The overall situation of the displaced people can be described in four words: there are about 100 families of these displaced people, with ragged clothes and thin faces.

These men stood at the gates, waiting for the judgment of fate.

Waiting for Wang Shoutian to come out, dressed in a green shirt, but surrounded by everyone, he knelt down one after another, and said pleadingly: "The villain came out to escape from the famine, and heard the benevolence and righteousness of the adult, so he came to take refuge, hoping that the adult would take him in." ”

Wang Shoutian's gaze swept over these homeless people and nodded towards Xue Yuan.

Xue Yuan had already made up his mind, and said loudly: "Your Excellency, I am willing to take you in, but since you want to come here, you must abide by the rules of this place, and those who do not want to be expelled immediately!"

"First of all, you will have porridge to eat, and you will have to work in lieu of pay, and when the spring comes, you will also have to work, and reclaim wasteland, and you will be exempt from tax on grain in the first year, and half of it will be levied per mu from the second year, and there will be no other land tax - are you willing?"

These homeless people have inquired about the rules of Jishui County, and know that in the future, each household will be given 30 acres of land, and now when they work, they will have rice porridge to eat and be full, which is enough.

Half of the harvest in the field seems to be extremely heavy, but in fact, if other aspects do not increase taxes, it is already good government, and everyone kowtows at the moment and says: "I am willing, may the lord be the master!"

Wang Shoutian waved his hand and said, "Let the people below take them over, take a bath first, then give porridge, and then register in the register." ”

"Yes, my lord, these people below are very familiar, but there are not many military rations now. ”

"I know that. "Even if the internal affairs are handed over to Xue Yuan, there is only one department directly under Wang Shoutian, and that is the treasury, and the clerk of this treasury is Lao Xu, the husband of Hegui.

Now in the storehouse, the grain is less than 1,000 stones, and the silver is only 400 taels.

This time I met with the marshal, and I spent another two hundred taels.

This was due to the constant work, the consumption of too much food, and the result of training the soldiers of the second battalion to buy fish and meat at any cost.

By tomorrow in May, it should have been enough, but now that there are more displaced people, it may not be.

Wang Shoutian was a little distressed, but he didn't say anything at this time.

Xue Yuan said again: "There are already five soup kitchens in the county, my lord, can you go over and have a look?"

Watching the homeless people enter the county, Wang Shoutian shook his head and said, "No need, I'll go directly to Fucheng!"

The water is a big river, and the river is turbulent, and at this time, only a few passenger boats are coming in and doing some business.

Early this morning, a passenger ship owner who passed through Jishui County ushered in business.

When he was traveling, Wang Shoutian brought enough fire and personal soldiers, all of whom were fierce.

As soon as he saw it, he was silent one by one, distributed on the boat, watching vigilantly, the owner of the boat felt a little restrained, he and his two sons set up the boat together, while trying to chat, it would take a few hours to get to Fucheng, so silence, made him a little flustered.

"Guest officer, are you going to Wenyang Mansion on the other side?" said the shipowner, to the person sitting closest to him.

This man was dressed in a Confucian robe, his face was barely handsome, and he looked very young.

Asked by him, Wang Shoutian, who was thinking, smiled and said, "Yes, we are going to Wenyang Mansion, look at the situation, there is no war here!"

"Why is it not affected, in the past, there were no people on the shore here, only a hundred households, and they couldn't make money doing some business, but now it's different. The owner of the ship said with a sigh on his face: "Now it is said that Wang Xiaoguan has become an official here, and there are more people, and now there are five or six hundred households. ”

"This little official Wang is really a good official, the people here are blessed, listen to the scholars, this is a capable official!" said the shipowner.

Wang Shoutian couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

fame, in fact, Wang Shoutian deliberately let it out, the so-called three people become tigers, and the so-called lie is the truth if it is told a thousand times.

According to the evaluation of this world, it is generally a capable official, a celebrity, a famous minister (a famous general), a virtuous minister, and if it is the lord, there is a Ming lord at the end.

It's actually all very influential.

In Wang Shoutian's situation, if he preaches that he is a celebrity, he is afraid that he will be laughed at by others, but if he preaches that he is a capable official, this is barely up to the standard.

Don't underestimate this, the Li family has been in business for more than ten years before it was praised as "a capable official who governs the people" and "a famous person of the enlightened (county)", but the influence is enough to influence people's hearts and support the Li family's ascendancy.

You can see the prestige of this reputation.

Of course, the meaning of this name was originally an official, but it was also used for fame.

Wang Shoutian looked intently, and he would see that as he sent someone to secretly spread the rumor, in just one week, on his top, in the golden seal, the white gas increased slightly, and the white gas that was originally lacking a little bit was suddenly filled, and more white gas was actually permeated outside the India.

This reputation is more expensive than a thousand gold!

The owner of the boat said a lot of words, and it can be seen that for Jishui County, there is a capable official, and they still believe it, after all, in the past six months, Jishui County has undergone a reborn change.

When it was almost noon, he arrived at Fucheng, got off the boat, hired a carriage, and went straight to the mansion of the marshal of Wenyang Mansion.

Wang Shoutian sat in the carriage and looked out through the window.

The scale of Wenyang Mansion is, of course, larger, the streets are clean, and although the shops on both sides are not too prosperous, they are much stronger than those in Jishui County.

Li Gang, the prefect of Wenyang Mansion, is not Li Chengye's family, otherwise the marshal would not use him as the prefect, but this person still has some talents, although his governance is not too prosperous, but it is also well organized.

In the blink of an eye, I arrived at the gate of the Marshal's Mansion.

"Lieutenant Xiaguan Guoyi, Lieutenant Diannong of Jishui County, ask to see the marshal!" When he arrived at the door, Wang Shoutian asked to see him according to the rules.

The doorkeeper looked like a fire chief, glanced at Wang Shoutian and the others, a little lazy, the official position of Captain Guo Yi is not big, of course, he is not slack, he said: "I'll go and report it, the handsome man is very busy, he may not be able to see you!"

After entering, after waiting for a while, the fire chief came back, he changed his expression at this time, his voice was affectionate, and he said: "Captain Wang, the big handsome asked you to see him immediately!"

Wang Shoutian arched his hand, let the soldiers wait outside, and followed him in.

Pass through the right side of the hall, pass through the hall of several gates, and come to the handsome study.

"Marshal, Captain Guoyi Wang Shoutian asks to see you. ”

"Come in!"

Wang Shoutian pushed the door in, and just like last time, he saw the Jiedu envoy working under the window, and on his desk, there were stacks of documents, occupying the eight-foot-long and four-foot-wide public case.

On the desk, Wang Zunzhi, the envoy of Jiedu, was wearing an ordinary robe, and only a wooden hairpin was inserted in his bun.

Wang Shoutian stepped forward to kowtow to Wang Zunzhi, but Wang Zunzhi signaled that Wang Shoutian did not need to be polite.

Wang Shoutian handed over the gift list, saying that this was some thoughts, Wang Zunzhi looked at it casually, and saw that the gift list was quite generous compared to Wang Shoutian's current level, nodded and pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "I heard that you sent someone to send some gifts to Heyi?"

"Yes, sir. Wang Shoutian didn't hide it, he responded, and was shocked in his heart, this is only a matter that has been determined in the past few days, and the handsome will know it today?

After a pause, he explained: "Some homeless people came out of Xingshan County and defected to Jishui County, and the lower officials thought like this, if the lower officials did not accept it, they were afraid that they would go to other counties, which was an enemy." ”

"The lower officials also took pity on the homeless people with no food and clothing, and Jishui County also needed a household registration, so they took them in, so as not to make General He unhappy and give birth to filthy, so he hereby sent someone to give gifts to explain. ”

Wang Zunzhi squinted his eyes, looked at the autumn colors outside the window, didn't speak for a long time, and for a moment, his eyelids twitched, and he said slowly: "You are old, I am much more relieved...... I heard that there are already 500 households in your county, and 3,000 acres of land have been cultivated?"

"Yes, I was about to tell the marshal that there were already 543 households, but this time when the displaced people came, I was afraid that after the New Year, there would be 700 households...... All already have housing. ”

"The 3,000 mu of tuntian is actually less, not enough for each household, and the lower officials are ready to get 30 mu for each household...... These 700 households will cost 20,000 acres. ”

"However, this year, we have to build houses, build walls, open wells and temples, and there are more things, and next year we can reclaim them on a large scale. ”

“...... Your ideas are good, and your work is not bad, can you do it!" Speaking of this, he paused slightly, which made Wang Shoutian's back ooze a trace of cold sweat.

Strictly speaking, it is taboo to send people to spread fame in private, but after all, the handsome man has only one son, and his health has not been good, which should be tolerable.

Sure enough, listening to Wang Zunzhi, he didn't dwell on this issue, and asked: "Is that grain and rice enough?"

"It's true that the grain and rice are not enough, and after half a year, Sichuan should also recover some vitality...... But Dashuai, this is actually a problem. ”

"If the lower official wants to use troops in the mountains after spring comes!"

"Soldiers in the mountains?"

"Yes, there are many villages in the mountains, some of them have lived for several generations, they can be called mountain people, and some are robbers, these people always have some food and money, I want to encircle and suppress them, one is to train soldiers, and the other can also relocate them to good and enrich the population of Jishui County. Wang Shoutian said what he thought in his heart: "If this can be done, I don't think Sichuan will dare to use soldiers." ”

Wang Zun's heart was shocked, and he was happy, and he pondered for a while, and said: "Since you have this ambition, this official will not stop you, if you can do it, this official will give you the Qipin County Order, and the Qipin Xuanwu Captain, what about it?"

Wang Shoutian knelt on the ground, bowed down and kowtowed, saying, "I will live up to the hope of the handsome." ”

After a few more words, the audience was over, and after a while, Li Xian came in, and Wang Zunzhi said what he had just said, and asked, "What do you think of this?"

Li Xian pondered the words and said: "What Captain Wang did, the two words of being able to be an official, even if it is a little worse, it is not far away, if he can do what he says, a person who can be civil and martial arts is indispensable." ”

"What you said is not wrong, I didn't think that he really had some ability and ambition, the official originally wanted to promote him to the main body, but now it seems that it is better to let him be the county commander, if he can really do it. Speaking of this, Wang Zunzhi coughed again and again, slowly stopped his mouth, and did not continue to speak.