Half a year after Yang Heshu took office, he finally met the local grain merchant and country gentry.
Unlike Master Bai, the grain shops in Luojiang County are basically run by local gentry or big gentry from the state capital.
When Mr. Bai moved to Luojiang County, he saw that the grain shops in Luojiang County could not be filled with water, so he didn't follow suit. At most, he bought two shops in Luojiang County and gave them to the stewards to do some small business.
The grain shop opened by his family is located in Mianzhou area, and it is not big. The few small shops can't even digest their own grain.
However, Master Bai also didn't like to sell grain to grain merchants in Luojiang County. He had special cooperation partners, and Wu grain merchant was just one of them.
But the grain merchants in Luojiang County were different from the country gentry. Yang and Shu's move was like stealing food from them. No wonder they were happy.
So when the small room next to the county government office was opened, the gentry and grain merchants in Luojiang County fell silent.
But it was the county government, and they couldn't use the methods they used to deal with competitors in the past.
But they are not helpless.
Who doesn't have a backer behind them.
Even if their backer might not be as big as Yang Heshu, it is still possible to impeach him in the court.
After all, Yang Heshu is just a county magistrate now, isn't he
After the grain merchants found various connections and finally succeeded in impeaching Yang Heshu at the court, it was time for Yang Heshu's family letters and official inquiries from the Ministry of Officials.
While reading the letter, he said to Wan Tian speechlessly: "Do you think they are stupid? They give two or three Wen more for a bucket of grain, or sell it for four or five Wen less. They not only benefit the people, but also make money for themselves. They have to throw hundreds of taels and thousands of taels out just to impeach me."
Yang Heshu clicked his tongue and said, "They don't know, as long as I give a self-defense report, the matter will probably be settled? They have spent all their money."
Wan Tian stood silently.
Yang Heshu didn't want him to answer, and he threw the letter aside after reading it. He walked for a while with his hands behind his back and asked, "How much food do we have left?"
"That's quite a lot."
Yang Heshu nodded, "Let them continue to sell, continue to limit, hmph, we don't care about them, let people prepare horses, let's go to the countryside to have a look."
As soon as he went out, he happened to bump into Master Zhang who had just wandered into the yamen from the outside.
Yang Heshu beckoned to him immediately and asked, "Have the collected taxes and rations been settled?"
"Yes, it has been put into the grain depot according to your lord's order, and the rest is stored in the warehouse in the Yamen." Master Zhang asked after a pause: "My lord, when will the tax and grain handed in be transported?"
Yang Heshu said: "This matter is not urgent, we will talk about it when I come back from the countryside."
"My lord is going down the mountain?"
"That's right, I was just about to tell you that I found that few people in the county planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms. Unfortunately, I came a bit late this year and have already missed a year. I plan to let everyone try planting mulberry trees next year. "
Master Zhang: "My lord, the villagers are vulgar, I'm afraid they don't know how to grow mulberry and raise silkworms."
"What's so difficult?" Yang Heshu waved his hands, "Since they can grow grain and wheat, they should be able to grow mulberry."
"But the silkworms are delicate, I'm afraid we can't keep them alive."
"Don't be afraid, the mulberry tree will take another year or two to grow." Yang Heshu said with a smile to the people under his control, very confident, "At that time, I will invite some women who are good at raising silkworms from other places to teach, so that everyone will be serious. Learn."
Director Zhang didn't expect that Yang Heshu would even think of this, and obviously planned it long ago, so he couldn't help but said, "But my lord, let alone the mulberry tree, the silkworms are precious, and I'm afraid no villagers will be willing to pay for them. "
Yang Heshu nodded, "I have already thought about it, so I will choose some people to send some silkworm eggs. As long as they earn money, I think many people will be willing to pay for it in the next year."
Yang Heshu wanted to give them both directly, but he had no choice but to take a step back after his father warned him.
Chief Bookkeeper Zhang: ... It is also a trouble that the county magistrate is too rich and powerful.
Annoyed Master Zhang watched Yang Heshu stride away.
Yang Heshu got on his horse and left with a yamen servant and Wan Tian.
Both Wan Tian and the yamen servants were carrying burdens on their backs. It was obvious that they did not intend to return to the county seat in the past few days. Master Zhang looked sadly at their disappearing backs.
There are no bandits in Luojiang County, and there may not be one case of homicide in three to five years. Most of them are theft, conflicts between neighbors, or violence between villages.
Most of these cases were handed over directly to the county magistrate, and there were not a few cases that required the magistrate to go to court for judgment in a ten-day period, so Yang Heshu could walk away very willfully.
The main reason is that Yang Heshu processed official documents very quickly, which was completely different from the previous county magistrate Fu.
Now people in every village knew that Yang Heshu was their county grandpa. When they saw him riding a horse into the village from afar, the children ran to inform the village chief.
Yang Heshu found an open space to sit down and chat with the village chief and the old people in the village.
This time, besides persuading everyone to plant mulberry and silkworms, he also persuaded everyone to plant winter wheat.
"I think the winter wheat harvested this spring is pretty good. Many people have survived the most difficult period because of this season's wheat, and I asked, the yield is also good." Yang Heshu said: "Whether it is the yield of winter wheat or planting later The rice that goes down is all right.”
An old man said: "It is possible, but I am afraid that if we plant again this season, the soil will be weak."
Yang Heshu immediately said: "I think Qili Village has a good method of fertilizing, everyone might as well learn it."
Yang Heshu paid attention when Manbao talked about soil fertility. He knew that there was a method of fertilizing in his village that was better and faster than the ones outside, so he wrote it down.
By the time Yang and Shu wandered around and arrived at Qili Village, it was already several days later.
Although Yang Heshu was willing to endure hardships, he would not deliberately make things difficult for himself, so as soon as he arrived in Qili Village, he went to visit Bai's house with a smile on his face.
After bathing and eating at Bai's house, Yang Heshu sat in the gazebo of Bai's house refreshed, and chatted with Master Bai comfortably with a bowl of tea.
"Where are Bai Shan and the others?"
Master Bai said with a smile: "They are going to school. After they finish school, I will ask my servants to bring them here to meet your lord."
Yang Heshu nodded, and asked with a smile, "Master Bai still wants to grow winter wheat this year?"
Master Bai raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I have some plans."
He wanted to try the new wheat species. After all, the two seasons of this year did not catch up. He wanted to try whether the wheat he planted could be as good as the three children's.
Yang Heshu was pleasantly surprised, "Is there anyone in the village who grows winter wheat?"
Master Bai thought for a while and said, "Occasionally, I heard it mentioned by my servants, but there are a few households who have decided to plant."