In the past two months, it has entered the autumn.

In early autumn, the weather is still very hot, and there is still a rare hint of dampness in the air today.

A gloomy, dark cloud with a tinge of darkness loomed overhead.

In the afternoon, Jiang Long stood in the farmland with a straw hat, holding a bamboo basket in his hand, bending down to pick fruits, and a row of green and red peppers were placed in the bamboo basket, and his heart was full of joy.

Because Jiang Long didn't want others to help, Tudu and the others stood on the ridge.

Planting with your own hands, sowing the seeds, and picking the fruits with your own hands is a lot of fun.

There are still few chili seeds, so Jiang Long does not pick many fresh chili peppers every day, although Tudu and others also like to eat spicy, but Jiang Long is frugal, planning to let more chili peppers grow to maturity and produce a batch of more new seeds.

By next year, a few acres of peppers will be planted and eaten with an open belly.

By next year, it's not just about planting peppers, but now that the river excavation project is going well, there will be a lot of farmland to be cultivated and planted, and potatoes and sweet potatoes will be found, and there will definitely be a lot of grain output next autumn.

In this era, the yield of wheat and rice was very low, so the price was very expensive.

The yield per mu of coarse grains such as sorghum and buckwheat is relatively high, but compared with the minimum yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes per mu, which is also thousands of catties, it is too far behind.

Even if only a small part of the wasteland can be planted next year, there can be a good harvest.

After picking a few more watery peppers, Jiang Long stopped and walked out of the farmland.

Qin Yu immediately stepped forward and reached out to take the bamboo basket.

Jiang Long clapped his hands gently, brushed off the dust on his clothes, and led everyone to the county office.

The farmland is outside the city, through the east gate, and at the foot is a newly built wide avenue.

This avenue is one of the main streets of Lingtong County, it is ten zhang wide, paved with cement road, every day there are officials with prisoners to clean carefully, it is really in the eyes of the people that the cement road is too beautiful, in Lingtong County there are only a few rich families in Liao Liao, in the house room and yard are paved with cement.

Before the road was laid with cement, the foundation underneath was heavily tamped.

In this era, there were no dusty engineering trucks and no heavy trucks.

The heaviest vehicles were nothing more than ox carts and horse-drawn carts full of goods, on which a few more people sat on them.

So if nothing else, this road should be fine for the next forty or fifty years.

For the street to be ten zhang wide, many people have raised objections, Lingtong County used to have the widest street is only four, from the city gate to the center of the county, and only three zhang wide is less, and even in the capital, there are few streets can be so wide.

It was Jiang Long's efforts to suppress public opinion that he cultivated so spacious.

At first, many people shook their heads, but as the population of Lingtong County gradually increased, the caravans coming and going also increased significantly, and these people understood that Jiang Long was prescient.

If it's still just three zhang wide, it's really too crowded.

And once there is a caravan into the city, it will definitely cause congestion, it will be very troublesome, and it will be very inconvenient.

It's not that Lingtong County is even more populous than the capital, but that Lingtong County is too small.

With the neighboring counties also posting lists, the population of Lingtong County has grown rapidly, resulting in a very dense population.

Xiao Fan carefully counted that the total number of local residents and floating population in the city is now as high as 130,000.

Coupled with the nearby townships under the jurisdiction of Lingtong County, the total population has exceeded 150,000!

In the past, there were only so many people in Wangsha City.

Now Wangsha City, because many people came to dig the river, the population has plummeted by more than 30,000.

Comparatively speaking, although Wangsha City is still much more prosperous than Lingtong County, but Lingtong County is in a stage of rapid development, and commerce is becoming more and more prosperous, as long as Jianglong still invests a large amount of silver, then I believe that it will not be long before its economic and military status can surpass Wangsha City.

Now the east city and the south city of Lingtong County, the houses have been rebuilt, at this moment walking on the wide and flat streets of the south city, the streets are cleaned clean, on both sides are a brand new brick houses, so that people are in a good mood, Jiang Long's heart, is also a share of pride.

These things are all personally coordinated by him and done for the people of Lingtong County!

Every time he walked into the East and South Cities, he felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Nowadays, the West City and the North City have officially begun to rebuild, in which the area of the West City has expanded, the North City has shrunk, and the houses rebuilt in the West City are more luxurious, in addition to the area of each house is three times larger than that of ordinary houses, the houses will be built into two floors.

Everywhere there are rich people, ordinary families, and poor families.

The rich must live in a big house, but it is just an ordinary house, and they can't look down on it.

Therefore, Xicheng will be a place where rich and powerful families in Lingtong County will settle in the future.

The area of the North City has been reduced, but after the reconstruction, it will be the most populous and populous place.

Because Jiang Long plans to build a building here, all of them are three-storey, if you want to build higher, the skills are a little not good, but it is a small apartment, this is a place for the poor to live, and those who have money can buy it directly.

Those who don't have money can move in with a small amount of rent.

and Jianglong's low-rent housing in his previous life.

In fact, this is to take care of and attract the poor who have no money, first pay rent to live temporarily, and gradually find that the development of Lingtong County is full of stamina, and they can save some money when they dig the river to work, and then they can buy an apartment in Beicheng and settle down.

At present, there are still some technical problems in building that have not been solved, so Beicheng is only demolishing, leveling, and laying foundations.

The clouds in the sky went down a lot, and the sky became even darker.

Jiang Long was walking, and suddenly his face was cold, but a few drops of rain fell.

Vendors on both sides of the street immediately closed their stalls, and pedestrians hurried to their doors.

I didn't take a few steps when I heard a few whispers of laughter.

"The county magistrate is really good, the street built now is clean and beautiful, not like it used to rain, and the road must be muddy and difficult to walk."

"yes, I used to worry about rain the most."

"My old house has no money to repair, and the roof is still leaking, but now I have moved into a spacious and bright new home, and I don't have to worry about rain anymore."

"Your house is fine, it's just leaking, my family's old house is about to collapse, I thought that the county government would say nothing and would not give me a house, but the ancestral house is too dilapidated, but I don't want to have a land deed in my hand, occupy my land, and the county government will give a new house."

"Not only on the street, but also in front of our door, aren't there red bricks?"

"yes, all the way home, you don't have to step on the mud that splashes all over your body."

"Adults are okay, children encounter rainy days, they like to play outside, they always get mud, it is very troublesome to wash, and now they have no place to play with mud."

"Now it is also convenient to fetch water, and it is a sweet water well, and the salt water well is all covered by the officials with heavy stone slabs."

"I've been eating salt water for decades since I was a child."

"Well, it's the same for me, it's better to have a sweet water well."

"Old Zhang's family, how did you do last time?"

"This, I'll sum it up with that mouth when I go back." The sound is not sluggish.

When the people left, the questioner snorted coldly, "Aren't you going to move into a new house?" It seems that his status has become higher all of a sudden, and when the children were older, he couldn't marry his daughter-in-law and was sad all day long, but now he still has it! ”

"I don't know when the shops on both sides of the road will be built."

"I heard that the plenum will be built into a building."

"Well, it's a beautiful building."

The policies implemented by the county government are closely related to the lives of the people, and their influence changes in all aspects.

Jiang Long and the others had just returned to the county office, and the pouring rain was poured down on their heads, and the big drops of rain smashed on the ground and splashed high, making a crackling sound.

"This rain is good, autumn is the time for crop filling, with this rain, the fruit should grow very full." Jiang Long was in a very good mood, looked up at the sky, and saw that the sky was much darker again, speculating that the rain should be relatively heavy.

Tudu and the others smiled and agreed.

This territory in northern Xinjiang is almost entirely dependent on the sky for food, and the wind and rain can have a good harvest by the way.

But if it doesn't rain and there is a drought, then you have to tighten your belt to get by.

Even if you dig wild vegetables every day and drink wild vegetable porridge, you are only half full.

Walking into the county hall of the county government, Cheng Ze, why not, Xiao Fan, Zhou Xi, Lord Bo Wanggui, and the Instructor Pan Wenchang and others were deliberating.

Seeing Jiang Long come in, everyone got up one after another to salute.

In the past two months, the imperial court has been distributing the money on time, without half a penny, and no horse bandit dares to rob the silver and materials in Lingtong County again, so Zhou Xi and other original officials are living a good life now.

They also knew that all this was because of Jiang Long's presence.

So I am very respectful to Jiang Long.

At least on the surface.

Zhou Xi and others had also begged Jiang Long for help before, asking the top to chase the silver that had been deducted before, but Jiang Long didn't have the heart to do it.

Those old accounts are cumbersome and involve a lot.

Who knows which official was greedy and put it into his own pocket?

If he comes out, he will definitely offend many officials.

So it's just a superficial response.

It is not known when the money will be requished.

Zhou Xi and others also spoke out because of Jiang Long's identity and his background.

However, even if Jiang Long didn't take it seriously, they didn't dare to have the slightest complaint and dissatisfaction now, because now they have not only the imperial court, but also the subsidy money issued by Jiang Long, to do big things, they can't do it without a certain amount of manpower under their hands.

And it is not good to have only human hands, but not to give benefits.

Now there are a lot of things assigned to Zhou Xi and others, and they are very busy every day.

If they can't get some hard money, they will definitely complain.

The day is leisurely, just to perform official duties, and take the silver.

And those who are busy to death, tired to death, and have no time to eat, but they also take this silver.

How can it be the same?

Jiang Long is not the kind of young man who doesn't know the world's affairs, and he is old and spicy.

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Long walked straight to the main seat and sat down, and asked with a smile.

Since Jiang Long took office, the very low-key Sect Pan Wenchang was a little excited today, and he actually opened his mouth eagerly.

Jiang Long listened, did not express his opinion in a hurry, picked up the teacup, and took a sip gently.