Poisonous Peasant 'Concubine'

Chapter 563 The Plan of Father and Son

After arriving in southern Xinjiang, the children all found what they wanted to do. Except for Xiaotuanzi who occasionally made troubles, the other children performed their duties and were well-behaved. Yan Shengrui and Ling Jingxuan were also happy and leisurely. Yan Xiaobei brought back an invitation card. It was the Fan family in E'nan City who invited them to be their guests. It is said that all the principals of the four major families would go.

"The Fan family has nothing to do with us, right? Could it be that they also want to be the first bird?"

Looking at the beautifully crafted invitation, Ling Jingxuan threw it away in a lack of interest. The only person the Fan family knew with him was the married Fan Changle. Why would he give face to people he didn't know? "Back to him."

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was not interested, Yan Shengrui directly refused, but Yan Xiaobei looked at them carefully and tentatively said: "I heard that the Fan family apparently invited all the big families to get together this time, but in fact it was Master Fan If you want to choose relatives for his eldest son and second daughter, those who can marry the Fan family must be famous families in southern Xinjiang, or directly the four major families, don't you want to go and see who has this honor?"

As long as it is related to the four major families, Dad should be interested, right?

"No, unless you want to marry the second-in-law daughter of the Fan family as the princess, but that second-in-law daughter's character is not good. I don't mind what kind of person you like, whether the reputation is good or not, but at least the character must be decent. Don't mess with her." Just make our family fly like a dog."

Ling Jingxuan was still lazily joking with his son, while the rectification of Kang's family was still in the preparation stage, he was thinking about how to completely improve Southern Xinjiang, how could he have the spare time to care about who married whom?

"Dad, stop joking. I don't want to marry anyone."

Yan Xiaobei was thin-skinned, and he was a little embarrassed to speak decisively. Ling Jingxuan became more interested, and deliberately muttered: "You say that now, when you get old, you may be in a hurry."

"I do not know!"

Well, Yan Xiaobei made his father's handsome face turn red, and Ling Wen and others next to him couldn't help covering their mouths and giggling. Yan Chengrui looked at his daughter-in-law helplessly, and could only give his eldest son a condolence If someone bullied him, he could still help him a little bit, but if it was his daughter-in-law, he would be helpless.

"Okay, stop teasing you, let's take a look at this."

Fearing that his son would get angry with him, Ling Jingxuan resolutely put it away, took out a roll of rice paper from the desk drawer and spread it on the table, the attention of the father and son turned to them, and they saw densely packed paintings on the rice paper. Ling Jingxuan pointed to those houses and said: "These houses represent the four cities in southern Xinjiang, and the fields are the land that can be planted. I don't need to explain the rest of the mountains. This is based on my previous experience. It is easy to see from the painting that the four cities in southern Xinjiang occupy a small area, less than one-tenth of the entire southern border area, and can be cultivated The land is less than one-tenth of the land, and the rest are mountains of different sizes, surrounded by mountains on three sides and backed by the sea. The people basically have no other sources of income other than relying on the mountains to eat. In addition, the transportation is underdeveloped, indirectly This also caused their blockage. People like the Kang family took advantage of the situation to monopolize the purchase and supply of resources such as mountain goods. To break the monopoly and dominance of the four major families, I think the most important thing to do is not to defeat the four major families, but to Lead the people to get rich first, let more businessmen come in, and let people in southern Xinjiang try to go out."

When Southern Xinjiang has more and more contacts with the outside world, they will naturally see through the hypocrisy of the four major families. Without the support of the people, they are nothing more than a slightly richer family. It is basically easy to bring them down matter.

"I understand what Daddy said, but how do we make the common people rich? If we want to open up trade at home and abroad, we have to build the official road first, but there is basically no money in the yamen. Do we need to ask the Seventh Brother to allocate funds from the treasury?"

Sweeping away the previous embarrassment, Yan Xiaobei said in a serious voice, this road is not an ordinary road, from Nanzhou to Shanyang City, it takes a whole day for a fast horse, and about three days for a carriage, it needs to be repaired It would be difficult without a million taels of silver. Although the national treasury is not short of money, it would be too much work to allocate a million taels of silver just to build a road in southern Xinjiang.

"This money can't come from the treasury, why don't we find a way to squeeze some money out of the four big families?"

When it came to money, Ling Wen was the first to put forward his own opinion. They all learned arithmetic from Ling Jingxuan since they were young. They probably knew how much it cost to build roads. Does it have to be paid by the treasury?Brother Yan's money didn't come from strong winds, no, no matter what he said, he couldn't let Brother Yan's treasury, which was so hard to fill, be empty any longer.

"Hehe Why do you think I moved the Kang family first? Don't worry about the money. We don't have it. The Kang family doesn't have it yet? The richer they are now, the richer we will be in the future."

Ling Jingxuan smiled and winked at his man and his sons. He had planned it long ago. It is definitely unrealistic to urge the four major families to pay the taxes they have withheld all the year round. The Kang family is the richest. After destroying them, use Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to use their money to develop southern Xinjiang?As for other people, if they fall into his hands in the future, their property will be filled into the national treasury. Aren't many southern state capitals suffering serious disasters this year, just think they are doing something for the people in the end.

"So that's how it is. Dad is really thoughtful. I'll arrange the road repair first? The sooner the construction starts, the sooner the road will be repaired, right?"

Suddenly, Yan Xiaobei couldn't help giving him a thumbs up. Daddy is worthy of being Daddy. They only took one step, and he already thought about the countless steps in the future. No wonder he planned to target the Kang family so quickly.

"Well, that's fine. By the way, inform the magistrate of Nanzhou to let them start building roads from the periphery to southern Xinjiang. The construction on both sides will start at the same time, and the speed will be faster. The money there will be paid by the Nanzhou Yamen first, and they will say yes. As your father said, we will return the money to them when it arrives in the account. Also, you don’t need to hire any workers, just two professional masters. The rest will be done by the army stationed in Nanzhou. There is no war, they probably have a lot of free time, just to exercise their muscles and bones, the specification of the road is better than that of ordinary official roads, about double the width, in the future, southern Xinjiang will become an important production base, and it will save money if the road is repaired a little bit Renovation is always necessary, of course, the same is true here, all the roads are built by soldiers, they are soldiers in wartime, and they should do more for the people in their free time, and they can also leave a lot of wages for us.”

It can be said that everything has been calculated by Ling Jingxuan, poor little bun, he just went to the barracks not long ago, and he will be reduced to a road construction worker in two days, so don't be a road construction general in the future, he is really sure that this is not Pit son?

"That's a good idea, father, you should learn more from your father. The wages you save are military expenses. You have to save brother Yan a lot of money."

As long as it is a business that does not cost money, Ling Wen will definitely support it. No, he has taught his father a lesson in a decent manner. There is no way, who let military expenditure be one of the largest expenditures in the national treasury, thanks to him He hasn't entered the court yet, if he enters the court and Yan Shengrui wants to declare military expenses, he probably has to go through his son's test first, right?

"Of course you'll feel better if you don't spend money."

I have never seen such a cheater, Yan Chengrui gave him an angry look, the big bun thief laughed and stuck out his tongue, it was fine "Haha... Actually, it's not just road construction, like soldiers hoarding everywhere, I think it's okay Let them grow food and vegetables in addition to practice, self-sufficiency, doing farm work is also a kind of physical training, it is not worse than a full day of practice, and it can also reduce the burden on the national treasury. Soldiers aren’t farmers, it’s really wronging them to let them farm the land.”

Ling Jingxuan smiled slightly. In fact, most of the armies in the 21st century have their own farms, and they rarely buy from outsiders. It’s just that the ancients valued face, and soldiers have the integrity of soldiers. That’s why he didn’t suggest to Yan Shengrui. Come on, he won’t say that the treasury is not very short of money now, whether the army should implement reforms, self-sufficiency is not so important, although he personally feels that in the long run, hoarding soldiers will undoubtedly open up wasteland and farm land Very good national policy.

"I'll think about it."

Since it was said by his daughter-in-law, Yan Shengrui will naturally take it seriously. As for the issue of face, why care about face if you can't even eat enough?The money in the national treasury is not blown by strong winds, so if you can save it, you should naturally save it.

"Okay, let's get down to business. The matter of road construction is settled in this way. The next step is to increase the income of the people and improve the living conditions of the people. I think we can start from three aspects. First, increase the income of the existing fields and paddy fields. At present, Qingguo has done a good job in this area, but it has not yet spread to southern Xinjiang. Xiaowen, Changsheng, Dashan, you always want to be officials. I will leave this to you, and you will be responsible for going to various cities and villages to hold hands Teach them how to increase production and income, how to raise fish in rice fields, how to topdress the fields and plant rice for the second and third seasons. In the field, I advocate that farmers plant a large number of potatoes. Xinyuan is in charge of the problem. You can guarantee this to the farmers. In order to win their trust, the first season of potato seeds will be provided by the government, [-] catties per household. Those who have more land can apply for more, but they must be verified clearly. People are fishing in troubled waters, telling them that this is not free, and when the potatoes are harvested, how many varieties each household has received, after deducting the tax that should be paid, the planting money will be deducted.”

There are not many fields that must be used rationally. It is difficult for farmers to live a good life if they are scattered like now.

"Well, Daddy, Changsheng Dashan and I will take people to the countryside tomorrow."

Ling Wen nodded solemnly. It is rare that his father trusts him and is willing to assign him a job. He must do it well. Zhou Changsheng and Long Dashan have the same idea as him. For the purpose, it is also a good thing to be able to get in touch with these early.

"Remember to bring two Shadow Guards and Thunder Team members, and a medical boy. Most of the people in southern Xinjiang outside the city are extremely xenophobic. You can go to the local yamen first, and the yamen will come forward to find the mayor. Li Zheng , This may be more convenient, people's hearts are made of flesh, as long as you let the people know that you are really for their own good, they will definitely appreciate it."

Just like he didn't want the little buns to go to the army, Ling Jingxuan actually didn't want the big buns to enter the officialdom. However, this is the dream of his sons, and he can only do his best to help them. The reason why he sent them this time The reason to go is to let them know the people first. An official who doesn't know what the people want is destined not to be a good official. Now that he has done it, he hopes that they will do their best, at least not to disappoint his persistence for many years, but He will not ignore the safety measures that should be taken.

"Well, don't worry, Dad, leave it to us, we will definitely do our best."

Big Baozi patted his chest cautiously to reassure, and Long Dashan and Zhou Changsheng standing behind him also had a determined face. As for Tie Wazi, he is now obsessed with teaching his two younger brothers to read, so he probably has no interest in joining them.