Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 17 Borrow grain from Zhu Di in advance!

After half an hour.

Outside Wanping County, in a wasteland outside Dingjia Village.

Here, it can also be called Ding's family.

Nie Zishi, Zhai Shanfang, Peng Shuilian and other officials followed Zhu Di and stood on a small hill.

All of them opened their mouths wide, their faces full of shock!
In the distance, on a wilderness full of weeds and trees, there are hundreds of people, holding iron shovels, iron catalpas, iron hoes, axes and other tools for turning the soil and cutting trees, dividing this wilderness into into pieces.

Afterwards, these common people began to cut down trees and weeds, level the land, and cultivate fields in the divided wilderness.

"His Royal Highness, these people..."

Nie Zishi looked at Zhu Di on the left with a look of surprise.

In Beiping Prefecture, where there is no magistrate, he, the chief envoy, is also in charge of the prefect of Beiping Prefecture.

However, he, the chief envoy of the Beiping government, had no knowledge of such a large-scale reclaiming of wasteland.

Could it be that His Royal Highness King Yan had learned in advance that these prefects opposed the reclamation of farmland, and directly ordered the people under his rule to reclaim wasteland?
Similarly, the new group of prefects and magistrates also looked at Zhu Di with suspicion, and their guesses were the same as Nie Zishi's.

However, with the precedent of Ma Zhengjiang, the magistrate of Tongzhou, they can only secretly slander Lao Zhu's family for being cruel and inhumane!
"Wait, what kind of look is this?"

Zhu Di's face darkened.

Nie Zishi smiled sheepishly, and asked cautiously: "His Royal Highness, are these people cultivating fields?"

Zhu Di scolded directly: "You don't have eyes, why do you ask me about such an obvious matter?"

"Your Highness, forgive me, I'm just a little confused. Why are these people so active in reclaiming wasteland? Even the elderly and young children in these families are also reclaiming wasteland?" Nie Zishi asked suspiciously.

"Tsk..."

Zhu Di glanced at Nie Zishi mockingly, "As the chief envoy of the Beiping government, this matter should not be your responsibility. Why do you ask me the other way?"

Nie Zishi: "..."

A look of helplessness.

Apart from you, King Yan, who can do this matter, who else in the entire Beiping Mansion has such great energy to make so many people, the whole family, men, women, and children, come out to reclaim the wasteland desperately?
"Humph!"

Without Nie Zishi's words, just by the expression on his face, it can be seen that there must be nothing interesting in his mind.

Zhu Di snorted coldly, and pointed at Guo An who had been hiding among the officials.

"The magistrate of Wanping County is here, why don't you ask him?"

The magistrate of Wanping County?
In an instant, Nie Zishi, Zhai Shanfang, Peng Shuilian and other officials all stared at Guo An in the crowd.

"Hey, Guo An has seen His Royal Highness King Yan, seen the Fantai, all the superiors and colleagues!"

Seeing that he couldn't hide anymore, Guo An chuckled and saluted Zhu Di, Nie Zishi and others slowly.

"Guo An, as the magistrate of Wanping County, do you know what's going on?" Nie Zishi asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to Fantai, it seems that the people of Dingjia Village are dividing the wasteland for each family. After the area division is completed, they will start to cultivate the fields!"

Guo An replied honestly.

"Cultivate fields?"

Nie Zishi was really angry, and hurriedly asked again: "It's hard work to reclaim wasteland, why are these people so active in reclaiming wasteland?"

Guo An quickly said: "Don't worry about Fantai!"

Nie Zishi stared, pointed at the people below who were working in full swing, and said angrily: "So many people are reclaiming wasteland, it seems that the people in the entire Dingjia Village have come out.

In this season, these people don't hurry up to do some casual work to make more money.Now, all of them have come out to reclaim wasteland. How can their family's food and money last until the autumn harvest?
If they can't support it, what should they do? "

Hearing this, Zhu Di's heart also jumped, and he quickly looked at Guo An.

"This……"

Guo An's face turned pale immediately, he turned around hastily, and saluted Zhu Di and Nie Zishi.

"Return to Your Highness, Fantai. This matter, the lower officials are anxious. But agriculture is the foundation of the country, and all the people eat and drink in their lives must be dug out of the fields.

In a family, the more fields there are and the better the harvest, the better the life will be.

Therefore, even if the common people go hungry for a period of time, as long as they can reclaim a few acres of land for their families, they will still make money without losing money! "

Zhu Di nodded his head with a look of relief, and he really saw the right person!
"What Guo Zhixian said is reasonable, but what does this matter have to do with this king?"

Guo An hurriedly cupped his hands again, and said respectfully: "Your Highness is the King of Yan, and Beiping Mansion is His Highness's feudal state, so all the people are His Highness's subjects!"

"That's right!" Zhu Di subconsciously nodded.

Guo An continued: "Your Majesty boldly begs Your Highness, if the people in Wanping County are lacking in food due to their increased appetite when they are reclaiming wasteland, please ask Your Highness to borrow some food from the people of Wanping County for use." Fill the stomach.

The people of Wanping County can write an IOU to His Highness and sign it!

As long as new grain is harvested, the grain will definitely be returned to His Highness.

If it is not paid this year, the newly reclaimed fields next year will also be able to grow grain, and His Highness will definitely be able to pay it back!

Moreover, the people of my Wanping County are also kind and righteous. Every time I borrow a stone of grain, I will pay back an extra bucket of grain to Your Highness during the autumn harvest!
If you borrow it for two years, then you will return two buckets of food to His Highness! "

Hearing this, Zhu Di stared at Guo An in a daze, still in disbelief, "You want to borrow food from the king instead of tens of thousands of households in Wanping County?"

On the side, Nie Zishi and a group of officials also looked at Guo An in astonishment.

"Bold, do you know what you are talking about? You are just a small county magistrate, how dare you replace tens of thousands of households in Wanping County and borrow food from His Highness King Yan?"

Yan Wang Changshi Zhu Fu directly yelled at Guo An.

"Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

Guo An did not defend himself, but pleaded guilty honestly.

Seeing this, Zhu Fu's tone was stagnant, and then he bowed his hands to Zhu Di angrily.

"Your Highness, the magistrate of Wanping County is extremely daring, please punish him!"

"Not urgent!"

On the contrary, Zhu Di became curious about Guo An's bold move.

"You know, this king still has the three guards of Yanshan Mountain, as well as a group of palace guards and officials. There are tens of thousands of people to feed, and there is not much food.

Tell me, why does this king borrow food from tens of thousands of households in Wanping County?

And if the people in Wanping County borrowed food, and the people in Daxing County and Miyun County wanted to borrow food from the king, what should they do? "

Guo An bowed respectfully to Zhu Di, and replied honestly: "Your Highness, forgive me, I am only the magistrate of Wanping County, and I can only take care of the tens of thousands of people in Wanping County.

As for the people in other states and counties, they are not within the scope of the lower officials' consideration! "

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(End of this chapter)