Chapter 167: Preparing to Burn the Second Fire (4)

Regarding the family's attraction to the two Confucians, Zhang Junping didn't care at all.

Regardless of whether they were wooed or not, he invited the two great Confucians to come over, the purpose of which was to teach and educate people.

It's nothing more than taking more care of their children.

In Muping County, he can't only choose poor students, and he can guarantee that half of the poor students can enter the academy to study.

Of course, he is not in a hurry about this, one day, he will be able to popularize compulsory education in Muping County.

As for the few years, he didn't dare to say that he would always let all the children in Muping County enter the academy to study human characters.

If he doesn't want to be admitted to the Jinshi, be able to read and write, and not live a chaotic life, he is already meritorious.

"Lang Jun, Mr. Shen, their residences have also been settled!

It's all a separate ......."

"Thanks to the mountain chief for this, although the accommodation we are waiting for is not as good as the two gentlemen, we are very satisfied!

The environment is elegant, clean, and much better than our accommodation in Jingshi! Shen Tong hurriedly thanked him.

"So good! All the gentlemen have settled down in their quarters, and now they can concentrate on teaching and educating people! Zhang Junping smiled and nodded.

The top ten families are drinking, and Zhang Junping, the new magistrate, is also drinking.

It's a pity that the top ten families are accompanied by beautiful women and have singing and dancing, while Zhang Junping can only drink with poetry and songs.

Happiness is all the same, though.

At least in Zhang Junping's opinion, it is the same.

I didn't say anything all night, and I was early the next morning.

Today, there are a few more people, and they are another head of the county's official team.

Zhou Bantou, according to the secular name, is the head of Zhou, and Zhou Dutou is the side of the Zhou family.

It can be seen that the entire county government is basically controlled by the ten major families.

Including the following officials, they are also the last members of the ten major families.

Zhou Dutou took people out on a business trip a few days ago, and just came back today.

"I've seen Zhixian! The day before yesterday, at the request of the Dengzhou government, the subordinates went to the Dengzhou government to assist in handling the case, but failed to meet the magistrate, and please atone! After ordering, Zhou Du stepped forward to salute.

This week, the head is called Zhou Quan, not tall, five and a half feet, which is converted to one meter six or eight, less than one meter seven.

But it looks very strong, with bulging chest muscles, thick and polite arms, a pair of big hands full of calluses, temples bulging high, and a face full of meat.

"It doesn't matter, Zhou Dutou has official business, or official business!

Come back today, but the case is over? ”

"Back to Zhi County, it's done, and the prisoner has been arrested!"

"That's good! In the future, the security of the county will have to worry more about Zhou Dutou and Sun Dutou! Zhang Junping gave a few words of encouragement and let Zhou Quan go down.

There are a few complaints today, but they are all trivial.

Zhang Junping did not go directly to the trial, but directly threw it to the pusher and asked him to find out the situation.

The Song Dynasty was not like Bao Gong in the play, the prefect decided the case, and it also had strict case-handling procedures.

The state government has left and right officials, left and right military patrol envoys, left and right military patrol judges, record officers to join the army, and managers to join the army, which are responsible for hearing the case, which is equivalent to the public security bureau, procuratorate and court in later generations.

Conduct a series of procedures such as investigation, trial, judgment, review and so on.

When I arrived in the county, because of the small population, there was no so much left and right to push officials, and there was only one pusher, who was responsible for the trial, investigation, and investigation of the case, and after the investigation was clear, it was reported to the magistrate.

If it is a criminal case or a major case, it must be handed over to the prefect or the prefect's yamen.

It's not that the magistrate is a verdict.

Of course, for some small cases and disputes, if you go to the county government to file a complaint, then the county magistrate is also responsible for coordinating or adjudicating the case.

For example, this morning, in one of the cases, Zhang San sued Li Si for borrowing money and not paying it back, saying that he did not borrow money, had no IOU, and had no third party to prove it.

In such a case, there is no way to coordinate, and there is no way to pronounce the verdict in court, so it can only be handed over to the pusher to investigate, and then Zhang Junping will make a judgment according to the pusher's investigation.

After handing over several small cases to the pushers, after Chen Sanshui went to investigate, Zhang Junping took Liu Daojie and a group of officials to the wasteland outside the city.

The horse came to the outside of the city, walked five or six miles, and arrived at the wasteland that Liu Daojie said.

This wasteland is a typical saline-alkali land formed by sea erosion.

Standing on the edge of the wasteland, you can smell the salty smell of seawater in the air.

Zhang Junping led people to run around the wasteland, and the area of this wasteland is really not small.

According to Liu Daojie, this wasteland is as much as 100,000 acres.

Zhang Junping seems to be far more than 100,000 acres.

You must know that there is only so much fertile land in the entire Muping County, and all the fertile land in Muping County added up, and it does not exceed 670,000 mu.

This wasteland is about 150,000 mu, accounting for nearly a quarter of the cultivated land area of Muping County.

The wasteland was full of withered yellow weeds that were more than a man tall.

"Where does this road lead?" Zhang Junping asked, pointing to a wide road on the edge of the wasteland.

"Back to Zhi County, this road is leading to Kunyu Mountain, on the seventy-two peaks of Kunyu Mountain, there are temples and Taoist temples, and the incense is prosperous!

This road was built by the wealthy families in the county, in order to go up the mountain to pray to God and worship Buddha! ”

"Oh!" Zhang Junping nodded, indicating that he understood.

Speaking of Kunyu Mountain, we have to mention the Quanzhen School, that is, Jin Yongli's Quanzhen Sect, the Quanzhen Seven Sons.

Qiu Chuji was the Quanzhen Sect established in Kunyu Mountain, and he really accepted seven disciples.

"Let's go, take another turn!" Zhang Junping hit the horse and continued to move forward.

Following the road to Kunyu Mountain, Zhang Junping ran to the foot of Kunyu Mountain in one go.

Kunyu Mountain belongs to the Laoshan Mountain Range, there are 72 peaks of Kunyu, and the local people call it 72 Gu.

Kunyu Mountain can be said to be a temple on the peak, and there is a Taoist temple in Gugu.

The terrain is already relatively high here, sitting on the horse, looking back at the wasteland, the field of vision is very open, you can see far away.

Zhang Junping marked the wasteland on the map he carried with him.

This wasteland, along the coastline, is thirteen or fourteen kilometers long and six or seven kilometers wide.

The area is really very large, nearly 100 square kilometers.

"What kind of river is that river?" Zhang Junping asked, pointing to a big river not far from the left of the road.

"That's the Huanglei River, a river that flows out of Kunyu Mountain, and we in Muping County rely on this river to irrigate our fields!"

"Let's go, go over and have a look!" Zhang Junping greeted everyone with a smile.

The treatment of saline-alkali land is inseparable from water, and a large amount of water is required to irrigate the land and wash salt.

Not surprisingly, this Huanglei River is the key to whether or not the saline-alkali land can be controlled.

Although we know from the history books and the Muping County Chronicles, the Huanglei River originates in Kunyu Mountain, and the water volume is relatively sufficient.

But Zhang Junping still prefers to do a field trip.