What's the matter!?

Looking at the head of the Liu family who suddenly knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, Wang Xuan was stunned on the spot for a while!

Did I say something??

Didn't say anything!!

"Mr. Wuzhou, benevolence, benevolence, benevolence, benevolence, benevolence, only then has this great compassion, on the people in the fire and water, the villain admires, in the past, every time to Liaodong, I feel deep into the fishy land, the Jurchens are barbaric and cruel, cruel to my Ming people, but what, the villain is thin, powerless, for this reason, often crying day and night, today Mr. Wuzhou is merciful, the villain will definitely go all out, go to the soup and fire, and will not hesitate, will not hesitate, will live up to the trust of Mr."

Wang Xuan's eyes widened at the boss, and he couldn't stop shouting in his heart, this Liu family master is really a talent, this sycophant is talking endlessly, and Wang Xuan is a little embarrassed.

"Alright, alright!" Wang Xuan hurriedly stretched out his hand and pressed it, if he didn't stop it, who knew what other meaty words this guy would say.

"Remember, just take care of things for me, I won't let you suffer, come back, everyone will give you six taels of silver."

Hearing this, the head of the Liu family was overjoyed, originally he had the mentality that he would do things for Wang Xuan even if he lost money, but he didn't expect that Mr. Wuzhou was really benevolent!!

"Thank you, little man, for your mercy."

"Alright, there you go."

After the head of the Liu family left, Wang Xuan couldn't help but sigh, this person in a high position naturally had someone to pat himself on the back, that is, he was determined to be determined, otherwise, he would really be coaxed by these guys.

When this matter was handed over to the head of the Liu family, he didn't think much about it, and it didn't cost much in total, so he didn't care at all.

Turning his head, he focused more on the opening up of Xiaoliuqiu, at this time, a main port, two ordinary ports had already been built, and three inland towns were also under construction.

Fortunately, there are enough manpower, tools are also cash, and all kinds of preparations are in place, from setting fire to sprinkling lime to clean up all kinds of silverfish, plus the investment of masonry and cement, Changhua County has already built most of it, and the rest is to gradually expand in the future without a rush.

The rest of the main energy is to build roads into the villages that the major families have opened.

At this time, the major families migrated more than 3,000 households with a population of tens of thousands, and more than 5,000 households, with a population of nearly 20,000.

Now, alone, there are no less than one million acres of land reclaimed, a season of grain has been planted, and now, the second batch of wasteland is already being reclaimed, and the speed is faster than Wang Xuan expected.

Sure enough, in order to take more and occupy more, these big families have gone crazy, and they would rather abandon the land in Fujian for a quarter than speed up the enclosure in Xiaoliuqiu.

Of course, the cost is really large, just to feed these people is not small, and other building materials for building villages and so on are purchased from Wang Xuan.

Some of Xiaoliuqiu's own production, part of it is shipped from Fujian by sea, the cost is relatively high, although you can build thatched houses with local materials, but it takes too much time and manpower, in order to open up the wasteland, these people would rather spend more money.

For a time, because of the development of Xiaoliuqiu, the industrial and commercial scale of Fujian has been greatly advanced again.

Tax collection alone can reach the amount of tax paid in the past year in this month.

It is believed that in a year, Xiaoliuqiu will be able to become a big granary, feeding millions of people.

However, this kind of land reclamation activity has indeed aroused the dissatisfaction of the ethnic minorities in the mountains, and conflicts often occur.

For this reason, Wang Xuan specially stationed a group of troops in the three counties, with 1,500 people in each county, stationed in three places to guard against the barbarians in the mountains.

In addition, I also look for people who can communicate with the barbarians in the mountains, and go into the mountains to persuade the barbarians to trade or live down the mountains.

……

The capital, the residence of Li Shantang, the secretary of the military department.

"Yuan Gongzi, please come here." A man who looked like a housekeeper was walking inside with a middle-aged man with a thin face and three wisps of mustache.

"I'm in trouble." Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly returned politely, he didn't know why Li Shantang, the new secretary of the military department, was looking for him, if he was in his hometown in Guangdong, he was still a celebrity, and when he was transferred to the capital where all the children gathered at this time, he was nothing, just one of the candidates.

This is not the first time he has gone to the capital to catch the exam, and several fellow villagers he knows have visited him early, and he has not had a chance to meet the senior members of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and he does not know him at all.

Leng Buding was approached at the inn and said that the secretary of the military department wanted to see him, which startled him, and thought that his fellow villagers were joking with him.

Walking into the mansion, he was a little uncertain in his heart, and he didn't know what Li Shantang meant by looking for him.

It didn't take long for Yuan Chonghuan to see the old man with a smile on his face, and looking at the attitude of the housekeeper next to him, he guessed that this was Li Shantang, and hurriedly saluted respectfully, "The student has seen Master Li." ”

"You are Yuan Chonghuan, yes, yes, not arrogant, come and sit." Li Shantang took a large number of people who Wang Xuan specially recruited him, and he was also a little curious about why Wang Xuan valued him.

"Master Xie." Yuan Chonghuan walked over and sat down, and there was another person sitting at the table, who looked a little familiar.

"This is Hong Chengchou, a native of Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian, and a Jinshi of the last session."

Li Shantang introduced it, and the two hurriedly greeted each other.

Although I am not a fellow villager, I should have seen it in the last exam, but one is on the list, and the other is Sun Shan, so I don't know each other.

Hong Chengchou is nine years younger than Yuan Chonghuan, of course, there are more than a lot of talents, Yuan Chonghuan has heard the other party's name.

"There is not much difference in age between the two of you, you are both talents, and you will be more close in the future." Li Shantang drank a cup of tea and continued: "You two must be curious, why did they suddenly come to you." ”

"Please also ask the old governor (Master Li) for advice." Hong Chengchou called the old governor to be close, after all, not just before, Li Shantang was still the governor of Fujian, and Yuan Chonghuan could only call the adult honestly.

"I am also entrusted by others to cultivate and take care of the two of you in Beijing, of course, what the future will be depends on the two of you working hard."

Hong Chengchou and Yuan Chonghuan glanced at each other, and they both wondered very much in their hearts, who could know the two of them at the same time, and still have the ability to let Li Shantang take the initiative to take care of them?

However, since Li Shantang didn't say who it was, they didn't want to ask, and they said very clearly, how they would see themselves in the future, that is, if they couldn't meet the requirements, there was no need to know.

In any case, there will be a military department to take care of in the future, which makes the two very excited, this is a serious second-class member of the court, a book, one of the most powerful figures in the entire Ming Dynasty, so that Feihuang Tengda is not just around the corner.

Officialdom is the most senior, if there is no one to support, to slowly boil one level at a time, there is a way is one step first, step by step, if there is Li Shantang to support, their future must be even greater.

At this moment, both of them had irrepressible smiles on their faces, if they didn't dare to lose their temper in front of Li Shantang, they couldn't wait to jump up and cheer at this moment.

Especially Yuan Chonghuan, at this moment, he met a noble person before the exam, which is an excellent sign, and it seems that he is expected to be a Jinshi in a few years.

"Thank you for your support, the students are unforgettable." Without thinking too much, the two got up and saluted respectfully.

"Okay, sit down." Li Shantang waved his hand and continued: "Hong Chengchou, you are still the editor of the Hanlin Academy, I will find someone to transfer you to the military department when I go back, are you willing." ”

"Master Xie lifts, the students are willing!" Of course he is willing, the compilation of the Hanlin Academy is a place to cultivate talents, basically those who rely on the middle jinshi have to be tempered in it for a few years, and then they will be released to sit official, of course, if there is no one to support, it may be ten or eight years, if there is someone to support, it may be three years or two years, it all depends on their own connections.

If the network is strong enough, there may be a real shortage waiting for the Hanlin Academy without even entering it, such as the current Yuan Chonghuan, Li Shantang said that as long as he can get into the Jinshi, he will be brought to the military department to walk under his command.

This is the pie in the sky, it hit the two of them for no reason, and the two of them were still in a trance until they went out.

It's not that the two of them are not calm and calm enough, you know, especially for Yuan Chonghuan, this is equivalent to a deputy director-level position waiting for him before he takes the civil service exam, and it is strange to be able to calm down.

Even Hong Chengchou is equivalent to a section member who sorts out documents from the Party History Office, and suddenly he is valued by a certain minister, and he has to be transferred to an important position, and he is also taken care of by the minister, so it is strange that he is not excited.

Outside the house, the two were still in a state of excitement, and they were going to work together in the future, so they made an appointment to go to the restaurant to drink and get acquainted with each other.

During this period, the two also talked about who could ask Li Shantang to take care of the two of them like this, this is a great favor, a book, is that what ordinary people can invite, but they introduced each other for a long time and didn't find that the two knew each other in common, and in the end they could only sigh and not be entangled.

It's just that Hong Chengchou is actually already speculating in his heart whether it is Wang Xuan, three years ago, Wang Xuan was already famous in Fujian, and he also established Lin Feng Academy, he Hong Chengchou is also one of them, and Wang Xuan in addition to the normal reward of 100 acres of land, he personally gave him another 400 acres in private, and directly made up a whole for him.

In the past three years in the capital, he often corresponded with his family, and he also learned some things about Wang Xuan in his heart, and now Wang Xuan is already the real king of Fujian, especially the destruction of the seven major families, the rectification of the guards, the 50,000 army, the re-determination of acres and the new tax law, it can be described as a monstrous power, Fujian people only know that there is Wang Xuan but do not know that there is a court!

And Li Shantang is the governor of Fujian, and he must have a deep friendship with Wang Xuan, and he can only be the one who can easily command Li Shantang.

Of course, even if he guessed eight or nine, he would not tell Yuan Chonghuan that although he was nine years younger than Yuan Chonghuan in age, he had matured too much after three years of training in the Hanlin Academy.

The person who made the move only had a plan, and since he didn't tell them, the time was not right, and it would not be beneficial to publicize it indiscriminately.