Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Departure from Jinbei
Feng Ling and Zhu Shixi set off with Lin Si's earnest expectations, accompanied by several servants and the boatman Nan Shuang.
The physical education classes at the manor cannot be interrupted. Two physical education teachers have left, so Nan Qiao has to stay and teach the children.
Lin Si stood at the door, seeing them off with a smile on his face.
Zhu Shixi had no objection to this journey. As a doctor, only by seeing a variety of patients could one accumulate experience. Moreover, since the county lord asked her to treat the Miaomiao girl, it meant that Miaomiao girl was a very important person.
As for the words he would say to that Miaomiao girl, Zhu Shixi had almost thought of them in the past few days.
Zhu Shixi didn't think this was a lie!
Please, that Miaomiao girl just doesn't know how good County Li and the County Master are. How can this be considered deception?
Lin Si watched the ox cart bumping away, then looked down at the dirt road in Li County. He leaned against the door and cried silently in his heart.
If you want to be rich, build roads first.
She really wants to build a road.
It is a luxury for her to produce cement with her current manpower and material resources. Even if she uses other methods to build the road, she cannot build it for too long.
Forget it, let's do things one by one. First, I'll lure Mo Jinglian over to be my gold medal manager. Now, let's focus on the upcoming spring harvest.
Water conservancy and irrigation were started.
Since Lin Si finished eating hot pot, the weather has gradually warmed up and spring is coming.
Because Lin Si improved the method of fertilizing the fields, every household piled up the improved compost and green manure beside the farmland. Some even had quarrels over finding leguminous plants with rhizomes.
After a quarrel, both of them felt unsatisfied, but they were too timid to fight. So today one of them accidentally kicked the carrying pole, and tomorrow the other accidentally stepped on the leaves of winter wheat.
The conflict escalated and finally came to Liang Nian's attention.
The two people each thought that they were right. One cried out that his bucket and shoulder pole were kicked, and if they were broken, he would not be able to carry water for planting. The other cried out that the winter wheat he had grown with great difficulty using the new fertilizing method had its leaves stepped on. If the leaves were stepped on today, would the wheat be stepped on tomorrow? If the wheat was stepped on, he would die.
Liang Nian had been the county magistrate in Li County for several years and was very experienced in handling such family matters.
She first judged that both of them were at fault and apologized to each other.
The two men didn't dare to disobey Liang Nian and could only do as he said, but they looked at each other with unfriendly eyes.
Liang Nian also told the two people a piece of news, that they would no longer have to carry water to irrigate the farmland.
The two of them no longer had any resentment towards each other, and asked in unison, "Really?"
Liang Nian nodded, "Really."
Then the two of them left happily.
They completely forgot about the life-and-death quarrel they had in the county government office, and even started chatting when they left the office.
"There will be no need to irrigate the farmland anymore, so where will the water come from?"
"How should I know that?"
"This must be due to the County Master. Look at the previous methods of fertilizing the fields and the farm tools. They were all the County Master's ideas."
"I'm going back to tell my wife this good news."
As they chatted, they sighed to each other how lucky they were to be born in Li County.
The news quickly spread in Li County.
If ordinary people had heard such news in the past, they would have doubted it. If they didn't have to carry water themselves, where would the water come from? Even if it rained, it wouldn't fall every day. How could such a good thing happen?
But now, the people believed without hesitation that Lin Si could really allow them to water the plants without having to pick them themselves.
A small human-powered waterwheel is not complicated to make and does not even require metal parts. It can be made entirely of wood and bamboo.
Lin Si has pushed the reputation and popularity of Li County to the limit, but the total population of Li County is less than 10,000, which is still far from the potatoes and sweet potatoes that Lin Si dreams of.
Lin Si comforted herself, it didn’t matter, as long as she expanded her territory and population in the future, she could get whatever she wanted.
There are too many drawings and books that can be exchanged for reputation in the system mall. Before going to bed, Lin Si spent two hours searching through them in his mind before he found the small waterwheel.
Lin Si secretly complained to the system, asking if it could have a search function, but the aloof system ignored her.
Even a small water truck can irrigate 8 to 10 acres of land a day, which is many times more efficient than carrying water manually.
The wood and bamboo materials were cheap, and the land to be irrigated might involve several households, which would inevitably lead to disputes among the people. So Lin Si took on the entire task, treating it as a belated year-end bonus for the people of Li County.
Logically speaking, this is a good thing, and no one should feel bad about it.
But it really exists, Sun Chang and his apprentices.
Ever since Lin Si came to Li County, Sun Chang has never stopped sawing. Not only has he broken several saws, but he and his apprentice have been working day and night, almost sawing sparks.
He only had two months of rest during the Chinese New Year, and when the news about the water truck came out, he knew that the days of working day and night were coming again.
Sun Chang's apprentice originally thought that it would take him several years to learn the carpentry skills, but he didn't expect that it had only been a year, and he was already working as soon as he opened his eyes except for eating and sleeping.
He felt that he had almost learned everything and was even quite experienced.
Chunyi ran errands for Lin Si and gave Sun Chang several drawings drawn by Lin Si himself.
"Master Sun will have to work hard during this period."
Sun Chang smiled wryly. "It's not hard at all. The county lady truly cares about the people. We are deeply ashamed."
Sun Chang really doesn’t feel that he is working hard. He now feels that he has a miserable life!
He admitted that Lin Si was generous with his money and did not delay wages, and he also provided drawings. As long as the work was done, he would not care about anything else.
Moreover, he was of noble status and had no right to refuse.
Although he did make money, he also wanted to live long enough to spend it.
After politely seeing Chun Yi off, Sun Chang happened to see his neighbor about to go out, so he asked his neighbor to call his apprentice Fan Li over on the way.
Sun Chang is not such a black-hearted master. In theory, an apprentice should not only help the master with work, but also cook and do housework for the master, all without any wages.
However, Lin Si's demands were too great. The master and disciple slept later than dogs and got up earlier than chickens every day. They were so tired that Sun Chang felt that it would be unkind of him not to pay them. So before the New Year, he gave Fan Li 200 coins as wages and let him go back to have a good New Year.
Fan Li originally thought that Sun Chang asked him to come and clean, or that his master's wife was not at home and asked him to go and cook. He also specially bought some lean meat from Gong Jingxiu's stall. Although he received 200 coins in wages before the New Year, the New Year expenses were high, and he handed over part of it to his father and mother. He also wanted to save more money for getting married in the future. Lean meat is cheaper than pork belly and fatty meat.
Fan Li walked into the yard carrying the meat. Seeing Sun Changsheng's despairing eyes and then seeing the familiar abstract drawings, his eyes went dark and he staggered two steps.
"Master, was this blueprint sent by the county lady?" Fan Li still held out a glimmer of hope.
Sun Chang nodded.
The master and disciple looked at each other in silence.
After a long silence, Sun Chang spoke, "I called you here precisely to study the blueprints of this small waterwheel together."
Fan Li held the meat in his hand and took more than ten seconds to accept this reality.
He quietly hid the meat behind his back and said, "Then I'll go back and tell my mother and father."
Sun Chang nodded and said, "Since you've brought the meat, just put it here. I'll ask your mistress to cook it."
Fan Li:....I shouldn’t have bought it if I had known.
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Lin Si and Liang Nian had planned the route to Jinbei Road in advance. They would first go to Mo Jinglian's home in Shuozhou to see a doctor, rest for a while, and then go to the rich businessman's house to buy cotton.
The entire process was decided by Yao Niang, and this was a joint decision made by Lin Si and Liang Nian.
As for the other three, one is a bloodthirsty medical geek, one is a silly and cute husky, and one is a super strong muscular loli whose only thought is eating. What kind of emergency response capabilities can be expected from these three people!
Yao Niang sat between Zhu Shixi and Feng Ling, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Before leaving, Lin Si and Liang Nian talked to her together.
After saying a lot, Yao Niang concluded that the servants were all born slaves and had never seen the world and had no abilities. As for Zhu Shixi and Feng Ling, these two people were not normal. Nan Shuang would only ask when they would eat.
She led the team and made all the decisions during this trip.
Lin Si added, "Don't worry, there are subsidies."
Yao Niang knew that the subsidy meant extra money, but after hearing that cotton could be woven into cloth and used to fill clothes, the subsidy was secondary to Yao Niang. She wanted to know what cotton looked like.
After the conversation, Yao Niang inexplicably felt a sense of responsibility in her heart. She also knew that this mission was not only to buy back cotton, but also to provide medical treatment for a woman named Mo Jinglian. Not to mention medical treatment, it would be best to trick her into coming to Li County.
Zhu Shixi would occasionally lift the curtain of the ox cart to try to find out if there was any girl who had fainted on the official road. Zhu Shixi felt that she was lucky enough to have picked up a talent like Lady Feng. If she picked up another talent, wouldn't it make the county lord worry less?
Unfortunately, the official road was empty, without a single person.
Zhu Shixi lowered the curtain in disappointment.
It turns out that you can’t pick it up just because you want to.
As for Feng Ling, she was completely immersed in the joy of meeting Mo Jinglian, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.
Nan Shuang was just like what Lin Si said, "I'm so hungry. When can we go to the post station to eat?"
Yao Niang sighed slightly in her heart, and finally understood why the county magistrate had to make all the decisions himself.
Yao Niang tugged at Feng Ling's sleeve and confirmed with her again, "Madam Feng, can we really live in Madam Mo's house? We are servants after all. Will it make Madam Mo unhappy?"
Feng Ling patted Yao Niang's shoulder and said generously, "Don't worry, Yao Niang, just stay here for a few days. Miao Miao is a very good person."
Yao Niang tried hard to maintain a decent expression, "Sorry to bother you." Then she silently rubbed the place where Feng Ling had just hit her.
it hurts.
Also, this Madam Feng only knows one adjective: "she is a very good person." That's a bit too naive.
Zhu Shixi stared at the woman shaking her hair for a long time, then suddenly said something.
"Sister Yao Niang, your bones are so well-developed."
Yao Niang:........It turns out that I am the only normal person.
The ox cart ran continuously for nearly ten days and finally reached the border of Jinbei Road.
When they arrived at the border of Jinbei, Feng Ling directly pointed the way and said that they could take a shortcut to the Mo Mansion.
Zhu Shixi and Yao Niang were both curious about this Madam Mo. What kind of person could make Lin Si go to such great lengths to trick her into going to Li County?
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