从前,有一位知县,能关心民间疾苦,体察下情,很受百姓爱戴。知县心想:民以食为天,本县该管的头等大事应当是粮食。于是,他就带人四处察访。一次,他来到西乡碧湖,只见一片田垟,方圆几十里,旁边是清澈见底的瓯江,四周苍山环抱,是一个天然粮仓。可这里的田垟,青草长得嫩又长,稻苗长得小又黄,到了夏秋,每亩田只能收几斗粮。农户过着半年糠菜半年粮的穷苦生活。知县左思右想,也找不着缘由 Once upon a time, there was a magistrate who was able to care for the afflictions of the people and observe the feelings of the people, loved by the people. The magistrate thought: People eat food, the management of the county’s top priority should be food. So, he took people around to visit. Once, he came to Xixiang Bihu, I saw a field ridge, radius of dozens of miles, next to the clear Oujiang, surrounded by Cangshan, is a natural granary. Here can fields, grass grow tender and long, rice seedlings grow small and yellow, to the summer, each field can only receive a few bucket of grain. Farmers lived half a year of bran food half a year of poor life. Zuo Si think right magistrate, but also find reason