Chapter 231: Man Conquers Heaven and Housekeeping

Since Zhou Yang took up the position of Tongzhi of Jiaozhou, Tongzhi was originally the deputy of the governor, with a lot of official duties. In addition, the fields and civil affairs of the three prefectures were busy all day long.

However, Zhou Yang's helpers gradually increased. He took the position of Tongzhi of Jiaozhou. In addition to the countless major events in Shandong since the first month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, there was always the shadow of Li Meng, the general of Qinglai. Except for those who were at ease at home and devoted to the imperial examination, the rest of the scholars in Shandong turned their attention to this.

Now the officialdom is the world of Jiangnan people, and many provinces are in chaos. Shandong scholars have fewer and fewer ways to get into the subject. Even if you pass the exam, when you are assigned an official position, you are not a Jiangnan person, so naturally there are not many good places to choose from.

If I went to Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan, I would have been killed by the rioters that day, but after ten years of hard work, I would have to find a way out for myself, otherwise I would be really unwilling to accept it.

Qiu Lei, the general of Jinan Prefecture, was arrogant and domineering, and there were also officials from the Shandong Governor and the General Office of the General Office. He did not want to gather scholars at all. Most of the civil servants had to do the work they had to do.

In the past, Liu Zeqing, the general of Caozhou, was vulgar and vicious. He had always made friends with famous Yanzhou officials and famous scholars in the capital and everywhere. He treated local literati quite rudely. Some people talked about Liu Zeqing's appearance and were killed. Liu Zeqing's favored concubine was once a famous prostitute, and many people were also talking about this matter. Some people wrote articles in Jinan Prefecture to criticize Liu Zeqing's brutal behavior in Caozhou. Those who were sent to Liu Zeqing to extricate themselves were also kept away by scholars.

Now the Shandong general is hiding in Jinan Prefecture, and the Caozhou general Liu Zeqing was raided by a thief and disappeared. Only Li Meng is the only choice.

Zhou Yang was originally a juren, but now he has no qualifications to fight, so he became a magistrate of Jiaozhou. He was also a local official. Ning Qiangui was just a destitute scholar who was a master for the salt administration inspector. Now, even if the Laizhou prefect meets, he will be called Brother Ning Shi. After all, the Laizhou prefect will not leave Ye County. Ning Qiangui is a major financial leader in the Prime Minister and these governments.

Zhou Yang and Ning Qiangui were just literati in Jiaozhou City. They only had such a situation now because they followed Li Meng. If they were in the past, how could they do it?

There were many scholars who had this idea, and there were many people who defected to him for a while. However, Li Meng, the Jiaozhou camp, was different from ordinary places. The scholars needed here were to be able to do practical things, rather than to understand the rules of the officialdom and the gangsters. As a result, among the scholars, those who came from juren were comforted. Instead, a few scholars from poor backgrounds who were known as not doing their jobs in the village were selected.

These literati did not serve as the general and the staff, but were the magistrate of Jiaozhou, Zhou Yang, who was the master of Jiaozhou.

In mid-May of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, weak people still had to wear cotton shirts at night. It only rained two light rains within three months. In Dongchang Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture, it has not even rained since the first month of the year. It seems that the drought this year is even more serious than last year.

Li Meng was rarely seen in the study of the Li family manor and the inner house, looking at the notices sent everywhere. In modern times, in the financial escort company, he hated the daily safety logs. He thought that he was a soldier and an escort, and he also had to do these documents. Looking at the tables and numbers, he was very troublesome. Who would have thought that in ancient times, his status was much higher than before, but he had to pay attention to what he hated.

The farms that have farmed farms are still investing continuously. Li Meng has no profit to make in the salt transportation trade with the Zheng family. Every ship of private salt earned must be exchanged for food and daily necessities and put into various farms.

At present, there are more and more residents in the military farm. The continuous drought has caused the farmers who want to survive a good year to give up completely, go bankrupt, and have no way out. Then they can only enter Li Meng's military farm to seek survival. By May, there were more than 30,000 more people in the military farm, and the number of people reported by Zhou Yang will continue to increase.

Li Meng currently relies entirely on commerce and private salt business in Shandong to maintain the operation of the army. Fortunately, the farms that are farmed will have harvests, otherwise Li Meng will soon fall into bankruptcy.

After reading several pronouncements from various places, Li Meng couldn't help but sigh that thanks to the lack of pollution and excessive exploitation of natural resources in this era, the land of Denglai was still a remote place with a vast land and sparse population in the Ming Dynasty. Many lakes, rivers and ponds had relatively abundant water.

Even if there is a severe drought and the water level drops a lot, the farms in various places still dig ditches and dig water to irrigate under the guidance of experienced officials to ensure the growth of crops.

I think in modern times, the Yellow River channel in Dongying even had no water during the dry season, because from the middle of the river, water diversion, reference, or irrigation everywhere. Many places with the name of rivers only have bare rivers. After coming to this era, Li Meng was quite surprised to see that it was becoming more and more large rivers and ships sailing, and it was not until recently that it was commonplace.

These abundant and unused water sources ensure the irrigation water in the military farm and the growth of crops. Therefore, although the money available for turnover is getting less and less, Li Meng was not in a hurry, because the harvest is imminent and he can turn over immediately.

Whenever there are major disasters, farmers in various places are displaced and turmoil frequently. The powerful take the opportunity to annex the land. After the conflicts intensify, what the government does is to send troops to suppress and wipe it out.

If manpower is gathered in advance to repair water conservancy, sort out the fields, and help the poor, even if we implement this policy of military farming like ourselves, I believe there will be no such situation in the world. Lu Xiangsheng is in Beizhili, helping the poor with hundreds of thousands of dollars and harvesting countless food. It can be seen that this method is not impossible, but that someone will not do it.

Having said that, Chongzhen was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and there are many absurd and abnormal things in the lower world today, so it is normal to have such a situation.

By the way, when Li Meng crossed the Yangtze River, the river surface was more than ten miles wide, but when he crossed the river in modern times, it was only three or four miles wide. The amount of water in ancient and modern water systems was much different.

There are 80,000 households in the village, and there are more than 30,000 village guards. If we mobilize and send weapons, it is estimated that 40,000 soldiers will always be mobilized. However, it should not be used at the moment. It is better to let these people receive basic military training in the village guards and specialize in production.

Thinking of this, Li Meng was a little relaxed. The harvest was imminent. The farming effect was really fast. A personal guard outside shouted in a low voice:

"avoid!

Li Meng, who was in the house, could hear this low voice clearly. He couldn't help but smile on the corner of his mouth. The guards were indispensable, but the guards and the female family in the inner house were different from men and women, so when the female family entered and left, they saw them from afar, and they specifically avoided the rules.

The sound of refusal outside actually informed Li Meng in the house that someone had come over and it was already dark. There were big lanterns lit between the aisles of the house outside. There were only one person coming here during this period, Li Meng's wife Yan Ruoran.

"The weather is so cold this day. Just ask the servants to send it here. Why bother to go this trip by yourself?"

Li Meng complained while standing up to greet him. Yan Ruoran was dressed as a young woman now, and her hair and clothes had changed, but there were not many jewelry decorations, which looked quite plain. Hearing Li Meng complained, Yan Ruoran chuckled gently, put the snack trunk in his hand on the desk, and replied:

"I made some snacks and brought them to the master. Come here to take a look."

Open the food bin, hold a piece of dessert and put it into your mouth. It tastes good, but more importantly, the natural happiness and Manchu feeling.

In modern times, Li Meng often heard colleagues showing off how virtuous his wife was, how happy she was at home, etc., and he heard it very envious on that day, but Li Meng also believed that looking for such gentle, virtuous and obedient women in modern times was after all, in the late Ming Dynasty when patriarchal power was paramount.

Li Meng didn't know that the servants in the inner house were not sighing about how lucky he was, but about Yan Ruoran married a good husband. Although Li Meng was a macho man, he had been influenced by theories such as equality of men and women, respect for women and other theories in modern society. These things were manifested as good men and good husbands who knew the cold and hot, and knew how to love others. Yan Ruoran naturally felt very happy.

Mu Yunyao was a little anxious. The girl found that since Li Meng got married, she had significantly less contact with her. Mu Yunyao thought to herself that she must have no chance of having a wife, but according to the relationship between coming first and coming, at least she must make a second one!

Gu Hengbo and Liu Rushi were quite at ease. Seeing Li Meng get along with his wife and some of his daily actions, Li Meng is at least a very good man in the inner yard. Anyway, he has already confirmed his belongings, so stay in this house and will sooner or later give him a day.

"I heard that the three girls Mu Yunyao, holding the things in the di newspaper and the pond newspaper, let you make a decision."

Li Meng took a sip of sweet soup and asked Yan Ruoran with a smile. When Yan Ruoran heard this, he covered his mouth and laughed a few times, and replied:

"It's all children's character. It's the right way for women to manage the inner house. I just don't understand the answer, so the three of them will disperse."

"Madam, you are only one year older than Yun Yao. Thank you so much for your hard work."
Chapter completed!