Chapter 260
After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, seeing that Meng Changqing did not respond, he couldn't help but call her, "Mr. Meng? What are you thinking about?"
"The first time I met that savage, he was staring at me. Now that you say it, I know why he was staring at me."
Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and then understood, "You said, because of the official uniform you were wearing at that time?"
Meng Changqing nodded.
Zhang Yuan smiled and shook his head, "This is really unexpected. By the way, Mr. Meng, why are you wearing regular clothes today?"
"I wasn't careful when I was wearing it a few days ago, and my cuffs got scratched. I had to ask my mother to help me repair it. You also know that the material is very troublesome to mend, and it won't heal for a while."
Zhang Yuan nodded and heard Meng Changqing ask: "Did you give the savage the clothes he wanted?"
"No." Zhang Yuan said, "I won't be able to get such clothes for a while. Don't talk about him. Even I don't have silk clothes myself. I'm just reporting it to the higher ups and waiting for a reply."
"Didn't you reject him?" Meng Changqing asked.
"I only said that I don't have it now, and that it is not something that ordinary people can wear."
"It makes no sense that we keep giving him things, but he doesn't give us any benefits." Meng Changqing has always felt that raising such a savage is of no benefit.
Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement, but what was the use of his agreement? He has no say in this matter like Meng Changqing.
Meng Changqing, in the spirit of coming back, simply visited the area around the city wall and did not return to the county government office until noon.
She had just arrived at the county government office and sat down. Before the lunch dishes in front of her were ready, Yang Zheng ran over and said, "Sir, it happens that you are not here this morning. I have two things to tell you at the government office."
Meng Changqing asked him to sit down and said.
"One is a matter in our county. Someone has come down from the dangerous mountain again. According to your wishes, I let them build houses at the foot of the mountain, allocate fields, and identity cards have been issued."
Yang Zheng put it simply now. In fact, it took a lot of energy to deal with the people who came down from the mountain. He spent the whole morning there. Those people were not good people. They were quite hostile to the government. Their words and actions were full of temptations. If you want to Resisting and vigilant all the time.
"Let the government servants who have been monitoring them cheer up. If anything happens, it will happen in the past few days." Meng Changqing said, "I can't trust such a group of people. People who are used to being bandits will have a bandit mentality." .”
Yang Zheng hesitated to speak. He still felt that Meng Changqing was too absolute, but thinking that the other party would not listen if he said it, he might as well forget it and not say it.
"Is there anything else?" Meng Changqing asked.
At this time, Bafang came over with the last dish. Seeing that they were talking about something, he put it down and quietly stepped aside.
"Oh, the brothers who stayed in Yangmen County came back and said that some people want to come to us, but they are not migrating here, but the women of the family have come to our county. They want to come here to do some farm work for the women."
"Doing farm work?" "Didn't a lot of women come alone a few days ago? It seems that some of them have negotiated with their families. The women will come first. When things get better here, the whole family will come together. After all, the women are gone. It does not affect the family’s original farmland, but can also gain two acres of land in our Beishan County, which is a great deal for the people.”
When Yang Zheng said this, he was also thinking, "Like other places, people can travel between two counties. As long as they don't live for a long time or enter or leave important places, no proof is needed.
But Liangzhou is different, especially Weishan, Hongjia, and our Beishan County. People in this county cannot come and go at will.
Do you agree with this? ”
Before Meng Changqing could open his mouth, Yang Zheng continued: "If you agree, brothers will have to do a lot more work. If you don't agree, it seems to have no impact on us."
"If they really come to help farm, then we will naturally welcome them with open hands. After all, we have a share in the output of each family's land."
Yang Zheng asked: "Then let them lead the way?"
"No, some troubles are unavoidable for Lu Yin." Meng Changqing said, "Since he said he is here to help his woman farm, let his woman pick him up. As long as there is another person present besides her woman, If the person's identity can be proven, he will be allowed to enter Beishan County."
"It takes two people to prove their identity." Yang Zheng nodded, and was about to say I understand when Meng Changqing said, "It's not just two people, one of them must be his family in Beishan County.
If that person says that his wife is in Beishan County, his wife must be among the two certifiers. Otherwise, don't let him come over. Even if there are four or five or six other people who can vouch for his identity, don't let him come over. ”
"Why is this?"
"Who knows whether he is here to farm or to cause trouble? As the magistrate of Beishan County, of course I give priority to ensuring the safety of the people in my county."
"Okay! I'll go and do it right away."
After Yang Zheng left, Bafang sat down and said, "Master, let's eat, the food is almost cold."
After lunch, Meng Changqing didn't even have time to drink a cup of tea, and went to Cheng Guang to give instructions.
When patrolling, he asked his men to emphasize to the women who were alone here that they should pay attention to safety when going out and try to stay with familiar female companions and not be alone.
He was also asked to add more manpower to guard the two villages of Anton and Anxi.
After taking care of her here, she went to the fields to do her business.
While she was so busy that her heels couldn't touch the ground, Qi Renli was also busy. Since he heard about castor seeds from Meng Changqing last time, he also had many ideas about how to carry out his work.
The first is silkworms. We must find ways to equip Beishan County with the technology to raise silkworms.
He asked his men to search for silkworms and oak trees in the mountains. He asked Meng Changqing for a note and went to surrounding places to inquire about silkworm raising.
God paid off. He wandered around outside for several days, almost finishing the dry food stuck in his throat, and finally got the news.