Chapter 257: Stupid Move
This made the aristocratic families who had just moved to Lingnan very puzzled.
A young man from a noble family sent his servants to inquire.
A woman in a flowery dress was stopped by a man dressed as a servant. "Auntie, I just heard you say that one of your sons has already joined the army. Why are you sending another son to join the army as well?"
The woman looked at the boy's clothes and asked, "Did you just move in from outside?"
"That's right." The servant straightened his chest proudly and opened his mouth to say his master's name, but then he remembered that his master had told him to be lowered, so he quickly swallowed the rest of his words.
"No wonder you ask such a question." The woman said, "You don't know that joining the army in Lingnan is different from joining the army outside."
"Why are they different?" The servant didn't believe it. He thought to himself that it was said outside that Madam Lu was a disciple of an immortal and was protected by the immortal. Could it be that the army in Lingnan was also protected by the immortal and could not be killed?
"When my eldest son went to join the army, I felt like the sky was falling. I couldn't sleep for nights. But when he came back to visit me after three months in the military camp, he not only didn't lose weight, but he even gained some weight and looked more energetic."
The woman thought about the situation when she first arrived in Lingnan, and felt a sigh in her heart. Thinking about her current life, she felt that everything was as good as a dream.
"My son told me that the barracks treat them well. Not only do they have good food, but they also get contribution points. I'm not sure what they are, but I heard that if you accumulate enough, you can exchange them for things and even get a promotion."
It was the first time the servant had seen a mother send her own son off to the army, so joyful. "Even so, you don't have to send your other son as well, right? The swords on the battlefield are merciless. If anything were to happen, you wouldn't even have time to cry."
"If everyone thinks like you, who will defend our country?" The woman said what she had heard from the patrol. "We are not doing this for others, we are doing this for ourselves. We are protecting our own homeland. Even if we sacrifice, it is glorious.
As the woman spoke, she also advised the boy, "Now that you've come to Lingnan, you should consider yourself a part of it. Think about how we lived in the past, and what kind of life we're living now."
The servant thought about what he had seen along the way from the capital, and then thought about his family, and he had to agree with what the woman said.
Lingnan is really great.
Although this place is not as prosperous as the capital, the officials here, unlike those in the capital, always give people a feeling of superiority.
The civilians here also have more opportunities.
Thinking about the news about the imperial examination that he had just heard in Lingnan, he couldn't help but feel excited.
Can he participate too?
The servant temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart and went back to reply to his master.
After hearing the servant's answer, Cui Jun waved his fan and said in a drawling tone, "That's quite interesting!"
"Master, what's interesting?" The servant asked boldly after seeing his master's expression.
Cui Jun glanced at him sideways and tapped him on the head with the handle of his fan. "Is this something you should be asking about?"
The servant quickly bowed his head and apologized, and at the same time secretly warned himself not to learn the customs of Lingnan, because his young master was not easy to deal with.
Cui Jun narrowed his eyes and said, "Go, go to the study across the street and buy me some books."
"Master, what book do you want to buy?"
"Buy all those books that Lingnan people have been clamoring about recently and let me take a look at them."
The servant was frightened, thinking that his master had discovered his little thoughts.
Until Cui Jun said to himself: "Let me see what these books that Lingnan people are crazy about are."
The servant finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Cui Jun didn't care much about the legendary book. He opened "Basic Mathematics" with a sarcastic attitude, but then he couldn't stop reading and was completely shocked by the content of the book.
There is such a wonderful book in this world.
Many young men from aristocratic families were like Cui Jun, going from initial contempt and suspicion to final obsession.
The books in major bookstores in Lingnan were in short supply and demand, so they had to increase their printing efforts again and again.
Compared with Lingnan, the situation in Cangwu is slightly worse.
The climate in Cangwu is not suitable for growing multiple seasons of rice, and Jiang Tangtang has been in charge for a shorter time. Most people do not have spare money to buy books, and not many people can participate in the exam for the time being.
Jiang Tangtang also noticed the situation in Lingnan and decided to do her best to support Cangwu. After all, Cangwu was now considered her territory.
The stronger Cangwu is, the better it is for her.
After learning that the rabbit farm had recently given birth to dozens of baby rabbits, Jiang Tangtang decided to send some of them to Cangwu first and distribute them to the people in Lingnan for breeding on a paid adoption basis.
Along with the baby rabbits, there were also breeders who taught them how to raise rabbits.
In addition to teaching the daily precautions for rabbit breeding, these breeders also teach the common people how to breed rabbits and keep their own breeding rabbits.
Rabbits breed every two months and can breed all year round.
It can be said that it is an animal that is very suitable for breeding and has low cost.
The people of Cangwu also love this little animal very much.
Rabbits don't need to eat grain like pigs, nor are they as expensive as cattle and sheep.
Basically every household can raise a few rabbits.
Many families bring their children to attend the breeder's classes and let their children take care of the rabbits.
More than a hundred newly hatched baby rabbits were sold out as soon as they were sent to Cangwu.
The people of Lingnan do not compete with the people of Cangwu for rabbits. Nowadays, almost every household in Lingnan can afford to raise pigs.
And it’s almost time to harvest the second crop of rice.
Along with the second crop of rice, sweet potatoes, corn and cassava are also harvested.
Sweet potatoes, corn, and cassava are all high-yield crops. This year's grain output has doubled compared to last year, and farmers are as happy as if it were Chinese New Year.
The situation outside was becoming increasingly serious. In early October, the Western Rong attacked Datong, and the dignitaries in the capital were all panicked.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty could no longer remain patient and listened to the advice of the Seventh Prince. Since the civil approach failed, he would resort to military means.
Therefore, the Emperor of the Great Zhou sent a team composed of palace masters, disguised as refugees, and ordered to secretly capture Jiang Tangtang or Lu Jingcheng and others. Their purpose was to take Jiang Tangtang and others back to the capital, so as to threaten Lu Shiyan to lead troops to the capital to relieve the siege of the capital.
It has to be said that the Seventh Prince's brain is full of tofu dregs, and the Emperor of the Great Zhou was also driven crazy by the Western Rong. He was not grateful that Lu Shiyan did not lead his troops to attack the capital, and even wanted to capture his family to threaten him and force him to lead his troops to the capital.
What's the difference between this and threatening wolves with a knife and bringing a pack of wolves to your home to help kill a dog?
Jiang Tangtang didn't know what a stupid move they had made. If she had known, she would have laughed to death.
At this moment, she is busy collecting food.
Even in modern times, the state has to keep its grain reserves filled with food for emergencies. This was especially true in ancient times, when people relied on the weather for their livelihoods.
She must prepare in advance in case of any unexpected events.
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