Chapter 1010 Old Acquaintance

Twenty days later, Yun Zheng and his party arrived in Fuzhou.

They first rushed to Jingyang Prefecture, where Tuohuan told them in detail about the governance achievements of Fuzhou in the past year and the problems facing Fuzhou.

With the smooth implementation of the land-based tax system, people's livelihood in Fuzhou has been greatly improved.

In the officialdom, Tuohuan demonstrated outstanding talents and promoted a large number of talented people to serve as chief officials of various counties in Fuzhou.

However, these officials were basically not formally appointed by the Ministry of Personnel, and were basically in a position of power without a name.

In addition, the imperial court has never stopped infiltrating Fuzhou.

Tuohuan captured hundreds of spies sent by the imperial court to Fuzhou, and now they have all been sent to do heavy physical labor such as mining and canal digging.

Even so, there should still be a large number of spies sent by the imperial court hiding in Fuzhou.

However, because Tuohuan had always been very strict about this matter, those spies did not cause any major trouble in Fuzhou.

In addition, inflation in Shuobei has also affected the prices in Fuzhou. Currently, the prices in Fuzhou have increased by nearly 20% compared to last year.

This is also Fuzhou’s biggest problem at present.

This problem will continue to exist in the short term.

Currently, neither Tuo Huan nor Yun Zheng have a good solution.

They were unable to increase the supply too much, and could only collect the silver and money in circulation by selling some luxury goods, and try their best to control the silver and money circulating in the market.

Once the situation in Shuobei and Northwest Protectorate improved, the problem of inflation in Fuzhou would naturally be solved.

After staying in Jingyang Prefecture for a few days, Yun Zheng took Shen Luoyan and others to Changle County.

This is the fief of his beloved daughter, they will definitely come and take a look.

Not only should we look at it, but we should also vigorously develop Changle County.

After all, Changle County, as Yunjin's fiefdom, does not need to pay taxes to the imperial court.

If this development goes well, all the money and food will go into their own pockets.

Changle County is located in the southwest of Fuzhou, about 200 miles away from Jingyang Prefecture and about 120 miles away from Yaoxi.

Changle County's strategic location is not as good as Yaoxi, but its natural conditions are relatively better.

In the entire Fuzhou, except for Jingyang Prefecture and Juping County, Changle County has the best natural conditions.

Changle County has 120,000 households, and excluding the troops they transferred over, the registered population is nearly 700,000.

It is also because of this that Changle County lacks unowned land, and the total amount of official land in the entire Changle County is only more than 2,000 acres.

After Qu Zhi and Zhou Mi led their troops to Changle County, they had reclaimed more than 60,000 acres of land.

But the conditions of the reclaimed land are not very good. They are either sloping land with a lack of water sources, or low-lying areas that are easily flooded.

Although Qu Zhi also led people to build some canals, it was still impossible to divert water to many slopes for irrigation. They could only build water cellars under the slopes to store water. If they wanted to irrigate, they had to rely on people to carry water to the slopes.

At present, Qu Zhi and his colleagues are adopting the responsibility system.

For example, a soldier would be assigned to manage a few acres of newly reclaimed land.

In the future, when more food is grown in the fields, the farmers will be able to get more food.

Currently, they have three basic types of fertilizers.

Wood ash, manure and compost.

But no one can guarantee how much grain can be harvested from the newly reclaimed land in the first year.

Listening to Qu Zhi's report, Yun Zheng could not help but nod secretly, and then asked: "How is the morale in the camp? Is there anyone who is dissatisfied with being transferred to Changle County to farm?"

"Have."

Qu Zhi nodded and said, "All my troops were former city defenders. In the past, apart from training, they helped to escort food and grass. Now they are assigned to cultivate the land. It is inevitable that they have some complaints in their hearts, but everyone has gradually gotten used to it during this period of time, and there are not so many complaints."

This result did not surprise Yun Zheng.

There are not so many saints or great people in this world.

It would be strange if the soldiers had no complaints after they suddenly changed from city defenders to farm soldiers.

Yun Zheng thought silently for a moment, then turned around and told Ye Zi: "Let's discuss it later to see if we can give some of the grain produced from the newly reclaimed land to the soldiers who participated in the land reclamation and water conservancy construction to increase everyone's enthusiasm!"

"That's fine!" Ye Zi smiled, "If this can be implemented, no one will complain anymore!"

It is definitely possible to share the food.

But how much to divide also needs to be considered.

The points are too few and cannot motivate everyone.

There are too many points and their burden is too heavy.

I can study it carefully later.

Yun Zheng looked around and asked Qu Zhi, "I heard from Tuohuan that the imperial court sent reinforcements to Suizhou?"

"It doesn't count as reinforcements!"

Qu Zhi smiled and said, "The court has transferred nearly 100,000 soldiers from the northwest to the Xiongjiling area at the junction of Sui, Liao, and Ju states..."

Zhao Ji was promoted to the position of General of the Zhenjun Army, and concurrently served as the Governor of Suizhou, in charge of the troops of Liao, Liang, Ju and Suizhou!

This power is extremely great!

Looking at the entire Daqian, apart from Yun Zheng, Zhao Ji commands the largest number of troops.

The court's intention was very clear: to reduce the military strength in Liaozhou and Liangzhou and shorten the supply distance as much as possible. At the same time, it appointed Zhao Ji as the commander and guard against Yun Zheng.

Yun Zheng naturally understood the intention of the imperial court, and asked again: "How many troops does Juzhou have now?"

"Juzhou has 60,000 soldiers and horses!"

Qu Zhi replied: "Pei Mao will be the main general, Zhou Daogong will be the deputy general..."

Pei Mao was originally a fierce general of the Northwest Army and was considered a direct descendant of Zhao Ji.

Letting Pei Mao lead the Juzhou garrison would also benefit Zhao Ji in taking charge of the Juzhou army.

Listening to Qu Zhi's words, Shen Luoyan couldn't help but sigh: "Yun Li really took great pains to guard against us!"

"Who says it's not?"

Yun Zheng smiled and asked Qu Zhi, "Do you know this Pei Mao?"

“I don’t understand that.”

Qu Zhi replied: "Your Highness ordered us not to provoke the Juzhou garrison, and we have no intersection with the Juzhou garrison! However, there are two acquaintances of Your Highness on the Juzhou front line..."

acquaintance?

Yun Zheng was surprised and asked curiously: "Who?"

Qu Zhi grinned: "Yuan Cong and Yuan Gui, father and son!"

Hearing Qu Zhi's words, several people couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"Ha ha……"

After a moment, several people couldn't help laughing again.

These two are indeed Yun Zheng’s acquaintances!

But having said that, this father and son are really amazing.

Accidents happened again and again, but he survived every time.

The key point is that neither father nor son has been abandoned by Yun Li!

It can be seen that Yun Li still values ​​Yuan Cong and Yuan Gui, father and son.

At least, this father and son are people who are truly loyal to him.

"Where are Yuan Cong and his son leading their troops now?"

Yun Zheng asked with a smile on his face.

Qu Zhi: "Yuan Cong and Yuan Gui, father and son, led 15,000 soldiers and stationed them in the strategic location of Lulin, only 20 to 30 miles away from our garrison in Badong Town..."

Lulin?

Yun Zheng smiled. If he had the chance, he really wanted to meet this father and son!

I haven’t seen them for such a long time, and I miss them so much!

"Alright! Let's go back!"

Yun Zheng suppressed his smile and told Qu Zhi: "Tonight, the prince and the princess will return to the office and stay in the army!"

"what?"

Qu Zhi was stunned for a moment, then suggested: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince and Princess Changle are still young, so why don't they live in the government office?"

"No problem! Just live in the army!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand. "They won't be cold or hungry in the army, so why can't they live in the army? It's decided!"