After Zhu Youzhen finished writing the holy decree, he threw the pot to Yang He, feeling a little at ease.

The great eunuch Cao Huachun came up from the side and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, after Yang He was dismissed, the position of governor of the three sides will be vacant. It is necessary to choose another capable official to take the top, otherwise the provinces will not be subordinate to each other, and they will push each other back and forth when suppressing bandits. ”

Zhu Youzhen said "um": "I have to think about it." ”

He was thinking about who would take over the position of the governor of the three sides, when a small eunuch ran in from outside and said loudly: "Your Majesty, good news, good news." ”

As soon as he heard the good news, Zhu Youzhen was happy: "Come quickly!" ”

The little eunuch said quickly: "Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, organized the soldiers, quelled the rebellion of Shen Yikui, killed 10,000 thieves, captured 90,000 thieves, and now the Liukou in northern Shaanxi has been pacified." With that, he handed over a report with both hands.

After Zhu Youzhen looked through the details, he was overjoyed, and his mood was as if he was on a jet: "Hong Aiqing really lives up to my expectations, hahaha...... I thought of it, and the post of governor of the three sides should be handed over to Hong Aiqing. ”

Thereupon......

In just three years, Hong Chengchou has risen from a small four-grade governor of the grain road, like a rocket, to the governor of the trilateral governor, the governor of Shaanxi, Gansu, Yansui, and Ningxia military affairs-

In the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631 AD), winter.

The cold wind howls and chills into the bone marrow.

Wu Fu and Shi Kefa were sitting in a carriage and slowly drove into Chengcheng County.

Wu Fu is no longer an "angel" now, his 100,000 silver has long been spent, and the court's attitude towards the rogues has changed from "caressing" to "suppressing", and he no longer needs to be appeased.

But Wu Fu did not return to the capital, but stayed in Shaanxi and was appointed as the governor of Shaanxi.

The duty of the imperial historian is to walk around, look around, and if he sees anything wrong, he can report to the emperor, and the magistrate is most afraid of this kind of goods.

Wu Fu saw something wrong now, and said to Shi Kefa in a low voice: "You see, now in the middle of winter, the cold wind kills people, and the people of Chengcheng County are walking on the streets, and they are not so cold that they are scared, but all of them are full of red light. There's a bunch of kids jumping over there, is there really a mistake? Children in other places don't dare to go out on such a day, and they all huddle in the bed and shiver. ”

Shi Kefa nodded: "Yes, they all have thick cotton jackets." ”

Wu Fu felt that something was not quite right: "The price of a padded jacket is five taels of silver, which is equivalent to the best Japanese samurai sword, which ordinary people can afford?" ”

Shi Kefa whispered: "People in other places definitely can't afford it, but this Chengcheng County, it's not surprising." ”

Wu Fu: "What's the explanation?" ”

Shi Kefa stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the City God Temple: "Lord Wu, look." ”

Wu Fu looked in the direction of Shi Kefa's finger, and saw a huge golden statue, a head taller than the tallest building in the county, with a huge body and a pair of eyes, as if looking at the whole city.

Wu Fu said in a low voice: "That's what you said about Dao Xuan Tianzun?" ”

Shi Kefa nodded: "Yes, that is Daoxuan Tianzun, it takes care of this side of the water and soil, and protects the people of this side, so the people of Chengcheng County are extremely rich." ”

Wu Fu said in a low voice: "Master Shi, you are a hereditary Jinyi Guard, and you are a Jinshi, don't be led by the cult." ”

Shi Kefa: "It's really not a cult!" Only those who deceive the common people and encourage them to do bad things are called cults. How can it be called a cult if it helps the people and does good deeds? ”

Wu Fu disagreed, pointed to the huge statue and said: "Let me tell you, an immortal of unknown origin like this must be a cult, and only an immortal like Jigong Living Buddha who can speak out is orthodox." ”

Shi Kefa: "Jigong? What's the matter, Lord Wu, don't be blind......"

He was about to complain, when suddenly, he saw a person emerging from the alley not far ahead, wearing only a tattered robe and holding a broken fan, smiled happily at them, turned around, and went back into the alley.

Shi Kefa: "Huh? What was that? ”

He hurriedly shouted to the coachman, "Quick, go to the alley." ”

The coachman added two whips, and the car quickly came to the side of the alley, and Shi Kefa looked into the alley, and the strange monk he saw just now had disappeared.

"Silk!" Shi Kefa: "What's going on?" ”

Wu Fu: "I'll just say it, there is a living Buddha in this world." ”

Shi Kefa: "......"

The car of the two drove straight into the yamen of the county magistrate, and Liang Shixian only got the message at this time, and hurriedly greeted him from inside: "Lord Wu, Lord Shi, the lower officials have lost their welcome, forgive their sins, I don't know if the two adults are here, what do they think?" ”

The three of them sat down around the table, and Shi Kefa said, "Lord Wu and I are here this time, mainly for the immortal fat. ”

Liang Shixian smiled: "Oh? I've tried it, how is the effect? ”

Shi Kefa smiled happily: "The effect of immortal fertilizer is really good, the few places near Xi'an that have not been affected have obtained a bumper harvest after using immortal fertilizer." ”

Xi'an is close to the Wei River, and some farmers can grow some crops by drawing water from the Wei River.

Liang Shixian smiled, this was already expected by him, and it was not unexpected at all.

Shi Kefa said: "The two of us came here this time to talk about buying immortal fertilizer. As you know, there is no way for ordinary farmers to come to Chengcheng to buy fairy fertilizer, so we decided to open a government-run shop selling fairy fertilizer in Xi'an Province, so that farmers near Xi'an can buy fairy fertilizer. ”

Liang Shixian: "Of course this is no problem! ”

Shi Kefa was overjoyed.

However, Liang Shixian immediately said: "However, two adults, there is something that the lower officials have to remind the two of you." ”

Shi Kefa: "Oh? Please speak. ”

Liang Shixian: "Immortal fertilizer can increase the yield per mu of farmland, but how much it can be increased depends on the technical limitations of farmers, and immortal fertilizer needs to be bought with money, that is, ......"

Wu Fu immediately understood: "The price of immortal fertilizer cannot be higher than the value of increasing grain production, otherwise the common people would rather not use it." ”

"Yes!" Liang Shixian smiled and said, "Two adults, have you calculated how much fairy fertilizer is sold at the right price?" ”

Wu Fu and Shi Kefa glanced at each other, instantly confused.

This is a super complicated calculation problem, involving how much grain can be produced by an acre of land, how much fertilizer should be applied to an acre of land, how much is a stone of grain worth, and how much is a pound of fairy fertilizer worth?

This is not something that can be imagined with a pat on the brain, the two of them didn't think about it before they came, and they didn't calculate it, so it's no wonder that they are not confused now.

Wu Fu hurriedly took out a pen and paper, and counted it with Shi Kefa, and after calculating, the hair was counted as a few white, but the two still didn't know how much of this fairy fertilizer was suitable for selling.