Chapter 697: Changyang's New Look

Watching the emperor's car slowly leave, Lu Yifan turned his head and stared at Jin Shengnan, "Lord Jin, why didn't Your Majesty kill Wu Ling, the bastard, and take him away instead?" ”

Jin Shengnan looked at Lu Yifan with a smile: "Brother Yifan, haven't you seen it yet?" Your Majesty still admires this Wu Ling very much, in my opinion, Your Majesty wants to ambush this unruly guy for the use of the Ming Dynasty, of course he is reluctant to kill it. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Is it necessary for a thief to put so much effort into it? Kill with a knife, clean and clean. Lu Yifan was dissatisfied.

Jin Shengnan laughed, this Wu Ling is a huge threat to Lu Yifan, and his hatred for Lu Yifan is not ordinary. Of course, Lu Yifan hopes that it is best for such an enemy to die.

"This Wu Ling is very good at mountain warfare, just look at him with thousands of people can resist stubbornly in the mountains for so long, the more mountainous the land, Your Majesty wants to borrow this person's ability. I don't think you should fantasize, this Wu Ling will definitely not die. ”

Lu Yifan suddenly had a headache, in the Ming army, there is a gap with him Lu Feng is already extremely uncomfortable, this is good, it is very likely that there will be another Wu Ling, he and Lu Feng are just some small dirty, but with Wu Ling, it is a cold hatred.

If these two people gain power in the future, will they still have a good life of their own? He shuddered, he can't go on like this anymore, how can his future status not be worse than these two, otherwise, he will not be killed by them in the future.

"Lord Jin, I remember, Your Majesty asked me to lose weight, and I have to work hard, from today onwards, I have to train the garrison well, by the way, there are also those miners' battalion reserves, I'll go first." He said hurriedly.

Jin Shengnan couldn't help but laugh and waved his hand: "Brother Yifan, you go and get busy, you go and get busy." ”

Such a lazy fellow, if because of these things, can make him do things seriously from now on and work hard, it would be an excellent thing.

Looking at the emperor's car that gradually disappeared in his eyes, the smile on Jin Shengnan's face gradually faded, and then, some were busy. The rail car is only running in such a small place as Daye City, and there were endless problems at the beginning, and now His Majesty wants a track from Feng County to Shayang County, which is a distance of hundreds of miles, although there is no time limit, but I feel a headache when I think about it, I am afraid that in the next few years, I will be busy with this matter. His Majesty wants to promote this kind of rail car throughout the country, and in Kim Sung-nam's opinion, it is inevitably a bit whimsical, and this is definitely an impossible task.

Changyang County, the land that was abandoned in the past, is now covered in green, and it is not food that is planted, but medicinal materials. If you look closely, on this large area of soil, there are actually women and children who work, but there are very few young and strong men. The years of war on this land have not only destroyed the economy here, but also reduced the Dingkou here to the extreme, so that Ma Xiangnan's biggest worry now is that there are not enough manpower.

Without enough strong labor, growing food crops has become a luxury, especially in places like Changyang County, which are basically mountainous, and strong labor is even more needed. The lack of young and strong population, so that Ma Xiangnan had to take a different path, he kissed the capital of Yue, entangled with the comfort of the Taiyi Department, pulled down his face, cried, made trouble and hanged himself, and finally made Shu Chang agree to put the medicinal material base of the Taiyi Department almost all in Changyang County.

The number of people needed to grow medicinal herbs is greatly reduced, and women and children can also undertake this kind of labor.

"The county guard, the lower officials feel that such a good land is more down-to-earth in their hearts for growing food!" The county magistrate of Tianmen County, who followed him closely, a young official followed Ma Xiangnan like a fart, and the land they were in made the few areas in Tianmen County where food could be grown on a large scale, but now all of them were planted with medicinal herbs.

The herbs are good, but they can't be eaten directly into the stomach. The young county magistrate was a newly promoted official after the reform of Changyang County, a local, who had read some books, but he was not a scholar, but fortunately, he was born poor, could bear hardships, endured hard work, and worked diligently.

"Wu Xing, how many people are there in your Tianmen County now?" Ma Xiangnan squatted on the ground, observing the growth of the medicinal herbs, and asked.

"Lord County Guard, there are now a total of 3,121 households in Tianmen County, with 13,207 people." Speaking of these, the young county magistrate Wu Xing is like a treasure.

"Yes, a county governs only 10,000 people, and it is not as good as a town outside. Tell me, if you grow food, how much food can you grow? Have you estimated that even if you grow food in the whole county and go out with all the staff, how many people can you feed? The horse stood up and patted the dirt off his body.

"Well...... "Wu Xing stammered.

"And planting this medicinal material, you can plant several seasons a year, and the harvest is simple, when the time comes, the Tai Medical Department will come to collect it, and you don't even have to worry about transportation, they directly pull it to process, you sit at home and count the colorful tickets, such a good thing, you still complain to me, it's unreasonable." Ma Xiangnan hated iron and steel: "If you have a ticket, you can go out to buy grain, now the wind and rain are smooth, and the grain in the grain-producing areas outside is very cheap, isn't it better than your thankless grain." ”

"When it comes to those colorful tickets, I'm not sure." Wu Xing said in a low voice: "Yesterday, the person in my house still took the money I just issued and asked me what kind of thing this is, can it really be used as money?" ”

"Now Yuejing City spends this ticket, but to be honest, I'm not very sure." Ma Xiangnan laughed, "But as long as you can buy food from him, our majesty has always acted unfathomably, and there must be a mystery in it without gold, silver and copper coins to print this ticket, I just haven't understood it yet, and the next time I go to Yuejing, I have to go and ask Su Can for advice." ”

He raised his head and thought about it, and then said, "By the way, did you plant all the fruit trees I asked you to plant on the edge of the field, on the roadside, and on some barren slopes last time?" ”

"Of course it's planted, it's just that we don't have enough manpower, aren't we still busy!" Wu Xing hurriedly said.

"These fruit trees are a hard work, but many years of benefit, the fruit trees in the two counties of Shangqinglin and Xiaqinglin this year will grow well, not long ago I went to see, I want to come this year is a good harvest, this time His Majesty came to Changyang County, I have to rely on him, how to have to put our apples in Changyang County, jujube for the palace exclusive." Ma said proudly to Nanyangyang, "If you don't achieve your goal, you will not give up." ”

Speaking of the emperor, Wu Xing's face immediately became solemn, in his heart, His Majesty, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a god-like figure, clasped his fists with both hands, and first arched in the direction of Yuejing City in the south, and then said: "Your Majesty is simple, even the palace maids and eunuchs have been abolished by most of them, even if it is set as a tribute, how much can it be consumed?" There are ready-made fruits on the upper and lower green forests, and I have only planted them here, and I can't drink this cup of soup. ”

"Wu Xing, you are also a scholar, this brain is still not flexible enough. Reading and reading, if you want to live and make use of it, of course the tribute will not consume much, and you still want to collect money from Your Majesty for this tribute! That's what we want. Tell me, when the time comes, let's put these fruits on the streets of Yuejing, write a few big characters, special for the palace, those rich guys in Yuejing, don't squeeze their brains to buy them, even if they are not delicious, they will buy them, isn't it, who dares to say that His Majesty the Emperor eats badly? What's more, the quality of our fruits is also excellent. ”

"County guard, you said that Your Majesty is coming, so let's bring these people to meet you, is it appropriate? Look, those officials also instructed you to help those women hoe the weeds, isn't that too disrespectful? Mentioning that the emperor was coming to Changyang County, Wu Xing became a little uneasy.

"Do you know the Emperor?" Ma Xiangnan squinted at him.

Wu Xing's head shook like a rattle.

"That's it, our majesty, is not a person who values pomp, what he values is real achievements. Besides, our Changyang County is poor and few, and we can't afford to put on a show, I, the county guard, personally greeted the border, which is already very respectful, how can Your Majesty be dissatisfied? ”

"But our speed is too slow, if Your Majesty arrives in the territory, and the lower officials and county guards are still on the way, won't Your Majesty blame us for being disrespectful?" Wu Xing muttered.

"Your Majesty travels, how can a huge team go fast? I have calculated the date, this time I came out, just to see the specific situation of your Tianmen County, let's look at it all the way, and we will almost be able to catch up with His Majesty's car. By the way, let's go and see the medicinal herb processing workshops you are building, Wu Xing, I can tell you, these medicinal herb processors are your food and clothing parents, you have to greet them Haoluo, in order to get them to Changyang to open a workshop, I am grinding my skin, if you get them away because of your poor hospitality, I will ask you. We don't have any other way but to use our brains here, you know? ”

"I know, Lord County Guard, the lower officials, but if you provide them with whatever you want, I hope they will start working as soon as possible, so that I can collect taxes!" Wu Xingdao.

"That's right, taxes, should be exempted and exempted, put a long line, catch big fish, and the water will flow for a long time."

"Yes, yes, Xia Guan remembers." Wu Xing felt that his head was a little swollen, this county guard was very attentive to all the details, and there was no shelf of the official, Wu Xing still remembered the first time he summoned himself, the county guard was wearing a hat, holding his trouser legs, helping the people to carry medicinal materials, and a group of dozens of new officials accepted the lecture of the county guard in the field.

It is said that this county guard is from a famous family in Dachu, but he doesn't look like a son from a wealthy family at all.

Just when Ma Xiangnan was still inspecting the medicinal herb workshops he had brought in Tianmen County, Qin Feng had already entered Changyang County with a light car, and his mighty car was still far behind.