Datang Nongwang

Chapter 610
Whether bandits have brains or not is really not up to Li Chongyuan.

If the bandits were to be extremely vicious, they wouldn't care whether they were brains or not. They might even dare to attack the county town. As for life or death, they wouldn't care about it.

Furthermore.

If they are really going to be forced to death, let alone the county seat, they probably dare to even touch Chang'an City.

but.

As long as the bandits in the current time period are really unable to survive, they will definitely not dare to attack the county seat. After all, it is fatal.

Li Chongyuan didn't have time to go to Xixiang County.

His current main focus is in the shipyard.

Anyway, Yao Kong helped him deal with the affairs of the state government office, and the officials of the state government office did not change in any way.

How or how.

As long as he doesn't take bribes and break the law, Li Chongyuan doesn't have so much time to manage the government affairs of Yangzhou.

Furthermore.

Li Chongyuan's first priority is the shipyard, and second, of course, he has to inspect the situation in the counties.

Li Chongyuan stayed in Li Village for five or six days.

After five or six days, the paddle steamer produced by Yu Rong can be regarded as semi-finalized.

One day, Li Chongyuan came to the dock again early in the morning, "What's the matter? Can you do a remote trial?"

"Going back to the Marquis of County Li, it should be fine." Yu Rong was a little afraid to promise.

Yu Rong couldn't guarantee it, but it was because the pulleys and gears inside the paddle steamer were all made of iron and wood.

As long as these things are made of wood, they are extremely fragile.

After all, the paddle steamer he supervised had no sails, and all had to rely on manpower to propel the boat forward. Naturally, whether these pulleys or gears were easy to damage, this was something Yu Rong couldn't guarantee.

Li Chongyuan waved his hand, "Let's try it first. Old Xu and the others are already working overtime to make it work, and within two months, whether it is gears or pulleys, they can all be replaced with iron ones. If you are doing long-distance test flights If it is damaged, it will be repaired locally. In addition, if you encounter Wanhong and the others, let them go on a sea trial with you, anyway, it will take a lot of time for their sea trial.”

"Yes, Marquis of Li County." After hearing Li Chongyuan's words, Yu Rong began to order his nephews to drag the boat out of the dock.

As soon as the boat got out of the dock, Xiang Si rushed over with two villagers carrying copper coins, "Yu Rong, the money here is what you need for your trial voyage. It's not much, but it's enough for your food and clothing. Just now Mr. Xiao Lang also said that if the ship is damaged, it will be repaired locally, so I added some extra money to it."

Sea trials naturally require money.

People need money for food and clothing.

However, these Li Chongyuan have never set a standard, everything is decided by Xiang Si.

As for how much each person spends per day, Li Chongyuan never asked.

Li Chongyuan believed in Xiang Si's ability to manage accounts.

"Thank you, Manager Xiang. County Marquis Li, let's go then." After Yu Rong had someone take the money, he returned to the boat.

Li Chongyuan waved his hand, "Let's go, everything is about safety. The boat is a trivial matter, and people must be safe."

"Yes, Li County Marquis." Yu Rong and the others felt warm in their hearts when they heard Li Chongyuan's words.

For shipbuilders like them, life is really worthless.

But the paddle steamers they built are of great value.

It is estimated that the combined lives of all the people on board are not worth the cost of this paddle steamer.

Come on.

Wood is not expensive.

The most expensive thing is the transportation fee, the labor cost for making it, and various tung oils, etc.

As far as the small paddle steamers are now, that is, the test ships, the average cost of one ship is estimated to be two to three thousand guan, and if it is higher, it will be [-] guan.

Three thousand coins, for these shipbuilders or boatmen, the lives of 100 people are not worth three thousand coins.

visible.

Right now, human life is really worthless.

And Li Chongyuan's saying that a boat is a trivial matter, people must be safe, and if they hear it in their ears, it will be of great benefit.

Being able to treat their lives as important matters has never happened anywhere, even in the eyes of the court, it has never happened before.

After the boat moved downstream toward Yangshui, Li Chongyuan left the dock and returned to Li Village.

"Xiao Langjun, are you going to prepare too?" Seeing that Li Chongyuan was preparing something, Xiang Si knew that Li Chongyuan was about to start patrolling the counties in Yangzhou.

While tidying up, Li Chongyuan replied: "I have been in Yangzhou for a while, anyway, I am also the deputy governor of Yangzhou. If you don't understand the situation in each county, you will not be able to understand the government affairs of Yangzhou. Moreover, I When I came to Xixiang, the Holy Majesty told me that I should sort out the government affairs."

"Xiao Langjun, then I'll call Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi back." Xiang Si understood.

Li Chongyuan wants to inspect the counties in Yangzhou, and the time will definitely not be short.

Li Chongyuan nodded.

in the afternoon.

Li Chongyuan left Li Village with Xingba and others, and came to the inner courtyard of the government office.

The day.

Li Chongyuan approached Zhu Shengzhi, "Biejia Zhu, please inform the main officials of the counties to come to Xixiang, and I will meet with you the day after tomorrow. The officials and officials of the state government will also meet together."

"Okay, Inspector Li." Zhu Shengzhi responded.

It's better for the officials to see each other first.

Since they need to be familiar with government affairs and inspect the counties, if these officials don't see each other last time, they won't know who to turn to if they have something to do.

Wechat private visit?

forget it.

In this era, if you can do this kind of thing, don't do it. If something happens, it will be one big thing after another.

Yangzhou can no longer be chaotic, this is what Li Shimin confessed.

Day three.

Officials from all counties rushed to hear the news.

And on this day, Li Chongyuan met with all the officials one by one, and at the same time, they talked accordingly.

And on this day, the officials in various counties saw the new governor of Yangzhou for the first time.

There are endless kinds of polite compliments.

even.

Li Chongyuan also received a gift of not accepting it, as well as a request for advice.

but.

As for the gift, Li Chongyuan accepted it, but all the advice was returned.

As for gifts, as long as it is not money or valuables, Li Chongyuan will basically accept it, which can be regarded as a gift of affection when they meet each other.

of course.

There is also money.

For example, the county magistrate of Xingdao County included ten gold pancakes in his gift to Li Chongyuan.

Although Li Chongyuan is good at money, Li Chongyuan will not accept the money.

For this reason, after seeing all the officials, as long as they are officials who have sent money, Li Chongyuan will record them in the notebook, and they will become the objects of his observation.

money.

All of them were kept, and handed over to Zhu Shengzhi, who was the driver, to record and record, which was regarded as an alternative income for the state government.

It was the third day after Li Chongyuan met all the Yangzhou officials.

Li Chongyuan left Xixiang with a dozen people and headed for Yangyuan County.

on board.

Li Chongyuan looked at how the Yangshui River was being repaired, and he felt affirmative in his heart, "At this time, the family members really have the materials to do these jobs. Look at it, such a large amount of work to repair the Yangshui River has been repaired by them."

"Xiao Langjun, he eats this bowl of rice. If he didn't have any skills, he would have been scolded to death." Xingba said casually, looking at both sides of the ocean.

Li Chongyuan nodded, and sighed: "Yes, to eat this bowl of rice, you must have the ability to eat this bowl of rice. Therefore, if you do anything, you have to find a professional person to do it. Look at our Li Zhuang Let me, a half-professional, design the waterlogging, and the waterlogging, which was not long in the first place, was made into a dubious look by me."

"Xiao Langjun, the repair of the flooded water is good enough. Besides, the water flow of the flooded water is not as strong as that of the ocean, and the depth of the flooded water is not as deep as this one. It is already the best if it can be done like this. It's gone." Seeing Li Chongyuan sighing to himself, Xingba dared to speak out to comfort him.

Li Chongyuan shook his head, "I'm fooling around, and others are professional. It's not the best if you fool around, it can only be said to be unsatisfactory."

As for the repair of rivers, the waterlogging repair project designed by Li Chongyuan is really incomparable to this foreign water.

Although the materials used are sufficient, Li Chongyuan can be sure that it will be destroyed in a hundred years.

And this foreign water, under the manipulation of the Shi family, Li Chongyuan can be sure that it will still be good after a hundred years, and it can even be used for three to five hundred years.

But it is.

Li Chongyuan repaired the waterlogged water, so he found helpers nearby.

And Shi's family eats this bowl of rice, and there are all kinds of technical jobs.

Such as professional rock breakers.

These professional rock-breaking personnel are rock-breaking according to water conservancy.

For some shores, Li Chongyuan could see from a distance that the stones on the shores were mortise and tenon structures, inlaid one by one, even if there was a flood of ocean water, they could not be washed away.

Depart in the morning and arrive ten miles north of Yangyuan County at noon.

And here, tens of thousands of people, under the leadership of the Shi family, are repairing the last ocean water channel.

but.

Li Chongyuan on the boat did not appear.

Li Chongyuan is here to inspect Yangyuan County this time, not to check the repairs of the Yangshui.

With so many people present, if Li Chongyuan showed up, Li Chongyuan would suspect that he would not be able to leave today, so he could only hide in the boat cabin to avoid appearing in the sight of all the people.

Not easy.

The ship arrived at the wharf of Yangyuan County.

Li Chongyuan, who came from the boat, led the people to leave directly from the pier and headed for some villages in Yangyuan County.

Yangyuan County is sparsely populated, with a total of more than 400 households and a total population of no more than 5000.

Compared with Xixiang County, it is less than half.

After all, Yangyuan County is located in a mountainous area, and besides Yangshui, this traffic is just a rural road.

There are also few villages and towns in Yangyuan County, and the village and town Li Chongyuan went to this time is the largest village and town in Yangyuan County.

There was the first destination of Li Chongyuan's inspection.

evening.

When Li Chongyuan and his group came to the village on foot, Li Chongyuan didn't know what language to use to describe what they saw.

Poverty is a common situation among ordinary people.

And this village is even more poor.

As soon as Li Chongyuan and the others entered the village, the local people saw a dozen men and a young man suddenly appear, and their eyes suddenly became more vigilant.

"Old man, we are collecting mountain goods from other places, may I ask if there are many mountain goods here?" Li Chongyuan approached an old man first, and asked with a salute.

After the old man saw Li Chongyuan cupped his hands and saluted, he backed away vigilantly.

Fortunately, when Li Chongyuan asked about Shanhuo, the old man stopped, but his eyes were still full of vigilance. It can even be said that he was not only vigilant of Li Chongyuan who asked questions, but more vigilant of Xingba and others behind Li Chongyuan. ten people.

not far away.

Some people stood there, watching quietly.

The eyes are mostly vigilant and curious.

The old man looked at Xingba and the others behind Li Chongyuan, and then turned to Li Chongyuan, "Where is my brother from? Why did you come to our side to collect mountain goods?"

"The boy is from Chang'an. I heard that there are a lot of mountain goods here, so I came here from Chang'an to inquire about it. Old man, don't be afraid of me. I really collect mountain goods." Li Chongyuan knew that his group also It was really abrupt, and Xingba and the others were equipped with swords and the like.

Dressed up like this, it also made Li Chongyuan immediately understand why these common people had vigilance in their eyes.

After visiting Xingba and the others again, the old man showed a simple and honest smile, "Chang'an, that's the capital of my Tang Dynasty. Chang'an is far away from us. The old man doesn't look like a young man." Mountain goods people, how can there be so many guards for mountain goods, brother, you are not an official, are you?"

The old man didn't believe Li Chongyuan's words at all, or from Li Chongyuan and his group, it could be seen that Li Chongyuan and the others were definitely not receiving goods, they looked like official servants.

After hearing this, Li Chongyuan looked at himself, and then scanned Xingba and the others.

"Old man, look at how we look like official servants. If we were official servants, we would have to ride horses and carriages anyway. There is no way to walk. Those official servants can't bear this kind of hardship." Li Chongyuan found a suitable and suitable excuse.

Also really.

Officials do their work with either carriages or horses.

Even if it is again, it is riding a donkey.

Hearing the words, the old man seemed to be a little bit convinced and nodded, "Brother, you come to our place to collect the mountain goods. Does the little brother know the price of the mountain goods?"

amount.

Li Chongyuan was overwhelmed by the question.

Li Chongyuan really didn't know what the price of the mountain goods was, let alone what they had.

Wild boar?

Game?

Or cured meat?Or maybe some dried mushrooms?

Li Chongyuan felt a little stupid when asked, so he had to look for excuses.

"Old man, this is my first time in the south. I really don't know exactly what kind of mountain products you have here, and what price. However, as long as it is a mountain product, as long as the price is acceptable to me, I will definitely not second price. Those wealthy officials in Chang’an City never cared about the price of mountain goods.” Li Chongyuan really couldn’t find a reason, he could only find a reason for coming to the South for the first time.

After hearing this, the old man smiled, "Brother, you don't collect mountain goods like this. Since you said you are from Chang'an, old man, I have been to Chang'an when I was young. As long as you can tell what Chang'an looks like, old man I just believe that my brother is from Chang'an."

"Old man, you still don't believe me. Chang'an is huge. The palace city is in the north and the imperial city is in the middle. Chang'an has a total of one hundred and eight squares, and I live in Xiuzhenfang. So, I don't know if the old man can believe it?" Li Chongyuan responded to the old man's question with a smile.

(End of this chapter)