Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

Wen Yu saw that he was still stubborn, so she repeated what Tang Qiao told herself before: "According to Tang Qiao, how could Lu Xiangben want to die when he was living in the academy when the stars were all over the moon?" ? Besides, Lu Xiang is also familiar with the books of sages, why would he be so rude to his adoptive father?"

Everyone thought about it carefully, yes, no matter how you think about it, these two points don't make sense.Wen Yu looked around: "Such blatant obscenity and obscenity, I believe it has not been a day or two. After the rain stops, go and check Mr. Lu's background. I believe there will be clues."

Lu Benz's face was pale, and suddenly he jumped up and rushed towards Wen Yu. Xu Jing dodged to protect Wen Yu behind him.

Wen Yu was shocked: "No! He's going to run away!" But it was too late. It could be seen that Lu Benz was very familiar with the terrain here, so he rushed to the roof in three steps at a time, and his figure was about to disappear.At this moment, a foot suddenly stretched out from beside him, and Lu Benz was tripped and fell to the ground without noticing.

I saw the postman who brought Lu Benze here before stood on the roof with a blank expression, and then lifted the mask from his face little by little, "Oh my god! It suffocated me to death. Mr. Yang, what happened to your mask after it got wet?" It's so swollen!" It turned out that the person was Tang Qiao.As early as in the afternoon, Wen Yu secretly visited Head Yang to entrust this matter. After all, Xu Jing and Tang Qiao are the only ones who are good at the entire inn. If you want to be safe, these two people must help.

Qiu Jian was Yang Touer's subordinate, and he couldn't escape the blame for his tragic death at the post station, so Yang Touer agreed to cooperate with them.At this moment, Lu Benze still wanted to get up, but Tang Qiao saw him jumping directly from upstairs, stepped on his back, and looked at him indifferently.Wen Yu ordered someone to tie him up, but later he was worried, worrying that something would happen again, and he asked Xu Jing to beat him unconscious and lock him up.

After another day, the rain finally stopped, and the Chengdu government received the news that someone came to take Lu Bence away. Before leaving, Wen Yu handed them a pleading, which described Lu Bence's crime of killing three people in a row.Wen Qiong didn't understand: "Brother, why don't you write about his perverted deeds? This kind of person should be infamous forever! This is too cheap for him!"

Wen Yu shook his head and said, "Lu Bence is well-known in Shuzhong, and many young students have listened to his lectures. If his charges are made public, many people will be criticized, and besides..." Wen Yu looked inside After a quick glance, the guards of the Chengdu Mansion were carrying out Lu Xiang's body, "Let Lu Xiang'an go quietly, he is so proud, he definitely doesn't want to have anything to do with Lu Benz, three lives, and One is an official servant, and he can be sentenced to be beheaded."

Hearing what he said, Wen Qiong also felt a heavy heart. Thinking that Lu Benz had invited him to stay at home before, she couldn't help feeling sick, but luckily she didn't go!

Although the rain had stopped at this time, the road was still muddy and it was difficult to return to Mengyang County.The three of them exhausted all their efforts and finally arrived home. At this time, Mengyang was already in a mess.Because the land of Shu itself is low-lying, the weather is not too hot now, and even after a few days of rain, the accumulated water evaporates slowly. The water in the city is below the ankle, and the countryside is even more unbearable.The inspection department was just downstream, Xu Jing was worried and planned to go back and have a look, and the three parted ways.

When Wen Yu returned to the county, Mei Hongzhi and the others rushed out to greet him. Wen Yu was away for the past few days and encountered natural disasters. They were so busy every day that they felt the importance of their adults.Wen Yu returned to the county office like the stars and the moon, and asked about the situation in the county.Mei Hongzhi smiled wryly: "Our county is pretty good. Although it's raining heavily, the people have a lot of spare money recently. They have already stockpiled some food. The city is basically stable, but the farmland in the surrounding countryside has been flooded a lot. The lower officials have already organized people to rescue them. The loss is a little bit, but it is still within the controllable range. It is other counties..."

"What happened to other counties?" Wen Yu asked.

"I heard that because of the low terrain and the riverside, the rainwater broke down the dams in the western counties, and the entire county was ruined. Not only that, but the profiteers there took advantage of the natural disaster to raise the price of grain, and the local officials didn't do anything. Now it's still Well, I’m afraid there will be riots when the people’s food is gone in a few days.” Wen Yu frowned, this is what we call eating human blood steamed buns now, aren’t you afraid of retribution?But he can't control other people's affairs for the time being. The only thing he can do now is to stabilize the prices in Mengyang. Fortunately, the large and small merchants in Mengyang have already been cleaned up by Wen Yu, so what he said still has some weight.

Wen Yu expressed his gratitude to the officials present: "Everyone has worked hard, and Mengyang is thanks to you. When this disaster is over, the county will naturally reward you a lot." The subordinates shrugged off as usual, and then exited happily , although these are originally their duties, but the salaries of Ming officials are so low, there are a few who are willing to devote themselves all day long. Fortunately, they all know that their superiors are people who are rewarded and punished, so they do their best when they do things.

Wen Yu was still not at ease, so she inspected the city herself, and found that the people in Mengyang City were indeed living well.Even if the sky is still gloomy, it can't stop the smiles on their faces.Some were unable to work because of too much water.A table was set up in the open air to gather around and play horseshoes. The children played in the water happily and complained that the water was not deep enough, otherwise they could have stayed in it for a while.Of course, this remark also attracted the scolding of the elders.In order to save candlelight, the women took the benches and sat outside to mend clothes in the light, chatting in groups of three or four.

Wen Yu was completely relieved after seeing this, and lamented that the people of Sichuan have been optimistic and open-minded since ancient times.How did he know that optimism is one thing, the most important thing is that Mengyang's prices have basically remained unchanged, the government's rescue is in place, and life is peaceful, so the people's sentiments can be stable. If it is changed to other places, it will be another look.

Chu County, Guixiang Village.Ding Rong hugged his frail wife, Shen Shi, and fed her the mush spoonful by spoonful.There was another knock on the door outside, Ding Rong gently helped Shen to lie down, and opened the door with a frown, he probably already knew who it was in his heart, and sure enough, Boss Wu and his gang stood there with smiles on their faces.Ding Rong gave them a disgusted look, and asked, "What are you guys doing here again? I told you I wouldn't join, so don't waste your time."

Boss Wu was upset, but he still pretended not to care and said, "Brother Ding, don't say that, look at the price of grain in the city, it's almost two taels of silver for a load of rice now, profiteers and officials are colluding, if we don't make trouble, why not There is a way out!"

Ding Rong didn't want to talk to them at all, but looking back at his beloved wife who was seriously ill, he asked patiently for the first time: "You're talking about making trouble, how did you make it?"

As soon as Boss Wu saw that there was a door, he immediately climbed up with a pole and said, "My brothers are going to search for it one night. When it is dark and the wind is high, we will loot those profiteers in the city together."

Ding Rong: "...and then?"

Boss Wu was triumphant: "Afterwards, we will take the gold and silver treasures and hide in the mountains, and come back to enjoy the glory and wealth after the limelight passes."

Ding Rong was expressionless. He really shouldn't have had too much hope for these people and robbed the local gentry?He might as well go and rob the Yamen!Among the famous households in Chu County, there were guards all over the place, and Boss Wu, the stinky fish and rotten shrimps, simply rushed up to give away their heads.What's more, they didn't run away immediately after the robbery, but hid in the mountains to wait for the limelight?Ding Rong said that he was going to close the door if he was not interested. At this time, the younger brothers behind Wu Boss couldn’t bear it any longer, and one of them scolded: “Master Ding, we respect that you once opened a martial arts gym and have some prestige here, so we come to invite you.” , now that you know our plan, I'm afraid we can't just let you go!"

Ding Rong sneered: "Since you know what I do, how dare you talk to me like that?" Before he could react, he stepped in front of the man and punched him in the chest.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and Boss Wu hurriedly apologized and smiled: "He is a child who is ignorant, please master Ding a lot, treat him as a fart and let him go, I am here to apologize to you."

Ding Rong didn't want to cause trouble either, so he let it go.Afterwards, he drove them away, but Ding Rong also noticed the resentful eyes of the other party, and he couldn't help being irritable. Hu Luopingyang was bullied by dogs, and these people are like toads who can't tell when they will hate you to death.When he walked into the room, his wife had already woken up, and looked at him worriedly: "Are those people coming to trouble you again? It's all because of me, I'm useless, and I'm dragging my husband down."

Ding Rong has never been convinced by anyone in his life, but he was afraid of his wife's tears, so he hurried forward to hold her hand: "It's nothing, but we may have to move."

"Moving?" Mrs. Shen was puzzled, she was a little bit reluctant to part with their ancestral house: "Why?" Ding Rong explained to him what Boss Wu and others had proposed, and then said: "I am not afraid of them, but this Chu County We really can’t live anymore, while we still have some property, we might as well move away and leave this place of right and wrong.”

Shen listened ignorantly, but still trusted her husband: "Then where are we going to move?"

Ding Rong had already made up his mind: "Go to Mengyang."

"But that Mengyang next to Peng County?"

"Yes, that's it! I have a student who is helping in Mengyang. He has written to me a long time ago saying that a good official has arrived in Mengyang. This natural disaster has hardly affected them, so we will hire a car to go to Mengyang!" Ding Rong was excited.

Shen Shi also fell into longing after hearing his description: "It would be great if there is such a place. I believe that with my husband's ability, I can definitely show my strengths in Mengyang." just go.Along the way, they also saw many people walking with their companions, some in ragged clothes, some in fine clothes and jade belts.It seems that under the natural disaster, both the poor and the rich are not doing well.

After walking for eight days, they finally saw the city of Mengyang.However, a bunch of thatched houses were built outside the city, and there were people coming and going in and out of the houses, which looked peaceful.When Ding Rong stepped forward, officers and soldiers immediately came to ask him. After seeing his directions, they led him to an empty room. This is the room of you and your wife. You will stay here for two days. Wait for the doctor to come to check you, and then go to the city to register with the certificate.Ding Rong didn't understand what he meant, and took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and handed it to the guard: "This official, can you tell me why, we are new here and there are still many things we don't understand."

The officer repeatedly declined: "I can't do it. If my superior finds out about this, I will be fined. You came from the north. Although the price of rice has risen a lot there, it's not too late yet, so you I'm afraid I don't know, there are several counties in the southwest where the plague broke out, and I heard that many people died, our county magistrate did this because he was afraid that it would spread to Mengyang."

Ding Rong was shocked: "It's actually a plague? Isn't it easy for us to be infected here?"

The guard shook his head: "Don't worry, these rooms of yours have been disinfected beforehand, but you are resting here first, the doctor will come soon." Then Ding Rong was a little relieved, and then took his wife back to the room, and ordered again and again. Don't let her out.After a few hours, the doctor from Mengyang City came to check them both. After confirming that the two were not infected, he also specially told Shen some precautions. Shen has been in poor health since the miscarriage. The husband and wife are grateful Send the doctor away, and then enter the city with the certificate.As soon as I walked into the city, I saw a group of people enthusiastically surrounding me, asking them one after another if they wanted to stay, whether they had a vacant house, hot water, and provided food.

Ding Rong was stunned, and finally the officers and soldiers who were in charge of registering them drove those people away, and said with a smile to them: "This can be regarded as a newly emerging industry in Mengyang, because there are many rich people who have just settled down in Mengyang. I’m afraid that I won’t be able to find a place to live for a while. Some families have some vacancies and start a homestay business. If you want to live, you can take the road guide and go to the other side with them to record, but I still recommend you two It’s a low-rent house.”

"What is low-rent housing?" Ding Rong continued to be confused. He found that since he came to Mengyang, he seemed to be unable to understand the words.The guard explained: "The so-called low-rent housing was also proposed by Mr. Wen. Before the Peony Festival, we built a building to entertain guests. However, the response was not very good, because the house is small and the feng shui pattern inside is not good. Just live in a fresh place. So our adults simply changed them into a rental form. If you want to live in a flat, you only need to pay one tael of silver per month, but you can only live in it for a maximum of three months. After three months, you will have to rent it yourself. Looking for a place."

Ding Rong thought about it and thought it was a good idea, so he took his wife to the low-rent housing registration office to sign the contract.After signing, he asked the people around him: "Although a tael of silver is not much, I think there are still some penniless people on the road. It is difficult to have enough food every day. Where do they live?"

The difference smiled and said: "Don't worry, this is the second thing I want to tell you. After you come to Mengyang, you must find a job. If you have a skill, you can go to the talent market and wait for someone to hire you , if you don’t know anything and have no money, then you can come and sign a contract with our yamen. Come and help us build cities and roads, although it’s hard work, but you still have a tael of silver for food and lodging every month.”

Ding Rong was stunned, this Mengyang City is really rich, one tael of silver per month is probably full of people scrambling to do it in their Chu County, but here they give such a good job to foreigners, do the local residents have any objections?However, although the monthly money is quite a lot, Ding Rong still didn't want to go to build the road. After all, he still has a wife to take care of, and the work of building roads is too hard.After the two settled down, he should look for another job.

On the other hand, Wen Yu can be said to be very busy these days, with countless people pouring into Mengyang from all directions, and there are a lot of official duties to be dealt with every day.At the beginning, most of the county officials were opposed to accepting the disaster victims, especially the local faction in Mengyang.Even outsiders like Mei Hongzhi and Yang Xing thought that they should be allowed to move in conditionally, and those poor people should be screened out, and only those with rich family backgrounds should be allowed in.Wen Yu shook her head, it might as well not accept any of them.So he first asked everyone a question: "How do you think Mengyang is developing now?"

The officials present looked at each other, Zhou Wan spoke first, and said with a hint of pride: "Although it is not comparable to the rich areas in the south of the Yangtze River, it can be said to be unique in Sichuan."

Wen Yu nodded: "Yes, I also agree with this point, our current salary in Mengyang is twice that of other counties. Although I have only been here for a year, since the last statistics, the population of Mengyang City has increased From [-] to [-]. To achieve such a result is the result of everyone's joint efforts."

Everyone smiled, yes, there are very few beggars in Mengyang now, everyone has a job, as long as they work hard, they can live a good life, girls from other places want to marry here.Then Wen Yu changed the subject: "However, I think it will be the end of Meng Yang's life at this point."

The officials present were all stunned, how could they say that?Isn't everything going up in Mengyang now?Wen Yu explained: "Although it looks like this on the surface, don't forget that Mengyang is so short of people because industries such as brick factories, cement factories, and paper factories have been established successively, and these are at least for now only Mengyang. Production. After a few years, other places have developed these types of products, so can we still have such a large order?"

Only then did everyone react, but some people didn't take it seriously: "Then we can always produce in Mengyang, and it will be fine if we don't sell the agency right." Wen Yu sighed secretly, it has been so smooth recently So much so that these people may have forgotten how to write the word "magnate", not to mention anything else, Wen Yu, who can be handled by a small prefect of Chengdu, has no temper, and almost died.This time it was Tuo Jiqing's blessing to keep the property, but what if there are people who can't even resist the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the future?

Although his subordinates are stupid, but loyal anyway, he still needs to teach a little bit: "Even if we don't sell it, have you ever thought that Mengyang's manpower is so precious now, and there is a rising trend, and the cost will be too high by then?" High, merchants may still move their factories out.” After speaking, he picked up another teacup: “Let me give you an example, the current Mengyang wants to be this teacup, we keep pouring water into it, and soon the teacup will be full If you don’t want to do this, then there is only one way…”

Mei Hongzhi was the first to come back to his senses, and said excitedly: "Your Excellency, you want to change Mengyang from a teacup into a teapot?" Wen Yu nodded with a smile. A county with 8000 people might not be as big as a village in modern times. With such a small land, what do you use to develop industries.Not to mention ancient times, even with such advanced technology in the 21st century, the role of population cannot be ignored.Wen Yu had been thinking about how to expand the size of the city before, but it happened that now was a great opportunity, and he didn't want to wait any longer.

Wen Yu wanted to expand the city, so he had to report it to his superiors. This kind of thing was approved almost as soon as the documents were submitted. You must know that in ancient times, unless it was a metropolis such as Guangzhou and Xi'an, the general county town basically did not expand for a thousand years.In many cases, it is not a question of money, but simply unnecessary.Unlike what is written in ordinary novels, ancient peasants actually didn't want to go to the city that much.The poor cannot afford to live, and the rich peasants have fields. Even if they hire tenants, they occasionally go to see them. However, walking in the county town at night is not allowed. This measure is very unfavorable to farmers, because once it is busy. It will conflict with the system of the county seat.So most of them choose to settle down in the village and occasionally go to the city to buy.

Now Mengyang even said that he wanted to build a new city, and that he didn't need to allocate funds from above. The officials of the Chief Secretary of Sichuan were getting pissed by the torrential rain. Everyone was happy to hear such a rare and meritorious thing.Wen Yu got a reply from her superior and immediately started to prepare.Because this time he not only wanted to build the city, but also built a concrete road from Mengyang to Pengxian to Chengdu in one step.You must know that Mengyang is close to the capital Chengdu, and half of the reason why it has not developed in recent years is because the roads are rugged and surrounded by mountains.After the road is repaired, the products produced by Mengyang can be directly transported from the cement road to Chengdu, and then sold to all parts of the country.Although Wen Yu's idea is good, how to implement it is still a huge problem. The county government is indeed very rich in finances, but it is still impossible to build bridges and roads with this money.

Wen Yu had already made up his mind about this matter, so he didn't need to pay the money, so someone would naturally send it to his door.No, as soon as he let out the words, someone came to visit him.Wen Yu knew it well, and he ordered the yamen servants to block anyone who came to him during this time.Just when the merchants in Mengyang City were feeling uneasy, they suddenly received an invitation letter from Wen Yu, saying that they were invited to come to the house to discuss important matters.When everyone came to the county magistrate's mansion in the evening, it was only then that they discovered that not only local merchants in Mengyang City, but also merchants from outside Peng County and even Shu were invited.

Everyone gathered together, Wei Song, the Patriarch of the Wei family, looked around, and said dissatisfiedly: "What is the meaning of Mr. Wen's move? It stands to reason that our local businessmen should take the lead in repairing the city and roads in Mengyang. How can we invite you?" So many people from other places."

Liu Guihua, the person in charge of the farm, was dissatisfied with Wei Song's tone, and retorted: "Master Wei's words are different. The repair of the city is such a big matter that our merchants in Mengyang may not be able to afford it. When the time comes, all the repairs will be shoddy. I’m afraid it’s a waste of money, I think Master Wen is right.” Now the farm is getting bigger and bigger, since the last poisoning incident, Liu Guihua has started to unify the management, and now she, the person in charge, has a lot of money Not much worse than the others, it all depends on Wen Yu's help, Liu Guihua is sincerely grateful to him, and is naturally the first to refute when someone speaks ill of Wen Yu.

Wei Song glanced at her disdainfully, when would such a village woman deserve to sit at the same table with him.Just as he was about to sneer, the owner of the paper factory also echoed: "Sister Liu is right, Mr. Wen is wise and decisive to love the people like a son, so there is a reason for his actions." The owner of the paper factory has also been living very comfortably recently .He used to not even be able to pay his employees' monthly salary, and now he has expanded his business across the country. It can be said that among the Mengyang businessmen present, he is the one who develops the most smoothly.After all, toilet paper is something that everyone can’t do without. Although sometimes people will laugh at him and say behind his back that his factory is a toilet, but who cares, as long as he earns more money.He and Liu Guihua are both new rich people in Mengyang City, and Wei Song, an old rich family and country gentry, usually dislikes each other, showing a faint tendency of opposition.

Seeing that there were so many of them, Wei Song had no choice but to shut up unwillingly, cursing secretly in his heart, the country bumpkin and Chang Fu knew how to flatter Wen Yu all day long, and let's see what they would do when Wen Yu lost power!

At this time Wen Yu entered the room, and everyone hurriedly saluted.Wen Yu greeted them with a smile, as if she didn't notice the dark tide in the room.After exchanging pleasantries for a while, he said, "I'm calling everyone here this time. I think everyone knows what we are here for, so I won't talk nonsense. Let's get straight to the point." Wen Yu clapped her hands twice, and the servants brought it up A refined model.There is a city on it, and two roads.Wen Yu drew a few strokes on the two roads with a brush, dividing the road into several sections.Everyone was amazed, they could tell that the city, Mengyang City, was probably connected by the two roads connecting Peng County and Chengdu.

Wen Yu pointed to the model and said: "Everyone, this is the project we plan to do. I will divide the city into four parts, east, west, north, south, and two roads into three sections. Then I announce that Mengyang's first bidding conference will officially start .” The people present looked at each other in blank dismay, what does this mean?Wen Yu looked at them with a smile, and briefly explained the concept of bidding. All in all, he asked them to write out their own psychological price, then go back and make a proposal, and send the plan to the county government, including how much money they can pay for the auction. Write down your name at the end of this project, how long it will take, etc., and then the government will seal it up and be judged by experts. The one with the highest score can win the bidding.Afterwards, the government provided manpower for free, and asked them to prepare materials for construction. After the repair, not only could the family name be recorded in the local county annals, but they could also enjoy certain discounts in Mengyang, such as franchise rights for cement and other items.

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar, and Wei Song was the first to raise an objection: "Why do you want to do this? We can participate publicly."

Wen Yu shook his head and explained: "To tell you the truth, although I presided over the construction of the city and roads, I can say that I don't know anything about engineering. In order to select the most suitable person, I specially selected the most suitable person from various counties. We hired some famous craftsmen." Wei Song thought to himself, I naturally know that you hired craftsmen, not only that, but I also spent all my energy to talk to one of them, and gave him a lot of gifts to help me Take this bid.

Wen Yu looked at everyone's expressions and said with a smile: "But I think it's not safe to hire craftsmen. After all, some things are still hard to guard against. So I asked them to discuss for a long time and worked out a set of rigid scoring standards. When the time comes After you sent the plan, I will randomly find some people to compare them one by one according to the scoring standards. In the end, the one with the highest score will naturally win the project."

Wen Yu really tried his best, he knew that this was a big cake, not to mention anything else, but the fact that Xiucheng gave away a franchise was already attractive enough.What's more, the most important manpower does not need to be spent by oneself. No matter how you think about it, it is a good thing to gain both fame and fortune.In order to prevent corruption, he can only refer to the operation of hidden signs in modern society.As for what others think, he doesn't care, now is the turning point for Meng Yang.As long as the city can be built well, he can accept even a bad family like the He family who committed the murder before.The people present thought about what he said carefully, and felt that this was indeed a good idea, so they had no objection.Because the road sections are different, the amount of work is also different. Wen Yu explained the difference to them again, and asked them to go back to prepare after seeing that there was no doubt.

After a few days, the plans were sent to Wen Yu one by one. After the evaluation was completed, he opened the seals one by one, and then sighed.Sure enough, as imagined, there were seven projects in total. Among the local merchants in Mengyang, only the He family won the smallest road section.It is said that although He Kun died, unlike what he imagined, there was no disturbance in the He family, as if Mrs. Xia and the concubine had reached an agreement.The He family was engaged in the cement industry before, and this time they chose the simplest and smallest road section with great self-knowledge, so every step is very detailed.

As for the others... Wen Yu smiled wryly. This is probably the difference between the Zhongming Dingshi House and the nouveau riche. The businessmen in Mengyang belong to the nouveau riche category. Although they know how to look for some knowledgeable advice, but There are always some places where the lips of the donkey don't match the mouth of the horse, or else it's a wild idea, which is unreliable no matter how you look at it.In the end, the successful bidder, apart from Mengyang, was also a businessman in the silk fabric business in Chengdu, and he knew that he was running for castor.The rest are Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants, and there is even a bid from the Wang family.

Yes, Second Brother Wang is here again. Surprisingly, he also brought sweet potatoes and peppers. It is true that the corn has not been found yet, but there is no rush.Originally, even if the Wang family did not bid, Wen Yu planned to cooperate with them. After all, it was his Yue family, but the second brother Wang was a righteous man and worried that someone would gossip about Wen Yu behind his back, so he secretly participated in the bidding.Wen Yu knew that besides the Wang family, those other families also had backgrounds and belonged to various factions, but there was no way. These plans they took are qualified products even in modern times.So detailed!Wen Yu sighed, and finally notified those companies that they had won the bid and ordered them to start work within a month.

Of course, after the completion of the project, Wen Yu still has to check the quality of the project. If it fails, it will have to be redone.As a result, the expansion activities of Mengyang City are carried out in a hurry. At this time, the common people have few entertainment activities and are full of curiosity. There are many people watching the whole city, pointing, laughing and cursing. At this time, they don't know yet. In this way, these people are witnessing history, and the famous southwestern town of later generations, the place where the capitalism of the Ming Dynasty began, is revealed little by little.

After arranging the activities of building the city, Wen Yu can be considered to have a rest.These days he is so busy that he basically lives in the county office all day long, and he hasn't returned to the backyard for a long time.No matter what I say today, I have to go back and take a good bath, and kiss my son's fat face to recharge myself.After Wen Yu entered the mansion, just as she was about to go back to her room, she heard Fu Ge'er's soft voice: "Don't run! Xiaobai, don't run!"

When Wen Yu took a look, he saw the chubby Fu Geer chasing a kitten.The kitten is white all over, without any stray hairs on its body. It is as chubby as Fu Ge'er, but it is extremely sensitive. Fu Ge'er's short legs can't catch up with it. Wen Yu looks like two balls from a distance. on scroll.He stepped forward and grabbed the back of the kitten's neck, and the cat became honest in an instant.Fu Geer saw his father now, and happily hugged him: "Daddy, you are finally back! Fu Geer has been very obedient recently, and now I have finished studying the Analects of Confucius. Come and test me, okay?"

Wen Yu felt a little sad when she heard that, and secretly spurned herself. The child is so young and doesn't often accompany her.What's the difference between this and the original owner, but it's a little more gentle than the original owner, and no matter how busy he is in the future, he can't ignore the eldest son.So he squatted down and smiled at Brother Fu: "Okay, but not now, Daddy is dirty all over, and I will come to accompany you when Daddy goes back to take a bath. By the way, where did this cat come from, how do you look at it?" Does it look so familiar?"

Before Fu Geer could answer, he heard a "meow -" and the cat bully jumped down from the roof in vain. Wen Yu looked at the cat bully. The fat cat was still the same as before, with a social face and a fat belly All hang down.He squinted his eyes and stared at Wen Yu, who looked furry. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a few cat meows, and two white cats, one big and one small, appeared out of nowhere.Wen Yu looked at it carefully, and the big white cat was really beautiful, not to mention the pure coat color, but it still had different pupils, and the smaller one was a bit like the kitten in his hand, and it was also fleshy.

Wen Yu stared at the four cats, "What's going on?"

Fu Geer's maid at the back smiled and explained: "I heard people say that the big one is our Bai Bai's wife, and she gave birth to two kittens for Bai Bai. A few days ago, when the water rose, it had no place to live, so it came with Bai Bai. The mansion has settled down."

Wen Yu said with a smile: "Didn't you say that there are too many female cats around the cat bully? Why? In the end, did you take a scoop of [-] weak waters?" Turning her head in vain, the fluffy cat's face was full of rain girl Wugua four big characters.Wen Yu laughed, and ordered his servants to take good care of the kittens.

After cleaning, he took Fu Geer to the living room for dinner, and called Wen Yulan and Wen Qiong over by the way, thinking about a family reunion.The two came, but they looked absent-minded.Wen Yu was surprised: "What? Is the food not to your liking?"

"I can't eat it." Wen Qiong replied listlessly.

"Sick? Then hurry up and get the doctor. I'll call Mommy Qian right now."

As soon as Wen Yu said this, Wen Qiong raised her head and looked at him sadly: "Brother, did you forget what day it is today?" Wen Yulan covered her mouth and laughed.

Wen Yu wondered, what happened?Did I say something wrong?Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed, and he said with confidence: "Brother naturally remembers that today is your birthday. Gifts... Our family doesn't pay attention to these things. I will give you some money later and you can buy it yourself."

Wen Qiong said softly: "Today is the day when I release the list..."

Wen Yu was stunned, and then coughed twice: "I'm sorry, brother, I forgot in a hurry recently. I will apologize to you, but there is no need to be nervous. Didn't you say that the test questions this time are very easy? ?”

Wen Qiong scratched her head: "That's right, but I'm still feeling flustered."

Wen Yu hadn't spoken his words of consolation when he heard a commotion outside, and then his servants ran in to report: "My lord, the one who went to Chengdu to check his grades has come back, and the second master has won! It's the top case!" Everyone in the Wen family Overjoyed, Wen Yu was also happy, and ordered the whole mansion to have rewards today, and the whole Wen mansion was enveloped in a joyous atmosphere.

Looking at Wen Qiong again at this time, he changed his previous appearance and said with a wild smile: "I knew that the case must be in my pocket, I don't even bother to take such a simple exam hahahaha!" Seeing that he is overjoyed today For the sake of the day, Wen Yu will not harm him.But let him prepare well for the academy examination. After all, only after passing the academy examination can he be awarded the title of scholar, and he can be regarded as a serious official.

The family affairs are over for the time being, there is another big event in Mengyang, and that is Wen Yu's plan to promote pumpkin, sweet potato and pepper.Originally, he thought it was a very small matter, so he handed it over to the yamen servant to plant it. In the end, the yamen servant came to report that only a few families in Mengyang were willing to plant it. "Have you explained the benefits of these things? You don't need fertile land, just ordinary land!"

Wen Yu felt incredible.The yamen servant made a bitter face: "My lord, we have said everything that needs to be said, but those farmers feel that these are foreign things, which is not safe, especially after the heavy rain just happened, and they are worried that the crops in the fields will be destroyed. Reduce production, and even more unwilling to plant these things.” Yamen servants are also suffering. In the past, they directly enforced the law and forced those people to breed. Since the county came up with the function of reporting and monitoring, they have spoken to the common people. He is soft-spoken and doesn't even dare to shout, otherwise he might report it to you someday.

Wen Yu really never thought of this, but yes, maybe he took it for granted according to modern people's thinking.From ancient times to the present, the people of flower growers have always been obsessed with the land, especially in this era of relying on the sky for food.Even Wen Yu, the county magistrate, might not have enough weight to matters related to the lives of the whole family.Wen Yu held his forehead, feeling a headache.What can we do? Crops are also part of his plan. Although these things will definitely be promoted nationwide in the end, the first batch must be produced in Mengyang. Is it true that he should grow it himself?

grow by yourself