"Lord Lu, you see, our Jincheng is known as "Little Jiangnan". Outside Jincheng, there are loess grasslands, which can only be grazing for a living, and only a small part of the loess can be cultivated, but the harvest is also touching. The old men of our ancient Qin land are not lazy people, they are busy working in the fields from morning to night. It's not to carry water or to weed the flat land, but our yellow soil just doesn't grow seedlings. ”

Although Qi Hongxi is a general judge of one state, there are only three or five people under his hands, and these people also have part-time officials in Jincheng on weekdays, patrolling in the city, so this time Lu Weimang led a team to inspect the terrain, transportation and field distribution outside Jincheng, only Qi Hongxi and Tian Tax Ambassador rode a donkey to follow Lu Weimang.

Lu Weimang was simply convinced. The officials of this Jincheng Prefecture are definitely good officials who are not greedy or corrupt, but they are also stupid enough officials, this Yongzhou has been a place to raise horses since ancient times, and all kinds of good breeds of horses are not to mention flooded, but there are many more famous horses than other places. You don't want them to get a famous horse, but you can't ride a donkey, right?

Lu Weimang covered his face with his hands, waved his hands, and motioned for Xiaoqiu to find a horse for the two of them.

Qi Hongxi and Tian Shui Ambassador happily sat on the tall horse, and spent a day with Lu Weimang, taking a general look at the fields and mountains and rivers outside Jincheng.

At this time, facing the rare plains and fields with abundant water sources outside Jincheng, Qi Hongxi said to Lu Weimang.

He is a native of Jincheng, a family foundation accumulated over several lifetimes, for him to study, but he has average talent, studied for more than ten years, and only took the Xiucai exam, and the ranking of people was raised, and the number of people in Yongzhou was too small that year, so he was selected indiscriminately.

Therefore, Qi Hongxi did not continue to study like his classmates, but became a petty official in Jincheng.

He, a scholar who eats imperial food, is the pride of their Qi family, and all the villages in ten miles are proud of him. But who knows, his life is not only tight, but he also has to rely on family subsidies from time to time.

Every time food and vegetables were delivered to the family, Qi Hongxi could think of his grandfather and father when he was a child, when he was herding cattle, his grandfather and father, facing the loess with their backs to the sky, and the scorching sun and hard wind in the northwest turned their bare skin red.

Although Qi Hongxi has no talent for studying and going to school, he has been controlled by his family since he was a child, and he is not allowed to work in the field, and he only reads when he is free.

Therefore, he knew very well that outside of Yongzhou, in the real land south of the Yangtze River in Daqian, the grain output there was several times that of theirs, and there was no need to carry water and farm like them. I heard that in the year of good the seed was sprinkled in the ground, and I waited for the harvest to be fruitful. Moreover, the grain laid in a good year can feed the family for three years.

Since knowing this, Qi Hongxi felt that it was not worth it for his father and fellow villagers in Yongzhou.

They work in the fields from morning to night every day, but they can only harvest a small harvest every year, God is unfair!

Hearing Qi Hongxi's hatred of injustice in his words, Lu Weimang didn't comment much, and only carefully inspected the traffic and fields of this golden city.

"Jincheng is the confluence of two rivers, the geographical location is superior, this place is so flat and wide, why not build a wharf?"

Lu Weimang looked at Qi Hongxi beside him.

Qi Hongxi seemed to look at the person who "why not eat minced meat", and explained to Lu Weimang in a rough voice, "My lord, we are located in the northwest of Daqian, and arable land is scarce. The plain washed out of the confluence of these two rivers is a rare fertile land in our entire Yongzhou. Such a good land is not farmed, but the dock is repaired? Isn't this a tyrannical thing? ”

Lu Weimang listened to this, and almost blurted out a sentence of national quintessence.

The people here are poor or have heavenly principles, how many stones of grain can be grown by farming? Since ancient times, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and this idea is rooted in Lu Weimang's heart. If a wharf is built here, it will drive the economy and development of the local people, not to mention, it will be the wharf economy, and some people will have work to do and earn money. Isn't it much better than farming by the river?

And Yongzhou is loose loess, if the riverbank is cultivated land, it will lead to narrower and narrower waterways, not to mention the problem of soil erosion every year, once the precipitation surges in a certain year, not only the developed fields will be submerged, but the surrounding cities and towns will also be affected by flooding.

Seeing Lu Weimang's glaring, Qi Hongxi hurriedly made up for it, "Lord Lu just came, I don't know, although our Yellow River, although it can be sailed, it freezes in winter, and there is a big waterfall in the upper reaches of this river. If you don't pay your wages, you don't say anything, and you call people to death. Our Yongzhou has suffered greatly. Therefore, after the establishment of the Great Qian, not conscripting conscription to pull boats is also the most popular civil administration in Yongzhou. ”

Lu Weimang nodded, "It turned out that I was scared." ”

Qi Hongxi nodded, "Indeed, although the Great Qianli Dynasty has been in power for many years, there are still some old people who talk about pulling boats. Moreover, the most important thing is that our Yongzhou is too poor, and the annual tax revenue cannot be raised, and the imperial court will not be able to allocate funds to us. Therefore, there is no money left over to build any wharves and talk about development. ”

Speaking of this, Qi Hongxi seemed to be a little lucky, "We Yongzhou people, although we have a hard time, but our ancient Qin land, blessed by God, although it is harder, there are no natural disasters." Unlike the lower reaches of the Yellow River, which floods twice in three years, it also needs to be funded by the imperial court every year. ”

What's the situation with this secretly a little tsundere's tone?

Lu Weimang looked at Qi Hongxi, "You just said that the people of Gu Qin worked hard, and they were busy all year round, but they just made ends meet." Why are you proud again? Don't you want us to develop and develop here, and in the future, like the land south of the Yangtze River, the economy will be prosperous, and people will live more easily? ”

Qi Hongxi was shocked by Lu Weimang's thoughts, and quickly shook his head again, "My lord said that it was funny, although our Jincheng is called Xiaojiangnan, it is just because the climate is pleasant all year round." In the next place, the yellow sand is all over the sky, and the days are very difficult. They work hard every year and barely make ends meet, and if you make a whimsical decree at will, you may not be able to survive if you delay farming. Think twice! ”

Qi Hongxi knew that although the person in front of her was just a young girl, she was the governor of Yongzhou, and if she had a whim, she could plunge the entire people of Yongzhou into dire straits.

If you are not afraid that the commander is lazy, you are afraid that the commander will command blindly.

At the moment, Qi Hongxi's face was serious, "My lord, your half-moon handover period hasn't passed yet, why don't you go back and rest today?" When the half-moon period comes, come to Yamen again? ”

Eviction order.

Lu Weimang felt Qi Hongxi's undisguised fear and fear, and he didn't say much at the moment, no matter how much he said, it was meaningless, and when he went back and came up with a complete plan, he could persuade this Yongzhou general judgment.

"It's almost over, let's go, let's go back to the city."

After entering the city, Lu Weimang did not return to the Yamen, but returned directly to Huofu.

Seeing this, Qi Hongxi breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

"Dinner is served!"

The familiar voice made Lu Weimang come back to his senses under the big bookshelf, and looked at Huo Jing who was talking at the door, "Why are you here, just let Xiaoqiu inform me." ”

Huo Jing walked to Lu Weimang's side from the door, "Xiaoqiu said that when you returned to the house in the middle of noon, you went into the library and didn't come out." I'll come and see you. ”

Lu Weimang put the local chronicle fold in his hand back on the bookshelf.

"I'm fine, just find some information to prove my thoughts."

Although she is the chief official of a state, she can't do things willingly, and it is best to get the support of the people below. Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, she is busy dying alone, and she can't change Jincheng or even Yongzhou, if someone can be like-minded with her, then she will have countless clones.

But Yongzhou has been bitterly cold for a long time, and their idea of conforming to the destiny of heaven has been rooted in the blood. If she wants to convince others to reform with her, she needs to come up with strong evidence and plans.

Lu Weimang is standing and doing this.

(End of chapter)