Crossing the road to riches

Chapter 76
Wen Chun originally only arranged for a team of people to patrol the intersections near Wen's Village, but recently he noticed that there were always some inexplicable people wandering outside Wen's Village.

Even the children in the village could see what was on their minds. Isn't this just staring at the good things in their village? A few days ago, they found out that a few people from other villages had sneaked in.

It sounds nice to bring her husband back to her mother's house, but in fact they are all planning to reap some benefits.

Wen Chun was afraid that if there was a first time, there would be a second time, so she was reprimanded in the end.

"Auntie, I only know that you are soft-hearted and reluctant to part with your son, but now is a special period. If you send some food and silver to your son's house, it's fine, but you can't take people to the village. Just take them to the village. He was dishonest, and went around the workshop, but fortunately, everyone worked together and drove him out immediately."

The third aunt felt that what Wen Chun said was too serious, as if her daughter-in-law's family was thinking about their things like thieves.

"Sister Chun, what you said is too serious. They just haven't seen the world, so they are just a little curious. My daughter-in-law's family is not the kind of people you said."

Wen Chun couldn't explain why to his elders, and his reputation would be damaged by then, so he could only return home with a depressed face.

Chen Chun'er also heard about this, and sat aside to explain to her wife.

"Don't be annoyed, my wife. Now the people in the village have nothing to worry about. All the houses are made of green bricks and tiles. If any family in Wenjia Village goes to other villages, it will be a big family in the village. Besides, everyone is busy working all day long. I seldom leave the village, and many of them don’t know what’s going on outside, and they don’t think other villages are having a hard time. They have a good heart, so it’s good that the wives have time to talk to them.”

It is true that no one in the village dare say that they can't eat meat. If they are willing to cook a meat dish for a day, they can afford it.

This was a little bit of friction, and Wen Chun didn't take it to heart for a while, but the daughter-in-law's family from Third Aunt Wen who came at that time really didn't come for no reason.

It was elected by the people of Lijia Village.

Aunt Wen's married son naturally followed the Li family, and he didn't tell the truth to his parents. Their lives are good, and this matter is not for their parents, that's enough.

Li Dou couldn't contain her excitement when she returned to Lijia Village, she has learned a lot today.

Several prestigious people in the village gathered together, waiting for Li Dou's reply.

As soon as I came back, I hurriedly took the things from the husband's natal family home and hid them. These were given by the husband's natal family and could not be shared with everyone.

After that, she came to the village chief's house and reported what she saw with a flushed face and excitement.

"Oh, the village head's wife and all the grandmas, it's true that you have the foresight. This time I went back to the rich and noble nest and opened my eyes. I think we can do this."

Immediately afterwards, he said everything he saw in it.

"You don't know that the whole Wenjia Village is covered with bluestone roads, and every household lives in green brick and tile houses. Once inside, it is warm and the air is full of sweet milk fragrance. There are small workshops one by one. I don’t know why I didn’t go in there, but what I can see is that there are forty or fifty cows in the village, and there are countless chickens, and the most important thing is food... ".

Anyway, it's gone to heaven.

The last key piece of information is that Wenjia Village must have a lot of food.

"It was said before that all the yams have been sold, so I don't believe that they don't have any leftovers. But the village chief, why should we borrow them? They might not lend them to us."

Lijia Village also had no choice but thought of finding someone to go to Wenjia Village to find out the truth. Unfortunately, Wenjia Village is like a whole, and people from other villages are not allowed to enter. Fortunately, a few years ago, a Wenjia Village was married. A boy from the village.

So let them go into Wenjia Village to find out.

If Wenjia Village really had no shortage of food, he would have the audacity to take the people from Lijia Village to Wenjia Village to borrow some food.

Now Lijia Village also eats a big pot of rice, and each person can only eat one meal a day. There is not much food in the village granary. She can't really watch the villagers starve to death.

She knows that many people still have food hidden, and some people's houses are clean, and they only live on a big pot of rice in the village every day, but she can't force those people who have hidden food to hand them over, right?

But always find a way to solve the problem.

Now that it is confirmed that Wenjia Village has a lot of food, it is easy to say, as long as you understand it with emotion, Wenjia Village will definitely lend food to their village. People have no contradictions.

The village chief couldn't wait for a moment, so he brought a few old people from the village to the door the next day, but it was really embarrassing, there were no gifts, and the whole village could only scrape together a jar of rice wine.

At this time, it happened to be Wen Chun herself who was guarding the gate. She knew people from Li Family Village. She can't be rude.

"I'm sorry, but some of you are here for something important. Outsiders are not allowed to enter our village unless there are special circumstances."

Seeing this posture, the village chief of Lijia Village really feared that he would not even be able to enter the village, but he came here because he wanted to ask others and he couldn't be rude.

A village head with a few older people actually seemed to be low-key and small,
"Girl, I am the village head of Lijia Village. I am here today to ask the head of Wenjia Village for help. Please accommodate me."

But even so, Wen Chun still wanted to interrogate her clearly, she was afraid that something might go wrong, so I'm sorry my good sister.

"Then Village Chief Li, please tell me what's going on first, and I will let your group in after you say it is feasible."

Village head Li wanted to scold people, but he held back, but the older people behind couldn't bear it, so they immediately stood up and criticized.

"You girl from Wenjia Village, why are you making things so difficult for others? We are old women and not evil people. Why do you keep making things difficult for us here, and you are not afraid of losing your life."

Actually relying on the old to sell the old, it's a pity that Wen Chun didn't take this trick.

"Then since you don't say it, please go back."

Village head Li was unhappy, but he still bent over with a smile on his face, and gave the people behind him a look, so don't worry about it.

"Miss Wen's family is like this. Our Li family village has nothing to do now. It is because of my incompetence as the village head. Now more than half of the people are about to starve to death. I can't just sit and watch. Damn, I heard that your Wenjia Village sells grain, and I thought your village should be rich, so I wanted to discuss whether we can donate some grain to our village to live on.”

Wen Chun saw that the village chief in Lijia Village was very nice, but unfortunately he was a bit shameless. It's not that he doesn't know what the world is like now. Their Wenjia Village is just an exception. Other villages are short on food. Where did she come from? People donated food.

Seeing the change in Wen Chun's expression, Village Chief Li immediately realized that he had said something wrong.

"We can borrow it. If there is food in the future, we will return it as soon as possible. How about it? You have saved the lives of more than half of our village, and we will thank you."

Wen Chun is really just asking questions, she has no right to make a decision on this matter, but although this village is called Wenjia Village, it is actually raised by good sisters, the village chief can't control this matter, but he should call , also called Wen Haonai to see how they decide.

It's just that I really don't like these old ladies.

"Then why did you hide it in the first place? If you don't know, you think you are a thief. I will take you in and don't run around in my village, otherwise it will be embarrassing."

Village head Li was honest and didn't run around, but after entering the village, the old ladies behind Village head Li became dishonest, staring at the men in the village and turning around.

If you can bring back a husband from Wenjia Village for your granddaughter, wouldn't the family have nothing to worry about, or it would be good to marry the son of the family to Wenjia Village.

After entering the village, he was honest and followed behind without wandering around, but the old women behind were talking idlely and chatting with people on the road all the way.

Whose daughter is long and son is short.

The people from Lijia Village gathered in the same room with Wen Lan and Nai Wen. After talking about the matter, Wen Lan's face was rather embarrassed, and Nai Wen couldn't say anything.

Although Wen Lan is the village head, no matter what these are, everyone in this village has already sold the fields to Haojie, so the specifics of this matter depend on Wen Haonai.

Wen Hao’s milk is also in a dilemma. It’s not that they don’t have surplus food, but it’s not good to borrow it or not. If I got this one, I was afraid that one by one would not be able to close the game, and if I didn't borrow some money, I would not be able to get over my conscience, and I was afraid that I would offend a village, so it would be hard to decide.

This matter has to be delayed, and I will ask Haoer what to do when the time comes.

"In Lijia Village, don't blame our Wenjia Village for not borrowing. It's just that the current land of Wenjia Village is not everyone's village head and can't make a decision. Don't make things difficult. I also know that everyone is in trouble these days. If you don't help, you can't justify it. It's just that there must be a charter, and I have to ask someone to go to the city to ask my granddaughter."

Even if she agreed to help in these words, the village head of the Li family was relieved, she knew it would be difficult.

Wen Hao is not in the county at this time, but in the district office. This time, Cheng District is wearing an official uniform, and his serious face is completely different from the amiable one last time.

"Mrs. Wen, the word about the food has come down, and I attach great importance to it. The imperial court will also agree to your request. I will give you a stone tablet of imperial food and put it in Wenjia Village, and send five hundred soldiers to guard it. As for you How to expand is up to you, go to the villages to negotiate, if you don’t cooperate, you can just send it to the government, but it’s not for nothing, since you said that a batch of military supplies can be produced in three months, then you have to It is necessary to ensure that at least 200 million military supplies can be obtained after three months, otherwise, the crime of deceiving the emperor is not light."

The potatoes reserved by Wen Haona are now in the shed. After two months, at least 300 million potatoes will be harvested. At this time, almost all the available places in the village are potato sheds. The limit of the family village.

Wen Hao took the sign and knelt down to thank him.

"I will definitely live up to the court's trust, and I will naturally give a satisfactory answer in three months."

Now it is much easier to act with the backing of the imperial court.

Cheng Qu couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief seeing Wen Hao's confident look. She is also taking risks in this matter. If it becomes a double happiness, if it doesn't, she is really afraid that her superiors will be angry and go to serve as a court official for the elderly. If things fail, she will be demoted to become the county magistrate. It will be a long time to go back, but she has always believed in her own vision.

"Get well, no thanks, the people and the country complement each other, and you and I complement each other."

……

After seeing off the people in Lijia Village, Wen Chun immediately drove the bullock cart to the county town to talk about the matter with Wen Hao.

She is really lucky, fortunately, the Wenjia Village was built up at the beginning, otherwise, today it would not be borrowing food, but stealing the food in the open at night.

"My dear sister, this matter is in a dilemma. How do we solve it? It's not good to borrow or not."

Wen Hao just came back from Cheng District, and she didn't expect to encounter trouble as soon as she came back. If it wasn't for Cheng District's quick work, she would really feel a little distressed.

But it is different now. Tomorrow the order will be sent to Wenjia Village, and the five hundred soldiers will be stationed in Wenjia Village.

Wen Hao also told Wen Chun what happened today.

Wen Chun couldn't believe it, his expression was as if he had been smashed with gold.

"My dear sister, what you said is true, aren't you telling a story? Are we really climbing the royal family?".

Wen Hao nodded calmly.

"Yeah, but if you don't complete the task, you'll probably have to beheaded. The placement of the five hundred soldiers is also a problem, but it's okay to squeeze in everyone's room for a while, just leave it to Wen Lan."

"Let's not worry about the matter in Lijia Village. I will go back to the village tomorrow to deal with it. Some things have to be discussed with the surrounding villages. When the time comes, it will not be our village that will grow yams, but we will all grow them."

No one would believe what others said, but what my sister said was different.

"Okay, I'll go back and talk to your grandma."

Wen Hao went back to the village in a carriage early the next morning, and Wen Lan appeared in front of Wen Hao early in her robes and spirited.

"Mrs. Wen, I have made arrangements. The things that everyone used to eat in big pots are just in use now. I have also explained the situation to each family. Almost every family can vacate two rooms. By then, it will not be too difficult to spread bedding on the floor." It can sleep people, although it is a bit crowded, but there is enough firewood to burn the kang without freezing the poor.

But food is still a problem for 500 people. Although everyone has a lot of surplus food at home, everyone is willing to take it out, but they can't stop the mouths of [-] people. Besides, the next batch of potatoes will have to wait for two months.

"It's just that the rations are a bit embarrassing, and they can only afford one month at most."

The rations are really difficult, and I didn't expect it to progress so fast at the time, but it can last for a month.

The matter at hand is to negotiate with other villages. It would be best if they could negotiate with Yan Yuese, but it would be easy to cause trouble if they were forced.

"Wen Lan is now the village head, please help me to go to a few surrounding villages and sell the land to us. If you don't sell the land, you don't have to force it, but the conditions for the sale are the same as those in our village. I will pay the tax. , Each family manages each family’s site, and the wages will be calculated according to the potato house pots built. One room is fifty yuan a month. I'll take care of eating the first potatoes before they're harvested."

In fact, after careful calculation, she only gets two cents per catty of potatoes for each harvest, but the amount she gives is not entirely due to the hard work of the people under the painting.

(End of this chapter)