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Chapter 355 Beginning of Spring

Wang Qiang lowered his eyebrows and said: "The general has been praised too much, and the villain is ashamed."

"Zijian don't need to be humble," Liu Jing waved his hand and said, "While you were commanding the navy, you were also distracted by supervising Baqiu. In just four months, you made Baqiu County flourish from nothing. This ability is definitely not something that a warrior can do, in my opinion, Zijian is good enough to be called civil and martial arts."

Wang Qiang said in a deep voice: "The villain received the special treatment from the general and entrusted him with the task of hundreds of miles. He knows that he is simple and has no talent. He can only work hard and fulfill his duties so as to live up to the general's entrustment."

"You..." Liu Jing shook his head with a smile, and pulled Wang Qiang to his seat. There was a map made of silk on the desk in front of them. Wang Qiang took a closer look and found that it was the map of Yulin County in Jiaozhou.

Liu Jing pointed to the map and said to Wang Qiang: "Zijian, Liu Bosi has already occupied Tanzhong, Guilin, Zhongliu, Alin, and the prefectures of Bushan County. This is also the fertile land of Yulin. After you take office, when Focus on stabilizing the existing territory, and we must not rush to expand..."

Of course, there is a reason for Liu Jing’s exhortation. From the map, Yulin County is like an irregular "equal triangle", and the counties of Tanzhong, Guilin, Zhongliu, Alin, and Bushan County occupied by Liu Jingfang are divided by From north to south, they are almost in a straight line, occupying only a corner of Yulin County.The vast land of thousands of miles from the west of Bushan County to the northeast of Jiaozhi County belongs to Yulin County.

Of course, compared to the elite land occupied by Liu Jingfang, the central and western parts of Yulin County are almost barren.

There are many barbarians there, and it is difficult to govern. Although the establishment of senior officials, there is nothing. Thirty-one years ago, Gu Yong, the prefect of Yulin, recruited more than 31 Wuhu people to join him.Instead of sending troops to occupy it with thankless efforts, it is better to use this vast land of thousands of miles as a buffer zone with Zhangjin.

"No..." Wang Qiang replied sullenly.Liu Jing's strategy is to go north, and the south must focus on stability, and he has expected this.

Jiaozhou borders the South China Sea and is rich in pearls, fragrant medicines, rhino horns, ivory, peacocks, parrots, corals, glass, tortoise shells, emeralds... all kinds of rare treasures are regarded as treasures by the Chinese.However, Yulin County is located in the north of Jiaozhou, far away from the coast, and does not produce these treasures.

However, Liu Jing knew that Yulin produced sugar cane, which could be used to make sugar. In the Han Dynasty, there was only caramel, not sucrose.The process of making sugar is not complicated. As long as there is enough sugarcane raw material, sucrose can be produced continuously.

In troubled times, the people cannot afford enough to eat, and the sales of sucrose will inevitably be greatly affected, but this does not include the stable Jiaozhou and the prosperous Yizhou.Liu Jing can exchange sucrose for treasures from Jiaozhou and Shu brocade from Yizhou.Both are symbols of wealth even in troubled times.

This is also one of the important reasons why Liu Jing chose Wang Qiang, who was born in a merchant, as the prefect of Yulin.

Hearing that Liu Jing asked him to plant sugarcane widely in Yulin territory, even though Wang Qiang was deep in the city and his emotions and anger were invisible, he couldn't help but be dazed, not knowing what Liu Jing's intention was.

Liu Jing said eloquently: "Sugarcane can make sugar, and sugar is like salt, and tastes sweet like honey..." In the future, from planting to sugar making to sales, Wang Qiang will be inseparable. Inform him.

After listening to Wang Qiang, he had a general idea about sucrose. Although he still had doubts in his heart, he was no longer confused.

Afterwards, Liu Jing held Wang Qiang to talk in detail for a long time, and before he knew it, it was sunset. Seeing that Liu Jing had no other orders, Wang Qiang got up and left the table, and asked Liu Jing to leave.

Liu Jing held Wang Qiang's arm, and while sending him out, he said: "By the way, Zijian, there is one last thing. After you arrive in Yulin County, you should order people to go deep into the mountains to cut a lot of good trees for the ship. Save it for later."

Wang Qiang was taken aback when he heard the words, although Yu and Nan Zhishui crossed the entire territory of Yulin County, but they were not connected to Jiaozhi County.In other words, if you want to use troops against Zhang Jin, the navy is of limited use.

The storage of ship materials is not aimed at Zhang Jin, but who is it aimed at?Could it be to prepare for the future attack on Cangwu and Nanhai counties?The question is, is Second County worth the trouble?

Liu Jing didn't explain much, but let him follow orders.

Wang Qiang immediately jawed and left as promised.

Two days later, Liu Jing went to Beijin Ferry to see Wang Qiang off.

Soon after, Lichun came.

As the so-called "a year's plan lies in spring", the Han Dynasty attached great importance to farming and mulberry, and regarded it as a national policy. The emperor and local officials have always had the tradition of performing spring plowing rituals. Xingchun.

Liu Jing drove the car all the way to ring the bell and have fun, shouting in front of him and embracing in the back. It was so brilliant that the people who saw it all fell on both sides of the road.

It's not that Liu Jing likes to show off. This is the law of the Han family. The "Order" says: "The governor of the county and the country persuade the people to start farming, like a ceremony. All the things go in and out, and all the bells are ringing, and everyone is having fun." Ring the bell, don't have fun.

Liu Jing drove his car to the edge of the field, and the people flocked to it immediately, and there was a crowd of spectators for a while.

Liu Jing got out of the car and waved to the people around him. From farming to support customers, to being an official in the market, to serving as a chief official, until he became the overlord of Jingnan, his attitude towards the people has always been the same and has never changed.Compared with the aloof Zhang Xian, the approachable Liu Jing is undoubtedly more supported by the people of Changsha.

Liu Ba couldn't help saying to the left and right: ""Mencius" said: "If you have the way in the world, you can win the people, and you can win the world. If you can get the people with the way, you can win the heart, and you can win the people." The meaning of this sentence is : If you want to win the world, you must win the people; if you want to win the people, you must win the hearts of the people. "The general wins the hearts of the people so much, why worry about big things not helping?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Liu Jing came to the side of the road, took off his shoes, personally supported the shaft of the plow, and went to the field to cultivate. He was completely different from other local officials who dug the soil casually at the edge of the field.

All the officials in the Anyuan General's Mansion, such as Liu Ba, Huan Jie, Pan Jun, Jiang Wan, Lai Gong, etc., were all from famous families in Jingnan, and almost never went to the land. Only Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu, two exiles from the north Scholars have some experience in farming and hoeing.Especially Zhuge Liang, who took his younger brother Zhuge Jun and several younger brothers to work in Longzhong last year.

"This thing is really a tool that is convenient and beneficial to the people." Although Zhuge Liang knew the efficacy of Quyuanli, he was still full of praise.

For the straight-shaft plows of the Han Dynasty, the efficiency of using a single-ox coupled plow was not high, and large families mostly used the two-ox-lifting bar method for coupling plows.And the efficiency of Quyuanli is far better than that of Zhiyuanli.In addition, the curved plow plow frame is small and light, easy to operate, flexible to turn, and has added plow evaluation and plow construction, which can adapt to different environments such as deep plowing and shallow plowing.

All in all, Quyuanli is a farm tool that is so mature that it is almost perfect. It is hard to imagine that it was created by one person in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)