The day before the autumnal equinox, the millet is ripe.

Heyin County, Fugu City.

People came and went in a hurry in the office, and some officials even shouted along the way with half a person-high bamboo slips.

"Give me, let me, let me, let me, who will help..." The little official felt that Jian Shu was about to slide down at the top, and hurriedly asked for help. The passing colleague reached out to help to prevent the disaster from happening. He breathed a sigh of relief. If this pile of things fell down, he didn't know when to pick them up. He was about to look up and thank them, and saw the appearance of the person who came, and hurriedly crossed his hands to salute, "I've seen Gu Duye."

Gu Chi just came back from a business trip and was covered in dust.

He glanced at the stack of bamboo slips.

He asked: "Why are the government office still so busy?"

Didn’t he be quite idle before he went on a business trip?

The little official wiped his sweat, and his face was tired, but he was still more happy. He said excitedly: "The township official reported that the corn was ripe half a month earlier than in previous years, and all counties and townships in the county started to be busy..." This was the first autumn harvest since Shen Jun took over Heyin!

Everyone followed the experience of autumn harvest in previous years. They planned to start being really busy in half a month. Who knew that corn was ripe this year and every household was in a hurry to be in a state of labor. The government office, which had finally been idle, was so busy that it was busy again.

Gu Chi: "..."

He seemed to guess the reason why the Blue Bird was urgently summoned.

Collected that he was taken back for busy farming.

Shen Tang said that this is not to follow the principle of "not bothering the two masters in one matter". Who made Fu Gu and even He Yin measure the fields in other areas? He knew how many acres of fertile and poor land each mu of rough output.

If he doesn’t arrest him at this time, when will he be arrested?

Gu Chi was so angry that he heard Shen Tang's voice.

He was thrown away by his lord as the supervisor of Heyin County and worked hard with a small amount of money. His business trip conditions were hard to describe.

Life was so hard that he wanted to exchange the literati with Qi Shan in daily life. He inspected counties and townships, inspected officials, inspected criminal cases, and inspected illegal cases, and had to keep an eye on taxes everywhere... He was burdened when walking, and had no quilt when lying. When the road conditions were good, he could ride a horse or a ox cart or a donkey cart. If the road conditions were bad, he could only have two legs. He would calculate wherever he went, and he would deal with the bedding rolls...

What's the result?

My lord did not understand his hardships and thought he had done too little work, so he called him back when he was on a business trip.

As long as it is someone who can do it, she will not do anything.

Facing Gu Chi's black face, Shen Tang giggled foolishly and tried to get through the test, but Gu Chi didn't even take her tricks.

Shen Tang curled his lips in his heart, moved him to understand his reason with emotion - autumn harvest is one of the most important things in a county. How can Gu Chi be absent as his right-hand man? Gu Chi is not present for the autumn harvest sacrifice, and it is unreasonable for Gu Chi to be absent from the place.

Gu Chi's face then calmed down.

Shen Tang gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.

Those who are capable have more effort. Shen Tang raised his hand and threw all the stacks, these stacks, these stacks, and those stacks... to Gu Chi to solve the problem. Gu Chi had to accept his orders and let someone bring a table to work with him. In fact, Shen Tang was not in a hurry to summon himself, and Gu Chi would come back half a month later, that is, the time when corn was normal ripening, and help Shen Tang preside over the autumn harvest sacrifice together.

But this year he caught him off guard.

Blending all his original plans.

As the office of the district became quiet again, occasionally you could hear subtle movements caused by bamboo slips or collisions or closing scrolls.

He was busy until the golden crow fell and the tired bird returned to the forest, but Gu Chi stopped the brush and raised his hand to rub his stiff shoulders.

When I turned my head, I saw that my lord was sleeping on the table.

Gu Chi stood up carefully.

I was afraid of causing a big noise to disturb Chen Tang.

However, no matter how careful he was, Chen Tang was still awakened by the sound of the hem of the clothes rubbing against the mat, and he stood up with his forehead. His eyes were glaring outside the window, and he yawned and stretched, "Ah, this is the point? Why am I asleep..."

Gu Chi sighed, "It's the lord who is too tired."

Chen Tang: "Autumn harvest is important, and it cannot be delayed."

Heyin is a poor place with poor mountains and rivers, and there are few people everywhere. Chen Tang also cut off several local snakes from the beginning to the feet. There are very few candidates who can be competent for county and township officials. He had no choice but to promote some temporary officials and summon the main officials from all villages to replace them.

At the same time, seize the time to provide on-the-job training for people.

Qi Shan and others are all responsible for many positions.

The matter is not difficult to handle, but it is too trivial and takes a lot of time. Even Chen Tang, the county magistrate, had to work part-time as a private cashier in charge of the Shaofu Shishi. Occasionally, he wanted to go out and let go, so he traveled part-time to catch thieves.

When Chen Tang first entered Heyin, there were crimes of murder, robbing money and sex everywhere. It took time to arrest the criminals. Chen Tang did not have enough staff, and sometimes he had to ask Gong Shuwu and others to help him. In short, if he could not die, he would die.

Recently, I have been staying up all night every day.

She yawned up and asked Gu Chi to go to the canteen of the government office for dinner. Well, she set up a canteen in the government office, and the busy officials in the government office could have a meal here. This can not only save the effort of going home to eat, but also save a lot of expenses.

For officials, the latter is equivalent to a disguised salary increase, and the food in the official canteen is full. For Chen Tang, the former is the most important thing, which increases everyone's working hours_(:з)∠?)_

"Oh, I have to find a way to purify the salt..."

The canteen chef's skills are good.

But the quality of salt cannot be maintained.

The dishes I made had a bitter taste, but salt is an indispensable consumable in life.

I miss Chu Wuhui's craftsmanship more and more.

Gu Chi followed the rule of not saying anything, swept all the millet in the pottery bowl, then wiped his mouth and smiled, "My lord wants to let Wuhui make one, right?"

Chu Yao's identity is more special than others.

Chen Tang finished drinking the last little rice soup.

He said: "He has been focusing on helping De gather his heart recently. I don't want him to be distracted by it."

Gu Chi calculates the time.

I know the importance of Lin Feng gathering his literary mind: "Ah, in this way, the autumn harvest and sacrifice must be on the head of the pond?"

Chen Tang smiled and said, "Those who are capable work harder."

Gu Chi: "..."

The expansion of enrollment is imperative.

He took the tableware used by the lord to the recycling room. As soon as he came back, he saw a small official standing beside Shen Tang, whispering something. Chen Tang listened patiently and nodded from time to time.

After a while, the clerk stepped down.

His legs were lame, and he walked around and turned.

Gu Chi asked: "This life face is new?"

He didn't remember any clerk in the official office who had a disability in his legs.

Chen Tang: "Well, I came here a while ago."

Gu Chi didn't ask much.

First, he believed in his lord's vision, and second, he also believed in his own way of scholars. If there was a problem with this person, he would be able to reveal his true colors after contacting him for a while. Chen Tang knew what he was thinking and smiled and said, "Don't think too much."

But Gu Chi disagreed.

In his opinion, working in the office of the capital, personal ability is second, obedience, loyalty and strict speech are the most important.

If you encounter a kind of person who is very thoughtful but has limited brains, it will be bad. If you are not loyal enough, who knows when it will be bribed by other forces? The news that the corn in Heyin is ripe cannot be hidden from the outside world. I am afraid that someone will cause trouble at the critical moment of autumn harvest.

Chen Tang smiled and said, "Don't worry, Wangchao has checked it again and again, it can be used. A poor refugee who left his hometown took away a bag of wheat seeds when he left his hometown. He was so hungry that he couldn't bear to eat it... He happened to remind me something."

"What's the matter?"

"The yield of corn is not high every year, so it is better to find some ripe ones a year and take turns to farm. No one knows what will happen in the future. If the common people do not have enough grain storage in their homes, once they encounter natural disasters and food shortages, the Heyin we have been operating for so long will be destroyed."

Chen Tang then set his sights on Xiaomai.

Rice, millet, sorghum, wheat, and beans are the grains.

Corn is the "ji" among them. In layman's terms, millet is the most important crop in the Northwest continent. Wheat, as one of the grains, is not valued.

It’s not that I don’t want to plant it on a large scale, but that this thing is a little bit unacceptable and difficult to plant!

Wheat is suitable for planting in cold and humid winters and hot and dry areas in summer, but the northwest of the mainland where He Yin is located is different from the planting environment of others. Rain is urgently needed to plant seedlings in spring, but this place is dry and rainy in spring, and irrigation becomes a problem.

In this way, the scale of wheat cultivation is not large.

The main crop in Heyin and even the northwest of the mainland is still corn, and wheat is the younger brother, which cannot shake its status at all. If the problem of spring water supply can be solved, it may be able to cultivate on a large scale, targeted and targeted manner, and replace corn as the main food.

Two types a year are a great temptation.

Let's go back and improve the stone mill.

Speaking of this, Chen Tang felt a little fucked.

If the state power had not changed frequently, the common people would not have much time to settle down and recuperate, and perhaps the agriculture would have developed faster. The wooden plows used for arable land would not be bulky, and the straight-shaft wooden plows that were difficult to turn would have extremely low farming efficiency.

Gu Chi said: "Then you have to find good wheat seeds."

There is little wheat planting, but it does not mean there is no.

Chen Tang said: "I have asked Xu Wenzhu to look for it before. Next time he comes, there should be good news."

In terms of connections and connections, Chen Tang, the governor of Heyin County, is far inferior to the head of the Xu family. Because Chen Tang is kind to Tianhai, and Wu Xian is conscientious, Tianhai will be satisfied as long as the difficulties in Chen Tang are not excessive.

Of course, it’s not just that people don’t work for nothing.
To be continued...