Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Two: The King, the Minister, the Minister, the Father
Spring passes and winter comes, cold comes and summer comes. Everything in the world can be passed away, but time is the only thing that cannot stop it.
Days always slip through people's careless fingers. Bai Zhiqiang has concealed the secret from other members of the Ange and quietly married Miss Ling'er in Southern Tang Dynasty. This is not because he is unwilling to pass the news back, but as soon as he enters,
Jiang Hu couldn't help himself, he really didn't want the woman in front of him to have too much involvement with this right and wrong Jiang Hu.
He even came up with the idea of withdrawing from the world. From now on, holding a sword in one hand and holding her hand in the other, he would not care about any grudges or grudges!
However, he knew very well that Ange would not let him leave. Not to mention that Ange had worked hard to train you for many years. After training you to be a top second-grade expert, you could just leave now, even if you were just a nobody.
It is impossible for you to leave easily. The road of rivers and lakes has always only an entrance, and it is difficult to see the exit.
So in the past two years, he racked his brains to perfect the layout of the Ange in Southern Tang Dynasty, because in this way, the ancestor would not send people to monitor him, and he and Ling'er could have more
Live a peaceful life.
In addition to planning for Ange, Bai Zhiqian was also busy with one thing. He searched for famous doctors all over the world and wanted to cure Ling'er's eyes. Unfortunately, the famous doctor he found was mediocre.
, but there is nothing that can be done about Ling'er's eye disease.
The Southern Tang Dynasty had calmed down for a while, and everyone was doing their own business without disturbing each other.
Fu Qingyuan has not changed and is still hiding in the magistrate's mansion in Taiyuan Prefecture. However, as long as Bai Zhiqian does not reveal the news, everyone will think that he is dead.
Even if someone guessed that he was not dead, such as the still-unnamed Prime Minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, they could not find evidence that Fu Qingyuan, that is, Mr. Liantang, was still alive.
Li Houzhen, the leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was still fighting wits and courage with the group of rebellious ministers and traitors headed by the prime minister in the court, and the latter was still plotting to bring the four overseas princes back to the mainland.
However, there won't be huge progress in a short period of time, but as the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so they are not in a hurry for a year and a half.
Things have calmed down in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but Da Chu is rising again and again, and the battle between the two brothers Chu Wushuang and Chu Tianxiong has gradually reached a fierce stage.
And Chu Zheng didn't know what he was thinking. He was happy to see the fight between his two sons end, and sometimes he would even add a handful of firewood to the flames.
But there are always people who want to push themselves into the fire pit, such as Su Ruyu, who was released by his own father and served as a county magistrate for three years!
However, I have to say that his father Su Wang has really good eyesight. If Su Ruyu had not had the experience of being a county official for the past three years and the way of being an official learned from Zhu Wenran, he would have entered the court rashly.
Tang, then it would take him at least ten years to hone the self-cultivation skills he has now.
At the gate of Taopu County, Su Mo was sitting on a carriage with a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, waiting for his young master. He hadn't seen him for three years. This boy's kung fu was really good, and he was close to the peak level of the third grade. No wonder he is now
Sitting in the carriage, everyone looked like a proud villain.
"Mr. Su, I'm afraid you won't see each other again once you go to the capital. Shi has benefited a lot from working with you for three years. They say that Yangliu has the intention of retaining people, but Mr. Su is going to the big city.
In order to realize our grand plan, we will not leave Mr. Su in our small county town. I just hope that Mr. Su can drink this parting wine to the full!"
Su Ruyu looked at the officials in Taopu County in front of him, slightly lost in thought. Three years later, every face here is no longer as strange as when he first came here, but very familiar. However, he is not a pretentious person.
He took the wine glass from Shi Linwu's hand and drank it in one gulp.
Then he took the jug himself and filled his glass again.
"The official career is smooth. I am just taking the first step. Everyone here may not be unable to have the opportunity to go to Beijing in the future. Here, Su Ruyu only supports you with this glass of wine!"
Raising her head to drink again, Su Ruyu leaned down and placed her ear next to the ear of Shi Linwu, who was slightly shorter than herself. The words he just said were meant for the wise magistrate of Taopu County.
"Master Shi, I'm not as good as you when it comes to the intrigues and clever calculations in the officialdom, but you always lack the temperament of being a high official. The officialdom is not only about the clandestine deeds, there are also
There will be tit-for-tat on the surface!”
After Su Ruyu said this, he raised his head and took one last look at the gate of Taopu County, which was as dilapidated as when he came.
"Look at what the city gates in Taopu County are like. I don't know how beautiful they are.
Just repair it with money. After I leave, you will be the top leader in the county, and the city gate will be your face! As I say, you can decide whether to repair it or not."
Some words are best left to the point, so after Su Ruyu finished speaking, she turned around and got on the carriage. Su Mo, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately drove the carriage away, leaving Shi Linwu alone to stop and think.
When the carriage was almost out of sight, Shi Linwu finally came back to his senses and chuckled.
"I have been a county magistrate for three whole years and I didn't talk about repairing the city gate. You left this mess to me as soon as you left. It seems that you learned a lot from that old fox Zhu Wenran.
!If you have a chance, you must go to the capital to see it!"
Shi Linwu turned around. He first glanced at the officials who had different expressions after seeing Su Ruyu leave, and then looked up at the gate of the county seat.
"It looks really shabby."
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It is said that when the wind blows, you can see all the flowers in Xijing in one day. But for Su Ruyu, who has grown up in Xijing since she was a child, the flowers in the capital are really nothing interesting.
He clearly knew what he was going to face after going to Beijing and returning home this time, but he thought that he was fully prepared.
If reading poetry and books when he was young allowed this young man to accumulate a wealth of knowledge, then his trip to the rivers and lakes with Ergou and this time as the three-year magistrate of Taopu County allowed him to accumulate a wealth of knowledge.
I have seen clearly what the sufferings of the people are, and what the people in this world need most!
The carriage driven by Su Mo was not able to set foot on the official road immediately after it came out of Taopu County. He had to travel dozens of miles on a muddy path.
Su Ruyu in the carriage was still the same as when she came in, holding a book in her hand. However, the content of the book was no longer the previous high-spirited talks about governing the country and ensuring peace of the country.
"Agricultural Affairs Collection".
Su Ruyu happened to read the second chapter of the book at this moment. This chapter focused on how farmers should cultivate their fields, when to sow seedlings, and the geometry of the spacing between seedlings! And the page he turned to happened to be about
When it comes to the spacing between rows of rice, Shui Shui writes:
Dachu has a vast territory, and the spacing between rows of seedlings varies from state to state, but it can be roughly divided into two types: southern rice and northern rice. The south has higher terrain and a pleasant climate, and rice can be harvested twice or even three times a year.
The row spacing of early rice is generally between 3.9 inches and 4.8 inches, the row spacing of medium rice is generally between 4.8 inches and 6 inches, and the row spacing of late rice is optimal between 6 inches and 6.9 inches...
"Sir, it's dinner time, come out and have something to eat!"
Just when Su Ruyu was reading with great interest, Su Mo's voice rang out. He put down the book and walked out of the carriage to sit next to Su Mo. Su Mo took a baggage from the side and took out a few pancakes.
He handed a piece to his son.
Su Ruyu took the pancake and took a bite. From his bite mark, he could clearly see that the pancake was filled with minced meat. It seemed that this dry food was not for anything!
While Su Ruyu was eating the cake in silence, he saw an old farmer planting rice seedlings in a farmland not far away, so he took another meat cake from Su Mo's hand and walked towards the old farmer.
"Old man, it's time for dinner, let's have a piece of cake and rest before continuing to work!"
The older farmer was obviously hesitant. It wasn't actually dinner time for him yet. He could still work for a while, but if he walked over and took the cake from this strange young man, that would be enough.
Save a bite of food for the family.
After struggling several times and weighing the pros and cons, he put down the seedlings and walked back from the middle of the field.
"Thank you!"
Taking the pancake from Su Ruyu's hand, the old farmer took a bite and felt that it was full of minced meat, so he felt a little embarrassed.
Although he could tell that this young man was not short of money, his simple farming style still made him feel that he had taken advantage of this kind-hearted young man.
"Young man, you must be tired from the journey! Have a drink and take a rest."
The old farmer took out a basket from a very hidden corner, and it was obvious that this was his lunch.
He opened half of the basket and took out two Tuba bowls and a small jug of wine. It was not that he was unwilling to open the other half. Su Ruyu actually secretly caught a glimpse of what was there, which was just a few corn cakes.
, extremely rough.
The old farmer probably didn't want to lose face in front of Su Ruyu, so he didn't show those corn cakes.
He carefully poured a bowl of wine for Su Ruyu without a drop falling outside the bowl, and then poured half a bowl for himself.
Su Ruyu picked up the wine bowl and took a sip. The wine was spicy and pungent after entering the mouth. It was not really a good wine. You could buy several kilograms of it for about ten cents.
Not noticing anything strange about Su Ruyu, the old farmer said proudly.
"This is the wine my son brought me back from Taopu County. According to him, it costs three pennies a pound!"
Hearing what the old man said, Su Ruyu suddenly no longer felt that the wine was unpleasant to drink. He picked it up and took a sip, and it seemed that he had tasted something else.
"Sheep have the kindness of kneeling down to breastfeed, and crows have the obligation of feeding back. This is a child's filial piety. Just enjoy it!"
"Hahaha, you young man looks like you are a literate person, and what you say is pleasing to the ears. From now on, no matter how hard and tired I am, I will send my little grandson to school."
After taking another bite of the meat pie, the old farmer reluctantly put the meat pie back into the basket, and then took out a corn tortilla. He was probably thinking that his grandson had not eaten the meat pie yet.
"Hehehe, I'm getting older and can't get used to those greasy things. It's better to go with this, light and drinkable!"
Taking advantage of this moment, Su Ruyu finally revealed the true purpose of his visit.
"Old man, although our Bianzhou is not considered to be in the south, the terrain can be considered to be close to the south. Now it is time to plant the second rice! Although I am not familiar with farming, I also know that the best row spacing for planting medium-sized rice is
Between 4.8 inches and 6 inches, but I noticed that the row spacing of the rice you planted seems to be only 4.2 or 3 inches."
When I mentioned my favorite field, the old farmer's face began to show a look of pride and excitement, as if he was saying that this young man who looked like he had a college education also wanted to ask me questions.
"Hey, hey, young man, I have been planting rice for decades and still don't know the distance between each row of seedlings? Although shortening that little distance will indeed affect some harvests, but in such a large field, I
If you save a little distance between each row, you will be able to plant several more rows of seedlings in the end. In this way, the harvest will not be reduced but will be much larger!"
Having said this, the old farmer picked up the wine bowl and took another sip. He originally wanted to take another sip, but he stopped when he thought that he had just given a bowl to the young man.
"It's just that we are a little more tired, but it doesn't matter. We are farmers with their faces turned to the earth and their backs to the sky. The more tired you are, the more tired you are!"
After listening to the old man's explanation, Su Ruyu suddenly realized that the real experience was not in the thick books, but in these farmers who worked hard day after day, year after year.
"Old man, the boy has learned a lesson."
Su Ruyu stood up and saluted the old man. This frightened the old man and she quickly helped him up.
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When I came here, I wasted too much time traveling around the mountains and rivers. Now I was on my way with all my heart. In less than ten days, I saw the top of the capital city.
"Sir, the capital is just ahead. We will be home in a while."
"Um."
Faced with his young master's indifference, Su Mo continued to speak unwillingly.
"Sir, I noticed that you have changed."
"How has it changed?"
"You used to feel like a state minister to me, but now you are more like a county magistrate. I don't know if you have been fooled by you as a county magistrate in the past three years!"
Hearing Su Mo's words, Su Ruyu in the carriage was silent for a long time. Finally, she woke up when Su Mo called out to him. After being stunned, Su Ruyu spoke leisurely.
"When I was studying when I was young, I really felt that the ideals of those saints thousands of years ago were the aspirations that scholars should have."
Su Ruyu, who had changed the book in her hand from "On the Governance of the Country" to "A Collection of Farming Matters", wrapped the scroll into a barrel and placed it on her chest.
"Establish a heart for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, carry forward the unique knowledge for the past saints, and create peace for all generations. Although these sentences are still read today, my heart is surging, but I also feel that they are a bit lofty and unrealistic.
This young man who had been a county magistrate for three years seriously smiled slightly.
“Actually, it’s already pretty good to be able to do small things that help the world and benefit the people.”?