Chapter 1182 The Development of Shuobei

In the morning, Yun Zheng woke up early.

"Your Highness, Sheng'er will help you get dressed."

Xin Sheng forced himself to stand up.

But as soon as she moved, she felt a burning pain in her body.

Xin Sheng frowned slightly and tried to sit up, but Yun Zheng raised his hand to stop him.

"Have a good rest! I'll have someone bring breakfast to your room later."

Yun Zheng gently stroked Xin Sheng's cheek and said with a smile: "Let's see if you dare to provoke me again in the future!"

Xin Sheng bit her thin lips lightly, her face flushed with shame, "Sheng'er knows she was wrong, Sheng'er will never dare to do it again."

She saw that Yun Zheng didn't seem to be having fun, so she took the initiative to tease Yun Zheng regardless of the pain of losing her virginity.

In fact, everything was fine last night, but when she woke up, she felt severe pain in her lower body.

If she had known she would be in so much pain when she woke up today, she shouldn't have behaved like that last night.

Now, I'm afraid I'll be laughed at by the princess and the others.

"Okay, have a good rest!"

Yun Zheng smiled and started to get dressed.

Seeing this, Xin Sheng endured the pain and sat up to help Yun Zheng tidy up his clothes.

Only after Yun Zheng kissed her forehead and walked out of the room did Xin Sheng slowly put on her clothes.

Although it is not convenient to go out today, I have to dress properly. Otherwise, what would happen if someone comes and sees me like that?

After putting on her clothes, Xin Sheng curled back into the bed with a look of deep happiness on her face.

Until now, she still feels like she is dreaming from time to time.

Unconsciously, the scenes of last night came back to her mind.

Thinking about how she had actively sought pleasure last night, Xin Sheng's face suddenly turned red and she quickly pulled the quilt over her head.

On the other side, Yun Zheng had already come outside.

Seeing that Xin Sheng did not come out with them, Shen Luoyan and the others immediately showed a tacit smile, and did not forget to cast a teasing look at Yun Zheng.

Madam Shen and Wei Shuang pretended they knew nothing and just teased the children.

"Cough cough..."

Yun Zheng's old face turned slightly red. He coughed lightly and told Ye Zi and Shen Luoyan, "Come with me to the government office later. This year is coming to an end soon. We need to check the accounts and listen to the cabinet's report on this year's situation..."

This is a tacit understanding between them.

Miaoyin is usually responsible for following Yun Zheng around and protecting his safety. Miaoyin does not worry about the palace or the affairs under her jurisdiction.

Talking about business, Ye Zi and Shen Luoyan restrained their playful looks and nodded slightly.

Ye Zi pursed her lips and said, "Then I'll bring the account books and some important documents later."

"it is good!"

Yun Zheng nodded slightly, nodded towards Mrs. Shen, and cast an inquiring look at Ye Zi.

Ye Zi nodded and smiled, but said nothing more.

Yun Zheng smiled knowingly. It seemed that Ye Zi had successfully persuaded his mother-in-law.

now it's right.

If a family has no conflicts, they should live together happily.

After breakfast, Yun Zheng took Shen Luoyan and Ye Zi to the government office.

After exchanging brief greetings with a few people from the cabinet, they came to the back hall of the government office.

"Let's first talk about the development of Shuobei and Northwest Protectorate this year!"

Yun Zheng spoke to Chen Bu straight to the point.

"Yes!"

Chen Bu took the order, took out the documents he had prepared long ago, and began to report item by item.

Thanks to the fact that they had not fought a war for a whole year, Shuobei had also achieved tremendous development.

The registered population of Shuobei as a whole has now exceeded three million for the first time.

This is a huge increase compared to last year.

Of course, this growth also includes some people who originally lived in Shuobei but did not have a registered residence there for various reasons.

Among them, some were people who were not registered last year, and a small number of prisoners of war were able to become citizens in Shuobei because of their meritorious service.

The rest basically consisted of people who migrated from within the Great Wall, as well as people who migrated to Shuobei through various means from Beihuan, Menghu, Zhenhe, Beimoduo and Northwest Protectorate.

Another thing is the newborns this year.

At present, the official roads in various places south of the Baishui River have been expanded and rebuilt, but there are still no official roads built in the two newly built cities of Zhenbei and Jiqing at the forefront of Shuobei, mainly because there is no need to build them.

Those two cities are still in their infancy, and the total population of the two cities is less than 50,000. There is really no need to expend huge manpower and financial resources to build official roads at present.

In terms of land, because the garrisons in various places have actively engaged in farming, the newly added arable land area in Shuobei this year is nearly 800,000 mu, and the total arable land area has reached 17.6 million mu.

However, it is impossible to grow crops on all these lands; crops such as cotton and linen must also be grown.

This year, many new canals were built in Shuobei. Combined with improvements in water wheels and an increase in population and cultivated land, Shuobei's grain output has exceeded 50 million dan.

However, the grain output of 50 million dan is relatively fictitious.

Because a large part of it is sweet potatoes.

Other grains are weighed after being dried, but sweet potatoes cannot be weighed after being dried.

In general, Shuobei can basically be self-sufficient in the food it produces.

Fortunately, there was no war this year, and they worked hard to create a good business environment in Shuobei, thus attracting many merchants from the interior.

These merchants brought a lot of food, and with the increase in food in Shuobei, the price of food in Shuobei has gradually stabilized.

The influx of a large number of merchants also greatly increased Shuobei's commercial taxes.

But even so, if we rely solely on taxation, it would not be enough to feed the huge Northern Army and Guiyi Army, let alone build cities and roads.

To put it bluntly, their main source of silver is still the huge income generated by luxury goods such as refined salt, white sugar, Zhang Gongzui, as well as the silver that Yun Zheng cheated in various ways.

Chen Bu spoke seriously and Yun Zheng listened seriously.

"Where's the military rations?"

Yun Zheng asked: "How much military rations are in reserve?"

He was not afraid of not having enough money, but he was really afraid of not having enough food.

Chen Bu: "According to your highness's request, the military reserves have reached 2.3 million dan, all of which are this year's new grain."

This was a death order given by Yun Zheng.

At no time must military ration reserves be less than two million dan.

At present, military rations are mainly stored in four places: Mayi, Dingbei, Weibian and Shuofang.

"What's the situation at the Overwatch Council?"

Yunzheng asked again.

Speaking of this, Chen Bu and several cabinet members smiled bitterly.

"We still found some corrupt officials."

Chen Bu smiled bitterly and said, "Especially after the autumn harvest, seventeen officials of all ranks were investigated and punished. Some time ago, even the governor of Moyang was replaced. I have already reported this to Madam Zi..."

Corruption and abuse of power are unavoidable in any dynasty and any place.

Even though they and Yun Zheng have always maintained a high-pressure stance against corruption and abuse of power, there are still people who are willing to take risks.

People always hope for the best, thinking that they will not be discovered if they do things covertly enough.

Upon hearing this, Yun Zheng also smiled helplessly.

Miaoyin really got it right.

“How are those corrupt officials dealt with?”

Yunzheng asked again.

Chen Bu replied: "According to your Highness's request, except for a small number of people who had a particularly bad influence and were beheaded as a public display, all of them were sent to the mines..."