Chapter 97 forbids any man to enter the inner courtyard of the Women's Square when Quan Xu and Yang Lukai came to Lu Xiangsheng's mansion.Lu Xiangsheng was preparing to eat."
Meet Lord Lu!""
Have you eaten, if you don't have ......"
Quan Xu saw that there were only two dishes on Lu Xiangsheng's table, one meat and one vegetable, the meat dish was a thin leg of mutton, and not a pound of meat could be removed from the whole leg of lamb, and the vegetarian dish was a plate of fried tofu.Quan Xu knew that Lu Xiangsheng didn't plan to invite him to finish eating, but he didn't wait for Lu Xiangsheng to finish speaking, and directly ordered Lu Xiangsheng's old servant: "Get me a pair of dishes and chopsticks!"
”Lu Xiangsheng looked at the old servant: "Add two more dishes!"
”Lu Xiangsheng is different from the wine table culture of later generations, he adheres to the standard of food and sleeps.When the old servant brought a dish of smoked horse meat and a plate of stewed fish again, Quan Xu took the chopsticks and ate it quickly.The two of them ate for more than a quarter of an hour, and did not end their meal until the four dishes were clean.The servant brought two cups of tea, and Lu Xiangsheng took a sip of the teacup and said, "Dongsheng!"
”"What do you command?""
Sit, sit, sit, you're welcome!"
Lu Xiangsheng has had a very bad time recently, his eyes are bloodshot, and the case of Huang Liji's murder is too big, and he has reported to the Beizhili Judge and the cabinet.However, the receipt he received was that he was ordered to solve the case within a time limit, and Huang Liji's case was not without survivors, but the survivors were all without exception, either frightened crazy or escaped overnight.After nearly half a month of investigation, Lu Xiangsheng did not find any useful clues at all.Lu Xiangsheng groaned: "This government has notified the counties about the grain seeds, and the counties have responded enthusiastically, and they also want to replace the good seeds!"
”In any case, Huang Liji's case will definitely affect Lu Xiangsheng's evaluation, and the only way is to increase grain production and tax revenue in the jurisdiction.The Daimyo Prefecture has jurisdiction over ten counties in one prefecture (Kaizhou) (Daimyo County, Yuancheng County, Nanle County, Qingfeng County, Dongming County, Changyuan County, Neihuang County, Hua County, Wei County, and Jun County), with more than 16 million acres of land.Two thousand stone grains sounds like a lot, but when it is apportioned, it is far from enough.One mu of land needs at least one bucket of seeds, and 2,000 stone is only enough for 20,000 mu of cultivated land, and although the landlords have annexed a large amount of land, the yeoman farmers still have six or seven million mu of cultivated land.Quan Xu nodded and said: "This is very difficult to ......"
Quan Xu is indeed very easy to buy good seeds from later generations, not to mention a thousand tons, even ten thousand tons are complicated, and you can do it with money.The crux of the problem is that Jeon Wook also understands that the easier it is to get, the more no one cherishes it.Lu Xiangsheng was not deceived by Quan Xu's embarrassed appearance, he heard the meaning of Quan Xu's words, it was difficult to ......
Just because it can't be done.Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "It's not easy for the people, Dongsheng, this mansion won't let you be busy in vain!"
”Lu Xiangsheng got up and came to the bookcase, spread out the rice paper, began to grind, he picked up a thick pen, drank ink, and began to write on the paper.Quan Xu walked over, only to see Lu Xiangsheng scribbling on the paper with a pen and writing down the four big characters of "good people", signing the payment, and stamping it with a private seal."
Lord Lu, how can this be done!""
If you can get a bumper harvest this year, and you can harvest an extra bucket per mu, I will ask the court for credit to you!""
I'll try to contact that side, but it's late, so I won't delay the spring plowing and sowing, so I bought another batch of seeds, 10,000 stones!"
Lu Xiangsheng nodded: "That's good, that's good!"
”Quan Xu looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Lu Dasheng, you have to pay attention to your body recently!"
”Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly: "It's an eventful time now.By the way, I heard, you're going to buy some more land?
”"Yes, I have taken in too many victims, and now there are more than 1,000 households, and each family only has 20 acres of land, how can it be enough for their family to live?"
Quan Xu is not lying, in the later generations, the peasant family of five only needs to have ten acres of land, and the grain harvested in one year is enough for them to eat for five years, but the current grain output is extremely low.Normally, they can't get five or six stones of grain, they can barely get three or four stones of grain, and twenty acres of land can barely get five or six stones of grain.If you want to eat, it is barely enough, but farmers can't just eat grain, they also need oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and if they want to solve the problem of food and clothing, they need to rent at least fifty or sixty acres of land.Lu Xiangsheng didn't dwell on this issue, just to understand the situation.Quan Xu breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Xiangsheng's real purpose was just for food."
Lord Lu is worried about the case of the Huang Mansion?""
You know that, too?""
What kind of secret is this, the Daimyo's Mansion is well known!"
Quan Xu said: "I heard that the Huangfu seems to be involved in Jinyi ......"
"There is no evidence!"
”Lu Xiangsheng sighed.Emperor Chongzhen is different from Emperor Tianqi, Emperor Tianqi reuses factory guards, and although Emperor Chongzhen did not abolish factory guards, the authority of factory guards is not as good as before.In an absolute monarchy, if a powerful emperor lacks an intelligence agency, he becomes politically blind, so how can he govern the country?
Even the superpower, the United States, has a CIA externally, an FBI internally, and other investigative intelligence agencies, which are indispensable for ruling a country.In addition, from the perspective of power constraints, it is the eunuch party forces that restrain the Donglin forces.And the eunuch party is essentially the Donglin opposition party that naturally formed around the eunuchs.As an emperor, he can't even do the simplest trick of checks and balances, then this can only show that he is too lacking in skill.Although Quan Xu is still a landlord, every step he takes is according to the way of checks and balances.In terms of family soldiers, Luo Shiming is the leader, assisted by Ma Dacheng, a local of the Daimyo Mansion, which is also a check and balance.Yuan Shiqing led the construction of the castle, assisted by Huashan Tiger, and it was also a check and balance.Of course, Hongchen is in charge of the women's workshop, assisted by the Cao family, which is also a check and balance.With Sanniang in charge of the treasury, Wushuang cooperates with Sanniang to manage the internal accounts, and Zhou Hongru manages the general ledger, which is actually a tripartite check and balance.The only loophole is the future bank, Chen Ying is responsible for the preparation, and there is no candidate who can check and balance Chen Ying for the time being, which requires the future to slowly plan candidates.As the saying goes, with people, money, and army in hand, I am the emperor in my heart.It controls financial resources, personnel, and the military, and everything else is a trivial matter.Of course, Emperor Chongzhen himself was not cultivated as a candidate for the emperor, his ability, vision, and pattern were all problems.The fall of the Ming Dynasty, one-third is a natural disaster, one-third is a man-made disaster, one-third is the impetus of Emperor Chongzhen, of course, he is not intentional, he wants to be the hero of Zhongxing, but there is no thick black and decisive that the hero should have.Huang Liji's case was originally related to Quan Xu, but with Liu Qiao's ruthless methods, all suspicions of Quan Xu were washed away.Holding the handwritten letter of "Good People" from Lu Xiangsheng's hand, Quan Xu handed it to Yuan Shiqing when he went out: "Find a good framing shop, frame it well, don't be afraid of spending money!"
”"Yes, owner!"
When Quan Xu returned to the women's square, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.The first outer courtyard of the women's square is a place for the coachmen and servants of the ladies and ladies to rest, the decoration is relatively simple, and there are also areas that can provide 26 troikas and more than 100 people to rest.Sanniang and Erniang hurriedly greeted them: "Xianggong, have you eaten?"
”"Eaten, by the way, what about our security guards?"
Sanniang took a stainless steel whistle and put it in her mouth and blew it gently.As the loud whistle sounded, the forty-two family members quickly ran out of the various courtyards and came to the position in the central courtyard, and lined up in a neat line.The women's square guard team is divided into two teams, alternately on duty, with 20 people in each team, with a captain, and the two captains are Wang Qiuju and Du Yuemei.Of course, neither of them had names, but Quan Xu gave them names for the sake of remembering.After this month of military training, these women are obviously much stronger than before, they are all from a hard background, they need to work in the fields, and their physical quality is already good.Through this period of supplemental nutrition and training, their physical fitness is stronger than that of most men in later generations, and at least they can carry 200 pounds of food on their backs.In the final assessment, 47 of the 52 female soldiers could carry 200 pounds of grain and return to their respective homes from the grain depot in the backyard.The distance of this trip is not too far, about 400 steps, and walking more than 400 steps with 200 catties on his back, ordinary men really can't do it."
Bring the gear up!"
This is a twelve-piece stab-proof suit purchased by Quanxu, and the font can be printed on it.Black fabric with three large characters printed on it.Of course, it's also traditional.The price of these equipment is not cheap, and the whole set is nearly 4,000 yuan per set.These include stab-proof suits, cut-resistant gloves, knee pads, elbow pads, span pads, explosion-proof helmets, explosion-proof visors, explosion-proof shields, batons, security belts, flashlights, and steel forks."
Wang Qiuju, out of the ranks!""
Yes!"
Quan Xu took the stab-proof suit, instructed Wang Qiuju to put it on, and then put on a helmet, elbow pads, knee pads, etc.After wearing a stab-proof suit, Wang Qiuju is like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.Quan Xu looked at Sanniang and said, "Sanniang, your knife!"
”Sanniang has always never left the knife, unless she takes a bath, even when she sleeps, her knife is placed on the pillow Sanniang took out the knife, Quan Xu took the knife, and stabbed Wang Qiuju in the chest with the knife.Wang Qiuju was slightly stunned and did not dodge."
Brush brush brush ......"
Quan Xu is both cutting and stabbing, this stab-proof suit does not produce any abnormality, and the clear knife marks will soon disappear.Sanniang was dumbfounded.Erniang also felt incredible.Cao Shi was surprised: "This is the golden silk soft armor?
”Quan Xu smiled slightly: "It's better than the golden silk soft armor!"
”Sanniang's eyes lit up: "I want to ......
Xianggong too" "Don't worry, there are yours!"
”"This is your equipment, but regardless of the swords and swords, this shield in your hand can resist the close-range shooting of crossbow arrows, and it is still not good when encountering firebolts!"
Quan Xu said: "I only have one request for you, to prevent any man from entering the inner courtyard of the Women's Square. ”.