Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 364

Qingzhou borders Tai'an Mansion on the north, the East China Sea on the east, and the East China Sea on the south.This is a good deep-water port, where the famous Qingzhou Navy in the north is stationed.

Unlike Tianmen County, Qingzhou is a small place with a large population. Except for some mountainous areas in the north, other places are plains.Having said that, there is a lack of water here, and wells are needed for irrigation and drinking water. Although the population is large, agriculture is relatively underdeveloped.

Take a boat from Tangguang Mansion, go down the coast, and if the wind is smooth, you can reach Qingzhou Port in about ten days.Compared with the land route, this speed is much slower.

So why take a boat?Because Zhang Wei is the commander of the Qingzhou Naval University, he naturally wanted to experience the feeling of taking a boat.

The flagship of the Qingzhou Navy is a five-masted sailing ship. The towering mast drives this 42-foot-long ship. There are more than 33 soldiers on board. Accompanying him were one water boat, one water boat, and ten bird boats.Reserve food is placed on the tank boat, reserve fresh water is placed on the water boat, and the bird boat is a light and fast boat, which is usually tied to a large boat to move together.

This flagship is called 'Qingzhou'.The name is simple and easy to remember.

The captain of the Qingzhou is Feng Ma, the captain of the navy. He is a strong and strong man. He has lived at sea all year round, which makes his skin dark and his personality resolute.

At this time, Zhang Wei was sitting in the cabin, holding a copy of "Qingzhou Minutes" and studying.This is the investigation and record book of Qingzhou in the Hanlin Academy.In the Hanlin Academy, there are quite a few such books, but due to authority issues, most of these books cannot be circulated, and are only available for the emperor and ministers to consult.

It's just this kind of thing, how many emperors and ministers will look it up?

Relying on being a third-rank Hanlin scholar, Zhang Wei directly copied a copy of this book and took it away.

If you want to govern a place well, you must first understand the place.Different from other officials, Zhang Wei traveled through that glorious era, and he was fascinated by economic construction and local construction.Although I have never been an official, I can always get some information on the Internet and on TV.

When there are no gods, ghosts and ghosts in a world, development depends entirely on ordinary people.And when there are gods, ghosts and ghosts in a world, development doesn't just depend on ordinary people.

Technology is the primary productive force, that's because there is no practice!With practice, technology and practice are primary productivity!
The success of Tianmen County is due to the contribution of those goblins.

But Qingzhou is different. Qingzhou is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, next to Mount Tai. The goblins here are like pearls in the sand, which is almost nonexistent.

There are many people in Qingzhou, and the goblins can only live in the East China Sea. They are water demons.

Tianmen County is sparsely populated, and the land is extremely spacious, which is suitable for the development of large-scale agriculture.But Qingzhou is not good. Qingzhou has a narrow area, the cost of land is extremely high, and self-sufficiency in food is barely enough. It is difficult to develop cotton cultivation.

If the Tianmen model is copied, then Zhang Wei will die a miserable death.Adapting measures to local conditions is the truth.

And the "Qingzhou Minutes" that Zhang Wei is watching now is to discover the advantages of this place.

Qingzhou has a deep-water port. If it is in the world before crossing, this is a good place to develop a large port.But here, the development of large ports is not a good choice.

What is the purpose of developing large ports?Behind all the big ports, if there is not a huge amount of import and export materials, it is an important production base.The port is essentially a distribution center for the flow of materials. Without materials, the port is useless when it is established.

The current Qingzhou Port is a military port, where the Qingzhou Navy is stationed and serves the military.

So, what great future can Qingzhou have?

Yes or yes.

Next to Qingzhou is Laizhou, which produces iron ore.Next to Laizhou is Dengzhou, which produces coal mines.Laizhou Iron is famous for its efforts, while Dengzhou coal has large reserves, but its quality is not good and there are many impurities.

But in Zhang Wei's view, this is not a problem!Don't be afraid of poor resources, be afraid of no resources!

Since large-scale agriculture is not possible, large-scale industry must be carried out.If you don't want to come in a flashy way, if you want to come, you can do it.

Ten days later, the Qingzhou entered the port safely and arrived at Qingzhou Port.

Qingzhou Port is a military port, and a small part is a civilian port.There are several warships moored in the military port, but there are small fishing boats in the civilian port.Qingzhou has a large population and barren land. Many people will choose to rely on the sea to eat the sea and become fishermen.

After disembarking from the Qingzhou, Tongzhi Qingzhou was already waiting at the port with several officials, squires, and servants.

Qingzhou Tongzhi is called Zhang Mingchen, who has the same surname as Zhang Wei.When a person reaches middle age, in the comments of the official department, he is a well-behaved person.As a result, I have been a Tongzhi of Qingzhou for 20 years, but I can't be promoted.

Now Zhang Wei's name is well-known to everyone, and the people of Qingzhou are also aware of the nationwide public trial.When Zhang Mingchen saw Zhang Wei getting off the boat, he had to lament that Zhang Wei was young and promising.

He immediately took a step forward, bowed to Zhang Wei, and said, "Your official, Qingzhou fellow acquaintance Zhang Mingchen, has met Zhang Wei and Master Zhang!"

The other officials and squires also hurriedly saluted, and said together: "I have seen Zhang Futai!"

Zhang Wei bowed his hands to them and said, "My fellow countrymen and colleagues, be polite! Hurry up!"

Zhang Tongzhi said: "Your Excellency has been exhausted all the way, so we should go back to the mansion to rest for a while. We have already set up a reception banquet in the evening, and I would like to invite you to come and see me!"

Zhang Wei said with a smile, "That's fine! I'm new here, so I just listen to my colleagues' arrangements."

Seeing Zhang Wei being so approachable, all the country gentry officials present laughed.According to rumors in the court, Zhang Wei is a stern and unselfish person, and it seems that it is not that exaggerated!
Everyone defended Zhang Wei together, and then walked towards the sedan chair.At this time, Zhang Wei said: "I don't need to sit in this sedan chair. I have a horse to ride on."

After his words fell, Zhang Erhei led a horse to the side of the crowd.This horse is the imperial horse bestowed by the emperor.This imperial horse has the blood of Tianma, and it is no problem to run a thousand a day and eight hundred at night. In the whole world, only the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the capital has it, and it is only about a hundred horses.

Zhang Wei's horse has a black coat, but its hooves are like snow.

Seeing such a fine horse, everyone present knew that it was the imperial horse, so they complimented him again.This is how the officialdom is, everyone carries the bridal sedan chairs.

Zhang Wei didn't say much else, stepped on his own dark clouds and snow, and walked straight ahead.The other officials also quickly found their horses and rode up together.

Officials in this world, it is true that those who mount a horse can fight wars, and dismount can govern the people, it is not a problem to ride a horse.

Everyone rode their horses and headed towards Qingzhou City by the sea.

Entering the city, Zhang Wei frowned deeply.

Dilapidation is Zhang Wei's first impression of this city.The bluestone road on the ground can be seen to be quite good in the past, but now most of the bluestone roads have been broken and potholed, and the houses on both sides of the road are also dilapidated and ugly.

Pedestrians on the road all looked pale, and when they saw this large group of people riding horses, they all hid one after another.Their eyes were numb and lifeless, as if they were walking corpses.

Seeing this, Zhang Wei sighed slightly in his heart.

The only angry people on the street are probably the few children running around.It's just that these young children are dressed in rags, are stunted, and have dirty faces.

They looked at Zhang Wei and the group curiously, with curiosity and innocence that had not been lost in their eyes.Seeing this, Zhang Wei finally felt a little better.

As long as there is hope for young children, there is hope for this city.

The young children playing on the street were quickly taken away by their parents. Zhang Wei and the others continued to move forward and finally arrived at the Qingzhou government office in the center of the city.

In front of Qingzhou government office, there is a depression. Zhang Wei looked at this depression curiously, and asked Zhang Mingchen strangely: "Master Zhang, what is the matter with this depression? Why is there such a place in front of the government office?"

Zhang Tongzhi looked at it and said, "My lord, you don't know something. This was originally a spring, and the water that gushed out was sweet and delicious. Many people in the city would come to fetch water. It's just that two years ago, this spring dried up for some reason. Down this abrupt depression."

Zhang Wei nodded and understood.

Beyond this spring, there is the government office.At this time, there were already a large number of guards waiting at the door.

Seeing Zhang Wei coming, they were also a little excited. This is a big man who is on trial in the heavenly court!
"I've seen Zhangfutai!" The guards shouted loudly.

"Everyone is polite!" Zhang Wei hurriedly got off his horse and returned the greeting.

Next, there are various introductions.Officials from all parties in Qingzhou City, including the captain of the navy, all came to visit Zhang Wei.

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Zhang Wei is busy here, and Zhang Wei's family members are also busy there.

The four vixens were obviously absent-minded, looking west frequently.Then Hu Qinghao said sullenly, "I don't like this place."

Xiaoqian on the side was holding the ginseng doll, and said a little strangely: "Why? This place is not bad."

This place is near the sea, and she lived by the sea when she was a child, and this gave her a lot of intimacy.

"Because Qingqiu is over there!" Hu Qinghao said depressingly.

Hearing this, Xiaoqian and Chen Zhirui suddenly realized.So that's what happened!Qingqiuhu and Jileihu are relatives who have never seen each other.

Now I come to Qingzhou, and somewhere near Qingzhou is Qingqiu, the base camp of Qingqiu fox, which is a very famous cave.This made the four foxes very unhappy.

But is there any way, marry a chicken like a chicken, marry a dog like a dog, marry a Zhang Weiman and go!
The backyard of the government office is where Zhang Wei's family lives, and the women's family lived in. Zhang Erhei and the others also began to tidy up the house and inspect the courtyard.

In the evening, Zhang Wei went to the reception banquet, and the women ate by themselves.Qingzhou Linhai, there are a lot of fish, shrimp and sea crabs in the food, which makes everyone's taste slightly changed.

The night breeze was cool, and Zhang Wei, who had had a drink with everyone, also went back to the government office.

Because of drinking, Zhang Wei did not ride a horse, but walked home with a few members of the Zhang family. The cool sea breeze blew away the heat of early autumn.

Walking on the road, Zhang Wei suddenly saw several old people and children pushing a water truck with great difficulty.The potholed stone road made the vehicles go extremely slowly, and the water in the waterwheel was constantly rippling, occasionally splashing some.

At this moment, Zhang Wei suddenly saw the wheels of the water wheel tilted and about to break.If the wheel breaks, all the water in the waterwheel must be overturned.

He immediately flashed, and with a strong push, he directly supported the waterwheel that was about to overturn!

"Ah! This...thank you...huh?! You are Mr. Zhang Wei Zhang!" The old man pushing the cart was about to express his gratitude when he saw Zhang Wei's face clearly and said hastily.

Then he will kneel down and salute.

Zhang Wei quickly supported him and said, "I can't deserve such a big gift from an old man!"

He took the bucket off the water cart and put it on the ground, and said to his servant: "Go to the mansion to push a cart, and I will help the old man bring water back later!"

The servant nodded and immediately ran to the government office.

Then Zhang Wei said to the old man: "Old man, why do you need to pull water this late at night?"

The old man was obviously in a hurry, and he quickly said: "It's hot in broad daylight, and there are many people filling water during the day, but there are fewer people at night."

"Fill water? Where do you fill it?" Zhang Wei asked.

"Sweet water well in the street ahead," replied the old man.

"How much will these two large buckets of water cost?" Zhang Wei suddenly asked.

"A barrel of two Wen, two barrels of four Wen."

"How long is it enough?"

"It's enough for four days."

Zhang Wei and the old man asked and answered, and Zhang Wei nodded. It seems that the water bill for a penny a day is not much.Then at this moment, he saw the two little boys, who were hiding behind their grandfather in fear and curiosity, and stretched out their heads to look at Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei suddenly saw their little faces under the moonlight. It was an unwashed face with some stains on it.He also looked at the clothes on the old man and the boy, they were also dirty.

This time, Zhang Wei fell silent.He thought too simply.These people buy water and go back, how can they be willing to wash with water, most of them are purely drinking water and cooking...

It costs one penny a day just to eat water and cook rice. This price is too high!

Qingzhou is near the sea, but Qingzhou is seriously short of water.You can't drink seawater, water it!There are no big rivers or streams in Qingzhou.There are problems with drinking water for humans and animals, not to mention agricultural water.

Zhang Wei suddenly asked: "A penny a day, can you afford it?"

The old man was taken aback for a moment, apparently he did not expect Zhang Wei to ask such a question, he thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay, barely."

Looking at the old man's appearance and listening to the old man's words, Zhang Wei felt very uncomfortable.As long as they are not dying of thirst, these ordinary people will answer 'it's okay'.They have endured too much in silence, but they are the ones who complain the least.

Seeing Zhang Wei's silence, the old man suddenly smiled and said: "In the past, it was free to fetch water in front of the government office. If you want to, let's dredge the spring."

Zhang Wei was taken aback for a moment, then thoughtful.

At this time, the servant who went to pick up the cart also came back, Zhang Wei said: "Send the old man home, and help them repair the cart by the way."

The servant nodded, and then the old man thanked him again.Just follow the servant and leave.

At this moment, Zhang Wei no longer felt the slightest hint of alcohol.Before he walked to the depression at the gate of the government office, he looked carefully for a long time.Then he whispered: "Give you a chance, if you don't leave tomorrow, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

The depression responded to him silently, and he didn't care too much, directly entering the government office.

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Early the next morning, people in Qingzhou City heard a burst of gongs.

"Big news! Big news! Today, Zhang Wei's Zhangfutai is going to clean up the springs and dredge the water veins. Everyone in the neighborhood can go and have a look!"

The guards beating the gong shouted from street to street, which immediately attracted the attention of a large number of people.

Immediately, a neighbor asked: "Little San, is what you said true?"

The officer named Xiaosan immediately said: "Can this be false? How dare I make up the affairs of the Grand Master? Everyone, go and have a look when you have time. That is the Grand Master who is on trial in the Heavenly Court!"

The neighbors in the neighborhood were dubious, but they finally went to the government office.After all, this is Mr. Zhang who is on trial in the heavenly court!

Not long after, a large number of people gathered at the gate of the government office.There is a big square in front of the Fu Yamen, and in the middle of the square is the depression. Although there are many people, it is not too crowded.

The people greeted each other and chatted with each other.The face is full of surprise, excitement and doubt.

Not long after, Zhang Wei came out wearing a third-rank official uniform.Two guards followed behind him, still carrying the heavy desk in the lobby.

The guards placed the desk in front of the depression, and then moved chairs, put the gavel and the bucket of warrants.

Zhang Wei bowed his hands to the people, and then said: "Today, I called all the villagers because of this spring. I want to have a trial. Why does this spring not produce water!"

When the others heard it, they were all curious, which is really strange!I have heard of trialing people and demons, but I have never heard of anyone trialing springs!

Zhang Wei sat on the chair, slapped the gavel hard, and shouted: "Success!"

"Wei~~~~"

"Wu~~~~"

The yamen servants lined up in two rows and shouted together.

After shouting the chant, Zhang Wei opened his mouth and asked, "Two years ago, there was so much water gushing from the spring in the hall, and so many people were alive. Why is the water supply stopped now, making people's lives miserable?"

As soon as his words came out, the people present could not help but nod their heads with sympathy.

However, where the spring can speak, there is only speechless response to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei sneered and said, "Don't talk, right? It seems that you won't be tortured. You don't know how to repent."

Then he picked up a lottery in the lottery tube, and said directly: "Heaven is clear, Shenlei is here to ask! Hit me!"

After he finished speaking, he threw out the token in his hand, and directly mobilized the thunder energy of heaven and earth.

He is now the source of innate thunder, mobilizing the thunder energy to form a thunderbolt is a simple matter.In an instant, the sky suddenly flickered, and then a thunderbolt struck the spring out of thin air!

This thunderbolt from the blue sky immediately stunned the common people present!

This old master, if you say thunder, it will thunder!

He actually came for real!

The people's eyes widened, and they didn't even dare to breathe out.Seeing the lightning strike the depression, the depression was scorched black.

At this time, the depression suddenly spoke!
"My lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life!"

"Wow! The spring has spoken!" The people didn't know what to say at this moment.When they witnessed the spring being struck by Zhang Wei's lightning, they really spoke!

Zhang Wei snorted coldly, and said: "Where is the evildoer, don't act quickly!"

Then, a puff of black smoke rose from the spring, and a figure appeared in front of everyone.

When Zhang Wei saw it, he immediately said, "Who are you?"

The man immediately knelt down and said: "My lord, please forgive me, the little one, the little one is a toad spirit!"

Everyone saw that this man was short and fat, with protruding eyes and a wide mouth. Isn't that a big toad that looks like a real life!
"Is it you who blocked the spring?" Zhang Wei suddenly asked.

"Little one, I know I was wrong!" Toad Jing was so frightened that he admitted everything.

"Why is the spring blocked? Do you know that this spring is related to the lives of the people in one side?" Zhang Wei continued to ask.

The toad spirit quickly said: "I was originally a little demon at the foot of Mount Tai. I lived under a deep pool at the bottom of the mountain. I usually went deep and kept quiet. I never did anything wrong. I gather vitality every day and the moonlight at night. I practice with peace of mind. I am a good monster." ah!"

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "Seeing that you have a clear aura, you don't look like those evil spirits, so why did you block the spring?"

Toad Jing continued: "It's only because of changes in the water pool at home that the young one had to leave his hometown, so he came here to practice, but the spring was blocked unconsciously."

He didn't know it, it was on purpose!He needs a lot of water for his practice, of course the spring must be blocked to prevent the water from running away!

Zhang Wei said: "Whether you do it unintentionally or on purpose, blocking the spring and making the people suffer is a serious crime! Today, as the prefect of Qingzhou, I betrayed you and guarded the spring for a hundred years. Are you willing?"

When the toad spirit heard this, his life was saved!Immediately kowtowed and said: "The little demon is willing, the little demon is willing!"

Zhang Wei nodded, and then said: "So, why don't you let go of the spring?"

Upon hearing this, the goblin immediately croaked.Following his cry, the spring's eyes shook, and then a stream of clear water suddenly gushed out!

The sound of "gudong gudong" spring water surged, which immediately made the people boil.

Zhang Wei pointed at the toad spirit, and the toad spirit jumped obediently by the edge of the spring, and then turned into a stone toad statue, and was not allowed to leave for a hundred years.

After doing this, Zhang Wei said to the people: "From today on, this spring will still be the same as before, providing free water for the people."

When the people below heard it, they immediately burst into applause.

Zhang Wei cupped his hands towards Sifang, and then shouted: "That's it, retreat!"

"Wei~~~~"

"Wu~~~~"

When Zhang Wei returned to the county government office, the people outside also brought water basins and barrels and began to collect water.It was a lively scene outside.

Back at the mansion, Chen Zhirui greeted Zhang Wei with stars in his eyes: "Brother Zhang, you were really great just now!"

This is the man she Chen Zhirui likes!

Zhang Wei smiled slightly and said, "It's nothing to do with it. As an official, this little thing has to be done."

He looked at Chen Zhirui, smiled and said, "In the future, Qingzhou's government affairs will need more help from you!"

Chen Zhirui complied happily.Then Zhang Wei said: "There are so many things in Qingzhou, and there are many things that need to be changed."

He took two steps and said: "The lack of water is the biggest problem here. There is nothing to do, and water is the first!"

His eyes were bright, and he spoke directly about the problem he wanted to solve first.

(End of this chapter)