The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

"I'll pass you a letter from Lei Shushan." Ao Huang said with a sly smile.

Fang Yun was slightly curious. He held the official seal in his hand, and a wild goose turned into a letter, forming black characters floating in the air, and he quickly read it.

"This Lei Shushan is very ambitious! He wants you, a real dragon, to go to him. Actually, it doesn't matter. You are useless anyway." Fang Yun paused here deliberately.

Ao Huang rolled his eyes, and Nu Nu smiled.

Fang Yun continued: "However, he actually said that I would be attacked by everyone and would not survive the palace examination. Even if I survived the palace examination, my country would be destroyed by the monsters. It was the stupidest choice to surrender to me. This was a bit too much. This letter was actually a challenge to me!"

Ao Huang immediately nodded desperately and said: "Yes, yes! I also think it's too much, why not... kill him?"

Yang Yuhuan and Su Xiaoxiao were stunned, and then smiled. Ao Huang, this dragon, did not speak according to common sense at all, and always spoke unexpectedly. Only Fang Yun could stand him.

Fang Yun said: "I have limited energy, and I am hesitating whether to fight for the first-class fortifications, but since he has issued a declaration of war to me, I can't refuse to fight. You send him a letter, saying that the first-class fortifications and agricultural works in this year's palace examination, let him stop dreaming!!"

Ao Huang grinned and said: "This is the world's unparalleled two-way defense of the country! I will send him a letter now!"

After a few breaths, Ao Huang said: "I have finished sending the letter, saying that the first-class fortifications and agricultural works this year must belong to you, Fang Yun!"

Yang Yuhuan and Su Xiaoxiao felt helpless. Fang Yun and Ao Huang meant the same thing, but one was "I won't let Lei Shushan get it", and the other was "it must belong to Fang Yun", the tone was obviously different, the former was a counterattack, and the latter was a provocation.

Fang Yun glared at Ao Huang unhappily and said, "If you say that, those people will definitely stir up trouble and criticize and accuse me."

"Let them accuse, it has nothing to do with me anyway... Uh, I mean, no matter how they accuse, you will definitely get the double armor of fortification and farming in the end, right?" Ao Huang said with a smile.

Nunu stretched out his little claws towards Ao Huang and scratched at the empty space, which scared Ao Huang so much that he quickly retracted his neck.

Fang Yun ignored Ao Huang and continued to read the "Wen Bao". He found that the grain prices in various places had increased to varying degrees, especially the grain prices in non-grain-producing areas, which had increased by 10%, which was higher than in previous years. According to the analysis of the "Wen Bao", it should be because the Caoman will go south at the end of the year, and all countries have begun to increase their grain reserves. Those grain merchants are hoarding grain by any means, which has made the civilians suffer.

Fang Yun thought about it. The grain price in Ning'an County is not high now, because Ning'an County is a strategic location and has a large granary. When the grain price reaches a certain level, it can be sold at a low price to hit the grain merchants.

The Wenbao not only records anecdotes of literati, good names and good deeds, but also records many problems, mainly some breaking news, such as the earthquake in Zhengde County, the spring flood in Nanshi County that destroyed the embankment, and the spring epidemic in Guangyuan Prefecture.

Other county magistrates or scholars did not care about these, but Fang Yun read them carefully and thought about where these things would happen in Ning'an County and how to solve them if they happened.

Through the Wenbao, Fang Yun found that there might be hidden dangers in the Yishui River in Ning'an County, so he sent private soldiers with water conservancy experience to lead the workshop clerks to check the embankments on both sides of the Yishui River.

Ning'an County is located in the north, and the frozen soil melts slowly. If the frozen soil does not melt completely around February 10, it will affect sowing. The county magistrate needs to go to the temple to offer sacrifices to the sky, and then use the power of the temple to quickly melt the frozen soil in the farmland.

Fang Yun has never participated in offering sacrifices to the sky, so he decided to gather the scholars and private soldiers to discuss it at night.

After reading the Wenbao, Fang Yun said goodbye to Yang Yuhuan and took Ao Huang to the workshop.

The workshop is one of the ten rooms of the county government. In ordinary small counties, it is just a cold office, but working in the workshop of a large county like Ning'an is a lucrative job.

The geographical location of Ning'an County determines the development of trade and handicrafts. In order to avoid barbarian looting, the large area of ​​land north of the Yishui River cannot be planted. There are only fields in the south of the city, and agriculture is relatively weak.

Not far to the southwest of Ning'an County is the famous cotton-producing area of ​​Jingguo, which makes Ning'an County a major textile county. However, Ning'an County does not produce ramie and cannot raise silkworms, so linen and silk need to be transported from the south.

After Fang Yun entered the workshop, he first chatted with the workshop clerk, and then asked the workshop general secretary to lead the way to the county-owned weaving workshop in Ning'an County.

Because Ning'an County is a strategic location and close to cotton production areas, 30% of the gauze, cotton cloth and canvas needed by the surrounding army are supplied by this county, and most of the 30% are supplied by the county-owned weaving workshop, and the rest are supplied by private weaving workshops.

Fang Yun did not ride in the Dragon Horse luxury car this time, but just in an ordinary carriage. However, after all, his special status required too much protection, so he was still followed by twenty demon cavalrymen and twenty barbarian private soldiers.

People on the roadside whispered and guessed that this was Fang Yun's private soldiers, but they could not be sure whether the person sitting in the car was Fang Yun himself.

The county's weaving workshop was not in the city, but by the Yishui River outside the city. The scholars of the Gong family had long developed a water-powered loom that was more efficient than the manual loom.

After leaving the East City Gate, Fang Yun opened the curtains and saw that the Yishui River was like a jade belt across the north, and in the distance were rows of factory buildings.

There were not only weaving workshops, but also various mills, blacksmith shops and other workshops that could use water power, stretching for dozens of miles, which was extremely spectacular.

The general secretary of the workshop was a scholar over sixty years old, and he smiled very kindly, but Fang Yun knew that this man was notorious for eating people without spitting out bones.

"Mr. Fang, in front of you is the famous Workshop Street. There are more than 400 workshops, half of which are private workshops and half of which are owned by the royal family and the county. The number of workshops owned by the royal family and the county is similar. Our Jingguo The royal family gives preferential treatment to its people. If it were the case in the Wu Kingdom, the royal family would occupy at least 50% of the factories, the county-owned workshops would occupy at least 20%, the aristocratic families would occupy another 20%, and the common people would have to fight for the last 10%!"

Fang Yun felt that it was not the royal family's preferential treatment, but the decline of Jingguo's national power. The royal family's control was not as good as before, so it had to give way to benefit the people. At least half of the private workshops in Ning'an County belong to major aristocratic families.

The general secretary of the workshop kept talking about the current situation of the workshops in Ning'an County, detailing everything and speaking from the bottom of his heart.

Ao Huang stared at the general secretary of the workshop from time to time, always feeling that this person had ulterior motives and secretly sent a message to Fang Yun to let Fang Yun be careful.

Fang Yun didn't take it seriously and smiled. The general secretary of the workshop had an ulterior motive for telling everything.

The first purpose is to show the profitability of the workshop and trigger Fang Yun's greed. As long as Fang Yun is greedy, he can be easily pulled into the water, or he can join the left prime minister, or his reputation can be ruined.

The second purpose is to warn Fang Yun that there are big people behind these workshops. Even the most humble workshops are from famous families. As for the famous families, they have no way to get involved.

There are only two or three famous families in an ordinary mansion, which is enough to make a county magistrate bow his head.

When an ordinary county magistrate takes office, the local powerful people in Ning'an County have already joined forces to entertain the new magistrate and give the new magistrate a show of strength. However, their fate is different. They either dare not contact him because of their relationship with the left prime minister's party, or they honestly do it. Please ask for a meeting.