Jingyang also belongs to the edge of Guanzhong, unlike Yanzhou, more than a dozen squires are wearing silk and satin, and they are very exquisitely dressed.

Seeing Hou Ke and Wang Ju coming in, they saluted together: "The grass people have seen Ambassador Wang, Hou Zhixian." ”

"No need to be polite," Wang Ju waved his hand, and the two sat down, Hou Ke realized that he didn't speak.

Maybe Wang Ju loves the people very much, and he can also endure hardships.

But the people only saw one side of Wang Ju, and there was another side that the people did not see.

There are also some advantages in this side, such as being able to listen to everyone's opinions and not being proud.

There are wonderful ideas.

The wisdom is amazing, at least among the twenty-year-old young people he knows, there is no one who can match it, the world is big, there are no surprises, but at this age can compare with Wang Ju, even in this world, there will not be many.

Be decisive.

But there is a very bad problem, that is, he is extremely competitive, even if he often has a gentle smile on his face, but that kind of competitiveness still cannot be hidden, and the desire to control is very strong. So Yang Pan, who has a good temper, can't stand it.

Hou Ke thought about it, or forget it, he was just an assistant, why bother arguing with Wang Ju?

But fortunately, Wang Ju only takes care of his own affairs, and also does not interfere in the affairs of Jingyang County.

"Tell me, what is the matter with you who have come to see us?"

A gentleman stood up and said, "Ambassador Wang's grandfather's surname is Li, and the old man happens to be surnamed Li." ”

"What do you mean, does your daughter have such a good life?" Li Wanyuan was not happy.

"Second brother, go back, this is the county office." Wang Ju said. I am an official, but Li Wanyuan is not, don't underestimate Jingyang, there are also some wangmen here, and some gentlemen have a small background.

Then Wang Ju continued: "What is the relationship, what is the surname, don't say it again, no matter the surname Wang or Li, it is the same in my heart." Get down to business. ”

"That's right, the construction of the canal started, and more than a dozen of our families have suffered some losses in their farmland."

"Li Yuanwai, do you want the imperial court to compensate you for your losses?"

"Don't dare, don't dare, the canal has been repaired, it's good for everyone, how dare the old man make rude demands? Lost ...... years in recent years"

"Don't say it badly, the drain work is divided into three steps, which will cause some arable land to be unable to be farmed and produced, but at most it will only take a year, a few years."

"Yes, yes, but a lot of land is submerged, and it won't be a year."

"Li Yuanwai, you can rest assured that all the damaged cultivated land will be compensated by the imperial court, and once the canal is completed, many barren fields will be turned into fertile land, which is enough to compensate you."

"But the old man heard that the ambassador issued a Lubu official document, saying that from now on, the court will not recognize the new fields that anyone has cultivated."

"Yes, the country's finances are poor, and the people of Shaanxi are also living a poor life, so the imperial court will use the newly acquired cultivated land to exchange labor for land to resettle the poor people, and resettle some Baojie sergeants and soldiers."

"But the old man saw that many main households took the opportunity to reclaim the land, why didn't the government send people to measure it, and didn't send people to stop it?"

"Their reclamation is theirs, even if they reclaim the whole of Shaanxi, the court will not admit it, you don't have to worry about this, the construction of this section of the new canal of Xiao Zhengquan after the autumn will be about to be completed, and the official will personally lead people to deal with this matter." When the time comes, it will be given to you, to all the people and soldiers who participate in the labor, and to the imperial court will also give a fair explanation. It's not early, the official is very tired, and he really wants to rest, so go back. ”

But Li Yuanwai and others are confused.

What is a fair statement?

At least you have to send someone to measure it, but the king doesn't measure it, so after these dozen people saw the dew cloth, their hearts were a little hairy.

Li Yuanwai glanced at everyone and said: "Then the old man should believe in the Ming Gong and the imperial court, in order to show our gratitude to the imperial court, the old man is willing to donate a hundred stone millet to fund the canal workers." ”

"County Lieutenant Song, you first note that Li Yuanwai is willing to donate 100 stone millet, and as a reward, after the completion of the canal work, an additional 10 acres of fertile land will be compensated."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"This is a righteous act, and it deserves to be accepted."

It seems that the deal is good, and others have offered to donate a batch of food, all in a ratio of 10 to 1, "additional" compensation. Wang Ju watched the county lieutenant Song record it, and said: "You are a good deed, but the official has also given a reward, so you must hand over the grain within half a month, don't make empty promises and deceive the official." ”

"Ambassador, rest assured."

"Secondly, don't be like some profiteers, mixing sand and gravel in the grain, if so, not only will there be no reward, but the officer will definitely hold you accountable for the crime of deception. Finally, old grain can be produced, but it must be edible, and no moldy grain is allowed, otherwise the official will severely punish him. ”

Of course, last year's drought was not strict, and the grain price could not be raised, but if there is another drought this year, two years of disaster, and then operate, the people panicked, and the grain price immediately rose like a sky. In Shaanxi, in particular, it is not easy to transfer grain from other places, and this has given them the opportunity to hoard and raise grain.

Therefore, there is a shortage of grain everywhere in Shaanxi, including Wang Ju's soju workshop, and the cost of soju has nearly doubled, but these big households are new grain and old grain, and some of the grain can rot and deteriorate.

During the Qingli period, these people saw that the price of grain rose wildly, and they happened to be transporting military rations, so the officials and businessmen colluded to use these rotten grains as military rations, and they could also mix sand and gravel into them, in short, Zhao Zhen's soft heart was a blessing for the people, but some very bad tendencies were spreading in some aspects, such as the wind of corruption.

Wang Ju said again: "Just now the official also said to Hou Zhixian on the road that the official will not only love the people, but also kill people. ”

More than a dozen businessmen were shocked.

Wang Ju went home.

Li Wanyuan asked puzzledly: "Ten stone millet can be exchanged for one acre of fertile land?" Isn't that a loss? ”

In normal years, millet is not worth much in Guanzhong, and a stone of millet is less than 100 yuan, that is, a few hundred yuan to get an acre of fertile land. This will be the real high-quality cultivated land, even if Shaanxi is cheap, one acre of land will cost three or four dollars.

"Second brother, you know one thing, but you don't know the other, the sergeant's food has been prepared a long time ago, and there are grain in the warehouses of various states and counties, but has the food of the people been prepared, and has the food of the prisoners of war been prepared? If it is a few thousand people, it is not a big problem to raise it, but tens of thousands of people to raise it, coupled with the lack of harvest in Shaanxi last year, will certainly raise grain prices. That's why the officials allocated a large amount of grain from the Central Plains to prevent the price of grain from rising in Guanzhong and causing panic. But this grain was transferred from the Central Plains, do you know how much each bucket costs? One hundred and fifty texts, each stone is always more. Ten stones of grain is more than a dozen. Isn't it worth an acre of fertile land? Moreover, these people have donated a lot, and the food gap is not big, even if there is a small shortage, the government dares to buy it openly in Guanzhong. If the government didn't need to send grain from the Central Plains, how much money would it save? ”

"So that's the case, but those lands haven't even been measured, how can they be compensated in the future?"

"Quantity, how to measure well."

"Then it's ...... after autumn"

"It's not the quantity, it's the amount they reported to the government, why do you need to measure," Wang Ju said.

"That, brother-in-law, you're too ruthless, you'll poke a hornet's nest."

"Normally, it's a hornet's nest, but if you think about it, it's a group of people on the drain now."

Li Wanyuan thought, thought for a while, and shouted: "It's really murderous." ”

"If you kill it, you will kill it, the most important thing in the Song Dynasty is people, but the most hated thing is silverfish! Vampire! Besides, do you really think these people are kind enough to donate food? ”

What is it, a super big landlord only took out a hundred stone millet, it was really kind.

But Wang Ju didn't expect his butcher's knife to fall down so quickly.

Why did you choose this mountain in the first place, but it is not Hou Ke's mountain, strictly speaking, this place belongs to the Zhongshan mountain system, there should be little difference between the rocks of the mountain, some of the rocks may be weathered into limestone, but the rocks in the mountain are still the same.

Wang Ju didn't dare to bet that it would not collapse in the future, but maybe it would collapse due to shaking during the blasting. So I chose this peak, which is thin but hard in stone. The difficulty will increase, but there will be no possibility of collapse.

After a few days of bombing, Wang Ju looked at the situation and was about safe.

The soldiers of the blast gradually became proficient, and they were also familiar with the precautions, so Wang Ju rode a horse to take a look at it first, and was quite satisfied, and then thought about it, and rode to Xiao Zhengquan again

Because today it's time to eat meat.

No beef, no lamb, just pork, that's not bad.

Including Su Dongpo, he has no money, he wants to eat meat, and he doesn't eat pork obediently. The scholars despise pork, but the common people don't despise it.

Wang Ju saw Yang Pan, who was also covered with mud, and was sitting there panting.

Wang Ju turned over and dismounted, and said, "Yang Gou, it's hard." ”

"It's not hard, if you can do this errand well, it's worth it." Yang Pan said angrily.

"Then let's take a look."

Yang Pan thought for a while and said, "Okay." ”

Taking the lead in labor is an incentive, and planning, commanding, and supervising is their main job.

So the two looked all the way and ate meat, and everyone smiled.

Wang Ju's face became more and more gloomy.

You really can't blame Yang Pan and Cheng Fang for this, Cheng Fang was cut off when he was a child, and he entered the palace to make a little yellow door, where do you worry about life? Yang Pan's ancestors and grandchildren have been officials for several generations, and they are the children of famous official eunuchs, at least they have no worries about food and clothing. Moreover, it is now commonly said that scholars do not stand under the wall of danger and do not enter the blister. In fact, he is greedy for life, afraid of death and lazy, and finds a reason.

So Cheng Yang and the others really didn't see it.

Yang Pan said, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

"Yang Gou, you also know some of my experience, I have been very bitter since I was a child, I can eat meat, that day our three brothers and sisters don't know how happy they are, at that time my second sister and third brother were still young, so they sat in front of the stove and looked at the crockpot, smelled the smell of meat, and drooled vigorously."

Yang Pan's face softened.

Although Wang Ju is strong and does not "respect his predecessors", he is very dissatisfied, but he has to admit that Wang Ju's journey is a miracle of the Song Dynasty.

"So I'm more clear, let's go, let's ride a little farther away."

This neighborhood should be a little better, after all, Yang Pan is in charge himself, and some people don't dare to go too far.

The group rode to the construction site farther away.

Several people dismounted, and this time even Yang Pan saw it, and his face was gloomy on the spot. R1152