Feng Yuheng was very satisfied with the plan and actions to conquer Ji'an County, but she was not very good at taxation and prices. Fortunately, Qian Fengshou, the governor of Yuzhou, was there, so she simply pushed the task to Qian Fengshou and his master, and then she would review it after it was done. However, the Sixth Prince Xuan Tianfeng said, "In fact, I can also do such a small matter. Why should my sister-in-law ask others to do it? We can solve it ourselves in the county."
Feng Yuheng had thought about asking Xuan Tianfeng to help her, but she was too embarrassed to say it! He was a prince after all, and it was hard for her to come to this poor place to be a teacher, so how could she bother him with other tasks? But now that he had taken the initiative to bring it up, she went with the flow and handed all the things over to Xuan Tianfeng.
As for measuring the land occupied by merchants, Li Zhu and his men would arrange for people to do it. As for the place to live, it was ready-made. She moved directly into the county magistrate's mansion, and Li Zhu's soldiers lived in the mansion where the private soldiers used to live. It was tidy and comfortable.
Xuan Tianfeng moved with her to the County Magistrate's Mansion. The mansion was too big, so she lived in the inner courtyard and Xuan Tianfeng lived in the outer courtyard. The two of them did not disturb each other and it was convenient for them to discuss the construction issues of Ji'an County at any time.
Wang Lin and his companions searched for houses by themselves. After the Teng family fell, many houses in the county were vacant, all of which were previously occupied by the Teng family. This time, the 30,000-strong Northeastern army entered the county, and all nine clans were exterminated. Anyone who had any connection with the Teng family was rounded up and sent to prison carts. As for how to deal with them, that was the Ministry of Justice's business after returning to Beijing.
The courtyard of the Teng family was built magnificently. Wang Lin and a group of medical staff found two houses. Each medical staff member could be assigned an independent small courtyard. The conditions were really good, even better than those in the capital. People were very satisfied with this. Some even thought it would be nice to start a family here in the future. Those who were a little older began to plan to bring their families who were still in the capital here when things got stable. They couldn't go back for a while, and the family couldn't be divided like this for a long time.
The arrangements for their own people were almost complete, and after the measurement was completed, the merchants took the initiative to come to the county magistrate's office to hand in the silver to buy the land deeds. The silver collected was deposited into the newly built account office of the county magistrate's office as the basic funds for the construction of Ji'an County.
Of course, this amount of money sounds like a lot, but in actual use, it is still a drop in the bucket for the Ji'an County, which is in need of reconstruction. Feng Yuheng also took out a lot of subsidies from the space. Every time at this time, she was very grateful to the merchants who were deceived by the Teng family to open shops, and the people who came to live here. At least in the area of street and house construction, she saved a lot of effort, and her money was used to subsidize the natives who were already very miserable.
The accountant of the county governor's mansion was transferred from Baicaotang in Yuzhou. Wang Lin recommended him and he was very reliable. The mansion was also in urgent need of servants, so she simply recruited workers from the indigenous people. This would help alleviate the problem of manpower as soon as possible. Secondly, it was also a benefit for the poor. At least working in her territory would not be beaten or scolded at will, or have your wages deducted.
In addition, the mansion also needs to undergo a new round of renovations, and all furniture must be replaced. Some of those who had their shops robbed and were forced to live in Ji'an County used to run cloth shops, and some were carpenters who made furniture and sold finished products. They happened to be in charge of the renovation work of the County Magistrate's Mansion. Not only did Feng Yuheng feel at ease using it, but they were also happy with the work they did.
Five days later, the County Magistrate's Mansion officially changed its plaque and was renamed "Ji'an County Princess Mansion". Just like the capital, Feng Yuheng was very satisfied.
That day, she brought Wangchuan Huangquan and Xiangrong Shancha to the main street of Ji'an County. Business had basically resumed here. The prices of all the shops had been re-calibrated, and even the inns had accepted the unified pricing of the county governor's office. People were not very happy at first because Feng Yuheng was too democratic and could not give them as many good policies as the Teng family. However, after a few days of operation, they found that although the price was lowered, the number of customers coming to buy things increased significantly. It was calculated that it was more than the silver earned in the previous two days. Only then did they feel relieved and decided to live steadily in Ji'an County.
The household registration of all people was re-registered by the Yuzhou Prefecture. The return of Ji'an County to Dashun after a hundred years was considered a great happy event. Some people even set off two strings of firecrackers at their doorsteps to celebrate.
When people saw Feng Yuheng on the street, they all expressed great enthusiasm. Some shops even asked their employees to pack their own snacks for Feng Yuheng. Feng Yuheng did not refuse, but asked the maid to give her silver as a reward. It was definitely much more expensive than normal shopping. She actually went to the street today for a purpose. When she visited Ji'an County that day and night, she fell in love with several shops on the main street. After asking, she found out that they were opened by the Teng family and had been escorted to the capital. Those shops happened to be vacant and returned to the county for allocation.
She was planning to connect those shops and open Baicaotang, and had already instructed Wang Lin to do this a few days ago. Now that she had arrived in front of the shop, she found that Wang Lin's people were very efficient and had tidied it up very well in just a few days. She could vaguely see the appearance of Baicaotang in the capital.
Seeing her coming, Wang Lin hurried out, shouting to the people behind him as he ran: "Those signs must have been hung up, the operating room is on the first floor." When he arrived in front of Feng Yuheng, he bowed and said with a smile: "Boss, do you think it looks pretty good? The inside has been renovated as much as possible according to the style of the capital. If there are places that cannot be renovated due to different patterns, they have been treated in the most appropriate way. It will be completed smoothly in about three days. However, some of the wood has been painted and has a strong smell. I'm afraid it will need to be aired for a few more days."
"That's fine." Feng Yuheng said to him, "You can do whatever you want. Just withdraw the money from the account of the Princess' Mansion. You can also use the money from Baicaotang." When Baicaotang in Beijing closed, a large amount of money was also exchanged for silver notes. She gave it to Wang Lin for safekeeping, just to build a hospital here. "There is no bank in the county now, you can withdraw money from Yuzhou first. After a few days, we have to find a way to let the owner of the bank open a branch here, so it will be convenient to use."
She was thinking about the future direction of Ji'an County and was becoming more and more confident that she could build it into a prosperous town. She had even drawn up a plan for a horse-drawn bus. In addition to running within the county, it could also make short trips to Yuzhou. It was going to be put into use soon.
In addition, she also picked a very good shop from the shops left by the Teng family to turn into a jewelry shop. After all, their own jade mine is here, and it would be a waste if they didn't open a jade jewelry shop. Moreover, she received a letter from Xuan Tiange yesterday, saying that Bai Qiaojiang and Bai Furong were on their way and were going to come to her. The two were tired of the life in Kyoto and wanted to come here to seek peace and quiet, and Bai Qiaojiang also took the initiative to propose to use the jade mine here to help Feng Yuheng as a jewelry craftsman, as a reward for Feng Yuheng's kindness in saving Bai Furong.
She didn't expect Bai Qiaojiang to repay her, but it was a good thing that the two of them wanted to stay away from the capital, and it was even better to have such a master as Bai Qiaojiang. Moreover, Bai Ze followed Xuan Tianming to the battlefield, and Bai Furong was left in the capital, which made him miss her more. When Furong came here, she would go back and forth every day, so she could at least help to send a greeting or something.
After this incident, Feng Yuheng even had the idea of turning Ji'an County into a major commercial area in the southwest. With Ji'an County as the center, radiating to all directions and attracting wealth from all directions, it was an exciting thing to think about. However, she also knew that she did not have that much energy. The reason she came to Ji'an County was that it was relatively close to the southern border, and it was more convenient for her to transport military supplies and food than the capital.
After all, her main focus still had to be on the war in the southern border. Even if she had many wonderful ideas in Ji'an County, she didn't have enough manpower to help her implement them. However, these were only temporary, and she had to slowly recruit manpower. She hoped that one day she could find a helper like Qingyu, who was reliable and good at business. But such a person was hard to find, and she had to slowly try.
Fortunately, at least Xuan Tianfeng is here now, and he can help her take care of him. Although she doesn't know how long the Sixth Prince can live in Ji'an County, Feng Yuheng always has a feeling that the Sixth Prince will never return to the capital and will stay here for the rest of his life. She can almost imagine that many, many years later, when they are all old, they can still see Xuan Tianfeng with a slightly bent back, walking on the way to the school every day, and batches of students are taught by him and become pillars of the court.
In Ji'an County, basically everything was back on track. In Yuzhou, the shops of the wealthy families who had been harmed were returned. Some of them continued to travel between Yuzhou and Ji'an County to do business, some hired more employees to manage the business, and some simply asked middlemen to transfer the business, and then used the money from the transfer to start their business again in Ji'an County.
The Teng family also had a lot of properties in Yuzhou, but Feng Yuheng didn't want any of them and returned them all to the Yuzhou government. Qian Fengshou was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth when so many shops in good locations entered the account of the prefectural government. Because of the tyranny of the Teng family for many years, Yuzhou was also in a mess. He had always been a poor prefect, and sometimes even had to use his salary to fill the government office. Now that he had so many shops in his hands, not to mention that the government office's account would be immediately filled up after selling them again, the tax revenue that could be collected steadily in the future would be a huge benefit for Yuzhou.
Only when the government has money can the people get better welfare, Feng Yuheng understands this. No matter how you look at it, Ji'an County is only the size of two county towns, which is incomparable to the area of Yuzhou, and the population is less than a quarter of the people of Yuzhou. Therefore, in many places, Ji'an County still has to rely on Yuzhou to survive. Although Qian Fengshou is from Xuan Tianming's side, and there is also a relationship with Qian Li, she never thinks that she should just ask for subordinates, but also give accordingly, so that the other party can be more loyal. Moreover, she also needs to establish a good image in the minds of the people of Yuzhou and win a good reputation, so that she can gain a firm foothold in this area.
Qian Fengshou was extremely grateful to Feng Yuheng, and he kept telling the people of Yuzhou how good Princess Ji'an was and how great the reconstruction of Ji'an County was, which attracted more craftsmen to go there, and more poor people wanted to live in Ji'an County because they heard that Princess Ji'an built houses for free.
Feng Yuheng accepted all offers. She was eager for Ji'an County to get back on track as soon as possible, and for her energy to be invested in the war in the southern border as soon as possible.
Calculating, Xuan Tianming should already be on his way to the Southern Realm...
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