Chapter 1184 Harvesting Rice (2)
Because of the supervision of the Sun family guards, the onlookers were unable to rush forward.
When Sun Dali saw Sun Shan and his gang coming, he immediately arranged for his younger brothers to pull the crowd apart to make way, and he personally stepped forward to surround Sun Shan.
Keep your eyes and ears open and always pay attention to everything around you.
Following behind, County Magistrate Wang, who was benefited by An Bao: .....
Every time Magistrate Sun went out, his lackeys, no, guards seemed unusually nervous, as if someone was really plotting something bad against Magistrate Sun.
County Magistrate Wang seriously suspected that Magistrate Sun and the Sun family guards had paranoia, otherwise why would they make such a fuss.
Sun Shan walked in front, followed by government officials and a group of students.
After this group of people came in, Sun Dali immediately ordered the guards to fill the gap and pull up the cordon rope to keep the onlookers away again.
Sun Shan carefully looked at the crowd around him eating melons. He knew that there would be many people coming out to eat melons, but he didn't expect there would be so many.
This was completely unexpected.
Fortunately, he had been to the Huangji Palace and was used to big scenes, so he was not stage fright.
At this time, the old Taoist priest from the City God Temple came out and whispered, "Sir, the auspicious time has arrived, prepare to harvest the rice."
Sun Shan's mouth twitched.
The autumn harvest was made just like the spring ploughing. Not only did the Taoist priests choose an auspicious day for the harvest, but they also required the Taoist priests to perform rituals before the harvest could begin.
This suggestion was put forward by Master Zhang.
In order to highlight the extraordinary nature of this autumn harvest, bird droppings were also heavily advertised.
Sun Shan stood up and gestured with both hands for the crowd to be quiet.
Sun Dali told the yamen runners to glare at anyone who was still making noise.
The spectators don't usually see Sun Shan, so it's inevitable that they don't feel awe towards him.
But it’s different with the yamen runners. You see them almost every day. If you don’t obey their orders, they might trip you up the next day.
So when the yamen runners glared at them fiercely, the onlookers immediately shut up. Even the ignorant children cowered in the arms of their parents, not daring to say a word.
It can be seen that the yamen runners are indeed hated by everyone and all the ghosts.
After a while, the scene became quiet.
Sun Shan spoke as loudly as he could: "My fellow villagers, today is a good day, perfect for the autumn harvest. I am very happy that you have taken the time to come and witness the rice production with me."
The onlookers looked at Sun Shan quietly and thought that what he said was nonsense.
They would not have come if they had not wanted to see with their own eyes whether the rice in the experimental field had a higher yield than their own.
Lord Sun’s fields need to be harvested, and their fields also need to be harvested.
After eating the melon, I have to go back to work.
The onlookers were eager for Sun Shan to come down quickly, and to stop talking about all this nonsense and just tell them the output as soon as possible.
Sun Shan didn't feel the people's complaints at all.
He was still polite and courteous, saying, "Everyone, we used guano in the rice this time. If the yield is higher than usual, it proves that guano is useful. It just so happens that the government office has guano for sale. You can come and buy guano next spring."
The onlookers rolled their eyes secretly.
Their purpose of coming here is to increase rice production and actually see if bird droppings are really useful.
If bird droppings really increase crop productivity, everyone would buy it without Sun Shan saying anything.
The onlookers felt that Mr. Sun had been talking nonsense and had never gotten to the point.
Sun Shan continued, "Fellow villagers, in order to let everyone feel that the rice is indeed growing, I will select some of you to help harvest the rice. No one from the government office will participate, so that everyone can harvest it for themselves and witness it with their own eyes."
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd could no longer keep quiet and immediately started whispering.
Crowd A didn't understand and asked, "What does Lord Sun mean? Does he want us to help him harvest the rice?"
Did he understand correctly? This is what Lord Sun meant, right?
Crowd Eater B gave a positive answer: "That's what Lord Sun meant. He wants us to work for him for free. Oh my god, Lord Sun is really thoughtful and calculating. If he lets us work, he won't have to hire temporary workers, which saves a lot of money."
This is what spectator B thinks, helping out with work but not getting paid.
Humph, Lord Sun, you have a wishful thought.
He wouldn't do it.
When one of the bystanders, Widow Li, heard this, she immediately retorted, "How could Lord Sun be such a person? He asked us to help harvest the rice so that everyone would know that he didn't cheat. If the government officials harvested the rice, someone might gossip about it behind their backs, saying that Lord Sun deliberately cheated and inflated the yield in order to sell guano."
The last time Widow Li gave a gift to Sun Shan, she found that her own county magistrate was kind, amiable, approachable, and considerate, and she immediately became Sun Shan's fan.
When he saw the bad people in the crowd slandering Sun Shan, he immediately stood up to refute them.
If I wouldn’t dare to do that before, it’s different now.
The son is a scholar, and the mother’s status is completely different because of her son. She can speak with confidence.
Spectator B felt embarrassed after hearing Widow Li's rebuttal and wanted to yell at her, but he accidentally saw Widow Li's son next to Teacher Deng and was instantly silenced.
Things are different now. Widow Li’s son is now a scholar and can go in and out of the government office.
If a dispute occurs, you can guess who the government will help with your toes.
Spectator C nearby pulled Spectator B's sleeve and quickly changed the subject: "It's just a rice field, and it can be harvested in a few steps. Haha, I wonder how many people Master Sun needs to harvest the rice?"
The onlookers nodded repeatedly: "Yes, such a small field can be finished in a few steps. I will go up and mow it later, and feel whether Master Sun's rice is really heavy."
The crowd below was discussing who Lord Sun would let harvest the rice.
Sun Shan handed the task over to Sun Dali: "Uncle Dali, pick some people to harvest the rice. Remember, pick people with good handles and harvest one field at a time. Don't mess up the order."
A farm man like Sun Dali can tell at a glance who is good at farm work.
Sun Dali took the order and immediately stepped forward, pointing at the crowd: "You, you, and you, come up and help with the work."
After a pause, he added: "After the work is done, I will pack a lunch."
The autumn vegetables in the government office's backyard have been growing wildly lately, and even Madam Wang can't dry them all.
Let those who help with the work eat it.
Haha, put everything to good use.
The man who was called was stunned and looked at Sun Dali with wide eyes.
Uncertainly asked: "Is it me? Is it me? Is it me?"
I just took a look at Sun Dali in the crowd, so how come I was chosen by him?
Are the selection criteria for the guards of Magistrate Sun's family so casual?
Sun Dali nodded seriously: "It's you, come up quickly. You will have food after you finish your work, and you won't be treated unfairly."
The man who was chosen immediately ran out, rubbing his hands excitedly, waiting for the rice to be harvested.
Not for anything else, just for the meal in the government office.
Whether it tastes good or not is one thing, the main thing is that you have never eaten public food.
I wonder what will happen?
Big fish with big white rice? Or big meat with big white rice?
The man couldn't help but fantasize.