The days passed day by day, and there were joys and worries for the whole Chizhou.

The abundant rain makes the green grass very fertile in several meadows, which is a gift from nature.

What can be seen is the overall health of Chizhou's animal husbandry, Zhao Cheng has no energy and mind to work in this industry for the time being, but even if there is no modern black technology involved, the abundance of forage can make Lao Pei's face shine, which is a political achievement and people's livelihood.

In addition, some early-maturing grains have begun to be harvested one after another, and there is no shortage of salt in the south, and in addition to salt, there are more and more grain transport teams, like industrious ants moving, constantly transporting grain into the government treasury, piling up higher and higher.

The eternal law is that there is no panic in the heart of food in the hand, except for the landlords and peasant households, the government is actually even more so.

Coupled with the popularity of the story of the Three Kingdoms, Chizhou looks happy and morale is high on the surface.

Another landscape is the cement transportation team from Yangshan, which is continuously transporting cement into Guichi County and handing it over to Lao Chen.

For the time being, the white agarwood department is mainly saving, the cement output is not enough, and the main project of the cottage defense offensive has basically been completed, and the current production capacity is more used to supply Lao Chen.

Lao Chen's face was paralyzed and he couldn't stop smiling for the past few days, about three tons of cement a day, in addition to building his own reservoirs and channels, he also began to supply a limited supply to several wealthy families in Chizhou.

The price is very outrageous and in short supply, so don't be too comfortable with this business. The cement monopolized by Zhao Cheng for a penny and a catty, thanks to Xiao Zhao's marketing method, is now outrageously hyped and can be sold for three pennies and a catty.

As for what these individuals are doing with buying cement with a lot of money, Lao Chen doesn't care. The Song people are about this virtue, for example, Lao Chen never wanted to buy crickets through the local tyrants in Tokyo for 1,000 yuan, and buy gouache for 30 pounds of Liulifang.

It really can't be explained except that there is a lot of money in the use of stupid people, so basically the current cement is in the category of light luxury.

Listening to Xiao Zhao say that this is called a pyramid scheme, this kid now has a very large readership base in the capital, and there is a rare big star Zhang Ji in this era to help him endorse, so that the noble Tokyo has begun to pay attention to this thing, and has come to Tokyo to inquire several times, but he can't get the goods.

Even if there is goods for the time being, it is not possible to deal with the existence of the bureau, and the fortune is very tense, and it is impossible to get a share at all. This kind of heavy work is even more impossible if you go by land.

Basically, this wave of gimmick hype has been a big success. The cement project has been affirmed to make a lot of money, but it is nothing more than a question of how the industry will go and how much it will make in the end.

If you have a cake to eat together, you will definitely be punished if you eat it alone, Lao Chen knows this better than anyone else.

Therefore, at Zhao Cheng's suggestion, although there was no explicit provision in the Great Song Law, Lao Pei believed Zhao Cheng's words and set up a "special tax team in Guichi County" with no conscience, which specially collected and paid cement tax, with a tax amount of more than 30%.

That is to say, Lao Chen sells a pound of cement for three cents, and he will be taken away by Guichi County for a penny of tax.

And it can't be concealed, because Zhao Cheng knows better than anyone how much cement Lao Chen buys.

Regarding this matter, Lao Pei personally held a meeting to confirm that "Zhao Cheng is in charge", and set aside Zhu's main book, causing Zhu Xiao to leave the scene without the meeting being dismissed.

But Lao Pei didn't like him, and insisted on handing over Zhao Cheng to take charge of this matter, and did not give much preparation, only allocated a cement special scribe to Zhao Cheng to use, and Zhao Cheng was personally responsible for checking Lao Chen's accounts to ensure that he did not go out of the basket.

Cement is a new thing, and I don't know how to operate it in the future. But now this kind of approval is normal for the Great Song Dynasty, similar to these things The Great Song Dynasty will set up special tax items, such as tea tax for tea, wine tax for wine, and special departments are responsible.

The above is benign.

There are also many bad things. In general, this is not only the joyful period of the government's summer tax collection and the harvest period of farmers, but also the active period of cottages.

The harvest and grain transportation teams all over the mountains are also accompanied by incidents of various gangs and bandits forcibly buying and selling, and even directly snatching grain. Because they also have to reserve food for the winter, this kind of incident is big or small, basically a few reports every day, someone will sort out the file and transfer it to Zhao Cheng's military office.

The criminal room is a group of old bureaucrats, and there are too many such things, and it is no wonder that they really can't deal with them, basically except for the incidents in the city, once they are involved, they can't be dealt with with the current climate. Because even if they lock someone and issue an official document, can Liu Qishan still take someone to Lingzhi Cottage to lock up the big thief Xiu?

That's impossible, basically there is no one in Chizhou except Qin Ming who holds this idea.

Zhao Cheng knew that Qin Ming was a mallet, and even if the Xiang military camp poured out, he couldn't beat Wang Xiu. He only needs to be defeated once, and the state city will inevitably be attacked, and with the current people's customs and people's feelings, it will definitely not be able to hold it. I'm afraid it will take 20,000 or 30,000 deaths to end.

So Zhao Cheng could only maintain stability.

I can't control it far away, there are more details of the report, and there are more distribution of cottages that are currently mastered. Zhao Cheng did not advocate breaking his face, but adopted a scare strategy, and urgently applied to the Zhizhou Yamen for two battalions of 500 people to be used to defend various checkpoints in Guichi County.

It is clear that it is to protect summer grain, but the unspoken rule is that it can only be deterred, and it cannot directly conflict with the cottage.

This policy has been strongly supported by Cai You, and it has already worked wonders, and for the time being, the balance is still there.

What followed was that Zhao Cheng was hacked out, Qin Mingsu and others led the rhythm, but whenever the scholars gathered, there was a lot of criticism and discussion about Zhao Cheng. The whole thing is cowardice and compromise.

Zhao Cheng didn't have time to talk to them, because he visited and inspected them almost every day until sunset.

Since Qin Ming's two battalions were stationed at various checkpoints in Guichi County, the incidents of forced buying and selling and looting have been greatly reduced, but the problem of "tolls" has followed.

The general environment is like this, there is no soldier who does not collect money, and the common people who bring food will inevitably be charged money when passing by, even if they do not bring food, most of the people who carry mountain goods or fish and chop firewood are also charged, and some people who need to pass two or three checkpoints need to pay two or three times.

In the past three days alone, Zhao Cheng has received as many as 53 complaints.

Can't handle it!

This is the actual situation of the Great Song Dynasty, and Qin Ming must also be involved in these things, involving the difference between deep and shallow. And he has an explosive temper and can't communicate with him at all.

The command and life and death rights of these two battalions are indeed in Guichi County. But as far as the current situation is concerned, this is not a legal issue but a political issue, based on the current situation, there are too many people involved, and it is a situation where copycats are eyeing each other, Cai You directly issued a strict order to maintain stability: strictly deal with these people, and mention these things strictly.

Qin Ming seemed to have something to happen sooner or later. Because when talking about these problems, although Cai You, who is very deep in the city government, said that he would not deal with it, he really sensed the killing intent from him. It's really a bit closer to the Water Margin story line, I'm afraid that when there is a chance, Xiao Xiao Cai will decisively copy the rhythm of Qin Ming's family.

In this matter, Zhao Cheng felt that Qin Ming was somewhat wronged, he had shit in his ass, but he would not intervene too deeply. The biggest problem is stupidity, as a general, but he can't manage his subordinates well, he is taboo and politically incorrect in a special period, and he has no status and family level of the teacher's way, no grace of childhood, and no protection of the skin of a literati. It is a high probability that something will happen in the rough and barbaric feudal era.

The only fortunate thing is that although these soldiers were not brought out by Zhao Cheng, Zhao Cheng is really a bit powerful now. has done a lot of facts, and he also disabled Dong Jianwu in public, and in addition, it is rumored that the disappearance of Dong Jianwu's head secret is related to Zhao Cheng, a cool official.

Such a ruthless person wants to say that it is impossible to deter without deterrence, so Zhao Cheng has been visiting and inspecting non-stop in the past two days, and the complaints about "tolls" have been eliminated.

It's not that they confiscated the money, it should be that the amount collected has been lowered and there is some measure.

That's good, there will definitely be damage, and after weighing it, take it lightly. It can be pulled for a while, but it is impossible to solve these problems in ten or eight years......