Chapter 66 There Is a Big Event Announced (2)

Whenever there is a major event, the lizheng of each village will convene the big guys to hold a meeting in a specific place and say, Dafang Village is under the big camphor tree in the middle of the village. For example, when plowing in spring, people are reminded to hurry up and don’t miss the season, when autumn is dry, remind people to pay attention to fire prevention when entering the mountains and down the ground, when they announce when they will pay taxes after the autumn harvest, or when the imperial court wants to recruit soldiers and corvés, all of which are notified by Lizheng.

However, there are few things like conscription and corvée. Usually, things like spring ploughing and autumn harvesting are the norm. At this time, if something is announced, it is still an urgent matter, so it has to make people a little concerned. No wonder the third aunt will sigh.

Lian Fangzhou said: "What about him! Anyway, we'll know when the time comes! Our family is half-year-old children, so it may not be worth it!"

The third aunt thought about it, and it was indeed the truth, so she stopped thinking about it.

In the evening, Lian Fangzhou, Lian Ze, and Uncle Li and Aunt Zhang came back first, washed briefly, and then made an appointment to go down to the big camphor tree together.

When they arrived, there were already quite a few villagers standing under the big camphor tree, and everyone was discussing what would happen in twos and threes.

But obviously, Li Zheng's tone was very tight, and until the last moment, no one knew what would happen. Such discussions and speculations are just to pass the time!

The more and more people gathered, it was already dense and noisy. Lian Li and Mrs. Qiao also came. They saw Lian Fangzhou and Lian Ze standing with Uncle Li and Aunt Zhang. Lian Li didn't say anything, but Mrs. Qiao scolded a few words in a low voice. Turn away to look at them.

After a while, Zhang Lizheng finally came, standing on the high stone platform under the big camphor tree, glanced at it, and asked loudly as usual, "Are you all here?"

Everyone replied in a chaotic manner: "It's all here! Let's talk!"

Zhang Lizheng coughed and said loudly: "Everyone, be quiet, be quiet, listen to me!" After shouting several times, the people below finally quieted down and stared at Zhang Lizheng intently.

Zhang Lizheng said slowly: "The news that the county government has just come down, the government has issued two new seeds, and asks all of us to try seeds next year-"

Before a sentence was finished, the noise broke out with a "bang".

"What? New seeds? Is this reliable!"

"Trial planting? Using our own fields?"

"Nonsense! Where are you planting without your own fields!"

"That won't work! What about the crops? If you don't plant crops, you will starve to death next year!"

"I think so too. Now we are forcing us to plant something we don't know, and then the government will not care if there is no food to eat?"

"You're dreaming, who cares about the lives of our common people!"

"Hey, don't make a noise, don't make a noise, I haven't heard what Zhang Lizheng said!"

"..."

Zhang Lizheng was not in a hurry when he heard the commotion below, as if he had expected this kind of reaction from the big guy, he stood on the top and looked at it calmly, quite calm.

"Yo, how come this is so good! I don't know what it is, but what can be bigger than grain? Alas!" Aunt Zhang also sighed.

"Is there any way to do this, the government has spoken, can we not do it?" Uncle Li, an honest man, thought about it and said, "It's a big deal, let's burn more kilns, save more money, and buy food at that time. not hungry."

This made some sense, and Aunt Zhang nodded, not so nervous and tangled.

However, she was still a little sad in her heart, because she originally thought that this year would be a good year, and she could buy a lot of things, but now it seems that she has to plan again.

Lian Fangzhou smiled and said, "Uncle Li, Aunt Zhang, let's listen first, maybe it's a good thing!"

Uncle Li and Aunt Zhang both laughed, both of them had the same thought: Can the government do good things? It's a good thing that someone has been rushing to do it, as for this!

Zhang Li was seeing that the big guy was almost chattering, and then he shouted loudly to calm everyone down, and then said: "These two things are called potatoes and cotton. Potatoes can be eaten as food, and cotton is used to make clothes. …”

Having said that, there is another "Boom" from below.

Even Fangzhou's mind "boomed", and suddenly raised his head to look at Zhang Lizheng, secretly suppressing his excitement.

Potatoes, cotton, those are really good things!

However, no matter how good things are, they must be discovered by others. For those who have never seen it, not necessarily!

For example, all the villagers who were agitated at the moment were extremely angry.

"I've been planting all my life, and I've never heard of beans growing in the soil. Who is it? Why don't you just call it peanuts!"

"There must be no way to compare it to Peanut, so I'm embarrassed to call it that name!"

"Then cotton is even more outrageous. Flowers can also be used to make clothes, so let's just wear leaves!"

A burst of laughter broke out in the crowd. But after the laughter, it was even more excited and angry.

Everyone agreed that: the government is simply deceiving people too much! This is clearly to kill the farmers!

"Sister, don't be afraid, let's burn more charcoal with Uncle Li, and next year, I can also go hunting in the mountains!" Lian Ze thought that Lian Fangzhou was frightened, and quickly whispered.

"Sister is fine! You don't have to worry!" Lian Fangzhou smiled at him.

Everyone's resistance far exceeded Zhang Lizheng's expectations. Zhang Lizheng was also a little impatient, so he said loudly: "Don't make any noise! ​​Listen to me! Can you stand up to your noise? You don't need to get the seeds when you complain?"

When everyone saw that he was really angry, and that although this was helpless, it was the truth, so they all stopped in frustration.

"Zhang Lizheng, you have to think about it for everyone! It can't be like this! Next year, the whole family will not be able to drink the northwest wind!" Someone asked with a bitter face, and won the unanimous support of the big guys.

"Can I not know your difficulties!" Zhang Lizheng sighed and said, "But this is the decision of the imperial court. Each of our three southwestern provinces has selected three counties for trial planting, and our Yuhe County is one of them. , what is there to say? You ask me for ideas, who should I go to? I am not like you, I have to sow! Whoever has the ability to sow, okay, then they will be reported to the county government. , don't blame me for not reminding me ahead!"

After Zhang Lizheng finished speaking, everyone fell silent, lowered their heads in frustration, and frowned.

"Zhang Lizheng, shouldn't all the fields of every household have to grow these two things?" Someone asked.

Everyone's spirits were lifted, and they looked up at Zhang Lizheng: Since you can't escape, let's plant it, anyway, leave some room for the big guys to grow food!

Zhang Lizheng saw that everyone was being pinched, and his expression became more relaxed, and he said: "The government is still very considerate of the big guy, how could it be possible to do this? Half of the fields in each household grow potatoes and cotton, and the rest Plant what you like, come back to me and get the seeds! Potato seeds are two cents a pound, and cotton seeds are five cents a catty!"

"Ah, I want money!" Someone exclaimed.