Chapter 150
Chapter 150
December of the 42nd year of Huayuan.
After the era of nineteen birthdays, I have become completely familiar with this world.
Nineteen years old.
When other students were still in school, he had been the chief here for nearly four years.
Before he leaves, many things still need to be explained clearly.
Liu Tongzhi, who was about to become Liu Zhizhou, only realized how many things Lord Ji had on hand during the handover.
As the governor of a place, he is responsible for assessing taxes, officials, and people, announcing government orders, and then taking charge of all the places under his jurisdiction.
These words may sound general, but if you pay attention, you will naturally feel that each one of them is extremely important.
If you just want to get by, it doesn’t really matter, and no one will really care what the local officials do.
But Ji Yuan is the former.
Liu Tongzhi was also the former, but he did not use the right method before.
Although he has not yet completely taken over local affairs, he has made up his mind to follow the rules.
The first thing to do is to continue repairing roads and bridges.
Especially the local bridges in Ning'an Prefecture, which greatly facilitate the people in various villages.
Some places would originally take several hours to reach by taking a detour.
Now that the bridge has been repaired, it will take less than a quarter of an hour to cross it.
Nearly half of the bridges and roads in Ning'an Prefecture were designed by Mr. Cheng, and they only need to build them according to the requirements.
It’s just that Lord Cheng is not in good condition right now, so we’ll have to wait for the remaining half of the design.
So Liu Tongzhi also wrote in his little notebook how to take good care of Mr. Cheng and his family.
The second thing is to balance the relationship between merchants and farmers.
If merchants rely on local business to make money, they must give concessions to local farmers and protect local arable land.
For this, we can rely on the logging association.
We must also be wary of excessive power within the logging group. If the logging group becomes an organization that bullies men and women, General Zhang must be organized to deal with it.
Lord Ji also said that, so the review of the logging association must be very strict.
In short, General Zhang, the Lumberjack Association, and the Chamber of Commerce are under the control of the three parties. We must also know how to educate, that is, learn knowledge and let more people understand more principles.
The third item is local teaching.
According to Liu Tongzhi's selfish desires, he would rather Cheng Yisan continue to be the manager of the local official school.
Not to mention that Cheng Yisan's knowledge is better than his. Besides, her uncle is now an instructor at the Wuxinfu School, which is a very good thing for the local area no matter how you look at it.
Furthermore, Miss Cheng is rigorous and meticulous in her work. The rapid development of the local provincial school, which even has to prepare for the second county examination and the women's examination, was all thanks to Miss Cheng.
There are many more things to come.
What about the food and fodder of the local command camp? If there is a chance, we will replenish the local armor and weapons and strengthen training.
Every two years, the land must be inspected, canals repaired, pools in various water systems maintained, etc.
Furthermore, we must plant more trees every year and never overfish.
There are also local legal education campaigns.
This is also one of the regrets of Jiyuan.
The laws of Tianqi Kingdom are still very complete. Legal education is very important and can also avoid many disputes.
As long as the local people understand the law and know what is wrong, the gentry will not dare to act recklessly.
It is very important to know what is right and what is wrong.
So this matter should be done by Liu Tongzhi. Liu Tongzhi nodded and marked this point.
Then there is the story of the local oxen.
Today in Ning'an Prefecture, there is one cow for every two households.
Although each person has a cow, they still need to work harder, but two households have one cow, which is definitely the best in the entire Tianqi Kingdom.
Perhaps because of this, the number of reclaimed fields locally is also the largest in Tianqi State.
Liu Tongzhi will definitely continue to maintain it.
The last of all.
It is to cultivate good varieties.
The local government fields are basically used to cultivate good varieties.
This is also because their yamen is not short of money. In other yamen, the fields would be used to grow crops to provide food and drink for everyone in the yamen. They would not have the free time for this.
The original official fields of Ning'an Prefecture were also divided into half and half, half for growing crops and the other half for experimental fields.
But now, it's completely different.
The importance of good varieties is deeply ingrained in the minds of local people.
Although only over a hundred households received the No. 793 high-quality variety this time, it brought great encouragement to the local area.
As long as grain production increases, they will do anything.
Therefore, we must cultivate good varieties and increase production.
Later, various local fruit trees and even mushrooms can be cultivated. The local mushrooms are very delicious and can be dried and sold.
Local farmers can also earn more income.
Liu Tongzhi wrote an unknown number of words and finally handed in half of it.
half!
The rest is to stabilize prices, check on merchants coming and going, maintain local law and order, and also find ways to be vigilant against Jing State.
Can you lend him half of Lord Ji's brain?
Fortunately, Huang Tongzhi can help him share a lot of the burden.
Huang Tongzhi, also known as Master Huang back then, was also amazed by this.
He had been an official for more than ten years and had never seen such a leader.
If Old Zhao knew about this, he would definitely be very pleased.
His students are really amazing and they really care about the people.
It wasn't until the New Year that the entire government office finally breathed a sigh of relief.
There are only a few long holidays throughout the year.
But many people find that they seem to have become accustomed to being busy?
Mainly, it’s this busyness that is really meaningful.
The local people can really see it.
So when people have nothing to do, they go to Guantian and visit the farmland where the No. 793 rice variety is planted.
In fact, the current Champa Rice No. 79 is already the fourth generation.
But everyone has become accustomed to shouting 793. After all, the output has gradually increased since the third generation.
This rice grows very fast and has strong roots.
If there is anything bad to say, it's probably the taste.
However, the locals have not yet reached the stage of pursuing taste, as long as it is eatable, it is fine.
Ji Yuan was walking in the fields when he accidentally saw a group of water melon trees.
Look at this tree. Although it looks very tall, it seems to be newly planted?
Because this group of trees looks very different from other trees.
Chai Feng, a minor official beside Ji Yuan, also asked the old farmer, and the nearby farmers said, "You are the one who asked us to plant it."
Did I let you plant it?
Those batch of water melon trees three or four years ago?
He has grown so tall?
It looks like about four or five meters tall. I think if I grow it for a few more years, it will generate income for the local people.
Time flies so fast.
Ji Yuan's sigh only lasted for a moment as he still had to finish the work at hand.
Chai Feng who was following him couldn't help but feel depressed.
Even after Lord Ji left, he still worked for Prefect Liu and was still a minor official beside the Prefect.
But why does this feeling seem so different?
Although Lord Ji is young, he is much more stable than him, not to mention smarter.
All of them combined are not as smart as Lord Ji.
But the matter has been settled and there is no point in doing anything.
The saddest thing is probably that they will never have the chance to meet each other again.
We are so far apart that it is really impossible to see each other again.
This sadness became even greater when I saw Ji Zhizhou's luggage.
What Ji Yuan meant by tidying up was actually just putting things in place.
Most of the several large boxes of books he brought had already been delivered to the provincial school. He still needed the rest, so they could now be packed and sent to the provincial school's library.
Apart from the paintings I have practiced over the years, there is nothing else.
Ji Yuan picked out the better ones from these paintings and gave some to Chai Feng, Cheng Jiaoyu, and Cheng Yisan, and kept the rest for Wu Renhao.
It's not that he is narcissistic and wants to give away paintings everywhere, but that these things can be sold for money.
If there is any emergency, we can definitely help.
For these people, there is no need to hide the so-called vest.
What's left is his own stuff.
Chai Feng discovered that apart from a few sets of daily clothes, which were official uniforms, the shoes were also like this.
There is nothing more.
Their Lord Ji has been here for almost four years, is this all he has?
Oh, and there is a cow, Xiao Huang.
But Lord Ji still didn't plan to take him away.
Not to mention that he had to go all the way back to Beijing and take up another post, and it would be inconvenient to bring Xiao Huang with him.
Ji Yuan himself also wanted Xiao Huang to stay in the Cheng family, as it was safer here, and he also trusted that Miss Cheng could take good care of her.
So after cleaning up, you find that there are not many things at all?
Just pack up and leave?
Even the horses for returning to Beijing had to be rented.
How, how does Lord Ji live his life?
No, their Lord Ji works in the study when he has nothing to do.
Ji Yuan thought the thing was simple so he just left it there. He hadn't realized this problem before.
But what is more important now is the more than one thousand acres of land.
Ordinary farmers planted 793.
They have to calculate the growth time of each stage and record the growth status of each stage at all times.
This was the last time he would witness the growth of Champa rice before he left, so he must pay special attention to it.
As long as Qijiusan can maintain a production of around 400 kilograms.
Then this research is valuable.
Although Ji Yuan knows that Champa rice has more potential than this, so this research must continue.
It's not even just Ning An who continues.
It would be best to study the entire Dianzhou Prefecture and even the Tianqi Kingdom together.
It's a pity that if he brings up this matter, he will definitely be opposed.
It’s not that this matter is bad, but he is now on Prime Minister Li’s side and has disputes with Grand Secretary Chu.
No matter what you say, the other party will definitely stop you.
After all, what does the people’s interests matter, and what does high-yield grain matter?
As long as we can suppress this matter, that's enough.
Because both sides have high-yield and high-quality crops, there will never be a scene of them shaking hands and making peace.
Even if the other party knows that this is a great thing, they will still object.
When he left the capital, party strife had become very serious.
After three or four years, the situation will only get worse.
This galloping party chariot will never stop.
To put it bluntly, even if the old emperor came forward, nothing would change.
Not to mention, the old emperor was the instigator of all this.
So this matter must be done, but it must be done in secret.
Ji Yuan never knew that doing something serious could be so difficult.
He could still handle things within Ning'an Prefecture, but once he left Ning'an Prefecture, it would be a completely different world.
Before Ji Yuan left, he sent some ordinary Champa rice seeds to his friends, classmates, and even peers from all over the world.
I don’t keep in touch with some of my classmates anymore, but I still send them things.
I guess they would be surprised if they received the Champa rice seeds?
But it doesn’t matter, just plant it.
Ji Yuan is not bragging.
Given his reputation, everyone would still be willing to give it a try, right?
After all, we don't ask them to plant the crops themselves. We can just find farms in various places and ask local farmers to plant the crops.
This is equivalent to expanding the area of the "experimental field".
However, this is also because he now has sufficient ordinary Champa rice seeds. Without this year's cultivation, he would not be willing to give them to so many people.
After dealing with these things, Ji Yuan was still worried about the fields.
I just hope that the first large-scale planting of 793 will go better.
Ji Yuan looked at the experimental field records one by one, and his heart gradually calmed down.
Although time is tight, they have done everything they can, and the rest depends on God.
As soon as Ji Yuan came out of the fields, he heard Chai Feng say, "Master Ji, are you still going to celebrate the New Year with Wu Renhao, Dahai and the others this year?"
Ji Yuan nodded.
That's for sure.
They brought these two here by themselves, so they must celebrate the New Year together.
Chai Feng added: "Why don't you come to my house to celebrate the New Year this year? It will be a practice for you in advance."
As he was speaking, Liu Tongzhi also came over.
Because it was winter vacation, Liu Tongzhi wore casual clothes, but unexpectedly, the meaning of his words was the same.
In fact, in previous Chinese New Year celebrations, everyone had invited Ji Yuan, but he declined every time.
But this year is different, everyone is particularly enthusiastic.
I guess the idea is similar and I want to put it into practice in Jiyuan.
Everyone really couldn't bear to part with him.
Ji Yuan had no way to refuse, so he had to schedule a date.
However, he would have dinner at Cheng's house on New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year.
Teacher Cheng went to Wuxin City these days. His family has already arrived and is being settled.
But he will be here soon, and then the two Cheng family members will celebrate the New Year together.
His student would also follow, and Dahai, Wu Renhao, and even Mr. Huang were all called along.
This has been decided long ago.
Who knows what will happen once this door is opened.
The era began on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, and there were banquets every day.
Everyone in the yamen, from top to bottom, would invite him to eat and drink.
Everyone knows his habits. He doesn't go to restaurants, but always has banquets at home. They eat ordinary but delicious home-cooked meals. He rarely drinks alcohol, and when he does, it's local sweet rice wine, which can be considered an alcoholic beverage.
Ji Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he also knew that this was everyone's good intention and it was difficult to refuse.
It was not until the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month that Ji Yuan went to pick up Cheng Jiaoyu and his family in person and was able to get away.
Cheng Yishan was naturally there too, or rather, Cheng Yishan was the one who came to pick up the guests in a formal manner, and Ji Yuan was just following along.
Cheng Yishan brought Cheng Yihuai with her. Both of them wore more formal clothes and their hair was styled differently than usual, showing their seriousness.
After all, Uncle Cheng's family was transferred to Dianzhou Prefecture because of something going on in their eldest son's family.
In order to understand the situation earlier, Uncle Cheng even came early and asked Aunt Cheng to bring her family over.
Cheng Yisan kept this kindness in mind and went out of the city early to greet him.
Cheng Yihuai also stood nearby, his attitude very respectful.
Ji Yuan looked at them and stood silently by.
He welcomes his mentor, isn't that right?
But to Teacher Cheng and Second Aunt Cheng, why did it seem a little weird?
Ji Yuan is taller than the average person and has an upright figure.
Cheng Yisan is also tall, and the two of them look surprisingly harmonious when standing together.
Cheng Yihuai in the middle is young and not very tall, and looks like two half-grown children?
Teacher Cheng took a deep breath.
But his eight-year-old child was still saying, "Is that my elder sister's husband? He's really tall."
Aunt Cheng's doubts gradually cleared up. She glanced at Teacher Cheng and saw his shocked look. She couldn't help but ask, "You've been here for more than half a year. Didn't you notice?"
It’s not that I didn’t discover it.
I didn't think about it that way at all!
How dare Ji Yuan do that!
Now, by jumping out of that environment and watching the two people greet each other from afar, many of the previous doubts were naturally resolved.
Teacher Cheng frowned.
Aunt Cheng had thought about this a long time ago and said, "Now it seems that it is not appropriate."
It’s not that their niece is bad.
But my current identity is not suitable.
I just don't know what stage they are at.
But it's normal when you think about it. Both of them are young men and women, and their families have encountered unexpected changes, and they are very tough in their characters.
It's normal for two people like this to get together.
But after watching it, Teacher Cheng and his wife felt that they were overthinking it, because although Ji Yuan and Cheng Yisan were close, it was not as they thought?
When they returned to the Cheng family, Second Aunt Cheng also understood that although the two children had feelings for each other, they knew how to keep their distance very well and neither would go beyond the limit.
It's hard for them too.
The court was unjust and innocent people were implicated.
If Ji Yuan knew what Mrs. Cheng, Aunt Cheng, the wife of Instructor Cheng, was saying, he would probably say that there seemed to be more and more people dissatisfied with the court.
This is indeed not surprising.
They collected taxes from all over the country and enjoyed support from the people, but what did they do?
It's rare to see so many people coming to the Cheng family.
The Cheng family of four is fine. The servants and the aunt who cooks have already returned home to celebrate the New Year.
But Ji Yuan, Dahai, Wu Renhao, and Huang Tongzhi all came to help.
In addition, there was Cheng's second wife, Teacher Cheng, and his aunt Cheng, as well as Teacher Cheng's son Cheng Sanbao, and his servants.
All in all, there are more than a dozen people in this small house.
But with so many people together, it seems very warm.
A group of people have a lot to talk about.
They talked about the original Anji Village, the days of Zhengrong County, and the days of building the Meng Mansion.
Jingcheng didn't say much and was basically ignored by everyone.
Everyone says that Beijing is the best place to be, but it depends on whether you can stay there.
Then talk about the local customs and culture, what is good to eat and do in Dianzhou Prefecture, and what the weather is like.
Although Ji Yuan doesn't talk much, he always gets to the point.
Cheng Sanbao, the son of Cheng Jiaoyu, was so excited after hearing this that he wanted to climb the tree and pick fruit immediately. He also wanted to see the elephants in Dianzhou Prefecture and the shadow play nearby.
After hearing this, Ji Yuan told a biographical story about shadow play. The popular singing style in the local area is "Western accent". Not only is the repertoire rich, but the dialogues are also interesting.
The performance props and shadow puppet backrests are also extremely exquisite.
After the story was told, Cheng Sanbao and Cheng Yihuai were fascinated by it.
We also made an appointment to go to the street to listen tomorrow.
After hearing this, Cheng Yishan returned the silver to the two of them and told them not to run around and to come back early.
Teacher Cheng looked at it and had a heart attack.
Second Aunt Cheng didn't say anything, but instead asked about the health of Mr. Cheng and Madam Cheng.
Madam Cheng's health has improved a little, but the white hair on her head is increasing, and she no longer has the strength she once had. Most of her energy is now spent on taking care of Mr. Cheng.
Fortunately, at today's family dinner, Lord Cheng was not that stupid. He just kept eating, and after the meal, he sat aside in a daze.
The others were used to it. Aunt Cheng patted Sister-in-law T's hand, saying that they had worked so hard.
But things will be better in the future. Both families are in Dianzhou Prefecture and can support each other.
To put it bluntly, the connections left by Ji Yuan are enough to protect their entire family.
Wu Renhao was in the command camp and Huang Tongzhi was a local official.
Furthermore, there are all kinds of things left over from the era.
The two families will definitely be able to live well here and will never return to the capital.
After dinner in the evening, Teacher Cheng and the others were taken to the prefectural mansion, and naturally lived with Ji Yuan.
Cheng Yishan waved at them, and when everyone left, Teacher Cheng said, "Ji Yuan, I want to talk to you."
era.
Call his name.
Ji Yuan turned his head and coughed lightly, "Okay, teacher, shall we go to the study to talk?"
Normally, Teacher Cheng would either make fun of Mr. Ji, Mr. Ji, or call him Brother Yuan.
It is very rare to call someone by their full name.
Ji Yuan also called him teacher respectfully, and naturally understood the reason.
When Cheng Jiaoyu came out again, his eyes were red, and he returned to his room, Second Aunt Cheng was still awake. She asked in surprise, "What happened?"
They should be talking about Yishan's matter, why are they still crying?
"It is a blessing in my life to have such a student."
"I told him about the Cheng family's situation and asked him what he thought. Did he want to get married secretly?"
"Yuan Ge'er said they haven't decided yet."
"But no matter whether this succeeds or not, he wants to overturn the case for the Cheng family."
Teacher Cheng also said that you are now of marriageable age, and after you return to the capital, Prime Minister Li will help you choose.
Ji Yuan’s answer was of course no.
"He said, if the verdict cannot be overturned this year, then we should wait another year. If it cannot be overturned next year, then we should wait another two years."
If the verdict cannot be overturned in ten years, then wait ten years.
Ji Yuan never lies when he speaks.
Teacher Cheng finally asked: "What if my niece gets married during this period?"
Ji Yuan said: "This is my business, and I just want to help unilaterally. She should just go her own way."
"Don't you need her to wait for you?"
"No need." Ji Yuan said, "If I ask her to wait, it would be more like kidnapping her with the unknown."
So they don’t talk about it.
The niece doesn’t know what Ji Yuan is thinking, she just needs to follow her own path.
No one knows what will happen in the future.
It doesn't matter whether Cheng Yisan gets married or not.
None of this affects Ji Yuan from doing what he wants to do.
But Ji Yuan still couldn't fall asleep, and couldn't help but ask: "What if I really get married?"
"You can't just rob them."
On the first day of the new year, when Ji Yuan got up, he still sighed.
We can only hope he moves faster.
Help the Cheng family get rid of the crime as soon as possible. This way, Cheng Yisan will not use this excuse to reject him again, and it will not cause her any psychological burden.
Go to Cheng’s house again.
The two people from the second branch of the Cheng family, especially the second aunt, simply liked Ji Yuan even more.
Not to mention whether he is acquitted or not, just saying that he never brags before things are done, which is admirable.
Today, many students and teachers came to visit Miss Cheng, the manager of the provincial school.
Many people also came to the printing house where they worked together to give holiday gifts.
Ji Yuan and Teacher Cheng tacitly avoided each other, not wanting to steal the limelight from the host family, so they simply took their children out for a stroll.
Starting today, the local lantern market will begin.
Although this custom existed in the local area in the past, it was not very large. With the improvement of conditions in recent years, more merchants and farmers are willing to make more gorgeous lanterns.
Gradually it became a fun activity during the Adulthood Festival.
Winter vacation is over.
Ning'an Prefecture continues to be busy with various affairs.
The second county examination also began in the provincial school. The questions in this county examination were obviously more difficult than the previous one.
Speaking of which, the top five candidates in last year's county examination all cried when they left the examination room in Wuxin Prefecture.
It's really difficult.
Not at all.
After coming back, the five of them worked very hard and have made an unknown amount of progress this year.
Anyway, there are still five places this year, it depends on who can pass the exam.
After the county examination, the next is the women's examination.
The provincial school will be very busy for some time.
And at this time, Ji Yuan was in the fields again.
Now everyone knows that if you want to find Ji Zhizhou, go to Guantian! They must be there!
No official land?
Then go to the farmer’s house!
Rice variety No. 793 was planted on a large scale for the first time.
It was even the last planting before Ji Yuan left.
To be honest, if it weren't for the desire to know the result, Ji Yuan should have set off.
But for the sake of this result, he decided to shorten the time on the road and just wait for the results to come out.
If you want to know the approximate weight before harvesting, you have to wait until the heading stage.
Now it is the end of the first lunar month, and it is time for the crops to ear.
The twenty-second day of the first lunar month.
This time no one went to report to Ji Yuan because he came here early in the morning.
More than a thousand acres of No. 793 Champa rice have finally begun to head.
Ji Yuan, who was very familiar with rice, reached out and touched the rice ears with an expression of indescribable joy.
very good.
Very good.
“Inspect all the rice ears and record their condition.”
"If everything goes like this, then this planting will be a success!"
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