When Feng Yu appeared in the living room, the sun was shining brightly. Both Qiu Xiang and Chun Lu felt sorry for her because she had worked so hard for days and didn't call her to get up on time, so Feng Yu slept for more than two hours.
Shopkeepers Su and Shopkeepers Li had drank six cups of tea and had snacks three times. The weather was hot and dry, and the two shopkeepers were getting irritated by the wait. They scolded Qiuxiang and Chunlu for nearly half an hour, but Qiuxiang and Chunlu couldn't stop them.
I am willing to let them wake up Feng Yu.
When shopkeeper Su wanted to break in, Chunlu stopped her forcefully, "The master is the master. Whenever she wants to see you, you have to wait obediently. If she wants to, she can leave at any time without waiting. We won't stop her."
Shopkeeper Li was more sensible than Shopkeeper Su, so he pulled him to wait in the living room.
"Uncle, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Feng Yu was wearing an orange-yellow snow gauze summer dress with pearl flowers on her head. She was dressed elegantly but still elegantly. When she came with a light lotus step, her skirt swayed gently, like flowers blooming step by step, "
Ayu was busy last night and got up late, don't be surprised."
Su Mengwei is a descendant of the Su family. His parents and younger sister died in a flood. Su Ming couldn't bear to see him lonely, so he took the seven-year-old Su Mengwei with him to raise him. He was four years younger than Su Yue and was regarded as a child in the Su family in Jiangnan.
He was raised by the young master of the Su family. In the sixth year after Su Yuejiao got married, Su Mengwei was weak and Su Ming sent him to govern the twelve states.
Today, he is the Iron Officer of the Xizhou Salt and Iron Department and the general manager of the Twelve States of Su Family Trading Company.
When Feng Changlin was an official in Liling, Su Mengwei came to Liling and met Feng Yu three times. Feng Yu was not with Su Mengwei after she went to Kyoto.
"We haven't seen each other for a few years. Little A-yu is already a tall girl with hairpins. My uncle almost doesn't recognize her." Shopkeeper Su smiled kindly, showing no signs of irritation when waiting, and he accepted Feng Yu's courtesy very naturally.
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Su Ming only has one daughter, Su Yuejiao. He is a well-known Confucian businessman with a leading position in the Jiangnan business community. The Su family is under his protection. The clan members are worried that the family business will be neglected. They have suggested several times that he adopt Su Mengwei or adopt Su Mengwei.
Due to various considerations, Su Ming, the adopted male member of the clan, did not agree to the request of the clan members. Regardless of the clan members' objections, the family property was left to his only daughter Su Yuejiao. When Su Yuejiao got married, the Su family
Half of the property was used as Su Yuejiao's dowry.
This incident aroused great protest and controversy in the Su clan, and Feng Yu had heard about it a little bit when she was young. The protest and controversy gradually subsided after Feng Shu and Xie Zhang got engaged.
Shopkeeper Li also paid homage to Feng Yu.
"I sent orders three times from Jinzhou to Xizhou, but I didn't see my uncle and shopkeeper Li. I thought you were bullying Ayu because she was young and lacked dignity. When I arrived in Xizhou, I found out that the situation in Xizhou was complicated. My uncle and shopkeeper Li were busy with everything.
I can understand it."
Su Mengwei said, "If my uncle knew that Ayu was coming to Xizhou, he would definitely come to greet me. The bandits and government soldiers clashed last night, and the situation was dangerous. Ayu was frightened."
"The prince has sent his own generals and cavalry to protect him, so I can't say he was surprised." Feng Yu said, "Sister, before her marriage, handed over the Twelve States Trading Company to me. Ningzhou cavalry needs weapons and armor, and Xizhou Iron Mine is the top priority.
I hope my uncle and shopkeeper Li can cooperate with me."
Su Mengwei and shopkeeper Li looked at each other, shopkeeper Li said, "Young lady, you are serious. Our Xizhou Iron Mine has always focused on the Ningzhou Iron Cavalry. Even if the Xie family rebels from Yanyang, the trading company will still provide weapons and armor. As long as you say this, girl
We will deliver the quantity as scheduled."
Feng Yu was a little surprised. She thought her uncle and shopkeeper Li would block this matter, but she didn't expect it would go so smoothly. She paused slightly and said, "Okay!"
Shopkeeper Li handed over all the accounts of Xizhou Iron Mine. There were three boxes of account books. "Girl, these are the five years of mineral account books. Production, smelting and transportation are all here. You can check them slowly. If there is anything you don't understand,
, I’ll explain it to you again.”
Feng Yu raised her eyebrows, "Okay!"
She didn't reach out to hit the smiling person, but she was unfamiliar with the place, and Feng Yu was not impatient. She talked to the two shopkeepers about the farming and economy of Xizhou, and they knew everything. Feng Yu invited them to have lunch together, and she seemed to know them.
When they first arrived, supplies were insufficient, so Su Mengwei and shopkeeper Li sent a lot of supplies, including fruits, rice, brocade quilts and other daily necessities, which relieved Qiuxiang and Chunlu's urgent needs.
The two of them had something to do and did not stay to have lunch with Fengyu. After they left, Qiuxiang said, "Miss, I called you three times, but they have never been to Jinzhou. Now they want iron ore, and the account books are also sent to them."
Come up, could it be that the girl killed Zhu Shengliang last night and frightened them?"
"It's hard to say!" Feng Yu asked, "What do you think of Chunlu?"
"There's a ghost!"
Feng Yu looked at the account book thoughtfully, "I think so too, Chun Lu, you have been with me for so many years, and it is too much for me to take care of my daily life. After Zhang Da got the household registration, house and land information from the state government, you go
Let them coordinate and report it to me after sorting it out."
Chunlu was startled, "Girl, I...can I do it?"
“Give it a try!”
"Okay!" Chunlu's eyes were bright, "I will definitely live up to the girl's trust."
Nangong Heng gave up, and the masters and staff in the mansion avoided. The government office was completely open to Feng Yu. Nuanyang entered the government office with his cavalry. If the soldiers in the government office were willing to accept the adaptation, Nuanyang would do it. If not, Nuanyang would do it.
She is willing to accept it and leave the government office to make a living on her own. All residents in the city will be treated equally. Feng Yu promises all city residents in Xizhou.
Land rights are equalized, and those who till the land have their land.
For three days in a row, Feng Yu read the account books of the mining area. She highlighted some things that she couldn't understand and consulted the craftsmen who were good at smelting in the bandits. The smelting losses recorded in the account books were almost the same as what the craftsmen said.
At the same time, Chunlu, with the help of several big bosses, arranged the residences of more than 10,000 people, registered and filed them, and divided the fields in the city for farming according to the number of people. Nuanyang issued a new order on behalf of the state government, and the city was managed uniformly.
He and Chen Jiangdong led people to register the aborigines in the city and allocate land.
The original residents in the city were extremely repulsive to them. After Xizhou was abandoned, the remaining residents were either poor farmers who lived on the land they reclaimed, or they were the family members of the soldiers, or some common people who were reluctant to leave their homeland. The rich gentry had already left.
In Erjing, the fields in the city were also opened up with them. Now they have to be redistributed and cultivated. The original residents refuse to say anything. Thousands of people clashed with the cavalry and sat in the city to protest. There were women, children, old people, and children.
In their eyes, Feng Yu and others were enemies who came to rob their homes and land. There was no difference between them and bandits.
"Girl, they were clearly instigated." Chen Jiangdong had a bad temper. "We will eventually bring people to suppress them with force. Don't be polite to them."
"They are helpless people, and I am not a tyrant. Why should I use force to suppress them?" Feng Yu had already thought of a countermeasure, "Chunlu, just tell them and cooperate with the registration and filing. The land they are cultivating now will be
It belongs to them and they pay according to the number of acres. How much they can cultivate depends on their ability."
When she and Xie Jue originally talked in Ningzhou, it was mostly on paper. During the practice in Xizhou, she would modify the decree according to public opinion. Ningzhou had not yet started to implement the new policies, so Xizhou was Xie Jue and Feng Yu's experimental city. Feng Yu
The land policy was also refined, and the land was divided into households. Each household was given land for cultivation. The land belonged to the state and could not be bought or sold.
If city residents want to cultivate more land, they can rent it from the state government. The rental price is one tael of silver per acre, which is very cheap. The state government encourages people to cultivate more land and does not interfere except for designated planting. Feng Yushen
She was well versed in the principles of free economics and applied this theory to farming and mulberry farming. She summarized and detailed it into a book and sent it to Ningzhou.
Who would have thought that just after she sent it out, Xie Jue also sent over the terms that he had encountered difficulties in implementing in Ningzhou. The land item was exactly what Feng Yu thought. After all, Ningzhou has a large army garrisoned, and it would be easy to solve the problem when it is exposed.
, Xie Jue summarized all the problems and solutions he encountered to Feng Yu for her reference.
"What a timely gift!" Feng Yu chuckled. The second young master is really capable of ruling a country with military force, and can bring peace to the country with his literary skills.
After Feng Yu revised the decree, the protests of the original residents subsided. Just when the residents were hesitating whether to surrender to Feng Yu or rely on the Salt and Iron Division, a vicious armed fight occurred in the city.
Zhang Hu's younger brother Zhang Meng had a quarrel with the aborigines, which turned into a fight. The aborigines occupied the most fertile land in the city, which originally attracted the dissatisfaction of the bandits. Now Feng Yu specially compromised for them and revised a decree.
Although this decree is beneficial to all city residents, the bandits are also dissatisfied. They always feel that it is these aborigines who are taking advantage of Qiao. The girl has made an exception for them, and they are still shameless.
The aborigines were the original bandits, and they were the later bandits. The two sides had always disliked each other, and they had both been fierce bandits. In the past few days, the frictions in the city had been resolved, and both sides felt suffocated.
A quarrel turned into a violent fight.
The armed fights between the gangsters could easily develop into group fights, and all weapons were used. Fortunately, Chen Jiangdong always sent people to patrol the city, and quickly suppressed the group fights when they were discovered.
Although the fight resulted in bloodshed on both sides, fortunately there were no casualties. Only two aboriginals were seriously injured. Zhang Meng was the one who started this matter. The aboriginals thought that Feng Yu would definitely help the people he brought and did not expect her at all.
Able to uphold justice.
In front of everyone, Feng Yu hit Zhang Meng hard with twenty big boards in the courtyard of the government office. Zhang Hu led the beaten Zhang Meng, who was dripping with blood, to apologize to the injured and give him a bag of compensation.
Potato, this matter has been settled.
After this incident, the aboriginal people began to cooperate with the Chunlu registration one after another and accepted the land policy proposed by Feng Yu. The Chunlu statistics were completed in only two days.
After Nangong Heng heard this, he felt very complicated.
This group of aborigines were once bandits, and they have sons who are now in the Salt and Iron Division. Recently, they were instigated by the Salt and Iron Division to deliberately oppose Feng Yu and disrupt Feng Yu's management of Xizhou. Who would have thought that a fight would be impartial?
Just make them obey.
In fact, Xizhou has been without law for three years.
In this city, the Salt and Iron Division is the king's law. They can avoid punishment for killing people and setting fires. No matter who they conflict with, they can be forgiven as long as they are related to the Salt and Iron Division. The law is in vain.
When Feng Yu talked about governing by law, the aborigines were extremely disdainful. After the fight, they never thought that Feng Yu would uphold justice for them. They naturally thought that Feng Yu would protect their own people.
Unexpectedly, Feng Yu beat Zhang Meng until he was bleeding and became seriously ill.
Nangong Heng thought, could he really trust this third girl who had just grown hair? She could deal with the conflicts between the city residents impartially, and she could also care about the rights of the indigenous people. He originally thought that Feng Yu would directly use iron cavalry to violently suppress everyone, and carried out
tyranny.
The staff member said, "Sir, maybe... we can try to cooperate with her."
"I will never surrender!" Nangong Heng was still loyal. After Feng Yu entered the city, she only used force to suppress the chaos that night. Later, she convinced people with reason. The bandits and the aboriginals had frequent conflicts and never took sides.
But he still didn't want to betray his beliefs.
In the Feng family's mansion.
Feng Yu hired the best doctor and used the best medicine for Zhang Meng, but Zhang Meng was crying and shouting, "Girl, you are evil-hearted. I was just following orders to make trouble and fight with weapons. Why did you really fight me? Ouch!"
, Ouch...it hurts so much, it hurts so much."
Zhang Hu punched him on the head, "Stop yelling, do you want everyone in the city to know that our girl directed and acted on her own?"
