Wearing a county magistrate to build infrastructure

Let’s not mention how the Nanzhou matter will be handled in the Imperial City. Tang Zisheng has not received any letters from the Imperial City and Nanzhou since Prime Minister Yan left. Even Zhou Nanchuan’s eyeliner in Nanzhou has also lost contact. The situation in Nanzhou is not good.

It's a pity that Nanzhou is far away from Xizhou. Even if there is real news, it is estimated that the matter will be settled, just like the accident in Xizhou before.

But since he didn't know the news about Nanzhou and the imperial city, Tang Zisheng didn't worry too much about it, but devoted himself to the construction of the outer city.

The walls of the outer city have been built in the past few months, and the land between the outer city and the inner city has been cleared. It is time to start building houses and roads.

The outer city was divided into two large areas by Tang Zisheng. The land near the city gate will be the same urban area as the inner city in the future. Tang Zisheng plans to use the land away from the city gate to plant land and build various workshops. use.

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, which are high-yield foods per mu, are grown in the city, which not only provides sufficient food for Cang'er County, but also serves as a profitable industry, and it is also a guarantee to be placed in the outer city.

"My lord." Mo Yansheng came from Shitou Village, holding the potatoes he had just dug up, his face full of excitement. When he saw Tang Zisheng, he couldn't help shouting, "It's planted, it's really planted."

"If it can't be planted, where did the seeds I give you come from?" Tang Zisheng couldn't help laughing, but this is normal. At this time, the food production is not high, and many people plant a stubble. After paying taxes, they can't even eat. full.

Now that there is such a crop with a yield of one thousand catties per mu, if it is popularized on a large scale, it will be something that will make the people of the whole country not hungry.

"Although I believed what the adults said before, it was only through my own hands that I felt a sense of solidity."

Mo Yansheng's excitement has not subsided, and he handed the potatoes in his hand to Tang Zisheng, "My lord, the potatoes grown this time can already be distributed to some people in Cang'er County. When will we promote this crop?"

"Don't worry, it's only been more than two months since the flood, and many people haven't recovered yet, so it may be more difficult to promote this kind of thing now, as the batch of potatoes planted in Stone Village haven't been dug up yet. "

"No, my lord, you ordered this batch of potatoes to grow up. I can't dig them all out yet, I have to wait for your notice." Mo Yansheng wanted to understand what Tang Zisheng said, "My lord wants the village chiefs of each village to come over. Watch us dig potatoes?"

Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. If you see the yield of potatoes with your own eyes, you must be willing to try this new variety.

"That's right, the recipe and precautions for some potatoes I gave you before have spread in the village."

"As I said before, potatoes that germinate and turn green are not edible, and we also tried the method of concentrating potatoes on a few nests of potatoes that we dug up, and it was delicious."

"Well, when they come to visit, you can make some potatoes for them to taste." The promotion of the village chief, who has the right to speak in the village, is more convincing than those officials who are far away from the people.

"Okay, but my lord, the location of the stone village will be exposed in this way. Did we" expose it too early.

"It's time. Although the location of Stone Village is inaccessible, it is not impossible for outsiders to come here for a lifetime. Perhaps some hunters who have been hunting on the mountain have found traces of people living in Stone Village. Instead of letting them speculate privately, it is better to be more straightforward. exposed."

Mo Yansheng is not about words, he is sure about this matter after listening to Mr. Tang, so he will not meddle in it.

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stone village.

The population of this village is larger than that of the county. Fortunately, Stone Village was originally a big village.Otherwise, so many people may not be able to squeeze even if they are crowded.

It has been deserted for more than ten years, and now the population is at its peak, which naturally arouses some people's curiosity.

Zhou Shan is one. He was originally a hunter in Qingshui Village.Because Qingshui Village is close to several other villages in Cang'er County, and there are many hunters. If there are more hunters, there will be not enough prey on the mountain.

Everyone wants to eat an extra bite of meat, but there are only so many prey that can be hunted. They dare not touch larger prey, wild boars and big worms. These wild animals are very fierce.So these hunters are all alone.

The best thing is to be able to hunt some deer and deer, but these wild animals are basically not seen in the mountains of Cang'er County, and hares and pheasants are common prey.

But there are few monks and many monks, and Zhou Shan has no familiar Orion with him.So every time I hunt, I go to the stone village where there are no people.

Stone Village was deserted and uninhabited, but the wild animals in the mountain were not abandoned along with them. No one went up the mountain to hunt these wild animals these years, and the rabbits on the mountain were too fat to jump.

Zhou Shan tasted the sweetness after hunting some wild animals here. Every time he goes up the mountain to hunt, he always comes here, but Zhou Shan has not dared to approach Stone Village in recent months.

Because the village was originally empty, there were many more people overnight. If there were more than ten or twenty people, Zhou Shan would understand.But when thousands of people came all at once, Zhou Shan was terrified.

At first he thought it was the spirits in the mountains who had become spirits and took over the barren mountains.But after observing a few times, he found that these people living in Shitou Village worked the land like ordinary villagers, and there was nothing unusual about them, so he was relieved.

But if these were all human beings, how could they all appear in Shitou Village at once? I was puzzled, so Zhou Shan decided to observe secretly.

However, if Zhou Shan walked down the mountain for a while, he would see a few soldiers wearing the clothes of the yamen, and he would understand that this person was ignorant for no reason. At least the county magistrate knew about it. Unfortunately, Zhou Shan was discouraged. There were thousands of people at the bottom of the mountain, if he appeared rashly, would he die soon after being captured?

That's it, Zhou Shan watched like this for a few months, especially during the few months he was observing, he also saw a brother who went to the river to wash clothes with a big wooden basin every time, in fact, he came to wash clothes every day There are many girls and brothers.But Zhou Shan's eyes fell on this brother alone.

This brother looks young, but every time he washes dozens of clothes by the river, he doesn't know if he has been abused at home.

It's a pity that he still hasn't figured out the origins of the people living in Stone Village.Otherwise, he would have brought his prey to the door to propose marriage if he had looked at a brother like this for several months.

When he was distressed, he was suddenly called by the village chief.

"Village chief, why did you ask me to come here?" Zhou Shan has always been taciturn in the village, but he is tall and reliable. Brothers even look down on him, so he has been single for this reason, and after another year, the official media will come to propose a kiss to him.

"Cough, come with me." The head of Qingshui Village suddenly received a message from the yamen today, saying that he was asked to go to Shitou Village, but Shitou Village is a wasteland, and no one has lived in it for more than ten years. , this suddenly called him to Shitou Village, and he didn't say what it was, he didn't know what was going on.

For this reason, he called Zhou Shan over. Zhou Shan, as a hunter in the village, often went hunting near Shitou Village, which was known to everyone in the village. He felt relieved to have this acquaintance with him.

"where to?"

"Stone Village, the county official asked me to go. I don't want you to be familiar with the area of ​​Stone Village? I plan to let you come with me, so that you won't run away in vain. The white flour steamed buns made by your aunt, Enough."

There are very few people who can eat white flour steamed buns at this time.Whose family lost a lot of food because of a flood, and it would be enough to have a full mouthful. Even before the flood, few families could afford white flour buns.

Zhou Shan thought about his appetite, and thought that the salary was not too low, and he was going to Shitou Village, so he could understand why so many people lived in Shitou Village.

If these people come from the right path, he will ask someone to use the money he has saved over the years to propose marriage. He doesn't know if his brother thinks of him, "OK."

There are not a few people who think the same way as the head of Qingshui Village. Although they know that the county magistrate will definitely not say anything against them, going to a wasteland without saying what to do is always worrying.

Fortunately, the people who came from the county did not say that they should not take two people with them.So the village chiefs of more than a dozen villages and the villagers they brought gathered at the entrance of Shitou Village, a group of twenty or thirty people, and it seemed that they were very powerful.

Mo Yansheng had already sent people to prepare, and the people who greeted these village chiefs at the entrance of the village directly took them to the fields, and then explained the purpose of bringing them here this time, and heard the village chiefs of the dozen villages They were too scared to speak.

"Xiangsheng, what you said is really true. The county master really said that there are thousands of catties of grain per mu."

"Of course, Mr. Tang is afraid that you won't believe me, so the crops are still in the ground, and we'll just wait for you to come over before we start digging."

"Then let's go and have a look."

These dozen or so village chiefs rushed to the field, and the people from the other side of the field immediately started working when they saw someone coming. They had wanted to dig out all the potatoes for a long time. A large bunch of fruits under the few grass seedlings, everyone was very excited.

Now it is finally possible to dig out all these potatoes, and each of them has worked hard, just waiting to surprise the village chiefs of these villages.

Things happened as Tang Zisheng expected. The village chiefs of these villages were so excited when they saw the yield of potatoes dug up, they wished they could pull a few carts back to the village right now.

But at this time, Mo Yansheng came over and dragged everyone to the room for hospitality, where many brothers and girls made potato-related food and gave it to people from various villages.

Zhou Shan sat behind his village head, and saw that among the cooks this time was his brother who had been washing clothes by the river, so why did they appear in Stone Village.

Why aren't the village chief and the others curious?

"It's delicious, it's real after one bite."

Mo Yansheng listened to what they said and didn't make any comments. In fact, the people in the village now eat less oil and less salt, and the taste is not very good. As long as they can eat enough, who cares whether it is good or not.

It’s bark soil, something that would kill people if you eat it. People who are extremely hungry will try it. There are so many ways to make potatoes, just bake them in the fire and sprinkle some salt. The entrance is good and popular. should.

After a meal, the village heads of each village began to ask how much of the food each family could share.Although the yield of potatoes is high, there are quite a few people in the township of Cang'er County. They just saw that the yield of the field is only about one mu, which may not be much in the hands of each family.

"My lord said to see how many people in each of your villages are willing to plant, and report the list of those who are willing, and then they will be distributed according to the list."

It is reasonable to say that no matter how good potatoes are, many people in the village have never seen them. If they are the village chiefs to persuade them, I am afraid that most people will not be willing to take risks. try.

After they try it, the villagers see the real benefits, then more people will be willing to grow potatoes.

Mo Yansheng saw the village chiefs who were deep in thought, and said that Mr. Tang's method is really wonderful. It not only solves the problem of not having enough potatoes for each family, but also achieves the purpose of promotion.

Within half a year, everyone in every village will be willing to grow potatoes.