Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 268 Anmin

  When the ice and snow melted, the wheat turned green, and the spring flowers bloomed, Zhu Chuan left Xiping with his remaining commodities and went back to Shu.

   Zhao Hanzhang personally went to send him off, and also very generously gave him two boxes of glazed products, one with glazed bottles and the other with small glazed mirrors.

   "I don't know when we can see each other again. I hope you have a smooth journey," Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "I am short of food and cloth in Xiping. Next time you come, you must bring more of these goods."

   Zhu Chuan glanced at the farmers working on both sides of the road, and nodded with a smile, "As long as the magistrate of Xiping County is still a girl from Zhao, I will definitely come!"

   Doing business, not all cities are safe, and not all cities are welcome.

   In some counties, in order to prevent businessmen from other places from occupying the local business space, they will try to drive away business travelers in various ways.

   Zhu Chuan had been very happy in Xiping in the past few months. Not only Zhao Hanzhang welcomed him, but the local gentry and rich people in Xiping were also very friendly to him.

   Can you be unfriendly?

   The satin and brocade in Shu are very popular.

  Zhu Chuan had to go through Shangcai to return to Shu. He only stayed in Shangcai for one night. When he left the next day, he sighed deeply as he saw the people on the road who were digging canals and repairing water conservancy in great enthusiasm.

   Changsui saw him sighing and not speaking, and couldn't help but ask, "Langjun, what a beautiful scene, what are you sighing for?"

   "I sigh that the people of the Central Plains finally have a glimmer of hope," Zhu preached: "Although our Shu land is not peaceful, it is much better than the Central Plains where we fight every three or five times."

"Before I came out, the places I went were starving and dying, and the people's faces were numb, especially when the spring started," he said, "It should be the beginning of everything, and it should be full of vitality, but people's eyes are full of despair, Only this time, I see hope in their eyes."

   Preachers: "She may have ambitions, but who can deny her good to the people?"

   Obviously, Zhu Chuan knew that the change of Shang Cai was because of Zhao Hanzhang.

   In fact, not only Zhu Chuan knows it, but the people of Xiping County and Shangcai County know it.

  Ji Yuan never hesitated to praise and promote his lord, not to mention that Shang Cai used so many people from the Zhao family.

   So the people of Shangcai knew that the food they used to provide relief and now the food for work came from Zhao Hanzhang. Of course, they were asked by their county magistrate and Zhao Hanzhang.

   It is said that the two counties have now formed a brother county. In the future, Shangcai will help Xiping, and Xiping will also help Shangcai. The two counties will make progress together.

Therefore, the relationship between Shangjiao Village and Xiajiao Village has become better. When we met while working in the fields, we were obviously from the two counties, but everyone greeted them warmly, because the quarrel over the fight for work was much lessened a few years ago. Climb up relatives.

   "Our two villages were originally married, and now the two counties have become brother counties, and our relationship is even better."

"Yeah yeah."

   Zhao Hanzhang began to gather refugees not only in Xiping, but also in Shangcai. With the support of her money and food, the magistrate of Chai County, although hesitant, heed Ji Yuan's advice and took out a lot of official fields and wasteland to resettle the refugees.

  Shangcai's bricks began to be sold by themselves, and they were sold to build houses for refugees. Well, the money was given by Zhao Hanzhang, but the money earned went back to her...

The rich and gentry in the county also took the opportunity to gather some refugees. Unfortunately, the county magistrate of Chai suddenly became much stronger, and the inspection was particularly strict. They were not allowed to hide their households any more. Anyone who hired long-term workers had to go through the county government. , but also to clarify the treatment they give to long-term workers.

   They suspected that this was what Zhao Hanzhang meant, because the soft-hearted and talkative Chai County magistrate would not be so thick-skinned, but they had no evidence.

   Seeing that Zhao's Manor and the entire Shangcai County are so lively and prosperous, they can only hold back even if they are dissatisfied, otherwise, let alone soup, they can't even drink the water in the pot.

  Because Zhao Hanzhang set an example and slowly registered all the hidden households in the manor.

  Chai County magistrate:  …

  Chai County magistrate was stunned. He knew that there were hidden households in Zhao Hanzhang's manor, but he did not expect that so many people were hidden.

What made him even more stunned was that although she had registered and made a book, she had made two books. One was to be placed in the county government office for Shangguan to read. In Ji Yuan's words, this was Shang Cai. A list of counties that are required to submit taxes;

  The other set is stored in his county government and Zhao's manor. In Ji Yuan's words, this is the tax that Shangcai County should receive.

  Chai County magistrate could not understand for a while.

Ji Yuan directly pointed out, "The imperial court cannot be sympathetic to the county, and every time it collects taxes, it is calculated at the highest amount. However, when a disaster occurs in the locality, the imperial court cannot provide relief. If the county lord does not withhold some property in the county for the next year, will it happen every time he encounters a disaster? Do misfortunes ask our girls for help?"

  Chai County Magistrate was stunned for a long time before asking, "Is this the case in Xiping too?"

   Ji Yuan didn't speak, he just defaulted.

   In fact, not only Zhao Hanzhang, but the former magistrate Fan of Xiping County also intercepted financial affairs. He can even guarantee that other counties have this practice more or less.

There are not many honest people like    and Chai County magistrate.

   But... Ji Yuan smiled and said: "This is only when the court does not act. If the court can function normally, our actions will be of no benefit to the country and the people, and naturally it is not advisable."

   "The county magistrate is now his own, so our Zhao family manor released all the hidden households." Look how much our girl trusts you, so don't betray her trust.

  Chai County magistrate was really moved, and after thinking about it, he acquiesced to Ji Yuan's operation.

   Even Zhao's manor is no longer hidden, so Ji Yuan naturally does not allow other families to fish in troubled waters. Not to mention the previous ones, it is not appropriate to take more action now, but now the refugees who are starting to be gathered are not allowed to hide.

  Jiyuan fights with people, fights with heaven, and is extremely happy. It is in this happiness that Shangcai County is getting better every day.

   Not to mention Xiping, thanks to Fu Tinghan's efforts, the papermaking workshop finally identified five different papermaking recipes, three of which are suitable for writing, and the cost and quality are divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower.

   There is also a kind of cooked paper suitable for meticulous painting. Fu Tinghan even changed it slightly from this recipe, and also made half-raw and raw paper suitable for splashing ink.

   Then accidentally made toilet paper.

   Zhao Hanzhang is very satisfied with this.

When formulating the papermaking recipes, the papermaking workshop was finally renovated. Fu Tinghan led the craftsmen to make the curtain bed, and at the same time adjusted lime water and grass and wood ash water, which accelerated the decomposition of papermaking materials. Now the papermaking workshop can produce a large amount of paper.

  Xiping County Government will no longer run out of paper, and even Shangcai County has begun to buy a large amount of paper from Xiping County for infrastructure use.

   After all, gathering refugees and recording all kinds of information requires a lot of paper.

   (end of this chapter)