Chapter 512: Fun in Taijian Hall
Du Fan went on to say that because he had been to Huaxi Village, he had a deeper understanding of it. After he spoke eloquently about the whole thing, everyone nodded in agreement.
Because Meng Gong's wife worked in Huaxi Village, when he heard the gentlemen's praise, he smiled and said repeatedly: "Good, very good."
Seeing that everyone was nodding their heads, Mr. Ding smiled and asked the King of Feiyan what he thought.
If the king agrees, we at Taijiantang will invite King Feiyan to Wenjiang to cheer and encourage the pilot project of the council.
Zhao Feiyan was happy. She was just worrying about having no place to play. She immediately said with a smile that the old man was working hard for state affairs and as a young girl she must do her part and she would definitely go.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Zhao Feiyan said happily that the meeting was over and they could disperse.
Yangjin went home and talked to Ma Ling'er, telling her what Ding Gong had done today. She said with a smile that Feiyan was busy dealing with government affairs all day and found it boring and uninteresting. We have to share the worries of the king and find something fun for her.
After the two of them discussed it, they immediately came up with an idea. When Zhao Feiyan came in, they caught her and said: Our king is about to go to Wenjiang to pilot the rural council, and he hasn't been to Huaxi Village yet. Tomorrow, sisters should go to Huaxi Village first to take a look, so that they will have a better idea.
Zhao Feiyan was happy and agreed immediately.
The next day, Ma Ling'er took her sisters to Huaxi Village outside the west gate.
Hulan's belly was already noticeably protruding. When she saw Shunzhidi coming in, she happily ran over to greet her, but she immediately stopped not to move. After the two sisters stood still holding hands, Zhidi said: Sister Ma Ling has brought all the sisters to see sister Hulan.
Shunzhidi held Hulan's hand and came to the gate, only to see the guards from Jinguan City coming one after another, putting the entire Huaxi Village on alert.
Hu Lan was surprised, what a grand ceremony.
She asked: "What's going on? We don't need so many guards for a sisterly gathering."
Shunzhidi said with a smile: This is the king's tour. The Ministry of Rites has set regulations. When the king goes on tour, there must be at least nine hundred guards to lead the way. Our New Song Kingdom cannot lose the dignity of the court.
Hu Lan then woke up and realized that Zhao Feiyan was also coming, and the imperial guards of Jinguan City would definitely come out to stand guard for the king.
After a while, a string of horse-drawn carriages were seen coming. The first carriage was brand new and bright, with a flying phoenix decorated on its top. When I got closer, I saw that the carriage was hollow-carved, painted and gilded.
Then Ma Ling and Zhao Feiyan came down, followed by Yang Jin and Chen Chen. The sisters walked into the Zhang family compound hand in hand, laughing, and Madam Qian quickly got busy.
Hulan said that she was not feeling well, so she asked Sister Qian to lead our king and the sisters to inspect.
Ma Linger laughed and said that the girl was really sweet, and she did as Hu Lan said. The beauties took a break and visited Huaxi Village under the guidance of A Qian.
Although it was midsummer, there was a rare cool breeze. Zhao Feiyan walked on the country road with geraniums blooming on both sides. She saw the fresh red and green grapes hanging under the grape racks above her head. She was very happy and said that Hulan was so lucky and that her brother doted on her. She wanted to ask Hulan to go to the city to be the king, and she would stay to guard Huaxi Village.
Ma Linger joked that she was just playful and couldn't stand being the king for such a short time. Brother Yulin was still expanding the territory for the king, which made the girl so happy.
A Qian pointed to a newly opened piece of land on the side of the road and told them that after the ditches and roads were straightened, more than 200 acres of new fields were created here. The seedlings were raised and thrown according to Commander Zhao's dry seedling raising and transplanting method. The growth of the seedlings was no different from the traditional transplanting method, and some were already heading.
A group of women looked in the direction of A Qian's finger, and sure enough, the seedlings were jointing and heading.
Ma Linger was pleasantly surprised and exclaimed, "What a blessing! Thanks to the king, the people of New Song will not have to worry about food this year."
Zhao Feiyan chased after Ma Ling, shouting, "Sister, are you making fun of me? I won't do it anymore." The other girls followed behind her and laughed happily.
On the edge of the slope on the right, three water wheels of different sizes were turning and singing, bringing the water in the ditch below to higher places.
Wei Rensheng, a young steward of the Ministry of Works who was waiting there, recognized Chengdu prefect Chen Chen at a glance. He saluted Zhao Feiyan and the ladies first, then saluted Chen Chen. He also introduced himself as someone who had joined the Ministry of Works during the construction of Jinguan City and had worked under the prefect.
It was rare for Chen Chen to meet an acquaintance when he returned to Chengdu, so he happily asked him to tell him everything.
Wei Rensheng started by talking about the source of water brought here by the waterwheel, and then explained in detail .
Several women walked through the clean pig farm, and one by one they looked at the biogas stove where pig food was being cooked and were all amazed. Only Yangjin did not join in the fun.
Shunzhidi asked her why she didn't take a look, it was so magical.
There is no need to pass firewood or add coal, it is simply a magical kitchen.
However, Yangjin said with disdain that she had known it for a long time. She came to the biogas tank and acted as a commentator, explaining the structure and gas production principle of the biogas tank one by one.
At the end, she asked Wei Rensheng whether what she said was right.
Wei Rensheng was already stunned, calling him a god, a god.
How come Lady Yangjin is so familiar with it, even better than him, the on-site supervisor?
All the girls looked down on Yangjin. Zhao Feiyan said enviously that it must be Brother Yulin who told her about it, otherwise how could he know it before them?
Yangjin said proudly: I was the one who taught Brother Yulin how to make the biogas digester. Then she walked forward.
The girls were not convinced and followed her with snorts.
When he returned, Hu Lan had already gathered the council members of Huaxi Village together.
When Old Zhang heard the guards shouting, "Silence, the King of Feiyan has arrived," he immediately took the lead and knelt on the ground, sticking his butt high and shouting, "Long live the king. Long live the king. Long live the masters. Long live the masters." The six elders also stuck their butts up and shouted, "Long live the king. Long live the king. Long live the masters. Long live the masters." The women were so happy that they went up to help the old men up one by one.
Zhao Feiyan said with a smile, "Thank you to the elders and relatives of Huaxi. Kneeling is not customary in our New Song Dynasty. From now on, we will talk while standing.
Everyone moved to the meeting room and sat down.
Hu Lan found it hilarious to see Old Zhang and several council members looking so uncomfortable. It was no wonder they were sitting so close to the emperor.
She said with a smile: Our king has come here specially to listen to you old men talk about the council. Is the council good? What else needs to be done? You may as well speak directly and talk about it.
Seeing that everyone was frightened, Ah Qian took the initiative to introduce the people. At the end, she praised the elders of the council for their honesty and helped them to communicate many things that were difficult for common people.
Old Zhang gradually relaxed when he heard A Qian's praises. He stood up, bowed deeply to Zhao Feiyan, and reported what important things their council had done. The next step was to divide the whole village into three groups, with the group leader elected by the council to be in charge of the affairs of each group. In this way, the affairs of the whole village would be easier to handle.
Then, several old men spoke tremblingly one after another, using the simplest language to praise the court for considering the common people and wishing the king a long and stable regime and a long life.
Zhao Feiyan was delighted to hear this. She kept smiling and nodding, and asked Shunzhidi to bring a red envelope as a reward.
The old people took the red envelopes from Zhao Feiyan and shouted "Long live Zhao Feiyan" again.
After the elders of Huaxi's council left, Zhao Feiyan summoned the young runners from various departments to discuss matters.
Yangjin spoke first, telling everyone that our king has seen and remembered the changes in Huaxi Village. The king has read every briefing submitted, and welcomes the king's instructions.
The young deacons were very excited. They clapped their hands in welcome and shouted: "The king is welcome to give a speech. The king is welcome to give a speech."
Zhao Feiyan was so happy that she gave everyone a good chat and asked Shunzhidi to give everyone red envelopes. Each person was rewarded with 100 brand new Song coins.
These junior officials were delighted. As soon as the king arrived, they were rewarded. Although it was not much, it was equivalent to three months' salary. Compared with the officials who worked in the city, they were simply blessed with great benefits.
After everyone dispersed, Hu Lan pouted and asked Feiyan: The king speaks with a golden mouth, everyone has it, why are she and A Qian not seen?
Zhao Feiyan's face was so full of smiles that she took out two big red envelopes and said, "Boss, there will be a big reward." The two young ladies were very happy to receive the red envelopes.
Yangjin told them: The idea of setting up a council in Huaxi Village is a very good one, and it can be summarized and submitted to the Central Institute for discussion. The ecological planting and breeding connected to the biogas digester are very good, and can also be published in the newspaper, so that other places can learn from it.
Zhao Feiyan nodded and said: When she returned, she would ask the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Works to come down and summarize their experiences. The good things should be used throughout the country so that more ordinary people can benefit from them.
Yang Jin nodded and stopped talking. She found that Feiyan had matured mentally and was already thinking independently from the position of the head of state.
After seeing the guests off, Hu Lan happily opened the red envelopes and counted the money with A Qian.
Wow, a full thousand strings of cash.
The two girls were so happy that they were about to jump up, but A Qian immediately held Hu Lan down and helped her to sit down in the pavilion.
I am very happy to say: Our reforms have been praised by the leader, it is worth it.
Hu Lan said with a smile on his face that there is more to it than that. If our council is really implemented all over the country, it will be a great achievement. And our biogas digester, there will definitely be many places in the country that want to come here to see it, and Huaxi Village will become lively.
Ah Qian immediately asked her: When will Princess Wu Jing come over? We must hurry up and prepare the food and play of firewood chicken and beggar chicken.
The two women immediately put their heads together to plan their next move.
The next day, the Central Council held a meeting.
After introducing the tremendous changes in Huaxi, Zhao Feiyan asked all the officials to go and see it when they had time, and asked the Ministry of Personnel to take the lead in exploring strategies to promote rural councils across the country.
Fan Zhong immediately agreed to organize a capable team together with the Ministry of Revenue to go to Huaxi to summarize the experience of the council, plan pilot projects in various areas, and then promote it nationwide.
