After dawn, Liang Chuan was still working in the sugar mill. After Li Chu slept for a short while, he got up consciously and continued to help in the sugar mill.
Liang Chuan took a look, and if he continued at this pace, he was afraid that the sugar cane would not be completely squeezed after the New Year, and it would take even longer to make sugar!
Sometimes making money is a painful thing.
On this day, a big shot came to the north bank - Zhijun Duan Peng. I don’t know whether it’s because of the money in my pocket, or because following Liang Chuan opened my eyes to everyone. In the past, when the villagers saw Zhijun, they felt like stars descending from the earth, which made the people in the county government hold him high every time they went out. There are two wooden signs for silence and avoidance.
Now Duan Peng suddenly came to Fengshan. The sugarcane farmer in the sugarcane field just stopped his hatchet and looked up. It turned out that this was Master Zhijun. He also had no head and six arms. Then he continued to bend down to chop sugarcane.
Watching the excitement is only for idlers. Farmers who are busy doing farm work have no time to care about who is the wise army. Can they make money?
Without the villagers making fuss about it, Duan Peng suddenly felt empty in his heart and felt a sense of sadness. He used to come to these four villages on the north bank often just to think about how to build Xinghua and to learn from them.
In the past, when I came, the common people lined the streets to welcome me, but now, I just took a look and said, "Oh, Master Zhijun is here," and then nothing happened.
It is said that on the day Liang Chuan returned to Fengshan, the people from these villages spontaneously came out to greet him. The crowds of people marched for several miles, and they were so crowded that he was worse than a white man.
In the eyes of the Fengshan villagers, the status of this military commander was certainly not as good as that of Liang Chuan. Liang Chuan's kindness to them was unparalleled and his prestige was even higher than that of the imperial court.
The prosperous scene on the north bank really shocked Duan Peng. There were people everywhere, everyone was busy making money and making a living. It was a lively scene. The originally poor land turned into a treasure, and everyone Desire to make a fortune from here and get rich from here.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Is there any sign of the plague in this scene?
Duan Peng came here just to see what happened to the plague in the mountains. The policemen in the yamen came to report. Fengshan will start to harvest sugar cane at this time, and a large number of outsiders will flow into Fengshan. , if the plague is still there, the consequences will be disastrous.
It seems that I am worrying too much!
Now that I'm here, I simply go to Liang Chuan's house as a guest and listen to the rumors from the mountain people that the plague on the mountain can be eliminated, and Liang Chuan has made great efforts.
As the commander of an army and the leader of the local people, he had almost no contribution during this plague. The only thing he did was to keep the people away from the city. This made him feel a little embarrassed when he said it. ashamed!
"Sanlang, come out quickly, Master Zhijun is here!" He Baozheng shouted outside the sugar house, and Liang Chuan hurried out with a gray face.
Why is Duan Peng here?
"Lord Zhijun, please come to the room quickly. Yi Niang, please take a look at the fire. I'll sit with Lord Zhijun for a while!"
Duan Peng saw that there was a large stack of documents on He Baozheng's desk. The names of sugarcane farmers were registered on them. There were several bamboo baskets behind them. They were actually full of ropes strung together for copper cranes. From time to time, sugarcane farmers would carry them. Come over with the sugar cane, put the sugar cane down, take the money and return to the sugar cane field!
So much money!
Duan Peng knew that Liang Chuan was obsessed with running a restaurant.
, I didn’t expect him to earn so much. He never expected that these sugarcane farmers could earn so much money just by cutting down the sugarcane!
A bundle of sugar cane can be exchanged for several pennies. There must be dozens of round trips a day. The more you work, the more money you will get!
"It seems that these people are relying on you to make a living!"
Liang Chuan said with some embarrassment: "We are too busy as a family, so we should ask our neighbors to help and give them some compensation. We can't let them sweat in vain!"
The two of them sat down in the main hall, and Liang Chuan said: "What kind of wind brought you here today? I was thinking of going to Xinghua to visit you."
"I heard that a heavenly master who could control the wind and rain came to the mountain. He was the one who dispersed the plague on the mountain. Is this true?"
Liang Chuan huffed and didn't know how to answer Duan Peng's words.
Duan Peng is a good person, and he is not very old. He is a young man like himself. Although he is more than one round older than himself, for these officials, he is already young and promising. Without the age barrier, the two of them talked much more smoothly.
Liang Chuan neither wanted to deceive Duan Peng nor could he explain himself, so he smiled and made some tea, letting Duan Peng quench his thirst first.
"Why, it's not what I thought?"
Liang Chuan said: "Your Excellency, you have thought too much. The Celestial Master certainly contributed a lot. The Taoism of Longhu Mountain is unpredictable and cannot be guessed by mortals like us. But I know that the plague on the mountain has indeed been eliminated. In fact, It’s magical!”
Duan Peng glanced at Liang Chuan a few times. This guy evaded the important and ignored the important point. Is it really a problem?
It is said that many outsiders have come to the mountains in recent years, all of whom are refugees from other places. Logically speaking, Xinghua is not the most ideal place to stay. Continue south to reach Chaozhou, or even Lingnan, where there is a large area of fertile land. There are not as many people as Xinghua, and it is a more ideal place to settle. However, this group of people just went into the mountains and never moved out.
As the commander of an army, it was because of trouble in this mountain that he withdrew from the county and set up troops, and used force to control this land. Naturally, he could not let the people here continue to act recklessly.
But in the past few years, apart from some friction with the local people over the land issue, these newly moved mountain people have not had any restlessness at all!
Land disputes occur everywhere, especially between outsiders and locals. A small problem can lead to a big mistake. He can only protect the locals and pay a little attention to these outsiders. Stabilizing the current situation is the best he can do!
What is he afraid of? Liangchuan is so powerful. Is it possible that these mountain people are colluding?
But it's impossible to think about it. How can the mountain people be so easy to control? Since ancient times, it has been thought that great things must be done in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Who would do this in this barbaric land? Duan Peng laughed when he thought about this possibility.
"I'll go for a walk in the mountains myself another day!"
If the plague can be eliminated, at least the people will not complain. I heard that many people died on the mountain. Before causing greater losses, at least there should be an explanation to the people and the court.
Liang Chuan chuckled and said he could go if he wanted to. Zhao Weixian had already gone to the mountain to see it. If you, a wise soldier, didn't go up and take a few steps, it would be unreasonable.
The way Duan Peng looked at him, his thoughts seemed to go back many years ago.
that time
When Liang Chuan came to Wangxiang as a guest, he boiled a bowl of brown sugar water for Duan Peng to drink. After so many years, Liang Chuan is still making sugar, and Duan Peng is still the wise man.
That year, Liang Chuan gave himself a trick. In order to bring tranquility, he must first subdue the ferocious beast of Nanxi. Duan Peng did what Liang Chuan said and worked hard to control Nanxi in order and strengthen it over the years. There are flood control dykes everywhere, but Nanxi River has not overflowed even once in the past five years.
Nanxi is peaceful and the people here can live and work in peace and contentment!
Come today, Duan Peng also has something to ask for advice!
Now that the people live in peace and contentment, how can they live happily?
"I see that the North Bank is also a barren land. In just a few years, business has been so prosperous, even worse than that of Xinghua. Even before the end of the year, many businessmen have already heard about it and came to Fengshan Township. It has become known to everyone within a hundred miles of Wangxiang, what’s the secret behind this!”
Liang Chuan laughed dryly and almost choked on his tea: "Your Majesty, you think highly of me. The prosperity of this place is all due to the people of Fengshan. I, Liang Chuan, have no other abilities except eating, drinking and having fun. You ask me this Question, you think too highly of me!"
"Back then, you taught me how to manage Nanxi, and I followed your advice, and the results were extraordinary. Now that Nanxi has been determined, why don't you, Sanlang, come up with a good strategy so that hundreds of lives in Xinghua can take off?"
Is it possible that when everyone sees me now, they want to help him with a plan to boost the local economy? Is the court going to issue a letter of appointment to me - Poverty Alleviation Officer of the Song Dynasty?
Grandma, when I was down and out, why didn't I see anyone offering me a helping hand? Now that I know that I have a long-term vision, they want to help me?
"Sir, you will be going up the mountain in a few days. I was in the mountain a few days ago and saw the mountain people making a kind of sweet potato powder!"
squash powder!
Duan Peng had heard of this crop for a long time. The knowledgeable Duan Peng had discovered the beauty of this crop very early. Although he also wanted to promote this crop in Xinghua, it was extremely difficult.
Although Xinghua is poor, it is not completely exhausted. No matter how poor the farmland is, one can still grow enough food, except in the mountains.
As a local official, one of his very important tasks is to keep the local people well-fed!
But how difficult this task is!
Everyone's idea of muddling along when they have enough to eat is that no one would think of taking risks and planting crops like sweet potatoes. They can still eat enough anyway, so why change? What if the sweet potatoes fail to grow? Who knows if this thing will eat people to death!
"Does this sweet potato powder have a future? I've heard about it for a long time, but people just don't want to grow it!"
Liang Chuan said: "Sir, please go to the mountains and have a look. You can ask the mountain people for advice on the process of making sweet potato powder. Then we in Xinghua can make this kind of food the main product. I have already thought of a name for you. From now on it will be called Xinghua Sweet Potatoes. You can make rice noodles not only from sweet potatoes, but also from rice. The rice made from rice is called Xinghua rice noodles. This kind of rice noodles has a great taste. Adults will definitely fall in love with it after trying it!"
"We in Xinghua have a small land and a large population, and there are not many industries that can be developed. If you want me to help you come up with an idea, I can only say that this idea is the best. People take food as their top priority. Although sweet potato powder is very profitable, , but once the quantity increases, there will be a huge profit margin, which can be regarded as an excellent way out!"
