The feudal lord is on Taobao every day

The area of ​​Tanzhou is small, less than one-half of Mozhou, but in terms of geographical location, it is much more important than Mozhou. After all, the other side of the city wall is the Fanbang barbarians who are all soldiers. , Jaw.

According to the information Xie Jingan has learned, the Jahoo tribe is generally similar to the Khitan in the Tang Dynasty. The tribe lives by grazing and does not produce. The people are not educated. , Even now, the bad habit of the tribe leader's dead wife being inherited by his descendants is followed.

Although Xie Jing'an knew that this was due to the fact that there were too few women in the Jaheo tribe, and they did it in order to have more offspring to form more combat power, but he still felt unacceptable psychologically.

It was already sunset when their team of a hundred people arrived at the gate of Tanzhou City. Because it was the arrival of the feudal vassal, even if it was not for inspection, Xie Jingan also hinted that Liu Zhubo kept a low profile several times, but the gate was still wide open. Except for the officers and soldiers in charge of the city defense, all the other officials came out, neatly lined up in two rows on both sides of the official road, and there were also many spectators crowded into a black mass not far away.

Originally, Xie Jingan's idea was to enter the city as low-key as possible, and not show his face if he could, but now seeing such a situation, he knew that he couldn't do without showing his face.

However, it just happened to show his face in front of the officials and the people, and let them recognize him, which was the first step for him to change his image.

Xie Jing'an jumped out of the car with his followers in the car, and before his feet landed, the officials who came to greet him all bowed and saluted him as if they had practiced it many times.

Xie Jing'an was thinking of the original owner's disposition, so he didn't show any kindness, and accepted the salute from everyone honestly, only then did he warm up his voice.

Although Tanzhou City is less than half of Mozhou, but in terms of officials and city guards, there are only a lot more, plus the army sent by the imperial court to guard Wubian here, a small Xiazhou There are 3 people.

Standing at the forefront of the welcoming team was Xia Yingsong, the magistrate of Tanzhou. He was just over fifty years old this year. He was thin and well-looking. He possessed the elegance of a literati. He straightened up and led the crowd out, walking not far from Xie Jingan Chu cupped his hands and said neither humble nor overbearing: "His Royal Highness, I have ordered people to prepare the palace where His Royal Highness will live, and specially found a few cooks who have cooked good dishes to prepare meals for His Highness. Rest first?"

Naturally, Xie Jingan had to rest first. After walking for more than ten days, Xie Jingan almost rubbed the tender skin on both sides of his thighs to pieces. He had no choice but to take a carriage, and was bumped by the potholed official road. He was almost dying. There are important things to do, and he really wants the team to return or simply stay in place for a few days to let him catch his breath.

The longer he was tormented by the potholes and muddy roads, the more Xie Jingan understood the importance of road construction. It was not just a matter of comfort and convenience. Improving the mobility of the army also shortens the time for logistics transportation and prolongs the ability of the army to continue to fight.

It also facilitates the transmission of news between states and the fast delivery of merchants' goods during non-war times. Anyway, road construction has only benefits and no harm.

Xie Jingan was tortured for more than ten days while gritting his teeth and persevering, while pondering over the issue of road construction. It is naturally impossible to repair it now. After all, his fiefdom is still very poor, and road construction is not a simple matter of tens of thousands of taels of silver. Things that can be repaired, even if his emperor father wants to repair it now, it may not even be able to repair one-tenth of the area of ​​​​the Great Zhou Dynasty if the treasury is emptied, let alone one-third of the thirteen states under his jurisdiction. The second is a small fiefdom in Xiazhou.

But no matter how difficult it is, it has to be done, and other places will not be repaired first. The four states of Tanjiping and Mozhou must be repaired first, and then spread to the entire fief based on these four states.

Forced to recall the painful experience brought about by the rush, Xie Jingan barely suppressed the impatience brought about by physical exhaustion, nodded to Xia Yingsong, the magistrate of Tanzhou, and said as gently as possible, "It's time to work on Xia Yingsong."

Shun Wang seldom talked with people in such a friendly manner, Xia Zhizhou immediately showed flattered expression, even said that the humble minister should have done it, other Tanzhou officials also showed surprise, but it was Liu Zhubo and a group of palace guards. A familiar look.

After all, we traveled all the way for more than ten days, even if Xie Jingan was an actor before time travelling, he didn't have the intention to pretend to be himself after such a tossing all the way. Liu Zhubo and others were surprised at first, but after a long time, he got used to it.

Xie Jingan was exhausted all the way, so naturally he didn't have the energy to greet others, so he casually said a few words to Xia Zhizhou as encouragement, and climbed back into the carriage with the support of his followers.

The palace arranged by Xia Zhizhou is naturally not a real royal palace, but a courtyard with a slightly larger area, complete with pavilions and pavilions, and a fairly beautiful scenery.

Normally, Xie Jingan would not pretend to appreciate it for the sake of someone specially preparing something for him, but now he is so tired that he just wants to rest. Fortunately, Xia Zhizhou is also a sensible person, and accompanied Xie Jingan to send him to the palace. He left without drinking a cup.

As soon as the outsiders left, Xie Jingan no longer pretended to be himself, and slumped on the padded chair in the flower hall. After resting for a while, he pulled himself together and told Mr. Liu, "Send two people to find that criminal. Let him have a good meal and rest for a night, and leave for Pingzhou with the king tomorrow."

Liu Zhubo always thought that Xie Jingan's rest would take several days, so when he heard that Xie Jingan said that he would leave tomorrow, he immediately asked in surprise, "Your Highness has only arrived in Tanzhou now, why don't you rest for a few days to refresh yourself?" Let’s start again? Besides, the officials in Tanzhou are still waiting to meet His Highness, since His Highness has come to Tanzhou, it is worthwhile to go to Tanzhou to understand the affairs of Tanzhou.”

Xie Jing'an had thought about this too, but he was in a hurry to go back to Mozhou to implement the Yiying plan. The most important thing was that the Tanzhou magistrate and Yiying Tanzhou officials had taken root in Tanzhou for a long time. How much Tanzhou affairs can be learned, and what you know is not something that others deliberately showed you, so after much deliberation, Xie Jingan decided not to waste this time. These official fried dough sticks are much more important.

So Xie Jingan shook his head and said with a smile, "Even if you rest for a few days, how long can you stay in Tanzhou, and how many truths can you hear like a horse watching flowers? If you have the time to spend, you might as well go back to Mozhou earlier. Unknown to Mr. Liu, before leaving Mozhou, this king issued a new decree, encouraging the people in this king's fief to open up wasteland and farmland. With Wei Changshi presiding over it, it might not be possible to wait for the king to return to Mozhou, and there might be hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in this fief."

It was the first time Master Liu heard that such a new decree was promulgated. Surprised, he asked excitedly, "Your Highness, are you serious?"

"Of course it is true," Xie Jingan nodded with a smile, "I am now the lord of this fief, so I naturally hope that the people under my rule will be prosperous and well-off, and the fief will become more and more prosperous. It's just that Master Liu has also seen the situation in this fief. There is a long way to go, Liu Zhu Bo Duoduo will help me in the future."

Liu Zhubo was full of surprises just now, but now he is shocked and unbelievable. He never dreamed that he would hear this sentence from Xie Jingan's mouth one day, and he didn't know what to say when his lips moved a few times.

Xie Jing'an had long planned to pick a suitable time to win Liu Zhubo over, and now that he had started, he naturally couldn't give up halfway, so he kept an amicable expression and continued: "This king is carefully careful on the way to Tanzhou. After thinking about it, if you want to change the status quo of the fiefdom, it is obviously not enough to vigorously cultivate the land. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, these four are indispensable. Although the status of merchants is low, merchants are indispensable if you want a state to prosper. What does Mr. Liu think about promulgating a series of decrees to encourage merchants to do business after returning to Mozhou?"

Liu Zhubo trembled when he was asked by Xie Jingan, as if he was in a dream, but he thought hard every day about how to manage the fiefdom, so he subconsciously followed Xie Jingan's words: "I think your Highness's move is very serious. It is a great good, but merchants can certainly make the fief prosper, but education and population are the most important things in the fief. I believe that His Highness should first encourage the people to study, and secondly encourage the people to have more children. Only more and more people produce, and more Only talented people can assist His Highness, and the fiefdom can truly prosper."

Seeing Liu Zhubo talking excitedly, Xie Jingan smiled and said nothing. It's not that he disagreed with Liu Zhubo's words, but in terms of the current fiefdom, this decree can't improve the barren fiefdom. , On the contrary, it made things worse.

After all, most of the people in the fief couldn't even eat enough to eat, so how could the extra money be able to support their heirs to study and have more children.

You must know that studying in this era is not the nine-year compulsory education for later generations. Often, cultivating a scholar can empty out all the savings of a wealthy family. This is why a country’s government in ancient times was often controlled by aristocratic families. After all, only aristocratic families have this heritage. Cultivate batch after batch of talents.

However, Liu Zhubo's words are indeed reasonable. Xie Jing'an also has a plan to build a school after the fief's tax revenue becomes rich, but this plan is still too early, and everything has to wait for the fief to get rid of the hat of poverty.

Although Liu Zhubo's suggestion can't be adopted at the moment, Xie Jingan can't pour cold water on it, he pretended to be enthusiastic and echoed Liu Zhubo and said a few words, and he didn't say his ultimate goal until he had finished talking : "Master Liu is full of talents and only being a master under this king's account is really too much talent. After returning to Mozhou, this king will entrust Mr. Liu with business matters in the fief. What does Mr. Liu think about it?" ?”