Chapter 204: Guangdong and Guangxi are familiar with each other, and the world is sufficient! (Here we come!)

On the second day, Zhang Heng drove a donkey cart, carrying the quilt and Zeng Youwei, and leisurely arrived at the small yard next to the Imperial College.

Because there are people dedicated to maintaining it here, the yard is still very clean, and the inside is spotless. Zhang Heng looked a little disappointed and said: "It's so clean, there's no need to clean it up."

Zeng Youwei covered her mouth and smiled.

But Zhang Heng could always find work. He walked around the yard. When he made up his mind, he pointed at the yard and said: "The yard has lost some vitality. I want to grow vegetables here!"

Although Zeng Youwei found it a bit funny, she obeyed: "Well, let's plant it then."

So Zhang Hengxing hurriedly bought a hoe and other farm tools, sold many types of seeds, and then dug up the flat mud in the yard, buried a lot of fertilizer, wetted the ground with well water, and sprinkled the seeds

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These tasks were quite energy-consuming. Zhang Heng worked on them for two consecutive days. At night, he was so sleepy that he snored loudly as soon as he lay in bed.

Zeng Youwei didn't have any dissatisfaction, but felt happy.

Ever since Zhang Heng married her, she had rarely seen Zhang Heng sleeping so deeply, either sleeping very lightly or tossing and turning, but such a deep sleep was rare.

She knew that her husband had too many things on his mind, so he was always overwhelmed and couldn't sleep well.

Therefore, she often helped Zhang Heng with a lot of things and handled the affairs of Lin'an Trading Company in an orderly manner. Zhang Heng did not have to worry about housework, and Zhang Heng did not have to spend much thought on various courteous exchanges. But even so, her

Although her husband Zhang Heng looked calm, as the person beside her, she could always feel the anxiety in Zhang Heng's heart.

On the third day, the young couple drove to Liangyuan.

Liangyuan is famous for its snow scenery, but Liangyuan also has very beautiful scenery in summer.

In summer, the plum trees are lush and lush, and the entire plum forest gathers together to form a forest sea.

As if to welcome the arrival of Zhang Heng and his wife, a rain that the people of the Song Dynasty had been looking forward to for a long time suddenly started.

The entire sky was covered with thick black clouds. After the shocking thunder and thunder, huge raindrops fell, and then slowly the entire sky became a vast expanse of white.

The sound of thunder, rain, and wind all rang together. Among the noise, Zhang Heng could vaguely hear someone cheering.

Zhang Heng sighed slightly and said, "The rain has finally come, but it's not too timely."

Zeng Youwei comforted: "It's better than nothing. If the drought lasts for a whole year, it will be really fatal."

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "That's true."

It had been raining heavily for a long time. Zeng Youwei originally wanted to go back, but Zhang Heng was unwilling to do so: "We are already here, and it would be unwise not to take a look. It would be better to watch it in the rain, which is also a good thing."

Zeng Youwei became excited.

Zhang Heng took off his shoes and socks. Zeng Youwei was a little hesitant. Zhang Heng said with a smile: "There's no one around anyway, so take them off. It's fun to tread water with bare feet."

Zeng Youwei was a little shy, but Zhang Heng grabbed her feet, half pushed her and half took them off, and then tried to get down to the ground. It was ice cold, and it was indeed very interesting.

Zhang Heng rode an oil-paper umbrella and held Zeng Youwei in his arms, walking among the plum trees. When they walked into the plum forest, the couple was surprised to find that the plums were ripe, and the yellow-orange plums were hanging on the trees, which was very pleasant.

Zhang Heng was tall and could reach out to pick plums. He picked one, wiped the rain off his clothes, took a bite, and said in surprise: "It's delicious, such sweet plums!"

Zeng Youwei immediately jumped for joy: "I want it too, I want it too."

Zhang Heng picked one, and Zeng Youwei followed suit and rubbed the plum, then took a bite, and her face suddenly wrinkled: "It's so sour!"

Zhang Heng said in surprise: "It's very sweet. Could it be that the two plums are different?"

Zeng Youwei swallowed the plums with a grimace, and then grabbed Zhang Heng to bite the remaining half of the plums. She took one bite, and her face wrinkled up again: "It's still sour!"

Zhang Heng laughed.

Zeng Youwei immediately knew that she had been cheated, and chased Zhang Heng angrily. Zhang Heng threw the oil-paper umbrella away. Zeng Youwei exclaimed and chased after Zhang Heng. The young couple chased each other in the plum forest in the rain, laughing.

Flying in the sound of rain.

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After all, Zhang Heng couldn't let go of the victims, so he only rested for three days before returning to his house.

Zeng Gongliang said in surprise: "Why don't you rest for a few more days?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Enough rest, I will do the rest."

Zeng Gongliang stood up with a smile, nodded and said: "As long as you have rested enough, then you can do it."

Zhang Heng smiled and nodded.

Zhang Heng returned to work and carefully sorted out the disaster relief matters. Some things could not be focused on, but some things could be done better.

Zhang Heng ordered the victims to gather in the prefectures and counties to collect the victims. The prefectures and counties immediately opened warehouses to release grain to ensure that the victims had enough to eat every day, and then urged the three departments to immediately allocate funds to start various projects.

In addition, Zhang Heng also sent a work team to go deep into the disaster victims, and cooperated with the local government to register them. The main purpose was to screen out the refugees who still had farmland at home, give them travel expenses, and let them return to their hometowns.

This work is effective, because not all the refugees' fields and houses have been sold, and some of the refugees can only think of coming to Bianjing to beg to survive the disaster years because there is no food grown in the fields.

Now that it has rained, at least some things can be planted in the fields, which can make up for the losses in the second half of the year to some extent. Giving them travel expenses and allowing them to return to their hometowns can also reduce the pressure on the states and counties along the way.

Zhang Heng thought more carefully and registered these refugees, then classified and counted the information, and sent it to the local central bank branch. At that time, these refugees can go directly for loans, and then ordered the local government to assist and issue some appropriate loans at this time.

The cultivated seeds are replanted.

In addition, Zhang Heng also mobilized merchants in various states and counties to recruit migrant workers, confirmed their identities, and asked merchants of all sizes to recruit some, and the court would also subsidize them in terms of business taxes.

Lin'an Commercial Bank contributed the most. Lin'an Commercial Bank in Bianjing alone recruited tens of thousands of refugees on a large scale. Not only that, they also set up porridge shacks along the way for the refugees to return home to prevent the refugees from starving to death.

More importantly, Zhang Heng organized the refugees who had lost their land and homes to go south to the south of the Yangtze River. In addition to the wealthy places of Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yangzhou, he also sent these refugees to the Jinghu area, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian.

The Jinghu area in the Song Dynasty had not really become the Jinghu that later became "Jinghu is famous all over the world".

Even at this time, "Su Changshu Tianxia Zu" had not yet appeared. This would not be realized until the Southern Song Dynasty.

At this time, the important grain areas are basically the Jianghuai and Jiangnan regions, and the development of the further south is not sufficient.

This gave Zhang Heng room to adjust.

Since the Jinghu area and the Guangdong and Guangxi areas are underdeveloped, have a small population, and have more wilderness areas, we will take the opportunity to send these people to these areas and let them develop the land in these places.

Of course, this process must be very cruel, especially in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. Most of these areas are still in a very primitive state, and there are even many miasma viruses. It is estimated that many people died in the past.

But there is no way. For these refugees who have lost their land, they can either choose to die in their hometown, or choose to risk death, or live on that wild but fertile land!

Fortunately, Zhang Heng provided great support to these people.

The first is to gather sea ships and send them south by ship, landing nearby and stationed at the land reclamation site, which can save them the trouble of traveling long distances.

The horror of exile lies not only in the desolation of the place of exile, but also in the dangers that occur on the road. People's bodies are different, and long-distance treks are a fatal difficulty for young and old. Many young and old are walking

He died on the road.

The second is the support after arriving at the local level. With Zhang Heng's support, the central bank moved to the south and prepared to establish a commercial bank called "Da Song Agricultural Group" in the name of the central bank. Its main business was to develop the Jinghu and Guangdong areas.

Refugees can choose to join DaSong Agricultural Group as employees and work on the agricultural group's land.

You can also sign a cooperation with an agricultural group. The agricultural group will provide agricultural tools and seeds, and the refugees will open up wasteland to produce the crops needed by the agricultural group. When mature, the agricultural group will purchase them.

Fujian has also made great efforts, because in recent years, Fujian's business has developed extremely fast, and the development of maritime trade has created a huge demand for labor in Fujian. When Zhang Heng asked Fujian to accept refugees, Fujian Road immediately organized ships

The team headed north to select and transport the reliable labor force to Fujian, in a manner that would later be used by various provinces and cities to rob people.

Therefore, with Zhang Heng's strategizing and the coordinated cooperation of many parties, the crisis of millions of refugees was gradually eliminated.

Most of the refugees returned to their places of origin. A small number of the remaining refugees went to Jiangnan, a small number went to Fujian, and most came to the Jinghu and Guangxi areas to open up wasteland.

While Zhang Heng was busy, news from Haizhou also came back, and it was Zhang Xin who wrote to him to inform him.

Zhang Jun wrote in the letter that because he was the first person to detect the collusion between officials and businessmen in Haizhou, he participated in the investigation as a co-organizer, so he knew a lot about the situation.

Because a lot of work has been done in the early stage, the chain of evidence has basically been implemented. From Mr. Zhang to Captain Zhang, to Haizhou Magistrate An Hanzhang and others all confessed. There is no objection to this. However, whether to expand the investigation

When it came to the scope, the investigation team encountered great confrontation.

Bao Zheng believed that he needed to get to the bottom of the matter, and that the pole must be inserted to the end and stabbed into the sky. However, Han Qi believed that since the incident happened in Haizhou, it must end in Haizhou. Blind expansion would easily cause an earthquake in the officialdom, and he was determined not to do so.

It continues to expand.

As for another member of the investigation team, Warrior Ning, he had a conservative attitude at first, but in the final vote, he sided with Han Qi. Bao Zheng was helpless, but he refused to give up and wrote directly to Beijing.

Now that the investigation has reached a deadlock, it depends on Bianjing's reaction.

In addition, Zhang Jun also said that Bao Zheng intended to go to the countryside to investigate and find out and convict all those who had invaded farmers' fields and houses. This matter was also blocked by Han Qi. Han Qi's opinion was that normal lending can only be done if there is no

Interest exceeding the amount stipulated by the court is not illegal.

As for selling the land and houses, it is the farmer's own choice. If buying and selling the land can eventually become a reason for conviction, who will dare to buy the land in the future?

When scholars in the world are admitted as Jinshi, they don’t just want to buy a land and house so that future generations can farm, study and inherit the family. If this path is cut off, how will scholars in the world succeed in the future? This is a path left by the imperial court for people all over the world. In the end,

It cannot be dismantled.

Bao Zheng argued that scholars are human beings, but farmers are not human beings?

The normal purchase and sale of land and houses should be supported, but now the wealthy gentry are taking advantage of it.

First, farmers were trapped in poverty with high grain prices, and then they were stripped of their last skin with usurious loans.

In the end, the impoverished farmers were forced to sell their fields and houses. This was a premeditated land annexation!

Although these people may not be involved in the Haizhou case, their deliberate land annexation is the accomplice of this disaster. If they are not punished, such things will continue to happen in the future.
To be continued...