Chapter 379: Human Heart (Part 2)
The hungry people kowtowed and after crying, each wiped their tears with their sleeves and waited happily to receive the new type of shaft plow and oxen.
It is common for them to share a shaft plow and several households to raise cattle. In the past, in Yan County, only one or two of the ten households had cattle. Now four households can be allocated a strong working cow, which is really an unexpected blessing.
All kinds of specific and trivial matters were handled by Gao County Magistrate Ma Yaozong and others. Jiang Shaohua just stood aside with a smile, watching quietly.
The hungry people glanced at the beautiful, majestic and generous princess from time to time, and felt more at ease and at ease in their hearts.
People's hearts gather together little by little, like water droplets gathering into a river.
In half a day, all the new plows and oxen were sent out. Tang Youyin specially made a new account book and presented it to the princess: "Princess, this is the new account book I made today. It records the distribution of new type plows and oxen."
Jiang Shaohua hummed, opened it and took a closer look, and couldn't help but smile: "Tang Secretary is very careful in making the account books."
Each household was written clearly and fingerprinted. Moreover, two copies were made. One copy was kept at the county government office in Wuyin County, and the other copy was naturally filed and deposited in the palace.
No wonder Feng Changshi appreciated Tang Youyin so much. Even Jiang Shaohua, who had been in contact with Tang Youyin for several months, felt that he was thorough, careful and steady in everything he did.
Tang Youyin was very happy to be praised by the princess, but his face remained calm. He cupped his hands and said, "I am learning from Feng Changshi's behavior habits."
"Feng Changshi is good at accounting and is the best at doing things. Be organized." Jiang Shaohua smiled and said, "You can learn. Meeting Feng Changshi's ability will be of great benefit in the future."
Tang Youyin said humbly: "I am still far behind Feng Changshi, so I will humbly ask for advice and learn from him in the future."
Jiang Shaohua smiled slightly and continued to look through the account books.
Towards evening, everyone left the hungry village and set off back to the county government.
When they reached a place, Jiang Shaohua glanced at him and suddenly let out a light sigh. Chen Jinyu on the side reacted very quickly: "Princess, there is the children's tower that was filled in that day."
More than three years later, Jiang Shaohua still clearly remembers the scene of that day.
"There are no skirts in the school, and there are no baby boys in the children's tower." Jiang Shaohua whispered: "Now, there is Ye County Academy in Nanyang County, and there are many girls studying. The daughters of Wuyin County The tower has also been bulldozed long ago."
Chen Jinyu said: "This is all the result of the princess's rule."
Ma Yaozong, Tang Youyin, and even County Magistrate Gao are not here. Interject when. There are differences between men and women, and there are some things that only Chen Sheren can empathize with the princess. Therefore, Chen Sheren can firmly occupy the position of the princess's first confidant, and no one can compete with him.
Jiang Shaohua withdrew his gaze and glanced at the village not far away.
Gao County Magistrate Fu Zhixin said: "I remember that the princess bought a baby girl that day. It has been more than three years. Does the princess want to go and have a look?"
Jiang Shaohua is indeed I thought of the frail baby girl that day, and I thought about it, so I wanted to take a look. Hearing this, he nodded slightly.
Magistrate Gao immediately led the way.
Magistrate Cai of Li County was busy outside the county government all day long. This custom of doing things on errands gradually spread. If the county magistrates in Nanyang County are not familiar with the conditions of the people under their rule, they will be ashamed to open their mouths when they go to the palace to report on their duties at the end of the year.
Jiang Shaohua is happy to see such a trend prevailing and has been quietly promoting it.
After burning incense, everyone entered the village.
The people work at sunrise and rest at sundown. At this time, they are returning from the fields in twos and threes. Seeing this movement and movement from a distance, they all became excited. "Look, the person at the front is our county magistrate."
"The princess is here too! Come on, hurry up and kowtow to the princess."
For the common people, being able to see and kowtow to their beloved princess is a happy event worth talking about.
If you are brave, come closer. If you are timid, you can kneel down and kowtow from a distance.
Jiang Shaohua had no time to stop them one by one, so he had to let them go.
The most exciting one was naturally the family that was inspected by the princess.
The whole family knelt down and kowtowed.
The old woman in front still looked mean and difficult to deal with, and the middle-aged man started to have gray hair on his head. The daughter-in-law who had given birth to a baby girl and was about to be taken away from her that day was in good health and looked healthy. Several children in this family have also grown up. The oldest one is about fourteen or fifteen years old.
After Jiang Shaohua looked at them one by one, his eyes fell on the youngest girl: "Are you Xiaoliu?"
The girl who was more than three years old was naive and ignorant and did not know what a county was. Lord, what is a noble person? She raised her little face and replied loudly: "Yes, my name is Xiao Liu, and grandma calls me Liu Yatou."
The old woman became visibly nervous, fearing that her granddaughter would say something that she shouldn't say. If so, quietly glare at Xiaoliu.
Jiang Shaohua glanced at the old woman.
Chen Jinyu was so smart, and immediately said: "The princess wants to see Xiaoliu, and Xiaoliu's mother will also stay. The rest of the people will retreat."
The old woman had no choice but to lead her children and grandchildren out.
“I didn’t expect that the princess still remembers our Xiaoliu.” The old woman looked annoyed and whispered to her son: “I don’t know what the princess will ask. Xiaoliu is still young, if he talks nonsense , will the princess throw us all into jail in anger?”
The middle-aged man sighed: “The princess bought Xiaoliu and asked the county government to send food here every month. All It’s for Xiaoliu’s mother. Mother, you kept half of it. If the princess knew about it, how could she not be angry?” , The children are all hungry. I feel sorry for my grandchildren, and I want to save some from Xiaoliu’s mother so that the children can eat more.”
She didn't even want to take a bite herself, so she ate closely with the children.
The middle-aged man sighed and said nothing more. He thought to himself that if the county leader was angry, he would take the charge. You can't let an old woman go to jail.
"In the past few years, did the county government deliver food regularly every month?" Jiang Shaohua asked Xiaoliu's mother.
Xiao Liu’s mother responded repeatedly, but her eyes were a little frightened.
Jiang Shaohua knew clearly: "Did all the food reach your mouth?"
Xiaoliu's mother wanted to answer yes, but when she raised her eyes and saw the princess's eyes, her heart suddenly trembled, and she blurted out the truth: "Back to the princess, I ate half of the food, and the other half was given to the children."
“The family is really in trouble, the children are hungry, and I am the only one who can eat enough. I do this I can’t bear it.”
“It’s all my fault for lying to the princess. Please have mercy on me!”
The young Xiao Liu knelt down when he saw his mother, and he also knelt down. He kowtowed and said in a sweet voice: "Please have mercy, Princess!"