Seven days later!

"From Beijing?"

Ferdinand was working on his research in the backyard of Prince Zheng’s mansion. A strong Mongolian man ran in and reported to him that a young official wanted to see him, and that he was from Beijing!

"Yes, Master!"

Agudamum replied loudly! He was originally a slave of the Mongolqin tribe, but he was lost to Yu Zhong by Zhuo Suotu! He was honest and happened to marry a wife named Gao Yunqiqige (Grave Flower). As a result, the couple was forced to separate. After arriving in Fengtian, he was in a bad mood. Later, Old Man Fei found out about his affairs. As a result, Old Man Fei actually asked Mo Jing for a mare and gave it to Zhuo Suotu, and then changed his family and wife! Since then, he has been very grateful to Old Man Fei, You

After he knew the value of the mare to the Korqin tribe, he was even more grateful to Old Man Fei! So many Mongolian Khans got only stallions, only Korqin had a mare! What a great kindness? So, since then, he swore that as long as it was Old Man Fei's order, he would do it even if he died!... When Prince Jian came to cause trouble, if Old Man Fei hadn't stopped him with anger, he might have to throw that guy into a meat pie. He was a famous wrestling expert in the Korqin tribe!

"Did that official say what his name is?"

"I didn't remember, I just said that my surname was Zhang..." Agudamu touched his head and said, "I have been here in Fengtian for more than a year. I knew that the master could not speak Mongolian, so he had been learning Chinese, but there were not many words that could remember!

"The surname is Zhang?...who would he be?...Forget it, ask him to wait in the living room, I'll go right away!"

"Yes, master!" Agudamu bowed and walked out!

...

Outside the palace, Zhang Tingyu was covered in dust!

From Beijing to Fengtian, it was less than a thousand miles away. He was a civil servant and arrived here in seven days, which was considered very fast!... After all, he was not good at riding horses!

"Guest, the host invites you in!..."

Agudamu walked out of the palace and bowed slightly to Zhang Tingyu and said!... This was not taught by Old Man Fei. In Mongolia, slaves like Agudamu had to give a big gift when they saw the nobles. He also knew that the officials in Beijing should be quite small, so he did this!

"Yes! Please lead the way!" Zhang Tingyu also made a gesture of invitation and followed Agudamu into the palace!

Prince Zheng’s mansion in Fengtian is not very big than those in Beijing, and it can even be said to be very small! However, Zhang Tingyu did not feel the word "small" along the way. He only felt that there was only one word in this mansion that could be described, that is... old! There were actually green grass on the road with bluestone, and the vines there grew into the corridor... No matter how you look at it, it should not be a first-class viscount, a scene that should appear in the mansion of a second-rank official! However, Zhang Tingyu was calm and did not ask any questions.

Soon, Zhang Tingyu met Old Man Fei!

The first thing the two of them did was to look at each other first!

Zhang Tingyu was still very young at this time, only in her twenties, not even a beard. She was wearing a court robes embroidered with a genus trousers and a flower feather on her head. Although she was covered in dust, she still seemed meticulous and calm. Old Man Fei nodded secretly in her heart.

But Zhang Tingyu felt bad when she looked at Old Man Fei!

This old man obviously hadn't shaved his head for a long time. There was a bunch of hair on his forehead, mixed with one or two silver wires. The official uniform on his body was not very neat, especially the hem, which was very wrinkled, which shows that the other party did not value the symbol of this official!... However, these are nothing. What made Zhang Tingyu frown the most was that the official uniform was embroidered with a bear on the official uniform that Old Man Fei wore, which represented a fifth-grade martial arts. Old Man Fei was obviously a second-grade official, and his replenishment should be a lion!

...

"Mr. Zhang?" Old Man Fei tried to scream first.

"I dare not! The official Zhang Tingyu has met Dutong Fei!"

Zhang Tingyu did not act like an imperial envoy, and was very humble and polite.

"Zhang Tingyu? I think I have heard of this name..." Old Man Fei thought to himself, but he naturally gave Zhang Tingyu to the chair next to him.

"The Xiaguan is here to come by the emperor's order and come to ask Fei Dutong several questions!"

"Please speak!" said Old Man Fei.

“…”

Zhang Tingyu had no words to the old man in front of him! He was wearing his official uniform incorrectly, which was one of them. When he heard that he had come by the emperor's order, he dared to sit there and say "please speak". This is the second thing. He should have knelt down to the ground immediately after hearing this sentence and welcomed the emperor's will!...Don't he understand these rules?

"It seems that I really don't understand!"

If other officials were ordered to ask questions and see Old Man Fei's virtue, they would probably be forced to take down this "very disrespectful" guy on the spot. Fortunately, Zhang Tingyu did not have this habit. Before he came, he had inquired about Old Man Fei's affairs. When he saw that the other party's expression was not as if he was pretending to be fake, he would not mention this.

"The emperor asked the minister why Lord Dutong planted rice in Fengtian?" Zhang Tingyu asked formally.

"Of course it's for eating!" Old Man Fei replied.

"…!?I heard that the adults are studying a good-bred rice, but I wonder if it has ever been successful?" After a pause, Zhang Tingyu continued to ask.

"No! That's too difficult, so I'll use some ordinary rice to grow it first. Why do I say that this rice is also higher than wheat?" Old Man Fei replied.

"I wonder when it will be successful?" Zhang Tingyu continued to ask.

"It's hard to say! It's hard to achieve any results when we study something, especially without any foundation now, without a few years, and even if we have results, it may not be suitable for it. So, you can't be anxious about this!..."

"Adults have one kind of rice that is 1,500 acres. Are you not afraid of bad harvests and being criticized by some people?" Zhang Tingyu asked.

"What does this matter to others? I bought all these lands myself. Whatever I planted and how much harvested it is, even if the emperor came here in person, he wouldn't care about it?" Old Man Fei said dissatisfied.

"This... Lord Duke, you can't say this nonsense!" Zhang Tingyu secretly felt funny in his heart. This time Prince Jian was going to be unlucky again. In the memorial, this guy did not say that the land planted by Ferdinand was his own, but said that it was a illegitimate plan in Manchuria. Now it seems that this is just a deliberate revenge! However, how to deal with Prince Jian is not his business, so Zhang Tingyu kindly reminded Old Man Fei, "All the world is the king's land; especially in Manchuria, things are complicated, so Lord Duke should be careful in everything!"

"Is it the king's land in the world? Does the emperor believe such stupid words?" Ferdinand's answer was beyond Zhang Tingyu's expectations, and he almost jumped up, who had always been calm.

"This is the words of a saint, so how can it be said that 'stupid'? Lord Duan should not speak nonsense!" Zhang Tingyu was a little anxious. This was him. If other Confucian children had to squat with Old Man Fei on the spot. He dared to doubt the words of the saint and didn't want to live? Kangxi went to Qufu in person to kneel down and worship Confucius!

"Why aren't stupid? The world is so big... Oh, forget it, Lord Zhang, I'll give you a map later to see what the world looks like, so as not to be harmed by those outdated books!... But, you have to remember that the map was made by me in Nebuchu, very precious, you must not break it! Maybe when will I borrow it to see it again!" No matter how Zhang Tingyu refused, Old Man Fei wanted to give it away, but Zhang Tingyu finally had to agree to accept the map.

"The emperor heard that the emperor was planting rice in Manchuria and intended to promote it. Unfortunately, there were few Manchuria people, so the results were not great!" Zhang Tingyu said again.

"What's the difficulty? Immigration!"

"I am afraid that I don't know what the lord has returned from the West. The imperial court once had an order to ban Manchuria. No one is allowed to enter without a banner!" Zhang Tingyu said with a wry smile.

"Then transfer the bannerman..."

"This is probably very difficult!"

"Why?"

"The prosperity of the pass is that all the bannermen have monthly payments given by the court from the date of their birth. Therefore, few bannermen are willing to suffer in Guandong!" Zhang Tingyu said.

"That's it! To solve this problem...it's not difficult!"

"What?" Zhang Tingyu was stunned. Isn't it difficult? Even the emperor felt it was difficult to do something, a second-rank official with no power, dared to say "it's not difficult"?

Without asking, he was stunned for a while. Zhang Tingyu picked up the tea that had already been placed on the table and took a sip. Then he looked at Ferdinand again and said, "Sir, it's not difficult. Do you want the emperor to force the bannerman to come out of seclusion?"

"Forcing the levy? This method is not good... I also know that forced melons are not sweet! Besides, doing so will easily cause the bannermen to rebound. Lord Zhang, do you think so?" Old Man Fei smiled unpredictably.

"Then what can Lord Tuan have to make the bannermen willing to go out of seclusion and farming?" Zhang Tingyu's thoughts were completely attracted by Old Man Fei. If this problem is solved, Old Man Fei will make great contributions, which is only second. As a responsible and knowledgeable official, he is of course more aware of the great benefits that Manchuria can bring to become a granary!

"What can I do? It's just one word: citation!"

"lead?"

"That's right!" Old Man Fei also picked up the tea and took a sip.

"Please make it clear by Lord General!" Zhang Tingyu asked with his hands bowed.

"Everyone has hopes!..." Old man Fei put down his teacup, "If you want those bannermen to come out willingly, you must arouse the hope in their hearts! And this hope is nothing more than three things: money, power, and women!"

"Sir, the official cannot understand this. Although the Manchu officials are of high rank, they are not very large. How can the word "power" satisfy many bannermen? Moreover, the place is desolate and the land is vast and sparse, so let alone money and women!" Zhang Tingyu blushed a little. As a child of a saint, it would be a bit unreasonable to talk about these things with others!

"Hehe... Everything cannot be done in one step!... This matter has to be done slowly. To put it clearly, it is to make 'a part of the people rich first'..."

“…The wealth will lead to wealth!?”

"Mr. Zhang is really quick, yes, just let the rich first lead the rich later!..." Old Man Fei smiled.

"I'm afraid it won't work!" Zhang Tingyu was happy at first, but then he whispered and sniffed.

"What's wrong?" Old Man Fei was also stunned.

"The reason why the court wanted to ban Manchuria was to allow the bannermen outside the pass to maintain their former tough style. Not to mention anything else, if it became prosperous outside the pass, wouldn't it be that the court's plan failed? It would be difficult to get the consent of the court!" Zhang Tingyu said.

"Hmph! If it is supported by poverty, then it is better not to have such poverty. I heard that the bannermen today have long lost their former courage. Instead of letting them live and dreaming in the pass, it is better to let some ambitions come out of the pass to start a business. No matter whether they are in the military or not, they can at least train them. It is better than nothing! Hehe, keep the bannermen outside the pass? What is the use of keeping them? When these bannermen outside the pass are used, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty will have reached the time for life and death. At that time, what can such a little person be dealt with?..." Old Man Fei said disdainfully.

"...Mr. Duke, please be careful! It is the will of Emperor Taizu to ban Manchuria!..."

"Be careful?...You are here to ask me on behalf of the emperor, aren't you?"

"……yes!"

"Then what do you mean by asking me to be cautious? Do you want me to tell lies?"

"That's not what the officials mean!"

"That's good, Lord Zhang, I think you are quite a real person. Unlike some officials, they are arrogant but have no ability. So, I'll tell you something real!... This, I heard that the court spends a lot of money and tens of millions of taels of silver every time they fight, so what does that mean? It means that there are only money and food for wars. Instead of letting Guandong continue to be poor, it's better to let him build the northern Jiangnan! That can also add more income to the court, don't you?"

"How can we be considered strong if we are rich and strong, but not rich? The reason why our Qing Dynasty was able to invade Shanhaiguan that day was not because of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty? If the treasury in the Ming Dynasty was abundant, how could there be riots everywhere? How could our Qing Dynasty rise up in Manchuria? I have read history recently. When the Central Plains were rich in all ages, I have never heard of any foreign race that could invade, even if the foreign race is so fierce... This war is just money! So, for the country, wealth is not necessarily strong, but strong, the premise is wealth! Otherwise, you have to tighten your belt when you fight a war, and even if you win, it is probably almost over! ... Do you think, Lord Zhang?"
Chapter completed!