Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 23 Two months

Wei Fangyun picked up the official document but didn't read it.

"Did you have a quarrel with Mr. Cao from Weishan County?" His expression was casual, as if he was mentioning an insignificant matter.

"I did contradict Mr. Cao a few words." Meng Changqing said, "But I think Mr. Cao won't care about a child like me."

Wei Fangyun smiled helplessly: "You don't know, he came to me to file a lawsuit against you."

"I wonder what Mr. Cao said? I wonder what uncle thinks of me now?"

"Cao Hongxing has always had a bad temper. He was quite talented in the local area when he was young. He passed the imperial examination at the age of ten. Three years later, he passed the provincial examination. After that, he took the examination seven times before passing the Jinshi examination. Unfortunately, his ranking was not high on the list. Although his family had a little money, there was no way to manage it, so he came to Liangzhou and became a county magistrate.

So he can't stand it..." Wei Fangyun stopped in time.

Meng Changqing continued: "He can't stand people like me."

Wei Fangyun said: "He has misunderstood you."

"Since it is a misunderstanding, we can resolve it later."

Meng Changqing smiled on the surface, but he was thinking in his heart: Cao Hongxing is not a good person, and he doesn't know how to be patient.

His immediate superiors all thought that he had a bad temper, but he had no business holding on to the government. Unless he could make extraordinary achievements, he would never be promoted in this life.

Wei Fangyun nodded, opened the official document in his hand, and frowned when he saw the fifth line.

He hesitated to speak several times, but he still finished reading it all before speaking, "As you wrote in your article, the reason why Beishan County is poor is mostly due to man-made disasters.

I don't think so.

The reason why it is so poor is because of the war.

Obviously, the past two years have been good, and Quping County and Luojiang County have harvested enough grain. However, Beishan County has been invaded by the Yan army from time to time. Even if the people were given seeds on credit, they had no harvest. "

Wei Fangyun sighed and continued: "Some smart people can run to the mountains and use the terrain to build walls to resist the Yan army's robbery, and they can still make a living.

The refugees you see are all people who cannot go up the mountain or are driven out of the mountain. "

"I have seen the obstruction on the mountain from a distance." Meng Changqing said, "The Yan army cannot go up, and the Liangzhou army may not be able to go up either."

"Yes, most of them are sinners and already have resentment towards the imperial court, not to mention they have been struggling in the war for many years."

Wei Fangyun clicked on the article on the table, "So you have to cross these dangerous mountains and re-select the site for the city wall. I agree with this."

There had been the idea of ​​building a city wall in Yegou before. Firstly, the people living there would no longer have to be invaded by enemy troops. Secondly, it would provide another layer of protection outside the Yangmen County city wall.

The old site of the city wall is between several dangerous mountains. Originally, only a six or seven-mile long city wall could be built to connect the dangerous mountains on both sides to resist the Yan army.

In most people's opinion, that place is an excellent place to build a city wall.

But to do anything, you have to have the right time, location, and people. If one thing is missing, it will be difficult to accomplish it.

To build a city wall there, there is a lack of people and people.

It is difficult to predict what the composition of those people on the mountain is now.

However, Liangzhou Prefecture organized the construction of the city wall several times, but they were destroyed by them and ultimately failed to be completed.

Wei Fangyun told Meng Changqing about the examples from previous years. He said, "Building the city wall in Beishan County is a necessary but extremely difficult task."

Yes, I don’t know what you and the emperor think about entrusting such a difficult matter to a child who is only fourteen years old.

Meng Changqing said nicely, "Since it has to be done, why bother whether it is difficult or not." "Okay!" Wei Fangyun stood up, "You are indeed the son of General Meng!"

He walked out from behind the desk and pulled Meng Changqing to sit down on the chair next to him. "Tell me, where do you plan to choose the site? How to build it?"

"I plan to start at the intersection of Weishan Pass and Weishan County City Wall two miles south, and build it to the beginning of Hongjia County City Wall."

"What!" Wei Fangyun's eyes widened, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"I know. I have estimated the distance. The distance between the two places is about forty miles."

Wei Fangyun stood up and turned around several times. He looked at Meng Changqing from time to time. Seeing her calm expression, he asked, "Are you sure it can be completed?"

"can!"

Wei Fangyun turned sharply and walked quickly to the wall, where a map of Liangzhou City was posted.

"Changqing, come here."

When Meng Changqing walked up to him, Wei Fangyun's fingers excitedly gestured on the map, "If you build this wall, then Liangzhou will have 33 acres of land!"

"Yes." Meng Changqing's finger also took up a position on the map, and he said while gesturing, "If the city wall is built on the original site, leaving aside other disadvantages, just talking about the area, it will only be about 14 acres. , and it also contains many mountainous areas.

Why not include the plains outside the dangerous mountains as cultivated land? This was originally my land in Daliang. "

"Yes! If the city wall can be in the place you mentioned, not only will the area of ​​Beishan County be greatly increased, but the west side of Hongjia County will no longer be harassed by the Yan army's ghost soldiers."

"My lord is right."

Wei Fangyun took a deep breath, "Great! Your idea is great! But can it be built?

It took two years to build the city wall in Weishan County. The wall was fourteen miles long.The wall you want to build is [-] miles long. How many years do you plan to build it? "

Meng Changqing said: "Two months."

"What did you say?" Wei Fangyun suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

"I mean, it will take two months." Meng Changqing repeated it again.

Wei Fangyun smiled and shook his head, "Are you kidding me?"

"Uncle, I'm not joking." Meng Changqing said, "It's not impossible to build it in two months. I only need to give me 20 dan of grain, 4 laborers, [-] to [-] sets of various tools, and [-] dan of coal." tons, a total of [-] jins of medicine for frostbite, trauma, and typhoid fever, and [-] jins of cotton wool and cloth.”

While Meng Changqing reported, he watched the corners of Wei Fangyun's mouth slowly fall.

"Uncle." Meng Changqing emphasized, "Although I am young, I am not someone who makes fun of national affairs.

I am not trying to be brave and set a time limit of two months, but Yan Jun only left us two months.

They will never allow us to erect a city wall at this location. The terrain outside the city wall is rugged and there are rivers passing by, which is not conducive to their army formation.

Therefore, once the cold winter passes and the Yan army has the ability to attack the city on a large scale, our city wall will never be built. "

"What you said makes sense." Wei Fangyun rubbed his fingers, "That's true. Only in the winter, when they are trapped in Jiewan's harassment and have no time to take care of us..."

Wei Fangyun pondered for a while, then raised his head and said, "I know you must have spent a lot of time calculating these things, and I also know that if everything goes as you expected, it will be of great benefit to Liang Guo.

But I really can’t give you what you want. "

(End of this chapter)