Chapter 226 The Power of "Man's Word"

Under the cruel killing, the surviving soldiers of the regiment train were as cold as cicadas, and they answered in unison: "Here!"

Zhao Xing could not be fooled by slogans alone. Zhao Xing knew that there were no strict rules. If the soldiers agreed well, they would tamper with their backs. Even if there were strict rules, they could not guarantee the death of the people. So Zhao Xing next announced a set of military merit calculation methods. This set of military merit calculations is strictly measured with numbers. For example, one minute during the day, one minute and a half at night, and three minutes when fighting in the enemy...

Zhao Xing also has a solution to how to judge that the patrol ship has completed the execution. He asked the patrol ship to get a cargo bill and Yangzhou price list from the Loach before departure in the morning, and then pass it to the destination, and bring it back from the destination on the day the Loach Bank's financial statements and local price list. In this way, the navy patrol also accomplishes the purpose of information exchange between the Loach Bank.

Next is information sharing. The Loach will organize the price and commodity information within the nearby water army patrol range into reports, charge fees to familiar merchants, and take out part of the income and pay it to the water army patrol ship. In this way, after the water army completes the patrol mission, there will be additional labor remuneration. Even if Zhao Xing leaves, they will maintain this patrol. The calculation method set up by Zhao Xing strictly reflects the principle of fairness. All tasks can be expressed in numbers, and everyone's monthly income can be calculated by themselves. In this way, if others want to change this regulation, they will risk the anger of offending the public...

Zhao Xing's painstaking management indeed made a reward soon. The goods situation in several nearby prefectures and counties he provided allowed relevant merchants who paid for information to quickly respond to the fluctuations of prices. Since then, the circulation of information on the Loach Stack became larger and larger, and with the development of the transportation industry, it gradually came out alone and became a newspaper equivalent to the Dibao. Subsequently, the merchants of the Song Dynasty fully utilized their advertising awareness and started hyping them up in the Loach Newspaper. Finally, under the intentional guidance of Zhao Xing, the Loach Newspaper became a commercial weekly report on the human relationships and commodity information on the canal.

The development of the loach newspaper has also fixed the training income of the Yangzhou navy. The delivery of loach newspapers within a one-day voyage is undertaken by the Yangzhou navy. The Yangzhou navy has also begun to gradually replace new ships and increase the strength of the navy as the circulation of the loach newspapers expands...

These are all later stories.

Zhao Xing explained his military merit reward and punishment regulations to the Yangzhou Navy. In order to make every soldier of the Yangzhou Navy understand, Wan Qiyong also asked ten notices to post them in various barracks of the Yangzhou Navy. This regulation tied to interests was warmly welcomed by the soldiers. Zhao Xing believed that those who gained interests would never give up this interest easily. In this way, within 20 or 30 years, the elite navy in Yangzhou could maintain its combat effectiveness.

Of course, the most important thing the army along the canal needs to complain about in the future is Zhao Xing's rule. Because this rule is that the more diligent the Yangzhou naval army is, the more extra money it earns, so they try their best to expand. All the cities along the river within a day's voyage are forcibly included in them. The suppressed navigators along the route are frosty as they see the rich profits. Naturally, they are full of complaints about Zhao Xing who made this rule.

After the regulations were promulgated, the soldiers were discussing heatedly. Zhao Xing brought two officials and leisurely out of the military camp. This regulations also suppressed his opposition to the military order, because joining the Yangzhou navy in the future will become a good job. If you don’t want to, there are a lot of people outside crying and shouting, demanding to enjoy this rigor.

The three of them walked out of the military camp side by side. Wan Qi Yong looked around and saw that there were no idle people on the left and right. He smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, today you are a strict regiment training. Can the judge in charge enter the military camp again? I am afraid that he will resign and leave after he is angry."

Zhao Xing squinted his eyes and looked at the Yangzhou streets in early winter. Yangzhou is a water city. When the climate changes, the whole sky seems misty, known as misty rain and rivers, half blue smoke and half mountain. In this misty sky, the city seems particularly quiet. Because the water in the air is heavy and the sound is transmitted far away, everyone lowered their voices, which makes the voices in the distance full of whispers.

"It's not a matter of Shuai Fan when he entered the light army. He trained the navy and made great contributions. I have prepared an additional reward for him - a thousand acres of paddy fields. When he comes back, things have gone down, so who will blame him?"

Shan E stretched out his palm and placed it in the air, feeling the moisture of the air, and said with a smile: "According to the imperial court, we will continue to reclaim wasteland next year, but reclaiming wasteland is easy, road construction costs labor, and many river crossings have to be built. Stone materials are a headache. What do you think of people?"

"Auction!" Zhao Xing replied with a smile: "Let's go, we have nothing to do, so we will walk back to the state yamen like this... You just asked what to do when building a bridge, and this requires the Buddha to come forward. The Buddha said: There is no good thing to build a bridge and pave the way. I am going to let the Yangzhou temple come forward to pray for every person who builds a bridge, and promote: Thousands of people will cross the bridge, and you will choose all the places you need to build a bridge, and I will sell it to those wealthy businessmen, allowing them to name their own bridge, and then carve the monument to pray for it loudly.

There are about a thousand wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou. How many stone bridges do we need to build? It is estimated that there are at most hundreds of dozens of them. There are not many. If you want to buy them quickly, they will not rob them."

After hearing this, Shan E immediately responded: "My family has newly established one thousand acres of paddy fields. If those families want to settle in Yangzhou, they also need to do some good things for Yangzhou. I will book a bridge first. A bridge is less than a hundred stale, and it is only the price of ten acres of paddy fields. I will pay for this money."

When Wan Qi Yong heard this, he became anxious: "Mr. Ji Yin, your family has more than a hundred hectares of land in Suzhou. I didn't expect this land in Yangzhou. I don't have much land in Hangzhou. Recently, I have processed all the land in Hangzhou and planned to settle down in Yangzhou. These 800 acres of land are my place, so you have to leave me a bridge, preferably close to my paddy fields, so it is convenient for me to repair in the future."

Shan E nodded repeatedly: "Of course, since that's the case, we simply doubled the number of bridges, and made Yangzhou a city of thousands of bridges. Anyone who is interested in building a bridge will ask him to build one. How about it?"

After a pause, Shan E said again: "Brother Yayan, Yangzhou has high prices, and 800 acres of land to support the family, but it is not enough. You plan to move your family here, but you have to think carefully. People say: You have to ride a crane to Yangzhou. 100,000 yuan of furniture is not enough for Yangzhou's years of expenses, and 800 acres of paddy fields are only enough to be a rural residence. Can you do it?"

Wan Qiyong grinned: "Aren't you still clearing the land next year? There will be a lot of wasteland next year, so I will buy some more. In addition, I took a water mill from Lord Zhao yesterday. I heard that this is a water transport iron mill recently developed by Mr. Mengxi. My land is just close to a river. I borrow the work of building a bridge. I plan to raise the water level of the river section and build a water mill as you said. In the future, grind flour and fry sesame oil at home, which can be considered a long-term input."

Shan E clapped and exclaimed: "A good idea, 800 acres of paddy fields, took out 50 acres of land near the river, built a mill, lived in the backyard, and the water mill was close to the riverside, and the purchase and delivery were transported out through water. It was really a good idea.

However, I have also read the drawings of Li Ren. The most valuable of those drawings is the spinning machine. I heard that the spinning machine in Hangzhou has been opened into pieces. A small workshop can weave hundreds of feet of cloth within a day. Yangzhou is the hub of the world, and cotton is easy to transport. It is even more promising to open a weaving factory here."

Zhao Xing held his hands behind his back and listened happily to the two officials discussing the great cause of making money. He was wearing wooden shoes made of dragon blood trees. The hard wooden soles stepped on the bluestone road. In the thin mist, the footsteps were crisp and pleasant, just like a person constantly applauding.

Wan Qiyong shook his head there: "There are small families and small households, so weaving factories. I heard that the workshops of more than 100 weavers in Hangzhou are small factories, and there are large workshops with more than 1,000 people. How can we measure the daily output? I heard that the cloth weaving every day requires a ship quantity and can fill several ships.

I have a son in my family, who is underage, and my wife does not have the calculation method like Chen Zhipo, so she cannot learn from others. She should open a small workshop and teach and educate children in this workshop, which is also a kind of freedom.”

Shan E joked: "If you collect three or five dou more, why not marry a concubine who can settle accounts and do housework like Lord Zhao."

Zhao Xing walked a few steps and heard the heated chat behind him, he said without looking back: "Mr. Ji Yin, the master of his family wrote not long ago that the court has promised to use civilians again, and the repair of the Yellow River has also been put on the agenda. He has submitted a report to the court, hoping that you can preside over the water conservancy. If Mr. Ji Yin plans to leave, he hopes to make a plan for the land reclamation in Yangzhou as soon as possible, so that we can continue after you leave."

Shan E smiled and followed Zhao Xing through the alley, walking along the river bank, while saying, "Mr. Cai is too anxious. In fact, the Xiang army just needs to build roads in Yangzhou for land reclamation. The refugees who reclaimed the land in advance will settle down and will recruit friends to slowly reclaim those landless wastelands. It is inevitable that they will force them to do so.

How much wasteland can there be in Yangzhou? Many wastelands are actually owned. The owner of the field does not point to the production in the field, so the fields are left deserted. Fortunately this year, there are still some fields to be reclaimed. What about next year?

Lord Cai is eager for success and profit. By the third year, if the landless wasteland is reclaimed, we must look at the land again. There are many tricks of taking advantage of others. Let’s reclaim the wasteland for another year and stop. If we continue, it will not be beneficial to the people.”

Zhao Xing's land reclamation was actually not the main purpose, because the court did not allow the use of civilians, but had to dredge rivers and had to use a large amount of labor. Therefore, Zhao Xing applied to the court to call the Xiang army under the banner of reclaiming land and resettling refugees. If the land reclamation was terminated, it meant that the Xiang army could not be mobilized without reason.

"If we work for another year, can we dredge and perfect the rivers near Yangzhou?" Zhao Xing asked.

Shan E understood Zhao Xing's point, and he sighed: "Dropping rivers near Yangzhou is a big project, and it will take ten years to do some work. Now we are just doing some tricks around the canal, which is not considered a big project... Alas, now, I can only say that after the end of next year, Yangzhou City can be sorted out in Yangzhou. That's all."

"One official position and benefit the people, my wish is enough, so why force it?" Zhao Xing sighed. Sometimes, he really couldn't understand Shan E. There are really such simple people in the world, not for fame or profit, but just wanted to dredge the Taihu water system.

The water system of Taihu Lake has been dredged, what's the matter with you? Shan E actually spent a whole thirty years for this simple purpose. If he said that his purpose was to be an official, Zhao Xing would admit it. However, when he mentioned Su Shi's recommendation just now, Shan E didn't support him.

For a simple purpose, he spent thirty years of his life, which made Zhao Xing, who pursued the maximization of benefits in everything, felt extremely incredible, but at the same time, he also deeply admired Shan E.

"Only paranoid can succeed in this world," Zhao Xing muttered: "As a central Yangzhou world, we may not be able to make Yangzhou free of floods for a hundred years, but I am already very satisfied that this city can be smooth and indestructible. Let's do this. Let's do it for another year next year, and we will ask for an order, saying that Yangzhou cannot bear the pressure of the population, and ask the court to temporarily put down the resettlement of refugees and then just reclaim the land."

Shan E nodded: "That's the case!...If you say to Brother Zizhan, you will say that I am familiar with the Taihu water system and I am not familiar with the Yellow River. If you want to dredge the Yellow River, let others do it."

Zhao Xing shook his head. In fact, he knew in his heart that Su Shi's recommendation did not work at all. Now the court is quarreling. The Shu Party seems to be powerful, but the Luo Party's attacks are endless. They will not allow Su Shi to recruit people to strengthen himself. Therefore, Su Shi did not recommend Dan E, and Dan E had hope of being promoted to the Ministry of Works with his political achievements and engaged in water conservancy projects. Once Su Shi mentioned it, Dan E would be depressed in this life as such a small official.

But these words cannot be clearly told Shan E. This simple old man did not understand the struggle in the officialdom. Wan Qi Yong understood, but Shan E was introduced to Zhao Xing by Su Shi. Zhao Xing treated Shan E very respectfully and usually welcomed and sent him with teachers' courtesy. Zhao Xing refused to expose it, and Wan Qi Yong was unwilling to be a villain. He smiled and changed the topic: "It's better for Mr. Shan to turn to Yangzhou, and you and me are close to each other, how about it?"

Shan E smiled. He didn't hear the meaning of Wanqi's chant and said happily: "I have been together for a year, but the guest of honor is acquainted. If someone leaves, he will move to Yangzhou,..."

Before Shan E finished speaking, a shout came from an alley next to him. It was a scolding in Wudi's soft words. The voice was soft and not like a verb, but like a complaint to his lover: "Beat your husband to death, beat you to death, beat you to death, eat, sleep and eat, snoring but not gaining weight, and even the little boy will not take care of you. Beat you to death, beat you to death."

Zhao Xing stopped, with a laughing and crying expression on his face. Shan E shook his head with a wry smile. The smile on Wan Qi Yong's face was meaningful.

"Ao Xianggong" is what people used to call Wang Anshi. The local women in this village dared to say that they "beheaded her to death". This is a slander, a serious slander. Isn't she afraid of being arrested by the people's yamen runners?

Zhao Xing raised his foot and was about to walk to the place where the sound came. He saw the brave woman with his own eyes. Shan E and Wan Qi Yong stretched out their hands at the same time and gently pulled Zhao Xing's sleeve. Wan Qi Yong said first: "All the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, Huo Zhu is a stubborn husband! This private woman is training pigs."

The civilian woman was nagging and scolding. From what she said, her sow gave birth to a few piglets, but the sow was too lazy and crushed a young pig to death when she turned over. The civilian woman was so angry that she took the bamboo branch and taught the sow a lesson.

Zhao Xing sighed softly and said, "Mr. Wang Jing is also a self-righteous person and calls the pig a mascot. This is too much. Let's go and stop it."

Shan E shook his head, Wan Qi Yong smiled and said, "Sir, I can't stop it. There are no more than one million households in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and everyone calls pigs "the husband of the same family". How can we stop it?"

"Millions of people call pigs "the husband of her husband"?" Zhao Xing murmured in disbelief: "How could this happen?"

Shan E nodded and agreed: "Li Ren seems to have never communicated with the people. Not only are the civilian women calling Zhu "a 'sang', I heard that in the recent books, some people have made this public public. In the books, they also called Zhu "a 'sang'."

Zhao Xing sighed: "When Wang Jinggong was alive, he often said 'three fears', and some of them said they were not afraid. I don't know if he knew about it after his death, and what would it be like to learn that the people were called like this?"

Shan E curled his lips and said a little unrestrainedly: "Mr. Wang Jinggong doesn't care. People don't have to fear!"

Wan Qi Yong probably knew Zhao Xing's political stance. Like Su Shi, he was a neutral and harmonious faction, so he said so boldly about Wang Anshi's bad words, but Shan E wanted to be honest. He whispered, looked at Jing'ai's streets, and whispered: "Silence, how can you say bad words about Jing Gong in the street? Go quickly and go quickly."

Zhao Xing also knew that it was troublesome to be recognized by others. He waved his hand and asked the boat that had been with him to lean on the shore. He quickly led the two of them to jump onto the boat and hid in the cabin. The boat quickly drove away from this place of right and wrong.

As the season enters winter, the activities of the people slow down, and the number of criminal investigations of officials has also been greatly reduced. The end of the year happened to be Cai Jing's busiest time. He had to count the taxes sent from various places one by one, and then transfer them to the capital. This made the banquets between officials calm down. Zhao Xing began to tease his concubines in the mansion and hug the Hu Ji, and his life was relaxed and comfortable.

On December 16, 1091, the fourth day of November 6, the 6th year of Yuanyou, on Tuesday, the winter solstice of the Gengzi month of the Chinese calendar, Cai Jing hosted the Confucius worship activity in Yangzhou. With this article, Yangzhou is no less prosperous than Hangzhou, this "Training the Cooking Master" activity was intense and enthusiastic.

Yangzhou has a rich financial situation this year. Cai Jing is a bold person in government affairs. He has embezzled himself and refused to let others stand in a clean place. On this winter solstice, he made the decision and distributed 500 to ten ten cents of paper money to every scholar participating in the "Caising Master" activity - this money spent 30,000 cents of Yangzhou's fiscal reserves.

Cai Jing happily accepted the thanks from the scholars. During the break of the gift, he leaned into Zhao Xing's ear and asked in a low voice: "I heard that when you and Su Shi left office, you left 200,000 pounds of spare money for the Yangzhou treasury, right?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "The total number is about 230,000 stakes and 713 stakes."

Cai Jingtie smiled and asked casually: "Where did this money go?"

Zhao Xing was silent for a moment and replied: "I heard that the new magistrate used a large sum of money to collect the post pavilion, and spent another sum of money to welcome and send off the pagoda. The remaining money was to repair the pagoda and build a pavilion along the West Lake shore..."

Cai Jing smiled coldly and said viciously: "I won't leave the money in the treasury to the later one."

Zhao Xing did not speak, and gave the other party a questioning look. Cai Jing then added: "There is news in the capital that you and I are not allowed to serve as officials in the same place. I guess that when the county summons next year, one of you and I will be transferred, or both of us will be transferred. There is news that the successor is your teacher."

Zhao Xing was speechless, Cai Jing glanced at the former and continued to sneer: "In the court, since I am not allowed to serve as an official in the same place as you, would you allow you to serve as an official in the same place as your teacher? If your teacher comes, I will leave half of your face for him. If someone else comes, I will not have any money left and I will spend all of it."

Zhao Xing asked back: "Why don't they allow you and me to serve as officials in the same place?"
Chapter completed!