After checking a few more villages, Xia Zhu returned to the yamen satisfied, and his mood was obviously much brighter.

People are very complicated, Du Zhongxiao's memory of his previous life, Xia Zhu was a villain who opposed reform, the Northwest Army was incompetent, and he framed officials, and such officials naturally would not care about the suffering of the people. After contact, I found out that this was not the case at all, Xia Zhu was a magistrate and cared about the people. This time, Du Zhongxiao paid the tax ahead of schedule, and Xia Zhu came to check it again and again, which was to suspect that Du Zhongxiao was mistreating the people. At least now, it seems that Du Zhongxiao is very clean here, and the people under his rule praise it.

After returning to the yamen and having a happy feast, Xia Zhu returned to his residence to rest.

As soon as I washed up and changed into civilian clothes, someone came to report that Xia Gui, the cadre in my hometown, asked to see me.

Xia Gui arrived at the flower hall and saw Xia Zhu sitting there without being angry and arrogant, he was worried in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to see.

After saluting, Xia Zhu said in a deep voice: "You went to Yongcheng County to buy goods, and I repeatedly told you not to see the local officials, why did you still leak my whereabouts?" This time, I was visiting Weifu, and because of you, the county officials are still here early! ”

Xia Gui hurriedly crossed his hands and said: "Blame the little little Jin, don't blame the kindness." On that day, the head of a dock saw that I was buying a lot of wine and wanted to cause trouble, so I told him that it was the Xianggong's boat. I didn't want to stop me from doing this, so I turned my head and reported to the magistrate of this county. ”

Xia Zhu nodded, his face still gloomy. Alcohol is forbidden, and his own family buys a large amount of alcohol from Yongcheng, and he doesn't know whether to go back to his family to drink it himself or sell it outside. How could he be clear about all these little things in the family?

Let Xia Gui stand on the side, Xia Zhu asked a few words about the situation at home, and then said: "You have been in Yongcheng for many days, have you ever heard the local people talk about that Du Zhi County?" What is his opinion of the people? ”

Xia Gui said: "Hui Enxiang, according to what Xiao has seen and heard at the dock in the past few days, Duzhi County has an excellent reputation among the people. Before Du Zhixian came, there was a tooth man at the wharf, Ma Meng, who controlled the place, killed people and set fires, and did all kinds of evil. Duzhi County got rid of Ma Meng and his gang, and now it is very convenient to do business at the wharf, and it is fair to buy and sell. Moreover, what kind of commune has been built in the county, and there are a few shops under it, which is extremely profitable. Now all the miscellaneous taxes in the county, as well as the salaries of the public servants, are paid by the commune. You can get it every month, you won't break your money, and the officials are much kinder. ”

Xia Zhu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The public servants are doing well, so they will naturally say good things about the officials." What about ordinary people? ”

Xia Gui said: "This year's summer tax, Yongcheng County only collects regular taxes and miscellaneous money, and the rest should be exempted from the subject allocation, miscellaneous donations, etc." The people paid a lot of money, and naturally everyone was happy and praised the holy government of the imperial court. Duzhi County did this, and the people were naturally grateful. ”

Xia Zhu thought for a while, and then said: "This Du Zhi County can't conjure up money out of thin air, the county government has money to pay money to public officials, and can make up miscellaneous donations for the people, so there is always a place for this money." You said that it was those shops that made money, and before Duzhi County came, those shops always had owners. Others are fine, the original owners of those shops, there are no complaints in their hearts? ”

Xia Gui smiled and said, "Enxiang doesn't know, before Du Zhixian came, there was no business there. Several families were bought by the county with money and moved to other places. I've heard that it's all fair trading, cash trading, what's there to complain about? ”

Xia Zhu frowned: "There are many treasures in the world, if you are not here, you are there." Du Zhongxiao went to Yongcheng and made money everywhere, everyone benefited, where did this money come from? He doesn't have the ability to earn it out of thin air! ”

Xia Gui shook his head: "The little ones have limited knowledge, and if they ask about this, the little ones don't know." I only know that before Du Zhi County came, Yongcheng was only a small county on the side of the Bianhe River, and there was nothing peculiar. Up to now, Yongcheng County is extremely famous among the people who do business in this area of the Bianhe River, and everyone knows that the boats run on the Bianhe River. Many goods are only available here, which is more convenient than buying in many big cities. ”

Xia Zhu nodded, waved his hand, and said, "You go down." If the goods are fully purchased, they will set sail very early. I will inspect this county, and if you don't leave there, it will inevitably be gossip. ”

Xia Gui said yes and retreated.

The ones that Xia Gui asked just now were what Xia Zhu was puzzled about. The camp is well managed, and Xia Zhu understands the truth. That area was originally wasteland, but Du Zhongxiao recruited people to reclaim it and became fertile land. On one side there are good people who have no land and no land, and on the other side there is wasteland, and when they are combined, they become money and food. But what's going on in Yongcheng County? The land is still those land, the households are still those households, where did Du Zhongxiao get the money?

Xia Zhu always thought that Du Zhongxiao had embezzled the money and grain from the camp to make up for the gap in Yongcheng County, which was not allowed. The camp does not belong to Yongcheng County, but to Bozhou industry, and Du Zhongxiao is just a promoter. Now it seems that the accounts of the camp and field affairs here are clear and the savings are abundant, and Du Zhongxiao did not embezzle them. Xia Zhu thought about it, and he couldn't think of any tricks that Du Zhongxiao did in Yongcheng.

Nothing was said all night. Early the next morning, after Xia Zhu had breakfast, he ordered someone to call Du Zhongxiao over.

After saluting, Xia Zhu said: "I heard that in addition to the land under the management of the camp, there are also several field affairs, which are quite profitable. Let's take a look today. ”

Du Zhongxiao said yes and said: "Xianggong, the most important thing in the field industry is to make farm tools and a wine business. In addition to selling liquor in the barracks, it is also sold to the surrounding military camps. ”

Xia Zhu frowned: "I look at the camp and the fields are simple and simple, why do you need to build a wine business?" In the countryside, if you want to drink, it is good to brew some self-drinking. The wine business is a move of the yamen to collect money, and there is no shortage of money in the field business, so there is no need to build it. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "What Xianggong said is also reasonable, but the wine business of the field is not to make money, but to digest the old grain. There are few people and a lot of land here, and there is a lot of surplus grain every year. If the library is left for a long time, it will accumulate more and more, and it will inevitably turn into dust. The wine service uses those stale grains that are difficult to eat, which is also considered waste use. ”

Xia Zhu nodded and did not speak. He knew that the liquor from Yingtianwu was not only sold to the nearby military camps, but also to the merchant ships on the Bianhe River, and the amount was quite large every year. There are so many merchant ships on the Bianhe River, everyone buys them for their own drink, and they also consume a lot of wine every year, which is the case with Xia Zhu's own family.

It's not an important thing, Xia Zhu doesn't dwell on it. The camp is still recruiting, expanding year by year, and there are more households, and these needs will naturally come out. It is inevitable to make your own wine, and you can't always put a lot of grain outside to buy wine.

He rode a horse with Du Zhong first, went out of the camp and field affairs yamen, and the group walked north. After walking for about two or three miles, he suddenly heard a loud roar in front of him, like thunder. Xia Zhu and the entourage wondered in their hearts, isn't there any monster here?

Xia Zhu stopped his horse and asked strangely, "Du Zhixian, what kind of monster is in front of you, so loud?" ”

Du Zhongxiao arched his hand and said: "Back to Xianggong, Xia Guan led people to make a steam engine, which can burn coal to make a car and move forward by himself." These days they try to be effective, day after day. It was the sound of this thing in front of it. ”

"Oh, I see. I have also heard of this thing, Chen Zhoutong sentenced Han Jiang, so he used this thing to make a car and boat, I heard that it is quite good. ”

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