The golden sunlight sprinkled along the edge of the bed along the window lattice, and Liu Fan opened his eyes and rubbed his sleepy eyes. Feeling www.biquge.info the soft delicate body around him, Liu Fan couldn't help but look down. I saw that the beautiful wife's face was still asleep, looking at the quiet face of the beautiful wife, a touch of tenderness flashed on Liu Fan's face.

Carefully removing Zhang Yao's jade arm, Liu Fan turned over and got out of bed, tiptoed into his clothes, pushed open the door and walked out of the house. Gently stretching his body, Liu Fan couldn't help but sigh secretly, it was more comfortable to go home.

"Hee-hee, why did the Overseers get up so early? Do the slaves still think you're going to sleep until three poles in the morning? How about Xiao Biesheng, does it feel wonderful to be newly married? ”

Liu Fan followed the sound and saw Liu Bing'er, who was wearing an emerald green skirt, standing at the corner of the wing room. Looking at the girl who suddenly appeared in front of him, Liu Fan said angrily: "This is my private matter, okay, anyway, why did you suddenly appear in front of my door?" Could it be that the wings of the garrison are lacking to such an extent? ”

Liu Bing'er glanced at Liu Fan sadly, covered her heart and said sadly, "The Overseer is so ruthless, how can you say that Bing'er is also your person, how can you be so ruthless?" ”

Liu Fan's face turned dark, and he feigned anger and said, "Little girl, can you talk well?" Is there something wrong? It's okay, I'm leaving! ”

Liu Bing'er sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, can't the slave family mess with you?" Let me tell you the truth, it was the master's mother who saw the pity of the slave family and took in the slave family to live in the West Wing temporarily! This time, the slaves came to ask the Overseers for a favor, and to ask the Overseers to allow me to continue teaching the orphans to read. ”

"You want to continue teaching? Well, that's a good idea. But Jiaozhou is not as good as Chenggu, and there are not too many places to arrange for you now! ”

Liu Fan is still very satisfied with Liu Bing'er's thoughts, this girl has now stepped out of the shadow in her heart. I even dared to pursue the life I longed for.

"The slave family has heard that the biggest one in Jiaozhou is you, the overseer, according to your authority, is it so difficult to arrange a little girl in the slave family? Count Bing'er, please, okay? ”

Seeing the girl's pitiful appearance, Liu Fan softened a little, and after a moment of silence, Liu Fan said, "Bing'er, I still agree with your ideas, but I really have no way to arrange it for you now." You also know that I only returned to Jiaozhou yesterday. There are a lot of things that I haven't figured out yet. Now I don't know which position is short of people and which is not. Well, I happened to be in a meeting today, and there was a lack of a note-taker. If you are free, can you help me take the minutes of the meeting? ”

"Meeting note-taker?" Liu Bing'er asked in surprise, "Can you trust me to do such an important matter, Overseer?" ”

Liu Fan smiled and said, "There's nothing you can't do, I'm very relieved of Bing'er's character." Besides, you can't run away if you live in the garrison now! What do you think? Do you want to try it? ”

Looking at Liu Fan's encouraging gaze, Liu Bing'er bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, but nodded, "Since the Overseer doesn't dislike the slave family's clumsiness, then it's okay for the slave family to try!" ”

Liu Fan's eyes were shining, and he exclaimed loudly, "Okay, I really didn't see the wrong person." Bing'er, you want to go back and get ready, and we'll leave together after we have breakfast! ”

The prefect's yamen in Shihe City was only half a street away from Liu Fan's garrison. Since Sun Yuanhua came to serve as the prefect of Jiaozhou, Liu Fan has slowly emptied the yamen of the prefect of Jiaozhou. Forced by Liu Fan's obscenity, the original officials of the Jiaozhou prefect were transferred out of Jiaozhou through various channels with a little ambition. There is no way out, and the small characters who are willing to be dull can't make any big waves. I can only receive the monthly salary every month and be an idle rice worm. Fortunately, Liu Fan is not a stingy person, for these "decorations" Liu Fan will give them an extra sum of money every month "pension money", although these people have lost power, but they get more money. Being able to make money in this way is a kind of happiness for some people!

Today, the prefect's yamen, which was peaceful in the past, has become very lively, and the reason is that Liu Fan wants to hold a comprehensive meeting here. After the order was issued, all the high-ranking military and political leaders in Jiaozhou basically gathered here.

In the back hall of the prefect's yamen, it is already overcrowded at the moment. Liu Fangao sat on a chair in the main hall and listened attentively to the reports of all parties. Through understanding Liu Fan, I learned that in the nearly one year since he left, although Jiaozhou had some small setbacks (the invasion of the pirate Wang Zhi), it did not affect the rapid development of Jiaozhou at all, compared with last year, Jiaozhou has made great progress in agriculture, commerce and industry. First of all, taking agriculture as an example, after last year's land reform, Jiaozhou has basically solved the problem of land annexation from the root. After the land was distributed to individual peasant households, the peasants' enthusiasm for production was greatly enhanced. Coupled with the promotion of high-yield crops, Jiaozhou ushered in an unprecedented harvest year under the two-pronged approach. Even after the peasants paid up to 60% of the income to the garrison, they still did not have to worry about starvation. Some people are a little more diligent and even have surplus food. According to this trend, Liu Fan can predict that if there are no major problems, he and the army will no longer have to worry about not being self-sufficient in food.

On the commercial front, progress was also good, and since the signing of the trade contract with Portugal and Macao, a large number of Portuguese merchants have flocked to Stone River to do business. Daming's specialty tea, silk, and porcelain are the most sought-after bestsellers. Portuguese merchants made huge profits by purchasing large quantities of goods from Stone River and transporting them to the South Seas by sea.

The frequent commercial trade not only provided a large amount of tax revenue for Shihe, but also greatly promoted the development of Shihe as a new city. Now Shihe has a tendency to replace Jiaozhou City as the largest trade center in Lunan. This is also why Liu Fan can see so many Europeans in Shihe City.

The pace of development in industry is undoubtedly the fastest. Although the invasion of pirates caused some losses to the arsenal, it was precisely because of this that the Zhang family's father and daughter and Sun Yuanhua increased their investment in the arsenal. With the arrival of assistance from Portugal and Macao, the current Shihe Arsenal has become a large factory with a monthly output of more than 50 large and small artillery pieces and more than 2,000 arquebuses, and it can be said that Liu Fan's Shihe Arsenal has become the largest firearms production base in Shandong.

The only regret is the shipyard, because of the war, the shipyard that Liu Fan built with great difficulty was burned down by pirates. Although Sun Yuanhua and others immediately began to rebuild after repelling the pirates, the equipment for building ships and the wood that had been dried were burned. Without these basic materials and tools, the shipyard went to a standstill. It hasn't recovered until now. (To be continued.) )