Five days later, Chu Yang took Leng Feng, Dong Hezhang and eleven newly recruited staff members, plus four hundred guards and 500,000 catties of grain, and left Dongzhou City in a mighty way, heading straight for West City.
Chu Yang, Dong Hezhang, Jiang Huai, and three staff members from Xicheng, six of them rode in a carriage, while Leng Feng, as the commander of the guards, rode beside the carriage on horseback.
"My lord, if we go to Xicheng with such a great fanfare, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch the evidence of corruption in Huzhi County!" Looking at his master, Dong Hezhang said anxiously.
"Yes, what you said is quite correct, so you and Jiang Huai will take twenty guards and ride a fast horse to go ahead and search the house of Huzhi County!" Nodding, Chu Yang said so.
"Ah, this Hu Zhi County is also a seventh-rank magistrate after all, so let's go directly to his house to search, shall we?" Looking at his master, Dong Hezhang said helplessly.
"There's nothing wrong with it. Just say that you lost your official seal. You suspect it was stolen by him. You have to look for it in his yard. You are a second rank, and he is a seventh rank. Are you still afraid that he will fail?"
Hearing what the master said, Dong Hezhang twitched the corners of his mouth. Xin said: When the prince killed those three corrupt officials, he seemed to say that he had lost Ye Mingzhu, and then searched from house to house.
"My lord, my subordinates are willing to go with you!" said another staff member who volunteered.
"Well, let's go together!" Glancing at the other party, Chu Yang nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, my lord!" Responding, the other party thanked immediately.
"This king is sitting in a carriage and escorting 500,000 catties of grain. I can't go fast. At the current speed, it will take three days at the fastest to get to the west city. You can go there on fast horses and you can reach the west city tonight. After the matter is settled, you can just wait for the king in the county government office in Xicheng. If the magistrate of Hu County is corrupt and violates the law, he will be beheaded on the spot, and the seat of magistrate of Xicheng county will be temporarily replaced by Wang Hua. To buy salt, the disaster victims can’t just have food to eat, they also need salt, and their bodies will be overwhelmed if they don’t eat salt for a long time!” Looking at the two staff members, Chu Yang gave serious instructions.
"It's the prince!" Responding, the two expressed their understanding.
"En!" Nodding, Chu Yang looked at Dong Hezhang. "Hezhang, after arriving in Xicheng, you should investigate again and see what the situation is in the twelve villages directly under the jurisdiction of Xicheng. Which villages are affected by disasters every year, and which villages still have some harvests? You have to investigate all of these. Chu. You can’t do it alone, so you can ask the guards to follow you to other villages for a walk.”
"It's the prince!" In response, Dong Hezhang took over the task.
After the three were sent out, only he and two other staff were left in Chu Yang's city. "After the two of you arrive in West City, go to the blacksmith's shop and buy some tools for road construction and house building, such as shovels, picks, hammers, and so on!"
"Yes, my lord!" Responding, the two expressed their understanding.
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After traveling for three days, Chu Yang finally arrived at Xicheng. During these three days, he found a farmhouse to stay overnight. The rest of the time, he slept in the wild. Chu Yang didn't think it was poetic to live in the wild. He only thought that there were a lot of mosquitoes in the wild. The face of the daughter-in-law was bitten and swollen, and even he was bitten several times.
When Chu Yang walked into the west city, what he saw was a group of lifeless people kneeling on both sides of the road to greet him. Seeing everyone's dull faces, and looking at the desolate street, Chu Yang felt sad for a while.
After the group entered the county government office, Leng Feng and Li Yong immediately arranged for soldiers to transport the food to the government office's warehouse. And Chu Yang went to the lobby with the nine staff beside him.
"My lord, these are all the embezzled silver coins of Hu Dezhi County. There are 500,000 taels in total. Jianghuai took one hundred taels to buy salt. The rest of the silver is here!" big box.
"Three years of Qingzhi County, one hundred thousand snowflakes silver. Are these words true for Hu De? What about people?" Looking at Wang Hua, Chu Yang asked.
"Reporting to the lord, Mr. Dong is the master. He has locked Hu De and his subordinate county magistrate and master secretary in the cell. This box of silver was found from the home of the county magistrate and master secretary! There are 50,000 Two." Said, Wang Hua opened another small box.
"Okay, the three are corrupt together, right? Then cut them down together. Wang Hua and Zhang Qinghai, you two immediately write a notice to tell the people in Xicheng that three days later, the king will behead these three corrupt officials at Caishikou. In addition, write Announce that the relief food for the king has arrived. Two days later, we will serve porridge outside the east gate to relieve the victims!"
"It's the prince!" In response, the two nodded immediately.
"Where are He Zhang and Jiang Huai?" Looking at Wang Hua, Chu Yang asked again.
"Master Dong visited twelve villages. He left yesterday with ten guards, and he hasn't come back yet. Jianghuai went to buy salt. He hasn't come back either!" Looking at Chu Yang, Wang Hua explained for a moment.
"Yeah!" Nodding his head, Chu Yang asked the soldiers to carry all the money to the backyard, to the county magistrate's room. Then, he assigned another task, asking two staff members to go to the city to choose a shop suitable for opening a shop, ask two staff members to hire masons, and ask two staff members to buy building materials. He dispatched all the people under his command.
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At night, he finally didn't have to sleep in a tent or in a carriage anymore, Chu Yang let out a long sigh of relief.
Lying in the man's arms, Leng Feng was happy to see his man relieved. "Why, are you afraid of being bitten by mosquitoes?"
"A little bit!" Nodding, Chu Yang said in a respectful and insensitive manner. In fact, if this is nothing in modern times, a bottle of insecticide and an electric mosquito coil can solve the problem, but in ancient times, it would be a big trouble!
"You, you are proud and expensive!" Speaking of this, Leng Feng smiled helplessly, letting his man live and sleep with people like them, it is really embarrassing for him!
"Feng'er, I suffered for three days, and two red envelopes bulged out of my ass bitten by mosquitoes. You don't feel sorry for me?" Holding his wife in his arms, Chu Yang pretended to be pitiful on purpose.
"Why didn't I feel sorry for you? Didn't I apply medicine to you?" Looking at the man who was obviously pretending to be pitiful, Leng Feng was very helpless. Xin said: Qi'an, if Dongzhou officials and your staff see your appearance like this, they will probably drop their jaws.
"Not enough!" Staring at his wife, Chu Yang acted like a baby.
Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Leng Feng kissed the other party's lips to comfort him. "Is that all right?"
"Reluctantly!" Nodding his head, Chu Yang was still a little picky.
"Okay, stop making trouble. Tell me, how do you want to change the situation in West City, where do you want to build a winery, and, do you want to..." Before Leng Feng finished speaking, he was kissed by Chu Yang interrupted.
"Feng'er, don't you think we should do something else at night?"
Hearing this, Leng Feng, who blushed from being kissed, smiled helplessly. "This is outside!"
"What are you afraid of? There's no one else!" As he said that, Chu Yang directly pressed the person under his body.
After beheading corrupt officials and helping the victims, Chu Yang's points were like a rocket, soaring upwards, seeing that it had changed from negative 678 to negative 325, but Chu Yang was very happy. According to this trend, he shouldn't be able to get rid of this negative number in a short time!
Regarding the governance and self-help of Xicheng, Chu Yang called his eleven staff members, Dong Hezhang and Leng Feng together to have a serious discussion.
"This is the plan formulated by the king in the past few days to manage the twelve villages directly under the jurisdiction of Xicheng. First, we will abandon the land of the six remote villages that have been plagued by famine all year round, and then reclaim the land of Huanggang Village, Tugao Village, and Shangpo Village. The victims of the six villages, Huangni Village, Gaoshan Village, and Shanggang Village, were gathered together and sent to the other six villages with better geographical locations!" Looking at the crowd, Chu Yang first expressed his thoughts.
"My lord, according to what you mean, the twelve villages will be merged into six villages. The land of the remaining six villages is indeed fertile and suitable for farming. But the problem is that the land of one village supports the people of two villages. I'm afraid it's hard to make ends meet!" Having said this, Dong Hezhang frowned deeply. In the past few days, he has conducted on-the-spot investigations. The six disaster-stricken villages mentioned by the prince are indeed dry and unsuitable for planting. However, merging these twelve villages into six villages doesn't seem like a good idea!
"Yes, my lord, if they merge, the local villagers will definitely crowd out the victims. If the victims want to divide the land of the local villagers, the local villagers will not agree!" Nodding, Jiang Huai also felt that this matter is not feasible.
"What are you in a hurry for? This king hasn't finished yet!" Looking at the two of them, Chu Yang was delighted.
"My lord, please tell me!" Knowing that the lord has more to say, Dong Hezhang immediately stopped talking.
"After the 12 villages were merged into six villages, the local villagers still make a living by farming. The land in the village is still planted by the local villagers. The victims of the disaster do not farm the land. The king will build three wineries in the six villages. , a large chicken farm, a cattle farm, and a sheep farm. The victims can go to wineries and farms to work for the king to make a living!" Looking at the crowd, Chu Yang said all his thoughts out.
"This, this..." Everyone was stunned when they heard Chu Yang's words. They didn't expect the prince to think so.
"My lord, I have a question. If you want to open a winery to sell wine, I think it's feasible, but what if you can't sell chickens, cattle, and sheep?" Looking at Chu Yang, Jiang Huai couldn't help it. asked definitely.
"There is no need to sell it. The king will open five shops in the west city, a barbecue restaurant, a hot pot restaurant, a noodle restaurant, a hamburger restaurant and an inn. The chickens, sheep and cattle raised by the villagers can all be sent to these five shops. In every shop, make delicious food for those passing merchants to eat!" Looking at the crowd, Chu Yang explained seriously.
"My lord means to open a restaurant, and then provide all the livestock raised by the villagers to the restaurant?" Looking at Chu Yang, Dong Hezhang was slightly surprised, because the five shops mentioned by the lord just now, except for the inn and noodle shop, there are no other shops. He had never heard of the three names.
"Yes, that's what it means!" Nodding, Chu Yang agreed.
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