Yu Zizhen exchanged some cotton seeds and a book about cotton cultivation from the system and handed them to Jiang Yunshan. "Give these to trusted farmers to plant. If they plant well, the people won't have to worry about winter clothing anymore."
Even after the price reduction, rabbit skin, the cheapest of all furs, is not something that everyone can afford. In fact, if Yu Zizhen had not announced her new composting method, which to a certain extent increased the per capita income of farmers who accounted for 70% of the total population of Da Qi, most families in Da Qi would not be able to afford it.
But cotton is different. As long as the scale of planting is increased, Yu Zizhen is confident that the selling price of cotton can be controlled at two to three cents per catty. Even the poorest families can afford this price.
This was not the first time that Jiang Yunshan had received a "god-gift" from Yu Zizhen, but his attitude towards these so-called "god-gifts" had not changed just because he had seen them so many times.
He personally re-copied the books and hid them carefully after copying them. He immediately sent the manuscripts and seeds to a village he had carefully selected.
Compared to the crowded and eye-catching village, Jiang Yunshan believed that the village where only their own people were present was more confidential.
Yu Zizhen was very confident in Jiang Yunshan, and she didn't even ask Jiang Yunshan how he did it.
She now controls the fiefs of the four kings of Wu, Chu, Qi and Lu in the eastern region alone. The total area is about one-quarter of the total land area of Da Qi. In addition, she also has to remotely manage several states and counties in the western region.
Occupy important passes, gather soldiers and generals from all over the country, replace government officials, eliminate the big and small forces that commit crimes everywhere, use the system to madly absorb money, and separate some people to continue to develop agriculture, breeding, fisheries, commerce, handicrafts...
By the way, she also has to deal with those ambitious guys who want to take advantage of the chaos and cause trouble for her.
With so many things coming together, she is really busy now.
Of course, Yu Zizhen didn't just act recklessly.
Although most of the officials in the Da Qi officialdom were not very good, Yu Zizhen still did not kill all of them just to save trouble.
All the court officials she killed deserved it.
As for other people whose crimes were less serious, Yu Zizhen dealt with them according to the laws of Da Qi.
The world is in such chaos nowadays that exile is definitely not an option. Yu Zizhen therefore adapted to local conditions and changed it to forced labor, but punishments such as dismissal from office and confiscation of property could still be carried out.
As for the very few innocent people here, Yu Zizhen still admires their character and ability to stay out of trouble despite being in the quagmire.
For those who are willing to accept her recruitment, she will give them suitable positions according to their abilities, allowing them to continue to govern the area and protect the people. For those who are unwilling to change their ways and be loyal to her, she will not only not make things difficult for them, but will also provide them with certain funding and protection so that they can safely leave her sphere of influence.
As for the local forces that already existed in the eastern and western regions.
For those who have not committed any serious crimes or have always been kind to others, Yu Zizhen will take the initiative to extend an olive branch and hire the talented ones among them. If the other party is unwilling, she will not force them, but will just let someone watch them continue to live a law-abiding life.
For those who have committed many sins, Yu Zizhen is not so easy to talk to.
Relying on his own strong army, Yu Zizhen had no intention of accommodating them at all.
As soon as she showed her fangs, she had her subordinates throw out all kinds of evidence that had been collected long ago.
Those evidences were collected during their period of concealment. Now that the time has finally come to reveal the truth, they are able to act efficiently.
Under the instruction of Yu Zizhen, they killed all those who should be killed according to the law, forced those whose crimes were not serious to do hard labor, and then confiscated all the blood-stained wealth in their hands.
This move can not only rectify the atmosphere as quickly as possible, but also use their property to enrich the country, cough, to fill the public treasury, realizing "taking from the people and giving back to the people" in another sense. Yu Zizhen thought it was simply great.
As for those guys who claimed to be victims and cursed her in private, and even tried to assassinate her because of it, Yu Zizhen said, come on, it's a rare opportunity to stretch your muscles, and she has been looking forward to it.
In troubled times, severe punishments are used. She dealt with those villains in a swift and efficient manner. Not only did her territory become stable and there were fewer potential threats, but those ordinary people who were originally exploited and persecuted and could not survive would also be able to live a stable life again because she distributed land to them and allowed them to work in exchange for relief.
With land and a source of income, the people would take root in her sphere of influence. This was very important to Yu Zizhen.
Unlike most scholars of this era, Yu Zizhen never looked down on ordinary people.
In her heart, the most important thing is neither high positions, generous salaries, fine clothes and delicious food, nor gold, silver, food, and military equipment. Even if there are no system tasks and no need to earn points, Yu Zizhen will unswervingly believe that "people" are the most important "resource" in the world.
According to her own wishes, with the full cooperation of a group of like-minded subordinates, she quickly completed the sorting and rectification of the eastern and western regions.
They acted too quickly and completely crushed the local forces. Not only were the local forces unable to stir up any trouble under their strong suppression, even the Prince of Zhenbei and the Duke of Jingguo, who were competitors of Yu Zizhen, were too late to do anything when they received the news.
They didn't know that Yu Zizhen had also occupied the western region. According to their known intelligence, the eastern and western regions had been managed by different people during this period.
It’s not that the spies from both families are incompetent, but it’s that these two forces emerged too suddenly. In such a short period of time, their spies simply couldn’t get into the core circles of these two forces.
The most crucial information that the spies from both sides could find out was that "the leader of the eastern region is a young man with the same name as the previous prince of Zhenbei, and the leader of the western region is a middle-aged man who is called the general and never reveals his real name."
They didn't find any clues that the two forces in the eastern and western regions were connected or echoing each other, so neither the King of Zhenbei nor the Duke of Jingguo connected the two together.
But even so, "Yu Zizhen" who occupied the eastern region still caused huge waves in the hearts of King Zhenbei and Duke Jingguo.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
