Pig Killer

Chapter 354

"There are also farm tools. The improvement of farm tools has made farming less tiring." Da Chong patted his father's arm excitedly and said, "seeders, water wheels, and plows..."

"This can be improved!" Huang Zhongchang said while smacking his lips as he looked at them.

"Of course." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a bright smile in her eyes and said, "We have to grow flowers even when we farm."

"You should focus on studying farming and stop doing other government affairs," Zhang Jixian kindly reminded her.

"How is that possible? If you can't do it yourself, find an experienced old farmer or a young man with a spirit of research. With the financial and manpower resources, why are you afraid of not succeeding?" Shen Hui'e looked at him with clear eyes and said, "We can choose not to do it ourselves, but there are some things we must know. We can't be fooled like a fool."

"That's impossible!" Huang Zhongchang looked at her with amusement.

"You don't understand this, so how do you know it's impossible?" Shen Hui'e rolled her eyes gracefully and said to him.

"Mr. Zhang, have you ever cared about per-acre yield before?" Huang Zhongchang said, his eyes falling on Zhang Jixian.

"No!" Zhang Jixian said with relief, no longer surprised, "I can't even tell the difference between seedlings."

"It would be too easy to fool someone like Mr. Zhang." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her inky black eyes and said, "You don't have to do this, but you have to understand these basic common sense and not be foolish enough to be fooled."

"I really thought you were going to farm!" Zhang Jixian let out a long sigh of relief.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with farming. You reap what you sow. Some things may not yield any rewards even if you work hard." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep, clear eyes.

"Is that so?" The big tiger looked at her with its black eyes.

"For example, the research on seeds I just mentioned, you have no idea where to start. Even if you do the research, it's ok if it fails, but what if the yield is reduced?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "So do you want to do it or not?"

"Go ahead! But there will be no gain without pain." The big tiger looked at him soberly with its big, bright eyes.

"Failure is the mother of success." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her deep and bright black eyes and said.

"You will succeed after many failures." The big tiger looked at her with his innocent eyes and said.

"Little fool, how is it possible? People who do research may never succeed in their entire lives." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her ink-black eyes.

"This?" The tiger hesitated and said, "It won't be so cruel!"

"Reality is very cruel!" Shen Hui'e looked at him without any light in her eyes and said, "Will you regret it?"

"Well... no, it provides experience for future generations, proving that this won't work." The big tiger looked at her with its round eyes and said.

"Good boy!" Shen Hui'e's eyes were so gentle that water could drip out of them. "That's it. The experience of failure is also experience."

"Mother, what if you give up just when you are about to succeed?" The tiger looked at her mischievously and said.

"You little rascal." Shen Hui'e snapped her fingers and gave him a slap.

"Hehe..." Huang Zhongchang laughed unkindly.

"I believe that based on the foundation laid by our ancestors, our research will be successful." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a firm expression and said.

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"Mother, why don't these officials think about benefiting the people?" Da Chong looked at his mother in confusion and asked.

"That's easy! Because the promotion of officials is not in the hands of the people, but in the hands of the higher-level officials." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her glazed eyes and said, "The people can only praise you as a good official and a good person! But if you don't serve your superiors well, there is no hope of promotion."

"Ah!" The tiger looked at her in surprise, thought for a moment and asked, "What does it mean to serve your superior well?"

"Catering to his taste!" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at him and said, "This is the pass card!" She weighed it in her hand.

"Gold?" The tiger said without thinking.

"That's right, money makes the world go round! Everything will be successful!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them calmly.

"Selling official positions and titles." Zhang Jixian blurted out when he saw this.

"Hmm!" Shen Hui'e nodded slightly and said, "People travel thousands of miles to become officials just for money. Not all people are noble and take it as their responsibility to benefit the people. Officials are also human beings and they have to support their families."

"No, no, these officials are from noble families, they don't lack food or clothing. They won't starve themselves." Huang Zhongchang reminded her, "We are the ones who support our families, okay?"

"Not all officials have good backgrounds, like the petty officials in the county government." Shen Hui'e reminded them, "They need salaries to support their families."

"That's true!" Huang Zhongchang nodded and said, "I know a minor official in the county, his salary is really pitifully low. If he didn't have a farm at home, he would have starved."

"So how can we not be greedy?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and bottomless eyes and said, "These are all very testing of our ability to govern."

"Can't we kill all the corrupt officials?" Huang Zhongchang suddenly asked.

"Human nature is like this. We can't kill them all." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at them and said, "Even if the execution is strict, we can only catch and kill one by one. But it can't stop the corruption from continuing."

"As a minor official, I hope that this salary can support my family." Huang Zhongchang hesitated for a long time and said, "We should give more salary to the officials below."

Shen Hui'e's eyes flickered and a smile spread across her face as she said, "Yes!"

Huang Zhongchang looked at them with deep eyes and said, "We can't let them only know their superiors. We should benefit the vast majority of officials who support their families."

Shen Hui'e's eyes lit up when she heard this and said, "Yes! This salary will at least be enough to support my family as prices change."

"What do you mean? What's the price?" Zhang Jixian looked at her with his dark eyes and said.

"The vegetable market, the place where you buy vegetables, the prices of eggs and pork." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark and bright eyes and said, "You can afford eggs and pork."

"Ahem..." Zhang Jixian coughed twice and said, "Sister-in-law can't stop eating pork."

"Only by eating more pork can we grow strong. We can't afford beef and mutton, but we can afford pork." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her jade-like eyes and said, "Besides, every household in the countryside can raise pork. Pork is more abundant than mutton."

"Life is good if every family can afford to eat pork." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his bright eyes and said, "Can't we determine the salary based on the price of pork?"

"Okay? But is raising pigs as easy as you say?" Zhang Jixian blinked and looked at him in confusion.

"You definitely can't raise pigs in the city. Not only do they smell bad, but there's not enough land for them, and the houses are next to each other." Huang Zhongchang said without thinking, "You can only raise pigs in the countryside." He thought seriously, "The key is, are there so many piglets? If there are, farmers have to be able to afford them."