Chapter 1153: Guano used in the fields
When the villagers saw the "bully" County Magistrate Wang and his lackeys, they immediately jumped away and stayed away from them.
Emma, I was hit by a few strong sticks just now and my body is still hurting.
Only then did I see the short, thin and weak Sun Shan in the crowd.
I can't help but sigh: Their parents are so poor. They are so rich, but they still look like they can't afford to eat.
Sun Shan stood up, looked at the villagers and said, "I wonder why you guys are gathered in Guantian? Has something happened?"
Others pretend to know when they don't, but Sun Shan asks questions even though he knows the answer.
When they saw that it was Sun Shan who came out, the villagers hurriedly greeted him: Greetings, County Magistrate Sun.
In fact, kneeling and knocking ceremony is not common in Daqian.
Unless it is a formal occasion, a formal ceremony is held.
When people see a senior official like Sun Shan outside, they usually try to avoid him.
If you really need to avoid it, just stand and bow.
Kneeling down and bowing at every turn is not feasible in daily life.
If this is the case, officials will not have to go out. Otherwise, they will have to kowtow wherever they go.
When the people saw Sun Shan asking questions, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Compared with County Magistrate Wang, the local tyrant, Sun Shan seems approachable.
Perhaps because they are not familiar with each other, or perhaps because they do not understand each other, they feel that Sun Shan is easier to communicate with than County Magistrate Wang.
One of them, an elderly man with white hair, came out with the help of a cane and saluted Sun Shan.
He asked, "Master Sun, I heard that this piece of land belongs to you."
After half a year of learning the local dialect, Sun Shan could roughly understand what the old man was saying.
Before the old man could speak again, he immediately corrected: "Old man, this piece of land does not belong to me, it belongs to the Yuanlu County Government."
You have to speak clearly and not let people misunderstand you, so as not to leave any gossip. You have to be cautious as a person, and even more so as an official.
However, Sun Shan's words had no effect on the people.
This piece of government land belongs to the government, and in disguise it belongs to Sun Shan.
Who says Sun Shan is the head of a county? The entire Yuanlu County is under his jurisdiction. If it’s not his, then whose will it belong to?
The common people did not understand Sun Shan's taboos at all, nor did they care about his taboos.
The old man went on to say, "My Lord, why is your rice growing so well? Can you tell us? I secretly tasted a grain of your rice and it was full of meat, not empty, and certainly not just husks. My Lord, your rice is in bunches, and the grains have bent the rice stalks. This is a bumper harvest."
When people get older, they don’t look around as much when doing things.
There is also a saying "taking advantage of one's age to bully others". Being able to live to an old age is a skill and means one has experienced many ups and downs.
When facing those in power, one will not be too afraid.
Those in power always have to take care of the elderly, children, and women. If they make things difficult for an elderly person, they will be spit on if anyone tells others about it.
County Magistrate Wang, who was standing next to him, observed Sun Shan quietly, and wanted to say to the old man: "Good question!" He should ask it in such a concise and clear way.
County Magistrate Wang knew that it was the effect of bird droppings, but he wanted Sun Shan to say it in person.
Sun Shan also spoke frankly and honestly: "Old man, the reason why this piece of sky grows so well is entirely because it has enough fertilizer. It's like a person who works hard and eats enough for many years, so he will naturally grow strong."
What he said does make sense, but when the people heard it, they couldn't help but stare at Sun Shan, thinking that what Lord Sun said was unreasonable.
Lord Sun eats delicious food and drinks spicy drinks all day long, but he doesn't seem to be growing stronger.
The credibility of the speech is greatly reduced.
Although the people secretly criticized Sun Shan in their hearts, they actually still believed what he said.
People are different. We are very selective in selecting seeds. If they are not good, we will not use them as seeds.
What’s more, farmers are well aware of the power of fertilizers.
Another elderly man also stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Mr. Magistrate, is this the fertilizer you used to dam your land?"
The people insisted that the government fields were Sun Shan’s family’s fields. This was their most common understanding. In any case, the government fields definitely did not belong to the people.
Sun Shan was too lazy to correct him. He pointed at the sacks of bird droppings and said, "That's right. This field was fertilized with this kind of fertilizer. That's why the crops are growing so well."
He gave Gui Ge'er a wink.
Gui Ge'er understood immediately and stepped forward, opened a sack, and exposed the bird droppings inside so that the people could see them clearly.
Once the door was opened, the people standing far away couldn't help but take a step forward. Seeing that no one was stopping them, they continued to move forward, trying to see the bird droppings clearly.
In fact, many villagers had seen it, but when they saw everyone coming to see it, they couldn't help but come forward to take a peek.
Sun Shan smiled and said, "This field is growing well, all thanks to this fertilizer. This fertilizer is made from bird droppings, which is very good for fertilizing the field. Whether it is rice, vegetables, fruits, or even flowers and plants, if you use this bird droppings appropriately, they will grow better than others."
Sun Shan continued, "Human feces, cow feces, and horse feces can fertilize the fields and make crops grow well. The same is true for bird feces. However, these bird feces need to be processed before they can be used. What you see now is the processed bird feces."
Everyone stared at the bird droppings and whispered to each other.
Citizen A said in amazement: "I didn't expect bird droppings to be so effective. Emma, why didn't I know this before?"
Citizen B rolled his eyes and said, "So what if we know? Where can we find bird droppings? Do we need to catch a bunch of birds and bring them home to make bird droppings?"
This made the people around laugh.
Citizen C asked the key question: "Where did Lord Sun find the bird droppings? How did he have bird droppings?"
Yes, this is a very important issue.
Even if Lord Sun told them that using bird droppings to fertilize the fields would increase the amount of food produced, what would that be?
They have no guano at all.
Commoner Ding asked in confusion, "Could it be that Lord Sun asked his servants to go to the deep mountains and old forests to look for bird droppings? Oh my god, how many places would it take to find that? Birds don't poop in a fixed place."
Citizen A was choked by Citizen B and was speechless just now. After hearing what Citizen D said, he wanted to get back at him.
So he said, "I think Lord Sun might have really raised a group of birds just for pooping. Hehe, I've heard of raising birds for food, but raising birds for pooping, hehe, this is the first time I've heard of it."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone started laughing again.
Everyone pointed at the bird droppings and talked about it. Some even stepped forward to scoop up a handful, put it to their noses and sniffed it.
Some people twist it open carefully, trying to see if it is real bird droppings.
Some of the more capable ones even took advantage of the adults not paying attention and desperately moved forward, grabbed a handful from the sack and stuffed it into their mouths. After tasting it, they quickly spat it out, pouting and looking aggrieved.
As a result, he did not get any comfort from the adults, but was slapped several times instead.
Gui Ge'er led a few guards and guarded Sun Shan closely.
What if someone comes to assassinate you?
Although they also didn't know why someone wanted to assassinate Sun Shan.
It’s always better to be on guard.