Xingzhou is a county of Guangyang County, which is adjacent to Lingnan County.

The city was separated by a high mountain, and at the time of the earthquake, there was only one road between the city.

On a small path, two middle-aged men in gorgeous clothes were heading towards a field.

"Shenxi, you will also be the master in the future, and I will teach you a sentence today."

An obese middle-aged man touched his beard.

"Your Excellency, but it doesn't hurt to say it, the younger generation is willing to hear about it." The middle-aged man named Shen Xi said respectfully.

These two people are Lu Daoji, the governor of Xingzhou, and Sun Shenxi, the strategist beside him.

The two of them came here to learn about the situation of the farmers and check on their farm work by the way.

Lu Daoji said as he walked: "To be an official, don't just rely on rank, but also on identity." ”

"Think about it, although the officials in the imperial court, although they only have five grades, they report directly to the emperor, even if they are officials of the third grade, they must be polite to the three grades."

"Look at me, Wupin Zhizhou, in charge of a state, hasn't he already surpassed most civil and military officials?"

"Of course, today's achievements are not something that ordinary people can do." Sun Shenxi said with his fists clenched.

"Do you know that Cao Youde and I from Lingnan Prefecture are people of the same era, and people of the same era?"

Lu Daoji fell into deep thought.

"You mean, you're Lingnan Cao-sama? I've heard of him, and he served as the prefect of Lingnan for five years. Sun Shenxi asked.

"Yes, I worked with him to select officials, but in the end he was appointed as the county warden of Lingnan Prefecture and was in charge of the affairs of a state.

As for me, I have been staying in the capital, being a scholar in the study, and playing with some of the four treasures of the study.

Although they are all seven-rank masters, it sounds like his ambition is easier to achieve.

In five years, he has long been forgotten by the government, and he is still in charge of his own state, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to turn over in this life.

And now that I have become a governor and are in charge of a state, I may be able to go up a little further in the future. ”

Lu Daoji sighed as he spoke.

So, do you know what that means? A good stage is the best. ”

Lu Daoji reminded again.

"I'm going to learn. Thanks for the reminder. ”

"This is fate, Cao Youde must regret it now." Lu Daoji sighed.

"However, according to the recent proclamation from the official office, it is a great thing that Lingnan Prefecture has been exempted from servitude."

Speaking of Lingnan, Sun Shenxi suddenly thought of the piece he saw in the officialdom.

"Hey, the government newspaper doesn't have a lot of credibility, who is he? A playboy only.

It may be that he has hidden it from the court, or it may be that the emperor cherishes his son, so he will do this to correct the name of His Royal Highness King An.

What's more, there are no taxes in the four states of Lingnan, so this time the tax reduction is not a big problem. ”

Lu Daoji showed a look of understanding.

Sun Shenxi bowed and said, "Your Excellency is high. ”

As the two of them were walking, they saw a large field with a large number of people standing.

"Uncle, why are all these people gathered here?"

Lu Daoji grabbed a peasant who passed by him and asked.

"Hehe, you may not know each other, but the officials in front of you are Lingnan, and they are here to introduce talents to you."

"Yes!

"Are you Lingnan Fucheng? Talent introduction? “

When Lu Daoji heard this, he was a little dazed.

"Then how could the people of Lingnan County come to our Xingzhou?"

Lu Daoji looked dazed.

"Let's see."

The two men soon came to the front of everyone.

A crowd surrounded him.

The two of them worked hard and finally came to the deepest part.

This is also because both of them are dressed as scholars, coupled with the respect of ordinary people for readers, which makes the two get involved.

There, there were several figures dressed in the costumes of the courtiers of the Great Qian, standing there.

Sitting in the center was a dark-skinned and dark-skinned man wearing a seven-grade county uniform, and Lu Daoji faintly felt a little familiar.

"Colleagues, in Xia Cao Youde, the prefect of Lingnan Prefecture."

Lu Dao recognized this man at a glance, it was Cao Youde.

"He didn't stay well, why did he come to Xingzhou?"

Lu Daoji pondered for a while, and did not admit it, but waited and watched the changes.

"We came to recruit talents on the orders of King An." Cao Youde said lightly.

"Recruitment?" Lu Xiaofeng said.

Lu Daoji saw that he was surrounded by three times, only himself and Sun Shenxi looked polite, and the rest of the people were hillbillies.

How is it possible to have talent? Who did you take?

"Is Cao Youde's brain broken? I'm here to recruit talent. ”

Lu Daoji lowered his voice and smiled at Sun Shenxi.

"You can grow crops, you can graze herds, you can make iron, you can carpenter, you can weave, you can build houses, you can come to my Lingnan Prefecture."

Cao Youde's voice was very loud.

"Planting seedlings, grazing livestock, forging wood, weaving houses? They are not all for the general public

It's something that everybody can do. What kind of talent is this? ”

Lu Daoji and Sun Shenxi were a little inexplicable.

The people present were all villagers from the countryside, and it was the first time that they were praised as geniuses, and when they heard Cao Youde say this, they also felt that they were respected, and they also had a little more good impression of Cao Youde.

"Sir, we are about to start spring, how can we leave our things at home and run to you?" One person said.

"But no, I heard that Lingnan is not as good as our Xingzhou, and the population of Fucheng is only 500,000, and it is all mountainous." Another humane.

"Here, even if you farm at the landlord's house, you can support yourself." A farmer whispered.

"Then how can Lingnan County be compared to my Xingzhou?"

Lu Daoji said with a smug face, he heard about the matter in Xingzhou, so he naturally wanted to talk to others.

Over the years, Lu Daoji has indeed managed Xingzhou very well, but that is only compared to other continents in Guangyang Prefecture.

Xingzhou did not have much fertile land in the first place, but now that it has been merged, many farmers can hardly support themselves with only one piece of fertile land, so they can only go to those large families as tenants.

The people here basically rent the fields to grow crops, and at least half of the land in the fields has to be taken away by the landlords.

For those who live at the bottom of society, it is already good to be able to save their lives, and there will not be too many requirements.

"Your worries are not without reason, but now my Lingnan Prefecture is not the same as before, more than three years ago, Anwang sent to my Lingnan Prefecture, which can reach a yield of more than 1,000 kilograms per mu.

Today, the farmers near my Lingnan Mansion have hoarded tens of thousands of kilograms of grain!

As long as you are willing to join my Lingnan City, my Lingnan City will definitely provide you with a safe place to ensure that you will not go hungry. Cao Youde said loudly.

As soon as these words came out, the people around them gasped.

"Why, every family has 10,000 catties of grain! Is it? “

"There is also this possibility, I learned from a passer-by a few days ago that this time the government really got three fairy grasses, each of which has more than 1,000 kilograms, and it doesn't pay attention to the region, the whole mountain can be used.

I heard that it was sent by a certain prince, and now the government is hyping it, could it be that it is the King An you are talking about? ”

Someone familiar with the matter said.

Hearing this news, everyone was shocked, how can there be such a good yield in this world?

If this is the case, in Lingnan, one piece of land can top ten pieces of land, and when the time comes, every household in Lingnan Mansion City will be able to make a fortune.

For ordinary people, if they have extra food at home, they are rich.

At this moment, everyone looked at Cao Youde with a look of awe.

Lu Daoji was dumbfounded.

He had also heard of the seeds of the three great places of plenty.

But King An sent it three months ago, and he hadn't seen the real thing.

It will take at least three years for it to become popular.

"If what Cao Youde said is true, then we really can't despise this land."

Lu Daoji's face was a little ugly. Sun Shenxi commanded.

"Yes, with these abundant crops, this mountain range is just much better than before."

Although Lu Daoji said this, he still had some doubts in his heart.

Although Lingnan is no longer in the era of food shortage, it is not enough for a region to develop by relying on agriculture alone.

Lingnan is a place of poverty, this is not a metaphor, it is indeed very poor and backward.

"I'm afraid the residents here can barely make ends meet."

"Seniors, if we follow our predecessors and go to the south of the Lingnan, can we get those high-yield Ganoderma lucidum?"

This is what everyone wants to know, someone asked.

"Absolutely.

Not only can you get the grain seeds you gave away for free from the imperial court, but you can also get three hectares of fertile land, and you can pocket all the fertile land you have opened up.

Our Lingnan Prefecture does not levy agricultural taxes, you only need to hand over all the remaining grain and grass to the national treasury at the market price after harvesting.

In addition, before the grain and grass of the year are completely harvested, the imperial court will give you some minimum food to ensure that you will not starve to death. “

Cao Youde said 1510.

Everyone was talking about it, and some of them had even taken a keen interest in the mansion in Naling Lingcheng.

In Xingzhou, there is no spare time to face wind and rain every day, and the crops harvested at the end have to pay land and taxes, and there is not much left in a year.

They need to do temporary jobs, such as farming, such as weaving, to make ends meet.

Not to mention the production of grain, if Lingnan can be exempted from taxes, everything they do is for themselves!

That alone is enough to make people's hearts flutter.

Seeing that the people around him showed interested looks, Lu Daoji secretly said that it was not good.

If the people of Xingzhou were fooled by Cao Youde into going to Lingnan, then how should the land in Xingzhou be cultivated? Who is in charge of the grain? Where did you get your labor?

Then he, the governor of Xingzhou, has become a lonely person, and it is better not to be in this position.

In the Great Qian, in addition to taxation and education, there was another important factor, that is, the people.

If the people under his rule suffer heavy losses, then they will not become the lowest?

No matter how much he shirks, he will not be able to hide the negative consequences of the people's departure.

If it weren't for your rule, your people wouldn't have survived at all, and what reason would there be for so many people to flee?

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Daoshu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Very good, Cao Youde, do you want to destroy my foundation, want to destroy my foundation, want to destroy my foundation?

You're killing yourself! ”

Lu Daoji stared at Cao Youde's fat head and big ears with a look of disgust.

They entered the imperial court at the same time, how could they turn against each other so quickly?

"Cao Youde, do you know who I am?" Lu Daoji finally couldn't help it, stepped forward, and shouted.

"Huh! Who are you? “

Cao Youde asked suspiciously.

"Okay, Cao Youde, you're really an amnesia! In Xialu Daoji, it is the governor of Xingzhou, and in the seventh year of Longjing, when you see me, don't you still salute? ”

Lu Dao was angered by Cao Youde's appearance that he didn't know his identity.

Cao Youde, you are disregarding the identity of your peers and taking out the style of an official.

With your identity as Cao Youde, you are just a seven-grade county honor, and when you see me as a five-grade county honorable governor, you naturally have to be polite.

But in and out of the words, it was mentioned that he was a talent in Longjing for seven years, and he wanted him to get off the horse.

"Lu Daoji, what do you mean by that? I remember. ”

Cao Youde was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, he seemed to have heard of this person.

In fact, he didn't take Lu Daoming in his eyes at all, so naturally he didn't have any impression.

"Bastard! Not bad! This is my seal, and I salute quickly! ”

Lu Daoji looked at Cao Youde who didn't remember his appearance at all, a little annoyed, and a little annoyed.

is like two people, one of them regards the other party as a mortal enemy, but the other party doesn't take him in his eyes at all, or even in his eyes, this situation makes Lu Daoji have a strong sense of crisis

Fortunately, he is a five-grade Zhizhou, so he only needs to be in front of Fan Xian to be invincible.

"Oh, Lu Zhizhou is good."

Cao Youde hugged his fists and saluted very easily, without the slightest hint of awe.

The expected look of fear was not seen, and Lu Daoji felt that he was being humiliated on Sun Shenxi's face, and his heart became more and more angry.

"When you see me, don't kneel yet!"

In order to save his face, he had to behave in front of Cao Youde.

In fact, in the Great Qian, this kind of salute is not common, and only people whose status is far beyond themselves will salute, and usually, they all salute with fists.

Of course, there are also subordinates who will salute their immediate superiors.

"Lao Cao, is his condition very serious?"

A sentence suddenly sounded.

Qi Yong said that this time, he was King An and Cao Youde went to Xingzhou together to recruit civilians and bring them to Lingnan, and by the way, he also had to take care of Cao Youde's safety, this time, what he had to do was to rescue Cao Youde.

Qi Yong looked at this sudden appearance of Zhizhou, and dared to bully the small with the big, and couldn't help but shout angrily.

Not to mention that he guarded Cao Youde in the name of the king, just talking about the relationship between him and Cao Youde, Chen Ge felt that he had to do something to make Cao Youde hurt.

"Presumptuous, what kind of person dares to speak disrespectfully to me!"

Lu Dao was very annoyed when he saw that the burly man in the battle suit had humiliated himself so much.

Qi Yong's armor is the hydraulic armor refined by Lingnan Mansion and the armor refined by the Daqian Empire.

The style of the battle suit is completely different from Qianye, so Lu Daoji didn't see that Qianye was a garrison officer.

"Hehe, under Qi Yong, he is the commander of the Lingnan Mansion, a five-rank martial artist, why don't you dismount from the five-rank martial artist?"

Qi Yong touched the root of his ear and imitated Lu Daoji's words.

"Also, this is my seal, look at it for yourself, don't think I'm lying to you."

As he spoke, Qi Yong casually took out a large seal from his arms and threw it towards Lu Daoji.

When Lu Daoji saw the big seal in front of him and confirmed that it was real, he was stunned and didn't know how to say it.

"You are a five-grade guard, how can you bow down to Cao Youde of Qipin County?"

Lu Daoji saw that this soldier was protecting Cao Youde like this, and he had some doubts in his heart.

"Okay, Qi Yong, don't make trouble."

Cao Youde hurriedly pulled Qi Yong's arm over.

"The prince asked me to protect you.

Although Qi Yong was unwilling, he could only follow Cao Youde's side.

Lu Daoji watched Cao Youde directly call out the name of the garrison chief, but instead of being angry, the garrison chief obeyed his words, and felt a little unbelievable in his heart.

"You're also a seven-grade county official, right? How can you be so unkind? “

Lu Daoji asked involuntarily.

"Hehe, Lao Cao is the lord of Daqian County, and His Majesty personally canonized it! You, the Zhizhou, are still 108,000 miles away from him. ”

Seeing this, Qi Yong also stood aside and spoke.

"The lord of the Great Qianyi County?" Lu Dao was dumbfounded.

"Lao Cao, don't look at him as just a seventh-grade petty official, but you are deeply respected by Your Majesty.

Now Lingnan Prefecture is one government and four prefectures, all of which are in charge of Lao Cao. ”

Qi Yong roared angrily.

You must know that the title of "Lord of the Great Qian" was originally just a joke by Li Su, but now, Qi Yong has become his name.

"One state, four states, seven county lords? No way! It's something that has never happened before! Lu Dao was taken aback.

"What can't be, there was no governor and county order in my Lingnan Prefecture at the beginning.

This Lingnan Prefecture, since the abdication of the prince, has become an official territory.

Because he did not have an official position, the person designated by the prince became the commander-in-chief of the Lingnan Mansion.

I, Qi Yong, am willing to accept the assignment of the prince! ”

Qi Yong stood with his hands in his hands, his face calm.

Although Qi Yong is not the bravest general, he is the one who admires Li Su the most.

After Dilong turned over, the south lost contact with the government, and the Fulu garrison of Fucheng was all sent by Li Su himself.

Then, Li Su assigned Qi Yong and his subordinates to the workshop, and the army stationed in Lingnan now is like two people compared to three years ago.