Chapter 37: Court Staff
"I obey the order!" Li Fan agreed and walked slowly to the front. He glanced at the censors, and bowed to someone in the office with his fists.
Then he looked up at the distance, and could hardly see the people at the edge, and said loudly: "Dear sirs! Dear fellows from the capital!
Why do you say that auspicious snow indicates a good harvest?
This is because snow falls in winter. When flowers bloom in spring next year, the snow water will nourish the earth. In addition, it can also freeze the insects underground to death.”
Li Fan's voice was conveyed layer by layer and among the onlookers. Many people who are good at farming nodded. Spring plowing is related to the harvest of the year, so it is of course the best to have enough moisture.
As for the freezing bugs, there is nothing strange about it. People will freeze to death, let alone insects.
"Li Fan! Don't avoid the important things, it will be a waste of people, cold weather will cause death!" Wu Zhongxing interrupted Li Fan and said.
Li Fan glanced at Wu Zhongxing, said with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, this sir, I will immediately talk about the cold weather!
As for the weather being too cold!”
Li Fan said that he paused here and waved his hand to ask someone to take something over. The thing is not big. It is just an iron tube, but close to the upper part of the iron tube, there is a thinner cylinder, and a thick piece of bamboo is connected to it.
"Please see! This is the iron stove produced by the Royal Trading Company of the Ming Dynasty. It burns well-made charcoal, which can not only be used for heating, but also for boiling water and cooking!
It's really a home trip," Li Fan talked endlessly, and heard the ministers' faces full of confusion and the onlookers whispering.
It is clearly explained what Ruixue means to show good fortune, but why has it become a product launch conference?
Li Fan ignored those things and held the prepared honeycomb coal and said, "Look! This is the charcoal burned in the furnace, which is more resistant to burning than firewood, and the price is only half of the firewood!"
"coax!"
The noisy sounds sounded, and the people would go to see the officials who were kneeling all over the ground, and they would go to care about whether it snowed!
Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, is the most concerned issue for the people. Firewood is placed first, which shows the importance of firewood.
That winter, the capital did not freeze a few times. There were cheap honeycomb coal, which could not only keep warm and cook. This was the most concerned thing for the people.
"Carbonite is cheap, is that stove expensive?" shouted a nearby people.
Li Fan immediately replied: "About 100 ci, plus air-induced, smoke-exhausting, and preventing carbon poisoning, the bamboo tube should not exceed 130 ci!"
"How long can that stove last?" another commoner asked.
"Put yellow mud on the inner layer, don't let the open fire burn the furnace directly. It should be able to last for several years. If you use it carefully, there will be no problem for ten years!" Faced with the people's questions, Li Fan talked freely and forgot about the censors all over the place.
Wu Zhongxing and others knelt on the cold ground, and for a while, they felt that their legs were not their own. Li Fan seemed addicted to answering questions, and he said endlessly.
Anger slowly brewed in his heart, and finally got angry when Li Fan wanted to answer the question.
"Li Fan! Your Majesty asked you to explain what Ruixue means to show good fortune. What did you say to these untouchables? But are you looking down on us?"
Wu Zhongxing's roar scared the people around him so hard that they dared not speak, and they all bowed their heads and dared not speak.
A trace of curve appeared on the corner of Li Fan's mouth, and he looked at Wu Zhongxing with an incredible look, saying, "Sir! Why do you call the people untouchables? Aren't they equal to you and me?"
Wu Zhongxing, who was already madly angry, said without thinking: "They were untouchables since they were born, how could they be compared with our scholars and officials!"
As soon as this sentence was spoken, many people shook their heads. Even the officials around Wu Zhongxing moved their bodies a little away from him.
"Mencius is the people who are the most noble, the king is the least, and the country is the second best! I wonder if this adult has read it?" Li Fan's words sounded like thunder, and they rang in Wu Zhongxing's ears.
Before he could react, Li Fan continued, "It's all the people, what's the saying of high and low?
Without the untouchables who work in the fields as you call me, what do you eat?
Without them weaving cloth and making clothes, what would you wear?
Even if you have no food and clothing, you will have starved to death and you will still read a nonsense book of sages!"
Li Fan was so excited! Even the swear words broke out. Several censors were about to come forward to impeach Li Fan, but they were interrupted by the cheers of the people around them.
The truth is simple and easy to understand, and in the past, people deliberately avoided it. Everything is inferior, and it is their propaganda to have a high level of reading.
After Li Fan said this, the people suddenly felt that those so-called scholars and officials were just like this.
They all have two legs and one head. If you don’t eat, you will be hungry and if you don’t wear clothes, you will be cold. It’s really not much better than them.
The cheers and cheers were mixed with cheers, and the censor who was about to impeach Li Fan was submerged.
Comrade Xiao Zhu didn't feel anything. When he looked at Wu Zhongxing, his eyes were filled with disgust.
They were having fun under the altar, but the little Tianshi on the stage could not bear it anymore. After most of the day, his life had been gone for seven or eight minutes.
Zhang Guoxiang's Taoist crown had long been blown by the wind and disappeared, and he waved his peach wood sword with his disheveled hair. His shoes were gone, his feet were frozen red, and he stood barefoot on the altar.
Originally, when he saw all the civil and military officials coming around the emperor, he thought he would go down soon. But he never expected that Li Fan would make a move in the audience and everyone forgot his existence.
The robbery of survival ** made Zhang Guoxiang burst out with his last power. The peach wood sword in his hand pointed at the sky diagonally, and used his strength to roar: "The Supreme Lord is as anxious as the ruler! Snow comes!"
Zhang Guoxiang had no hope for Qi Xue anymore. He only hoped that the people below could hear his own voice and put him down the altar.
The roar alarmed the people under the altar, and the little Tianshi succeeded! Everyone looked up and saw the Taoist priest with a sword aimed at the sky and his hair was disheveled.
The breeze blew gently, and the little Tianshi, who had exhausted his last trace of strength, fell down in the eyes of everyone, which immediately caused a burst of exclamation.
As the breeze blew, Comrade Xiao Zhu felt a chill on his cheeks. He wiped it gently with his hands and felt a little dampness.
Could it be?
"It's snowing! It's really snowing!"
"Sunny day and snow! The little Tianshi is really a god!"
"Qi Xue succeeded! So it's really auspiciousness from the sky? Will we really have a good harvest next year?"
The argument gradually changed the way, gradually swept the audience and attracted everyone's attention.
Wu Zhongxing on the ground was covered in dust. He knew he was finished! This time was different from before. He could not impeach in full view of everyone and said something he shouldn't say. The fate would definitely be worse than that of Zou Yuanbiao.
Chapter completed!