Wanli 1592

Chapter 1311 Xu Guangqi Goes to the Countryside
Early the next morning, Guo Deng called his family to get up, eat, change clothes, and then went door-to-door to get more than 100 households in the village ready.

Guo Deng took several sons at the entrance of the village to prepare for the upcoming Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi didn't keep them waiting for a long time. They arrived at the entrance of the village within two sticks of incense. Xu Guangqi came, and he didn't wear official uniforms when he came. Only the Li family boy in official uniforms led the way, and the group behind them People in civilian clothes and bunts came in droves on horseback.

The sons of the Guo family had never seen Xu Guangqi before, and thought they were some kind of strange group of people, but Guo Deng had seen Xu Guangqi, a middle-aged man with a good appearance, and saw Xu Guangqi coming here wearing a bunt that was convenient for work. Suddenly felt a burst of kindness.

"Xu Shangshu is here! Hurry up to meet him!"

Guo Deng immediately walked forward, and the sons were stunned for a while, and quickly followed the father's footsteps.

Xu Shangshu wouldn't be among those men in bunts, right?

Although they had heard of this, but when they really saw Xu Guangqi like this, they really couldn't believe that this was really happening in front of their eyes.

Second-rank officials wear bunts and work in the fields with farmers. Is this what scholars and gentlemen want to do?
In the past, even being a Juren was very honorable. How could it be possible to work in the fields with the mudlegs? Don't even think about it. Their biggest task is to eat and clothe themselves.

Apart from this, other things are done by them, the tenants, who are responsible for keeping them fed and clothed, and they also need to go further to eat well and dress beautifully.

But watching the old man walking forward, all the bunter men on horseback got off their horses, and then the old man knelt down and kowtowed, and they also knelt down and kowtowed, and one of the bunt men hurried forward to help the old man Father, don't let him kowtow.

"Emperor Daqin has long stipulated that the people don't kowtow when they see officials, but just bow their hands together. Your kowtow is telling me to make a mistake, and ask the accompanying officials to record it and go back to the emperor to know. His majesty is going to punish me. .”

The bunt guy in the lead helped Guo Deng up with a smile, Guo Deng smiled embarrassedly, and hurriedly apologized: "You made Xu Shangshu laugh, we country people are used to kowtowing, and kowtowing to old men used to be a common thing. Son, it won’t change for a while now.”

"What needs to be changed, must be changed, remember, people don't kowtow when seeing officials, this is a new rule of the Great Qin, everyone must abide by it, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor will know that Long Yan is furious, and no one will have good fruit to eat. "

Xu Guangqi, the bunt man, looked back at the officials following him, and said meaningfully.

A group of big and small officials in bunts immediately said yes, saying that they would never do such a stupid thing.

After that, Xu Guangqi and Guo Deng walked side by side and walked into the village together.

"In recent days, I heard that the work organization in Liulian Village is good. The working group came down several times to see the condition of the land in the village, the condition of the cattle, and the condition of the farm tools. The comprehensive evaluation is No. 1, which is amazing. It’s all done well by President Guo!”

"Don't be ridiculous. There are more than 100 households in a small village. Every family is familiar with each other and takes care of each other. If any family has difficulties, everyone will work together to find a solution. It's not all due to me."

"Hahahaha, that's true. If everyone in a small village has something to do, it's not just that the peasant association discusses it together, but this specific matter is treated in detail. The village has issued an order. Isn't it you, Chairman Guo, who brought everyone together to do it?
So, don’t be humble about this credit. Some of the presidents did not do well. Last month, some villagers came to the village to complain, saying that the president of Dafeng Village bullied people and didn’t follow the rules of the township. Those who distribute the land, distribute the good land to their own people, and distribute the poor land to outsiders. No, they are arrested. "

Hearing what Xu Guangqi said, Guo Deng immediately patted his chest.

"Xu Shangshu, don't worry, this land was taken back by the emperor and us big guys. It's hard to come by. I, Guo Deng, have no other abilities, but I don't want anything that shouldn't be mine. Everyone has contributed. Yes, good fields and bad fields are shared equally by everyone.”

"Okay, with Chairman Guo like this, the old man can rest assured."

Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "By the way, is the situation in the village okay? Did you check the insect eggs according to the instructions of the people sent by the village? It seems that the autumn harvest is about to come, and it is the time when locusts multiply in large numbers. A few days ago in Dongcun Village, the villagers found more than a dozen nests of gnats, densely packed with gnats, which seemed to be infiltrating."

Guo Deng's heart skipped a beat.

"Really?"

"That's not right! Locusts are animals that like to lay eggs in low-lying areas, and the larvae still grow on the ground. When they haven't grown wings, they hide in the soil so that people can't find them. Once they grow up, they start to fly out to eat. The crops, as long as they are crops, can be eaten by you, so the imperial court promoted the cultivation of potatoes, and the potatoes are hidden in the soil, so locusts cannot eat them."

Xu Guangqi smiled, and Guo Deng also smiled.

"Hey, this official family is really kind. They planted potatoes for us. This year, more than half of our village planted potatoes. We harvested a lot. The wheat harvest was also good, and our stomachs are full."

"Okay, that's good. There are many kinds of potatoes in the north of the Yangtze River, and sweet potatoes and corn in the south of the Yangtze River. For more than a year, all places have been rushing to plant them. Myanmar, which was the first to plant these things, has long since starved to death. If we can plant these things earlier in Guanzhong, I don’t know how many people will be starved to death.”

Xu Guangqi sighed, and Guo Deng's eyes turned red when he thought of the villagers who starved to death in the past.

A group of people walked into the village, and soon came to the edge of the field. At the edge of the field, the villagers were already assembled. The whole village, men, women, old and young, went to battle together to listen to Xu Shangshu's teachings.

Before that, at the turn of spring and summer, someone from the village came here to teach everyone how to identify the locust spawning grounds. Now Xu Shangshu personally came to pass the last test for everyone. Everyone rejoiced and felt that this year must be another year. Good year.

Xu Guangqi is a hard-working man, he did what he said, he lifted his trouser legs and went down to the field, carefully bent over to observe the places where locust larvae were likely to be produced, and carefully searched for fear of being a little negligent, so he searched all morning and found half of the places , Did not find a dangerous place, feel at ease.

At noon, the sun was shining and the weather was hot. Everyone sat under the shade of a tree to enjoy the coolness. Some village women prepared meals and brought them over. Xu Guangqi saw that there were still a few pieces of meat in his share, so he asked Guo Deng what happened. Seeing that there is more or less some meat in the rice bowls of the people around him, and hearing Guo Deng say that he can still afford to eat meat once in a while, he felt relieved.

It seems that it is not false to say that everyone can eat enough...

Xu Guangqi thought so.

While eating, Xu Guangqi discussed another matter with Guo Deng and several prestigious old people in the village.

"Now His Majesty the Emperor is organizing people to promote the policy of raising ducks to control locusts in areas prone to locust plagues. Someone from the village should come down and talk to you about this?"

(End of this chapter)