Idle courtiers

Chapter 48

After all, after a busy night, even though it was a simple matter, Yang Youtian and the others were still so exhausted that they went home to sleep after sharing the money.

Zhou Nan didn't care to go home to freshen up, and went straight to the county government office.Shizhixian and Guixiancheng had already gathered and came out together with Wang Ruoxu. Guixiancheng was full of joy talking and laughing with Mr. Wang, looking proud, as for Shizhixian, his face was full of gloom.

After Zhou Nan stepped forward to greet everyone, he whispered in Shi Jieren's ear: "My lord, everything has been prepared. The rice field of the Mei family has been replaced with a mulberry garden. Don't worry. But you can't wait until now." Let Mr. Wang get off the boat, remember, remember."

Shi Zhixian let out a long breath when he heard the words, and a stone fell from his heart.This Zhou Nan is a shrewd and capable person, so he managed such a difficult task.However, it is very strange how he managed the Mei family's [-] mu of land overnight.

Just nodded slightly.

At this moment, a sedan chair stopped at the gate of the yamen, and member Mei came down angrily from above, shouting: "My lord, my lord, the thief Xu Zhou Nan is abusing the people and disturbing the place, please ask the old parents to be the masters for the people!"

It turned out that Zhou Nan brought so many people to Mei's farm last night, and despite careful arrangements in advance, he still let a child in the village escape.The child hid at the gate of the city all night, and ran to report to the master's house at dawn.

Hearing this news, Yuanwai Mei immediately knew that Zhou Nan had forcibly pulled out his own seedlings and planted mulberry trees instead.It's been a whole night now, and I don't know how the crops in the field have been ruined by the thief.Frightened and angry, he went directly to the county government to file a complaint.

When Zhou Nan saw that member Mei came to the door, he yelled: "Mei, I don't even look at who is here today, what is your status, how dare you stand up and talk." She hurriedly winked at Shi Zhixian.

Shizhi County didn't sleep well for two consecutive nights, and today's matter is extremely critical.Seeing Member Mei, he naturally knew that Zhou Nan must have used force last night, and the Mei family refused to accept it and came to the Yamen.

How could he get Member Mei to speak up, and shouted: "Bold little people, dare to offend Mr. Wang, come here, and be detained for two days."

"It's okay, but this person is the patriarch of the Mei family who is going to visit today?" Wang Ruoxu asked.

Member Mei hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Xiaomin Meikang, I have met my lord. My lord, you have to make decisions for Xiaomin!"

This guy actually wants to sue the boss, so bold, Zhou Nan was in a hurry, and was about to rush forward and slap his mouth shut.

"Haha." Mr. Wang smiled: "Meikang, there are disputes among the people, and there are officials close to the people. The yamen releases cards every three or six nines. It is inconvenient for me to intervene. If you have anything to do, you can go to Mr. Shi. This matter Don't mention it again. Mei Kang, since you are going to visit your home today, you might as well come with me."

"Ah!" Zhou Nan was taken aback. Seeing that member Mei came to complain, he felt very anxious, and really felt that a catastrophe was imminent.This Mr. Wang is moody, he is purely picky and likes to make trouble.Today is weird, it's unreasonable not to ask.

Soon, a group of people boarded the official ship that had been prepared, left the city in a mighty way, and arrived at the ground in a short while.

The land of the Mei family is indeed a first-class paddy field in the county.However, surrounded by a circle of small hills, the land in the front is flat for several miles, with several small rivers criss-crossing it, and the scenery in front of you can be seen at a glance.You can even clearly see the city wall fourteen miles away.

It was early summer, the sun was fierce, and as far as the eye could see, there were white rice flowers, grass insects croaking, and frogs sounding ten miles away, but the green scene in the lights last night was no longer visible.

It turned out that the weather was too hot, and the ash branches inserted into the ground were so exposed to the sun that the leaves were all curled up, drooping their heads listlessly, looking very pitiful.

At this time, even sitting on the boat, as long as you are not stupid, you can see that this fake is really clumsy, and you are really playing the king like a three-year-old child.

Immediately, Shi Zhixian's face turned pale, and there was only one sentence in his mind: It's over, it's over, it's over completely.

At the same time, a surge of anger welled up in his heart. If it wasn't for the presence of Mr. Wang, he would have grabbed Zhou Nan by the collar and shouted angrily: Is this the result of your busy night?

Zhou Nan's head also exploded with a buzzing sound, and he had calculated thousands of times, but he didn't realize that the weather was already very hot, and the branches stuck in the ground would dry up to death in just one or two hours.This is why the organ was too clever to calculate, and it cost the life of someone in Zhou!
Seeing Shi Zhixian and Zhou Nan's disheveled faces, Guixian Cheng couldn't help but want to laugh.Fooling Shangguan and deceiving the court is a big crime.The king's job is from a speech official background, so he will definitely not let it go.At that time, when a piece of paper is handed over to the cabinet and the inspector of rituals, it will be a political incident.With the jealous temperament of the above, if they really go up the line and punish a crime of deceiving the emperor, the heads of these two people will definitely be lost.Haha, I also felt sour and made a contribution. How can I say that the word from the Qipin should be removed?
With a straight face, he shouted sharply: "Zhou Nan, this is your conversion of farming to mulberry? Shizhi County, do you know about this?"

Zhou Nan murmured: "The weather is hot, and the mulberry seedlings have just been planted. It will take a few days to survive. No rush, no rush?"

Guixian Cheng asked with a sneer: "How long will it take for the official to ask the county lord and Zhou Dianli for advice?"

"I think Zhou Nan's words are reasonable." Suddenly, Master Wang said slowly: "The seedlings that have just been planted will indeed wither for a few days. Seven or eight hundred mu, and a lot of silk can be produced in the future, and Anton has done a good job in transforming agriculture into mulberry."

Zhou Nan was overjoyed: "My lord is right. My lord is really proficient in farming! The little official has a poem to offer, otherwise, it's not enough to express the villain's admiration." I can flatter you first, and make jokes. I said about him from left to right: "The Huai River and Hongze travel thousands of miles, making Che Chongxi cross the East China Sea."

He was so nervous that after reading this sentence, he didn't know what to say next.

After all, the poems I made before were all plagiarized, and now I can only make up them now, and the difficulty has increased by several levels.

Master Wang smiled and read: "Thousands of trees look like floating mountains, and the sound of waves enters tall buildings in April."

Zhou Nan suddenly came up with inspiration, and continued: "There are many old masters in the temple, and half of the crowns and roofs in the city are in the same place."

Wang Ruoxu: "Ming Dynasty is going down Zhanghua Road again, don't worry about the smoke in Jiangyue Lake. Haha, let's go, let's go, Zhou Dianli is really talented!"

Zhou Nan: "How can you compare to the Grand Master?"

"Good poetry, good poetry!" Everyone on the boat complimented.

Wang Ruoxu is an old man who loves poetry.Today, I had a joint sentence with Zhou Nan, and suddenly the inspiration broke out, and I got a good poem, and I was very happy.Good poetry must have good wine, and it will be interesting to find a few singers to compose it.

He laughed and said: "Today, the official suddenly became interested. Today, all the adults here are scholars. I might as well go back to the Yamen mansion to have a few glasses of wine, and ask some scholars to set up a wine meeting and write a few poems." Poetry, the old man talks about youth madness, how about it?"

Zhou Nan was overjoyed: "Master Wang is right, I dare not obey." I am indeed a genius, and I resolved this great crisis with just a few lines of poems.In the time-travel novels, the plot where the main character relies on plagiarizing the poems of later generations is hopeless and unfavorable is indeed true. Although this routine is old, it is very useful.

Seeing that today's reconnaissance and conversion of farming to mulberry has passed so inexplicably, Guixian Cheng was very anxious.It can be said that he has completely turned against Shi Zhixian now. If he and Zhou Nan can't be killed in one fell swoop, he will be in great trouble in the future.

He took a step forward and said, "Zhou Nan, I don't understand something and I want to ask you. From ancient times to the present, I have never seen mulberry trees planted in rice fields."

Zhou Nan pretended to be respectful: "If you return to the county magistrate, this is called intercropping. Anyway, when the mulberry trees grow up, there will be at least two feet between each other. If they are not used to grow rice, it will be a waste."

This is already talking nonsense with eyes open, Guixian Cheng sneered in his heart, and was about to refute.But at this time, Wang Ruoxu nodded: "Zhou Nan's words are reasonable. The interplanting of mulberry trees and rice in this field has brought an extra harvest for nothing. It is very good and worth promoting."

When he thought of the poetry meeting that was about to be held, he felt itchy, "Let's sail, let's go back!"

Guixian Cheng was very anxious, and rolled his eyes: "My lord, I have never heard that mulberry trees can be interplanted with rice. Meikang is proficient in farming, so you might as well ask him. Also, the variety of mulberry seedlings planted here It's very strange, I haven't seen it anywhere else, so why not get off the boat and have a look."

This fellow really insisted on killing me and Shi Zhixian.Zhou Nan was furious, and looked at Mei Yuanwai fiercely, and said lightly: "Yuanwai, the transformation of your family from farming to mulberry has been completed. The boss and the county venerable are very satisfied. Please reply. If Yuanwai thinks this is not enough, I will start again. planted."

It was replanted, it was to pull out the rice that was about to be scioned in my family, how could it be possible?Member Mei immediately said: "If you come back to Mrs. Wang, you can interplant. Usually, the common people's mulberry trees are planted on the ridges of the fields. The reason why they are not planted in the ground is that the saplings and rice will compete for water and fertilizer."

Guixian Cheng looked at Yuanwai Mei angrily, with the intention of killing: You fool, you only need to say one word to get rid of Shizhixian.As soon as Shi Jieren fell, if you wanted to kill Zhou Nan, you would crush a bug.Why can't you figure this out, you bastard?
He didn't care about the many things now, and immediately said loudly: "Master Wang, the mulberry saplings for Anton's transformation of agriculture into mulberry were all bought by the lower officials from Nanjing. It seems that this mulberry garden is not planted with mulberry trees. The lower officials dare Sir, please disembark and check."

This has completely exposed Zhou Nan's fraud. Shi Zhixian's body trembled violently, Zhou Nan clenched his fists nervously, and a layer of cold sweat broke out from his vest.

But at this moment, Wang Ruoxu turned his face hard and scolded: "My lord, are you mocking me for being from a wealthy family, not working hard, and being a useless scholar? I think this is a mulberry tree, but Mr. Gui, you are entangled and entangled without reason. Are you at odds with the chief official and come here to sow discord? This official is in the Ministry of Officials, and is in charge of appointing and dismissing officials in a province. Such a despicable act of attacking and provoking the chief official like you I have seen a lot, and my heart is like a bright mirror. If you don’t retreat quickly, the old man doesn’t want to see you again.”

Guixian Cheng was scolded profusely, and left in grief and indignation.

Not only him, even Zhou Nan was dumbfounded.Sure enough, this Wang Ruoxu didn't know Mulberry Tree, and he was arrogant and conceited. The surname Gui didn't pay attention to what he said, and offended him, so he deserved bad luck.

To be honest, Zhou Nan's arrangement today is too big a loophole, he is still ignorant to this day, so he can pass the level so easily, it is just a dream.

After returning to the county seat, all the officials gathered in the mansion, and invited the students from the county school to hold a literary meeting, which lasted until evening.

Originally, Zhou Nan was gearing up to plagiarize a few Nalan poems at the literary conference, to further please Wang Ruoxu, and to make a big splash in front of everyone.But today I don't know what happened. It was probably because the poem meeting in Jian's compound last time was very unpleasant. The students were very cautious, for fear of offending Mr. Wang by accident.

I dare not write poems anymore, so let's talk about the scriptures, couplets, guess pieces, and shoot them back! ,

It's a pity that this set of rules of the game between literati is too complicated. You won't be able to understand it without a ten-year cold window and without a complete set of strict Chinese studies education.If you want to stand out, you will inevitably be self-defeating.Zhou Nan only reasoned that he was just an official now, and he was no longer a seed for studying, so he was not eligible to participate.The scholar in Andong County was afraid of being robbed of the limelight by Zhou Nan. It was just right that he didn't participate, and everyone had a chance to stand out, so they automatically ignored Zhou Nan.

After dinner was over, Zhou Nan took a moment to ask Mr. Wang where he would go to see the mulberry garden tomorrow.

"I won't go, I won't go." Master Wang waved his hand: "I've only been in Anton for three days, and this is already the second day. I'm getting old, and I can't stand the torment. I read it today. Mei Family Mulberry Garden, I know the matter of changing rice into mulberry in your Andong County."

Speaking of this, Wang Ruoxu said indifferently: "There is nothing that can be hidden from me about your local affairs. As for the evaluation of your county magistrate's annual inspection, I have made my own decision, and you don't need to say anything else. "

Hearing this, Zhou Nan's heart tightened again, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

(End of this chapter)