Nongmen Space: Farming lady is not easy to mess with

Chapter 45 The Hungry People Arrive at Huanshan Village

Carloads of rice and grain were transported to Huanshan Village, and there was a long queue dragging on the dusty official road.

More than [-] hungry people in ragged clothes arrived at the bank of the wasteland river in Huanshan Village one after another.

An Xingzhou stood with his hands behind his back, his chest and back were embroidered, and he wore a brand-new blue official uniform that was ironed neatly, and his whole body was as elegant as pine and bamboo.

A long desk was placed beside him, and the old county magistrate in a green official uniform was checking the register of civil servants.

Shu Yingtong glanced at the old man briefly.

The hair and beard are all white, and the material of the round-neck official uniform is old, and the frayed edges of the neckline and cuffs have been carefully mended with new fabric of the same color.

Even so, the patches can still be seen at a glance.

The oriole embroidered on the patch on the chest and back is not exquisite, and it is comparable to the official uniform on An Xingzhou.

The middle-aged Bo, who was counting the rice, was wearing a public uniform similar to that of the county prime minister, except that the embroidered quail stitches on the patch were a little more detailed.

The official uniforms are self-made, and the materials must be made of silk. Poor county officials are reluctant to make new ones when their official uniforms are worn out.

Official uniforms are different from court uniforms. They have no chance to go to court anyway, and wearing official uniforms for office is their last dignity.

"Miss Shu, why do you want them to register what they did before?"

An Xingzhou had food in his hand, and his face looked relaxed after the sorrow faded away.

"it works."

"Uh…"

It seems to have answered, but it seems not to have answered.

Three people must have my teacher, not ashamed to ask is his code of conduct.

"What is the use?"

"Let them do what they should do." Shu Yingtong looked down at the brochure that the county magistrate was writing, reached out and called a name, "Where is Wu Xingfa?"

An Xingzhou stepped forward and took a serious look. There was nothing special on it, and it said kiln burning at the end.

He waved his hand and let the servants call for someone.

After a while, Yacha came back with a middle-aged man with a red face.

"Caomin pay respects to your lord." Wu Xingfa tremblingly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

My heart is full of fear and fear, what does your lord ask him to do, could it be that he is not in line with the requirements of the civilian husband?
Not all hungry people can be elected as husbands.

The old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are not needed, only the young and strong laborers.My 11-year-old boy was selected because he was born taller than his peers.

Parents, wives and daughters count on their father and son.

"Get up and answer." An Xingzhou raised his hand to signal him to get up, then turned his head and nodded to Shu Yingtong.

"How many years has the kiln been fired? What has been fired?"

Wu Xingfa looked up and saw that it was a young girl asking a question. After hesitating for a while, he turned to look at An Xingzhou and asked.

"What Miss Shu asks you to answer."

"Yes." Wu Xingfa bowed his head and replied, "Caomin started firing kilns at the age of 13, and they have been firing for 15 years. They have fired bricks, tiles, and ceramics, all of which are private kilns."

"Okay." Shu Yingtong nodded, "Lord An, after all the migrant workers are registered, we can pick out the kiln burners and bricklayers."

"Okay." An Xingzhou waved Wu Xingfa back, "Ms. Shu, do you want to make bricks and tiles?"

"Correct."

Living in a wooden shed is not a long-term solution. Once autumn is over, people will suffer when the weather turns cold.

The mud-embryo house has a short lifespan and is prone to cracking, and it is easy to breed bacteria due to wind and rain erosion, so it is not as clean and firm as a brick-and-tile house.

For this village, she has made a plan, and tidy houses are the primary goal.

"Choose dozens of strong laborers to go into the mountain to quarry stones. I need a lot of bluestone strips. Do you have all the tools ready?"

"Ready!" An Xingzhou nodded with satisfaction.

A lot of iron tools are needed at one time, and there are no such tools in the county government.The Yamen were sent out, and they were all assembled in less than half a day.

The new official took office with a good personality, and the merchants and residents who had been bullied enough heard that they were doing good things for the county and supported him one after another.

As long as it's not borrowing food and money, it's easy to talk about anything.

"Xuemei, come."

Xuemei, who was chatting with Zhuyu with her head bowed, smiled and stepped forward, "Young lady, if you have something to do, please tell me."

Shu Yingtong nodded, and then pointed to a group of old and weak women and children behind, "Master An, let her manage those who are not part of the labor force."

Unlike the congee factory run by the county government, Shu Yingtong adopted the vote counting system.

The folks dredged the silt and widened the river, and every time they picked up a load, they went to the government office to register and count it. If they reached [-] loads, they would get a two-liang miscellaneous grain ticket.

For a bowl of porridge served by the county government, less than one or two grains of broken rice can be fished out, and it is calculated after cooking.

Two taels of miscellaneous grain rice can be cooked into dry rice to have about five taels.

The same is true for quarrying strips, and corresponding food stamps will be received according to the number of strips.

It not only prevents people from making up their minds, but also makes people have the goal of working hard for themselves, and the efficiency of project progress is greatly improved.

Most of the remaining old, weak, women and children are family-based, and each family basically has one or two strong laborers.Shu Yingtong, who was not selected, also made arrangements.

The Yacha does not enjoy the imperial salary, and the monthly salary is paid by the county magistrate privately.Therefore, there are only a dozen yamen in Yuan County.

The Yacha only came halfway, and he was too busy with the things in his hands, so naturally he didn't care about how the hungry people ate and lived.

"Xuemei picked some people to go into the mountains to cut bamboo, and took them to build a bamboo shed." At this point, Shu Yingtong frowned and looked at An Xingzhou, "I missed an important thing, first let someone build a row of latrines. "

Huanshan Village has its own temporary public toilet, but it is not enough for the hundreds of people.

Just thinking about defecating anywhere gives me a headache.

"Okay, I'll let someone arrange it. I may not have much free time to stay here recently, and the county government needs me to deal with official affairs. Please worry about Miss Shu, and all matters will be handled according to your wishes."

Shu Yingtong nodded kindly.

It didn't matter to her whether An Xingzhou was around or not. Those clerks also followed her plan, so he was more free when he was not around.

At least no one was chasing after her asking questions.

The two were talking in a low voice, when a woman rushed to them and knelt down with a plop, kowtowed and begged in tears.

"My lord, the women are strong, let the women work with them, please..."

Shu Yingtong, who was interrupted, raised his eyebrows and looked at An Xingzhou, "What's going on?"

"I don't know." An Xingzhou looked at the woman kneeling at his feet in a daze, and said softly, "Get up first and answer."

"No, no, no, women don't dare." The woman pressed her forehead to the ground and shook vigorously, continuing to cry.

"There are no strong laborers in the women's family, only the mother-in-law and the youngest son. The county government doesn't give out porridge, and it doesn't want to recruit women to do work. There is no way to survive..."

Before looking at the brochure, Shu Yingtong noticed that all of them were men, but now that someone asks for it, she realizes that it's not that there are no women applying for the job, but that they didn't think about it at all.

"This... how can a woman go to do that hard work with a man..."

On the one hand, An Xingzhou felt sorry for her, but on the other hand, he hesitated.

This bad reputation will do her no good.

Shu Yingtong stared seriously into his eyes, "Lord An, women hold up half the sky."

"People's words are terrible..."

"Being upright and sitting upright, why do you need to condescend and fear slander? As the pillar of the family, why not let her earn rice? She should be respected, and I agree."

"Oh... that's all, the county magistrate should register her name in the register."

"Thank you girl, thank you sir."

The woman wept with joy, kowtowed three times in a row, Shu Yingtong turned sideways to avoid it.

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