Datang Nongwang

Chapter 609

As for the restoration of foreign water, he, Zhu Shengzhi, had no choice but to take care of it.

Although this is Li Chongyuan's business, no matter what, he can get some credit for his biejia, even if he gets some popular support.

Now that Li Chongyuan has returned to Xixiang to be an official, he, Zhu Shengzhi, of course wants to get closer to Li Chongyuan.

After the restoration of Yangshui is completed, sacrifices are required.

As for the erection of the monument, Li Chongyuan shook his head, "Forget it, the sacrifice is fine, but the erection of the monument is fine. It's not like doing something earth-shattering and weeping ghosts and gods. There is no need to erect a monument."

"Inspector Li is really a role model in the officialdom. I'm ashamed." Zhu Shengzhi and the others immediately praised Li Chongyuan again when they heard this.

Li Chongyuan waved his hand, "By the way, Zhu Biejia, the official of the Ministry of Officials, please treat me well. As for the government affairs, I still have many things to deal with. Counties and towns, I also have to go and have a look around, so I invite you to work together with me."

"Inspector Li is going to various counties, so I will send people to notify the counties to meet him soon." Zhu Shengzhi said immediately when he heard that Li Chongyuan was going to visit the counties in Yangzhou.

Li Chongyuan shook his head immediately when he heard this, "No, I'm just going to visit the counties and towns. The main officials and subordinates are invited to come to Xixiang, and I can also meet them."

"Inspector Li has an errand, and we will respect it." After hearing this, everyone knew that Li Chongyuan was going to meet all the officials in Yangzhou.

The newly appointed governor must meet all the officials.

But Li Chongyuan didn't even let the subordinate officials go, and wanted to see him, which made all the officials think that Li Chongyuan wanted to remember everyone.

Come on.

Li Chongyuan said that he wanted to meet everyone.

Firstly, it is to identify individuals, and secondly, it is also to find out who is in charge of which county and what matters.

In this way, Li Chongyuan can also draw up corresponding government affairs plans.

Yangzhou plus Xixiang, the government office, only has five counties.

Whether it is the officials of the five counties or some major subordinate officials, the number is not large.

A county has a county magistrate, a county magistrate, a county lieutenant, and a chief recorder in charge, and there are only these four people in total.

After all, the counties in Yangzhou are not upper counties, nor are they Gyeonggi counties, so there will not be two county captains.

Shortly after.

In the state yamen, Li Chongyuan met the main subordinates of the state yamen, as well as various officials.

After seeing them, Li Chongyuan told Yao Kong, "Old Yao, you have to remember these people for me. Who cares what and who does what, you have to take a book and write it down. From now on, things here, I will leave it to you, and I will spend most of my time in Li Village."

"Xiao Langjun, don't worry." Yao Kong responded.

It can be said that Yao Kong is more familiar with how to handle government affairs than Li Chongyuan.

When he was in Li Zhuang, Li Chongyuan left the government affairs of Hu County to Yao Kong, euphemistically saying that it was to let Yao Kong grow up, and to put it bluntly, he was Li Chongyuan lazy.

but.

For a person like Yao Kong who is so familiar with government affairs, as long as Li Chongyuan is willing, Yao Kong will definitely be able to become an official.

Recommending officials is still the mainstream at present.

Although the imperial examination is also a road to official career, even if you get a good rank in the exam, if you don't have a backstage or someone to help you, you still have to wait for the arrangement of the court.

In the end, it may take many years to wait.

and.

Even if you take part in the imperial examination and get a good rank in the examination, if there is a problem with your character, this official will not have your share.

For example.

After a certain scholar passed the Jinshi examination, logically speaking, becoming an official is a certainty.

But if this person doesn't treat his parents well, then I'm sorry, if the officials of the Ministry of Officials find out, even if this person does it, he will be dismissed.

In the current era, recommendation is the mainstream, after all, wind evaluation is the key point.

On the other hand, Yao Kong.

He has a strong root, and he is Li Chongyuan's guard, and he was trained by Li Chongyuan, so he will definitely be an official in the future.

As for who to be an official, it depends on how the court considers after Li Chongyuan's recommendation.

Li Chongyuan left Yao Kong behind, but he himself returned to Li Village.

Yao Kong and the officials of the prefectural yamen were docking together, so neither the people of the prefectural yamen nor Zhu Shengzhi felt it was so strange.

In their hearts, they thought that Li Chongyuan had just arranged for someone to come and meet them in advance.

However, they never thought that the Yao Kong they were talking to was Li Chongyuan's spokesperson, and everything would basically be dominated by Yao Kong.

On the way back to Li Village, Xiang Jiu asked: "Young Lord, you told them just now that you are going to visit the counties in Yangzhou. Is this true?"

"Of course it's true, you still can't lie to them when you think I am." Li Chongyuan was very sure.

Xiang Jiu was a little worried, "Young Lord, this place is no better than Chang'an, please be careful about this matter. Besides, I heard that there are bandits in Huayang County, and they are all extremely fierce. Young Lord, if you If you are going to inspect the counties, please go to the Commanding Army Mansion to ask for someone to accompany you when the time comes."

"The bandits in Huayang County are also a headache for me. However, I will not go to Huayang County for the time being. I will go to Yangyuan County first, and I will put Huayang at the end. As for going to invite People in the Commanding Army Mansion, I will seriously consider this matter." Li Chongyuan understood Xiang Jiu's worry.

The boundary of Yangzhou is long and narrow.

As far as Yangyuan County in the south, it is almost to the modern Wanyuan County of Sichuan.

It reaches Taibai Mountain in the Qinling Mountains in the north.

It spans five hundred miles from north to south.

But the east and west are very narrow, and the distance is only more than 100 miles.

Fortunately, there are Yangshui and Hanshui, otherwise, with such a narrow and long distance, it would be really fatal to use livestock instead of walking.

As for Huayang County at the northern end, although there is a river, it is impossible for boats to sail.

But when he thought of Huayang County, besides a headache, Li Chongyuan was more helpless.

No helplessness.

Huayang County is said to be a county, but this county is located in Zhongnan Mountain, and wild animals are rampant. There are so many bandits that people are afraid of Huayang County when they hear it.

This county appeared from the very beginning until the founding of the new country, that is, around [-].

Whether it's bandits or bandits, they are so rampant.

As long as anyone mentions Huayang County, one name can come to mind, and that is bandits.

Have no idea.

Who told this county to be in Zhongnan Mountain, and it can be said to be surrounded by mountains.

No matter whether you enter Huayang County from the south or enter Huayang County from other places, you have to climb the mountain, and it takes several days to climb.

official way?

Have.

But the official road leading to Huayang County is very small. Although it can also be used by cars, the road is often destroyed by bandits.

All merchants entering Huayang County have to pay a certain amount of money to these bandits in order to buy a peace.

if not.

The end result is that the goods are gone, and the people are gone.

last year.

Li Chongyuan led the people through the Ziwu Valley, and one could see how serious the banditry was in Zhongnan Mountain.

This is not within the territory of Huayang County. If it were within the territory of Huayang County, the bandits that Li Chongyuan encountered would not be one bandit, maybe several bandits.

Xiang Jiu's worries and reminders forced Li Chongyuan to focus on Huayang County.

If you don't think about it, you can't do it anymore, who let him put Li Chongyuan in such a place.

After returning to Li Village.

Li Chongyuan put aside all his troubles, went to the shipyard every day, and basically stopped thinking about the government affairs of Yangzhou.

And this time.

The paddle steamer supervised by Wanhong has already arrived in the Junzhou area.

Down the river, for the new paddle steamer, that is fast.

And after they went down the river, all the ships that came and went saw a ship with a shape different from any of them, and they all watched this strange ship and talked a lot.

The people on both sides of the Han River were also very lively.

Whenever Wan Hong and the others arrived at the wharf in a certain county, many people would gather to watch.

Simultaneously.

The bosses of all kinds of ships also asked Wan Hong and the others who got off the ship to buy food.

This is not.

At this moment, as soon as Wanhong and the others arrived at the pier in Fengli County, they got off the boat to buy food, and they were surrounded by the boat bosses on the side of the pier again, "Old man, what kind of boat is this? Why does it look so weird?"

"Old man, just now we saw that your ship is running very fast, where can I buy such a ship?"

"Brother, where are you from?"

"Little brother, tell me, why can your boat travel so fast on the water?"

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Wan Hong and the others stopped the boat for a while before they were surrounded by a group of people.

For such a situation, Wan Hong and the others are used to it.

Over the past few days, they have already seen the strange things.

Also really.

As far as their ships are concerned, they really look weird at the moment.

There is no such thing as a ship with big wheels. It doesn't look like a ship at all, it looks like a big cart walking on water.

but.

Wan Hong and the others didn't explain much, but just said: "Don't inquire, everyone, this is a new type of ship from the imperial court, and you can't buy it even if you want to."

Okay.

A sentence of the imperial court directly blocked everyone who wanted to ask questions, or those who were thinking carefully.

Who dares to touch the things of the court.

And it's still on such a busy river area as the Han River, even with all your thoughts, you wouldn't dare to rob this weird ship on the Han River.

After Wan Hong and the others bought food, they continued to go downstream.

After a day.

When they arrived at the confluence of the Danshui River and the Hanshui River, they felt a little vague, "Father, the Marquis of Li County said that we should return here, but we have only traveled so far down the river. It is really impossible to verify." The situation of the boat going down the river. Dad, why don't we continue to go downstream."

Wan Hong's son is hoping for a little luck.

The purpose, of course, is not because of his reasons, but he wants to take this opportunity in his heart to have a good taste of the delicious food on both sides of the Han River.

When Wan Hong's son said it, Wan Hong's nephews also thought it should be so.

This is not.

When the words came out, Wan Hong originally wanted to veto them, but after seeing his juniors instigate one after another, he was not firm in his thinking, so he agreed immediately.

Immediately.

The boat continued to go downstream on the Han River.

As for testing the performance of the new paddle-wheeled ships, Li Chongyuan once said that Wanhong and the others would return when they arrived in the Junzhou area.

But regarding Wan Hong's decision, even if Li Chongyuan knew about it, he wouldn't say much.

Anyway, it's a test, and it would be better if there is more distance.

At this time, Li Chongyuan was watching Yu Rong and the others drag the sailless paddle steamer out of the dock again, and continue to test the sea.

"Li County Marquis, let's start." On the boat, Yu Rong excitedly shouted to Li Chongyuan who was on the pier.

Li Chongyuan waved his hand, "Let's start."

Li Chongyuan didn't think about boarding the ship again for this trial voyage again, anyway, it didn't mean much.

Moreover.

Li Chongyuan is still very relieved when Yu Rong and the others handle their affairs.

Furthermore, with Li Chongyuan as the commander-in-chief, even if the ship is not well built, it can be adjusted back.

The boat started and went downstream towards the ocean water.

When the ship was out of sight, Li Chongyuan left the pier and walked to the place where the school was being built.

busy.

Everyone is busy.

The school is under construction, and the old and children of the water workers are helping.

The old and children of the boatmen are also helping.

And Wang Sheng and the others were even more busy with the craftsmen.

When Li Chongyuan came to the construction site of the school, he saw quite a few kids carrying around.

Even a three-year-old who has just learned to walk knows that he has to help with the work, holding a small stone in his hand, and wheezing towards the place where the stones are piled up.

"Xiang Si, what's the matter with the master? Is there any result about the carpenter?" Seeing Xiang Si running over, Li Chongyuan asked aloud.

Xiang Si wiped the sweat from his brow, "Back to Mr. Xiaolang, Master, I have asked many people, and they are not very willing to come to my village to teach. However, recently I have heard a few people who are interested. , I will go to ask about it tomorrow. I also asked someone about the carpenter, and there are a few honest and reliable people."

"That's a hard work for you. If you don't have enough manpower, you can ask Xiang Jiu Xiang Shi to help. Anyway, they don't have much work recently." Li Chongyuan said after he got the words.

Xiang Si grinned back and said, "Little Lang, I can rest assured that Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi are still with you. You also know that although this place has stabilized a lot, there are still many mountains and rivers. Bandits, no one can guarantee that those people will not have any crooked thoughts."

"It's okay. Anyway, I won't leave Li Village recently. You can do whatever you want with Xiangjiu Xiangshi and the others. Besides, I still have Xingba and the others by my side, and there are also Tang Li and his senior brothers. It can only be said that he has no brains." Li Chongyuan didn't care about his own safety.

He is already in Li Village, if there are bandits attacking again, then Li Chongyuan will make a bigger move.

(End of this chapter)