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Chapter 1038
Yongningbo Zhang Cheng placed a baked potato or sweet potato on the table in front of everyone, and the whole small meeting room was immediately filled with the aroma of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Veteran Guo Yingxian ate this sweet and delicious roasted sweet potato for the second time. He held the steaming sweet potato in his hand, took a bite and swallowed it hastily.

He opened his mouth wide and exhaled hot air, feeling like a fire in his throat, but the fragrant and sweet taste of roasted sweet potatoes made him enjoy and fascinated him very much.

"Lao Guo, slow down, be careful not to scald your big throat."

"Hahaha……"

Following Yongningbo Zhang Cheng's jokes, there was a burst of laughter in the conference hall, and the slightly tense discussion atmosphere just now was swept away in an instant.

Everyone was smiling and joked with each other more brazenly. Only Fu He Biao, the general commander of the brave army, could not help shaking his head and sighing secretly when he saw this scene, but he was helpless.

In fact, since Zhang Cheng was conferred the title of Earl of Yongning by Emperor Chongzhen, he found that the generals under his command and himself seemed to have become more subtle.

It's not that everyone has any new ideas. Their loyalty to Zhang Cheng has not changed. On the contrary, with Zhang Cheng's continuous promotion, everyone feels that following him is a very correct choice.

However, today's Zhang Cheng is not only their general master, but also not only the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, he is also the Earl of Yongning of the Ming Dynasty, that is an existence beyond rank!

You must know that even in Xuanfu Town for more than [-] years, there are not many military officers who were able to be awarded earls during their lifetime, and they may not have the opportunity to meet a current earl for several generations.

But now that their general master is the current Earl of Yongning, they will naturally respect Zhang Cheng more, so they seem a little cautious in person. Although their personal loyalty has not changed, they also seem a little rusty.

In order to change this situation, Zhang Cheng told his confidantes more than once that it doesn't matter to pretend to be in front of outsiders, but when his family is together, he should be as close as brothers.

It was based on this idea that he would come off the stage in person during the discussion and distribute baked potatoes and sweet potatoes to several people to ease the atmosphere of the scene.

As far as the potatoes and sweet potatoes are concerned, the North Road under Zhang Cheng's rule has really benefited a lot!
Potatoes are "potatoes", and sweet potatoes are "sweet potatoes", but in the late Ming Dynasty, they all had the same name as "sweet potatoes", and they were introduced to the Guangdong area in the south of the Ming Dynasty one after another during the Wanli period.

For example, in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by the genius doctor Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty, it is recorded that "potatoes can treat spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, shortness of breath and fatigue after illness."

And Xu Guangqi, a Ming scientist who once served as a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and the second assistant of the cabinet, was living at home in Songjiang Mansion because of his father's death. He learned that the sweet potato grown in Fujian and other places was a good crop for famine relief, so he introduced it from Fujian to Shanghai. Spread to Jiangsu, the harvest is quite good.

His book "Nongzheng Quanshu" fully records the process of "sweet potato" being introduced into Daming, as well as its planting methods and so on.

These things may not have spread in the north of Ming Dynasty, but Zhang Cheng, as a traveler, knows very well the contribution of potatoes and sweet potatoes to alleviating famine.

Therefore, when he clearly realized that he had really traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty, the shadows of a series of crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn kept lingering in his mind for a long time.

After his unremitting efforts, these new crops are now planted on Xuanfu North Road. Although their yields have not yet reached the terrifying high yields of later generations, they still have great advantages.

These crops introduced by Zhang Chengxin do not have very strict requirements on soil quality and moisture, so they hardly occupy the original cultivated land when they are planted.

Yongning Bo Zhangcheng guides everyone to make more use of forests, sandy land, saline-alkali land, etc. to plant these crops, and there is no need to take care of them as carefully as grains, and they can have good harvests, which greatly eases the grain production in the North Road area. insufficient.

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn have been widely planted on the East Road, and even their new names are determined by Zhang Cheng according to his own memories of later generations.

Now, with Zhang Cheng leading the army to station in Xuanfu Town and take up the post of Chief Military Officer, these new high-yield crops will be planted on a large scale in the town, and even in the entire Xuanfu.

But now, after everyone in the small conference hall of General Zhenshuo's mansion discussed the situation of the Henan bandits, they brought the topic back to the town in front of them.

There are three things that need to be done at present, the most important of which is the construction of the Weiyuan, Tengshe, and Baihu battalions. After all, these loyal and brave soldiers who are willing to sacrifice their lives for themselves cannot always sleep in the open.

After negotiating with the major merchants in the town the day before yesterday, they finally agreed to recruit civil engineering craftsmen for Yongningbo through their shops in various places.

After receiving the official letter from the Zhenshuo Mansion, the surrounding castles also replied that they would definitely bring Qi Ding Zhuang to the town to listen to them within three days. No salary.

However, how could Zhang Cheng let go of such a good opportunity to buy people's hearts!

"Relief with work" has always been Zhang Cheng's usual method. He not only completed the projects and jobs he wanted to do, but also fed the people, supplemented their nutrition, and bought people's hearts. Why not do it?

And the second thing is the matter of "cleaning the streets and alleys of the town" that Zhang Cheng and Bian Yongqing talked about in Qingyuan upstairs this afternoon. Be pretty.

In order to avoid kicking the smelly and hard stone, Zhang Cheng did not use all his strength at once, but adopted the strategy of "boiling the frog in warm water" first easy and then difficult.

First of all, Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng ordered Counselor Liu Minshen to issue an announcement in the name of Zhenshuo General’s Mansion to carry out a nationwide cleaning operation in the town. piled up garbage.

He delineated the responsibility areas according to the government offices, shops, and private houses facing the street, and they were responsible for cleaning their respective responsibility areas with their own people and efforts.

If they don't do their own work, then General Zhenshuo's Mansion will designate special personnel to clean it up, but the expenses incurred in this way will also be borne by them.

This can be regarded as a gift before a soldier!
As for those public areas where there is no clear responsible person, all the soldiers of the brave army battalions are responsible for cleaning them. Anyway, the camps and school grounds have not yet been built. Most of the soldiers are on rotation or participating in the construction of the camp.

Now it’s time to find some more work for them. The soldiers of the Yongyi Army wear uniforms to participate in the sanitation and cleaning of the streets and alleys of towns and cities. The concept matches.

This first matter was also Zhang Cheng's first military order after he assumed office. To be on the safe side, he specially appointed General Governor Fu He Biao to preside over the matter full-time, and ordered Chen Zheng to personally lead the soldiers of the White Tiger Camp to assist He Biao.

Then everyone talked about the reception of the "Jiliao Military Expedition Group".

The name "Jiliao Military Investigation Group" was also personally decided by Yongningbo Zhang Cheng. After all, Zhang Dou, Cao Bianjiao, Zu Dabi, Liu Zhaoji, Xie Sixin and others came here for nothing more than two points.

One is to see why Zhang Cheng has trained such a strong army, although he already has some understanding of the sophistication of the armor and firearms in the brave army.

But they couldn't figure it out, how did Zhang Cheng support tens of thousands of strong troops with only half of Xuanfu Town, and how did he have all kinds of sophisticated equipment and weapons?

The second is to discuss business cooperation with Zhang Cheng. When they were in Liaodong, they were very interested in the cigarettes produced in Xuanzhen. Zhang Cheng then confirmed the cooperation intention with Wu Sangui, who was still the commander-in-chief of the Ningyuan regiment.

Later, Zhang Cheng developed the dried fish trade in the Empress Palace. This time, many officials and generals in Liaodong had share dividends.

At the same time, the generals in eastern Liaodong were very interested in the telescopes widely equipped by the generals of the Yongyi Army, as well as meat porcelain jars, white sugar, fine salt, etc., as well as other industrial products such as glass.

Therefore, after the Qing army was defeated and retreated, they privately joined forces and thought about going to Xuanfu Town for a walk, not only to congratulate Yongningbo Zhang Cheng on his appointment, but also to discuss a wave of cooperation to make money.

For their arrival, Zhang Cheng still welcomes them in his heart!
This is like when he rescued Jinwei back then, he laid a set of bait for the base, and now he followed the taste to find it, wouldn't it be right in Yongningbo's arms?
In the end, it was agreed that Wei Zhice, the head of the Tengshe camp, would serve as the full-fledged reception ambassador for the time being.

When everyone dispersed after the discussion, Zhang Chengfang quietly invited He Biao and Chen Zheng to the left side hall, and the two of them discussed with Zhang Cheng for half an hour before they joined hands leave.

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The officials, generals and eunuchs in Xuanfu town, although they had their own thoughts about Zhang Cheng's arrival, they were all secretly observing Zhang Cheng's actions, wanting to see where his first three kicks would go?
Even Wen Hui, who had a deep feud with Zhang Cheng, was no exception. Although he blamed Zhang Cheng for the tragic death of his youngest son, he only wanted to avenge his son, not to send himself to death.

From Wen Hui's point of view, he also knew very well that he did not have the strength to fight against Zhang Cheng alone, so he was very concerned about lobbying and agitating everywhere, just to expand his power so that he could play Zhang Cheng's tricks.

But at the current stage, until Zhang Cheng found out any faults and excuses, he still chose to lie dormant for a while without hesitation, in order to observe the development of the matter.

On February [-]th, General Zhang Cheng of Zhenshuo's first military post after he took up his new post in the town was posted all over the streets and alleys of the town, requiring that from tomorrow, all government offices, street shops and Official houses, private houses, etc., all clean up the garbage in front of the gate by themselves...

At the beginning, people didn't care about it. After all, they have lived in such an environment for almost a lifetime, and they didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it. Who would like to spend their limited energy on what they think is useless?
Guerrilla Wen Hui felt inexplicably better after hearing the report from the servants in the mansion, and immediately ordered the food and wine to be prepared quickly, and tonight he would have a few cups of meat...

Wen Hui is not the only one, there are not many officials in the whole town who take this military order too seriously, but if they don't take it seriously, they have to do a face project. Let the people put on a show and pretend to do it in a decent way.

Only the yamen in the town had some scruples in their hearts, and they would spend more time thinking about it. After all, they didn't have the guts to refuse to carry out the military order issued by General Zhenshuo's mansion.

However, such as the governor's yamen, the household department's food supervision yamen, and the criminal department's punishment department yamen and other government offices that are not all in charge of the military system, that's another story.

Jiang Yuxu, as the governor of the Xuanfu, was quite puzzled that the first thing Zhang Cheng did after taking office was to clean the town, but after all, he was considered an old man in the officialdom, so naturally he would not go against Yongningbo or the capital's yamen .

Moreover, as the governor of the Xuanfu, he is the local governor. If the environment in the town is greatly improved as a result, it will be of great benefit to him without any harm.

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On February [-]th, at dawn, many families were still busy preparing for breakfast, but the street was already full of people, making it extremely noisy.

Many people didn't know why, and they opened a door to observe carefully, but they saw a cloud of smoke and dust not far from the door, and many young and strong men were smashing picks and shovels to clear the old garbage on the side of the street. It must be called a fever.

As the commotion outside became louder and louder, many people couldn't sit still anymore. They kept sending their family members to inquire about the commotion outside, but the news they reported surprised them.

Several major merchants in the town responded to General Zhenshuo's order and dispatched their own young and strong employees to clean up the area of ​​responsibility of their stores. Old garbage in the area of ​​responsibility.

For example, "Qing'an Heliangzhuang", which is in charge of the grain trading leader in the town, "Wanhe Cloth Zhuang", a leader in the cloth industry, and "Hongyuanfu", the largest shop in the town, are all organizing their staff to clean up respective areas of responsibility.

In addition, there are Ruichangtai Branch, Gande Branch, Zuixianju Restaurant, Four Seas Automobile Branch, etc., which strictly follow the orders of General Zhenshuo, and organize shop assistants and helpers to clean up the garbage in the city nervously.

There are also teams of courageous soldiers dressed in bright red jackets, holding picks or shovels in their hands, walking in neat steps in the streets and alleys, and starting to clear public areas in teams Trash.

At that time, the bright sun was shining on the town of Xuanfu, and there were large carriages parked on all the streets, some with two horses, and small wheelbarrows could be seen everywhere in the small alleys.

Carts of garbage were pushed out by people with a wheelbarrow, and then loaded into those big carriages. Although it looked very messy, it was actually in order.

Those large carts were loaded with almost the same type of garbage. Under the supervision of the guards of the Habayashi Knights of the Weiyuan Camp of the Courageous Army, none of the large carts contained the wrong garbage.

Many carts that were already fully loaded were driven towards different city gates by the barges. Everything seemed to be planned by colleagues!

(End of this chapter)