I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 177
Thunder rumbled, and it rained like a torrential rain.

This sudden heavy rain, like a shepherd grazing sheep on the grassland, drove all the people back home.

In the southeast of the capital, in a small alley on Wensi Street in Mingshifang.

At the age of forty, Zhou Dahe, who made a living by feeding the pastures of the imperial court next door, knelt down in his own courtyard with a sad face, kowtowing to the sky.

"God, stop it, stop it."

Soybean-sized raindrops hit his face, and Zhou Dahe took a deep breath in pain, but he didn't feel the pain at all when he thought of the forage that the pasture didn't have time to harvest.

Zhou Dahe is not an ordinary commoner, his identity is a small official in the Mingshi Fang Grassland, although he has no rank, his life is much easier than ordinary commoners.

The sunny days in the past few days made Zhou Dahe feel very good. The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching soon. If he can dry out the forage before the festival, he may be able to rest early.

Concentrating on taking an early rest, Zhou Dahe is not in a hurry to harvest fodder today, after all, although the sun is short, it can also make the fodder drier.

But Zhou Dahe never expected that God would give him such a big gift just because he thought about it today.

"God, open your eyes and see, open your eyes and see."

The fodder in the pastures is enough to supply three thousand battalions, and they cannot be short of it for a day.Although it is raining right now, if the rain stops immediately.

He could still try his best to pass the festival and dry it again, but if the next one is endless and the grass is soaked, then his head will be over.

Zhou Dahe's mother-in-law stood under the eaves, watching her man shouting to the sky, her heart ached so badly, she wiped her tears and asked her children to enter the house, and went to the courtyard with an umbrella:
"Dahe, how much fodder is there? Can't we collect it now?"

Zhou Mingli had already been drenched by the rain and his whole body was chilled, his lips turned white. Seeing his mother-in-law coming over crying again, he felt upset and irritable. He knocked the umbrella over his head to the ground, and stretched out five root finger:
"Five hundred stones, five hundred stones, you can collect them if you have the ability."

In the Ming Dynasty, one stone was about 120 catties, and five hundred stones was a total of [-] catties of fodder. Zhou Dahe's mother-in-law calculated this figure carefully, and immediately fell to the ground in fright.

The heavy crackling rain unceremoniously hit the husband and wife, showing off their power like triumphant soldiers.

Zhou Dahe clenched his big calloused hands into fists, and angrily punched the sky:

"God, I'm sorry for your mother."

Watching her man go crazy, Zhou Wushi hastily wiped away tears and got up, hugged Zhou Dahe's thick waist, and said in a panic:

"Dahe, let's go into the house, we will pay for it, we will pay for it for the rest of our lives."

"pay?"

Zhou Dahe laughed wildly, staggered and fell to the ground, looked at Zhou Wushi who was trembling all over, pointed to his head and said:

"We have to pay with this."

Hearing that he was going to be beheaded, Zhou Wu's face instantly turned pale. He didn't know whether it was rain or tears on his face, and said in a crying voice:
"My father said that the government's business cannot be done. If you don't listen, you have to do it according to your own temper. Now you will lose your head. What do you want me and Daniel to do in the future?"

Although Zhou Dahe was furious, his heart ached when his mother-in-law cried, so he hurriedly helped Zhou Wushi up from the ground, pressed his pale lips tightly and said:

"It's still raining heavily at this moment, so hurry up and take Daniel and Erniu away."

"No one, open the door, open the door quickly."

The couple were preparing to stage a farewell to death when they suddenly heard a knock on the courtyard door.

Zhou Dahe's face turned pale, he couldn't care about anything else, he held Zhou Wushi's shoulder tightly, and said anxiously:
"People from the official family are here to arrest me, you take Daniel and them away quickly."

Zhou Wushi didn't expect the government to come so quickly, she felt her eyes darkened, her legs went weak, and she wanted to die suddenly.

"Dahe, I'm not leaving. Anyway, being an orphan and widow is also being humiliated by others. It's better for our whole family to make amends to the officials together, so as not to burden our parents."

"Open the door quickly, we are from the Ministry of Industry, if we don't open the door, we will crash right in."

Looking at Zhou Wu's affectionately, Zhou Dahe felt his whole body relax a lot, holding his mother-in-law's hand tightly, striding towards the gate of the courtyard, shouting at the top of his voice:

"Urge your mother, come here."

Imagining the cold knife and sharp blade outside the gate in his mind, Zhou Wu's heart was full of intentions to die, and he had never been so courageous in eight lifetimes, so he followed his man and yelled to remind your mother.

"This family is so vicious, they even scolded my old lady."

Holding the crack of the door to avoid the rain, Zhou Zhen turned his face and said with embarrassment.

"It's raining so hard, it's good if people are willing to open the door for you, if it's too little, it's cheap and good."

Wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, Wu Zhong stroked his already drenched beard, feeling uneasy.

With a creak, the courtyard door opened wide.

Looking at the huge crowd of people outside the door, Zhou Dahe swallowed his saliva, swallowed the swearing he had prepared just now, and cupped his hands and said:

"Did all the officials come to look for me?"

"What are you waiting for, you fat-bodied beasts, let's do it."

Zhou Wu's mind was already dazed at the moment, and he walked in front of his man, threw out two idioms and said loudly.

Wu Zhong and the others froze when they heard the words, Zhou Zhen only thought that the two soaked chickens had some brain problems, pushed them together, and rushed into the yard with his head:

"Butang, the terrain of this courtyard is really high, and there is an attic inside."

As soon as Zhou Zhen entered, Wu Yangyang's group of people filed in. Wu Zhong waited for Li Tian to arrive, and said with joy on his face:

"Your Majesty, the highest terrain in Mingshifang is here, and it is more than enough to be a temporary yamen."

Stepping up the steps, standing still with Wu Zhong, Li Tian turned around and looked around, nodded in satisfaction:
"That's right, the terrain here is extremely high. As for the head of the household, you should go and inform him personally, and tell him that the imperial court will requisition it temporarily, and you will be compensated afterwards."

Hearing the words, Wu Zhong lamented that the emperor is as careful as a hair, he bowed his hands and promised, turned around and found Zhou Dahe and his wife who were nesting in the corner, and quickly stepped forward and said:
"I, Wu Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, wants to borrow the precious land. Are you the head of the household here?"

Looking at the ordinary Wu Zhong, Zhou Dahe nodded with dumbfounded eyes, and stammered.

"You are the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry."

"Okay, I will borrow your house on behalf of the imperial court, and the imperial court will compensate you afterwards."

Quan thought that the two of them were frightened, and Wu Zhong didn't care. After finishing speaking vigorously, he turned around and walked inside.

"Dahe, what kind of official is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, is he bigger than the head of your pasture?"

(End of this chapter)