Chapter Forty-Eight: The Mess
Yang Shaofeng's so-called preparation was actually not more complicated than Zhu Zhanji thought, just asked Yi Xiao and Bai Geng to go home and say goodbye to their parents, and by the way, let the dog inform the villagers who knew how to burn cement and lime to gather, and let these people follow behind and go to Liaozhou.
The rest is actually nothing, the main thing is that Lin Yu still has to stay in Shuntian Mansion, collect some doctors for Yang Shaofeng, and then take these doctors and the villagers to Liaozhou together.
As for what happened after arriving in Liaozhou, it was much easier to do in Yang Shaofeng's opinion.
The real situation that may be faced is nothing more than how to restore the flooded land, how to rebuild the destroyed houses, how to dredge the river, and how to prevent and control the epidemic after the disaster.
If you are unlucky, there may be a few more rainstorms in Liaozhou, and the river will burst its banks again and flood the people's fields, and the rest will become trivial except for epidemic prevention.
By the time Tianyixiao and Bai Geng returned to Yangjia Zhuangzi, it was only noon, and the dog had already been notified, and Lin Yu had also returned to Shuntianfu City to search for doctors, and the so-called preparations were over.
Yang Shaofeng looked at Zhu Zhanji, who was a little restless, and turned his gaze to Wu Ming: "Brother Wu is returning to the capital, or is he going to Liaozhou with Yang?" ”
Wu Mingdao: "The command envoy's instructions to the lowly position are to follow the champion duke, the champion duke goes to Liaozhou, and the lowly post naturally follows to Liaozhou."
Besides, when the status of the hundred households in Jinyi is in Liaozhou, it can also provide some convenience to the champion prince. ”
Beigong Jun nodded and said: "Wu Baihu is right, before our family left, Commander Ji specially asked our family to say a word to Wu Baihu, and in the future, he will follow the champion and wait for the dispatch in a down-to-earth manner." ”
Yang Shaofeng nodded: "That's okay, I won't be polite to Brother Wu, when I get to Liaozhou, I still need Brother Wu's help." ”
After Wu Mingying got down, Yang Shaofeng said directly to Zhu Zhanji: "Let's go, let's set off now, just like when Lao Bei came to the post station and kept changing horses and galloping, and strive to reach Liaozhou within three days." ”
As soon as the words fell, he felt that someone was tugging on his sleeves, Yang Shaofeng looked back, but it was a pretty girl who wanted to cry: "Young master, don't you take Ling'er with you?" ”
What to do with the little Lori who wants to cry?
Yang Shaofeng's method is undoubtedly excellent, touching his head to kill the Dafa sacrifice, and then said with a smile: "This way is so far, I have to keep hurrying, if I am tired of Ling'er, it should be young master I feel distressed." Well, Ling'er is on Zhuangzi, waiting for the young master to come back. ”
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Yang Shaofeng has always been a man of words, and what he pays attention to is the words of a gentleman, and it is difficult to chase any horse - if it is said to set off immediately, it is to set off immediately, and to say that if you want to change horses and gallop, you will change horses and gallop wildly, ignoring Beigong Yun's horse galloping for two days, and he is about to become a dead dog.
Running all the way, from noon to afternoon, until it was completely dark, I found a post station to rest, in addition to going to the post station to change horses and replenish water, the rest of the time has been running non-stop.
This kind of high-intensity wild running, which is similar to the extreme off-road of the local turtle in later generations, even Zhu Zhanji, who is used to following Zhu Laosi out to smash the field, is a little unbearable.
But the benefits are also obvious, at least in the afternoon of the third day, the group has arrived at the post station outside Liaozhou City, and it is estimated that they will be able to enter Liaozhou City before dark.
Restraining the horses, Yang Shaofeng looked at the exhausted crowd, pointed to the post station and said, "Let's go, go in and eat something, and then we will continue to hurry, and we will enter Liaozhou City before dark." ”
Fortunately, there is a post station that is equivalent to the high-speed service area of the later generations, and it is even more fortunate that the post station in the early Ming Dynasty is not as bad as the post station that came later, and at this time not only can you eat and rest, but also change horses.
Zhu Zhanji, who was like a hungry wolf, swallowed the last bite of chicken, drank another sip of water and smoothed it down, and then burped and said, "What should I do next?" Liaozhou City is ahead, where do you plan to start? ”
Yang Shaofeng nibbled on the roast chicken without raising his head: "Let's take a look first, go around for a while, first see what the situation of the flooded land is, and then go up to the river embankment tomorrow to take a look." ”
Zhu Zhanji nodded, and suddenly said again: "When we just came out of Yangjia Zhuangzi, I saw that the sky was about to turn cloudy, do you think this Shuntianfu will also be like Liaozhou?" ”
Yang Shaofeng put down the roast chicken in his hand and swallowed the meat in his mouth before glaring at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Are you poisonous?" Or is there something wrong with you? You're talking to me like this now? ”
After thinking about it, Yang Shaofeng shook his head again: "It shouldn't be, Shuntianfu has been smooth for so many years, and it is unlikely that it will rain like Liaozhou."
Besides, the pavement and drainage ditches in Yangjia Zhuangzi are all trimmed with cement, even if it rains heavily, there is nothing wrong, but the crops are unlucky and flooded. ”
After finishing speaking, Yang Shaofeng moved his gaze to Beigong Jun again: "Also, Lao Bei, eat slowly, drink more water, it looks like you are about to arrive in Liaozhou City, so you don't have to rush so much later." ”
Yi Xiao and Bai Geng saw that Young Master Yang had turned his gaze, and hurriedly got up and said, "Back to Master, the students have already eaten!" ”
Looking at the chicken bones on the table of the two, Yang Shaofeng looked disgusted: "Hurry up, clean up, and then go to see how the snow and chasing the wind are eating, and whether they have rested." ”
When Yi Qiao and Bai Geng hurriedly ran to the backyard, Zhu Zhanji snorted and said: "Look at you, it's different to hold the king's flag, you are so powerful." ”
Seeing that Yang Shaofeng wanted to speak, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly said: "Don't speak, anyway, you can't spit out any ivory in your dog's mouth." ”
Pointing to the road outside, Zhu Zhanji continued: "I don't think this is out of the Yang family Zhuangzi, but once the Yang family Zhuangzi is out, the contrast is too obvious."
Let's just talk about this road, the gap with the Yang family Zhuangzi is too big, if we are all like the Yang family Zhuangzi, it is estimated that our speed can be faster. ”
Yang Shaofeng snorted and said: "If you have money, you will build roads, and if you build roads, you will have money, what a simple thing." ”
As soon as Beigong Jun heard Yang Shaofeng mention that he would build roads if he had money, he quickly sighed and said: "Speaking of money, the emperor is now heartbroken for this business tax and land endowment!" ”
Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shaofeng, who lowered his head and drank tea, and didn't seem to hear what Beigong Jun said, and then said after snorting coldly: "What's wrong with the tax?" Haven't you already started measuring the land? ”
Waiting for Beigong Jun to repeat all the rumors and rumors in the capital and the surrounding areas, he added another sentence at the end: "Also, now I don't know where the demon wind has come out, saying that His Majesty is going to take away all the land of the rich families in the world, and then move the rich families to Shuntian Mansion." ”
Yang Shaofeng also understood it, and after thinking about it, he snorted coldly: "What's so difficult about this, as long as there is an edict that will never be given, it will be solved?"
The common people never cared about what the emperor wanted to toss, whether it was to hoe the ground with a golden hoe, or to eat scallion pancakes every day, or to lead troops out to smash other people's fields every day, and it was better to weed the fields more when there was time.
What the common people have always cared about is the one-third of an acre of land in their own homes, and whether the taxes to be handed over to the government are more or less, and no one cares about the rest of the issues. ”
Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up, and then darkened again: "No, an edict like this that will never be given is not something that can be given casually."
Once such an edict is issued to the world, it will no longer be able to increase the land endowment, and if something really happens and the treasury is empty, it will be difficult to do it at that time. ”
Yang Shaofeng snorted and sneered: "If you can't increase the field tax, you can increase the tax, just increase the business tax, is the tax the same thing as the tax?" ”
seemed to be stunned by Yang Shaofeng's shamelessness, and it took Zhu Zhanji a long time to react: "Isn't this transferring the field endowment to the commercial tax?" You said before that the merchant is also one of the people? ”
Yang Shaofeng spread his hands and said, "I said it, but what can you do with me?" The problem to be solved now is how to get the people to agree and redefine the land, how to seize the people's hearts and minds with those local gentry, and how to kill those merchants?
Teach you another good one, what is the essence of a businessman? ”
Zhu Zhanji was stunned: "What is it?" Buy low and sell high? ”
Yang Shaofeng sneered: "The essence of a businessman is the pigs raised by the dynasty, when the treasury is short of money, or the businessman eats too fat, he will pull it out and sprinkle it, that's all."
You look at the emperors of the old Liu family in front of you, which one didn't play like this, but the old Liu family not only did not lack money, but also traveled from time to time, sent money to the people, and kept fighting for more than 400 years.
Look at the later ones, who has a good life for the old Liu family? The daughter-in-law of Li Er, the eldest grandson, can't cover her face with her skirt! ”
Seeing that Yang Shaofeng was getting farther and farther away, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but make a pause gesture, and said with a gloomy face: "You don't talk about these, if it really spreads, you won't be a person in the future." ”
Yang Shaofeng smiled dryly and said: "Don't worry if you have more debts, anyway, there are more people who hate me for not dying, and there are not bad businessmen." Besides, just a few of us now, who will spread the word to the outside world? ”
After glancing at everyone, after Wu Ming and Bai Gengyi came back, Yang Shaofeng stood up directly: "Let's go." ”
After leaving the post station and bypassing part of the city, a large area of flooded land was exposed.
Shocking.
The land in front of me can no longer be called land, and it may be more appropriate to call it a swamp, and the water that has just receded is full of grass and small animal carcasses, and from time to time there is a foul smell.
Zhu Zhanji looked at everything in front of him with a confused expression: "It's all like this, didn't you come to clean it up?" ”
Yang Shaofeng glared at Zhu Zhanji and said, "How to clean up?" Who's going to clean it up? I don't know what the embankment looks like yet, and I'm still here to clean up this mess? ”