Bai Shan and Zhou Man said: "A drug dealer came to the door, and the medical department has packed it up. When are you going back to the county?"
Man Bao counted the time when he came out, and found that he had been outside for nearly ten days, so he sighed and said, "It's been a long way, that's all, let's go back tomorrow."
Bai Shan nodded, "When you're in the county, keep an eye on Master Song for me."
He said: "During this period of time, I found that the grain seeds, rice seeds and other bean seeds distributed by the former household department were all good, and the wheat seeds were basically given to the Song family's tenants and Song clan members, but some remote villages basically There are no new types of grain.”
He said: "The situation improved when the county magistrate Lu was here, but judging from the villages I visited during this time, most of the new wheat varieties will still be concentrated among those few surnames."
Man Bao asked: "Aren't the rice and bean seeds purchased by the yamen bad?"
"It's not bad, it's just that I don't know how to adapt to the environment." Bai Shan obviously has a lot of research on farming, and said: "The grain yield in a place will become more stable after a long time. You should try to grow grain seeds from other places, maybe the grain seeds from other places can be extended to produce higher yields. This is one of the reasons why Sinong Temple and the Ministry of Households insist on sending grain seeds to various government offices."
"But the people farming are not willing to take this risk," Bai Shandao: "So, not only are the rice seeds distributed by the yamen, but also the new wheat seeds given to them. Most of them will eat them, or plant the seeds they have kept. .”
Bai Shan has some headaches, the people who farm the land obviously trust their own judgment more than the yamen's.
Of course, Bai Shan can't say that they are wrong, because some grains do not adapt to the local climate after sowing, and thus become very low-yielding.
People are not willing to take this risk.
The Song family and those families obviously had information from other channels, and knew that the new wheat was good, so they allocated a lot of it in other ways. Even if the situation improved after the county magistrate Lu took office, he couldn't make it right. Live down so many miles.
The county magistrate governing the county is actually more about governing the place in accordance with the local situation and improving the situation within the space that can be manipulated.
Before the release, Yang Heshu had discussed this matter with him in letters and letters. Throughout the ages, there are countless smart people who are amazingly brilliant when they read books, and they are like fish in water when they are in the court.
Or are they not learned enough to govern the place
No, it's just that what they did was beyond the scope of the local situation, so they failed.
Yang Heshu knew that the emperor wanted to train Bai Shan, and although there are many problems in the Great Jin Dynasty, the biggest problem is the land issue.
In recent years, due to the prosperity of the country and the people's safety, the population has grown rapidly. After the country's stability, several generations of children have grown up one after another. Land, so land and taxation are the main contradictions in Dajin at present.
When it comes to land, if you are not careful, you will die.
Therefore, the relationship between the county magistrate and the local wealthy family should not be completely opposed. If they cannot complement each other, they must adapt to the situation.
So even though he knew that the wealthy families in Beihai County were tricky about the distribution of grain, Bai Shan didn't intend to pursue it.
Instead, ignore the past and focus on the future.
Bai Shandao: "This time the amount of grain allocated by the county government is the reverse of what it used to be. In order to ensure that these grains can reach the people in the end, I will be in the countryside from now on. I don't know what each family thinks about this distribution. response, so please take care of me."
Man Bao replied, "No problem!"
Man Bao deserved to be bold. After returning home, he went to see Master Song specifically, which made Master Song feel chills down his spine. He couldn't help but ask, "My lord, is this...?"
Man Bao showed his standard eight teeth, and said with a hypocritical compliment, "Seeing that Master Song has lost weight, it seems that this time has been very hard."
Master Song couldn't help touching his stomach, "...is it okay? There are many things in spring, so it's more exhausting?"
Man Bao suggested: "There is a lot of phlegm and dampness in spring, so Master Song should eat less meat and more vegetables. Haven't there been a lot of wild vegetables emerging recently? Don't look at it as bitter, it is very effective in nourishing your body .”
Master Song didn't want to eat wild vegetables, that's what the hungry and the poor would eat, but since Zhou Man said so, he smiled and agreed, but he didn't intend to eat them in his heart.
After Man Bao finished staring at him, he started to talk about business. "I heard Mr. Bai said that there are a batch of used tables, chairs and benches in your county office. Are they still in the warehouse? Our medical department wants them."
Chief Bookkeeper Song: "...My lord, those tables and chairs are missing arms and legs, why do you have to wrong yourself so much, just buy new ones."
"You pay?"
Chief Song didn't say anything. It would be fine if there were one or two sets of tables and chairs, but at the medical office...
I also know that it is impossible to do one or two sets, and wood plus carpentry will be a lot.
Seeing that he was silent, Man Bao sighed and said, "The medical office will have to buy medicine next time. I have no money, so I can save a little. That set of tables and chairs is useless to your county government, so I gave it to our doctor. Sign it."
Director Song said helplessly: "My lord, I can't make the decision on this matter alone. Why don't we wait for Master Bai to come back..."
Man Bao waved his hand and said: "He has already agreed before he came back. If you don't believe me, you can ask Daji and them. If you think they are my family's guards and they are biased towards me, then you can ask Zhao Wu."
Zhao Wu is Bai Shan's yamen servant assigned to Zhou Man. He talks a lot, but he also knows a lot of dialects.
There are different pronunciations in Qingzhou, but he can speak those dialects. With him, Zhou Man can communicate with anyone without any problem, and he also learned a lot of local languages along the way.
Master Song was choked, and then he woke up, Zhou Man and Bai Shan are husband and wife, who else could Bai Shan be with if he were not with her
Master Song touched his nose and could only say, "Okay."
Man Bao didn't come out either, and directly greeted the servants in the yard, "Walk around, help me move some tables and chairs."
The storeroom was opened, and there were a lot of things piled up inside, including many tables and chairs. Man Bao looked at them, and found that some tables and chairs were indeed unstable, and some were missing arms and legs, but many of them were just scratched was also moved here.
When Man Bao saw it, he waved his hand and asked for it all.
Director Song twitched the corners of his mouth, and the storeroom was opened. He wouldn't bother about some broken tables and chairs and Zhou Man, but that's too much, right
He said: "Master Zhou, has your medical department used so much?"
Man Bao said: "It's definitely possible. There will be more people coming to see the doctor in the future, and maybe there will be patients living in the medical office. These things are all needed."
After the tables and chairs were moved, Man Bao reached the oilcloth piled in the corner, and went to look through it.
Master Song's new life was not good, and sure enough, Zhou Man stood up and said, "This oilcloth is dusty here, give it to me too."
Master Song: "...My lord, what do you want the oilcloth for?"
"Covering medicinal materials, there are too many uses, anyway, they are all old, and you are leaving them for nothing, why don't you use them for me."