EBE Chapter 141 Short-sighted
Chapter 141 Short-sighted
Yu Jiuer's voice rang out without questioning: "From now on, all soldiers in Xiguan Camp must participate in spring plowing and complete the plan in groups. Only the completed groups will have food to eat! Otherwise, you will go hungry! In the form of a competition, the top three groups will be selected every month to receive farming rewards!
Xiguan Camp has been at ease for too long, with nothing to do except for the hour-long drills in the early morning! A few months ago, the Western Regions attacked and almost wiped you out, but you still don't realize it? If it weren't for the Yulin Army's support behind you, do you think you can still stand here and argue with me today?
That's right! I am relying on the authority of Prince Jing to command you. The general and the military advisor have already agreed, and your objection is invalid!"
Since people said she was bullying others by taking advantage of her power, how could she let them down?
As soon as these strong and overbearing words came out, except for the soldiers who went out with her to fight, everyone else showed strong dissatisfaction on their faces.
Yu Jiuer sneered, "Why? Are you dissatisfied?"
Under the pressure of majesty, everyone dared to be angry but not to speak out.
Yu Jiuer saw many people on the stage bowing their heads and clenching their fists, but she was holding back her anger and didn't dare to lose it.
She sneered in her heart and added fuel to the fire: "You are unwilling to endure hardships and discriminate against farmers. You are simply putting the cart before the horse and are stubborn! How difficult is farming? Can it be more difficult than training for war?"
This finally aroused the anger of a general. He could no longer bear the sarcasm and stood up and shouted:
"You officials are only good at making sarcastic remarks! You exaggerated before about how amazing the grain production in Yinshan County was. Are we so easy to fool? Even if you can build the county so well, you can't brag to the sky and trick us into helping you farm! If you have the ability, why don't you go down to the field and plant some for us to see?"
"Yes! Plant one for us to see!" Someone stepped forward, and the other soldiers became bolder and followed suit.
One general even shouted: "Everyone can brag. If you can farm, we will obey you!"
He just didn't believe that this well-mannered county magistrate would farm? He wanted to shatter those exaggerated rumors!
This is what she was waiting for. Yu Jiuer suppressed the corner of her mouth that was raised: "Is the grain production really high? You can find out if you follow me to the farm warehouse! Since you doubt whether I can farm, why don't we have a competition?"
A bunch of pedantic feudal ancients, you are blind! Let me show you how powerful modern doctors are!
"My family has been farming for generations. I started working in the fields as soon as I learned to walk. Let me compete with you!" A tall, dark man stood up.
A general raised his hand to stop them: "No! Just pick one at random! Otherwise, we will win unfairly and be criticized for bullying the county magistrate!"
Yu Jiuer said meaningfully: "No need! It's him!"
"How do we compare?" asked the dark man.
Yu Jiuer said: "Let's go to the farm and choose a piece of land of the same size. From plowing to planting, whoever does it faster and better will win!"
"Agree! Agree!" everyone on the field shouted.
The people from Xiguanying walked to the farm, while Yu Jiuer took a horse carriage and entered the farm before them.
Wang Meng saw Yu Jiuer's carriage coming alone from afar, so he brought a group of people to comfort her:
"Sir! Are they undisciplined? If they don't want to, forget it. We can still finish it if we hurry!"
"Let's hurry up and finish this sooner. We can still go to the factory to help out in the evening. It won't delay anything."
"Don't worry, sir! We can help you! Don't ask them!"
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A feeling of being touched came from the bottom of Yu Jiuer's heart. She comforted everyone and said, "Now we can barely finish it by working overtime, but what if I want to open a factory to make mirrors next? By then, you may not be able to finish the work even if you ride on hot wheels! Don't worry, I have my own ideas! They will be here soon!"
Not long after, the people from Xiguanying arrived at the farm in a mighty procession.
Yu Jiuer asked them: "After the winter, according to the past, now is the season of shortage. If there is no high-yield food, the warehouse should have been emptied, right?"
Everyone nodded!
"Wang Meng, open the warehouse and let them see whether our bumper harvest last year was just exaggerated!" Yu Jiuer ordered in front of them.
Wang Meng and the people guarding the granary slowly opened the heavy warehouse!
When they saw the golden rice grains that had not yet been ground into rice exposed in warehouse after warehouse, the people in Xiguanying became nervous.
Someone rubbed his eyes, took a few steps forward, and stuck his head in to see more clearly.
"Let's go in and take a look!" Wang Meng put his hands on his hips and nodded his head to signal them that they could go in and see what was going on. His arrogant look made Yu Jiuer feel that his tail was about to rise to the sky.
Many people from Xiguanying went into the warehouse.
Soon, Yu Jiuer heard the sound of people sucking in their breath, praising, and various surprised voices:
"Look, there are bags as high as the beams over here. They are actually wheat, rice, and sorghum? Don't they need to eat in winter?"
"Will you starve to death if you don't eat? Besides, doesn't that supermarket sell food every day? There must be enough food to have some left over!"
"The rumor is actually true? Magistrate Yu actually has a way to achieve high grain yields? That's amazing!"
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After they came out, Yu Jiuer, who was sitting lazily on the chair at the door, got up and asked, "How is it? Do you believe it this time?"
"We are ashamed! We are short-sighted and short-sighted. We hope Magistrate Yu will forgive us. I'm sorry!" A general bowed and apologized.
The others also bowed their hands and apologized: "We are short-sighted, hope that Magistrate Yu will forgive us!"
Cheng Ming stepped forward with a stern face and kicked each of the generals: "You are such a dog that looks down on others! You just don't believe me! You are so stupid that you want to compete? Aren't you ashamed?"
"No more competition, no more competition! We will follow Lord Yu's arrangements!" A general quickly expressed his opinion.
Yu Jiuer raised her hand and said, "No! We should still compete! Wang Meng has already arranged the competition venue, how can we regret it?"
Then, Yu Jiuer took the dark-skinned man to the tool room to choose farm tools.
When the man saw the room full of new and unique farm tools, his mouth opened even wider than before.
Yu Jiuer pursed her lips and smiled, are you stupid?
These farm tools were all designed based on modern experience. She drew the blueprints for each one and then asked Lu Da to lead people to make them.
Each one is unique and practical, and it would be hard to see them in the Great Dong Dynasty.
This man, who has been farming for generations and started working in the fields at the age of three, probably won’t be able to sleep when he goes home tonight, right?
He spent a long time choosing, touching here and there, and finally chose a common hoe.
Yu Jiuer picked up a strange plowing tool.
In two different fields, the competition began.
The man didn't use cattle and sheep, so Yu Jiuer naturally didn't want him to lose too badly, so she had to order Wang Meng to take the cattle away.
Yu Jiuer put the plowing tool on her neck and used force to drive the implement to plow the field.
At first, the man was working on the field, hesitating whether he should give way to the county magistrate.
But when he looked up, he was surprised to find that County Magistrate Yu had stopped in front and was waiting for him.
The man spat into his palm, held his breath, and swung the hoe with all his might.
Everyone watching the fight could see the shadow of his hoe moving rapidly. In the past, no one could match this farmer.
But when everyone looked at Magistrate Yu again, he was already standing steadily at the end, fanning himself with his sleeves slowly.
The land she plowed was loose and soft, and the soil seemed to obey her and was flat, just waiting for people to sow seeds.
The outcome is obvious.
All the soldiers in the West Gate Camp bowed and saluted, saying in admiration: "County Magistrate Yu is awesome!"
Yu Jiuer, who was covered in sweat, wiped the sweat from her forehead and smiled with relief. Her efforts were indeed not in vain!
Just as he was feeling proud, he heard an angry voice in his ear: "The head of the household appointed by me personally has been turned into an ox or a horse to plow the fields. How can this be?"
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" People immediately knelt down on the ground.
Yu Jiuer raised her eyes and her gaze suddenly met Jun Mo's frosty eyes. She was stunned for a moment.
Why is he so angry for no apparent reason?
Is he blaming her for bringing shame to Prince Jing's Mansion?