Idle courtiers

Chapter 47 Don't Think About It When Things Matter

Niu Er: "Master Zhou, what's wrong?"

"Haha, it's a little thing." Zhou Nan beckoned a ten-year-old child on the street to come over, and threw out a bunch of money: "Bitch, you have quick legs, go to Quanshui Village to find my father-in-law, Yang Liuye, let me give you money." He called me a dozen young men with quick hands and feet, and they must come today, and treat them to a drink later."

This guy named Jian is a homeless child adopted by Lao Hao in County Yizhuang. He is often used by the yamen on weekdays and belongs to the reserve yamen servant.Seeing the money, he wiped the snot from his face, snatched the string of Jiajing Tongbao and ran away: "Master, don't worry, I will bring you here in two hours."

As soon as the voice fell, the person had disappeared.

"This kid sees money quicker than a rabbit." The boss Niu Er murmured, "Yes...what's the matter...could it be Master Zhou's wife who broke Lin'er?"

Thinking of this, his complexion changed drastically.The exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes of the Ming Dynasty were really inhumane, and the restaurant business was not successful. It was already enough to pay those taxes every year, and the people in the yamen often came to make money.Master Zhou is popular, if his wife gave birth to a child, and an invitation flew over to ask him to accompany the gift, wouldn't that be fatal?

Zhou Nan: "Where do you want to go? Don't act like this. Even if labor and management have a baby, they won't invite you to the full moon wine, and they won't accept you in red envelopes."

Although he was hesitant, Zhou Nan also knew that his plan had a huge loophole, and his heart was heavy. He drank a couple of extra sips and walked with his head heavy.

Back in his yard, Zhou Nan sat down on the chair, feeling his mouth was dry, so he yelled: "Xiaolan, do you have any tea, pour the bowl over here." With this yell, he patted his forehead, Muttered: "Drunk, drunk."

Yesterday he sent someone to bring a letter back to Zhoujiazhuang to ask Zhou Yang to come and pick up his cheap niece to go home. It is already afternoon, and Xiaolan should have arrived home by now.

"Here we come." But she didn't want to, Xiaolan responded crisply, and walked into the main room: "Uncle, do you want some tea? My niece is going to boil water right now."

"You...why didn't you go home?" Zhou Nan was taken aback and asked.

Xiaolan: "Back to uncle, didn't you send a subordinate to bring a letter to daddy yesterday? The man came back with a letter from daddy and said that he asked Xiaolan to live with uncle and take care of you and your aunt, so you don't have to go back He said, after all, he is my uncle, so I decided not to treat my niece badly. In the future, Xiaolan will rely on my uncle to help me find a good family to marry."

Speaking of which, she had a gleam of excitement on her face.

"What?" Zhou Nan's eyes widened. What's the matter with the second child this week? The former fan and himself are simply at odds, but now he entrusts his daughter to come over... That's right, if Xiaolan follows me, she can eat and drink every day. And the dowry in the future has been stolen from me, this Zhou Yang is so calculating!
He is really flexible, and the wisdom of the working people is endless... Bah, he is also a working people, just a lumpen proletariat.

Xiao Lan: "This is a letter that Dad wrote to Mr. Wu from the private school in the next village. Uncle please read it."

As he spoke, he handed over a letter.

When Zhou Nan read the letter, he guessed right. Of course, Zhou Yang deeply hated him who suddenly came out to fight for the family property.However, after seeing Zhou Nan's majesty when he and his daughter went to the city the day before yesterday, this Zhou Yang paid attention and asked someone to inquire.After asking this question, I realized that my elder brother is already in business in the county.Master Chengfa Fang, ranked below the county magistrate, county magistrate, and master boss, is the fourth or fifth person in the yamen.

Zhou Nan sent someone to bring a letter back to Zhoujiazhuang, and Xiaolan was also a scheming person, so she asked that person to bring a message to her father saying that her uncle had agreed to be responsible for her future food, and even the future Ruyi Langjun had been found. , must be the young master of a big family in the county.The daughter will be with her uncle from now on, as his biological daughter, don't forget about her parents.

When Zhou Yang heard this message, his heart suddenly moved.According to the local customs, poor families don't get any money when they marry a daughter. Maybe there is some dowry, which is simply a loss of money.If it is under Zhou Nan's single-handed arrangement, it would be a great joy for Xiaolan to marry a good man.Even without Jinan, it can save a few years of food expenses.

Since the elder brother agreed to this matter, the previous conflict between the two brothers will not be brought up again in the future.

Zhou Nan put away the letter and looked at Xiaolan in front of him.Feeling angry and helpless in my heart, the ancients have always said that the elder brother is the father.In other words, as an elder brother, if your parents die, you have to play the role of the head of the family and take on the responsibilities you should bear.Since Zhou Yang entrusted his daughter to him, if he refused, he would be scolded by the world.

It’s true that Zhou Nan’s reputation is bad, but when you think about it carefully, killing the eldest son of the Mei family is manslaughter; whoring Miss Su is also your choice, not forced, it belongs to the love of the people. Saying that Zhou Nan has a bold imagination and outstanding imagination does not damage his character in the slightest.

But regardless of the poor brother, if you push the niece who came to seek refuge out of the door, that is a beast.

It's good to take Xiaolan in, and the little festival between us brothers will disappear.Otherwise, once I become prosperous in the future, the brother's discord will always be a stain.

Xiao Lan washed her head and face today, and bought new clothes with his money.She even put on lipstick and blush, but she was as thin as a reed stick, and she didn't feel disgusted.

He shouted: "Don't you want to boil the water? By the way, wait until you go out and cut ten catties of meat, buy a jar of wine, and cook for a dozen people, can you do it?"

With Xiaolan's culinary skills of cooking pig food, it is estimated that it will not be possible.My monthly income is only a few taels of silver, and besides food and clothing for the couple, I have to support this little girl until she gets married, kill me!
No, this little girl must be married off as soon as possible, Zhou Nan thought.Xiaolan has just turned 12 years old, although it is said that most girls in the dynasty are allowed to marry when they are 16 years old.But women lose money, and it is not uncommon for daughters of poor families to marry and have babies at the age of 12. One extra day of raising them at home means eating an extra day of food.

But this little girl is quite ugly, who would want it?

Forget it, wait until you've been busy for a while and then look for it slowly!Am I not a member of the public family? It is really impossible to find a family with a decent family background and force them to submit to crimes on random charges.If you don't agree to marry my ugly niece, you're going to be jailed, right?

When the wine came up, Zhou Nan's sleepy eyes were dim, and he couldn't stand it any longer, so he fell directly on the Hu bed and fell asleep.

Here, Xiaolan boiled water and made tea.Seeing that his uncle had fallen asleep, he gently covered him with a big cloak.

She was proud of herself, and thought to herself: I can be regarded as a city resident, and in the future, if my uncle is in charge, I will definitely be able to marry a good man.Uncle has so much salary a month, so there must be a lot of dowry in the future.No, if you really want to find a good family, you don't need a dowry, as long as you can stay in this prosperous place in the county.Daddy is also useless, so what good will it do him if he has a quarrel with his uncle?It seems that I have to decide my own affairs, and my father is unreliable.

Uncle seems to be very bored with me, I will try to please him in the future, so don't offend him.

In any era, girls are always much more mature than boys.The children of the poor families have been in charge of the family early. Xiaolan's biological age is only 12 years old, but her mental age is equivalent to that of a woman in later generations.

It is a place where people yearn for wealth and a better life.On this point, there is a novel called "Little Ripples in Dead Water" that was written profoundly in later generations. The heroine Cai Yaomei in it is always thinking of jumping out of the dragon gate and living in the bustling city of Chengdu.

Of course, Zhou Nan didn't know about her careful thinking.

He slept until dusk and woke up from hunger.

After getting up and drinking two sips of hot tea, Yang Youtian came, bringing with him ten men from the Yang family.

"I've met Mr. Zhou." Uncle Yang has never liked Zhou Nan. Although his brother-in-law has been very popular in the county recently, his attitude can't be changed for a while: "Everyone is here. Dare to ask if there is anything I need?" Let's do it?"

Zhou Nan: "Arita, have you brought all your belongings? Everyone, you can move quickly. Come and eat."

"I brought them all." Yang Youtian patted the hemp rope around his waist and a sickle pinned to it, and replied, "They are all farmers, veterans in the field, how many acres of land are there to live?" Son? But, we have to agree, we need to work in the fields for wages."

"Not much, just over a thousand acres."

"Qianyumu, what are you kidding?" Yang Youtian couldn't help crying out.Hearing the letter brought by the cheap brother earlier said that he was asked to pick a dozen young men and bring a rope and a sickle, he thought that Zhou Nan asked them to go to the field, probably for weeding and fertilizing.For veterans like them, picking up soil and cultivating five or six acres a day is no problem.One thousand acres, standing on the ground, can't see the side at a glance, let alone work.

"If you can finish it, if you can finish it, it will be one night anyway. Even if you can't finish it, you will still be paid." Zhou Nan threw a handful of scattered silver on the table and said with a smile: "Listen to me later." Commander, take the money and leave at dawn."

This fistful of silver is the fund for his reception of the king this time, and there are a total of ten taels, which is just right for use.

Farmers are busy all year round and don’t get enough money. Seeing this pile of gleaming metals, the eyes of the Yang family are green / ten taels of silver is divided, and each person has one tael, which is enough for the family to spend for a year. How to let go.

Someone said: "Arita, what are you talking about? It's not like we haven't seen Mr. Zhou's tricks before, and we can lose money by following him. Anyway, we can do whatever he tells us to do. A lot of nonsense, let's go After such a long journey, I’m already starving, so it’s more important to drink.”

After dinner, Zhou Nan changed into the clothes of the yamen, and donned a waist knife, looking majestic.A group of people took advantage of the fact that the city gate was still open, took a small boat out of the city, and arrived at a Zhuangzi within fifteen or six miles.

At this time, it was already dark, and everyone lit the lanterns that had been prepared in advance.

This village is not big, there are four or five families with about twenty people.

Zhou Nan's dozen or so people came in a mighty way, and under the banner of the county government, they had already alarmed the villagers. Twenty or so people were gathered in the open space of the village by him.An old man in his sixties came up to meet him, cupped his hands and said, "May I ask the official who is in the yamen, why did you come here at night?"

Zhou Nan: "Next Zhou Nan, today I got an order from the county lord to come to your village to change farming into mulberry. I hope people in your village can cooperate."

"Ah, you are that bastard Zhou Nan. The staff member said that you would come to seek our misfortune in the next few days, and told me to be careful. It really is you!" The old man gritted his teeth and shouted: "Hurry up, go and inform the staff... what!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Nan kicked him to the ground and shouted sharply: "Resist the government's law enforcement, tied up... Do it, I will take care of things, I don't want money anymore!"

After the water fight incident last time, the young and middle-aged members of the Yang family had seen Zhou Nan's majesty, they had a kind of blind worship for him, and they also established a deep fighting friendship.The peasants in ancient China, especially the honest and honest ones, as long as they had an organization, their combat effectiveness was terrible.Otherwise, Qi Jiguang and Grandpa Qi would not only accept the kind of honest and obedient mountain people when he was fighting against the Japanese, and he would not accept any tricky and slippery people.

Organized versus unorganized, plus there are old and young people in the village, how can they be the opponents of Zhou Nan and others.In just a moment, the twenty or so people were pushed to the ground and tied up with ropes one by one.

The old man at the head cursed: "Bastard surnamed Zhou, you have repeatedly bullied our Mei family. Is it easy to be bullied when you are an outsider? One day the outsider will crush you and throw you into the Huaihe River to feed the fish. You are a thief." , if you dare to pull out my family’s rice, Yuanwai will be with you forever.”

"Haha, old man, the enmity between me and your Mei family cannot be resolved, and there is no such thing."

Hearing Zhou Nan's strange smile, the old man thought, yes, this Zhou even killed the eldest son, and even polluted the young mistress's body, full of evil, he has already been with the Mei family forever, so he doesn't want to have more of this enmity .

Thinking of this, I was immediately frustrated.

That's right, this is Zhuangzi of Meiyuan's family.

Member Mei bought thousands of acres of fertile land in the west of the city after he made his fortune, but he was from a Shuishang family after all.I suffered a lot in the early years, and naturally I have to enjoy it when I am developed.Therefore, the house was built in the city.Outside the city, these farmers were left to guard and cultivate.

Recently, the matter of changing another day for Sang has become known to all passers-by, and Zhou Nan is the host. Given his holiday with the Mei family, the Mei family is naturally on the blacklist.The rice is blooming recently, and there will be a bumper harvest in more than a month, but now it will be completely destroyed by the hands of the thief, how should I explain to the staff?

The old man's heart was bleeding, and he seemed to see a messy farmland in front of him.But at this moment, the scene in front of him made his eyes widen.

However, under the command of Zhou Nan, the dozen or so men shaved off all the branches of the ash tree on the ridge of the village and loaded them into the car.

It turns out that in an agricultural society where materials are extremely scarce, people have to get food and clothing from the ground.It can be said that every inch of land cannot be idle.Therefore, most of Anton's field ridges are planted with mulberry trees and ash trees, and a few nests of soybeans are lit.

The climate in Anton is very suitable for the growth of the ash tree, and every year the hanging insect wax can be sold for a lot of money.

Seeing that Zhou Nan and others were only looking at the branches, the old man was very surprised: What is the beast surnamed Zhou doing? What is he doing with some branches, lighting a fire?
Next, Zhou Nan directed his staff to insert the branches directly into the rice fields, one plant every three meters.In a short while, the paddy field of one side and two mu of land was planted, and it was green under the light of lanterns and torches.

"Are you crazy? What is this? The little old man has planted a blanket of crops, but he has never seen anyone planting trees in the field!" The old man was in a mess.

In this way, the action was fast. When the sky was dim and bright, although the thousand mu of land had not been completed, there was still seven or eight hundred mu of land.From a distance, the wind and green waves are spectacular.

He sat on the bow and nodded in satisfaction, hoping to hide the matter from the king today, and ask the man to take a look at it from a distance later, and then pull the matter away as soon as possible.

It is true that this matter can only be seen from a distance and cannot be played with. If you really look at it closely, everyone will be finished together.

I can't help it, and I can't control so much when it's important.

　It's a big chapter, I'm too lazy to divide it into two chapters, and post it together, I will update it today, please recommend votes for support, thank you!
　　


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