Fu Song

Chapter 280
The water in the field was almost completely dry. Standing in the rice field, he picked an ear of rice and rubbed it in his hands. The full golden grains appeared in front of Xiao Cheng's eyes. He was satisfied. Nodded, this year's harvest looks very good.

"Acre of land, roughly how much can you harvest?" Xiao Cheng asked an old man beside him, pointing to a paddy field of about a dozen paddy fields slipping down in front of him.This man is covered with calluses, and his face is quite weathered. It looks like a person who often works frightfully, but the clothes on his body are really good. The cotton jacket alone is not worn by ordinary people. started.

The tens of acres of fine paddy fields that Xiao Cheng could see in front of him belonged to the old man in front of him.

Although he has quite a fortune and is a real landlord, the old man still has to work in the fields.

"If you sign back and judge, these fields can produce four hundred catties of grain per mu!" The old man said respectfully.

"These lands are so close to the river ditch, and they are well-irrigated land, four hundred catties per mu, which is a little less!" Xiao Cheng frowned.

"Sign the verdict, these old men take good care of them, and they dare not neglect them in the slightest. An acre of four hundred catties, in a radius of a hundred miles, no other house except the old man's house will have so many!" The old man was not happy, Straightening his neck, he said: "When it comes to farming, in Pengshui, the old man says he is the second, so no one dares to be the first."

Seeing the strength of the old man, Lu Ze reprimanded him: "Pang Yu, why are you talking to the judge? Are there any rules?"

Xiao Cheng waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, since it's not about planting, it's about seeds."

"The seeds were also carefully selected one by one by me last year." The old man Pang continued to hold Xiao Cheng with a dark face, while Lu Ze's eyelids twitched as he watched.

The old man didn't know the method of the Xiao in front of him, but he did.

"Your seeds were picked from the rice you planted, right?" Xiao Cheng asked.

"of course."

"Many years?" Xiao Cheng continued to ask.

Pang Yu was taken aback, as if he realized the problem.

Xiao Cheng turned to Lu Ze and said, "I need to write this down, and contact the caravan when I go back, and try to get some good seeds from other places."

"Yes." Lu Ze nodded again and again.

"Pang Yu, do you think you are the best at farming in Pengshui?" Leaving the rice field, Xiao Cheng walked towards a rolling room on the river not far away. Someone had already moved tables and chairs out of the rolling room. placed on the open space.

Looking at the slowly turning huge water wheel of Zhanfang, Pang Yu sighed. A day ago, Zhanfang was the property of his Pang family, but now, it is no longer.The Xiao Zhuan judge in front of him has already said that this house will be taken into public ownership, and that he will buy it with money, but Pang Yu knows very well that the so-called government money to buy it is just for fun.

Dare to argue with the government?
Unless you are tired of life crooked.

Moreover, he knew Lu Ze, the former judge, and he had hinted clearly at what he said.

Be honest and obedient, lest you get killed.

This young signing is really a disaster!

I was already convinced in my heart, but I still couldn't let go of my mouth and face.

"of course."

"Sit!" Xiao Cheng smiled and pulled a stool over, and put it in front of Pang Yu.

"In front of the signing, there is no seat for the little old man!"

"Yes, it's up to you to say that you are the best farmer in a radius of a hundred miles!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "The yield per mu of such a good field is only [-] catties, it's not the problem of people, it's the problem of seeds. I asked people to get the best rice seeds from other places and give them to you to breed. If you can increase the yield by a hundred catties per mu of land, then Pang Yu, you have made great contributions."

"Increase the output by one hundred catties?" Pang Yu shook his head like a rattle.

"Aren't you the best way? Why, you can't do it. If you can't do it, I'll find someone else!" Xiao Cheng said: "Seeds also need time to update and iterate. Pang Yu, It's like a marriage between a man and a woman, the farther apart the man and woman are, the smarter the baby will be, and the closer they will be, the more common it will be, and even some relatives who get married will often give birth to some stupid children."

Pang Yu thought for a moment, and said, "Sign the judgment, if I cultivate it, can I return the house?"

Xiao Cheng looked at the old man in front of him and couldn't help laughing, thinking that the old man was really cute: "Pang Yu, you really cultivated such a seed, and just selling the seed can make you rich , what will this room be worth then?"

"Didn't you ask me to make this seed?"

"Things are cultivated by you, so naturally they belong to you!" Xiao Cheng said. "As for this rolling room?"

Xiao Cheng stood up, pointed at the Zhanfang and said, "The Zhanfang alone is not worth much, but if you build a dam here to store water, it will have a great impact on the downstream. There are hundreds of farmhouses!"

"During the dry season, the little old man will open the gate to release the water!" Pang Yu said.

"Yeah, that's why I didn't bother you!" Xiao Cheng smiled and said, "If you used this dam in the past to choke the necks of the people downstream, your Pang family is gone now. On the Qianjiang River , There are a few of them doing this, and now the heads of their owners have moved, the family property has been confiscated, and the family has gone to the iron mine to dig ore."

Xiao Cheng spoke calmly, but the bloody smell revealed in his words made Pang Yu shudder. It wasn't until this time that he seemed to realize that the smiling young man in front of him was still A person who holds the power of life and death can ask for his own life.

Cold sweat broke out in an instant.

"I've checked, your Pang family is also a family of good fortune. It has a good reputation for several generations." Xiao Cheng said lightly: "So, I am also willing to give you a chance. Take away this rolling house and dam, As a public property, it is to prevent your descendants from making mistakes. At the same time, borrowing your skills to cultivate the best seeds is also a chance for your Pang family to truly prosper. Do you really think I can't find others? Pang Yu , you just need to think about it. In the future, all the rice seeds planted in this vast land under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou will come from your Pangyu hands. How much money can you make? Moreover, you can also cultivate other high-quality seeds, right? No! Done well, your Pang family will not only earn countless wealth in the future, but also earn a good reputation. You should do the math for yourself. Of course, you must have an adventurous spirit to do such a thing. Because the possibility of failure is also very high. After thinking about it, go to Judge Lu, and he will transfer you the rice seeds that the government got from other places."

Lu Ze has now completely become Xiao Cheng's follower and answerer.

It was not only because of Xiao Cheng's strength and methods, but also because Lu Ze saw that what Xiao Cheng did was really thinking about the common people on this land.

Unlike Zhizhou Ma Liang, from the day he took office, all he thought about was how to get money out of his own pocket.

Contrary to what Ma Liang did, it seems that Xiao Cheng has been paying for subsidies from his own pocket since he took office until now, and the huge amount of money he gave out made Lu Ze speechless.

"The signing is really benevolent. This old man Pang is also lucky. The Pang family has developed well in the past few years." On the way back, Lu Ze was full of emotion.

"How can it be so easy!" Xiao Cheng glanced at the other party, and said: "The risk of failure in seed cultivation is very high, and only those with a deep family background can stand this toss. Of course, if you succeed, The profits are also great. Furthermore, even if the new seeds are successful, if they want to spread and be believed by others, they must be led by people with credibility in the local area. It may be difficult for the common people to believe what the government says! So This time, the people I came out to find were all people with certain prestige in the local area, but unfortunately, only the old man Pang Yu agreed."

"Those who refuse will regret it later!" Lu Ze was full of confidence.

"Of course they will regret it." Xiao Cheng chuckled: "Lu Ze, you should pay more attention to this matter in the future. If Pang Yu fails, you can encourage him and subsidize him with some money so that he can continue to work. Once he succeeds , For us in Qianzhou, that is great news, if you charge one hundred catties more per mu of land, how much more will the entire Qianzhou charge?"

"Don't worry about the judgment!" Lu Ze said.

In the past year, what has changed in Qianzhou is not only those who are bowing their heads and sticking to their ears, but also the grasshoppers after autumn, who can't jump for a few days.

In fact, Xiao Cheng didn't focus on the military, and Yang Wanfu and others could do those things.Those who are not convinced, just beat them until they are convinced.Those who are still not convinced after losing, they will be eliminated directly from the body.

Xiao Cheng spent more energy on the economy.

Building roads and water conservancy are the only rules for local development.

Then it is to promote industry and commerce and encourage agriculture and mulberry.

These things are easy to say, but really difficult to do.

For Xiao Cheng, Xingshang Industry and Commerce is relatively simple. He has professional talents, a mature business network, and a complete set of operating systems. Special products such as tung oil and lacquer in Qianzhou are among the first batch of products that have been sold by a large number of people. Although it has only been a year since they were shipped out and turned into money, these two things have become the main products of Qianzhou today.

It is more difficult to encourage Nongsang.Regardless of the common people here, everyone is farming, but the efficiency and output completely disappointed Xiao Cheng.

Xiao Cheng hopes that people who are engaged in agriculture can support five or ten people alone, so that he can free up more people to do other things, but the problem now is that in most places, one person Can feed at most one person.

Xiao Cheng has moved away those guys who were oppressing the common people, but the common people were still unable to achieve his goal.Lack of tools, lack of livestock, lack of technology, lack of everything.

These things can only be solved in a down-to-earth manner.

More than [-]% of the first batch of good iron and steel produced by Dushan Iron Mine was used to make various agricultural tools rather than weapons.

Through the Qianzhou Chamber of Commerce, a large number of large livestock were obtained from outside, and some were collected from wealthy households, and then the government lent them to the people for free.

Etc., etc.

After a year of hard work, it seems that nothing has been achieved.

But those who have really experienced these things know that this year, what is planted is hope.

When everything is straightened out, the harvest will be a matter of course.

Back at Weisun Mountain Villa, everyone felt a little sore in their backs and backs. Today, everyone was traveling with one pair of feet. Up and down the mountain, in the fields, everyone followed Xiao Cheng, back and forth , at least it must have the appearance of tens of miles.

It's just that most people can rest, but Xiao Cheng can't.

Because there is a person who has been waiting for him in Weisun Villa for a long time.

The feet were soaked in the wooden basin, and the smell of boiled Chinese medicinal materials wafted in the room. Jiang Yingxue sat on a low bench and washed Xiao Cheng's feet, gently massaging the acupuncture points on his feet.But Xiao Cheng's attention was all on the other monk who was sitting on the side.

Monk Huiyuan.

A great monk who once followed Xiao Chengyuan through the Northwest and made a great name in Hengshan.

After the incident in the northwest, the great monk declined the invitation of the local party members to build a temple for him and he would preside over it, and followed Xiao Cheng all the way to Qianzhou.

Earlier, this monk and Jiang Yingxue returned to Bianliang to preside over the retreat. After Jiang Yingxue left, Huiyuan stayed behind. His identity was not conspicuous.

"You said that Zhang Chao has been transferred back to Bianliang, and there are thousands of forbidden soldiers who have experienced wars in the north with him!" Xiao Cheng was thoughtful.

"That's right!" Hui Yuan let out a foul breath, and said, "Young Master, Cui Ang has suddenly become more in touch with Zhao Yuan, the counselor of the King of Chu, and Xia Jie, the chief assistant of the dynasty. Zhang Chao was transferred back, if you think about these things together, it seems not very good."

"You mean to say that Xia Jie and others have already known about King Jing's incident, and these people didn't mean to stop him, but wanted King Jing to move, and then they managed to catch him ?"

"If it wasn't like this, I really can't figure out why Zhang Chao would go back to Bianliang. The Hebei Road is not peaceful now!" Huitong shook his head and said, "These things are too important. I'm afraid the messenger can't explain clearly, so I personally Come here, young master, we have to remind His Royal Highness King Jing about this matter! If even Zhang Chao becomes His Highness King Jing’s enemy, His Highness King Jing still has half a chance of winning!"

After a moment of silence, Xiao Cheng sighed: "Is it too late to say now? The so-called arrow is on the string, and it has to be launched. Besides, will they trust us? Zhang Chao's return to Beijing will only prompt them to launch ahead of schedule. Huiyuan, Yelujun this time Going to Beijing, who is the escort appointed by the imperial court?"

"King of Chu!" Huiyuan spat out two words.

Xiao Cheng shook his head: "It's not true. They were afraid that King Jing would not rebel, and they deliberately stimulated it. Huiyuan, you should go back quickly, and don't worry about anything else, just take care of my house."

(End of this chapter)