Yang Feng slowly furrowed his brows as he observed the situation in the surrounding fields. Almost all the fertile land of Qianhu was encroached upon by the magnates, and the remaining poor more than 2,000 acres of land were almost all far away from the river, and it was too troublesome to get water, no wonder Qianhu was so poor.

was walking in the field, Song Ye, who was originally leading the horse behind Yang Feng, suddenly pointed ahead and said, "My lord, look, Lord Geng is leading people to repair the water conservancy?" ”

Yang Feng looked up and saw that the place near the Thousand Households was full of military households from the Thousand Households. The soldiers and their families were wielding tools or digging pits or moving earth, and all around them were turned up new loess, and although there was still light snow in the sky, everyone was in full swing.

Seeing Yang Feng coming, everyone who was working greeted him with a smile, although Yang Feng came to the Jiangdong Gate Thousand Households Office for a short time, but the military households respected the thousand households who distributed food and silver to them from the bottom of their hearts, and the views of the military households were very simple, whoever was good to them and could give them a full meal was their benefactor.

Yang Feng smiled and greeted the military households in the field while coming to the place where Geng Bingyi was, today's Geng Bingyi took off the cotton robe he was used to wearing in the past and the standard leather boots of the Ming army, and put on a shabby clothes and a pair of straw sandals like the military households who worked, with the wind and frost on his face, it was no different from the poor military households who were working around, and he couldn't see that this middle-aged man who was working with a hoe turned out to be a deputy thousand households from Wupin.

After walking to Geng Bingyi's side, Yang Feng stopped and said with a smile: "Geng Deputy Qianhu, how is our canal repaired, can we catch up with spring ploughing?" ”

Geng Bingyi stopped what he was doing, although the weather was still cold, his forehead was still wet, and it was obvious that he had been dry for a long time. He put the hoe on the ground, held the hoe with one hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the other, and replied, "No problem, the brothers are working very hard, and at this rate we can finish repairing these canals before Chinese New Year's Eve, but it's just ......" At this point, he paused.

Yang Feng waved his hand, "It's just what, Deputy Geng Qianhu, when did you have the problem of only speaking half of your words?" ”

"Okay, that's it." Geng Bingyi's old face flushed: "My lord, there was originally a lot of military land in our Qianhu Institute, but now most of it has been occupied by the magnates, and the rest are some low-grade fields far away from the riverside, not to mention the difficulty of getting water and difficult to irrigate, I think that it is difficult to feed the thousands of people in our Qianhu Institute with such a small place." Even if the adults have mercy on us and are willing to give us the money every month, this is not a long-term solution, and we are worried about it......"

Yang Feng nodded: "The official knows, are you worried that the official will not be able to continue in the long run, and in the end it will return to the old way, is that so?" ”

"Your Excellency!" Geng Bingyi smiled a little embarrassedly, these days, everyone, including Geng Bingyi, feels as if they are in a dream, the good days came too suddenly, so that the military households who are used to living a hard life feel a little incredulous, although Yang Feng said it first, and he had to do things for him when he received his salary, but isn't this a matter of course? Serving other people's jobs has to work for others, the problem now is that the price given by Yang Feng is too high, everyone is worried that if Yang Feng's expenses are too large, what if thousands of people eat Yang Feng down? This is also Geng Bingyi's biggest concern.

Yang Feng didn't explain anything, he just patted Geng Bingyi's shoulder and said sincerely: "Old Geng, your worries are understood. But even if you put your heart in your stomach, our days will only get better and better, and the problems you worry about will not appear. ”

Yang Feng has said this, what else can Geng Bingyi say, if he says it again, it will be to make it clear that he does not trust Yang Feng, the top boss.

"That's right!"

Yang Feng suddenly shouted loudly: "Li Ge, where did Li Yanmu go?" ”

"Your Excellency...... Where are the students here? ”

With Yang Feng's shout, a thin figure ran over, Yang Feng was happy when he saw it, "Li Yanmu, how did you do it, how did you get mud?" ”

Li Ge smiled a little embarrassedly: "Lord Yang doesn't know, the appropriate students have taken people to dig the mud, so they haven't had time to change their clothes yet." ”

"Then you don't have to fight so hard, right?" Yang Feng shook his head helplessly, indicating that he didn't understand.

"Your Excellency's words are wrong." Li Ge said: "Since the adults have paid the students, they are the parents of the students' food and clothing, how dare the students not do their best to do things for the adults?" ”

"Tut-tut......"

Yang Feng stopped talking, he found that although the living conditions in this era were 108,000 miles worse than those in later generations, the relative current atmosphere was much simpler than in later generations. It can be seen from the scene that these military households, regardless of men, women, and children, are working very hard, and they basically don't see such a thing as stealing and cheating, and even Li Ge, a thin man, is also working hard, not to mention other people.

After thinking about it, Yang Feng beckoned to Li Ge and motioned him to come closer before saying: "Li Yanmu, before dinner tonight, you go to me to withdraw a sum of silver, and you recruit a few more account gentlemen to come over and set up a finance department, and you will be the head of this finance department, and from now on, all the property accounts of our thousands of households will pass through your hands, understand?" ”

At first, Li Ge couldn't believe it, his eyes widened and he was stunned for a while before he pointed at himself in disbelief and said, "My lord, you ...... Do you believe in your students like that? ”

"Of course!" Yang Feng smiled, "This official has inquired, you have served as an official in Qianhu for many years, and all the accounts that have passed through your hands are in good order and there are no mistakes, which is enough to prove that you are honest and capable, who will this financial department not give you control?" ”

Looking at Yang Feng's smiling face, Li Ge made a long gesture at Yang Feng, with excitement and firmness in his voice: "Dare not serve the adult!" ”

Yang Feng also said with a straight face: "Okay...... Then in the future, the internal affairs of our Qianhu Institute will be entrusted to Li Yanmu! Li Yanmu, starting tomorrow, your first task is to buy hydroponic cattle in the market, don't be stingy with money, the more the better, after the New Year we will start spring ploughing, if there is no ploughing cattle, there will be a great obstacle to our plans, do you understand? ”

In an agrarian society, spring ploughing is the top priority of the people, even the emperor did not dare to be negligent, Yi Li Ge also said solemnly: "Students understand, will never delay the major event of spring ploughing!" ”