Sending Yan Mu away, Gu Zhao has no time to spare. He has to preside over spring plowing, supervise scientific research, focus on production and construction, and education is also the focus. It will be short-lived, and it will return to its original shape after he leaves.

County schools and prefectural schools are the focus of Gu Zhao's current focus. Some of the students there are dedicated to fame and fame, and some are just filling in for the number. The approved books were sent over for the reference of the students inside, as well as the notes he made when he was studying, of course they were all handwritten copies.

The county school here is not to mention compared with Jiangnan Wensi Academy, but it is far behind the school in Qingling Mansion, and the collection of books is even worse. As soon as Gu Zhao's books were delivered, they were disputed by students and teachers. Rushing to borrow books, Gu Zhao then wrote to Song Ze, asking Song Ze to help him get a lot of books from the Imperial Academy to fill in.

Gu Zhao also spared time to go to the government school to teach those students, but such time is not much, it is a good thing to spare half a day every ten days, and later on such days, the most students gathered in the government school , Many of them came from the county school below. Although it took a lot of time on the road, they would regret it if they missed Gu Zhao's class. Gu Zhao?

During spring plowing, Gu Zhao called on the people to open up wasteland to plant sunflowers provided by the government office. All the sunflowers planted will be taken back by the government office after the harvest.

If other officials made such an announcement, the common people would just avoid it from a distance, and it would be better to have one less thing than one more thing, but this is their prefect, because the prefect, who has survived the cold winter, will freeze to death how many people and livestock.

Now the government is very strict on the sale and purchase of land, but it does not interfere with people's land reclamation in designated places, and the first three years after land reclamation are tax-free, and the tax after three years is lower than that of other lands. After planting food, they also went to open up wasteland to plant rubber grass, because they knew that as long as the rubber grass was planted, it would be impossible to lose money and fail to sell it. The business of the rubber workshop was not so good, and there were more and more caravans in Yaochang Mansion later in the year. up.

Looking back at Zhao’s call for everyone to open up wasteland and plant sunflowers, the people’s first reaction was to follow the magistrate, and then they asked each other what the sunflower was, and was it the same crop as rubber grass?

"I know, I know, I heard from the people in the yamen that the sunflower was a crop that the magistrate found in Fang's farm last year. Your Excellency calls them sunflowers, and those sunflowers are very precious to Mr. Zhifu, and he said they are good things."

"If the prefect says it's a good thing, then it must be a good thing."

"Head, how many acres of wasteland will our family cultivate this year? How many rubber grasses and sunflowers will be planted?"

"This..." Planting rubber grass is sure to make a profit without losing money. Everyone doesn't know how much this sunflower can earn, but thinking about it being called by the magistrate, the man in charge gritted his teeth and said, "Then half of it will be planted. "

"By the way, I heard people in the yamen say that sunflowers live very well. They can even be planted on the ground and in front of and behind houses, but they must be able to bask in the sun."

The common people responded positively, and even Patriarch Yan came to ask Gu Zhao what are the uses of sunflowers. Gu Zhao said two things, they can be used for food and oil, so Patriarch Yan decided to set aside a Zhuangzi to use as sunflowers. Let's plant sunflowers.

Fortunately, Gu Zhao kept a lot of seeds, and since Fang Jixin could get this kind of seeds, it means that this kind of seeds can also be obtained outside, so Gu Zhao got sunflower seeds from some caravans and was busy , All these seeds have sprouted and distributed to the growers, and the planting matters are also explained to them separately.

Some caravans were very curious when they saw this, and they all guessed what the sunflowers could be used for. Some caravans specially found seeds to find their own people. They didn’t see that even the weeds like rubber grass, which had no name before, could grow in Gu Zhao Play tricks in your hands and become a good thing to make a lot of money. Although this sunflower is only beautiful in bloom, it may also be able to surprise and win.

Every caravan that came to Yaochang Mansion was filled with emotion when they walked the streets. Every time they came back to Yaochang Mansion, they would find that there had been a lot of changes. Looking around, the appearance of the city was getting better and better.

"This Yaochang mansion is really blessed to have Mr. Gu Zhao. The city is different every day. Now the new caravans probably can't imagine what Yaochang city looked like before."

"That's right, Mr. Gu is amazing. He can turn decay into magic. After the opening of the exchange market, the good things on the exchange market also flowed into Yaochang Mansion, attracting many businessmen. Tsk tsk, aren't you and I the same way?" .”

"No, the first time I looked back, my lord led the team personally. Although he didn't lead the team later, he still had to intervene in person. Moreover, he was a rare incorruptible man who devoted himself to the official affairs of Yaochang Mansion."

"Other officials will be greedy for money, but Mr. Gu doesn't care about this little money. If he wants money, he can open as many workshops as he wants, but the workshops he opens today are all hung under the government office, not Gu. Your lord owns it, how many officials can do what he does? So the merchants in this city can only honestly follow the rules of taking care of your lord. There is no way to get money, and no crooked ways will work. "

Now the number of caravan merchants coming to Yaochang Mansion has increased several times compared to before. There are even several more inns in this city, and there are also newly opened restaurants for those foreign merchants.

Jiang Yunhu hurried into the yamen, brought the master's letter, and silently withdrew the letter after it was delivered to Gu Zhao.

Gu Zhao opened the letter at the first time, read it quickly, and sighed after putting down the letter, Yan Xiao still moved, the king of Southwest is still in the capital, but he wants to seize power regardless of his father's safety Did he know that when the news spread to the capital, the emperor would not be furious with the Southwest King?

Of course Yan Xiao knew, but compared to the life of the Southwest King, he obviously valued power more.

It's ironic, Gu Zhao felt a little regretful that he was not in the capital, so he couldn't see the expression of the Southwest King when he heard about it. He had resentment towards the Southwest King, and he was so righteous in favor of the Southwest King, and he looked like he was planning for Yan Mu. Well, Yan Mu didn't accept his kindness because Yan Mu didn't understand his father's intentions, it was so scumbag that people had nothing to say.

"My lord, General Ji has a letter."

"Bring it to me to see."

General Ji rarely came to the city, but Yan Mu also borrowed troops from him. Gu Zhao opened General Ji's letter, and sure enough, the letter mentioned the transfer of troops.

Gu Zhao really wanted to go there with General Ji's army, but unfortunately, as the magistrate of Yaochang Mansion, he couldn't ignore Yaochang Mansion, so he could only restrain himself and wait for news from the southwest in this city.

After General Ji sent someone to deliver the letter to Gu Zhao, he dispatched the soldiers under him in batches, and he led a team to the border quietly.

Thanks to Gu Zhao’s arrangement to send troops to protect the caravans of passing pedestrians, the troops sent out in batches, passing merchants only thought it was normal mobilization and training when they saw them, but now they are no longer afraid when they see these officers and soldiers, these are all for protection They are safe, even if the horse thieves are eliminated, this protection will not be cancelled, because there will still be ferocious beasts in the wilderness, especially the wolves, once they are targeted, it will be difficult to get rid of, but there are these troops guarding along the road , They have no such worries.

"The number of officers and soldiers in the past seems to be a little too much."

"Is there a lot? It doesn't matter if you have more, the more you feel, the safer you will be."

"It would be great if other places could do the same. Unfortunately, only Yaochang Mansion has such protection."

"What you don't know is that the magistrate of Yaochang Mansion spent money to invite these troops to protect the caravan passers-by along the way."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. The news has spread a long time ago. Mr. Gu is so courageous. All the workshops under the name of the government will set aside [-]% of the profits as the protection fee for the garrison. Look at the armor worn by the officers and soldiers who just passed by. They are all new, and funding from the imperial court is far from enough.”

"No wonder, the cement road is also paved well. Now there are cement roads everywhere in Yaochang Mansion, and there are rubber tires, so the driving speed is much faster."

Now that the cement roads in Yaochang Mansion are paved in all directions, who would have thought that Gu Zhao had another intention in building the cement roads? It didn’t take long for General Ji to lead his people to meet up with the vanguard, and the transportation of luggage and food was also very convenient. Very soon, the time for their march was greatly shortened, and General Ji admired Gu Zhao, a civil official, even more after taking this trip in person.

southwest.

Without warning, the Daqi Kingdom suddenly used troops against the Southwest, and the entire Southwest fell into tension. Even the pedestrians on the streets were much less. The war, those older people have evoked old memories.

It just so happened that the King of Southwest was not in the Southwest at this time, but in the capital. Compared with the current Young Master Yan, the people were still looking forward to King Southwest's return.

There is also urgent information sent to the capital.

"Report - after nearly 20 years, the Daqi country once again provoked a border war!"

All the ministers in the court hall exclaimed and looked up at the emperor. The King of Southwest was still left in the capital by His Majesty. This made many ministers wonder if it was the King of Southwest's conspiracy.

Because His Majesty was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the Southwest King, Ping Nanbo and the Southwest Prince sent them there, but it didn't take long for people to die and no corpses. Do wonder if it is Yan Zhongshan's strategy. Without Yan Zhongshan, the King of the Southwest, the Southwest Army would have no leader. The war in the Southwest urgently requires His Majesty to put Yan Zhongshan back.

The emperor's face was dark and gloomy, and he gave an order in court: "King Xuannan!"

The decree spread to the Southwest Prince's Mansion, Yan Chongshan didn't know the situation in the Southwest, so he hurriedly cleaned up and went to the palace to meet the saint, but he smiled wryly in his heart, and he told the emperor the results of the investigation truthfully, but His Majesty was not satisfied at all.

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