With the return of the tiger girl, the popularity of the back house of the government soared, and it immediately became lively.

Lin Haoran didn't have much official business today, and when she saw this blushing-faced wild girl appear, she simply dropped the work at hand. He and the tiger girl were eating star fruit as they walked back to the courtyard.

Hu Niu brought back a lot of things this time, and there was a big cart of gifts from others alone. Ali carried things with a rice bowl and others, going in and out of the room, like a mouse moving.

"Dao Chief, how are you doing?"

Lin Haoran unexpectedly saw Wu Daoxing's figure, this person is no longer the sloppy Taoist priest of the past, the whole person seems to be sanctimonious, and there seems to be a kind of charm on his body.

His face was ruddy, his eyes were bright, he had a long flowing beard, he was wearing a blue robe, and his feet were on black and white-soled shoes.

It is this beautiful appearance that makes Wu Daochang feel like a fish in water after returning to Changlin Village. He is now well-known in the entire Shicheng County, and many rich people have made a special trip to Changlin Village to find him.

Wu Daoxing was observing the feng shui of this back house, and when he turned his head to see Lin Haoran, he was also surprised, and then smiled and arched his hand: "Thank you for your concern, everything is fine in the poor road!" ”

After the ceremony, he carefully examined Lin Haoran's face again, and his eyes revealed a little surprise.

Compared with the "great poor face" who met for the first time, this person is simply reborn, and he is even more wealthy. Although he often tells people that "destiny can be done" to motivate people to work hard, the essence is usually "destiny is difficult to do".

It's just that now this person has not only broken the rule of "destiny is difficult to do", but has also been equated with "changing his life against the sky". From the appearance of great poverty to the appearance of wealth, this is a miracle, and it only took him more than a year.

Even if Jiang Shang, who should be the face of great poverty, until he was seventy years old, he still had nothing to do, living at home, and then he accumulated a lot of money and became a master, so he "changed his life against the sky".

"How?" Lin Haoran knew that he was looking at each other, so he met his gaze and asked confidently.

"Yin Tang is full, his eyes are determined and restrained, he will be able to have a smooth sail recently, and he can be promoted!" Wu Daoxing stroked his beard lightly and complimented him with his gaze.

"Anything else?" Lin Haoran likes to listen to good words, so he asked again.

"The black qi between your eyebrows has not been completely dissipated, and it is inevitable that you will encounter calamity in doing things, but now with the help of nobles, you will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune!" Wu Daoxing looked at his eyebrows and said optimistically.

"Do I need your help?" Lin Haoran's brows were slightly frowned, staring at him and asking.

"Yes!" Wu Daoxing was stunned for a moment, and then nodded as a matter of course.

This is indeed a magic stick!

Lin Haoran stared at Wu Daoxing, but sighed lightly in his heart and came to a conclusion.

Now he is an unprecedented Wenkui background, and he has been promoted to the prefect of Leizhou and the Bo Si of Guangdong City, and now he has successfully mastered the entire Leizhou City, and he is simply the most promising official of the entire Ming Dynasty.

But in the eyes of this god, his nobility is still not as good as the wild girl Hu Niu, and he still needs the help of a noble person like Hu Niu, which is obviously a big fool.

However, he didn't argue about anything, his mouth was on Wu Daoxing's face, and it was up to him to believe it or not.

"Tiger girl, let's go to the fish market to buy fish!"

"Okay!"

Lin Haoran proposed to the tiger girl who was sitting on the wooden horse and dangling, and then received a positive response.

As soon as she heard that she was going out, the tiger girl was even more excited than Lin Haoran, and immediately slipped off the shaking wooden horse, looking impatient.

When Lin Haoran went out, he never wore an official robe, and today is no exception. He changed into a scholar's outfit, looked like a dashing scholar, and walked out into the street from the back door with the tiger girl.

In this clean Leizhou City, the tiger girl no longer wears the earth-colored cotton clothes, but changes into a beautiful Confucian skirt. was holding Lin Haoran's hand, her big bright eyes were hiding smugness, looking left and right at this familiar street.

The group walked from Zhenzhong West Street towards the street entrance, and then turned into Guangchao South Street.

When passing by Zhang Min's wine shop, Hu Niu sent a bamboo basket in, which was a specialty she brought to Zhang Min from Changlin Village. Zhang Min personally sent her out, and her face was also full of bright smiles.

There has been no change in Guangchao South Street as a whole, but many shops that were originally closed have reopened. Like a teahouse that is changing its plaque and plans to reopen tomorrow, it's obviously more popular than before.

The people of any era are not stupid, and the business of Leizhou City has become easy to do, so it is naturally impossible for everyone to be idle. They all want to make a fortune so that they can live a better life.

Especially in the last investment promotion, Lin Haoran let many people see the business opportunities in Leizhou City, even if they are not involved in the textile industry, they will choose to open a branch here.

For example, Foshan iron pot has entered Leizhou Mansion strongly, and this fist product that once followed Zheng He to the West has not encountered any opponents here and occupies the big market of Leizhou City.

When you arrive at the fish market, there is a smell of fish, and many fish vendors are shouting and selling. In the open space next to the fish market, a roof rises from the ground, and neat cement platforms are built under the roof.

According to Lin Haoran's idea, it is necessary to build a fish market with standardized management here. In addition to eliminating the fish bully Jia Bao, it is also necessary to standardize the stalls, so that the people in Leizhou City can eat affordable and assured fish.

Now that there is no Yuba, the price here has fallen a lot. The people of Leizhou City spend less, and the fishmongers earn more than before, which can be described as a win-win situation.

The fish market here is full of river fresh and seafood, all kinds of fish, and even a good grouper, but Lin Haoran disliked it and chose a basket of oysters.

In this slightly cold season, a barbecue seems like a good choice, so I decided to have a grilled oyster tonight.

On the way back, Hu Niu didn't shout that she was tired, but only said that she wanted him to carry her.

Lin Haoran squatted down, picked up this warm little body, and slowly walked towards the inner city.

If we had to divide the rich and the poor again, the inner city would undoubtedly be inhabited by the rich, while the outer city would be inhabited by the poor. The situation is not very obvious at the moment, but with the rise in land prices and rents in the inner city, the phenomenon is bound to become clear.

Lin Haoran was a little helpless about this phenomenon, but he also knew that it was an inevitable result. Regardless of the era, those who can live in the core area are either those in power or the rich.

The tiger girl seemed to be in a good mood, eating snacks in her pocket, and following Lin Haoran to tell what happened in the village. No matter how big or small, no kind of gossip is spared, including a villager dreaming of a dead pig in the forest.

When Lin Haoran heard this, his brows suddenly frowned, and he always felt that this thing was a little strange. First, this "pig death" is a bit taboo; Second, why is such an ordinary dream so prevalent in the village?

It's just that he couldn't figure it out, so he changed the topic and said: "Tiger girl, don't play all day long, you have to read the books you read!" ”

For the cultivation of the tiger girl, Lin Haoran has never relaxed. Although he didn't instill Confucianism, he told her about history, and recently asked her to read books such as "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Twenty-one History".

"Oops! I don't like to read very much, can you just tell me no like you used to? The tiger girl bit a dried sandworm and complained crisply.

"I just didn't see it!" Lin Haoran took out his brother's majesty and asked in a deep voice.

Tiger Niu swallowed a small piece of sandworm into her stomach and hurriedly explained, "I'll go back and see some!" What else do I want to ask you? Brother, why do we Ming always have to fight with the Tatars? ”

As she spoke, she snapped her fingers again and said: "The Tang Dynasty fights, the Song Dynasty fights, and our Ming Dynasty also fights!" ”

Lin Haoran didn't expect this girl to care about ethnic conflicts, so she replied seriously: "War is a continuation of politics, rich children have evil thieves, how can there be a reason to live in peace?" If our Central Plains is rich and strong, this neighbor will obediently call him a minister, and even go to your house to be an honest retainer. If we are weak and can be bullied, then war will break out at any time, and they will do everything possible to rob us of our belongings! ”

"Aren't we rich and strong now? Look at how beautiful the houses were when we passed through Suzhou City? Tiger Girl's eyes widened, and she argued very seriously.

"Our Ming Dynasty is barely rich now, but it is rich but not strong!" Lin Haoran shook his head bitterly.

Hu Niu is like a primary school student who knows how to think seriously, and asked again: "We are so rich in the Ming Dynasty, and there are so many people, why are we rich but not strong, and always eat money?" ”

"Our Ming Dynasty is rich in gentry, but the military households are extremely poor, so the combat power of the army is not strong!" Lin Haoran sighed lightly, dissatisfied with the current situation of the Ming army.

Just a few days ago, he learned about something from the Weng family.

When Tang Shunzhi returned to Beijing from Jizhou Town, he said: There were more than 91,000 people in Jizhen Town, but now there are only more than 57,000 people in the army, and more than 33,000 people have fled. The reason for the escape was due to the construction of border walls for many years, the transportation of stones and logging, the heavy labor, the lack of strength, and the loss of money and goods; The generals were corrupt, and the scribes invaded the fishery, so that the soldiers were poor and tired, and they had to flee.

Leaving aside whether this data is exaggerated or not, this transcript alone can reflect how difficult the survival status of the Ming military household is. You must know that it is a big crime for military households to flee, and if they flee three times, they will be beheaded directly.

But these military households chose to flee, chose to leave their hometowns, and chose the path that might lead to beheading, is this a phenomenon that will happen to the rich and powerful Ming Dynasty?

It is precisely because of this that the current Ming Dynasty is rich in the gentry, but the military households are abjectly poor, and even the basic survival needs cannot be guaranteed, how can this guarantee that the battle will be won?

"Didn't we have a lot of military exploits in the Ming Dynasty? As long as they fight bravely, they will be rewarded with many, many rewards! The tiger girl thought about it for a while, and said in a crisp voice.

There is nothing wrong with that! But now it has become a common practice to seize military merits, and many in-kind rewards cannot reach the heads of soldiers at all, and they have small flags, general flags, 100 households, 1,000 households, generals, command commands, etc., and they can't get any benefits at all! So much so that now, the generals will not fight for their lives! Lin Haoran shook his head and said, and then added: "The most important thing is that our current imperial court has not thought of killing the Tatars, so how can we win?" Won this time, what about next time? ”

"Didn't you?" The tiger girl made a thoughtful gesture and asked seriously.

"There used to be, but now it's definitely not!" Lin Haoran smiled bitterly.

If it is said that Jiajing is a Ming monarch today, I am afraid that this statement cannot be established. In the matter of recovering the Hetao, Jiajing's capriciousness was undoubtedly a huge blow to the northern sergeants.

The Hetao has always been regarded as a strategic place by the Central Plains Dynasty. Out of the Hetao to the east, you can directly attack Xuanfu Datong, causing great pressure on the Jingshi; To the west, it can invade Yan'an, Ningxia, Gansu and other places, and the northwest frontier will not be able to live in peace.

During the orthodox years of the Ming Dynasty, Dongsheng was gradually abandoned, so the Hetao began to be occupied by the Mongols. However, during this period, Mongolia also came and went, and the situation could still be saved.

In the middle of the Jiajing period, the trilateral governor Zeng Mian was well aware of the importance of the Hetao area, and also saw through the mentality that the successive auxiliary ministers did not mention the recovery of the Hetao, but only sought no fault and did not seek merit. He resolutely wrote to the emperor to support him in his conquest of the Loop, and promised that he would be able to overcome the Loop within three years.

Zeng's proposal was also fully supported by Xia Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet at the time, in the cabinet, who planned to deploy military forces to defeat the Mongols and recapture the Hetao.

It's just that I never expected that Jiajing's excitement passed, but he wanted to regret it. For the sake of face, he chose to accept Yan Song's false accusation and cut off the heads of Xia Yan and Zeng Mill, who resigned angrily.

It was also after this incident that the three sides did not dare to say anything about the recovery of the Hetao. Emperor Jiajing, on the other hand, concentrated on cultivating the Tao, constantly invested money in the construction of Taoist buildings, and even cut military spending, allowing the nine sides to be on the defensive.

This is not only an unjust case, but also a sharp spirit that directly fights the army in the north. The sergeant cowered in the city, witnessing the Mongol cavalry marching south to plunder, and no one dared to mention the killing of the Mongols to recover the rivers and mountains.

"Oops! Why is the court like this? Those Tatars are so bad, they have killed many of our Ming people, and we can't let them go, until they dare not attack us! The tiger girl clenched her fists and said angrily.

"Why do you say we are fighting the Tatars?" Lin Haoran asked.

"Because they killed a lot of us Ming people and robbed us of things!" The tiger girl gave a reason and said very naturally.

Lin Haoran smiled bitterly: "For some people in power, they pay more attention to the gains and losses of interests!" In a war with the Tatars, there is no difference between winning and losing, and even losing is more in their interests! ”

Compared with those simple-minded Mongols, the Ming people are indeed too complex and too shrewd. In the face of foreign invasion, it is not for nothing that there is a big fishing.

At this time last year, the Mongol Altan troops besieged Datong, and as a result, the war lasted for half a year, and the Ming Dynasty spent hundreds of thousands of silver. But these hundreds of thousands of silver were spent on military spending, but in the end they fell into the pockets of some high-level officials.

It is precisely in this way that the Mongolian iron cavalry is their opportunity to make a fortune from afar, and what reason do they have to change this status quo?

Even if Emperor Jiajing, the lord of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian iron cavalry only robbed some property and people, and it did not affect his cultivation at all, and he was able to tolerate this behavior of the Mongols.

All in all, the current court is not too obsessed with defeating the Tatars, as long as it does not affect their interests. How can such a Ming defeat the Tatars?

"If only I could lead the troops to fight!" The tiger girl sighed.

Lin Haoran smiled indifferently, naturally knowing that this girl's wish would not come true in this life, and said with a smile: "After you come back this time, don't run around, and run our family's United Silver Account well." ”

Lin Haoran's next important plan has been formulated, and he decided to follow Wang Anshi's reform and launch the "New Seedling Law" in Leizhou Mansion.

Set up a silver account in Leizhou City, lend money at low interest to ordinary people who have land to buy cotton seeds, and then let the cooperative sign a purchase contract with them in advance, so as to promote the people of Leizhou to choose to plant cotton and other cash crops.

In terms of cotton seeds, he has already sent people to import them from Qiongzhou Island. Although Leizhou is located on the mainland, its geography and climate are closer to the island, so cotton seeds from Qiongzhou Island are the most suitable.

It's just that the cultivation of cotton cloth is mainly for strategic reasons, and Lin Haoran doesn't plan to make any money here. Compared with that profit, the economic benefits of encouraging the people of Leizhou to plant cotton cloth widely are even greater.

Either there is no one available, or out of consideration for cultivating the tiger girl, Lin Haoran decided to hand over this important matter to the wild girl of the tiger girl after some consideration.