Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 118 The prefect strikes

It's a pity that the patent law has not yet been promulgated these days, so officials of the Ming Dynasty don't have to worry about being sued for infringing on Yang Menglong's patents, plagiarism is a matter of course.Yang Menglong was frustrated, it was over, the whimsical idea that was squeezed out after sacrificing hundreds of millions of brain cells was plagiarized like this, there is no reason for it!

The magistrate of Biyang County was very interested in the running waterwheel: "Master Yang, what is the cost of this waterwheel?"

Yang Menglong said angrily: "Mulberry leaf is a secret, please don't inquire about it!"

The magistrate of Biyang County said: "Master Yang, you are the commander of the Wuyang Guard handpicked by the emperor, and I, Biyang County, are also within your jurisdiction. You can't give all the good things to Wuyang, and put Biyang in Don't care!"

The magistrate of Tongbai County also cried bitterly: "My Tongbai County is also under your jurisdiction, sir, but you don't even look at it. Aren't you afraid that the hearts of Tongbai's elders will be chilled?"

Yang Menglong got goosebumps all over his body, be good, here comes a friend!He dared to bet his head that if he hadn't done a good job in Wuyang, these two old men would definitely have ignored him. Now it's good, they will do everything possible to pull him over, rely on it!
Fang Yizhi frowned and asked, "Have you ever been to Biyang and Tongbai?"

Yang Menglong spread his hands: "There are too many things to do in Wuyang alone. I haven't sorted it out until now. Where do I have time to go? Besides, Wuyang is my base camp. Of course I have to put my base camp first. Manage well, and then develop towards Biyang and Tongbai, otherwise even if you go there, you won’t be able to gain a firm foothold.”

Fang Yizhi scolded: "Nonsense! These two counties are areas assigned to you by the imperial court. Several hundred households are under your control, but you actually ignore them. Are there any officials like you?"

Yang Menglong was stunned by the training... Then again, he has not found much feeling of being an official until now. He just feels that he has managed a place well. Seeing so many people are grateful to him, he feels very sad. It's just a sense of accomplishment.He muttered: "I'll go there when I'm free, so why are you so fierce!"

"You——" Fang Yizhi really couldn't do anything about this guy, he sighed, and said, "Bandits are happening in Biyang County and Tongbai County, and people are panicking. As the commander of Wuyang Guard, That is your jurisdiction again, so the banditry should be eradicated, and the elders and elders of the two counties should be peaceful... Besides, the drought in these two counties is also quite severe, and the people are struggling, so can't you help them?"

Yang Menglong shouted dissatisfied: "How do you want me to help! During this period of time, I bought farm cattle, bought crop seeds, built schools, clinics, and bathhouses, and built waterwheels and canals to recruit peasants to reclaim wasteland. The money is like running water. How can I help them when they are so poor that they are like pants!" One thing he didn't say was that most of his silver was actually eaten up by the steelmaking blast furnace under construction.The design output of that steelmaking blast furnace is [-] tons of molten steel in one furnace. It must use a large amount of refractory clay and steel components, and a coke pit must be built to provide sufficient coke for the blast furnace. A blower driven by a giant water wheel is natural. It is essential. Twenty tons of steel needs to be smelted each time. Who can pull such a big bellows?It was the first time he experienced the power of the steel industry, it was simply a bottomless pit, it could eat up his wallet to the point where there was no scum left!Anyway, now he is so poor that he only has a pair of pants left, no, he doesn't even have any pants, and he owes a few pairs of pants, and if he takes over a few hundred households, isn't that courting death!
Fang Yizhi pretended not to hear.That's what it's like to be an official. The subordinates have the right to complain, but the superiors have the power to turn a deaf ear. Anyway, you must do the things I told you well, it's that simple.

The county magistrates were more interested in the waterwheel, and they went around the waterwheel, amazed, and said that they must convince the gentry to order a few back, because with it, the crops would be saved.They are also interested in the pressure suction tube well, holding the handle and pressing it up and down until two long jets of water come out from the mouth of the tube.Fang Yizhi was thoughtful. The water wheel and the hand pressure suction well are both good things. With these two, the fields that can be irrigated will be several times more, and the grain production will also increase. No, it must be in Nanyang Prefecture. Promotion is the only way, what is most lacking now is food!

People come from afar, so of course they have to be invited into the Qianhu House for a cup of tea or something.Yang Menglong led the way, and a group of beasts in clothes and clothes marched into the Thousand Households.The clean streets, the numerous shops, the dense crowd, the sound of sawing wood in the carpenter's workshop, and the sound of iron striking in the blacksmith's workshop caught everyone's eyes.Zhang Tong smiled bitterly: "Good guy, the population here is almost more than that of the county!"

Yang Menglong said: "Most of them are landless refugees recruited from various places. We need a lot of manpower to open up wasteland, build water tankers, and various farm tools. They come here to find work, and many relatives of soldiers also They moved here from Daming Mansion, and the population actually became larger than the military households."

Fang Yizhi said: "This is equivalent to building a county town on the ground. It's amazing, it's really amazing!"

Yang Menglong said in his heart: "What a shame, I've made them poor! If there weren't so many shops to collect rent and taxes, and sell iron sand to make money, I would have gone bankrupt long ago!"

The sudden arrival of so many high-ranking officials surprised the military households and workers in the Qianhu Office, and even spoke in a much softer voice.Fang Yizhi was full of interest, and led this group of beasts in clothes from east to west, and went around the whole guard. He was full of praise for the free bathhouse, medicine hall, and busy workshops. He even went into the school on purpose. , I saw nearly two hundred children divided into two classes sitting upright, holding books and shaking their heads to follow the teacher: "The world is mysterious and yellow, the universe is wild..." Xiao Yufang was the only teacher in the school, but now there are many. One, Liu Ziyan, this eldest lady probably thought it was fun, and she also temporarily played a guest role as a soul engineer, holding a book and teaching very seriously.These officials and lords are watching through the window outside the classroom, drooling, and those little kids are so happy, there are actually two beauties who are all over the world to teach them to read... I want to go to school too!

Fang Yizhi asked Yang Menglong: "There are so many children, why don't you ask a few gentlemen to teach them? It's a lot of work to let her teach alone."

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "Mr. asks for money, but she doesn't ask for money. Don't you understand such a simple truth?"

Fang Yi's downfall!
In short, the feeling given to Fang Yizhi by the entire thousand households is full of vitality and hope, which is in stark contrast to the filth, mess and lifelessness of other guards. Everyone would rather believe that this is a new small town rather than a guard.

At this time, Dangdangdang!The small bell rang, announcing that get out of class was over.The children cheered, dropped their books and rushed to the door, but seeing that there were more officials than dogs outside, they all ran back in fright.Xiao Yufang and Liu Ziyan looked out the window, they were stunned for a moment, put away their books and went out, came to Fang Yizhi and saluted: "See you, my lord!"

Fang Yizhi waved his hands and said: "No gifts, no gifts!" He raised one up with one hand and looked at the children who were staying inside and looking outside, not daring to come out, and smiled: "Are you a good gentleman?"

Xiao Yufang blushed slightly, and said, "Responding to your lord's words..."

Fang Yizhi said: "Don't be so alien, just call me uncle as before."

Xiao Yufang said: "As for Uncle Fang, I couldn't find the teacher for a while after the school opened, so I had to support it for a while."

Fang Yizhi glared at Yang Menglong: "The school started but you can't find Mr.? What's the matter?"

Yang Menglong said, "How would I know?"

Fang Yizhi said angrily, "I don't think you invited me at all!"

Yang Menglong said: "Then you have wronged me. I went to invite them. It's just that they either ask for a lot of money, or they don't look down on us poor soldiers and don't want to come!" There is another reason he didn't say, that is, how many A scholar came to him and wanted to be a gentleman, but when he saw that these nerds were younger and fairer than the other, he drove them away without saying a word. He didn't want them to have a long life with Xiao Yufang Love, staged a story about a gifted scholar and a beautiful woman, but I don't know what's going on when my hat is green.The price of doing this is that it has been more than half a month since the start of school, and Xiao Yufang is still the only teacher in the school.

Fang Yizhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You won't invite a good teacher before school starts?"

Yang Menglong was confident: "I always think about what to do, what's the point of doing it after everything is ready?"

Fang Yizhi was speechless again.The stupid kind is the stupid kind. I never know how the words "think twice before acting" are written.

The magistrate came, of course everyone dared not neglect, Xiao Yufang went outside and shouted, and immediately a large group of women came, with quick hands and feet, those who picked vegetables, those who killed chickens killed chickens, and those who killed fish killed fish.Some people wanted to kill a pig, but Yang Menglong stopped them.He wants to keep the piglet. Besides, it's just a few civil servants. Can they finish eating a pig?Such a waste!As compensation, he asked someone to cut ten catties of mutton and returned with a few catties of fine wine.

Everyone saw Yang Menglong's stinginess for the first time.

Even so, when the dishes were served plate by plate, everyone was still surprised: the fried duck was browned, the chicken was fat and oily, the vegetables were fried green and oily, and the thick broth was very delicious. It's hard to imagine that a well-known poor Wei can come up with so many good things at once, even the landlords can't afford such meals every day!Fang Yizhi walked around for a long time, and he was really hungry. He picked up a piece of fat duck meat and chewed it in his mouth. His eyes lit up and he said, "Fat but not greasy, the meat is delicious and delicious!" Listen, they all raised their chopsticks to attack the delicious dishes on the table, because they saw that Yang Menglong had already walked over, and if they didn't hurry up, there would be nothing to eat!
(End of this chapter)