Chapter 405 404 The Little Hill Chief Who Doesn't Want to Get Promoted
When An Xin’s back injury was almost healed, the sound of New Year’s Eve firecrackers rang out.
Years later.
Kong Xun, Li Ziyu and others have been hiding the fact that Anxin Lingnan County has been emptied out by King Liang who has been pretending to be the county magistrate for many years. The people both in the city and outside the city are now living in dire straits.
Several people also came up with many corresponding policies before the New Year, but it would take a long time to alleviate the economic pressure in Lingnan County.
In addition, Lingnan has an unfavorable geographical location. It is remote and resource-scarce, so it is a problem to ensure that the people here have enough food and clothing.
Moreover, making them rich as quickly as possible to replenish the government's tax revenue is not something that can be achieved in a short period of time.
Helplessly, after An Xin recovered from her injuries, they still asked for her advice.
An Xin frowned slightly after listening to what they said. He didn't have any better idea for the moment to make this place prosperous all of a sudden.
However, when thinking about the Lingnan area, in addition to many hills suitable for building terraces, there are also many mountains that are not suitable for building terraces.
An Xin asked Kong Xun and others to ask Doctor Su what kind of herbs were suitable to grow here. It was inevitable that people would get sick after eating grains and cereals, so as long as they could grow herbs, they would have no problem selling them.
Moreover, An Xin recommended some merchants who bought herbs that she met during the disaster relief in Nanyang, as well as the contacts of several herbal medicine store managers that she secretly had, to them, and asked them to send people to negotiate.
As long as those people are willing to come here to purchase herbs in the future, the herbs grown by the people in Lingnan will not have to worry about not being able to be sold.
Kong Xun, Li Ziyu, Leng Xiangbai, Zhu Shijing, Jiang Zhou and An Rui, brothers Feng Yujue and Feng Yuxiu, Shan Yongzhen and his grandson Shan Yushi, Gongsun Hong and Chi Lan who were sitting in the conference room all thought this was a good idea.
In this way, the people in Lingnan will not only have more land with terraces, but will also be able to harvest more grain, and they can also grow medicinal herbs to increase their income. The people here will definitely not have a hard time in the future.
At least the wish of having enough food and clothing is not difficult to achieve.
During this period, several officials who were arranged by Emperor Sheng An to come here and take over the work of Lingnan government office in the future were also brought back from the villages where they were exiled by people arranged by Kong Xun.
When they saw and heard that Kong Xun had taken out the Prince's Order, they almost hugged his thighs and cried.
Who could have known how hard their lives were during this period as they had never worked in the fields before.
The pair of hands that used to only hold a pen have become rough, cracked and horrible due to being used for land reclamation work during this period.
The food they had was even worse than when they were in exile. At least they still had the big boss An Xin, who would come back from hunting from time to time to take care of them and they could taste meat.
As for the villages where the exiles were sent, they not only did not get to eat meat, they also did not even have a full meal.
How could they not cry when they saw Kong Xun and An Xin? "Sir An, thank you for taking care of me on the way to exile." These words were said by several officials with great sincerity.
Only those who have truly suffered know how important An Xin's actions at that time were to them.
The occasional gift of meat at least prevented them from becoming exhausted from the long walks on the road, and also prevented them from being killed by the fake yamen runners.
I didn't think much of it at the time, but looking back now I realized that An Xin took a lot of care of them along the way.
An Xin didn't say anything polite, just nodded to a few people.
Later, when he heard that many of the villages where they were exiled were close to rivers, An Xin didn't say anything on the spot.
Afterwards she found Kong Xun and talked to him.
Spring is here and flowers are blooming, with a gentle breeze blowing. Lingnan never had a cold winter, so this is officially spring.
Soon, in a village not far from the river in Lingnan, An Rui and Jiang Zhou, who were ordered to promote breeding, led the three children Feng Yuxiu, Shan Yongzhen, and Chi Lan, and started breeding with the money subsidized by Prince Kong Xun in the name of the prince.
The villagers were so happy that they could get chicken, duck and goose seedlings for free without spending any money.
When spring comes, chickens, ducks and geese can eat grass and wild vegetables. They can grow up without much food at home. As long as the geese and ducks go to the river, they can almost find food by themselves.
An Xin wrote down the method of making preserved eggs and gave it to Kong Xun and Li Ziyu, asking them to find people to do the experiment.
Kong Xun and the others asked her to take the lead so that all the political achievements of the changes in Lingnan would be hers. Originally, these ideas were also hers.
But An Xin immediately lay down on the bed, insisting that his injuries had not healed yet, and whined and refused to let them get up, leaving them speechless.
“…”
I have never seen anyone who doesn't want to get promoted, get rich, or even kill his wife.
When Li Ziyu saw his little brother like this, his eyes flickered. After he led several fellow disciples who were accepted by An Xin to handle the affairs of Lingnan, he also pushed these things that could make a place rich onto Kong Xun.
He and his fellow disciples hid their achievements and fame and retreated behind the scenes.
He keeps pace with his own little chief and gives all the glory to those who need him.
When Kong Xun heard his name being heard by the people of Lingnan, he realized something was wrong.
Then people heard rumors about how this prince, who had the Crown Prince's Order, was so outstanding and had come up with a way to develop the impoverished Lingnan County and make the people here prosperous.
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How to develop the business here and make the trade here flourish.
It was clearly Zhu Shijing who took the lead in discussing this business with them, so why did all the credit for it end up being attributed to him?
Kong Xun now feels like going out on the street and yelling. He wonders if everyone can trust him for once. He really can't do such a thing on his own.
Meeting An Xin's smiling eyes, Kong Xun gave up struggling.
"!!!" Those eyes almost said, go ahead, go ahead and see if anyone believes you.
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An Xin and his group stayed in Lingnan for two years.
In the past two years, they received countless summons from Emperor Sheng An, but An Xin pretended not to see or hear them and tricked her into coming to Lingnan, where she was almost killed by an arrow.
If he wants to recall the soldiers, then he can do so. How can the old emperor have the nerve to do that?
An Xin was not panicked at all.
Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the dog emperor can’t see or reach it.
She claimed that she was seriously injured while rescuing the dragon eggs and could not go on the journey, so she stayed in Lingnan and spent two leisurely years there.
Kong Xun seemed to be even more reluctant to return to the capital to resume his status as a prince than she was. Every time a message came from the capital, he could come up with many reasons to go back and stay with Emperor Sheng'an.
This made An Xin enjoy his trip here very much.
However, during these two years, both An Xin, whose head was being hunted for a large sum of money, and Kong Xun, whose identity had been exposed, had encountered countless assassination attempts.
An Xin knew that there was someone here who secretly wanted to kill him, as well as the remnant forces of King Liang.
Although Prince Liang and others had been escorted to the capital a year ago by Feng Yujue, Gongsun Hong, Shan Yushi, and Gu Heng, who were leading their troops.
But this did not prevent his remaining forces from assassinating An Xin and others.
(End of this chapter)