Chapter 1270: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (One Hundred and Sixty) Yingshui Fangshu

Unlike the prosperous but chaotic opposite bank, Yingshui is a completely different scene. The identical buildings are arranged neatly like a solemn line of soldiers. The cement roads plan these houses into small squares. The streets are wide and clean.

In the Han Dynasty, the military and politics are now strictly separated. The military does not interfere in politics. The only role of the army is to protect the country and the people and be ready to fight the enemy at any time. Governing the local area, managing people's livelihood, and developing the economy are the business of local officials. Because of the particularity of Yingshui, the county magistrate Fang Shu was sent directly from the Political Affairs Hall. After graduating from Jicheng Comprehensive University, he was directly selected by the Political Affairs Hall because of his excellent grades. After several years of training in the Political Affairs Hall, the most he did was to assist in coordinating the military's logistics needs and making preliminary budgets for the army. So although he is a civil servant, he is definitely not unfamiliar with military affairs, and because he often deals with soldiers, his temperament is also very generous.

Yingshui is at the forefront. The main job of the county magistrate is to take charge of the logistics coordination of the army once a war breaks out, so that the army fighting in the front has no worries. Fang Shu is such a suitable candidate.

As the first batch of talents cultivated by Jicheng Comprehensive University, and also the reserve officials cultivated by the Han State, he is ready for great use. This person is naturally good at several things. He is not only proficient in military affairs, but also has his own unique set of methods in people's livelihood management. He has been in the political hall with those old and cunning bosses for a long time. This person is naturally proficient in all kinds of tactics.

Outside Yingshui City, Fang Shu did not simply sell the original large piece of wasteland to the businessmen. He found a few business tycoons, these people provided the capital, Yingshui provided the land, and formed a semi-official and semi-civilian company. The new word company has been used for the first time in Procter & Gamble Co., Ltd. in the Han State. In the Han State, this company and that company have become commonplace for the Han people.

After the company called Heng'an was officially established, a large number of houses of uniform specifications and sizes were immediately built outside Yingshui City, and then they were rented out to merchants to do business. As the exchanges between Yingshui and Yingchuan became more frequent, they formed the current scale. The rent here has also risen. Up to now, the rent of houses here is not much less than that of Jicheng, and Heng'an Company has naturally made a lot of money. And Yingshui County Government has naturally made a fortune because of this.

The county government is rich, and the money must be spent. So in Yingshui, roads began to be built and hardened, and water conservancy projects were built from Yingshui River. Flowing to the four townships and eight miles.

Yingshui County is the first county in the whole Han country to be completely exempted from agricultural taxes. Of course, this is also the only exception in the country. It was specially approved by Gao Yuan after receiving the memorial submitted by Fang Shu, because Yingshui no longer cares about the taxes paid by farmers. Unlike the most frontline officials in various places who all attach great importance to the grain output of farmers, Fang Shu has not taken an ordinary path from the beginning. In Yingshui County, the main agricultural product of farmers is not grain. It is vegetables.

Because of the rapid expansion of Yingshui County. The population has increased rapidly, the sales of vegetables and fish are increasing day by day, and the prices are also rising all the way. Now Yingshui County, the army, merchants, and local natives have added up to more than 100,000 people, which is more than the population of some remote counties and states. The demand for vegetables and fish is naturally amazing.

The vegetables in Yingshui County now not only supply the needs of Yingshui County, but also supply those nominal enemy countries on the other side. Fang Shu once proudly said that 70 to 80 percent of the vegetables eaten by the generals of the Qin State across the river are produced in Yingshui. Although the profit of this vegetable is not high and the loss is also large, it can't stand people eating it every day, and the demand is amazing. Over time, the accumulated wealth is also quite amazing, much higher than the income from growing grain.

The county government is rich, so it is naturally rich and powerful. In terms of innovation of administrative policies, Yingshui County has created many firsts and is also innovative in people's livelihood. It is the first to implement elderly subsidies in the whole Han State. The elderly over 60 years old can receive one tael of silver per month, those over 70 years old can receive two taels, and those over 80 years old can receive five taels. As soon as this policy was introduced, cheers and doubts rang out across the country. Not every place is like Yingshui, because a strange phenomenon has created the current prosperity and there is too much money to spend. The Political Affairs Hall also has mixed opinions about the county magistrate who came out of them, especially the last policy, which was finally decided under Gao Yuan's insistence.

Fang Shu's cleverness lies in his excellent relationship with the military. Who is the highest commander stationed in Yingshui? Ye Feng. Who is Ye Feng? He is the uncle of the country. Through this uncle of the country, many of Fang Shu's policies have been heard by the emperor in the brewing stage. Ye Feng could not submit a memorial directly to Gao Yuan, but he could communicate with his sister in letters. If he mentioned these things in the letters, Ye Jing'er would naturally tell Gao Yuan about them as if they were new things, and quietly let the emperor know some of the most basic things.

Gao Yuan was well aware of Fang Shu's little trick, but he didn't care. If an official didn't have tricks, what could he accomplish? And this Fang Shu was indeed a talent that surprised him. Sometimes Gao Yuan even thought that this guy was like himself, with a soul from another world in his body. Many policies could be found in some distant and unfamiliar memories for Gao Yuan.

So Yingshui became Gao Yuan's experimental field, so he discussed Fang Shu's policies with Ye Jing'er intentionally or unintentionally, and even put forward his own ideas, and these ideas were passed on to Fang Shu through Ye Jing'er and Ye Feng's family letters.

Fang Shu was a smart guy who was different from ordinary people. From these vague information, he accurately judged that the supreme ruler of the Han Dynasty not only did not oppose his policies, but also put forward some bolder ideas and more pertinent suggestions, allowing him to gradually improve his new policies in Yingshui County in constant revision.

After the implementation of new policies and great achievements, Fang Shu seemed to see his bright future. Yingshui was originally a Han land, which can be said to be an extremely poor place, but now in terms of wealth, Yingshui is definitely one of the strongest counties in the entire Han Kingdom.

As Yingshui County became richer and richer, a series of measures to benefit the people were launched, and the population of many surrounding counties began to migrate to Yingshui, which also caused constant friction between Yingshui County and other surrounding counties. For the original Han land, the large-scale loss of population was originally the biggest problem. That county was not short of people, especially young and strong. Now that Yingshui is like this, everyone is scrambling to run here, and officials from other counties are anxious. At the worst time, other counties sent their own police to start chasing local people who ran away. The lawsuit finally went from the county to the political hall. Fang Shu did not get a good deal this time and was severely reprimanded. He had to start strengthening control in this regard. It is not so easy to become a registered population in Yingshui County.

Of course, Fang Shu would not forget the original intention of the Political Affairs Hall to send him to Yingshui. He has always spared no effort in supporting the army, especially when the head of the garrison was Ye Feng. This was the most convenient passage for him to connect to the palace in Jicheng. Ye Feng's army lived in permanent houses here. The county government spent money to build reinforced concrete barracks at the military station. The logistical support provided to the troops was always the best. Every now and then, they would find a reason, or the county government, or local gentlemen and businessmen would form a reward team to send food, vegetables, pigs and sheep to the army. Therefore, Ye Feng's army was always the best-lived and best-fed army in the Han army.

Now Fang Shu has set his sights on the Yingshui River flowing in Yingshui County. He plans to build a permanent embankment and cast a cement road on the embankment. Of course, building a bridge to connect the two banks is also one of his plans. Now, the embankment has been built, but the bridge has reached a deadlock.

The merchant he contacted hit a hard nail with Tan Feng, which made Fang Shu very upset. Because of the existence of Yingshui, the ferry at the dock was far from enough to meet the commercial exchanges between the two sides, which naturally hindered his plan to make money. If there was a bridge, it would not only solve this problem, but also collect tolls. He had calculated that this business would not only last long, but also have amazing profits.

For this matter, he discussed it with Ye Feng for a long time, until Ye Feng thought that whether there was a bridge or not would not have much impact on the possible war between the two sides. They had to fight as they should. Ye Feng's conclusion was the reason why he finally made up his mind, but he couldn't make the decision on this matter, and the other side had to agree. But now it seems that there is not much hope, which makes Fang Shu very upset. You know, in order to contact this businessman with technology and funds in Han State, he spent a lot of effort.

But what Fang Shu never expected was that the idea of ​​building a bridge over the Yingshui River was shattered, but this matter attracted the Chu people. Looking at the letter in his hand, he knew that he really had no say in this matter.

The bridge was built in front of him, and many things were under his control, but if he really went deep into Chu, it would be an extraordinary matter. Building a reinforced concrete bridge involved the latest road engineering technology of the Han country. It was hard to say whether he could get out, but vaguely, he saw a road of wealth waving to him, and it would be a pity to let it go.

"Come here, ask Master Ye to come over immediately." He summoned a subordinate and ordered that for such a big matter, it seemed that he had to ask Ye Feng about the king's attitude first. (To be continued)