Infrastructure: I survive in troubled times

Chapter 276 Big Landlord (Part [-])
"Ugh..." Lin Nanzheng couldn't take it anymore, he stepped back quickly, and retched while holding on to the crenel, his face flushed red.

"Stop talking, stop talking." Seeing this, Hong Lianshuo hurriedly said, "Let's continue talking about soil! Country people can't live without soil, they spend their whole lives dealing with soil, with their faces turned to the loess and their backs to the sky! Farming is the most common way of making a living. It is easy to learn, sow the seeds, and you will be able to stutter anyway. There is no other way of making a living, you can only plan food in the soil. Even if you are in a new place, sow the seeds first, and see what you can grow. .”

"That's true!" Chen Zhongyuan nodded hurriedly when he heard the words, "I just wanted to settle down, open up wasteland and farm, and live in peace, but who would have thought that there is no place in this world to farm safely."

"This high-ranking official looks down on the country people and dislikes their rusticity, but for the country people, soil is their lifeblood. The god who occupies the highest position in number is undoubtedly the land." Hong Lianshuo's eyes were as clear as water. looked at them and said.

"From now on, I won't talk about muddy legs, I won't talk about dirt anymore." Lin Nanzheng said with his phoenix eyes rolling when he heard the words.

"Why don't you say it, you can't forget your roots!" Hong Lianshuo looked at them with raised eyebrows and said, humming softly, "Being defeated by the mud legs that were under your feet, who do you think is the most uncomfortable."

"Hehe..." Chen Zhongyuan said cheerfully, "I won't be angry if I'm called a mud leg from now on."

"Now let's talk about how to deal with those two counties!" Han Qinhu looked at her with a smile on his lips and said, "To be honest, we don't have much experience to manage them at this stage."

"It's okay if it's just fishing." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with his index finger across his chin and said, "If drying salt is on the agenda, this is our money bag, so we have to hold it firmly in our own hands."

Han Qinhu's eyes froze when he heard the words, and he said immediately, "Then the magistrates of these two counties need to deal with it according to law."

Hearing this, Hong Lianshuo looked at him with burning eyes, and his eyes couldn't hide his joy.

Han Qinhu pursed his lips under her stare and said, "What are you looking at me for?"

"Qihu actually said to deal with it according to the law." Hong Lianshuo raised his eyebrows and said in surprise as he looked at him with glazed eyes.

Han Qinhu touched the bridge of his nose with his index finger and said, "Why can't I say it?"

"That's not true. It's just that the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. In the eyes of the gentry, it's nothing more than nothing." Hong Lianshuo looked at him with sincere eyes and said truthfully, "In your perception, you can't punish a doctor! As long as it's not a rebellion, what? Corruption and bribery, extortion, bullying men and women...everything is fine."

Chen Zhongyuan scratched his head and said, "Isn't it a big problem that corrupt officials are everywhere? In my opinion, this is a big problem. Officials force people to rebel."

"Hehe..." Lin Nanzheng chuckled when he heard the words, "The Central Plains is really cute, and the mud-legged people just need to rebel and suppress it. This requires the gentry to rebel. They have money and people, and it is much easier than the mud-legged people. The mud-legged people can bear it very much." , As long as there is something to eat, if you survive, you won’t kill your head.” Jianmei raised his eyebrows lightly, “Like this time when the city was besieged by Yidi, Sangong directly killed the emperor.”

"Why? Shouldn't the emperor hate corrupt officials?" Sixi asked, looking at him in confusion.

"Because the emperor is also a big landlord! Who supported him as emperor? Whose interests did he represent? Of course he spoke for whom." Hong Lianshuo said bluntly, "For ants? How is it possible?" The ground sneered, but the voice was steady and upright.

"But most of the people in this world are farmers!" Jiang Shuisheng looked at her with black and white eyes and said.

"Didn't Nanzheng say: those who gain the way will be helped more, those who lose the way will be less helped. Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world." Chen Zhongyuan looked at her suspiciously and said, "I don't understand this."

"How should I say this?" Hong Lianshuo scratched his brows lightly with his index finger and said while looking at them.

"What's wrong with that?" Lin Nanzheng clasped his hands together, "We all want to hear your opinion."

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"Mother!" Hong Wangyue rushed up and threw himself on Hong Lianshuo, interrupting Hong Lianshuo's words.

Hong Lianshuo bent down to pick up his son and said, "How is it? Did you see the new house?"

"Look at it, it's so beautiful." Hong Wangyue's big happy eyes were bent into crescent moons, and he asked again in a childish voice, "Mother, when are we going to move?"

"Let's not move!" Hong Lianshuo said, looking at him without blinking.

Sure enough, the little guy couldn't hide his disappointment, "Aren't we going to move?" Hong Wangyue cheered up quickly, "Then where do we live?"

"Still living in the barracks." Hong Lianshuo looked at him tenderly and said.

"Then can I live with mother?" Hong Wangyue looked at her expectantly with big watery eyes and asked.

"Yes." Hong Lianshuo nodded with a smile.

"That's great." Hong Wangyue said happily with his arms around her neck.

"You can't live in a new house! You're still so happy." Hong Lianshuo said with his forehead pressed against his smooth forehead.

"Live with mother, anywhere is fine." Hong Wangyue giggled happily.

Hong Lianshuo looked up at Cao Yuanshan who came with his son and said, "You have seen the new house too!"

"Look." Cao Yuanshan and the others nodded in unison.

"Do you have any comments?" Hong Lianshuo asked them one by one with his peaceful eyes.

"No problem, it's pretty good." They all said in unison.

"This is the house you will live in in the future." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with raised eyebrows and said, "If you have any opinions, please raise them quickly. If you don't wait until the deadline, you have to do it yourself."

"Uh..." You looked at me one by one, and I looked at you, with big eyes and small eyes.

"Just say what you have to say? What are you doing watching others?" Hong Lianshuo looked at them with a smile on his face and said.

"Let me talk first." Ye Yunyu took a small step forward.

"Ms. Ye, tell me!" Hong Lianshuo looked at her softly and said.

"It's a bit sunny at noon. Let's go sit in the doorway under the city wall. The draft is blowing. Let's rest for half a day today. Let's talk freely!" Hong Lianshuo looked at them gently and said.

Chen Zhongyuan and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they were interrupted and didn't know when they would be able to solve their confusion.

Chen Zhongyuan tugged at Sixi's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Quickly go and arrange the pony tie."

"Where is Maza here?" Sixi turned around and said in a low voice.

"Stupid! Straw mats are also fine." Jiang Shuisheng looked at the two whispering and said in a low voice.

"Ah!" Sixi cupped her hands and said, "I'll take a step first." He ran down the city wall.

When Hong Lianshuo carried his son to the gate of the city, he laid out a straw mat on the ground.

"It's all clean." Sixi said, looking at them with a smile on her face.

"Then sit down!" Hong Lianshuo sat cross-legged on the straw mat with his son in his arms.

(End of this chapter)