"The Chinese here love this young general Ares"

Margaret. Ruowei paused for a moment, thought carefully for a moment, and then continued to write:

"Ares, his real name is Wang Hengyue, but I prefer to call him 'Ares'. The bravery he showed on the battlefield was completely astounding. And when I came to the small city of Rong County, I was surprised by the support of the locals.

Everywhere you can hear talking about everything related to Ares. How he protects his people, how he guards an old man who has died on a rainy day, how he returns the salt wells to local merchants that have a huge economic effect, and so on.

Maybe people here don't know who the president of China is today, but there must be no one who doesn't know who Ares is. Everyone was talking about him, and I barely heard anyone say anything bad about him. Except, of course, on the issue of banning opium cultivation, he met with great resistance.

He seemed to have a deep hatred for opium, and on various occasions repeatedly stated that the existence of opium must be prohibited in his jurisdiction. But for many locals, opium cultivation provides them with additional income. When the harvest season arrives, beautiful poppies are everywhere you look. After Ares's repeated orders to ban the cultivation of opium, the effect was not obvious, and most people continued the project.

Forcibly banning by force is an option, but it will cause some damage to Ares' reputation. Under such circumstances, Ares began to implement a two-pronged approach of injunctions and subsidies.

The so-called prohibition order, of course, prohibits the cultivation of opium, and introduces a series of severe penalties to deter the locals. As for the subsidy, he encouraged the local people in his sphere of influence to grow sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, snow peas, and other crops, and he provided a three-year economic subsidy for the losses caused to the local people by stopping the cultivation of opium.

Since an acre of land can harvest 50 to 60 taels of opium and 6 to 8 taels of silver, farmers who give up opium cultivation will receive a subsidy of 9 taels of silver per year from Ares for three years, provided that they sign a contract promising that they will no longer grow opium in the future. The re-election to opium cultivation after three years is subject to severe penalties, which are clearly stipulated in the contract.

In the case of corn, harvesting corn on one acre of land and selling it can get less than 2 taels of silver, plus a subsidy of 9 taels of silver, which has exceeded the benefits of growing opium, and I believe that this is what the locals are willing to see.

At the same time, he began to introduce high-value crops such as strawberries, leafy vegetables, melons and fruits, which were used to gradually replace the local people's enthusiasm for opium cultivation within three years.

He was once suggested that the cultivation of opium would bring him a great source of income, but he refused without hesitation. He is more interested in the future than money. He once said, 'I can find another way to raise money, but I can't let opium plague my people.' I can't get the whole country to do that, but I'm going to do my best in my sphere of influence'.

Ares is a very smart man, and he knows what to do to achieve his goals.

China once forcibly banned opium, and the hard-liner Lin Zexu even burned a large amount of opium, but China's opium burned more and more, and even the Qing Zheng axe, who had reached the end of his life, finally had to adopt a permissive attitude.

And Ares' two-pronged approach, I am confident that he will be able to get what he wants."

At this point, there was a knock at the door, and Margaret did not look back: "Please come in." ”

Rong Hanyan walked in, saw Margaret struggling to write, and said with a smile: "Are you writing about your Ares again?" ”

Margaret put down her pen and made no secret of her feelings: "Yes, he is a man full of charm. From the first time I saw him, I was completely attracted to him. ”

"If you are a Chinese woman, you will be reprimanded as 'shameless' if you say this, and your reputation will be ruined, this is a country with very strict etiquette." Rong Hanyan said with a smile.

Margaret thought it was very strange: "I like someone, why can't I say it?" ”

Rong Hanyan didn't know how to explain it for a while.

The etiquette and religious habits of the Chinese are difficult for foreigners to understand.

"I heard that Ares came back from the United States, and I believe that there is a lot in common between me and him." Apparently, Margaret is confident in herself!

It's a pity that she doesn't know that there is no half-dime relationship between Wang Hengyue and the United States.

Rong Hanyan said, "Don't you know that he has a wife?" And soon he will marry another wife. It is legal to marry more than one wife in China. ”

"Then I can be his third wife, or lover." Margaret replied without hesitation.

Rong Hanyan couldn't laugh or cry: "Of course you have the right to do this, but it is a very strange thing for him to marry you in the eyes of outsiders, and he will be under a lot of pressure." ”

Margaret really didn't understand.

If Ares also likes herself, then she can marry herself, why is there pressure? He is the supreme governor of the place, who will put pressure on him?

Rong Hanyan knew that it would be difficult for him to make sense for a while, and since this was the case, he could only wish his good friend good luck.

In fact, Rong Hanyan himself was also full of curiosity about Wang Hengyue. Wang Hengyue is very young, how did he sit in this position so quickly? All of his seems to be a mystery.

She once tentatively asked Wang Hengyue's family in the United States, but every time Wang Hengyue was very vague and perfunctory.

He knows a lot about the United States and Europe, and even some things that Rong Hanyan and Margaret don't know. He has been in China all these years, why does he know so well about things outside of China? Has he always been in contact with foreign countries?

This young man, full of enthusiasm and energy, loves everything new, and some of them have many wonderful ideas. He even predicted during a casual conversation that in the future, humans would be able to go to the moon to see if there were any immortals in the moon.

He is like the famous French novelist Jules. Verne, like Verne, no one can ever guess the strange things that come to mind in his head.

He also has the unanimous support and love of all his subordinates, and in front of his subordinates, he can always exude a strong personal charm. He brought heavy machine guns, cannons, rifles, and all kinds of new weapons to his subordinates, so that his troops had a strong fighting force.

It is said that every time he fights, he always likes to go to the front line in person, and even fight the enemy himself, which is what his subordinates respect the most.

If you talk about his shortcomings? Rong Hanyan thought about it for a while, and there were.

According to the American Pete, Wang Hengyue is very reliant on his skin, and every time he promises to increase his salary, he always has to find a way to get it back.

Pete was very "angry" on several occasions and said that such exploitation of employees would be prosecuted in the United States, but unfortunately here Pete had no way to "sue" his big boss.

Pete even kept an account, in the past few years, Wang Hengyue owed him a total of nine hundred and eighty taels of silver, a house of his own, the kind with a garden, a pocket watch, two antique vases, a comfortable bed made of rosewood, by the way, and promised to help Pete find a beautiful Chinese wife.

It's a pity that when Wang Hengyue needs Pete's help, he always makes such and such promises, but after the thing is done, Wang Hengyue can always find all kinds of excuses to deny it.

Rong Hanyan also asked that since this is the case, why don't you leave this boss and find another job with a higher salary? Pete thought about it seriously:

"I like this man, I like to be with him, in the future my name will definitely be recorded in the book with him, well, I admit that I can put up with his Rippy"

Thinking of this, Rong Hanyan couldn't help but laugh.

There was also a burst of laughter in the courtyard outside, which was Wang Hengyue's.

Rong Hanyan and Margaret looked at each other, stood up, and walked out.

Wang Hengyue didn't know where to get a bicycle, and was teaching Ma Yunxin how to ride with great interest, Xing Meizi and Ye Bao'er were watching from the side, and from time to time there was a burst of mocking laughter, and of course, exclamations!

Wang Hengyue was holding the car behind, Ma Yunxin was riding awkwardly, and suddenly, as soon as Wang Hengyue let go, Ma Yunxin screamed, rushed forward a few steps crookedly, and then fell down.

Wang Hengyue smiled and helped his wife up: "You can't be afraid of wrestling when you ride a bicycle, and you will naturally fall a few more times." ”

"No more riding, no more riding." Ma Yunxin covered the sore place, and said angrily to the apricot girl: "Apricot girl, you come to ride." ”

The apricot girl waved her hand again and again, she didn't want to fall on her heels.

"Ye Bao'er, you come!"

"I'm not coming, I see you hurt from falling."

I don't know why, looking at their appearance, Rong Hanyan is envious and jealous.

"I'll come, I'll come, I'll ride." Margaret rushed out.

Margaret was still very skilled in riding, which made the apricot girl pout, and hummed in a low voice: "What's the big deal, I ran out by myself, and I wasn't shy." ”

Ma Yunxin shook her head with a smile, and also whispered: "It seems that she is going to live with us and not leave." ”

Where did Wang Hengyue know what his eldest wife and future little wife were talking about, but cheered loudly there, which made the apricot girl even more unhappy.

Well, this is the real Wang Hengyue, Rong Hanyan thought in his heart.

The majesty of being a soldier in front of his family, full of childish actions and laughter, and full of energy!

It's really a good thing to be his wife, Rong Hanyan suddenly felt a little feverish in his face!

(To be continued)