Fu Song

Chapter 349
Standing barefoot in the paddy field, holding a handful of seedlings in his hand, Xiao Cheng, who was holding his sleeves, separated out a few seedlings and skillfully inserted the seedlings in the paddy field. He straightened up and looked at the leaves behind Li Ge. The jagged and crooked seedling field under it couldn't help laughing.

No wonder Xiao Cheng laughed at Li Ge, because behind Xiao Cheng, the seedlings were lined up in rows and rows, just like the sergeants standing in rows in the school field. In comparison, those seedlings planted by Li Ge could at most It's a rascal in the market.

Li Ge smiled wryly and shook his head. Speaking of which, with Xiao Cheng's family background, who would have thought that this Mr. Guijie could afford and let go of these farm work, and he never watched how he practiced it!
The entire mountain has now been reclaimed into terraced fields. There are dozens of terraced fields from top to bottom. At this moment, they are standing in the highest field.

This mountain is only a mile away from the Wang family's mansion, and the terraced fields on this mountain were reclaimed one by one by Xiao Cheng with his personal guards. It can barely be regarded as a military settlement!
Xiao Cheng encourages his subordinates to open up wasteland and farmland, and of course he must lead by example, even if it is just to show off, he must do it well!What's more, he is really not pretending, but all the leaders and brains from all over the world who come here on business, as long as they see the terraced fields on this mountain, they will know that Xiao Zhupan is serious.

And some people were even more fortunate to be invited by Xiao Cheng to participate in the land reclamation back then, digging the soil with their own hands, smashing stones with their own hands, and building fortresses with their own hands.

No agriculture is unstable, no business is not rich.For Xiao Cheng, he also had to worry that the imperial court would suddenly order a ban on food transport into Qianzhou one day!Therefore, it is necessary to make some preparations before the rainy day. If there is a day, you will not stand still and wait for death.

If you have it at home, it’s better to ask outside when it’s out of date.

During spring plowing, it was also the time of spring famine, and the price of grain in Qianzhou was on the rise. This was due to the control of the Qianzhou Chamber of Commerce. Who made it so short of grain here!
Xiao Cheng doesn't want such a scene to happen every year.

He hoped that by this time next year, the price of the grain brought in from outside would be lowered by more than half, so that the people under his command could be willing to sprinkle a few handfuls of rice in the wild vegetable porridge, which is mainly filling their stomachs, in this season.

Only when people are full can they talk about doing other things!
A government that makes people hungry may make the people fearful, but it is absolutely impossible to make the people respect and love them.

With quick hands and feet, Xiao Cheng filled his own ridge of field with seedlings, climbed out of the paddy field, and stood on the ridge of the field, but he was just making fun of the staff and officials in the same field as him.

None of these scholars can plant seedlings decently, and Li Ge is considered to be one of them who performed well.

On the other side of the field, some guards who were born in farmers' families, were holding back their laughter, but they were also working hard.

It turns out that these officials, who are unattainable in their eyes, are not as good as them mud legs!

Well, except for the Xiao sign judgment.

But at the moment Xiao signed the judgment, it seems that his legs are muddy.Looking at the young man standing on the ridge of the field, the group of people suddenly felt that the distance between them had shortened a lot, and it was no longer the usual awe-inspiring signing that made people dare not look up.

Everyone is used to calling Xiao Cheng Xiao Zhuan, but in fact everyone knows that even Lu Ze, the prefect of Qianzhou, has to stand in front of Xiao Zhuan with his arms tied!

Standing on a high place and looking down, half of the soldiers are planting here today. Compared with their own fields, the farming skills of those soldiers from farming families are not comparable to those of officials.

After a few months, the place will be lush and lush. In September, the golden ears of rice will bend the branches. Come back at that time, take a handful of rice and rub it in your hand, and look at the white rice like jade. , which is refreshing in my heart.

Because of his vigorous promotion, he even regarded this land reclamation as an indicator for evaluating the achievements of officials, and now Qianzhou has naturally set off a huge land reclamation operation.

There are military settlements and official settlements, and of course there are land reclamation by the common people.While Xiao Cheng pacified the forty-nine prefectures one by one, he also released a large amount of unowned wasteland, mountains, forests, and slopes. These things that were originally taken as private property by those overlords have now become public property.

Whoever cultivates it will belong to him.

Anyone can apply to the local government for land reclamation.

The government has no other requirements, as long as you turn these wastelands into fertile fields, then this land will be yours.

Of course, you can do as many things as you can.If you apply for [-] mu from the government, the government will give you [-] mu, but if you only reclaim [-] mu, the government will show you a different face, and the fine will make you regret it.

Xiao Cheng doesn't care that those big households take the opportunity to take more, it doesn't matter, as long as you turn these barren hills and wild slopes into fertile fields and grow food, why don't you sell it to me?

Xiao Cheng also doesn't care that there must be some people colluding with each other to do some corrupt activities, it doesn't matter, as long as food can be grown.

Because no matter how you do it, those little ordinary people who have no rights and no money can always benefit from this time of reclamation. Even if it is ten acres or eight acres, it is their own field, isn't it?

If an additional [-] mu of land can be produced, even if each mu can only produce [-] catties of rice, then Qianzhou can also produce [-] million catties of grain, which is [-] shi!

"Sign the verdict, sign the verdict!" A call came from the ear, and when I looked up, I saw a guard running along the path up the mountain. "A guest came to visit. He said his surname was Cen, and he was the one who signed the sentence!"

Master Cen?
Xiao Cheng's eyes widened, did he come so fast?

I only got the news a few days ago, and I didn't expect to come today.

Waving to everyone in the field, Xiao Cheng lifted one of his boots, and without shoes or socks, just like this, with his bare feet and muddy feet, he followed the guards and walked quickly down the mountain.

The old master who was over [-] years old stood at the door of the mansion, looking at the wells and fields in front of him with his hands behind his back.

Not only are the figures of laborers on the flat ground below the foot of the mountain, but even the terraced fields on the mountain are full of hope for harvest!
In his whole life, he himself did not pass the Jinshi examination, but he taught dozens of Jinshi apprentices, and his two sons are also Jinshi students. It is not an exaggeration to describe this old master with a sentence of peach gifts all over the world.

But in Mr. Cen's opinion, among these students, the most talented one is undoubtedly the one I came to see today.

Because of this, he is not only good at speaking, but also sensitive to action.

The so-called unity of knowledge and action has been perfectly embodied in this student. The other students of my own, taken together, may not be as spiritual as the one in front of me!

They may be very good at being officials, but when it comes to doing things, no one can compare with Xiao Jiaerlang.

It's a pity that such a talented person was eventually implicated in the scandalous case in the capital. Of course, the current result can't be regarded as wronging him. Anyway, the Xiao family boss did It was a rebellion.

In Master Cen's opinion, a person who could have entered the imperial court and ruled the world, but in the end he could only bury his talent in the countryside.

If you don't enter the center, how can you benefit the world!
There is a difference between benefiting a place and benefiting a country!

"Sir, sir, why did you come so fast? The students are welcome!" There was a yelling sound from a distance, Master Cen looked up and saw a man in coarse clothes holding a pair of boots, Running towards this side, yelling while running.

Isn't it Xiao Chongwen? It's that one again?
"This is your little junior brother!" Mr. Cen smiled and turned to look at a middle-aged man in his forties with a three-strand long beard and a jade-like face beside him. "How about your father and my closed disciple?"

Cen Zhong smiled and said: "Naturally, he is extraordinary. If he is a vulgar thing, what am I doing here? But father, did you really teach such a character? Judging by the way he acts, it is definitely not your handwriting! "

Mr. Cen laughed: "What I teach is only how to knock on that door. As for how to do things, it is everyone's karma, and it has nothing to do with me."

"So among Father's students, there are not only officials but also powerful characters like Xiao Chongwen!" Cen Zhong laughed: "In the future, I will learn more."

"You two, I'm afraid there are a lot of things you can talk about together." Mr. Cen said.

Xiao Cheng arrived like the wind, threw away the boots in his hand, clasped his fists with both hands, and bowed to the ground: "The student has seen the master! The student was supposed to go to see the master, but it was always delayed because of such and such things."

Mr. Cen helped him up with a smile, looked up and down, nodded and said: "I thought that so many things would make you a little decadent, but now it seems that it makes you more mellow and mature." , this journey has been an eye-opener for the teacher, and you, an official who is not an official, seem to have done a good job."

Xiao Cheng laughed, and turned his head to look at Cen Zhong: "This one must be the elder brother. He has known his name for a long time, but he has never been able to see him. This time the elder brother has been burdened by my Xiao family. Being dispatched to a remote and impoverished area really made my junior brother feel ashamed!"

Cen Zhong smiled and cupped his fists and said: "Chongwen, just call me Qianli. This time I am indeed in your favor, otherwise I will not be promoted? How can I be a recruiter this time! From before The fifth-rank official jumped to the fourth rank, but he has been promoted several levels in a row! After leaving the circle of Gyeonggi, I just feel refreshed immediately. I don’t need to do those unnecessary things anymore, and I can truly serve the country and the people Do some practical things, so this is not called trouble, this is called glory!"

Mr. Cen said with a smile on the side: "Chongwen, you are wrong again. Your elder brother's excerpts about the Northwest matter, if the court really wants to do what he said, I'm afraid your elder brother will feel uncomfortable."

Xiao Cheng laughed.

What Mr. Cen said is true, this Cen Zhong Cen Qianli in front of him is a guy with beauty in his stomach!

Since the imperial court signed the covenant of humiliating power and humiliating the country with the Liao Kingdom, it has completely turned its attention to the northwest, intending to wipe out Xiao Ding's Western Army in a short time.

Now the army of the imperial court is continuously gathering towards the Shaanxi Road, and the grain and grass from various roads have also begun to be transported. At most, the army, grain, and grass will be assembled in the early one year. From the eyes of the court officials, it will be a mountain top. In an ordinary battle, Xiao Ding can be calmed down in one fell swoop.

Of course, if it was just the Song army, they wouldn't be so sure, but this time, with the cooperation of the Liao army, the Song Dynasty paid a huge price, didn't they just ask the Liao army to send troops, and the two sides attacked?
But the Cen Zhong in front of him inappropriately made a statement to the court, saying that the Liao people are not trustworthy at all, and when the time comes to fight together, even if the Liao people really send troops as scheduled, as long as there is a slight difference in time , there will be big problems in the cooperation between the two countries, and this will give Xiao Ding a great opportunity to profit from it.

Don't forget, Xiao Ding's [-] cavalry come and go like the wind. This is the biggest strategic advantage that the Song army cannot possess.

With the danger of Hengshan and the siege of the vast sea, it is absolutely impossible to rush to destroy Xiao Ding's Western Army. The imperial court must be patient and slowly build camps on the Shaanxi Road, build forts and block, and advance slowly .

Build a stockade this year, and build a fort tomorrow, and push them flat to the inside of Hengshan, one mile at a time, one place at a time.

It took a few years of hard work to make the Western Army no longer have the advantage of Hengshan, and it took a few more years of hard work to naturally bring down the Western Army.

To be honest, Xiao Cheng scolded his mother when he knew the content of this booklet, even though this is his senior senior brother, his mother is his teacher's wife.

Because Xiao Cheng was really worried that the court would do this!

It will take at most five years to do this, and I am afraid that the elder brother will be squeezed out and cannot survive.

Fortunately, the court still wanted to cut through the mess quickly.

After this slash, it is uncertain whether it will be the Western Army or the Song Army that will be chopped off in the end.

As for Cen Zhong, because of this incident, he was punished from Jingji Road to Guangxi South Road as a recruitment envoy. It sounds like he was promoted, but in fact, he was pushed into the pit of fire.

Compared with Xiao Cheng's Qianzhou and the situation of Xiao Cheng's Qianzhou, the entire West Guangnan Road is probably a bit more dangerous.The forces of all parties are mixed, the power of the government is weak, all parties are colluding, and the forces are intertwined. It is really not easy to find a way out. One bad thing is the end of hatred.

In the eyes of the current court officials, Cen Zhong's copy is undoubtedly to buy time for Xiao Ding to gain a foothold, and then think of this person's father who was once a guest of Xiao's family and Xiao Erlang's husband. This heavy official is even more brooding.

If it weren't for this Cen Zhong's many brothers and sisters, I'm afraid Cen Zhong's fate would be even worse, but this recruiter also secretly poked malicious intentions.With this official's meaning in it, I'm afraid those local snakes on Guangnan West Road are already ready to give Cui Zhong, the dragon who crossed the river, a blow in the head!

That's why Xiao Cheng said that he has implicated this elder brother.

But to see this senior brother rushing to his place first when he got an appointment, and also brought the elderly old master with him, this kind of thought is also amazing, or this senior senior brother who has never met before is really a powerful person.

Xiao Cheng was looking forward to it.

Guangnan West Road, this is my neighbor.

(End of this chapter)