The county seat of Xinfeng County is not large, and it covers an area of about two or three miles, with three or five hundred households.

This is also the size of the general county town in this era.

The main inhabitants were basically merchants, officials and officials.

Generally speaking, the county will only be lively on the day of the market.

On weekdays, it was basically deserted, and occasionally a few rangers got drunk on the streets, and they were quickly arrested by the neighborhoods.

Naturally, what awaits them is fines and hard labor.

Standing in the attic of the only inn in the county that provides accommodation for past business travelers, Zhang Yue overlooked this small county seat.

Countless thoughts came to my heart.

"The county seat of Xinfeng County is still too small......"

"Severely underdeveloped ...... handicraft industry"

"The private sector is backward!"

These are the situations that he set out to change when he took office.

As a civil servant who crossed over, the first thought he first reacted to was to look for Xinfeng's advantages.

This is the instinct of a modern bureaucracy.

"Maybe you can try to make a farmhouse ......," Zhang Yue pondered in his heart.

The distance between Xinfeng and Chang'an City is very close, only thirty miles away at most. The wealthy households, officials, disciples, scholars, and merchants of Chang'an City can reach Xinfeng County in only two hours at most.

If you can develop a few tourism projects, you can attract these people to have fun.

Xinfeng's tertiary industry can be developed.

In this way, a large number of surplus people can be absorbed into the service industry and tourism, and many problems can be solved.

It's just that this thing will definitely not be able to be done this year.

"Or you can engage in cotton planting and cotton textile ......industry in Xinfeng," Zhang Yue thought about it again.

There are many mountains in the south of Xinfeng County, and there are many sandy beaches in the north, which are places where cotton can be planted.

If you can light up the technology tree of cotton weaving, even if you only develop the most primitive and simple cotton textile hand-weaving industry, it can also bring a lot of profits.

The only problem is that cotton cultivation requires supporting water facilities.

The last time Xinfeng County played water conservancy construction in the county was traced back to fifteen years ago, when Er Kuan served as the history of Zuo Nei.

In the past fifteen years, Xinfeng owes a lot of debts for infrastructure.

Walking from the Yushe Society to the county seat of Xinfeng County, Zhang Yue saw with his eyes that even if it boasted of relatively complete water conservancy facilities, the water conservancy facilities in the whole township were actually miserable.

Only a few pavilions, such as Yangli, have irrigation channels.

In fact, there is a serious shortage of water supply for those few channels.

Ordinary irrigation water can only be carried by slaves and maids.

What's even more terrifying is that Zhang Yue learned that at present, in the whole of Xinfeng, livestock farming does not exist.

The way people plough the land is generally manual farming.

Even many people choose the most primitive fallow work.

Let a part of the land choose to lie dormant in order to restore the fertility of the land.

I don't know how much waste this has caused!

"If we can build a water conservancy network that connects the whole county, maybe Xinfeng's agriculture can grow two crops of ...... in the future," Zhang Yue thought to himself: "One season is planted with winter wheat, and the other season is planted with corn......

Winter wheat can be planted in autumn and August, and can be harvested around April in the following summer. At that time, when the rain and heat came at the same time, if you can plant corn in time to ensure the fertility of the land, you can harvest it in four months.

Two seasons of grain a year, even if you can't achieve one plus one equals two, at least you can achieve more than one and a half!

The only thing that is more troublesome may be the source of fertilizer.

If the fertilizer problem can be solved, Zhang Yue's idea can almost be realized.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue suddenly remembered something that Liu Jin had said to him - Sang Hong sheep were fishing on the Qilu Seashore.

Fish bones are an important fertilizer resource in later generations!

Liu Jin stood beside Zhang Yue, not knowing that in this short moment, Zhang Yue had already opened his mind and thought about many things.

He was a little excited at this time, holding the data he had just counted in his hand, and said to Zhang Yue: "Zhang Shizhong, this trip is really beneficial!" No wonder the sages all said: It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books! ”

Since yesterday, after their monarchs arrived in the county seat of Xinfeng County, they chartered this inn as a temporary office location and began to count the survey data along the way.

It was a simple job, and it took only one night to almost get it done.

At this time, what Liu Jin was holding in his hand was a freshly baked statistics on the property, land possession, income, and burden of the people of Xinfeng County.

"Your Highness Shengming......" Zhang Yue looked back and smiled: "When all the monarchs come back, their respective data are synthesized, and combined with the situation of their investigation, the minister feels that he can almost write an article called "Xinfeng County Classes Investigation Report"......"

"Huh?" Liu Jin's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and his little heart beat involuntarily.

"Then His Highness and His Highness can pay homage to His Majesty...... For reference......" Zhang Yue said with a smile.

For Xinfeng, Zhang Yue's investigation and investigation was a sampling survey.

For the world, Xinfeng's situation can also be regarded as a sample survey.

A glimpse of the whole leopard can be seen.

The situation in Xinfeng County can probably reflect the situation in the world.

Using this as a reference, the state can adjust its policies.

At the beginning, Li Kui changed the law to Wei, and the first thing he did was a similar investigation.

also published an article that is still popular and praised.

Almost all Han officials had read that article and could recite it with their eyes closed.

Back then, Chao Cuo imitated Li Kui's article style and wrote an article called "On Guisu Shu".

However, today, he and Zhang Yue and his entourage, the data collected and investigated are far more detailed than those of Li Kui and Chao Cuo.

Along the way, the two of them investigated the situation of dozens of commoners, homesteaders, and small landlord families, as well as more than a dozen wealthy and powerful landlord families.

Got a lot of valuable data.

Combined with the other two cases, it is enough to write an irrefutable article with detailed data.

Once it is presented, it may be possible to change the world's agricultural policy!

And ...... for yourself

When Liu Jin thought of this, his heart beat even harder.

Although he is the eldest grandson, he has not yet been established as the heir after all, which is somewhat unsafe.

And as soon as this article comes out, his position will be immediately solidified!

Perhaps, under the grandfather Long Yan Dayue, he directly canonized him as the emperor's grandson and designated him as the successor!

Thinking of this, Liu Jin was suddenly full of energy, stretched his neck, and looked into the distance, looking forward to the other two subordinates coming back soon.

…………………………

Around noon, Sang Jun took Chen Wannian and Zhao Guo, accompanied by more than ten entourages, and rushed to the door of the inn.

Then they removed a large box from the wagon.

"Your Royal Highness, Zhang Shizhong......" carrying this box, Sang Jun and others walked in front of Zhang Yue and Liu Jin to resume their lives: "The ministers are fortunate not to be dishonored, this has traveled all over Xinxiang and Linwei more than ten pavilions, visited more than 60 households, and obtained more than 1,000 civil affairs!" ”

"I have also drawn fifteen pairs of water scripture maps and eighteen pairs of mountains and rivers, all of which are here!"

"Good!" Liu Jin immediately stepped forward, helped them up, and encouraged: "Qing and the others have worked hard......

After another two hours, Gong Yu and other students also rushed to this inn.

They also brought back a large box.

It is full of expedition reports recorded on this trip and pictures and texts of the water scriptures surveyed and mapped.

It's just that, compared with Sang Jun and others, Gong Yu and other students are much more depressed.

Zhang Yue saw it and asked, "Why are you so ......?"

"Alas......" Gong Yu sighed and said to Zhang Yue: "We are too students, in the past, we sat alone in Taixue, buried in poetry and books, and didn't hear anything outside the window, but we didn't know the hardships of the people and the ......difficulties of the people's livelihood."

"What I have heard all the way on this trip is really ......" Gong Yu lowered his head, and Wang Ji and the others were also ashamed.

Since Confucianism came to power, it has advertised 'asking for the people's life' and held high the banner of 'three generations of Qi'.

In the past, they could also YY on their own, and the situation in the world was very good.

But this trip to the grassroots level has made them understand that what kind of state has the situation been eroded to today?

As students, they are of course deeply ashamed to call themselves the pillars of the country.

I swore in my heart that I must do something for the people of Xinfeng.

At the very least, to make their lives better.

Young people are always so full of vigor and thrift.