Feng Heming

Chapter 311 Transition Transition
This year in Danyang County is not going well.

Everyone is worrying about the insect eggs. Even if the fields have been burned for several days, almost no insect eggs can be found in the fields, and they can't stop worrying.

What about spring plowing?

However, no matter how worried, life has to go on. Almost every household has raised a lot of chickens. Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year, there are still many people hugging chicken coops, thinking about hatching a few more chickens, just in case At that time, there will be too many bugs, and they can be dealt with.

Zheng Yinan has always wanted to find out what happened in Danyang County, but in the end she waited until after the Lantern Festival, which she personally organized, before sending people to Danyang County.

Listening to what the people who came back reported, Zheng Yinan and Zheng He'an felt that they were hallucinating.

"What did you say? There are two extra tall city walls in the backcountry of Danyang County?" Zheng Hean frowned, and he turned his head to look at Zheng Yinan, "I don't remember what I said half a year ago?"

After Zheng Yinan was astonished, she slowly relieved, "I knew she would not disappear from the crowd."

Zheng Hean understood who she was, and saw that his younger sister admired Jiang Wuniang so much, he clicked his tongue, "Where is this Jiang Wuniang so sacred that our Qidong county magistrate can't help admiring him."

Zheng Yinan gave her brother a blank look.

Zheng Hean raised his eyebrows, "Why are you so sure that the two city walls are Jiang Wuniang's handwriting? Can't it be the decision of the Jiang family's husband?"

Zheng Yinan ignored him, and instead asked his confidant, "How is the life of the people in Danyang County today?"

"Seeing that there are many shops and stalls on the street, but many people have sad faces." The visitor was also puzzled.

Now even Zheng He'an was stumped, since there were a lot of shops, big and small, and it was just after the Chinese New Year, shouldn't they be very happy, why did they feel sad?
"Is there anything new in Danyang County?" Zheng Yinan asked again.

"Yes!" The person who came praised praised, "I saw it with my own eyes, and there were at least hundreds of people who went to study in the Tai Academy early in the morning. Ladies can go."

The casual expression on Zheng Hean's face gradually disappeared, Zheng Yinan paused, and sighed, "Xingjiaohua. Second brother, I have to admit defeat!"

They have been in Qidong County for half a year before they can manage to straighten out Qidong County, and Danyang County has built a Taiyuan Academy, and let the people send their children to study there to benefit. From this point alone, they are indeed A step slower than Danyang County.

"Did the Taiyuan Academy say whether people from other counties can study?" Zheng He'an asked with interest.

"I've asked about it, and I heard that the county magistrate built this academy specially for the common people, and people who are not from this county can't even touch the door." The visitor said humanely.

Zheng Yinan was still feeling emotional, Zheng He'an's expression had changed, "Are there not many outsiders in Danyang County?"

Zheng Yinan looked at her second brother in confusion, why did she suddenly ask this question?

The visitor thought for a while, then shook his head, "Very few, we are the closest county to Danyang County, we don't even know that Danyang County has built a city wall, and there are even fewer outsiders, but we can see people from Biankang. "

Zheng Hean frowned, and seeing his younger sister's puzzled look, he sighed, "When we first came here, you sent people to Danyang County to investigate, and the Jiang family happened to come to Danyang County at that time, They are also confused about Danyang County, and they don't care if there are outsiders. Now even the academy has been built, and only the people in this county are allowed to study and benefit. It can be seen that they have a certain degree of control over Danyang County. Since outsiders If it is less, it will be very conspicuous, and if you ask the common people to find out new things, it may already make people vigilant."

Zheng Yinan's complexion also changed, but there was a touch of hesitation in his tone, "We have people pretending to be merchants and pawns, so we shouldn't show our feet."

Zheng Hean rubbed his forehead, "It's just pretending to be a merchant pawn that makes people suspicious. Doesn't it mean that there are no specialties in Danyang County that are worth staying for merchants?"

Zheng Yinan was speechless immediately.

In fact, there is no need for Zheng Jiaxin's belly to show his feet. Since he entered the city, people can tell at a glance that he is not from Danyang County. Who told him that he didn't have an identity badge on him, let alone the official language, which is similar to that of Danyang County. His dialect accent is very different. If you don't know that he is a foreigner, you can only say that he was born with elm lumps.

Zheng Hean waved his hands, "Forget it, I've done whatever I don't do, and it's no use regretting it now."

Then asked about another thing I heard just now, "You said you saw a lot of Biankang people? Why are they going to Danyang County?"

Qidong County is some distance away from Biankang, and it is very difficult to see people from Biankang in Dingxian, which is completely different from seeing people from Biankang from time to time in Danyang County.

"I saw people from Biankang took a lot of furs and traded grain with the people of Danyang County," Lai Ren said.

Ask again, and there is nothing else to ask, so I sent someone to Danyang County, and only brought back two things-the city wall and the Taiyuan Academy.

The two siblings looked at each other, and it was Zheng Hean who spoke first, "I think building a library is a good idea."

Qidong County has a city wall, so there is no need for them to bother. It is Qidong County that has a city wall. They don't have much idea of ​​Danyang County building a city wall. The city of a county doesn't even have a city wall, which is too pleasant.

It was the Xingjiaohua matter that reminded them that they could follow suit, and the two of them immediately began to discuss this matter with great interest.

Here in Danyang County, since the city wall was built, Jiang Yuanxi arranged some parts to guard the city gate with the local young and middle-aged people. The former is for protection, and the latter is to cultivate their sense of loyalty to Danyang County.

Under the intentional or unintentional reminders of Jiang Zheng's trilogy, the young and middle-aged guards of the city gate learned a lot, just like Zheng Yinan sent people to Danyang County to investigate, and they were found to be outsiders as soon as they entered the city gate. They also often go out of the city to graze lambs on the grasslands. It is very simple to identify outsiders. This matter was reported to the higher authorities, and no one felt that there was a need to make a fuss. There will be more and more outsiders in the future. Put it on top of it.

Day by day, the Jiang family and the Zheng family set off from the capital together in a long team, under the pretext of holding a funeral ceremony for Jiang Yuanxi, except for people muttering that Jiang Yuanxi is very favored, no one thought it was strange——Jiang The men of the family are all staying in the capital.

At the same time, after the new year was over and the first month came out, Jiang Yuanxi organized people to build the pier, and when the pier was built, it was time for spring plowing.

With anxiety, the people planted the grain seeds they got from Zhu Xuezhen in the fields, and prayed for the blessings of the heavens.

(End of this chapter)