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Chapter 300 Some Problems in Lingnan

In He Lianfang's house.

Zhao Yao sat on the porch, eating cantaloupe, and chatting with He Lianfang about Lingnan.

A few years ago, He Lianfang and Zhao Yao sent people to Lingnan and did a lot of things quietly.If nothing else, let's talk about miasma. The doctors sent there have been researching it, and they have also worked out some tricks.

On the southern side of the Lingnan, the miasma lingers all the year round, and the common people suffer from all kinds of strange diseases.According to the survey, many people in Lingnan die of illness due to miasma every year.

Although there is no miasma in the town, as long as there is a strong wind, the miasma permeating the mountains and forests will float to the town, causing the people in the town to suffer greatly.As for the common people living beside the mountains and forests, it is even more miserable.

Before the sent doctors went to Lingnan, they had a lot of experience in seeing a doctor, but after they went to Lingnan, they found that there were many difficult and miscellaneous diseases in Lingnan that they had never seen before, which made them both painful and happy.

Zhao Yao sent doctors to Lingnan in advance, one is to let them study the miasma and intractable diseases in Lingnan.The second is to let them teach the local people to learn medicine.

Lingnan is really very backward in all aspects, not to mention reading, but medical skills are also very lagging.According to reports from people who have gone to Lingnan, most towns in Lingnan do not have decent medical clinics.As for the doctors, they are barefoot doctors from various villages.To be precise, they are not doctors, but have some earthworks for healing.

Zhao Yao learned that there was not even a good doctor in Lingnan, so of course he couldn't sit idly by, so he asked the doctors who went to Lingnan to teach the locals medical skills.

Of course, before the doctors went to Lingnan, Zhao Yao told them a lot about preventing diseases and paying attention to hygiene.He learned these things from Zhao Yao in his dream, such as not drinking unboiled water.In fact, many diseases are caused by drinking unboiled water.

In addition to the miasma in Lingnan, there are also all kinds of weird bugs and beasts.Some worms live in water, and if they drink water with worms, they will get sick in mild cases and die in severe cases.

Zhao Yao repeatedly told the doctors that after they went to Lingnan, they must teach the locals to drink boiled water and absolutely not to drink raw water.Also, be sure to clean up the local river.Not all rivers are drinkable because the water in many rivers is not clean.

For dirty rivers, when they should be cleaned up, they should be cleaned up.Of course, there are toilets.

According to news from Lingnan, the locals are very casual about going to the toilet.After Zhao Yao heard about it, he guessed that the local people in Lingnan often fell ill because of this reason.So, he drew the dry toilets used in the countryside in Zhao Yao's world in his dream, and asked the people in Lingnan to get them.

Building dry toilets can not only improve people's habit of going to the toilet, but also clean and hygienic.The most important thing is the feces in the toilet, which can also be fertilized.

Regarding the construction of dry toilets, Zhao Yao also told His Highness the King of Chu.

After His Royal Highness King Chu heard about it, he thought dry toilets were a good thing, and immediately implemented them in Liangzhou.He learned that Zhao Yao didn't tell the emperor about the dry toilet, so he personally wrote a memorial to the emperor, writing in detail how to make the dry toilet and the various benefits of the dry toilet.

After reading the memorial from His Highness the King of Chu, the emperor also felt that dry toilets were a good thing, and immediately made a plan to implement dry toilets in all parts of Dazhou.

The local yamen helped the people build dry toilets for free, and the people were of course willing, as long as they didn't spend their money and didn't let them bother.

At first, the common people felt that it was superfluous to build latrines in the yamen. Besides, they had latrines in their homes, so there was no need to build new ones.The people feel that the Yamen is wasting money.However, after the dry toilets were built, the common people changed their views and felt that the dry toilets were really clean and easy to use.

Zhao Yao thought about getting out the biogas pool after he went to Lingnan.

Having said that, the people sent to Lingnan acted according to Zhao Yao's instructions.Although the situation in Lingnan cannot be greatly changed, it can be changed in some minor matters.Changes in these small things have greatly improved the lives of the people in Lingnan.

However, there is also a big event in Lingnan, that is, the rice imported from Annan Country has been successfully planted in Lingnan, and the harvest is very good.Although it has not yet reached Annan Country's three crops a year, there is no problem with two crops a year.

In the past two years, the rice harvest in Lingnan has been very impressive, which made the emperor very happy.Therefore, the emperor decreed that all the Lingnan area should be planted with Annan rice.

The people in Lingnan are naturally very willing. After all, who would dislike a lot of food, and who would dislike a full stomach.

Seeing that the emperor had made an order, Zhao Yao saved him from worrying about promoting the planting of Annanguo rice.

The food supply in Lingnan has been solved, but the fruit problem has not been solved yet.

It is said that there are many fruits in Lingnan, and they are very delicious.These fruits have never been seen in the capital.After Zhao Yao learned about it, he was so hungry, but unfortunately he couldn't eat it.

Lingnan is too far away from the capital. If the fruit is transported from Lingnan to the capital, it will be broken before reaching the capital.If there is a rush of eight hundred miles, the fruit delivered to the capital will not be spoiled, but the officials who deliver the fruit will be exhausted.Besides, the cost is too great to do so.

Zhao Yao originally wanted to grow Lingnan fruits in the capital or Jiangnan, but none of them succeeded, which made him completely give up transplanting Lingnan fruits to other places.

There are many types of fruits in Lingnan, many of which are duplicated with those in Annan, Funan, Johor and other countries. The idea of ​​selling Lingnan fruits to these countries will not work.However, Concubine Liang helped Zhao Yao come up with an idea, that Lingnan fruits could be made into candied fruit, and then sold to the capital or the Western Regions.

Zhao Yao thinks this is a good idea. If the fruit is made into candied fruit or candied fruit, it is easy to preserve and not easy to spoil.So, let the people in Lingnan teach the locals how to make preserved fruits and preserves.

In fact, Zhao Yao also thought of a good thing, that is canned fruit.In Zhao Yao's dream world, there are not only all kinds of delicious canned fruits, but also various kinds of canned meat.It's a pity that Dazhou doesn't have the technology to keep the fruit and meat from spoiling.

He thought that when he went to Lingnan, he would think about how to make canned fruit and meat.

Although the fruits from Lingnan cannot be transported to the capital for sale, the medicinal materials there can be sent to the capital or other places for sale.

The Liang family has already sent people to do business in Lingnan. They not only transport Lingnan medicinal materials, grain, and dried fruits to various places for sale, but also sell local fabrics and embroidery.

Although the fabrics and embroidery in Lingnan are not as exquisite as those in Beijing or Jiangnan, they have their own characteristics.People in other places have never seen this kind of unique embroidery in Lingnan, and they think it is very fresh and like it very much.

In addition, Lingnan spices are also very rich.It is very popular in Beijing and Jiangnan, and it is also very popular in the Western Regions.

The Liang family quietly started doing business in Lingnan, not only making a lot of money, but also boosting Lingnan's business.

Liang Run also went to Lingnan in person, and then came back and told Zhao Yao that Lingnan is a good place with too many good things.They went to Lingnan to do business, and they really found a treasure.

For this reason, the Liang family sent a group of people to settle in Lingnan to do business.

Before the Liang family went to Lingnan, no one was doing big business in Lingnan.The business in Lingnan is all among small traders.It's not that they can't do big business, but they can't.They are all guilty people and are not qualified to do big business.Also, they cannot leave Lingnan for the rest of their lives.If they fled Lingnan privately, it would be a felony and they would most likely be beheaded.

The rule that people in Lingnan cannot leave Lingnan at will has been established since ancient times, not the rule of the Great Zhou Dynasty.There was such a law in the previous dynasties, the previous dynasties, and even earlier.When the first emperor formulated the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, most of them adopted the laws of the previous dynasty. Among them, one of the laws about Lingnan was adopted unchanged.

In addition to not being able to leave Lingnan, they cannot be officials.Of course, if there are special circumstances, they can be made officials, but they can only be officials in Lingnan, and cannot be officials in other places.Also, they will be regarded as criminals all their lives because they are the descendants of criminals.

Since ancient times, people who were exiled to Lingnan committed serious crimes.Even if their offspring are innocent, they will be charged with crimes.

Zhao Yao felt that this was too unfair to the people in Lingnan.Their elders have committed crimes, it has nothing to do with them, why should they be treated as criminals.

"When I go, I must change the law in Lingnan." Zhao Yao finished eating a melon, picked up another melon, and gnawed it quickly with his head down.

The prince has the right to change anything in his fief, including the law.

"Then you can find someone to draft the law now." He Lianfang didn't like eating small cantaloupe very much, it was too sweet for him. "In this way, when you go to Lingnan, you can immediately promulgate new laws."

"Yes, that must be done now." Zhao Yao couldn't care less about eating the cantaloupe, he said with a bitter face, "I don't have anyone familiar with the law around me."

"You can ask your third uncle for help." He Lianfang sold his teammates very happily, "He is familiar with the previous court, and even the laws of the previous court."

"Really?" Zhao Yao heard the words, his eyes became bright, and then he thought of another thing, and asked, "Does the third uncle know the laws of Lingnan?"

"He is familiar with the laws of the previous dynasty. Do you think he knows the laws of Lingnan?"

"Sorry, I asked a very stupid question." Zhao Yao hurriedly finished the remaining small cantaloupe in his hand, and said anxiously, "Then I will write to Uncle San immediately and ask him to help me revise Lingnan's laws and regulations. Law."

He Lianfang added: "You can also ask him about the policy of benefiting the people. He also understands this aspect."

"Yeah, why did I forget that?" Zhao Yao recalled that the third uncle had written him a letter about the policies of various dynasties and periods. "Third Uncle is really a treasure uncle. I even forgot to ask his old man about this matter." Obviously there is a big treasure hidden by his side, but he actually forgot to "use".

Zhao Yao said that wind is rain.After eating the little cantaloupe in his hand, he ran to the study to write a letter to third uncle.After writing the letter, he began to learn the art of war with He Lianfang.

After learning the art of war, it was getting late, so Zhao Yao stayed.

The master and apprentice sat in the yard, eating barbecue.

While talking, the housekeeper who had never spoken appeared, holding a letter in his hand, and handing it to He Lianfang with both hands.

He Lianfang put down the bowl and chopsticks and took the letter.Seeing that it was a letter from the Western Regions, he slightly raised his eyebrows, and immediately opened it to read.

Zhao Yao saw that He Lianfang's expression changed after he read the letter, and he hurriedly asked, "Second Uncle, what's the matter, did something happen?"

He Lianfang handed the letter to Zhao Yao and said, "Yuan Han is dead."

"What?" Zhao Yao exclaimed, quickly took the letter, and looked down.After a while, he finished reading, and his face became a little heavy. "Yuan Han is dead!" Sure enough, he guessed right, Yuan Qiong was dead, and Yuan Han was the next one to die.In less than a month, Yuan Han died. Did my starling be too anxious?

"It's expected, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon." He Lianfang said, "It seems that the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty can't wait to get rid of the Yuan family."

"Losing two sons at once, I'm afraid Jingyanghou will go crazy." Zhao Yao didn't feel any sympathy for Yuan's family.He just felt that the eighth prince's movements were too fast, which would put him in danger of being exposed.

"The next one is King Chen." He Lianfang said indifferently, "With the speed of the Southern Wei people's revenge, it may not take long for King Chen to die."

After He Lianfang finished speaking, seeing Zhao Yao's complicated expression and not saying a word, she teased him and said, "Why, can't bear to have your sixth brother killed?"

"It's a little bit. Although the sixth brother is not close to me, he is my sixth brother. Now that he is about to be killed, I feel complicated for a while."

"Blood is thicker than water?" He Lianfang's tone sounded a little mocking, "In King Chen's heart, there is no brother like you."

"I know, if I am indifferent to the fact that the sixth brother will be killed next, then I will be too cold-blooded and ruthless." Zhao Yao said in an exaggerated tone deliberately, "I am still a child, so I can't be indifferent to the murder .”

He Lianfang disliked Zhao Yao's exaggerated expression, and said in a very perfunctory tone: "Yes, yes, you are a child."

"The Yuan family lost two sons in one go, I'm afraid it will cause a storm in the capital."

He Lianfang asked, "What does it have to do with you?"

Zhao Yao thought about it and thought it was the same.

"That's right, it has nothing to do with me." He said this, but his heart was still a little heavy. Of course, he was not worried about the upcoming murder of King Chen, but worried about the bloody storm that would follow.He believed that after the sixth brother was killed, the tranquility of the capital would be completely gone.

"I don't understand what's the fight for that seat." Zhao Yao complained again, "What's so good about being an emperor? I'm exhausted reviewing memorials every day, and there are a lot of messy things to deal with."

"That's because you're stupid." He Lianfang sarcastically said.

"Second uncle, you are wrong, I am not stupid, I am smart." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "No one in this world is sober than me."

He Lianfang laughed angrily: "Then you are really sober."

"Oh, this makes everyone drunk and I wake up alone."

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