Chongzhen for seven years

Since November, the weather has been as cold as a day, and after entering November, it has fallen goose feather snow in the sky, and the entire Hunyuan Prefecture has been shrouded in a world of ice and snow.

At this time, Yue Yang also established his prestige in Hunyuan Prefecture, and no one had the courage to provoke his majesty, after all, the incident that was born last month still made everyone who saw it at that time have palpitations, and the faint smell of blood on the school field in the west of the city has not dissipated until now.

Yue Yang took the lead, dozens of knights followed, and after everyone left the East City Gate, what they saw was a vast land, and the Sanggan River from east to south was flowing turbulently not far away, nourishing the surrounding land for hundreds of miles.

After everyone galloped for dozens of miles, they stopped, this is a large flat land, but this place looks like a barren land, after seeing this scene, Yue Yang couldn't help but sigh: "Such a great river and mountain, but why are the people here always not well fed and clothed, why are they repeatedly ravaged by the iron hooves of foreign races?" ”

Chu Di, who followed behind Yue Yang, replied: "My lord, this was originally a fertile field, and it was also where the military households of the Hunyuan Prefecture Guard Station have cultivated for generations, but due to the drought every year, although there is a Sanggan River next to it, but because there is no perfect canal for water irrigation, so that the fields here are all deserted, and the military households have almost fled for their lives, and now there are less than 300 households in the guard here who are still struggling, if the government can not improve this year, the consequences will be worrying!" ”

Ever since Yue Yang had executed the rebels with thunderous means, Chu Di had made up his mind that he must have just hugged this Lord Yue's thighs, because he had been following Yue Yang at every opportunity these days to advise him. Yue Yang is not surprised by Chu Di's initiative to take refuge, everyone will have many choices in their lives, and these choices will determine your fate, just like what 6 Youyuan and those rebels did last month. They chose the wrong one, so they lost their lives, and Chu Di chose the right one, so he is still alive and well.

Although Yue Yang did not refuse Chu Di's refuge, Hu Laosan, Wu Chengfeng, Feng Xiaoming and others had some pimples in their hearts, so when Chu Di finished speaking, Wu Chengfeng asked rhetorically: "Mr. Chu Qian, the need to repair water conservancy is actually not very large, why is the government reluctant to repair it?" Besides, even if the government doesn't repair it, won't the guard house repair it itself? ”

Chu Di smiled bitterly. Said helplessly: "Lord Wu, do you not know, the government is not unwilling to repair the canal, over the years, the government has also repeatedly allocated silver taels to the guard to build the canal, but those silver taels will be swallowed by the 6 garrisons and a cadre of officers under him after arriving at the guard station, so after allocating the silver taels a few times and seeing that it has no effect, the government is no longer willing to allocate silver." After all, the magistrate is not a fool, who wants to throw silver into that bottomless pit. And the lower officials were also unwilling to go along with them, and they were constantly excluded. If it weren't for the lower officials and some of their subordinates to support the field, I'm afraid they would have been hollowed out a long time ago. ”

"And what about the fields out there?" Yue Yang asked again as he pointed to a place farther away.

"It's a wasteland, and no one wants to cultivate it." Chu Di shook his head: "It's too far away from the Sanggan River, and if you build a canal, it will cost too much silver." The government did not have the financial resources to build and encourage agriculture, so it had to be abandoned there, in fact, in the Jiajing period, there were patches of fertile land. It's a pity that all of them have been abandoned since the Wanli period. ”

"What a pity!" Yue Yang smashed his mouth and shook his head with a sigh. These places are not small, at least hundreds of thousands of acres of land at a cursory glance, and the terrain is flat, as long as there is enough water for irrigation and careful care, it will become fertile land in less than two years, and it is a pity to be so abandoned.

He raised his hand and pointed ahead with a horsewhip and said: "It's a pity that this place is so deserted, the first thing we have to do after the beginning of spring is to immediately gather people to start cultivating the fields, otherwise if such a large field is wasted here, even God can't stand it." ”

After listening to Yue Yang's words, Chu Di hesitated for a moment before saying: "My lord, it is good that you want to open up the wasteland, but the cost of clearing the wasteland is not low, whether it is farming, seeds or cattle, it is a lot of money, not to mention that it always takes manpower to open up the wasteland, right?" Now that the military households are almost on the run, if they need to open up the wasteland, they have to recruit displaced people now, but to recruit displaced people, they need food, and the amount of these grains is quite a lot, where do we get so much food? ”

Chu Di's words were very reasonable, but Wu Chengfeng, Hu Laosan and others beside him laughed after hearing it, and they laughed very happily.

Chu Di was stunned for a moment when he saw it, and then asked a little unpleasantly: "Master Hu, isn't Xiaguan's words funny?" ”

Hu Laosan patted Chu Di's shoulder hard and said, "Mr. Chu Qian, do you know what our Yue Da did when he was in Yingzhou?" ”

Chu Di nodded and said, "Xia Guan has also heard a little that Lord Yue opened up wasteland in Yingzhou Mansion, set up workshops, factories and mines, and built a Wuli Village in an originally barren land to be prosperous, and it has had a bumper harvest for two consecutive seasons. I can't help it, and I also monopolize most of the salt industry in Shanxi, and I can be called one of the richest people in Shanxi. ”

Hu Laosan cracked his mouth and laughed, "Then do you know how much grain we have harvested this year's autumn grain?" ”

Chu Di shook his head, "I don't know. ”

Hu Laosan stretched out a slap and shook it a few times in front of Chu Di and said proudly: "Five million quintals, we have harvested five million quintals of grain for autumn grain alone, do you say that our family adults have the ability to collect the displaced people?" ”

"How much...... Five...... Five million quintals? ”

Chu Di was a little stunned all of a sudden, five million quintals of grain! He couldn't figure it out for a while. Even if the peasant households only pay 50 percent of the rent, there will be 2.5 million quintals, and according to the calculation that each quintal of grain can feed a family of five for half a month, 2.5 million quintals of grain can feed too many people.

"Oh my God, that's going to be a lot of food!" With his pitiful knowledge of Gewu, Chu Di felt that his brain was a little insufficient for a while.

Looking at Chu Di's stunned appearance, Hu Laosan continued to ravage Chu Di's shoulder with his big hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Chu Qian, you just need to remember that our family has nothing else, but there is something about food, you can rest assured." ”

"Okay, Hu Laosan, don't put gold on the official's face." Seeing Hu Laosan's proud look, Yue Yang shook his head: "Mr. Chu Qian, don't listen to Hu Laosan's bragging, this year, we have a big drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi, thousands of miles of red land, I don't know how many people have been displaced, millions of loads of grain seem to be a lot, but it is still too little to use." It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a drop in the bucket, so we still have a long way to go, and I hope you can work hard with this official! ”

"Yes, I am willing to serve the adults and serve the dogs and horses!" Chu Di solemnly saluted Yue Yang, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, he knew that Yue Yang said this to mean that he wanted to accept him.

At this moment, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and a knight rode his horse at a gallop, and when he arrived in Yueyang, he jumped off the horse and knelt down on one knee and saluted loudly: "Lord Qiqi, the old lady and the lady are less than twenty miles away from the South City Gate, do you need to go to meet you?" ”

"What? The old lady has arrived? A hint of joy flashed on Yue Yang's face, and Lian Sheng said: "Of course you have to go, you immediately lead the way, let's go to meet the old lady and her party together!" ”

After speaking, Yue Yang hurriedly turned the horse's head and galloped towards the road from which he came, Hu Laosan and the others also looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly rode their horses to follow......

Half an hour later, Yue Yang and his party came to the gate of the southern city. As soon as he arrived, he saw a long group of men and horses outside the South City Gate, for hundreds of cavalry wearing gray armor, followed by a long line of endless convoys, each car was full, Yue Yang's eyes were a little straight, and then he couldn't help but smile bitterly, did his mothers-in-law really move all the belongings in Yingzhou Mansion.

When the convoy came to Yueyang, Wei's cavalry immediately stopped their horses, and an officer rode his horse to Yueyang and dismounted, and then ran to Yueyang and shouted excitedly: "Young master, the little one finally saw you." ”

Seeing someone coming, Yue Yang laughed, "Shunbao, why are you here?" ”

The person who came was Shun Bao, who stayed in Yingzhou Mansion, and saw Shun Bao striding up to Yue Yang and crying: "Young master, the villain wants to kill you." ”

Seeing Shunbao's true feelings, Yue Yang couldn't help but be a little moved in his heart, and scolded with a smile: "You kid, you are already a garrison of the first house, and you are still like a mother-in-law like a girl, it's really useless!" ”

At the beginning of this month, the official document appointing Shunbao as the garrison of the Yingzhou Mansion also arrived in Shunbao's hands, and Yue Yang was also very happy for him to see that this little scholar, who was originally just following him, became a five-rank official of the imperial court.

"Hehe......" Shunbao also smiled, he wiped his face casually and said: "Young master, look at what you said, even if the little one is the chief soldier, isn't it your scholar." ”

"Hahaha...... I don't have the skills to let a chief military officer be my scholar. Yue Yang laughed, and then asked, "By the way, it's okay all the way, the old lady and the eldest lady are fine." ”

The old lady is old, Hai Lanzhu is pregnant, and these two people are what Yue Yang is most worried about.

Shunbao nodded: "Young master, don't worry, the old lady and the eldest lady are fine, okay." The little ones are invited to come over. ”

Subsequently, Yueyang's family naturally had a lively meeting, because the sky was too cold, Yue Yang didn't have time to explain his heartfelt feelings to everyone, so he ordered someone to drive to the city and walked in...... (To be continued......)

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