Chapter 48 Mess
Yang Shaofeng's so-called preparation was actually not much more complicated than Zhu Zhanji thought. He just asked Yi Xiao and Bai Geng to go home and say goodbye to his parents, and then told the gouzi to inform the farmers who knew how to burn cement and lime, so that these people would follow him and go to Liaozhou.
The rest is actually nothing. The main reason is that Lin Yu still has to stay in Shuntian Prefecture, find some doctors for Yang Shaofeng, and then take these doctors and the merchants to Liaozhou together.
As for what happened after arriving in Liaozhou, in Yang Shaofeng's opinion, it was much easier to deal with.
The real situation that may be faced is nothing more than how to restore flooded land, how to rebuild damaged houses, how to clear rivers, and how to prevent and treat post-disaster epidemics.
If you are more unlucky, there may be a few more heavy rains in Liaozhou, and the river will burst again to destroy the land. In addition to epidemic prevention, the others will become details.
When Tian Yixiao and Bai Geng returned to Yangjiazhuang, it was just noon. The dog had already notified him. Lin Yu also returned to Shuntian Prefecture City to search for doctors. The so-called preparation was over.
Yang Shaofeng looked at Zhu Zhanji who was a little restless, and turned his eyes to Wu Ming: "Does Brother Wu return to the capital or go to Liaozhou with Yang?"
Wu Ming said: "The commander gave the commander to the Beiye to follow the top minister. The head minister went to Liaozhou, and the Beiye naturally followed him to Liaozhou.
Besides, the status of the Jinyiwei family as a householder in the Jinyiwei can also provide some convenience to the Zhuangyuan Gong when he arrives in Liaozhou."
Beigong Jing nodded and said, "Wu Baihu is right. Before our family left, Commander Ji asked our family to tell Wu Baihu, and from then on, he would follow the throne priest and wait for the order."
Yang Shaofeng nodded: "Okay, I won't be polite to Brother Wu. When I arrive in Liaozhou, I will definitely need Brother Wu to help me."
After Wu Ming responded, Yang Shaofeng said to Zhu Zhanji directly: "Let's go, let's set off now, just like when Lao Bei came, he kept changing horses and running wildly, and strive to arrive in Liaozhou within three days."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt someone pulling his sleeve. Yang Shaofeng looked back and saw the pretty maid who was about to cry: "Young Master, don't you bring Ling'er with you?"
What should I do to deal with the little luoli who wants to cry?
Yang Shaofeng's method is undoubtedly excellent. He touched his head and killed the Great Technique, and then said with a smile: "This journey is so far, you have to keep rushing. If you are tired of Ling'er, it's time for the young master. I feel sorry for you. Be good, Ling'er is on the farm and wait for the young master to come back."
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Yang Shaofeng has always been a person who keeps his word. He is a gentleman who is very particular about a gentleman's words. He is hard to chase any horse. He is going to set off immediately. He said that he wants to change horses and run wildly, but he doesn't care that Beigong Yu has been riding his horse for two days, and he is almost exhausted.
I ran all the way from noon to afternoon, and it was not until it was completely dark that I found a station to rest. In the middle, except for going to the station to change horses and replenish water, I kept running wildly for the rest.
This kind of high-intensity running like a local gangster Lu Te in later generations was like a high-intensity off-road run. Even Zhu Zhanji, who was used to following Zhu Laosi out to smash the house, couldn't stand it.
But the benefits are also obvious. At least on the afternoon of the third day, the group had already arrived at the inn outside Liaozhou City. It is estimated that they would be able to enter Liaozhou City before dark.
After stalking the horses, Yang Shaofeng looked at the exhausted people, pointed to the post station and said, "Let's go in and have something to eat. We will continue to rush forward later. We will enter Liaozhou City before dark."
Fortunately, there are post stations, which are equivalent to the service area of highways in later generations. Fortunately, the post stations in the early Ming Dynasty were not as disastrous as those in later post stations. At this time, they can not only eat and rest, but also change horses.
Zhu Zhanji, who was like a hungry wolf, swallowed the last bite of chicken, drank another sip of water and smoothed it down, and then burped, saying, "What should I do next? The city of Liaozhou is ahead, where are you going to start?"
Yang Shaofeng nibbled the roast chicken without raising his head: "Look first, take a look, go around for a while, first see what the flooded land is like, and then go up the river bank tomorrow to take a look."
Zhu Zhanji nodded and suddenly said, "When we just came out of the Yang Family Village, I saw that the sky was going to turn cloudy. Do you think Shuntian Prefecture will be like Liaozhou?"
Yang Shaofeng put down the roast chicken in his hand, swallowed the meat in his mouth before glaring at Zhu Zhanji, "Are you poisonous? Or are you having problems? Are you talking nonsense to me now?"
After thinking about it, Yang Shaofeng shook his head again: "It shouldn't be. Shuntian Prefecture has been in good weather for so many years. It is unlikely that it will rain like Liaozhou.
Besides, the road surface and drainage ditches in Yangjiazhuang were all repaired with cement. Even if it rains heavily, it would be fine. It was amazing that the crops were unlucky and flooded."
After saying that, Yang Shaofeng turned his gaze to Beigong Jing: "And Lao Bei, eat slowly and drink more water. It seems that he is about to arrive in Liaozhou City, so there is no need to rush here later."
When Yi Xiao and Bai Geng saw that Young Master Yang had turned their eyes, they hurriedly stood up and said, "Go back to Master, the students are already full!"
Looking at the chicken bones on the tables of the two, Yang Shaofeng looked disgusted: "Hurry up, clean up, and then go and see how Taxue and Zhuifeng eat, and if you have a good rest."
When Yiqiao and Bai Geng hurried to the backyard, Zhu Zhanji snorted: "Look, you can do it. It's different if you hold the king's life flag. You are so powerful."
Seeing that Yang Shaofeng wanted to speak, Zhu Zhanji quickly said, "Don't talk, anyway, your dog can't spit out any ivory."
Pointing to the road outside, Zhu Zhanji continued: "If you don't think this is not out of the Yang Family Village, you will feel that once you leave the Yang Family Village, the comparison is too obvious.
Let’s talk about this road, the difference between it and the Yang Family Village is too big. If they are all like the Yang Family Village, we probably can be faster.”
Yang Shaofeng snorted and said, "If you have money, build roads, and if you have money, you have money. What a simple thing."
When Beigong Jing heard Yang Shaofeng mention that he had money, he built the road and quickly sighed: "I'm talking about money. The emperor is so worried about the business tax and land tax now!"
Zhu Zhanji looked down at the tea, but seemed to have not heard what Beigong Jing said. After snorting coldly, he said, "What's wrong with taxes? Haven't you started measuring the land?"
After Beigong Jing repeated the rumors and rumors in the capital and surrounding areas, he added another sentence: "Also, the demonic wind that has been heard from nowhere now says that Your Majesty wants to seize all the land of the rich people in the world, and then move all the rich people to Shuntian Prefecture."
Yang Shaofeng understood it, and after thinking about it, he snorted coldly: "What's the difficulty? Is it possible to solve it as long as a decree never adds a tax?
The people never care what the emperor wants to do, whether he hoes the ground with a golden hoe, or bakes scallion cakes every day, or leads troops to fight to smash other people's places every day. It's better to weed more in the fields when there is time.
The people have always cared about the one-acre and three-point land they own, and whether the taxes they have to pay to the government are too much or less, and no one cares about the remaining issues."
Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up and then darkened: "It's not possible, such an edict that never adds a tribute can't be issued just by just saying it.
Once such an edict is released to the world, it will never be able to add land taxes in the future. If something happens, it will be difficult to deal with the treasury."
Yang Shaofeng shouted and sneered: "If you can't increase the land tax, you can increase the tax. If you can increase the commercial tax, is tax and tax the same thing?"
As if shocked by Yang Shaofeng's shamelessness, Zhu Zhanji took a long time to react: "Isn't this transferring land tax to commercial tax? Have you said before that businessmen are also one of the people?"
Yang Shaofeng spread his hands and said, "I said it, but what can you do to me? The problem we need to solve now is how to make the people agree to re-determine the land, how to seize the people's righteousness with the gentry in those places, do you care about those merchants to die?
Let me teach you another good person, what is the essence of a businessman?"
Zhu Zhanji said in a daze: "What is it? Buy low and sell high?"
Yang Shaofeng sneered: "The essence of a businessman is the pig raised by the state dynasty. When the treasury is short of money or the merchant eats too much, it will be pulled out and spilled, that's all.
Look at the emperors of the Liu family in front of him, which one of them didn’t play like this. As a result, the Liu family not only did not lack money, but also traveled from time to time and gave money to the people. They could survive for more than 400 years through constant wars.
Let’s look at the later ones. Who can live a comfortable life in the Liu family? The wife of the poor Li Er, Changsun, can’t even cover her face with her skirt!”
Seeing that Yang Shaofeng was getting further and further, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but gesture a pause gesture and said with a gloomy face: "Stop saying these nonsense. If it really spreads, you should stop being a human being in the future."
Yang Shaofeng laughed dryly and said, "Don't worry if you have too much debt. Anyway, there are too many people who hate me for not dying, and it's not bad for those businessmen. Besides, who will spread the word now?"
He looked at everyone, and after Wu Ming and Bai Gengyixiao both came back, Yang Shaofeng stood up and said, "Let's go."
After leaving the inn and bypassing some of the cities, a large area of flooded land was exposed to everyone's eyes.
shocking.
The land in front of us can no longer be called land. It may be more suitable to call it a swamp. The water surface that had just retreated was full of grass, trees and small animals' corpses, and bursts of stench were emitted from time to time.
Zhu Zhanji looked at everything in front of him with a confused look on his face: "It's all like this, so why didn't you come to clean up?"
Chapter completed!