Yang Sichang finally came to Dengzhou, and he came to Dengzhou with Lu Shanji and Xu Eryi.

It seems very strange that these three people can come together, fortunately, the new cabinet chief assistant Zhou Yanru is bent on consolidating power, and he didn't pay special attention to them, and the emperor also thinks of big things, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have also relaxed the monitoring of the three, and more importantly, Dong Chang, the person in charge of Jinyiwei's dark line, has a somewhat vague attitude on this matter, otherwise it is impossible for the three of them to leave the capital.

The whereabouts of Yang Sichang and his entourage, Su Tian became a good grasp.

Among these three people, Lu Shanji does not need to worry, and Su Tiancheng is also ready to entrust Lu Shanji with an important task and let Lu Shanji assist Hong Chengchou and be responsible for many matters in the Jiangning camp, but Yang Sichang and Xu Eryi are not clear, especially Xu Eryi.

Don't look at Xu Eryi as Su Tiancheng's mentor, but this old man is too stubborn, his mind is full of pedantic thoughts, everything must be in accordance with orthodox concepts, just like Su Tiancheng's rebellious approach, in Xu Eryi's opinion, it must be a big rebellion. As for Yang Sichang, it may be slightly better.

Therefore, Su Tiancheng must be fully prepared, and be able to keep Yang Sichang and Xu Eryi, that is a good thing, even if he can't keep it, don't force it for the time being.

Along the way, Yang Sichang and others looked very carefully, leaving Beizhili, entering Jinan Mansion in Shandong, feeling a little different, the situation and Beizhili seem to be different, the people's lives are generally richer, and the degree of prosperity is far stronger than Beizhili, after entering Qingzhou, the three of them couldn't believe their eyes, what they saw was the effective management of the government, and the people really had enough food and clothing, saying that the road was not left behind and the night was not closed may be a bit excessive, but the people who saw it. The faces are all smiling, and even the faces are full of red light, which is completely different from the situation in Beizhili, and it is far stronger than Jinan Mansion.

Entering the Qingzhou Mansion City, the bustling and lively atmosphere completely infected the three of them. They were once again clear about Su Tiancheng's ability.

Entering the capital city of Dengzhou, the feeling of Yang Sichang and others can only be said to be shocked, the prosperity here has surpassed that of the capital, even if it is Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places in the south, it cannot be compared with here.

What is even more surprising to everyone is that there are many foreign people here, including black slaves. Coming and going on the streets, and even doing things in the workshop, the common people are not surprised at all, and they are used to it.

Such a situation, if it appeared in the capital, it would definitely cause everyone to watch, and in other places in Beizhili, there were no Yangyi and black slaves at all.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing. Seeing these situations, Yang Sichang and Xu Eryi, who were originally angry. Slowly fell silent, they studied hard, began to participate in the imperial examination, and entered the imperial court as officials, although they had the idea of glorifying their ancestors, but they still wanted to let the people live a good life. has been in the officialdom for many years, and all kinds of situations have been seen, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are still living a very hard life, even in the relatively rich south. The lives of the common people are not very good, let alone in the north, and what is seen in Qingzhou and Dengzhou, it is safe to say that it cannot be seen anywhere else.

Yang Sichang and Xu Er didn't believe it at first, they even rested for one night in the villages and towns of Qingzhou and Dengzhou, and walked around, but what they saw was indeed a situation of abundant food and clothing, and the people were happy. Moreover, the density of population in these places is also beyond their imagination, and the population of a random village or town is almost more than 1,000 people, which is rare in the vicinity of the capital.

In Dengzhou and Qingzhou, they also found some differences, that is, commerce is particularly prosperous, there are shops everywhere, even in villages and towns, there are also a lot of shops, Dengzhou and Qingzhou City have a large number of large workshops, there are many people doing things in the workshop, processing silk, food, clothing, medicinal materials, etc., and even jewelry, gold and silver, only you can't think of it, no one can't do it.

Yang Sichang and others will not understand that this is the best way to brainwash, no matter how stubborn their ideas are, when facing the facts, as long as they have a conscience, they will be touched the most.

Therefore, before coming to Dengzhou and entering the Governor's Mansion, Yang Sichang and Xu Er began to think about it early on, for what Su Tiancheng could make Dengzhou, Qingzhou and Laizhou develop so rapidly, you must know that Lu Dao was once a devastation, and Dolgon completely destroyed this place, it has only been a few years, if Su Tiancheng is allowed to govern the Ming Dynasty, what kind of situation will happen.

As for Lu Shanji, he was the happiest, he had already made up his mind to follow Su Tiancheng, and he also wrote to Sun Quan and others, asking them to come to Dengzhou as well.

Su Tiancheng greeted Yang Sichang and others at the gate of the Governor's Mansion.

Although Yang Sichang, Xu Eryi, Lu Shanji and others have no official positions, Su Tiancheng still saluted the three of them.

Yang Sichang spoke first.

"Lord Su is so courteous, I don't dare to be in the future, Xu Eryi is Lord Su's mentor, he deserves this gift, and Lu Shanji is also a close friend of Lord Su."

Su Tiancheng had a smile on his face.

"The friendship between gentlemen should be like this, so Lord Yang should not be polite."

The banquet has been prepared a long time ago, the dishes are very exquisite, but the number is not very large, and the three of them are accompanied to eat, including Zhu Xianxuan and Hong Chengchou, which is the highest courtesy.

Yang Sichang didn't care about praising the situation in Dengzhou and Qingzhou, and pointed to the wine and food on the table and spoke.

"Master Su, along the way, we saw that Dengzhou and Qingzhou were so rich, is the dish so simple?"

Su Tiancheng smiled and spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making this appearance, if it weren't for you to come to the Governor's Mansion, there would not be so many dishes, anyway, many officials in the Governor's Mansion eat taxes earned by the common people, and they must not be wasted, I have no objection to the officials to eat well, and I also require the officials and soldiers to eat well, including their families, but if there is waste, it will be punished."

In fact, this kind of anti-waste atmosphere, is not Su Tiancheng deliberately requested, but he has such a habit of life, before the crossing, the standard of living is average, and there is not much waste, after the crossing, he personally created the Jiangning camp, with the growth of the Jiangning camp, the need for more and more silver, if from top to bottom have formed the habit of extravagance and waste, it is difficult to maintain, plus Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, there are many merchants, most of the merchants are more economical, not accustomed to waste, Therefore, the habit of thrift promoted by the government soon spread.

Su Tiancheng doesn't know Lu Dao, his unintentional move, the shock to everyone is not small, everyone knows the social atmosphere during the Chongzhen period of Lu Dao, although it is said that the people have been struggling on the death line for a long time, although Zhu Youzhen himself is thrifty, but the following extravagance and waste is still prevalent, and there are very few officials who really care about the suffering of the people, but Su Tiancheng is extremely rich in Dengzhou and other places, he still asks for economy and opposes luxury and waste, which is not simple.

Yang Sichang was a little disbelieving, and smiled and spoke again.

"I don't know how the dishes in the Dao Governor's Mansion are arranged on weekdays."

Su Tiancheng didn't answer directly, looking at Zhu Xianxuan, the daily affairs of the Governor's Mansion are all directly responsible for Zhu Xianxuan, and this question is best answered by Zhu Xianxuan.

Of course, Zhu Xianxuan understood the meaning and said with a smile.

"Lord Yang cares about the dishes of the Governor's Mansion, this is very simple, you can see how the living conditions of many officials in the Governor's Mansion are in the past two days, I can empathize, today is because you are here, so you have made special preparations, there is no such life on weekdays."

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin can say so, then I believe it."

The speed of eating was very fast, and everyone didn't drink much, in fact, Yang Sichang and the others didn't drink a lot of wine, they were concerned about other things, including some major decisions, and their minds were not on drinking, Su Tiancheng was also very clear, and he didn't persuade him to drink.

After eating, Zhu Xianxuan invited everyone to the canteen of the Governor's Mansion to have a look.

This is a very fresh topic, Yang Sichang and others have never heard of it, when they used to work in the palace, the imperial dining room would provide some life, which was a gift from the emperor, and ordinary people could not enjoy it, as for the yamen at all levels below, life was responsible for themselves, and officials needed to bring rice from home.

After coming to the so-called canteen, Yang Sichang and others opened their eyes, it turned out that the officials of the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion were all eating in this so-called canteen, the dishes were placed very neatly, each dish was packed in a wooden basin, there was a spoon in it, what dishes the officials were willing to eat, it was served with a spoon, there were not many dishes, that is, six, and a large pot of soup.

When Yang Sichang and the others went to see it, it was the time for the officials of the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion to eat, and when many officials served the food, it was very natural, and there were people who specially registered, and there was no difference between the upper and lower officials.

Zhu Xianxuan said to everyone with a smile.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Su and I often eat here."

Yang Sichang's eyes lit up and he kept nodding.

"Okay, this kind of method is very good, food, clothing, housing and transportation are the biggest problems, so to solve the problem of food, I don't know how to come up with this method."

"This is the method that Master Su came up with, many officials in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou all use this method, and the officials need to pay a certain amount of silver taels, which consumes the cost, in fact, it is deducted in Yulu, but the government also gives a certain amount of subsidies and invests some silver taels, which is not a lot."

To say that Yang Sichang accepted these things faster, Xu Eryi was different, and even walked over, picked up the chopsticks, and tasted the dishes in the wooden basin, he wanted to see if this kind of practice was specifically to fool them. (To be continued......)