Lu Kun looked at these people kneeling on the ground with a look of excitement at this time, and said with a smile: "It's true! Your Majesty has issued a clear edict, and the people who move to other places will no longer be regarded as fugitives, and the cultivation of wasteland and property will be regarded as legal income and will be protected by the government; However, the tax paid will be collected by the local government, and the tax can be exempted in the first year, so as to encourage the reclamation of wasteland and new ones. ”

"Thank you, sir!"

"Emperor Xie!"

At this time, some of the homeless people began to bow their heads and give thanks.

Seeing this, Lu Kun couldn't help but smile slightly, and then said, "Get up, don't thank this hospital!" The main reason is that His Majesty advocates benevolent government, loves the people like sons, and does not want to take away food from you, so that you can't live. ”

"However, you must also be gracious and courteous, diligent and thrifty, not self-despise, or even stubbornly deceive the benevolence of the court, if you have a surplus of wealth after diligent cultivation and good camping, you should send your children to study, instead of gambling money, eating and drinking, and blindly squandering, you can also have children in the future, become talents, and be the pillars of the country, and you can be regarded as worthy of Your Majesty's kindness to you today."

"Yes! That's what the big man said! ”

Some people laughed in response.

So, Lu Kun really asked Xu Shengwen and other official schools to loosen the ties of these homeless people, and also returned the copied papermaking and other tools to them, and began to order the book office to register them.

"My name is Chen Jiuzhu, a native of Shitang Town, Leadshan, Jiangxi, because my small paper mill was forcibly seized by the squire Master Pu, so I had to come to Huai'an to join my cousin, and then because I saw that there were not many paper mills here, but there were also a lot of Chu Ma, I started making paper here again."

"My name is Fang Mian, a native of Zhanglin Town, Wuxi, Changzhou, and I was originally a craftsman who printed copper characters in Wuxi, but I fled to Huai'an because I offended the eunuch Gu family of the big township."

……

For a while, when the secretary office of the governor's yamen began to count these people and issue residence tickets, Lu Kun suddenly had an idea, and called Chen Jiuzhu, a registered homeless person, and asked:

"You just said that there are not many paper mills in Huai'an?"

Chen Jiuzhu replied: "Master Huifuyuan, there are indeed not many. ”

"There are many wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou, and if Huai'an can make paper, there is no shortage of sales."

Lu Kun muttered to himself, and then said to Chen Jiuzhu:

"If this court allocates 5,000 taels to you in the name of the governor of Fengyang, but you must teach you your paper-making skills, and allow you to recruit the children of the local poor as apprentices and use them as hired laborers, and the tax will be distributed to the Fengyang political secretary, are you willing?"

Chen Jiuzhu hesitated for a while.

"You can think about how much you can earn with the paper you make with a few of your own relatives?"

"I'm afraid that I can only sell it in Huai'an City, and take some small profits; And if you run a government-run workshop for the chief secretary, you can sell the paper to Yangzhou in the name of the chief secretary, without worrying about being exploited by the customs officials. ”

Lu Kun said.

After thinking about it, Chen Jiuzhu knelt down and kowtowed: "The little people are willing, thank you for giving the little people wealth, the big master is the reborn parents of the little people!" ”

Chen Jiuzhu began to cry as he spoke.

He knew the benefits of this, so he was very grateful to Lu Kun for being willing to fund him to make a big industry in the name of the government.

Only the chief soldier Xu Shengwen had to say to Lu Kun: "The proprietor, although the imperial court only allows the local government to ask the cabinet to invest in helping the business and support the people, it does not let the government run its own business!" ”

"But the imperial court didn't prohibit it!"

"Most of the wealthy and wealthy businessmen are the minions of the powerful and gentry, and few are willing to set up industries that can support a large number of small people, and they only blindly devote themselves to the lucrative salt industry, sea trade, and border trade; Few are really willing to benefit the people and prosper the practice, so that now few rich businessmen are willing to listen to the call of this court, and are willing to work the practice of papermaking, porcelain making, and making exquisite equipment and farm tools. ”

Lu Kun said.

Xu Shengwen nodded after hearing this: "What Fuyuan said is that if there is really a big paper mill in Huai'an, first of all, it will not worry about sales, and at the same time, it will also allow many homeless people in Huai'an who have lost land due to mergers to make a living again, and the thieves will be greatly reduced, and the population will not move out in large quantities, and the income of the feudal treasury will also be increased. ”

Lu Kun said: "That's exactly what you say! ”

As a result, Lu Kun became the first feudal official in the Ming Dynasty to take the initiative to establish practice.

Chen Jiuzhu, a papermaker, also signed a deed similar to the VAM agreement with the Fengyang Political Secretary the next day, promising to solve the problem of employment for a number of homeless people in Huai'an within one year, and thus received 5,000 taels of shares given to him by the Political Secretary.

Suddenly.

Chen Jiuzhu went from being a fugitive who was almost sent to prison as a fugitive and sent back to his hometown to a local official and businessman with 5,000 taels of activity funds.

Erhai Lake, Yunnan.

Xing Jue, the former Shaanxi political counselor, was transferred to Yunnan because of the extermination of Burma, and served as the political envoy of Youbu and the deputy envoy of the inspection department, and was responsible for recruiting Yunnan natives who were more suitable for the tropical rainforest environment, and planned to send troops to Burma for a long time in the future.

And because the imperial court lifted the ban on road guidance, he also ordered the Yunnan government to release the local miners who had escaped and were arrested because they could not bear the exploitation of the government and mines, and recruited them as soldiers.

Lai Daliang, a miner, thus became a soldier under the guerrilla command of the Erhai Association in Yunnan, and after a month of training, he returned home with his military pay because he was on vacation to save his relatives.

"Lai Xiaoshi has made great contributions to the country this time and helped the imperial court to find the traitors, so I will reward your family with fifty silver dollars as usual, and give you a bronze medal of 'Emperor Benliang'."

When Lai Daliang returned to his home, he happened to see Qiao Fugong, a thousand-household official of the Jinyi Guard stationed in Yunnan, with a team of Jinyi guards at his house, talking to his parents, wife, children and brothers kneeling on the ground.

"Daddy!"

Lai Xiaoshi also saw Lai Daliang and ran towards Lai Daliang.

Lai Daliang saw Jinyiwei coming, and for a while, he left the joy of reuniting with his family after a long absence, and looked at Jinyiwei.

Qiao Fugong saw Lai Xiaoshi calling Lai Daliang his father, and he also turned to Lai Daliang and said with a smile: "You have a good son, you are very clever, and you really helped our Jinyiwei find the traitor who pretended to be a businessman." ”

Lai Daliang smiled, looking a little restrained.

At this time, Qiao Fugong asked people to bring a plate of silver dollars and bronze medals, and said: "You face the north, kowtow to the Son of Heaven, and say thank you to the emperor for Longen, and I am willing to prosper forever for the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Hey!"

Lai Daliang was a little overjoyed at this time, and hurriedly agreed, so he pulled his son Lai Dashi to kneel down towards the north, and his parents, wives and brothers also knelt down.

After thanking them, Qiao Fugong gave them a plate of silver dollars and bronze medals, and pinned the bronze medals to Lai Xiaoshi's chest, patted him on the shoulder, and then asked Lai Daliang, who was wearing a fat jacket: "In which camp are you on an errand?" ”

Lai Daliang replied: "Assist the guerrillas in the season as a battalion soldier. ”

Qiao Fugong nodded: "Guerrilla Ji is a good general who loves soldiers like a son, and it is easy for you to make a contribution in his camp." ”

Lai Daliang just smiled.

"Would you like to do something for my Jinyiwei? Still on an errand in the battalion, just to provide some clues for our Jinyi guard, according to the contact information we gave you, not only to secretly guard the commander of your battalion, but also to stare at your camp will not have a fine mix, and even deduct military salaries, if you make a great contribution, Jinyi Wei will give you a meritorious service, and the reward of fifty silver dollars is less, maybe you will be crowned with a wife. ”

Qiao Fugong asked.

Lai Daliang glanced at the fifty silver dollars his son got, and his heart was immediately moved, and he hurriedly knelt down and said, "The little one is willing!" ”

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