After dressing as a widow

When the sounds from the front yard gradually faded away and returned to calm, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. Lin Zhen rarely stayed awake at this hour since he came here, and the charcoal pencil in his hand was a little slippery.

Suddenly, he heard a voice from outside, and then Gu Lin walked into the room.

Gu Lin was still wearing the dark crimson official robe, and he had taken off the black gauze official hat on his head, revealing the high bunch of hair tied together with a headband.

His hair is long and rarely trimmed. It is all down to below the waist, almost to the thigh.

Thanks to his tall stature, such long hair does not weigh him down.

"Have all been arranged?" Lin Zhen put down the charcoal pen, walked outside the door and said to Lu Lu, "Go to the kitchen and ask Jiang Fulang to fry the vegetables."

"Yes." Lu Lu knew that his boss hadn't eaten, so he used some cakes to pad his stomach, turned around and went to look for Jiang Fulang in the kitchen.

Gu Lin put the official hat on the side shelf with one hand, and rolled up the two sleeves to the forearm as if not afraid of the cold.

"Is everything all right with the common people?" Lin Zhen poured him a glass of water, then poured himself a glass, and said with a sip.

Gu Lin hummed: "Probably the charter is all over, gather them tomorrow and teach them how to compost, the ratio of manure to water will not burn the seedlings, and then let them go back to the village temporarily to count the number of acres of wasteland reclaimed in each village, and then Report it to the government office for the distribution of grain seeds later."

It is similar to what the yamen servant told Lin Zhen today, but Lin Zhen knows that the things inside are not as easy as it sounds, otherwise Gu Lin would not be busy until now.

He said: "Then it will take a day to go to Hekou, Dongyang County, and discuss with merchants and retail merchants about using bonds to raise grain seeds."

Gu Lin and I know the composting method and the ratio of manure to water. It’s not difficult to know this stuff, but if you don’t know it, it will cause bad things if you don’t pay attention.

Lin Zhen had a field at home when he was a child. Even an old farmer who has worked for decades, sometimes a little bit of manure would burn the seedlings.

Especially the manure that has not been fermented for a long time, the new seedlings will wilt if they are smoked by the smell.

Suddenly, Lin Zhen looked at Gu Rin who had been busy all day, and said: "There is no delay in the matter of grain seeds. Those merchants may not agree to raise grain seeds with invisible and intangible bonds soon. I am afraid that it will take a while grind."

"Look at my idea. Tomorrow morning, you will take people to the mouth of the river in Dongyang County, and leave me a familiar face who showed his face in front of the people today. I will teach those people how to compost and mix manure water." Gu Lin can't do things alone, two people can't do things, and the business of his Yurong fan is just a matter of recruiting workers. Let Lu Lu and the others find some good-looking people first, and then choose by themselves, just like they posted the notice to collect Youcao yesterday. Neither end is delayed.

And he asked Gu Lin to save a familiar face for himself, and he also used it to suppress the situation.

I really don't look like someone who knows how to work in the field. Having a familiar face that the common people see today can save a lot of time.

Gu Lin looked at him: "Okay, then I will trouble Uncle Lin."

This is the tacit understanding between the two of them. As long as anyone of the two sides opens the mouth, it must be thought through, and it is best for the two of them.

Lu Lu took Jiang Fulang and brought out the hot fried dishes. Lin Zhen and Gu Lin, who were both a little hungry, ate with their heads depressed, and went back to their respective rooms after eating.

The next day Lin Zhen fell into a drowsy sleep, felt the touch on his cheek, opened his eyes and found that it was Gu Lin, he was wearing a black robe, and his long hair was tied with a white jade crown.

Perhaps it was because he was lying on the bed and looking up from the bottom, and felt that he was so cold that his bones ached at the moment, but the eyes that looked at him were warm.

Lin Zhen looked at him who was fully dressed, and sat up with his hands on the bed: "You left so early?"

He glanced at the sky outside, it was pitch black, and the moon hadn't sunk yet.

Gu Lin pecked him on the lips: "It will be dawn in Dongyang County, if you sleep a little longer, I'll let the people below call you."

"I'll get up too, I won't be able to sleep anymore," Lin Zhen didn't lack sleep after coming to Dayu, and he was full of energy after a little sleep. He lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and asked Gu Lin, "You go in a carriage?" Or what?"

Gu Lin, who was standing in front of his bed just now, straightened up and buttoned up Lin Zhen like last time: "Ride the horse, hurry up."

There is a distance between the state capital and Dongyang. Horseback riding is indeed the fastest way of transportation now, especially for people like Gu Lin who are good at riding, it can save a lot of time.

Lin Zhen nodded: "Okay, then I'll take you out."

He said to send himself off, Gu Lin naturally did not refuse. When he walked out, taking advantage of the darkness, Gu Lin squeezed his fingers, palms and wrists with the hands under his wide sleeves, and only let go when he reached the gate of the state government office.

In front of the gate, there were already ten yamen servants accompanying him, as well as fellow officials and friends. After only two days, the fellow judge changed his view of Gu Lin greatly. When he saw him come out, he bowed his hands respectfully and said, "My lord."

When Gu Lin was about to reach the gate, he let go of Lin Zhen's hand. He turned his head to Lin Zhen and said, "If you encounter novel objects in Dongyang County, I will bring you some back."

A dozen or so steps away are officials, friends and ten yamen servants. The bright torches illuminate the area brightly. Lin Zhen looked at Gu Lin's ears. Good guy, seeing how familiar his words are, his ears have already turned red. , and the thin earlobes are like red agate.

Lin Zhen knew that he didn't understand these things before, but he forgot at first, and then after the relationship between the two was broken, he deliberately concealed this aspect, fearing that he would put his excellent learning ability on it, and to himself. Say hello.

Seeing him kissing himself more and more proficiently these days, and playing with flowers without a teacher, he thought this little brat was used to it, but he didn't expect his ears to be so red.

Lin Zhen suddenly remembered that he never seemed to notice whether his face was red or his ears were red when he kissed him, and he could study it carefully when he came back.

"Okay." Lin Zhen stood at the gate and answered Gu Rin.

There was a tinge of warmth on Gu Lin's god-like cold face, and he came down the steps in a few long strides, his hands in his toga grabbed the saddle, and stepped on the stirrups lightly to get on the horse's back.

He turned his head to look at Lin Zhen, and clamped his horse's belly: "Drive."

Riding on a horse, he arrived at the front, and the officials, friends and servants hurriedly followed, and a dozen of them disappeared into the night.

Lin Zhen looked at the empty road in front of the gate of the government office, turned around and walked back. When the two brothers who cleaned him saw him as the master, they retreated to the side and bowed to say hello.

Lin Zhen patted his face to let go of the drowsiness when he just got up, and waited for Lu Lu to fetch water to wash up, eat some porridge, and then went to the front office.

He came a little early, and after a while, Gao Tong, who was ordered by Gu Lin to assist him, arrived. Gao Tong didn't expect him to arrive first, so he walked over with a thought in his heart: "Lin Fulang."

Lin Zhen waved his hand: "You don't need to be too polite, just call me Boss Lin from now on, and I'm used to being called like that."

"Originally, Mr. Gu wanted to come and teach the common people how to compost and mix manure and water, but the grain seeds can't be delayed, so I raised my mouth and took this job."

"Lord Gao, don't worry, I have done the composting and manure mixing when I was at home, and I won't be on a business trip."

Hearing what he said, Gao Tong was really relieved. If Gu Lin hadn't been convinced by what he said these two days, he would have thought that Lin Zhen was here to play.

With such appearance and flesh, he is fairer than the girls in his family, and he doesn't know how to pamper him to be able to raise him.

However, with such an ugly appearance, Lin Zhen took a mouthful of compost and manure, which made Qualcomm feel divided for a moment, but he felt more at ease.

He cupped his hands and said, "I'm following Boss Lin's orders."

Lin Zhen smiled and said: "Master Gao is too serious. I am an ordinary person, but I dare not do this. I just understand this. If I take this job temporarily, I need Master Gao to hold my head."

Qualcomm couldn't help but smiled: "Boss Lin is too modest."

"The two of us should stop flattering each other and talk about things first," Lin Zhen said, "Did you find the sieve for sifting the soil?"

Gao Tong only felt that Lin Zhen was very good at speaking with one mouth, and people couldn't help letting go of their guard, thinking that he was easy to get along with. When he heard him ask, Gao Tong said: "I found it, and I took some more. The adults also told me to prepare a bench."

"Then let's work together, wait for the common people to gather here, and then go to the spacious place outside the city to try."

It's about their own livelihood, the common people actually get up very early, but they are worried that the adults in the government office will not get up, so they stay up until there is a glimmer of light in the sky, wash up and run to the government office immediately.

The people who opened the shop also got up early, and seeing so many people yesterday and today, they were all in the direction where the rich and noble lived, so they couldn't help but grab a young man: "What are you doing? Come on, what happened?"

Seeing that he was falling behind, Yang Laoma, who was caught, was afraid that he would not be able to squeeze ahead if he went too late, so he grabbed the man's hand and said, "It's a great thing! The new Master Zhizhou taught us to grow grain, and one mu of land can How many catties more!"

A few tens of catties more is what Gu Lin and Lin Zhen said after they talked about this incident. Compost and manure have such a good effect in the warm south, but not necessarily in Lizhou. The expectations of the partners were too high, and in the end the output was less and unhappy.

If the final output is higher than they said, it will be an extra surprise.

The people in the state capital who held the young man listened to his words and let out a hey: "Which magic stick gave you..."

Suddenly the man's eyes widened. Wait, the young man is talking about Mr. Zhizhou, the new Mr. Zhizhou? !

Seeing that he had changed from running in the front to being the last one, the young man had no time to argue with this city man who he had never dared to get close to before, so he pulled his hand off and ran forward.

The middle-aged man who was dragged down by him didn't care about being angry. He looked at the farmer who was running to the magistrate's office, closed the shops and ran up.

There are not a few people in the state capital like this middle-aged man, and they also went to see the excitement and see what was going on.

Anyway, going to the outside of the city, Lin Zhen and Gao Tong stood directly at the gate of the government office. Just as there was a glimmer of light in the sky, they heard footsteps getting closer, and then people one by one.

They obviously came running, but they changed to walk when they were about to reach the government office, their faces were red and their chests heaved.

When they saw Lin Zhen standing at the gate of the government office, they froze for a moment, and then relaxed their brows when they saw Gao Tong next to him. They had seen this lord before, and they were with that handsome lord yesterday.

Soon, more and more people gathered here. Gao Tong took a glance and found that the number of people was almost the same. He took a step forward and said, "Master Gu told everyone yesterday, right? Today I want to teach how to make compost, how to mix manure with water so as not to burn the seedlings, and to make the crops better and better."

"Because Mr. Gu has a more important thing to do, he specially called Boss Lin to teach you. Boss Lin is Mr. Gu's uncle. He lives in the same place as Mr. Gu. He is also familiar with compost and manure. rest assured!"

Suspicious voices and unharmonious murmurs suddenly erupted from the crowd. Lin Zhen acted as if he hadn’t heard it. I’ve piled up all the compost, and if I didn’t have the diamonds, I wouldn’t have taken on the porcelain job.”

"You skinny and tender, you don't look like you've done some work." Because Gao Tong said that Lin was really Gu Lin's uncle, many people held back their words and dared not say it. It was the crops they depended on for survival. Mishap, who are they going to cry to?

But someone was more courageous and said something in a low voice.

Lin Zhen glanced at the place where the sound came from, and said: "Then I, Lin Zhen, hereby guarantee that if you really use my method to cause problems in the crops, then I will compensate you for the grain of that mu of land, according to the current standard. The amount of [-] catties of grain for one mu of real estate in the prefecture should be compensated!"

There was a gasp and chatter among the crowd.

Gao Tong looked at Lin Zhen who was standing beside him, and looked sideways at the confidence shown in Lin Zhen's words. The Master Zhizhou handed over the matter to his uncle with confidence, and it seemed that he really had something to rely on.

And Lin Zhen knew that if the compost and manure went down, as long as there were no natural disasters that could not be overcome by manpower, the yield per mu of an acre of land would definitely exceed [-] catties. quit.

Lin Zhen, who gave them a reassurance, asked them to bring the sieve for sifting the soil, the bench for the sieve, hoes, shovels, and dustpans, and walked out of the city in a mighty manner.

Those city people who came with the peasants were in a fog, and they wanted to talk to this man, asking what was going on, but the peasants were too busy listening to Lin Zhen and Gao Tong to talk to them.

When a group of people were walking out of the city, the middle-aged man who still didn't understand what was going on tried to keep up with the big guys like a hot wheel, and grabbed someone casually: "What is compost, manure I understand, but can it be used after adding water? That thing is so filthy that I want to throw up just looking at it."

"Why is it you again?" The young man caught by him was the one he had held back on the street before, and when he saw him again, he called out what fate he had with this city resident.

But there was still some distance from the city, and the young man answered him patiently, saying: "Compost and manure are what Master Zhizhou said can fertilize the seedlings and make the seedlings grow into good crops. There is not enough time this year. We can’t use compost, but we can use manure.”

"There is also a plowshare that can be plowed by only two people, what is it called... what..."

"Qu Yuanli!" The farmer next to him saw that he couldn't come out for a long time, so he answered.

The young man clapped his hands and said, "Yes, it's Qu Yuanli!"

"Master Gu said that he will convert Quyuanli's lumber and wages into the interest of this year's and next autumn's harvest, as long as the grain seeds, grain interest, and Quyuanli's money are handed over during the next autumn harvest. That’s good, it’s credit to us first.”

When the shopkeeper in the city heard this, he subconsciously said: "You are not afraid that this compost is fake, and you will have to pay back the grain seeds and the money for the plowshares, and you will not be bankrupt."

The happy atmosphere on the young man's body froze for a moment and said: "What can I do? My family has only planted four acres of land this year, and the harvest is only over 300 catties of grain. If the tax is paid, they can't even survive the winter. , I can't live anymore."

The face of the farmer who was talking to him just now also became numb. That's right, why do they trust the new Master Zhizhou so much?

Because there is no way of life if you don't believe it, but at least there is hope if you believe it.