I did evil in the feudal land, but I was called a virtuous king

"Don't worry, master, we have been guarding the goods. These officials have never been near our goods since they brought us here."

Hearing this, the merchant frowned slightly. He was seized by the officials for inspection before, and after a series of cumbersome procedures were completed, some of the goods would be taken away by the officials.

If you don't want to lose the goods, you have to give silver bribes, but the people here didn't sell their goods, and didn't ask for silver?

After thinking about it, he looked back at the Ping An Bank again, and his eyes were a little more complicated.

Perhaps the prince is a trustworthy person, and after returning from business, he must visit the Ping An Bank again to see if he can really withdraw the money.

After seeing off the merchant, Li An asked Wang Hu to bring a box of silver, and then took Liu Yiyi and Liu Qing for a long trip.

The main purpose is to take Liu Yiyi on a tour of the mountains and rivers, and buy some things back to Qingshui County.

After traveling around for a week, Li An and others came to a larger county.

First, they took Liu Yiyi to buy some beautiful cloth and some rouge and gouache, and then they went into the restaurant.

All the signature dishes in the restaurant are ordered.

Soon a series of hearty delicacies were brought to the table, Liu Yiyi and Wang Hu ate so deliciously, they had never eaten such delicious food, it was worth the money.

Liu Qing still kept a straight face and didn't move his chopsticks.

Everyone knew that this was an aloof male god, so they didn't bother to talk to him.

Seeing Wang Hu and the others eat so deliciously, Li An also picked up a chopstick.

But as soon as he put a piece of meat into his mouth, Li An's face darkened.

"My lord thinks it's not tasty?" Liu Yiyi was always by Li An's side, and she could guess about every change in Li An's expression.

Li An nodded, and immediately showed a sinister smile. As expected, Dahua's food culture is not well developed.

It's full of business opportunities.

Liu Yiyi looked puzzled, and took a small piece of meat to her mouth again.

It's delicious!

Maybe it's because the prince is a prince, and he used to eat delicacies from mountains and seas, so he made a fool of himself?

After dinner, Li An and the others went to the market again and bought a whole cart of animals like chickens, ducks, and piglets.

This time, he took a cart home first, and Li An paid some deposit, and asked the merchant to send the little chickens to the Ping An Bank later.

Li An found Tian Qi as soon as he returned to Qingshui County.

He asked Tian Qi to help spread a message that as long as the people came to Ping An Bank to deposit money, they would be given a chicken if they saved a tael of silver, and the more they saved, the more they would get.

Although the common people didn't know what the silver bank was for, when they heard about sending the chicks, they all took out their family silver and ran to the Pingan bank in a hurry.

They are at ease and willing to deposit the money with the prince.

For a while, the southern city of Qingshui County was crowded.

At the end of the day, there were tens of thousands of taels of silver in the bank account.

Li An naturally looked down on these money, the reason why he asked the common people to deposit their money.

Not only to let the common people know the existence of the bank account, but also to complete the circulation of bank notes in Qingshui County and even southern Xinjiang as soon as possible!

Tian Qi was also helping out at the Ping An Bank, seeing the white money piled up all over the room, he was very excited.

"My lord's move is brilliant, and I've got all the people's money into my own hands!"

Li An glanced at Tian Qi speechlessly: "What nonsense are you talking about, this is where the common people live, and it's not mine."

As he spoke, the corners of Li An's mouth almost reached the ears, "The people are still too poor. When they get fatter, this king will use a reasonable method to make them give the money to me willingly!"

Tian Qi couldn't understand more and more. If Li An's goal was money from the beginning, isn't it all here now?

Why use other means?

"By the way, my lord, why are you giving the common people little chickens and ducklings?" Tian Qi had no choice but to change the subject.

"This king is revitalizing the stagnant economic market in Qingshui County. It is the most effective and quick way for the people to raise some livestock after farming. The composting of the livestock's manure just happens to fertilize the land. This is called a virtuous circle."

"Oh." Tian Qi listened, and imitated Liu Yiyi, taking out a small notebook and writing down what Li An said.

These are rare valuable experiences and knowledge.

"By the way, it's been a while since harvesting. Have the common people started farming?"

Li An looked at Tian Qi.

"My lord, I'm about to tell you about this. Many people haven't cultivated yet, and they all hope to receive this season's seeds from the county government. What does your lord mean?"

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"No." Li An said directly.

"You can tell them how to select good seeds, or you can set up a seed department in the county government, and the people in the county government will be responsible for selecting good seeds, and then sell them to the people.

Remember, your county government is not a welfare institution. You can guide the development of the people, but you can't help them prepare everything! "

"The next official will keep it in his heart." Tian Qi clasped his fists, and quickly left to go back to the county government to prepare for the establishment of the seed department.

"How is the progress of water conservancy projects in other counties?" Li An looked at Liu Qing.

"Water conservancy projects are proceeding in an orderly manner, but it is estimated that it may take more than half a year to complete the water conservancy projects in all other counties."

Li An nodded: "Remember to remind all county magistrates, don't just pay attention to water conservancy projects, and farming can't be left behind. If the people have no food to eat, people will starve to death and then repair water conservancy projects."

Liu Qing nodded.

After explaining the matter, Li An lay comfortably on the chair, and Liu Yiyi obediently walked behind him, holding his shoulders for him.

Li Ang is still planning the blueprint for the future in his mind, and he will spend another year developing agriculture to complete economic recovery.

After that he will develop commerce, industry, and military.

He is not in a hurry to develop in other counties. He regards Qingshui County as his foundation, and will build the foundation into a solid wall, and then slowly extend his evil hands to other places.

"Where's Wang Hu? Are you going to drink flower wine again?" Li An didn't see Wang Hu.

"Vice Commander Wang has gone to the blacksmith team." Liu Yiyi reminded.

Hearing this, Li An stood up, "Let's go and have a look."

After the establishment of the blacksmith team, Li An would stay in the blacksmith shop to guide the blacksmiths at first, but he rarely went there after that, because that damn place was too hot.

Not long after, Li An and Liu Yiyi came to the blacksmith shop.

I heard Wang Hu's angry reprimand from a long way away: "Look at it, you have to forge as hard as I do, what kind of good knife can you hit with that little strength?"

When he got closer, he saw that Wang Hu was swinging the hammer round with his bare arms, and every time the hammer was hit, the iron block was dented and deformed.

"This kid has a lot of strength, it's a pity not to forge iron." Li An commented.

"Vice Commander Wang's ancestors were blacksmiths. After you stopped coming to the blacksmith shop, my lord, he has been watching here all the time."

Liu Yiyi's voice came.

"No wonder he's so strong." Li An was about to walk towards Wang Hu when he saw a cute little girl running towards him.

"Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang." The little girl was already shouting at the top of her voice, but the sound of blacksmithing still drowned out her voice.

But even so, Wang Hu noticed it immediately, stopped what he was doing, and looked at the little girl with a grin: "Little Bean Sprout, your mother asked you to come here?"

"Yeah." Little Bean Sprout nodded, took out two steamed buns from his pocket and handed them to Wang Hu: "Mother asked me to give these two steamed buns to Uncle Wang, thank you Uncle Wang for helping us repair our house earlier."

Wang Hu's big hand easily covered the little girl's head and rubbed it gently.

"Then uncle, thank you little bean sprouts."

"Hee hee~" The little girl grinned and ran away happily.

When the little girl left Li An's side, Li An always felt that this girl looked familiar.

It took Li An a while to remember, isn't this the little girl who was rescued in the alley back then?

Li An showed a meaningful smile: "Old Wang next door can do it so quickly?"

Liu Yiyi met Li An's gaze and smiled meaningfully: "Vice Commander Wang has not been to the Land of Smoky Willows recently."

"Is the level of ideological awareness so high?"

"My lord!" Wang Hu finally noticed Li An and walked over quickly.

"Old Wang, seeing how hard you are forging iron, why don't you stay here and forge iron from now on." Li An had a smirk on his face.

Wang Hu's eyes were wide open, and he came over to make a fight, and was dismissed?

"My lord, don't want it, give me a chance." Wang Hu almost knelt down and hugged Li An's thigh.

Li An directly dodges to the side: "I'm just kidding you, by the way, if you have a crush on a girl, remember to tell me, I will help you propose marriage."

"Ah?" Wang Hu was stunned, a shyness appeared on his rough face: "My lord, don't make fun of me."

There is a play!

Li An and Liu Yiyi said in their hearts at the same time.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Li An really couldn't bear the shy appearance of this strong man like Wang Hu, so he quickly changed the subject.

Hearing this, Wang Hu also became serious, "My lord, please tell me."

"Go and recruit some people, expand the blacksmith team, first recruit a thousand light and strong drills, the guards we brought have been idle for a while, and start practicing every day from today.

You write down all the talents and abilities, and you will arrange new positions for them in the future.This matter is of great importance and cannot be neglected. "

"Yes!"

Leaving the blacksmith's shop, Li An went to the county government again.

Tian Qi's work efficiency is also very fast, and he has already set up a seed department to select seeds.

He asked Tian Qi to issue a notice, asking the owners of the empty houses in the city to come back as soon as possible with the land deeds and house deeds to claim them.

The time limit is one month. Those who do not claim within one month will have their land and real estate confiscated by the county government.

This is to see if it is possible to bring back those who escaped in this way, and Li An will plan to develop the city after that, and arrange some trivial matters while he is free now.

To save future affairs from being crowded together, I was too busy.

After Tian Qi sent out the notice, within a month, nearly [-] people returned to Qingshui County to claim property and land.

And those unclaimed ones, either had a good time outside and didn't want to come back, or the owners died of natural disasters, and they became completely extinct.

The county government also followed the announcement, and the land and properties that were not claimed on a regular basis were all taken back by the government.

With the exception of some specific areas, most of the land and properties are listed for sale.

According to the latest survey and statistics by Tian Qige, the recultivated land in Qingshui County has increased by 11% compared with before, and the population has also recovered to [-].

Wang Hu also started training recruits.

The merchants who went out to do business rushed to the Pingan Bank as soon as they returned to Qingshui County, and handed the banknotes to the boy with trepidation: "I'll get the silver."

After checking that the bank notes were correct, the servant handed over the counted money to the merchant.

"Take out all the 800 taels of silver you deposited. There are a total of 800 taels here. Check them at the counter. You will not be responsible for leaving the cabinet."

"Isn't there a one percent interest charge?"

"My lord said that because you are the first batch of users of Ping An Bank, I specially upgraded you to VIP customers. This is the VIP token of my Ping An Bank, please keep it.

In the future, with this token, no handling fee will be charged for the deposit and withdrawal business of my Ping An Bank. "

Hearing this, the merchant was overjoyed, and at the same time secretly decided in his heart that whenever he met someone on the road, he would tell them about the Ping An Bank.

The most important thing is to show off your honorable VIP status.

"Grandpa, please leave after counting the money. There are customers behind you waiting to handle business." Seeing the man stunned, the clerk urged him.

The merchant came to his senses, quickly pushed back the money, and took out another bag of money from his pocket: "You can deposit it for me, and I will pick it up when I go to Nanling Kingdom next time.

Wait a minute, there is still some silver in my carriage, I will fetch it, and you can deposit it for me. "

Returning to his hometown from Qingshui County, he had to travel through mountains and rivers along the way, and he would inevitably encounter bandits on the road. He had already lost several guards this time when he went to Nanling Country, and it would not be safe to bring so much money with him.

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The clerk seemed to have gotten used to it, took the silver back, and after counting, wrote a new bank note and handed it to the merchant.