Fenghou

Chapter 382 Spring Ploughing

Chapter 382 Spring Ploughing

A few days ago, another major event happened in Ganquanbao, that is, the establishment of the government, that is, the establishment of the Ganquan County Government. Whether it is to solve the conflicts among the people, maintain order, run schools, or organize production, etc., the government needs to come forward and the army assists.

Chen Qing formally appointed Jiang Yanxian as the first county magistrate, Zhang Miao as the county magistrate, Lu Wei as the county lieutenant, and Yang Yuanqing's brother-in-law Wei Qun as the chief secretary. A hundred logistics soldiers are archers.

Chen Qing also turned the compound where the Jurchen family members were under house arrest in the north of the city into a temporary county government, and allocated a large amount of money, food and materials.

In this way, the requirements for people, money, things, and places are all complete, and the Ganquan County Government is officially established.

The first thing the county government established was to register the population and compile the household registration. At the same time, spring plowing was also mentioned on the agenda.

This morning, in the county government meeting hall, the first meeting to start spring plowing was held.

Chen Qing participated in the deliberations as the governor of Qinzhou, while Yang Yuanqing attended the deliberations as a representative of the military, including four county magistrates and three deputies.

Jiang Yanxian said with a smile: "In fact, our county government had already discussed it last night. There are quite a lot of [-] hectares of farmland. I am afraid that the whole city needs to be mobilized, just like the year before last in Chengji County. Go to farm, the elderly and children who really can’t go can grow gourds and wax gourds in their own yards, please have a look at the plan we have drafted.”

Jiang Yan first handed a plan to Chen Qing, Chen Qing looked at it and said with a smile: "The plan is good, but I would like to mention a few details, please ask the county government to improve it."

"Please tell me all!"

Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "The first is about the more than [-] rescued women. Their household registrations are all placed in Ganquan County, and they are normal county residents. Then, Deputy General Yang will arrange more than [-] young generals to Their household registration is also in Ganquan County, and then these [-] people are divided into [-] mutual aid associations, and they are arranged to work together, do you understand what I mean?"

Everyone laughed, isn't this just pointing at the mandarin ducks?

Jiang Yanxian asked with a smile: "I understand the meaning of Dutong, how to assign mutual aid groups?"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "There were already thirteen mutual-aid groups in the briquette business before. The members of these thirteen mutual-aid groups will remain unchanged. The newly formed seventeen mutual-aid groups will be decided by lottery. Let fate arrange their marriages. Everyone Understand!"

Everyone agreed one after another, and Jiang Yanxian said again: "Please continue to explain the second detail!"

"The second detail is that mutual aid groups for ordinary people should be formed voluntarily. If they can't be formed, the government will arrange them for them. Then I want to know, how many varieties are planted in the courtyard?"

County magistrate Zhang Miao hurriedly said: "Currently there are only two types of vegetables, gourds and wax gourds, and grapes as fruits, but there is a difficulty that there is no fine wood for gourd trellises and grape trellises."

"This is not a big problem. The first batch of logging teams will return tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. This time they will bring back a large number of pine branches, and they can choose better branches from them to build scaffolding."

"Humble job understands!"

Chen Qing added: "There is another detail about farm tools and farm animals. In fact, the main force in farming is the army. Ordinary people are only sowing and watering, and are responsible for daily farmland maintenance. We must explain this clearly to everyone. I think Many people complain that there are no oxen and plows, but it is completely unnecessary.”

The county government needs to improve the plan again. Jiang Yanxian accompanied Chen Qing to inspect the well drilling site in the east of the city.

"They all think that the golden soldiers will definitely attack Ganquan Fort?"

Chen Qing nodded, "Regardless of Wanyan Wushu or Wanyanchang, both of them regard us as a cancer, especially after the failure of the Sichuan-Shanxi Campaign, they will realize more clearly that as long as we exist, their Sichuan The Shaanxi strategy cannot be realized, unless they don’t want Sichuan, or don’t want the northwest, otherwise they will definitely regard us as the number one enemy, and they will definitely do everything possible to annihilate us, and they will come soon.”

"That's why Dutong gave up Chengji County and stick to Ganquan Fort!"

"Yes! If we can't defend Ganquan Castle, we will have no chance to expand outward."

After a pause, Chen Qing apologized again: "Jiang County Magistrate was the magistrate ten years ago, and now I have to wrong you to become magistrate again, I am really sorry!"

Jiang Yanxian smiled slightly, "I will not do the magistrate appointed by the imperial court, but I am deeply honored to be the magistrate appointed by the capital!"

The two looked at each other and laughed together knowingly.

At this time, Jiang Yanxian thought of another thing, and said to Chen Qing: "It seems that Wei County Lieutenant is a little emotional about his position, and he has been depressed these two days."

Chen Qing thought of Lu Wei's performance in the meeting hall today, and he was indeed silent and sullen. It seemed that he was having a temper tantrum.

"Why did he do this?" Chen Qing asked.

"The humble staff thinks that he wants to be the county magistrate, and his wish is also the county magistrate, but in the end he was appointed as the county magistrate, which makes him a little disappointed. Maybe he thinks that Zhang Miao's qualifications are a bit inferior."

Chen Qing nodded, "I will persuade him, there are some things he hasn't seen through, just point it out, you don't have to worry."

"Please be in charge as soon as possible. Chun Geng needs his cooperation in many things. If he doesn't cooperate, the mutual aid society cannot be formed smoothly."

"I see, it will be resolved today. If he is still in such a mood, I will withdraw him directly!"

There are a total of four deep water wells in the city of Ganquanbao, all of which are more than ten feet deep. They existed before the castle appeared. Zhe Kexing personally named it Ganquan Castle, but the folks called it Four Wells City.

In the past two years, Chen Qing has been hoping to drill more water troops. He has drilled five more wells, but they all failed. It seems that he can't escape the curse of only four wells.

For the past two months, Chen Qing has been studying the characteristics of the four wells, and he finally found that the four wells are arranged in an arc, which extends all the way to the outside of the city.

Chen Qing boldly judged that the arc-shaped underground river below has four wells on this underground river. If his judgment is correct, they can drill three more wells, one in the northwest and two in the southeast.

In the past few days, three hundred soldiers have been digging the well day and night, hoping to succeed this time.

There were still more than a hundred steps away from the well in the northwest direction, and suddenly there was cheering all over the place, and the surrounding people and soldiers rushed over one after another.

Jiang Yanxian excitedly said: "Dutong, maybe the water has been dug out!"

Chen Qing nodded, it should be, otherwise he wouldn't be cheering so much.

They urged their horses forward, and saw a group of soldiers hugging each other, shouting excitedly, and some soldiers pulled a bucket of yellow muddy water from the deep pit.

Seeing Chen Qing's arrival, Hu Yanyun rushed to meet him and said excitedly, "Dutong, the well was successfully drilled!"

"Okay! Sure enough, I found the water vein."

Jiang Yanxian quickly asked: "Can we dig some more wells?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "According to the direction of this underground river, we can drill two more wells in the southeast corner at most, and there will be nothing, unless we go to dig wells outside the city, but it is meaningless."

Jiang Yanxian said again: "If the Jin soldiers also find out the direction of these wells, they will probably cut off our water veins directly outside the city. We must be extra cautious about this!"

"You are right. In fact, our predecessors have thought of this point. They specially placed four wells in four houses. Most people don't know where these four wells are? Unless Jin Bing deliberately drew them before. A detailed diagram of the whole city, but Jin Bing did not think of this from the mouth of the surrendering soldiers. Even if they really drew the blueprint, they would never think that it has something to do with the direction of the underground river. I have been in Ganquan Fort for almost two years , After careful research, I finally discovered this secret, how could Jin Bing think of it? So I am not worried."

"They're all right, it's a humble job."

Chen Qing laughed again: "Go and have a look at the wheat fields outside the city."

The two urged their horses to go out
(End of this chapter)

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