After rebirth, I became the villain's Mr.

Wei Chengxue's fiefdom is in Ning Province in the northeast of Wei State, the provincial capital Ningjin, which is located at the border and borders Dongqi, not to mention being adjacent to powerful enemies, the natural conditions are also very bad, and there are also a large number of bandits roaming around, coming out from time to time Harass some.It can be said that this fief has nothing you want, and will cause trouble for you every day if you don't want it. It is not comparable to the two provinces of Liping that Wei Huaili used to seal.Not only that, the guard assigned to Wei Chengxue was rebellious and unruly, and refused to obey the management, and specially chose the powerful and powerless Ye brothers to be the generals leading the team.Concubine Du Gui thinks that her arrangement is to fight against Xiong Bing, which will definitely bring endless troubles to Wei Chengxue.

However, this is not the case. When Wei Lingxue first arrived in the fief, he set up a ring and let a group of guards challenge him at will, regardless of life or death.

This group of guards was not too different from the army ruffians, they became energetic when they heard about the fight, and rushed to go to the arena with pride.But when Wei Lingxue threw down No.15 guards who thought they were masters, everyone completely stopped, and they all agreed that Zhao Wang is a rare genius who is world-class in martial arts, and they are willing to obey Zhao Wang's orders.

Next, Wei Lingxue struck while the iron was hot and promulgated a ban in the army. It is not allowed to fight and kill privately, not to harass the people, not to steal and rob. You must obey orders, you must be loyal to King Zhao, and you must abide by the above points.Offenders will be killed without mercy.

The soldiers are used to being unrestrained. Even though they are afraid of King Zhao's force value, they always feel that they will not be discovered when they do something secretly. Sometimes they even form gangs to do bad things, thinking that the law does not blame the public.However, 30 days after the ban was issued, Ye Liufeng suddenly called everyone to a meeting.At that time, Wei Lingxue sat on a chair indifferently, and named out the guards who violated the prohibition, and even told when, where, and what crimes this person committed.

The guards were shocked, not knowing whether King Zhao was a man or a god. They said that he was a mortal, but why did he seem to have countless pairs of eyes?We ordinary people can't fight with him, we immediately knelt down knowingly, begging to let him go.However, King Zhao was unmoved, and without changing his face, he gave the order to be decisive.

If there is a punishment, there is a reward. Wei Lingxue then praised those who abide by the ban, and each rewarded a big watermelon with sandy flesh.Don't be too small, there is really nothing in this land, Zhao Wang's mansion is indeed poor and empty, even the watermelon was borrowed by Ji Yuanfei from a friend.

Fortunately, after this incident, the guards of Prince Zhao's Mansion seemed to have changed from a group of people, loyal and hardworking, strict and fierce.Whoever dares to say something wrong with their prince will rush up and beat him up immediately!Oh, that's not right, King Zhao ordered that they not fight in private and hurt innocent people.

When Tao Jiusi heard Xia Kaiyan mention these things, he couldn't help nodding, thinking to himself that His Highness had indeed left his teacher.

Xia Kaiyan was proud for a while, and then snorted: "Also, the chief envoy here is always against us. If His Highness says something, he insists on saying something. I really don't know who is the prince. Ning Province is poor, he He always tried his best to steal from the palace, so many people opened their mouths to eat, so we have to suffer for our highness, look at your highness's clothes are all patched!"

When Tao Jiusi recalled it, it seemed that this was really the case.

Xia Kaiyan sighed: "Jiusi, although I am looking forward to your coming, I have to solemnly inform you that I will wait until the last meal is over, look at me, am I hungry and thin? "

Tao Jiusi looked at it for a while, and it seemed that he had lost a little weight, so he patted Xia Kaiyan on the shoulder and comforted him, "Kaiyan, do you trust me?"

Xia Kaiyan nodded vigorously.

Tao Jiusi smiled and said, "That's good. With me here, I will make sure everyone has enough to eat. Let's go up the mountain and I'll take you to dig wild vegetables!"

Xia Kaiyan: "..."

Relying on the obsolete rations issued by the imperial court, and relying on all the people to learn the skills of digging wild vegetables, Zhao Wang's mansion finally survived the first bitter cold winter in Ning Province where there was not enough to eat.

After one winter, the originally fierce guards were all wilted, not to mention the other people in the house, who didn't have a disheveled face.

As soon as spring came, Tao Jiusi called Yao Wangze full of hope, and asked amiably, "Master Yao, when is our spring plowing ceremony in Ningjin? I want His Highness to come in person to show the importance he attaches to farming and encourage everyone to farm well. "

Yao Wangze hesitated and said, "Brother Tao, there is no ceremony, because... because the farmers here don't know how to farm at all."

Tao Jiusi was stunned when he heard this. It turns out that David still has farmers who don't know how to farm?Really speechless to ask the heavens!What the hell is this place?Wei Wuyue was able to pull out such a fief for her son, which is considered to be well-intentioned.

Tao Jiusi thought to himself that he couldn't be defeated by difficulties, even if he couldn't get over the first hurdle, how could he dominate in the future.So he adjusted his mood, called Shangwei Xuexue and Yao Wangze, and the three went straight to the countryside to see how to carry out agricultural construction in the countryside of Ning Province.

In fact, farmers in Ning Province are not completely ignorant of farming, or they would have died of starvation. Yao Wangze’s so-called incompetence in farming is because everyone’s methods are primitive and the process is perfunctory. They either push the seedlings to encourage them, or let them grow. They don’t understand scientific planting. It’s really difficult There is a good harvest.

Fortunately, Tao Jiusi followed the old monk to go to the field every year. From planting seedlings to harvesting wheat, he knew it well. When he arrived in the countryside, he introduced Wei Chengxue and Yao Wangze, and both of them showed "you know how to do this".

Tao Jiusi thought to himself that all the hardships he had suffered with the old monk had been used up, and he had to sigh with emotion.

Wei Lingxue saw that there were still some people working in the field, so he arranged for the guards to call a few farmers.

When the three country men heard the invitation from King Zhao, they walked over tremblingly and at a loss. When they saw Wei Chengxue, they knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, I have never done anything."

Tao Jiusi helped them up with a smile, and said kindly: "The elder brothers have misunderstood, we invite you here because we have some questions to ask."

Seeing Tao Jiusi's kind face and good attitude, several people couldn't help but relax a little. The long-faced man at the head said, "What do you want to ask? We will definitely recruit everyone."

Everyone in the palace laughed, not knowing where these people learned the rhetoric.

Tao Jiusi asked, "Is there no cattle in the village?"

The three of them didn't dare to speak, for fear of accidentally offending the prince, but the nobleman in front of him was kind and patient, not like a bully, with a long face, a little relieved, and said with a bitter face: "Don't talk about cattle, the whole village is full of sheep, pigs, and pigs." None."

Tao Jiusi nodded, no wonder everyone sows and transplants rice seedlings by hand, which is much slower than with cattle.

Tao Jiusi asked again: "How is the general harvest?"

Long Face opened his mouth, and everyone slowly let go. Tao Jiusi asked, and the short man behind Long Face said, "I am dissatisfied with the nobleman, we can't even pay the land tax, and we rely on selling our sons and daughters every year to make ends meet. Quite a few People couldn't bear the pain, so they went to the kings of various mountains. Those who are still in the fields are all villagers who are dying."

Generally, a place in David is poor, mostly because the grain harvest is not good, and the people can't afford to eat and pay taxes, just like this Ning province. In the final analysis, agriculture is still backward.Other than that, consider the issue of means of getting rich.

Tao Jiusi looked at the farmers bending over to sow in the ridges of the field, frowned and said, "Spring is short, if we don't speed up the progress at this time, it will still be as difficult in winter."

With a long face, he said: "Everyone understands this truth, but every family can't even afford to eat. Even if there is a cow, they will slaughter it and eat it."

Yao Wangze also said: "Spring farming is right in front of us, I really don't know how to find so many cattle."

Everyone bowed their heads for a moment and began to meditate.

Tao Jiusi caught a glimpse of the tall horse eating dry food, and suddenly said, "Yes! There are quite a few horses in the palace. How about we temporarily replace cattle with horses this spring?"

Long face thought about it, wanted to nod but didn't dare, and said timidly: "Your honor is a good idea, but the horses in the palace are precious, we dare not..." His voice became smaller and smaller, and he secretly glanced at King Zhao.

Seeing that King Zhao did not hesitate, he immediately said: "Okay, leave this matter to Wang Ze."

The three peasants cheered in their hearts. They didn't expect that Zhao Wang, who looked scary at first glance, was so easy to talk.

With the approval of King Zhao, the tall horses in the palace temporarily bid farewell to the simple stables and went to work in the fields.

Although there are many horses in the palace, it is impossible to take care of the whole province of Ning, so Wei Chengxue ordered that the gentry from all over the country donate horses if they have horses, and those who have cattle donate cattle. The province guarantees spring plowing.

Not only that, Tao Jiusi and Yao Wangze personally supervised the work, wishing to live in the fields every day.

The folks see it warm in their eyes and work harder. After all, who doesn't want a good harvest?

On this day, the scorching sun in spring was extraordinarily hardworking, and it continued to shine and heat, making Tao Jiusi, who was sitting on the ridge of the field, sweat profusely. He picked a leaf and used it as a fan in an attempt to bring some coolness.

The old farmer who was resting at the side saw the parched mouth of Mr. Tao, whom everyone admired, and immediately rubbed the pottery bowl in his hand on his clothes, walked forward shyly, and said, "Master Tao, drink Have a bowl of water."

Tao Jiusi was used to living a hard life, and he didn't dislike the not-so-clean pottery bowl, so he thanked him, raised the bowl and drank it down.

The old farmer saw that the adult was hot and thirsty, so he took out the bag from his pocket and handed it over, "Sir, put some of these leaves in the water, it will refresh you and dispel the heat, and it is delicious. Although it is a bit bitter at first, but..."

Before he finished speaking, Tao Jiusi looked at the bag and said happily, "Old man, where did you pick it?"

The old farmer said: "There are all the nearby mountains, what's the matter? Is it poisonous?"

Tao Jiusi shook his head, "No, this is tea! It's tea! It turns out that tea is produced in Ning Province!"

Ning Province is poor and sparsely populated, and there is no decent city. Even the provincial capital city where King Zhao's Mansion is located has only a few more wooden houses. No one wants to come here, and those who go out never want to come back. Some people have never even been out of the village in their entire lives. They have never heard of tea. They only know that there are many such things growing in the deep mountains.

In addition, the local government officials don't want to make progress, just dawdling around, never thinking about getting rid of poverty and becoming rich in their own land.

So many tea trees have to grow in the deep mountains and no one knows them.

The locals didn't understand, but Tao Jiusi was an expert. He pulled Yao Wangze up and said happily, "Old man, where do these leaves grow, take us to see!"

Tao Jiusi followed the old man and walked the mountain road for two hours, and finally saw a wild tea tree. It was spring, and the tea tree was just green, and it was not yet the time to pick it.

Tao Jiusi, who loves to search, saw tea trees, and was as excited as a gambler seeing chips. He immediately walked around and looked around, excitedly saying: "Great! Great! Now we have money! Old man, Is there any other place to find such a dwarf tree besides here?"

The old man thought for a while, and said, "I know about seven or eight places."

The fact that wild tea trees can appear in so many places at the same time shows that Ning Province is suitable for the growth of tea trees, which is very convenient for large-scale promotion of planting. If this can be developed into a local economic crop, it should bring a lot of benefits to Ning Province.

The more Tao Jiusi thought about it, the more he felt that he had found a way to get rich. After walking such a long distance, he didn't feel tired at all. Instead, he said with great interest, "Let's go, let's go and see other places."

The old man took the two of them to visit two or three places in succession. Every time he went to a vast mountain, Tao Jiusi's joy would be even higher as soon as he saw the lush tea trees.

The old man saw this gentle and elegant young man happy, and he followed Lehe. Although he was not rich, he had a lot of wild tea at home, so he took out the bag he was carrying with him and said, "My lord, I will give this bag to you tomorrow. I brought all the leaves from the house, and the nobleman can drink as much as he wants, although we Ning Sheng has problems with food, there is no shortage of leaves."

Tao Jiusi took the tea leaves happily, feeling that he was very loved in Ning Province.

Back at the palace, Tao Jiusi greeted everyone, told everyone what he had seen and heard today, and brewed the tea given to him by the old man for everyone to drink.

Xia Kaiyan said happily: "We have been in Ning Province for almost a year, and we have never had a sip of tea. We never thought that tea would be produced here. We are really looking for a donkey by riding a donkey."

Su Qingquan took a sip of the freshly brewed tea, and praised: "The taste is not bad."

Tao Jiusi nodded, "This is still unprocessed. When I teach them how to make tea, the taste will definitely improve."

Zhu Shun didn't understand: "But we are far away at the border, how can we sell this tea?"

Tao Jiusi smiled, "I have a friend who is doing business in Jingluo, so he shouldn't have to worry about finding ways to transport and sell things. What do you think, Mr. Ji?"

Just as Ji Yuanfei returned to the palace today, he was called to discuss matters. He has always admired Tao Jiusi, so naturally he nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, just do as you say." Wei Nexue made a final decision.

However, selling tea is easy to say, but it is very difficult to promote it. The first thing that bears the brunt is that no one cooperates.

It is said that after the Royal Mansion's order was promulgated, the thresholds of village chiefs in various places were about to be stepped down. The villagers rushed to express their distrust. After all, the farmland had been planted for a lifetime, but this was the first time they heard of this tea.

"Village chief, we don't believe that planting this is better than farming?"

"That's right, what is this tea, I've never heard of it, what should I do if I lose money after planting it?"

"Growing food can still fill our stomachs, planting this tea... Is this leaf edible or something?"

"Village chief, although each family is transferred, my family has only two laborers, my son and me, and one of them is taken away. This land can't be planted."

The village chief can't solve the problems of the villagers because even they don't believe in the benefits of growing tea.So, the level-by-level reports finally reached Tao Jiusi's ears.

Xia Kaiyan shook her head: "It's not like asking everyone to grow tea, why are they so uncooperative?"

Yao Wangze said: "At the end of the day, I still don't believe in making money. After all, now that everyone has learned how to farm the land, they all feel that this year's harvest is good, so there is no need to waste that effort."

Tao Jiusi looked at the tea soup in the teacup, and thought that people in Daoning Province call tea leaves soaked in water, and only treat them as wild fruits. If you want everyone to pay attention, you must let people know the value of tea.

After a moment of silence, Tao Jiusi said slowly, "I want to play a play."

Xia Kaiyan couldn't believe it: "Jiusi, do you still have this hobby?"

A few days later, Master Tao, who was admired by everyone, walked out of the palace, came to the countryside, and walked into the house of the old man who gave him tea generously last time.

As soon as the old man saw the nobleman coming, he immediately wiped the dirty bench and invited him to sit down. He took out the only pottery bowl with no missing corners and offered him water. Adults soak in water.

The old man smiled and said, "Sir, what kind of tea leaf does this tree seem to be?"

Master Tao nodded gently: "That's right, it's called tea, and it's been popular outside for hundreds of years."

The news of Mr. Tao's arrival spread like wildfire in the village. Many people wanted to see the real face, so they rushed to the old man's courtyard with their children and dogs to watch.

They saw Master Tao took a sip of the water soaked in leaves, and happily said three good times. They saw Master Tao took out a silver coin and wiped out all the tea leaves in the old man's house. The old man said, what a shame! collect money?Master Tao said, drinking tea is very popular in Beijing, and it is much more expensive than yours!I can be considered a bargain!

The villagers began to whisper: "It turns out that this is a popular drink in the capital, and it is said that it can sell for a lot of money."

"I seem to have heard people say that this tea is a good thing."

"When you say that, I also have the impression that Ergou, the only one in our village who has been to the capital, brought back a pack. His mother drank it and said that it was everywhere in the mountains and plains. She chased him and beat him, saying that he spent money indiscriminately."

"That's why, why don't we try?"

The folks in Ning province spread the word one after another. Although there were not as many people as expected, many people still chose to try growing tea.

However, because the tea mountains are in an undeveloped state, and the village head doesn't know how to operate them, the villagers all ran to enclose the land by themselves, wrapping red ropes around the tea trees at the border to mark it.

Anyway, everyone is just holding it in the state of giving it a try, and it was not very serious at first.But I didn't expect that it was the picking season, and as soon as everyone delivered the tea to Zhao Wang's Mansion, many tea merchants came all the way from Jingluo to buy it at a high price, and the tea growers shared a lot of benefits. At that time, everyone was full of confidence in growing tea, and they went up the mountain to join the sea of ​​tea.

After half a year of hard work by Tao Jiusi, in the autumn of 48, the people of Ning Province finally ushered in their first bumper harvest. Every household also earned a lot of pocket money for growing tea, and lived happily.

The people are better off, and the palace is naturally better. This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the guards are no longer receiving watermelons, but a roast chicken and a pot of shochu per person. Although it is still very simple, everyone believes that life will get better sooner or later.

After solving the problems of eating and earning money, Master Tao frowned again.

Xia Kaiyan: "Jiusi, how do you feel that you have come to Ning Province and haven't had a comfortable day?"

Tao Jiusi looked at Wei Chengxue, who was training the guards in the courtyard, and said worryingly, "I will take care of this for His Highness, so that he can concentrate on other things."

Xia Kaiyan tsk tsk in her heart, she really raised His Highness as her son.

Zhu Shunli said, "What are you worrying about now?"

Tao Jiusi: "Let me ask you, what is your Highness's ultimate goal?"

Xia Kaiyan made a mouth shape, and Zhu Shunli wrote a word in Tao Jiusi's hand.

Tao Jiusi nodded, "But you are rich, and His Highness has no one. Is this goal still out of reach?"

Xia Kaiyan said: "Then what shall we do?"

Tao Jiusi said the answer he had prepared for a long time, "Open the academy."

In fact, Tao Jiusi had no idea how Wei Lingxue operated in Ning Province in his previous life, but now that he is here, he is confident to help Wei Lingxue accumulate capital earlier and achieve his goal as soon as possible.

Wei Lingxue wants to sweep the four countries, money, people, and food are all indispensable, but opening an academy cannot completely solve this problem.

"In addition to the brains, we also need people. My court stipulates that the prince in the fief can only have a thousand guards. The thousand guards can at most guard Zhao Wangfu. If we want to go that way, we must find a way to expand the team. .”

Zhu Shunli: "What do you want to do?"

Tao Jiusi regained his bitter face: "I don't have an idea yet, I'm thinking about it."

Although recruiting soldiers and buying horses is useless, opening an academy is a solid and good idea. It can improve the cultural literacy of the people of Ning Province, and maybe train a few more capable counselors.

Especially Ji Yuanfei, after hearing this plan, she looks ten years younger and is gearing up to take the lead.

Wei Lingxue nodded, Tao Jiusi proposed this plan again, and Zhao Wang made a final decision.

Wei Lingxue looked at Tao Jiusi, and said ambiguously, "We must manage Ning Province well, because there are bound to be many good memories here."

Tao Jiusi suddenly felt his old face turn red, he looked away unnaturally, cleared his throat, and said with a dry smile, "Haha, that's natural, that's natural."