Kuai Chuan Teaches You To Be a Man

Mrs. You already felt that her mother-in-law, Mrs. Fang, was different from what she expected.

She didn't think it was Cao Yaozu who deceived her. Thinking about her own family, the difference between mother and brother, sister-in-law... How can a daughter-in-law be better than a son?

As the prefect of the prefecture, Mrs. You is also the favored one. She used to speak with little scruples, but now she feels that she has slipped and wants to make up for it, but she doesn't know how to say it, and the atmosphere is a bit stiff.

At the critical juncture, Cao Yaozu stood up and said it was over: "Cousin insisted that there would be no result if no one else went. Besides, Chen Xianghou may still hate us."

The Cao family suddenly remembered the time when Wan Rong led Qiao to cross the mansion. At that time, who would have thought that the poor boy from the countryside could become a marquis in the future? At that time, Wan Rong said that his nephew admired Cao Yaozu's character and talent, and wanted to make friends. Because Cao Yaozu didn't like him at first glance, he didn't ask anyone to call Cao Yaozu out.

At that time, no one took it seriously. When I think about it today, if I say I don't regret it, I lied to myself. Since Qiao Yue planted high-yield potatoes, Mr. Cao has not been happy in his heart.

Mr. You didn't know about these things. When he heard about it, he asked eloquently, "Why does he hold grudges? Where is our family sorry for him?"

Fang didn't want to hear anything from his daughter-in-law, but just wanted her to shut up. Cao Yaozu was patient and explained, saying that when Chen Xianghou Qiaoyue first met his cousin, he was still a poor boy. , He was very rude at that time, and stared at his cousin for a long time, because this action made him run on, and the Cao family looked down on his behavior and sent people out of the house...

"That's his fault, how could he have the face to anger others?"

Cao Yaozu sighed, and after a while he said: "Madam, you should know what you have in mind, and don't mention it when you go out, otherwise you may cause trouble. Chen Xianghou has been appreciated by the court for his good agricultural affairs. He is very powerful and has a large number in Linzhou. I can't provoke the Cao family, not to mention the Cao family, my father-in-law can't provoke them either."

In You Shi's heart, her father is her confidence. Cao Yaozu said that she was very unhappy, but it was a fact that she was unhappy.

The dignified lord is also much stronger than the fourth-grade prefect.

You pursed her lips tightly, nodded and said she understood.

"Let's not talk about the grievances in the past, we are here for the rice seeds, can't we come back empty-handed?"

Cao Yaozu didn't want to, but after these two times, he felt that when he went to Chenxiang again, he would be sent to the door to be humiliated. Qiao Yue couldn't get through, so he could only look at his father.

Master Cao thought of the smiling faces of the farmers when they took the land deed to get the rice seeds, and felt that it would not be easy to get them out of their hands. Even if you are willing to pay more, they may not dare to take the risk and sell you. Farmers are worried. They have fertile fields and they have received seeds, but they don’t plant them. Instead, they sell the seeds for money. Let the yamen know about this and you can buy seeds later?

It has been said that high-yield rice cannot be kept for yourself, and it must be re-produced every year.

Besides, when is this all? Still have time to slowly convince them?

"Don't think about rice seeds first, Yaozu, copy the method of rice planting announced by the Yamen, and let the people of Fushan learn it. Even if you use the original self-reserved seeds, you can always get more crops if you optimize the way of planting."

Cao Yaozu couldn't think of a better way, so he could only settle for the next best thing. He comforted himself in his heart, thinking that he used to grow potatoes, wheat, and sticks. There are many, and the same goes for planting rice.

He believes that the yield per mu has increased from more than 300 to 2,000, and the leap six times is not only the change of rice seeds, but also the key method. This amazing harvest should be the result of the combination of the two.

After a while, it will be time for spring planting. Cao Yaozu can't afford to delay. Seeing that there is no hope for planting, she does not delay much, and will return to Fushan with You Shi.

Cao Yaozu felt that as long as he made it clear to the farmers and implemented the new farming method, the entire county of Fushan could also increase production.

But he missed a point. He didn't take into account that the expectations are too far from the current situation. How many people can adjust this psychological gap? Before returning to Kangping, Cao Yaozu mentioned it to his subordinates, saying that he would go to plead for the people and let them try their best to appease them.

Cao Yaozu has always been like this. He is the kind of person who is persuasive and can give you confidence. Most of the time, this image is favorable. No matter whether he is on the peak or his subordinates, he is trusted by him, but there are also times when bad things happen, like this time. .

The day when Cao Yaozu returned to Fushan County, the whole county was cheering and cheering, and people could be heard shouting everywhere, "The county magistrate is back!" "Come on, the magistrate is back with rice seeds!" The son-in-law of the prefect, no one else can get seeds, he is the only one who has this way!" "What's more, I heard that the magistrate of Cao County is from Kangping County, and he and the Marquis of Chen Xiang are Uncle Lang"...

Before he had time to lift the curtain and wave to the people, Cao Yaozu, who was sitting in the carriage, heard these words, his heart sank, and he felt bad. When the carriage stopped in front of the mansion, Cao Yaozu protected his wife You and ordered the housekeeper to enter. He passed a message to the county magistrate and asked them to come over and ask what was going on. Only then did he realize that he gave his subordinates too much confidence when he went out. The farmers came to the yamen to make trouble a few days ago. , said that the magistrate had already gone to Linzhou to ask for rice seeds for everyone.

The yamen side doesn't say much, and the farmers themselves supplement it much better.

To put it simply, if you say that I will try it, it will change the meaning in other people's ears, and he will be able to do it.

Not much is known about Cao Yaozu's ordinary farmers. People like the Yamen have heard about it, and they have told their family members when they heard it. Those in the know patted their chests and said that if the county magistrate can't ask for seeds, then no one can ask for it. why? Because he is not only the son-in-law of the prefect of Cenzhou, but also has a cousin who is married to the Marquis of Chenxiang.

As soon as these are shaken out, it is incredible. The farmers in Fushan have already become excited in advance. They are dreaming of harvesting more than 1,000 catties of rice per mu. The magistrate returned with rice seeds.

It was against this background that Cao Yaozu came back.

He pulled two carts of things, but it was not rice seeds, but the luggage that Fang prepared for his son.

The two trucks of luggage caused a greater misunderstanding among the farmers. Cao Yaozu was still discussing matters with his subordinates. The farmers had hurried home and brought Tian Qi to the yamen to line up.

Farmers in Fushan have heard how Linzhou divides rice seeds, and they consciously have already discharged long queues. I thought that someone should come to divide the seeds soon, but it took half a day in a row. Finally, the door was opened and a yaman came out, but instead of carrying anything, he took out a piece of paper and posted it.

There are many illiterate people and few scholars these days. The peasant households in the front looked out and didn’t understand it for a long time. There happened to be a scholar in a long gown passing by and was stopped by the peasant households and asked him to help him read.

He kindly helped with this, read it from the beginning, and was about to leave after reading it, but was held back.

"It's gone? Have you finished reading? What else?"

"Yeah, why did you just say how to plant the land, but didn't say when the rice seeds would grow?"

"Look again to see if you missed a few lines?"

The man was really patient, he glanced again, shook his head and said no, that's all.

The farmers let him go, but then they blocked the entrance of the yamen and asked the adults to come out, explaining when the two carts of rice seeds would be distributed? How to send it again? Is it directly bought with money or tax credited after harvest? The Fushan County government office was as noisy as the market, and the government office couldn't stand it anymore, and asked the county magistrate what to do?

Cao Yaozu was a little quick-witted, he never expected this to happen, and he didn't do anything for a while.

It's not the way to drag it. He personally walked over and told the farmers that it was too late. There was no more rice seeds there. I'm sorry to the villagers. Please use self-saved seeds this year. To increase income, just use new methods.

After waiting for so long, didn't you say a word?

"Sir, don't be joking. If you didn't ask for rice seeds, what were the two carts you pulled back?"

"That's right! This kind of joke should be avoided!"

"Although the two cars are a little less, it doesn't matter if they are first come first served. I believe that the ones who didn't get a share later won't blame the adults!"

"Yeah, our farmers in Fushan are still sensible."

Hearing this, Cao Yaozu did not feel comforted at all, but felt that he would not be able to come down to the stage. He has written the embarrassment on his face, but he really didn't. I told everyone not to believe in rumors. How to promote high-yield rice depends on the arrangement of the court. The court always has a plan and will think of everyone.

These few words obviously can't make people complain.

To say that Cao Yaozu's visit did not delay anything. Considering the local climate in Toyama, the time for rice planting is not too early every year, and the seedlings have to wait until the temperature rises in late February, and the seedlings stay on the seedbed for a while. The moon will be transplanted into the fields at the end of March, and then the flowers will bloom in May and June, and the ripe harvest is already July and August... Count the days, and now it's not time to go back to the time to foam the rice seeds, you have to wait a few days , Cao Yaozu did not delay things, but the yamen gave farmers extremely high expectations, and now they can't meet them. This gap is unacceptable.

Some people looked ugly and said, "Then what did you do this trip? You also brought your wife with you. I'm afraid you went home to visit relatives in the name of official business?"

"Going for a month and pulling two carts of things, God knows what's in the cart?"

"The county magistrate and Chen Xianghou are not Uncle Lang? Can you still ask for rice seeds?"

"I don't believe that Chen Xiang's side is not much, we have to prepare more every year, how can it be just that number?"

There are yamen officers who are eager to make contributions and shout for Cao Yaozu, saying that they will all retreat! Why do you still want to fight with adults? It's so hard for adults to come and go, isn't there no hard work if you don't ask for rice seeds? It was Chen Xianghou who said no, and he didn't give it. Why do you want to scold him and scold adults?

scold him?

Who would scold him if it was too late to thank him all over the world for farming?

Even if high-yield rice has not been popularized, the other types have already benefited farmers a lot. Those who were hungry before can now deal with them, and those who were barely hungry are now full. People say Qiao Yue is a living Bodhisattva, and there are many The person who gave him the longevity card spontaneously used to ask for good weather, but now he asks Chen Xianghou to work harder and produce results again, hoping that there will be good news every year.

Originally the scene could be controlled, but the yamen's remarks directly aroused public anger, and some people raised their arms and said that they would beat him! Beat him up, a black-hearted magistrate! Going home to visit relatives under the guise of doing things for the common people, taking bribes for two cars to come back and make a list, and send the big guy away! When everyone else is stupid?

People tend to lose their minds when they are excited, especially when there are too many people, it is more likely to cause riots/chaos.

In the chaos, the yamen who was eager to make meritorious deeds was beaten with a bruised nose and a bruised face. Cao Yaozu was protected a little better, but he also suffered a lot. He retreated to the county government and closed the door to isolate people from the outside.

Those yamen who were punched were gnashing their teeth and berating the mob/people who gathered to make trouble! Said they should all be arrested and thrown into prison! Cao Yaozu thought so too, but he didn't dare to catch all of them, so he ordered to catch a few people who were inciting the flames to kill the chickens to show the monkeys. As for the others, let them go back to prepare for spring plowing, and post the ones that were posted and send them to various townships, so that farmers could learn from them. stand up.

There is nothing wrong with this kind of grace and power. He can think of retreating and learning the improved rice farming method. In Cao Yaozu's opinion, now he is a little wronged, and the farmers will thank him when the rice is mature and harvested. Quanzhou did not get hybrid rice seeds, but he was able to lead everyone to increase their income.

Cao Yaozu thought it was too simple. His knowledge of agronomy was too shallow, it should be said that he had almost no knowledge, so he made a big mistake.

He thought the new method was universal, but it wasn't.

The procedures may be similar. In actual operation, due to different rice species, the length of time for each stage of rice growth will be different, and the needs will also be different. Conventional rice and hybrid rice are quite different and cannot be generalized. The manual that Qiao Yue sent out was not general, he explained it in detail, and he also asked the agricultural commissioners to inform the townships and tell them whether to keep the seeds by themselves or to serve them in the old way.

Obviously, the father and son of the Cao family didn't ask the agricultural commissioner what they meant, and they didn't have agronomy knowledge themselves, so they secretly stole the teacher.

Cao Yaozu took a Linzhou hybrid rice planting tutorial and went back to promote it, and asked Fushan County to use this method to grow their conventional rice.

What happens in the end?

Not only can it not increase production to the maximum extent, but there are conflicts in varieties, and there will be inappropriate places. After maturity, not only can it not increase the yield, but it may reduce the yield.

The farmers are based on the experience handed down from their ancestors. If they encounter a situation they have never seen before, it is difficult for them to adapt to the situation. Once the soil is damaged, it is almost impossible to complete the rescue by themselves, and the harvest is very likely to be this way. smashed.

Cao Yaozu didn't even think about it, what was he thinking so passionately about? What he thinks is that in July and August, the rice harvest in Cenzhou will also use self-saved seeds, and the harvest in Fushan County will double that of other counties. He is expected to rise this year.

Thinking of the high praise that followed in July and August, Cao Yaozu generously forgave these farmers who made trouble because they could not accept the huge gap. Even the leading ones were released from prison after only ten days and a half months, and let them listen to them. The yamen arranged to prepare for the spring planting.

The process of foaming and transplanting seedlings went smoothly. In the next few growth stages, every household encountered many problems. The rice planting in Toshan County this season was chaotic, and the harvest was still a month away, and the farmers were desperate. How much can be harvested per mu of land can actually be seen after the grains are set. This year they used the new method announced by the yamen, and the rice they planted was much worse than in previous years.

It is messy, messy, and there are a lot of empty stalks. When harvesting, you can feel the lack of weight, and it is easy to get started.

Fushan County is the top-ranked affluent county in Cenzhou, and it is also a major grain-producing county in Cenzhou. The county has a large area of ​​arable land, especially fertile fields. Cao Yaozu gave an order, and all the farmers in the county followed him. What was the result?

This year, the average yield of rice per mu in Fushan is halved. One mu of fertile land only recovers more than 100 kilograms of dry grain. After threshing, it looks like a small pile of brown rice. Farmers in various townships sit on the ridge and cry. Someone took the lead to go to the county yamen and asked the yamen to discuss the explanation and make sense.

All of them were planted according to the best method posted by the yamen, but not only did they not double the amount as promised by the magistrate, but the output shrunk so much!

In Toshan County, the yield per mu used to be more than 300 catties, but now more than 100 are left in half. Calculate the energy and capital, this season is a loss! Said blood loss is not too much!

If a certain family is like this, can it be said that they have not planted it correctly, the whole town is the same, and the yamen will not give an explanation?

"The yamen has to compensate us! It has to compensate us!"

"I know that the surnamed Cao relies on his father-in-law to become an official. What kind of ability does he have? I'm afraid he only has the ability to play tricks!"

"Don't believe him! We shouldn't believe him!"

"Let's go! Shangyamen asked him to compensate us for our rice! My family's six acres of fertile land are worth a thousand jins! That's a thousand jins!"

"..."

Cao Yaozu was also going crazy. When he found something was wrong, he immediately repaired the book and sent it back to Kangping.

Mr. Cao said that the rice growth in Quanlinzhou is gratifying, and the bad fields are not much different from those in previous years. The good fields can basically meet the expectations of Chen Xianghou. The agricultural commissioner estimates that each mu can be harvested thousands of pounds, and the farmers in the townships are overjoyed. At this time, Mr. Cao didn't know what Cao Yaozu had gone through, and he asked him how Fushan County was. Cao Yaozu was dumbfounded when he received a reply from the fast horse and whip.

I originally thought that the problem was with Qiao Yue, so the harvest in Linzhou would not be good, but in reality? People are very prosperous, and only Toyama has reduced production.

That's it.

Cao Yaozu got angry and didn't know what to do. He asked his father if the new method of planting rice was not wrong. Only then did Master Cao realize that something was wrong, he said it was definitely right, and asked him what happened?

This letter made Cao Yaozu deeply suffocated. The praise he imagined did not come. What awaited him was the anger of all the farmers in Fushan. Especially after the rice harvest, there was another good news from Linzhou. It was heard that the fertile fields where hybrid rice was tested had an average yield per mu. Thousands of jins, farmers sing praises to the court to sing praises of Chen Xianghou... People produce thousands of jins per mu, what about them? They can only collect 1,000 catties in total on five or six acres of land. People can't eat enough rice for one season, and they pay taxes and have nothing left.

Even if Cao Yaozu is young and mature, this is the first time he has encountered such a thing. He doesn't know what to do?

Seeing him like this, Mrs. You comforted him and said that there was no need to worry, everything had to be covered by his father. Besides, this method is obviously learned from Chen Xianghou, so if it's bad, it's up to him!

In the face of such a difficult matter, Cao Yaozu didn't have the heart to make You happy, and only smiled reluctantly, so that she didn't have to worry about saying that there would be a way, and invited people out of the study. Mrs. You was very distressed when she saw Xianggong like this. She wanted to do something, so she ordered someone to secretly speak out, saying that this new farming method was taught by Chen Xianghou, and the surnamed Qiao could not see Cenzhou's increase in income, he deliberately cheated people!

Mrs. You believed what the Cao family said and felt that Qiao Yue had a prejudice against the Cao family and was deliberately harassing people. She believed in this statement the most. Even if someone reminded that this method was copied by the adults herself, Mrs. You still believed it. If there is a problem, Qiao Yue is determined to move his hands and feet.

Under her insistence, this statement spread in Toyama County, and the whole county exploded.

Cao Yaozu didn't have time to think of a way to cover up the matter, and it became a big trouble.