The Dongmen Leopard was gnawing on a cooked pig shoulder, while staring at the crowd with eyes as big as cowbells. They were either lying on the table with their stomachs in their hands, their shoulders slightly shrugging, or they were tilting their heads and holding on to the pillars of the room, laughing secretly.
Ying was the most outrageous, laughing so loudly that he even shed tears.
"A Bao also named his son Wei, hahaha, you are really laughing at me!"
"actually……"
Heifu coughed, but when he saw Dongmen Bao's murderous expression, he swallowed his words.
The problem of favoring boys over girls cannot be cured in the 21st century. An ancient person with little education experience is even less likely to accept it easily. There is no use in persuading this kind of thing.
And in more than ten years, we will indeed usher in a period of "preferring girls over boys".
"Be careful not to give birth to a boy, but use your breasts to feed a girl. If you are alone, you will see the bones of the dead supporting each other under the Great Wall!"
This is a song that can only be sung with so much helplessness and despair. If Heifu could change, he hoped that that period would never come.
So Hei Fu shook his head, turned to his younger brother who couldn't help laughing, and said in surprise: "After being promoted to a high official, the land I should get is 700 acres. I should be able to give it before spring. If my uncle learns about this,
, are you going to worry again?”
The two brothers had been snickering a lot last year about the famous saying that Mr. Hei blurted out because he was promoted too quickly.
Zhong said at that time, Brother Zhong, please slow down and be promoted, as the land will not be finished!
This sentence should make the two brothers laugh for a lifetime.
He was surprised and said: "What's more, now my uncle not only has to worry about his family's fields, but also the spring plowing in the whole village. Brother Zhong doesn't know it yet, but his uncle has been recommended by the rural Tianzu officials and appointed as Chaoyangli Tiandian! That's also true.
He’s an official!”
"oh?"
Heifu immediately understood: "It seems that the compost retting method that my uncle and Tian Zuoli tried in the countryside has been effective?"
"It's natural."
He laughed in amazement and said, "Brother Zhong didn't see that during the harvest in August, the two hundred acres of trial planting field in Yunmeng Township produced 40 to 50% more millet than the ordinary acres nearby! Tian Zuoli was so happy.
, immediately reported the matter to the county, and the county's Tian Shifu was overjoyed after coming to inspect it in person, and sent someone to report the matter to the county..."
"At the beginning of October, an order came from the county to upgrade my uncle's title to Shangzao!"
"Only level one?"
Heifu was slightly disappointed. Nanjun was too stingy. Such a big agricultural discovery did not exceed the threshold of a doctor. It would be justified if it required at least two or even three levels. In other words, Nanjun's field officials still had doubts and planned to make another discovery.
Try planting for a year and then report it to Xianyang? Then Xianyang will make up for the reward. It is true that things like yield per acre often depend on God's face. It is very random, so it is right to be cautious.
As a result, their family's farmland reached a thousand acres, and their family property increased tenfold without realizing it.
Looking at everyone present, who has not doubled his worth after returning from two battles?
Dongmen Bao said that after he returned home, relatives who had ignored his family for the past ten years since his father's death suddenly came to greet his twin daughters when they learned that he was dead.
He got close to him. Some old women with wrinkled skin even pulled him and secretly taught him tips on how to give birth to a boy.
For example, you can uncover the tiles on the roof, dig out the grass inside and make soup to eat it. For example, you can only have sex with your wife on the fifth day of the month. You should be restrained at ordinary times...
Control yourself! The next Wu Day is at the end of the month!
Dongmen Leopard also said that he ran out not because he couldn't bear to give birth to his daughter, but because he couldn't stand the noise of these people. Although he was annoyed by their behavior, he didn't wave his sword like he did to the enemy on the battlefield.
past……
"These relatives are more difficult to deal with than the enemy troops on the battlefield." He complained.
Not only Dongmen Leopard, but also everyone present. After everyone returned home, their titles, their clothes, money and silk were enough to cause a sensation in the countryside, attracting a large number of relatives and neighbors to watch, and this also caused their own troubles. Troubles are troubles, but
Heifu also lived up to the promise he made to everyone when he left Anlu to "make contributions and gain wealth".
But he also had a promise that he had not fulfilled. After a few days of rest, Heifu planned to find an opportunity to go to Jingling County. If he still had Huaimu, he could not bring it with him, because everyone gave in some credit, and Huaimu was promoted to doctor.
, his uncle has just regained his freedom from being a slave, so he can inherit this title. He is really a lucky man...
Speaking of this, Heifu suddenly remembered something and asked quickly: "Wait a minute, where are the sugar canes I planted the year before last? How are they growing?"
Everyone knows that Heifu habitually calls Zhu Zhezhè sugarcane. The year before last, he accidentally found some wild ones near Yunmeng Ze, so he took them home and planted them on the edge of the field. It turns out that in October, sugarcane is sweet.
During the harvest season, Zuo Wei took revenge and assigned him to take a dozen garrison soldiers and prisoners to serve northward.
In this way, Heifu missed the first harvest. Before he left, he still remembered to ask Zhong to plant for another year. He wondered how it would be now.
"My uncle took some people to cut down the poles before it started to snow, and put the cut poles in the newly dug cellar. The weather is so cold, so it should be ready for the beginning of spring."
What I don’t understand the most is why Brother Zhong is so interested in those not-so-palatable Zhuzhes?
Heifu breathed a sigh of relief. If he put it in the cellar, it should still be kept fresh. He mysteriously told Jing that the sugar cane was of great use to himself, but he couldn't tell others about it for the time being.
Jingye had long been accustomed to Heifu's pretense of mystery, so he smiled and stopped asking.
No matter what, Brother Zhong will bring surprises to the family. This is the trust he has in his elder brother as a younger brother.
Everyone ate in this restaurant until nightfall. Dongmen Bao and others who lived in the county town left first and went back, while Heifu and the others stayed at Chuanshe.
Jingye told Heifu that when Heifu and the others go to the temple tomorrow to submit the "Zhi", which is the certificate of service, he will first take leave and take a bus back to Yunmengxiang. His mother and Zhong have been looking forward to it all day long and must tell him earlier.
Their good news...
"That's fine." Heifu thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to drop by Anpu tomorrow. He has taken care of you a lot in the past year, and Xijun..."
Heifu's title is now higher than that of Xi, but he still calls him "Jun Xi". Although the two have had arguments and have no personal relationship, Xi, who is unselfish and insists on handling the case in accordance with the law, is still Heifu's successor.
One of the most admired people of this era.
He has always felt that the reason why Qin was able to unify the world was not only because of its strict laws and regulations, not only because of its perfect terrain, but also because of its generations of wise kings and the talented and strategic Qin Shi Huangdi...
What's more, the Qin State has tens of thousands of Qin soldiers like Huaimu, and hundreds of local Qin officials like Xi.
"Brother Zhong, there is no need to go." Jing Ke shook his head: "These two are no longer in Anlu. An Pu was just transferred to Jingling County half a month ago to serve as a military official."
He lowered his voice: "I heard from the officials in the school that he was transferred out deliberately because of his disagreement with Zuo Wei."
"Where is Xijun? Where has he gone?"
"Xijun was transferred in March last year. Because he ranked first in the performance evaluation for three consecutive years, he was favored by the county's censor and was transferred to the county's Jiangling City. He should also be an official..."
"That's really unfortunate."
Hei Fu nodded, and at the same time a question flashed in his mind. In history, after becoming an Anlu judge, was Xi ever transferred out?
"Is it because of me that Xijun solved two more major cases and was promoted?"
…
Early the next morning, Heifu led his men to the county lieutenant's office in Guansi District. Although it was just after sunrise, the place was already busy. After all, Qin and Chu were still in an armed confrontation, and Anlu was a border county.
All the affairs of thieves and soldiers in the countryside are collected here, so it is never deserted all year round.
Considering that officials from other places often came to work early in the morning, in order to allow them to rest and change clothes, a queuing house was built outside the government office, called a "shu". When Heifu and the others arrived, there were already several people inside.
After queuing up, a seemingly upright man was called in. Behind him, there was a pavilion chief who was packing up his clothes and tidying up his appearance in preparation for an audience with the superior.
"It's all Abao's fault." Ji Ying complained, "It's all his fault for getting up late. We were the ones who came late."
Dongmen Bao snorted coldly from his nose and did not bother to answer. But Bu Cheng, who was also a doctor and witch, laughed and said that Dongmen Bao's eyes were red and he was low in energy. He was afraid that he was overworked last night and he had some kidney-tonifying prescriptions.
, I wonder if he wants to try it?
Several people were making low noises here, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the chief of the Kamizou Pavilion who was arranging his appearance in front of him. He turned around to scold them, but when he saw everyone dressed up, he couldn't help but take a breath...
Four top buns with red buns on the right side, two with green hairpins on top of their heads, two with trapezoidal short crowns...
Not to mention, the person surrounded by everyone in the middle is actually an official wearing a double crown on his head and a sword on his waist. This formation... is extraordinary!
When Heifu and others saw the young man turning around suddenly with a bad look on his face, they were also looking at him. Li Xian immediately called out his name.
"Lee Guo?"
Li Guo rubbed his eyes and took a look. The person calling him was not Li Xian, who was from the same clan. Who else could it be? He hadn't seen him for more than a year. Li Xian had grown a long beard, and he was a little unrecognizable.
"Li Xian, when did you... come back?" Li Guo looked at the gray hair on Li Xian's head and was secretly surprised.
I think at the beginning, Li Xian was the laughing stock of the entire Li family in Jinshui Township. Because he was a side descendant, he did not inherit the title, and his family was poor. In order to support his children, he had to work as a pavilion soldier. At that time, the clan members were not optimistic about this.
Sure enough, a year had passed. Although Heifu, the director of Huyang Pavilion, had made many meritorious deeds, evenly distributed, these achievements were not enough for Li Xian to be promoted to a public official. During the family sacrifice, Li Guo laughed at him again. At that time, Li Xian's face turned pale.
A burst of green and white, then he slapped the table and walked away.
That was the last time Li Guo saw Li Xian. Within a few days, Li Xian was implicated by Hei Fu and was arranged to serve in the north. Since then, there has been no news for more than a year. Only one Duke was reported back, and then another
There was no news, and everyone thought he was dead. The orphans and widowers in his family were crying all day long. The clan leader was already discussing whether to provide relief. At clan gatherings, Li Guo often made sarcastic remarks about Li Xian.
Wrong choice.
"It would have been great if you had come to work for me as the pavilion chief, and you wouldn't have died!"
How proud he was at that time, how surprised he was when he saw Li Xian again.
"Brother, I have just returned from serving, and it is a coincidence that I meet you here." Li Xian sneered in his heart, but everything on his face remained as usual.
Ji Ying is a sarcastic person, and he can tell at a glance that the two brothers of the same race seem to be having a feud. Then he sees that Li Guo is just a superior, so he rolls his eyes and starts to praise Li Xian like he did yesterday, citing his achievements.
Said something.
"Had I not been able to make plans and lead us to defeat the rebellion, Captain Li would have been in danger!"
The more Li Guo listened, the more ugly his face became. In the past, he laughed at Li Xian for being mediocre and incompetent in front of his tribe. Now, hearing about Li Xian's various achievements, he was secretly frightened. Seeing that Li Xian's title was higher than his own, in comparison,
On the contrary, I am a more mediocre person.
Heifu watched the scene in front of him from the side and did not stop Ji Ying from making sarcastic remarks. Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. Suddenly, he understood that Li Xian was eager to behead him and win the title when he was in Huang.
urgent mood.
But it seems that after Li Xian returns home, the Li clan leader, as long as he is not stupid, will have to re-examine the descendant of the side branch who returned to his hometown in fine clothes, right?
At this time, after receiving the notice from the gatekeeper, a lieutenant hurriedly came out and said loudly to the door: "Where is the black official in the county? The right lieutenant, the left lieutenant invites you!"
He used the word "invite" instead of "call", and he still had a smile on his face, which was extremely polite, but...
Black Fu Guan Dafu? This title is too hard to pronounce! The serious-faced guard standing guard by the door almost couldn't help but laugh.
Heifu tried hard to hide his embarrassment, responded, and led everyone to walk forward, bypassing Toshikuni, the chief of the pavilion who was supposed to be summoned first, but secretly thinking in his heart:
"Perhaps it's time to give yourself a formal name?"
