When Yuan Rui saw the blind man, he knew that things should have changed, otherwise, he would not have come at this time.

"Your injuries are not healed, why are you running around." Last time, the blind man was indeed not light, and Yuan Rui was a little worried.

"My little injury is fine, now someone in Yangzhou is taking the opportunity to make trouble, I don't know if it's really coming for you."

"That's not a thing, we are at home, this is Jijiazhuang, believe me, they will die when they come."

"By the way, ask you, I can't keep calling you blind, no, what should I call you."

"It doesn't matter what the name is, you can just call me an old wolf, your mother called me a little wolf at that time."

Yuan Rui smiled, this is really a inheritance, and said, "Don't worry, you have to call Uncle Old Wolf, otherwise I'm not sorry for my mother, you are so anxious, is there something wrong in Yangzhou." ”

As soon as the old wolf finished talking about the situation, Yuan Rui almost understood that the situation in Yangzhou is also very complicated now, and there may be a big mess.

The patrol envoy is already in place, but he has not done anything, and he has no dealings with local people, he is completely an outsider, and many people who are on the sidelines have lost their rules and do not know how to start the next step.

Some people couldn't help it, and some rich households began to mess around, raise rents, and directly tell tenants that this is what the government wants to collect, and they have no choice, and the people who engage in it are also full of complaints, and there are people shouting grievances everywhere.

"Childe, there is another strange thing, I found a problem, that is, the three major gangs in Jiangnan are now showing signs of instability, and the Mu Gang has not taken over a lot of business during this time, so they are hiding in Yangzhou."

"The leader of the Sitong Gang is also closed, and the news from the inside, their internal strife seems to be a bit serious. The Qinghai Gang died of illness because of the gang leader, and several of his hall masters were fighting for territory, and they were fighting each other. ”

Yuan Rui immediately stood up, walked to the table, took a piece of paper, and drew directly on it. This is his habit, when encountering something, he must first sort out the powerful relationship in the middle, so as to find the gap in the middle.

"Is it possible for these gangs to get in touch and establish some relationships?"

"It's a little difficult, don't think about the Mu Gang, if it's the Qinghai Gang, it's too scattered now, and there's no point in taking it."

If you take down the leader of the Sitong Gang, it is actually the best, but Yuan Rui knows that he is a little whimsical, not to mention that the brothers in the gang are not convinced, even if you give it to you, you can't eat it, and the best way at present is to use something on a face.

"Uncle Wolf, you help me do one thing, go to the capital, whichever prince is the most powerful, you will go to which prince's mansion, from now on, we will not shrink at home."

Watching the old wolf disappear into the darkness, Yuan Rui didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and now the situation is getting more and more complicated.

Why don't you make the situation a little more chaotic?

The court, the inspectors, the government, the gangs, the bandits, and the local wealthy merchants and common people, these people are intricately mixed together, and as long as any one of them is moved, it is most likely that the whole conflict will be directly provoked.

It seems that the people in the middle are the most victimized, but Yuan Rui doesn't see it that way, the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, if it is not good, it is really possible to revive this dead end, now the key is how to move and where to move.

In the next few days, the most Yuan Rui did was to look at the seedlings in the paddy fields and pay attention to the news outside. He vaguely remembered that there were records in many materials that the time when the pirates landed and robbed was in June and August. Although Jijiazhuang is still some distance away from the sea, but relying on the river, it is not good, the pirates may really come over.

After the discussion between the patriarch and the other two families, Jijiazhuang's village protection team has been re-founded, and more than two hundred and thirty young and strong young men have become members of the village protection team, originally a family of one hundred, but in the end, only so many people can participate. The patriarchs of several families also deliberately took some silver from Gongnuli, thinking that they would hurry up and buy some simple protective gear and weapons.

There is a policy for these courts, and the people cannot hide weapons privately, but counties such as coastal or mountainous counties, as long as they report to the government and form a village protection team, they can be equipped with some simple spears, broadswords and other light weapons.

For these weapons and equipment, Yuan Rui deliberately went to Yangzhou Mansion once, and took a document from Jijiazhuang Township that the old man from the county asked for. This time Xiaohe is dead or alive to follow, what she said is very simple, this time there is no exam, and if she comes with her last time, the young master will definitely not eat her stomach. Yuan Rui had no choice but to take it, but Uncle Wang was very uneasy and told him a few more words.

Yuan Rui actually has another purpose with Xiaohe, he wants to do a big thing in Yangzhou, and the biggest advantage of taking Xiaohe is that he can cover his whereabouts. This time they chose to take a boat, which is much safer than on land.

Ten days later, as soon as Yuan Rui returned, the team began training. This was requested by the second son, and he found a martial arts master and an old pawn from Tonghai and asked them to go to Jijiazhuang to help train.

In fact, from the bottom of his heart, Yuan Rui knew that the role they could play was limited, and it was useless to face a large number of pirates. But Yuan Rui also knows that the current bandits are not yet a climate, and there are not many people who have landed, as long as they are well protected, these two or three hundred people may not be able to really start their role.

With the rapid growth of rice seedlings, Yuan Rui has more time in the field, as an authentic rural person, although he does not master much technology, but he can't stand his personal experience, when to weed, when to fertilize, and when to release water, when to give water, and Wang Bo and some old farmers experience a synthesis, really summed up a set of optimization measures for him. This time, he didn't want to make a noise, and was ready to try it in Uncle Wang's small field, even if he failed, it didn't matter. A few days ago, he asked Uncle Wang to buy more than a dozen ducks, ready to be put in the field when they are a little bigger, and he vaguely remembers that ducks can effectively control weeds and some insect pests. Of course, the fight against insect pests is also the release of fish, and some farmers now know this, and many of them release fish in their fields.

Yuan Rui also specially learned from several tenant farmers, the current farmers are really hard, and after a year, they can barely get enough food and clothing, and in bad years, the harvest is reduced, and even food is a problem. Every year, the rice is planted at the end of April, and the harvest is in mid to late August, and the weather is cool, and the fields that are slightly earlier can be interplanted with wheat, and some can only be barren.

Yuan Rui clearly remembers that the rice in later generations can be harvested in two seasons, planted in mid to late March, and harvested at the end of June. If this is the case, it is estimated that the annual output will be doubled, and the lives of the common people will have a qualitative change.

Yuan Rui also did a big thing, people say that the mountain eats the mountain, the water draft, the door is the Ji River, along the water to the southeast is a few miles into the river, against the water to the northwest more than 200 miles to Yangzhou, and then down the river more than 160 miles from the Songjiang territory into the sea. In fact, Yuan Rui began to want to expand his wharf simply, it is convenient to go out, and now the land itinerary is really difficult to walk, and it is slightly better in Yangzhou, relatively close to Jianye, and the official road is relatively spacious and smooth. Others, whether it is Jianghuai or Tanzhou, the road is bumpy, and the mud is half a foot deep when it rains, and it is impossible to walk at all, so the largest capacity is the waterway now.

He knew that the Lu family and the Zhang family both had a little foreign trade business, and he wanted to do a little bit in the future. He learned that now tea, silk, and porcelain are all major exporters, and there are also a lot of businessmen, if he does it, not to mention the relationship between the door and resources, it is pure competition, and he is not as good as others. His idea is to make modern porcelain, also called Chinese porcelain, which is different from traditional porcelain, most of which is mass produced on the assembly line, plus modern technology, which reflects more appreciation value. At the same time, he wants to introduce Western glaze technology, Xia Guo is currently vacant, and the profits in the early stage are very considerable.

Yuan Rui also told Uncle Wang about this, and asked Uncle Wang to arrange for someone to expand the wharf after the Festival, so that it would be good to dock more than 1 million catties of big ships, he estimated that the maximum bearing of Jihe was this weight, and most of the things he carried were not heavy objects, and he did not go to the sea, at most to Songjiang, and then it was not good to transport to the mouth of the river.