Yang Haiyan has been to only two counties. In the original owner's memory, she has never been to any other place except Beijing. Of course, compared with Beijing, no county anywhere is as prosperous as Beijing. So the Huanshui County and Bianguan County that Yang Haiyan has been to are also incomparable to the county of Yunxiang County.
Yunxiang County is poor and backward, and it cannot develop in all aspects. Therefore, people who once had some economic foundation, such as wealthy businessmen, or county people with some family background, will move away from Yunxiang County. If the development of a county is backward, how can the town and the village develop? After all, the county can drive the town and the village.
At present, Yunxiang County gave Yang Haiyan the feeling of the town near the family house. No wonder the general's mansion was a bit shabby. The things in the palace that did not meet the five official grades were demolished, restructured, and moved away, and what was left was an empty palace, so it was shabby. The palace was like this, and the shops in the county town were also old. Probably the only thing that was still okay was that it didn't collapse like the city wall.
Yang Haiyan had already bought land, including land for the military camp and land for the general's mansion. These lands were all selected by Niu Da. Speaking of which, the land here is much cheaper than the land at the border.
At the border, the best land costs ten taels of silver, the middle land costs six taels of silver, and the inferior land costs four taels of silver. But here, the best land is only six taels of silver, the middle land is only four taels of silver, and the inferior land is only two taels of silver. Because there are few rich people and the people of status have moved away, the poor people have nowhere to sell the produce from their land, so the land is cheap.
However, this place where the land is cheap also has an advantage, that is, the tax problem. Because the land is cheap, the people have more land, and with more land, there is more food left after paying taxes. With more food, everyone can eat enough.
To sum up the situation in Yunxiang County, it is really poor because there is no money. But the people are still very energetic because they can eat enough. Logically
speaking, since the land is cheap, there will be a lot of harvest left from the land, and their conditions can be good. But if you take things to other counties to sell, the round-trip fare is expensive. So the people in Yunxiang County give people the impression that they are satisfied with their own place and accustomed to their current life. When they can solve the problem of food and clothing, poverty is not that important.
What can you do in such a poor place? Open a shop to do business? Like in the border? I guess there is no one to buy snacks.
Plant crops and sell them?
Forget it.
So for the people in Yunxiang County, the most important thing is how to make them make money, not how to make Yang Haiyan make money.
Let the people in Yunxiang County make money, and when they have money, Yang Haiyan will also make money.
There is only one way for them to make money, which is to use the land for their benefit. They have no shortage of land. Soon, Yang Haiyan had an idea in his mind. It is not difficult for modern people to make money by using the land. After thinking it over, Yang Haiyan went to visit the few shops in the county that were still doing business. Qin
Fang was waiting at the gate of the county. When he heard that Captain Lu arranged for the soldiers to call his wife, he did not go back. However, when the soldier came back, his wife did not come, and all the expectations and surprises were in vain.
The soldier did not know what Qin Fang was thinking, and said respectfully: "General, my wife left here and has not returned home."
Qin Fang heard it and hummed expressionlessly.
The soldier was startled when he heard this echo. Did he do something wrong? Why did the general sound a little unhappy?
Before the soldier could think about it, Qin Fang said, "Go and get busy."
Soldier: "Yes."
The group of people Qin Fang led did not need to set up tents, because the group of people led by Yang Haiyan had already set up enough tents. When they arrived, they moved in directly. Qin
Fang inspected the place. It was much better than the camp in the wild. Everyone was in good spirits, and he felt relieved. "Captain Lu." He called Captain Lu who came first.
Captain Lu hurried over: "General?"
Qin Fang pointed to the collapsed wall and asked, "This wall has collapsed. Why doesn't the county magistrate repair it?" He would not interfere in ordinary matters in Yunxiang County, but as a general guarding the city, this wall would be his responsibility in the future, so he had to take care of it.
Captain Lu said, "I asked the county magistrate, and he said that this matter is a bit complicated, and he will tell you when you arrive. He also said that this matter still needs your help. But I also asked the common people, and the collapse of the county wall is related to the mountain in the southeast."
Oh? Qin Fang looked to the southeast. The mountain was very close to the county city. It would take about two quarters of an hour to ride a horse. There are very few mountains so close to the county city. "What does it have to do with that mountain?"
Captain Lu explained. He also found it incredible when he spoke of it: "Renzhou was originally the territory of King Liang, and now your general's mansion was renovated from the original King Liang's mansion. It is said that King Liang built the mansion in the impoverished Yunxiang County because of this mountain. King Liang liked hunting, and there were many prey in the mountains. But King Liang was worried that the common people would also go hunting and would kill his prey, so he made a rule that the people of Renzhou were not allowed to go hunting in that mountain. Therefore, that mountain has a name, Beast Mountain. Because King Liang could not hunt so many prey by himself, there were more and more prey on the mountain, so it was called Beast Mountain."
Qin Fang knew some things about King Liang. Yang Haiyan had mentioned it to him. Later, in Huanshui County, he spent some time with Du Ke and found that although Lord Du looked serious, he was a good official. So he also asked Lord Du about the way of being an official and the affairs of Yunxiang County. However, he didn't know about the matter of Beast Mountain, and Lord Du never mentioned it to him, so Lord Du probably didn't know about it either.
Qin Fang said, "Go on."
Captain Lu said, "Yes. The people here said that there are more and more prey in the Beast Mountain. Although King Liang died and this place was handed over to the court, the court never said anything about the matter of the Beast Mountain, so the people did not dare to go to the Beast Mountain to hunt. Therefore, the result of too many prey in the Beast Mountain is that... every winter, when the predators have nothing to eat, they will come down the mountain to cholera the people. There are no people at the foot of the Beast Mountain anymore. The people have moved away. left. "
Qin Fang frowned: "You want to say that the collapse of the county wall was caused by the predators on the Beast Mountain? A mere beast, no matter how ferocious it is, can it be so powerful?"
Captain Lu did not believe it, but said: "The common people saw it with their own eyes, how could it be false? If it was one or two common people who said it, I would not believe it, but every common people said so, and they said that they saw it with their own eyes."
If so, why didn't the county lord of Yunxiang County report to the court? Qin Fang looked at the wall and pondered.
County
Yamen Yamen runners would go to the county town for duty every day, one to observe the situation of the surrendered barbarians, and the other to see if there was anything they could help with, but they did not expect to meet General Qin today. So the yamen runner immediately returned to the county office and told the matter to Yang County Magistrate.
Yang County Magistrate was surprised and said, "General Qin is back? I see, you can go down now." General Qin just came back today, so he must go back to the general's mansion. Besides, he was tired after traveling for days, so even if he wanted to visit, it would be tomorrow.
With an idea in mind, Yang County Magistrate went to the backyard of the county office.
When County Magistrate Yang arrived at the gate of Madam Yang's courtyard, he was informed that Madam Yang was entertaining guests. He said, "Then I'll go back to the study. Come and tell me when it's too busy."
The maid said, "Yes."
She turned around and waited for County Magistrate Yang to leave. The maid came up to him and said, "Madam, the master is back. He knows you are entertaining guests. He has gone back to the study and said he will come over when you are free." It was clear from the words that County Magistrate Yang had something to do with Madam Yang.
Seeing this, the guest was very amused and said, "Since Madam Yang has something to do, I will take my leave first."
Madam Yang said, "Then I won't see you off."
After the guest left, Madam Yang went to the study to find County Magistrate Yang: "Master."
County Magistrate Yang was practicing calligraphy. When he saw Madam Yang coming in, he said, "Has the guest left?"
Madam Yang said, "He left. It was Madam Shang who came to matchmake for Shunqing." Yang Shunqing, the younger brother of County Magistrate Yang, is 25 years old this year. After the Yang family got into trouble, County Magistrate Yang was transferred to Yunxiang County. He is the eldest son, and his parents and brothers all came with him. But Yang Shunqing's wife was unwilling to come. Yunxiang County is not only far away, but also poor. So, Yang Shunqing and his wife divorced.
Today, Mrs. Shang came to propose marriage for her niece.
When County Magistrate Yang heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little moved: "Let's talk about this with Shunqing some other day. It's been two years. It's not a solution for him to do this. After all, the child is still young."
Mrs. Yang said, "Don't worry, sir. I know what's going on. By the way, did you come to me for something important just now?"
County Magistrate Yang said, "Yes, today the yamen runners at the city gate reported that General Qin has returned. I think we should go to the general's mansion to visit him tomorrow."
Mrs. Yang said, "I know what's going on. I will make arrangements."
County Magistrate Yang was discussing what gifts to prepare for the general's mansion tomorrow. As the hostess of the general's mansion, Yang Haiyan didn't know that the male owner had returned.
She walked around the county city and then returned home. As soon as they returned to the general's residence, the gatekeeper Uncle Hong said, "I've met you, Madam. You are finally back. My family went to look for you, but did they bump into you?"
Yang Haiyan was surprised, "No, Aunt Hong came to look for me? Is there something going on at the residence?" Yunxiang County was not a big deal, but it was not a small deal either. It was indeed not certain that they would find someone even if they went looking for him. Uncle Hong
smiled and said, "It's a big deal, the master is back."
Yang Haiyan heard this and couldn't help but smile, "Finally he is back." With that, she quickly entered the gate.
Uncle Hong hurriedly said, "The master is back, but he is still outside the city. He has not returned to the general's mansion. Only Nanny Lian and the others have returned to the general's mansion."
Yang Haiyan stopped and said, "He hasn't returned yet? How long has Nanny Lian been back?"
Uncle Hong said, "More than half an hour."
Yang Haiyan was stunned. It has been more than half an hour. Why hasn't Qin Fang returned yet? "Then I'll go outside the city to take a look."
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