Jiang Pengji ran the army strictly, but the salary and pension benefits given to the soldiers were second to none among the feudal lords.
She spent half a month dealing with this matter. In her free time, she would bring people out to survey the terrain of Changye to see if there were any areas that could be improved.
Not only did she go alone, but she also brought Huang Song along.
"They are all busy. No matter how I think about it, only you are free."
Jiang Pengji said calmly. She looked as if she was just talking about the weather.
Huang Song was so angry that he was about to bleed. Twenty days ago, he was still an opponent whom he had fought to the death with. Have you forgotten?
Was he being scolded for being a freeloader?
Jiang Pengji was wearing a loose robe with large sleeves. Her long sleeves were tied up with a bracelet, revealing her bare arms.
Now that it was almost late autumn, Huang Song felt cold just by looking at her clothes. He couldn't wait to stay away from her.
Jiang Pengji was wearing wide-toothed wooden clogs. Huang Song followed beside her. Behind her stood more than 20 guards with swords.
They climbed to the top of a nearby hill, and looking down, they could see a continuous line of regular barracks.
"Right now, Changye is a desolate place. However, I heard that it used to be a county with abundant grain production." Jiang Pengji took a glance and ignored the guards' fearful gazes. She climbed onto the rock at the top of the mountain and stood higher to see further. "Does Bogao know about this?"
Huang Song's scalp went numb when he saw her suicidal actions. He immediately backed away to clear his name.
He didn't want to be misunderstood as trying to murder Jiang Pengji. He reckoned that they would pounce on him and kill him before he could do it.
"I've heard a little about it. It's said that the rainwater flowed backwards and caused the plague —"
Jiang Pengji said, "The terrain here is low. If there is a rare rainstorm and the waterway is blocked, it will be easy for the river to flow backwards."
The natural disasters in Dongqing were endless. Droughts and floods died. No one could guarantee that Changye would not experience a rare rainstorm again.
If this place was to be developed, this problem had to be solved.
If Changye could be managed well, it would become a major grain producing county in the future. There was no such thing as too much grain.
In this era, it was a blessing for farmers to suffer from cheap grain prices. The scariest thing was that there was not enough grain to eat.
Huang Song glanced at her and asked, "What does Lanting plan to do?"
Jiang Pengji said, "Divert the river water to nourish the fertility."
Because the ancient tools were very backward, in order to make up for this, they had to send a lot of manpower and labor.
According to the previous methods, Jiang Pengji recruited refugees from the vicinity and provided relief through work. Not only could it solve the security problems of the area, but it could also solve the livelihood problems of the people. At the same time, it would not delay the construction of various projects. Naturally, he would do the same to Chang Ye.
However …
Changye was a desolate and uninhabited place. Not to mention refugees, it was hard to even see a living person.
If she wanted to develop the area, Jiang Pengji would have to transfer manpower from other places.
This would be another expense, and it would take time to transfer people.
"I'm planning to sort out the uniforms …"
They were prisoners of war, but weren't they Huang Song's former troops?
Jiang Pengji planned to absorb the young and strong prisoners of war to expand the military camp. The rest would be left behind as labor.
Of course, even if they were prisoners of war, Jiang Pengji planned to pay them, but the pay was only half that of normal labor.
Once the construction was over, these captives could either stay and become residents of Changye, or they could choose to return home.
Huang Song said, "Lanting can make the decision."
In his opinion, Jiang Pengji's methods were gentle and merciful. If it was in the past, when food was scarce, the prisoners of war would be killed.
Prisoners of war could not be considered human beings. Their social status was lower than that of slaves.
If Jiang Pengji disliked their gluttony, she could kill them here to save money.
Not only would they be kept alive, but they would also be paid to work. They would even have the opportunity to regain their status as civilians in the future …
Even Huang Song could not find fault with it.
Jiang Pengji stayed on the mountain and watched the scenery for a while. Then, she got up and jumped off the huge rock.
"Let's go back. It's getting dark."
Everyone went down the mountain and returned. Just as they were halfway up the mountain, Huang Song accidentally stepped on something and almost rolled down.
Jiang Pengji quickly pulled him up. Huang Song was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Why did you step on nothing?"
"There's something under my feet …"
Huang Song stepped aside and found a piece of blackened bone exposed where he had stepped on.
Jiang Pengji did not care at first. When she looked down, she found a piece of green on the ground near the black bone.
She got up and said to the guard, "Dig it out."
The guard dug very deep. It took him a quarter of an hour to dig the headless corpse out of the mud. There was a seal next to the corpse.
Jiang Pengji did not care about the corpse. She cared about the seal.
Huang Song glanced at it and said, "This seal is of excellent quality. Looking at the carving and style, it seems to be from the early Xia Dynasty."
The Xia Dynasty unified the Central Plains. The surrounding small countries succumbed to it. It was an era with an extremely prosperous economy and a luxurious atmosphere.
This atmosphere also affected all walks of life. Many places carried the decadent atmosphere unique to that era.
Even the seal that was commonly used by Taoists was more or less affected.
Jiang Pengji said, "The early Xia Dynasty? Taoism was popular at that time? "
This seal came from the same source as the one that Wei Ci carried. Except for the different seal characters, it seemed to be cloned.
Huang Song said, "Although it's not the state religion, it's much more likable than Buddhist monks."
Buddhism was an imported religion. It was not a local religion.
When monks were at their most domineering, they almost shook the foundation of the entire society.
When Buddhism was first introduced, it was not acclimatized. After it gained a firm foothold, it was unstoppable.
In order to avoid taxes and avoid military service, the people shaved their heads and became monks. Even though they became monks, their behavior was no different from that of ordinary people.
In order to build temples, they occupied millions of hectares of fertile land. Most importantly, they did not pay taxes. They kept a large number of monk soldiers and used countless copper, iron, gold, and silver to build Buddha bodies. This seriously affected society. The period of the Sixteen Kingdoms was also the most prosperous and darkest period of Buddhism.
After the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, the founder of the Xia Dynasty, under Prime Minister Huangfu's suggestion, exterminated Buddhism. He destroyed countless temples, confiscated millions of hectares of fertile land that was illegally occupied by the temples, confiscated hundreds of thousands of slaves, and ordered the illegal monks and nuns to return to secular life. In addition, he dismantled the bronze and golden Buddha statues. The materials were used to cast coins, farm tools, and weapons. He established strict rules to become a monk.
After this battle, Buddhism declined, and Taoism rose rapidly with the support of the court.
Of course, there were people among the people who said that Prime Minister Huangfu was a disciple of a Taoist temple in name when he was young, so he was especially close to Taoism.
After Huang Song's explanation, not only did Jiang Pengji understand, but Salted Fish in the streaming room also understood.
Toudu Feiqiu: "It sounds like the Three Martial Arts Sect destroyed Buddhism?"
The Fairy Queen's Crimson: "I thought monks were kind and benevolent … I'm dumbfounded."
Yiyi Zimou: "The monks in the history of China were similar.
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