Chastity Layman

Ten thousand material boats arrived at the wharf outside Guilin city, and the flags with Feng characters on the boats attracted many onlookers.

Feng Zhirui jumped off the boat and met Feng Shan who came to greet him.

He took a few glances at the other party, and saw that this Feng Jianu looked like a dog now, and his silk armor was quite bright.

"I heard that you are highly regarded by the Duke of Wei, and you have been awarded the title of knight of Wu'an Prefecture?"

"My lord, Gao En." Feng Shan made a lot of contributions in the previous battle against Cao Wuzheng. Household slaves are now free and enfeoffed, which is naturally a huge change.

Feng Shan is also extremely grateful for Qin Lang's generosity, and now he is wholeheartedly loyal to Qin Lang. For the former master Feng's family, there is only the old friendship left.

"Father asked me to bring ten boats of food and supplies for Duke Wei's use. In addition, the ten thousand boats and the slave crew on board were also given to Duke Wei."

Feng Zhirui said proudly.

Feng Shan took a few glances at those boats. The thousand-material boat was very big, ten feet long and one foot eight wide, standing on the water like a giant beast in the water, and the ten thousand-material boats connected together were even more spectacular.

However, Feng Shan knows that these thousand-featured ships are just average for the Feng family. The Feng family also owns many larger ships. .

There are not only river boats running on the inland river of the Pearl River, but also sea boats running on the sea.

The shape of the Feng family's sea boats is completely different from that of the river boats. The Feng family's top ship, the Mulan Zhou, can carry a thousand people, four hundred soldiers, six hundred sailors, and has twelve sails. Compared with the river boats, the Feng family's sea ships are wider Some.

But even this kind of thousand material river boat is already an extremely advanced boat on the Pearl River, it can carry two hundred people and carry millet thousand stones.

This time, the ten ships of the Feng family had 80 sailors and 50 slave soldiers on each ship. They also brought a thousand shi of rice and a lot of vegetables such as pigs, cattle, and taro.

This is the strength of the Feng family. They were able to send ten ships with thousands of supplies, and even took out 800 boatmen and sailors and 500 slave soldiers, all of which were given to Qin Lang.

Feng Shan came from the Feng family, so of course he knew the strength of the Feng family very well. He claimed to have 100,000 soldiers, which shows how strong the Feng family is. Feng An can be said to be the well-deserved number one land king in south of the Five Ridges. This time, he sent food, boats and people, probably to make amends, and it may even imply a show of strength.

Feng Shan smiled, "My lord will follow me into the city, and my lord will be waiting in Guilin city."

In the city of Guilin, the governor's office.

Qin Lang was talking to Li Xizhi and Li Xiyu brothers. After being beaten up by the emperor, the two brothers moved south this time quickly, without the slightest delay along the way. They traveled day and night, driving more than a hundred miles every day , and soon rushed to Guizhou.

Li Xiyu, the governor of Hengzhou, also went to Guilin first to meet Qin Lang, the Xuanfu envoy.

After Li Xizhi entered Guilin, he found that the place he had stayed in for twenty years had changed drastically.

The first impression was that it was very stable here. Originally, he thought that there would be such a big rebellion in Guizhou, even if Qin Lang appeases Shan Man and others, there would definitely be some aftershocks.

But what I see now is peace and tranquility.

Not only stable, but also very lively.

There are endless caravans along the way, even more lively than before he left. Linyuan, Yanguan, Qincheng, Guilin, these towns along the way are prosperous in business and industry, and you can even see many mountain barbarians rushing in groups. Cattle and horses walk on the road with goods.

After entering Guilin City, I was even more surprised.

In the past, Guilin also practiced the Lifang system. The neighborhoods were separated, and the walls separated the city into pieces, and there were special markets in the city.

But now, except for the few squares where the Governor's Mansion is located, the walls of the squares have been retained, and the walls of the rest of the squares have all been demolished, even the walls of the market have been demolished.

After the fence was demolished, all the houses facing the street were turned into shops, and various shops have opened up, and there are even many stalls selling along the street.

There is no such strict security as before, and there are more bustle and fireworks in the market.

In the Governor's Mansion, after chatting with Qin Lang and reading the various ledgers that Qin Lang handed over to him, Li Xizhi was even more shocked and speechless.

In just over two months in Guizhou, Qin Lang managed to keep Guizhou in order, subdue the barbarian rebellion, and quickly appease the barbarians, set up the barbarian Jimi County, opened the market to the mountainous area, and strengthened the trade with the barbarians And so on, and further strengthened the law and order of the road from the Central Plains to Lingnan, and sent people to patrol and guard, so that the business roads became more prosperous.

The account that Qin Lang handed over to Li Xizhi still had a lot of savings, and when he left, the account was empty, but now Qin Lang is building the mountain road, the post station, and the embankment of the Lingqu, Adding doumen, water caves, etc., and even renovating Guilin City, etc., did a lot of work and spent a lot of money, but people spent more money and earned more, and there was still a lot of savings.

Only the renovation of the neighborhoods in Guilin City, by demolishing walls and changing shops, and renting out and selling shops, has brought a lot of benefits.

But this year's summer harvest is a bumper year, without the slightest influence from the previous riots. The people's grains are put into the warehouses. Even the barbarians have volunteered to donate a lot of grain to Guilin after the harvest. This is not a tax, but a donation.

In addition, the barbarians and bureaucrats also sold a large amount of grain into the Changping warehouse in Guizhou through transactions.

Today's Guizhou is really a new look.

Money and silk were plentiful, grain warehouses were full, and a total of more than 8,000 Han barbarian soldiers were formed before and after, and many new shops and workshops were added in the prefecture. Qin Lang officially implemented the new law of two taxes in Guizhou.

The summer grain goes into the warehouse, and the industrial and commercial city tax also goes into the account like flowing water.

Before the imperial court implemented the two-tax law, Guizhou has been procrastinating in implementing it, but now Qin Lang implements it without hindrance.

All of this benefited from Qin Lang's prestige, and this prestige was obtained with Cao Wuzheng and other hundreds of officials and military academies in Guizhou, as well as thousands of barbarian heads.

Li Xizhi felt that his 20 years in Guizhou were wasted.

Comparing himself with Qin Lang, he is just a craftsman who pretends to be obscene, and he is barely maintaining his appearance.

However, Qin Lang made drastic reforms. After cutting down with three swords and two axes, the effect was immediate. He had to admit that Qin Lang, a young man, really had great abilities.

"As for Guizhou, I will hand it back to Dudu Li now. In the future, Dudu Li will govern Guizhou on behalf of His Majesty."

"Wei Gong, I feel a heavy burden on my shoulders now. In a short period of time, you have solved many long-standing disadvantages in Guizhou, and even promoted the operation of many new policies. The effect is very good. I don't know After taking over, can we maintain these and let the new look of Guizhou last for a long time?"

Qin Lang admired Li Xizhi very much. It is very rare to be able to stay in Lingnan for 20 years and still have good political achievements and public opinion, without going on the road of self-reliance in troubled times.

"Li Gong, you are a person trusted by His Majesty and the people of Guizhou. You are also a capable person and a loyal person. I believe that Guizhou will get better and better under your leadership. You just have to remember one thing, with the entire Tang court backing you up, you can boldly carry out the New Deal with confidence. Now it’s not the same as before. In the past, you were fighting alone, so naturally you were weak and helpless , and now, with the emperor and the entire imperial court as your backing, what are you worried about? Just like me before, it was with the entire imperial court as your backing that I dared to make bold reforms with confidence, and Guizhou is also because of this, They are very cooperative with me, and this is the new look they have today."

It was not easy for Li Xizhi to maintain the stability of Guizhou alone during the war. This further shows that he is very capable. Now that he has the support of the entire imperial court, he will only do better. Qin Lang does not need to be overly Worry about him.

"I also ask Duke Wei to give me some pointers!"

"I don't dare to give advice to Mr. Li, but I would like to share two points of experience. If you want to develop, you must be stable. This requires stability and unity. The Hanman family. The mountain barbarians, barbarians, barbarians, barbarians, although some are barbaric and backward and do not know the rules. , but everyone also wants to live a stable life, so as long as you pay attention to this point, when formulating policies and rules, you can consider the interests of both parties, and there will be no major conflicts. Now Jimi County has also been established. For the time being, there is no need to force people to move down the mountain and so on. It is their volition. As long as Guizhou is stable and prosperous, and the conflict between Han and barbarians is no longer there, then the mountain people will definitely be willing to move from the mountain to the mountain.”

"Another point is to continue to encourage agriculture and education, but also to strengthen industry and commerce. Our Guizhou has very advantageous geographical conditions. We are the first stop from the Central Plains to Lingnan. It is the bridgehead and the base camp of the former station. Now the imperial court The big policy is to develop foreign trade. Apart from the Silk Road, maritime trade is also getting more and more attention. So as long as we grasp this one, make good use of our geographical advantages, protect trade routes, and develop business, then we will be near the water first. If you get the moon, you will be the first to enjoy the bonus."

"If there is food, there will be stability, and if there is money, there will be prosperity. As long as the people under the rule can have enough food, clothing and wealth, there will be no turmoil. The sages also said that if you have enough food, you know etiquette, right?"

Li Xizhi deeply agrees with these words. As a local official, of course he knows that stability is the number one priority, but it was difficult to achieve it before, and Qin Lang has indeed pointed out the direction now.

Backed by the imperial court, relying on the access to the mountains, stabilizing agriculture and mulberry industry, uniting the mountain people, and not thinking about fighting and killing all day long to make big news.

Li Xiyu has an upright temper. He used to be the long history of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Now that he heard Qin Lang's words, he also has a direction for how to do a good job in Hengzhou, a remote lower state with only a few thousand households. .

"Guizhou does have a good foundation, but when I came here, I heard that Cao Wuzheng also went around to contact the various streams and dungeons in the southern states. Although Cao Wuzheng has been punished now, the other barbarians may not necessarily obey. Especially Tan Dian, who has been fleeing the most in the past few years, Duke Wei is not immune to it, if they want to make a mess, this great and stable situation may not be easy to maintain."

Qin Lang smiled and said, "It's nothing to be afraid of barbarians."