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Chapter 23(1/2)

Heng Yu has been in this world for two years. In the past two years, she has successfully developed papers and used her leisure time to silently write some famous works from the Spring and Autumn Period that she remembers. She has printed them into a book using movable type printing.

But after discussion with Song Mu, the two of them just arranged everything silently, but did not immediately push the paper out.

The time has not come.

The method of salt making in the salt field has been completely replaced by the salt drying method. Using the salt drying method not only expands the salt production, but also greatly saves manpower in cooking salt.

In ancient times, human resources represented productivity, and a large number of liberated labor could be arranged to do many things.

After the launch of salt, Hengyu directly reported news, attracting salt merchants from all over the world to Bingzhou.

Bingzhou, which was often overlooked in the past, suddenly attracted the attention of the world.

Hengyu uses the method of selling salt to gather wealth, strictly controls the price of salt, and promotes affordable salt in the world, in order to win the hearts of the people of the world.

In the past, Yanli was controlled by the gentry and the court. Hengyu, the court, had already spent a lot of money to buy the eunuchs around the emperor in advance and contributed a huge amount of wealth to the emperor's inner treasury.

It is true that having money can make the ghost push the mill. The emperor's inner treasury has long been squandered by the massive construction in recent years. Hengyu gave him money to maintain his luxurious life. This emperor is still very honest in doing business.

When the gentry reported the memorial because of their damage to their interests and tried to pull Song Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, off the horse, the emperor kept helping him, and the eunuchs kept saying good things to Song Yi in front of the emperor.

The emperor did not get help, and Bingzhou was located on the border, and the gentry was out of reach. He could only secretly regret it in his heart but had no choice but to let affordable salt promote the world.

After the affordable salt, the tea mountain that Hengyu sent someone to buy was already mature, and the tea farmers had already made fried and cooked tea according to Hengyu's requirements.

Tea is taking a high-end route, which makes more profits than affordable salt. Hengyu sells tea very low-key.

Since ancient times, she has had some favors and has achieved some results. She used the name of a merchant to present the tea cakes made to the emperor and the gentry. After the gentry became a habit of drinking tea, she immediately sent her own people to sell tea all over the country.

At the same time, a group of businessmen trained under his command were sent to some important towns across the country to open tea shops.

The tea shop is quiet and peaceful, and the people they face are large families. On the surface, it is a place for scholars to sell tea and provide a gathering place for scholars, but secretly it is to collect messages and convey messages.

She was only responsible for making plans and dispatching, and she didn't touch the specific process at all, so no one knew that the tea was launched from Bingzhou. Even if someone investigated, she could only find out the big businessmen who had defected to Hengyu.

The shortage of money was temporarily resolved, and Heng Yu's eyes were on the army.

What kind of words are used in troubled times? The army in the hands of the princes.

With the army, you can only have the confidence to speak in this chaotic world.

Song Yi would patrol the military camp every day. On this day, he rode out of the city and went to the military camp as usual. He happened to meet Heng Yu who was riding a horse waiting for him at the city gate.

"Father." Heng Yu rode forward to greet him.

She is now wearing men's clothing and looks extremely straightforward when she delivers her salute.

Wearing men's clothing is not to hide her female identity. In fact, she has never concealed that she is a woman, and wearing men's clothing is just to facilitate her behavior.

Some people despise her because of her identity and gender, but such people have no influence on current affairs and political situations, and Heng Yu will never disturb him.

When promoting salt and tea, Heng Yu did not forget to promote stirrups in the army and nailed iron horse hooves to the horse's hooves.

With these two things, the already brave Bingzhou army directly defeated the Huns when they attacked the territory last year. This was a rare victory in the war between the Wei army against the Huns after General Guguo Ning.

Heng Yu, who promoted these things, also left a name in the soldiers' minds.

"Is Yu'er going to focus on the army now?" Song Yi looked at her with a funny look.

Song Yi is a qualified general, but he is very frank about power. It is precisely because Heng Yu knows that he is such a person that he is so sharp in his actions.

Heng Yu's intentions are in the world, Song Yi saw that they have been silently supporting him, and even if she keeps taking over the authority in his hands, she doesn't care. It can be said that it is precisely because of Song Yi's unconditional support that she can realize her thoughts so quickly.

Without Song Yi's support in terms of human and financial resources, no matter how good Heng Yu's idea is, no one has no money in his hands, and it is difficult to implement her plan.

"Does my father blame me?"

She did not intend to control the army, and the highest general of the Bingzhou army was Song Yi. But the Bingzhou army was her greatest capital for making a fortune, and she must have her traces on this army.

"If you are worried, you will be in a bright world for your father. The world has been in chaos for a long time." Song Yi sighed.

He did not have the same vision and strategy to analyze the current situation, but Heng Yu and Song Mu had already spread everything and told him.

The troubled times are about to arise, and the heroes have already shown signs of separatism. He has the ambition to maintain success but has no desire to be overlord. In this troubled times, even if he can separatist one side, he will inevitably be in danger of being annexed in the future.

But Heng Yu has what he lacks.

The court was famous for its reputation, but it was in a state of drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and the food and grass they had allocated were better than nothing. People from all over the world also suffered a lot. Hengyu's actions over the years were all beneficial to the country and the people. Song Yi could see clearly and be clear enough, so he always gave Hengyu the greatest support.

Heng Yu and Song Yi went to the military camp together.

In the military camp, soldiers were conducting immediate training. Heng Yu looked at these ingenious soldiers and his eyes were filled with admiration.

Song Yi stood on the platform with her. Seeing the admiration on her face, Song Yi pointed at the army under training below, "If I want it, go and get it myself."

In the following two months, Heng Yu moved directly from the prefect's mansion to the military camp, eating and living with the soldiers.

She has a short time to practice martial arts and is not very strong. It is indeed difficult to conquer everyone by relying on force, so in the first month, she mainly demonstrated her resilience.

Persevere and fight again and again after repeated defeats.

A month later, she had already convinced most of the people in the military camp. Although the other half of them did not believe her enough, if she dispatched them, the government orders would be smooth and no one would disobey them.

In this case, Heng Yu took out the ten consecutive crossbow arrows he had ordered to develop and directly equipped them to each cavalry; then announced a series of preferential policies for soldiers.

"In the future, the only son in the family will not join the army."

"In the future, the recruitment will no longer be implemented to enforce the recruitment measures. I want the Bingzhou boys to be proud of joining the army and are willing to fight to the death for our Bingzhou!"

"Soldiers pay twice the monthly salary. If you have children joining the army at home, the government will distribute a batch of daily necessities every month for pensions."

"If any army under my command dies to defend the territory, my family will be young and old, and I will support you for one day."

"If you are injured due to war and cannot go to the battlefield again in the future, I will arrange some leisure positions for you, and a monthly pension will be paid to you."

"I want to build a martial arts field for the children of all soldiers to come to study. In the martial arts field, I learn literature and martial arts."

After this action continued, everyone was convinced.

After Heng Yu moved to the military camp, Song Mu often came to find her.

Song Mu was the earliest adviser to her, a member of the Song clan, and was very good at internal affairs. He handled many things Hengyu had. The establishment of the intelligence organization and the cultivation of orphans were left to him, and even the martial arts field that was being built was also responsible.

Song Mu came here this time to report the progress of these matters to her.

He stood behind Heng Yu with a smile. He listened to her words and saw her methods continue, and the soldiers were all convinced.

The soldiers had no worries at all, and they would be the army to fight to the death in the future. And this brave and good army was loyal to his lord.

His lord has become more and more emperor-like.

Song Mu raised his head slightly, remembering the starry sky viewing last night, and the purple stars became more and more dimming.

The time is about to ripe.

After Bingzhou completely returned to his heart, Heng Yu's wedding ceremony also arrived.

Her wedding gifts were held very high-profile, and even some families who were not in friendship far away in Luoyang also sent gifts.

Above the hairpin ceremony, Song Yi took the name of Hengyu for Mingchu.

——I will not change my original intention.

The words Song Yi gave for her contained his greatest expectations and blessings for her.

In the chaotic times, he has seen too many people who have shaken their original intentions and are beyond recognition. It is rare to be polite and know how to advance and retreat, and to change their original intentions without changing them.

"In the early Ming Dynasty, thank you for your father's gift." Heng Yu put down his sleeves and gave a big gift.

The ceremony has passed, and Bingzhou is also developing smoothly. Song Yi is responsible for the soldiers' training, while Song Mu is present in the internal affairs. After Hengyu communicated with the two, he was named Song Ning and disguised himself as a man. He rode away from Bingzhou and headed south to Luoyang.

She stayed in Luoyang for half a year. After the layout was completed, she first went back to Bingzhou. After staying for half a year, she went south to Yizhou.

Originally, Heng Yu was planning to go to Jingzhou after staying in Yizhou for a year, but the news that Song Mu ordered people to rush over and over made Heng Yu immediately give up this idea and rushed back to Bingzhou overnight.

Ten years of Xingping.

In May, Yangzhou had a severe drought.

In June, locusts pass by, and no grass grows.

From the eighth year of Xingping to the tenth year of Xingping, Yangzhou has had a severe drought for three consecutive years. The harvest has been poor year by year, and the taxes are heavy. This year, there are locust plagues, which makes it even worse. In the past, the wealthy areas of Yangzhou were as rich as Yangzhou, and there were also tragedies in the world where children fed each other...

Heng Yu put down the letter in her hand and her face darkened. She handed the letter in her hand to Song Mu, and sat there with her lips pursed, without saying a word.

After a moment, Heng Yu asked softly: "Is there news from Luoyang?"

Song Mu replied respectfully: "I just received the news this morning that the sick man was sleeping for dozens of days and was in a coma a few days ago. Now he has no cure for medicine."

A sharp light flashed through Heng Yu's eyes, "I'm afraid that the man will have a final madness when Yao Shi is not cured."

Just like the very famous saying of Louis XV in France in my previous life - after I die, I don't care about the flood.

"Forget it, let them continue to investigate. Every day, Fei Ge will send a letter to send the information back to Bingzhou." Heng Yu ordered.

"Also, if the eunuchs want to harm the great scholars, we can save the people there, but we must act on the premise of ensuring our safety."

After changing the topic for a while, Heng Yu's mood calmed down a little. She stood there silently, and Song Mu stood beside her and waited for her instructions.

In my mind, I kept recalling some regulations on preventing and controlling locust plagues. After plundering a few, Heng Yu turned around and directly picked up his pen to write all these strategies on paper, and then handed them to Song Mu, "These are some terms on controlling locust plagues. You can send someone to Yangzhou immediately."

There has been no locust plague in Bingzhou, but Hengyu can provide terms for preventing and controlling locust plagues. Song Mu is not unsurprising, but over the years, he has long believed in Hengyu's ability.

"Also, donate the surplus grain that can be dispatched to Yangzhou in the name of a merchant. If you can breathe a sigh of relief, just wait until... wait..."
To be continued...
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