Chapter 126 Rest and Recuperation

In the City Lord's Mansion, Li Yanbing was reviewing official documents.

Now that she had become the governor of Jiangzhou, she had control over the affairs of the entire Jiangzhou.

After dealing with the officials from the capital and the children from the family who came to seek refuge, she was now on the right track.

"Crackle, crackle"

"Over the years, more than 10,000 acres of good farmland in the entire Jiangzhou have been abandoned, and most of the remaining good farmland is close to the surroundings of various cities, most of which are controlled by the aristocratic families in each city."

"The total number of soldiers in the various cities of Jiangzhou exceeds 14,000, and some of the soldiers' fields have also been occupied, making it difficult for the soldiers to meet their family needs through farming, and they can only rely on taxes to make up for it..."

Beside her, several accountants arranged by the family were checking the account books to find the deficit.

The abacus in the hands of these accountants was crackling, and the old accounts accumulated in various cities in Jiangzhou were caught by them in various ways.

From land, tax silver, house, merchants to the errands and soldiers in various cities, all the items involving silver and money were checked.

It wouldn't matter if she didn't investigate, but after investigating, Li Yanbing's face almost turned blue with anger!

In her opinion, Jiangzhou is now rotten, and corruption and bribery are not the main point. The main point is that most of the wealthy families are even occupying the land of the government soldiers in various ways to satisfy their selfish desires!

No wonder the government soldiers are so rotten now, and it can even be said that it would be strange if they are not rotten under such circumstances!

"Hu~ Call Li He!"

"Yes!"

After taking a deep breath, Li Yanbing gave orders to the entourage around him with a stern face.

Li He, who quickly changed into an official uniform, came to Li Yanbing quickly, clasped his hands and saluted Li Yanbing and said, "Sir, why did you call me here?"

"Let these wealthy families spit out all the official land they have occupied, and take out half of their property to make up for the deficit. If they don't do it, let them suffer a little!"

Li Yanbing put a list in front of him and said with a cold face.

"Yes!"

"But sir, these people may have people in the court. Will we do this?"

Li He immediately agreed, but he still carefully reminded Li Yanbing.

"Just do it. Hehe, do you still think that they can overthrow me with their empty words now?"

Li Yanbing looked calm. She knew what her advantages were, and she knew how those officials in the court would react, but these things were not important at all!

"I understand!"

Li He nodded immediately. Of course, he knew that Li Yanbing's real backer was neither the family nor the emperor, but the more than 4,000 heavily armored paper figures in his hands and the half-saint behind him!

When Li He left, Li Yanbing couldn't help shaking his head. This subordinate was smart, but too cautious.

"Sir, the refugee camp outside the city has accepted more than 2,000 refugees from all over the country. If they continue to accept refugees, the number will probably be even greater."

Not long after, an official came to Li Yanbing to report the situation to her.

"There are several villages and towns around that have been abandoned. How about moving them there?"

Li Yanbing couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. Resettling refugees is a troublesome matter in itself. It is definitely not enough to just give them some food.

"I'm afraid we need to give them some rations, farm tools and seeds to make them settle down."

The official thought about it and replied to Li Yanbing.

"Okay, I will allocate some money and food from the treasury. This matter will be left to you!"

Li Yanbing nodded in agreement, which made the official in front of him happy, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he bowed to Li Yanbing and said, "Your Excellency is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness!"

"In addition, I will arrange a few heavily armored soldiers to serve you. After all, you are also an official. There are all kinds of people in the refugee camp, which is a bit dangerous."

Unfortunately, he didn't feel happy for long before Li Yanbing's next words reached his ears.

"Yes, thank you, Your Excellency."

But this kind of thing cannot be refused. The official could only squeeze out some smiles and thank Li Yanbing again.

While Li Yanbing was handling official business, Lin Feng was developing a vegetable garden behind the cemetery.

There were no graves near the back mountain. In fact, this place was originally a wasteland, but it was full of weeds and shrubs.

Hearing the shouts of the runners in the morning, Lin Feng also wanted to get a piece of land to grow some small vegetables, chives, ginger, garlic and other things.

I don't expect to sell these things for money, as long as they are easy to eat.

Outside, the old cripple used thin wooden sticks tied to the beaten pillars, preparing to use these things to make a fence to enclose the entire vegetable garden to prevent it from being harmed by birds and beasts.

"It's a pity that it's winter now, and we can only grow some radishes, cabbages, and shallots."

The old cripple was busy while thinking about what to grow. Jiangzhou Luohe City is located in the south, and it won't be too cold in winter, so we can still grow some things.

Lin Feng waved the hoe and turned the land over again.

Then, they would burn all the shrubs and weeds to ashes. This would not only increase the fertility of the soil, but also kill some pests.

This is what is called slash-and-burn farming. In the days without chemical fertilizers, the only way to provide soil fertility was to burn grass and leaves.

"I'll turn the land over again some other day and sow some seeds, but God is not so generous, so I have to fetch water for the land myself."

When the smoke cleared and a layer of ash accumulated on the ground, the old cripple seemed quite happy and kept telling Lin Feng what to do next.

"Okay, I'll go to the city to buy some seeds tomorrow."

Lin Feng nodded and agreed, then walked towards the courtyard with his tools.

Back in the courtyard, he sat on a recliner to bask in the sun as usual, while focusing his thoughts on other things.

According to his order, the corpse collector has begun to recruit disciples.

In Liuzhou, the corpse collector in linen clothes walked slowly in front with a shroud, and a half-grown child followed behind him silently.

This kind of thing happened before, after all, sometimes the corpse taken away is someone else's close relative, and some people will even follow behind and walk a long way out of the village before looking back.

But this time the situation is different. The child was saved by the corpse collector. He is an orphan and originally belonged to the kind of person who eats from hundreds of families in the village.

However, because of the war, there were only a few living people left in the whole village, and the food in the village had long been robbed by those chaotic soldiers who were comparable to bandits.

When the corpse collector arrived here, the few survivors had nothing to eat. They could only find some wild vegetables and catch some small fish and shrimps in the mountains to fill their stomachs. Naturally, they could not take care of such an orphan.

Seeing such a person, the corpse collector directly accepted him as his disciple according to Lin Feng's order, gave the orphan some food and asked him to work with him.

This orphan was brave enough and was not even afraid of corpses.

After the corpse collector dealt with all the corpses in the village, he took him with him. This kid seemed reluctant to leave his hometown and did not speak all the way.