Chapter 306 Rumors Become True
Chapter 306 Rumors Become True
"Okay, then I'll go back and discuss with Father and Lizheng when the rice is harvested. When selling seeds, you have to explain their sowing and growth habits, and then I will trouble Father and the people who are full of grain." Lin Xiazhi stood up He took the initiative to kiss Cheng Wenliu's cheek, "Apart from these good news, is there any bad news?"
Good and bad are like two sides of a mirror, Lin Xiazhi never listens to only the good, he can tell with his toes that there will be people outside who will sing the opposite.
This year, only [-]% of the people in other places were forced by the emperor to plant two crops of rice a year. Those who were reluctant at the time are now so happy that they can go to heaven.
"Those who didn't plant two crops of rice a year are now regretting to death. Seeing that others have reaped so much, they want to make trouble in their hearts. They deliberately spread rumors that the Lin family is a good person. This kind of farming method is selflessly contributed. Let everyone have a good life, and give our father a long life ranking." Cheng Wenliu didn't want to say this at first, but Lin Xiazhi took the initiative to ask and had no choice but to say it.
"It's only been a few days, and there are such rumors." Lin Xiazhi frowned.
"As long as the local county magistrate wants to take care of these rumors, it will be easy to solve, you don't have to worry about it." Cheng Wenliu was worried that Lin Xiazhi would think too much, so he didn't tell him. Seeing him frowning and thinking about something, he secretly cursed himself that he shouldn't say it.
"Not every county magistrate will take care of it." Lin Xiazhi is worried. These rumors seem to be insignificant. After they become well-known, they will have a great impact. At that time, will others think that the Lin family deliberately made people After doing this, it will be spread to the ears of the emperor through someone with a heart, and it will be uncertain whether the Lin family will be unlucky or lucky at that time.
In this kind of matter, Lin Xiazhi always thinks in the worst direction. Instead of letting the rumors develop, it is better to change the content of the rumors: "In this way, let my elder brother be the emperor's longevity rank and enshrine it at home. Talk to Lizheng, let the people of the Lin family village follow suit, give credit to the emperor, and try to weaken the existence of the Lin family."
"Brother Xia's solution is good." After hearing this, Cheng Wenliu immediately made arrangements, "I'll send someone to find Big Brother right away to solve the problem from the root."
What Lin Xiazhi said, Cheng Wenliu was sent to Lin's house that day. Lin Huzi is a straight person, he can't understand these twists and turns, he just finds it complicated.
"The twice-cropped rice a year was obviously proposed by Xia Geer. I have already taken credit for Xia Geer's work. Why do you say that it has something to do with the emperor?"
Lin Chengzu has been doing business outside these years, and has experienced many rumors in and out of the village. He understands Xia Geer's approach very well, but he is worried that once the rumors are confirmed, the false ones will also be said to be true.
The seriousness of this matter must be clearly explained to Lin Huzi. Lin Chengzu organized his thoughts and explained: "Father, think about what the rumors outside say."
Lin Huzi recalled it again: "It is said that our family produces two crops of rice a year, and they are grateful to us."
"Is there nothing else?" Lin Chengzu asked him back.
"What else?" Lin Huzi frowned, "Could it be Chengzu, you mean to set up a memorial tablet for longevity? tablet?"
"Father, others won't believe what one person says. When more people say this, there will always be people who will believe. At that time, those who are sincerely grateful to our family will really set up longevity tablets for us, enshrine them every day, and gossip It will become true." Lin Chengzu looked serious, not joking at all.
"Then, isn't that because they are grateful to us, and it's not a big deal." Lin Huzi was even more confused. Why did he feel that he couldn't understand more and more? Isn't it right for others to be grateful for the good things he has done? Why? Chengzu made it seem like it was a bad thing.
Lin Chengzu smiled wryly: "My father, think about it, who else in the world is qualified to set up longevity tablets except those gods in gymnasiums and temples?"
Speaking of this, Lin Huzi vaguely understood: "Who are you talking about?" Lin Huzi pointed to the place where imperial edicts and imperial gifts were stored.
The meaning was clearly expressed, Lin Chengzu nodded heavily, now Dad should understand that this matter cannot be ignored.
"Such a trivial matter, that person probably won't care." Lin Huzi swallowed.
"Don't you care? He doesn't care that the old man is still thinking about our good things. If one day people gossip around his ears and say that our family has no rules, it doesn't matter." Lin Chengzu lowered his volume, "Not to mention Whether the emperor would care about the fact that the people set up tablets for us, or whether our family let go of rumors like this, is it deliberately gathering ignorant people and giving birth to rebellious intentions? One can’t tell, and it will be a disaster!"
Lin Chengzu's voice was extremely low, but Lin Huzi felt chills all over his body when he heard it. He never expected that so many things could be involved in a single rumor.
"Come on, let's go to your uncle right away and ask him to tell the villagers about this." Lin Huzi came to his senses and pulled Lin Chengzu out immediately.
Lin Chengzu stopped him immediately: "Father, don't worry, the rumors haven't reached that stage yet, we can't deal with them in a radical way, I'll go to Carpenter Tang to make an emperor's longevity tablet to enshrine, and let the family members Let the news out, and talk to Uncle after the first round of harvest is over in a few days."
"Okay, okay, just as you say." Lin Huzi sat down and let go of Lin Chengzu's hand in a daze before he could figure it out, "Let Father and I think about it for ourselves, you go and do your work."
"Well, don't tell Ah Mo about this in advance, so as not to scare him." Lin Chengzu thought for a while and warned.
My brother is timid after all, Li Xiu is fine when dealing with small things at home, but not when it comes to big things, so Li Xiu and Yang Yusheng didn't say anything.
Lin Chengzong waited until Muxiu came back to explain to him that Zong'er was no longer young and should take care of the family affairs.
"Yeah, I see." Lin Huzi nodded indiscriminately.
Lin Huzi thought for a long time in the room, repeatedly thinking about what Lin Chengzu said, and it took him a long time to understand why Brother Xia reminded the family so early that the rumors should not be allowed to develop to an uncontrollable level.
After figuring out the whole story of this matter, Lin Huzi thought that as the head of the family, he must not mess with his own hands and feet, he must be calm, he must be calm, so as not to let his family and villagers follow suit.
When Lin Chengzu came back from Carpenter Tang, seeing that Lin Huzi had recovered, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Father is persuaded to understand, this matter is nothing to be afraid of. He is the real initiator of twice-cropped rice a year. As long as he goes out to say good things about His Majesty the Emperor, and his family spreads the word that he has erected a longevity tablet for the Emperor, don’t worry. The people of the world will definitely follow suit.
The village is busier than spring plowing during this period. It is necessary to harvest mature rice and prepare rice seedlings for the second round of planting at home. Doufang directly said that ten days after the start of rice harvesting, the workers chose to come The workers in the workshop still go back to work on harvesting. Those who go back to harvest will reduce their wages accordingly, and those who stay to work will be paid double wages.
The ten-day vacation, the money that the bean farm will reduce the loss of production is much more valuable than the grain that the workers go back to harvest, but the land and grain are the lifeblood of the farmers, and it is more torture for them not to go back to participate in the harvest than to let them not go to work.
The whole village worked together to collect the rice in the fields. This year they all bought the seeds of the Lin family. The highest yield reached 550 catties per mu, and the slightly lower ones were 520 to [-] catties. On average, the whole village The yield per mu is about [-] jin.
This number drove the villagers into a carnival. They never dreamed that one day they would harvest so much food from the field.
"Your Majesty is a good person today, and he values agriculture. I heard that at the beginning of spring this year, His Majesty brought all the members of the royal family to sacrifice to the heavens. Only in exchange for this year's good weather, we muddy legs who are farming can harvest so much when half of this year is over. food."
"Your Majesty is the wisest monarch in history. Under His Majesty's leadership, our Jing Kingdom will definitely become the most prosperous and powerful country. Your Majesty is wise."
"Your Majesty, the Ziwei star from the sky descended to earth, and the master of the Lin family is the god of agriculture in the sky. He specially descended to assist His Majesty and increase food for us."
"With so much food, our family won't be hungry this year, and we won't be hungry this year, and we won't be hungry in the future. I can still save money to send my Tieniu to school to read and write. Even if I can't pass the imperial examination in the future You can also find an easy job in the county and town, all of which are thanks to His Majesty today."
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Similar words began to become popular in various Fengharvest villages, and soon everyone found that people in Linjia Village took the initiative to enshrine the emperor's longevity tablet at home.
Lin Family Village has become a place for the nearby villages to learn from. They did this, and those villagers thought about it after they went back, and then enshrined the emperor's longevity tablet.
From Jiangning County, the whole Lishui County is praising the great achievements of the emperor. From this year's bumper harvest to other places, it soon spread to the ears of the Lishui County Sheriff. to investigate the situation.
Normally, there are small rumors that high-ranking officials like Lishui County Sheriff usually don't care about, but this time the rumors involve different people, but now His Majesty, he dare not let it go.
After investigation, I found out that the rumors started from Jiangning County, and the county guard immediately sent people to Jiangning County to find out the root cause.
The magistrate of Jiangning first heard people say this, but it didn't spread so widely at the time, so he didn't take it to heart. He thought that anyway, these words were all praises to the emperor, and it wouldn't matter if it spread out.
After receiving the request from the county magistrate, the magistrate of Jiangning began to investigate seriously, and sent people to every village and town to investigate.
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