Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 117 The prefect strikes

Seeing no one around, Yang Menglong jumped into the sweet potato field with a whoosh, lifted a few long potato vines, and dug fiercely with his two paws acting as an excavator!The soil was soft, and it was easy to dig. He dug a nest of sweet potatoes in just a few strokes.It's just that they are still small, and the largest one is only the size of an egg.Potatoes had just been planted, and they were not edible yet, and eating them was a waste. He filled the soil back, walked a few steps, and eroded another tree.Hehe, this time it was rewarding, let him plan out two arm-thick potatoes, the skin is white, it is a sweet potato!This kind of potato is the sweetest and crispest when eaten raw, but it tastes bad when cooked.

Standing up from the field, he saw an old farmer standing on the edge of the field and looking at him with a surprised face. What are you looking at, can you steal two sweet potatoes to satisfy your hunger... No, this is Lao Tzu's field, so it can be regarded as stealing !He casually threw a sweet potato over: "Taste and see how it tastes." He ran to the ditch to wash the sweet potato, gnawed off the skin in a few mouthfuls, and then just one bite.This old farmer escaped famine to Wuyang a month ago, and he recognized Yang Menglong as Qianhu from the Qianhu Institute, but it was unheard of for a Qianhu with more than a thousand soldiers to dig sweet potatoes in the field, and he was stunned. It's not right to eat sweet potatoes, or not to eat them.Just when he was in a daze, several carriages drove over from a distance, and he quickly stepped aside to avoid being hit.

In the carriage, Fang Yizhi lifted the curtain to look at the turbulent wheat waves outside the car window, and then looked at the crops that were tortured by insects and drought beside the military field, nodding and shaking his head for a while.Zhang Tong, the magistrate of Wuyang County who was in the car with him, pointed to the crops that were growing well, and said, "The crops growing in these military fields are the best along the way."

Fang Yizhi said: "I always thought he was bragging, but I didn't expect it to be true... That big horse monkey is really capable."

Zhang Tong smiled wryly: "But his ability to get into trouble is also top-notch. There are quite a few squires who have been insulted or even beaten by him in the past few months. Every once in a while, some people go to the county government to file a complaint. It's really annoying to be an official!"

Fang Yizhi smiled and said: "Young people must be more impulsive. When they grow up, they will be sensible."

Zhang Tong can only hope this is the case.He is a fairly honest official, the kind who is willing to do practical things. Now the drought is severe, the refugees are flooding, and the food harvest has been poor year after year. He is so anxious that he does everything he can to appease the refugees and organize production. If it doesn't rain, what can he do?Unexpectedly, a boy with a hairy head would make the production in Juntian so impressive. He couldn't help feeling that he was a formidable young man, and at the same time he was a little annoyed. , it is simply unreasonable!
The image of Yang Menglong gnawing sweet potatoes appeared in the sight of the magistrate, which surprised him.The majestic Qianhu is also a fifth-rank official, and his real job is the commander of the Wuyang Guard, standing on the side of the road and eating sweet potatoes?He yelled, "Stop!"

The coachman reined in the horse, Fang Lezhi opened the curtain and jumped down, roaring like a lion: "Yang Menglong!!!"

Yang Menglong, who was eating sweet potatoes with great enjoyment, saw the magistrate suddenly jump out and yell at him, his eyes bulged.What the hell, you old man is not handling official business in Nanyang City, why are you here?Surprise inspection?He responded reflexively: "Here!"

This is not in line with the etiquette, Zhang Tong's face twisted, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, his expression was quite exciting.

Fang Yizhi had already experienced Yang Menglong's true nature of being a dick, and he was no stranger to his various behaviors of being a dick, so he asked with a straight face, "What are you doing?"

Yang Menglong was inexplicably asked by him: "Why didn't I do it?"

Fang Yizhi pointed at the half-gnawed sweet potato in his hand: "What's the matter?"

Yang Menglong suddenly realized: "So you're talking about this?" He took another bite, "I'm eating sweet potatoes! This sweet potato has only been planted for two months, and it's sweet and crispy. Brother, why don't you give it a shot?"

Zhang Tong couldn't stand it any longer, and sternly drank, "Master Yang, as an official of the imperial court, you should set an example for the people. How can you act so vulgarly?"

Yang Menglong glanced at Zhang Tong, and asked slowly, "Who are you?"

Zhang Tong was almost vomited blood by him: "I—"

Fang Yizhi said: "This is the county magistrate of Wuyang County, Mr. Zhang Tong, as a thousand households of the Wuyang Qianhu Office, you don't even know his name?"

Yang Menglong said honestly: "I don't know him. I have been to the county town several times, but I have never met the county magistrate."

Well, people don't enter through the door. When encountering such a treasure, Zhang Tong can only sigh besides a wry smile.And Fang Yizhi could only continue to keep a straight face: "Nonsense! As a thousand households of Wuyang Qianhu Office, you didn't visit the local parents' officials after you took office, what a shame!"

Yang Menglong called Qu: "Boss, as soon as I arrived in Wuyang, I was busy building waterwheels, digging deep wells, removing pests, repairing guard houses, repairing sewage pipes, and building schools. I was as busy as a spinning top all day long." When you haven't stopped until night, how can you have time to visit Mr. Zhang!"

Fang Yizhi said: "But you have time to squat in the fields and eat sweet potatoes!"

Yang Menglong didn't change his face: "I'm investigating the yield and taste of sweet potatoes so that I can make further planting plans! There is an old saying in our hometown that no investigation has no right to speak!" After finishing speaking, he took another bite.

Fang Yi couldn't do anything about it, so he sighed helplessly.Zhang Tong smiled and came out to smooth things over: "As soon as Mr. Yang arrived in Wuyang, he was busy organizing military households to fight the drought and recruiting refugees to reclaim wasteland. He did a very impressive job. After Mr. Yang's fiddle, the military farmland of the Thousand Households in Wuyang has improved greatly. Ah, I admire you!"

Yang Menglong waved his hand and said modestly: "This achievement is not worth mentioning, this achievement is not worth mentioning!"

Fang Yizhi snorted: "You are so welcome!" Looking at the farmers who were chatting and laughing in the distance and reclaiming the wasteland, and then looking at the large fields that had been reclaimed and the soil turned white from the sun, he reluctantly He boasted: "It's not bad." He shouted at the officials behind who had gotten off the carriage and were looking around: "Come here, come and see the fields they planted!"

A large group of beasts in uniforms roared over. Yang Menglong took a look and stuck out his tongue: My mother, there are seven or eight county magistrates here alone. Is it possible that the magistrate has brought all the officials of Nanyang Prefecture? Did you bring them all over?It is said that when he saw the two hat wings on those black gauze hats swaying, he wanted to laugh inexplicably. It was very funny, wasn't it?It's like singing a big show.The officials looked at the lush crops in the military fields and were quite surprised. It was not like they didn’t know what the birds looked like in the crops in the military fields of the Wei Station. To put it more exaggeratedly, even the cows were not willing to eat them. This boy actually kept silent. It's really impressive to take care of the crops so well without making any noise, and organize people to reclaim so many barren fields!The county magistrate of Fangcheng stroked his beard and praised: "The crops are growing really well. Look at the wheat. You can get a harvest of at least two stones per mu, right? If all the wheat fields in Nanyang Prefecture can have this harvest, why worry about the people not being able to fill their stomachs?"

Yang Menglong curled his lips, two stones, isn't it just 240 catties?This output is nothing but a poor harvest in the 21st century. Why do you all look like you have met treasures?No knowledge is no knowledge!
Fang Yizhi squatted down and stroked a bunch of wheat, it was not bad, the grains were quite full.He asked: "Menglong, the surrounding farmlands have been devastated by drought and locust plagues, but your military farmland is expected to have a bumper harvest. How did you do it?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's simple, irrigate in time, prevent and control pests in time, and keep up with the fertilizer. If you do these things, you can generally have a good harvest."

The well-dressed beasts looked at each other.This is also called simple?It's not easy, okay?Let’s just talk about irrigation. The drought is severe now, and many ditches have dried up. Farmers can only carry water on their shoulders and trucks to the fields. disappeared!As for insect pests, it is even more troublesome. The most typical one is locusts. The plague of locusts spreads across thousands of miles, and there is no way to resist them. Other pests are not far behind.As for the fertilizer... Let alone this, if you talk too much, you will be in tears!

Fang Yizhi smiled wryly: "Irrigate in time, prevent pests, and keep up with fertilizers. These things sound simple, but they are not easy at all!" right?"

Yang Menglong said: "I allocated money to let Jiangying do it, but I couldn't do it if I was asked to do it."

Fang Yizhi said: "Go and see." He took the lead and walked to the river, and everyone quickly followed.

Two large waterwheels are erected every hundred feet along the river, and the waterwheels are driven by the river water to rotate, and the river water is carried up to the canal one by one, making noises and splashes, and the water dragons in the bamboo canal It was moving in the water, the flow was extremely fast, and it was in the field in a blink of an eye.Yang Menglong explained: "These bamboo canals are emergency, because the canals have been in disrepair for a long time, and they are no longer in shape, so we have to lay the top of the bamboo canals for a while. But the bamboo canals are also good, that is, they flow very fast, and the water will not be drained by the canals." It absorbs and does not leak, which is very convenient.”

Zhang Tong asked with interest: "In this way, a bamboo canal can only irrigate one wheat field at a time, but there are so many wheat fields that need water, how to solve this problem?"

Yang Menglong said: "Irrigate the far ones first and then the closer ones. I have arranged for people to be responsible for irrigation. When a wheat field is fully watered, immediately cut off the bamboo canal and water the other one. This is more important than everyone staying at the head of the field all day long." It is much more efficient to divert a little water and make people blush."

Zhang Tong couldn't help nodding: "The method is very simple, but it works."

Fang Yizhi said to the accompanying scribes: "Write it down, don't miss the details!" It seems that the magistrate intends to take it back and study it, to see if he can promote Yang Menglong's experience in Nanyang counties.Although not every county can do this, these practices are still very useful for reference.

The scribe really took out the paper and pen and started writing and drawing.Not only him, but the clerks around the county magistrates also took out paper and pens.

Yang Menglong's eyes widened, and he roared in his heart: "Damn, this is my patent, please respect my patent right!!!"

(End of this chapter)