In the next few days, Lu County Ling took Yang Lian, Liu Qiao, Qian Qianyi and others to Donghu County, and Lu County Ling of course knew that making Yang Lian happy was the consolidation of his official position, so wherever Yang Lian was going, he immediately made arrangements. Of course, if someone asked about their identity, they did not deliberately hide it, saying that the prefectural order accompanied several officials from Beijing to make an inspection, and no matter who heard it, they would not be dissatisfied. For people with a bit of background, it needs to be said directly, but for ordinary people, it is said that it is out to play and see the idyllic scenery by the way.

After a few days, I met several groups of people, including ordinary people from the local area, some people from large families, and immigrants from the north to the south, and everyone had different degrees of communication with these people, but there were no unexpected gains. It turned out that the people in this kind of field did not have a good impression of the people in the official mansion, and they were also vigilant when they saw Yang Lian and others at the beginning, and they knew that the few people who asked the question were scholars who came out to play. They don't really care who is in charge and what system is enforced, but when it comes to immigrants, they are very united, and the slightest trivial thing will cause a big storm.

The year before last, the northern provinces all suffered from a severe drought, and the food in the north was not enough to eat and needed relief, and the southern road was far away and the road was not easy to walk, and it was very troublesome to rescue, so the imperial court decided to migrate to the south in batches, at least to make the relief points closer to the grain production areas. After the immigrants from the north to the south, the local government built houses for them according to the distribution of vacant land, and also leased the fields to these immigrants, but said that these lands were official land and could not be sold, and they were required to pay rent every year from the second year. The immigrants were able to settle down without worrying about food and shelter, but they were afraid that the locals would bully them at will, so they were very united, and the family was angry, and the neighbors around them came to talk.

If it is true that the locals have joined forces to drive out the immigrants or personally attack them, then the government should also come forward to stand up for them. The problem is that they are also very sensitive to some small things, such as whose melons and vegetables are stolen or whose dog is beaten twice, and the immigrants will rise to the level of xenophobia of the locals, and some people even say that if the government ignores them, they will go to Beijing to sue the emperor, which makes the local government cry and laugh.

Yang Lian and others didn't listen to one side of the story, and deliberately went to find a family of immigrants to understand the situation, the immigrants' opinions are also very unified, they can't control and don't want to care about what policies are implemented, they just need to be the same as the locals, and they know that these are the reasons for not understanding each other enough, which is equivalent to the relationship between a daughter and a daughter-in-law in a family. But if anyone scolds his daughter-in-law with words about scolding his daughter, then this daughter-in-law will definitely not be able to figure it out and remember it for many years, and if she has a bad temper, she may call her mother's family to ask for an explanation the next day.

In fact, the immigrants are gradually integrating into the life of the locals, and one old man said that they were not used to eating rice when they came to the south at first, and felt that there was no pasta to be hungry and no pasta tasted sweet. Later, everyone slowly accepted the fragrance of rice, and many people also fell in love with chili pepper and other seasonings that only southern people like, although people do not know that the south is humid and eat more chili pepper and other things can dehumidify, but the body's needs determine that people's tastes will eventually change. There are also people who eat rice and still can't do without pasta, I don't know why, this kind of rice and pasta are combined with people who eat it are in good health.

The migrants also said something that sparked Yang Lian's idea, they said that the drought in the north was the cause of the reduced production, but despite the drought, people still had a harvest and could eat, and the problem was that the drought was often followed by insect plagues. If the drought is not particularly fierce to the point where there is no harvest, then the people still have a little hope in their hearts, but thousands of locusts are flying in the sky, and the people can only look at and cry, and after the locusts, not only is the food gone, but even the straw will be gnawed half, that is to say, not only do we not eat, but we can not make a fire to keep warm, and fully feel what it means to stop hunger and cold.

Locusts are considered a big insect plague, and it is not impossible for people to be angry, and some ruthless people see the overwhelming locusts eating their crops and call people to catch insects and eat insects. Although the taste is a little bitter, not as fragrant as pork and mutton, but it is also considered a meat dish that is rare to eat in the flat tide period, boiled in water to remove the bitterness, add a little salt to eat, eat for a long time is still very fragrant, it is said to be addictive. At first, everyone was afraid that eating locusts would cause strange diseases, but who knew that after eating locusts for a few days, there were not many people who ate locusts, and there was nothing to do, but later everyone knew that eating locusts was the best way to deal with insect plagues.

There is also a kind of insect plague called small insect plague, that is, whether it is rice or wheat seedlings and vegetables, there will be insects, and the small meat insects that can be seen by the eyes can be caught by hand, and those small rapeseed-like insects have no choice but to watch. People who immigrated to the south from the north found that there are also small insects in the south that eat crops and vegetables, but there are several grasses that will not be eaten by insects, not to mention the crops around them, and insects will not touch them, indicating that insects are afraid of these grasses. They asked the local people what these grasses were called Cordyceps, saying that they were poisonous and could kill insects and eat insects, so they wondered if they could transplant these grasses to the north to treat insects, and even if they couldn't, they could take some dried leaves and try them back.

Yang Lian knew that many of these immigrants might not be able to return to the north, but they still regarded their hometown in the north as their hometown, thinking that they could make some contributions to their hometown. In fact, Yang Lian disagrees with this kind of thing, eating the Tao on one side of the water and soil to raise one person, the same reason that the crops in the south may not be able to survive in the north, and the crops in the south may not be able to survive in the warmer south, and they may not be able to eat the bitterness in the north, first of all, the temperature will kill them, and the plants cannot wear cotton clothes, because the trees in the north grow slower than in the south.

Yang Lian also knew that the Jingli Bo College was studying whether it was possible to mix jicama with general crops, because the seeds of jicama are highly poisonous, which can restrain pests and avoid insect plagues, and the people in the Bo College are also wondering if they can make jicama suitable for planting in the whole country through grafting and other methods☆ Lian listened to the words of the immigrants and suddenly thought of whether they could only plant a large number of jicama in one place with the highest yield, and stupid words such as leaf seeds were exempted from seeing if they could take some juice and spray it, so as to achieve the effect of insect control. Thinking of this, Yang Lian didn't move, just asked everyone what else they wanted, who knew that whether it was immigrants or aborigines, they only cared about their own houses and land, and the affairs of the government had little to do with them like the gods in the sky and the mountains, and it was enough to maintain a respectful and distant attitude.

Ordinary people don't care whether it means that others don't care, and a few big families immediately judged that these people were from the official family after accepting the inquiries of Yang Lian's gang, because in their eyes, except for the real people in the official government, and those stupid scholars who read the sage books for two days and thought about how to govern the country and level the world, no one would care about national affairs. Of course, the big families can still speak in management affairs after obtaining a certain economic status, and there is no need to think about how to manage the country well for them, but local policy changes will definitely affect their own interests and the interests of their own families.

Yang Lian and the others went to other counties to look at Donghu County for a few days, and they kept inquiring about the news along the way, and the news and situation they got were similar, and finally they came to Hezhou to see the prefect of Hezhou. Of course the governor of Hezhou knew Yang Lian, and after a polite meeting, he invited Yang Lian and others to sit and watch tea, and the surname of the governor of Hezhou was Lu was younger than Qian Qianyi, and he was about forty years old, and he had already heard that a group of people were inquiring about the situation everywhere. At first, Lu Zhifu was also very flustered, afraid that someone was sorting out his black materials to his detriment, but later the relationship between Beijing and Zhong said that it had little to do with him, as long as he cooperated, Lu Zhifu's beating heart gradually calmed down.

When Governor Lu asked Yang Lian and others about their intentions, Yang Lian did not hide it and directly said that it was because of the incident in Donghu County two months ago, because when the imperial court set up a four-level auxiliary government system, Hezhou established Donghu County as a pilot county, and now that something happens in Donghu County, it naturally means that there are problems with Hezhou. Governor Lu didn't feel any sorry for this incident, anyway, the matter had already been resolved, even if there was another accident, it would be next year, and there was still more than half a year to ponder slowly, and there was no hurry at this time. Of course, Governor Lu will not reveal what is in his heart, but makes a heavy look to show that he is also very good.

Yang Lian asked: "Our group of people went to several counties in Hezhou, and by the way, we did a certain understanding with many local people, and the imperial court thought that it was necessary to increase some people in each county to speak on behalf of the people, and at the same time to avoid incidents when officials and the people did not communicate with the people." However, after so many days of visits, the official found that in addition to some large households with this demand, ordinary people are indifferent to this, what does Governor Lu think of this problem? Do you tend to increase or stay the same? ”

Lu Zhifu thought for a while and said: "Lord Yang, in the past, a county with a chief official and a few servants could govern well, but this kind of governance is mostly like grazing and bulging pastoral governance, so that the way of less contact between the government and the people can indeed reduce a lot of trouble, and it generally will not occur, but once there is an incident, it is a big event, and the lower officials want the emperor to implement a new policy, I am afraid that he will also see this." Xia Guan usually has also figured out the emperor's new policy, and found that increasing the auxiliary political institutions can indeed achieve the purpose of division of labor and cooperation, and at the same time, it can also communicate more with the top and bottom, but will it be too urgent to do so now? ”

Yang Lian said: "What do you say about being too anxious? Do you have any suggestions? ”