Chapter 326.

Xu Jingyi was speechless for a moment.

But Zhang Anshi looked serious.

Naturally, Xu Jingyi refused to fool around with him.

Teng Jian was busy rounding up the situation, “What’s all the fuss about in a good cause? The Empress Mother was in Beiping at first, and only the Crown Prince was with her, and there are not many people who know how to defend against the Southern Army.”

Zhang Anshi then said resentfully, “It was a momentary confusion on my part.”

It was rare for Deng Jian to come, so Xu Jingyi had people prepare a table of good food, allowing Deng Jian to stay at home for dinner.

After the meal will be in the small hall drinking tea and chatting, Deng Jian said: “This between the cesspools of the miles, as well as stockpiling animal husbandry matters …… also have to grasp, the government has to collect more sub-pigs, and find ways to sell at a low price to the farmers to be good.”

He began to snap his fingers and talk again about his good seed, and manure, and irrigation.

On the farm side, there has been an intuitive and clear understanding of the affairs of agriculture since the beginning of strict statistics.

In this day and age, people are mostly dependent on the sky for farming, and they know something about agriculture, but not much.

As far as keeping track of how many acres are ultimately grown with different soils, fertilizers, seeds, and irrigation conditions, there’s really no intuitive idea of what any of it is.

After all, although most of the readers are from the countryside gentry, but they do not care about these, they hold the land, but do not care about farming, they would rather hold the four books and five sutras to read, but never really want to care about farming.

The unusual tenant or farmer, who could not read or write, relied on nothing more than experience and word of mouth.

This kind of experience, barely intensive farming can be, but for a good harvest or a grain harvest, it has more to do with God than anything else.

The farm is different, on the one hand, Deng Jian has the experience and is willing to do it himself, plus there is a large number of criminal officials like Jian Ying after them to take care of the statistics, while constantly observing the effects.

Ultimately, Deng Jian came to the conclusion that the harvest of food is closely related to irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, and soil quality.

These four conditions are closely related, for example, fertilizer itself can change the soil quality, and different seeds have different conditions for irrigation.

In the end, he roughly summed up a way to …… plan beyond the soil and climate that can not be changed, and work in the direction of irrigation and seeds, and fertilizers.

This time went to the six counties after the tour, Deng Jian found a lot of problems, roughly understood that many people’s knowledge of agriculture is still very primitive, and therefore, the sobriety of summarizing a set of proven methods to promote attempts.

As soon as Zhang Anshi heard the word turd, he couldn’t help but be a bit speechless: “This has just been eaten.”

Deng Jian smiled and said: “People have to eat, drink, pull and spread, what is this? This water conservancy …… need to catch up after the beginning of summer, have to hurry to build up, otherwise irrigation is the trouble, there is also the matter of fertilizer …… As for animal husbandry, also closely related to this fertilizer, in addition… …”

He rambled on and on.

Deng Jian finally lamented, “In the end, it is still a good thing to do on the …… side of Taipingfu! With the tax, the government has money and food, many big repair reservoirs and irrigation things, now can be operated. If it is the other provinces and counties, even the salary of the servants are not, still expect to be able to do things?”

Zhang Anshi nodded and said, “I’ll think of a way, must let people grasp, the agricultural affairs of the counties, should be co-ordinated, the strong man this side, also think of a way to arrange, we pay wages, not afraid that no one is willing to come.”

Deng Jian looked very pleased, so he cheerfully said, “By the time after the beginning of summer, we also have to go to the counties to see.”

Zhang Anshi said, “It’s just right that you read it, and when the time comes, if there are counties and townships that dare to be perfunctory, then uncle will pass me a note, and I’ll pack them up hard.”

After the discussion was finalized, Zhang Anshi wanted to stay with Teng Jian, but Teng Jian shook his head and said, “No, no, there are some things in the farm today that have not yet been agreed upon. Today I have the time to come and see Chang Sheng, I am very satisfied.”

So Zhang Anshi sent Deng Jian out of the center gate before returning.

Rarely at home, since it is also accompanied by his wife and children to catch up.

With the assistance of the farms, plus the counties side also specifically allocated money and food, the entire nine counties of Taiping Province, has also begun to busy.

The workshop area is on track. Kwong’s got a few people.

And the matter of agriculture, especially because of the incorporation of the six counties, is now a top priority.

The world is abuzz today, and almost nothing good can be said about the Taiping Mansion.

One of the most said, is about the Taipingfu destroyed the spring plowing, the people who got the land, most of them are ragged and lazy households, these people do not work at all, Zhang Anshi but for these lower nine streams of lazy households and shrews to support, this Taipingfu …… is afraid of having an accident.

Because such rumors are extremely numerous, so that in the latter part of the day, more and more outrageous, and even said to have colluded with the thieves, a lot of sub-division of land are fallen into the grass for the bandits of the mountain bandits rumors also have.

This puts tremendous pressure on the counties.

After all, for the Duke of Wei, he is a royal relative, noble, and even more His Majesty’s favor, regardless of the success or failure of the matter, he can get out of it.

But the officials of the Taiping House, but there is no way back, Wei Guo Gong in, the sky collapsed down with Wei Guo Gong top, but the rumors outside are Wei Guo Gong is about to go to Zhenbei Ping, or back to the new continent on the clan, or …… the gun in the court, has been angry and so on.

The direct pressure was a little too much for them.

But there is no way out, then you can only grit your teeth and take the road in front of you spacious.

Such as this new Xuancheng County magistrate, he was originally a district ambassador of the ninth grade, and not from the imperial examinations, such a person, can have a ninth-grade official body, it is already the ancestor’s good fortune.

But who would have thought that the Taiping government in the use of people, he rose step by step, and now has become the sixth grade magistrate, can be said to even rise I do not know how many levels.

This county magistrate Wang Hiong, now almost eat and drink are not in the government office, Xuancheng County is now to repair a reservoir, there are two irrigation canals, plus widen a river, and need to urge the people to spring plowing, all miles to set up cesspools, to encourage animal husbandry, but also need to manage a mining contract, road rest and all sorts of things.

He now almost do not stay in the county office, daily in the townships wandering, especially the remote townships, that place is more remote, because it is a mountainous area, divided into fewer land, other places, roughly a family can be divided into 20 or 30 acres, this place, a family only seven or eight acres, the resentment is quite big.

The county officials, too, have been traveling to the countryside every other day.

Reception of the township chief and mileage chiefs are also anxious, now Xuancheng County in the townships, has set up a special township chief and a few clerks in charge of the affairs, and mileage chiefs are no longer the former gentry and township scholars assigned, the township chiefs and clerks will be given a salary, mileage chiefs do not give salaries, but will be given some money and food subsidies.

In addition, the townships have set up grain stations, agricultural stations, post stations, etc., so the manpower is much more abundant than before.

But Wang Hiong these days, there are still worried and did not sleep well.

He is not the same as the officials from the imperial examinations, the imperial examinations out, unless the dismissal, and then how to toss, the big deal is to transfer to other places.

But he knows very well that if anything happens to the Taiping government, his efforts of several years may all come to naught.

It is rumored that there are some gentry, sold the land to escape, but people to other counties, but has put out the word, and so the future back, can not afford to mess with the Duke of Wei, but will teach Xuancheng County, the dim officials mediocre officials look good.

After a month, Wang Hao was already tired and out of breath.

But then the farm people came back, saying they were pointing out the farmers, but to the county and township they were undoubtedly checking the reservoirs, irrigation, and all kinds of farming.

At that moment, the county, like an enemy, again had to continue to first check over the work itself for any omissions.

The snowflakes in the court of general impeachment, but can not be counted.

Zhu Di ignored this, naturally.

It is already summer, the weather is gradually hot, many days have not rained, Zhu is quite a bit worried.

By the middle of May, Zhu Di summoned all the officials for an audience.

What was discussed was about the mausoleum.

The Ministry of Rites has explored, determined the location, the next step is Zhu Di’s mausoleum officially to prepare for the preparation of the construction.

This was a matter that usually fell to the royal relatives, and Zhu Di finally chose the Crown Prince as the overall responsible person.

Of course, the Prince is actually just hanging a false post, under the head of more than a number of princes and marquises, while the real responsible for this matter, but the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites.

Zhang Anshi at this time is also in this hall, the heart has understood that the matter of moving the capital, finally in Zhu Di’s mind, there is an answer. The idea of relocating the capital to Beiping is considered to be a complete end.

The hundred officials are happy about this.

When Zhu Di retired from the court, the ministers retired, leaving Zhang Anshi behind, Zhu Di said with a smile, “Recently, he has become thin.”

Zhang Anshi said, “I didn’t do anything, the really thin is ……”

“Alright.” Zhu Di had a look of understanding and waved his hand, “You don’t have to take credit for the people below you either.”

Zhang Anshi then smiled, “Your Majesty knows the minister.”

Zhu added: “I heard that …… there are many lazy households, got the land, take out to sell money?”

Zhang Anshi immediately said, “Your Majesty, the land that has been divided up is allowed to be bought and sold. Furthermore, now that the fields in Taiping Province are cheap, where can they be sold for a few dollars?”

Zhu said, “In that case, this is a false accusation?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Hundreds of thousands of households in Taiping Province, as long as you catch a few to make a lot of noise, half-truths and half-falsehoods, to say that he is a false accusation, he is also bound to be able to cite one or two solid evidence, but to say that it is a common phenomenon, but it is considered a false accusation …….”

Zhu Di eyebrow slightly moved, eyes suddenly brought out the killing intent, said in a deep voice: “But the East Factory side, but heard that many people are convinced of this ah.”

Zhang Anshi, on the contrary, calmly said, “People will only believe in what they believe in, and these rumors, which happen to be pitched at the right time, are naturally believed by everyone.”

Zhu said, “If so, for those who demonize the public, the Brocade Guards can kill a number of them.”

Zhang Anshi, however, shook his head, “Your Majesty …… I thought …… that it was not possible.”

Zhu looked at him in disbelief, “Huh?”

Zhang Anshi said, “They are just moving their lips, if they were to fight and kill, I would be even more likely to jump into the Yellow River and not be able to wash.”

“Just let it go?”

Zhang Anshi hemmed and hawed and said, “Actually …… I have some methods.”

Chu: “……”

As soon as Zhu Di saw Zhang Anshile, in a flash, it was as if he saw Yao Guangxiao.

Speaking of …… Master Yao said really not wrong, Zhang Anshi this guy, but also really subject to Master Yao’s mantle, this thievish look, and that full stomach of sinister ……

Zhu couldn’t help but have some red eyes.

Zhang Anshi saw that Zhu Di’s expression was suddenly a bit off, so he said with concern, “Your Majesty, what’s wrong? Did I say something wrong.”

Zhu Di inhaled his nose, shook his head and said: “No, nothing, I am old, right, people are old, occasionally think of some old things. Hey …… you back off, according to your own thinking is.”

Zhang Anshi was still a bit not quite assured, so he said, “Is Your Majesty …… really all right? Then I will offer something to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will be happy to see it.”

He said, pulling a book out of his sleeve.

This is obviously oil printed, Zhu Di see, came a few interest said: “I will look.”

Zhang Anshi handed the items to Zhu Di’s imperial table and excused himself.

When Zhang Anshi left, Zhu Di sighed for a while, and only then did his eyes fall on the book.

He picked it up, fixed his eyes on the cover, and looked at the cover, but it was …… The Heroic Biography of the Xu Family.

Zhu Di came to a few points of interest, uncovered the book turned over, such as the evolution of the chapter book, there are a lot of words on the market, Zhu Di in BeiPing have seen, but this one, it seems to be more elaborate, which is written, it seems to be the story of Xu Da.

The Xu family, in addition to Xu Da is Zhu Di’s father-in-law and mentor, there are several children of the Xu family, are inseparable from Zhu Di.

Zhu Di couldn’t help but smile when he saw how Xu Da assisted Zhu Yuanzhang and continued to scroll down.

This turning over, he suddenly had two black eyes …… and saw ‘A million southern troops surrounded Beiping, and the female Yingjie hand tore the southern general’.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty ……”

Zhu Di inhaled a mouthful of cool air: “Immediately, immediately …… go to Qixia, ask whether this book is sold out, banned, banned.”

“Yes, it is ……”

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Zhang Anshi went out of the palace, but he did not know that he patted the horse’s ass but gave a shot to the horse’s leg.

Although the author of this book is anonymous, it is actually Zhang Anshi himself, asked a few readers to write on behalf of the book, using the most familiar chapter book style of this era, but at the same time added the surreal expression of the latter days, a large number of references to the art form of post-modern behaviorism.

Such a book is sent, the Empress Dowager has been in the palace for a long time and likes to be lively, so she must like it.

Of course, Zhang Anshi is not stupid, he is still leaving room for maneuver, once the Empress did not like, he immediately said I had known that this book is banned, turn around and must go to catch that called ‘anonymous’ author out of the punishment.

But if the Empress Mother likes it, he will then twist and turn to say that it is my humble work and is really not worth mentioning.

Outside this noon gate, there was a team of guards waiting, once they saw Zhang Anshi come out, but someone waved at him and greeted him, “Your Excellency, Your Excellency …….”

Zhang Anshi took a look and it was actually Zhu Jin.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Why did you come here?”

“There’s something I’d like to ask Your Excellency to make a decision on.” Zhu Jin’s face showed a few moments of anxiety.

Zhang Anshi said unhurriedly, “Don t be in a hurry …… Speak slowly, I happen to find you something too.”

Zhu Jin immediately said, “What the male master said is that, male master, you are Tai Shan collapsing in front of you and your color does not change, but it is a small person …… who is so old that he has lived in a dog. To this day is not stable it, now outside people are saying that the male master is the star of Wenqu and Wuqu star descending to the world, descending to the world, is to come to benefit the world. But I think …… this can be ah …… Wenquxing and Wuquxing count what, and then again, we do not believe in this set of gods and Buddha, the master you even if you are reincarnated, that should also be the reincarnation of the Shang Yang, Shang Yang changed the law, the world unification, the master is now the implementation of new laws ……”

Hearing this, Zhang Anshi’s face instantly changed, and he couldn’t help but swear, “Get the hell out of here, you murderous little black bastard.”

Zhu Jin was startled and panicked, “What did the Gong Master …… villain say wrong?”

Zhang Anshi scolded, “Don’t brag and pat me on the back, get to the point!”

Zhu Jin then said, “is this way, the boat industry this side, intends to business, full access to the new six counties, to ensure that the township has a ferry …….”

“This is a good thing to do, it’s something that benefits the country and the people, and in this way, the movement of people and the movement of goods, will also be more frequent.” Zhang Anshi nodded his head.

Jukin said, “Other than that, there are some deals ……”

Not until he said further, Zhang Anshi interrupted, “This is all a small matter, do not have to personally come to ask me, go and talk to the government office and the county government office yourself, some of the sale can be done, there are some …… but need to be discretionary.”

“Yes, yes …… Fangcai Gongzhi you said ……”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “I do have such a thing for you to do here, you ah …… these days …… go buy grain for me …… ”

“Lack of food?” Zhu Jin froze, then said strangely, “Is there a shortage of food in Taiping Province?”

Zhang Anshi glared at him and said, “Anyway, don’t mind it and get it for me.”

Zhu Jin then had to nod repeatedly to respond: “Good, our merchant bank, the family is big, the credibility is also enough, as long as the mouth, this is a small matter. Just …… how much to buy?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Look after yourself, more is better anyway.”

Zhu Jin was a little puzzled, he pondered for a moment, suddenly lowered his voice and said, “Gong master …… will not be out of something, right? You tell the little one earlier, the little one good early preparation. If there is something in Taipingfu, the merchant bank side, since it can draw manpower and material resources, no matter …… what.”

Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but kick him again and said, “Just you talk too much, just follow my orders to do it, where there is so much nagging.”

Zhu Jin busy is nodding, had to rush to busy in grandeur.

With the reputation of the Qixia Trading House, it was indeed easy to buy grain.

Many grain merchants heard about it and were willing to sell at the first opportunity.

On the one hand, it is hoped that with the Qixia merchant bank to make a good relationship, the future or help each other, and on the other hand, it is soon the summer grain will be harvested, these old grain, can hurry to get out of the way, it would be better.

After a few days, Zhang Anshi ordered Chen Li to be brought in again.

Zhang Anshi sits with an air of calmness.

Chen Li, on the other hand, played a report on recent public opinion, “Your Excellency, now ……”

Look at his hesitant look, Zhang Anshi is impatient: “What to say, do not stammer, is not there a lot of people …… are saying that we are going to have an accident in Taipingfu?”

Chen Li smiled and said, “Yes …… exactly …… Nowadays …… many people say… …Duke …… Duke …… you are backsliding in the Taiping Mansion ……”

Zhang Anshi was happy, “Look, the mouth grows on their bodies, these people ah …… invert black and white, pointing to deer as a horse, but it is …… you who take them not a single thing.”

Chen Li said, “It s all some damned readers who did it, Your Excellency, you command, I will do it …… now.”

Zhang Anshi shook his head, “No need, this is the jianghu, the jianghu is not about fighting and killing, it’s about human feelings.”

Chen Li: “……”

Zhang Anshi seems to be getting more and more comfortable and calm and relaxed now.

If someone had dared to hack him a few years earlier, he would have had to break the other party’s dog’s head, provided, of course, that he could beat it.

But now, he only sees it as a joke: “Does everyone believe them?”

Chen Li said, “This …… anyway, the market …… especially the scholars, there are a lot of people believe, a lot of people in the army and the people, in fact, all read the good of the public master it, just these words heard more, but also worried. ”

Zhang Anshi also could not help but show a hint of boredom, said, “Hey …… these readers, the volume of one person is ten times a hundred times the volume of the ordinary people, three people become a tiger, indeed annoying.”

He paused, then said, “What was said?”

Chen Li then said truthfully, “They all say that the Taipingfu …… has divided the land, and something big is going to happen. Said this kind of unprecedented thing …… is what to take the way of disaster. Also said …… that those landless, this is all lazy households, they got the land, will not plow at all …… Pity the nine counties of Taipingfu …… so much arable land, the imperial court s grain and tax heavy land in the South Zhili, and South Zhili now Taipingfu accounted for arable land is the most, once the countryside is deserted, when there is no food …… is going to be a big mess.”

“And …… since the beginning of summer, these days, there have been many days without rain, some people also said what offended the Lord, this year to grain harvest. The master you say, these words, how can they also believe?”

Zhang Anshi didn’t find it strange and said, “They will definitely believe it and be convinced, even if you tell him a thousand words, they will definitely think you are fooling him.”

“Ah ……”

Zhang Anshi said, “But it doesn’t matter …… From now on, you spread the word to me, just say …… that something is going to happen in the Taiping Province …… ……”

Chen Li: “……”

Chen Li’s eyes widened slightly, obviously startled by Zhang Anshi’s words.

“Besides, the Taiping Province is imploding, and Young Yin Gaoxiang and I have already turned against each other. Gaoxiang has already prepared a ship to go out to sea to avoid trouble.”

“……”

“The people’s households in Taipingfu are dissatisfied because the spoils are not shared evenly and the land is now …… simply uncultivated ……”

Chen Li finally couldn’t help but say, “Your Excellency …… this …… this …… isn’t moving a stone to stone your own feet?”

Zhang Anshi calmly continued: “Do not be anxious ah, I think about it again, right la …… and …… said I Zhang Anshi toured Xuancheng County, see the livelihood of the people withered, the land is barren, overgrown, spit out three liters of blood, has been recuperating from the disease. Well, well, almost these enough. You hurry to pass to me, pass to the whole South Zhili, even to the whole Jiangnan is good.”

“Master Gong …… this and other nonsense ……”

Chen Li was completely confused as to what kind of operation his Marquis was doing.

Zhang Anshi apparently at this time lazy to give him an explanation, which urged him to say: “How do you always so long-winded, let you do you do, hurry up.”

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Chapter one delivered, chapter two by twelve.