It should have rained recently, and there was mud everywhere along the way, but fortunately they rode (Bose) horses, not to mention whether they were fast or not, at least they didn't have to step on the mud.

Looking at this muddy road, Wen Yi said: "In the future, we must build a gallop road, otherwise this muddy road alone will not want to develop." ”

Xue Dayuan said: "There is more to be repaired than this galloping road, everything is difficult at the beginning, and there is a three-to-five year effort that should be able to turn this place into the county seat of Jin'an." ”

Wen Yi smiled and said: "You underestimate me too much, at least three or five years will have the appearance of Houguan County." ”

Houguan County is the seat of Jin'an County, and it is also the most prosperous city in this area.

Xue Dayuan smiled: "Okay, then I'll wait to see how you turn this place into the second Houguan County." ”

Wen Yi laughed and said, "Let's wait and see." ”

The destination was already in sight, and Wen Yi thought that there should be hundreds of houses on three or five streets here, but who knew that the rows were all shacks made of wooden planks.

The streets were also empty, except for a few women with big bellies and a few children in the shacks.

Wen Yi was angry at that time, this is the result of Wu Yi for more than a month? This is what Thaksin said about the people who had been settled?

Xue Dayuan hurriedly persuaded: "The lord will be angry for the time being. Even if Wu Yi lied to you, Chai Ben and they definitely didn't have the guts. ”

"I'm sure there must be a reason for this that we don't know, so let's ask first."

Being reminded by him like this, Wen Yi also came to his senses, but his face was still very bad, and he said, "Let's go, go to Wu Yi and ask for clarification." ”

After asking the children on the side of the road for directions, they came to Wu Yi's office, which was a little stronger than a shack, at least a wooden house with doors and windows.

Pushing the door in, there were five people in the room buried their heads on the table writing and drawing.

These people are all old people from Langhu, and when they saw them, they thought they had seen it wrong, but they rubbed their eyes and realized that it was right, so they quickly got up and saluted.

Wen Yi nodded and said, "Where did Wu Yi go?" Why are there only a few of you left? ”

One of them, Gu Yi, replied: "Isn't this about summer ploughing, Master Wu is not at ease and personally went to the fields to supervise the people to work." ”

"The rest of my colleagues have also gone to different villages, and only a few of us are left to handle official business...... I'm going to get him back now. ”

Wen Yi stopped him and said, "No, don't bother him yet, you can talk to me." ”

"Yes." Several people hurriedly said.

"Don't be inhibited, just sit down."

Wen Yi didn't ask directly about the house, but asked something else.

For example, how is working here, are there any gains, do you miss home, do you want to be a mother-in-law, etc.

When the atmosphere was almost the same, he asked, "Why are the houses here so shabby?" More than a month should be enough time to repair some decent houses. ”

Gu Yi said: "Originally, we all thought so, but Master Wu disagreed. He said that everything should be prioritized, and the top priority was to take advantage of this time to cultivate more land. ”

"For every acre of land that is ploughed in summer, a few more buckets of rice can be harvested at the time of the autumn harvest, and one less person will starve to death."

"As long as the house has a shelter from the wind and rain, it is enough to have time to build a brick house after the summer ploughing."

"Then we thought that you did the same when we first arrived in Langhu, so we agreed to his proposal to reclaim the land first and then build the house."

Wen Yi didn't expect the truth to be like this, and a trace of guilt rose in his heart, blaming Wu Yi.

Through this incident, he also knew that Wu Yi was a capable minister, knew the priorities, dared to do it, and did not waste time on face projects.

Then he asked about other things, such as how the displaced people were settled.

The answer was equally satisfying.

The land under their feet was the future administrative center, inhabited by a thousand families drawn from Langhu.

Seven thousand displaced people were scattered into ten villages and placed in all directions. What kind of laws such as sitting together are all in the question, and I will not repeat them here.

It is worth mentioning that in order to encourage everyone to work hard, Wu Yi adopted an incentive measure.

The amount of land reclaimed is counted every three days, and the two villages with the most land reclaimed will send native captives to help them work for two days.

The villages that are enjoying the rewards do not participate in the next competition, and the remaining eight villages compete against each other, and the two who win are rewarded, and so on and so on.

They had 9,000 natives captive, 6,000 who could work, excluding the old men and children, and 3,000 in two groups.

Three thousand people worked for two days for free, which was a very affordable reward, and the displaced people in the ten villages were more active than the others.

After more than a month of hard work, they reclaimed nearly 100,000 acres of land.

The reason why the speed is so fast is mainly due to the fact that they specially reclaim the flat terrain, which saves a lot of time in leveling the land.

The main job is to dig out tree roots, grass roots, stones, etc. and transport them out.

Let's just say that, except for the fact that the house is not decent, Wu Yi keeps this place in good order.

This also made Wen Yi more sure of one thing, Wu Yi is a talent, and at the same time, he is glad to have sent him over.

Then he went to the shack area under the leadership of Gu Yi, and most of the women who stayed behind knew him, and they were very happy to see him, and they came out to say hello.

Wen Yi asked them how they were living here, what they were not satisfied with, and so on.

The opinions of these women are very unanimous: they are not comfortable to live in Langhu, they want to live in a real house as soon as possible, and everything else is fine.

Especially when talking about their own land, they talk endlessly, saying that they divide the land as soon as they come, and they are the most fertile and good land closest to water.

Master Wu also asked the captives to help each of their families work for a few days, and reclaimed twenty acres of land, counting the land cultivated by her family man, there were at least thirty acres of crops during summer ploughing......

As he spoke, he was full of anticipation for the future.

Wen Yi was also very happy to hear it, and the hope in the hearts of the people showed that his governance was successful.

After that, I went to two nearby villages to take a look, and the houses were all shacks, but the villages were surrounded by neat fields.

In the land are the people who work hard.

The people also saw them and knew that they had a special identity, but they didn't dare to approach from a distance until someone recognized Gu Yi and came to say hello.

When he learned Wen Yi's identity, the man sat on the ground with his frightened legs limp, and then quickly got up and saluted in fear.

This made Wen Yi very helpless, at the beginning, in order to suppress these homeless people, he was a legendary villain several times, and it seems that there will be no way to reverse the image for a while.

But it's okay to stay in this way.

The sky soon darkened, and the people began to call it a day and go home, and Wen Yi was also preparing to return to the Yamen.

Halfway through, I saw a large group of people walking towards them, and if I looked closely, weren't they Chai Ben, Wu Yi and others.