November 5 of the seventh year of Chongzhen

Hunyuan Prefecture ushered in another heavy snowfall, in fact, not only Hunyuan Prefecture, but the entire land of Sanjin was wrapped in a sea of snow.

Yueyang's mansion is located in Ping'anfang in the east of the city, his mansion here was bought from a salt merchant, the house is not big, covering an area of about 30 acres, the gentry and merchant Jia Li in Hunyuan City can only be regarded as lower than average, and some people have persuaded Yue Yang, saying that this mansion is too inconsistent with his status, and he should buy a bigger one, but Yue Yang refused with a smile.

In the modern city, most of the families are a family of four or five people crammed into a suite of 100 square meters, and the area of his home here is actually calculated in acres, with a front yard, a backyard and a garden bridge and flowing water, what is he not satisfied with.

The weather is so cold, most people have stopped outdoor activities, and Yue Yang is no exception, at this moment he is sitting in the study that is warmed by the fire, looking at the account books sent below.

Hai Lanzhu, whose lower abdomen was still slightly bulging, sat next to him and sorted out the information sent below, after all, she also supervised Youshan Division and Youchuan Division, and she was responsible for sorting out the information, while the Linglong sisters were sitting on the other side crackling and calculating, after nearly half a year of exercise, now the Linglong sisters have been able to manage the various businesses at home very well.

Yue Yang looked at the question in his hand, according to the statistics of the booklet, there were more than 1,360 military households in Hunyuan Prefecture, with a population of more than 8,100 people. In the booklet, there are a total of 640 acres and 34 acres of tuntian land, 916 quintals of 8 liters and 7 hes of natural wheat levied for summer grain, 2,522 quintals of natural rice beans levied for autumn grain, 4 buckets and 1 liter 5 he, and a total of more than 3,400 quintals of summer tax and autumn grain.

In addition, there are more than 24,500 bundles of horse grass and more than 4,300 catties of poplar firewood.

As for the army, there should be 3,261 officers and men, and 592 horses and mules. In terms of weapons, except for knives, guns, shields and spears. Hunyuan Prefecture City has six iron cannons of the invincible general, 52 pairs of copper and iron Franc machines, 70 small copper cannons and small iron cannons, as well as a large number of tiger squat cannons, cannons and so on.

Judging from the account books, Hunyuan Prefecture is also quite powerful, but Yue Yang knows how much water there is. Not to mention that there are only more than 300 military households left in Hunyuan Prefecture now, and even the firearms such as the general cannon, the Fran machine gun and the tiger squat cannon that should have been on the register are estimated to have three achievements left. After all, this kind of thing is not only the patent of accountants in modern society, and Chinese people have a long history and tradition for this kind of thing.

"Alas, I have to start all over again!" He put together the book in his hand. Yue Yang sighed softly.

Hearing Yue Yang's sigh, Hai Lanzhu stood up, poured a cup of hot tea and put it on Yue Yang's desk, and then stretched out her tender hands and rubbed it on his temples. Hai Lanzhu was massaged lightly or severely, Yue Yang slowly leaned back on the chair, leaned his head on Hai Lanzhu's twin peaks that had become more and more full in recent times, closed his eyes comfortably, and then let out a long breath.

Hai Lanzhu's massage technique is very good, not light or heavy, but after a while, Yueyang has a feeling of sleepiness. was in a daze, when he heard Hai Lanzhu ask: "Yue Yang, there must be a lot of things in Hunyuan Prefecture during this time, right?" ”

"yes!" Yue Yang sighed lightly, "It's quite a lot." These days, there are a lot of displaced people in the city, and the entire north of the city is crowded at once, and the Jiang prefect is afraid that something will happen, and he hopes that I will send more troops to guard it. But I refused. ”

"Why?" Hai Lanzhu's eyes widened, and the good-looking Xiu looked at her husband in bewilderment.

"Why?" Yue Yang smiled bitterly: "You don't want to think about it, these homeless people entered the city just to find a way to live, and the government not only did not set up porridge shops for disaster relief. On the contrary, officers and soldiers were sent to strictly guard them, which would easily lead to the hostility of the displaced people, and if they were provoked by those who had a good intention, there would be a big mess if they were not done well. Why did Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others make such a fierce fuss in Shaanxi this year, isn't it because due to the drought for many years, there is no harvest for thousands of miles of red land, and the people even eat their children, plus the anti-thieves instigated and coerced, which makes the gangsters everywhere? ”

Thinking of this, Yue Yang remembered that in the history of another time and space, Shanxi and Shaanxi were both hard-hit areas this year, and the people starved to death countless times, and Shanxi was also full of gangsters. However, due to its own appearance, today's Shanxi is much better than another time and space, and Wulizhai has obtained a bumper harvest, which has also directly suppressed the grain price in Shanxi Province, so that the grain price in Shanxi has not grown as crazy as another time and space.

But everything has pros and cons, the news of the harvest in Wulizhai has spread, which has also attracted more and more displaced people to Yingzhou and Wulizhai, but the land of Wulizhai is so much, it is impossible to absorb more and more displaced people endlessly, so it has become a top priority to find suitable land for cultivation and landreclamation.

The land of Hunyuan Prefecture is actually more fertile than Wuli Village, but due to the lack of water conservancy and human factors all year round and a large area of desertion, if you can open up this place well, after a year or two it will be a copy of Wuli Village, then Yingzhou, Hunyuan Prefecture can feed more displaced people.

Due to his own existence, the peasant uprising originally born in Shanxi has been dissolved invisibly, and it seems that this time and space have changed a lot because of his arrival. It's just that this kind of change is still too small for the entire Ming Dynasty, and the efforts I have made are still not enough.

Thinking of this, Yue Yang asked again: "Hai Lanzhu, have there been any movements among those gentry in Hunyuan City during this time?" ”

Hai Lanzhu pursed her lips: "Do they dare?" Those people have long been scared by you, and they are better behaved than bunnies these days. The price of salt, which was originally ridiculously high, has now dropped back to 300 wen a catty. ”

Yue Yang snorted coldly and said, "If these salt merchants don't use thunder methods, they won't be obedient. Nine hundred dollars a pound, they can sell it even if they lose it. Last time the officers and soldiers were in trouble, I suspected that there was another black hand after being arrested, otherwise I would not have dared to make this scene of the salary by borrowing him three guts from 6 Youyuan. ”

Hai Lanzhu also nodded: "Judging from the information you provided, the Fang family is the most suspicious, and only the Fang family has the most reason and possibility to hate us, but the time we came here is too short, and the intelligence network of Youchuan Division has not been laid yet, otherwise we don't have to guess here." ”

"There is no need to guess about this, there is a good chance that it is the ghost of the Fang family's father and son." Yue Yang snorted coldly: "That 6 Youyuan is at the entrance of the prefect's yamen as if it is not clear, at a glance, you know that it was killed by someone, it seems that someone doesn't want 6 Youyuan to go to the prefect's yamen alive, this guy knows too much." ”

Seeing that Yue Yang was in a bad mood, Hai Lanzhu wanted to make him happy, she rolled her eyes and said, "Yue Yang, why don't you sell salt here ourselves, why bother to share that layer of profits with them." ”

Yue Yang turned his head helplessly, stretched out his hand and gently scratched Hai Lanzhu's tall nose and scolded with a smile: "Can you not call me by my name, I am your father-in-law, can't you call me a husband or a husband?" ”

"People just want to call you by your name." Hai Lanzhu spit out her little fragrant tongue, she also knew that according to the customs of the Han people, one side is called people's words, unless your status is much higher than that of the other party, it is very impolite to call someone else's name directly. But Hai Lanzhu always likes to call her husband's name, Yue Yang said that she couldn't change it several times, but fortunately, Yue Yang didn't care much about this problem, and she would follow him as the days went by.

Yue Yang was very casual about this question, and just casually mentioned it. Then he said: "It's not that I haven't thought about this problem, originally we only sold the salt in Hunyuan Prefecture to the Fang family, which also made the Fang family dominant in Hunyuan Prefecture." Now that I have taken up my post in Hunyuan Prefecture, and the Fang family has gone too far some time ago, naturally I can't let the Fang family mess around like this, and in a few days, we will also open a few salt shops here, I want to see if the Fang family can still sit still. ”

"That is, why should our family's money be earned by others." Speaking of this, Yulong, who was reading the account books on the side, also wrinkled her cute nose and said dissatisfiedly: "The people of the Fang family are a group of white-eyed wolves, they brought salt from us to sell, and in the end they ruined our reputation, nine hundred wen a pound of salt, they dare to sell it, I really don't know if their conscience is to let the dog eat it!" ”

Since they started to take care of the Yue family's business, the Linglong sisters have always attached great importance to their own property, and now they see that Yue Yang wants to take back the salt business in Hunyuan Prefecture, so they naturally raise their hands in favor.

"But in this case, I'm afraid the Fang family will jump off the wall in a hurry." Looking at Yulong's cute expression, Hai Lanzhu laughed.

"Let him jump, I'm afraid he won't jump." Yue Yang's eyes also showed a hint of history, "If you dare to dismantle our platform behind your back, then be ready to be beaten back to its original form by us!" Long'er, you immediately transfer a group of guys from Yingzhou, recruit a few more shopkeepers, and we will open a few more salt shops here! ”

"Yes!" As soon as Yulong, who had entered the state, heard Yue Yang's command, the whole person immediately jumped up, she trotted to Yue Yang's side, took Yue Yang's hand, raised her head and asked, "Young master, if there is anything else you order, the slave maid and sister will do it for you together." ”

Looking at the daughter-in-law who showed a delicate demeanor, Yue Yang felt a burst of pity, stretched out his hand and hugged her slender waist and said with a smile: "Also, now that your sister Hai Lanzhu is pregnant, she naturally can't accompany me at night, from now on, your sisters will come to sleep, and your task is to do your best to conceive the child of this young master, do you understand?" ”

"Yike...... Young master, you're dead! Tell people about this in broad daylight! ”

As soon as Yue Yang's words fell, the room was filled with a coquettish voice...... (To be continued......)

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