After the general constitution was drawn up, the prefectural commanders dispersed and returned to their respective jurisdictions, and began to work on this matter.

Xiao Jin was not idle, and after returning to the coastal county, he raised money from merchants.

At first, he was a little worried.

In his heart, merchants are all lowly people who put interests first, so he doesn't believe that those merchants will pay money because of their reputation.

And if there are no merchants willing to pay, the money raised will not reach the amount they have calculated......

Fortunately, the master's sharp eyes guessed his thoughts, shook his head helplessly, and stood up to say that it was not difficult to say that this matter was not difficult.

From the behavior of the other county officials when they were deliberating, it was clear that it was common for them to take money from merchants, and in that case, it was entirely possible to leave this matter to the officials who had served in the county government for a long time.

Xiao Jin pondered and felt that there was some truth, so he hurriedly flipped through the booklet, and then called Li Feng.

Li Feng is an old man in the yamen, and he was not conspicuous at first, but after Fang Shi took office, he was able to reuse it and became the leader of the team.

Then Xiao Jin took office, and slowly became depressed, after all, he was once a son of heaven and a courtier, and this is the same for officials.

Xiao Jin was transferred to this coastal county as a county magistrate, so naturally he would not reuse the people who had been reused by the previous county magistrate.

Of course, he didn't demote Li Feng as soon as he came, but just asked him to be a dissipation official in the name of the team leader.

It's just that Xiao Jin never thought that this Li Feng was not only reused by Fang Shi, but also a hidden stake left by Fang Shi.

Li Feng was suddenly summoned, and he felt a little uneasy, but his face was not obvious, his hand grasped the handle of the big knife at his waist, and he strode into the study, and then bowed.

"My subordinates have seen the prefectural commander."

Xiao Jin didn't speak, but carefully looked at Li Feng in front of him, who was tall and big, and his face was slightly fierce.

He raised his eyebrows, with a slight smile on his face, "You are Li Feng?" ”

"Lord Hui County, exactly."

Li Feng didn't know what Xiao Jin had in mind, so he calmed down, and his words and deeds were not rude.

Xiao Jin looked at it, and secretly said that no wonder this person could enter Fang Shi's eyes.

Since people look good, and he is short of manpower, Xiao Jin didn't hesitate, and went straight to the point: "Now that the improvement of saline-alkali land is imminent, this official has an important matter to be entrusted to you to be responsible for, Li Feng, don't let this official down!" ”

Li Feng was slightly shocked in his heart, Xiao Jin's tone didn't give him a chance to choose at all, he hurriedly gave his hand again, bent down and hung his head.

"Whoa!"

Xiao Jin gave his master a look and asked him to tell Li Feng the specific matters, but he closed his eyes slightly, raised his hand and gently rubbed his temples that were a little painful.

The master got the order, stepped forward to invite Li Feng aside, and whispered what Li Feng was going to do.

Li Feng, who finally heard the details, breathed a sigh of relief, he thought that what was the big deal, it turned out to be to call merchants to raise donations, and he had handled this kind of thing several times.

"Without further ado, my subordinates will go and gather people to try to complete this matter as soon as possible."

Li Feng lowered his eyes slightly, he did get news from Fang Shi, and asked him to keep an eye on the improvement of soil quality, and try to ensure that it went smoothly.

In the end, this matter was handed over by Fang Shi to Emperor Jing Yong, if it was successful, it would still be beneficial to Fang Shi.

He originally wanted to start from Gu Su's side to see if he could inquire about some news, but before he could do so, Xiao Jin arranged something for him.

In that case, he must do it with his heart.

Li Feng handed over, and after Xiao Jin agreed to his retreat, he left in a big way and set out to do it.

Xiao Jin said that it was handed over to Li Feng to do it, but in fact, it was impossible to really be a shopkeeper, so he saw and arranged for the officials to keep an eye on it, and if there was a mistake, he would give feedback in time.

But there really is nothing wrong with this, as soon as the news came out, some merchants took the initiative to come to the door, expressing their willingness to give money, and the few commercial houses that had business in the coastal counties also sent letters to the bosses.

The people in those trading houses were all human spirits, and the court had to use labor and lack of silver, so they could only focus on the merchants.

The more times they go, they also get the corresponding benefits, and they can't afford to lose money in this business, and they all want to have it a few more times.

It is precisely for this reason that when the news of the improvement of the soil quality came out in the capital, the stewards of the major commercial houses were already staring, and when the news came out, they began to donate and provide usable tools to the officials for free.

Moreover, this year coincides with the re-election of the emperor and businessmen, and the major commercial houses are closely eyeing this position, and now there is an opportunity to make a good impression in front of Emperor Jingyong, how can you not grasp it.

Of course, they wouldn't say that they would donate tens of thousands of taels of silver in one go, it was too ostentatious, so they would pinch the silver and donate, which was almost enough for the needs of the imperial court.

In the end, it was only one day, and the silver was enough, and the other county officials also arranged for the officials to send farm tools, as well as those trading houses, and directly carried iron plows in boats.

There were few iron mines in the Dayong Dynasty, so the iron products were strictly controlled, but in fact, only ordinary people were really insufficient.

Like a black-armored guard, dressed in iron armor, and all kinds of weapons.

Moreover, those nobles and courtiers of the family, the Zhuangzi under their names will not be short of agricultural tools.

But doesn't Emperor Jingyong know this?

He knows that the current situation is much better than that of the previous dynasty, at least the peasant people of the Dayong Dynasty can go to the official iron shop to buy farm tools if they have money, although there are restrictions, but the price is affordable.

The previous dynasty did not strictly control iron ore, simply put, whoever found out who was mining it was also transferred to the imperial court by choice, and then the imperial court would give corresponding compensation.

The former dynasty was also not strict in the control of merchants, collusion between officials and businessmen was a common thing, the benefits brought by the iron mine were so great, the merchants and those nobles and courtiers were clear and clear in their hearts, and they monopolized the iron mine, and the price of all iron products was repeatedly raised.

In the end, ordinary people could not afford to buy farm tools at all, so they had to work in other families' farms.

Emperor Jingyong was born in a peasant family, he suffered during that time, and finally revolted with the help of his wife's mother's family, and after the establishment of the Dayong Dynasty, he most urgently wanted to solve the problem of iron ore.

It's just that this is in the interests of many people, and he has worked hard and spent years to get to where he is now.

He even knows which merchants have iron ore in their hands that they can't hand over, but he can't help it, and sometimes, it takes a long time to turn a blind eye.

As long as they don't mess with the government and the people's livelihood, that's enough.

When the merchants saw Emperor Jingyong let go, they would not be too presumptuous, and the two were like reaching some kind of agreement by default, the imperial court let them go, and then when the imperial court needed it, they would help.

So at this time, they brought the iron plough, and they did not hide it at all.

And when Xiao Jin learned the news, he said in his heart that it was false not to be angry.

As a child of a family in the capital, Xiao Jin has always looked down on merchants, especially since he is backed by Emperor Jingyong, so he naturally knows some news, such as the iron mine...

Young and energetic, his heart is not as calm as Emperor Jingyong, these merchants are so arrogant, in Xiao Jin's opinion, it is like slapping the face of the court.

He clenched his fists, thinking that one day soon, the imperial court would always pocket all the iron ore to make these lowly merchants look good!

(End of chapter)