Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but Mu Ran recalled the scene in the past when he commanded the Xiong Shang Army to resist the rebellion in the Kingdom of Jin.
Hundreds of thousands of people were turned into withered bones in just a few days. This was just a battle between the miscellaneous army and the elite. It was so brutal. What about the elite versus the elite?
Liu Mingzhi didn't dare to think about it. Although he had passed the stage of post-war syndrome, Liu Mingzhi still rarely recalled the scene of the First World War in the Kingdom of Jin.
Others respectfully called him Confucian Commander because of this battle, but Liu Mingzhi never felt that this was an honor. What he saw was not the title of Confucian Commander, but a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
There is never blood in war, only corpses and sadness.
Those who glorify war are the biggest executioners. Perhaps the generals of the Six Guards of Northern Xinjiang are like Zhang Kuang and have seen through everything long ago.
Every time there is a war, in addition to winning, I just think about how to bring all the brothers home.
Take you home, just five words but as heavy as a mountain.
"Sister-in-law...sister! Don't be too polite. I'm sorry to bother you but you can still come back during your busy schedule!"
Wei Xiaolian nodded cautiously: "It's nothing, it's the same wherever you work, not to mention the wages paid by the Lord are higher!"
As soon as Wei Xiaolian opened her mouth, Liu Mingzhi knew that Wei Xiaolian was definitely a simple woman, and she didn't mean to stay in the same house.
It was both lucky and unfortunate for Wei Xiaolian to marry into the Shi family, but who could predict the outcome in advance!
"Old man, let me tell Sister Wei how to cultivate sweet potatoes. You can go and plow the fans. They are all yours!"
"Thank you, sir!"
“…..”
"Sister Wei, come with me and I'll tell you something you need to pay attention to."
"Okay, civilian women must listen carefully!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the land where one-third of the seedlings had been planted: "Sister, sweet potatoes are easy to grow, but weeding must be done first. The nutrients in the land cannot be taken up by wild vegetables. The most important thing is that the seedlings have strong rooting ability. Every ten days or so, the roots of the seedlings on the ground must be turned over so that they do not distract the nutrients from the main roots. This principle is the same as pruning unnecessary branches and leaves of fruit trees. Do you still understand what I am saying, sister?"
"You understand, you understand!"
"That's good. What I say next may be a bit unpleasant. Sister, don't take it to heart. I will leave these more than ten acres of land to you to take care of. The nutrients of the land are very important. You can form some women at home and go to the farm to collect some Farmyard manure from humans and animals... well... just excrement!”
Liu Mingzhi rubbed his nose and looked at Wei Xiaolian who had a calm expression before heaving a sigh of relief.
He secretly scolded himself for being hypocritical. In the eyes of farmers, feces is just a common thing, nothing worth covering up.
"Okay, now that the civilian woman knows it, should we just bury it or what?"
"It's too troublesome to bury it. Sister, you see these ditches are specially prepared. Put the feces on the other side of the field. Pick up water or pour it with a water truck and let it flow. Half the ditch water is enough. How often should you water sweet potatoes? Sister, you are rich in experience. , look at the growth of the seedlings, I am a layman and can’t direct you!"
"The civilian women know it!"
"As for the manpower, you have to look at the arrangement. It's fine for both adults and teenagers. Two taels of silver a month, plus food. As long as the sweet potatoes are planted well, it doesn't matter if you eat a bushel of rice a day. I'll give you the food money every month." Someone will be sent to deliver it to you, don’t worry!”
"If you don't have to do it, you don't have to worry about food for only two taels of silver a month!"
"No, wages are wages, food money is food money, they can't be confused!"
"Thank you Sir, the civilian woman thanks Sir for everyone!"
"Oh, eldest sister, it's us who are the salary earners who are sorry for you! We are eating the people's taxes and food, but some people are doing things that are worse than pigs and dogs. Sister, please forgive me!"
"A common woman is content with having two children dependent on each other. I can't let the man feel cold underground. No matter how hard and tiring it is, I have to raise the two children into adults."
Looking at Wei Xiaolian and Liu Mingzhi who spoke firmly, they admired and sighed at the same time.
God, it doesn't open its eyes.
"Okay, it's not easy for me to interfere with eldest sister's affairs. You should go and get familiar with her first!"
"The civilian woman resigned."
Liu Mingzhi nodded without saying much. He originally wanted to help Shi Laowu persuade Wei Xiaolian to remarry, but now it seems that it is better not to be the bad guy.
I have no qualifications to evaluate such a strong and strong woman.
How many people talk about being together in life and death every day, but how many people can do it? Husband and wife are birds of the same forest!
Looking at the busy people in the fields, Liu Mingzhi wanted to help, but looked at the Su embroidered brocade clothes on his body and gave up the idea.
Not only would it be counterproductive to help them themselves, it would also make them feel uncomfortable and delay the planting process.
Although Liu Mingzhi didn't want to admit it, he had to admit it.
Throughout the ages, no matter how enlightened the administration, people have been divided into three, six or nine levels.
Liu Mingzhi, a commoner who was sitting on the carriage and watching the farming, realized that it was almost sunset, and Liu Song also rushed back with the food ordered by Young Master Liu.
Ten roasted whole lambs exuding a rich aroma, ten stewed pig heads, and twenty jars of ordinary wine were enough to fill ten large carriages.
"Master, I'm back. I spent a total of eighty-three taels of silver. The shopkeeper only asked for eighty-three taels of silver!"
"Old housekeeper!"
"Hey, Sir, here you are, Sir, please give me your orders!"
Fu Shan, who was sitting aside to rest, hurried over.
"For accounting purposes, give Liu Song one hundred taels of silver notes, eighty taels of food money, and twenty taels of reward!"
"Yes, Sir!"
As the steward of the Liu Mansion, Fu Shan dutifully carried the account book with him.
Liu Mingzhi, who had never cared about spending money, somehow learned Liu Zhi'an's tricks and kept accounts of money, big and small.
Over time, Liu Mingzhi had to admire Liu Zhi'an. It was indeed true that once the family business grew, the odds and ends of the expenses would not be a small amount, and it would be easy to mix them up if they were not kept in accounts.
Although he became an official, Liu Mingzhi still studied Liu Zhian's business methods all the time.
Liu Zhi'an was able to make the Liu family one of the four major families, so he naturally had his own unique way of knowing everything. Being an official was actually no different from doing business.
It's all just calculations.
It's just that the calculations are based on different things. One is gold and silver, and the other is people's hearts.
"Old housekeeper, I'm going back first. Any list of accounts and expenditures reported by the villagers later must be written down in detail. After these villagers finish their work, they will share the food and wine prepared by Liu Song. Don't favor one over the other. Men, women, old and young are all the same. Eat Until you’re full!”
"Don't worry, Sir, I will do it myself and will never let the people down!"
As the sun set, Liu Mingzhi once again looked back at the people who had almost finished their work, and walked towards the carriage with a faint smile. This day was much more fulfilling than the previous day when he listened to the memorials of the civil and military ministers announcing the good news.
If you don't go to the people and take a look when you are an official, how can you know the sufferings of the people?
If you only govern the people by looking at the flying and flying fonts on the memorials, the country will collapse sooner or later.
There are already things about drinking soldiers' blood, but there are still a lot of things about deceiving superiors and hiding things from subordinates!
Looking at Wen Renzheng, who didn't know when he would return and was sleeping on the carriage, he said, "Old man, it's time to go back!"
The two rode together on horseback. Wen Renzheng took a sip of wine and said, "It doesn't hurt to spend so much money taking care of more than ten acres of wasteland!"
"You will know later that the land is not wasted. You can't just use the donkey to do things in vain. You have to live up to your conscience!"
"Yeah, I don't know how many people have violated their conscience for the sake of their future."
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