The town of Xiwangmiao is located on the west side of a small lake, about ten miles from the river from Anji to Huzhou. The town is bordered by the foot of Jinlong Mountain in the north, and the fan-shaped mountain composed of Qingshan Fort and Longshan Mountain is located in the north.

The water bandits, Jiangyang thieves and homeless gangs who joined the Yongle puppet dynasty once attacked the Xiwang Temple, but they returned in front of the brick-covered town wall and the wide and deep ravine. Seeing this, the surrounding squires and wealthy families brought their relatives, gold and silver to vote, and the scattered local archers and villagers also found a gathering place. Although the situation in the vicinity has calmed down a lot, the squires and small people who have taken refuge in the town still dare not go out.

Li Xiang and his entourage, dressed in the north, arrived at Xiwang Temple last night and were stopped by the village soldiers, archers, officials and village regiments on the wall. Of course, Li Xiang didn't make much trouble, and put the voucher given by Han Zhao on a long bamboo pole stretched out by an old man, and the silk cloth still had the handwriting of several Jiangnan officials and squires. After verification, the suspension bridge was lowered, and Li Xiang and his party entered the Xiwang Temple.

Fang Weiliang and Ding Shihangcai bought some things and just returned to the small courtyard where the group was renting.

Fang Weiliang made up the unfinished words of the owner along the way, and almost bumped into Li Zhenghe who had just come out of Li Xiang's room. He said hello to him, and after passing through the small courtyard where the owner's personal guards sweated and trained, he came to the owner's room.

Because there were too many wealthy squires fleeing, the Xiwang Temple was too crowded. Although Li Xiang was a "distinguished guest", he only got two small courtyards as a place to stay, and a merchant took the initiative to give it up.

The owner of the village was talking to Liu Sheng, who had rushed here, pressed his palm, and motioned for Fang Weiliang to sit down and wait. Fang Weiliang knew the way the owner was acting, he bowed with his fists, sat down and waited slowly.

Li Xiang rubbed his fingers and patted the handrail a few times, "I didn't expect that there would be such fierce mountain bandits in Qinglong Fort and Longshan in the north." It's good that no one is dead, and the good life is healed. If the elders of the village knew that their sons and nephews had come all the way and did not die in the hands of Fang Lajun, they were killed by the thieves...... Hey, that's a shame on the owner. ”

Liu Sheng, Zhang Qingping, and Yang Yingdong, escorting more than a dozen cartloads of medicinal herbs, bandages, dried meat, cloth, coarse salt, and other items, encountered two groups of robbers along the way, and only arrived in Guangde County, northwest of Anji County, two days ago. After receiving the news from the owner, Liu Sheng left Zhang Qingping and Yang Yingdong to take care of the supplies, and ran to the Xiwang Temple with a few good hands to meet Li Xiang.

"Those scum are really going to take advantage of the loopholes. Robbers, thieves, idlers, green skins, homeless people, everyone has them, and they actually took advantage of the chaos to occupy the Diaoyutai and do businessless business everywhere. Liu Sheng nodded and thanked the owner for the hot tea, drank it all in Fang Weiliang's twitching eyes, and said "ha" comfortably, "Those people's hearts are too wild, and some don't know whether to live or die." The mountains and fields in the north are so big, there is no place to move, how can the surrounding officials and rich families allow them to be arrogant. ”

Liu Sheng remembered one thing, and his eyebrows fluttered: "The thieves who pounced on our convoy were very fierce, and there were more than a dozen archers. If it weren't for the bamboo paper nails in the village, maybe a few boys would have died. Or the owner of the village is wise, and more than a year ago he found someone to make this kind of armor that does not violate taboos......"

After chatting for a while, Liu Sheng followed a personal guard to find a room to rest, and before leaving, he glared at Fang Weiliang, startling the greasy middle-aged man who saw him off.

"He's just like that, don't mind." Li Xiang rubbed his temples and comforted Fang Weiliang.

Fang Weiliang stood up, then bent down, "Wherever and where, it's no wonder that people are disgusted." After all, he inherited the favor of others, but he was unclear with the surname Liu of the seven households. Liu commanded the rectum, and he was able to express it directly, but he was relieved to be in the bottom. Liu Sheng served as a battalion commander in the Xiang Army in his early years, and Fang Weiliang was so honored that he seemed to be more low-key.

The owner smiled, did not speak, held up his chin, and rubbed his fingers.

The sun rises. The light grew brighter and brighter, and the young birds that lived on the top of the trees in the courtyard called, as if they were not satisfied with the loud shouts of the sweaty guards.

"Draw the knife! Pick up the knife in both arms, turn around and slash! ”

"Drink!"

Listening to the shouts of the owner's guards outside, Fang Weiliang carefully observed the expression of his owner, and said in his heart: What is the owner upset about? What's going on in the past two days? Hurry up and think about it......

"Does the owner think that Zhang Qingping encountered robbers on the road, something strange?" The mustache shook a few times, and Fang Weiliang tried to ask.

A long sigh sounded in the main room of Xiaofu's house.

Li Xiang tilted his head. Fang Weiliang held back the excitement in his heart, walked over in small steps, took away a stack of letters, and read them one by one.

"The trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop. The owner of the village just wants to save his father-in-law and do some business along the way, but someone doesn't stop. Li Xiang touched his chin, very upset, "The owner of this village hopes that it is a coincidence, but how can there be so many coincidences?" The two groups of robbers were all encountered by Yang Yingdong and them, and they joined forces to attack? Why do they let go of the mustard? And how did you find out about my Mingyuezhuang's convoy itinerary? ”

Fang Weiliang quickly compared more than a dozen letters, rolled his eyes a few times, and arched his hand: "My subordinates also think it's not a coincidence. The things I buy along the river in Mingyuezhuang are all things that are in short supply in the south of the Yangtze River. The letter said that someone at the Wuhu wharf was investigating my Mingyuezhuang's goods. The day before the convoy departed, several merchants were asked to take all the medicines, and then the convoy soon had an accident. ”

"The green forest bandits only care about their own mountains, and they rarely trust each other. The subordinates suspected that there might be a wealthy family who reported the news behind their backs, instructing two groups of thieves to rob the owner of the sought-after goods, so that they could transfer them to themselves at a low price and then sell them at a high price for profit. ”

The owner nodded, and sighed in his heart: Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

It's really non-stop! I just wanted to rescue my father-in-law......

Spring is warm and cold.

People in other parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty tidied up their fields, repaired their farm tools, bought seeds, inspected dung heaps, and counted the big days of spring ploughing with their fingers.

The villagers of Mingyuezhuang are also very busy, but they are busy running workshops, running caravans, and doing ministry. Many villagers, especially the new villagers, are always unsteady when they see that there is no land in Mingyuezhuang. After the owner announced the opening of mountain fields, the construction of small dams, and the recruitment of tenants to farm, the villagers felt more at ease.

Something is strange. Not only Zhuang Min, Li Xiang himself was also very flustered when he saw that Mingyuezhuang did not have much land.

After two years of preparation, Mengxue finally carried out a major expansion and was the first to complete the new round of restructuring required by the owner. The sound of children reading aloud came from the Mengxue compound, and children also appeared jumping and playing happily on the luxurious school field in the crowded Mingyue Village.

At the same time, the major restructuring of other places in Mingyuezhuang has also begun vigorously.

Literacy classes are temporarily closed and will be more important when they reopen. In the future, the literacy class will no longer only learn pinyin and numbers, but also add customs classes, first-grade arithmetic in Mengxue, and the detailed rules and regulations of Mingyuezhuang. In short, it is necessary to provide a better upward path for self-motivated villagers, and at the same time improve their sense of self-discipline.

The restructuring of the Department of Health appears to be silent. Old man Zhang, Liu Zhi and the work place of the two madmen were driven to the back mountain, and Li Xiang, who was worried and weak-hearted, spared no expense and dug out a few top-secret caves for them in the back mountain. "Don't run around, it's better not to go out of the back mountain!" This is what Li Xiang said to the two crazy old men before taking Old Man Zhang to Jiangnan. The medical and health department was divided into pharmacies, treatment wards and wards, and the ministries of Liu Xiaoci, Wang Xiaochen and Cao Wenwen were completely separated, and more than a dozen girls were promoted to the middle level.

The court is formally independent and confidential to the outside world, and is responsible for handling disputes between the villagers and dealing with the offenders, and Li Mengkong is temporarily in charge. In the judgment court, those who arrest, verify, and judge are not subordinate to each other, and they are responsible for their own share, and they cannot concurrently serve as such. Except in special cases, there must be a bystander to judge the villagers of the yellow household, and the lawyer and witnesses must also be present. Combined with the actual situation of Mingyue Village, there are only so many changes that Li Xiang can make, which can only be regarded as a start.

The core workshop is supervised by the public high school, which is related to the lifeblood of Mingyuezhuang, and the continuous improvement of the process, the new equipment, and the continuous improvement of the management system are all the wealth that Li Xiang attaches great importance to. The time management system has been improved by the Department of Health and Wu Xiaoling's workshop experiments, and will be officially introduced by the core workshop, along with more charts, tables and standard molds. Apprentices in the core workshop will have more places in literacy classes, and when they return, they will learn to draw together and explore the essence of books such as "Heavenly Creations".

Top secret workshops exist only in the legends of a small number of villagers. In the conflict a few years ago, the top-secret workshop was the top priority of the investigation of the Huang Cheng family and the seven Liu families, and Zhao Bo and Na Shusen found out more than one spinner. The back mountain, which was banned early, was originally used as a refuge for the villagers, but was changed by Li Xiang into a foothold for a top-secret workshop. Black gunpowder, core components of the instrument, steelmaking furnace...... The back mountain is no longer calm. Gongzhong sold the back mountain to Li Xiang as the private property of the owner of the village, and paid off a large amount of debt.

The newly established mountain patrol team, river patrol team, and village patrol team have their own uses. The mountain patrol team is formed by supervising the Nashusen in the village, and is responsible for the safety of the hundreds of miles around Mingyuezhuang; The river patrol team was formed by Zhao Bo, who screened for external enemies, and mainly monitored the unknown movements on the south bank of the Xiaohe River; The patrol team directly obeys the orders of the public high school meeting, and is responsible for inspecting hygiene, resolving disputes, standing guard, and arresting thieves...... Miscellaneous things, things that are not clearly defined, they can all meddle.

The armed caravan has done too much evil in the past year, which is not conducive to the great plan of the owner to conquer the Qinling Mountains. Zhang Wanli called all the caravan stewards and the proprietors behind them to scold, and let a group of rough men find a way to rectify themselves. After staying in the cramped room for two days, the caravan stewards and clerks who couldn't hold back came up with a solution: the armed caravan was equipped with different leaders, stewards, and clerks according to the scale, and supervised and restrained each other, and the deputy leader in charge of the battle must have the experience of the elder battalion or the guards.

As the top priority of Shengxi's three-year reform, the restructuring of Gongzhong was operated by Li Mengkong and Zhang Wanli, assisted by Deng Yushun and others.

Because of the thorough preparations, the major restructuring of the public high school appeared to be drastic and smooth, and ordinary villagers did not even feel the change.

The public school has set up five departments with clear responsibilities: the workshop department manages the workshop, the medical and health department saves the life and helps the wounded, the Zhuang Ding department is in charge of the armed forces, the industrial and commercial department is responsible for external operations, and the construction department is responsible for project construction.

The public middle school also set up five rooms: an examination room for the examination and selection of people, a household room for household registration, an account room for collecting and spending expenses, a room for counting money and grain, and a torture room for torture and interrogation. The owner of the village has a tacit understanding with Li Mengkong, Zhang Wanli and others, and directly hides the five rooms that are very taboo, only internal and not external, and the rooms for doing things are also scattered all over the village.

Of course, the meeting was maintained, and its scale was further expanded. At the request of the owner, the public high school council increased the number of places for vulnerable groups such as small farmers, workshop apprentices, and ordinary villagers.

Zhao Bo, Cheng Jianghai, and Na Shusen, who were in charge of private affairs, resigned from all other positions and faded out of the sight of Zhuang Min. But the middle and upper echelons of Mingyue Village all understand that these three are the real ones that cannot be messed with.

While refining departments, dividing functions, and adjusting scale, the public middle school should also conduct training for all personnel in batches to familiarize them with the newly introduced time management system, so as to lay a good foundation for processing more charts, data and practices.