A county Taishou was robbed and killed by robbers halfway and destroyed the corpse, and the incident reported by Guo Xun, the assassin of Youzhou, made Emperor Ling very angry, and ordered Guo Xun to send soldiers and horses to clear the bandits in the territory.

It's just that Emperor Ling didn't agree to Guo Xun's proposal for the Liaodong Taishou because of Zhang Rang's and others' suggestions.

And the princes in the court also had objections to the selection of eunuchs.

Both sides hoped to use people from their own camps to serve as the Taishou of Liaodong, which made Emperor Ling in a dilemma, so he had to let the current Liaodong County Cheng act as the county guard, and this matter was dragged down.

Who the new Liaodong County Guard is is none of Zhang Hao's business, since the removal of Yang and Zhao, Zhang Hao returned to Fang County Bento did nothing to do anything, and took the people of Fang County to build bridges and roads, reclaim those undeveloped land, and then plant other crops such as soybeans and spring wheat.

Although wheat is more drought-tolerant and yield-yielding than corn, the taste still occupies a higher position in the eyes of foodies. The taste of the rice steamed with wheat is extremely poor and difficult to swallow, even if it is ground into flour, the steamed cakes made are still hard, and only the bowls of the people at the bottom are the mainstream.

Zhang Hao decided to wait for this year's wheat to mature and harvest, and then find a craftsman to improve the original stone mill, make white flour, and then make noodles, buns, steamed buns, etc., which can definitely push wheat to the height of staple food.

Fifty percent of the harvest of all newly reclaimed land goes to the people who participated, and fifty percent goes to the government, which also greatly increases the enthusiasm of the people.

A few months passed, and the most important thing became the autumn harvest, when the grain planted before was ripe, and it had to be harvested and dried before being put into storage.

This year, most of the cultivated land was ploughed by oxen, which was deeper than by manpower, and the harvest was 10% higher than in previous years, which is the result of intensive farming.

There are already more than a dozen newborn cattle and sheep in the pasture, which can be used again next year.

This is the first step, but it is far from the point where Zhang Hao thinks that he can make a profit by selling livestock, and he plans to buy some more.

At present, the main income of the ranch still comes from the processing and sale of cheese, a delicacy that came from the grassland, and after being promoted by Mi Zhu, it soon conquered the upper class of the coastal counties of Qingxu and Xuzhou.

Due to the round-trip route of the Mijia caravan and the expiration date of the cheese, it can only be sold in these places at present. But it doesn't matter much, Zhang Hao didn't plan to make money from this.

After the autumn harvest was over, Zhang Hao called the farmer and asked him to set aside a piece of land from the newly reclaimed land as an experimental field for the future, and to experiment with various methods of increasing production that he had learned from later generations.

To put it simply, like fertilizer, the current farmer uncle has not yet realized that after fermentation, these filthy things will become a nuclear bomb in ancient times when agriculture was the foundation.

A little more complicated is like seed selection, how to cultivate high-quality seeds through manual intervention.

These things require a lot of time and manpower and material resources, and now Zhang Hao's status is low and his strength is limited, and he only knows a little bit of skin, but he can do it first to accumulate experience. He believed that one day, land and food would no longer be a shackle to the people, a dynastic cycle.

Then it's time to prepare for the plan, Zhang Hao needs to report the governance of this year together with the taxes to the subject government, and then the minister of the subject country will report to the assassin history, and the assassin history will report to the imperial court.

Because of Zhang Hao's efforts, Fang County's tax revenue broke through the 100,000 mark for the first time this year, and it reached the point of 900,000 in one go, rushing from the end of the original to the second, second only to Changli, which opened the mutual market.

Although this shocked the county orders of several other counties, they all despised Zhang Hao's approach. The government is focused on agriculture, how can it do business and compete with the people for profit, how can a gentleman of my generation be familiar with poetry and books, how can he be in the company of despicable people.

Zhang Hao didn't know what other colleagues thought, and if he knew, he wouldn't care about a few rotten people talking over there.

Coming from later generations, he knows the importance of money very clearly, and he needs money for everything. It costs money to engage in construction, money to wage war, and money to reduce the burden on the people under its rule in the future, and the economic foundation determines the superstructure.

The reason why Chongzhen hanged himself was because he had no money in his hand and couldn't pay wages to the people below. Then Li Zicheng was laid off, and then he rebelled to ask for wages, and then the Qing army entered the customs, and finally he could only hang himself.

If Zhang Hao wants to make a difference, he must have money and food in his hands.

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Soon a few months passed, and at the end of the first month of the following year, Zhang Hao ushered in the second major event in his life - Fang Wan was about to give birth.

In front of the door, Zhang Hao listened to the screams of Fang Wan in the house over and over again, he was so anxious that he couldn't sit still, and kept walking back and forth outside. He had been waiting outside for four hours, and there was still no result inside.

Xiaoqing, who had become a little lively and active, was also extremely worried at the moment, and there was no snack in his hand to eat, and he clenched his chest to pray to Taiyi God for the safety of his sister-in-law.

Zhang Hao wanted to rush into the house several times, but was stopped by Zheng and Cheng, and they advised him to wait in peace, there would be nothing inside.

The two elders came to Fang County a month ago, saying that they wanted to hold their grandson and grandson at the first time, but they left the two old men in Jixian County to take care of their family. In the fear of guilt, it can be said that it is one of the reasons why the two families are right.

Zhang Hao still can't calm down, the risk of childbirth in ancient times is too great, because of premature marriage, the woman is not mature enough, and it is difficult to give birth to one corpse and two lives at every turn. He now regrets that he married Fang Wan so early.

He suddenly understood why Cao Cao loved his wives so much, except for those who were as beautiful as flowers and had their own styles, they had all given birth to children. This way the next production will be much smoother.

Just when Zhang Hao's cranky thoughts were a little off, a loud cry came from inside the house, which brought him back to reality.

"Raw! Raw! The Zhang family has a queen. The two mothers on the side said happily and loudly.

"Yay! My sister-in-law gave birth! Xiao Qing jumped and jumped on the spot, took out a hu cake from his arms and ate it in a big gulp.

Zhang Hao's face was quickly overwhelmed by the joy of being a father, and he laughed: "I'm a father? I'm going to be a dad! Hahaha! ”

Inside the house, Wen Po walked out with a swaddling baby in her arms, and said happily: "Congratulations to Zhang County Ling, congratulations to Zhang County Ling, happy to have a noble son, mother and son are safe." ”

"Oops! It's a boy, ancestors bless, ancestors bless. Come on, take Wen Po to receive the reward. ”

Zheng pushed away Zhang Hao's hand that wanted to reach over to hold the child, and carefully took the child from Wen Po's hand.

"Hey, this little face is really handsome, with a nose like his mother and eyebrows like his father. This will definitely be a gentleman of extraordinary character in the future. ”

"Mother-in-law, let me hug me too."

Eh, Zhang Hao stretched out his hands back with some embarrassment, listening to the description of the old lady Zheng was completely unbelievable, where did this newborn child come from. He also wanted to see what his son looked like, but unfortunately the second elder protected the child tightly and had no chance at all.

"Well, I'll go in and take a look at Madame." Zhang Hao had no choice but to flee from this sad place.

Inside the house, Fang Wan was lying quietly on the bed, bleeding from childbirth, making her face pale and weak now.

Zhang Hao walked up to her and sat down, held her somewhat cold hand, and looked at her apologetically. And Fang Wan looked at him with a smile on her face.

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Hao said: "Mrs. Hard." ”

"It is the duty of a wife to have children, how can it be hard."

"I've been waiting outside for a long time, it's like I've been waiting for a lifetime, listening to your heart-rending shouts, I feel like ......"

"Okay, the concubine knows that her husband can't say love words, so she doesn't need to say it."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because my husband never told me."

Zhang Hao was speechless, and he didn't dare to look at Fang Wan: "Well, my wife gave birth to a son for me, and she is the hero of my Zhang family." ”

Fang Wan pursed her mouth: "Since you are a hero, the husband wants to send the concubine away with a few simple words?" ”

"What the lady wants, do her best for her husband to complete."

"I have to choose my son's name, I have already thought about it, and my son's name will be called Si, Zhang Si in the future. How is it? ”

Zhang Hao smiled bitterly, you have thought about it and told me, can I still refuse? And he also regretted a little, even if it was close at hand, he still had too little time to spend with her every day. Not to mention parents who are thousands of miles away.

"Okay, it's all up to you, and my son will be called Zhang Si in the future."

Seeing that Zhang Hao agreed, Fang Wan smiled like a flower on her face, and with that sick color, Zhang Hao was a little stupid.

"Hmm."

Fang Wan responded sweetly, and finally couldn't resist the tiredness that came like a tide, and fell asleep deeply.

Zhang Hao covered her with a quilt, instructed the maid to take care of Fang Wan, and then walked out of the room.

The child has been handed over to the wet nurse to feed, Zhang Hao feels that his father has failed a little, and even the wet nurse is in front of him to hug his son.

There is still a month before this year's spring ploughing, just when his son was born, during this time, Zhang Hao plans to put aside official business, accompany his family well, and go back to deal with it when his son is over the full moon.

A few days later, the old man Zhang Zhen also came to Fang County, holding his grandson, he was very relieved, and kept teasing his eldest grandson, pinching and kissing there, without the demeanor of an elder.

Xiao Zhang Si is not afraid of people, except for crying when he is hungry, he is always smiling.

This made Zheng a little unbearable for his wife, and snatched his grandson aside to hug him, which made Zhang Zhen embarrassed.

Zhang Hao also smiled when he looked at this scene, the so-called family happiness is nothing more than that.

"Mingde, has your grandson given a name?"

"Well, it's already named, a single name is a word, Zhang Si."

Zhang Zhen was a little unhappy: "Why are you so anxious not to wait for the old man to come, no matter how you say it, you should follow the genealogy and test the future before taking it." ”

Zhang Hao lowered his head and looked like he was being trained, but he said: "But my son thinks the word Si is very good." ”

Zhang Zhen wanted to say more, but Zheng came over and defended Zhang Hao: "What my son said is right, I also think it's good to be called Zhang Si." At the beginning, I also thought it was appropriate for my son to be called Zhang Hao, didn't you object, husband? ”

I'll go, it turns out that my father and I have the same experience, no wonder I want to name my grandson, it turns out that I want to make up for my previous regrets, Zhang Hao thought. Does that mean that Fang Wan will become like my mother in the future, this is terrible.

"Of course not, the old man thought about it carefully, and his thoughts were not bad. In the Book of Songs, there is a saying that "Qingqing Zipei, I think leisurely", which is not as good as the child's words in the future, which means that the gentleman is talented and noble, how about it? ”

"No, Si'er will watch the words in the future."

The old man can be regarded as a dream come true.