I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 37 The plan of the year lies in spring
Yang Huifan fell silent upon hearing this.

Guo Yi didn't intend to let him go, and wanted to take the opportunity to correct his values, so he thought about it and said: "An official is nothing more than managing a place of water and soil, and acting as a herdsman on behalf of the emperor! Due to various reasons, most of the people in the world are Illiterate and illiterate.

And the emperor selects scholars to be officials and to be in charge of the government, there are nothing more than three.

First, manage the land and water of a certain area, establish a good social order, and make the people under the rule abide by the law, do not break the law, do not fight, do not steal or rob, and do not steal or rob.Let the social order run reasonably and well.

Second, benefit the people of one side.Whether it is building canals and farming, or opening up wasteland and mining mountains, or developing local specialties.For these reasons, even if they go to heaven and earth, the common people must be well fed and clothed.

The basic livelihood of the people is the top priority.

Third, educate the people of one side.Reading and literacy is not only the right of scholars.Let the people read and write, understand morality, abide by the law, obey education, know etiquette, and clarify righteousness.That's all! "

After he finished speaking, Yang Huifan felt as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt, and he was shocked and deafened.

After so many years of reading and literacy, this is the first time I have heard such a statement, which has such a thorough analysis of reading as an official.

But when I think about it carefully, the ignorance I encountered when I was studying and learning, is actually integrated at this moment.

After a long while, he stood up straight, straightened his clothes, and bowed to Guo Yi with a serious face: "Erlang, please be taught!"

Guo Yi was very happy to see that he was not obsessed with his obsession: "I lead everyone in the village to dig coal, sell candles, and next year I will build canals and open kilns, so that everyone can have enough food and clothing."

Hearing this, Yang Huifan nodded deeply, and did not persuade him to go to the academy to study.

At night, a bonfire is lit in front of each house, and bamboo is thrown into it, and the crackling sound is heard.

A large group of children happily circled around the fire, singing and dancing.

When the whole family gets together and has a good New Year’s Eve dinner, it’s time to watch the New Year’s Eve.

The whole family sat around the fire, waiting for the moment to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

The old people keep the old age as "saying goodbye to the old year", which means to cherish the time; the young people keep the old age to prolong the life of their parents.

But this year's first day in Yanglin Village is not as difficult as before.Every household has built a kang with a stove. After the New Year's Eve dinner, the whole family sits around the warm kang.

Eating snacks newly bought from the city, chatting about this year's harvest.

Guo Yi boiled hot water and brewed tea, and served them to everyone one by one. Uncle Yang Ligong stretched out his hand to take them, and said with a smile: "Erlang, come and live in the city after the New Year, so it's convenient for you to go." Go to school."

"Yes, yes! Auntie has packed up the East Wing for you. You will come over on the Lantern Festival. The city is very lively, and there will be a lantern festival. After the Lantern Festival, the college will start, so don't worry about it." Delayed."

When Yang Huilan heard what her parents said, she turned her head to see Guo Yi's answer.

On the other hand, Guo Yi had a wry smile on his face, and thoughtfully responded, "Thank you, uncle and aunt, for your kindness. I don't plan to go to school anymore!"

"Not going to school?" Yang Ligong was stunned for a moment, and asked very anxiously: "What are you going to do if you don't go to school?"

"There are a lot of things in this village that are just beginning. Dig coal, make candles, next year I want to build a kiln to burn bricks, build a chicken and rabbit breeding workshop; also repair canals, renovate new houses; and finally repair ponds to raise fish. I really do,"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Ligong waving his hand, and said sharply: "Those are the affairs of adults! You are a scholar, and you want to take part in the imperial examination for merit!"

Guo Yi raised his brows, looked at him and asked, "Take part in the imperial examination, test for merit, and then become an official, just like Xu Xianggong, watching the poor people in Xinzhou rise up? Watching the rebel army grow stronger, but they can't be recruited? Look at it." Grain merchants hoarding goods in order to make money for the country? Watching Xinzhou people starve to death and freeze to death?"

A series of rhetorical questions stunned Yang Ligong, and he opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute.

"Cough!" Guo Yi calmed down and patted his heart: "Mr. Xu is an extremely human minister, and he is still like this. My ability is limited. I only want to let Yanglin Village and the people around me have enough food and clothing; With a little over two dollars, I can eat wine and see a doctor; I can build a new house and marry my son a wife. That’s all!”

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent, everyone was stunned by his words.

Only Mr. Yang nodded in understanding.

Unexpectedly, my grandson lived such a transparent life at such a young age.

Wisdom is so close to a demon!

"Ding! Food and clothing mission, the second phase of the mission is triggered: "Excavate and build a brick kiln, build a chicken and rabbit breeding workshop, clean up and transform a fish pond. "

"Reward: "Water Conservancy Drive and Transmission Mechanism", "Porcelain Production", "Painting Skills Mastery"."

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The plan for a year lies in spring.

Taking advantage of the evening sun, the Mai family built hills and waited for spring plowing everywhere.

After the first day, it is the beginning of spring.

Since then, the annual spring plowing will begin.The spring plowing in the south is much earlier than in the north.

Once the beginning of spring is over, every household is busy repairing farm tools and sorting seeds.

Plowing means plowing the ground.

Before sowing, the ground should be turned over.

Autumn plowing is deep, spring plowing is shallow.

Spring plowing is like turning cakes, and autumn plowing is like digging a well.

Spring plowing is one inch deep, and it can be topped with dung.

Chun Geng refuses to be busy, and his face turns yellow after autumn.

Every family has more than ten acres of land, and every spring, they will carefully turn over it.And this is quite a heavy task.

It is almost impossible to do it by manpower alone.Most of them have to rely on livestock, mainly cattle, and at the very least mules.

And the entire Lao Yang's family, with about two hundred households, only had thirty or so cows and less than fifty mules.

On average, the two households are divided into less than one head.The numbers are appallingly low.

Just in previous years, only half of the fields could be turned over, and the remaining ones could only depend on the mood of God.

This is also something that can't be helped, after all, manpower is exhausted.

But this year is different, we have money!Guo Yi waved his hand, buy a cow!

There is a livestock market in Jiangling City, where chickens, sheep, horses, cattle, pigs, donkeys and mules are all available.

Especially now that spring is just beginning, it is the time of spring plowing, and there are dozens of cattle for sale in the livestock market every day.

But the price is really not low.

A healthy cow is worth more than seven pennies!

This price is daunting to many people.

For several days in succession, a lot of cattle were sold one after another, but no one cares about the remaining dozen cows.

People are waiting and watching, and when it really can't be sold, the price may be lowered.

result,

Before the price was lowered, they were taken over by the old Yang family.

The entire livestock market was in a commotion, and people came to watch it one after another. A dozen or so cows lined up and drove back.

And these dozen or so cows have almost spent all the money they saved from selling coal and candles last year.

But the effect is also obvious, the efficiency of turning the ground is several times faster than that of manpower and mules.

The land that could not be dug up in previous years was settled early this year.

This operation made the old Lin family in the north of the village jealous.It is also a family with more than ten acres of land, and the old Yang's family in the south of the village has all finished plowing early.

Looking at my home, there are more than half left.

While sighing, those who were related to Lao Yang's family came to borrow cattle one after another.

(End of this chapter)