The court's bizarre actions naturally reached Lu Yanzheng immediately, causing his original plan to be postponed once again.
Lu Yanzheng and Jiang Qinyu are both very busy these days and have no time to attend to the court. They are focused on improving the lives of the people in the four northwestern prefectures.
A month later, the brand-new Dingshui Village was completed.
"With the help of those young soldiers, the construction speed of our village is truly amazing!" Village Chief Li looked at the village in front of him with great pride.
In just one month, they built a brand new village here at the dam. This time, every household made up for the shortcomings of the previous houses. The entire village uniformly made the outer walls and heights of each house the same. If you are not familiar with the village, it is easy to not be able to tell which house is which.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qinyu smiled and said, "It's all thanks to everyone's hard work."
She and Lu Yanzheng originally planned to build the government office on the site of the dam, but now that the land has been given to the village, they will build the government office on the original site of the village.
Lu Yanzheng provided the money for building the houses in the village this time, and the villagers only contributed their labor; they didn't spend a single extra penny.
At first, Village Chief Li naturally took the lead in opposing it, but he couldn't resist Lu Yanzheng's direct mobilization of two thousand people to help. In addition, with various building materials being continuously transported into the village every day, he couldn't even afford to pay them, and in the end, he had no choice but to let it go.
Jiang Qinyu comforted him, "Uncle Village Chief, the village was also affected by the fire. Brother Zheng feels bad about it. Please let him pay the price. Otherwise, he will have to treat everyone even better in the future."
"How can that be? You two have already been good enough to our village!" Village Chief Li frowned immediately, thought for a moment and then said, "Alright, A-Zheng will pay for the village's house construction this time. In the future, if you need any help from the villagers, just let us know and we will definitely help you without hesitation!"
People are reciprocal; they are well aware of Lu Yanzheng's protection and kindness towards them.
Putting everything else aside, just the fact that he decided to make Dingshui Village the capital after the great undertaking was accomplished is enough for the entire village, and even the people of the entire Yongshan County, to kowtow to Lu Yanzheng.
That's a momentous event that will affect future generations! Anyone with a brain would realize how much impact it would have on their descendants if the capital were established here.
Leaving aside the distant future, just consider the future when children take the imperial examinations. They will no longer need to prepare six months in advance or leave home three months in advance, and parents at home will no longer need to worry too much about whether their children will get into trouble while they are away.
Thinking about all this, Village Chief Li felt that it was never too much to treat Lu Yanzheng and his wife well.
The Dingshui Village Committee decided to move into the new house in three days. Lu Yanzheng also gave the soldiers who helped build the house three days off. After all, these people are now skilled at building houses, so they must be put to good use. After resting for a few days, they can help build the government office!
Jiang Qinyu returned from the new village and went straight to the study; she still had some things to take care of.
Just as I reached the study door, I heard Lu Yanzheng's voice coming from inside, "A large number of people from Jinzhou and Hezhou are heading this way?"
"Yes, this is all because of the imperial edict conscripting soldiers issued by the court a month ago. The people in various places made this decision after their resistance was ineffective." Then Jiang Qinyu heard A Ping's voice.
Lu Yanzheng looked towards the door, a slight smile playing on his lips, and called out, "Qinqin, come in."
He had just heard Jiang Qinyu's footsteps.
When Jiang Qinyu heard him call her name, her eyes crinkled into a smile, and she stepped into the house. "You two can talk about serious matters. I also have things to do."
She went straight to her desk and took out a file.
During this period of time, Jiang Qinyu has deeply experienced Lu Yanzheng's words, "I will not hide anything from you," and he has truly carried them out thoroughly.
No matter when or how important the matter, Lu Yanzheng never shied away from her, to the point that she was quite familiar with the current situation in Dayue.
With A-Ping present, Lu Yanzheng naturally wouldn't show any ambiguity. He immediately said to A-Ping, "Although the people's opposition is strong, the court still has 200,000 new soldiers. You should coordinate with Qin Shen on this and come up with a solution for me."
“Yes,” A-Ping replied, then asked, “Your Highness, how should we deal with these people coming from the Northwest?”
The imperial court and the Northwest are currently on the verge of war. If they allow these people to enter the country, and then let in spies, wouldn't that be a disaster?
Lu Yanzheng said without hesitation, "Set up checkpoints everywhere, carefully register the information of all the people who come here, and disperse them to various places in the Northwest."
"Won't this... be bad?" Aping hesitated.
If he could think of something, the prince couldn't possibly not have thought of it.
Lu Yanzheng glanced at Jiang Qinyu and said calmly, "People are the primary productive force. The more people there are in the Northwest, the faster we can develop."
This was something Jiang Qinyu had said before. Although he had never heard of the term "productivity," its literal meaning was not difficult to understand.
Moreover, although there might be spies among those who come, the vast majority are ordinary people, and he has no reason to reject readily available human resources for the sake of a very small number of people.
There are still large tracts of land in the Northwest waiting to be reclaimed and cultivated, and there is a huge gap in the military strengthening plan; all of these require manpower.
"Understood, Your subordinate." Aping cupped his hands in farewell and took his leave.
He truly admired the prince and princess. Apart from the resources provided by the Lu family, they had practically started from scratch, yet in just over half a year, the Northwest had undergone tremendous changes.
Especially in this past month, according to the prince and princess, the economic and political center of the Northwest has shifted to Yongshan County, and all policies that are conducive to development can be spread to other places at the fastest speed.
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