There have been several new things in Qingzhou recently.

First, the prefect of Qingzhou has changed, and I heard that it is a champion and a favorite minister of the Son of Heaven.

Second, it is also related to the favored minister of the Son of Heaven, as soon as the autumn harvest is over, the new prefect will encircle the wasteland abandoned around Qingzhou Mansion, buy it at his own expense, and also do some leveling, looking for people to reclaim the wasteland, I heard that if there are farmers who are willing to rent seeds for a long time, the first year is exempt from taxes, and the second year begins, only one percent of the grain tax is paid every year, and the grain seeds, agricultural tools, are issued by the government, and even the canals are hired by the government to repair them.

No one believed it at first.

However, the government encircles wasteland, and the work will also give money, reclamation is very easy, the people in the village even seven or eight years old children will do farm work, I heard that the salary is still settled every day, then it doesn't hurt to try, but I was deceived, it's a big deal to do a day's work in vain, this little hard work, it's really not a big deal.

At the beginning, everyone still had scruples, ordinary people were not happy to deal with the government, as the saying goes, the yamen is open, there is no reason to come in, enter the gate of the government once, maybe the body can be stripped off a layer of skin, that is still haode, one is not good, the life is gone.

But recently, Qingzhou's year is not good, floods and droughts have been troublesome for many days, and the prefect's price is high, and there are always people who are bold and willing to give it a try.

So I went to try it in pairs, but I only worked three hours a day, and there were three meals to serve, and I was full of food, and I was allowed to eat a meal of meat at noon, and the salary was not bad.

The treatment, not to mention the salary, is not to give a penny just for three meals a day, and people are willing to work.

In less than half a month, those who have their own land are not too crazy, and those who work for other people's families for long and short jobs are all concentrated here to do their work all at once.

It's just that when the land was reclaimed, some big farmers just complained twice, saying that it was difficult to invite long-term workers now, but I didn't expect that the wasteland that had just been opened up had an excellent harvest, and the absolute harvest was excellent, and the people didn't know the specific data, but the old farmers were experienced, and as long as they looked at it, they could see whether it was a bumper harvest.

Now that I saw the results, and saw that the government really kept its promise, the rent was very low, the tools were very easy to use, and the auxiliary facilities were also done well, and people flocked to rent the land.

Third, it is also related to the new prefect, the government has set up a Salesian Bureau and a nursing home in Qingzhou, and I don't know where to find a group of young doctors to walk the streets and alleys to give free medical treatment to poor families in Qingzhou.

It is not clear to everyone what the medical skills of those young doctors are, but minor diseases can be cured, and they are conscientious and kind-hearted, and they are very popular with the common people.

Fourth, a new treasure pavilion appeared on the most prosperous street in Qingzhou Mansion, it is said that although it is not hung in the name of the prefect, it is also his industry, in the capital on the day into the gold, moved to Qingzhou, the things sold are different from the capital, all are some daily groceries and snacks, rice, flour, grain, oil, sugar and salt, the quality is good, the price is not expensive, and it is like other merchants in Qingzhou Mansion to distribute goods at wholesale prices, how much money can be earned, outsiders do not know, Yang Yunqiu, the prefect, knows it, just rely on it, at least in Qingzhou can barely make ends meet.

There are many other bits and pieces of changes, the government hires a lot of displaced people, idle people level the land, open mines and build factories, dig wells and repair canals, especially mines, Yang Yunqiu bought a small crystal mine on the barren mountain, which requires a lot of manpower. The crystals mined were not very valuable in the Yin Dynasty, but the crystals containing spirituality were the most haode things for Yang Yunqiu.

I don't know weishenme, Qingzhou obviously has not changed dramatically on the surface, but the atmosphere has been very different, many poor people who used to be hungry and full of food a day, still in tattered clothes, but the complexion on their faces is gradually getting better, their faces are ruddy, they are refreshed, there are fewer beggars on the street, in addition to the disabled, there are also the kind of real lazy people, who can always find all kinds of work.

After staying in Qingzhou for more than half a year, Yang Yunqiu traveled to all the counties and townships, at least one-third of the counties and townships, and asked him to unify and make an agricultural cooperative, providing loose farmers with improved seeds, tools, agricultural jishu, and fertilizers that can increase grain production. In ancient times, the common people were actually the most industrious and creative, as long as they were sure that they could get a little benefit, no matter how hard they worked, they would not give up.

Yang Yunqiu is very low-key externally, not low-key at all, fanfare, and doing things step by step, contrary to the caution in the capital and Quanzhou, in the capital is located at the feet of Wang Sun Guizhou, he has not much room to play, in Quanzhou he is a grass people, and the Sun family is constrained, he can't do anything.

Now that he has come to Qingzhou and become the prefect of Qingzhou, it can be said that as long as he is the prefect one day, he has absolute authority in Qingzhou, and it is very convenient to do whatever he does, of course, the local family in Qingzhou will feel more or less resistant, and his interests will be damaged, so he will naturally resist, even if Yang Yunqiu does not really want to disintegrate the shili of the family or anything, let alone deliberately oppose them, but he wants to do things, and it is natural that he will touch some of the interests of these people.

Two of the families in Qingzhou are big families, the clan is more than 100, the influence is very great, there are a few officials in the family, and there are more people in the Jinshi after 100 years.

One is the Song family in Qingzhou, and the other is the Wang family in Qingzhou.

The two families have also been married for generations and have a close relationship.

In fact, as soon as Yang Yunqiu came, he first invited the family and squire of Qingzhou to have a meal, which is also the proper meaning of the question, today's rules, the liliang of the government is mostly concentrated in the county, and the next is to rely on the prestige of the family to deal with it themselves, and it is not good to be a local official and not have a good relationship with these people in the locality.

Yang Yunqiu has just arrived, and he doesn't put his identity highly, at least the first impression is not strong, and he is not particularly greedy, a group of big people who are very shili in the local area are relieved, as long as they don't meet the kind of greedy officials who pluck the feathers of geese, they can still deal with it.

Unexpectedly, the prefect is indeed not a corrupt official, but this method is ...... It's a real headache.

When Yang Yunqiu's career developed in full swing, the Song family and the Wang family, the heads of the two families met, and the two heads of the family sat and drank tea with a relatively wry smile.

"Brother Song, you said to ignore him at the beginning, if it weren't for our cooperation, he wouldn't be able to figure out how many land owners there are in Qingzhou Mansion, you look at it now, let him do this, and my family's households will run out next year."

The head of the Wang family complained with a wry smile.

The old man of the Song family did not speak.

At the beginning, the government was just reclamation, and it had little impact on other large landlords, but when Yang Yunqiu used a series of various means that people couldn't see clearly, it really touched the nerves of many people.

After pondering for a long time, the old man of the Song family squinted: "I met that little hairy boy several times, but he refused to give a word of truth, and said that I should join his agricultural cooperative, what is it called joint land management...... Just kidding, my Song family has been buying property and land for a hundred years, and it has only accumulated a huge family business, and he wants to fool him with a little trick, how can it be so cheap? ”

In the eyes of the Song and Wang families, Yang Yunqiu's measures to reduce rents, give various benefits to the villagers, and give free medical treatment are not good-hearted, but unruly, and he does this alone, isn't he forcing everyone to do this?

The rent is low, what do they eat, drink, and use to raise their tribes and enhance their strength?

Summer harvest time.

Any merchant who passes through Qingzhou can see that Qingzhou has ushered in a bumper harvest that has not been seen for many years, and all the way through, the people are full of glory, and the granary at home is still full for the first time.

Yang Yunqiu sat in the pavilion, Li Da and Zhou Dali stood beside him, and the three-dimensional topographic map of Mituo Mountain in Qingzhou unfolded by the doll fell on the stone table, and Zhou Dali and Li Dali looked at it seriously.

From here, it can be seen that a group of bandits in Mida Mountain are making a move, wiping their weapons, and getting ready to go, almost two-thirds of them are gathered, not the small fights they used to have.

Liu Xing was obviously a little nervous, he had lost a lot of weight, his face was yellow, since he returned to Qingzhou, he was still worried about the group of bandits on Mida Mountain every day, except for bringing a little money to his home, and asking the prefect to help him tell his wife and children to be settled in Qingzhou City, he didn't dare to go back to visit at all.

He stayed with the boss of the house for three years, knowing the rules there, once he joined, he would never allow betrayal to leave, if he violated it, he would chase him to the ends of the earth, and he would not let him go.

If Yang Yunqiu doesn't act again, Liu Xing will go crazy, and he can't wait to fly out and break the jar, and die, no matter how much, it is important to go to see his wife and children first.

Fortunately, Boss Fang has to take action.

Li Da and Zhou Dali did not take this group of undisciplined bandits who looked at the number of people and the crowd, but were actually loose and undisciplined.

"Young master, don't worry, it may be a little troublesome to exterminate them in the mountains, now bring them out and ensure that none of them can escape."

Yang Yunqiu nodded.

It is true that Boss Fang and his people are ready to tentatively attack the big farm under Yang Yunqiu's name, if they can take away the grain, of course, it is the best, if it is not easy to take away, then set it on fire, when they came, they really didn't take it too seriously, Boss Fang even took his two concubines, riding on horses and going on an outing.

In the past, they acted like this, sometimes they didn't even have to make a move, the other party was afraid of it, and would rather spend money to buy peace, of course, his boss was very righteous, and this time he received the great benefits of the Wang family and the Song family, and if he couldn't say it, he would have to let the big Zhuangzi in front of him be wiped out.

As for what happens if you offend the government? The boss of his house is not an ordinary bandit, he openly raised the banner to kill officials and rebel, the imperial court has sent all kinds of officials and soldiers to suppress it three years ago, those old soldiers are not blocked by the complex terrain of Mida Mountain, they can't even enter the gate of their village, what else is there to suppress?

The real elite soldiers and strong generals, those are all generals from all walks of life, the private soldiers of the big families, they will not easily take it out and fight with a small group of traitors, in case there is any loss, wouldn't it be a loss?

Boss Fang's men and horses took advantage of the night to come to Zhuangzi, and they didn't even see a sentry stand, his face suddenly showed contempt, thinking that the new prefect was also a arrogant idiot, really thought that no one dared to get along with him in the realm of Qingzhou Mansion?

He raised his hand and shouted, "Brothers, rush in, let's eat meat and drink wine, and the yellow, orange, and orange wheat are ours." ”

A group of rebels shouted loudly, and when they heard a bang, Boss Fang's face was splashed with blood, and a brother in front of him had his head shattered.

The scene was silent for a moment, and then there was a crackling sound, and a group of high-spirited rebels fell down inexplicably, Fang Lao's pupils were erected, and he only felt that his ears were buzzing, and he turned the horse's head and galloped backwards as fast as he could, not only him, but also the group of bandits ran wildly crying wolves.

But it's too late.

Yang Yunqiu had already opened his mouth and waited for them to enter the urn, how could he let them go?

The battle didn't last long, at most half an hour, a group of rebels didn't even see the enemy clearly, they died, they were wounded, and none of them ran away, unfortunately, Zhou Dali actually suffered a little bit of a small injury - he was too excited to jump up and broke his foot, the others didn't pay attention to cutting their arms when they were hiding, and some accidentally let the captives scratch when they went to arrest people, anyway, although the results of the battle were brilliant, Yang Yunqiu was not completely satisfied, and only left a sentence - still lack of practice.

Before dawn, Zhou Dali led people to copy the old nest of the boss of Fang, not to mention Liu Xing, who knew the details, but no, they had already checked the terrain of Mituo Mountain clearly in advance, and they would never make the mistakes of those officials and soldiers when they invaded and suppressed before.

The first battle was completed, and the rebels who had been entrenched for more than three years completely disappeared.

Of course, there are still other stragglers, and it is impossible for them to be wiped out all at once, and Yang Yunqiu has no intention of killing them too cleanly.

There were a lot of gold, silver and jewelry found from Mida Mountain, and Liu Xing also noticed a private secret room of Boss Fang, which was full of good things he had accumulated in the past three years, and now all of them were cheaper Yang Yunqiu.

The Song family and the Wang family also received the news of the destruction of Boss Fang for the first time. Both families were shocked, and then they received a post from the prefect, inviting them to a banquet at one of the prefect's private residences.

If there was a hint in the letter, the heads of the two families sighed deeply, for fear that this would be a Hongmen banquet, but if they didn't go...... That won't work either.

"Prepare a generous gift, the thicker the better."

On the day of the banquet, the two of them entered the prefect's private house nervously, they were not in the mood to look around, and both of them were from a family, and they were quite contemptuous of Sun Zhaoming, a child of the Sun family who had no background at all, but as soon as they entered this private house, they were greeted by a refreshing and cold air, and the summer heat was swept away.

The people are well organized, no matter what the appearance of the maidservant girl is, all of them have natural manners, their speech and demeanor are like a spring breeze, and the dress is all of a sudden to make their own maidservants become rural village women.

The young prefect was even more otherworldly.

The two of them owed a series of unequal treaties in a daze, and went deep into the territory controlled by the tentacles of the government, and they were covered with cold sweat afterwards, but they didn't feel aggrieved.

At the end of the banquet, the head of the Wang family returned in a sedan chair, wiped his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "...... When did I learn to look down on others casually, Yelang is arrogant, Yelang is arrogant. ”

After going back, both the Wang family and the Song family knew the details of the destruction of Boss Fang and his group, and when they really knew, the heads of the two families actually felt very fortunate - at least the prefect did not use such a cruel method on himself.

In the next few months, there were four families with deep roots in Qingzhou, and Yang Yunqiu found out all kinds of criminal evidence in Yurou Township, and the four big families all let him raid the house, the men were assigned to the army, and the women accompanied them, acting decisively, and they also made people beat gongs and drums to publicize the evidence of the crimes, which scared other families who were more or less inappropriate.

However, the prefect's gentle methods are also very tight.

Many people's land was defrauded by him, and the rent was forced to be reduced a lot, but as compensation, the production workshops and shops given to them not only made up for the losses, but also made these families earn a lot.

At this point, the entire Qingzhou Mansion, from Qingzhou City to the counties under its jurisdiction, has been firmly controlled by Yang Yunqiu, but there are still some hidden dangers, which can also be slowly figured out.

The changes in Qingzhou can really be said to be a rapid progress.