The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

When the Gyeonggi region fled last year, the population basically went south.

A blizzard fell last winter, and the earth was nourished by snow water. In the early spring of this year, there will be a small number of people who are reluctant to part with their families and return to Gyeonggi.

But this population is distributed in the Gyeonggi area, like a handful of sesame seeds scattered into the soil, it is basically difficult to find people.

It can be said that Ding Dazhuang had no scruples about leading the soldiers to plow the land and sow seeds, because there were no one to cultivate the large fields outside the capital, and they could plow and sow the land at will.

The speed of the soldiers turning the ground was faster than that of the cattle. On the vast field, teams of soldiers stood in line and waved their hoes to turn the ground with an order. The efficiency was really high.

"You said, if this vast field can be divided into hundreds of acres, I will be a landlord and wait for the autumn harvest, and my life will be stable."

"Then you should work hard to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. When you kill enough enemies, maybe the princess will actually reward you with hundreds of acres of land, allowing you to marry a wife and live the life of a landlord."

"Ha ha."

The other soldiers who dug the ground burst into laughter!
This wish is very beautiful, they can dream at night, and dream all night.

"It's not easy to make meritorious deeds. As long as you are skilled and fight the enemy bravely on the battlefield, it will be a matter of time before you make great military exploits and get promoted to rank. But right now we have to be busy with farming, so we have no chance to make meritorious deeds!"

"What can we do if we don't farm? You must know that food is the most important thing for the people. The drought in the past three years has already resulted in three years of no harvest. If we don't follow the season to cultivate this year, you will wait to eat the soil in autumn!"

"If there is no food, we can go to the territory of the rebels next door to grab it! Growing food by ourselves is hard work and not very rewarding."

"I can tell from your boy's words that you are ignorant. Let me ask you, everyone's family has no surplus food. Whose house are you going to rob? And whose property are you going to rob?"

"Do it yourself to get enough food and clothing, don't think about getting something for nothing all day long, you know that your thinking is dangerous!"

"Okay, the landlord's family doesn't have any food left, so everyone hasten to work. When the land is planted, the princess may take us to sweep the battlefield and make great achievements."

"Brother Cui, are you saying that after we finish farming, the princess will take us to grab the territory of the rebels?"

"There is no clear statement above, these are my guesses, everyone, stop talking and work quickly!"

Ding Dazhuang was so busy farming that he had no skills at all.

Sitting in the palace, Xia Jing was also overwhelmed by the complicated government affairs.

Forgive her, in the last days, she is a person who takes action more than words, and she really doesn't have much patience to come here to handle government affairs.

Hongmei saw her pressing her temples, and said concernedly: "The princess will take a rest when she is tired, and this servant will go to the kitchen and bring a bowl of white fungus soup for you to sweeten your mouth."

Xia Jing leaned on the back of the chair, waved her hands, and when Hongmei left, her gaze inadvertently fell on Ye Fei who was standing aside.

"princess?"

Ye Fei lowered his head and quickly checked his clothes, there was no problem.

After sitting for an hour or two dealing with government affairs, Xia Jing was so tired that her back ached. She leaned on the back of the chair, resting her cheek with one hand, and giving him a hook with the other.

Ye Fei hesitated for a moment, but still stepped forward: "Does the princess have something to order?"

Xia Jing stared at his slender figure and handsome face, and sighed slightly in her heart.

"princess?"

"Well, go and find Wei Dong!" Xia Jing slowly closed her eyes and put her feet on the running boards.

Seeing her resting with her eyes closed, Ye Fei didn't dare to disturb her, turned around and left the study, told his subordinates to be on duty, and then went to the guard's dormitory.

Wei Dong was on the night shift last night. He just fell asleep not long ago. He was sleeping soundly. In his dream, he was proposing to the girl he liked. Uncle even kicked him away.

He flew out of the door and fell to the ground so hard that his butt almost broke in two.

"Ouch!"

The pain made Wei Dong wake up from the dream, and when he opened his eyes, he gave Ye Fei a playful look.

"Hey, I'll go!"

With a roll, Wei Dong rolled over to the inside of the bed and glared: "What do you want to do so close to my face, kid?"

"Are you awake?" Ye Fei looked at him with a half-smile, "What's the sweet dream, drooling?"

Wei Dong didn't take the bait to wipe his mouth, he frowned and asked, "How do you know that what I had was a sweet dream, what if it was a bad dream?"

"Tch, if it's a nightmare, I won't be able to wake up. I guess it must be a good dream and I don't want to wake up!" Ye Fei turned around and found a chair to sit down.

Wei Dong rubbed his buttocks, recalled it, and said angrily: "It was you who kicked me!"

Ye Fei raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "I dreamed of someone kicking you with you?"

Wei Dong: "."

He threw off the quilt and jumped out of bed, poured himself a glass of water, gulped and drank it, and then asked, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Speaking of business, Ye Fei corrected his attitude and said truthfully: "The princess is looking for you!"

"Damn! Why didn't you say it earlier!"

It made the two of them still dawdle here.

Wei Dong bent down to pick up the cloth shoes on the ground and threw them at Ye Fei's face.

Ye Fei tilted his body slightly to the side, and easily dodged, "Hey, let me tell you why you have such a bad temper recently?"

Wei Dong didn't bother to pay attention to him, quickly put on his coat, combed his hair, and put on a new pair of shoes before going out.

"No wonder you dare to throw my shoes at me, so you bought new shoes!"

The envy in Ye Fei's eyes is not deceitful, he is really envious. Ever since they came to the Gyeonggi area, it is very difficult for them to buy a pair of obscene clothes or trousers, because there are not many people in the entire Gyeonggi area. merchandise?
Beidi retreated to the grassland, taking away the small number of people who had returned to Gyeonggi.

Xia Jing's soldiers and horses only saved a smaller number of people, and among these people, there were even fewer women.

In this way, the needlework in their ranks will be idle, and some ingenious soldiers will mend their clothes by themselves.

But most of the soldiers did not light up this skill, and they could only stare blankly when their clothes were torn.

"Don't worry about it, this is the last pair I brought from Lingnan!" Wei Dong flicked the broken hair that fell on his forehead, and asked with a smile: "Hey, do you know why the princess is looking for me?"

"I don't know!" Ye Fei passed him and went out the door first.

Wei Dong smiled and hurriedly followed.

"Princess, Wei Dong and Ye Fei are here." Hongmei came in to remind her.

Xia Jing drank the last sip of tremella soup and said, "Let them in."

Two personal guards of similar stature came in. Because of their different personalities, they each had their own strengths. They looked seductive and pleasing to the eye.

I just don't know which little girl will be cheaper in the future?
"My subordinate Wei Dong has seen the princess."

"Don't be too polite, just sit down."

When the servant girl served tea, Xia Jing asked, "If I remember correctly, Wei Dong, you should have passed the exam?"

Speaking of fame, Wei Dong felt guilty: "My subordinates failed their parents' expectations and only passed the examination as a scholar. Later, when they were preparing for the government examination, they encountered years of drought and never had the opportunity to take the government examination again."

Xia Jing nodded: "It's a pity, but the imperial examination is not the only avenue in life. If the imperial examination avenue collapses, we can find another way. There is always a road to the peak in the world, don't you think?"

It was the first time Wei Dong heard of this bowl of chicken soup for the soul. He was slightly stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It makes sense, thank you, Princess, for your enlightenment."

Xia Jing smiled: "We have occupied Gyeonggi, but in fact the Gyeonggi area is just an empty shell standing here. To make the Gyeonggi area prosperous, we still need to work hard."

"The original officials in the Gyeonggi area all moved to Jiankang with the imperial court, which led to the government affairs in the Gyeonggi area being left unattended."

"I've been dealing with it all by myself these days. I was almost exhausted after dealing with it for a few days, but the efficiency was extremely low. So I wanted you to help me."

Wei Dong was taken aback by Xia Jing's words: "Princess, this subordinate is just a scholar, it's okay to help you deal with the letters, but I'm afraid I won't be able to take on this heavy responsibility if I want my subordinate to handle government affairs."

"No one is born with it. If you don't understand, you can ask. Let's learn slowly, and according to my observation, your ability is not bad." Xia Jing looked at him with a smile: "Fame and ability are not equal. Draw an equal sign, don't let your fame as a scholar limit your ability, I am optimistic about you!"

Wei Dong wanted to laugh when he heard the last sentence, but he couldn't.
Ye Fei looked envious, he stood by and saw him smiling or crying, he really wanted to step up and give him two punches!

Xia Jing didn't care about Wei Dong's mood, and pushed all the government affairs in the Gyeonggi area to him that day.

After working for a few days, Wei Dong discovered the abnormality, that is why the princess gave him all the government affairs in the Gyeonggi area, and the princess didn't care about everything, and became the shopkeeper.

The cement plant in the Gyeonggi area went into production smoothly under Wei Dong's management.

The cement produced can temporarily supply the repair of the upper city wall and the palace.

If there are more, Xia Jing wants to save them up, and when the repairs on the city wall and the palace are completed, she will send people to repair all the main roads in the capital into concrete roads.

The capital city in the north is different from the Lingnan prefecture city in the south. The main streets in Lingnan City are paved with bluestone slabs, while in the northern capital, several main roads are not paved with stone slabs, and the main roads are still yellow mud roads.

Xia Jing found out from her memory that she knew why these main roads were paved with yellow mud.

Because every time the royal family has a large-scale ancestor worship or a trip for the emperor, in order to ensure the royal dignity, Suzaku Street will be cleaned up, the road will be padded with loess, and the street will be poured with clean water.

The main roads in the capital are much higher than other streets.

Such a thick layer of loess has been paved over the years, and if there is continuous rain, several avenues in the capital will be muddy.

Although Xia Jing can travel in a carriage on rainy days, she just doesn't like it when the road is muddy.

If all the streets in the capital are paved with concrete roads, it will greatly facilitate people's travel.

Considering the current situation, Xia Jing has the treasure left by Beidi in financial resources, but lacks in labor, so she just suppresses the idea of ​​paving all the streets and alleys into concrete roads for the time being.

The cement factory was completed, and various repair plans were carried out smoothly. Wei Dong turned around and devoted himself to the land registration and re-measurement of the counties in the Gyeonggi area.

The most important thing is to check the population and distribution of the entire Gyeonggi region.

These things piled up and made him spin around. Since he took over the government affairs in the Gyeonggi area, he hasn't taken a breath.

No wonder the concubine was so tired that she left the government affairs to him. If Wei Dong hadn't taken advantage of his youth, he would have wanted to be the shopkeeper.

However, Xia Jing still had a conscience. Before Wei Dong was too busy to vomit blood, she sent Long Yutian, who was busy with logistics, to help.

"The princess re-registered the fields in the Gyeonggi area. Is she sure that the aristocratic family will not come to Gyeonggi to claim them?"

Xia Jing glanced at Wei Dong, who was working hard, and smiled: "The world is impermanent, how can I be sure? It's just a preparation first. If a powerful family comes to claim it, as long as they can get the title deed, they will give it to them again." It doesn't matter, as long as they pay taxes according to the number of acres I registered every year, everything else is fine."

Long Yutian clicked his tongue, "There are no omissions!"

According to the concubine, as long as the fields are re-registered, those who come to claim them within a month will have the relevant procedures. to carry out
And when the one-month deadline came, and no one came to claim it, Xia was going to take it into state ownership.

It is said to be state-owned, but the actual person in power must be Xia Jing herself. Otherwise, it will be state-owned but no one will supervise it, then it will be tantamount to helping those corrupt officials.

Now she kills two birds with one stone and earns a lot of money for nothing.

Really good calculation!
"Now let's not consider the issue of returning the aristocratic family for the time being, let's talk about the population issue in the Gyeonggi area."

Long Yutian was called Sai Zhuge. He poured a cup of tea for Xia Jing, and continued: "The population of the Gyeonggi area, there is no fixed number for the time being, but it is estimated that the population will not be too many. What good strategy does the princess have for this? Can it increase the population of the Gyeonggi area in a short period of time?"

Regarding this matter, Xia Jing also racked her brains to find a way. After three years of disasters, the population of the Dayu Dynasty dropped sharply, and it is not something you can increase if you want to increase in a short period of time.

The most direct impact of the lack of population is that there is no one to cultivate the fields, the tax is reduced, and even if you want to expand the team, you can't find people to join the army.

"There are two reasons for the population loss in the Gyeonggi area. One is that natural disasters and man-made disasters caused the population to migrate to the south or die of illness and starvation; the other is that they were taken to the grassland by Beidi soldiers and horses, and went to the grassland as slaves.

People who have gone to the south, it is impossible for us to force them to return to their hometowns.Then you can only snatch people from the northern grasslands, but I don’t know if you dare to go deep into the grasslands and go to the Beidi people to fight grass valleys? "

Long Yutian and Wei Dong looked at each other, seeing the light in each other's eyes.

This is the light that coyotes see when they see their prey.

Sure enough, men are unwilling to be lonely!

Long Yutian suppressed his excitement and coughed twice: "Ahem, it's dangerous to go deep into the grassland to fight. Since the princess has this idea, we have to make some preparations before the farming is over, so as to ensure that our team How many people went in, how many people still came out!"

Reduce casualties.

Xia Jing nodded: "I will also write a letter to Jiankang. During our expedition to the grassland, let Jiankang station troops on the border of Yangzhou, so as to slow down the pace of the rebels and prevent them from taking advantage of the situation to capture the Gyeonggi area!"

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