Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 44: Let Ren Tianbeng start the game
The autumn wind is bleak, and the world is lonely.

Chen Qingsi rode a donkey and read a book with relish in her hand.

Next to him was a carriage, driven by the pretty swordsman Qingkong, and the people in the carriage were naturally Xiao Miaochen and Qian Yan.

After receiving the appointment from the imperial court, Chen Qingsi discussed with Xiao Miaochen, bought a packhorse and a donkey, and went south to take office.

In addition to the four of them, there were two others walking ahead to clear the way.

There is a man who is rough and powerful and is the only head-hunter in Tongguan Village. There is another man in his forties who is gentle and gentle. His surname is Jiang, and his last name is Chen.

Kuang Zheng wanted to leave Tongguan Village and develop in the county. He thought he would be able to make further progress by killing the demons of the Fire Phoenix Sect.

In the end, they were only rewarded with a little money, and there was no news about the promotion.

Kuang Zheng's hope was shattered and he became confused and a little decadent.

When Chen Qingsi saw this, she thought that he had saved her life, that he also had some fists and that he dared to fight and kill, so she invited him to accompany her to her post.

Kuang Zheng fully agreed and went with him.

As for this Jiang Chen, he was a top student at Xiao's School and was responsible for the education of Xiao's private school in Yixing County. He had strong clerical skills.

Chen Qingsi went south to take office this time and needed to build his own administrative team. Through the Xiao family's connections, he was invited to serve as his clerk.

A group of six people, one donkey and one carriage, walked on the deserted official road.

"What a Tao Hongjing, the prime minister of the mountains, his reputation is well-deserved, and the wisdom of his predecessors is truly unfathomable!"

Chen Qingsi couldn't help sighing, looking at the notes in her hand with admiration, and said again: "Madam, you have chosen a good book for your husband."

Previously, he asked Xiao Miaochen to sort out several practical miscellaneous books for him. After screening, Xiao Miaochen sorted out more than 100 books for Chen Qingsi to read on a daily basis.

Chen Qingsi found several handwritten notes of Tao Hongjing among them.

Tao Hongjing was a strange man from the Qi and Liang Dynasties in the Southern Dynasty. He was proficient in Taoism, calendar, medicine, alchemy, smelting and many other skills. He had outstanding achievements in all walks of life. He founded the Maoshan Sect and drew up the Taoist immortal genealogy. Ranking the gods, he compiled "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" and "Famous Doctors" and created the first drug classification method that is still in use today, classifying the world's drugs according to their specific medicinal properties.He also forged thirteen famous swords for the king of Liang and compiled the "Records of Swords and Swords in Ancient and Modern Times". He was even more proficient in alchemy skills and was recognized as a master of alchemy after Ge Hong.

Both Qi and Liang where Tao Hongjing worked were in power, so the Xiao family had first-hand information about Tao Hongjing.

Others looked at Tao Hongjing's letters and saw gods and the way to immortality, but Chen Qingsi looked at physics and chemistry, the flame analysis method of potassium nitrate, spontaneous combustion by friction, the study of the heat-generating process of saltpeter, how to produce purple-green smoke, etc.

These things are all physical and chemical phenomena that have been discovered and studied by predecessors, but there is a lack of a system to integrate these knowledge.

Chen Qingsi reflected some of the things he had learned in his memory against it, and found that they matched in many places. While amazed, a thought came to his mind, could he use this knowledge to fight against the enemy?
Chen Qingsi was thinking about this thing along the way, eager to try it, and wanted to arrive in Qingxi County immediately to test out his idea.

But as they got closer to Qingxi County, the scene became more and more deserted, and there was not even a single human habitation for dozens of miles.Especially after entering Qingxi County, we encountered three villages in a row. They were all abandoned villages. There was no crowing of chickens or barking of dogs. There were many ownerless graves on both sides of the village.Walking on the official road in broad daylight, I felt a sense of fear in my heart.

“I had expected Qingxi County to be deserted, but I didn’t want it to be so deserted.”

Chen Qingsi sighed secretly.Jiang Chen said solemnly: "After being robbed repeatedly, it is naturally broken. The burden on Mr. Lang's shoulders is not small."

Qingxi County was the place where Chen Shuozhen raised the banner of rebellion against the imperial court and fired the first shot. It was also the place where the response was the most enthusiastic. Tong Wenbao in the county directly mobilized 4000 rebels to follow Chen Shuozhen.

Also relying on 4000 men, Chen Shuozhen divided his troops into two groups, one to attack Muzhou and the other to attack Shezhou.

In the final battle, more than 1 rebels led by Chen Shuozhen were defeated in Wuzhou by Yang Governor Shi Fangrenyu and Wuzhou Governor Cui Yixuan. Except for more than [-] rebels who were captured, most of the rest died in the battle.

At this time, Jiangnan was sparsely populated, and so many people had died. It was impossible to restore the previous population without ten years of prosperity.

Seeing that his morale was a little low, Chen Qingsi clasped his hands and said: "Actually, it's not a bad thing to be so broken. It's precisely because of the damage that it's possible to tear down everything and rebuild. Let us let go, fearing that it will be half broken or half broken. , that would be the most embarrassing."

Jiang Chen said in surprise: "Does Mr. Lang have an idea?"

Chen Qingsi did not hide anything and said: "I probably had the idea from the beginning, and we can only make a conclusion after on-site inspection. Without investigation, any idea will be just talk on paper."

He looked up at the sky and said: "Let's speed up the pace and try to reach the county seat today. Whether we can break Qingxi County's situation depends on these four months. If we break it, we will succeed. If we don't break it, we will have to be tied up for the next year." .”

Jiang Chen was startled for a moment, then realized, "Is Mr. Lang preparing for spring plowing?"

"Not bad!" Chen Qingsi said: "Cut off all the tangles before spring plowing, so that the people can farm with peace of mind. Only when there is land and land can they have hope and calm down for development. If there is no basic hope, no matter how good the policy is, it is useless."

The group accelerated their pace and gradually gained popularity as they traveled deeper into Qingxi County.

It was just that nine of the ten rooms in the house were empty, and most of the people they saw were women and children. They turned a blind eye to their group and looked numb.

Arriving in the heart of Qingxi County, Chen Qingsi finally arrived at his destination, the Qingxi County government office.

only……

Chen Qingsi looked at the government plaque that was tilted 45 degrees, the right wall collapsed, the left wall cracked, and one door with and one without. The corners of his mouth twitched, as if the situation was worse than he imagined.

Not to mention being greeted, there may not even be a place to stay.

Xiao Miaochen got off the carriage at this moment and looked at the scene in front of him. He didn't say anything. He just said: "It's a shelter from the wind and rain. It's much better than sleeping in the wild. Qianyan, Qingkong, let's go and pack up a place to stay. The place."

Chen Qingsi looked at his wife with a bit of guilt and said, "Brother Kuang, Jiang Wenwen, let's find some stone cushions and straighten the plaque of this government office first. Others can be crooked, but this plaque cannot be crooked."

Just as the three of them were straightening the plaque, a Confucian scholar in his fifties came nearby, bowed and said: "I am the chief registrar of the county, temporarily acting as the county magistrate. Are you sent by the imperial court to take over this office?" A county magistrate?"

Chen Qingsi took pleasure in the misery and comforted herself: Good news, I am a dictator.

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