Walking in the fields of the Yunnan countryside, Wang Hengyue found that he had not been so relaxed for a long time.

You don't have to think about anything, you don't have to think about anything, just relax yourself and "reward" yourself.

Several of the personal guards watched around nervously, for fear of any suspicious targets.

Margaret stuck to Wang Hengyue like a plaster, and wherever Wang Hengyue went, she followed.

The atmosphere of the fields made Margaret can't help but cheer.

Looking at her bouncing back, Wang Hengyue had to admit, okay, the current Margaret is no longer the little girl she met when she was in Tibetan Province, no matter how you look at it, she is already very mature.

"Hengshuai, look there."

The guard pointed to the front, and looked along the front, there was a notice posted on a big tree, Wang Hengyue took a closer look, and saw that it was very strange and interesting:

"Opium is harmful to others, you know it, why should you throw away good broad beans, barley, and wheat without planting them, and plant this harmful opium alone? Ah, you are wrong, and I advise you who farm to work on grain and find money, and you will also be rich. Wait until the wheat is cut and plant some good broad bean seeds, and some good barley wheat seeds. By the beginning of next spring, broad beans can be pulled, barley and wheat can also be harvested, and cash money will be sold for spot, fair and just, straight and mediocre, which one is less than a penny, which one is less than one, and marketing everywhere is essential. It's not like that opium smoke, when you go to the market, you have to pay a penny, and you have to weigh people to sell people, and there is a worst thing, your name is on the book of planting tobacco this year, until next year, if you don't reduce production, you must be breaking the law, the marshal has issued a notice, you go and take a closer look, I advise you not to plant this harmful opium smoke, it is also a good thing. You have done it one by one, and you must also think carefully, in addition to the gentry and the elders to persuade you, you have written vernacular notices to advise you: the inhabitants of your villages, the literate people, the illiterate and the illiterate listen, the rememberers, the speakers and the unremembered; Everyone advised, and tried to prohibit it. And that's the end of what the county has said to you. You should understand, don't disobey, and tell me. ”

At the end of the notice, it was changed to the big seal of Fumin County.

"Hey, it's the first time I've seen such an official notice, and I've never heard of it." Wang Hengyue pointed to this notice and found it interesting: "Go, find me the governor here." ”

Saying that, she sat down under the tree, and Margaret also sat down next to Wang Hengyue, and bursts of good aroma couldn't stop drilling into Wang Hengyue's nose, making Wang Hengyue also feel a little flustered.

If it weren't for the guards on the side, what would it be like if this foreign girl was "rectified on the spot" now?

It was easy to get the guards to come over with the governor of Fumin County, and Wang Hengyue restrained his thoughts.

"Fumin County Governor Manan has seen the patrol envoy."

"Sit down." Wang Hengyue patted the ground beside him.

Manan was stunned and sat on the ground? Looking at the patrol envoy again, isn't he also sitting on the ground? Such a meeting between bosses and subordinates is really unprecedented.

Wang Hengyue pointed at his head: "What's going on?" ”

Looking in the direction pointed by the patrol envoy, Ma Nan saw the notice, and immediately said: "Back to the patrol envoy, most of the villagers don't know how to read, if you write in crepe, no one will be able to understand it." So I made it into the vernacular, so that everyone could understand it as soon as they heard it."

"Well, good, good, you're very good at doing things?" Wang Hengyue nodded again and again: "How is the opium situation of the rich people?" ”

Manan quickly replied, "Although it is also serious, it is much better than other places. ”

"Oh?" Wang Hengyue became interested: "Tell me what you have done?" ”

Manan sorted out his thoughts: "It is definitely not possible to forcibly ban opium." Yunnan opium has not been banned, the former Qing Dynasty banned it several times, but once banned, the harm of opium was greater. Why? Because many people in Yunnan rely on this to eat, you are banned, but what about the life of tobacco farmers? It's not just the tobacco farmers, but the packers? What do they eat? So when you get out of the limelight a little bit, they go back to their old jobs. ”

Wang Hengyue nodded frequently.

That's true, and there's nothing wrong with that!

Tobacco farmers and packers have to live, what do they eat and what do they use if they don't grow opium? It can even be said that the whole family is counting on these big smokes to live.

"Go on." Wang Hengyue groaned.

"Yes." Manan responded softly: "So the hard ban will definitely not succeed, there is a lesson to be learned, so the lower officials thought of several ways, one of which is to promote cash crops suitable for planting in Yunnan, such as broad beans, barley, and wheat." Originally, this was also a method used by the patrol envoys in Sichuan, but unfortunately the rich people were short of finances and could not carry out agricultural subsidies."

He took a breath there and continued: "Then, the lower officials tried every means to beg grandpa to sue grandma, invited a few businessmen, took them to inspect the rich people, and after agreeing to a series of preferential treatments, let them run a few factories in the rich people, so that the problems of tobacco farmers' family income, pack man resettlement and local financial revenue left over after the smoking ban can be solved." ”

He said it in detail, and Wang Hengyue listened carefully.

After he finished speaking, Wang Hengyue nodded approvingly: "Manan, you are a good official!" ”

"Thank you for the praise of the patrol envoy, the lower officials are ashamed."

"If we want to spread the experience of enriching the people throughout Yunnan, I don't believe that the opium problem will not be solved." Wang Hengyue said and asked, "Are there any other difficulties?" ”

Manan thought for a while: "There must be difficulties, but others can be overcome and solved, but there is really no way to solve the problem of local tyrants." ”

"Local tyrants?" Wang Hengyue frowned: "Say!" ”

It is rare for the patrol to come here, and it is difficult to say when this opportunity will be reflected in the future. Manan turned his heart and said:

"In fact, this is not only a problem of enriching the people, but also all counties in Yunnan. Each county has a local tyrant, and all the local opium is under their control. From planting to purchasing, no one can bypass them. The power of these local tyrants is very large, and every family has a personal guard. Since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, as long as the officers and soldiers come to clean up the opium, these local tyrants really dare to fight with the officers and soldiers. And these local tyrants have contact with Guangxi, so it's not easy to mess with."

Wang Hengyue was not angry or angry, and thought for a while: "Keep talking." ”

Manan cleared his throat:

"If we want to solve the opium problem in Yunnan, we must first eradicate these local tyrants, these people can be said to be the eyes and ears and accomplices of the Gui family in Yunnan. But having said that, how easy is it to eradicate them? You have to make a lot of determination and put a lot of effort into it. ”

From his words, Wang Hengyue faintly felt a kind of distrust.

I'm afraid that there have been many such operations in the past, but none of them have succeeded, which gradually makes the locals disheartened, and the power and arrogance of the local tyrants become more and more arrogant.

What's more, it is only himself who is in charge of Yunnan as an "outsider"?

However, from the dialogue with Manan, the governor of Fumin, Wang Hengyue had some clues to the opium problem in Yunnan.

"Governor Ma, who is the local tyrant who enriches the people?" Wang Hengyue suddenly asked.

Manan was silent: "This person's name is Ah Biao, he has hundreds of guns, and he lives in Fumin County right now, and the lower officials have talked to him a few times, but he has been blasted out every time." ”

Wang Hengyue was furious, then restrained his anger, and sneered a few times: "Okay, very good." Even the local officials I have appointed are ignored. Governor Ma. ”

"Yes."

Wang Hengyue stood up: "Today I will go to your Fumin County for the night." ”

Ma Nan hesitated: "Patrol envoy, to be honest with you, Ah Biao had a very good relationship with Tang Jiyao in the past, and after Tang Jiyao went into the wilderness, he kept shouting to avenge Tang Jiyao, so"

"Revenge, seek revenge on me?" Wang Hengyue laughed "haha": "Tang Jiyao's tens of thousands of troops, I haven't paid attention to it, a little local tyrant is rampant to such an extent, I want to see how he wants to take revenge on me!" ”

As he spoke, he asked Manan to lead the way in front, and he called a guard, whispered a few words in his ear, and the guard left quickly.

Glancing at Margaret, and about to speak, Margaret had already preemptively said, "No, you go there, I will go there." ”

As soon as he entered Fumin County, he saw that the street was still bustling and prosperous, Wang Hengyue suddenly stopped and pulled this pedestrian: "Do you know who I am?" ”

The pedestrians froze, shaking their heads blankly.

"I'm Wang Hengyue, the envoy of the Southwest Patrol." After Wang Hengyue finished speaking, he let go of the man's hand. grabbed another person: "See clearly, I am Wang Hengyue, the southwest patrol envoy, and I have come to enrich the people!" ”

Manan was completely stunned, not knowing what the Patrol wanted to do.

Ah Biao has malicious intentions, and now the patrol envoy has come to his territory, and he has brought so many guards, once Ah Biao knows about it, how can he not do it immediately?

"Patrol Messenger, Patrol Messenger"

Before Ma Nan's words came out, Wang Hengyue had already smiled and said loudly: "This is your Governor Ma, who came to greet me on purpose, and went to tell Ah Biao that I, Wang Hengyue, have brought rich people!" ”

Ma Nan's face was as pale as dirt, but he didn't want Wang Hengyue to lower his voice suddenly:

"Don't be afraid, I'm going to solve Ah Biao without any effort!"

Manan was stunned for a moment, completely unsure of what the patrol envoy wanted to do. Looking at those guards again, they were all very calm, as if they had long expected that Heng Shuai would definitely do such a thing.

Wang Hengyue has already made up his mind, and it is nothing to get rid of A Biao, but to take this opportunity to solve all the big and small local tyrants in Yunnan in one fell swoop.

The pacification of the two provinces is about to begin, and in Yunnan we can also take action against the long-pending opium problem!

(To be continued)