Wang Qiang lowered his eyebrows and said: "The general has praised me so much, but I am too embarrassed to deserve it."
"Zijian doesn't have to be modest," Liu Jing waved his hand and said, "While you were commanding the navy, you were also distracted in supervising Baqiu. In just four months, you made Baqiu County prosperous from scratch. This ability is definitely not something that a martial artist can achieve. In my opinion, Zijian is qualified to be a civil and military warrior."
Wang Qiang said in a deep voice: "The villain received a special treatment from the general and was entrusted with the task of Baili. He knows that he is simple and has no talent. He can only work hard and fulfill his duties to live up to the general's trust."
"You..." Liu Jing smiled and shook his head, and pulled Wang Qiang to sit down. There was a silk map spread on the desk in front of the two of them. Wang Qiang took a closer look and saw that it was the map of Yulin County, Jiaozhou.
Liu Jing pointed at the map and said to Wang Qiang: "Zijian, my brother Liu Bosi has occupied Tanzhong, Guilin, Zhongliu, Alin, and the counties of Bushan, which is also the sacred land of Yulin. You are here to take office. In the future, we should focus on consolidating the existing territory and must not rush to expand..."
Of course there is a reason for Liu Jing's instructions. From the map, Yulin County is like an irregular "equilateral triangle", and Liu Jingfang occupies Tanzhong, Guilin, Zhongliu, Alin, and the counties of Bushan, consisting of From north to south, they are almost all in a straight line, occupying only a corner of Yulin County. From the west of Bushan, the county seat, to the northeast of Jiaozhi County, a vast land of thousands of miles, all belong to the scope of Yulin County.
Of course, compared to the elite land occupied by Liu Jingfang, the central and western parts of Yulin County are almost barren.
There are many barbarians there, making it difficult to govern. Although there are some senior officials, there are few. Thirty-one years ago, Gu Yong, the governor of Yulin, recruited more than 100,000 Wuhu people to join him. They all received crowns and established seven counties. It is a pity that Within a few years, the Wuhu people rebelled one after another. Instead of sending out troops to occupy it, which is a thankless task, it is better to use this vast land of thousands of miles as a buffer zone with Zhangjin.
"Nuo..." Wang Qiang responded solemnly. Liu Jing's strategy was to go north, and the south must be focused on stability. He had already expected this.
Jiaozhou borders the South China Sea and is rich in pearls, spices, rhinoceros horns, ivory, peacocks, parrots, corals, colored glaze, tortoise shells, jade...all kinds of rare treasures, which are regarded as treasures by the Chinese. However, Yulin County is located in the north of Jiaozhou, far away from the coast. These treasures are not produced.
However, Liu Jing knew that Yulin produced sugar cane, and sugar cane could make sugar. In the Han Dynasty, there was only malt sugar, but not sucrose. The sugar making process is not complicated. As long as there are enough sugar cane raw materials, sucrose can be produced continuously.
In troubled times, when people are hungry, the sales of sucrose will inevitably be greatly affected, but this does not include the stable Jiaozhou and the prosperous Yizhou. Liu Jing can exchange sucrose for the treasures of Jiaozhou and the Shu brocade of Yizhou. Even if the two are In troubled times, it is also a symbol of wealth.
This is also one of the important reasons why Liu Jing chose Wang Qiang, a merchant, to be the governor of Yulin.
When Wang Qiang heard that Liu Jing asked him to plant sugar cane extensively in Yulin territory, Wang Qiang couldn't help but look confused, even though the city was deep and his emotions and anger were indifferent. He didn't know what Liu Jing's intention was.
Liu Jing said eloquently: "Sugar cane can make sugar, and sugar is like salt and tastes sweet like honey..." In the future, everything from planting to sugar making to sales will be inseparable from Wang Qiang. Liu Jing told all his ideas, exactly. to him.
After listening to this, Wang Qiang had a general idea of sucrose. Although he still had doubts in his heart, he was no longer confused.
Then Liu Jing held Wang Qiang and talked in detail for a long time. Unknowingly, it was almost sunset. Seeing that Liu Jing had no other instructions, Wang Qiang got up and left the table and asked Liu Jing to resign.
Liu Jing took Wang Qiang's arm and said while sending him out: "By the way, Zijian, there is one last thing. After you arrive in Yulin County, you should order people to go into the mountains to harvest more good trees to use as ship material. Use it later.”
Wang Qiang was startled when he heard this. Although Yu Nan's water crosses the entire territory of Yulin County, it is not connected with Jiaozhi County. In other words, if troops are to be used against Zhang Jin, the naval army is of limited use.
The storage of ship materials is not aimed at Zhang Jin, but who is it? Could it be to prepare for the future attack on Cangwu and the two counties of Nanhai? However, are the two counties worth such a big trouble?
Liu Jing didn't explain much and just asked him to follow his orders.
Wang Qiang immediately closed his mouth and left as promised.
Two days later, Liu Jing went to Beijin Ferry to say goodbye to Wang Qiang.
Soon after, the beginning of spring arrived.
As the saying goes, "A year's plan begins with spring." The Han Dynasty valued mulberry farming as a national policy. The emperor and local officials had always had the tradition of performing spring plowing. On the first day of spring, Liu Jing led the officials of General Anyuan's palace out of the city. Traveling in spring.
Liu Jing's car was ringing bells and making music all the way, cheering in front and crowding in crowds. It was so bright that the people who saw it crouched on both sides of the road.
This is not because Liu Jing likes to show off. This is the law of the Han Dynasty. The "Order" says: "The Prime Minister of the prefecture and state urges the people to start plowing, as per etiquette. Everyone going in and out will ring the bell and have fun." Only when there is a disaster in the territory, will it be stopped? Ringing the bell, no music.
Liu Jing's car stopped at the edge of the field, and people immediately flocked to it. For a while, it was like a crowd of spectators.
Liu Jing got down from the car and waved to the people around him. From working in the fields and raising customers, to working as an official in the market, and then as a long-term official, until he became the overlord of Jingnan, his attitude towards the people has always been the same and has never changed. Compared to Compared with the aloof Zhang Xian, the approachable Liu Jing is undoubtedly more supported by the people of Changsha.
Liu Ba couldn't help but said to his left and right: "Mencius said: 'If you have a way to win the world, you can win the people, and you will win the world. If you have a way to win the people, and win their hearts, you will win the people.'" The meaning of this sentence is : If you want to win the world, you must win the people; if you want to win the people, you must win the hearts and minds of the people. "If a general can win the hearts and minds of the people this way, why worry about failure in major matters?"
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing the words.
Liu Jing came to the roadside, took off his shoes, personally supported the plow shaft, and went to work in the fields. He was completely different from other local officials who casually dug a few soils beside the fields.
All the officials in General Anyuan's Mansion, such as Liu Ba, Huan Jie, Pan Jun, Jiang Wan, Lai Gong, etc., all came from prominent families in Jingnan and had almost never been to the countryside. Only Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were sent to the north. The scholars had some experience in farming. Zhuge Liang, in particular, took his younger brother Zhuge Jun and several of his disciples to farm in Longzhong last year.
"This thing is really a tool that is convenient and beneficial to the people." Although Zhuge Liang had already known the effectiveness of the Quyuan plow, he was still full of praise.
In the Han Dynasty, the efficiency of the straight-coupled plow using a single oxen was not high. Large households mostly used the method of two oxen to carry the pole. The efficiency of the curved-column plow was far better than that of the straight-column plow. In addition, the curved-column plow's plow frame was small and light. , easy to operate, flexible in steering, and with added plowing and plowing construction, it can adapt to different environments such as deep plowing and shallow plowing.
All in all, the curved shaft plow is a mature and almost perfect agricultural tool. It is difficult to imagine that it was created by one person in a short period of time.