Yu Shinan is an upright person, that refers to his character, indomitable, adhere to principles, but he is by no means a stupid person, when he realized that he could not find the slightest evidence from the surface, he changed his strategy, no longer continued the investigation, but patiently waited for the results of Qian Changping's secret investigation, but Yu Shinan did not know that Qian Changping had been arrested and imprisoned by Zhang Xuan.

In the past two days, Yu Shinan inspected the recovery of people's livelihood in Beihai County with great interest, accompanied by Wei Yunqi, which was his personal interest, he had heard that Beihai County was developing very well, and he had long wanted to see it with his own eyes.

Yu Shinan accompanied him to ride a horse along the giant ocean water all the way to the north, hundreds of steps on both sides of the river are planted with large-leaved grass, stretching for hundreds of miles, magnificent, a group of cattle and sheep on both sides of the river leisurely eating grass and drinking water, a canal from the giant ocean river is led out by a huge wind-powered waterwheel, leading to the boundless fertile fields on both sides.

"This is a vetch!"

Yu Shinan picked up a turquoise vetch and said with a smile: "I have long heard that Beihai County vigorously cultivates this kind of grass, and when I see it today, it really deserves its reputation." ”

"It's not just pasture."

Wei Yunqi said with a smile: "In the autumn, we will dry and collect the vetch, if there is a disaster, these are life-saving food, last year we collected 20,000 stone vetch, but most of them were planted as seeds, several rivers in Beihai County are all planted, and the next year, we will take these vetch to Hebei to relieve the victims." ”

"I envy Brother Wei for having the opportunity to do some practical things for the benefit of the country and the people, to be honest, I also hope that the Holy Lord can let me go to the local government as an official, even if I am willing to be a county commander." Yu Shinan sighed.

Wei Yunqi shook his head, "I'm just lucky to follow General Zhang, these pastures are planted, and the docks are built. The restoration of the shipyard and the cultivation of grain on the land were all the result of General Zhang's vigorous promotion, and the War Department ordered us to eradicate all the large-leaved grasses last autumn and not to continue planting. However, General Zhang told us not to ignore the rude demands of the Ministry of War. ”

Yu Shinan was stunned, "Why are you not allowed to plant pasture?" ”

"Because the Ministry of War suspects that we want to raise war horses, we have not obtained the approval of the Taifu Temple, and you also know that the Ministry of War strictly prohibits private raising of war horses in various places."

"Then do you want to keep war horses privately?" Yu Shinan asked with a smile.

Wei Yunqi smiled and said, "I'll tell Brother Boshi like this!" Last year we raised 130,000 sheep, 4,000 cattle, and about 2,000 horses, mules, and donkeys, and today we will raise more than 300,000 sheep and 10,000 cattle. Horses, mules, donkeys will also exceed 10,000, and double next year, Beihai County will become the world's first animal husbandry county, not only that, our fishing volume will also be the first in the world, so that the people of Qingzhou can not only eat enough and clothe, but also eat fish, meat and mutton, every household has a cart. We want to make Qingzhou the richest region in the world and truly realize the peace and security of the country and the people. This is General Zhang's pursuit, and it is by no means as simple as suppressing bandits and fighting a war. ”

Yu Shinan nodded silently, Wei Yunqi's words were in his heart, and at this time, more than a dozen houses appeared in front of him, and an old man was driving a flock of sheep into the sheepfold. Yu Shinan hurriedly turned over and dismounted, walked to the sheepfold, he smiled and asked the old man who drove the sheep: "Uncle, are these sheep yours?" ”

The old man smiled, "Half of it is mine." Half of them are for the army, and I raise sheep for the army to earn some money for lamp oil, and I plan to raise another hundred sheep next year. ”

"I see, listening to the accent, my husband doesn't seem to be a local!"

"I'm from Qinghe County, and it's been almost four years since I fled here with my family."

"I heard that Qinghe County has been recovered by General Zhang, does my husband want to go back?"

The old man shook his head, "There is a house and land here, and there are fifty sheep, why do you want to go back?" ”

"How much land does my husband have, can you tell me?"

"What can't be said about this, my eldest son has 30 acres of land, my second son has 120 acres of land, and I originally also had 30 acres of fertile land, but I didn't ask for it, I asked for 20 acres of hemp field and 50 sheep and a cow, I prefer to raise sheep and sheep and cows."

Yu Shinan was really puzzled, "Why is the eldest son of the old man only thirty acres, but the second son is one hundred and twenty acres?" ”

The old man grinned, "This gentleman is coming to Beihai County for the first time!" Thirty acres of industrial land, everyone has it, but my second son has made a lot of military merits in the Qingzhou Army, and earned 90 acres of military merit land, which can be left to his grandson in the future. ”

Yu Shinan felt shocked in his heart, this was completely different from the system of the imperial court, it seemed that Beihai County had established its own system.

At this time, Wei Yunqi walked over and said with a smile: "Brother Boshi, don't be surprised, this is allowed by the Holy Lord, he couldn't give money and food rewards at the beginning, so he promised us to exchange military merits for land, as for the standard, we will approve it ourselves, and we will decide according to the stock of government land." ”

The old man recognized Wei Yunqi and hurriedly came out to salute, "It turned out to be Wei Envoy, Xiaomin was rude." ”

"Don't be polite, let me tell you another good news, the county official school has been built, and classes will start next month, let your grandson go to study!" The fee is still the same as promised by the general, and the board and lodging are free for five years. ”

"Great!"

The old man was overjoyed, "Our ancestors and grandchildren have finally had a literate person for three generations. ”

Leaving the house, Yu Shinan finally couldn't help but ask in surprise: "He is just an old farmer who raises sheep, and his grandson can enter the official school?" And it's still free of board? ”

"When the general made the decision, I was just as surprised as you were."

Wei Yunqi smiled, turned over and got on the horse, and Yu Shinan also got on the horse, looking at Wei Yunqi puzzled, waiting for his explanation.

"Later, I figured it out, General Zhang wants to completely solve the root cause of the turmoil in the Sui Dynasty, Brother Bo Shi should know what I am referring to?"

"You mean the Scholars?"

Wei Yunqi nodded, "Not only the scholars, but also the Guanlong nobles, for hundreds of years, the scholars have monopolized knowledge, and they have monopolized power, General Zhang believes that only by giving poor children a chance can we finally break the monopoly of the scholars, so our goal is that every child in the six counties of Qingzhou has the opportunity to study, whether rich or poor, not only to promote knowledge, but also books, paper, pen and ink, these must be mass-produced, so that they are cheap enough, even ordinary people can have them, after ten or twenty years of hard work, The advantage of the nobles is slowly disappearing. ”

The more Yu Shinan listened, the more surprised he became, and finally he sighed lowly, "I only know now that General Zhang is indeed an extraordinary person, maybe he can really do something big, although I am from a family, but I also hope to see the day when the advantages of the scholar clan will disappear." ”

"Why doesn't Brother Boshi stay in Qingzhou?"

"Me?" Yu Shinan couldn't help but be stunned, this sentence came very suddenly.

Wei Yun nodded, took out a letter and handed it to Yu Shinan, "This is a handwritten letter from General Zhang to you, he has admired Brother Boshi's character and knowledge for a long time, and he hopes that you can stay in Qingzhou to realize your ambitions!" ”

Yu Shinan took the letter, but he didn't read it immediately, but was silent for a long time and said to Wei Yunqi: "Please Brother Wei tell General Zhang that maybe one day I will come to Qingzhou, but not now!" ”

In the end, Yu Shinan did not stay in Beihai County for a long time, and two days later, Yang Wei sent an urgent letter, ending Yu Shinan's inconclusive investigation, Yu Shinan immediately set off to return to Jiangdu, and an investigation into Zhang Xuan's secret communication with the Bohai Society was over.

With the arrival of Gao Hui again, Fang Xuanling's representatives Zhang Xuan and Gao Hui reached an agreement on the price of 20,000 taels of gold and 200,000 stone of grain, and the Sui army will release the last fifteen backbone figures of the Bohai Society.

The battle for a foothold in Hebei was actually a battle for Zhang Xuan to regain control of Qingzhou, and Zhang Xuan took advantage of the situation of the war to control Jibei County, the largest of the six counties in Qingzhou, and controlled the core Qi County by garrisoning.

But this control also brought a series of consequences to Zhang Xuan, the most serious of which was that his relationship with the imperial court began to crack, and he began to become distant.

However, one thing is certain, Zhang Xuan will never follow the old path of Yang Yichen and Zhang Xutuo again, he will take a path of his own. (To be continued.) )