Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Chapter 91: (Calm Waves)

At the beginning of the first month of the third year of the Heavenly Grant, after nearly two months of relaxation, Murong Xue's mood slowly returned to calm, just like what Shangguan Yin Feng said when he comforted her, people are born in old age, sickness and death, some are heavier than Mount Tai, and some are lighter than Hongmao, Murong Jin is obviously the former, he died for the country, and naturally he died as he deserved...

Nanyang due to the personal governance of Shangguan Yin Feng, its prosperity has been with Kyoto Luoyang, the rule of the prefecture and county is even more prosperous and wealthy, Shangguan Yin Feng separately launched the 'Tuntian Order' and' Shangguan Yin Feng ordered those farmers who specialize in growing grain not to hand over grain, but Nanyang Mansion to buy at a little more price in the market, buy it with real money, and then let those farmers who sold it pay 30% of the tax, so that these farmers do not have to pay taxes within a year, Shangguan Yin Feng issued a contract to each farmer, that is, the tax payment form for future generations, with this list, the owner can not pay taxes within a year...

As a result, the grain sold by the farmers after planting is sold at a high price, and then the government collects a tax of 30% of the total amount of the grain sold, so that the farmers do not have to pay taxes within a year, and the rest of the silver is all those farmers themselves, compared with before, their lives have greatly improved a lot, this kind of package production system has greatly stimulated the local agriculture in Nanyang, so that those farmers are competing to plant rice and wheat, anyway, these grains can be sold to the Nanyang government at a high price, why not...

As for ' Commercial Order', which stipulates that all people who open shops and do business must be registered with the Nanyang Mansion, and its scale and business scope must be clearly stated, and shall not exceed, once exceeded, it will be punished; secondly, the Nanyang government can not only collect agricultural taxes, but also commercial taxes, which is much better than the previous forced payment of taxes, so that those people live a good life...

The people naturally knew that the person who brought them a happy life was none other than Shangguan Yin Feng, so they admired this general who was dedicated to the people...

I have to mention here that although Shangguan Yin Feng resigned from all official positions in the court, but because Gongsun Long did not promise to revoke his position as a general, the post of general was retained.

Nanyang City, the prefect's office

Shangguan Yin Feng carefully checked the livelihood reports from all over Nanyang, and nodded with a smile when he saw the details, in his opinion, he enjoyed this comfortable life very much, at least much better than fighting and killing outside: "Now the people's livelihood under the rule of Nanyang Mansion has reached a well-off level, according to this development, within two years, Nanyang will replace Luoyang and become the most developed city in the country..."

Naturally, only Murong Xue can understand Shangguan Yin Feng's words: "Actually, my husband has done a very good job, I heard that Shaanxi Province's annual tax revenue is the same as ours, and in the long run, it's really good, it's a lot of money..."

Murong Xue was also conquered by Shangguan Yin Feng's business acumen, and now Shangguan Yin Feng has more gold and silver on hand, and this Shangguan Yin Feng relies on silver and food to raise the army: "It is far from enough, if you want to maintain a huge army, you must have a large amount of food and sufficient financial resources, otherwise, it will be difficult to maintain military deterrence..."

Just a few months ago, Shangguan Yin Feng ordered Zhang Tao, the deputy envoy of Sichuan Buzheng, to vigorously reclaim the land in the Chengdu Plain and the surrounding state capitals, reclaim fields, and plant a large amount of rice and wheat.

"Actually, Xue'er knows what her husband thinks, there is a steady stream of iron ore mining in Jiazhou Mansion, and her husband is really good at choosing places, how can he know that there is so much iron ore there?" Murong Xue smiled and nodded, only then did she suddenly remember to ask Shangguan Yin Feng about this...

Panzhihua is an iron and steel city in modern times, there is no doubt that it is the leading steel city in the southwest, but the current iron-smelting technology is not so developed, although there are many irons, but generally speaking, its hardness is not as high as the modern one, so that when the iron is forced to collide when the war is easy to break...

For this reason, Shangguan Yin Feng had to work overtime to try his best to transform the iron-smelting technology, train a large number of blacksmiths, and be responsible for striking iron for Nanyang Mansion, and also incorporated all these craftsmen into the lecture hall, and also set up an iron-smelting division for this purpose, so, according to the current system, those craftsmen who make iron in the iron-smelting division are all officials of the imperial court, and the director of the iron-smelting department belongs to the officials of the Zhengjipin, and the blacksmiths under the bureau belong to the officials of the iron-smelting department, holding the official salary of Nanyang Mansion. Its social status is much higher than that of ordinary blacksmiths, because in ancient times, any work in the government was a very high-status thing...

By the way, the official system of the lecture hall; The first is the chief instructor of the martial arts hall, naturally Shangguan Yin Feng, and then the deputy chief instructor, which is served by Huang Botao; Secondly, several departments have been set up under it, namely, the Machinery Department, the Iron Smelting Department, the Gunpowder Department, the Firearms Department, the Research Department, and the Teaching Department.

The division of labor is clear, and the Machinery Division is mainly responsible for the manufacture of Shenwu cannons and shells, as well as other practical items; The iron-smelting department is naturally responsible for iron-making and making finished ironware; The Gunpowder Division is responsible for the refining of gunpowder and the production of gunpowder; The Firearms Division is mainly responsible for the production of arquebuses and other muskets; The Research Division is responsible for the invention and creation of new objects; The Teaching Department is responsible for teaching new students and teaching how to use cannons and muskets, which belongs to the category of teachers, and all the people in the Teaching Department are graduates of the first phase of the Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and they are specifically responsible for the education of other freshmen.

"I have already said it, and my husband also listened to the people in Jiazhou Mansion, so I asked Master Zhang to send someone to personally inspect it, and the result was no different from what others said..."

Murong Xue nodded thoughtfully, he admired his husband very much, because he knew a lot of things she didn't know, and he could tell her a lot of interesting and practical knowledge, so now, as long as he was free, Murong Xue would go to the lecture hall to listen to Shangguan Yin Feng's lectures, and then after learning, he would privately ask Shangguan Yin Feng for advice at night...

At the beginning of April in the third year of heaven, spring came, everything recovered, the grass grew and the warbler flew, Nanyang Prefecture began to be quite busy planting, even Shangguan Yin Feng also personally went to the field to plant rice, last year he harvested a total of rice, corn, wheat under the rule of five million stones, these grains are enough for 100,000 troops to eat for five years, this year Shangguan Yin Feng wants to multiply the number several times, this is not counting the rice and wheat planted in Sichuan...

After half a year of repeated production and research, the Jiangwutang Firearms Division finally made a complete version of the arquebus, in fact, with the personal intervention of Shangguan Yin Feng, the people of the Firearms Division made an arquebus as early as three months ago, but due to a mistake, the gunpowder exploded in the medicine room, resulting in the explosion of the arquebus, and killed a production staff on the spot, so the Firearms Division had to remake it, and the reason why Shangguan Yin Feng did not intervene in the production again was because he wanted the people of the Firearms Division to figure it out for themselves, The main thing is to train the people of the firearms division ...

"Lord, please show your subordinates in person..."Huang Botao handed the loaded arquebus to Shangguan Yin Feng, and said respectfully...

Shangguan Yin Feng took the arquebus, the length of this thing was about the same length as the middle official, looking at the burning arquebus, Shangguan Yin Feng raised the gun and aimed at the apple that was fifty meters away from him: "Show me everything..."

There was a 'bang', the muzzle of the arquebus was smoking, and the apple was also burst open at the moment when the gunshot was remembered, and the people at the scene applauded again and again...

"Lord, can this thing penetrate the armor?" Jia Fu looked at Shangguan Yin Feng with unfinished eyes, in his opinion, although this thing can burst apples, but in front of the heavy armor, that round bead is just a small thing...

"Heavy armor can naturally be protected, however, not all soldiers can wear those heavy armor..."Shangguan Yin Feng is right, because iron was a luxury in ancient times, so only generals and commanders can wear better armor, and most of the rest of the soldiers can only wear a cloth coat or a cloth coat with uniform leather products, strong countries, soldiers' armor only has a little iron protective armor or chain mail on the chest and back, but this is only limited to the Tang Empire...

Hearing Shangguan Yin Feng say this, Jia Fu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, he naturally knew what this meant, Shangguan Yin Feng handed the arquebus to Huang Botao: "Tell the people in the Firearms Division, vigorously make it, this gun is the prototype, do it, the more the better..."

"No..."