Chapter 308: Prepare to Welcome
The feeling of being loved by the people in his heart is very refreshing, so even on a hot day, Li Shimin did not let the team go too fast, he wanted to see as many people's smiling faces as possible, to put it bluntly, he just wanted to earn more people's hearts.
He went north this time, but he didn't go alone, in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the actual officials basically accompanied him, and even the army of Chang'an brought 50,000, who called this year's bumper harvest in advance, and the country has grain!
Left to supervise the country is the eldest grandson queen and the prime minister Xiao, one is in charge of the palace internal affairs, the other is in charge of Chang'an government affairs, the eldest grandson queen is basically the same as before, Xiao is busy, helping the people of Guanzhong to sell the things produced in the fields is his task, as for other government affairs, it will be directly transferred to Shanyang, anyway, all the officials of the ministry have followed Li Shimin to Shanyang.
Since the crops in the fields began to mature, the village has published advertisements for the purchase of crops in the newspaper every day, and with the continuous bombardment of these advertisements, the people also know the market for the things they have grown.
In addition to grain, cotton, watermelon, cantaloupe, melon and other crops grown in the fields of the people are purchased at the lowest protective price in Xingfu Village, and it is impossible for others to cheat their harvest at a low price.
Through the Zhao Muchun incident, Sun Xiangfu took into account the problem of excessive output early on, so during the period of waiting for the crops to mature, Xingfu Village built many large warehouses, and above Weishui, at least ten large water ships with a load of 20,000 stones were docked, and nearly 100 small water ships of about 10,000 stones were also docked, which is almost all the cargo ships produced by Yang Shunshui's shipyard in the past three years.
These boats will send watermelons, cantaloupes and other easy-to-preserve fruits along the canal to all the cities downstream, wholesale to local merchants for sale, and the cotton gradually harvested from the fields is hoarded by Xingfu Village, and the seeds are taken to make cotton clothes, quilts, and cotton cloth, which will be sold to the outside world when autumn and winter come.
In the next one or two years to be built in the Weinan Industrial Zone, there will be a textile factory with a scale of tens of thousands of people, every year, there will be a production of millions, tens of millions of cotton clothes and quilts, as well as a huge number of cotton cloth, there is such an output supply, in Guanzhong popularization, it is estimated that it will be done within a year, and the time of popularization in the whole country will not exceed three years.
The people who pull their own output to the Xiaoheji wharf to sell not only easily repay the money borrowed for seedlings, but also pay all the taxes of their own family for a year, in addition, there is a small balance.
This is just a few crops that are sold and purchased by Xingfu Village, the wheat produced in the wheat field, because the yield has doubled, is enough for them to eat for two years, and the melon field after harvesting can also grow a season of summer beans, which is pure income.
In order to promote cotton products, the happy staff will give two small receipts to all the people who have paid off the seedling loans, and tell them that with this ticket, in autumn and winter, they can go to Nie Sanniang's textile workshop in Chang'an to buy quilts or cotton clothes at half price, and one ticket is only for one piece.
As for what the cotton clothes and quilts look like, the people can see it in the happy village, and the people who get the small receipts will put it away in their arms, and when the time comes, when they buy these things for their families, they can also save some money.
The eldest grandson, Wuji, who is in charge of taxation and the construction of the new countryside, can't leave Chang'an, and recently, his jaw is almost crooked.
The people have exchanged the crops produced in the fields for money, paid taxes, and deposited money in Xingfu Village, and they are now more trusting of the government, and even some places have paid all the taxes of the whole village in advance in order to invest in the performance of the new countryside to build the new countryside faster.
Moreover, what he didn't expect was that in the new villages under construction in Chang'an, Wannian, and Lantian counties, there were many families who directly paid all the house payments.
It's only ten yuan of money, and there are surplus strong men in the family who are helping others to work, and in these months, they can basically earn half of it, plus the output in the fields, which is enough.
The Chinese people are so real, especially the ancients, they don't like to owe debts, they like to store, this is a habit forced out by life, until later generations, our people have always retained this habit, and Europe and the United States in advance consumption, national credit has a big difference.
Now, Changsun Wuji only hates that the number of craftsmen is not enough to build houses more quickly, otherwise, he is ready to include one or two surrounding counties in the new rural plan in advance this year, because the financial support is sufficient.
Money is constant, but as soon as it circulates at a high speed, the effect will be great, a little bit of a small change every year, and the accumulation is more, it is a big change, and the eldest grandson Wuji believes that the big change in Guanzhong will come within three to five years.
In the northbound convoy, Li Chengqian, who was digging watermelons with a spoon and eating, was very excited, after arriving in Shanyang, he was a bird flying freely, and without the eldest grandson queen beside him, his life must have been very beautiful.
In the months of living in Chang'an, she has eaten too much food, drank too much wine, and has been appreciated and worshiped by too many people, and now, she is going to return to the grassland.
"I'm a little reluctant to be here."
Yu Chi Baolin, who was also eating watermelon to relieve the heat, heard Dongzhu's exclamation, and answered with a smile, "What are you reluctant to do here?" People? ”
"I can't bear it."
"I can't bear it! If you are reluctant, you can rest assured, after I went to Shanyang this time, I will ask your brother to propose marriage, and when you marry me, you can live in Chang'an as long as you want. ”
"Yes, yes! I'm afraid my brother won't agree. ”
"Uh, that, you promised to marry me?"
"Didn't you say that after marrying you, you can live in Chang'an for as long as you want?"
"Yes! But"
Yu Chi Baolin didn't know how to talk about it, if his wife married him because she wanted to stay in Chang'an, I was afraid that it would be a joke to say it, and besides, Dongzhu also promised it too smoothly! Shouldn't girls be reserved?
This happiness Jane came too suddenly for him.
The women on the grassland, don't know what the hell is reserved, the women of the Xue Yantuo tribe who are not much better than half-savages, as long as they are men who see the right eyes, they are pulled into the tent and go to the cave house on the first day they meet, not to mention people like Yu Chi Baolin who have been by her side for seven or eight months.
Therefore, this matter, Yu Chi Baolin had to report this matter to his father Yu Chi Gong who was also in the team, and then Yu Chi Gong had to report this matter to Li Shimin, after all, Dongzhu was the Yongle princess he sealed.
"Hahaha, this is a beautiful thing, Jingde doesn't need to worry, I will write a letter to Sun Zhengming, let him contact Yi Nan, I will go to Shanyang, Yi Nan should also come to worship, and it just so happens that their marriage will be done together."
Li Shimin is in a good mood now, and he thinks it is a good thing when he encounters anything, but he has not thought about how much work some people have done to make him feel good.
Within a few days, Kuaima delivered Li Shimin's letter to Sun Xiangfu, at this time, Sun Xiangfu was seizing the last time to grab seeds, and he was busy all day long, however, since Li Shimin had orders, he had to temporarily stop and do it.
"Is the messenger sent by Yi Nan urging us to help him build the city still in the city?" Sun Xiangfu walked out of the ridge and asked Chu Suiliang, who was arranging on the side of the road.
Now, Chu Suiliang is already the actual history of Shanyang, after a few months of familiarity, Sun Xiangfu handed over all the political affairs of Shanyang to him, and he himself, only responsible for farming affairs, after that, he does not want to be a specific officer, just be an overview of the overall situation and the formulation of development strategies.
"Yes."
Chu Suiliang's memory is very good, because of the busy farming, Sun Xiangfu didn't have time to receive the messenger, and of course he hadn't gone back yet. Moreover, it is not easy for Yi Nan's subordinates to have a chance to go to Shanyang to do errands, and many leaders are rushing to come here to run errands, no matter what, when they get here, it is inevitable to eat and drink, and spend a few days playing with wine, so these so-called messengers are not in a hurry to do business, this is the role of the corruption meter used by Sun Xiangfu.
"Let him go to the Governor's Mansion this afternoon to discuss business! In addition, you can also look at this letter, we have other things to do besides farming. ”
Sun Xiangfu handed Li Shimin's letter to Chu Suiliang, unfolded the letterhead, and the first thing he saw was that Li Shimin asked for a military parade in Shanyang City, and asked Sun Xiangfu to train the army and get ready.
In addition, it is the matter of asking Yi Nan to come to Shanyang to see the driver, as well as the marriage of Yu Chi Baolin and Dongzhu, Li Shimin wants to use the military parade to deter the restless elements on the grassland, and then through the marriage of the matter, he said to everyone that the Tang Dynasty is also amiable to obedient people.
Knowing Li Shimin's intentions, Sun Xiangfu naturally knew what preparations he should make, the military parade, and the political show to promote national integration all need to be arranged by him in advance, and he must also implement the matter of inviting Yi Nan to Shanyang within half a month, because Li Shimin will come at about that point in time.
"Governor, there are a lot of courtiers who came with His Majesty this time, how can we arrange food and accommodation?"
After reading the letter, Chu Suiliang immediately found the aspect he was responsible for and asked Sun Xiangfu for instructions.
"Why should we arrange it? They are now receiving high salaries from the imperial court! On business trips, the imperial court also has subsidies, let them stay in guest houses and eat restaurants, at most we will say hello to the inn industry in advance, let them vacate some more guest rooms, if they give them free food and drink from the public house, they will be extravagant and wasteful, the money and food in the Shanyang Mansion Treasury are all people's fat and people's ointment, and they cannot be squandered, and"
Sun Xiangfu suddenly thought of something, perhaps, he could make a fuss for Li Shimin, so he beckoned Chu Suiliang.
After listening to Sun Xiangfu's series of plans, Chu Suiliang's mouth was open, and he admired Sun Xiangfu very much in his heart, no wonder he was crowned the county prince at the age of twenty, and he also became a feudal official from the second grade, this means can benefit the country and the people every minute, and it can also make the emperor happy.