Chapter 12: Ability Official (2)
The overall situation of refugees can be described in the four words "terrible" words. There are about hundreds of households in this group of refugees, dressed in rags, pale and thin skin.
These people stood in front of the city gate, waiting for the verdict of fate.
Waiting for Wang Shoutian to come out, he was surrounded by everyone, but he knelt down one after another and said begging: "The villain came out to escape from the famine. I heard that the adults are kind and righteous, so I came to surrender, and I hope the adults will take in."
Wang Shoutian glanced at the refugees and nodded at Xue Yuan.
Xue Yuan had already made a plan and said loudly: "Grateful, I am willing to take you in, but since you are going to come here, you must abide by the rules of this place. Those who do not want to expel them immediately!"
"First of all, you will have porridge to eat, and you will have to pay for your work. When spring comes, you will also work and reclaim wasteland. The first year is free of tax grain, and the second year is levied half per mu. There is no other land tax - are you willing?"
These refugees have inquired about the rules of Jishui County in advance and knew that each household will be given 30 acres of land in the future. Now when working, they can eat rice porridge and keep them full. This is enough.
The field was half of the harvest, which seemed to be extremely heavy, but in fact, if there was no tax increase in other aspects, it would be a good rule. Everyone kowtowed and said, "We are willing, I hope you will take the lead!"
Wang Shoutian waved his hand and said, "Let the lower ones take them over, take a shower first, then give the porridge, and then register it in the book."
"Yes, sir, these people below are very familiar with each other, but now there are not many military rations."
"I know this." Even if the internal affairs are handed over to Xue Yuan, the only department is directly under Wang Shoutian, that is, the warehouse. The civil servant in this warehouse uses He Gui's husband Lao Xu.
Now in the warehouse, the grain is less than a thousand stones and the silver is only four hundred taels.
This time I paid another 200 taels to meet the general.
This is due to constant work and the food consumption is too high, and it is also due to the training of the Second Battalion troops and purchasing fish at all costs.
By May tomorrow, it should have been enough, but now there may not be more refugees.
Wang Shoutian was a little worried, but he didn't say it at this time.
Xue Yuan said again: "The county has set up five porridge dressing sheds. Adults, can you go and have a look?"
Seeing the refugees entering the county, Wang Shoutian shook his head and said, "No, I'll go directly to the capital city!"
The water draw can be considered a big river, and the river water is surging. At this time, only a few passenger ships are coming and going, doing some business.
This morning, a passenger ship owner passed by Jishui County ushered in business.
When traveling outside, Wang Shoutian brought a fire of personal soldiers, all of whom were fierce.
As soon as he saw it, he was silent and distributed on the boat. He looked vigilantly. The boat owner felt a little restrained. While he was scrambling the boat with his two sons, he tried to chat. It took him several hours to get to the city. This silence made him feel a little nervous.
"Customer, are you going to the Wenyang Mansion opposite?" The ship owner said to the person sitting closest to him.
This man was wearing a Confucian robe and barely considered handsome. He looked very young.
When Wang Shoutian was thinking about this question, he smiled and said, "Yes, we are going to Wenyang Mansion. Judging from the situation, this place has not been affected by the war!"
"Why didn't there be any impact? In the past, there were no people on the docking place, only one hundred households, and they couldn't make money even if they did some business. Now it's different." The owner of the ship said with a sigh: "Now it is said that Wang Xiaoguanren became an official here, and there are more people. Now there are five or six hundred households. When our ship passes by, some business has been done."
"This little official, Wang is such a good official. The people here are blessed. I heard from scholars that this is a capable official!" said the boss of the ship.
Wang Shoutian couldn't help but smile when he heard this.
Fame was actually caused by Wang Shoutian’s intentional release. The so-called three people become tigers, and the so-called lies a thousand times are the truth.
According to the evaluation of this world, it is generally a four-level magnificent official, famous scholar, famous minister (famous general), and wise ministers. If it is a lord, there will be a wise lord.
This actually has a lot of influence.
Given Wang Shoutian's situation, if he advocates that he is a famous scholar, he will be laughed at by others, but if he advocates that he is a capable official, he will barely meet the standards.
Don’t underestimate this. The Li family has been in charge for more than ten years before they were praised as a “capable official who governs the people” and a “famous scholar of enlightened (county)”. However, its influence is enough to influence people’s backs and support the Li family to rise to power.
This shows the prestige of this reputation.
Only names and instruments cannot be faked. Of course, the meaning of this name is originally an official title, but it can also be used for reputation.
Wang Shoutian looked at it intently and saw that as he sent someone to secretly rumor, in just one week, the white air grew slightly in the golden seal. The white air that was lacking in the first place was immediately filled with more white air, and more white air actually spread outside the seal.
This reputation is so precious that it is more expensive than a thousand gold!
When the boss said this ship, he talked a lot, and could tell that he still believed that he had a capable official in Jishui County. After all, Jishui County has undergone a complete transformation in the past six months.
Nearly noon, I arrived at the mansion, got off the boat, hired a carriage, and headed straight to the Mansion of the Wenyang Mansion.
Wang Shoutian sat in the carriage and looked outside through the car window.
Of course, the scale of Wenyang Prefecture is larger, with neat streets and although the shops on both sides are not very prosperous, they are much stronger than Jishui County.
Li Gang, the governor of Wenyang Prefecture, was not Li Chengye's clan, otherwise the general would not have used him as the governor, but this person still has some talent. Although the governance is not too prosperous, it is also well organized.
Just as I thought about it, I arrived at the gate of the Marshal's Mansion.
"The subordinate officer Guoyi's lieutenant, Jishui County Diannong Commander, please see the commander!" When he arrived at the door, Wang Shoutian asked for his meeting according to the rules.
The gatekeeper looked like a fire-boosting man. He looked at Wang Shoutian and others and was a little lazy. The position of Captain Guoyi is not very large, and of course he can't be neglected. He said, "I'll go and inform you now. The commander is very busy and may not be able to see you!"
After entering, after waiting for a while, the fire chief came back. He changed his expression and spoke intimately, saying, "Person Wang, General Wang, let you see him immediately!"
Wang Shoutian bowed and asked his personal soldiers to wait outside, and followed him in.
Passing the right side of the hall, passing through the several gate halls, and coming to the Dashen's study.
"Master General, Guoyi's Captain Wang Shoutian asked for a meeting."
"Come in!"
Wang Shoutian pushed the door open and entered. Just like last time, he saw that the Jiedushi who was working under the window had stacked documents on his desk, filling the eight-foot-long and four-foot-wide case.
On the desk, the Jiedushi Wang Zunzhi was wearing an ordinary robe and only a wooden hairpin was inserted into his bun.
Wang Shoutian stepped forward and kowtowed to Wang Zunzhi, but Wang Zunzhi signaled that Wang Shoutian did not need to be too polite.
Wang Shoutian handed over the gift list, expressing some thoughts. Wang Zunzhi took a quick look and saw that the gift list was quite generous compared to Wang Shoutian's current level. He nodded, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I heard that you sent someone to give He Yi some gifts?"
"Yes, Grand Marshal." Wang Shoutian responded without hiding it, shocked. This was only something that was confirmed in the past few days. Will Grand Marshal know today?
After a pause, he explained: "Some refugees came out of Xingshan County and defected to Jishui County. The officials thought this way. If the officials were not accepted, they would probably go to other counties. This was the enemy."
"The officials also pity the refugees without food and clothing. In addition, Jishui County also needs a household registration, so they are taken in. In order to prevent General He from becoming unhappy and becoming dirty, they are sent to give gifts to explain."
Wang Zunzhi narrowed his eyes and looked at the autumn scenery outside the window. He didn't speak for a long time. After a moment, his eyelids trembled and he slowly said: "I feel much more at ease when you are doing things well... I heard that there are already 500 households in your county and have reclaimed 3,000 acres of land?"
"Yes, I was about to report to the Grand Marshal that there were 543 households, but this time when the refugees came, I was afraid that after the New Year, there would be 700 households...all of them already have housing."
"There are actually a little less than three thousand acres of military farms, which is not enough for each household to divide. The officials are preparing to divide each household to divide 30 acres... These seven hundred households cost 20,000 acres."
"But this year we have to build houses, walls, and wells and temples. There are more things to do, and we can build large-scale cultivation next year. Xiaguan is also preparing to clear the canals and get some paddy fields to plant rice."
"...Your idea is good, and your work is good, you can do it!" After saying this, a slight pause made a trace of cold sweat oozing out from behind Wang Shoutian.
Strictly speaking, sending people to spread their reputation in private is a taboo, but the general has only one son in the end. Besides, the health has always been poor, so this should be tolerated.
Sure enough, listening to Wang Zunzhi not getting entangled in this issue, he asked: "Is that grain and rice enough? What are you going to do on the opposite Chuanzhongdu?"
"The grain and rice are indeed not enough. After half a year in Sichuan, some vitality should be restored... But the Grand Marshal, this is actually a problem."
"Xiaguan wants to use troops in the mountains after spring comes!"
"Weapons in the mountains?"
"Yes, there are many villages in the mountains, some of which have lived for several generations, and they can be called mountain people, and some are robbers. These people always have some food and money. I want to encircle and suppress them. One is to train troops, and the other can also move them to good deeds and enrich the population of Jishui County." Wang Shoutian said in his mind: "If this can be done, I don't think even Sichuan will dare to use troops."
Wang Zunzhi was shocked, and then he was happy. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Since you have this ambition, I will not stop you. If you can do it, I will give you the seventh-rank county magistrate and the seventh-rank Xuanwu lieutenant, so what?"
Wang Shoutian knelt on the ground, bowed and kowtowed, saying, "I will live up to the hope of the general."
After saying a few more words, the meeting ended. After a moment, Li Xian came in, and Wang Zunzhi said what he had just said and asked: "What do you think of this guy?"
Li Xian thought about the words and said, "Even if the two words "Master Wang's actions are not far from being lit, they are not far away. If they can do what they say, a judging of both literature and martial arts is indispensable."
Chapter completed!