farming female castellan

Chapter 228 Placed under Changping Township

The carriage drove a little fast and arrived at Qijiadu at noon.

Xiao Gonggong looked at the large tracts of land on both sides of the strait, and asked Chen Fan: "Are these really flooded places?"

Chen Fan replied: "Both sides. Now both have become middle-grade fields."

Even if there was silt and weeds that were fertile before, and some fertilizer has been added in the past few months, Chen Fan still doesn't want to call them fertile fields.

"Your Majesty is humble. With such a high yield, it can be called good land." Eunuch Xiao didn't agree.

After entering the yard, Eunuch Xiao praised: "This yard is well built."

"Thank you for the compliment, father-in-law." Chen Fan thanked casually.

There is meat and vegetable soup and rice for lunch, Mr. Xiao praised it as delicious.Chen Fan looked at the expressions of the officials again, they still had weird expressions.

The officials all went to take a lunch break, and Zhang Ci placed Eunuch Xiao in another guest house.

The Chinese scribes were busy copying the contents of the booklet.Tang Chaoying looked at Zhongshuling: "Then Mr. Xiao is really calm, he looks like he doesn't know Mr. Zhang."

"He really doesn't know Zhangci." Zhong Shuling said.

Tang Chaoying smiled: "Even if the name doesn't belong to him, it's always him, right? Is this the default?"

Wu Zhongsu, a member of the Ministry of Officials, looked solemn: "Is it because you want to humiliate the young master by making Miss Chen the township lord?"

Zhong Shuling did not speak.

Wu Zhongsu said: "We will leave for Beijing the day after tomorrow. The imperial decree just arrived today, and a lot of things are handed over to a group of children?"

"This Changping Township didn't say it was a fiefdom, but also said that it had to pay taxes and food. The tax is very heavy. If Ms. Chen is sympathetic to the people for not collecting taxes, she should spend more of her own money and food. If she wants to earn more, the people's The burden is heavy." Tang Chaoying's tone was helpless.

"Anyway, Governor Cui is here, so let him be in charge of the reception. Let's go around now? I guess those kids haven't slept yet."

Chen Fan and the others did not fall asleep, they just leaned on the back of the chair and closed their eyes to rest.

There were enough horses at Qijiadu, and a group of people set off on horseback.

After walking for half an hour, passing through four villages, Chen Fan saw that the scene along the way was very gloomy.Many trees have lost their leaves, and there is not much green in the fields.

"Radishes and greens can be grown all year round. Why are they rarely seen in the fields around the village? There are not many wheat seedlings either." Chen Fan felt very strange.

The officials have inspected before and are familiar with the situation.Tang Chaoying said: "The wheat seedlings here are not growing well. Shengping County and Yongchang County have experienced drought for several months, and the rice harvest has failed. Some fields have not yet planted wheat."

"Why don't you plant? You can harvest a little." Chen Fan didn't understand.

"I don't get much. Those who are diligent will plant a little, and those who are lazy will not." Tang Chaoying said.

After walking for a while, they arrived at Qingshan Village where Chen Fan and the others took action last time.There was no one in the village, and the weeds had grown tall and withered, only a few of them were green.

The people did not enter the village, but walked around the village towards the Chang River.

"Can you see where the Changhe River is going?" Zhang Ci asked Chen Fan.

Chen Fan looked at him: "A certain person said to take a boat with me and go down the river to see where the Chang River leads. But now I find that the Chang River merges into the Qingxi River right in front of my eyes."

Zhang Ci's ears turned red.The officials pursed their lips and held back their laughter.The children don't care, hahahaha laughed like crazy.

Tang Chaoying said: "This location is within the scope of Yongchang County. A sharp corner of Yongchang County."

"I seem to know why the four fake villages are in these locations." Chen Zhonglin said.

Everyone looked at him.Chen Zhonglin was a little nervous, but soon calmed down: "These lands seem to span four counties. Qijiadu and Kaiyun Village live across the bank. This section of Qingxi River is to the northwest, or it is still in Guangyun County. , or a corner part of another county."

The officials all laughed. "The analysis is good." Tang Chaoying praised: "It does belong to another county, Yong'an County in Xizhou."

"Hetian Village is twenty miles north of Kaiyun Village, and there are only two small villages further north. The people in those two small villages are probably controlled by them, right? This land seems to be within their control ?" Chen Zhonglin continued to analyze.

"Not bad." Tang Chaoying continued to praise, "This Changhe River is not long, and it flows from Yuzhou, and it only crosses five counties. From here, you can enter the Huai River in the direction of Yuzhou, and you can enter Hangou along the Qingxi River. , into the Yangtze River, water transportation is very convenient."

"The government generally doesn't manage this kind of land where the four counties meet, and it can't manage it well. They chose the location very cleverly." Wu Zhongsu said.

"Walking all the way, it seems that there are no mountains and forests." Chen Fan said.

Tang Chaoying pointed to the mountains in the distance: "That mountain has been assigned to Changping Township."

"It's not as high as Dongtou Mountain and Xitou Mountain." Chen Fan looked at Tang Chaoying, "There are not many trees here."

"Although the mountain is not high, the area is very wide. It is the same as Dongtou Mountain and Xitou Mountain. There may be tigers." Tang Chaoying smiled.

"So those forces are safer?" Chen Zhonglin guessed.

"It makes sense. Other people on the other side of the mountain dare not come in this direction." Tang Chaoying smiled.

"Let's go up the mountain and have a look." Zhong Shuling took the lead to walk up the mountain, and everyone followed.

The hillside here is relatively bald, but it is convenient for climbing.Everyone quickly climbed up and walked to another higher mountain.

Wu Zhongsu pointed to another village at the foot of the mountain: "That one is also a fake village, called Jixiang Village."

The expressions on the children's faces were indescribable.Wu Zhongsu smiled: "What's your reaction?"

"With such a festive name, a group of bandits took over the village." Chen Zhongliang said with a frown.

Tang Chaoying pointed with his finger: "It's a sharp corner, but it's more than ten miles away."

These mountains, which are more than ten miles long, have almost become a partition, protecting this sphere of influence.Regardless of whether this place belongs to Shengping County or Yongchang County, it will become a place where the county government is too lazy to reach out.

"Does the sharp corner in Yong'an County also belong to Changping Township?" Chen Fan asked.

Tang Chaoying nodded: "It also belongs to Changping Township. No one lives there, it's all forests."

Chen Fan looked at the withered yellow in the distance, and the corners of his mouth twitched.Mountains and forests, really mountains and forests, are all barren places.

"Are you interested in hunting?" Chen Fan looked at the officials.

"Borrowing a knife to kill a tiger?" Zhang Jiuyan looked at her with a half-smile.

Zhong Shuling glanced at him, and he immediately changed his words: "Good idea. Let those officials come together tomorrow, it's so lively."

(End of this chapter)