东昌府的日头逐渐缓和。
自打那日衙门大门上挂了“鱼腹藏刀”之后，孙冉这半个月就没在衙门里坐过半刻钟。
那把刀他拔了，鱼炖了喂了野狗，然后就跟个没事人一样，带着一帮苦哈哈的工部匠人，一头扎进了东昌府下辖的十八个县。
“大人，喝口水吧。”
老张提着个陶罐，深一脚浅一脚地跟在后面。他现在看这位大人的眼神，跟看神仙没什么两样。
孙冉接过陶罐仰头灌了一大口，浑浊的井水带着土腥味，却格外解渴。他抹了一把嘴，指着前面那片绿油油的麦苗：“看，活了。”
那是冠县的盐碱地。半个月前还是一片白花花的死地，如今却泛起了喜人的青色。
几十架硕大的风车矗立在河岸边，帆布叶片在长风中呼呼转动，带动底下的龙骨水车，“哗啦啦”地将河水提上高坡，顺着新挖的沟渠流进田垄。
“这‘风力翻车’是个好东西啊！”一个老农蹲在田埂上，手里攥着一把湿润的泥土，激动得满脸通红，“以前咱们这就是累死也浇不透这一亩地，现在好了老天爷赏饭吃，风一吹，水就来了！”
孙冉笑了笑没说话，只是蹲下身查看麦苗的根系。
“孙青天！是孙青天来了！”
不知是谁喊了一嗓子，田里正在劳作的百姓们纷纷抬起头。
紧接着，一阵微风拂过麦浪。
“哗啦——”
几百号百姓，无论男女老少，齐刷刷地跪倒在泥地里。
他们没有什么华丽的词藻，只会用最笨拙的方式表达敬意——磕头。
“都起来！本官说了多少次，不许跪！”孙冉皱起眉头，大步走进田里，伸手去扶最前面的一个老汉。
老汉被扶起来，两腿还在打哆嗦，眼里却含着泪：“大人，您给了咱们活路，就是咱们的再生父母啊！这头，咱们该磕！”
孙冉叹了口气，心里有些发堵。
这种封建时代的奴性，不是一朝一夕能改过来的。他能救他们的命，却难救他们的膝盖。
“干活去吧，把地伺候好，过上美日子，比给我磕一万个头都强。”
孙冉摆摆手，转身向另一处沟渠走去。
在他转身的刹那，眼角的余光扫过不远处的一片杨树林。
林子里，几只惊鸟飞起。
树影斑驳间，有几道穿着飞鱼服的影子一闪而逝。
“大人……”老张也注意到了，压低声音，声音里带着颤抖，“那……那边好像有人盯着咱们。”
“盯着就盯着吧。”
孙冉连头都没回，脸上却浮现出冷笑。
秘密行事不必多说，那肯定是锦衣卫。是朱元璋放在东昌府的眼睛。
自从他拒绝了京城的赏赐，执意要回这穷乡僻壤，老朱那多疑的毛病肯定又犯了。一个不要钱、不要命、还能收买人心的官，在皇帝眼里，比贪官还要危险。
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