Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 93 Chen Qingsi, bullying others too much
Qingxi County Government Office!
Chen Qingsi was looking at the statistics of spring plowing below, with a happy face and a cheerful voice.

The black and white writing on his hand records the amount of cultivated land in Qingxi County this year: 1 acres.

Chen Qingsi made a prediction about the cultivated land in Qingxi County before the beginning of spring. There are [-] households in Qingxi County. Under normal circumstances, one household can cultivate [-] acres of land.However, Qingxi County is dominated by old, weak, women and children, and there is a shortage of able-bodied men. On average, each household can barely manage ten acres of land.

Therefore, a conservative estimate is nine thousand acres...

However, as the story of Chen Qingsi's Qianjia Yamen spread, many people from surrounding counties dragged their families to Qingxi County, so that the county governments near Qingxi County set up barriers to restrict people's migration.

Not to mention the refugees who fled due to the war. When they come to Qingxi County, they can be allocated houses and land, and there are a series of preferential policies, so they all choose to live in Qingxi County.

The population of 92 households increased to [-] households.

Of course, there is a lot of uncertainty in this number of households. Generally speaking, there are as few as three or four people in a household, and as many as seven or eight, or even 90 people.

The county has received a lot of refugees, many of whom live in households of one person or two persons, which seems a bit inflated.

Thanks to the hard work of these people, the cultivated land in Qingxi County this year has reached a new high since Chen Shuozhen's rebellion.

Officials in the county were very excited when they heard this news. They must know that the total cultivated land area of ​​Qingxi County last year was only more than [-] acres, which was more than half.

"Qingxi County has Magistrate Chen, which is really a blessing to the people."

Shi Wuzi sincerely admired him.

Chen Qingsi said: "This is a serious statement. This is mutual achievement. The people in Qingxi County have suffered from the war, and the people's minds are at peace. The government and the people trust each other, and that's why we are today."

Shi Wuzi said hurriedly: "Students should be taught!"

Chen Qingsi lowered his voice intentionally and asked, "How is Tonglu County doing now?"

Shi Wuzi shook his head thoughtfully and said, "Magistrate Ji is in a bit of an obstacle. He is riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off."

A trace of ridicule flashed in Chen Qingsi's eyes, and she said, "So, he will still focus on developing the weaving and dyeing workshops?"

Shi Wuzi nodded and said: "He couldn't find a big cloth merchant to settle in, so he encouraged the wealthy gentry in the county to open their own weaving and dyeing workshops, and gave them a lot of support. Now our spring silkworms have hatched successfully, and their weaving and dyeing workshops have now been built. Not even if we don’t build it.”

"It's your own fault!"

Chen Qingsi gave this evaluation contemptuously.

Generally speaking, Chen Qingsi has already seized the opportunity. The largest silk family in the south of the Yangtze River has settled in Qingxi County, which is destined to crush the surrounding counties.

Anyone with any brains knows the consequences of competing with the Zhao family.

Ji Wen was not stupid, but he still forcibly opened weaving and dyeing workshops for only one reason: he had tampered with silkworm seeds. He was sure that Qingxi County would miss out on spring and summer silkworms because of the problem with silkworm seeds, thus losing contact with them. Opportunities to compete in Tonglu County.

Silkworm breeding can be divided into five seasons: spring silkworm, summer silkworm, early autumn silkworm, mid-autumn silkworm and late autumn silkworm.

Among them, spring silkworms are the best, as everything revives in spring, the mulberry leaves are fresh, the weather is mild, and the leaf quality is good. After being killed by the cold weather in winter, there are few diseases, high yield, and high silk yield.Summer silkworms take second place. In summer, due to the abundant rain and humid climate, diseased silkworms are prone to appear.Especially during the plum rainy season in the Jiangnan Sericulture Area, it is easy to create a sultry sericulture environment.High temperature and humidity make it difficult to raise, and the quality of silkworm cocoons is poor.

As for autumn silkworms, the weather is changeable, sometimes cold and sometimes hot, making it difficult to control diseased silkworms. Most of the mulberry leaves are old, and the yield is relatively low.

Therefore, spring silkworms and summer silkworms are the main seasons for silk production, and they are also the seasons with the best silk quality.

As for autumn silkworms, even if the reason is found, replacing silkworm species is just a drop in the bucket.

How can autumn silkworms be compared with spring silkworms and summer silkworms?
Ji Wen did not know that Chen Qingsi had already purchased new silkworm seeds from Jiaxing through Xu Wang.

So the road goes dark.

Now that the spring silkworms in Qingxi County have hatched successfully, Ji Wen must have received the news.Now it remains to be seen whether Ji Wen will head into Nanshan and never look back, or whether he will stop his losses in time, give up the unfinished weaving and dyeing workshops, and become a silk supplier in Qingxi County.

Chen Qingsi still had some expectations, but Shi Wuzi was too upright and he did not show the hidden joy.

Chen Qingsi arranged for Shi Wuzi to go down to do something, and asked him to call the chief bookkeeper Lei Xin.

Lei Xin was so devoted to Chen Qingsi that she was almost humble.

He bought silkworm seeds from Tonglu County that could not break out of cocoons, which made him always worried about being reckoned with by the queen, so he was cautious and walked on thin ice everywhere.

"Have you had any contact with Tonglu County recently?"

Lei Xin said excitedly: "No more. Since Spring Silkworms, the other party must have realized that he was being teased and cut off all contact."

Chen Qingsi said: "You go to Tonglu County again and deliver a letter to County Magistrate Ji for me."

The job of delivering letters did not require him to be a clerk, but Lei Xin responded very happily without any hesitation.

Chen Qingsi still explained: "A month later, there was a poetry gathering in Qingxi County. It was so grand that even the governor came to participate. As the former number one scholar, Magistrate Ji was so talented that there was no reason not to invite him. As for coming, If he doesn’t come, it’s up to him. Anyway, we have to show our sincerity.”

Lei Xin hated the Tonglu County bureaucracy headed by Ji Wen, and was even more excited to hear such a good thing.

Tonglu County.

Ji Wen's eyes turned red with anger as she looked at the sincere invitation in her hand. She twisted the invitation into a ball vigorously. As if she still wasn't relieved, she spread it out and tore several copies into pieces. She hit the table with her fist heavily. .

"Chen Qingsi, you are going too far."

Ji Wen cursed loudly and became unbalanced again.

"Someone, go and call the county magistrate."

The guards outside the house shrank and fled.

Everyone in Tonglu County has clearly noticed that their county magistrate has not been as gentle and gentle as before recently. He is like an injured cat, and his hair will explode at every little thing.

County Magistrate Ji Tao also walked into the county government hall cautiously, not daring to make any sound with his feet, for fear that he would make the county magistrate in front of him angry if he took one more step.

Ji Wen was writing at his desk. Hearing Ji Tao's call, he did not raise his head and said directly: "Let Mr. Wu continue to build the weaving and dyeing workshops. Don't let some foreign affairs affect you."

Ji Tao did not reply immediately. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Magistrate Ji, in the opinion of my subordinates, let's forget it."

Ji Wen slammed his hands on the table and said angrily: "Forget it? Forget what?"

Ji Tao gritted his teeth and said, "Even if we are a little behind, it doesn't matter. We can no longer mess up our plans just to fight with County Magistrate Chen."

As the county magistrate responsible for people's livelihood, Ji Tao has already sensed the crisis.

There is no doubt about Ji Wen's own talent. After he came to Tonglu County, although he did not have the same enthusiasm as Chen Qingsi, he still worked step by step to bring Tonglu County on the right track.

Chen Shuozhen's rebellion spread to three states, and Tonglu County's post-war recovery is commendable, and his achievements are indispensable.

But Ji Wen seemed possessed, insisting on fighting with Chen Qingsi even though he knew he was losing, which seriously affected the county's own development.

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