The two went directly south from Yunzhou to the location of Muzhou Mansion, bypassing the state capital.

Although it was said that he was going to work, Wang Lanling felt that there was no difference between himself and being assigned.

The worst plan is to be a pioneer for the rest of his life, and Wang Lanling is now going there to be an official, not exactly a pioneer.

Relatively a little freer, but also not able to move around freely during the term of office, and unable to leave the scope of the state.

In Muzhou Mansion, there are mostly people who have been sent to the mountains and countryside by the full bow and moon to send them to study here, so Wang Lanling doesn't want to find it uncomfortable.

From the moment he entered the territory of Muzhou, he began to ride a horse, and it took eight hours to ride outside the city of Tianmu County.

Even in the era of gunfights, the city walls were an essential fortification.

Shooting from a high place to the ground is definitely not the same as shooting from the ground to a high place.

When he had just seen the city wall of Tianmu County, a man who looked to be in his forties respectfully came to the front of Wang Lanling.

"Your Excellency!"

Wang Lanling looked at this person strangely, "Who are you?" How do you feel familiar? ”

The man quickly said: "Grass Folk Lin Zunian, I used to watch the field in the north of Heishui County, and it was three years at a glance. ”

It's been three years!

Three years!

When Lin Zunian first met Wang Lanling, Wang Lanling was still a fourteen-year-old child, and now Wang Lanling has become the father of five children!

Wang Lanling said with a smile: "It's really been three years, it's not bad to see you, are you waiting for me here?" ”

Lin Zunian said solemnly: "Villain Lin Zunian, I am willing to serve adults!" Whether it is in Muzhou or Shanzhou, whether it is in Heishui County or Shanhai County! Don't seek wealth, don't seek comfort, just want to break out of the roll call! ”

Wang Lanling nodded, "Okay, you are honest and not lying." ”

Things like thinking about the people are not for everyone, and many people can't understand this kind of thinking.

Wang Lanling now seeks common ground while reserving differences, as long as he is willing to do things together.

After someone came over to lead the way, Wang Lanling said to Bai Qingshuang: "Qingshuang, let's not live here, thank you for taking care of you in the past three years." ”

"Where, I'm being taken care of." Bai Qingshuang thanked politely and said seriously: "I can't help you with all kinds of things, if you make trouble, it must be a big deal, I'm just afraid that I will be in a hurry to clear up the relationship." ”

Wang Lanling smiled, "If it's because I have affected others, I don't feel good, I am actually very happy that you can have this kind of risk awareness." ”

Bai Qingshuang looked at Wang Lanling, and after staring for a few seconds, he rode in the direction of the city gate, "Don't pass by." ”

Looking at Bai Qingshuang, who was handsome and leaving, Wang Lanling also set off in another direction.

Lin Zunian also rode his own mount, a gray donkey, one meter two or three tall, much shorter than Wang Lanling's yellow horse.

"Are you a donkey?" Wang Lanling saw Lin Zunian coming up, so he curiously asked about the type of donkey mount.

Lin Zunian explained: "This is a Jinshan wild ass, although it looks stupid, but it has strong endurance, can withstand cold and heat, hunger and thirst, and is a very valuable mount in Jinshan County!" ”

"It can carry people and goods to climb snow-capped mountains and walk deserts, climb mountains and swim in water, it is not slow, and it can also find water sources.

Wang Lanling said curiously: "Compared with this horse, which one is more expensive?" ”

Lin Zunian replied: "Horses are expensive in Shanzhou, and the wild donkeys in Jinshan here are more expensive than horses. ”

When Wang Lanling was in school, he learned about breeding creatures in various states, such as horses.

Muzhou horses are mainly steppe horses, mostly used for plain travel, mainly used as mounts for ordinary cavalry, and also used as ordinary messengers and mobile vehicles.

Muzhou is very large, and the terrain of Jinshan County is much more complex, and people mainly deal with various rugged mountain roads and difficult traffic problems, coupled with the relationship between breeding costs, the advantages of wild asses are more practical.

"You've always been in Jinshan County?"

Wang Lanling had no contact with Gong Yueman before, and he was not clear about Gong Yueman's current situation and location.

Lin Zunian said: "No, Hu Wangxiang is in Jinshan County, that kid can play very well, he looks good, he is still the first place in the Yunzhou college entrance examination, and he mixes well in Jinshan County." ”

"Gong Yueman and I were in Shanhai County, and he continued to be the director of the teaching department, and I was the liaison person everywhere, and with the help of Hu Wangxiang and Mu Shou, I got the power generation equipment and built a power plant on the mountain."

Wang Lanling said with emotion: "Just listening to it, I know that it is not easy, I have worked hard for you." ”

In the past two years, Wang Lanling has been studying in the college, while Gong Yueman and Hu Wangxiang have taken the lead in pioneering and laying the foundation here.

Lin Zunian said quickly: "It's not hard! If you're really busy, you feel like time flies very fast, the only thing that worries you is that you don't know how to hand things over to adults, I never thought that adults you really put down your great future, come to Muzhou here! ”

Wang Lanling said: "I don't know about Shanhai County, and the things over there are limited to the descriptions of Tongzhou and the rest of the people, what kind of place do you say that place is?" ”

Lin Zunian said seriously: "I've lived there for almost a year, and I know a little. ”

"Shanhai County is a very large place, with an area of about 300,000 square kilometers, it looks like a dumpling surrounded by high mountains, and the sea here is a cliff, and the place is more than ten meters higher than the sea surface, which is not suitable for fishing boats."

"The outside is high, the middle is low, and under the convergence of rain and mountain streams, a crescent lake is formed inside, and the people of the county are fishing and eating in the lake, but they have also built a salt farm, which is currently under the jurisdiction of the county."

"There is a lot of land in the county that can be cultivated, there is no problem in feeding the people in the county, the grain output is very high, and when there were disasters elsewhere in the past two years, there was no problem in Shanhai County, but most of the grain was still concentrated in the hands of a small number of people."

"There are 20 counties in the county, and each county has a large territory, which belongs to a powerful party, and they are basically the descendants of those pioneers back then."

"Shanhai County, where adults are going, is the original county capital of Shanhai County, which is a very good place, and there is also a luxury manor covering an area of 100 acres, which is now uninhabited, and adults can live there."

Lin Zunian said it relatively simply, but Wang Lanling realized many problems.

"Who are the county guards and governors of Shanhai County now? And where is the county hall? ”

Lin Zunian explained: "The location of Shanhai County is at the foot of the mountain, and the previous county guards all lived in the Xianshui Palace halfway up the mountainside, but later felt that there were more and more pioneers around, so they moved to the heavily guarded Giant Whale Island, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

"The county guard is a relatively low-key person, and he is also a member of the Jiang family, but basically he doesn't care about things, as long as the subordinate county pays some taxes every year, he doesn't care about the rest."

"However, things like salt works and iron factories are under the control of government soldiers, and fishing boats are also forbidden to go to sea."

Compared with Yunzhou, Muzhou is more free.

Wang Lanling roughly thought about the area of 300,000 square kilometers, and felt that it was close to the area of a large agricultural province.

Even excluding mountain lakes and some unsuitable areas, the remaining area is enough for two or three million people.

However, this is Shanhai County, and Wang Lanling went to Shanhai County.

"How big is Shanhai County?"

Lin Zunian said: "There are only 13,000 square kilometers, but at least half of the place is suitable for farming, which is a good place!" ”

Wang Lanling frowned and said, "That's about 9.75 million mu, which is indeed a good place." ”

With this arable land, not to mention hundreds of thousands of people, even 20 million people can be fed.

When Lin Zunian saw Wang Lanling say this, he said embarrassedly: "This...... The land here is finer, one year is ripe, and the land in Yunzhou is much more troublesome, the yield is slightly lower, and the harvest of one round a year is about seventy percent of the two rounds of ordinary fields. ”

Wang Lanling nodded, "I naturally know this, the best land in the whole world is in Longzhou, and the rest of the places can't be compared with that side." ”

The superior natural environment and fertile land are all things that are destined by heaven.

Muzhou itself is a newly opened up and occupied land by pioneers in the past few decades, and it is very different from Yunzhou in terms of regulations and autonomy.

Lin Zunian continued: "There is also the fact that only Shanhai County has vacancies here, and it is also assigned by the imperial court, and the rest of the county towns are all established by other pioneers themselves, my lord, you will be assigned here, it should be the reason why you have no choice, but I don't understand why you came here in Shanhai County, and the rest of the places should be more bitter." ”

Wang Lanling smiled and said: "Because I can make trouble, if it is in Jinshan County or Tianmu County, what should I do?" Those people only wanted me not to go back, so putting me with the rest of the pioneers was an excuse to refuse me to go back. ”

This idea is not correct, the teachers gave Wang Lanling a relatively comfortable place, just to let him take care of his old age, otherwise this kid will try to run back, who can stand it.

Lin Zunian didn't understand very well, but he continued: "There is another thing, that is, there is basically no contact between the various counties, and they are also wary of each other because of some things. ”

"There are a few counties that want to make trouble, and often openly disobey the demands of the county government."

"Some of them hope to go back, and they have always been the helpers of the Jiang family, but no one has followed them back to enjoy happiness for decades."

"Now most people have complaints, but they can't resist, and they don't have the heart to develop anything, and they love each other and ignore each other."

Wang Lanling asked, "Is there any such troublesome person in Shanhai County?" ”

Lin Zunian replied: "There are restless people everywhere, and there are also a few powerful families in Shanhai County, but as long as the adults pass, everything is not a problem, Gong Yueman has already persuaded several families to welcome you!" ”

"The main thing that everyone is afraid of is that the new county magistrate is a dog official, Gong Yueman has always been saying good things for you, everyone, everyone knows that you are a good official, and they are naturally willing to work for you!"

Wang Lanling smiled and said, "I didn't expect to have a reputation." ”

Lin Zunian said: "My lord doesn't know, the people here don't live comfortably at all, the people outside are like thieves guarding against the people here, if the people in Shanhai County run out, the defenders and herdsmen outside will be implicated, so I can only come by myself to welcome the adults." ”

Wang Lanling sighed, "That's it." ”

Lin Zunian continued: "Not only that, no matter what happens, the people who are punished in the end are those who have no support, and the people in Shanhai County are sandwiched between the rest of the counties and the county government, just looking forward to having someone who can be the master of the house!" ”

"Everyone has guns and some people have strength, so there is a lack of an official who can let everyone go and kill those bandits!"

Wang Lanling frowned, "Why are you fighting?" Who are the bandits? ”

Lin Zunian scolded: "After the county guard who lacked virtue changed the county government to another place, in order to prevent Shanhai County from having military functions, he blew up the city wall, and the county people were not allowed to build the city wall!" Now Shanhai County is the only place in the entire county that can enter and exit at will, how can it not be thieves? ”

"The red-bearded horse thieves under the Golden Mountain, as well as the people from Yanyang County next door, all came to bully the people of Shanhai County, not only plundering livestock, but also cutting down fruit trees in the county."

Lin Zunian looked at Wang Lanling and said seriously: "The people in the county have also organized people to resist, but the county government does not allow the people in the county to gather, for fear that those people will make trouble, and they are not allowed to leave the county too far." ”

"The previous prefectural orders were all at the prefectural government, so after knowing about your affairs, everyone is looking forward to your passing!"

Wang Lanling roughly understood some of the problems in Shanhai County.

It's not too difficult, it's mainly external.

originally thought that the primary problem was to deal with the county officials Haoqiang, but they didn't expect Gong Yueman to solve the internal problems, and the people outside made Shanhai County have a cohesive force, just looking forward to a county lord who could lead them to stand up.

Wang Lanling remembered a person, "What is the situation with the county governor?" ”

Lin Zunian explained: "I have been in charge for many years, and now I am seventy-two years old, and Gong Yueman is actually in charge of everything in the county. ”

Wang Lanling said with a smile: "When Gong Yueman was in Heishui County, he was a transparent person, and he didn't have a sense of existence at all, so I didn't expect to do something here." ”

Lin Zunian also smiled and said: "It's all your credit, everyone, by your side, everyone is willing to do more, in fact, it's not just me, Lao Tao and Lao Guo are also here." ”

Wang Lanling said suspiciously: "Who is Lao Tao and Lao Guo?" ”

Lin Zunian explained: "Tao Kun from the Environmental Sanitation Department, and Guo Shujiu from Heishui County. ”

Wang Lanling was very puzzled, but he thought that he could also eat the food of his hometown here in Heishui County, so he nodded and said, "It's good to come!" It's not in vain that I've worked hard to cultivate them! ”

Who Guo Shujiu is, Wang Lanling has forgotten, but the name Tao Kun still remembers, and the cultivation that Wang Lanling said mainly refers to the cultivation guidance in the direction of cooking.