Chapter 206: Return to hermitage

Soon it was the old man's turn.

Qin Mian raised his eyebrows when seeing the two sons Pidian running up.

Lei Ruilin carried his hands on his back and shook his head and said: "Daddy, we are here to help Grandpa Chen Youyu with lots. There are six people in Grandpa's family."

Qin Mian glanced at the old man, who nodded with a smile. He then signaled that his two sons could do it.

Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin are in a tacit understanding. Qin Ruiqi grabs a paper ball from the red cloth box, and Lei Ruilin grabs six paper balls from the blue cloth box.

Qin Mian opened the paper ball and read: "Chen Youyu, the house, the third house in the first row in the west; the field, the fifth plot in the first row in the east, the first plot in the second row in the south...the ninth row in the east. Piece of land."

The common people all looked at Chen Youyu enviously. Almost all of these six plots were in the first row and second row. They were close to the lake. Irrigation would be very convenient in the future.

Chen Youyu was also very happy, laughing loudly, "Thank you for the two little boys."

The rest of the people felt that the two sons of the county magistrate had profound Fukuze, and they asked Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin to help them with the lottery. Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin enthusiastically helped more than a dozen people, and the locations of houses and fields were indeed good. But the two little guys quickly lost interest, apologized, and ran away stubbornly.

In order to win people's hearts, Qin Mian, Lei Tie and Cai Zhifu have been sitting in person in the morning. The generals knew Arabic numerals. In the afternoon, Qin Mian gave the work to Lei and Qin Zhong to do.

Qin Mian and Lei Tie took their two children home first to settle down. The bamboo building has two floors. Below are the kitchen, the main room, the study room of Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin, the study room of Qin Mian and Lei Tie, and the upper part is the room of Qin Mian and Lei Tie, and the room of Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin. However, due to conditions, the layout of the house cannot be compared to before.

When it gets dark, all the people are allocated houses and fields. The enthusiasm of the common people was so high that they couldn't wait to move into a new home. They lit a torch to move, and there was fire everywhere in the dark county town.

Qin Mian and Lei Tie have been busy for a day, and only after taking a shower, lying in bed, they can enjoy the leisure.

"Tired?" Lei Tie took the person next to her pillow into her arms.

Qin Mian's chin clicked on his shoulder, "Tired than before." As a monk, the recent labor intensity is nothing, but compared to the previous life, these few months are indeed the most tiring. , But it is undeniable and very fulfilling.

Lei Tie's hand slowly plunged into his pajamas. As soon as the two moved, the bamboo bed creaked and shook the whole bamboo building. Both of them were taken aback.

Lei Ruilin's crisp childish voice rang across the street, "Daddy, daddy, are you still asleep? My brother and I are not asleep either."

Qin Mian was lying on Lei Tie, buried in his chest and laughed.

"You shouldn't choose a bamboo building." Lei Tie muffled. "The sound insulation is not good."

Qin Mian laughed, "Ruiqi, Ruilin, go to sleep, my father and I will be asleep now."

Lei Tie pinched out a soundproof spirit, and held people into his arms...

It's not that if Tian and Fang were assigned to the people, the matter would be over. Qin Mian recruited some upright and flexible young people from the county to serve as government officials, and asked Lei Qin Zhong and Lei Qin Shun to take them to the field for field inspections. If a family member is too unlucky and most or all of the allocated fields are the last to be sown, the county will give them some money to compensate them.

In addition, Qin Mian asked Lei Tie to borrow a few people who are good at hunting, and opened a hunting training class in the county town to teach people to hunt, so that people with poorer family conditions can subsidize their families through hunting. Anyway, pass this winter first.

Because everyone is busy discussing life, there is almost no criminal activity in the county. The county magistrate, Qin Mian, was quite relaxed.

He and Lei Tie also took the time to run a few times outside the mountain, "buy" a lot of good things for their two sons, and arranged their rooms well.

The New Year came in a blink of an eye.

This year, most people in Kuo County had a relatively difficult life. Although the Qin Mian family had the conditions, it was not as attractive as it was. On New Year's Eve, they only cooked a total of four dishes with two meats and two vegetarians, but they were generous.

On the first day of the new year, it is still to go out for New Year greetings. The red seals Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin received were much less than in previous years. These red seals were given by the people, and almost all included a penny. Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin were very sensible, and they were not allowed to refuse. However, everyone thought that it was not appropriate to push the blessing out of the New Year, so they just forced them to accept them.

Those who came to Qin Mian's house to pay a New Year's greetings, Qin Mian did not treat him badly, as long as they were under the age of sixteen, he and Lei Tie were given a red seal of twenty cents in their personal names.

The first month gradually passed in a bitter but lively atmosphere.

In early March, the earth rejuvenated. The people hurry up to plow the fields and prepare to plant spring wheat and other crops.

Qin Mian also embarked on the next step of developing Kuo County. Today, Kuo County has only rows of houses and farmland, and there is not even a single tree in the county seat, and there is no aesthetic feeling. Qin Mian called on the surplus labor force to follow him up the mountain, excavate some wild flowers and wild fruit trees and plant them in various corners of the county in a planned way, such as duckbill, winter jasmine, azalea, jade grass, rhododendron, small thorn rose, wild jujube Trees, wild peach trees, wild pear trees, wild apple trees, wild grape trees, etc.

Qin Mian didn't plan to stay in Kuo County any more, so he didn't spend too much time on his bamboo building. He only planted two fruit trees in front of the door and some potted flowers on the balcony on the second floor.

Not wanting to treat the two sons badly, Qin Mian occasionally took out some fruits and vegetables from the space. Qin Ruiqi and Lei Ruilin asked their father what was going on when they saw it for the first time. The father laughed and did not answer, and the two children just guessed. When there might be something that is not suitable for them to know, they are too smart to ask again. In fact, the two children had long suspected that the "martial arts" they practiced were not internal-powered martial arts, but since the two fathers wanted to hide from them, there was a truth in it, and they would always know when they should know.

Another aspect is road construction. Lei Tie sent 5,000 people to find limestone within a radius of 20 miles nearby. After transporting it back, Qin Mian made a simple version of cement. The strength is not as strong as concrete, but it is more than enough to build roads.

This busyness came again in July.

With a wide and smooth road, it is much easier for the people of Ku County to get in and out of the city, and the development of agriculture and commerce is getting faster and faster.

Everyone can see that their lives are getting better and better.

Qin Mian and Lei Tie sent their third resignation memorial to the capital, but there was still no answer.

Qin Mian became impatient.

"ATie, Chen Guanghui didn't want to break his promise and get fat? What's the point of him forcing us to stay here?"

Chen Guanghui is the name of Emperor Xiaohui, but usually no one dares to speak his name.

Lei Tie had a plan for a long time, and comforted: "Wife, wait another half month, if there is no result after half a month, we will publicize the deal we made with him."

"Good idea." Qin Mian agreed without hesitation. They cannot directly treat an emperor, but they can use the power of public opinion.

At this time, a soldier panicked and shouted outside the door: "General, Master Qin! The younger one wants to see you in a hurry!"

Qin Mian and Lei Tie looked at each other suspiciously and went downstairs together. The situation of the entire county is in the hands of the two, what else can be called an "urgent matter"?

"what's up?"

The soldier said anxiously: "Tell the general, Cai Zhifu will send someone to spread the word, the holy driver is here, and the general and Qin are ordered to be ready to meet you immediately!"

Emperor Xiaohui is here? Qin Mian was surprised, and spoke to Lei Tie, "This is not close to the capital, he is really courageous."

"Wife, it won't take long for us to return to Qingshan Village." Lei Tie said confidently.

"Oh?" Qin Mian didn't rush to ask him why.

The two changed into official uniforms and directly performed their "light skills". They went to the county government and barracks respectively, and brought all the government officials and soldiers to the entrance of the county to prepare for their drive.

After waiting for nearly an hour, I saw a long line getting closer and closer, the emperor's unique golden canopy gleaming in the sun. Emperor Xiaohui, dressed in a bright yellow robe, sat on the wide throne, and looked at the scenery on both sides of the road casually. The imposing Imperial Guard guarded Luan in the middle, with sharp eyes looking around vigilantly from time to time.

When Shengjia arrived, Qin Mian and Lei Tie knelt down to bow together.

"Weichen welcomes the emperor, long live my emperor!"

Emperor Xiaohui looked at the two of them and remained silent for a long time. Just seeing this way out of the mountain, he expected that Qin Mian and Lei Tie had completed the reconstruction of the county is not a lie. Because of this, he was even more reluctant to let go of these two outstanding talents. But he also knew from the bottom of his heart that this time, he couldn't keep Qin Mian and Lei Tie. It is not that he has no means available, but he has a hunch that once he really uses unseen means to deal with them, it will only cause Qin MianLei Tie to oppose him. It is better to let them go happily, in case the royal encounters difficult things in the future. , Can use them again.

After figuring it out, Emperor Xiaohui took a deep breath silently, and said warmly: "The two Aiqings will be flat."

"Xie Emperor!"

Qin Mian and Lei Tie stood up and stepped back to the side to stand by.

Emperor Xiaohui lightly dusted the non-existent dust on his sleeves, walked slowly down Luanjia, and came to Qin Mian and Lei Tie, with a cordial expression and a gentle voice, "Hahaha... the two Aiqings should not be here. ?"

"Thanks to the emperor, the two ministers are all well." Lei Tie said concisely.

Emperor Xiaohui smiled softly, "That's good. I heard two Aiqing mention the new look of Xinkuo County many times in the memorial, and I was very curious. Secondly, I also yearned for the rural scenery, so I decided to come and see it myself. Ruoxin Kuxian satisfied me, so I allowed you to go back to the pastoral."

Qin Mian was overjoyed and exchanged glances with Lei Tie.

"Thank you, Majesty! Majesty, please here."

"Lead the way before your head." Emperor Xiaohui smiled on her lips, waved her hand, and walked forward with Qin Mian and Lei Tie.

Li Gonggong, Cai Zhifu, and several other officials quickly followed.

——End of Volume Four——