Jiang Pengji ruled the army strictly, but the salaries and pensions for soldiers were second to none among the princes.
She spent half a month dealing with this matter, and in her spare time, she took people out to survey the terrain of Changye to see where it should be improved.
Not only did she go by herself, but she also took Huang Song with her.
"They are all busy, and you are the only one who is free when they think about it."
Jiang Pengji said calmly, as if she was just talking about today's weather.
Huang Song was about to suffocate. After all, he was still a deadly opponent twenty days ago. Have you forgotten
Is this disguised as scolding him for eating idle meals
Jiang Pengji was wearing a relatively casual wide robe and a long-sleeved Confucian shirt. The long sleeves were tied with loops, revealing two bare arms.
Now that the weather is about to enter the late autumn, Huang Song feels cold when she sees her dress, and wishes to stay away from her.
Jiang Pengji was wearing wide-toothed clogs, followed by a Huang Song, and more than 20 guards with knives standing behind him.
They climbed to the top of the nearby mountain, looked down, and could see the continuous regular military camp.
"Changye is a desolate place now, but I heard that it used to be a county town with abundant grain." Jiang Pengji glanced at it, ignoring the fearful eyes of the guards, and climbed up the rock on the top of the mountain, standing higher and seeing farther. , "Does Bo Gao know about this?"
Huang Song's scalp became numb when she saw her act of death, and she immediately retreated some distance to clear the suspicion.
He didn't want to be misunderstood that he wanted to murder Jiang Pengji, and it was estimated that he hadn't murdered yet, and they had already rushed to hang him.
"I heard some, it is said that the rain was pouring back, causing the plague-"
Jiang Pengji said, "The terrain here is low. If there is a rare rainstorm, and the waterway is blocked, it is indeed easy for the river to overflow."
There are constant natural disasters in Dongqing, droughts and droughts, and floods and floods. No one can guarantee that there will be no more rare heavy rains here in Changye.
To develop here, this problem must be solved.
If this place in Changye can be managed well, it will also be a grain-producing county in the future, and there will always be too much food.
In this era, the low price of grain hurts the farmers, but it is a kind of happiness. The most terrifying thing is that there is not enough food to eat.
Huang Song glanced at it and asked, "What is Lan Ting going to do?"
Jiang Pengji said, "Drain the river water to nourish fertility."
Because the ancient tools are very backward, to make up for this, a lot of manpower and labor must be dispatched.
According to the previous method, Jiang Pengji recruited refugees from nearby areas to provide cash for work, which can not only solve the security problems in one place, but also solve the livelihood problems of the people, and at the same time, it will not delay the construction of various projects. For Changye, it is naturally the same.
only…
Changye is a desolate place, not to mention refugees, it is hard to see even a living person.
If this place was developed, Jiang Pengji would have to transfer manpower from other places.
This is another expense, and it takes time to transfer people.
"I'm going to clean up the uniforms..."
Said to be prisoners of war, but not Huang Song's former soldiers and horses
Jiang Pengji planned to absorb young and strong prisoners of war, expand the barracks, and keep the rest as labor.
Of course, even if they were prisoners of war, Jiang Pengji planned to repay them, but the remuneration was only half of normal labor.
When the construction period here is over, these prisoners can stay as residents of Changye or choose to return to their hometowns.
Huang Song said, "Lanting just needs to make a decision."
From his point of view, Jiang Pengji's methods were gentle and kind, and if they were left in the past when rice was in short supply, the prisoners of war would have been killed.
Prisoners of war are not human, and their social status is even lower than that of slaves.
If Jiang Pengji disliked them being able to eat, in order to save money, she could kill them here.
Now not only save their lives, but also pay them to work, and even have the opportunity to restore their civilian status in the future—
Even Huang Song can't pick the wrong place.
Jiang Pengji stayed on the mountain to watch the scenery for a while, then got up and jumped off the boulder.
"Go back, it's getting dark."
Everyone went down the mountain to return, and just walked halfway up the mountain, Huang Song accidentally stepped on something and almost rolled down.
Jiang Pengji quickly pulled him with a quick hand, causing Huang Song to break out in a cold sweat.
"Why did you step in the air?"
"What's under your feet—"
Huang Song stepped aside and found a blackened bone exposed where he stepped on.
Jiang Pengji didn't care at first, but when she looked down, she found a green patch on the ground near the black bones.
She got up and said to the guard, "Dig it out."
The guard dug deep, and it took a quarter of an hour to dig out the headless corpse from the mud, and there was a seal beside the corpse.
Jiang Pengji didn't care about the bones, what she cared about was the seal.
Huang Song glanced at it and said, "This French seal is of excellent quality. Judging from the carving and style, it seems to be from the early days of the Great Xia Dynasty."
The Great Xia Dynasty unified the Central Plains, and the surrounding small countries surrendered one after another. It was an era of extremely prosperous economy and luxurious fashion.
This ethos has also affected all walks of life, and many places have carried the savage style unique to that era.
Even the seals commonly used by Taoists have been somewhat affected.
Jiang Pengji said, "In the early days of the Great Xia Dynasty? When was Taoism prevalent?"
This seal comes from the same source as the one that Wei Ci was carrying, except that the seal is different, and the others seem to be cloned.
Huang Song said, "Although it is not the state religion, it is much more pleasing than Buddhist monks."
Buddhism is an imported product, not a native sect.
When the monks were at their most domineering, they almost shook the foundation of the entire society.
When Buddhism first came, some people were not satisfied with the soil and water, but after gaining a firm foothold, it became unstoppable.
In order to avoid taxation and escape military service, the common people privately shave or become monks. Even if he is a monk, his behavior is no different from that of ordinary lay people.
In order to build temples, they occupy thousands of hectares of fertile land. The key is that they do not pay taxes. They support a large number of monks and soldiers. Countless copper, iron, gold and silver are used to build the Buddha's body, which seriously affects the society. The Sixteen Kingdoms period was also the most prosperous and darkest period for Buddhism.
After the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty, Emperor Taizu exterminated the Buddha at the suggestion of the Prime Minister Huangfu, destroyed countless temples, confiscated tens of millions of hectares of plastered fields illegally occupied by temples, confiscated hundreds of thousands of slaves and servants, and ordered illegal monks and nuns who did not read discs to return to secular life. In addition, the bronze Buddha statues and golden Buddha statues were removed, and the materials were used to mint coins or to make farm tools and weapons, and strict regulations for monks were formulated.
After this battle, Buddhism declined, and Taoism quickly rose up with the support of the imperial court.
Of course, some people say that Prime Minister Huangfu was a registered disciple of Taoism when he was young, so he was very close to Taoism.
After Huang Song's popular science, not only Jiang Pengji understood it, but also Xianyu in the live broadcast room.
[Smuggling to Africa]: It sounds like the three martial arts and one sect destroying the Buddha
[The Crimson of the Fairy Queen]: I thought the monks were all kind-hearted... I sounded dumbfounded.
[Yiyi Purple Eyes]: The monks in the history of China have similar virtues.
The audience discussed at length, but Jiang Pengji's eyes were always on the seal in his hand.