time.