Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 94 Drought Relief ([-])

On the way back to the guardhouse, Xiao Yufang kept shaking her arms.There are so few people who are literate now, and most people ask her to help them sign the contract, again in two copies. After signing more than 100 copies, her hands are sore.Fortunately, most of the content was printed in advance, and there were only a few places that needed to be filled in, otherwise she wouldn't know how long she would write.Yang Menglong said with a smile: "Your hands are sore, right? Let me rub them for you!"

Xiao Yufang shook off his paw and said, "No need, just take a rest. By the way, why did you make such a weird contract?"

Yang Menglong was surprised: "Weird? Our contracts are all like this!"

Xiao Yufang said: "Anyway, I have never seen such a contract. But it's good, the contract is very detailed and strict, and the obligations and rights that both parties should fulfill are clear at a glance. No one can take advantage of loopholes."

Yang Menglong had a dirty face: "Of course, I don't even look at who drafted it!"

Xiao Yufang rolled his eyes at him: "I know you are very smart! Hurry up and find a way to hire some gentlemen who can read and write. I don't want to try this kind of writing until my hands are sore!"

Yang Menglong nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Of order, my wife!"

Wang Tiechui watched silently, wondering if he should also sign such a contract with Yang Menglong.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the guardhouse was similar to a beggar's lair, dirty and messy, and inhabited by a group of beggar-like soldiers. Under normal circumstances, everyone kept a respectful distance from the guardhouse to avoid getting into trouble.People who live near the guardhouse even teach their children: "Don't go to the guardhouse to play! If you are caught by the poor soldiers inside, you will not be able to get out. You will have to be a poor soldier like them for the rest of your life!" "But now, they can't even think about not going in, because the workplace is right there. How can you work without going in?"After arriving at Wuyang Qianhu Health Center, everyone was surprised to find that the ridiculous wall had been demolished, and the entire health center had turned into a bustling construction site with thousands of people busy around. , those who repaired the house repaired the house, those who cleaned the stinky ditches cleaned the stinking ditches, those who forged iron, those who took care of the crops, those who took care of the crops.On the grain drying field, about two hundred people are working at full capacity to build a waterwheel. A group of strong men are shouting slogans and carrying a huge waterwheel to the river. It seems that the waterwheel has been built. , just install it.Yang Menglong said to everyone: "The weather is too dry, the water level in the river bed has been dropping, and there is no way to divert the canal, so we have to build a water tanker to lift water... This tank was built half a month ago and has just been completed. Would you like to go over and take a look at the installation process of the water tanker?"

Everyone felt curious, and followed in a swarm, and even helped carry the water tanker.If you want to get a stable job, you must leave a good impression on your boss, and there is nothing that can make your boss happy than helping your colleagues do what you can. Although these workers have not read "Du Lala's Promotion", But under the pressure of survival, I also understood this point without a teacher.

After leaving the town, everyone was surprised to find that the crops in Juntian were lush and growing very gratifying, in sharp contrast to the dying crops in the surrounding fields that were tortured by drought and pests.The most obvious point is that there seems to be no traces of insect bites on the crops in the military fields, while the crops in the fields of the landlords and rich peasants are almost eaten up by insects. How could this be?
Small aqueducts paved with moso bamboo stretch across the fields like long dragons, and the river flows quickly in the bamboo canals to dry fields.Moso bamboo is up to [-] centimeters thick. Split it in half and lay it on the canal. Then seal the joints with clay. It becomes the cheapest canal. Military households only need to stand in the river and lift up the river water with a bucket and pour it into the canal. The river water will flow into the fields along the pipes paved with bamboo, which is much easier and more efficient than carrying loads. No wonder the crops in the two to thirty thousand acres of military fields are growing so gratifyingly.Everyone was amazed, such a simple method, why didn't I think of it?
A group of people on the dry land are digging wells under the scorching sun.The terrain there is high and the drought is more severe. Even if there is a water truck, there is no way to lift the water up. There is no other way except to dig a well.However, the scene of more than a dozen wells being drilled at the same time is a bit bigger.On that piece of dry land, some crops have been unable to return to the sky. The military households are picking up hoes to plow the ground, preparing to plant drought-tolerant and fast-growing crops such as sweet potatoes, alfalfa, and soybeans. All of them are full of energy. Coupled with thousands of chickens and ducks looking for food all over the world, a sense of vitality blows over us.Looking at the scene of labor in full swing, the refugees were all deeply moved. How many years have they not seen such a scene?

Of course, it’s not all good, there will always be a little bit of trouble, for example, now a squire is blocking the middle of the road with a dozen servants, poking the ground with a cane, with an angry expression and saliva splashing: "You guys These damned poor soldiers actually set their minds on the old man, it’s really abominable! If you are sensible, put away your tricks, otherwise the old man will not spare you!"

Yang Menglong sighed: "You're swearing again!"

Chen Dingding, a carpenter from Shanxi Province, asked curiously, "Master, what is this master scolding?"

Yang Menglong said: "What else can you scold? It's nothing more than scolding us for driving all the bugs into his field and eating up his crops. I repeat these few sentences over and over again, without any innovative spirit!" striding over, Put your hands on your hips, and grinningly called: "Hey, Mr. Tian, ​​long time no see, you are still so strong, as strong as an old cow..."

When Mr. Tian saw Yang Menglong coming, he became more and more angry and shouted even more fiercely: "Yang Qianhu, you came just in time, I was just trying to talk to you!"

Yang Menglong pushed him aside and strode forward: "Speak, I'll listen. Also, let your people get out of the way, don't get in the way, my subordinates are carrying such a heavy thing, their temper is not very good , you block the way to prevent them from passing, and if you get beaten up by them, don't come to me!"

He walked so fast that Mr. Tian had no choice but to follow tremblingly. He pointed at the miserable crops in his field and gasped with anger: "Yang Qianhu, you drive all the insects from your military fields into my field to eat my crops. , what’s your intention?”

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "I've told you [-] times, I didn't let people chase away bugs!"

Master Tian stared: "You didn't let people chase away the insects? How dare you believe it! You can't see a single insect in your army's field, but the number of insects in my field has multiplied. You didn't chase away the insects?"

Yang Menglong said: "If I say no, I don't have it! Besides, I don't have the time to go to the fields to chase away the bugs. If you don't believe me, I can drive the bugs back!"

Master Tian was so angry that he raised his eyelids, Lao Gao: "You!" He was so angry that he couldn't speak.This old man is the largest landowner in Wuquan Town, occupying most of the land in Wuquan Town, and even the military land has been occupied by him, and the military households dare not speak out.He is also considered number one in Wuquan Town, and he would tremble three times when he farts, but since Yang Menglong came here, he has not been going well.Originally, the pests were serious, and everyone's crops were like that. "Extensive planting and low harvest" is what it is, and Mr. Tian's crops are not much better, but seeing that Jun Tian's is also like that, I don't think it's a big deal.But it’s so hard to die, Yang Menglong came up with Bordeaux mixture. At the beginning, everyone didn’t believe in it. Later, when they saw that the insects dared not touch the crops sprayed with Bordeaux mixture, they rushed to ask Yang Menglong for gallstones and quicklime. Spray the crops with Bordeaux mixture.Bordeaux mixture has a certain insecticidal effect, but the resistance of pests these days is scum. After the military field was sprayed with Bordeaux mixture, the pests did not dare to eat the crops of the military households, and they all flew to Master Tian's field. , I didn’t spray it here, and it’s a joy to eat—the persimmons need to be picked and squeezed softly, and all insects understand this.Mr. Tian found that the pests in his field had multiplied, while the crops in Juntian were growing better and better, and his mind suddenly became unbalanced.Naturally, the fact that the military household sprayed Bordeaux mixture could not be hidden from him, but this old man has never studied chemistry, and he did not know that copper sulfate can prevent insects and germs. He heard that Yang Menglong used a spell when spraying Bordeaux mixture, so he suspected Yang Menglong He cast a sorcery to drive the pests to eat his own crops, so angry that he wanted to fight Yang Menglong with his life!

What a big misunderstanding...

One old, one young, walking in front, the other panting behind, chirping, followed by a large army, this scene is really funny.Filled with righteous indignation and humming, the huge waterwheel came to the river.Hundreds of military households are busy in the river, laying down wooden piles and fixing the water frame. There are at least a dozen such water frames. The workload is not ordinary.Seeing the water truck being carried over, everyone cheered loudly, dropped their work and ran over to help load the water truck.The waterwheel was too big and very heavy, and it was not an easy task to install it. Although there were many people, they tried and failed repeatedly, and Yang Menglong was in a hurry.Seeing that Yang Menglong was depressed, Mr. Tian finally felt better, and said in a strange way: "You poor soldiers can only mess around! I want to see what tricks you can come up with..."

Yang Menglong turned his head and stared at him fiercely, shouting: "Shut up!"

Master Tian shouted angrily: "You brat, how dare you be rude to this old man? This old man will definitely..."

Yang Menglong roared loudly: "Shut up if I tell you to shut up! You old fool who wastes air while living, wastes land half-dead and drags down GDP, believe it or not, I will beat you to death with a stick!" He picked up the copy! He grabbed a stick that was as thick as an arm and had several nails nailed on it, with a fierce expression. If the old immortal continued to be verbose, Yang Menglong might really want to ask him to taste the mace!
Master Tian took two steps back in fright and dared not speak.Yang Menglong is very savage. In the past few days, he has beaten several servants into pigs' heads. He really dares to beat you if he says to beat you. The emperor's father's intercession will not work. Master Tian doesn't want to try his old bones Can it stand his iron fist!

Yang Menglong snorted and was about to speak when someone cheered from the dry land: "Water is coming out! Water is coming out!" Then another voice shouted: "Water is coming out of my mouth too, so much water!" Everyone looked over there , I saw a few clay figurines jumping up and down and shouting, almost rolling on the ground.It was the military household who was in charge of digging the well, and they produced water!Yang Menglong grinned, and finally the water came out. The wages and food these days were not in vain!He threw the stick casually, and ran over there, and there was a scream behind him, Mr. Tian clutched his toes, his old eyes were full of tears, he jumped up and down and took a breath, it was embarrassing enough, but Yang Menglong Without looking back, he just ran.He rushed to the dry land in smoke and dust all the way, and a feng shui master who was also covered in mud came up and danced: "Master Qianhu, water is coming out, the two wells I found, water is coming out, hahahaha..."

Yang Menglong casually pushed him aside, threw him to the side of the well and looked down, but at the bottom of the five-foot-deep well, a gust of groundwater as thick as a teacup was gushing out, and the water at the bottom of the well was rising upwards like it had grown legs. climb.He ran to another well, and the bottom of this well had accumulated more than half a foot of muddy water. A military household was happily rolling in the mud: "The water is coming out, the water is coming out! My field has been saved." , hahaha..." The military households who were in charge of digging the well all ran over to watch, you punched me and I punched you, they were very excited.

Yang Menglong pointed to these two wells and asked the Feng Shui master: "Can it produce six hundred Dans per hour?"

The Feng Shui master said: "Six hundred tons an hour is just a lot more!"

Yang Menglong looked at the water gushing from the bottom of the well and estimated that Mr. Feng Shui seemed to be bragging. Even if it was not 20 Dan, it would be almost the same.He waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Come to my place tonight to get the money. Two wells, [-] taels of silver. You won't be short a penny."

Mr. Feng Shui was overjoyed and knelt down on the ground: "Thank you, Mr. Qianhu, thank you, Mr. Qianhu!" Everyone looked at this lucky man with envy, 20 taels of silver, they had never seen so much money in their lives, and This guy just found two well locations and earned it!

Yang Menglong said: "You deserve this, you are welcome. Find me more wells with rich groundwater, and you will be indispensable for the money."

Mr. Feng Shui nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "I understand, I understand!"

The military households in the well had already climbed up wetly. Yang Menglong looked at the slowly rising well water, pinched his chin and said to himself: "This water will definitely not overflow. If people bring it up in buckets It’s too slow, what can I do to use the well water more efficiently?”

His voice was watery, but another Feng Shui master who came over to see his colleague’s masterpiece heard it. His eyes lit up and he said, “Sir, I have a way to solve this problem!”

(End of this chapter)