A misty rain painting the hometown

On the carriage, Wu Yiqing was still chatting with Gu Ji, this time talking about Maoye Village.This village has a radius of 300 miles, surrounded by three-eyed ball trees. The village is far north of Haikou County, and only five miles away from the official road to Beijing. However, the villagers still make a living by fishing and hunting. This village is also the poorest village in Shangming State. The village has a population of about [-], and fishes ten times a year, earning about three to five taels of silver each time.Fortunately, the village is located in a very hot place, and all the men and women in the village only cover their shame with a piece of cloth. I heard earlier that in addition to eating dried fish, they also dig out roots in the forest to eat bark. There are only two generations of people, and the imperial court provides food every year. , should be enough to eat, otherwise the population would not have increased from two hundred to three hundred.Lifting the curtain of the car, Wu Yiqing pointed out to a row of fishmongers squatting on the side of the street. In front of the fishing baskets, their complexion was darker and almost black.

Gu Ji called to stop the car, he saw that there were still jumping sea fish in the twelve baskets, and paid all the money, a total of seven taels of silver.He also asked Wu Mang and the guards to take three war slaves to buy seasonings and ingredients back to the yamen, while he asked Wu Ge to bring twelve baskets of fish to the yamen.Seeing so many fish, Wu Yiqing didn't know what to think for a while, and said again.

"Mr. Gu also has research on these fish?"

Guji laughed.

"Guji is especially talkative."

Wu Yiqing said hurriedly.

"It's better to buy a large piece of land in Maoye Village and build a compound. There are fish and three-eyed balls in this village. They are coconuts. There will be a way to go. The land price is also very cheap. One mu of land is only three hundred yuan. , Mr. Gu just regarded it as a good deed, how about dragging these poor people?"

What kind of pull is this?I wish for it.Gu Ji thought secretly, got out of the car, stepped into the yamen servants, and a group of war slaves and fish were also taken over by the servants.Seeing that Gu Ji was hesitant, Wu Yiqing flirted with Li Yi Zhishu, who rushed to the hall, wrote a government land sale deed, and eagerly handed it to Gu Ji.

"What about those three-eyed ball trees?"

"As you please."

After Gu Ji signed, Fang saw the number of fields and lost his voice.

"Fifteen hundred acres of land?"

Wu Yiqing folded up the government's land deed, handed it to the magistrate, and asked someone to take the land deed away, then turned around and patted Gu Ji on the shoulder.

"It's only 450 taels of silver, Mr. Gu will be merciful this time, let those guys look like human beings, and tomorrow we will take you to see the village with a population of 300. Mr. Gu will definitely not regret it."

Gu Ji counted 700 taels of silver bills and Wu Yiqing, just when Qingqiu's voice came from outside, it sounded like the food was ready.Wu Yiqing counted the bank notes twice and was about to speak.Gu Ji hurriedly said.

"Gu Ji accepts the number, and the county magistrate Wu will take it. The war slaves and the construction of the courtyard will trouble Mr. Wu, and the construction will start in five days. Tomorrow, I will go to check the terrain first, and I will go to the kitchen to see the fish."

Wu Yiqing didn't force back the excess bank notes, and the guards took people to the kitchen, while he turned to the back hall, patted the shoulder of the magistrate in the hall, raised his arms and legs in front of him, and danced several times, Li Yi was cold. Can't help it.

The kitchen was busy cleaning up the big fish, so he called Wuge to stop, and led the slaves to string up all the cleaned small fish with twine to dry.He rolled up his cuffs, revealing his snow-white slender wrists, handling the seasoning.

Qingqiu, Gao Yu, Li Yi and twenty yamen servants cleaned up [-] five-jin big fish, used ginger wine juice to remove the fishy smell, and washed a hundred pieces of tofu and fifty catties of wild vegetables.Gu Ji used a large pot to fry the ingredients, cooked twelve full large pots, four rounds of tofu, wild vegetables and sea fish, steamed twelve steamed barrels of rice, and added the county government on duty and the magistrate of Wu County, Li Zhishu, and more than a thousand people ate until midnight.

Wu Gan arranged for the war slaves to wash the dishes, and continued to clean up the remaining large and small fish, marinated and left to dry.

The war slaves occupied the county school grounds, and Gu Ji and 33 people slept in nine county government rooms.

The people of the county yamen have already made steamed porridge and simple mao rice.After using Mao rice, the war slave hung all the fish to dry in the forest in the backyard of the county government office. Wu Yiqing and Li Yi invited the county captain to sit in the county government office, and they brought two guards, Guji, Qingqiu, Wuge, Gao A total of ten people from Yu, Wugan, and Wumeng and four carriages went to the market to buy ingredients, and then went to Maoye Village.

After only half a day, I arrived at Maoye Village. Guji looked around and knew that Maoye Village was adjacent to Nanfeng Village, only one was three times bigger than the other, and the whole village had only coconut trees.Ye Kang, 55 years old, is called Ye Kang in Maoye Village.The officer first went to the village to inform him that he had summoned the villagers and lined up at the entrance of the village to welcome them. When he saw the county magistrate, he immediately led the villagers to kneel down to welcome them.

"Get up and talk."

The magistrate of Wu County made a speech and motioned to Gu Ji again.Gu Ji looked at the three hundred villagers carefully, and pointed to the ground to the right before speaking.

"The woman who usually cooks stands here."

A 30-year-old woman with a healthy complexion stands on the right hand where Guji pointed.Gu Ji couldn't bear to look directly at her eyes, and the roundness of her breasts could not be concealed.He cast aside his eyes and raised his left hand.

"The man who can hoe the ground is here."

130 young and strong men walked to Guji's left and lined up.Guji pointed to the ground in front of him.

"Are there any tree-climbing children?"

Ten boys between the ages of 12 and [-] came out and crowded together.Gu Ji pointed to the right side of the woman's pile again.

"Fishermen stand up."

This time there were 50 people, all middle-aged and middle-aged men.

"Women who know how to sew stand up."

At this moment, nearly 60 people, young and old, stood up.There are only twenty children under the age of six left.

"Please, Li Zhishu, classify and make a roster with me first."

Gu Ji looked at the three hundred villagers. From the point of view of health, there were no lazy people, and there were enough paddy fields and dry land around. He didn't know why the villagers were so poor. It belongs to the semi-sloping land, crossing the slope land should be Nanfeng Village, from Haikou County straight through the coconut forest, it is only one day's journey to Nanfeng Village, and it takes seventeen days to drive a horse-drawn carriage to reach Changguyuan, which saves seven days of walking distance.The official way is really cheating.

Li Yi took out the roster that he prepared to stay up all night and handed it to Gu Ji. Gu Ji was a little surprised. Officials in Shang Ming Kingdom were promoted based on their political achievements. Taxation was the first, followed by the number of cases as the local security standard, and third, personal reputation.It's just that I didn't expect Zhishu to work so hard.

After checking the names one by one, the roster was handed over to Wuge. After seeing Ding Zaiyou, the young man in the first row on the right, he cleared his throat before he spoke carefully.

"My name is Guji. I heard Master Wu mention Maoye Village yesterday, and I also wanted to build a hospital in this village on the spur of the moment. Guji needs a lot of hardworking and hardworking helpers. Yes, naturally these helpers don’t need to rely on government relief, and the children raised by the helpers can also read and count, and in the future, the children will have a great opportunity to go to the capital Haodu and the Fancheng Linzhou.”

The villagers were red-eyed and began to discuss. Gu Ji waited for everyone to calm down before continuing.

"To be Guji's helper, you have to endure the pain of leaving your hometown. Now I understand it, and the man who is willing to be Guji's helper will go home immediately and get it. Chopping knives and hoes are gathered here. If you don't understand, those who have scruples will come forward and ask Guji. Those who wish, please go home on your own, and Gu Ji will not disturb you in the future."

The young and middle-aged men left after arguing, and returned in a quarter of an hour with their belongings in their hands, forming a row of four.

"Ugg, immediately take them to build a kitchen with [-] stoves, and sleeping sheds with four rows of shops. It's easy to use here, and it's still good here. If you are a diligent person, put your heart into it, and cause troubles to cause the whole village to continue like this. , Pick out those who can’t eat three meals a day, and the Daguyuan will never be used again.”

Pointing to his head and chest, Gu Ji spoke sarcastically again.Gao Yu was the commander, Wuge, Wugan, and Wumeng led 130 men to the north slope. They divided into three groups, one for weeding, one for cutting trees and sheds, and the other for digging soil to build stoves. It seems overkill to do these things, but Wugan, Wumeng and Wuge are serious about it.When Wu Ge talked about the ancient courtyard last night, everyone who heard it was yearning for it.