The feudal lord is on Taobao every day

When it came to the disadvantages in the fiefdom, Wei Changshi listened carefully, nodding in agreement from time to time, and when Xie Jingan finished speaking, he showed approval and relief, stroked his neatly combed black beard, and said in pain: "Your Highness It is said that the minister has been worrying about this these days. After all, His Highness’s decree has to be announced, and the officials below have to implement it. If they deceive the upper and lower, then no matter how much His Highness has benevolent government, it will be in vain. With one mind and one mind, so that His Highness's government orders are carried out without any compromise, the fiefdom will be governed more and more prosperously and powerfully."

These words of Wei Changshi are also what Xie Jingan has been thinking about these days, so he gritted his teeth and wanted to establish a newspaper office. He really wanted to let the person in charge of the newspaper office, that smart-mouthed old man, follow along, but Youzhou It's not too far away, but such a case of collusion between officials and businessmen and the mutual protection of officials and officials can't be investigated in a few months.

Moreover, since he had already ordered that old man to publish the first newspaper before the New Year's Eve, as a feudal lord, he could not change the order overnight, so after thinking about it, he decided to give up this idea, and only repeatedly told Wei Changshi to be careful. Acting, and called the guards who were going with him to let them take care of Wei Changshi's safety, and half worried and half expectant, Wei Changshi retreated.

After a busy day, even though Xie Jingan spent most of his time in the small study, writing and drawing, he was still quite tired. He originally planned to rest early and get up early tomorrow morning to deal with various matters. The servant came in and reported: "His Royal Highness, General Lin is asking to see you outside the door."

It was only in the afternoon that Lin Yan was given the errands of General Xunchengweilang, and the servants in the mansion changed their words so quickly. The news spread really fast. Xie Jingan took a look at the servants, thinking when After sorting out the servants and guards of the palace, and then building an intelligence organization, he said calmly, "General Lin, please go to the small study and wait, the king will be there in a while."

The servant heard the words and withdrew to pass on the message, Xie Jingan didn't need anyone to wait on him, he put on the cloak that he took off, tied a knot and went to the study.

He probably knew that it was not the right time for him to ask for an interview. Seeing Xie Jingan's blushing cheeks, Lin Yan felt a little embarrassed. When he saluted, he bowed lower than usual. After Xie Jingan said no, he straightened up and deliberately sped up. He spoke in a slightly hurried way: "His Royal Highness, the last general asked to see His Highness so late because he wanted to ask His Highness for an order to surrender."

"Surrender?" Xie Jingan was quite surprised, and sat down on the chair and asked him: "Who is General Lin planning to recruit? Is it Fang Zhong and his friends? Or the waves of bandits you encountered on the way back to Mozhou?" ?”

Lin Yan shook his head and said, "Fang Zhong and his brothers have His Highness as their decision-maker. When the case is cleared, they will be cleared. Why bother to surrender? As for the thieves and bandits that Mo encountered on the way back to Mozhou , the last general has been captured and checked in the surrounding villages, they are all bastards who carelessly ignore human life and commit all kinds of evil, the last general and the old guards in His Highness's mansion directly killed them, let alone recruiting them."

When Lin Yan said this, Xie Jingan understood a little, and said tentatively: "Then General Lin means to recruit those thieves who have been wronged and forced to become bandits, but have done nothing wrong?"

Lin Yan didn't expect that he would guess what he meant just by saying a few words of Xie Jingan. He was a little pleasantly surprised, his slender eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth turned up a little. He nodded and said, "What your highness said is exactly the plan of the last general. The last general just asked Fang Zhong, and it seems that his situation is not uncommon in Youzhou. As far as he knows, there are dozens of good men who have served in the army who have been forced to die. Thieves, but don’t bully goodness. Even if the passing caravan is just grabbing some rations, it won’t hurt anyone. Why don’t you recruit them to your command? .”

Lin Yan really felt that those men were a pity, so what he said was sincere, even if Xie Jingan had doubts, he couldn't help being infected by his emotions. After thinking about the pros and cons for a while, he was finally persuaded by Lin Yan, and said slowly : "You are right. If there are such capable men who are forced to become bandits, it would be a pity to let them continue to be thieves. Well, let me give you this decree. I will wait for you to go in two days." The guards of the patrol city will notify the thirteen prefectures when they are on duty. If there are really grievances that cannot be appealed, they will be handed over to Wei Changshi for him to investigate thoroughly. If there are indeed crimes, they will be arrested according to law. You can give me an amnesty and give him a lighter sentence, what do you think?"

Lin Yan never thought that Xie Jingan would be so talkative, but he agreed to it within the time of a cup of tea. He couldn't help being a little surprised, but it was more joy and pressure. He was happy that his opinion was accepted by Xie Jingan. The pressure was Xie Jingan's treatment of him With such trust, I am afraid that he will fail Xie Jingan's expectations.

With this kind of complicated mood, Lin Yan thanked Xie Jing'an again and again, and promised again and again that he would put his heart into his errands, and then he resigned and left.

After tossing around like this for a while, Xie Jingan's sleepy eyelids started to twitch, he washed up hastily, and then fell asleep in the wing room that the servants packed up temporarily.

Before going to bed, Xie Jingan was still worried about whether it would snow the next day, so the first thing he did in the morning was to ask his servants to open the window and take a look outside. After confirming that it was a sunny day without even a little snow falling, he felt relieved. Ask the servants to close the windows again and get up and get dressed.

It was still very busy today, Xie Jingan had just had breakfast, and the craftsman Xiao Wu brought the simple coal machine that he had rushed to make overnight to ask for an audience.

What Xie Jing'an is thinking of right now is to toss out these things as soon as possible to build the industrial and commercial foundation of the fiefdom, so when he heard the report from his subordinates, he immediately put down the pen and ink in his hand and asked his servants to invite them.

It was the first time for Xiao Wu to enter Xie Jingan's study room. He was very nervous and didn't dare to look around. He almost beat his head on his stomach. He didn't even dare to raise his head when saluting. He just held the coal machine in front of Xie Jingan. He said: "The villain pondered all night, and finally lived up to His Highness's entrustment, and typed out the things according to His Highness's blueprint. Your Highness, can you take a look?"

No need for Xiao Wu to say, Xie Jingan had already taken the thing over, looked it up and down, inside and out, and tried a few more times with it in his hands. He felt that it was probably feasible, so he nodded in satisfaction and said, "You did it!" Very good, but it took one night to figure out the drawings and make things, which shows the exquisite craftsmanship."

After Xie Jingan finished speaking these few sentences, he praised him a few more. He was in a happy mood and let others appreciate him. Then he gave the things to Xiao Wu for him to carry, and then called Director Qin to prepare the yellow mud and water. and crushed coal.

Hearing that Xie Jinganrang was preparing these things, Director Qin was quite puzzled, and wanted to ask, but he swallowed the words, and only answered yes, then directed his servants and followers to come in and out, and began to put the things together Move them into the yard one by one.

Although Xie Jingan's palace is not big and the rooms are still repaired and crowded, there are quite a few servants and retinues waiting for him, and everything was prepared within half an hour.

With so many people at his disposal, Xie Jingan naturally wouldn't do it himself. He just stood not far away and directed the crowd to crush the crushed coal, then mix it with the yellow mud at a ratio of two to one, and stir it evenly with utensils. Then pour in water, let it penetrate slowly, and then mix thoroughly.

The coal slime to be prepared will neither be too dry nor too thin. After Xie Jingan was sure that it could be made into briquettes, he asked Xiao Wu to come forward with a simple coal cutter to make the first briquettes.