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Chapter 291 Saline-alkali land is also land

Just over a month later, the Foreign Affairs Commission was abolished and turned into the Baojia Bureau controlled by President Gu and other gentry.

The Zaoli archers from the inspection office were either hired as a teacher by the Baojia Bureau or invited by the Baojia Bureau to be a leader of the Baimi and Qutang Third Regiment. Han Xiufeng and his servants moved away. The family members of several of his later collected later also moved away. Not only did they move away from the luggage bed, but they didn't even leave pots, pans, spoons, firewood, rice, oil and salt. They carried one load after another, and they kept going until midnight.

Fang Shimei was amused and crying when she looked at the empty yamen.

Fang Shijun became more and more frustrated as he thought about it. He couldn't help but complain: "Brother, what does Mr. Han mean? Just move the things away. Anyway, it's his, but he can't leave them alone without leaving them for us!"

"Stop talking, close the door and go back to sleep!"

"Brother, can you sleep this time? This is the yamen. You are the inspector and there is no one under your command. What should I do in the future?"

"What's wrong?" Fang Shimei took a deep breath and turned around and smiled bitterly: "Preventing thieves and bandits is the biggest job in front of him. Everyone went to the Baojia Bureau, and they were all assigned to train the village heroes by the Baojia Bureau. Even if Old Gui Xu was here, he would not say anything, let alone the inspector who was temporarily appointed to act as a police officer."

"But……"

"It's nothing, don't say that there will be no errands in the future, even if there is, we don't have to worry about it."

"Don't care about anything, then you, the inspector, can't be a decoration? What's the point of being a inspector?"

"It's time to say this!" Fang Shimei glared at his cousin and said angrily: "How do you think I am accused? Do you think Mr. Xu has a good intention. If Mr. Han hadn't helped, not only would the inspector be in office for a few days, but he would even be driven to fight the bandits by Xu."

"Isn't it just guarding the city? My sister-in-law and the others are all in the city. I think even if I go to guard the city, it's better than here."

"What do you know? Do you think you can defend the city by returning to Taizhou?"

"It's better not to defend the city."

"What's good?" Fang Shimei asked back and said with a gloomy face: "The bandits will soon reach Yangzhou, and Taizhou is only more than 100 miles away from Yangzhou. If Xu wants to defend Taizhou, he has to race against time to prepare. He will not leave all the soldiers and Zhuang Yong in the city. He will definitely distribute some soldiers out of the city to intercept them."

"Can we block the troops from the city to block them?" Fang Shijun asked in surprise.

"If you can't stop it, you have to stop it. In the words of Old Gui Xu, you can delay the bandits by day."

As he was talking, a sound of footsteps came from outside.

Fang Shimei was about to go out to see what was going on, but a young man in a long gown walked into the yamen and bowed respectfully: "Gu Jinyan, a student of Fengshan Academy, paid homage to Mr. Fang."

"Are you Dean Gu's nephew?"

"It turns out that Mr. Fang still remembers Jinyan, and Jinyan is flattered." Gu Jinyan bowed again, then turned around and looked at the five or six young and strong men who followed in, and said politely: "Report to Mr. Fang, my uncle knows that there is no one in the yamen and is worried about delaying your official duties, so he asked Jinyan to bring these young men to wait for the call."

"Nephew Gu, are you here too?"

"If Master Fang doesn't dislike him, I am willing to serve Master Fang and I am willing to help him in the yamen."

If you replace all the clerks and servants in the Inspection Office with the Baojia Bureau, how could Fang Shimei not guess Dean Gu’s good intentions? He even dared to conclude that it was instructed by Han Xiufeng, otherwise he would not dare to borrow Dean Gu’s courage. Thinking that the inspection was originally “picked” and it was not a good job, Fang Shimei smiled happily and said, “It would be great that Gu Xianxian can come to help, and I will trouble myxianxian in the future.”

"What are you saying, Mr. Fang? From now on, I will follow the leader of Mr. Fang."

...

At the same time, Han Xiufeng was talking to brothers Lu Daming, Liang Liu and Liang Jiu.

"It is not a solution for your family to live in Baojia Bureau like this, and you can't just sit there and eat nothing. I thought about it just now, and finally I thought of a place to go. I don't know if you want it or not."

"Master Han, I'm going to have a family with you, and I'm going to cause trouble for you."

"No trouble, no trouble." Han Xiufeng signaled the three of them to get up and said with a smile: "You know what kind of friendship between Ambassador South Korea and I know. As far as I know, there has been a lot of new land in the Jiaoxiuchang over the years. Those lands are neither scattered nor civilian land. Whoever wants to reclaim them can be reclaimed. Once the reclaim is made, they can be entered into the land list of the Yankeshiuyan Office. You can also settle in the Jiaoxiuchang to become naturalized."

As the saying goes, a good man is not a soldier, and he is not a good man. The ancestors of the Liang brothers joined the army because they were so poor that they were desperate. As a result, the soldiers of this battalion were in operation for several generations. The food and salary were not large and they were deducted by the battalion officials, so they had to go outside the battalion to work as long-term workers or short-term workers to subsidize their family income.

They dreamed that they wanted a few acres of their own land, but they could only think about it. After all, buying a house and buying a land requires money. Even if they can save some money, they depend on luck. Moreover, they are living a miserable life, and it is already very good to be able to fill their stomachs. How can they save money?

Lu Daming felt like he was dreaming, and Liang Liu and Liang Jiu were also shocked, unable to believe that this was true.

Han Xiufeng looked at them with a smile, and then said, "You guys who have tried to get the grass-dang scholar Ji Daji Er in the corner have let go of the shotgun and have seen the land in the salt field. Not only is it not fat, but the salt and alkali are also heavy. It is naturally incomparable to the land in Hai'an. However, if you reclaim a few acres, you can still get some harvest."

Lu Daming recovered and hurriedly said, "Mr. Han, I know that the salt field has newly silted saline and alkali land, but the salt and alkali land is also the land. The land in Hai'an was different from saline and alkali land earlier. Apply more fertilizer and take good care of it. At most, it can be turned into fertile land in more than ten years!"

"Mr. Han, I have heard of this, and I have seen it."

"What have you seen?" Han Xiufeng asked curiously.

Liang Liu said anxiously: "I saw the people in the salt farm coming down the river to dig the mud, and pluck the mud at the bottom of the river as fertilizer. If a mud at the bottom of the river can be watered for three or five boats of mud, it can be turned into a good field in at most two or three years."

"So you are willing to settle down in the corner slanting site and to reclaim the newly silted saline-alkali land in the corner slanting site?"

"I'm willing, Mr. Han, I'm willing!"

"Master Han, you are the younger reborn parents, and you kowtow to you!"

"Get up, don't kowtow at any time." Han Xiufeng put down his teacup and smiled: "Tomorrow, Ambassador Han will come to Hai'an. When Ambassador Han arrives, I will tell you. Although the newly silted land is barren, the stove households in the salt farm also want it, so they can only help your family with ten acres."
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