According to Kong Ming's plan, Liu Bei controlled Guiyang in a covert manner. Now Lingling County has Liu Qi in front of him. He originally wanted to keep Xu Shu here, but he unexpectedly recommended Lantian.
Xu Shu is now Liu Bei's deputy military advisor. Logically speaking, he and Kong Ming should each be in charge of a county, but because his mother is used to it in Chen County, she really doesn't want the old man to be tired from traveling around.
Liu Bei left Gan Ning to garrison Quanling. When he returned to Chen County, he passed by Linwu County and personally negotiated with Lantian about Lingling. He was promoted to Diannong Zhonglang General. In addition to assisting Liu Qi in managing the military and political affairs of Lingling, Liu Bei also He also ordered him to arrest the farmers in Guiyang County.
Lantian has been working in Linwu for two years and has brought out more than 200 apprentices, all of whom have been dispersed to various counties in Guiyang County. After years of cultivation of millet, the output of new millet seeds now far exceeds that of Xiaopei and two-line hybrid rice. It has gradually achieved results, and it is estimated that after a few more years of cultivation and research, it can be widely promoted.
Li Yang, a fellow villager, knew about Lantian's transfer from Linwu earlier. He originally wanted to bring thousands of people from Xindengzhuang with him, but Lantian refused.
Lantian: "Everyone has come all the way from Xinye. It has been hard work cultivating the land in the past two years. It is not easy to settle down now, so stop thinking about it..."
Li Yang scratched his head and said: "Although everyone can have enough to eat, but there is no young master here to take charge, we just don't feel at ease. If I had known that I would also join General Gao's trap..."
After Linwu County was stabilized, in order to facilitate the management of the farmland, Gao Shun selected several hundred young men from Xindengzhuang and expanded the camp to a thousand people.
"Soldiers with solid camps and flowing water, how can a person not face several partings in his life? In the past, when Xiao Pei went to Xinye alone, didn't you also get along well?" Lan Tian smiled slightly.
"They are all masters of Shaozhuang..." Li Yang is Lantian's first real apprentice. He went from Xiaopei to Xinye, and from Xinye to Linwu. Although he didn't understand it theoretically, he was able to practice it through practical experience. Very solid.
While the two were talking, Mr. Deng and his grandson also came over. He said to Li Yang: "Sir, he is a man who does big things. He cannot stay in a small place like Linwu forever. It's just that the old man has something to ask for. "
"Old owner, please speak." After knowing each other for many years, Lantian has never seen this old man so solemn.
"Fan'er, kneel down," the old village owner said.
After hearing this, Deng Fan knelt down directly to Lan Tian, leaving the person involved at a loss. "Old owner, what are you..."
"Fan'er is the only child of my Deng family. I wanted to keep him by my side, but this son is no better than ordinary people. He is particularly interested in farming and military matters. I think he and his husband are quite close..." The old man The owner of the village was looking at Lan Tian's face as he spoke.
At this time, Lan Tian seemed a little embarrassed and thought to himself, "Should you give me a son?" We already have one now, and Lu Lingqi has another belly...
"Sir, you are a man of extraordinary talent. If you don't dislike Fan'er for being slow, can you make him your disciple?" the old village owner begged.
"Accepting disciples? I teach farming and run martial arts classes. Didn't he come to listen in?" Lan Tianxin said that it was lucky that he didn't accept an adopted son. He was a little scared to be an adopted father in the Three Kingdoms era.
"Yes, but now that my husband is going to Lingling to take up his post, Fan'er won't have the chance to listen to his teachings." Deng Laozhuang sighed.
Lan Tian understood now that Mr. Deng wanted to take Deng Fan with him. Li Yang on the side also added: "Young master, this kid is quite smart. It would be a pity to follow us digging the ground all his life..."
It is said that a thousand-mile horse always has its own talent, but it seems to be true in any era. For smart people like Deng Fan who have language barriers, their career prospects are bound to be full of thorns.
"Okay, I do fall in love with him." Lan Tian nodded in agreement.
Master Deng was overjoyed and quickly urged: "Fan'er, why don't you kowtow to me?"
When Deng Fan was about to kowtow, Li Yang interrupted: "Uncle, do you have to perform the apprenticeship ceremony?"
"Yes, yes, the old man was so happy that he almost forgot. I will take Fan'er to your house tomorrow." Old owner Deng said.
Boom, boom, boom, Deng Fan still kowtowed several times.
"Didn't you say you won't knock now?" Li Yang asked as he helped him up.
"Fan'er is happy, please kowtow a few more...no more...tight..." Deng Fan said cheerfully, and both Lantian and Mr. Deng nodded happily.
Early the next morning, Li Yang and Deng Fan came to the county captain's house with gifts.
Lan Tian and Lu Lingqi sat facing south, Gao Shun and Li Yang stood on both sides to watch the ceremony. Deng Fan knelt on the ground respectfully and kowtowed three times, and then knelt down to present the teacher's post and the six rituals.
After the ceremony, Deng Fan was so excited that he wanted to say something but couldn't. Lan Tian waved his hand and said, "Don't be anxious, Fan. I'm going to teach you the first lesson now. You should try to be simple in your speech from now on, and just use short words to understand the meaning." "
"Disciple...understand..." Deng Fan found that it was really smooth.
Gao Shun, who was usually serious about his words, suddenly smiled happily and said: "Congratulations, sir, on getting a good disciple. The young master will have many playmates in the future."
"That's right, that's right..." Li Yang agreed.
Lan Tianxin said that there is no time to play in this troubled world. If you don't work hard, you won't know how you will die. Why are you so troubled everywhere?
After accepting his disciple Deng Fan, Lan Tian was about to leave for Lingling to take up his post. He had a calm personality and had few belongings to take with him. Except for the set of "Wei Liao Zi" and a few bags of seeds, most of the remaining luggage on the carriage belonged to Lu Lingqi. And Lan Yuan's clothes.
At this time, when they heard that Lantian was leaving, both the Tuntian people who had moved from Xinye and the local villagers in Linwu County came to see him off with baskets and pots of food.
"General Lan, don't leave..."
"When will General Lan come back?"
"General Lan..."
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The people at this time were simple and kind-hearted. They didn't really want much, as long as they had a comfortable place to live.
Seeing the people greeting each other enthusiastically, Lantian waved and said: "The green mountains remain unchanged, the green water flows forever, Lingling is adjacent to Guiyang, I will come back often to visit you, the sun is shining in the sky, you all should leave..."
Despite what he said, no one left.
Lu Lingqi opened the curtain and said, "Husband, it seems that half of your original ideal has been realized. It's really amazing."
Lantian had a long way to go from village to county to county and country. He said to Gao Shun, "Let's go. If you stand here for a long time, someone might get heatstroke."
Gao Shun nodded and shouted: "Let's set off."
The trapped camp escorted several carriages out of the city. Not far away, Lan Tian seemed to think of something, so he returned to his horse and called Li Yang.
Li Yang walked back dejectedly, and suddenly saw Lan Tian turning his horse around. He excitedly went up to meet him, "Young Master, aren't you leaving?"
Lantian shook his head and said: "My brother-in-law promoted me to an official position. Now my responsibilities are getting heavier and heavier. I won't be able to teach people how to plant in the future. New Dengzhuang is a field people brought out by us. You must train them well when you stay in Linwu." To use this place as a training base, I will organize farmers from Lingling to come and learn, and your bankers will also need to be sent to various counties to teach, and your responsibility is not light, little Li."
Li Yang felt extremely happy when he heard Lan Tian call him Little Plum. He said with a smile, "Don't worry, young master, I will guard this base for you."
Lan Tian nodded happily, then urged his horse to run towards his wife and children's car.
Li Yang looked at Lan Tian's retreating figure and thought to himself that the young village owner was still the same young village owner as Xiao Pei, and little Dengzi was much luckier than me.
