Chapter 275: Jing Frog Watching the Sky Zhou Jinfeng
(Cat flutter Chinese ) The current Anyun County Ya is no longer what it was when the elders first landed in 1628, Zhou Jinfeng still remembers the situation of the overgrown backyard, the mottled courtyard walls, and the roof full of broken tiles, he still remembers that whenever it rained at that time, it would rain heavily outside, and it would rain lightly inside, and there was a dripping sound everywhere, and the crockpots were placed everywhere, and the servants trembled and carried the crockpots filled with water to the eaves and poured them down. He couldn't forget the powerlessness of shivering with his family when the typhoon came, hiding in the closet and listening to the wind raging outside.
Due to some unformed officialdom habits of the Wu Dynasty, officials do not cultivate their offices. So even the dilapidated Anyun County Ya, which was raging under the perennial typhoon, he Zhou Jinfeng could only live honestly, for fear that Xiu Ya would touch some mold. But even if the county government is in tatters, there is still such a group of elders who can't escape the disaster on the seaside, occupying the land of the so-called Wu Dynasty, and in the Wu Dynasty, which is known as not being in harmony and not ceding the land, this is simply a crime that should be killed. After the failure of dispatching Xiang Yong and the garrison to expel the pirates, he reported to Beihai many times, wanting the Heavenly Army to go south to pacify the pirates, but after several efforts, all the letters asking for help were sunk in the sea, and in the end he could only pinch his nose to accept the current situation, anyway, he reported it, but the lords of Beihai City did not react, he simply closed the city gate and entertained himself in Anyun County, anyway, it is definitely not easy for the pirates to break the Anyun city wall.
However, the group of pirates didn't seem to be interested in the people in Anyun County at all, and in a few months, they only attacked Wu'an Village, which was the farthest away from Anyun County, killing all the people of Xinyi, and then demolished the entire Wu'an Village, and moved all the buildings and rice grains back to the pirates' camp. Just when the squires of Anyun County were in danger, they paid money to buy grain from Anyun's villages, and the price given was quite high, which made the squires of Anyun make a lot of money and reassure them.
Soon this group of thieves and An Yun's squires got together, and what Zhou Jinfeng couldn't understand was why this group of thieves didn't burn and loot when they came to the shore, but instead built a city and opened up a large area of farmland by the side of the mountain and played with Tuntian. A few months later, they had a bumper harvest in their tuntian, and this unprecedented harvest advertised the "farming" technique of the squires and landlords in the vicinity, and the nearby squires and landlords came to Dongfang Harbor to consult the "good recipe for farming", but they saw that this group of thieves soon played a new trick, and they paid to rent land with the landlords to cultivate, and the price given was far more ideal for purchasing grain. For those tenant landlords, they originally rented out their land, and instead of renting to tenants who had failed to harvest at every turn, the money of the Senate was much more reliable, and they paid in advance, and did not ink with the landlords when the harvest failed; The business landlords, on the other hand, said that the output of the land was important to them, but not to that extent, and the Senate assured them that they could buy rations of grain at a favorable price. In this way, even if the landlord himself comes to cultivate, the income is far less than the income from the rent, and if he runs his own business, it is inevitable to hire short-term or long-term workers for farming, since the establishment of the Oriental Port, the wages of short-term workers are higher day by day, and the wages of long-term workers will definitely be doubled at the end of the year. With the involvement of interests, whether it is the people of An Yun or the landlords, they all mingle with the group of people in Dongfang Port, and there is a new atmosphere every day. Everyone is happy to see this thriving scene, but except for Zhou Jinfeng.
How can Zhou Jinfeng say that it is also the county order of this Anyun county, for these nine villages and eighteen villages, and even now this Dongfang Port, which is expanding outward and encroaching on Anyun, should be his Zhou Jinfeng's territory, he has studied hard for ten years, all the way through the thorns and thorns, and the power granted to him, all the way down from the capital for thousands of miles, and almost took off a layer of skin under the harassment of the miasma all the way to come to this Anyun. As a result, a group of people suddenly came from the sea and took over An Yun's power, even if they did not enter the county seat, nor did they attack the county government, and they were even polite to him, but he could clearly feel that his power had been lost to almost nothing.
In the two years from 1628 to 1630, the people not only built a huge city that amazed him, built a production plant that made him dizzy, but also formed an army. If you want to talk about the army, the Wu Dynasty also has an army, and even the west of Anyun City still has a thousand households in the city, but when it comes to the word army, even he himself feels that the army of the Wu Dynasty is just child's play. The army of the people of the beard does not know what spell is cast, the soldiers often run around in line in An Yun, the name is "training", such a long-distance march not to mention the group of military households, even if it is an elite soldier, it is absolutely unbearable, not to mention that it may not be able to run down, even if it can run down, it has to rest for a day or two to have the ability to fight, but the army of the people often run down for dozens of miles without rest, not to mention, but also wielding a shovel to dig ditches and pits everywhere on the ground, pretending to charge and shoot, after the end of these "military performances", They even had to fill in the tunnels and foxholes that had been dug. Although these armies do not cultivate the land, they often wield shovels and hoes to help Anyun build water conservancy projects in various places, and they do a better job of helping the people, often helping the people to find lost family members or livestock, helping the people whose houses were destroyed by bandits to rebuild their houses, and carrying water and chopping firewood is even more commonplace. In the past, the common people were silent about the Wu Dynasty army, and the so-called bandits were like combing soldiers and talking about the Wu Dynasty army, but now the people are full of love and support for the so-called "National Defense Force" in Dongfang Port, and they welcome them as if they were their own people.
Speaking of this "National Defense Force", what kept Zhou Jinfeng awake at night was the terrible combat effectiveness of this army, he knew, this army has several different branches of the army, and its army, which is known as a strong army, has a scale of several thousand people, and each person is issued with a steel bird gun, and a short sword can be inserted into the mouth of the gun, which is comparable to a long spear after extension. There is also a cannon for every hundred, which can be towed by mules and horses, or dragged by men. He had seen these cannons wield, a cannon eroded for several miles, landed or blossomed in the air, and the broken shrapnel could beat a honeycomb within a few kilometers, and the power was infinite; In addition, there is the navy, which has several huge ships, and now often cruises the seas, intercepting suspicious ships everywhere. These giant ships are far superior to the warships of the Wu Dynasty naval army, not to mention that the Wu Dynasty naval army is unable to provoke these giant ships, even if it is a small ship of the Maideno people who attacked the national navy some time ago, they were also defeated, and I heard that more than a dozen ships were sunk. Although Zhou Jinfeng doesn't know how to fight, he often hears that the waterway goes hand in hand, and the enemy is encircled, and now the Wu Dynasty army is completely deterrent in front of the national army.
Forget that the sea and land can't be beaten, this country even has a celestial army, from the beginning of the small white plane to the later large wooden aircraft, and then to the Mozu Instructor attack aircraft, the equipment of the national air force has always been continuously enhanced, and now there is a huge airship. He Zhou Jinfeng has seen the airship many times, and the giant ship of the national navy that they see on weekdays is even bigger and longer, but this airship can actually fly, if it is said that it is like a Kong Ming lantern, he can still figure it out, but the skeleton of this airship is made of steel, and there is no sign of ignition in it, so how can it be lifted into the air? Although he didn't know about soldiers, it didn't affect his understanding of this branch of the army that could fly freely in the sky, not to mention that these heavenly troops were equipped with lethal weapons that could be used to attack the ground in battle, even if they didn't have weapons installed, they could also search for enemies operating in a wide range at a safe height, in front of this heavenly army, no matter which country's army, there was no secret at all. Since ancient times, soldiers have said that "knowing oneself and knowing the other is invincible", people hang high in the sky, how they want to see you, how they want to look at you, you still have no way, unless you don't do anything, every day with your neck staring at the sky, otherwise no matter how you go, you will be seen clearly by others.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jinfeng sighed, his charge of failing to drive thieves is absolutely confirmed, and now he can only operate with his life to prevent the officials of Beihai from going to the court to denounce him, otherwise there will be no trouble and a full house? Thinking of this, he could only smile bitterly, he still remembered his own situation before the group of people came to An Yun, his money bag was only a few hundred taels of silver, if he stayed up at this speed until he returned to his hometown, he would have to make up two thousand taels of silver in his pocket, and he would have to carry the charge of looting people's fat and people's ointment.
The enemy is not the enemy, the enemy hates the war and the moon
But now, all these things made by the people are goods, and all of them can be sold at a good price, although it is inconvenient for him to smuggle property in person as the commander of An Yun County, it does not prevent him from letting his relatives and cronies smuggle smugglers under his instructions. And the people are still very friendly to him, all his people go to buy, all twenty percent off, he has an identity, the channel for selling merchants is far more reliable ordinary businessmen, so there is a lot of expenses just sitting at home, a few days ago when his own account man helped him to make a general account, he learned that all his deposits, a total of more than 700 taels of silver, more than 5,700 yuan of silver coins in Oriental Harbor.
The enemy does not hate the enemy, the enemy hates the war Yueqing Mo too much to talk about this "national defense force", what keeps Zhou Jinfeng awake at night is the terrible combat effectiveness of this army, he knows, this army has several different branches of the army, and its army known as the strong army has a scale of several thousand people, each of whom is issued with a steel bird gun, and a short sword can be inserted in the mouth of the gun, which is comparable to a spear after extension. There is also a cannon for every hundred, which can be towed by mules and horses, or dragged by men. He had seen these cannons wield, a cannon eroded for several miles, landed or blossomed in the air, and the broken shrapnel could beat a honeycomb within a few kilometers, and the power was infinite; In addition, there is the navy, which has several huge ships, and now often cruises the seas, intercepting suspicious ships everywhere. These giant ships are far superior to the warships of the Wu Dynasty naval army, not to mention that the Wu Dynasty naval army is unable to provoke these giant ships, even if it is a small ship of the Maideno people who attacked the national navy some time ago, they were also defeated, and I heard that more than a dozen ships were sunk. Although Zhou Jinfeng doesn't know how to fight, he often hears that the waterway goes hand in hand, and the enemy is encircled, and now the Wu Dynasty army is completely deterrent in front of the national army.
This is just the funds accumulated in more than two years, if it is converted into silver, it is at least more than six thousand taels of value, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, it seems that it is not a dream to accumulate ten thousand taels of funds within five years. You must know that this money is not all the money he earns, he has already spent about three thousand taels of silver to bribe the Yanguan and the local town guard eunuchs, and there is still so much silver left, it seems that there is no problem with his own pension.
When he thought of pension, he suddenly remembered the performance appraisal to be sent during this time, you must know that before the appearance of this Dongfang Port, his comments were all down, and the comments in 1628 were even lower, but with the Dongfang Port in 1629, a large army was dispatched to suppress bandits, and a large group of old bandits who had been rampant in An Yun for many years were beaten to cry father and mother, and a large number of bandit prisoners and the heads of dead bandits were given to him, so that he could take them to report his merits, and sure enough, the performance appraisal of the year in 1629 became. Now the gang of people in Dongfang Port will pay a "land use fee" of six or seven thousand yuan to the Anyun County Government every month, and even if Zhou Jinfeng withholds his two thousand taels for the construction and maintenance of Anyuncheng County, he still has a surplus of about four or five thousand taels, and this is the first time he does not know how to spend the money. However, several of his staff have already discussed, and when the autumn payment is given to the imperial court, there will inevitably be another one in this year's performance appraisal. Of course, they also know that the money paid to the imperial court cannot be paid in full, as long as the imperial court asks for a little more. As for grain, this money must be a daily amount when it accumulates to the autumn endowment, and when the time comes, you can buy it directly from the people or directly collect grain in Guangxi and Yunnan, anyway, that side was originally a grain producing area, even if the quantity there is not enough, you can also buy it directly from Annam. Although Annam has been fighting a war now, with the emergence of chemical fertilizers and steel and agricultural tools in Dongfang Port, Annam's grain output is also increasing rapidly, and the wars between the north and the south of Annam are all hitting the west of Annam, and the fertile land on the east line has basically not been destroyed, so there will definitely be a surplus of grain production.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh again, several veterans he had contacted before had tried to teach him how to spend money on urban construction, but he politely refused at that time, who wouldn't spend money? Find someone on the street and give him a sum of money, are you afraid that he won't be able to spend it? But as the funds accumulated in his own hands over the past few months, he was shocked to find that he really didn't spend money.
Not far from the back, the cool knot technique is followed by the moon and grandson
Since the Senate gave him a Rolls-Royce, he now often goes to Oriental Port to take a stroll, and on the other hand, he can open his eyes and see what new things and new policies the Chinese people have come up with; Second, it seems that the newspaper that he often gets from the people of the court is more reliable, and the people seem to have a prescient vision for the decision-making and political direction of the court that he can't believe. He also saw the cleanliness and tidiness of Dongfang Port, and now he just wants to make his An Yun City as clean and tidy as Dongfang Port, at least he can live more comfortably, so not long ago, he just asked the construction team of Dongfang Port to carry out a repair of his yamen, anyway, the repair is only maintenance, not a new one. But after the construction team built it like this, it simply changed his county office, and the new one is even more beautiful.
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