Chapter 138

"I wonder what this old man can do for Young Master?" Feng Chunsheng's mood was very excited now; he didn't know how many years it had been since he had such a feeling.

He had no one above him, so even if he did well, he could not hold a high position. Over time, the enthusiasm in his heart seemed to have solidified.

Although he was still doing things for the people, his heart knew that the things he could change were too few. Often the problems he raised were not taken seriously, and that sense of powerlessness had plagued him for a long time.

Just like this, he sat numbly in the position of County Magistrate year after year, until when he had no hope, he saw this vibrant city of Jiangcheng.

If he were here, perhaps he could see the things he once insisted on.

Hearing this, Jiang Jinshi naturally wouldn't be polite. His original purpose was to catch this old man to work, so he hurriedly took him to the County Magistrate's residence.

He told the other party roughly about his ideas for how to transform Jiangcheng, and Feng Chunsheng was surging with excitement as he listened.

"Good, good, good! Doing this will definitely be no problem, it's just the grain problem..."

Of course, what Feng Chunsheng was most worried about was the grain problem, because whether it was solving the refugees' food and clothing through work-for-relief or restoring Jiangcheng's livelihood, the cornerstone was grain.

"You don't need to worry about the grain problem. Now the refined salt purified from Shixian Mountain can perfectly solve this problem."

Jiang Jinshi was very confident. Now the points in Li Xinyue's system hadn't decreased much at all.

What's more, once the Chamber of Commerce was established, the caravan could take refined salt, glass, and even ready-made clothes to sell outside, and then bring back high-quality nanmu or sandalwood, etc., to exchange for points.

In this way, the points would continue to rise, and more and more silver would be earned, and everyone could eat their fill and make money, and a virtuous cycle would be achieved.

It was a pity that Jiang Jinshi and Li Xinyue had tried, and using the porcelain of this era to exchange for points didn't work. After all, that thing had to be old to be valuable. Currently, these that had just come out of the kiln for a few years were like new, and the points given by the system were very low.

"Shixian Mountain can produce refined salt? Isn't that poisonous salt?" Feng Chunsheng was surprised. He had guarded Shixian Mountain for many years, and he could never be wrong about this point.

Jiang Jinshi knew that explanation alone was useless, so he showed Feng Chunsheng the refined salt produced, which made the other party's jaw drop again.

"This is the refined salt produced by Shixian Mountain?"

Jiang Jinshi said: "To be precise, what Shixian Mountain produces is indeed poisonous salt, but I can turn poisonous salt into refined salt for the people to eat."

Now Feng Chunsheng finally knew why the other party didn't hesitate to kidnap him to take down Shixian Mountain. This was simply a gold mine!

Fortunately, what this 'gold mine' produced was used on the people.

That's right, Feng Chunsheng thought that this grain price must be a loss; after all, Northern Xinjiang didn't produce grain now and could only be transported from outside.

This made Feng Chunsheng have to admire Jiang Jinshi. Such a 'gold mine' was not kept for himself, but instead, all of it was fed back to the people. Just this point alone was better than 90% of the Imperial Court officials.

Now Feng Chunsheng only felt hatred!

He hated why he didn't hand over Shixian Mountain to Jiang Jinshi earlier, so the people could have gone hungry for one less day. He was simply a sinner.

Fortunately, it was not too late, and there was still a chance to save it.

However, mentioning Shixian Mountain, Feng Chunsheng inevitably thought of Qingcheng.

He had been in Qingcheng for a long time and had deep feelings for that place. If Qingcheng could also become like Jiangcheng, he didn't know how happy he would be.

Jiang Jinshi saw Feng Chunsheng's thoughts, and in order to make the other party work hard, he immediately began to skillfully draw a big pie.

"Now Jiangcheng is not yet stable. As long as it is stable, my next step is to take down Licheng, and then Qingcheng."

"City Lord Jiang, is this true?" Feng Chunsheng grabbed Jiang Jinshi's hand, and his wrinkled face had three parts surprise, three parts pleading, and four parts panic!

"Of course! But the time is not set, after all, these cities are not so easy to take down."

Although Jiang Jinshi was just to give the other party a shot in the arm, in fact, if there were no accidents on Xiao Chunqiu's side, then taking down Qingcheng would be a very simple matter.

"No matter! It doesn't matter if it's late! I just hope the County Magistrate of Licheng doesn't fail to appreciate kindness."

Feng Chunsheng really hoped to quickly let the people of Qingcheng live a happy life, so much so that he began to worry that the Licheng County Magistrate would cause obstacles for Jiang Jinshi.

Hearing this, Jiang Jinshi was speechless and really wanted to tell the other party that the most unappreciative County Magistrate among these cities was you.

In the end, Jiang Jinshi still didn't say this. After handing over a large stack of work to the other party, he only left one sentence.

"When you have time, find a way to recruit some people for my Yangguangzhai. Only with more people can we take down Qingcheng sooner."

Feng Chunsheng, sitting on the chair, kept pulling his goat beard, thinking about Jiang Jinshi's words.

Recruit people? That's conscription! Now that there is grain and money, this is not difficult!

In order to let Qingcheng embrace Yangguangzhai as soon as possible, Feng Chunsheng secretly decided to make some changes to accelerate this process.

However... how many soldiers should be recruited?

In the past, there were quantity standards for conscription, which had to be determined based on the war on the front line and the supplies in the rear. He had never encountered a situation like Jiang Jinshi dropping a sentence and running away.

Anyway, the more the better! Only with more people can we rob... save more cities.

Jiang Jinshi walked out of the County Magistrate's residence and stretched. He had finally thrown away all the things on his body. It was refreshing to have nothing to do.

When everyone came back later, he would tell the brothers to cooperate with Feng Chunsheng to develop Jiangcheng well, and he could start to go to Licheng to find Xiao Chunqiu.

"Has the urgent report to the Prince of Zhenbei been delivered?" Guangwu Jun Governor Liu Xuecheng was sitting at the head of the main hall, and a guard below was kneeling on one knee to report.

"It has been delivered!"

A chill burst out in Liu Xuecheng's eyes, and the veins on his arm holding the water cup bulged.

"I haven't settled the account with you for killing my nephew, and you dare to harm Jiangcheng again. Do you think I am made of mud?"

The former Jiangcheng County Magistrate Liu Changqing was Liu Xuecheng's nephew, otherwise, how could that idiot Liu Changqing have sat in the position of County Magistrate!

Very few people knew about this, after all, this was something that couldn't see the light!

When he received the news that Liu Changqing died at the hands of mountain bandits, Liu Xuecheng almost went berserk and almost personally led troops to suppress the bandits. In the end, he held back because he was afraid that the Imperial Court would investigate afterward.

Although Jiangcheng belonged to Guangwu Jun, leaving the city of Guangwu Jun with troops without authorization required permission from above, otherwise, the crime would be light for unauthorized troop movement, and heavy for treason.

The Prince of Zhenbei naturally had the right to let Liu Changqing send troops, but it was a pity that at that time, the Xiongnu broke the city, and Liu Changqing's urgent report didn't even reach the Prince of Zhenbei.