After completing the formalities, he bothered in Dai Jun's mansion for two days, inquiring about new news every day, and asking his family to send money. Originally, Liu Yan could go to Huai'an to donate and other licenses, but since he couldn't wait, Huai'an and Yangzhou donated official licenses from the imperial court, and they were the same everywhere.

It's just that this silver has to be moved from Huai'an, and then transported to Qingjiang Treasury in Yangzhou, which is equivalent to running one more round trip on the road, which is very funny.

As soon as the money arrived, I went to the donation bureau in advance to pay the silver, and then received the receipt, so that I could stay at home and deliver a complete set of things to the door.

Liu Yan also made up his mind, when the time comes, he will put up thousands of seats, and the guests and friends will be feasted for ten days!

These tens of thousands of silver spent, but can not be like a stone into the water, he donated the fourth-grade official rank, which is equivalent to a position greater than the prefecture and county, and in the future, if you have contributed to the country, you can give the third-grade medal clothing, looking at Huaiyan, I am afraid that no one can be greater than him.

Pay attention to it, the government is a flat courtesy, the state official has to rub him first, he is still half-bowed, the county commander, then he has to bow to him, and he can also bow half-salute.

Think about the past, what was it like to have money in hand?

The bitter scolding of the salt dog who gave the salt dog to the long salt dog, and now he has become an official, although it is donated, it is also a famous instrument of the imperial court, and if something happens, the state and county cannot bully themselves in vain, and the families and nurses who raise them can now be abolished a lot.

said that it cost tens of thousands, but in fact, what I got was calculated, and I still got more.

At this time, it was natural to return to his heart like an arrow, and when he resigned Dai Jun, he came out and went straight home. Dai Jun also understood his thoughts, but when they parted, when they talked about the salt class, the two of them were still uneasy in their hearts.

With this mixed mood, Liu Yan also went straight back to Huai.

From Yang to Huai, feasible waterways, there are two large official roads to pass, Liu Yan did not take all the way along the river, but from Baoying and other counties all the way through.

This path was chosen wrong.

Originally, the government paid the most attention to quietness, and the so-called more things are better than less things. In Daming, not to mention farmland and water conservancy, it is the matter of repairing bridges and roads, and there are few local officials who are willing to do it.

It is said that it is to build bridges and roads for the people, even if it is a state and county yamen, it is also particular about not repairing or repairing, so they live like this.

In the past two hundred years, few officials have been willing to pay for their lives, so the official yamen is by no means as magnificent as later generations imagined...... It's a place to live for a few years, who wants to be troublesome?

Therefore, the yamen everywhere are extremely tattered, one is not much, saving money, and the other is also showing the official authority and integrity, of course, whether to collect money privately or not, that is two words.

As for the road, the great tomorrow is not the Qing Emperor, you can go down to the south of the Yangtze River to play if you have nothing to do, the official road is in disrepair, and the people who complain are ordinary people, the big officials are all taking boats and sedan chairs, the roads are uneven, what does it matter to them?

After a long time, people are used to it, but this time when Liu Yan traveled, as soon as he came out of Yangzhou City, he saw the smoke and dust in the sky, and when he was a little closer, he choked his mouth and nose.

If you get closer, you can see that there are large and small lime pools along the way, countless people are stirring lime, and there are dense crowds of people pounding the rammed earth, and there are people smashing large stones and storing stones.

After only a dozen miles, Liu Yan's mouth and nose were full of powder, and he was almost out of breath.

It was really the first time in his nearly 40 years of life that he had built such a road.

In the past, if the road was really potholed, and it was not even possible to walk on it, the government would take the lead, gather the strong men of the prefecture and county, and reluctantly pile up the soil to level it, and it would take three or five years, and once the term of office of the prefecture and county arrived, who would care about this.

This time, it was lime again, and it was stone again, and it seemed that it was not only repair, but also overhaul.

In Liu Yan's understanding, the road built this time is smooth and solid, and then look at the drainage ditches being excavated on both sides, and there are shallow pits one by one, which are obviously used for planting trees.

This is obviously the prince has prepared in advance, now the silver is in hand, the Department of Agriculture and Industry takes the lead, and the local government follows up, just after the wheat is harvested, the rice is still raising seedlings in the paddy field, taking advantage of this gap, a lot of strong labor can be freed, and it takes a little effort to repair it, which is really the right time.

At this time, Liu Yan's admiration for the crown prince was simply indescribable.

Decades of personal experience, hundreds of years of evolution, when it comes to the prince, it seems that it is not taken seriously, when it is broken, it is broken, and it is established.

What a man, what a skill, what a wisdom!

With this kind of emotion, even if he made a fuss, Liu Yan didn't have the slightest intention of complaining, he set off early in the morning, quickly saddled his horse, and ran until the evening, before arriving at the boundary of Chuzhou.

After arriving in Chuzhou, there was no one on both sides of the road, and after calculating, the area of more than 200 miles was full of workers and materials for road repair.

Such a big deal is enough to amaze people.

In fact, not only this one, but also Huai'an to Xuzhou, to Haimen, to Sizhou and many other road sections, are being implemented. This is a big project, Chen Zilong is now out of time, and the Department of Agriculture and Industry will have to split up sooner or later in the future, which is also an expedient measure for the Ming Dynasty to not have the Ministry of Agriculture. Now I have given a few deputy directors, divided into different areas every day, urged all states and counties below, recruited migrant workers, paid subsidies on time every day, and all meals were included, and now is not too busy time, even if I am a little tired after farming, all migrant workers are happy and very happy.

Building bridges and repairing roads was considered by people at the time to be a very meritorious act. And the crown prince to Huaishang, the reputation is very good, at this time, the image of benevolence is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and gradually consolidated.

As for the more than 600,000 taels of labor spent, and hundreds of thousands of stone of grain, so what?

The Qing army may have come from Henan in the north, and fought all the way to Xiangyang in the south, pursuing Li Zicheng to Hubei, and later Azig heard that Li Zicheng had died, leaving a governor of Huguang Province, and he went back to Yanjing with a pat on the buttocks.

This time Chongzhen's father and son were both in Nanjing, and Azig was slow to attack Xi'an, far inferior to Duoduo, and Dolgon has always disliked this British prince, so he reprimanded him more, with Chongzhen's father and son such a big goal, the main force of the Qing army on the southern road, how can it be reasonable to return to the division?

Therefore, when the time comes, the ability to make strategic maneuvers will be a very important matter.

Even if there is no requirement for strategic transfer, post station, postal transmission, information transmission, people migration, commercial trade, which one does not need a road?

In addition to building buildings, building bridges and roads is very cost-effective, even if it costs the people and money.

Zhu Cihong has this understanding, and it is not surprising that bridges and roads are being built in various places in Huaishang.

Liu Yan lives in Zhuqiao, Chuzhou, where there are many large-scale salt farms, hundreds of years later, there are still many large-scale salt industry remnants in Huai'an, Huaiyan is still a large-scale salt production base in China.

At this time, Zhuqiao also has a fishy smell everywhere, even those large farmlands in ordinary places are rare, as far as the eye can see, all are gray-white salt pans, and the busy salt Ding people in them are even more innumerable.

A considerable part of the salt farm here is the ancestral family business of the Liu family, and when he thought that it might be confiscated, even if it was discounted to the silver price, or other compensation, for a while, Liu Yan's heart was like a knife, and his expression was gloomy.

His dwelling, though close to the saltworks, was quiet and close to the edge of the town, and not far from the door there was a small river that meandered through it, and the water was crystal clear, and fish could be seen swimming among the aquatic plants. And across the wooden bridge, you can see that the three courtyard gates are brightly lit, and two neat rows of poke lights are lined up on both sides of the gate, illuminating the surroundings brightly.

In the courtyard, of course, it is also paved with square bricks, in the middle of summer, in addition to the main hall to the instrument door is not paved with a patio, each set of courtyards are also erected tall well sheds, and the four corners are planted with grapes, at this time it has climbed a full frame, and after a month, it can be fruitful, when the time comes, it will take refuge from the heat, eat some chilled grapes, and enjoy life, in this era, that is, to the extreme.

All the way in, of course, the people are prostrate, the servants have already gone to the back house to report the news, the lord has not come back for so many days, and I heard that the official wrong, this time the sky is full of stars are shining, up and down the house, running to tell each other, everyone is happy, and so Liu Yan to the main hall to sit down, there are people who call the well water, undressing majestic, good life washed a clean, and then change clothes, there are dozens of people kneeling in front of the door, there are wives and concubines, and the children are also honest courtesy, at this time, Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, Sitting in the chair, he smiled at his family members: "I'm not the imperial court, don't you want to be so successful in the rules?" Come on, the children are here, Daddy hasn't seen you for a long time, but I really want to be bad. ”

With a shout, several children just flocked over, huddled in their arms, and were very affectionate. When the elders and brothers in the other houses where they lived in the mansion came over, Liu Yan let go of the children and got up to greet the fathers and brothers in the clan.

"This time, I thought I wouldn't be able to come back. No, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very benevolent, and those who are instigated and driven like my generation are just reprimanded. ”

Standing in the crowd, Liu Yan was also very emotional, and explained the trip to everyone with a smile.

Seeing that he was fine, of course everyone was relieved, and when they talked about what had happened, they all sighed.

In the end, Liu Yan laughed and said, "There is a great happy event to tell you." ”

When he spoke, he told everyone about his official donation. Originally, I thought that everyone must be surprised, but unexpectedly, a clan uncle who was close to the room said with a smile: "The donation official has been in Huai'an for more than ten days, we don't know, isn't it a joke?" You have such a temper, you must come out to donate, and a few days ago I asked someone to send silver, do you still need to say? ”

After that, everyone laughed together.

At this time, Liu Yan was also very happy, and naturally relaxed, looking at everyone, he also smiled and said: "Since the fall of Jingshi, thinking that the country may fall, I don't know if the family business can be saved, and I am very emotional." At this time, the crown prince escorted the saint to Nanjing, and many measures were very appropriate. Now Huaishang is training troops, collecting taxes, paying money, repairing bridges and roads, and many government affairs, which are simply admirable. Now, no matter how heavy the Ming is, it seems that there is hope for recovery? ”

(To be continued)