At the beginning of June of the second year of Jiaxi, Zhao Yun of the Southern Song Dynasty issued an edict: the six departments and twenty-four divisions were newly established to govern the waterway and sea trade in the Great Song Dynasty; Guangzhou, Mingzhou (Ningbo), Quanzhou and other cities are all under the jurisdiction of the Municipal General Division;

Waterway shippers and seaway merchants in the Great Song Dynasty need to register with the shipping companies in various cities within two months to wait for the approval of the goods tax. Before entering the port, maritime merchants from different countries need to register with the shipping companies of various cities, check the payment of taxes on the goods and receive the road guide, but there is no road guide, once the cargo is found to be gone;

Set up the Yamen of the General Department of the Municipal Shipping Department, raise 50,000 soldiers for water and land, all under the jurisdiction of the Yamen of the General Department of the Municipal Shipping Department, and be responsible for banning the shippers of rivers, rivers and seas in various places after the completion of the training; Illegal arrest is carried out, and the military salary is offset by the taxes paid by the local municipal shipping divisions;

The Governor of the Fuwen Pavilion, the Captain of the Light Che, the Temporary Governor of Lin'an Prefecture, the Governor of the Guozi Supervisor, and the Ordnance Supervisor Jia Rudao raised the Yamen of the General Department of the City Ship (from the rank of the third rank), and instructed him to revise and redraft the tax laws of the City Ship Division, and before that, the ports of the City Ship Division continued to pay taxes according to the previous taxes, and so on.

This sudden edict was like a slap on the wrist that would dazzle the many courtiers in the government and the opposition.

It was only at this time that those who were scurrying around preparing to impeach Jia Nidao understood what Jia Nidao's 50,000 militia groups recruited from the displaced people were for. Obviously, Jia Rudao had already discussed with the emperor the way of this militia a long time ago.

It is said that after hearing this edict, Li Ming fainted on the spot. The news reached Jia Rudao's ears, but it made him sigh secretly, why didn't Li Ming vomit dozens of taels of blood from his anger.

In any case, Zhao Yun's edict made everyone in the government and the opposition understand that unless there is really a big change, Jia Nidao, who had always been looked down upon by them before, was already a general trend and could not be stopped at all.

It is not that no one in the DPRK does not know what kind of organization the city ship division is, and how much profit the city ship division has, and everyone knows it. Obviously, the emperor is really anxious this time and wants to make money from the city.

However, from top to bottom, the local city departments are implicated in all aspects, there are ministers of the DPRK and China, and there are even local giant businessmen and gentry, if there is really such a good hand, I am afraid that countless people will already reach out their hands, how can it be Jia Nidao's turn to make up his mind.

Therefore, after Zhao Yun's edict came out, except for Li Mingfu who was stunned, in general, the vast majority of people in the government and the opposition still watched coldly.

The city is profitable, and everyone knows it. But everyone also knows that the huge profits in this city are not so easy to take. Why did the imperial court know that the Lu Dao City Bo Division had great profits and would be of great help to the imperial court, but it could only keep it as it was? Isn't it because there's too much resistance?

Then again, of course. Anyway, Jia Rudao seems to like what people can't do the most, if he can really take down the city, it will be of great benefit to the Great Song Dynasty and everyone.

Since someone takes the lead, it is the best, and he can't take the general department of the maritime merchants from all over the world, and he can also kill the sharp spirit of Na Jia like Dao, so that he understands that even if the emperor supports him, he can't really run rampant; Of course, if Jia Rudao really took down the various cities and maritime merchants from all walks of life, then when the time comes, he will want to reach out and get a piece of the pie, so naturally he doesn't have to be angry with the emperor at this time, right?

The only people who were overjoyed by this edict were Zheng Mingxuan, who had already invested millions of taels of silver in Jia Rudao. Obviously, in this business war that has not yet begun, these people who have pulled Jia Rudao at a critical time have already taken the lead.

What those courtiers think is not clear, of course, even if he knows it, he will not take it to heart. The various aspects of the city division are too important to his plans, and no matter what, he will not give up easily.

And his confidence, except for Zhao Yun, who also wants money and wants to go crazy, is naturally the 50,000 displaced people who have been transformed from the militia into soldiers of the Yamen of the General Department of the City.

Zhao Yun didn't take these 50,000 people to heart, because in his opinion, the city officials composed of these homeless people were not even counted as the Xiang army, because they were all government officials. But for Jia Yidao, these 50,000 people are his first capital to go to this world, and they completely belong to his army of 50,000.

Because, these 50,000 people were recruited from the homeless, and for the homeless, the young prefect was already their parent-like existence.

With this level of relationship, it naturally guarantees the loyalty of these 50,000 city officials. Of course, this degree of loyalty may not be too high, but this is not a problem for Jia Nidao, and there is a lot of time.

Even Jia Yidao didn't notice it himself, and before he knew it, he had already begun to make some preparations for the future. It's just that he doesn't want to believe it. After all, which yamen will have 50,000 servants? And is it divided according to the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the forbidden army is used to organize and train?

……

When Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi came to see each other, Jia Rudao was holding his trouser legs and leading a group of people to dig a well.

Reclaiming barren mountains and renovating terraced fields is the only magic weapon for Jia Yidao to make more than 500,000 acres of farmland in Lin'an Mansion. The terraces make full use of the limited land, but the terraces are not conducive to irrigation, after all, the current Great Song Dynasty obviously did not have a pump. Of course, there is no pump, there can be a water wheel, and it is also used for both manpower and wind power.

But even if a waterwheel can bring water to the terraces, the premise is that there must be water, right? Moreover, who can guarantee that there will be no more drought? What's more, these farmlands are not intended to be used only for a while, since they have been reclaimed, they must be used well, right?

Therefore, drilling wells, digging deep wells, and using groundwater for irrigation during drought have become the first choice.

At this time, there was no machinery for drilling, and the only thing that could be relied on was people to dig wells. Therefore, after feeling that the farmland was almost reclaimed, Jia Rudao stopped the vigorous land reclamation movement, and instead concentrated on the vigorous construction of ditches and deep wells.

If you don't sow the seeds quickly to catch up with the spring ploughing, Jia Rudao feels that he is really going to declare bankruptcy directly. Although Zheng Mingxuan and the others did not ask for interest, and he was also trying to save money, of course, even if he didn't save it, he had to save it, and there was no food to buy. By now, he had a personal debt of more than two million taels of silver.

This is also thanks to Zheng Mingxuan and others believing in him, otherwise the more than one million displaced people outside the city would really have to eat chaff every meal a few days ago. Even so, the daily rations of the displaced people are now half coarse grains and half bran and half bran.

With 500,000 acres of farmland, it is not clear how many wells to be drilled. Fortunately, there are also professionals in the Ministry of Industry, not to mention anything else, among the six departments, Jia Yidao can still mobilize a lot of officials, didn't I see that the officials of the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry all went directly to Lin'an Mansion to work?

"Childe, Shi Xiangye and Yu Gong are here."

Jia Quan'er squeezed into the crowd, pulled Jia Rudao, who was barefoot with his trouser legs, and said in a low voice.

The boy still has a basket in his hand. Jia Rudao went into battle shirtless in person, how dare he, a little guy, stand by and watch, so these days are also following the wind and sun every day (God doesn't rain), Jia Quan'er is finally a lot stronger.

Hearing Jia Quan'er's words, Jia Rudao, who was shouting at the people in the well to carefully reinforce, couldn't help but be stunned.

Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi returned to Lin'an City two days ago, so he naturally received the news. However, because Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi both walked through the West City Gate, and he was busy measuring the location of several wells at the time, he didn't pick them up, and he thought that he would wait until the matter to meet these two allies who had traveled around the city, but he didn't expect that the two of them would directly find the disaster camp outside the city.

"Invite them to the tent, and I'll be right there......"

Before he finished speaking, Jia Rudao turned around and saw Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi striding more than a hundred steps away, surrounded by a large number of officials. Isn't it Yu Ci who is also wearing a small coat, holding his trouser legs, and covered in mud with his bare feet?

Pulling over the craftsmen of the Ministry of Engineering who surveyed the location of the well, Jia Rudao gave a few instructions, but found that there was really nothing to tidy up, so he had to greet him with a wry smile.

"Xiaguan, I've seen Shi Xiang and Yu Gong." From afar, Jia Yidao shouted loudly.

"Why does Shi Xian need to be like this?"

Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi saw Jia Yidao, who was also barefoot and had mud legs, but they were shocked at the same time, and then relieved. Shi Songzhi walked a few steps and helped Jia Yidao up, and said angrily.

"Shi Xian really didn't expect Shi Xiang and the Yu Guild to come to this place, I thought that I would wait for the water to come out of this well and then visit ......."

"Shi Xian, what you said is not right. This time, you saved millions of victims with your own efforts, and even took the lead in cultivating more than 500,000 acres in two days, making immortal contributions to the saints of my Great Song Dynasty. But to be honest, seeing this endless fertile land with his own eyes, as well as the millions of victims, the old man realized that Shi Xian had really suffered these days. ”

Shi Songzhi didn't dislike Jia Nidao at all because he was covered in mud, and affectionately grabbed Jia Nidao's arm and said positively.

Shi Songzhi was a little ashamed.

From the bottom of their hearts, the two of them left Beijing at the same time, in fact, in addition to really wanting to provide disaster relief and transport food to Ezhou to clear out the Liukou to Meng Heng by the way, there was a more important reason, that is, they wanted to avoid the whirlpool that was about to occur in Lin'an City.

With more than a million displaced people besieging the city, the treasury empty, and having no food or money, no matter who takes over the burden of disaster relief, it will be a thankless situation, and a situation in which losing office may only be the best outcome.

Under such circumstances, Yu Tianxi and Shi Songzhi resolutely decided to leave the whirlpool of Lin'an City and leave everything to Qiao Xingjian and others to toss. Anyway, there are really not many officials in the four Ming and one line in the DPRK, and even if there are, they are far from having the qualifications and qualifications to take over the burden of the Lin'an prefect.

Regarding the fact that Jia Yidao would be promoted to the prefect of Lin'an Mansion without exception, the two of them really didn't know about Lu Dao in advance. However, this also gave the two of them a chance to see what Jia Yidao was capable of, so the two simply patted their butts and left.

As a result, without relying on any help from the two, Jia Rudao not only successfully solved a catastrophe that made the government and the opposition helpless, but also reclaimed hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land around Lin'an, so that the victims could save themselves, and at the same time, in the court, he relied on his own strength to beat Li Mingfu directly in bed.

"Shi Xiang is serious, if it weren't for the saint, Shi Xian would have run away a long time ago."

“…… You, ......" Hearing Jia Rudao's words, Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi were stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Then Qiao Xingjian is still the ruler of the court, what can he do?" In the final analysis, it is still Shixian who you can't do. ”

"Don't compliment the lower officials, the lower officials owe a lot of debts, and even if the silver is sold, I'm afraid it won't be paid off. Even so, it can only ensure that these victims do not go hungry every day, alas! ”

Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi glanced at each other.

"The old man and Yu Gong are here today, aren't they here to send food to Shi Xian?"

"Oh? Delivering food? ”

"Isn't Shi Xian prepared?"

"Hehe, the lower officials know that they can't hide it from the two adults. Just ......"

"Shi Xian, the old man and Yu Gong haven't helped you before, and now that you're back in Lin'an, are you still angry with the old man and Yu Gong? If you have any plans, just say it directly, and the old man and Yu Gong will listen to your arrangement. ”

Jia Yidao looked at Shi Songzhi with a straight face, turned his head and glanced at Yu Ci, who was silent and bowed his head, and seemed to understand something.

He has been waiting for Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi to come back to clean up the money, Wen, and Wen, the three profiteers who still endure not selling grain. But Yu Ci knows this matter best. Although the plan may not be clear. It's just that what he didn't expect was that Yu Ci directly brought Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi to this construction site.

Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi escaped from the whirlpool of victims by means of disaster relief and banditry, and left him alone in the top tank of Lin'an City.

Speaking of anger, he must have been angry at the beginning. After all, the relationship between the allies had just been established, and the two old guys ran away when they saw that the situation was not good, which really made him a little disappointed in the behavior of the two.

If you see that the situation is not good, you will leave, is this still a trivial matter? If it's about life and death, then don't you sell your whole person directly?

However, as things progressed, Jia Rudao slowly looked away. It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, not to mention that Shi Songzhi's strength has long been inferior to the past, and he should try to protect himself first.

After all, if he didn't participate, and he was not pulled out by Qiao Xingjian, then the only person who could top the cylinder after Shi Songzhi left could only be Qiao Xingjian or someone from the science school, not to mention that Shi Songzhi didn't know in advance that Qiao Xingjian and others would push him out, let alone Zhao Yun actually agreed to Qiao Xingjian's request, so these are actually nothing.

Now, he came to the door in person to apologize to himself, and with his status as a dignified prime minister, it was enough. What's more, Yuan Fu can compromise with him, Shi Songzhi is originally his ally, and he is also very kind to him, but there is really no need to hold on to a small matter that has passed.

"In this way, Shi Xian thanked Shi Xiang and Yu Gong and invited him to speak in the tent."

Thinking about this, Jia Rudao smiled quietly.

Seeing Jia Rudao like this, Shi Songzhi and Yu Tianxi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After this incident, Jia Rudao was not only not beaten into the dust by Qiao Xingjian, but became more and more frustrated, and the two naturally hoped to build a stronger relationship between their allies.

"What are you going to do with the three Shixian who are still hoarding food?"

"Hmm...... It's not time yet......"

"Oh? How do you say that......"

The group walked away as they spoke.

……

Time flies.

In mid-June of the second year of Jiaxi, the Xiangyang battlefield reported good news again.

Meng Heng's general Zhang Jun recovered Yingzhou (now Zhongxiang, Hubei), He Shun recovered Jingmen, Liu Quan defeated the Mongol army three times in Zuntou, Fancheng and Langshenshan, recovered the Xinyang army, and captured Guangzhou (now Huangchuan, Henan), the Mongolian general Zhang Rou could not come to the rescue, and saw that the Song army was strong, so he had to gather tens of thousands of remnants to retreat to Caizhou.

When the good news came, Zhao Yun Longyan Dayue issued an edict on the same day: Meng Heng was promoted to the staff officer of the Governor's Mansion (similar to the chief of the general staff), Zhang Jun, He Shun, and Liu Quan were all awarded the rank of lieutenant of the light car (from the fourth grade), and the generals of the rest of the departments all had various rewards; Dong Ningchen, the governor of Gwangju, was sentenced to death for defecting to the enemy and betraying the country, and Sihu Liuchen was exiled to Leizhou.

It was at this time that the news of Dali finally came. More than 100,000 Mongolian troops entered Dali for nearly half a year, and finally retreated before the arrival of the hot summer.

A few days later, Zhao Yun issued an edict again: The amount of salt and wine in various prefectures and counties in Sichuan will be reduced for another three years from next year, and all roads in Sichuan should be issued