Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 176 Taking the Princess to Visit the Terraced Fields　
Qin Feng told the imperial envoy and the princess about the original situation in Ninghai County, including the collusion between the master Jiawu and the housekeeper bandits, everything in detail.

The princess and the imperial envoy were so indignant that they clenched their fists and gritted their teeth.

"This Jiawu is just a little master, how dare he be so arrogant?"

"Letting him die at the hands of bandits is really cheap for him. Mr. Qin is really resourceful, he can think of a way to make bandits fall into their own traps."

Qin Feng said modestly: "Small tricks are useless. Jiawu was a distant relative of the prefect Jiachong. When he died, the prefect must have put the blame on Qin. He has always been at odds with Qin. As far as I know, he He even sent someone to Qin to monitor his every move..."

"Qin was successful in controlling locusts before, and the crops in the field were obviously growing well. He even came to Ninghai County and asked his subordinates to harvest them forcibly. If the farmers had listened to him at that time, I am in Ninghai County. I am afraid that this year You will lose more than half."

The princess frowned even more, trembling with anger: "It's really perverse! It's unreasonable."

The magistrate's actions are already knowing the law and breaking the law, which violates the court guidelines.

The imperial envoy on the side still had doubts about Qin Feng: "Qin Feng, you have demoted the magistrate to nothing, so what has Ninghai County become like for you, those refugees, so many people crowded in a big house, it is not Long-term plan. How did you resettle the refugees? Can you take me and the princess to take a good look?"

Since the magistrate can cheat, then other officials must also be able to cheat.

He always felt that the food of the refugees he saw before was so good that it was not real at all.Who knows if Qin Feng received some news and made preparations in advance, just like the prefect Jiachong?
It just depends on whether Qin Feng is willing to show it to him and the princess.

This Ninghai County is not much smaller than Dengzhou Prefecture, and its area is much smaller.

If Qin Feng is unwilling, he will visit the princess secretly, and he can always find clues.

If Qin Feng is willing, then take a look with him.

Qin Feng smiled and said: "Why not? The princess and the imperial envoy, should we eat first, or go for a walk with the officials?"

"Princess, look..."

"Whatever, I'm not very hungry now, so it's okay to walk around. I'm also curious about how those refugees were settled, and why they went to work one by one, and they were all in good spirits."

As long as the princess nods, it will be easy.

"Did you hear? The princess cares about the common people, and cares about the refugees. It's just right, you should ask someone to prepare the luncheon at noon first. After all, you are going to entertain Her Royal Highness, and you have to be worthy of the status of the royal family. Give me more time to call you people, prepare well."

The imperial envoy raised his head and said.

Qin Feng bowed his head and replied: "What the imperial envoy said is very true."

He immediately ordered the people around him to inform Chunxianglou to prepare a banquet according to the highest standard at noon.

At the same time, two carriages were brought in, the princess and Qin Feng, plus two accompanying one.The imperial envoy and another personal entourage plus two yamen servants.

The two carriages went straight out of the city.

There are no curtains on both sides of the carriage, so that you can see the scenery along the way.

After leaving the city, she could see the land outside at a glance. The princess looked at the farmers in the field as if they were digging the soil, and she couldn't help asking: "It's winter, why are there still people farming?"

Qin Feng replied: "They are some vegetables that can grow in winter. When the refugees first arrived, I didn't have much food here, and I didn't have money to buy food, so I thought about giving them land and asking them to Grow some vegetables by yourself and get through this winter first."

"Oh? That's a good idea."

The princess nodded pertinently, and then said: "But if that's the case...the number of people in your field is too small, right? You clearly saw thousands of refugees this morning. Where did you arrange for those people? went?"

"Thousands? Hehehe...the princess will know later."

Qin Feng smiled and made a fool of himself.

The carriage continued on and finally reached the foot of the mountain.

"Princess, please get off the carriage."

Qin Feng took the first step and got off the carriage with his hand on the princess.

The princess looked around, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, and the big trees were standing. She couldn't help but wonder: "Qin Feng, what are you taking me to this mountain for?"

"Princess, don't be impatient, please follow me."

Qin Feng walked in front, walked about [-] meters forward, bypassed a row of woods, the scenery changed suddenly.

The mountain in front of us has been reclaimed into terraced fields step by step, and the farmers are farming in the fields.

The cabbage and spinach planted a little earlier can already be seen as green. These vegetables have a short growth cycle and can mature in two to three months.

The princess has never seen such a big mountain before. Looking at the scenery in front of her, she couldn't close her mouth: "This, this... how can you plow the fields on this mountain? The shape is so weird?"

"This is all cultivated by someone from Qin. It is called terraced fields. The original steep slopes have been corrected to what they are now, and crops can be planted like field land, and they can receive better sunlight, so the crops grow better. ..."

"This is what you came up with?"

"Exactly..."

The princess grinned, and slapped Qin Feng on the shoulder: "Yes! You can come up with this kind of method? It's really surprising. Then, isn't Ninghai County more than other counties? How many times has the land been used for planting?"

"exactly."

"These are made for the resettlement of refugees?"

Qin Feng shook his head, bowed slightly and explained: "That's not the case. Qin has asked people to prepare for this terraced field for a long time. It was not prepared for these refugees, but for farmers in this county to cultivate."

"Farmers? Farmers in your county, don't they own land?"

The princess raised her eyebrows and asked curiously.

"It should have been there in the first place. When the Great Zhou was founded, the land was allotted to the peasant households. Just pay the grain tax every year..."

The princess was even more puzzled. She tilted her head and looked at Qin Feng: "Then why do you want to cultivate terraced fields? After planting terraced fields for them, how to deal with the original land? Could it be that you are unpredictable, and you already knew that there would be disasters, and there would be disasters and refugees wanting to deal with them?" Come?"

"The princess doesn't know...the land originally belonged to the peasants, but for some reason, the local squires played tricks and plundered it, and finally it became theirs. The peasants want to eat, and if they don't have land to plant, they can only rent it to the squires. You can rent their land, but you have to pay [-]% of the rent, and the rest is less than [-]%. Those with small families can barely make ends meet, and those with large families suffer from famine every year.”

"As the parent official of Ninghai County, Qin Feng couldn't watch the farmers go hungry, so he thought about recultivating the land and handing it over to the farmers for cultivation."

(End of this chapter)