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Chapter Five Hundred and Sixty-Three: The Management of Changyang County

When Qin Feng said this, Ma Xiangnan looked aggrieved.

"General, how could I not think of a solution! Farming is the foundation. Once done, you can at least get a full stomach without having to go hungry. But if you want some extra money in your pocket, you have to think of another way."

Qin Feng nodded, "Then what solutions have you come up with now?"

Seeing Qin Feng ask about this, Ma Xiangnan sat up a little, and his face became solemn: "General, there are actually many good things in Changyang County. For example, in places like Qinglin and Qinglin, apples are abundant. The apples in this place are very different from the apples I ate in Dachu back then. Not only are the fruits large, but they are sweeter and crisper. I checked it carefully and it turned out that the apples here were said to be the seeds brought back from overseas by the fleets of long-distance fleets from overseas during the Tang Dynasty. They were completely different from the varieties in the south. For example, the candied dates in the counties were even more unique. If they could be planted on a large scale, they would inevitably produce great economic benefits."

"This is a good way." Qin Feng smiled. "Changyang County is now full of land and few people, and young and strong labor is seriously lost. If you can plant this kind of fruit tree on a large scale, you can save a lot of labor. Even old women can take care of it. After all, it is not as time-consuming and labor-intensive as farming."

"General, this year, I have actually carried out large-scale planting in these two places during the slack season. After two to three years, I will get profits, but I am worried about another thing now." Ma Xiangnan seemed worried.

"What's the matter?"

"General, Changyang County is mainly mountains, with countless mountains and steep mountains and harsh environments. Not only are there a handful of important roads connecting the outside world, but the conditions are extremely poor, and the country is even worse. In many places, there is not even a decent road. Once it encounters rain and snow, many places will almost cut off all contact with the outside world. What I am worried about is that two or three years later, when these fruit trees start to harvest, how can I transport them out and sell them? If the harvest is good, I can only watch him rot in the ground, I am afraid that the blow to us Changyang people will be even greater." Ma Xiangnan stared at Qin Feng with wide eyes.

Qin Feng also stared at him with wide eyes, and after a while, he laughed: "I understand, my Jung-guard, how much do you want to be waiting for me here? Tell me, how much do you want?"

Ma Xiangnan showed no shame on his face, and stretched out a finger calmly: "General, you have captured Yuejing City, and you have a more stable baggage. I don't want more, just one million taels. I want to build a main road connecting the inside and outside of Changyang County."

"One million taels?" Qin Feng took a deep breath: "I dare to speak. Don't you know that the treasury of Yue's country is basically an empty shell?"

Ma Xiangnan smiled strangely: "General, you can't coax me. The treasury is indeed an empty treasury, but the treasury is very full. At least I know that you have assigned at least this number from the treasury to the treasury."

He stretched out two more fingers.

Qin Feng sighed: "You are well-informed. There are numbers for this number, but you also know that I can't just think about you Changyang County. That county has problems and difficulties. You all speak like you. In a blink of an eye, the treasury is empty again. Should the court still operate? What if there is something urgent, how should we deal with it?"

Hearing that Qin Feng was refusing, Ma Xiangnan suddenly became anxious: "General, the situation in our Changyang County is different from other places. He is the county that has been most affected by the war and is also a county that has made great sacrifices for the general's great cause of destruction. Now he is under proper care, which is due, and no one can say anything."

Seeing Ma Xiangnan's red and white face, Qin Feng was very happy. He had really entered the role of Changyang County! Although he still remembered the fact that he was a Chu from time to time, he was sincere in his work. Such a person made Qin Feng feel more and more determined and wanted to bring him under his command.

"Have you made a related budget for this?" he asked slowly.

After hearing this, Ma Xiangnan was immediately delighted: "Of course, of course, I actually went to find Su Kairong first, but when he heard me say one million taels, he immediately escaped without a trace with his urine, which made me wait in his yamen for a whole morning without a trace, but he was so angry that I was so angry."

A thick stack of copywriting was taken out from his arms, stood up, and put it in front of Qin Feng. "It was said to be one million taels, but it was actually just a total amount. At the beginning, it was not enough to use such money. One million taels was the estimated total project cost. General, I have written this very clearly."

Su Kairong was frightened by the number and ran away, which was in line with this person's character. Su Kairong was an important official of the previous dynasty and had been the Minister of Revenue for decades. Of course, he knew that it was difficult to be a housekeeper in a country. His position was very important, but it was also the easiest to offend people. His special status was so cautious. He must think that he could not afford to offend him and dared not offend him, but he did not dare to agree to Ma Xiangnan's request, so he could only run away!

But speaking of this person, this person is indeed a material for the Ministry of Revenue.

I opened the copy and glanced at it, "The initial starting capital was only 200,000 taels, which was not too much."

"Yes, it's just 200,000 taels. Once the shelf is set up, things will be much easier." Ma Xiangnan nodded repeatedly. "I estimate that this project will take at least three years to complete, which is exactly the same time as our fruit trees can harvest. So what I said is a three-year cycle."

Qin Feng knocked on the table, "Okay, I agree to this 200,000 taels. If the Ministry of Revenue does not give it to you, I will allocate it to you from the warehouse. However, in the later period, I suggest you go find Wang Yueyao, or she can come up with some other ways to raise funds for you. If you can figure out a way to raise funds by yourself, it will be a great thing for the country. You must know that you need money everywhere now, and you are looking at me with a bloody mouth everywhere!"

"I'm afraid it's not easy to raise money for road construction. There is no profit. Could it be that we still learn from the bandits on the mountain to come here and I will plant this tree. I want to pass by the mountain and leave it to buy road wealth?" Ma Xiangnan said in embarrassment.

"Let's discuss it first, maybe there will be a good solution!" Qin Feng said with a smile. "By the way, Ma Jun Ma, there are many Changyang Mountains, but they also produce medicinal materials, right? Why don't you think of a solution on this? This thing has a greater value attached to it. As far as I know, the medicinal materials in Changyang are of high quality."

"General, but those medicinal materials are grown in the mountains. To collect them, you need strong men, otherwise the danger will be too big, and there is only a treasure mountain and there is no way to do it!"

"Why can't it be planted?" Qin Feng said: "Since you can come up with planting apples and candied dates, that kind of medicinal material is not good?"

"General, whether it is growing apples or candied dates, we all have ready-made mature hands, but growing medicinal materials is not something that ordinary people can grow well! If you don't do it well, you will lose all your money."

"You forgot about Shu Crazy?" Qin Feng smiled and said, "From Taiping City, he brought several young apprentices, opened a medicine garden and planted medicinal materials by himself. Of course, he planted some extremely precious things, but even those rare and precious things can be planted. Are the general medicinal materials in your place still a thing for them?"

Ma Xiangnan hesitated for a moment, "Doctor Shu is not easy to talk to."

"That depends on whether you are sincere or not. If you really want to accomplish this, there must be a way to get him to help you." Qin Feng laughed.

"Okay, then I'll try my best to stop this old face and go block him every day." Ma Xiangnanxin said with a slight straitor, "I have to let him give up a few of his little apprentices."

"That's right. If you want to get things done, you have to be thick-skinned." Qin Feng laughed.

"By the way, General, I want people in addition to money." Ma Xiangnan scratched his head and made another request to Qin Feng with a little embarrassed look.

"What kind of person?"

"The road construction person." Ma Xiangnan said: "The general built Taiping City and Daye City. There are many experts in this field in the craftsman camp, especially under such harsh geographical conditions from Taiping City to Daye City, who can build such a good road. It's nothing to do with our place. If the general can transfer such talents to help me, I think it will definitely be twice the result with half the effort."

"Compared with money, I can transfer you to someone like you want." Qin Feng laughed: "I will send someone to tell the clever teacher where to choose the best master."

"Thank you, General!" Ma Xiangnan was overjoyed. For a moment, he felt refreshed. This time he entered Beijing, he had gained a lot.

"No need to thank you for now, Ma County Ma, I'll ask you something." Qin Feng looked at him thoughtfully: "When you were in Chu State, you were also a civil servant and in charge of a county. I want you to compare it. What is the difference now and then? Where do you prefer to do things?"

Qin Feng asked Ma Xiangnan where he stayed. Just now, he completely entered the role of a local civil servant who seeks local welfare and completely forgot his identity. When Qin Feng asked, he immediately saved his original identity and was immediately speechless.

Qin Feng looked at him with a smile.

Ma Xiangnan suddenly felt that his thinking was disordered and didn't know how to answer.

"If you have something to say, you don't have to hide it. You know my personality." Qin Feng said.

After a while, Ma Xiangnan let out a long breath, looked at Qin Feng, and said, "It is a happy and painful thing to be a person in Chu State, but it is a pain and happy thing to be a person in Changyang."
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