Chapter 288 Exclamation from the County Magistrate
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It's not accurate to say it's a house. It should be said that it's a row of pigsties built with yellow mud!
Even though Shifang has no life experience, he still knows that although this kind of pork is delicious, it is troublesome to raise. It eats a lot, poops a lot, is dirty and smelly, and a farmer can only raise two at most.
, any more will delay the work in the fields.
Suppressing his surprise, he followed the village chief and soon came to the pigsty.
There was no stench as expected, there was just a faint smell of livestock in the air. Shifang stretched his head and looked inside, and saw that the yellow mud floor was solid, with a thick layer of hay spread on it, and the ground was dry.
It was clean, with no trace of feces or dirt at all. It had obviously been cleaned recently.
In a pig pen, two little pigs have completely lost their piglet form. Their ears stand straight up, their eyes are bright and bright, and their bodies are long and slender. They are already developing into adult pigs. When they see people coming, they
They all gather here to beg for food.
"Village chief, why are you here?"
Xiaozhu was wandering around Shifang and others, but when he heard someone's voice, he immediately turned his butt and kept pushing towards the food trough.
Someone has come to feed me.
"Bring someone here to see the breeding farm, and you can go about your business."
"Why!"
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The visitor responded without being curious about this unfamiliar face. He just went about his own work and raised his hand to pour the pig food in the barrel into the trough.
"The pigs eat the feed baked by our village."
The village chief looked at the little pig, which was wagging its tail and eating without raising its head while humming, with a smile on his face, "This pig has been chopped, it's the time to grow meat."
"Just use the feed baked by the village, mix it with hot water, boil it, and add some green ingredients. It's not troublesome at all. It used to be fed three times a day, but now two meals are enough."
The village chief explained on the side, and the people feeding the pigs on the other side also expressed their pride, "I'm not bragging about our pigs. People butchering them say they are bigger than other free-range pigs, and at least weigh more than ten kilograms!"
Shifang was actually not interested in any kind of feed at first, but now that he saw the rows of pig houses, he didn't dare to underestimate them at all.
According to this scale, this farm can raise at least twenty pigs. Based on the fact that one pig can be sold for three taels of silver, this year it will be sixty taels!
"There's a chicken coop in the back."
Shifang didn't have time to care, the village chief said again, and then led him back.
Sure enough, there was a large area for raising chickens at the back. The chickens were all high-spirited, strong, and running around in high spirits. When they arrived, someone happened to take eggs from the chicken coop.
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"How many?" the village chief asked.
"Today there are fewer, only one hundred and five."
"I think so. Both baskets are not full."
"There should be more tomorrow."
The two of them asked and answered questions, leaving Shifang and Zhuang Er aside, but Shifang couldn't seem to get any anger at being ignored.
This Erli Village has really completely subverted his previous understanding!
"How about it, big brother, what do you think of our feed?"
Although Zhuang Er was straightforward, he could see the other person's shock, and immediately asked with a smile, "I can feed chickens, pigs, sheep, horses, and even fish. How many do you plan to buy this time?"
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Only when he asked this question did Shifang come back to his senses.
"I'm the only one here today. If I just buy it, I'm afraid it won't go away. Why don't I pay a deposit of two taels first, and then pay the balance when I go back to find the carriage and horse and pick up the goods?"
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When Zhuang Er heard this, he knew that the matter was done, and he was very happy. He hurriedly walked to the village chief and said this.
The village chief was unfazed. He nodded and asked again, "Do you want to go see the drying kiln?"
Of course Shifang wanted to see it, but it was already late, and he had come out alone. He still had some things left in the yamen, so he couldn't delay any longer, so he said no.
"Then go back."
After that, the three of them walked back. When they got back to the village chief's house, Shifang paid a deposit of two taels of silver and was about to leave. The village chief asked again, "You don't even have a written certificate?"
"It doesn't matter. I believe that the village chief is also a trustworthy person. I've given you this money so you can rest assured."
Shifang didn't really come here to buy feed. How could he establish any kind of documents with others? He just wanted to leave quickly so that he could go back and write a letter about what he saw here and report it to the magistrate.
When the village chief heard what he said, he immediately took a high look and even wanted to send him away personally.
"No need to see you off, see you tomorrow."
Shifang led the horse, said goodbye, and was about to mount the horse, but at this time, another person came hurriedly on the path.
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"Village Chief, Village Chief, are the threshing machines still available in the warehouse? The Liu family and the Tian family are fighting over this!"
When the village chief heard this, he couldn't care less about Shifang. He hurried forward to greet him and said hurriedly, "How can we fight for this properly? There are two more units in the warehouse. Go and notify them and come and get them as soon as possible.
Walk!"
After saying that, he left the small courtyard again and walked in another direction.
Seeing that Zhuang Er was about to follow, Shifang hurriedly pulled him away, "Brother, what is this threshing machine?"
But Zhuang Er was very anxious. During the autumn harvest, every family was busy with fires. If something happened to fight for the threshing machine at this time, there would definitely be a big fuss!
So he didn't have the intention to answer carefully at this time. He just said, "The machine used for threshing, what, you don't know yet?"
After saying that, he felt embarrassed and warned, "Brother, the reception was not good this time. You must come to my house for a good meal next time!"
Shifang just heard the word "threshing machine" and felt something was wrong. Then he heard Zhuang Eryi's explanation and immediately forgot about leaving.
"Don't worry, I'll go with you. If anything happens, I can help."
When Zhuang Er heard this, he nodded gratefully, kept walking, grabbed the person and left.
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The group of people didn't go far when they came to a small square with two plum trees. They saw two women with their sleeves rolled up and their arms akimbo, and they were scolding vigorously.
"Why should your Tian family use it? It doesn't make sense! The threshing machine is for public use in the village. Whoever comes first will use it!"
"Why didn't my family come first? I've been here a long time ago, but the man's straw will be here in a while. Are you so anxious?"
The women of both families were scolding each other vigorously, but the men were left waiting behind with their own bundles of rice.
"The village chief is here, the village chief is here, please stop arguing, it won't be embarrassing!"
When someone saw the village chief arriving, he immediately shouted. The two women turned their heads and looked at each other, and they both stopped talking.
"We are all from the same village. Why are we arguing? There are still two empty threshing machines in our village warehouse. If they are not enough, just ask me to get them!"
As soon as the village chief spoke, the men from both families beamed and thanked him profusely.
"Then let the Tian family use it first, and I'll go to the warehouse to get new ones."
The man from the Liu family asked his wife and son to keep an eye on the rice, and then walked to the village chief to follow him to get the threshing machine.
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The old man glared at him, and he smiled innocently, not taking it seriously at all.
The village chief led the people away, and Zhuang Er breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that nothing happened. He turned around and was about to say a few words to Shifang, but he didn't expect that the other person's eyes were glued to the beating that flew up after being stepped on.
The grain machine is on.
"Brother, have you never seen a threshing machine?"
As soon as Shoji saw the other person's expression, he knew that it was really his first time seeing this machine.
"Is this a threshing machine?"
Shifang murmured, but he couldn't bear to move his eyes away from the rotating machine.
There really are such wonderful things in the world!
Just step on the pedal, and the roller will rotate along with the trend. Then the rice stalk will be stretched inward and back and forth a few times, and the rice will be threshed! qqxonew
So light, so labor-saving, so efficient!
If it can be reported to the imperial court and spread, it will be a great blessing to the people!
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Zhuang Er had also completely forgotten how he was speechless in amazement when he saw this threshing machine for the first time. Seeing Shi Fang's shocked appearance, he immediately felt proud in his heart.
"Of course! This Shen's threshing machine was created by our Erli Village Xiao Sanyuan!"
This little Sanyuan is still his niece-in-law!
"Shen's threshing machine, Xiao Sanyuan?"
"nature!"
When Shifang heard this, his heart was filled with excitement. He lived for more than forty years. His youth studied hard while his youth was busy with scientific examinations. At this age, he has been serving as a county magistrate for ten years and has no further thoughts.
I just want to serve as an official well, not to leave my name in history, but I just want to have a clear conscience when I close my eyes in the future.
But today's Erli Village and his party gave him a vague feeling that his position as county magistrate was about to change!