When the news of Li Zicheng's northward journey reached Monan, Wang Dou was wielding a hoe in a field by the Dahei River. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As early as last year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs conducted a detailed survey of various localities to find out where they could be reclaimed and where they could be used.

In the end, it was decided that the location of large-scale military and civilian settlements was the Tumut Plain and the Hetao Plain.

There are many rivers in these places, irrigation is convenient, the Central Plains has many operations in the past dynasties, and some abandoned canals can be seen everywhere, and the original part can be channeled, which can save a lot of energy and money.

Of course, the Central Plains suffered from many disasters, and the grassland was as dry as ever, and due to the cold climate, he could only grow spring wheat, wheat, and some grains such as millet and sorghum, but Wang Dou's advantage was his organizational ability, and he had a very capable group.

In fact, when it comes to disasters, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, especially since the Wanli period, the same natural disasters have continued, and there have been several major disasters that are not inferior to the disasters at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but they have finally withstood it.

The most important reason is that at that time, the local organization still had the ability to lead the people through the disaster, and the grassroots organization ability in the Chongzhen year has been wiped out, and a little natural and man-made disasters are enough to cause great harm, and then a vicious circle, and there is no recovery.

The two plains are about tens of thousands of square kilometers, with more than 10 million acres of arable land, and the best thing is that they are rich in groundwater. The more plain the place, the more shallow the water is the majority, and generally dig a well down, and the water can be produced in two to three meters.

Compared with Shanxi and Shaanxi, there are dozens of deep wells at every turn, and the water quality is salty and bitter. It is not good for civilian use, it can be described as a paradise land.

For ordinary immigrants, this kind of simple irrigation well can be used for two or three taels of silver, and ordinary people can afford it. For Juntun, the cost is smaller, so even if the surface of some rivers is shallow, or even dry, it doesn't matter at all, and the groundwater is.

Under the propaganda of the Xuanfu Times, countless people were moved. The water can be produced if the well is not more than one zhang. Where to find such fertile land? Under the rule of Wang Dou, it was notoriously stable, so soon after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there was a huge wave of immigration. It poured into the two places from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia and other places.

Most of them still have small financial resources. Those who can afford to buy land. It is also necessary to live and cultivate for five years, and you can obtain the ownership of no more than 150 acres of land forever, which will be passed down from generation to generation.

There are also business travel delegations. It was also one after another, and most of the people made a decision after the inspection to seize the opportunity to set up various Shangtun in Monan.

Wang Dou welcomed these people wholeheartedly, because not only did he not spend a penny, but he could also make a lot of money from these people. The cost of buying land is one, even if the price of land is low, but it adds up to a huge amount.

The tax holiday is only one year, and the next year all taxes must be paid, and taxes can be collected from these people.

Most of these people are members of the middle class, with high quality, and they naturally like stability, and once they have a sense of belonging, they will consciously and voluntarily maintain order and govern them, without much effort at all.

Then there are the homeless and hungry people, and the largest expenditure of the capital protection government at present is for this part of the people. First of all, each person's ration is a large amount, but Wang Dou's foundation is Tunpu, and the role of these people cannot be underestimated, after all, most of the soldiers of the Jingbian Army are from Tunpu.

In addition, because Tunpu temporarily adopts the field system, it can use the farming method like a large farm. Horse ploughing, coupling ploughs, columbs, and large water wheels can be used generally, and the tillage efficiency can be greatly improved. These people are good candidates for all the soldiers, so the expenditure they should have is necessary.

In the face of the distress and grievances of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wang Dou said: "Don't care about the silver, the silver is earned for spending, and on the basis of not causing greater inflation, the silver that should be spent is spent." ”

Compared with the tunpu, the military tun certainly has more advantages, after all, they are regular army soldiers who are accustomed to discipline, and it is easier for them to command and obey orders than the displaced people who have no collective concept for the time being.

However, the military tun is only an expedient measure for the time being, in order to obtain food faster, after reaching a certain goal, all the military tun will slowly give way to the establishment of the Mintun, professional soldiers, or fight with peace of mind.

After the end of the military cantonment, the soldiers who participated in the cantonment will also receive certain meritorious services and be rewarded with land and manors.

Generally speaking, Wang Dou is currently doing a lot of business without capital, a bit of a taste of eating grain, but over the years the establishment of credit and labor, so that the military and civilians believe that the general will be captured, and Wang Dou, the Marquis of Yongning, will definitely fulfill his promise, which is Wang Dou's biggest advantage.

In order to encourage the enthusiasm of the soldiers for reclamation, Wang Dou, who had not been on the ground for many years, personally went to the ground to wield a hoe, which really aroused the great enthusiasm of the soldiers, and it was as if they were desperate to work.

The drums are waving, the gongs and drums are noisy, on the empty and vast wilderness, the crowd of ants is busy and dense, burning the wasteland and reclamation, racing against time, full of enthusiasm, at this time the grassland scenery is quite beautiful, but there is still cold, but the soldiers are in full swing, and they do not feel cold at all.

On every plain, their flags are planted, and every flag has its own number, and they divide the packets, shouting the trumpet, and they look like fierce competition.

Loud-voiced propagandists shouted encouragement and beat gongs and drums to help.

The personnel of the logistics department were busy carrying water and delivering meals to ensure that the soldiers could have hot water and hot meals when they rested.

There are also war horses galloping on the grasslands, driving away wolves, and sometimes setting a fire to burn the wild grass into black soil.

In addition to manpower reclamation, there are also quite a lot of horses dragging coupling plows galloping over, reflecting the advantages of "mechanization". Some of the land has already been sown, and the same horses have pulled the seeds in the grasslands.

Large-scale "mechanization" is the requirement of Wang Dou, manpower can only open up half an acre of waste land a day, ploughing cattle can open up one acre to two acres a day, and then horse ploughing, the speed of land reclamation is faster every day, and horse ploughing has more advantages on the endless plain.

Of course, horse farming is expensive, and it is only suitable for dry land, and the yield per mu is not as much as that of cattle farming. But Wang Dou didn't mind. What he wants is quantity, and if the quantity goes up, the accumulation of grain can be achieved.

After many years of operation, he managed a lot of cattle and horses, and after the battle outside the Saiwai, he seized more than 300,000 cattle and sheep, mules, donkeys, camels, horses, etc., a total of nearly 50,000 heads, and the animal resources were very rich. Able to use animal power. No manpower is required.

Of course, the premise is that they know how to plow with horses and cattle.

Wang Dou's request was that part of the fields were cleared and sown that year. A bumper harvest that year.

Except for the warriors who opened up the wasteland. There are also many soldiers who are building water conservancy. They were covered in mud, their hands and feet were cut and bleeding, and they didn't know it. Canals were dredged and waterwheels were erected. The particularly majestic Lanzhou waterwheel, now called Jingbianbao waterwheel, is lined up, spreading from the Dahei River to the Yellow River, which is a wonder.

This waterwheel costs more than 100 taels, and only Wang Dou is willing to use it on a large scale.

The soldiers fought endlessly and were full of passion, especially the soldiers who were not far from the general, and they were even more motivated.

Wang Dou took the lead in digging the ground, fighting at the forefront, but secretly complaining in his heart, he hadn't been in the field for many years, and he had only been working for a few days, and he had back pain. However, on the surface, he still has to put on a commanding and calm appearance.

Wang Dou was beside him, as well as members of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the shogunate, who were all busy with their hoes, some of them were holding plows.

The generals themselves have gone to the fields, how can they be left behind? But after all, they are important members, and they all have their own big things, especially the construction of Monan, and there are more affairs, so they can only express their hearts, and it is impossible to work all day and night like ordinary Tunmin sergeants.

In the crowd, there was also Li Banghua, a professor at the Confucianism College and director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, who was waving a hoe silently.

His official office also moved to Guihua City at this time, but he often went to Xuanfu Town and traveled between the two places. Mo Nan construction, he believes that it is the root of solving the problem of the Ming Dynasty, so after Wang Dou went to the field, he also took the time to go to the field together today, expressing his importance to agriculture.

Li Banghua is not young, and farm work is a big challenge for him, but he tries his best to persist and not fall behind everyone.

Let everyone secretly admire, this Lao Tzu has a stubbornness, especially he was originally a cabinet member, Zuodu was born in the imperial history, it is even more rare, Banghua Gong has changed a lot.

The fiery scene filled the grassland, and there were bursts of passionate gongs and drums, and there was a boom in land reclamation competitions everywhere. It wasn't until noon that the clangling sound of the troops was heard, and the soldiers stopped, and in the midst of the noise and laughter, they converged like a tide to their respective eating places.

As they walked, they compared what they had earned, and the atmosphere was very warm.

Wang Dou stopped his hand, and everyone around him also sighed, all of them felt relaxed for a while, it seems that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, it is true that they have not worked for many years, and the officials and generals are a little unbearable.

Wang Dou put down the hoe, looked at the lively scene around him, and said with a smile: "I only now understand what Liu Bei said, 'I always keep my body from the saddle, and all the flesh is gone; I don't ride anymore, and my hips are fleshy. What do you mean by that? ”

Everyone laughed loudly, all agreed, the speaker really wants to move more, he hasn't been in the field for a few years, and he has been working for a while, and his back hurts.

A group of them followed Wang Dou and walked to the river, where a few big rocks were just resting, and Wang Dou and the others ate the same as the soldiers, broth and bread.

Everywhere I passed, groups of soldiers holding rice bowls saw that they were all cheering in groups, and the mood was very hot, if it weren't for the soldiers of the escort battalion to stop them, there were more soldiers who wanted to squeeze this side, Zhang Gui smiled and said: "The general personally went to the field and worked with the soldiers, and the morale of the brothers was very high." ”

Wang Dou waved his hand to his subordinates, which caused a wave of waves, and when he heard this, he smiled and sighed: "Yes, it's a pity that there are not many such opportunities." ”

Although various systems have been planned, people are emotional animals, and Shangguan personally encourages them to participate, and the atmosphere is of course different, but it is a pity that the higher the power, the fewer opportunities to reach the bottom.

Not to mention anything else, Wang Dou knew that in the past few days when he went to the ground, there must have been a lot of various documents accumulated on the case, and it seems that after doing this day, he can't go down to the ground anymore.

When walking, Wang Dou saw that Li Banghua beside him didn't make a sound, but tapped his waist bone from time to time, obviously too tired, he smiled: "Li Gong is okay?" ”

Li Banghua reluctantly said: "With the concern of Lord Lao, it doesn't hurt to be an official." ”

Zhang Gui next to him said with a smile: "I am a martial artist from a rough background and is used to farm work, and Professor Li is a scholar." Don't get tired. ”

Everyone laughed loudly, and Li Banghua said: "There is an ancient saying that when the heavens descend to the people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and skin......"

As he was talking, he stumbled, and Zhong Rong next to him hurriedly supported him and shouted, "Be careful." ”

Wang Dou also said: "It seems that Li Gong is too tired to do it, so he helped Li Gong up." ”

A large number of people helped Li Banghua to walk. Li Banghua was a little embarrassed. At the same time, the heart is warm, and it is undeniable that although the positions are different, the group of Wang Dou is indeed very exciting.

When you get to the river. Zhong Susu and Zhong Tiaoyang greeted them.

Wang Dou and a cadre of officers worked on this side. As the commander of the escort battalion. Zhong Tiaoyang naturally led the soldiers of the escort battalion to stand guard. Zhong Susu didn't go to the field with everyone, but ran up and down, just for everyone. Especially poured tea and water for Wang Dou, he was just as busy.

As early as when the "Second General Artillery Problem", also known as the "Wang's Arithmetic Problem", arrived, he learned that he was written into the arithmetic problem and would be famous all over the world, and Zhong Susu was very happy. When Wang Dou arrived in Monan, Zhong Susu kept running up and down with him, inspecting everywhere.

Sometimes when Wang Dou didn't pay attention, he stared at him for a long time, his face was flushed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Her affairs are just as busy, she has to arrange the cultivation of military camps, arrange the defense of the jurisdiction, and restore the Dongshengwei, Zhenyuwei, Yulinwei and other places, and dispatch troops and horses to exterminate the horse bandits and thieves in the jurisdiction.

The horse thieves in the grassland have always been many and wide, and the composition is also complex, including Han people, Hu people, and people such as Semu Huihui, who are extremely vicious, not only plundering the interior, but also the tribes of the grassland are also the objects of their robbery.

Although the large group of Tartars has been eliminated, the small group of horse thieves still remains, and the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many hiding places, and if they are not eliminated, it will pose a threat to the operation of Monan.

However, Wang Dou has recently made arrangements to use the cavalry battalion, the sentry battalion, the Zhongyi battalion, and the new attached battalion of the Chinese army, as well as a large number of chasers and hussars, to exterminate the grassland bandits, and they sweep from east to west and from south to north.

No matter how wide the grassland is, no matter how many horse thieves there are, they can't resist their iron hooves, and now the grassland horse thieves have a tendency to become extinct, except for the Inner Mongolians and horse thieves, the Yellow River may freeze in winter and step into the smelt, and now it is basically peaceful.

However, at that time, Wang Dou's iron cavalry will also cross the Yellow River, and unite Ningxia and Yansui and other towns to attack the Ordos Plateau, and completely wipe out the Hu people and horse thieves in Monan.

Therefore, Zhong Susu is also more leisurely, and can accompany Wang Dou more, the Yellow River, the Dahei River, and the Xiaohei River everywhere, the military and civilians can see the figure of the general and General Zhong walking side by side, and sometimes they can hear bursts of laughter from the two.

At this time, she brought a plate of hot water, put a hot towel on it, walked to Wang Dou's side with a smile, and said courteously: "The general has worked hard, wash your hands and wipe your face." ”

Wang Dou washed his hands, took the hot towel again, and said with a smile: "Thank you, General Zhong." ”

Zhong Susu smiled happily, her eyes turned into a crescent moon, revealing her white teeth, but when she met the different eyes of the people before her, she then turned into a casual appearance, and said lightly: "What are you doing standing stupidly, don't wash your hands and eat?" ”

Immediately, everyone looked around, washed their hands and faces, and prepared to eat, which proved to be unwise to deal with General Zhong.

Li Banghua also washed his hands, wiped his face, and sat on a rock by the river, took off his shoes and socks regardless of the image, stretched his feet into the cool river water, exhaled with satisfaction, and groaned: "The water of the waves is clear, you can wet me, the water of the waves is turbid, you can wet my feet......"

Zhang Gui said with a smile: "Professor Li is worthy of being a scholar, and he has to recite poetry when he washes his feet." ”

Everyone laughed and sat around Wang Doutuan, eating and drinking with satisfaction with the fatigue after work. And sitting side by side with the general in this way, there is no distinction between dignity and inferiority, which also makes everyone feel relaxed and happy, and the feelings between each other are closer.

In fact, most of the officers and generals of the Jingbian Army were rough people, and even if they were in high and powerful positions, there was not much improvement in this etiquette and behavior. They took the flatbread, ate the broth one by one, and ate it all in a big way, while talking about gossip, talking excitedly about today's farming, all kinds of topics, etc.

Zhong Susu sat on Wang Dou's left, and Zhang Gui was on the right, both of them were extremely optimistic about Mo Nan's prospects. Zhang Gui took a big bite of the dough cake, and said even more vaguely: "General, the lower official can be sure that by next year, the golden autumn wheat wave requested by the general will definitely be realized......"

He said: "At the beginning of this year, most of the military tuns were set up, but by the middle of the year, there will be more people. Shangtun was established. If you don't have time to plant wheat for the time being, you can plant mung beans, alfalfa, sugar beet, and rape to increase the fertility of the land...... When spring begins next year, these bean-growing fields can be planted with wheat and become good fields......"

Zhong Susu also said happily: "When the weather is warmer, it will be easier for our military and civilians to open up wasteland and cultivate land. ”

Wang Dou said: "Yes." Just give us time. The land of Monan has become a rice grain river outside the Saiwai, which is not a fool's dream. ”

He couldn't contain the excitement in his heart as he nibbled on a flatbread. While looking out at the wilderness. This piece of Tumut to the plain of the Hetao. With an area of tens of thousands of square kilometers, it has always had fertile soil and a well-developed irrigation system. It is known as a fertile land of anointed colony.

This land can grow wheat, wheat, rice, flax, rape, fragrant rice, melon, sugar beet, soybeans, mung beans and other crops. Later, when the seeds are adapted, corn and potatoes can be planted.

It is also suitable for planting apricots, plums, grapes, apples and other melons and fruits. Wang Dou saw the colorful fields of the coming year in a trance: flax is the blue flower, the yellow flower is rape, and the white flower is the wheat......

This place, also rich in minerals, in the later generations of Baotou, at this time the capital of the capital of the town of Mo Nanxi Town, the town of Jiuyuan City, there is the world's largest rare earth deposit, at this time rare earth can not be used, but this place is still the world's largest iron ore location, at the same time there are huge coal mines and other minerals.

The remaining oil shale, manganese, gold, copper and other minerals are gathered, which can be described as the treasure land of Monan. Here, Wang Dou decided to open an artillery foundry again, as well as a fire hammer factory, a large number of coal and iron ore mined, which can be used nearby.

This side is also close to the Yellow River, erecting hydraulic drilling machines and other advantages are more advantageous, there is more coal and iron, and the people can also use cheap iron and iron tools, so that iron products can become the fist industry of the capital. Even one day in the future, it will sell well all over the country and overseas.

How much of a huge market is this? In the later Qing Dynasty, a year's import value of foreign iron and foreign needles was between 2.8 million taels and 3 million taels, and the foreign iron used in an ordinary state and county cost hundreds of thousands of catties, and even Guangdong Province, Foshan and other places, the annual demand for foreign iron was more than 10 million catties.

The amount of iron required by the Ming Dynasty is as huge, so a large amount of iron is made out, and there is no need to worry about no market.

Although Wang Dou now has the Yongning Artillery Factory and the Xuanfu Zhencheng Artillery Factory, he needs more artillery, as well as firearms, and he also needs more.

In addition, there are many grasslands in Monan, and a large number of captured Mongols can raise war horses for themselves. Wang Dou hopes that by next year, the soldiers under his command will be the second-class army, and everyone will have horses, and most of them will be war horses.

Mongolians still have a hand in raising horses, although their way of raising horses requires a very wide range of grasslands, and in terms of fat, it is not as good as the horse farms in the Central Plains. But it doesn't matter, in the previous stage of use, it is good to use grain beans to raise it for a while, and you can also save more food on weekdays.

They can't farm, so they can develop textile, leather, dairy and other industries, at this time, although the sheep and wool in the grassland can not be wool spinning, but making felt and blankets is their millennium sideline, leather blankets, very promising.

Wang Dou also planned to overhaul roads, set up post stations, and use several major official roads to connect the three towns of Monan, not to mention the road from Guihua City to Xuanfu Town, the road to Datong Town, the road to Ningwuguan in Shanxi Town, and the road to Ningxia Town, all of which should be connected, so as to deepen ties with the hinterland, rather than being isolated from Monan.

In addition, he is still planning to build water conservancy, set up normal middle schools and universities, recruit talents, especially in the field of civil affairs, and invest more in the training of medical doctors, so as to make full preparations for the possible plague.

Looking at the vast fields and the fiery crowd in all directions, Wang Dou's heart was surging, and he thought silently: "Just give me time, and by next year, I will have the capital to solve all problems!" ”

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Li Banghua chewed slowly, he didn't speak, just quietly listened to everyone.

This is not just a simple military, but all aspects, just as Wang Dou said, especially to develop in the south of Japan......

At this time, he listened to Wang Dou and Zhang Gui talking: "There should be no problem for Mo Nan to immigrate a million people. ”

"There is no problem, although the book says that there are hundreds of thousands of households in Shanxi and millions of mouths, in fact, there are about 10 million mouths, and the same is true in Shaanxi. Of course, it will not take a while to reach this number, it will take time......"

When Li Banghua wanted to listen more carefully, Zhong Susu turned around and said to Li Banghua: "Li Gong, I listened to your lecture that day and benefited a lot, but I have a question......

She said: "You say that the way of the saint and the king, you have always governed the country, is it better to be an inner saint and an outer king, or is it better to be an inner king and an outer saint?" ”

Everyone's eyes were on it, even Wang Dou looked at it, Li Banghua looked at Zhong Susu, and he had a good impression of her.

And with his experience, he quickly saw Zhong Susu's true body, he didn't break it, at this time he slowly gnawed on his own cake, and said with a smile: "The sage is talking about the inner saint and the outer king, which means that there is the virtue of the saint inside, and the government of the king is external, the inner saint is the foundation, and the outer king is the goal." ”

Zhong Susu groaned: "It seems that the previous dynasties, this is not the case, Tang Taizong said: 'Yuanyi comes to serve, and it should be added by virtue and righteousness.'" What is the cause of the great success? The emperor of the Song Dynasty also said: Cultivate virtue and righteousness, and Yuanyi will come to serve. It's as if they were talking about a foreign saint, not a foreign king. ”

Li Banghua shook his head: "This time and that time, when the national strength is strong, he will speak of the king." In all dynasties, when the country was really strong and prosperous at the beginning of the country, which one was not perennial conquest and war everywhere, where was the foreign saint? is a weak Song Dynasty, and he also wants to return to Yanyun in the north. When the strength was insufficient, Yidi was strong and the Central Plains was declining, so he said that he would stop the army and rest, so that I could win the opportunity to recuperate. Liao and Jin are so fierce, after practicing morality, they don't want to use troops in vain, and the Central Plains has also been spared many times to avoid the people from being miserable. When the Central Plains recovers, the Northern Expedition can also be made again to restore the country. ”

Zhong Susu suddenly realized: "Oh, when our side is strong, I will talk about the foreign king, and if I can't beat others, I will talk about the foreign saint." No matter how strong we are, we will restore the foreign king? The study of the saints is really flexible and changeable. ”

Everyone laughed, Li Banghua coughed lightly, Zhong Susu's words were too explicit.

However, he felt that General Zhong was still diligent and studious, and asked if he didn't understand, which was very good, and he said: "Qingmin is happy, there is nothing to do in the four seas, and the country is prosperous, and the people are rich and the army is strong." Isn't Yuanyi afraid of submission, not afraid of our Chinese attack? Naturally, they are fighting for tribute. ”

He said: "If thieves are rampant, the old and the weak have nothing to support, the national strength is poor, and the military is weak, it will naturally attract the prying eyes of Yidi, so the inner saint is the foundation......

He looked at Wang Dou with a smile: "If the Hou Ye is at this time, he will govern the internal affairs and be harmonious, so the soldiers will be strong and strong, and the outer saints or foreign kings will be free to do as they please...... If the current center of the imperial court is overwhelmed with internal affairs, how can the king have the confidence of the foreign king? ”

Everyone unanimously sighed, Li Gong still clearly understood the lecture, as well as his analogy...... Wang Dou nodded, during this time, Li Banghua also lectured on Confucianism, so that everyone felt that their cultivation had improved, and Confucianism was a strong point in self-cultivation.

In terms of governing the country, there are also quite a few highlights, such as the inner saint and the outer king, which contains a flexible and changeable diplomatic strategy, which is tough when it should be tough, and weak when it should be weak, which preserves the fire of civilization very well.

What you have to do is to take the essence and remove the dross to form a resilient system.

Wang Dou finished drinking the broth in the bowl and was about to stand up, when several horsemen rushed from the direction of Guihua City, everyone looked at it, Wang Dou frowned, and thought, "What's the matter?" ”

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A few days later, General Yingyang, the chief military officer of Monanxi Town, and the head of the General Staff of the Duhu Prefecture, Wen Fangliang, rushed into the Naturalization City with some escorts. Since last year, until the past few months, he has been busy in Jiuyuan City, Hetao and other places, and in the past few months, his handsome face has become a lot darker.

After receiving the general's message, he hurriedly got up, fortunately, Jiuyuan City was not far from Guihua City, but it was only three hundred miles away, and it was still a wilderness with a flat river, and the road was easy to walk, so he quickly rushed to Guihua City.

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Lao Bainiu: There is still a chapter after twelve o'clock, and there are seven or eight thousand words, but book friends should watch it tomorrow, because I feel that some plots have not been written, and they may continue to write. (To be continued.) )