Chen Maimai walked quickly into Lu Lin's study
Lu Lin glanced at Chen Maimai, and said cheerfully, "Maimai is here, what's the matter?"
"Brother Lin, our mule is missing." Mai Mai yelled.
"Oh, mules don't have enough meat recently, they've already killed them for meat." Lu Lin said flatly.
Chen Maimai said a little excitedly: "Eat meat, why didn't I eat it?"
Chen Maimai was probably too excited, his voice sounded like a scream, and Lu Lin was taken aback.
The supplies in Shaxian County are a bit poor. Even if Lu Lin has money to buy meat, there is no one to sell meat. There has been no meat for wheat for several days.
Ji Yun'an came in with Chen Maimai, and when he heard Lu Lin talking nonsense to Chen Maimai, he couldn't help but slander Lu Lin for going too far and deceiving children.
"Mai, the adults lied to you." Ji Yunan looked at Lu Lin, and felt that Lu Lin was too boring, so boring that he deceived a child, he didn't look like a calm official at all.
"You lied to me."
Chen Maimai looked at Lu Lin, his eyes widened angrily.
"The mule was borrowed." Lu Lin felt a little guilty when he was stared at by Mai Mai, and said embarrassingly.
Chen Maimai asked suspiciously, "Borrowed?"
Lu Lin nodded, "I'll return it in a few days."
Animals are very precious here, even more precious than people. The price of a single mule is only this price.
Chen Maimai puffed his cheeks and said, "Why was it borrowed?"
Lu Lin rubbed Chen Maimai's head, and said: "This animal! It's very troublesome to raise. Wouldn't it be great if someone helped to raise it? What's more, I borrowed this mule. In the future, these people will come over and do it for me for free. Live."
Chen Xiaomai tilted her head, and nodded as if she had realized something. "Brother Lin, you are so smart."
"It's easy to say, easy to say."
Ji Yunan looked at Lu Lin and thought to himself: The county magistrate is really scheming! He tried to trick people into doing the work, but borrowing mules and agricultural tools is also voluntary by the villagers. There is no forced buying or selling involved here, and Ji Yunan does not know what to do. I think Lu Lin is smart or cunning.
Quyuanli quickly spread among the villages. Chen Xiaocai saw that there were too many borrowers and he was too busy, so he went to Lizheng, four villages in Sha County, and sent six Quyuanli to each village. If you use it, you can go to Lizheng's house to get it. After you borrow it, you need to register. Anyone who borrows something is equivalent to owed to Chen Xiaocai, and needs to pay off the debt with work. The final result is collected by Lizheng to Chen Xiaocai.
Many villagers are still afraid of dealing with officials, but when this thing is delivered to Lizheng, everyone dares to go.
For a while, villagers could be seen busy pushing Qu Yuanli everywhere in the village.
Chen Xiaocai was looking at the tofu shop, and one of them was looking for it, followed by a panicked villager.
Chen Xiaocai glanced at the person and said, "Zhang Lizheng, what happened?"
Zhang Lizheng said in embarrassment: "Young Master Chen, the cart you borrowed broke down."
Chen Xiaocai raised his head, glanced at the man next to Zhang Lizheng, guessed that Qu Yuanli was broken by this man, the man's face was a little ugly, he seemed a little nervous.
"Did you bring the broken wheelbarrow?"
"Bring it, bring it."
"let me see."
Chen Xiaocai glanced at Qu Yuanli who was brought over by Lizheng, nodded, and said, "It's okay, it's not serious, leave this thing here for repair, and you can go to the warehouse to get another one."
Zhang Lizheng glanced at Chen Xiaocai, and said, "Young Master Chen, you are not angry!"
Chen Xiaocai said calmly: "Accidents always happen." Chen Xiaocai glanced at the man next to him and said, "You broke it."
The man said anxiously: "I don't know how it broke, so he naturally broke."
Chen Xiaocai nodded, and said: "Although I know you didn't do it on purpose, but the thing broke in your hands, I can't pretend nothing happened."
Zhang Lizheng looked at Chen Xiaocai and said, "Young Master Chen, look at this Ah and him are not easy, and..."
"Give him an extra two days' work."
Zhang Lizheng was overjoyed and said, "Is it enough to memorize it for two more days?"
Chen Xiaocai nodded, "Yes"
Zhang Lizheng hurriedly said, "Thank you, Young Master Chen."
Zhang Lizheng took Song He away, "Ah He! Fortunately, Mr. Xiao is easy to talk, otherwise, you will be in trouble this time!"
Song He scratched his head, and smiled naively, "Yes! Yes! The county magistrate's brother-in-law doesn't look very old, but he looks very powerful! Unlike ordinary people." Not to mention the trolley It is also a complex and delicate farm tool. If this ordinary farm tool is broken, it is very troublesome. It is very expensive to buy another one. If it needs to be repaired, it is easy to be opened by a lion, but even if you repair it yourself, you don’t have the ability.
Zhang Lizheng nodded, and said, "That's not true. It is said that the county magistrate's brother-in-law knows how to do business."
Song He followed Zhang Lizheng with brisk steps. He broke something belonging to the government. After the thing was broken, Song He didn't fall asleep all night. Now that the matter was resolved, Song He finally felt relieved.
Ji Yunan was reading a book in the room, thinking deeply from time to time.
After his identity was exposed, Lu Lin didn't care much about Ji Yun'an anymore. Ji Yun'an had a lot of free time. Ji Yun'an discovered that the county magistrate is versatile, but most of his talents are in cooking.
Food is the most important thing for the people, and Lu Lin's cooking skills are amazing, which still makes Ji Yun'an a little impressed.
Chen Xiaomai ran in with a thud, a look of panic on his face. "It's not good, it's not good, what's the matter!" Ji Yunan asked.
Chen Xiaomai showed the paper in his hand to Ji Yunan, "It's dirty, it's dirty."
Ji Yun'an looked at the oily paper Chen Mai took out, frowned, and said, "Did you run into your study?"
Chen Mai nodded and said, "Yes!"
Ji Yun'an asked in confusion: "What are you doing in the adult's study?"
Lu Lin's study room is full of books. What Xiaomai dislikes the most are books. This guy dozes off when he reads a book.
"I gave a tortoise to Brother Lin, but Brother Lin didn't eat it. I kept it in the study. I went to feed the tortoise, and fell asleep there accidentally." Chen Maimai rolled his eyes. road.
Ji Yun'an also knew about the turtle that Chen Xiaomai was talking about. A few villagers caught it by chance a few days ago.
Because Lu Lin had asked someone to repair kangs for poor people in the village before, and recently lent mules and farm tools to the villagers. The villagers had a good impression of Lu Lin. They caught a tortoise and sent it to Lu Lin. Lu Lin couldn't shirk it. The villagers in Yinzi were not good, so in the end they had to ask everyone who came to bring some tofu back.
Ji Yunan looked at Chen Maimai, and thought to himself: Chen Maimai is really going to feed the tortoise, not to see when the tortoise can eat . I like to eat so much and I am not afraid of getting fat.
Chen Maimai said a little depressed: "What should I do!"
Ji Yunan smiled and said: "It's no big deal, I'll just copy it for you again."
Ji Yun'an felt in his heart that the words above were messed up, and it shouldn't be of any importance. However, seeing that Chen Xiaomai was in a hurry, he still gave him an idea.
Chen Maimai was a little surprised and said, "Are you literate?"
Ji Yunan: "..."
Of course he was literate, did Chen Maimai always think that he was an idiot who couldn't read a single word? Ji Yunan's father was born as a Jinshi, and his family has a long history of education. Not long after he was born, Ji Yunan began to be enlightened. Ji Yunan doesn't like reading very much, but under the influence of a father who is inferior in everything but good at reading, he is still familiar with it. Four Books and Five Classics.
When he was a child, Ji Yun'an was frequently beaten by his father for being naughty.
The Ji family is a family of generals, but they also attach great importance to reading.
After Ji Yun'an entered Ji's house, he read many military books, and Ji Chengkang also taught Ji Yun'an very strictly.
"Of course I can read." Ji Yunan said with a dark face. "I'll be able to take the exam for a scholar soon."
"Bragging." Chen Maimai said flatly.
Ji Yun'an: "..." This damn kid is so low-minded.
Chen Mai blinked and said, "Second brother, you can also write."
Ji Yun'an nodded, and thought to himself: Chen Xiaocai's dog crawling character has the same style as the county magistrate's. If this kind of character is used in the imperial examination, it will not give the examiner a good impression at first, and I'm afraid there will be no hope for high school.
Ji Yunan transcribed a copy of the words on the paper and put it in the study.
Chen Maimai looked at the oily paper, then at Ji Yunan's writing, frowned, and said, "It seems to be different!"
Ji Yunan smiled and said, "The characters are all the same."
Chen Xiaomai tilted his head and said, "Brother Lin's writing is beautiful."
Ji Yun'an: "..." What kind of vision is Chen Xiaomai? How can Chen Xiaocai's dog-climbing calligraphy compare with him? His calligraphy has been praised by the master, saying that he has everyone's demeanor. Although Ji Yunan felt that the other party was exaggerating, compared with Chen Xiaocai, Ji Yunan was still very confident.
Chen Xiaocai's handwriting is not very good, his arithmetic is very good, and so is Shen Chi. Ji Yunan has seen two people doing arithmetic, and they think they are very good, as if they used a very magical algorithm
"Yes, yes, your second brother's writing is beautiful." Ji Yun'an did not argue with Chen Maimai, and he knew in his heart that there would be no result in arguing with Chen Maimai.
During one winter, Ji Yun'an and the Chen brothers got along better and better.
After the beginning of spring, the farmers got busy one after another, and all the dozens of Quyuan plows in stock were rented out.
Quyuanli is very convenient to use and greatly reduces the difficulty of farmers' work.
The Ministry of Industry also made a lot of money by selling Quyuanli. The emperor was so happy that he even issued a commendation order to Lu Lin, but this award order was sent to the Lu family. The emperor commended Lu Lin contribution to the country.
The emperor was taking care of everything, and the ministers in the court were also very busy. The officials only knew that Lu Lin's official position was bought, but they didn't know that Lu Lin was actually a son-in-law and had already left the Lu family.
If the senior officials in the court don't know, the emperor is even less likely to know.
This commendation order spread to Dashi Village, causing an uproar.
"Lu Lin is really amazing, the emperor favors everything he does as an official."
"I didn't expect Kid Lu to be so capable."
"Yeah, I heard that Sha County is not a good place. The magistrates who go there often have bad luck. I didn't expect that Lu Lin did a good job and was rewarded by the emperor."
What on earth did Kid Lu do? He even alarmed the Holy Majesty. "
It will take time for this Quyuanli to spread. This farm tool has been mass-produced near Kyoto and put into use, but the news has not yet reached Dashi Village.
"Boy Lu is really in his prime!"
"Grandma Shen really knows how to judge people. She found such a good son-in-law for her son-in-law in one go."
"Yes! It's a pity that the old lady is not in good health, so she left early, otherwise, she would be happy now."
There is a saying in the countryside that marrying is worse than doing well. Shen Chi seems to be the best person to marry in the eyes of many villagers. Many girls in the village heard about Shen Chi and Chen Xiaocai, and wished they could marry each other. generation.