Outside the Confederate camp, several uninvited guests appeared.
Several young men in soap clothes gathered around an elderly man outside the camp and were talking about something. The two soldiers guarding the gate quickly noticed them. The old man was wearing unusual clothes. They didn't want to
They drove them away, but the other party stayed here for too long, which was really strange. A soldier walked up to them and said displeasedly: "Don't get close to the Southern Army camp!"
The old man smiled and said: "I came here to visit my relatives..."
"No entry without the captain's order!"
"Hey, those soldiers who returned from Liangzhou a few days ago are in the camp?" the old man asked again.
The soldier thought for a moment and said, "They are at the Southwest Campus... preparing to return."
"Thank you!" The old man smiled and asked the boy beside him to take out some money and hand it to him. The soldier did not reach out for the money. He turned around and left the place and returned to the door. The old man was a little embarrassed and got on the cow.
He took the car and rushed towards the southwest school ground. The southwest school ground was to the west of Luoyang. It was a small school ground that could only accommodate more than a hundred soldiers. The location was relatively remote, far away from the county town and rural pavilions.
The old man rushed outside the school grounds and ordered the young man to go and inquire. The young man came to the gate of the school grounds in a few steps. The soldier raised the spear in his hand. The young man hurriedly said: "I'm here to see Yuan Sima. What's the matter?"
I hope you can report it to me..."
The soldiers were stunned and nodded. One person continued to guard the door while the other went in to report. Yuan Shu was training his soldiers in the school grounds. Suddenly he heard the soldiers' report. He stretched out his head and glanced outside the tent. The boy was also there.
Looking inside the school grounds, he grinned when he saw Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu frowned, ordered the soldiers to continue practicing, then turned and walked out.
When we walked outside the school grounds, the old man hurriedly walked up and said with a smile: "Greetings, Young Master!"
Yuan Shu cupped his hands. The person in front of him was the steward of the Yuan Mansion. The steward looked at Yuan Shu in front of him with some excitement. Looking at the young general who was completely different from before, with a heroic aura all over his body, he couldn't help but feel.
With emotion, he said: "Young Master, I haven't seen you for a long time. I don't know if I can spare some time to go to the house and meet the head of the house... The head of the house often mentions Shao Jun and misses him very much..."
Hearing what he said, Yuan Shu was silent for a moment, and then said: "Without military orders, I dare not leave the military camp without authorization... You go back and tell your father that next year at the latest, I will ask the captain for a few days' leave and return home.
Visit, tomorrow, I will lead the army back to Liangzhou... At this time, it is too late to resign..."
"well..."
When the old steward heard this, he just shook his head and said nothing.
Yuan Shu returned to the camp, but the soldiers did not ask any questions. In the past few days, many people came to look for Yuan Sima. Earlier, a arrogant little fat man came. Yuan Sima hurriedly went out to greet him. The two of them chatted in the camp for a long time. That man
After leaving just now, a young scholar came and brought several carts and horses of coal. He came again today. It seems that Sima still has many friends in Luoyang.
The next day, Yuan Shu led his soldiers and returned to Liangzhou.
When the treasury obtained such a huge amount of wealth, Wang Fu could not sit still. He proposed to the emperor to allocate money from the treasury to cultivate fields in the border areas and send them to Youzhou, Sanhan and Hexin.
Iron plows are used to plow cattle, etc. In addition, some money must be spent to build houses in these areas to help the people survive the cold winter. For other areas, measures such as light taxes and exemptions should be adopted to encourage local development.
After hearing the news, Wen Renggong was like a civet cat whose tail was stepped on. He jumped three feet high and almost started a fight with Wang Fu. The most painful thing for him was that the emperor actually accepted Wang Fu's proposal and started to treat large-scale local enterprises.
The measures of light taxation and exemption were implemented, and the money from the national treasury was dispersed in all directions. I heard that the Duke wanted to cry without tears. If he had known this, Wang Jiexin should have been killed at that time!
However, regret is obviously useless.
After receiving funding from the temple, various regions across the country ushered in a new development. People began to have food reserves and even some spare money at home. This has not happened in the past hundred years, and these are
To further encourage the developing handicraft industry, many local cities have developed on a large scale, and harsh commercial taxes have not been able to suppress such signs.
The emperor also ordered Zheng Xuan, the governor of Liangzhou, to allocate money to purchase and cultivate cotton on a large scale. Judging from the trial farming last year, cotton is very promising in the land of Xiliang, although in terms of quality,
It is not as good as the pure white cotton purchased from outside, but it is also light yellow medium cotton and can still be used for weaving. Last year, Zheng Xuan organized more than 50,000 farmers to plant cotton.
In the Han Dynasty, the people had always cultivated grain. Only a few powerful people would ask tenants to plant tea, fruits, etc. Because the taxes collected by the temples from the people were paid in grain, and a few industries were converted into money, the people were afraid that if
If you cultivate other crops, you will not be able to pay taxes. When Zheng Xuan mobilized these people, he still declared that they would be exempted from taxes this year. This allowed them to cultivate with confidence.
However, what Zheng Xuan did not expect was that after the people started farming cotton, they sold cotton and the money they obtained was enough to buy more food than they had ever produced in the past. They had worked hard before and had the same amount of farmland.
, and could not obtain so much food. Now, the enthusiasm of the entire Liangzhou people was aroused.
Zheng Xuan was a little flustered and confused about this matter. He had never encountered such a thing before. Instead of cultivating food, he got more food. On the one hand, he felt that more people should be encouraged to engage in cotton farming, but he was also worried that if everyone
Farming cotton and insufficient grain production will cause food shortages in Liangzhou and cause disasters.
After getting the emperor's order and money from the treasury, Zheng Xuan decided to mobilize 100,000 people to cultivate cotton next year, and at the same time promote cotton planting in Liangzhou. He also contacted Yizhou, Sili, Bingzhou and other regions
The governor hopes to trade with them next year, exchanging cotton for grain, which can leave a way out for the people of Liangzhou. If there is a grain shortage, disaster relief can be carried out quickly.
Finally, the emperor used the remaining money to develop minerals. The focus was naturally on copper and iron charcoal, especially ink charcoal. He asked all counties and counties to vigorously mine it, and strived to allow people everywhere to use ink charcoal after this year.
Charcoal to withstand the cold winter.
Wang Fu has already listed his goals for these. He wants to cultivate cotton on a large scale in the northwest and sell it to Yangzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou and other regions. In addition, he wants to sell the charcoal produced in He, Xinzhou to the south and northwest.
Wang Fu's initial goal was to turn the five border states into a wealthy continent so that they would no longer be a drag on the Han's treasury and could turn into one of the Han's future financial sources.
In the fifteenth year of Jianning, this was a year when the people cheered for joy, the merchants geared up, and the scholars read at night with lights on.
At the same time, it was also a year of great joy and sorrow for Mr. Wen, and his heart bled.