latelenovela Chapter 152: This is not what a benevolent person would do.
Chapter 152: This is not what a benevolent person would do.
Ye Kun sighed, "It is not the will of a benevolent person to seize someone else's city. We seized Liu Dongliang's territory and then killed his entire family. I really can't bear it."
Shangguan Jifu laughed loudly, shook his head and left.
The next morning.
Shangguan Jifu inspected the navy of Dongba County, replaced them with his own generals, and after properly settling them, he selected some of the surrendered soldiers and incorporated them into his own troops, and returned to Tianmen County by water.
The troubles in Dongba County were left to Ye Kun.
In fact, Shangguan Jifu looked down on the land of Dongba County. There were many mountains and little land, and the population was not large. After the Huang Tiandao Rebellion, this place was a mess.
It's not easy to restore the vitality of this place.
Ye Kun was very happy because he had a stable territory.
The next morning, Ye Kun brought some of the former officials of Dongba County to the city to appease the military and civilians, distribute food for disaster relief, and stabilize the situation.
The injured civilians and soldiers were all treated.
The families of the soldiers who died in the disaster all received compensation.
After all, it was Liu Dongliang's money, so Ye Kun didn't feel bad about spending it.
Wang Bao, Zhu Dachun and others continued to lead troops to sweep away the roving bandits in the territory, pacify the people living in the mountains, and return them to their homes to resume production.
After taking control of the situation in the entire territory, Ye Kun personally went to the nine counties of Badong to check each one.
Although they are called nine counties, they are actually nine larger towns.
Some county towns are just larger fortresses with trenches dug around them.
Moreover, all the county towns have been abandoned. They were looted and burned into wastelands by Huang Tiandao's army and have lost their residential and defensive functions.
Ye Kun recruited some laborers from Pingye County, and together with the soldiers and civilians from Dongba County, they demolished several abandoned small county towns.
The usable old bricks and stones were used to build the new village.
Only three county towns of a certain size were retained and repaired.
The new villages have been planned, with one hundred households in one village. Each village has two village chiefs who are included in the establishment and paid monthly salaries.
Ye Kun has conducted research and found that Baihu Village is the most suitable size.
Those large forts were home to thousands of farmers and had tens of thousands of acres of arable land. The area was so large that the people had to travel far away to farm.
Some farmland is ten miles away. It takes two hours to go from home to the field, and it takes another two hours to go home after farming!
Time is wasted on the road.
Applying fertilizers and harvesting crops are extremely tiring.
It is obviously more reasonable to build small villages and place arable land around them.
The gentry liked to build large forts, partly because of land annexation and partly to defend against attacks from bandits and rebel soldiers in troubled times.
Ye Kun now occupies Dongba County and is confident that he can protect the territory and the people, so he only sets up small villages and tries to reduce the number of large forts and small county towns.
The original site of the small county town will be built by filling in the moat and turning it into a village, while retaining the trade market.
It is easy to say, but it is a complicated matter to appease the people and resume production.
Ye Kun worked overtime for more than ten days before he was able to settle down all the people in the territory.
In order to encourage everyone to build a new village, Ye Kun directly opened a large canteen and provided meals to everyone who came to work.
Many craftsmen and technical managers from Hirano Prefecture were also transferred to participate in the construction.
In the blink of an eye, it was early February.
The weather is fine.
Ye Kun ordered the craftsmen and technicians to continue the construction. All the village heads led the people to focus on the preparation of the wheat fields, one is weeding, the other is drainage.
Before the Huang Tian Dao Rebellion, about half of the cultivated land had already been cultivated. The crops that had already been cultivated could not be abandoned.
Craftsmen also worked hard to make a batch of hoes and shovels and distributed them to the people for use in production.
After the grass-roots management mechanism was put into operation, Ye Kun asked Qin Erwu and others to stay in Dongba City with their troops, while he returned to Pingye County to visit his mother, Jiang Yourong and others.
Haven't seen you for twenty days.
When Jiang Yourong and others saw Ye Kun, their eyes turned red and they cried with joy.
Ye Kun visited his mother and said with a smile:
"Mom, I am now the governor of Dongba County. In a few days, I will take you to Dongba County and let you live there in your old age. Dongba City is very big and lively."
The old lady was still not happy and sighed, "A nest of gold or silver is not as good as a doghouse at home. I would be happier if I could go back to Caomiao Village."
That’s right, Ye Kun’s mother is blind, and she can’t see any matter how lively the scene is.
Jiang Yourong also smiled and said, "Mother-in-law is right, husband, can we go back to Caomiao Village?"
"You can go back, but I will have to divide my forces to protect you, which will disrupt the arrangements."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "If you really want to go back, give me some time. I will rebuild Caomiao Village."
Cao Miao Village was also hit by the refugees and is now in ruins.
The bricks, tiles and stones from the old house of Zhou Taigong were later dug up and taken to Shuangya Mountain to build the Shuangya Mountain Military Camp.
The same situation applies to Guanjia Village and Jianghetou.
"Forget it, my safety is the most important."
Jiang Yourong smiled and comforted her mother-in-law: "Mother-in-law, you should listen to Brother Dalang. When things are peaceful in the future, we will return to Caomiao Village. If you don't want to go to Dongba City, we will stay in Pingye County."
The old lady took Jiang Yourong's hand and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you two."
After visiting his own family, Ye Kun went to visit the mathematician Lao He.
I met a girl head on, with bright eyes, white teeth and a graceful figure.
Green and yet with natural innocence.
"Master Ye, you're back. My father was just about to pay a visit to you." The girl stepped forward and was about to kowtow.
"He Tiantian?"
Ye Kun was stunned and held He Tiantian's hands: "Tiantian, I haven't seen you for 20 days, you have changed a lot."
Twenty days ago, Tiantian was very thin and her skin looked bad.
Now she looks fresh and lively, with fair and smooth skin and bright eyes. She is like a completely different person.
Tiantian smiled shyly: "After coming to Pingye County, life has become much better. Maybe it's because I've grown a little bit older."
"I've grown up a lot, really."
Ye Kun looked at Tian Tian and asked, "How much of your father's math skills have you learned? Can you keep accounts and do math?"
"Master Ye."
Old He came out of the house and said with a smile: "Tiantian has learned how to measure land, calculate accounts, and register books, but she is still not proficient. If Lord Ye takes her with him and gives her some pointers when he has time, I think she will be able to help Lord Ye with his work soon."
"A good father will have a good son. Tiantian is indeed a smart man."
Ye Kun nodded and asked about Lao He's situation.
Lao He and Teacher Wen have compiled mathematics and geometry textbooks for the elite class and also adjusted the mathematics textbooks for the basic class.
The textbook is of moderate difficulty, the descriptions are precise, and the formulas and laws are easy to understand.
"Thank you for your hard work, Lao He. The teaching materials are very good."
Ye Kun praised him highly and asked, "How are the students in the elite class and the five eunuchs doing?"
Lao He smiled bitterly: "There are a total of 40 people, half of them are better than Tiantian, and half of them are not as good as Tiantian. Because Tiantian has been learning from me since she was a child..."
Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "Let's graduate all the elite class. We'll take half of them to Dongba County. The other half will stay and serve as teachers in refugee camps and military camps. Lao He, your whole family, come with me to Dongba County."
Dongba County was in a state of disrepair and needed a large number of managers and accountants.
Lao He nodded and asked Tiantian to go home and pack her luggage.
Good news came from the paper mill: 200 kilograms of writing paper have been produced.
Ye Kun went over to check and was not very satisfied.
Because the paper is rough and easily soaked, it is far from the writing paper we imagine.
But there is another kind of paper in the warehouse. It is thicker and not white in color, but it can be used for writing. However, it has poor water absorption and the writing speed is slower.
Ye Kun called the person in charge of the paper mill and asked: "How was this batch of paper made?"
The person in charge checked the records and formula and reported:
"For this batch of paper, we used dandelion root juice and added it in. This was also Master Ye's order, asking us to do more experiments, so we just fumbled around..."
"Dandelion?"
Ye Kun was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he smiled, "So that's how it is, very good, very good!"
The roots of dandelions contain rubber substances and can also be used to extract rubber!
So this batch of paper should contain dandelion latex, which is why it is smooth, tough, and even has a little waterproof property.
The person in charge was also very happy and asked, "Master Ye, so this batch of paper can be used?"
"Yes, you can. Keep using this formula, produce more, conduct more experiments, and continue to improve the technology."
Ye Kun nodded and explained: "The roots of dandelions contain a kind of latex, which should be good for papermaking. You can adjust the proportions and continue to test."
The person in charge laughed and said, “But it’s not easy to find a large number of dandelion roots.”
Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "Let's give this to the purchasing department. Take the money and let the kids go look for it outside the city."
Ye Kun also checked the other papers and had them sent to the warehouse to be protected from insects and mildew.
Five days later.
Ye Kun returned to Dongba City with Chunhua Yulian, Wen Axiu, Hongyu, Lao He's family, and hundreds of craftsmen and technicians.
The Cao Jiashan couple, as well as Wang Zhenzhuer, also moved to Dongba City with Duoduo and Moli to work for Ye Kun.
Jiaonu and Caidie also came with half of the nursing and midwifery teams.
Jiang Yourong and Yuejuan are still in Pingye County for the time being.
They knew that Dongba County was in a state of disrepair and did not want Ye Kun to worry about them or distract their attention.
Stepping onto the road heading west, Chunhua was filled with emotion and said with a smile:
"Brother Kun, I didn't expect you to be so capable. You really took us back to our hometown."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Once I'm settled, I'll take you and Yu Lian back to your hometown to have a look."
Yu Lian was a little melancholy: "I don't know if my relatives from my mother's family are still here."
"Yulian, you have relatives at home?" Ye Kun was surprised: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Chunhua interrupted, "Sister Yulian has parents, brother and sister-in-law, a younger sister, and a nephew at home..."
Yu Lian smiled bitterly: "Brother Kun, you work hard day and night, and you have a lot of things to do every day. How can I bother you all the time because of these trivial matters? You saved Chunhua and me, and we are already very grateful."