Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Meng Changqing returned to the county government office and saw the three cows grazing on stone piles outside the government office.

"Mr. Meng." Li Ting clasped his fists and saluted, "This is a cow from Yun, Luojiang County. I have been on the road for several days and arrived a little late."

Meng Changqing looked at the cow, then at Li Ting, and finally said: "Thank you for your hard work. If there is nothing important, please go in and have a cup of tea."

After hearing this, Bafang immediately went ahead to prepare tea.

When Meng Changqing led Li Ting and others into the front office hall, Bafang came up with hot tea.

Li Ting took the tea cup handed to him by Bafang and said, "Excuse me, Brother Zhang."

"Don't bother." Bafang smiled and put down a small basket of millet cakes. "We don't have much to offer in the county. We only have these cakes. Let's fill our stomachs for now."

"It's already very good. This is what we eat in Liangzhou Prefecture." After Li Ting said this, he grabbed the cake and started eating it. Seeing this, the other government officials followed suit.

After all, he was at another government office and came with an errand. Li Ting swallowed a piece of cake and got down to business, "Mr. Meng, the three cows outside were borrowed by Sun Tongpan from Luojiang County."

Li Ting thought carefully about his words, "Master Ding from Luojiang County told me that these three cows were loaned from three wealthy families and can only be used by you for half a year at most.

Please feed your farmers well within half a year. "

Meng Changqing couldn't help but clasp his fingers with his hands covered by his wide cuffs, "Thank you so much, Mr. Tongpan and Mr. Ding, for working so hard for me in Beishan County.

I will definitely send someone to take care of them. "

"In that case, let's go back and recover first." Li Ting stood up and was about to leave, but Meng Changqing stopped him, "Captain Li has walked such a long way, let's take a rest."

Li Ting could see that the other party had something to say, so he sat down again after hesitating.

"Is Mr. Li a native of Liangzhou?" Meng Changqing started with gossip.

"Yes, but Mr. Meng also knows that it was not many years ago that Daliang took back Liangzhou. In my memory, I moved to Liangzhou with my parents when I was eight or nine years old.

I vaguely remember that my family had never had a full meal before coming to Liangzhou. No matter how good the harvest was at that time, the people did not have much food in their hands. I only heard from my parents that all the food was taken away by the court.

I thought at that time that when I grew up, I must go to the imperial court and work. When Li Ting said this, he joked to himself: "It's a pity that I'm not good at studying. Fortunately, I learned some boxing and kicking skills, and by chance I became a government servant." "

Meng Changqing continued: "Everyone has his own way out, and Capt. Li has now achieved his wish."

Li Ting nodded, "Exactly."

"Thank you for your hard work, I guess you left Liangzhou City before dawn." Meng Changqing said, "This is exactly what I need to solve my urgent problem. There is not enough fertile land in Beishan County. After spring planting, we still have to open up wasteland. With these three heads Cows can help a lot.

It's just..." Meng Changqing paused and then said: "After all, it's the cattle from Luojiang County, and it will be returned in half a year.Li Captou has been in Liangzhou City for many years. I want to ask you about the same thing, where can I get cattle?Small calves will do too. "

Li Ting said: "Mr. Meng, to tell you the truth, there is a shortage of cattle in the entire Liangzhou. It is impossible to get cattle anywhere. The three we brought here were all favored by Sun Tongjian.

As for calves, to be honest with you, most of them are set right from birth. "

Meng Changqing nodded, "It seems I still know very little about Liangzhou."

"Sir, it's not that you don't know much, it's just that Beishan County has just been established and the government has no money. There are some things that just rely on favors are useless."

"That's it." Meng Changqing said with a smile, "Thanks to Mr. Li for the tip."

Li Ting leaned forward and said, "Don't dare."

"Why don't you dare? I want to thank you for telling me the truth." Meng Changqing said, "I, Beishan County, now owe a lot of debt to Liangzhou Prefecture. I really have no money, but I still have some private property. I don't know what the price of cattle in Liangzhou is. Who can help with the matchmaking to buy the cow?" "You have to pay for the cow yourself." Li Ting said, "In this case, I will send someone out to inquire as soon as I return to Liangzhou Mansion, and I will reply to you as soon as possible."

"Thank you very much Li Captou." Meng Changqing stood up and said with cupped hands: "Thank you again for your hard work in bringing the cattle. If something like this happens in the future, just send someone to send a message and I will send someone to get it."

While talking, Li Ting and others stood up and returned the courtesy to Meng Changqing, "Goodbye."

Meng Changqing asked Bafang to send the people out.

As soon as Li Ting and others left, Yang Zheng came in and said, "Mr. Meng, the cow has been taken to the side courtyard and a special person has been sent to take care of it."

"Brother Yang is interested."

"What I should do." Yang Zheng looked at Meng Changqing's solemn expression and asked, "What's bothering you, sir?"

Meng Changqing deliberately relaxed his brows and said, "I'm just bothering you for money and food."

Yang Zheng said: "The most difficult thing in the world is to create something from nothing. I am currently in the midst of it, so I find it difficult everywhere."

"It's not me." Meng Changqing corrected, "It's Beishan County who is involved."

There are many kinds of difficulties in the world, but there are solutions to the difficulties in Beishan County today.

One is to put in all the effort, and the other is to have enough patience to wait.

Meng Changqing is willing to work hard, but she is afraid of waiting.

It will take at least five years for Beishan County's economy to improve and get on the right track.

The situation in the court is changing rapidly. Can she really return to the capital after staying in this small county town for five years?
Yang Zhengkai explained: "We have passed the most dangerous stage. Now at least there are no Yanren and Jiewan coming. The next step is just farming."

Meng Changqing laughed and said: "Yes, it's just a matter of farming. Now that the millet has been planted, we will plant it while clearing the wasteland. Can someone come to borrow bean seeds?"

"Yes." Yang Zheng said, "We do it on credit. We don't charge any interest and we don't ask them to repay it twice as much. Many people have come to borrow it, especially those from Luojia Village."

"It's best to borrow them." Meng Changqing went to Liangzhou Prefecture a few days ago and asked Wei Fangyun to borrow bean seeds and potato seeds. However, he learned from Wei Fangyun that sweet potatoes had never been planted in Liangzhou Prefecture. Naturally, There are no seed potatoes either.

In the past ten years, the southern maritime industry has flourished, and people often form maritime caravans to trade with overseas countries.

Therefore, I often bring back some rare seeds.

Sweet potatoes and corn were brought back by private caravans a few years ago.

Among them, sweet potatoes have been widely cultivated in Beijing, although they have only been in the market for a short time.

Meng Changqing once suggested to the prince and the tutor that sweet potatoes are drought-resistant and barren, and corn has a short planting time and high yields. Both should be promoted nationwide.

Who would have thought that a few years later, sweet potatoes, which can be seen everywhere on farms outside the capital, have not yet spread to Liangzhou.

After Meng Changqing learned about this, he immediately wrote a second letter to the palace, but still gave it to Chu Mufeng to write the envelope and send it back to the capital.

Counting the days, no matter how slow the letter goes, it should reach the palace.

　My state has been particularly bad recently, so I have to slow down in order to prevent the quality from continuing to decline.

　　(End of this chapter)