[Plane] History of the struggle of the lords

After midsummer, Qingming has ushered in a bumper harvest in the busy rice fields.

The golden ears of rice are swaying in the slightly hot wind. The weather and land in Fuchun are more suitable for rice than expected. Every grain of millet is full, and the heavy weight even makes the rice stalk almost unbearable.Once the golden yellow outer skin is peeled off, revealing the pearl-like delicate and white rice inside, the shiny luster is completely peeled off, and when lying in the palm of the hand, no one can not be fascinated by such beauty.

A small amount of rice fields at this time does not require Wen Le to take out harvesting tools that do not belong to this era, and in his opinion, this unprecedented bumper harvest in Fuchun County, if you don't do it yourself to bundle them up and stack them in the granary It will undoubtedly make many people who are ecstatic about it lose a lot of fun.

The children in Fuchun County began to sing a popular nursery rhyme, and the streets and alleys began to pay attention to the parent official of Fuchun County for this bumper harvest.

In fact, from the very beginning, the local people in Fuchun really did not expect such a big change in their lives.Generally speaking, unless the interest relationship is directly linked, who will the ordinary people care who is in charge of themselves?With the blue sky above the head and the loess under the feet, what about the parents?After all, they are not real parents, and they have a reputation as parents, but they can really act like their parents, and there are not many people in the whole world.

When the lord arrived in Fuchun, he was indeed silent for a long time.To be honest, many people were relieved, because this honest lord probably wouldn't be busy doing business in the enclosure as soon as he arrived in Fuchun like the previous prefects.Later, Da Chunyi, a corrupt official in the county, died, which made many people pay attention to this first-class noble who had been unknown until now.

Since then, Fuchun City has developed rapidly and steadily as if a waterway had been planned.

The first is agriculture.

Many people have heard of rice. It is said that this crop is soft and delicious when cooked, and it is the favorite staple food of many people outside the county.After so many years, Fuchun history is not without people who tried to introduce this crop, but due to various reasons, the strength of the common people is too small after all.In fact, many farmers in Fuchun are not the real owners of their own land. These considerable arable lands are planned into individual farms and controlled by local rich and powerful families, and the tenants who lease these lands all pay high fees. cost.Every year's harvest is heavier than heaven and earth for such a family. There are too few people who have the courage to plant new crops with the idea of ​​giving up their own harvest for a year.

Many people still don't understand Wen Le's strong promotion of rice planting at the beginning.Even many less courageous farmers resented the reformed Wen Le very much because of this incident, but they did not expect that Wen Le would not pursue the responsibility of those who did not cultivate paddy fields.He was just extraordinarily generous in putting out free grain seeds as an experiment.Under his many guarantees, some farm owners also began to raise their hands to support rice promotion for various reasons.

By now, everyone has seen the results of this reform.Those farm owners who were afraid to agree to plant paddy fields because of timidity began to feel jealous because of this.The harvest of one mu of rice field is more than [-]% higher than the harvest of one mu of corn field. No one can turn a blind eye to such a yield in front of the ancient people who lacked food and clothing.

It's a pity that the corn harvest season has not yet arrived. If possible, these people would like to go back in time and strip the corn to plant rice.

After the rice is threshed and weighed, basically the paddy fields have a bumper harvest, with an average yield of about 350 kilograms per mu, which is basically double that of corn.One of the farmers who cooks is particularly careful, and the yield per mu of rice fields is as high as 420 kilograms. It is really even the registration of Dala who is also dumbfounded!

This glorious farmer was rewarded with an extra ten taels of silver by Wen Le, and he sat in the carriage wearing a big red flower that symbolized honor and swam around Fuchun with gongs and drums.It was also from then on that all kinds of speculation about Wen Le boiled like cold water into oil.

Combined with all kinds of unreliable events such as the opening of classes and female officials before, and looking at Fuchun today, basically everyone understands a truth-that is, follow the Lord to have meat!

After that, Wen Le made an even more surprising move.

In late August, he counted all the people in Fuchun who had lost the pillars of their families because of the pirates, and sent people door-to-door to inform these people that the pirates who had been raging had been captured and taken into custody for execution.

When the day of execution came, more than a hundred pirates were escorted to the temporary execution ground by the pier, facing the sea, and their heads were chopped off in unison amidst the cheers of the surrounding people.

At the moment when the blood was splashed on the ground, apart from being relieved and grateful, everyone felt a lot of fear about Wen Le.

Wen Le felt that he had vaguely grasped something floating in front of his eyes, something that could not be subverted before, but now he had to accept it.

……

In late September, Wen Run prepared to leave Fuchun for the second time.

This time, another ship has been produced in the shipyard, because with the previous one as a comparison, the appearance of the second ship has become easier and the craftsmanship has become more sophisticated.

On the pier were workers busy carrying goods. Wen Le and Wen Run stood on the rear deck, leaning side by side on the railing, looking at the sea in the distance.

Wen Le had never been on a cruise ship a few times in his previous life, and at this moment he suddenly said enviously: "When things about Fu Chun are on track, I must go to sea with you once."

Wen Run said with a smile: "When you came back, you laughed at me. If you go once, you will be almost like me when you come back."

"What's the matter?" Wen Le disdainfully said, "It doesn't matter if a man is a little dark, the key is the feeling of a vast sea and sky! Do you understand?"

Wen Run straightened up, pinched his face, his eyes were gentle: "I know what you mean."

Wen Le was stared at by him, and the skin contact was more sensitive than usual when he was inadvertent, and his heart suddenly felt sour.

"I'm just talking casually. The sea is rough. You should listen to Duolun's experience and be careful yourself, you know?"

"kindness."

"Have enough detonators?"

"enough."

"Have you got the distillation equipment I asked you to fetch yesterday?"

"It's all ready," Wen Run sighed, stretched out his arms to hug Wen Le, patted him on the back and comforted him softly, "Everything is ready, nothing is missed. I'm not in Fuchun, so you have to be careful yourself. When you meet someone you don’t like, don’t go head-to-head with them carelessly, think more before you strike. I left the hidden guards for you, remember not to overestimate them when you go to hidden places.”

Wen Le hummed in a low voice, and hugged him back, "Don't mention Chen Zhima's rotten millet."

Wen Run laughed softly, looked up at the heavenly hand but reached out to pinch Wen Le's face, and after a while lowered his head and quickly touched the corner of Wen Le's mouth: "I was just joking."

Wen Le curled her lips and pushed him away: "Okay, it's late, I'm off the boat. Remember to return on time and watch the weather carefully, remember?"

After he finished speaking, he turned and left in a hurry. After walking for a long time, he turned his head, only to find that Wen Run was still watching him with an unblinking smile.

His ears were getting hot, Wen Le didn't understand what was wrong with him at all, so he could only roll his eyes and left here more quickly.

……

Dozens of boxes of gold sand were finally smelted into an astonishing amount of gold bars. These gold bars were directly received into his virtual warehouse without anyone's hands.After Wen Run left, he had more things to be busy with.

The success of silkworm houses has led to a large industrial chain, from embroidery to tie-dyeing to textiles, etc., and even cotton fields have led the people to start planting.

Regarding this matter, Wen Le was very relieved to leave it to Gu Yu to take care of it. He had discovered that most of the creatures like women were silent before they made a big splash.Before Feng Guyu became an official, Wen Le simply thought that she was quite down-to-earth, and she was extremely considerate in serving Webster, a fragile creature like a silkworm had to be attentive.Unexpectedly, as soon as this girl took office, she wished to tie her life to her belt, as if the spiritual satisfaction brought by her career achievements was more important than anything else.As a leader, such employees are simply hard to come by.

There are sisters from the Bu family of the same type. Aunt Bu's class, Wen Le, was originally planned to take the next day, but she didn't like it.Mrs. Bu teaches some basic basic knowledge, while Zhu Wan'er, her father and younger brother are in charge of intensive students.The status of this type of students is almost the same as that of apprentices. They have to work in the factory and learn knowledge at the same time. As for Bu Sanniang, Wen Le is going to ask her to be in charge of the merchant shipping from Fuchun to Jiangnan.She grew up on a boat since she was a child, almost a girl born in water, and sailing is more normal for her than eating.Wen Le is in need of such a long-term captain.Cang Zhu, who was sent by him to learn shipbuilding crafts with the Bu family sisters, is about to leave school now.When he finishes learning what he should learn, he can officially take over the shipyard and work for Wen Le wholeheartedly.

Due to the fact that he employs his identity as a random man or woman, many officials in Fuchun are now numb.After adopting his daughter Silkworm, he appointed Chen Xiang to be a female embroiderer, and Bu Sanniang to be a flight officer. Except for a few comments, this behavior did not cause any bigger disturbances in Fuchun territory.

Perhaps it was because the deaths of the hundreds of pirates made people realize that Wen Le was not as merciful as he appeared on the surface, or maybe it was because of his achievements in promoting Fuchun's economic development that it was difficult for people to think of going against him. Compared with when he first came to Fuchun, Wen Le is doing things much more smoothly now.

Soon, he began to fulfill the things he had promised.

The most important thing is to connect the roads between the various counties and counties.

Building roads was a big deal in ancient times.Due to the limitations of craftsmanship, even the smoothest official roads that are beyond the reach of ordinary people are not necessarily much better than the roads in the mountains of later generations.First of all, cement is definitely impossible. The road is full of flat yellow mud, and the dust is scary when cars and horses pass by. When it rains, there will be potholes and it is impossible to walk.

Even if it is such a road, the cost of construction is definitely beyond the imagination of many yamen.

So when the good news of the road construction was sent back to the counties and counties, many officials even thought they had heard it wrong.

But soon, after the official order to notify all counties and counties to transport sand and gravel from the beach nearby, what I thought was a dream came true overnight, which made people completely dumbfounded.

Hong Dashan, the county magistrate of Jianzhou, timidly spread out the decree and looked at it carefully. After a long silence, he pinched his fingers and asked the man behind him: "Mr. Tianji, do you think the Lord's move has any deep meaning? "

Tianji is now the proud person in front of Hongdashan. Out of flattery considerations, Hongdashan is very polite and respectful to Tianji, who was born in the Houfu.In addition, Tianji was young and mature, calm and prudent, and knew that Jianzhou would be in his pocket sooner or later, so he devoted himself to planning and planning for the development of Jianzhou for Hongda Mountain. Hong Dashan trusted him even more, and he didn't even go to the courtroom of the yamen on weekdays. He devoted himself to spending time in flower houses and gambling houses, and trusted him to do everything with confidence.

This has made Tianji almost equal to the invisible magistrate of Jianzhou County, and sometimes it is better to say something than Hong Dashan himself.Hong Dashan has not felt a sense of crisis because of this. Although Tianji despises him in his heart, he still agrees with him.

Although Tianji is young, he knows how to bend and stretch, and the situation is already so favorable. He still respects Hongda Mountain: "My lord, my subordinates think that no matter what the Lord's intentions are, building roads is beneficial to the country and the people. It’s a good thing. But it’s been a long time since Sir Sir has been in office, it’s the first time an order has involved Jianzhou, so he probably didn’t think about it at all, maybe he wanted to consider whether the Lord’s actions are safe. It’s best for the Lord to be careful.”

Hong Dashan became even more nervous: "Then what should I do?"

Tianji said: "Of course you can't be caught wrong. I heard that Master Wu, the county magistrate of Lizhou, prepared nearly [-]% of the yellow sand on the day the order was issued. My lord, you can't fall behind him."

Hong Dashan was furious: "Wu Mei is such a cunning bastard, she wants to step on me without saying a word!"

After he said this, he didn't think about it any more, and hurriedly ordered to build the road quickly.In order to ensure the quality and speed of the project, he even opened up his own small treasury to bleed a little. He must overwhelm Wu Mei and do it to perfection.

Tianji chuckled internally.

On the other side, in Lizhou's mansion, from the moment the decree came down, the lights were brightly lit without stopping.

Wu Mei's heart beat fast, as if it was about to be squeezed out of her throat in the next moment.Lizhou is different from other Linhai counties and has advantages. This is the only county in Quanfuchun that is not facing the sea. The entire county is composed of villages that have lived in the closed mountains for generations.The mountain road is fiercer than a tiger, and the road is too difficult. Even if he wants to go to the county town, he has to set off six or seven days earlier than other county officials.The people here have been feeling the hardships caused by the impassable roads for generations, and they are already terrified of poverty!

Lizhou has many mountains and trees, so it is rich in vegetables and fruits. The fresh fruits can only rot in the mud because of the difficult mountain roads. The people hope that the fruits will bring some subsidies every year, but this situation has not been resolved until now.

And now...the road is going to be built!

The road is going to be built! ! ! !

He still remembered the day the decree was issued, when the decree stood on the city wall of Lizhou County and loudly announced the news from the county, all the people in the city secretly wiped their tears and knelt down to thank them.It comes from the heart!Once the road is repaired, there will be hope for generations to come!

Except for some of the yellow sand piled up outside the city, the yamen bought it with money, and most of the others were spontaneously picked up by the common people with their loads.Even the women, when they are free from housework after a busy day, have to carry a pole to the foot of the mountain to get a hoe to dig some mud and gravel and bring them here.Lizhou was originally a mountain village not near the sea, but because of this, it became the first county town where the yellow sand was prepared!

He still doesn't know that Hong Dashan, who is completely out of reach with him, is trying his best to compare with him!

……

Other things are not in a hurry, and now the business of opening a shop has to be put on the agenda.

Here we have to talk about the difference between Fuchun and other states and counties.

In addition to the emperor's direct relatives in the Dali Dynasty, Wen Le was the only person who was awarded titles and had fiefs in the whole country.Although the emperor was uneasy and kind in doing this before, this order later indirectly made Wen Le a lot more confident in doing things.The feudal vassals have all the power to rule under their own rule, which also means that the yamen that other prefects used to work in the past are now useless.

The advantage of this is that the political power is centralized, and everyone must obey his orders to act, and indirectly elevate his status in people's hearts.The downside is that everything in Fu Chun that needs money is tantamount to digging his private property.

Although the tax is exempted now, the thousand taels of silver seems to be a large amount, but investing in urban construction is like playing, and there is no sound at all.It's like he wants to build roads. The yellow sand leading to Fuchun County from a single county town is worth a thousand taels of silver. The rubber powder used to reinforce the road surface seems convenient, but the price is also ridiculously high. It can be bought for [-] mall coins. Some can build half a mountain road at most.Although silkworm houses have been set up now, the industry is still relatively new after all, and the goal of promoting it to thousands of households has not been realized for the time being. All silk production needs to be produced in the weaving workshop.Only dozens of bolts of cloth can be produced in the weaving workshop every month, so he can't withhold all of them, can he?So there is still a part to be used for private sales, and all kinds of difficulties cannot be avoided after all.

Fortunately, the bumper harvest of grain has reduced the price of drinks in the county a lot. Once the output of the winery is high, the price will be low, and it will be a good deal to sell it in the mall.In order to build the road, Wen Le can be said to be racking his brains to find something to sell.

But today's Fuchun has just begun to develop after all, and these things must be self-sufficient, and there is definitely no way to do it so quickly.Foreign trade is particularly essential at this time.

In this place of Fuchun, the most frightening thing is the miasma, and almost all the people who came here died of it, except for Wen Le and his profession.This also indirectly shows that Fuchun's journey to the outside world is not that difficult.When they first arrived in Fuchun, they transferred from Dadu to Bianzhou and then took Lin'an by water. After arriving in Lin'an, they had two choices of water or dry road.The water route was faster, but at that time Wen Le needed time to recuperate the physiques of everyone in the team, so naturally he didn't choose the uncomfortable water route because he was in a hurry.

But when it comes to office, there is absolutely no such a lot of attention.

Wen Run returned to the voyage this time, in addition to a large amount of gold and silver, he also did a good thing, that is, he brought back all the pirates' ships instead of blowing up all of them.

Many of these pirates have even been bandits for generations. In addition to rich experience, a sturdy ship is also essential to make trouble at sea.What's more, they rob gold, silver, jewelry and food supplies, and they also need enough space in the ship to store them. Generally speaking, apart from the unsatisfactory appearance, these bandit ships are really suitable for transporting goods back and forth.

As for the goods, there are many choices, such as fresh and sweet fruits in season, cotton and linen that are not needed for Fuchun, or pearls and other materials that Wen Run exchanged overseas.In addition, Fuchun is rich in flowers, and although he doesn't have time to research things like rouge and essential oils made from flowers, they can be used as things that can be quite expensive in the future.

But for the first time, Wen Run still asked Mai Lingtong to take some pearls for a walk outside.It's best to find a suitable shop, such as a restaurant, a brothel, or jewelry. With a place, everything can make money!

Wen Le is not short of money, but he is short of money. In fact, to be precise, it should be the lack of commodities that can be exchanged for money.

So the regulations were drawn up, and he quickly ordered Mai Lingtong to set off, and asked him to bring a lot of silver, and told him to see a shop he wanted, regardless of whether it was expensive or not, he must bargain down the price.The more the merrier.

There is a boss who is rich and not stingy, and the subordinates are easy to deal with, so Mai Lingtong dared to let go, but with his shrewd mind, few people can cheat him much.

Regarding this, Wen Le is still very relieved.

He didn't know that the sky would be unpredictable, he calculated and calculated, but in the end he left some omissions.Just forgot the stinky virtue of those "old friends" in the south of the Yangtze River who hated others and laughed at others.

One and a half months after Mai Lingtong's departure, a fast horse rushed to Fuchun from outside the city. The man who came was Mai Lingtong's confidant, Maizi. He could only take a puff of breath and fell on the stone steps to be carried into the mansion.

"My lord, my lord was detained by the personal followers of the prefect of Lin'an, and now he is imprisoned with no knowledge of life or death!"

It was beyond Wen Le's expectation that Mai Lingtong would be imprisoned for his tactful personality of wanting to call ghosts brothers and sisters.After he inquired, he found out that when Mai Lingtong arrived in Lin'an, he chose to look for a shop there first.It turned out that there happened to be a restaurant in the most prosperous neighborhood of Lin'an City that was to be resold, because the price was so high that many people couldn't take it over.When Mai Lingtong asked, he felt that the price was reasonable, and it was rare to find a good location in the store, so he negotiated the price and completed the deed and tax on the same day.

Unexpectedly, this restaurant was previously favored by the wife and uncle of the prefect of Lin'an, because the price was too high, he couldn't sell it, and because the owner of the restaurant had some roots in Lin'an mansion, he couldn't offend him.Now that the restaurant has changed hands, he only found out that he was a foreigner when he inquired about it, so he immediately used his brains.

Later, inexplicably, a group of officers and soldiers came and blocked the inn where Mai Lingtong was staying, saying that there was something wrong with his official record, and at the same time detained Mai Lingtong's merchant ship parked at the port.Mai Lingtong was confused at the beginning, but after seeing that they were not kind, and worried about causing trouble for no reason, he revealed his identity and said that he was Mao Yin from Fuchun. He thought that they would treat Wen Le's face like this. He is more polite.

Who knew that as soon as he revealed his identity, someone came directly the next day and tied him up and took him into a prison.Fortunately, many valuables on the merchant ship had been transferred to the warehouse at the port at that time, and many entourages were not found together.After Mai Lingtong was imprisoned, his entourage took the greeting card and went to see the prefect of Lin'an directly. Who knew that these people were arrested by the officers and soldiers before they saw the prefect .

Maizi followed Mai Lingtong for many years, and at that time he kept his mind on not going there. Seeing the result, he didn't dare to procrastinate, and hurried back to Fuchun to ask for help.

"The prefect of Lin'an...?" Wen Le was not in such a hurry, knowing Mai Lingtong's identity and daring to do this, was really not giving himself face.But this does not necessarily mean that they dare to kill the court officials.What he is wondering now is who is this prefect of Lin'an, and where did he get so bold?

Maizi knelt down and kowtowed, and wailed in a crying voice: "The grassroots have found out that the prefect of Lin'an turned out to be the fourth master of the Wei family in Dadu! They have people in the court, and their actions are becoming more and more unscrupulous. My lord, if you don't act quickly , I'm afraid Lord Mai is going to be in danger this time!"

"The fourth master of the Wei family!" Wen Le was surprised, "Wei Wanjiang? So it's him?"

He understood, and patted Maizi on the head: "Okay, this family is full of mobs. The dogs of the Wei family don't dare to kill people in the court. I will go there personally this time, and I will never let Lao Mai Something happened to him."

Maizi was tearful and thankful for a while, and finally lost his strength, and fell to the ground and passed out.

Wen Le's mood is a little complicated at the moment.

As Wei Shi's natal family, the Wei family's handling of these matters can be regarded as superb.When he was in Dadu, he regretted that Wen Run's marriage was not over yet, but now he actually detained his merchant ship and people. After thinking about it, Wen Le could only conclude that Wei Wanjiang was deliberately taking revenge for what happened in Dadu.

It's ridiculous!It is clear that the Wei family was benevolent first, and now they still have the face to provoke and retaliate?However, as a magistrate, he still relies on the support of the third master of the Wen family to be successful. Now that he has gained power, his tail is raised to the sky, and he is even more ignorant of good and bad! ——

The author has something to say: I'm sorry, but I don't have a concept of rice yield, please forgive me if I make a mistake.

The setting here is that Lin'an is the most prosperous place besides the capital at the foot of the emperor, it is empty, please don't mind.