Chapter 275 Others flatter me
"So it's because of this." Xi Bei shouted around: "Okay, you people, stop arguing and listen to me."
"Distributing seeds like this is Master Meng's intention." Xi Bei took the booklet from the Yamen servant's hand and said, "Look at what is written on it."
He opened the booklet and showed it to the group of people, but there were some illiterate people in the crowd who couldn't read it.
Xi Bei said: "This is a booklet written by Mr. Meng himself. Mr. Meng calculated how to distribute the seeds for you people. It was calculated by each household based on the yield of the fields last year.
Those who take care of their fields carefully and have high yields will naturally have more. What do you have to say? ”
When they heard what Mr. Meng meant, these people no longer dared to make trouble. They all shrank their heads and did not dare to speak.
But Xi Bei still had something to say, "Don't you want fairness? This is fairness!
Why should those of you who are lazy, slippery, and muddle along get the same amount of seeds as the hard-working people?
Besides, the seeds that the government promised to distribute to you have been distributed a long time ago. The seeds distributed now are all transported by Mr. Meng himself from the capital. After all, this is Mr. Meng's private property, and he can give it to whomever he wants. ”
Someone in the crowd explained aggrievedly, "We didn't know it was Mr. Meng's private property. The government didn't say anything."
"You have just come to Beishan County, and you have known Mr. Meng for a day or two. Don't you still know Mr. Meng's temper? Is he the kind of person who takes out something and talks about it everywhere?"
Xi Bei was so impressive that the people around him didn't dare to look up. "Let me tell you, what you do every day and how you do it are all seen by Mr. Meng.
I think you all know that this year the Yamen hired four people to cultivate seedlings, and they were paid and provided with three meals a day. How were these four people selected? It is the one who cultivates the best and most carefully among you.
If you want more things from the yamen, it is better to work hard instead of making noises here.
It's all gone. ”
Xi Bei was a tall man, and his voice shook the ears of those who were nearby. His words convinced these people, both theoretically and physically.
The crowd dispersed, and the government servant who had been surrounded just now followed Xi Bei. Looking at the brochure handed over by the other party, he asked: "Master, wasn't this brochure copied by Master Qi?"
Xi Bei waved her hand, "I just said it casually, can you believe my words?"
After Meng Changqing and others left Luojiang County, Ding Aixue returned to the Houya after finishing the official duties that had been sent to him that day.
His wife twisted the handkerchief for him and wiped his face, "Why are you back so late today? I heard that you have accepted an apprentice?"
The lady said amusedly: "You are such a fool, how can someone be willing to become your teacher? What should I learn from you? Learn how to write an apology letter?"
"Madam is well-informed, so do you know who my apprentice is?"
"Isn't he the magistrate of Beishan County? You told me before that this man has a great background and the emperor cares about him." The lady held dinner in her hands and did not stop what she was doing as she spoke, "You are not that kind of person. How can someone who likes flattery and partisanship deal with him? ”
"Changqing is different from those people." Ding Aixue said very firmly, "From the things he did when he came to Beishan County, I know that he is a person who dares to do practical things.
For two years in a row, he came to borrow cattle from me, and he always came in person, smiling and giving gifts. He did not rely on his father and brother's achievements or the royal family's respect, but looked down on others. ”
The lady asked unexpectedly: "You actually like him so much?"
"Who doesn't like a young man who has ability and good conduct?" Ding Aixue said, "Although I don't like flattery, but being someone else's master means others are flattering me, so why don't I like it?"
In the second half of the night, Meng Changqing and others returned to the Yamen.
When Xi Bei heard the news, she immediately hurried to find Meng Changqing. She didn't care what the other party was doing and told him what happened to him today.
"Master, you have done a good job. I know that as long as you are here, the county will be stable." Meng Changqing squatted in the toilet holding the paper, "But can we talk about it later? It's convenient for me. ! ”
"What's the point of this? Aren't we just separated by the door?" Xi Bei said in a loud voice, "I told you about this. Since you are back, I will go to bed." "Thank you for your hard work, Master. You can go and rest." .”
Meng Changqing was pulling up her pants inside when the bathroom door was knocked again. She said helplessly: "Master, what else can I do?"
"It's me." Bafang held the basket in his hand, "Master, hurry up, I've brought dinner."
"Got it."
The night was mostly over.
Following the principle that nothing is as important as his own life, Meng Changqing simply washed up and went to bed after dinner. However, Qi Renli, who was far away in Dazhou, couldn't fall asleep no matter what.
On the table in front of him, there was a piece of paper spread out, with the fingerprints of many people on the end of the paper.
These red fingerprints hurt his conscience. He originally wanted to avoid it, but after seeing the fingerprints pressed by the old people, he couldn't say anything anyway.
Qi Renli couldn't calm down, so naturally he couldn't sleep.
Just when he was sighing and thinking about what to say to the magistrate of Dazhou when he entered the government office tomorrow, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Who?" Qi Renli asked warily.
"It's me, Yang Zheng."
Hearing the familiar voice outside, Qi Renli felt relieved, but when Colonel Yang came over at this time, it was obvious that something was wrong.
These sounds woke up Qi Xiang, who was not asleep to death. After seeing Qi Renli's eyes, he immediately got up from the couch and went to open the door.
"Captain Yang."
Yang Zheng nodded to Qi Xiang, entered the room, and quickly closed the door.
Qi Renli saw that he was dressed neatly and had a knife on his waist, so he asked, "Brother Yang, haven't you slept yet?"
"You didn't sleep either." As Yang Zheng spoke, he quickly came to the window and stared at the edge of the window carefully to see if there were any signs of breaking the window.
"What's wrong?" Qi Renli asked.
Yang Zheng walked back to the table and said to Qi Renli: "My window over there was broken open. Fortunately, I found it early. But I rashly alerted the thief by speaking out and failed to catch him. So I don't know what he wanted." What to do.
I was worried that something might happen to you, so I came over quickly. ”
"Who dares to pry open your window?" Qi Renli said angrily: "You look like you belong to the government from your clothes, but some people dare to attack people from the government!"
"Keep your voice down." Yang Zheng said, "After all, we are in other people's territory, and we are still on the surface. If the other party wants to use dirty tricks to deal with us, it will be easy.
We must be careful before meeting the magistrate of Dazhou.
I'd better sleep in your room today. Qi Xiang is the only one watching over you, so I don't feel at ease. ”
"Thank you, Brother Yang."
Qi Renli couldn't sleep at all, but when he heard what Yang Zheng said again, he was so angry until dawn.
Early the next morning, with two black circles under his eyes, he led a group of government officials and went to the Dazhou government office aggressively.