Seeing Du Xun, Wang Dou stood up with a smile: "Du's father-in-law is here?" It just so happens that I have a new batch of good tea here, and you and I can enjoy it together. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Du Xun said unhappily: "There is no hurry to drink tea, the most important thing at the moment is to talk about money." ”

He sat down: "Say, when will Master Hou give the 150,000 taels of silver to our family?" ”

After looking at Du Xun for a while, Wang Dou's face sank: "Du Zhenjian, the silver that Benhou promised you will naturally not give it." It's just that you didn't do anything, so you took Benhou 200,000 taels of silver for nothing, don't you feel a little guilty? ”

Before Du Xun could speak, Wang Dou waved his hand: "In this way, Xuanzhen is now carrying out large-scale construction, and there are still some powerful people who rely on it to hold the government hostage, and these miscellaneous people and other things will be handled by you, anyway, your ministry is also doing this." ”

He comforted: "Don't worry, Ben Hou will definitely give you silver money, pay it in installments, you do a good job, I will give a batch of silver, absolutely Tong Su is not deceiving." ”

The Ming Dynasty guards have a lot of power, and can interfere in local military, political, economic, judicial and other powers, and can also supervise civil and military officials, dispatch officials and soldiers in the guards, and suppress local tyrants.

Like the East Road, Xuanzhen is carrying out all things, naturally some people obstruct and oppose it, and they dare not openly oppose it because of Wang Dou's authority, but it is inevitable that Yang Fengyin will violate it, and it will delay Wang Dou a lot of time and energy, and it is better to hand over these things to Du Xun to do.

"What?"

Du Xun trembled with anger, and took the case: "What does Yongning Hou mean, is it to use our family as a long-term laborer?" ”

He shouted angrily: "Yongning Hou, have you taken this prison army in your eyes? ”

Wang Dou snorted coldly: "Hmph, there is no free lunch in the world, you don't work, you just want to get money?" That's impossible! ”

He said: "Also, I know that you control the Ordnance Bureau and the Coin Bureau, you go to these two bureaus to take stock." See what good technicians and equipment there are, Ben Hou is useful! ”

"That's all, remember. If you don't work, you don't have any money! ”

Wang Dou finally dropped a sentence, put his hands behind his back, and slowly turned to the back hall.

"This scumbag."

Du Xun stood in a daze for a long time, and finally roared in the direction where Wang Dou left: "Say 200,000 taels." As a result, only 50,000 taels were given to our family, and the rest had to be given in installments...... Yongning Hou, people live in the world. What is the most important thing? Xinyi wow. ”

……

In February, it was still quite chilly.

From the town of Xuanfu to the post road on the East Road, it was densely packed with busy people, who carried burdens, pushed carts, and spread the sand and gravel first. In some places, some lime water is poured and then a huge stone is rolled over.

The smooth and solid road surface is spreading day by day, and it has received unanimous attention from the whole town of Xuanfu, and it is a good thing to repair the official road. What's more, there is enough food to eat and wages to pay, so everyone is in full swing, and in the crowd, in addition to some young and strong, there are even strong women, who are also struggling to carry the burden.

Du Xun had a calm face, followed by some little eunuchs, as well as the pacesetter guards, and before he returned to Nanguan, he saw one of his henchmen coming over with a sad face, and complained to Du Xun: "Father-in-law, those big families are too much, the asking price is three times higher than that of the government, and the slaves and maids are so good that they refuse to lower it." ”

In Wang Dou's plan, the new official road will be repaired, connecting the East Road, and it will be repaired to the south in front of the three gates of Changping Gate, Xuande Gate, and Cheng'an Gate, as well as the Anding Gate in the east of the town, depending on the situation, the official road will also be repaired to Zhangjiakou.

Several main streets in the city, will also be repaired and widened, in fact, not widened, just restored, over the years, not to mention the streets in the city, that is, many places on the suburban roads, are occupied by people, either to build houses, or to dig fields and grow vegetables.

Although the Ming Dynasty is not as good as the Great Song Dynasty, the implementation of the policy, the government needs to hire prostitutes to dance to the people to publicize, rarely enforced, but the local power is quite strong, especially a lot of interests occupied, are embezzled by wealthy families, all kinds of public matters to implement, it is not easy, how much compensation is a problem.

Because the compensation price is fair, some good and fearful small people are fine, but there are some big households or Diao people, who take the opportunity to raise the price, and everyone in the town is afraid of Wang Dou, but Du Xun looks like he is easy to deal with, and he is always grinding and entangled, which makes Du Xun, who is in charge of this matter, angry.

He was about to speak, when another person ran over: "Father-in-law, father-in-law, Li Dahu's family are all lying down on the street, saying that they want to demolish their house, but they can only step on them." ”

Du Xun's face has been dark, and at this time it broke out: "Fuck, what cats and dogs have stepped on our heads, the little ones, listen to our family, pick up sticks, go forward to fight, those who dare to resist, all of them will be flailed to our family, don't take money to ransom, don't think about our family to release people!" ”

……

"It seems that for the sake of silver, Du Xun went out."

That situation, Wang Dou saw it all, the local forces were complicated and difficult, he knew, the eunuch, similar to the existence of the night pot, let Du Xun do these dirty work, the effect is still good.

At this time, Wang Dou was not far from Yanghe, followed by shogunate officials, as well as Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu.

Listening to the voice of the crying father and his mother, Zhu Zhifeng was a little worried: "Yongning Hou, Du Zhenjian is like this, can he ......"

He paused, the local forces were difficult, he deeply understood that in the past, he had to rectify the appearance of the streets, and in the end he was in a hurry, Du Xun volunteered to take over these dirty work, which surprised Governor Zhu, and admired it in his heart.

It's just that he is worried that Du Xun's rude behavior will provoke a popular uprising? And the gentry and other unfavorable public opinion?

Wang Dou said: "Du Zhenjian is honest and loves the people, and he is fair, so Zhu Gong doesn't have to worry. ”

He changed the subject and resumed the conversation.

Pointing to this section of the river and looking at the Yanghe River in front of him, Wang Dou said: "This section of the terrain is quite high, and it is difficult to divert water for cultivation, but there are many trees, which can be built and rectified into a place for people in the city to go outing." The north gate of the city, the area of Xishuncheng Street, the remnants of the house collapsed, its house was destroyed, but the green Mo green domain, the elm willow was misplaced, it can also be rectified, built as a place for the people to rest, after the rectification of the town in the future, it will also be comfortable and clean. ”

"After the streets and official roads are renovated, there will be special personnel to manage them, so that if the past is sunny, the mud and sand will be buried, the clouds will be full of sludge, and the garbage will be filthy everywhere, and epidemics will be avoided. At present, the disadvantages of errand service are accumulated and difficult to return, and a special person is set up to manage it, which will definitely make the traces of the night small, and the people will praise it. The house is not closed at night. ”

Wang Dou finally said.

Zhu Zhifeng nodded slowly, quite fascinated, and his political achievements were one. Benefiting the people is also what he hopes for.

In the Shogunate of the Shogunate, the official streets and streets were in charge of the Traffic Division of the Civil Affairs Division. Patrols similar to those of the police system are carried out by the newly established Patrol Division.

However, Zhu Zhifeng strongly requested that the governor wait for the yamen. There will also be a related organization to jointly manage it.

Wang Dou's plan is that in the future, only one battalion of soldiers and horses of the Jingbian Army will be stationed in the town, and the rest of the officers and soldiers will be withdrawn from the city to avoid crowding in the city.

Some officers and soldiers in the town are mixed with the old and the weak, and there is a lot of fuel in the army. The temperament of these people has shrunk, and it is really embarrassing to the face of the Ming soldiers, and moving them outside the city can also improve the grade of Xuanfu Town.

"I heard that Yongning Hou asked his subordinates to develop hole-based briquettes. What is it called...... Honeycomb coal? ”

Zhu Zhifeng was also interested in a rumor.

Wang Dou nodded: "Exactly, the provinces of the northern region of the Ming Dynasty widely use coal, and the same is true for Xuanzhen. This honeycomb coal, small fireworks, enough flames, simple and easy to make, convenient transportation, if successful, reduce coal ash not to mention, small people can also increase the way to make a living. ”

Honeycomb coal, Wang Dou often saw in later generations, and knew that it was a low-cost and easy-to-use thing.

Because I have seen a lot, I also know the production method, add flammable straw powder, etc., as well as coal powder, mix it with a certain proportion of loess, add water and stir well, and then press it out with a machine that presses honeycomb coal, and dry it.

It's just that, after arriving in the town, I accidentally remembered this thing, I thought it was simple to make, but I didn't expect that later generations saw that there were holes, but I didn't know that this punching, but it was a technical job, because there was no special punching machine, I wanted to make honeycomb coal, but it was not easy, and the Department of Civil Affairs was still studying, how to punch holes efficiently.

However, the words have already been released, and Wang Dou has to continue to say that honeycomb coal is cheap, easy to use, and simple to make.

"Reading the books of the sages, what is the matter, is to benefit the country and the country."

Zhu Zhifeng's hard face showed a smile: "The Marquis of Yongning is benefiting the people, and the lower officials are quite inferior." ”

He saluted Wang Dou, Wang Dou helped him up, and said with a smile: "Zhu Gongyan is serious, many things, Benhou, you have to ask Zhu Gong for more advice." ”

……

The two were talking, and from a distance, some big gentry, merchants, generals, Confucian students, etc., secretly looked at this side, while looking at the scene of road construction in full swing.

"So much money and food, just used in vain, should I say that Wang Dou is stupid, or does he have other intentions?"

One person looked at it, his eyes were extremely hot, and while he spoke, he sighed in his heart, how good it would be if he spent so much silver and grain for himself.

"Invite the hearts of the people and please the people, since ancient times, who is not a chaotic minister and thief?"

One person gritted his teeth and said: "The court treats the gentry preferentially, look at Wang Dou, but he forced the gentry to pay taxes on the east road, which caused the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, which is really swept away." What's even more hateful is that if you don't succumb to the coercion of the king and thief, you can't even enter the tunpu as an official or official, this is a rebellion! ”

As he spoke, his voice grew lower and lower in the second half of his sentence, and only a few people close to him could hear him.

Watching the crowd, there are also some visitors from outside Xuanfu Town, such as the Zhang family, the Shen family, the Yang family, and the Li family, who are integrated with officials and businessmen in Shanxi.

Wang Dou openly sent troops and raided the wealth of all the families in Xuanda, although these famous officials and eunuchs in Shanxi gave up on those merchants, but said that it was impossible for them to have a good impression of Wang Dou, and some people even hated it very much.

At this time, a voice said: "Zhang Gong, when Emperor Gao, there was a high wall, a wide accumulation of grain, and a slow call to the king's policy. ”

A slightly old voice said: "Hmph, Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by know it, the king fights the wolf's ambitions, and the country is in danger." ”

"If that's the case, the misfortune of the Ming Dynasty, what is the good plan for Zhang Gong?"

"At this time, the king is strong and strong, and the force is difficult to do, only wait for the word, we wait for the opportunity, wait for five years and ten years, the king thief will always have a time to decline, and when the time comes, it is the day when he copies his nine clans and degrades his wife and daughter as a prostitute!"

This slightly old voice said: "I heard that Ji Junjiao is deeply favored by the king and thief? If there is really this day, it will be the old man's old man, Ji's half-old, I should also try my best to resist it, in order to vent the hatred in my heart! ”

The bitter hatred in his words makes people's hearts cold.

The previous voice said: "Zhang Gongbao's knife is not old, and the younger generation admires it." ”

……

Xuanfu Town and its surroundings are constantly changing, and of course, Du Xun, who is in charge of doing dirty work, is resented by many people.

At the end of February, Wang Dou looked at a white flower in his hand, a round thing, his fingers flicked, and with a ding, the object in his hand made a pleasant sound.

He picked it up again with his hand, blew into the edge of the object, and listened to it close to his ear, a pleasant buzzing sound coming into his ears. (To be continued.) )