Chapter 4525: Combination of kindness and power
Although Yuchi Gong's son Yuchi Baohuan had sneak attacked before and kidnapped many seeds, fortunately Yuchi Baohuan left some room and did not do any more damage, so Zhuangzi didn't look much different from before.
Entering the main hall of Zhuangzi, Fang Jun sat down, took a sip of hot tea, and asked: "Before the bandits invaded, there were many casualties in Zhuangzi. Has the compensation been done well?"
Lu Chengdao: "Don't worry, Erlang, they all sacrificed their lives for our family, how can we treat them badly? According to Erlang's instructions, they will be given a large sum of money as compensation, and they will also be given 200 acres of farmland or a greenhouse. Every household is grateful, and a humble life can be gained." With such a generous gift from the master, how could there be such a good thing in the world? Many people even beat their chests and regretted why they didn’t rush forward and risk their lives... Hehe, they are all willing to work for our family for generations. "< br>
In troubled times, human life is like a straw, but in the prosperous times, it is not much better. Limited by the underground productivity, the serious shortage of production materials, coupled with corrupt officials and natural and man-made disasters from time to time, it is impossible for ordinary people to live peacefully in this world. Living is actually not easy, and things like "Yi Zi eating each other" are not limited to happening in troubled times.
Being able to have a generous and kind-hearted master is a blessing that cannot be achieved in a few lifetimes. To be able to risk one's life for the master's family so that his parents, wife and children can live and work in peace and contentment, I don't know how many people are rushing to do it.
If a dead life can be sold for a good price, what else can I ask for?
Fang Jun nodded and said slowly: "Our family is extremely wealthy now. It is not an exaggeration to say that we are making a lot of money every day. There is no need to exploit so little money and food from servants and tenants. We should be more generous to those below. If anyone has Difficulties come with help, and there are many festivals during the New Year Distributing some benefits may not be very valuable, but it is best to give them things that are often in short supply, and it may not require them to be grateful. It should be used as a peace of mind for ourselves. The saying "being rich without kindness" has absolutely nothing to do with our family. "
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Loyalty is relative. You cannot blindly ask for loyalty but be unwilling to pay an equivalent exchange.
Of course, people are selfish, and even if they receive excessive rewards, they may not be willing to be loyal. There are many examples of "benefit and hatred" throughout the ages...
Being born between heaven and earth, it is good to look up without any shame.
Lu Cheng also said: "That's it. The master is generous and kind, but he cannot indulge his servants unlimitedly. The reason why the heavy snow collapsed many greenhouses this time is because of the generous treatment in the past two years. After eating enough, When the clothes are warm, I forget how I was living on the move, selling my children and daughters, and working They also refused to work hard or try their best, because they always had enough to eat anyway... When the heavy snow fell, they disliked the cold weather and did not clear the snow on the roof of the shed in time, which caused the beams, columns and purlins to collapse. Fortunately, most of them were The greenhouse for growing vegetables and the greenhouse for raising seedlings were not lost.”
If the vegetables freeze, it will only cost you some money, but if the greenhouse for raising seedlings collapses, it will affect next year's spring plowing and the promotion of corn, sweet potatoes and other crops, which cannot be measured by money.
Fang Jun took another sip of tea and asked casually: "How to deal with those servants who neglect their duties?"
The smile on Lu Chenglao's face faded, and every wrinkle was stern: "The master's generosity does not mean that you can escape punishment for making mistakes. In serious cases, you will be killed with a cane, and your family members will be expelled from the village. In less serious cases, the fields will be taken back and the family will be closed." The family went to work in the fields outside the village, and those whose children entered school were expelled.”
Fang Jun is not a philanthropic person. He is willing to use the money he earns to help those people who are living in poverty and have no home. However, he does not just accommodate and give. Rules are rules. Whether in court or in the world, rules are what maintain everything. foundation.
Once the rules are broken, the country can turn from prosperity to decline, and the family can prosper and fall...
Putting down the tea cup, Fang Jun stood up and said with a smile: "You can make the decision on these matters. You are the steward of this village. Come on, take me to see if there is still a need to rescue the collapsed greenhouses." ”
"Here."
Lu Cheng also stood up immediately, very happy.
This happiness does not come from the power of life and death in Zhuangzi, but from Fang Jun's unreserved trust.
For him, the trust and closeness of his master's family are more important than gold and silver.
Since I came to the Fang family as a dowry for my mistress, Lu, my hard work and hard work have been recognized for half my life, and this life has been worth it.
After the snow stopped, the sky still didn't clear up. Thick clouds covered the sky blackly, but the wind became lighter. Maybe another heavy snowfall was brewing. But even so, there are people clearing snow in front of every greenhouse in the entire Lishan Farm. The old, weak, women and children in the village all work together to ensure that every greenhouse has a smooth road when it encounters danger. Rescue workers arrive.
Fang Jun stood on a slightly higher mountain road and looked around. In front of him were vast mountains and crisscrossed ravines. The entire Lishan Mountain was covered with heavy snow. There were no more blooming mountain flowers in spring and no more beautiful scenery in summer. The mountains are lush and lush, and there is no autumn color of yellow leaves and maple forests, leaving only a lonely white.
White, lifeless, lonely and desolate.
All greenhouses are built in Shanyang, with earth walls built against the hillside to resist the cold wind from the north as much as possible, converting every ounce of sunlight into heat to increase the temperature inside the greenhouses, and there is even more hidden smoke inside the earth walls. In extreme weather conditions, charcoal fires will be used to smoke the walls of the shed to heat up the shed, so that it can still provide enough temperature for the crops even in the severe winter.
He rode his horse along the cleared mountain road and arrived at a collapsed greenhouse. He dismounted and walked around the greenhouse.
The cucumber seedlings in the shed have climbed all over the shelves. The palm-long cucumbers are slender and curved. They have been frozen by the ice and snow, and the original emerald green has turned into a lifeless dark green...
All the designs of the greenhouse are very reasonable, and even the glass used for lighting on the roof is becoming more and more transparent and smoother with the updating and improvement of firing technology.
The key reason why many greenhouses were collapsed by heavy snowfall, apart from the heavy snowfall, was that there was a problem with the support structure of the roof.
The greenhouse looks like a right-angled triangle when viewed from the side. The earthen wall built against the mountain on the north side is erected high to resist the cold wind and keep the shed warm. From the top of the wall to the south side is a slope from high to low, which can be used as much as possible during the day. To absorb sunlight and heat the shed, the slope is built and fixed with wooden poles, and glass is laid flat on it.
There is naturally a lot of wood in Lishan Mountain, and it can be used on it after just cutting it down and resting for a while. However, the wood that is too thick is too heavy and heavy, and the weight is staggering when it is covered with glass. And due to the limited craftsmanship, it is impossible for the current glass to be very thick. A large piece is very thick, and small pieces of glass are laid flat on it. Every two pieces must be placed on the same purlin. If the purlin is too thick, it will block almost all the sunlight...
Therefore, wood with the thickness of a bowl is used, so that it can bear the weight of the glass without blocking the sun. However, the load-bearing capacity is obviously insufficient, which is usually fine. Once the snow accumulates and there is no time to clean it, the weight will increase and the purlin will collapse. Not surprising.
Many servants in charge of the greenhouse followed Fang Jun. Seeing him walking around the collapsed greenhouse thoughtfully, they all said in shame: "It's all our fault for being lazy, because the snow poop delayed the cleaning of the snow on the roof of the shed. I thought it would be fine, but unexpectedly it collapsed..."
Although the people directly responsible for these greenhouses have been beaten to death with sticks and expelled, but even so, the rest of them feel ashamed of Fang Jun.
They are all victims of previous floods and refugees from all over the world. It is a blessing to be able to receive Fang Jun's blessing and have a piece of land to cultivate and a house to settle down in Lishan Mountain, let alone Fang Jun. They also built so many greenhouses for them to work on and cultivate, making them a well-off family.
So many greenhouses were collapsed by heavy snow, the greenhouses themselves were rebuilt, and the crops in the greenhouses froze to death. The combined effects were staggering.
Fang Jun smiled and comforted: "You don't have to be so frightened. The failure to clear the snow in time is an important factor in the collapse of the heavy snow, but there are also problems with the design of the greenhouse itself. Besides, no one is at fault? Since The punishment has been passed, everyone just needs to put down their minds and work diligently in the future.”
No matter whether it is a country or a family, we can neither treat each other in a lenient manner, be gentle and gentle, nor can we always be strict and high-handed in governing. We must have both kindness and power. Some people have to be good and others have to be bad. Lu Cheng Zhuangzi's methods have already made everyone in Zhuangzi tremble and fear, so he does not need to go further, but should soothe him.
One piece and one piece of mind, the way of civility and martial arts is also the best principle in the world.
"There are rumors that Erlang is violent and willful, and it is really unreasonable. Erlang is clearly the best master in the world!"
"Who says it's not the case? We all rely on Erlang for our lives. If we do something wrong, we will accept the punishment. No one dares to have any grudges."
"Don't worry, Erlang. We all know that these greenhouses are prepared for raising seedlings. Even if we risk our lives, we will never miss Erlang's important event!"
Fang Jun nodded in response and said happily: "That's it. Although rewards and punishments must be clearly defined, we are all our own people after all. As long as you do well, how can I be stingy with rewards? Only by working together can the family business be transformed." The business is prosperous and prosperous.”
All the servants were smiling brightly, and their fighting spirit was as high as chicken blood.
Back in Zhuangzi, Fang Jun convened several craftsmen to discuss ways to transform the support structure of the greenhouse. An old craftsman stroked his beard and muttered: "If you want to transform the current support structure of the greenhouse, you can either increase the glass to reduce the number of purlins." The number of purlins to avoid blocking the sun too much, or to find a harder wood as purlins that is thin enough and can bear the weight of the glass... But both are difficult.”
It is almost impossible to improve the technology in the short term to increase the area of the entire glass, and it is not easy to find harder wood to make purlins... Because the glass is placed on top, the purlins cannot be deformed. The most important thing is that they are "hard" "Rather than "tough", once the purlin deforms, it will cause all the glass covering it to break.
Fang Jun thought for a while and said: "For the time being, add more beams and columns to support the purlins in the greenhouse, and then I will discuss with the iron factory to see if a batch of iron beams can be cast to replace the current purlins."< br>
Several old craftsmen and Lu Cheng were speechless, wondering if this prodigal son knew what he was talking about?
Use iron material to make purlins?
How much iron will be used?
It should be noted that iron ore mining is currently troublesome, and even improvements in the iron-making process are limited. Even if iron materials are cheaper than copper materials, if they are used as purlins for greenhouses on a large scale, it will cost an unknown amount of money.
What's more, the iron material is soft and difficult to support a sufficient amount of glass without deformation...
Fang Jun was confident. The iron material was soft, but it didn't need to be cast into iron beams as thick as a bowl. That way, there wouldn't be heavy snowfall and the greenhouse would collapse on its own.
All you need to do is cast the iron bars. The material is insufficient and the structure is needed... (End of this chapter)