Chapter 46

The princess plans to go to Fan County!

This news has only been out for half a day, and everyone in the entire Annan County knows about it.

"Fan Jun? What is the princess doing there? ”

Rong Shang stayed in Annan County for a year, and gradually learned the specific situation in Rongzhou.

If it is said that among the two counties of Rongzhou, Min County is the barren land in the hearts of the people of Zhao people, then Fan County is a place that is a hundred times more desolate than Min County, especially with the current Min County, it is incomparable.

Since the Qiangshui was well governed, Minjun is actually no worse than the important grain-producing land of Zhaoguo. The first year of rice was harvested, and it is said that it was because the seeds were planted late, otherwise the harvest would have been better.

Everyone firmly believes that this year, according to the agricultural time to sow rice seeds, with the blessing of the princess, the rice barn will be full, and the barn officials are still worried that the little raccoon cats have not yet grown, and the number is not enough, so they can't catch so many mice!

The so-called "rice", after the husking, the steamed rice, the moment Rong Shang tasted it, he was so excited that he almost shed tears - I have never eaten such soft and glutinous rice in my life! He felt like he could eat two pounds in one meal! No stop at all!

According to the princess, she is also improving rice seeds, hoping to achieve an output of five or six hundred catties of grain per acre of land.

Although Rong Shang is a general, he is also familiar with agricultural affairs, and knows that the soybeans with the highest yield now, and more than 100 catties per mu of land are God's face, and it is a rare harvest year. Like chestnuts, wheat, and millet, the harvest of one acre of land is often less than 100 catties, so although wheat is difficult to eat, Zhaoguo still vigorously promotes wheat, just because wheat can be planted twice a year and can harvest more grain.

But the princess said, the output of five or six hundred catties per acre?

Rong Shang couldn't imagine that scene, but he believed that the princess could do it, and he was full of longing for it.

Because what the princess said never came to fruition.

For example, last year, when the princess instructed everyone to raise carp in the rice field, no one thought that they could feed it, but they had to do it because of the princess's order, but those carp were big and fat.

Not to mention the improvement of the jacquard machine, Rong Shang is also strange, the princess does not know how to weave at all, but why can she put forward the right opinion at the most critical node?

In the end, he can only think that the princess is born supernatural and knows everything, like everyone else.

But to be fair, Minjun can have today, although it is inseparable from the power of the princess and Liuhe's efforts, it is also related to Minjun's own abundant water and soil and suitable climate. As long as the Qiang water does not flood, Minjun can become a granary.

This point was agreed with by several generations of kings and ministers of Zhaoguo, so they have been sending water conservancy experts to serve as county guards, just to cure Qiangshui.

Kefan County, what kind of place is that? It's basically a place where Zhaoguo fought Minjun and knocked it down easily, and he didn't pay attention to or care about it at all.

He had already heard from the locals in Minxian that the land in Fan County was very barren, and even the weeds did not grow much.

It is said that the goats of Fan County have learned to walk on the cliffs in order to eat grass, let alone people? In order to survive, the locals really drank blood, but they still often died.

Because of this harsh environment, there are no yeoman farmers, handicraftsmen, or merchants in Fan County, and there is only one structure, that is, the local power.

In each county of Fan County, there is only one family with one surname, and everyone else is a slave of this family.

This deformity is caused by the harsh environment that forces people to concentrate their efforts just to survive.

In the same way, the county of Fan County is not so much a county seat as it is a large estate with both military defense and agricultural production.

The whole county is owned by others, what other county order does Zhaoguo send, the county guard? It's better to give the other party a favor, and let the local Haoqiang temporarily take this position, anyway, people also know each other and pay tribute.

Of course, this is also because Mrs. Fan Jun is too poor, and no one looks down on the ministers of the DPRK and China, otherwise no matter how powerful the local forces are, can they still resist the army of Zhaoguo?

is such a poor place, Rong Shang is puzzled, and he doesn't understand why the princess wants to go?

The people around him were shrewd, and reminded in a low voice: "I heard that Fan County is rich in mercury and cinnabar, maybe it will be useful for the princess?" ”

Rong Shang patted his head, and then remembered that he had forgotten about this stubble.

Cinnabar and mercury are all good things that can only be enjoyed by the royal family, because the monks at this time believed that cinnabar can ward off evil spirits and mercury can resurrect people, so the tombs of kings of all dynasties need a large amount of cinnabar and mercury, so that the monarch can enjoy the same wealth and treatment as in the underground kingdom of God and before his death.

As a minister, Rong Shang did not dare to encroach on the royal power, so naturally he couldn't think of it.

But after being mentioned by others, he immediately felt that it was right, Fan County did not need to pay tribute to grain every year, and only needed to supply enough cinnabar and mercury, which was the only exception among the counties in Zhaoguo.

Obviously, it is impossible for the princess to go to Fan County casually, and leave without an edict, which is a capital crime, so the princess must have been instructed by the king on this trip. And why did the king let the princess go to Fanjun, do you still need to think about it? Didn't the king want more cinnabar and mercury to decorate his royal tomb?

Of course, there is more than one person who has doubts like Rong Shang, and this "explanation" soon spread in private:

The princess wanted to go to Fanjun, it must have been ordered by the king, otherwise who would want to go there?

On this day, when several officials were eating with bamboo tubes on the river embankment, and were talking in a whisper, they suddenly heard a voice asking, "Why does the princess listen to the king's orders?" ”

This sudden voice seemed to have some kind of magic, and the few people didn't think much about it at all, and naturally replied: "Of course the princess has to listen to the king!" ”

"Why? Is he strong? ”

"The king is the heaven of Zhao Kingdom, the ruler of Zhao Kingdom, the parent of all the people of Zhao Kingdom, and the princess's brother-in-law." The officials seemed to be bewitched by some kind of power, and unconsciously said what was in their hearts, "Whether it is a courtier to the king, or a sister to a brother, there is no reason for the princess not to listen to the king." ”

After they finished speaking, then you looked at me, I looked at you, a little in a trance, but I didn't find anything wrong, and continued to eat.

At this time, the Qiang Water God lurking at the bottom of the water rolled his cloudy eyes and thought slowly.

It really didn't feel Yin Heng's huge, as vivid as the sun and the moon, but it was worried that this was the other party's suspicion, in order to trick him out.

But now that I have listened to these human words, I am a little uncertain.

King......

It seems that those people call Ji Qingyang and also say that he is the king of mankind.

The wolf king of the wolf pack has always been the strongest wolf, so in this way, the king of the human race should also be the strongest of the human race?

The only humans that the crocodile knew were Yin Cheng and Ji Qingyang, so after thinking about it, it felt that if Yin Cheng was ordered by King Zhao to leave, it would indeed have to go.

"We'll see for a few more days." It said to itself, "If she is gone, I will kill all these abominable humans who dare to divert the Qiang Water and weaken me!" ”