Chapter 25 The Grange
After leaving the Guardian Mansion, the sun has reached the middle of the sky.
The hot light was pouring down, making people's faces hurt. Although summer has not yet begun, the temperature has risen quickly.
On the way back, Liu Jun kept thinking about Li Ran's words.
As he said, the current situation is urgent, with tigers and wolves outside and hidden worries inside.
Once the situation is in chaos, it will be impossible for him to settle down even if he wants to stay in a corner.
Therefore, as the lord of Jingzhou, King Jing, his existence is a small boat in the tide of history.
Since he was destined to go through the storm, he had to be the trendsetter in the waves.
When he returned to the royal palace, he went straight to the Qinzheng Hall.
Sitting down in front of the desk, he looked at the "Global Map of All Nations" on the wall.
The terrain of Jingzhou is relatively easy to defend but difficult to attack. If you defend the important roads of the north and south, you will be like the contemporary Bashu, which can be independent of one side.
And this is the advantage of Jingzhou.
So according to his idea, the most important thing at the moment is to find a way to retake the four foreign governments, then close the door and keep it going to develop.
If the storm changes suddenly that day, he will be able to survive and take advantage of the troubled waters.
"One industry and one grain are the key tasks at present." Liu Jun murmured to himself.
The current Darong Kingdom is still a 100% agricultural country.
Compared with the land, among the nine kings, he had the smallest fiefdom and the least cultivated land, not to mention the Zhao royal family, the largest landlord of the Darong Dynasty.
Under such a disadvantage, climbing technology and taking the industrial path was the only way he could survive in this era.
But this does not mean giving up agriculture.
In contemporary times, his country has the most complete industrial system in the world, but it still has to ensure the red line of 1.8 billion mu of land.
Why?
The purpose is that the situation deteriorates and cannot buy food from the outside. At that time, the food will be self-sufficient and will not choke the outsiders.
Jingzhou is also facing this problem at the moment.
"What is food? Food is the heart of the people."
In Liu Jun's memory, there are also the earnest teachings of Lao Jing to the little prince.
That year, Jingzhou had a severe drought, grain harvests decreased, people were hungry and cold, and thieves were thieves.
If King Jing hadn't been seeking food everywhere, Jingzhou would have been destroyed by famine.
"Hu Wei, where is the farm in our royal palace?"
Taking advantage of the idleness of mass production of the mezzanine and spinning machine, Liu Jun was preparing to plant corn and then raise sweet potatoes and potato seedlings.
When the season comes, not only can sweet potatoes and potatoes be planted on the farm, but the excess seedlings can also be planted for the people.
"When you go back to the prince, you are on both sides of the Wenshui River to the west of Jingyang City, and there are all top-notch land." Hu Wei was happy.
Seeing him like this, Liu Jun shook his head. In ancient times, the most precious resource was land.
As long as you have the land in hand, you can do nothing and just collect rent.
It can be said that the more comfortable the landlords of contemporary times are, the more comfortable the landlords of ancient times are.
"Who is responsible for the land of the royal palace?"
Liu Jun has never been to the royal family farm, and he doesn't know who is in charge of this matter.
"It's the prince's relative, named Liu Rang. According to seniority, the prince will call him cousin." Hu Wei
"Liu Rang?" Liu Jun frowned.
A fat middle-aged man appeared in the little prince's memory.
This person is from Liu Jun’s grandfather’s younger brother and is in a cousin relationship with him.
The Jing lineage has been in Jingzhou for more than 200 years. In addition to the direct descendants, there are also a large number of children from the side branches all over Jingzhou.
At the beginning, the first king Jing was thinking about family affection and directly supported them with the money from the inner treasury.
Later, as the number of descendants gradually increased, the inner treasury gradually could not support it, and the number of algebra increased, and some side branches became distant.
King Jing, who succeeded, canceled the offerings of relatives outside the family tree and allowed him to make a living.
However, in order to help the poor and poor clan children, it was still stipulated that the royal palaces of all dynasties should take out some of the money from the harvest of the farm to build a clan public school so that the children of the other branches who cannot afford to study can study and help those in need of family background.
"It's him. He came when the prince fell. The prince hadn't woken up yet." Hu Wei said.
Liu Jun nodded.
The little prince and Lao Jing are both only sons and have no brothers. The closest relative is this family.
It is precisely because of this that when King Lao Jing was there, he handed over the farmland to him and was usually responsible for clan affairs.
"Let's go and have a look in the afternoon." Liu Jun decided to go to the farm.
"I will also go to see the Liu clan relatives on behalf of my mother, and said that the royal palace did not forget them."
A sound suddenly sounded, but Zhao Yuyan arrived outside the door.
"Why is the mother coming?" Liu Jun stood up and gave up his seat.
Zhao Yuyan just stood outside the door and refused to go in. "You don't let your mother go out, but she can only stroll in the yard. As soon as she got here, she heard you were going to the farm."
"The child is also free and plans to go for a walk." Liu Jun said with a smile.
After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Yuyan sighed: "Mother thought you were enlightened and wanted to find a few handy people to use in the Liu clan."
Zhao Yuyan's words made Liu Jun stunned because he had no experience in living in the family. He had never thought about this since he traveled through time.
Seeing Liu Jun stunned, Zhao Yuyan shook her head gently, "Your father told you to treat your relatives well before his death. If there is such a stunning and brilliant person, you should use it. If you don't recommend the wise and do not avoid relatives, the Liu clan relatives in Jingzhou and our royal palace will all be prosperous and both prosperous and lose. Although there have been complaints in private these days, you say that you are not as good as your father, and you don't care about them, but your heart is still on our side."
"In the past, the children were arrogant and did ignore them." In Liu Jun's memory, the little prince was arrogant and domineering and never took these relatives seriously, let alone promoted them.
Because of this, the relationship between the royal palace and the clan is much distant.
"That's it." Zhao Yuyan seemed to want Liu Jun to ask a clan to Tianzhuang.
After the explanation, he left lazily with the maids and did not teach him much.
Watching Zhao Yuyan go away, Liu Jun returns to the bedroom.
At this time, lunch was also ready, and the dumplings and two little girls were holding various dishes on the table.
Stand aside to serve.
Although Jingzhou is not rich, the food, clothing and consumption specifications of the royal palace must also meet their identity.
So even if Liu Jun can’t finish eating, there will be more than ten dishes on the table every day at noon.
A few days ago, he always ate with spring, summer, autumn and winter, but the food was not left, but now it is different.
"Gudong..."
Just as he was about to move his chopsticks, Liu Jun heard the sound of swallowing saliva.
After glanced at him, he found two little girls secretly watching Cai Liu drool.
Liu Jun went to see the dumplings again, but she poked the two girls with her hands, her face nervous.
"This kitchen is really true. I have eaten enough of these dishes and sent them here." Liu Jun pretended to be angry, "This, this, and there are these dishes. You can take them to eat, and you don't have to serve them in front of you."
Pointing to five plates, Liu Jun said.
Chapter completed!