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Winter is gone and spring is coming, and it is already January in a blink of an eye.

The river water thaws, everything revives, the grass is green, and the willows are sprouting.

Suddenly, the mountains, rivers and earth were filled with spring scenery. Among the mountains and fields, apricot and pear blossoms were blooming in competition, and they were spitting out auspiciousness and beauty in the slightly chilly spring breeze.

The people who had cated on the kang for a winter also took off their thick winter clothes and began to sow in spring. The winter wheat that had spent the winter was more than one foot high, and rows were neatly undulating in the spring breeze, full of greenness.

The wheat seedlings on both sides of the Xiaoqing River are green and there are countless villagers driving cattle and horses to sow millet and beans in spring.

"Lord Lidian, it seems that this year will definitely be a bumper year!"

"Yes, yes, the method of deep cultivation and sowing of this tunfei in Lidian is really effective. I have lived a lifetime and have never grown such a good wheat seedling!"

"If the weather is good, there is no problem with the yield of five stones of wheat per mu!"

Standing by the twenty-acre experimental field in Qinghe Town, watching the wheat seedlings with neatly sown branches and leaves, Liu Po, Niu Quan, San Lao and other groups surrounded Chen Xu, all of them exclaimed with joy.

"Hope!" Chen Xu sighed secretly in his heart.

Under his strong leadership, Qinghe Town was equipped with a large number of farm tools and rakes in eleven villages. Therefore, the winter sowing effect last year was very high. Almost half of the farmland adopted the planting method of accumulation of fertilizer and deep cultivation, so the wheat seedlings grew gratifyingly. However, when I went to the county town to visit Jiangbeiting a few days ago, the situation I got was not optimistic. The entire Chi County may account for less than one-third of the planting method. Even the large number of farmlands near Chi County were still primitive slash-and-burn cultivation. The wheat seedlings grew sparse and did not look lush.

"Liu Quan, you guys are going to various villages to urge spring sowing recently, don't be lazy!"

"Don't worry, Lidian, we will go down to inspect every two days. All villages are strictly enforcing it. No one dares to be lazy!" The three pavilions were handing over quickly.

"Liu Erwa, if you want to speed up the production of a wheelbarrow, you don't need to be exquisite and beautiful, you just need to be strong!"

"Don't worry, Lidian, we have prepared enough wood, and we can make five wheelbarrows every day!" After a winter, Liu Erwa, a carpenter who seemed to have grown older, quickly said.

"The hemp rod should speed up the construction of the axles of the wheelbarrow, as well as iron hoes and shovels, and Niu San should speed up the construction of bamboo baskets and rattan baskets!"

"Don't worry, sir, we are processing every day and will never delay the construction of the river!" Tie Jiansi Rod and bamboo craftsman Niu San said together.

"Very good. The construction of the Heti was originally going to start before the winter of last year, but the construction of the kang was dragged down. However, in order to ensure that the nearly 20,000 acres of farmland on both sides of the Xiaoqing River can achieve a bumper harvest, the Heti must be repaired before the rainy season comes."

"Don't worry, Lidian, we have already informed this matter from door to door in the town. Everyone was very enthusiastic and happy. Just waiting for the order of the adults, no one would be lazy!" You Jiao Liu Po ​​said loudly with a serious face.

"Then let me inform you, and it will start officially in three days. Registration by household will be carried out. Each household must provide at least one strong labor force. I will subsidize five cents per day and three cents for healthy women. At the same time, it will be passed on. If someone in the villages below voluntarily come to participate in the construction of the river, the subsidy will be the same, and a kilogram of coarse grain will be subsidized every day!"

"Lidian cannot be used, you can replenish food, but it's too much to pay!" a large group of people said quickly.

"I have my own opinions on this matter. Last year, the vinegar, wine and candy from the winery, the porcelain from the pottery shop, and the sweater and scarf made by the weaving girl in the town helped me weave wool. I sold a lot of them in Wancheng. It's useless for me to keep them. If I send them, everyone can subsidize their household income. After the repair, every household can get a hundred dollars. This is also the last thing I did for everyone before leaving. It is also to express my gratitude and help to the villagers of Qinghe Town." Chen Xu waved his hand and said.

"Big... Sir... what did you... say just now?" After a long time of stunned life, You Jiao Liu Po ​​asked stutterly.

"A few days ago, I went to the county town. The county magistrate has officially notified me that I will go to Wancheng County Magistrate's Office to serve as an official in March. Therefore, the construction of the river embankment may be the last thing I can do for Qinghe Town. I hope you will work together and do your best to build my Qinghe Town into a stable and prosperous place. Both sides of the small Qinghe River are full of fertile soil. As long as there is no flood, there will be a bumper harvest every year. Moreover, it is a riverside. After the construction of the river embankment and waterway, it will definitely drain and irrigate. When everyone is free, they can open up more grain fields and build our Qinghe Town into a granary. From now on, there will be endless food every year. There will be no need to worry about being hungry when the green and yellow are not connected!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

A group of well-known people in Qinghe Town were stunned for a moment.

"Sir...you...you can't leave. What should we do if you leave?" Liu Po's expression suddenly became extremely anxious.

"Yes, Lord Lidian, you are our backbone. If you leave... Qinghe Town will... not be better!" Liu Erwa grabbed Chen Xu's arm tightly, and tears rolled in his old eyes.

"Sir, you left the primary school... What should I do if I am in elementary school?" Niu Quan said loudly without any hesitation.

Seeing a group of people feeling out of control due to excitement, Chen Xu was quite moved and quickly comforted him, "I won't leave right away. There is still more than a month. During this period, I will try my best to arrange the affairs of the town. In the future, everyone will do it according to my arrangements. Moreover, I have agreed with the county magistrate that the tax on summer and autumn grains will be collected as I said last year, and there will definitely be no extra charges. I will recommend one of the Lidians in the town, and the appointment letter will be issued at that time. So while everyone is working during this period, they will also discuss with each other to see which one is suitable for Lidians and can lead everyone to continue to build Qinghe Town better!"

"Sir... Can you not leave? There are only one thousand people in Qinghe Town who can only impress you. No one can impress everyone!" Liu Po ​​said excitedly.

"Liu Po, Lord Lidian has a bright future. How can he stay in our remote village and serve as Lidian for the rest of his life!" Old Man Chen spoke, and the group of people slowly woke up, but they all looked at Chen Xu with eager eyes.

"Lidian, since the county magistrate asked you to recommend it, we won't choose it. You can see which one is suitable for Lidian, and we will listen to him in the future!" Another old man from the Three Olds said directly.

Chen Xu looked around and finally fell on Niu Dashi, who was standing behind the crowd with Yu Wuya, and hesitated for a moment and said, "What do you think of Dashi?"

Everyone turned to look at Niu Dashi together.

Niu Dashi shook his whole body as if he was electrocuted, turned around in a creepy manner, looked at everyone's straight eyes and said stammeringly: "Everyone...what do you think I'm doing?"

"Dashi, I recommend you to be the Lidian of our Qinghe Town. Do you have any objections?" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"What?" Niu Dashi shivered, and the lollipop in his hand fell to the ground with a slight sound.

"Dashi, you will be the Lidian of our Qinghe Town in the future. We all follow your arrangements!" Liu Po ​​bowed to Niu Dashi and said.

"What do you think of Dashi? If you are not satisfied, I will choose one!" Chen Xu said loudly.

"Don't choose again, just Dashi. He and Lidian grew up together, and they know everything about the town. We are most at ease with him as Lidian!" Old Man Chen said, and everyone nodded together.

"That's good, this matter will be settled like this. Niu Dashi will be your Lidian after I leave. Please help me!" Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Xu also hesitated for several days when he asked Niu Dashi to be a Li Dian.

Niu Dashi is down-to-earth and hard-working. He is a typical farmer child, but he has some brain cancer. It is usually okay to arrange his work, but it is a bit too much to use his brain.

But Qinghe Town now has no need to think about the current situation. All workshops have been basically prepared and just need to continue step by step. Everything in Qinghe Town will be carried out slowly and orderly. At present, as long as Chen Xu organizes villagers to repair the embankments on both sides of the Xiaoqing River and solve the flood problem, Qinghe Town will become an absolutely peaceful and prosperous town once and for all.

Therefore, Lidian doesn't need to be very smart, mainly because it can continue all Chen Xu's work. From this point of view, Niu Dashi is the best candidate. Niu Dashi will definitely complete everything Chen Xu said meticulously, and the relationship between Niu Dashi and Chen Xu is also recognized by the people in the town.

"Brother Xu, I... I'm afraid I can't do it well, otherwise you'd better take me to Wancheng, or I'll go back to Xiaohe Village!" After everyone dispersed, Niu Dashi said nervously.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in Wancheng for long, so it's meaningless for you to follow. I'm asking you to be a Lidian because I need a way out, so that I can still have a place to stay when I have no choice!" Chen Xu looked at the hurried green wheat fields on both sides of the Xiaoqing River and breathed leisurely.

"Brother Xu, what do you mean? Why... why can't I understand?" Niu Dashi looked at Chen Xu with a nervous look.

"You may understand one day in the future. In fact, this is a very easy-to-use code. You see, I have been working as a good person for half a year. There are also You Jiao, the three elders, the three pavilion chiefs and Niu Quan, and they will help you. The only thing to do in the future is to urge several pavilion chiefs to go down to check the villages on time and handle taxes, grains and corvee labor. You have seen me do these, it is very simple..."
Chapter completed!