Chapter 151 Sleepless Night

Under the dim oil lamp, Wei Shutong wrote furiously.

"Shutong, this Huanggou Village is really an interesting place!" Li Boyan stood with his hands behind his back, recalling what he saw and heard today.

Each one shocked him; it was something he had never seen or heard before in his life.

The villagers here are fugitives from the previous dynasty and the Chang'an County Magistrate who was exiled not long ago.

In his imagination, this wild and desolate place where officials were unwilling to take office was full of miasma, with dangerous mountain roads, wild beasts roaming around, and it was unbearable suffering.

As a fugitive, shouldn't he be skinny, with a miserable face, and look like he's living a life worse than death?

But everyone here is as strong and resilient as the cliff pine trees that cling tenaciously to the rocks on the cliff, or as strong and resilient as the grass that squeezes out from the cracks of the bare bluestone.

Everyone was full of vitality, as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Even the old men and women in their fifties and sixties were no exception, walking with a breeze.

Li Boyan couldn't understand it. These things meant nothing more to them than having enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear. They were at the bottom of society with no view to the future. What was there to be happy about?

"There should be more than what we see! None of them are simple, they are all prominent figures from the previous dynasty!" Wei Shutong was busy writing memorials and didn't even raise his head.

Except for the Su family, the rest are from aristocratic families. Although they have been abandoned by their families, this group of people cannot be regarded as ordinary villagers.

Those village elders were powerful officials in the court who held the power of life and death. They were not good people.

As long as they are given a little chance, they will definitely soar to great heights.

The people here are really poor. They can't even afford much pens, ink, paper and inkstone. What he uses now is collected from several young men in the Su family.

There are too many things to report, and I have never had so much to say to the Khan.

There are several long chapters on lime kilns, humus fertilizer, rotation of beans and rice and wheat, foot-operated threshers, artificial beekeeping, vermicelli making, tea oil pressing, etc.

If there was enough paper, he would have liked to express his ambitions.

Finally, and most importantly, the authenticity and effectiveness of the Li people’s governance methods.

Here, the Li people and the Han people live in harmony, discuss and work together. Even the lime kiln was built with the strong support and assistance of the Li people. Now the Li village has begun to replicate the Huanggou Village, and the atmosphere in Wu County has been renewed.

If Wei Shutong had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that this was the Lingnan or Li people that everyone in the court was so afraid of!

Many things are spread as rumors and become completely distorted in the end.

At least the Li people he met today were the same as the Han people. He treated them with courtesy and they also treated him with courtesy.

After asking Lu Zhaoshi and Hu Xiancheng, they were told that as long as the Li people were not harassed or exploited, they would not oppose the government, let alone provoke it.

The Li people are also an agricultural nation. As long as they have land to farm, they will live and work in peace and contentment.

Unlike the Turks in the north, the Turks were a nomadic people with high mobility, bravery and bellicosity. They did not know how to farm, and even if they had land, it was difficult for them to settle down.

In addition, the north is extremely cold, and during winter blizzards, large numbers of cattle and sheep die, so these nomadic peoples cross the Great Wall to plunder.

The conventional appeasement policy was not very effective in governing the Turks.

Wei Shutong felt that he had gained a lot of knowledge from this trip, not only in agricultural technology but also in political insights.

Without this trip, he had an empty head and just followed what others said, but now he has experienced it personally, seen it with his own eyes, and has his own insights and thoughts.

Wei Shutong was very conflicted before he started writing. It was inevitable to mention Magistrate Su here, as his shadow could be seen in almost every matter.

After pondering whether he should mention Magistrate Su, Wei Shutong decided to ignore it and just pass it off as "the villagers".

Mentioning Magistrate Su in every incident isn't that a slap in the face of the Heavenly Khan? You've slapped me left and right, and you've let a capable official go without knowing what's in store for him!

This is not a memorial announcing good news, but a slap in the face of the Khan in various ways.

He admired and respected Magistrate Su from the bottom of his heart, but he was no longer a passionate young man. Now he was mature and steady, and he thought long-term.

He hoped that Magistrate Su would live well here, and that silent kindness was the greatest kindness.

I can't do much more, I can only do my best to protect the Su family.

Not only Wei Shutong, but Lu Zhaoshi also did not rest.

However, after more than a month away, there have been huge changes here, and my dreams have gradually become reality.

He could not report to a higher level, but he could report to Feng Xu, the envoy of Lingnan Province.

The arrival of this special envoy shows that the last report was effective and the feedback was positive and good.

The lime kiln and foot-operated thresher were very practical, and the fertilizing method, crop rotation method, artificial beekeeping, etc. were all reported one by one.

Even if he does not report it himself, the special envoy will report it to the court. By then, the imperial envoy will know nothing and will not report it. The Khan will think that the Lingnan officials are inactive.

If your boss doesn't end up well, how can you end up well?

I originally thought of applying for a little bit every year, getting good grades every year, and then moving after two or three years.

The special envoy has made a sudden visit, and we can no longer hide these things, so let’s report them all!

"Aye!" Fuwang poured a bowl of warm water for his godfather Fuzhong.

Fu Zhong wrote a secret letter to the queen by the light of a soybean oil lamp, with a smile on his face.

The Queen is a virtuous queen who has always been concerned about the suffering of the people. He wants to let the Queen know what he has seen today.

He had no control over what the special envoy reported to the Khan. He reported to the Queen Mother based on what he saw and heard.

The Queen is intelligent. After learning these things, she has gained more knowledge and ideas, and can better assist the Khan.

Even HNA Trading put forward its own ideas, hoping to convey them to the ears of the Heavenly Khan through the Empress.

He described the maritime trade of his youth, which included hardships, risks, huge profits, and the far-reaching significance that he could see.

Fuwang watched his godfather write the letter silently, and he was happy too when his godfather was happy.

He was a child from a poor family. His family fled due to war and famine, and many of their family members starved to death along the way.

Seeing that he had no way to survive, his parents had no choice but to sell him to a human trafficker who bought young children in order to keep him alive.

She knew that she was sold into the palace just so that he could live a few more days.

In the palace, young eunuchs were often beaten, scolded, and bullied, and they were not well fed or clothed.

They were both doing hard labor in the Ye Ting. Seeing Fu Zhong, who was sick and had not had a drop of water for several days, he thought of his father who was dying of hunger.

Fuwang saved some of his own rations and secretly gave them to Fuzhong when no one was around, and also poured him a bowl of cold water.

It was this insignificant act of kindness that allowed him to find lifelong support.

Fu Zhong has extensive experience and is good at seizing opportunities.

He waited for the Princess of Qin on the roadside, kowtowed to her and thanked her, and then climbed up to the Palace of the Prince of Qin, the most powerful figure in the new dynasty.

Fu Zhong did not abandon him, but took him out of the sea of ​​suffering, and eventually he became a popular manager.

But his godfather taught him to be low-key and down-to-earth, to only focus on the Queen Mother and to work loyally for her, which would ensure a safe and worry-free life.

Fuwang didn't understand anything. He just did whatever his godfather said and did what he was told.

I never have any false thoughts, I just want to live a peaceful life. If I have the chance, when I am old, I will ask for grace to go back to my hometown to see if my parents are still alive.

That night, many people couldn't sleep and their blood was boiling.

Even when he heard the noise of wild beasts in the mountains in the middle of the night, he took it as a lullaby and did not feel panic.