Fu Bi is also wondering, is there still such a person in the world?

Zheng Lang was thinking seriously. When it comes to selecting talents, Zheng Lang may not be 100% good candidates, although there are records in the history books, but talents have a growth experience, such as Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, if they teach for two or three years, will they still be Sima Guang and Wang Anshi in history?

At least they're learning to be flexible.

There are also errors in historical records, and the history of the Song Dynasty is the most unbelievable history, and you can only think about it while reading the history books to see some reluctant truths. It has been tampered with too much, and it is still called a gentleman.

There is still a reference effect, at least a few people in front of him, and no one can "know people" beyond him.

I thought about it for a long time, but I was at a loss.

Fu Bihu asked suspiciously: "Is there such a person?" ”

"Yes," Zheng Lang replied.

In the future, there is Tong Guan, not Cai Jing, and the history books will include Tong Guan in the six thieves at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. Tong Guan actually did not do much evil, and the Khitan people failed the battle for a variety of reasons, the western army used did not get a good rest, the battle was frequent, like Song Taizong led the army to take the Later Han and then attacked Youzhou, it was the strongest army in the Song Dynasty, but a tired army. Despised the Khitans. On the Khitan side was Yelu Dashi, the strongest general at the end of the Liao State, and the army was the Mourning Army. He also hated the short-sightedness of the Song Dynasty and the robbery of fire, so he gathered all his strength in a battle.

After beating the surrendered Khitan, those who fled fled to the Western Regions. The Song Dynasty was sad.

In fact, Tong Guan was still remarkable before this, defeating Tubo and the party, although defeated, he also trained many generals for the Song Dynasty, including Han Shizhong and other peerless generals who came out of his western army.

This person is the most suitable.

There is another person, it is not Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, they are extremely individualistic, can coax people and deceive people, can be shameless, talented, flexible, but will not be loyal to the Song Dynasty. This is an important premise. It is not suitable to endure hardships and suffering. However, the other person is very suitable, Li Yuanhao, if he is not a party member, but a Song person, and an extreme nationalist, this line will become the best candidate.

This is an assumption.

After thinking about it for a long time, I had to sigh: "I had to take it again." ”

It will be done, even if it is done, it is not what he wants.

"Let's eat," Zheng Lang beckoned.

The ancients ate without saying a word.

The Zheng family may not be able to do it, and sometimes they speak, but when there are outsiders, they are absolutely silent.

Fu Bi came to ask, but he didn't ask anything, but instead created a bigger mystery in his heart, and went back depressed.

Handover the next day.

Generally, the handover is smooth, this is the rule of the game in officialdom, you are picky with others, and sooner or later others will be picky with you. Unless you are promoted and have a bright future, the officials who will be handed over later will not dare to keep silent for the sake of stammering. But the mood of the handover is different, and I am afraid that it will be a confused official who will take over, which will leave a mess.

The happiest thing is to take over the stall left by a capable official like Zheng Lang, which is basically settled for you, and Xiao Guicao can do it immediately after taking office. However, there are also some officials who are stupid and want to sweep away the people's mark on their predecessors, so they think of a new way, which will bring many drawbacks to the local government.

Fortunately, the overall situation is good, this is a country that attaches great importance to internal affairs, and there are many officials who are not good, but there are not many who dare to force the people to be angry and resentful. For example, the salt households, although they are living very hard, still have a way to live, and they can barely maintain food and clothing, which is the reason why the salt households have not had any major incidents.

Zheng Lang looked at it, it was not good, it was not bad.

It is impossible for an official who plays soy sauce to expect how good a stall he will leave for you. It's not too bad, if it weren't for the collapse of the Qiantang River, Zheng Hui might have gone further in officialdom, instead of being obscure now. Take a look at the former prefect or future prefect of Hangzhou, how many famous officials have been produced?

looked at the account book, and the real thing, there was no difficulty, but it was not right, Zheng Lang would not make it difficult, handed over smoothly, and personally sent him to the Grand Canal. wrote another notebook and sent it to the capital with an expedited one, not only asking Zhao Zhen for this real villain, but also another group of people, who had to be sent to Hangzhou as quickly as possible. By the way, there is also the one who recommends Fan Zhongyan.

Then he said to Fu Bi: "Brother Fu, the affairs of Hangzhou are temporarily handed over to you, I'll go down and take a turn." ”

"How long are you going to spin?"

"A month."

Fu Bi is a little dizzy, are you the prefect, or am I the prefect.

Zheng Lang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Rich brother, others dare not say it, with the ability of a king, even if he takes over as the prefect of Hangzhou, his talent is more than enough." I didn't want to bother the rich brother, but I promised Your Majesty that I wouldn't be able to go around if I didn't go down. ”

Saying that, Fu Bi, who was speechless, left Hangzhou City.

If you don't worry about Fu Bi's "gentlemanly spirit", in fact, the imperial court let Fu Bi come, Zheng Lang welcomes it, Fu Bi has served as a magistrate in several states over the years, and has been sentenced to Jiangzhou and Yunzhou, and has a certain practical experience. As for the talent and morality of officials, Lian Fubi doesn't believe it, so there will be no more than ten Manchu officials who can make Zheng Lang believe.

If you don't want to make a big move, you can just rely on Fubi to govern Hangzhou in an orderly manner.

I don't worry about a few new jinshi.

But now I can't tell whether it's good or bad, so let's go down and make a general understanding first. It's fast, and it's a quick way to investigate.

Wang Anshi and Yan Rong saw some drawbacks, but Zheng Lang not only looked at the drawbacks, but also looked at the strengths of each county.

First of all, there are many mountains, not big mountains, but hills, starting from Hangzhou City, there are many low hilly areas around Hangzhou. However, because of the developed water resources, every mountain is full of trees, bamboo and fruits.

First from Qiantang to Fuyang.

There are more mountains, but the mountains and rivers are beautiful, as the scenery is still good, and I also saw the paper mill of Chiting Mountain.

In the Song Dynasty, the printing industry gradually developed, and the price of books fell, but the demand for paper was the greatest. So the people made paper from hemp, bamboo, mulberry bark, rattan, moss, wheat stalks, rice stalks, and barks. The official documents of the Song Dynasty were mostly made of hemp paper, but other materials were also famous, such as the dragon whisker paper made of the bark in Shezhou, and the rattan paper made of rattan in Liangzhejiang. Among them, Yanxi rattan paper is the best, Hangzhou also has a famous rattan paper, and Yuhang is made of ancient rattan paper produced by Quan Village. Mt. Chiting and Koi in Fuyang also produce rattan paper.

This is not the best season for papermaking, because in addition to raw materials, paper also has a key factor, water. The clearer the water, the better, and even in order to get clean water, they even knock ice to make water and paper in winter. At this time, the water is the clearest, also known as knocking on ice paper.

When Zheng Lang arrived at the workshop, he happened to see several craftsmen picking up the pulp by hand, plastering it on the wall, smoothing it with a wooden mold, and drying it in a while with the help of the July sun, and a long white paper several zhang long appeared.

I didn't expect the prefect to come in person, and the owner was at a loss to welcome him.

"You're busy, this official is just taking a look." Zheng Lang said mildly.

"Whoa." This owner is about very honest, the scale of the workshop is not large, and the income is not high, so he is dressed very ordinary, and his face is full of wrinkles.

And to command.

There were only six or seven people in the workshop, and there were even two women, who were about the family of the workshop owner. A few more short-term workers were hired, and a small workshop came out.

The master is still the owner of this workshop.

After looking at it, the workshop owner probably thought that this was not very good, and ran back and said, "Governor Zheng, the little one will pour you a cup of tea to drink." ”

Zheng Lang is very satisfied, it is not the previous time to go to Taipingzhou, he is young, and he looks tender, so that he is sometimes speechless. Now that the age is keeping up, it won't cause a fuss everywhere as it used to.

Said gently: "There is Lao Dalang." ”

"That dare, that dare," said the workshop owner, happily returning to the back to prepare the tea leaves, and carefully boiling the water.

It's not a hassle, it's an honor.

Zheng Lang sat on a short stool and talked to him, asking, "What is the income of this workshop in a year?" ”

"Not much, Chiting Mountain Paper is not famous for its fist paper, and the businessmen are pressed tightly, and they have to pay taxes, but they can barely get seventy or eighty times a year."

"That's not bad either."

"But Governor Zheng, it's very bitter, you look at the small hand, the guests like to knock on the ice paper, so when all the income of the workshop is frozen in a year. In order to meet the needs of the guests, all of them chiseled ice to get water when it was frozen," he said, opening a pair of big hands full of old silkworms, and opening many holes in his hands. This is evidence left behind by dipping your hands in cold water in order to crush the ancient vines when it is cold. After finishing speaking, he sighed again, looked at the mountains of trees, bamboos, rattans and grass, and said, "But there are many mountains and few lands, what can you do if you don't rely on it to make a living?" ”

Zheng Lang also looked at the mountains and forests in the distance, was silent for a long time, and then asked Liu Zhixian: "Can someone make bamboo paper in Hangzhou?" ”

Liu Zhixian shook his head blankly.

There are many people who make paper in Fuyang, but all of them are making rattan paper, and there are those who make paper from bamboo, which are other places, such as Fujian, but there is no family in Fuyang.

Zheng Lang lowered his head and thought about it again, and said in his heart, the historical record is right, the most famous bamboo in the world is Sichuan Jiajiang bamboo paper and Fuyang bamboo paper, one is excellent bamboo material, and the other is good water quality. But the appearance of Fuyang bamboo paper is still a little late, in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Now the bamboo paper process is also very backward, can not be written, as if there are already people in Yuezhou using bamboo to make paper, and the straw paper of the two Zhejiang, because of the coarse quality, the added value is not high.

But how is good bamboo paper made?

Think carefully in your mind.

It can't be recorded in the history books, it is only a rough record, but in reality, there are many more complex procedures to make Fuyang bamboo paper that amazes the world. This is what he thinks, and it is already remarkable to be able to make the bamboo paper craft reach the craftsmanship of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The tea was ready, and the owner of the workshop said carefully: "It's coarse tea." ”

"It's okay, it's just tea."

After a few gentle conversations, he left.

Then I went to the new city, the mountainous terrain is more, although there are advantages of Hangzhou metropolis, the people's life is not very good. This is helpless, the life of the people in the mountainous areas can never catch up with the plains. Talking with Su Shunqin for a few words, talking about poems for a while, and writing a few lines, it was exchanged.

Zheng Lang said: "Brother Su, I am not as good as you than poetry." ”

"Don't dare, Governor Zheng is humble." Su Shunqin said, this is from the heart, since Zheng Lang entered Beijing, Su Shunqin has always had a good impression of Zheng Lang.

"It's not as good as you, I'm too distracted, Lianqin is gradually put down, how to grow."

"I'd like to distract myself from this ......"

"Now is an opportunity, Jun is not Pang Tong, govern the new city well in a down-to-earth manner, at least with me, I will not erase your political achievements."

"But this mountain ......"

"There are mountains, forests, rivers, and lakes, it's a treasure, it's up to you how you use it. And it is not those mountains in Kuizhou, it is close to Hangzhou, and a unique condition is not well used, how can it be ambitious? ”

A small new city can't be cured, what ambitions do you want to talk about?

Unless you really have a talent like Pang Tong, is that possible?

In general, Zheng Lang spoke to him very politely, firstly, he had a friendship for a period of time, and secondly, Zheng Lang was also afraid, if he insisted on his own ideas, Zheng Lang really had no way to take him. He dared to talk nonsense to the emperor, saying that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were villains, what were he like? Saying that you are not doing this right, that you are not doing well, what can you do if you are not doing well? Then he said slowly: "There are still words, if I have no time to be free and continue to be busy, the words may not be as good as you in the future." ”

Su Shunqin didn't know how to answer.

Zheng Lang's tone changed, and he said: "But in terms of the talent of the officials, you may not be as good as me." ”

Su Shunqin smiled bitterly, no matter how ambitious he was, he didn't dare to compare his talent with Zheng Lang.

"I asked Brother Su one thing, can the prime minister and the magistrate have the same salary?"

"No, why do you ask?"

Zheng Lang didn't answer and asked: "If the prime minister's monthly salary is 100,000 yuan, and your salary is only 10,000 yuan, is that okay?" ”

"It can't be."

"Exactly, there is no absolute fairness in the world, there is no absolute standard, and it is impossible to make everyone think the same, so I said to reconcile." I don't know if he has read the mean he wrote, and after making an easy-to-understand analogy, he left again and turned to Yu Qian.

Among the nine counties, only Yu Qian has a "small rule".

If you want to govern a region, it is not difficult to say, and it is not easy to say. But as long as you have a little talent, maintain a fair heart to deal with affairs and cases, and love the people, you will have small governance.

There are several Sima Guang, and there are two conditions mentioned first, one is that he scolded Fan Wei for Qian Weiyan, and with the arrival of Zheng Lang, it also spread subtly, and he is a student of Zheng Lang, and the people support him. After coming to Yu Qian, in addition to government affairs, he also learned from Zheng Lang, visited some benevolent and filial families, and helped the widowed, lonely, poor and weak households, so he was even more loved by the people.

But Sima Guang was also worried, he couldn't see the boundary mountains at this glance, which made his eyes blank, and Taiping Prefecture was in two situations, either to produce tea, but the tea was something he could move?

warmly welcomed Zheng Lang to the county government and asked Zheng Lang again.

Zheng Lang said: "This line of work has little to do with my initiative, it is an external cause." But internal governance is also important. So I looked around to see what the potential of each county was, mainly because of the external factor, and with that external factor, it was not only Hangzhou Prefecture that was pulled, but also many nearby state capitals......"

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, he was kind, but these governors didn't know what they would think when the time came.

Maybe your eyes will turn red and you will make some secret constraints.

He also said: "It will be more helpful to the counties of Hangzhou, and if there are any arrangements, I will gather everyone again in a month to discuss." You're doing a great job right now, and I'm proud of you. ”

Sima Guang smiled embarrassedly, scratched his head and said, "But I didn't come up with it myself, it's not beautiful after all, and I can't count on Dr. Zheng for the rest of my life." ”

"What's on the mountain? There are also Tianmu Creek and Zixi ......"

Sima Guang's eyes lit up.

"Let's do this well, there will be a chance later." Zheng Lang knew that he had figured it out and left with a smile.

Then to Changhua, Cui Huanghe is very sad, here is mostly Tianmu Mountain, the land is not wide, and the people are more sparse, so the nine counties of Hangzhou are mostly Wang County, Tight County and Shang County, only Changhua is the middle county.

Sparsely populated and difficult to manage. In addition, he has only just entered the official career, if he has a heart, he can do good things, and he can't do anything, if he really plays the piano and tastes tea, he will govern the place well. Take a look at Ye Qingchen and Zhang Xia, one runs in the Qiantang River, the other runs in various parts of Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and rarely stays in the city of Hangzhou, this is a capable official.

came with an ambition, but because of inexperience, there were many disputes.

Zheng Lang had no choice but to let him sit on the side and watch, and it took two days to deal with the disputes he caused and some of the affairs left by his predecessor.

Cui Huanghe was sincerely convinced, and said: "Governor Zheng, it is really a rare good official. ”

"I don't need you to boast, you are an official of the imperial court, you are doing things for the imperial court, not studying for the imperial examination before, this is also a kind of learning, it is to learn how to handle government affairs. I won't be able to take a period of time every year to clear your backlog of government affairs. Don't worry, you will gradually get familiar with it in the future, and then you will be able to handle government affairs. ”

As he spoke, he left the county office and continued to look around. But I was very worried in my heart, it was Cui Huanghe, and I didn't know how the other new jinshi were.

I looked at the mercury mine again, and the life of the craftsman was very hard.

It can only be seen, and it is impossible to correct it all at once. There is another good thing in Changhua that has not been excavated, and Zheng Lang is a little undecided about it. This is a national treasure, and if you mine it, you will lose one. Fold to Lin'an, where Fan Zhen shows his future talent, governance is okay, but there are also many flaws. Not only Fan Town, but also a few people in Xincheng were dissatisfied with Su Shunqin's handling and went to Hangzhou City.

Fold to Yuhang again, where Lu Gong's performance is also good, not as good as Sima Guang, but there are no major mistakes.

But there was a sensation in Hangzhou.

Zheng Lang is running around, and the people are very grateful for this.

It's not a show, in the past month, Zheng Lang has run from the mountains to the river, from the river to the plains and valleys, and then to the county seat, from the farmers to the workshops and the tea plantations. That's not something you can do by making a show.

But not a single decree was issued.

The people are not in a hurry about this, Zheng Lang's story in Taiping Prefecture can be followed, first to see, to see for a longer time, except for his wife from Zhengzhou to bring some weaver girls, there have been no measures for several months, and finally there is a big move gradually.

And Fubi can also handle government affairs, so that the people are very satisfied.

It's just that some people visit the Zheng family, and they are all wives of some local tycoons.

Women have half the sky, and they also have their small circle, and Cui Xian is very outstanding in this circle, and it is her activity in Taiping Prefecture that has won the support of many "half the sky" for Zheng Langchu.

Cui Xian received her very politely, and then used her talent and demeanor to impress the wives of these wealthy gentry in Hangzhou one by one.

Zheng Lang has no objection to this. Hugh should look down on half the sky, and it is also important for them to blow the wind in their husband's ears when they come home.

Some women shyly asked if they could bring those royal weaver girls to Hangzhou to teach them their skills, as they did in Taipingzhou.

The weaving foundation in Taipingzhou is poor, and Hangzhou is slightly better, but at this time Suzhou and Hangzhou still can't catch up with the north. "Wuzhou Hongbian Gongluo and Dongyang Hualuo are not reduced in the Northeast, but they are not comparable with Wuji and Lindi." In terms of output, Huyue, Wu, Suzhou and Hangzhou are the first in the country, but the quality brocade is the first in Sichuan, and the silk is still in the north. It was not until the Song Dynasty crossed to the south that after this change, the southern silk embroidery skills gradually caught up, and finally surpassed the land of Hebei and Shandong.

So beg for help.

They may not study, but they will send people to learn.

Cui Xian agreed without thinking about it.

Hangzhou's mulberry and hemp industry is more developed than that of Taipingzhou, and improving skills can better promote the development of Hangzhou, which is beneficial to her husband's political performance, so why consider it?

Then he asked for the seed, which was the seed of cotton.

Cui Xian hesitated for a moment, because she had heard Zheng Lang say that cotton is suitable for sandy soil, and the further you go north, the easier it is to grow, especially in North China and the Western Regions. As far as the whole country is concerned, if the south produces grain and the north produces cotton, it is more in line with the long-term development of the country.

After all, grain production in the north is too low.

But Hangzhou is mostly loam.

There is also sugarcane, Zheng Lang also mentioned that sugarcane will inevitably develop to the south, the weather is hot, and the sunshine is sufficient, so there will be more sugar.

It's just that there is a process of crop evolution, and time will be slow.

Not exactly, Zheng Lang couldn't say it clearly, so Cui Xian couldn't answer, hesitated for a while, and didn't say it or not.

And another woman begged for cane sugar, and tried to speak with her surname. Compared with Taipingzhou, Hangzhou and several southern states have more good cane and more abundant resources. Cui Xian directly refused.

Sooner or later, it will bloom on all sides, but not now.

Then he said: "Don't think too much, the officials come to Hangzhou, not sugar, nor cotton, and the profits brought are not very high." ”

Dozens of women were speechless, this profit is not high, do you want to rob?

Cui Xian continued: "It's another thing, you may know in dozens of days, but now is not the time to unveil, otherwise how can Hangzhou increase its income by five or six times." ”

There are also women who want to give gifts, but also let Cui Xian refuse, we never accept gifts from others, if we give, donate more money and land to help the poor, that is the biggest gift to my family officials.

When the husband and wife sing and harmonize, no one else can guess it.

But after August, many merchants flocked to Hangzhou.

Some people know that most of these businessmen are the deed shares of the sugar workshop, which makes the local big families envious in their hearts, and the income of the workshop has not reached two million yuan in two years, but they all know that this is the income of the workshop, and each person gets a large amount of rations, additional income, so that they have already collected the capital. It's not the capital, it can bring them a good reward every year in the future.

But I am very puzzled, August is coming, and it is about to be the season when sugarcane is ripe, what are you doing in Hangzhou instead of competing for the source of sugarcane? Especially those big families in Taiping Prefecture, don't be mistaken, Zheng Lang is no longer the governor of your Taiping Prefecture, but the prefect of our Hangzhou.

When asked the reason, one by one they did not answer.

However, there are three local families who warmly entertain these foreign guests. After asking, I finally asked a point, saying that what new deed shares to fight for, about one into five deed shares will be put out, and they will be given to the local wealthy gentry in Hangzhou.

This time it was even more weird, and even Fu Bi was alarmed.

A five-in-one deed stock will bring so many people over, as well as large local households, which will be hundreds, or even thousands, thousands of large households, how much capital will they gather in their hands? Tens of millions of dollars will also be accumulated.

It's only a five-in-one deed stock, how big a deal is that? Could it be that Zheng Lang took them to rob a certain country? Even a big country, a smaller country, can't amass so much wealth.

Then looking at the west, there are countless mountains in the west, and I don't know where Zheng Lang is wandering.

Fu Bi was at a loss in his heart, and the more this matter developed, the more strange he felt.

Zheng Lang, what do you want to do?