Chapter 40: The Infinite King
Not only did Li Zhoumu have no intention of saving King Li's life, but when he received the news that the assassins sent by King Yu had arrived in Yan, he secretly rejoiced.
The scene of asking for military pay at the gate of Yanzhou city made him lose face and his dignity was completely destroyed.
As long as the King of Li lives, this matter will be mentioned. Only when the King of Li dies can this stain be wiped out! Moreover, all these officials know that the world will belong to the King of Yu in the future. If he can help the King of Yu, why not do it?
When Commander Huo arrived in Yan, he heard that King Li was not in Yanzhou City at all, but in a border town. There were only a few dozen small villages in the area of dozens of miles.
The border town is the camp of the border soldiers, and it is difficult for outsiders to sneak in. It is too difficult to assassinate the King of Li there.
He was just worrying about how to sneak into the border town when he suddenly heard that Li Zhoumu had sent dozens of people to the border town to deliver things. It was said that they were assigning tasks to the Black Feather Camp to deliver food, fodder and tools.
Commander Huo acted decisively and took four of his men with him, disguised as delivery boys, to blend into the team and head for the border town.
At this time, the border town was busy distributing military pay. The soldiers who were hoarding farmland thought that King Li would find a reason to withhold part of their military pay, but they didn't expect that King Li had no such idea at all and didn't ask for even a tael of silver from them.
The soldiers who stockpiled farmland were also worried about offending Governor Li. If the King ignored them, they would probably have a hard time in the future.
Jinsui took the opportunity to ask the Tuntianying to help her plant some seeds brought from Chang'an. In addition to the military pay from the court, she would pay the farmers another salary every month.
Liu Chang, the captain of the farmland storage troops, was a middle-aged man. He was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately said that he would help the prince to plant the crops without asking for any wages.
Jin Sui smiled and said that each matter was a separate matter. The Tuntian Army cultivated the court's fields and received military pay, so those who helped her cultivate the crops should also be paid. Otherwise, she could only let the Heiyu Camp cultivate the crops.
In her previous life, she was also a member of the lower class. She had no experience in interacting with the powerful and wealthy, and her straightforwardness offended people, but she was very experienced in communicating with the lower class.
Sure enough, after she said that, Liu Chang promised to grow the prince's things well.
Jin Sui said there were not many seeds, so she asked him to pick ten households that were best at planting, and she would teach them how to plant.
What she asked the Tuntian Army to plant were the potatoes, tomatoes and sweet potatoes in the space. She planned to plant these three crops first, and then plant peanuts in the spring of next year.
There are not many seeds, and winter comes early in the border town. In case the temperature drops suddenly, we can still build a greenhouse.
At the same time, she convened a meeting of the Black Feather Camp and the two chief clerks to set development tasks for the border town. If you want to get rich, you must build roads first.
Not to mention repairing the roads leading to the outside, repair the roads within the city first.
The next step is to repair the house and prepare for autumn and winter in advance.
Dig cellars to store food and grass for the winter.
Building public toilets...
Wei Zhubo was very pleased that the prince did not give up on himself, and was so moved that he almost shed tears. He persuaded Jinsui.
As soon as you arrive in Yan, you should submit a report of safety to the emperor.
Explain the matter between you and Li Zhoumu to the emperor to prevent people from framing you without knowing the truth.
Jin Sui waved his hand and said, "Then please ask the chief clerk to write it for me."
Wei Zhubo was very excited. As an eighth-rank Zhubo, he could write a memorial to the emperor! He immediately promised to write it well.
Chief Clerk Cheng drank again last night and was dozing off during the meeting. Jin Sui asked him what suggestions he had for the city's construction.
He chuckled drunkenly, "We need pubs. The more the better."
Jin Sui felt that this person was completely different from yesterday, and said solemnly with a dark face: "Border Town is a military stronghold, there will never be a tavern!"
"This includes brothels, gambling houses, and gambling houses!"
When everyone saw that the prince was angry, they held their breath and dared not say anything.
Cheng Zhubo seemed to be completely unaware of the atmosphere and continued to laugh:
"If there is no tavern, there is no tavern. By the way, can you carry the prince's private seal with you? To purchase supplies and withdraw treasury silver, you need the prince's seal."
Jin Sui was stunned and almost forgot about this. She didn't even know Gu Changxiao's real name, so how could she carve a private seal?
Thinking of his current reputation, no matter how crazy he does, everyone will probably be used to it and he cannot show any weakness.
He pretended to be indifferent and said, "I will never use anything from Chang'an again. Have someone carve a new one for me and engrave it with 'Li Wang' on it."
Everyone just thought she was sad because she thought about what happened in Chang'an, but they were a group of rough soldiers who didn't know how to comfort others.
Wei Zhubo hurriedly said, "I personally carved it for the prince, but it is just a private seal with the title, which is no different from the official seal."
Jin Sui held his chin in his hand and thought, this private seal must be unique and in line with his own personality.
'Li Wang', her eyes soon lit up, and she thought of an excellent private seal name. She immediately took out a pen and paper and wrote it down, handing it to Wei Zhubo: "Engrave this, and this will be the private seal name of this king from now on!"
Wei Zhubo took it and looked at it. He was so scared that he almost fell down. He said hurriedly: "This, this is not good, my lord. How can we use the seal in public?"
Everyone stretched their heads to take a look, and saw five large characters written on the paper:
The Infinite King
Others were fine, but Cheng Zhubo was already laughing so hard that he doubled over, and he praised repeatedly: "This is a good print!"
Jin Sui got support and said with a smile: "Right, King of Brutality, King of Brutality, then this king is infinitely brute!"
Wei Zhubo was about to cry, but he didn't dare to get angry at Jin Sui. He just said to Cheng Zhubo: "Why don't you try to persuade the prince?"
Han Xing and the others saw the prince laughing, and regardless of the inappropriateness of this private seal, they all smiled and said, "I think it's good too."
In this way, they were outnumbered and the opposition of Wei Zhubo was futile, so he went to carve a private seal for Jinsui, and made him the King of Li Dawuxian.
Jin Sui was waiting for his new seal to come out, and at the same time, he issued ten new regulations for the border town as a "new official's first three things".
First of all, it is strictly forbidden to defecate or urinate anywhere! Those caught will be severely punished!
Second, you must wash your hands before meals and after going to the toilet.
Third, drinking raw water is forbidden. No matter whether it is well water or river water, it must be boiled before drinking.
Fourth, a large-scale pest control campaign was launched. Everyone had to take a bath every three days and all the lice and fleas on their heads had to be removed.
Fifth, establish garbage disposal stations and prohibit random throwing of garbage in the city.
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Ten new regulations, all about personal and public health.
Only God knows how devastated Jinsui was when he saw fat lice crawling out of their hair and beards, and fleas jumping from you to me.
Including the Tuntian Army, everyone felt that King Li was a nobleman and he liked to be clean, so he couldn't stand others being dirty.
Although they found it troublesome, they respected King Li and these regulations did not harm their interests, so they were willing to implement them.
It’s just that no one is very willing to carry it out, and even the inspectors are not very serious about it.
Jin Sui gathered everyone together and held a huge "sanitation sports meeting", warning them that the plague in Luocheng was still spreading, and if they didn't want to be infected with strange diseases, they had to maintain good personal hygiene.
If you eat without washing your hands after washing your hands, the diseased food will enter your mouth through your hands, and you will get diarrhea, dysentery and other diseases.
Fleas and lice suck the blood of sick people and then spread it to healthy people. This is how infectious diseases come about.
People upstream wash things in the river water, and people downstream drink raw water. The water looks clean, but it is actually full of dirt. Wouldn’t you get sick if you drink it? If a dead body floats up from upstream, and you drink the river water, your whole family will get sick! …
What she said was simple and easy to understand. She also used examples of real medical conditions seen in the Imperial Hospital. The border soldiers had never heard of such things before. The five words "the Imperial Hospital said" alone were convincing.
Sure enough, after the meeting, everyone was much more active in enforcing the regulations. The men agreed to go to the river to wash, while the women and children boiled hot water and washed at home.
Castor oil was used to comb hair to remove insects, and children's hair was cut short. The barns were cleaned up, and the fishy smell behind the corner house was much less.
In just a few days, this old and shabby border town, although still old and shabby, was cleaned up. It now overlooks the northern frontier to the north, the Central Plains to the south, mountains to the west, and forests to the east.
Beneath the dilapidated and vicissitudes of life, there is a touch of romance and beauty.
Jin Sui was admiring the newly renovated border town and watching Han Xing leading people to build roads. He turned around and saw a team coming from Yanzhou City.
He called Cheng Zhubo over and said, "You are right. Li Heng can't wait for a few days. Look, send someone to pass on the mission."
(End of this chapter)
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