This village is currently in its current state after restructuring. This village is called Niujia Village, but it is not because everyone in the village is surnamed Niu, but because this village was once a famous cattle-raising village, and the cattle from many surrounding villages were Buy the spread from here.
So gradually, this place became known as Niujia Village.
Although many cattle were sold here, Niujia Village was not very wealthy. After all, the dynasty had just changed and the Tang Dynasty had not been stable for many years.
But because of a series of policies implemented by His Highness King Qin, the life of Niujia Village has become much better in the past two years. At the very least, the agricultural tax has not only been cancelled, but also has subsidies, which is unprecedented for the people. .
I have never dreamed of this dream, let alone thought about it.
Not to mention that many people in the village have gone to work near Chang'an to make money. It is said that one person's salary for one year is enough to earn a family's income for one year.
Shan Lin was one of the first people to go out to work to make money. I think Shan Lin's family was the poorest in the entire Niujia Village. Because there was an old lady at home, he needed to take medicine year after year. Although the medicine was not expensive, it was natural for ordinary people's families. It's a burden.
And Shan Lin only had one son, so the family had a harder time. Until Shan Lin heard that outsiders could work, he went out after discussing with his wife at home.
As a result, in more than half a year, he almost got back their rations for a year in previous years. Not only did he get back the rations, he also brought back a medical book called "The Barefoot Doctor's Manual". It is said that His Highness asked Sun Simiao and Sun Zhenren to research and compile it. of.
The purpose was to allow all people in the Tang Dynasty to solve some daily difficult and complicated diseases even if they did not know medical skills. After getting this medical book back, Shan Lin did not go out because it was too difficult for his wife to take care of the elderly and children at home alone. tired.
Shan Lin relied on the literacy he learned in the factory and began to treat villagers from all over the country. He only charged the simplest medicines, and sometimes even just prescribed prescriptions, letting the villagers buy the medicines themselves or go to the surrounding hospitals. Go pick it in the mountains.
It's just that everyone knows the situation of his Shan Lin family, so they are embarrassed to let him see a doctor for free. After all, it is impossible for the doctor to treat ordinary people for free, and he will have to charge some soup and medicine fees.
Because if the doctor's life becomes difficult and he moves away, who will treat them? Therefore, no one who comes to see a doctor comes empty-handed.
I don’t bring much, but whether it’s food or other game, I bring some.
The life of the Shan Lin family has naturally become easier.
In addition, the lives of the people around us have improved due to the policies of the Tang Dynasty. Because of the high-yield and improved seeds provided by His Highness, the curved shaft plows, columbines, etc., the people have surplus money and surplus grain. Nature will give you more.
There are more and more people who are grateful these days.
So Dan Lin later simply collected the medical fees and decoction fees. He did not accept this because he had a change of heart, on the contrary, he did not want the villagers to spend money, because no matter how others give, some people who know how to be grateful will always give more, and some people who are in a pinch will give less. Some.
Over a long period of time, people's hearts have naturally become dissatisfied. Shan Lin, who has worked outside, also knows a little about this aspect, so he simply sets the fee for consultation and decoction. The fee is very low, much lower than letting others pay it to him.
In this way, if someone else brings something over, Shan Lin can sternly refuse it and only charge what he should receive.
Datang now provides medicinal materials stores in various counties to sell medicinal materials. Shan Lin goes to buy a batch of medicinal materials every now and then, and the small clinics in the village are getting better and better.
It is also because of this that when His Highness opened schools for people across the country two years ago and encouraged people to send their children to school, he understood the benefits of literacy and had already taught his children the literacy methods they learned when they were educated in factories. Shan Lin, who was literate, sent all three of his children in without hesitation.
This behavior aroused the confusion of many villagers, because Shan Lin's family still owns their own land, and his eldest child was already thirteen years old at the time. He was already a good hand in the countryside and could help in the fields.
Shan Lin has two sons and one daughter. The youngest daughter was only seven years old at the time. Even the seven-year-old children could help cook rice and porridge at home (Wang Gong, when I was a child, my sister would provide simple food for the family when she was six years old when she was busy in the farm work. Cooking porridge, cooking rice, lighting the fire yourself (it was still a big pot in the countryside at that time), feeding pigs, chickens and ducks.
As a result, Shan Lin sent three children in at once. How could he finish all the work in the field? It can only be that the couple worked from dawn to dusk and were much more tired than before.
No one in the village understood it, and no one else sent their children to study in that county.
Some time ago, His Highness talked about nationwide examinations, because the eldest son of the Shan Lin family could barely keep up in terms of age and academic progress. Then he was sent in with this qualification.
During this time, the test results came out, and Shan Lin didn't have much hope. He just felt that if he could just become literate, he would be able to achieve today's results. Reading and literacy would obviously be useful. If his children could read more, he would be better off. wrong.
But who knew that today, people suddenly came beating gongs and drums at the entrance of the village. They were people from the township, and the leader was Jiao Wuma, the security officer of the security army in charge of their village.
Two young-looking officials followed behind, and the sound of gongs and drums attracted most of the villagers in the village.
Although it is summer now, the busy farming season has just ended, and the people have some rest time. All of a sudden everyone was attracted. When these people came to the door of Dan Lin’s house with a red gourd flag hanging, people in the village The people who were watching the excitement also gathered.
"Ah, Wu Lang, dare I ask what this is?" Shan Lin asked in surprise.
Jiao Wuma's face was a little pockmarked, but he was a good person. He laughed and said: "Haha, Shan Lin, you should not be judged by appearance! Your Shan Gang has made a career! In this national examination, he was rated B by His Highness. Wait, I want to be an official! You can get 300 Wen per month now! After the two-year internship period, the monthly salary of a formal official can continue to increase, and when the time comes, you will have a high level, compared to me. Peace officers are much taller!”
Jiao Wuma's voice was so loud that almost all the surrounding villagers heard it.
It was precisely because they heard it that all the villagers were in an uproar! Just 300 yuan a month now? ! Wouldn’t it be more money for three times that year? ! And he can still be an official, he is of high rank, and his monthly salary will be even higher in the future? !
Not to mention the villagers, even Dan Lin was confused. His Highness stipulated that all those who met the standards for his son's exam must take the exam, otherwise Shan Lin would not let him take the exam.
Unexpectedly...his son could actually have a future? !
