In He Lianfang's house.
Zhao Yao was sitting on the porch, eating cantaloupe and talking to He Lianfang about Lingnan affairs.
Since the past few years, He Lianfang and Zhao Yao have sent people to Lingnan and done a lot of things quietly. If nothing else, let’s just talk about miasma. The doctors sent there have been studying it and have also figured out some ways.
Over in Lingnan, miasma lingers all year round, causing the people to suffer from all kinds of strange diseases. According to surveys, many people in Lingnan die of illness due to miasma every year.
Although there is no miasma in the towns, as long as there is strong wind, the miasma that permeates the mountains and forests will spread to the towns, causing serious harm to the people in the towns. As for the people living near the mountains and forests, it is even more miserable.
The doctors sent there had relatively rich experience in treating diseases before going to Lingnan. However, after they went to Lingnan, they found that there were many difficult and complicated diseases that they had never seen before in Lingnan, which made them both painful and happy.
Zhao Yao sent doctors to Lingnan in advance, firstly so that they could study the miasma and difficult and complicated diseases in Lingnan. The second is to allow them to teach local people medical skills.
Lingnan is really very backward in all aspects, not to mention studying, but also very lagging behind in medical skills. According to reports from people who have visited Lingnan, most towns in Lingnan do not have decent medical clinics. As for the doctors, they are all barefoot doctors from various villages. To be precise, they are not doctors, but they have some methods of treating diseases.
Zhao Yao learned that there were not even good doctors in Lingnan, so of course he couldn't just sit back and let the doctors who went to Lingnan teach the locals medical skills.
Of course, before the doctors went to Lingnan, Zhao Yao told them a lot of things about preventing diseases and paying attention to hygiene. He learned these things from Zhao Yao in his dream, such as not drinking raw water. In fact, many diseases are caused by drinking raw water.
In addition to the miasma over Lingnan, there are also all kinds of weird insects and beasts. Some bugs live in water. Drinking water with bugs in them can cause you to get sick in mild cases or die in serious cases.
Zhao Yao repeatedly told the doctors that after they went to Lingnan, they must teach the locals to drink boiled water and never drink raw water. Also, be sure to clean up local rivers. Not all river water is drinkable because the water in many rivers is not clean.
For dirty rivers, when it’s time to clean them, clean them. Of course, there are toilets.
According to the news coming back from Lingnan, the locals are very casual about going to the toilet. After Zhao Yao heard about it, he guessed that this was also the reason why the local people in Lingnan often fell ill. So, he drew the dry toilets used in the countryside in Zhao Yao's world in his dream, and then asked people from Lingnan to make them.
Building dry toilets will not only improve people's toilet habits, but also make them clean and hygienic. The most important thing is that the feces in the toilet can also be fertilized.
Regarding the construction of dry toilets, Zhao Yao also told His Highness the King of Chu.
After His Royal Highness the King of Chu heard about it, he thought dry toilets were a good thing and immediately promoted them in Liangzhou. He learned that Zhao Yao did not tell the emperor about the dry toilet. He personally wrote a memorial to the emperor, describing in detail how to make a dry toilet and the various benefits of the dry toilet.
After reading the memorial from His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the emperor also felt that dry toilets were a good thing, and immediately made an order to promote dry toilets throughout the Zhou Dynasty.
The local yamen helped the people build dry toilets for free, and the people were certainly happy, as long as it didn't cost them money and didn't cost them any trouble.
At first, the common people felt that building latrines in the yamen was unnecessary. Besides, they already had latrines at home, so there was no need to build new ones. The people felt that the yamen was wasting their money. However, after the dry toilets were built, the people changed their views and felt that the dry toilets were really clean and easy to use.
Zhao Yao thought that after he went to Lingnan, he would build the methane digester.
Having said that, the people sent to Lingnan followed Zhao Yao's instructions. Although we cannot drastically change the situation in Lingnan, we can change some small things. These small changes have greatly improved the lives of the people in Lingnan.
However, there is also a big thing happening in Lingnan, that is, the rice introduced from Annan Kingdom has been planted very successfully in Lingnan, and the harvest is very good. Although it has not yet reached Annan Country’s three crops a year, there is no problem with two crops a year.
In the past two years, the rice harvest in Lingnan has been very impressive, which made the emperor very happy. Therefore, the emperor issued an order to plant Annan rice in the Lingnan area.
The people of Lingnan are naturally very willing. After all, who would despise having too much food and who would despise having a full stomach.
Seeing that the emperor had issued the decree, Zhao Yao saved him from worrying about promoting the cultivation of Annan rice.
The food problem in Lingnan has been solved, but the fruit problem there has not yet been solved.
It is said that there are many fruits in Lingnan and they are very delicious. These fruits have never been seen in the capital. After Zhao Yao learned about it, he was so greedy that he couldn't eat it.
Lingnan is too far away from the capital. If the fruit is transported from Lingnan to the capital, it will spoil in the middle of the journey before it reaches the capital. If the eight hundred miles are rushed, the fruits delivered to the capital will not spoil, but the officials who deliver the fruits will be exhausted. Besides, the cost is too high to do this.
Zhao Yao originally thought of planting Lingnan fruits in the capital or in the south of the Yangtze River, but none of them succeeded, so he gave up transplanting Lingnan fruits to other places.
There are many types of fruits in Lingnan, and many of the fruits are the same as those in Annan, Funan, Johor and other countries. The idea of selling Lingnan fruits to these countries is not feasible. However, Liang Pin gave Zhao Yao an idea to make preserved fruits from Lingnan and sell them to the capital or the Western Regions.
Zhao Yao thinks this is a good idea. If the fruit is made into preserved fruit or candied fruit, it will be easy to preserve and not easy to spoil. So, people from Lingnan were asked to teach the locals how to make preserved fruits and candied fruits.
In fact, Zhao Yao also thought of a good thing, which was canned fruit. In Zhao Yao's world in his dream, there were not only all kinds of delicious canned fruits, but also a variety of canned meats. Unfortunately, Dazhou did not have the technology to prevent fruits and meat from spoiling.
He thought that when he went to Lingnan, he would think more about how to make canned fruits and canned meat.
Although the fruits from Lingnan cannot be transported to the capital for sale, the medicinal materials there can be sent to the capital or other places for sale.
The Liang family has sent people to Lingnan to do business. Not only did they transport medicinal materials, grains, dried fruits and other items from Lingnan to various places for sale, they also sold local fabrics and embroidery.
Although the fabrics and embroidery in Lingnan are not as exquisite as those in Beijing or Jiangnan, they have different characteristics. People from other places have never seen this unique embroidery from Lingnan, and they find it very fresh and like it very much.
In addition, Lingnan is also very rich in spices. It is very popular in the capital and Jiangnan, and also very popular in the Western Regions.
The Liang family quietly did business in Lingnan, not only making a lot of money, but also driving business in Lingnan.
Liang Run also personally went to Lingnan, and then came back and told Zhao Yao that Lingnan was a good place with too many good things. They went to Lingnan to do business, and they really found a treasure.
For this reason, the Liang family sent a group of people to settle down and do business in Lingnan.
Before the Liang family went to Lingnan, no one was doing big business in Lingnan. Business in Lingnan is all between small traders. It’s not that they can’t do big business; They are all guilty people and are not qualified to do big business. Also, they will not be able to leave Lingnan in their lifetime. If they escaped from Lingnan privately, it would be a serious crime and they would probably be beheaded.
The people of Lingnan cannot deviate from the regulations of Lingnan at will, which have been set since ancient times, and are not the regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the previous dynasties, the previous dynasties, and even earlier, there was such a law. When the late emperor formulated the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, most of them adopted the laws of the previous dynasty. Among them, one of the laws of Lingnan was used unchanged.
In addition to not being able to leave Lingnan, they cannot be officials. Of course, if there are special circumstances, they can be officials, but they can only be officials in Lingnan and not elsewhere. Also, they will be considered criminals throughout their lives because they are descendants of criminals.
Since ancient times, people exiled to Lingnan have committed serious crimes. Even if their descendants are innocent, they will be accused.
Zhao Yao felt that this was too unfair to the people of Lingnan. It is none of their business that their elders committed crimes, why should they be treated as criminals too.
"When I go, I will definitely change the laws in Lingnan." Zhao Yao finished one segment of the cantaloupe, picked up the other, lowered his head and gnawed quickly.
The prince has the right to change anything in his fief, including laws.
"Then you can find someone to draft the law now." He Lianfang didn't like eating small cantaloupe, it was too sweet for him. "This way, when you go to Lingnan, you can immediately promulgate new laws."
"Yes, we have to do it now." Zhao Yao didn't care about eating the cantaloupe anymore. He said with a sad face, "I don't have anyone who is familiar with the law."
"You can ask your third uncle for help." He Lianfang sold his teammates very happily, "He is familiar with the previous dynasty and even the laws of the previous dynasty."
"Really?" Zhao Yao's eyes became bright when he heard this. Then he thought of another thing and asked, "Does Third Uncle know the laws of Lingnan?"
"He is familiar with the laws of the previous dynasty. Do you think he knows the laws of Lingnan?"
"Sorry, I asked a very stupid question." Zhao Yao hurriedly finished the remaining cantaloupe and said in a hurry, "Then I will write to my third uncle immediately and ask him to help me revise the laws of Lingnan. Law."
He Lianfang added: "You can also ask him for advice on policies that benefit the people. He also understands this aspect."
"Yeah, how could I forget this." Zhao Yao remembered that his third uncle had written him a letter before that mentioned the policies of various dynasties and periods. "Uncle San is really a treasure uncle. I actually forgot to ask him for advice on this matter." There was a big treasure beside him, but he actually forgot to "use it".
Zhao Yao said that wind is like rain. After finishing the small cantaloupe in his hand, he ran to the study to write a letter to his third uncle. After writing the letter, he began to learn the art of war from He Lianfang.
After learning the art of war, it was getting late, so Zhao Yao stayed.
The master and apprentice were sitting in the yard, eating barbecue.
While he was talking, the butler, who had never spoken before, appeared with a letter in his hand and handed it to He Lianfang with both hands.
He Lianfang put down the bowl and chopsticks and took the letter. Seeing that it was a letter from the Western Region, I raised my eyebrows slightly and immediately opened it and read it.
Zhao Yao saw that He Lianfang's expression changed after reading the letter, and he hurriedly asked: "Second uncle, what's wrong? Did something happen?"
He Lianfang handed the letter to Zhao Yao and said, "Yuan Han is dead."
"What?" Zhao Yao exclaimed, quickly took the letter, lowered his head and read it. After a while, after he finished reading, his face became a little heavy. "Yuan Han is actually dead!" Sure enough, he guessed it right. Yuan Qiong is dead, and Yuan Han is the next one to die. Yuan Han died in less than a month. Was Brother Batsu too impatient?
"It was expected, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon." He Lianfang said, "It seems that the people of Southern Wei can't wait to get rid of the Yuan family."
"Losing two sons at once, the Marquis of Jingyang will go crazy." Zhao Yao had no sympathy for the Yuan family. He just felt that if the Eighth Prince moved too fast, he would be in danger of being exposed.
"Next is King Chen." He Lianfang said in an indifferent tone, "With the speed of revenge of the Southern Wei people, I'm afraid it won't be long before King Chen is killed."
After He Lianfang finished speaking, he saw that Zhao Yao had a complicated expression and said nothing, so she teased him and said, "Why, you can't bear the death of your sixth brother?"
"A little bit. Although Brother Six is not close to me, he is my Brother Six anyway. Now that I know he is about to be killed, I feel complicated for a moment."
"Blood is thicker than water?" He Lianfang's tone sounded a little mocking, "In King Chen's heart, you are not a younger brother."
"I know that if I were indifferent to the fact that Brother Six was going to be killed next, then I would be too cold-blooded." Zhao Yao deliberately said in an exaggerated tone, "I am still a child, and I cannot be indifferent to killing people. .”
He Lianfang disliked Zhao Yao's exaggerated expression and said in a very perfunctory tone: "Yes, yes, you are a child."
"The sudden death of two legitimate sons of the Yuan family will probably cause a storm in the capital."
He Lianfang asked: "What does it have to do with you?"
Zhao Yao thought about it and thought so.
"That's right, it has nothing to do with me." He said this, but in fact he still felt a little heavy. Of course, he was not solemn about the fact that King Chen was about to be killed, but worried about the bloody storm that would follow. He believed that after Brother Six was killed, the peace in the capital was completely gone.
"I don't understand why that position is worth fighting for." Zhao Yao complained again, "What's the good thing about being an emperor? You have to work hard every day reviewing memorials, and there are a lot of bad things to deal with."
"That's because you are stupid." He Lianfang sneered unceremoniously.
"Second uncle, you are wrong. I am not stupid, I am smart." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "No one in the world is as sober as me."
He Lianfang laughed angrily: "Then you are really sober."
"Oh, this makes everyone drunk and I am sober."
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