Bianshanhan [farming]

After sleeping on the kang for several days, Su Yuanbao got up one morning and found that he couldn't open his eyes, and screamed in fright.

Li Zhengliang and Li Zhengming helped him get rid of the blur, and then he returned to normal.

It will be like this if you sleep on the hot kang too much, especially if you have never slept before, and you are not used to it.

So, Su Yuanbao got a plate of cabbage cores in the morning and drank more scented tea to soak in water. Naturally, Xu Qingyuan and Su Shuqing did the same.

After the farm work is done, people in every household don't go out much, but they still don't have leisure time. They have to boil sugar, knead hemp rope, weave sacks, hoop barrels... Li Qingwen's family has so many cattle, sheep and horses that the whole family can't take care of them all year round. Find some people to help.

No matter where he lives, Li Qingwen will come back to eat breakfast, sometimes by himself, sometimes with Su Yuanbao.

After being busy with internal and external affairs, Li Qingzhuo also had some free time, and the Li family could finally sit on the kang and talk about Li Qingwen together.

The election has been successfully passed, and the next step is to appoint officials. This is an important moment that determines the fate of many people, especially for ordinary people who do not have family power to rely on. The quality of the distribution at this time will affect the future career path.

Conferring officials is to place newly promoted students into vacant positions. This also depends on luck. have been waiting.

For example, among the people who passed the election at the same age as Li Qingzhuo, there are still a few people who are still waiting for vacancies. Their ancestral homes are different. Life is difficult for those who are not generous.

The assignment of officials in the capital is the capital official, and the assignment to other places is the local official. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, where the emperor's relatives and high-ranking officials gather. If they make mistakes, they may be punished, lose their official position, or even lose their heads. The humble officials are always well-behaved, with little salary. If they follow the rules, their lives will be poor.

The advantage is that it is easy to be promoted. Beijing officials have been dealing with important ministers all year round, and they are promoted very easily.

Local officials are far away from the capital, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it is easy to make money, because it is difficult to make outstanding political achievements, and it is difficult to be promoted, and even for the rest of his life.

When meeting Qin Shuyuan, Li Qingwen was very happy, thinking that he could get his wish, but unexpectedly, Qin Shuyuan became a stumbling block instead.

Qin Shuyuan had simply agreed at the beginning, saying that he would help wherever Li Qingwen chose to go, but when Li Qingwen wanted to go back to the border town, he didn't agree, and even withheld the official letter to make him think about staying in the capital.

Yes, I can't go anywhere else, I can only stay in the capital, there is no other choice at all.

"Mother thinks the capital city is pretty good..." Mrs. Chen spoke first, although she was thinking about it without her son around, but the capital city is better than the border towns, that's where the emperor lives.

Li Qinghong kept picking up the nuts with his hands, didn't put any in his mouth, and said with a smile: "Others begged grandpa to tell grandma that they want to stay in the capital, but Zai'er tried every means to leave, tsk tsk."

Sitting next to him was Lu Xuening, holding the melon seeds handed over by his husband, listening silently.

Regarding this matter, Li Qingfeng didn't want to say much, anyway, he was going to sail now, he could see his brother wherever he was, the border town was as vast as the border town, and the capital city was as prosperous as the capital city, it was hard for him to choose.

Li Qingzhuo and Li Qingwen had said this a long time ago, and now they were just listening.

Li Qingrui looked at Brother Yao, who was sitting cross-legged on the kang, hugging the pillow, and asked, "What did Jiang Cong say about this?"

When mentioning Jiang Cong, Li Qingwen thought of going to the forest together the day after tomorrow, the corners of his mouth flew up lightly, his face was filled with hope and joy, and his eyes shone like they fell into the stars.

Seeing him like this, Li Qingrui regretted it, shut his mouth, and let the tone in his heart flow.

In the past few years, he finally understood that it seemed that he was the only one who was sad about this matter between Li Qingwen and Jiang Cong!

Li Maoxian is still the head of the Li family. Li Qingwen took out a large piece of paper, pointed to the black lines and icons on it, and said, "Father, I want to go back to the border town to plant trees and fields. With the development of hundreds of thousands of acres of paddy fields and the connection of border towns and the sea, it will be easier to transport grain and goods by water in the future.”

From the first year to the border town, Li Qingwen wrote the pen. For so many years, he has been perfecting this map and revised it countless times. Now it has a certain degree of accuracy.

Li Maoxian saw this thing for the first time and looked at it carefully. The forests, rivers and fields, the direction of mountains, border towns, etc. were all clearly marked. You can see clearly."

Li Qingwen, who was praised, hadn't had time to be happy, Li Maoxian said: "Zai'er, your plan is very good, tell Jiang Cong and Mr. Zhou, they will start to do it, prepare to have people from the Ministry of Industry, digging rivers, there will be criminals and ordinary people , you think the border town is better, you don’t have to come back, don’t you believe in Jiang Cong?”

Li Qingwen opened his mouth, but didn't make a sound for a while, because it sounded really reasonable.

Li Maoxian said again: "Father will not stop you from coming back. We can do things anywhere, and you don't rush to make a decision. Your Uncle Qin wrote a letter saying that he wants you to go to his place. If you want, I hope you can do it." Stay in Bingzhou and help him."

Qin Lin followed Zhu Chun to Bingzhou and returned to their hometown.

Li Qingwen was stunned for a moment. Every time Uncle Qin and Master Zhu went to a place, they managed well. They were well-known and honest parents officials in Daliang. How can He De follow them?

Seeing what he was thinking, Li Maoxian said: "Your Uncle Qin has been inquiring about your affairs all the time. If he said yes, he is not being polite. You should think about it carefully."

In fact, Li Maoxian did not tell the whole story, Qin Lin sincerely wanted this nephew to go, but he had other thoughts.

Li Qingwen originally planned to go back to Bingzhou to visit his grandfather and the others, he thought, he would stop by to visit Uncle Qin, and then make a decision.

He could tell that his father didn't agree with him coming to the border town, but he didn't strongly disagree. This kind of ambiguous attitude made Li Qingwen feel a little strange.

Anyway, let's end this matter for the time being.

Next, Li Qingwen led a group of children to make a large block of ice lanterns in various shapes. They were lit up one by one at night, and they were colorful, reflecting half of the sky red, which was very beautiful.

At this time, there were not so many exiles, and they would come from the new city to see the ice lanterns. There were too few things to do in the border town, and it was really rare to see such a beautiful scenery.

After reading it, they will also go back and freeze a few for display. Border towns make a lot of candles every year, most of which are shipped to the capital for sale, and some will be exchanged with exiles. There are all kinds of gadgets, many of which the common people have never seen before.

After ice lanterns, Xu Qingyuan suddenly became interested in ice sculptures again, and he was addicted to them after he started to explore them.

Li Qingzhuo was still interrogating exiles in the new city. The Li family knew that he always reported good news but not bad news, so they asked Su Shuqing about his work in the capital.

Su Shuqing is a man who knows the ways of the world. When he was working as a cow and a horse in the household department, he gave Li Qingzhuo and the others a salary, and when he came to the border town, he had to smooth things over for him and his family.

Maybe it's because of bringing up his nephew, Su Shuqing is very attractive to children, Li Zhengyan and sisters, and the speechless Zhou Zhenzhen all like to get close to him.

As in previous years, the villagers followed Jiang Cong and his team to the forest on sledges. This time, there were three more guests, uncle and nephew Su Shuqing and Xu Qingyuan.

On the road, Mao Mao and the others galloped wildly in the snowy sea. They really had a good time. They didn't run madly. They also drove a group of rabbits together, but in the end only two were hit, because they had the best eyesight and the best arrow skills. Zhun Jiang Cong didn't ride a horse, but sat on a sledge with Li Qingwen.

When a group of rabbits fled in panic, under the bedding, the fingers of the two people were tightly intertwined, and they couldn't get out.

Li Qingwen told Jiang Cong what his father had said, and Jiang Cong listened. It would be fine if he went to Bingzhou. After all, with Qin Lin and Zhu Chun's guidance, his son's serious temperament would definitely benefit him a lot.

Jiang Cong wanted to be with Li Qingwen all the time, but now was not the time. One was because he had promised Li Qingrui that he would not break his promise, and the other was that there was another movement in Luo Cheguo. The whole country pretended to be pirates and attacked Daliang's merchant ships. There was a chance, the border town was really going to war this time, and Li Qingwen stayed elsewhere, so he felt more at ease.

Li Qingwen wanted to come to the border town not only because his family and Jiang Cong were in the border town, but because he felt that he could do more things here. If he stayed in the capital, he should be the same as his second brother and Su Shuqing, being surrounded by all kinds of tedious things all day long. I was disturbed by other things, and I was too busy to do my best, so it would be better to plant more trees and farms, at least to fill my stomach, and it would be better than writing official documents every day.

If he can really help in Bingzhou, he is willing to do his best. After all, Bingzhou is the hometown of these people, so he naturally hopes for better and better.

It's just that I have to separate from Jiang Cong again...

"Wait a little longer..." Jiang Cong leaned close to Li Qingwen's ear, and said, "From now on, when I go to find you, I will always follow you, no matter where you go."

The days together passed quickly, and when they realized it, they had already arrived in the forest. The group went to the wooden hut first, and Li Qingwen took Su Yuanbao and the others to soak in the warm river.

It was really a coincidence that when they arrived, Liu He and several elders of the Chatu tribe were also there. Of course, there were also big dogs with shiny coats on the steaming water.

The big guys were talking while soaking in the water together. Li Qingwen mentioned Qin Shuyuan to Liu He. When Liu He heard it, his expression was a little dazed, as if he was hearing this name for the first time.

Li Qingwen told him that he gave him honey, and that Maomao and the others were very close to Qin Shuyuan.

Liu He showed a dazed expression, "Ah, that's our little Elder Loma, the name you mentioned seems to be given by his friend, we don't call him that..."