Chapter 157: Time Leaves No Trace, Five Years in an Instant
The years have passed without leaving a trace, spring has gone to winter and autumn has come.
It is said that after Wang Mang came to the main city of Jinzhou, Jinzhou County, Liaoning, he discussed a series of development plans with the civil officials and military generals here.
They take Jinzhou City as the center, take it as a starting point, and operate it as a country. Welfare, medical care, education, law, national defense, agriculture and other reforms have been carried out.
Wang Mang knows very well that to reform the world, there must be a pilot project, and he cannot act rashly.
The only way to do this is to first demarcate a region and implement corresponding reform measures to see the after-effects and correct the deficiencies of the reform measures. Only then can we carry out an all-round radiation reform and face the whole of Kyushu.
If we do not carry out pilot reforms and directly address the entire Kyushu reform, we will surely collapse completely in the end. After all, if we rush to reform the world on a large scale and comprehensively, we will not be able to provide supporting support in terms of economy and human resources.
Wang Mang knows a lot about this. There are 5,000 years of experience in the development of Kyushu civilization, surpassing any reformer in the past and present.
After he and the generals had decided on a fundamental plan for development, he fell silent. Compile the experience you brought with you in your past life into a book and provide it for reference in reform.
In his experience, the people's livelihood is basically the mainstay.
For example, food, in the current Western Han Dynasty, there are many high-quality foods to eat, but most people don't know about it. In this regard, he listed the foods that can be eaten one by one. Let some shrewd soldiers go to various parts of Kyushu to find seeds and sow seeds.
In his view, only a wide variety of food can make up for the lack of food for the people due to the backwardness of productivity.
The people regard food as their heaven, and they can let go of any big thing, but they can't starve the people. It is important to ensure that there is enough food available at all times to stock up. In case of natural and man-made disasters, people starve to death due to lack of food.
Of course, it's not just the variety of foods. He also provided a lot of experience in the various types of equipment used in agriculture and the tools used in the siege of cities and land.
For example, the ladders used in the siege, the bows and crossbows used by the soldiers, the broadsword casting process used in hand-to-hand encounters, the hoes, plows, wheelbarrows used in farming, etc., were the best use of his experience in his previous life at this time.
He even carried out many experiments to use loess to fire bricks.
Since he came here in the main city of Jinzhou for more than half a year, he has hardly stopped idle.
Whatever was available in the world, he taught. For example, baskets and cradles are woven from bamboo, various types of furniture are made of wood, weighing standards are unified, and length measuring instruments are planned.
During this time, he showed a versatile appearance. There are many things that are extremely practical, but few people know about them.
For example, vernier calipers, he once accompanied Wang Jingyan to the market to buy fabrics. However, the length measurement method used by the shopkeeper is different from that used by Wang Jingyan, and the length of each is different, which is quite controversial. In this regard, he created vernier calipers to accurately measure the length and solve this contradictory area.
In Wang Jingyan's stunned gaze, he was busy for more than half a year.
During this period of time, Wang Jingyan completely recognized Wang Mang's identity from two thousand years later.
In her opinion, if Wang Mang hadn't traveled through time, then how could he know so many strange things.
In this regard, she deeply felt that her luck was really against the sky, and she found a fairy-like figure, which has never been seen in ancient and modern times. Not to mention opening your eyes, you can also be full of surprises in a peaceful life.
During the day, she taught the peasant children to learn the five tones and six rhythms, took care of Wang Yan and Wang Shun, and at night she inquired about Wang Mang's situation in the future for 2,000 years, and asked about the situation in countries other than Kyushu. even carried out a plan to create a man with Wang Mang from time to time, and he was very busy, and his life was extremely fulfilling.
Now, she only has one last goal left, or only one last wish, that is, to give Wang Mang a son.
In this regard, it is useless for Wang Mang to persuade her daughter and son to be the same. She recognized this death principle, thinking that only her own son could inherit the incense.
As for that Wang Shun, it was Xue Fengyi's fourth month in Jinzhou City, and the baby boy she picked up in the mountains when she went out for a leisurely trip was about one or two months old at the time.
At that time, when Xue Fengyi picked up this baby, she was very strange, and even asked Wang Mang to ask whose family it was in the city, but the people said that it was not their own.
Later, after searching, Xue Fengyi found that someone was following her in the dark at that time. Then deliberately put the baby there and just wait for himself to adopt.
For this baby, although Xue Fengyi doesn't know whose family it is, she still loves it to the extreme and treats it as her own grandson.
And so, the years flew by.
After Wang Mang was busy with the first half of the year, he was completely relieved and began to study on his own.
In a flash, five and a half years have passed.
When he came to Liaoning, he didn't listen to anything outside the window, and only read the books of sages.
He doesn't pay attention to any changes in the outside world. Even, Yuzhou Wang Hai wrote several times to ask for help, but he never paid attention. Just bury your head in study and focus on the development of Liaoning. It seems that everything in the outside world has nothing to do with him.
During these five years, in addition to studying the Four Books and Five Classics, he also dabbled in medical books, I Ching, the Art of War and so on. Where there is a kind, there must be a dabbling.
Five years have passed in a flash!
At the beginning, Wang Jingyan had a very happy life and was very happy, because Wang Mang accompanied her every day and was carefree.
However, as the years passed, her whole body gradually became sad, her body became thinner, and it was difficult to have a smile on her face.
Even, she sometimes hides her face and cries.
Because in the past five years, she has never added a son and a half daughter to Wang Mang. Every time she saw that Wang Shun, she was worried for a while, hoping that she could also give birth to a son.
However, it seems that God deliberately did not let her life be fulfilled. Since giving birth to Wang Yan, she seems to have lost her right to be a mother and can no longer have children.
Call....
Wang Mang closed the I Ching in his hand and let out a long breath. Then he stood up and came to the window, looked at the flowers swaying outside, and said to himself: "It's been seven years, and it's been seven years since I traveled through time and space to come to this world. Now, it's time for me to do something about it. The Huo family, the Wei family, you took my things, and now you should return them. ”
Behind him, Wang Jingyan made a cup of hot tea as usual and sent it over, and said softly: "Xianggong, you have watched it all afternoon, and take a sip of tea to rest first." ”
Wang Mang took the teacup and drank it all. Then he looked at Wang Jingyan carefully and sighed: "Jingyan, it is said that the seven-year itch has passed since we got married. Thank you for taking care of me during these seven years. ”
"You and I are husband and wife, how can you say thank you?"
Wang Jingyan took the empty teacup from Wang Mang's hand and put it on the table. Then he hugged Wang Mang from behind, choked up, and said, "Xianggong, I beg you for one thing." ”
"What's the matter? Tell me about it. Wang Mang asked.
(End of chapter)