Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 30
一
After getting drunk that night, Shen Feng returned to the calm, humble, thoughtful and respectful Master Shen.

He and Wen Yi compiled a detailed file of Luoxia Village and submitted it to Zhang Yan, requesting that the governor come forward to compensate the hunters and farmers in the surrounding areas who had been harassed with the money collected.

After this incident, apart from Shen Feng's rashness in taking action without making a decision, Zhang Yan saw Wen Yi's sincerity, diligence, shrewdness, and Zhang Yan's recommendation, so he handed over the case of hunting down the one-eyed eagle to Wen Yi. Wenyi.

Shen Feng then had time to put an end to the bad governance left by the You family in Qin Lin, and became diligent and busy again, never mentioning his fears about the future like the day he was drunk.

Zhong Lan understood that he thought too much and kept all his worries in his heart. He only vented a few words occasionally after drinking. After he sobered up, he was still tolerant, cautious, and easy-going.

After understanding each other, their goals became clearer and their understanding became more tacit.

After the Gao case was over, Tan Lincheng was no longer the head of the You Mansion, and You Hankang took You Wei away to seek refuge with the head of the You Mansion who had never shown up.

Shen Feng and Zhong Lan did not expect to leave Tan Lin so easily, but this just proved that Tan Lin was not the foundation of You Mansion.However, what happens next in You Mansion is no longer what they are concerned about.

The price of grain in Qin Lin used to be controlled by the Youfu. After the decline of the Youfu, Shen Feng used the official warehouse grain as a retreat and renegotiated with several grain shops in Qin Lin City to set a suitable grain price.

Although several grain shop owners wanted to seize the opportunity to seize Qin Lin's advantage, if the county magistrate really released the official grain at a low price to balance the grain price, and the county magistrate's wife still had the fields in the eastern suburbs, she would lose everything, especially herself, so they had no choice but to Agree.

The big families in the city began to compete for Youfu's property in the western suburbs, and they even went to court to fight over it.Shen Feng happened to come forward to divide the fields and melons in the western suburbs so that several families could share them equally, so that one family would no longer be the dominant one.

As a result, each piece of land in the western suburbs was owned by its own owner. The profit-seeking owners were not in harmony with each other, and there were often frictions.

While Zhong Lan was watching the fire in the western suburbs from across the bank, he and Mrs. Qin continued to work on the rest on the south slope.

Nowadays, Qin Lin's farmland is no longer dominated by one person, grain merchants are in check with each other, grain prices are reasonable, and the people are happy. Zhong Lan no longer has to plant so much grain. After harvesting the spring wheat, he allocates a piece of land in the eastern suburbs.

Thinking that autumn was about to begin, he could plant some medicinal materials that were viable in autumn and winter or had a short maturity period. Zhong Lan confessed this to Wen Shu in his letter and wanted to cooperate with her.Wen Shu replied to the letter and readily agreed, promising that in addition to Xiang Yangzi's medicine seedlings, she would also send some seedlings of water chestnuts and woad before winter.

During the busy farming season in midsummer, the spring wheat grown in the eastern suburbs was harvested, and Zhong Lan began to spend all day in the eastern suburbs again.

Shen Feng's county affairs were no longer very busy. Shen Zheng went back to his office to change his official robe, and then hurried to the eastern suburbs on horseback.

At dusk, the yellow waves of wheat rise and fall with the wind. Farmers in the fields are harvesting half a year's hard work with sickles. From time to time, they look at the wheat stacks behind them, then turn around and return to the harvest, completely immersed in the joy of the harvest.The sweat fell to the ground, leaving solid traces, and then quickly evaporated, no one noticed.

Even the usually leisurely old man Chen put on his raincoat and straw hat without feeling tired and went to the fields to cut wheat.

Shen Feng dismounted at the edge of the field and stepped forward to support Old Man Chen: "Old man, go and have a rest under the tree. Leave the rest to me."

Old man Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head to refuse: "Why did Mr. Shen come to the fields too? Let us farmers do this dirty work."

After saying that, Old Man Chen pointed to Zhong Lai, who was arranging wheat neatly not far away: "Master Shen, please also call the boss's wife back. How can a lady from a wealthy family stay in the fields all day? No one can advise her. Don't move. It's windy these days, don't let the wind blow you."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your kindness. She is careful. She has made up her mind and no one can change it." Shen Feng said, putting on his raincoat and picking up his straw hat.

Old Chen quickly went to stop him: "Master Shen! Isn't this a mess?"

Shen Feng smiled and said nothing, and walked up to Zhong Lan: "My wife works hard every day, so don't get tired. I asked Jiang Liu to cook some red dates and astragalus porridge. I'll use some when I go home later."

Zhong Lan put down his work and raised his eyes to look at Shen Feng. When he saw that he was dressed like this, he was surprised and said: "Why are you dressed like this? Take it off quickly, take it off quickly."

"Why can't I?" Shen Feng took Zhong Lan's hand to unbutton his coir raincoat, "Not only do I have to dress like this, I also have to cut wheat. Don't stop me."

"Can you still cut wheat?" Zhong Lan raised his eyebrows and crossed his arms as if watching a show.

Seeing this, Shen Feng picked up the sickle, picked up a handful of wheat, and cut it with the knife, but it couldn't be cut, so he had to push aside some wheat and cut it again, but it still didn't work. He was curious for a moment.

"Pfft-" Zhong Lan laughed.

"I just haven't been exposed to it. If I know how to do it, I will definitely be a good player."

Zhong Lan smiled and sighed, stepped forward to hold Shen Feng's hand, turned the sickle in his hand at an angle, and cut the wheat straw away from the land easily.

Shen Feng remained motionless, but his eyes lit up. He swung the knife and tried again. It was indeed extremely sharp.

It was already dark, so Zhonglan ordered people to cook porridge and rice and bring them to the ridge to eat with everyone.Shen Feng took the steamed buns and meat porridge from Chang Huan and said, "I have learned a lot from you when I came to Longshang today."

"Isn't it just a technique for cutting wheat?" Zhong Lan touched a few thin scratches on Shen Feng's hand, "You are really cool, you are usually calm and courteous, but now you are like a child, you start cutting after you learn it. It’s not over.”

"It's not just about cutting wheat." Shen Feng took a sip of porridge, looked at the people eating happily not far away, and smiled.

Zhong Lan followed his eyes and smiled.

"Ma'am, keep some food in your belly. We still have red dates and astragalus porridge at home."

"Know it."

two

When the busy farming season was over, Zhong Lan led people to clear the ground and wait for Wen Shu's seedlings.

As a result, by November, the medicine and seedlings promised by Wen Shu had not been delivered.

Zhonglan was surprised. He wrote to ask, but there was no reply for a long time.

This made her even more worried, not only about Yang Miao, but also Wen Shu, so she asked her female envoy to go to Yong'an Wen's house to inquire.

Finally, on the sixteenth day of the winter lunar month, Chang Yu, the second-class female envoy in Zhonglan's room, hurried back to Tan Lin.

"What? Wen's shop is closed?" Zhong Yan asked in surprise.

Chang Yu nodded: "Back to my dear girl, when Chang Yu arrived in Yong'an this time, he heard people talking about this matter in the streets. Ten days ago, Mr. Cai, the magistrate of Yong'an County, personally ordered the closure of the Wen family's business, and the Wen family's business outside was also closed. Stopped.”

"The clerk just returned to Yong'an with the Wen family's caravan. He was thrown into prison without even entering the house. Mrs. Wen went to the prison to beg for help, but she vomited blood on the spot. She still can't get out of bed."

Zhong Lan was panicked. Everyone in the civil administration had been careful in their words and deeds for many years and had never done anything beyond the rules. Why did he suffer this misfortune?
"What about Wen Shu?" Zhong Lan's voice trembled, afraid of hearing worse news.

"Currently, Miss Shu is supporting the Wen family. Miss Shu told Mr. Wen to hide this matter, saying that the second Mr. Wen has a reckless temper. Now that he has taken an important position, she will tell him slowly when the matter is settled in the future."

"Miss Shu also asked her servant to apologize to the girl on her behalf, saying that the medical seedlings had been shipped from Nan'an last month, but they were detained when they entered Danzhou. She failed to coordinate, and this happened again, and the girl wanted to plant them. Please take it slow when it comes to medicine.”

"What nonsense!" Zhong Yan stood up abruptly, "Get in the car immediately, I'm going to Yong'an."

Just as Zhong Lan finished speaking, he saw Shen Feng entering the door: "You are not going to stop grazing today, why are you back?"

"I heard about the matter in the Wen Mansion, and I think you know about it too." Shen Feng said seriously, "The document was issued just now about what happened ten days ago. It must have been done privately, and there is something fishy about it."

Hearing this, Zhong Lan grabbed his sleeve: "I have to go to Yong'an, I have to help Wen Shu. Even if it is the county magistrate's intention, I have to tell the truth."

"There is also Wen Yi," Zhong Lan wondered. "It's hard to say whether Wen Shu alone can resolve this matter. With Wen Yi's nature, if Wen Shu doesn't speak to him at this time, if he hears it from others in the future, It will definitely be another setback.”

"I understand." Shen Feng patted Zhong Lan's hand gently, "It's just that now, Wen Yi is missing."

"Wen Yi is missing?" Zhong Lan couldn't stand firm for a moment and was quickly supported by Shen Feng.

Shen Feng helped Zhong Lai sit down: "This is the news from my parents this morning. There was a riot in the suburbs of Taiming City. There were thugs making trouble. Wen Yi took people there and fell down the hillside and rolled into the bushes. When he went to look for it, he only found that Following the traces, I found the bank of the fast-flowing Wuliang River."

"Wen Yi was originally investigating the One-Eyed Eagle. I heard you said a few days ago that you had some clues." Zhong Lan asked anxiously, "Is it possible that the One-Eyed Eagle is related to Cai Shi?"

"The situation is unclear at the moment, so be careful what you say."

"Isn't the Governor in Yong'an? Can the Governor be accommodating?"

"The governor returned to Beijing to report on his duties at the beginning of the month." Shen Feng shook his head, "This matter must have been spread to the Wen family. Tan Lin is close to Tai Ming. I will take people there first to help Wen Yi stabilize Tai Ming. You can go to Yong'an with peace of mind. .”

(End of this chapter)