Chapter 21: Awarding Bailiu Village
Let’s talk about Zhao Zhen returning to the main world and first placing the fish he brought out into the pond. On a daily basis, the village only hired one cook, two servants, a porter, and a watchman. There are also similar bankers coming to help.
Now that the farming season is busy, Zhao Zhen has spent a lot of time in the fantasy world recently, so he returned home. When I returned to the main world today, I felt a lot of inconveniences. Zhuangzi was deserted, no one offered him a sip of hot water, and no one informed him about the affairs of the village, but he had not thought carefully about it.
Furthermore, although there are no outsiders coming and going in the village, it is not appropriate to leave it unattended.
Zhao Zhen packed up and inspected the village. From a distance, he saw farmers busy harvesting wheat in the fields, a scene of harvest.
Today is different from previous years. Although Zhao Jin purchased the Zhuangzi here, most of his thoughts were still on the shops in the city. After all, Zhao Jin’s profession is a butcher who kills cattle and sheep. For the convenience of care, only crystal rice was chosen for cultivation.
In the year since he took over the manor, Zhao Zhen has made many attempts to take up the job. The Nongshu says: The fields are harvested early and mowing is completed. They are then plowed, exposed to the sun, cultivated with manure, and beans, wheat, and vegetables are planted. This will ripen the soil and make it fertile. This will save labor for the next year, and the harvest will be enough to support the new year's budget. In late fields, it is better to wait for spring before plowing, because the stalks are tough, but they must wait until they decay, and they can easily be used for ox power. "Essentials for Elevating the People"
Winter wheat sown in late September and harvested in May of the following year and beans sown at the end of May and harvested in September came into Zhao Zhen's field of vision. Winter wheat and soybeans are typical rotation crops, harvested twice a year. Soybeans can also improve field fertility.
After harvesting only ordinary winter wheat last year, Zhao Zhen also plans to plant golden wheat instead.
At the entrance of the village, he encountered seven or eight urchins playing and playing under the willow tree. Zhao Zhen dismounted and waved: "Tian Wazi, have you seen anyone coming to the village recently?"
The boy wearing a short-sleeved cloth and a bun said: "Yes, yes. Yesterday, two messengers came by on horseback. When they saw that you were not there, they left again."
"I saw it too. Here we are, I saw it too..." Several other urchins also shouted.
Zhao Zhen took out a few pieces of malt candies and handed them to Tian Wa, "Tian Wazi, you come and divide them. After you divide them, go home and ask your father to come to my village."
As he said that, Zhao Zhen Zhen left the naughty boy happily sharing the candy and went back to the village.
In a short while, the news of Zhao Zhen's return to the village spread throughout the village. The cook, the boy, the janitor Cangtou, and the watchman all packed up and returned to the village. They all come to Zhao Zhen's place to talk about the etiquette, and then everyone goes to work.
Just after resting, the concierge came to report and Tian Lei came to see him. This Tian Lei is one of the few dexterous bankers in the village. Although he has not become a professional, his life is more prosperous than other bankers. When he was busy, he farmed, and when he was free, he worked as a servant. Seeing his cleverness, Zhao Jin promoted him to be the leader of the tenant farmers.
After seeing the gift, the boy brought out tea. After tea, I took the cup away. Zhao Zhen asked: "Steward Tian, did the official leave any message yesterday?"
"Back to the village owner, yesterday there were two official servants who came to convey the king's order. Seeing that you were not here, he didn't say much, just said It was the king of the country who ordered that the map should be redrawn, the household registration land should be determined, and the household registration should be prepared and registered early. "
"Because there is no one on the farm, the young ones are harvesting wheat, so they are not well prepared. At that time, not even a cup of tea was served. The two of them were in a hurry to go to the next place for business. They just filled the water bag, asked the owner of the village his name, and left immediately. After asking a few more questions, he said: "My master calls me Li Tianyou. When Zhao Zhen returns, go and tell him yourself. If someone comes to buy Zhuangzi, just tell him not to let go." When I wanted to ask again, he had already beaten the horse. Go after the more mature gentleman in front of you."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen already knew that this matter was exactly what Hu Jiaoyu had revealed to him a few days ago. Li Tianyou probably entered public service early because of this matter.
Zhao Zhen immediately asked Tian Lei to inform each villager that each villager would come to declare their household registration today and record the "accounts", which were completed at Youshi today. Accordingly, Zhao Zhen made a registration overnight.
Zhao Zhen ranks first and is the only household with landowners, with 1,200 acres of registered land. The rest of the people are all landless customers, and the total number is: 50 to 20. Each household has the name of the head of the household and the number of people in the household, as well as the age, gender, and identity, and three diseases (disability, invalid disease, and serious disease) according to the appearance. One by one complete.
Spent the night. After getting up early the next morning, after having breakfast, Zhao Zhen finished his martial arts practice and sorted out what he had learned. Three boxing techniques: Tan Jia San Zhan Quan, Taizu Chang Fist, and Arhat Fist. One spear technique: Tan Jia Qiang. Two sword techniques: Shaolin Guard Double. Knife, water and land swordsmanship, and one stick technique: Mountain Splitting Stick Technique. There is no need to mention the Tan family's three martial arts skills, and the Tan family's spear. They are all ordinary methods, and the essence has not been learned. However, I can teach Zhuang Ding. Taizu Changquan was acquired from his eldest brother Zhao Xiang. Given his position, he could only learn the most basic kung fu in the military, and there was nothing subtle about it. Although I have only just started to learn Luohan Quan, I have learned it thoroughly. From now on, it will be all about water grinding skills. Shaolin guarding double swords, water and land sword skills, and mountain-splitting stick skills have all been fully inherited.
When I returned, I had obtained the promise from the three heroes to pass it on to my direct relatives. From what I have learned, Luohan Quan and Shuilu Pu Dao are the most suitable for my brother.
Immediately, he rode with his servant to invite Zhao to come in and talk to the manor. The boy rode into the city on horseback and arrived at the store. He first paid homage to Zhao Jin and asked Zhao to go into the military camp and look for Zhao Xiang.
Because the boy didn't know what was going on and couldn't speak clearly, he only said that the owner of the village asked his brother Zhao Xiang to come to the village to talk. Zhao Jin was worried and sent Zhao Xiang to the village.
Zhao Zhen continued. After everyone said the ceremony, please go into the lobby and sit down. When he mentioned the reason just now, Zhao Zhenlian said that he had done something wrong and did not explain clearly. At that moment, he told Zhao Xiang what he wanted to teach Zhao Xiang after he had learned two skills.
After Zhao Jin heard this, Fang was relieved. Asked which two skills.
"One eighteen-way Arhat boxing technique, and one forty-five-way water and land sword technique." After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he stood up and invited his father Zhao Jin and brother Zhao Xiang to the courtyard. Immediately, he used both skills.
After Zhao Jin and Zhao Xiang read it, they put on their posture and wanted to learn from each other. Zhao Zhen called the professor one by one. In the next three days, he first taught Luohan Quan, and then taught Zhao Xiang the forty-five methods of water and land swordsmanship. Seeing that his father Zhao Jin only used two bone-picking sharp knives on a daily basis, Zhao Zhen did not teach the simple swordsmanship, so he used ten The two-power Shaolin guarding double sword was taught to Zhao Jin.
After three days, both of them memorized their moves and hurried back to the city.
Zhao Zhen only has more than a hundred strings on his body, so he is not busy buying cattle dogs and other things. I just wait in the village for the official to come to the village to make a register. There were only a few fish caught in the pond, and the rest were sent to several villagers to be taken to the city by Tian Lei for sale.
As expected, someone came to buy Zhuangzi during this period, but they did not force him to buy or sell. He only offered a high price and left it to his own choice. Zhao Zhen received Hu Jiaoyu's letter in advance and Li Tianyou reminded him that no matter how he was willing to sell, he could easily get rid of it.
The next day, the clerks from the official's office, the second office of the household's office, and two official servants came together, but they were not Li Tianyou. The clerk in the office is called Li Yi, the clerk in the household is called Hu Chun, and the second official is Wang Yi, brother Wang Li.
Zhao Zhen served tea and presented Ding Ji. Hu Chundu copied it, and then called Wang Yi out of the village. He randomly selected several houses and checked them according to the Ding book. He came back and nodded to Li Yi.
Li Yi took out a book of official records and entered Zhao Zhen in the book. Said: "Your Zhuangzi Zhengneng can be designated as one li. Li Zhi Li Zheng, also known as Li Dian, Li Kui, Baozheng, is the length of one li. He is responsible for the administration of Li, according to household registration, supervising taxes and servitude, and advising farmers. Sang, report good and evil. You are the only landowner, so according to the order of the country, you are the village chief, can you have a village name? "
"There is no village name, it was only called Zhaojiazhuang before." Responded.
Li Yidao: "No, this name already exists, we need to give another one."
"Shangguan, I wonder where this place will belong?" Zhao Zhen asked.
"To the north, in Luliu Township, 10 miles away from Zhuangzi, the pavilion is located here. The director of the pavilion is called Gao Hu. You need to go and see him within a month."
"Shangguan, There are two to three hundred big willow trees outside my village, so let’s call it Bailiu Village.”
(End of this chapter)