Zhang Liang has great talent, but Li Yang obviously wants to reuse him.

However, it is impossible for Li Yang to promote him to the center of the court at this moment.

Because of the previous promotion of Han Xin, Xiao He and other groups, they have been controversial by the people in the court.

Although Han Xin, Xiao He and others have proved their abilities with their achievements, this does not mean that everyone will not question Zhang Liang.

What's more, now that Emperor Shin-Emperor is not in the court, he will inevitably give people the impression of developing his own power.

Because of this, Li Yang only asked his official position to be restored and asked him to continue to be the magistrate of Wan County. When he gained political achievements in the future, it would not be too late to promote it.

Because Zhang Liang was once the magistrate of Wan County, he was also familiar with the situation in Wan County.

He told Li Yang that the Ministry of Revenue allocated two places of peppers, one group was the Yellow River Basin and the other group was the Dajiang (Yangtze River) Basin.

In the Yellow River Basin, the cultivation base was selected in Henan Province, and Henan Province also chose the cultivation base mainly in Wan County.

In other words, the pepper base in Wan County is far more than the 100 acres of land, Taoyuanting, but is distributed in more than a dozen towns and counties to plant, with a total of no less than 2,000 acres (about more than 400 acres of land in later generations).

Li Yang was shocked after hearing this!

This means that the benefits that Gongsun Rong can use his power for personal gain and can invade from it is simply a unimaginable amount for ordinary people.

At this time, Li Yang understood why the Ministry of Personnel would depose a provincial-promoted county magistrate at any cost, because the benefits that the Wan County magistrate could bring were too huge.

It can be said that the county magistrate of Wan County is the biggest fat man in the world.

After understanding the truth, Li Yang was even more glad that he discovered this, otherwise the peppers would have become the private property of the Gongsun family this year.

Because there are nearly half of the country's pepper bases under Wan County, Li Yang directly asked Zhang Liang: "Zhang Liang, how do you plan to deal with the collected peppers?"

Zhang Liang pondered for a moment and said, "If you conduct an open auction, all the proceeds will be included in the treasury and used for the construction of water conservancy projects in this county."

Li Yang nodded: "Okay, let's do this!"

"Here!" Zhang Liang received the order.

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On that day, under the enthusiastic invitation of the villagers, Li Yang stayed in the village for lunch.

The villagers took out the best wine and meat in their homes, killed chickens and sheep, and treated him with the highest courtesy.

In the afternoon, perhaps because of the news, the governor of Henan Province, led the county magistrate of Nanyang County, and came to meet him tremblely. As a result, these two were naturally scolded by Li Yang and scolded him bloodily!

Such a bad thing happened in their jurisdiction. Can the governor and the county magistrate not be scolded?

Regarding Zhang Liang's demotion to the head of the pavilion, the Henan Governor said he did not know about this, while the Nanyang County Governor knew about it and did not report it. Li Yang did not directly dismiss him, so he was considered merciless.

The two were so scared that they were trembling. After returning, the Henan Governor immediately started a work to rectify the provincial administration.

Especially when it comes to the issue of new crop collection, we are strict in control and strict in order to avoid a second such thing.

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The next day, two Yulin soldiers took Gongsun Rong to Xianyang and handed over to the Ministry of Justice.

Because Gongsun Rong was sent by Li Yang to the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Justice Meng Yi naturally knew the severity of the matter and did not dare to be sloppy at all, so he immediately tried it seriously that day.

At the same time, in Gongsun Mansion in Xianyang City.

The housekeeper led a man who looked like a businessman into the chamber.

Gongsun Jing, the Minister of Personnel, sat in the main seat above the hall.

The person who came bowed and said, "Brother, what are you going to give me?"

This person's name is Gongsun Ji, who is in his thirties. He is Gongsun Jing's cousin, who is in charge of the restaurant of the Gongsun family - Zuixiao Tower.

Zuixiao Tower has a huge industry. There are three stores in Xianyang City alone, and each county has branches. More importantly, its luxury and style can be said to be no worse than Tianxiaju. Moreover, a year ago, its reputation was even more than Tianxiaju.

However, since Tianxiaju was taken over by Li Yang, he suddenly invented countless new recipes, and in turn stepped on Zuixiao Tower and pressed it tightly.

This made Gongsun Ji worry and tried his best to do so, but he failed to make the business of Zuixiao Tower prosperous again.

"Brother Ji, has the chef from Tianxiaju dug up?" When Gongsun Jing saw that Gongsun Ji came, he was concerned about the affairs of Zuixiao Tower.

Gongsun Ji smiled and said, "Brother, I have already dug up. He knows everything about the recipe of spicy hot pot base, and the recipe of hot pot base has been passed on to various stores. Now, it can be said that it is just about chili. As long as the pepper arrives, we can launch spicy hot pot immediately, and it will be popular all over the country by then!"

Yes, this is a big business.

Zuixiao Tower has more than 40 branches across the country, all of which have launched spicy hot pot one after another. The income of Zuixiao Tower this year will be unlimited. You should know that in Xianyang City, it is not a matter of money to have a spicy hot pot, and even if you have money, you can’t eat it.

Gongsun Jing smiled and said, "Brother Ji, I call you here this time to tell you about Chili."

"Oh? Could it be that Gongsun Rong has started picking peppers?" Gongsun Ji was excited.

Gongsun Jing nodded proudly: "Yes, I received a message from him yesterday saying that they have started picking recently, and the production of peppers this year is quite abundant. It is estimated that the first batch of peppers can reach 600 stones (more than 30,000 kilograms)."

"Six hundred stones?" Gongsun Ji's eyes widened when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed: "Six hundred stones are great! It's so great! These chili peppers are enough for more than 40 branches in Zuixiao Tower for a year."

You should know that 600 s of fresh chili can be made into about 100 s (nearly 6,000 kilograms) of dried chili.

It can be predicted that the first batch of picked peppers in Wan County will bring nearly 20,000 gold less to Zuixiaolou.

What is the contemplation of 20,000 gold?

It is said that last year, the rich Luo family of Xianyang bid for the construction of the Guxian Great Wall. It took a whole year to make a profit of 10,000 yuan from the project.

Moreover, this has already made a lot of benefits.

This time, the first batch of picked peppers in Wan County alone are expected to bring nearly 20,000 gold to Zuixiao Tower, and its profit is twice as high as the construction of the Great Wall project, which can be regarded as a huge profit.

It is precisely because of such huge profits that Gongsun Jing tried every means to monopolize the source of peppers from the source of the base.

Thinking of the huge profits that chili peppers can bring, even Gongsun Jing, who was the Minister of Personnel, couldn't help but feel excited and said with a spring breeze: "Gongsun Rong said that once he has finished picking and the seeds are removed and dried, he will be delivered to Xianyang immediately. Calculate the time, it will take less than half a month at most, so you have to prepare early. Once the chili peppers arrive there, you can launch spicy hot pot and various spicy dishes."

"Here." Gongsun Ji was overjoyed and nodded immediately with excitement.

However, while being happy, Gongsun Ji did not forget the safe way and looked up and said, "This time Li Yang's southern tour, we must make Rong Rong be more cautious!"

Gongsun Jing chuckled: "Don't worry, brother Ji, then Li Yang went south to inspect and was going to the Guangdong Province. Even if he passed by Henan Province, he was still rushing to the fields in the town pavilion? Besides, Gongsun Rong was not stupid, so how could he collect peppers in front of Li Yang?"

Gongsun Ji thought about it and was right.

Li Yang went south to inspect and brought the Five Hundred Yulin. Although the show was not as good as the Eastern Tour of the First Emperor, no matter where he went, it would be known to the local counties and the people. Gongsun Rong was very smart, so how could he collect peppers when Li Yang's team appeared?

Thinking of this, Gongsun Ji's concerns suddenly disappeared, knowing that he was thinking too much.

"It seems that my brother can't compare with it."

Gongsun Ji flattered, and then the two laughed loudly, full of expectations for the future Zuixiao Tower...

"Master, something is wrong, something happened!"

Just as the two were full of joy, the butler suddenly rushed in in a hurry, as if something big had happened.

Seeing that the housekeeper was so panicked, Gongsun Jing couldn't help but say unhappy: "What happened?"

The housekeeper said: "Someone from the clan came to report that something happened in Wan County. Li Yang went south to inspect. Gongsun Rong disobeyed the government order and forcibly collected peppers. Now Gongsun Rong has been taken to the Ministry of Justice!"

"What!"

When he heard this, Gongsun Jing almost staggered to the ground and was shocked!
Chapter completed!