(Thank you for the tips of the wind and rain cat, the night crazy cat, and voxs, thank you.) ）

Hearing the news of Zhou Shunqing's suicide, Wu Weiye hurried over, he had to do an autopsy to see if he was really dead, after all, Zhou Shunqing's identity was special, and Su Tiancheng had been with him during this process and didn't say anything.

On October 20th, Wu Weiye left Nanzhili and went back to the capital, he originally thought that he would get together with Su Tiancheng, and even go to the Qinhuai River to have a look, but unfortunately Zhou Shunqing committed suicide, this matter, he must think of a good statement, to exonerate Su Tiancheng, faintly, he also heard that Zhou Yanru's housekeeper seems to have come to Jiangning County, and he has seen Su Tiancheng, but Su Tiancheng has never mentioned this matter, the subtlety of officialdom, he also knows the Tao, of course he will not say much.

Everything has returned to calm, but, in this calm, Su Tiancheng's prestige has been continuously improved, and even many students of Donglin Academy secretly admire it, although Liu Yunqing, who broke away from Donglin Academy, went to Jiangning County and became Su Tiancheng's staff, which is tantamount to a slap in the face of Donglin Academy.

The next thing to worry about is the matter of Guantian, the emperor did not give an order, the edict of the Ministry of Households, agreed in principle to this matter, the so-called principle consent, that is, not to interfere with the specific operation process, the matter of leasing Guantian, is only a trial in Jiangning County and Nanjing Jingying, and the rest of the places are not allowed to do so.

As long as he gets permission, Su Tiancheng is happy, and he won't care what the rest of the place thinks.

In any case, in this era, food is hard currency, the most fundamental thing, and no matter how much silver you have, once you can't buy food. It doesn't have much effect, Chongzhen has been fighting for six to ten years, and many conquests have consumed a lot of food, because of the invasion of the rogues and the harassment of Houjin. There are also natural disasters, which have caused the price of grain to rise exponentially, the value of gold and silver to depreciate sharply, and the peasants' lives have become even more difficult.

According to this calculation, Su Tiancheng's leasing of official land, as long as the output can be guaranteed, is actually a very cost-effective thing.

Guantian in Nanjing. Most of them are paddy fields, which made Su Tiancheng a little disappointed, in this era, the yield of rice is limited, it is impossible to greatly increase, hybrid rice has not appeared at all, and he does not understand that aspect of the technique, and he knew that the road to cross. How good it would be to learn from Yuan Longping.

The relevant agreement has been negotiated a long time ago. Therefore, taking over the affairs of Guantian is very smooth.

10,000 hectares of official land, 150,000 acres.

Su Tiancheng took Su Pingyang and others to see these official fields in person.

The scene in front of me is a little miserable. The so-called paddy fields, where there is no water in them, are overgrown with weeds, and a small part of the dry fields are reborn with weeds. I don't know how long Lu Dao has not been cultivated, and in a place like Jiangning County, such a situation is really rare.

Zhang Taining was with him out of courtesy, and he was a little embarrassed to see such a situation.

"Lord Su, I have no choice, the sergeants of the Nanjing Beijing camp have been transferred a lot, the north of the rogue harassment, the imperial court has transferred sergeants several times, this time the rogue invaded Shanxi on a large scale, the court has taken away 50,000 sergeants, a few days ago, Lord Hong also came to the Beijing camp to discuss the matter of transferring troops again, I don't dare to agree, if all the sergeants are withdrawn, what should the guards of Nanjing do, Tang and Qin Gonggong have given the emperor a fold, this official field, I can't take care of it."

In order to ensure a bumper grain harvest, the emphasis should be on the construction of water conservancy facilities, but it is a pity that there are no at least ditches in these 150,000 mu of official land, let alone water canals, weir ponds, and the like.

Fortunately, the location of the official fields is concentrated, and they are all contiguous, and a lot of silver can be saved by carrying out water conservancy transformation.

Not only the official land, but also the cultivated land of Kuang Siming in the past, there are also no water conservancy facilities.

There is still a few months to go, and it is perfectly possible to carry out the construction of the necessary water conservancy facilities and tidy up the fields.

Back at the county office, the cultivation of official land became the most urgent issue.

On this day, the morning hall was extended, mainly to discuss the cultivation of official fields, including Sun Yuankun, Liu Shiliang, Luo Chang, Ma Huabiao and others from the Inspection Department, all of whom participated.

The main topic of discussion was the transformation of official farmland, including Kuang Siming's 10,000 hectares of cultivated land confiscated by the county government, which is 300,000 mu of cultivated land.

The opinions discussed by everyone greatly exceeded Su Tiancheng's expectations.

Everyone agreed to carry out the transformation, but this task must be completed by tenants who lease farmland, and even Sun Yuankun and others, who understood the ownership of the official land, also had this opinion, they believed that the county government should pay 25,000 taels of silver, which was a very heavy burden, and it was certainly inappropriate to continue to take out the silver to carry out the renovation of water conservancy facilities.

Su Tiancheng has not expressed his position.

As for the source of the silver, you can find the salt merchant and borrow some for the time being, and the next step, when cleaning up the rest of the merchants in Jiangning County, the tax collected will be returned to the salt merchant, and it will be fine, if the county government does not take out the silver, the transformation of cultivated land will not be able to achieve the desired purpose.

Food is very important, and the silver that should be put in, must be invested.

In Su Tiancheng's mansion, there is still a lot of gold and silver, but he is not ready to use these gold and silver for the time being, and keeping them will have a great effect in the future.

The opinions of the crowd were almost over, and Su Tiancheng spoke.

"Everyone has talked a lot, it's nothing more than that the county government has already taken out enough silver, and there is no ability to continue to take out the silver, and the tenants are responsible for the transformation of cultivated land, I don't see it that way."

"You all know that food is very important, and without food, it is difficult to do anything well, so where it should be invested, it must be invested, and only when it is invested can it be produced, so that it can be harvested, not only the transformation of cultivated land and the construction of ditches, but also the matter of plowing cattle and seeds, the county government needs to consider."

Everyone was quiet, how much silver is needed to solve these things, where is this to talk about things that can be done well.

"I have also thought about it, to do these things well, it takes a lot of silver, to transform the cultivated land, tidy up the fields, build ditches, canals, at least 60,000 taels of silver, 20,000 hectares of arable land, at least 2,000 or more ploughing cattle, this is also more than 40,000 taels of silver, everyone may have to settle accounts, a year's grain income, it is difficult to have so many silver taels, this is not upside down, but I don't see it that way."

"With food, we can stabilize one side, if there is a famine, don't worry, you can deal with it calmly, there is a concept, please remember, take it from the people, use it for the people, the county government is not only responsible for collecting taxes, but also for the people to do things, the silver collected up, or the people to do things, this year on 20,000 hectares of cultivated land, do a good job of experiments, next year's conditions are good, but also in Jiangning County, carry out a comprehensive transformation."

"As for the time to transform the cultivated land, about a month, it must be fully completed, the county government issued a notice, now is the agricultural season, there are manpower, the labor involved in the transformation of farmland, must be young and strong, each person per day one penny of silver, the number of people is about 20,000, 20,000 people, each person can get about three taels of silver, which is equivalent to 20,000 families, a few months, life is guaranteed."

"Raided Kuang Siming's mansion, and the food obtained was still 70,000 stones, and part of the expenditure was provided for living ......"

This time, everyone was not surprised, but shocked.

According to the rules, the peasants can be required to pay for the transformation of farmland, and the county government does not need to pay money at all, and they are also responsible for their own lives. According to the practice of the magistrate, it is estimated that the peasants who come to sort out the cultivated land will squeeze through the county government.

I have never heard of such superior conditions.

Sun Yuankun couldn't help it, the tenants of the official field were all the families of the sergeants of the inspection department, and the money spent by the county government was, in his opinion, actually for the brothers.

"My lord, the sergeant of the inspection department can participate in the transformation of cultivated land, and there is no need for remuneration."

Su Tiancheng shook his head.

"Don't talk about such things in the future, the task of the sergeant is to maintain law and order and kill the enemy, as for the farm work, don't get involved, this is the rule, in the future, the sergeant of Jiangning County will not be involved in the affairs of the farmland."

Isn't this contrary to the rules of the imperial court?

Qu Qingze looked at Su Tiancheng and stopped talking.

"In the matter of transforming cultivated land, the households and workshops are specifically responsible, each performing its own duties, and in three days, a comprehensive plan must be made, and the construction must start on November 1, and it cannot be delayed, and all the officials of the county government must assist in handling the organizational work."

After the morning hall, Qu Qingze stayed.

"Isn't there something wrong with your lordship's arrangement today?"

"I know what you mean, the sergeant of the inspection department does not participate in farming, is it inappropriate, this is inconsistent with the rules of the imperial court, this matter, I have seriously considered it, you look at the official field of Nanjing Jingying, what kind of waste has it become, with such a good official field, it can not be managed well, what is the problem here."

"I have always believed that the task of sergeants is to protect their families and defend the country, they need to train hard, raise soldiers for a thousand days, and when they shed blood on the battlefield, you will understand what I mean."

Qu Qingze nodded silently, he also noticed that the five thousand sergeants of the Inspection Division, including the two thousand salt dings that had just been compiled, had nothing else, and it was training every day, and the intensity of training was beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and the food and silver consumed every day were taken out without distress, which shows that Su Tiancheng's view of the army is different from others. (To be continued.) )