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Chapter 1353 People are hard

It was February and everything was revived.

After the dragon raised its head on February 2, the whole of Luoyang was restored to life, with flowers and green willows, and the spring rain was continuous, making it very lively.

At such a good time, it is the busiest time for spring plowing.

For the court, spring plowing determines the annual income and the foundation of the court.

In this era without machinery, even children who have just run away have to follow their parents and pull out weeds.

Therefore, every bit of labor is the most precious thing for farmers in small households.

After all, if you remove a little bit of the weed, you can eat one more bite of food, and you have to pay attention to it.

This is why every time the founding period, the kings in the early stage repeatedly restricted commerce and encouraged agriculture.

Without agriculture, commerce is a rootless duckweed. Competing for population with agriculture is a search for death.

Luoyang Prefecture is the capital of the capital, and at the foot of the emperor, ordinary people naturally live a good life, at least, some cover.

A carriage passed slowly, and the farmers on the roadside didn't even look at it, and they buried their heads in doing things. Even if the cold wind blows and their ribs are exposed, they don't care at all.

Li Fumu couldn't help but feel quite moved when he looked at the scene outside the car.

I saw a wooden stake erected in the ridge not far away.

A straw rope was tied to the wooden stake, about two feet long, and above the grass, it was wrapped around a child about two years old, dark-skinned and covered with straw.

I don’t know, but I thought it was some cattle and sheep tied!

Seeing his parents and family and his brothers working, he started crying, whether he was hungry or thirsty.

The parents in the fields glanced at each other from time to time, showing a look of unbearable expression, but they still lowered their heads to work, and their movements became a little faster.

My brother, who was seven or eight years old, couldn't bear it, so he ran over from time to time, scooped water from the pottery jar and fed it, but was afraid that it would be cold, so he trapped the straw.

However, my younger brother was still crying, but my older brother had no choice but to ask for his parents.

My parents couldn't bear it, so they still lowered their heads and said nothing.

The brother lowered his head, as if he saw something on the ridge of the field. He jumped a few steps, removed his head and feet, and carefully placed it in his brother's mouth.

After chewing, my brother barely stopped his distress.

Seeing this, the sister beside her looked at the sun again and hurriedly ran home, as if she was about to make lunch.

The brother glanced at his sister and teased his younger brother a little with the weeds. Then he fell asleep on a grass.

He returned to the fields and continued to bend down to weed.

And on this land, every household is so laborious.

Children may lead the small ones with the big ones, or the old ones with the young ones, running and busy in the chilly spring cold, and there is no one who is idle at all.

"Five households and one awesome!"

Seeing everything, Li Fumu counted again and found that there were still many plowing oxen, basically one of five households.

"Your Highness, since the Beiting Protectorate, cattle and sheep from the grasslands in the south of the desert have been continuously flowing. The capital is naturally the most important, and the imperial court places attach great importance to it. The annual income is more than ten thousand."

Wang Fu, who was standing by, was a teacher appointed by the emperor himself, naturally willing to see the wise king, especially the princes like King Xue.

Seeing that he knew the hardships of people's livelihood, he hurriedly said: "The value of the bull is worth a few dozen yuan, but the court intends to do it. Only in this way can three or five households buy it together."

"Each acre of land can only be cultivated for two or three days for each household to use cattle, but it takes less than an hour. Even a hundred acres of land can only take a few days, saving a lot of labor."

"Your Highness should cherish it and pay attention to it. Do not eat beef again. Diligence and thrift are virtues."

"Students know!" Li Fumu had no choice but to respond respectfully.

I was already doing things and thought I could get rid of school, but who knew that my father arranged a Wang Fu to teach him in person, but he did not miss any courses.

On the contrary, there was an extra fly in my ear.

Of course, he also knew that Wang Fu was the emperor's eyes in the bright place, and his every move was in his observation.

Once you make mistakes in words or make mistakes and your holy heart is unhappy, it will be terrible.

So, he glanced at the old Huai's relieved Wang Fu, and shouted: "Stop—"

The carriage stopped immediately, and in the shock of Wang Fu, he walked off the carriage.

"Your Highness?"

"How can you sit in a carriage and look at it?"

Li Fumu smiled and then headed towards the fields in a mighty manner.

When he knew this, he saw that although it was snowing heavily last year, the land was still dryer than expected. If the amount of water was insufficient, it would be a luxury for ordinary years.

Such a vast team shocked the people, and everyone did not dare to work hard anymore and hurriedly knelt down.

When you meet a noble person, it is always right to kneel down.

"Get up!"

Li Fumu was a little embarrassed. This was to let others know. Wouldn't it be impeached him to bully the people?

So he was younger, unlike an official, and the farmers were more afraid that young people would be moody and stood up in a hurry.

I was interested in asking a few questions, but his luxurious clothes made these dull farmers speechless.

After searching for a few, they were ineffective and had to give up.

Fortunately, after a while, a young man with a hurry came over. Although he was wearing a short shirt, he looked like a scholar.

"Students are polite!"

"Yaney is so polite!"

Only then did the two of them talk and sat down directly on the ridge of the field.

Only then did Li Fumu realize that the young man dressed in front of him was actually a scholar.

I couldn't help but feel calm.

As expected, when governing the world, we can only see scholars and scholars. Those farmers are numb and stupid. It is easy to impeach with the number 180 clerks in the county!

I have to do it!

"Senior, why do you dress up like this?"

Li Fumu pretended to be an ordinary scholar and couldn't help but ask.

"I am indeed a farmer now!"

The young man smiled and said, "But because I am a scholar, the county rewarded money, I bought a cow, and the fields had already been plowed, and now I can't have idleness, so I have reclaimed wasteland."

"It's not a wasteland. Anyway, it's the land that has been abandoned for many years. It's just that there are few people and no one can cultivate it, so it's deserted."

"Oh? Senior, I am frank, you should concentrate on your career and other external things like land, which will definitely be there in the future."

Li Fumu said with a serious face.

Hearing this, the young man couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "The rich and noble family of the yamen don't know my situation."

"My family was originally from Hebei, and they migrated in war and could not eat enough. It was not until I passed the imperial examination for scholars that I had become accused of. However, although my status was noble and I have been here for twenty years, I am still not a local person."

"Although I have money, I don't have acre of land. I'm ashamed. If I hadn't won the scholar, I'm afraid my marriage would have become a problem."

Hearing this, Li Fumu was shocked and asked quickly: "Why is this?"

"Because my family does not have a single acre of land."

"You can't buy land even if you have money?"
Chapter completed!
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