As an excellent leader, Xiao Han decided to care about the lives of outstanding employees, starting from the most basic...
"Back to Lord Marquis, the youngest is the only one left in the family..."
"Forehead……"
Okay, I was concerned about the horse's hooves, but Xiao Han didn't lose heart and changed the topic.
"Old Zhao, then your specialty is dealing with these crops?"
Seeing Xiao Han being so easy-going, the old farmer gradually calmed down. In addition, in the past two days, thanks to Xiao Han, he lived a good life without doing any work, and he also felt something wrong in his heart.
Xiao Han looked like he was here, and when he heard someone ask him, he answered quickly.
"Yes, to be honest with the Marquis, I have been dealing with the land all my life. I have tended crops and played with trees. I even planted most of the rare and exotic plants in the imperial garden..."
"Oh, then you must be very familiar with this farmhouse?"
"This little guy is pretty familiar with farm work and stuff..."
Xiao Han looked at the old farmer who was very excited when talking about his field of expertise, smiled brightly, and said: "I don't understand farming, and I don't care about those precious flowers and plants, except for food and some cash crops.
I have some interests, but I know nothing about your Marquis, haha..."
"The Marquis is joking. What the Marquis does are all big things. You don't have to understand these trivial things."
"Haha, what important thing do I have to do...Old Zhao, I have also seen several villages we passed today. Logically speaking, this is in Guanzhong and so close to Chang'an. Why are the people in this village so poor?"
The old farmer raised his head and looked at Xiao Han with some surprise. He seemed to be curious about why Xiao Han suddenly asked this question. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Master Hou, you stopped in every village today just to see this one?"
Xiao Han's expression didn't look very good, and he said after a while: "Yes, I went to every village, and it turned out that almost every family didn't have much surplus food. Fortunately, the harvest season is coming soon, but in case there is
Due to a natural and man-made disaster, this season’s crops cannot be harvested. How will we spend the next year?”
The old farmer lowered his head and said nothing, and the people around him also lowered their heads silently. They all knew that what Xiao Han said was true. They had all been through this in the past. Many of the auxiliary soldiers even came here because they really couldn't eat.
Go to the army and trade your life for a bite of food.
Life is not as valuable as food and money. This is the unchanging law in troubled times! Perhaps, people who have never experienced hunger will never understand what it feels like.
"I found that most of our people have night blindness, that is, they can't see clearly at night. This is a symptom of lack of protein. I originally thought why don't we eat some meat and eggs, but now it seems that why not eat minced meat? That's me.
That kind of people……"
Xiao Han smiled miserably. Seeing a real farmhouse for the first time shocked Xiao Han so much. He didn't expect that the farmers who worked hard to cultivate the fields every year would not even have a bite to eat in the end. How funny this was.
one thing?
The old farmer lowered his head and said slowly: "Master Hou, this world has been like this for thousands of years. After paying taxes on food, there is never enough to eat..."
"If you don't have enough food, why don't you think of ways to make money? There are fish in the river, prey on the mountains, and seafood in the sea. Why don't you think of ways to make money?"
Xiao Han was a little excited as he spoke, feeling sorry for his misfortune and angry at him. This may be what Xiao Han was feeling at this time.
The people around looked up and looked at Xiao Han strangely, which made Xiao Han feel uncomfortable. He didn't know what he said wrong.
Uncle Lunzi, who came later, was kind and explained to Xiao Han in a low voice: "Master Hou, as the saying goes, catching fish and shrimps will starve the whole family to death. In their eyes, only second-rate people can do those things, and only serious farmers can do it."
Only in exchange for a bite to eat..."
"Why?" Xiao Han was puzzled. Aren't all these things here? Why don't you catch them if you don't need money? In future generations, not to mention such a big fish, even a few small crucian carps can come.
Someone scooped out the water for you!
"Master Marquis, you are still young. You have to decide whether the fish is easy to catch or not. Even if you put in the effort to catch it, you won't be able to eat it, and it won't be easy to sell. It will smell bad in two days. The same goes for prey. It will be in the fields in winter.
There is no work, so someone is going to catch these things. It’s freezing cold, so we can keep them for a while!”
"Is this kind of place busy every day? Why do I think that I am busy only when planting and harvesting, and I have to watch in between?"
It is true that Xiao Han has never farmed. The most he has done is go to his classmates' houses to experience life. Harvesting crops is really tiring. Even if there are machines, there are many places where people are needed. At the end of the day, his waist is almost broken!
But in his opinion, planting land is just like planting flowers. When it sprouts, people can do whatever they want. Why bother guarding them all the time? Are you ready to destroy the seedlings and encourage them to grow?
Everyone around him looked like he was constipated since Xiao Han finished speaking, especially the old farmer. His face, which was already full of wrinkles, was now even more wrinkled than he could see!
The stupid uncle felt like he had a toothache, and he sucked in cold air hissingly. He quickly pulled Xiao Han from behind and explained to him: "Master Hou is joking. Although this kind of land is inconspicuous, it is still a skill. If you and
As the Marquis said, if you don't care about planting, then when it's time to harvest the grain, the land won't care about you... After the farmers plant the seeds, they need people to take care of them almost every day, watering, weeding, loosening the soil, and catching insects.
If the seeds are dead, they have to be replanted. During this period, almost every day is busy, so how can you have time to catch fish and shrimps?"
“Is farming still so troublesome?”
Xiao Han felt a little resentful. The vision of his previous life was indeed not applicable to the present. However, he vaguely remembered that Premier Zhou, whom he admired most in his previous life, once mentioned the eight-character agricultural constitution. He must think about it carefully when he goes back. If this cannot guarantee even the most basic food,
, where does a strong civilization come from?”
Another idea was ruthlessly crushed. Coupled with the strange looks in the eyes of others, Xiao Han suddenly felt a lack of interest. He handed the cloth bag to the old farmer and asked him to keep it safe. It was too late to plant it now. He would wait until next year.
Bar.
Seeing the old farmer carefully accepting the cloth bag, Xiao Han put his arm on the uncle next to him, stood up, waved to a few people, and walked towards his tent as if he was a little disappointed.
As a marquis, he has a tent, unlike Xiaodong and Lengzi who just find a mat and make do with it overnight.
This was also specially prepared by Steward Lu. In order to re-establish the prestige of the Marquis, he took great pains.
In fact, I didn’t sleep well while camping. Mosquitoes are almost everywhere. Although there are no black-flowered mosquitoes that are everywhere in later generations, which are silent and bite fiercely, the local small yellow mosquitoes are "buzzing" and are as strong as one.
It's like a small fighter jet, but it's really annoying.
After a lot of effort and counting hundreds of sheep, Xiao Han fell asleep hazily. He didn't know how long he had slept, but he was woken up by a pee. He drank too much tortoise soup tonight.
…
I was too lazy to get up, but I had to get up. If I peed my pants, the whole Tang Dynasty would probably know tomorrow that there was a marquis who peed his pants. Maybe my foreign friends would also know...
With great perseverance, he stood up and opened the tent door. As soon as Xiao Han poked his head in, he was almost frightened to death by the big eyes in front of him...
"Ahhh! You idiot?!"
"Master Hou..."
"You idiot, you're crazy! You don't sleep and you peek at me while I'm sleeping!!!"
Xiao Han almost exploded, he didn't expect it, he didn't expect it, it was hard to guard against thieves day and night, but the fool who looked honest and responsible turned out to be a piece of glass!
