Chapter 21 Yunzhao’s invitation

Chapter 21 Yun Zhao's Invitation

Zhang Chunliang disconnected the mechanism, and the rotating hydraulic lathe slowly stopped rotating.

Use a brush to brush off the iron filings inside the barrel, use a caliper to measure the inner diameter of the barrel, remove the chuck, and use a thick hemp rope to hang the barrel and remove it from the lathe.

It was placed neatly on the wooden shelf. The wooden shelf had three fulcrums. He moved the fulcrums with his hands and found that each fulcrum was bearing weight, and he was relieved.

If one fulcrum cannot bear the load, the barrel will be slightly deformed if placed on the two fulcrums for a long time.

Zhang Chunliang never allows the barrels made by himself to be defective.

If there were no problems with the previous two hundred and sixty-two gun barrels, then there should be no problems with the next or even future gun barrels.

It was too hot in the workshop, and as soon as I moved, my whole body was soaked with sweat.

After picking up the kettle and filling it with cold water, I sweated more and more. After this wave of hot sweat went out, my body suddenly felt much cooler.

I didn’t sleep all night last night, and I felt very sleepy as soon as I sat down.

The forging hammer in the distance is still clanging endlessly, which means that the new barrel has not been forged yet.

After sleeping for a while, someone pushed him awake. He looked over drowsily, and saw the workshop manager standing in front of him. Zhang Chunliang's sleepiness suddenly disappeared.

"He Guanshi, you have a new job?"

He Liang looked at Zhang Chunliang with a smile and said, "Congratulations, congratulations."

Zhang Chunliang smiled and said: "Did the salary increase?"

He Liang said: "You are a bit promising. You already earn the highest craftsman's salary and your family is well off. Why can't you get out of the money every day? ”

Zhang Chunliang said: “If you don’t have money, let me drink the northwest wind. We are just a group of hard workers. What else can we expect except money?”

Zhang Chunliang said angrily: "The copper one is not gold."

He Liang shook his head regretfully and said: "The good thing has been given to the dog."

Zhang Chunliang said: "Don't try to fool me with scraps of copper and iron in the future. See that I work hard. A little increase in wages will be better than those vain things." Okay."

He Liang said angrily: "You deserve to be a coolie for the rest of your life."

Zhang Chunliang said: "I am a coolie."

He Liang looked up to the sky and sighed: "The way of heaven is unfair."

As he spoke, he thrust an invitation card into Zhang Chunliang's hand and said gloomily: "The county invites you to come to Chang'an next September. Let's discuss the plan together!"

As soon as He Liang said this, Zhang Chunliang's hand trembled, and the invitation fell from his hand like a piece of red-hot iron.

Looking at the invitation that fell on the ground, Zhang Chunliang said: "Why me, not you scholars?"

He LiangHe picked up the exquisite invitation from the ground and put it in Zhang Chunliang's hand and said: "You are the winner of the Lantian Labor Medal. You are qualified. I am just a steward and a scholar. I am not qualified to be in the palace. With me, Lantian Everyone, please discuss important matters."

After finishing speaking, He Liang left the workshop feeling a little disappointed.

Zhang Chunliang looked at the exquisite invitation in his hand and murmured to himself: "Let me, a coolie, go discuss state affairs with the princes. Isn't this harmful to me..."

Like this Invitations are naturally useful in the hands of officials, but in the hands of craftsmen and farmers, they become a hot potato.

No one knows what to do, and no one knows what to say when they meet the ministers of Lam Tin Government Hall, or which foot they should use to enter the door of Government Hall first...< /p>

Han Lingshan, Zhang Guozhu and others had long expected this situation to occur. They reminded Yun Zhao in a subtle way, but Yun Zhao seemed to be very unconcerned.

Always show an expected boldness.

The wheat harvest in Lantian County has been completed, and millet has just been planted in the fields. It is a break from busy farming.

Peng Da came back from the vegetable field with a bunch of sweet potato leaves hanging on his hoe. He was going to take it home and cook it with minced garlic. With these fresh sweet potato leaves, he had to drink some wine to relieve his pain. Relieve fatigue.

When I came out of the field, I washed my feet in the ditch, put on my shoes and swayed home. I saw my cattle grazing by the ditch, but my little son who was herding the cattle was missing. No trace.

The ox's belly was already full. Peng Da cursed, pulled out the cattle prong and led the ox home.

Nowadays, there are not many people in Lantian who like him wholeheartedly tend to the crops. He looks down on those who go to work for a little money.

When a disaster strikes, the first ones to starve to death are these bastards who only care about money but not crops.

For this reason, he had a quarrel yesterday with his eldest son who wanted to go out with the caravan.

The unfilial son actually said that he did not want to find food in the land, but wanted to make a lot of money.

Grandpa Tian, ​​my family has twenty-six acres of land, and we have planted six thousand kilograms of wheat, one thousand kilograms of beans, more than five thousand kilograms of potatoes, four hundred kilograms of rapeseed, and millet. It’s so good. How come the harvest can't hold his heart?

The more Peng Da thought about it, the more sad he became. He couldn't help singing in a low voice: "Arms of carrots, legs of white radish, why can't such a good place keep you..."

The eldest son can’t stop him anymore. His incompetent uncle has made a lot of money outside the home for many years. This time, the mother-in-law at home also wants her son to leave. His words are gradually losing their effectiveness. .

As soon as I arrived at the door, I untied the cow rope and walked into the cow pen without anyone driving the big ox, and lay down obediently on the hay hill, continuing to eat hay every bite.

Peng Da opened the door and saw a man in a green shirt sitting under the eaves, waving a fan and talking to him.The son spoke.

There is only one person who can sit under the eaves of his house so long, surrounded by his wife and dolls, and that is the doll sent by the academy.

When the mother-in-law saw Peng Da coming in, she hurriedly went up to him, took the hoe and sweet potato leaves from his shoulders, pointed to the young man under the eaves and said: "Chang Zhou has been waiting for you for a long time. "

Peng laughed and walked over, sat on the steps and said: "Why did the chief remember to come to my house? He couldn't invite me on weekdays."

He was following me. His eldest son talked about Zhou Yuan of Lantian City and said with a smile: "Your family is rich, you live your life carefully, and you are not a person who likes to make trouble. If I come to your house, won't I disturb your good life?

I won’t do it if I don’t come today.”

As he spoke, he stood up and saluted Peng Da: “The county magistrate has invited Uncle Peng to come to Chang’an City to discuss important matters together in September next year!”

While talking, he took out a beautiful invitation card from his arms and handed it to Peng Da with both hands.

Peng Da was different from Zhang Chunliang. He had met Yun Zhao, and Yun Zhao had also been to his home, so he was not panicked. He took the invitation with both hands and said doubtfully: "The county has invited me." To discuss state affairs together? What do I know? What advice can I give to the county?" Zhou Yuan looked at the gold-painted invitation in his hand with envy and said, "I don't know about that, but let's do it. There are no more than ten farmers in Lantian County who have received such posts.

When selecting people this time, Uncle Peng met all the conditions. First, you are a real farmer, and you are Shili. Baxiang is famous for his good skills.

Secondly, you are a regiment trainer and have entered the Qinling Mountains to fight against the bandits.

Thirdly, you have contributed to Lantian over the years. The amount of grain exceeds 100,000 jins.

From these three points, you are the most suitable candidate. Most other people don’t farm anymore, so you can’t be considered a farmer.”

Peng Da lowered his head and glanced at his invitation, then glanced at his son and said, "The county magistrate wants to invite me to Chang'an for a drink?" A few banquets are inevitable."

"Have you been invited by the county official who is running the caravan?"

"As far as I know, the merchants who can be invited by the county official are all big merchants. , ordinary people may not be able to do it."

Peng Da laughed and said: "Look, even the county officials value us farmers, and none of them are willing to farm. If there is a disaster, one No one even bothered to eat shit.

This time when I met with the county magistrate, I wanted to talk about the farmers’ reluctance to farm.

What will happen to the food during the disaster year? It's not enough. The county magistrate was so rich that when he came to my house, he almost cried after eating spicy garlic noodles.

I will always remember this scene.

No more farmersIf you just farm the land honestly, the whole world will be like a fart! ”

After receiving the invitation, Peng Da immediately changed into a different person, and he was particularly energetic when teaching his son and mother-in-law.

Seeing Peng Da’s appearance, Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but It's better to stay here, God knows if Peng Da is so enthusiastic, he will also be beaten.

A small invitation has caused huge waves in Guanzhong.

Unfortunately, some wealthy landowners did not receive the invitations. , but some craftsmen, farmers, doctors, government servants, tax collectors, and merchants who have done good things got the beautiful invitation.

"Let's discuss state affairs together-"

This is. What an honor, why do you take advantage of so many poor people, but don't take the rich people into consideration?

When these rich people hurriedly gathered together to discuss the situation they faced, they didn't take it seriously. Suddenly I discovered that not all rich people were not invited, it was just that they were not invited.

“Have you ever heard of the word proportion? ”

The rich man who got the invitation carefully took it out of his arms and placed it in front of everyone. He waved his fan and explained to these frightened companions why they didn’t get the invitation.

Some smart rich people immediately said: "Because there are many of them! "

The rich man who got the invitation closed the folding fan with a snap, pointed at the rich people present with the folding fan and said: "That's right, count our number, and then look at those farmers and craftsmen. , the number of merchants will be clear.

The county minister is ready to give everyone a chance to speak out. This is a great kindness. "

"If there are too many poor people, we will be outnumbered. "

"You are absolutely right, but let me tell you, where do the poor people in Lantian County come from now? There are no longer any families that rely on our charity to survive.

At this time, if you want to have a better life, don’t yell at the poor guy on the left and the poor guy on the right, annoy them, and unite to deal with us. By then, you won’t even have tears to cry. ”