Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 440 The Mysterious Brother
The lack of water in Shaanxi is not suitable for growing rice, but there is no problem with sweet potatoes. After the promotion of corn, the Zhou brothers focused on planting corn again.

After Zhu Youjian exchanged the corn seeds, he issued instructions on how to grow seedlings and plant them together. As long as he takes care of them carefully, there is no difficulty in harvesting corn.

On the Loess Plateau, two young men and a large group of farm workers are transplanting corn seedlings. This is their first contact with corn seedlings, and they are very careful in doing things.

Zhou Xiao carefully picked up a corn seedling, and then gently put it into the dug small soil pit. He did not dare to use tools for fear of damaging the corn seedling. some water.

At the age of 15, they are very experienced in doing things. The pair of white and tender hands are now not only dark, but also look rough, which does not match their own age at all.

Raising his hand to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, Zhou Da looked at his younger brother Tuesday, and saw that his younger brother, like them, also carefully transplanted corn seedlings one by one, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face, and the loess on his hand immediately left a trace on his face .

Zhou Da felt a little sad but also a little relieved. Seeing that everyone else was working hard, Zhou Da got up and walked to his younger brother, lovingly wiping the sweat off his childish face with his sleeve.

"Is the second brother tired?"

Looking up at his brother on Tuesday, a mature smile that should not belong to him appeared on his childish face:

"My younger brother is not tired. What my elder brother said is right. How can you become a master if you don't endure hardships? How can you experience the hardships of the people if you don't enter the farm."

"Hee hee, good second brother, more and more mature, we will never grow up if we don't go through this suffering, brother, you water the seedlings, we brothers work together, this year will definitely be another harvest year."

So the two brothers cooperated in transplanting corn seedlings, and the cooperation was very tacit, and the speed had already surpassed those adults, and some adults inadvertently looked up at Brother Er Zhou, with expressions of admiration in their eyes.

At this time, a one-armed middle-aged man came from a distance, followed by a dozen farm guards, all of whom carried two large buckets of water on their shoulders.

Before he reached the field, the voice of One Arm came from afar:
"Da Zhou and Xiao Zhou, after you have grown the corn seedlings, just hand them over to the workers. You don't have to work in the fields yourself. Let's take a break and come over to drink water."

Everyone looked up and followed the sound, and saw that it was their one-armed farmer who brought water, and the workers put down their work one after another, and greeted the farm boss with a smile:
"Thank you, Boss, for delivering water to us personally, making us feel ashamed to be lazy at work, hahaha..."

The one-armed smile is even more hearty:

"Hahahaha, it's okay to be lazy, I'm really worried that you are exhausted. Brother Er Zhou, you should be lazy and come over to drink tea and rest!"

Don’t think that only strict or even inhumane management can make workers do well and improve work efficiency. In fact, it is not the case. Humanized management can often stimulate workers’ potential and fighting spirit.

The farm owner is a seventh-rank official and the county magistrate, but Li Xin has no official airs at all, and he is completely in harmony with the workers. The workers work as if they are doing things for their own families. No one has ever been lazy.

Zhou DaTue has gradually changed from an inconspicuous worker to Li Xin, the right-hand man of the farm owner.

That is to say, the real second and third in command of the farm, the actual official rank is above the ninth rank, but they never regard themselves as officials.

"Come and drink water, the water will be cold when you enter."

After the joke was over, Li Xin immediately asked everyone to drink water.

What they brought was not cold water, but brewed tea. The tea was grown by the farm itself. Although it was not the best quality, ordinary people still couldn't afford it.

"Brother Erzhou, please go first."

The crowd didn't rush forward, but politely asked the two teenagers to invite first. Brother Erzhou smiled and hugged everyone, and then walked to the wooden barrel.

The younger brother first made a bowl of tea for his elder brother, and then made another bowl of tea himself.

The temperature of the water was just right, neither hot nor cold. The two brothers drank the tea in the bowl in one go, and their appearance and actions were no different from ordinary people.

"Gudong Gudong..."

After drinking the tea, Zhou Da wiped off the tea from his mouth and said with a smile to Li Xin:

"Master Li, now everyone knows how to transplant corn seedlings, we brothers will go back first, what do you think?"

Li Xin smiled slightly, reached out and patted Zhou Da's shoulder:

"Go, this is not a place for you to work, you can think about it if you want to, and you don't need to ask me for instructions."

"Okay, thank you sir."

After thanking Li Xin, the two brothers trotted away from the farmland hand in hand.

Looking at the backs of the two brothers going away, Li Xin gradually restrained his smile and sighed softly:

"It's a pity, it's a waste of talent..."

Back at the farm dormitory, the two brothers took out their flintlock guns, stepped on their horses and left the farm, and went straight to the distant forest, where they practiced their guns on horseback.

When they first came to the farm, they didn't understand anything, they didn't know how to do anything, and soon there were bleeding blisters on their feet, and their immature hands were covered with calluses, but they gritted their teeth and persisted.

Through unremitting efforts and their good understanding, they gradually mastered the cultivation and planting of various crops.

Because the farm lacked knowledgeable managers, they were single-handedly promoted by Li Xin as farm technicians, who were mainly responsible for guiding and assisting workers in scientific farming.

After Li Yan and Hong Niangzi met them while inspecting the farm, Li Yan was completely shocked by the knowledge of these two.

Li Yan was originally a Juren, but the knowledge of these two little fellows was even higher than Li Yan's. Li Yan did not hesitate to promote them to the deputy director of the farm, which is equivalent to a ninth-rank official position.

Hong Niangzi also loves the two of them very much, so she directly accepts them as apprentices, and specially equips Er Zhou brothers with guns and war horses. At this time, their status on the farm is actually higher than that of Li Xin.

But the two were very humble and low-key, and they still did things the same as before. Not only were they very kind to the workers, but they also respected Li Xin as before.

They practice marksmanship and riding every morning and evening, and teach the workers how to read and write when they have time. They have become indispensable all-rounders on the farm.

The two horses galloped away, and the two of them rode steadily on the horses, making one or two difficult moves from time to time. At this time, a group of birds flew over their heads, and Zhou Tui rolled his eyes and shouted:
"Brother, give it a try."

"boom……"

A gunshot came, and suddenly a bird fell from mid-air.

On Tuesday, I urged the horse to pick up the flying bird. I was just about to show off to my brother, when suddenly there was another gunshot:
"Brother, look..."

"boom……"

As the gunshots sounded, another bird fell in front of Tuesday's horse, and Tuesday immediately raised his hand to admit defeat:

"Brother, your marksmanship is better."

Zhou Da didn't think so, and was still encouraging his younger brother.

"Where, our marksmanship is almost the same, we just shoot down a bird."

"Brother, don't comfort me, the bird has become a frightened bird in the sound of my gunfire, and it must be more difficult for you to hit."

(End of this chapter)