Great Blue Night Watchman

As soon as the two met by the Qingshui River, Zhang Haoran was very anxious: "When I first took office, I got a hard job. You have to help me!"

What?

Zhang Haoran said, I don’t know if the Minister of Civil Affairs accepted the commission from the Prime Minister and carried out repeated suppression on me. He actually asked me to appease the refugees in the capital, strictly prohibit the refugees from entering the city, and strictly prohibit the refugees from committing crimes.

I have understood it before, how can it be so easy?

There are nearly a million refugees in the capital, and hundreds of them starve to death a day without food. This is still summer. If winter comes, at least one hundred thousand people will die in one winter. When people have nothing to eat, drink, or wear, what else do they have? Benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust? There are those who commit crimes, there are those who break into the city and steal, there are those who commit murder and arson, there are even those who conspire to rebel...

Lin Su frowned: "This isn't hard work for you, this is just a pit! How dare you jump into such a big pit?"

"Brother, of course I know it's a trap, but aren't you still there? Aren't you the best at solving the refugee problem in Haining? Help me, dealing with errands is one thing, but on the other hand, you don't know how pitiful these refugees are. , I fly over their heads every day, and I don’t dare to lower my head to look. I’m afraid that when I lower my head, I’ll see people eating people..."

This is the key reason why Zhang Haoran took this job.

His family lives in Green Willow Villa, and he sees the refugees every day when he opens the door. He feels the misery of the refugees more than anyone else...

Lin Su sighed helplessly: "Do you think that if Haining's refugee problem is solved, I can solve any refugee problem? Haining is uniquely blessed with resources. What is there outside the city? Nothing! What can I do to solve it?"

"If that doesn't work, then we can only raise donations. Find the big households in the city, collect donations from house to house, collect tens of thousands of taels, and then set up a porridge shop outside the city... By the way, don't worry about a big household like you. If you want to escape, please donate ten thousand taels of silver to me first to deal with the emergency."

Lin Su shook his head gently: "What do you want to do? Being an official will cost your brothers money, okay... Let's go for a walk outside the city first. If there is really no way to solve the problem, I will give you tens of thousands of taels of silver. It’s an emergency.”

"Ten thousand taels? Eighty-nine thousand is also tens of thousands..." Zhang Haoran's eyes lit up.

"Look at your virtue..." Lin Su smiled: "Can I compete with your grandfather? How much he donates, I will double it!"

"How can my grandfather have any money? He has already said that Green Willow Villa is purely a force to be reckoned with. Last month, he even sold a note left by his great-grandfather..."

The two of them left the city and headed outside the city.

Three miles out of the city, the sky is filled with ice and fire.

The city is prosperous, but outside the city there are refugees everywhere.

The official road outside the city gate has the most refugees and the most polite people. They also know that this is the best place to beg. There are many people entering and leaving the city. No one knows whether there will be kind-hearted people inside. If you find a generous person, give them a little casually, which means the lives of several relatives.

But they also don't know whether the people passing by may have violent tempered princes or grandsons. Once they collide with them, they will die immediately.

Therefore, these refugees all knelt on both sides of the road with their hands upward.

There are also several little girls, only twelve or thirteen years old, who are also kneeling on the roadside, some with straw ropes around their necks. These are for sale. Anyone who likes them can buy them and make them slaves, maids, and concubines. , it all depends on their own destiny...

The two walked along without making any more jokes.

The thick human tragedy made them no longer in the mood to joke...

In front, two women were talking quietly under the tree: "Is your uncle really in Haining?"

"Yes, three days ago, he sent a message to his father, asking him to find a way to get there. He said that he and his aunt had arrived at Yishui North Beach and were building a reservoir. They had enough to eat. From next month, two people I can still get two taels of silver."

"This was also done by the Third Young Master?"

"Who says it's not the case? The third young master went to Yishui North Beach in person a few days ago. This Yishui North Beach was named after him. Everyone said that Yishui North Beach will be as good as Haining River Beach after a while. …”

"Let's go too!"

"But how are we going to get there? I heard that during this period at the pier, all the ships bound for Haining are full. My uncle and the others left early. If they go now, they will definitely not be able to get on..."

Lin Su and Zhang Haoran stopped at the same time.

Lin Su frowned...

It’s that dead end again!

Haining is ready, and people from all over the world are crowding there.

Magistrate Yang could only set up checkpoints to seal the refugees in the North Beach of Yishui. When there were too many people, he was worried, and Lin Su was not satisfied. So Lin Su took action to deal with the refugees in the North Beach of Yishui. This transformation made the world famous. The refugees gathered around the capital, and they were transported there by boat. Over time, the place would be overcrowded again.

Be it Haining or Yishui Beitan, they are all small places after all. How many people can they accommodate?

With too many people, a good situation may change beyond recognition in the blink of an eye.

The best way, of course, is to resettle in situ.

It would be best if there was any good industry around here...

But it is not easy to have good industries around the capital.

The key is there is no land!

All the land on the outskirts of the capital belongs to the big families in the capital. He can't touch it at all. Without land, the road to farming is impossible...

Suddenly, his eyes fell on the sparkling Liuting Lake.

You rely on mountains to eat mountains, and you rely on water to drink water. There are no fish in such a big lake on the outskirts of Beijing. If aquaculture is used, it can solve the employment problem of tens of thousands of people, right?

"Whose Liuting Lake belongs to?"

"Of course such a big lake belongs to the royal family. Who dares to own it privately? Do you want to..."

"How many people can such a big lake support if it is used to raise fish?" Lin Su said.

Zhang Haoran shook his head: "This lake is a dead lake and cannot raise fish at all. Otherwise, how could it not raise fish?"

Lin Su was so surprised, why?

Zhang Haoran said: "You might as well taste the lake water. This water is so bitter and astringent that it will kill even the crops when watered!"

Lin Su walked together to the lake, stretched out his hand, picked up a handful of clear lake water, stretched out his tongue and licked it...

It's really bitter and astringent, why?

Zhang Haoran pointed to a mountain mouth above: "There is a valley there. Not a single blade of grass in the valley is dead. It is a dead place. The rain washes the soil down from there and enters the lake, polluting the entire lake."

"Let's go and see the valley!"

Lin Su's feet landed in the valley with Zhang Haoran. This valley was huge. As Zhang Haoran said, not a single blade of grass grew. There was a strong smell in the air. Lin Su's heart was pounding. He would not have such good luck. Bar?

He leaned down and grabbed a handful of soil. There was a kind of crystal particles in the soil. He raised his eyes and saw that the mountains on all sides were also full of such particles...

Alkali! High purity alkali!

This is actually a huge alkali mine. Soda ash is common in nature, but it is absolutely impossible to see it on this scale on earth. There is actually an entire valley here!

Having a mine means making a fortune. This mine is not only about making a fortune, it also fits into his soap plan. Soap requires a lot of alkali. There are no alkali mines in Haining, so it can only be refined with plant ash. At present, Also because of the land reclamation in Beitan, Yishui, there is a large amount of plant ash, and the soap industry is booming. When the land reclamation is completed, the plant ash will become a bottleneck for the development of the soap industry.

Therefore, Lin Su has always regarded the soap industry as a small industry and left it to Cui Ying for fun.

He had just met with Qu Wendong and decided on a clever plan to deal with Dingzhouhou. He planned to use soap to stamp out Dingzhouhou's inferior products. But when he walked out of Qu's house, he realized a big problem: there were not enough raw materials. , there is not enough plant ash in the capital, and enough alkali cannot be refined to form batches. At most, the products of Dingzhouhou can only be knocked down from the altar and occupy the high end with soap. In this way, Dingzhouhou certainly is not disgusting. problem, but it will not have a fatal impact on his industry.

But now, with the emergence of a valley, his bottleneck problem has taken a turn for the worse...

"Does this valley have an owner?" Lin Su slowly raised his head, his eyes bright.

"Where around the capital is there no owner? Although this valley is just a valley of death, there is still an owner, and he is a descendant of the royal family!"

"Children of the royal family?" Lin Su's heart suddenly sank. If there is anyone in this world that he can't handle, it is undoubtedly the children of the royal family. If this valley is in the hands of the third prince and the prince, they will not be able to follow him. He cooperates.

"Yes, she is the most bizarre royal child. Although she is a princess, she cannot enter the palace at all. Although her family is rich in the world, she can only get a valley of death."

Lin Su said slowly: "Princess Yufeng?"

"Exactly! Did you see the red pavilion above? That's where Princess Yufeng comes most often. This pavilion is called the 'Three Deaths Pavilion'!"

Three Death Pavilion? What a strange name...

Lin Su said: "Let's go visit this princess."

"What are you doing?" Zhang Haoran looked him up and down, a little wary. You just seduced my sister, and now you want to visit the princess...

"Let's negotiate a deal with her! As long as the deal is reached, there will be an answer to the problem of refugees around the capital!"

"Is it related to refugees?" Zhang Haoran was surprised.

"What do you think it is? Let me tell you, if this thing is done well, Green Willow Villa will also become rich. Isn't it shameful for a great bachelor to sell his ancestral property to make a living? Your grandfather can do it..."

Walk! Zhang Haoran rose into the sky and was about to jump up to the red pavilion, but he stopped in mid-air. Let's go to the main entrance. Anyway, we are all in casual clothes, so we went to visit as scholars. By the way, this princess is also She is very talented, and it is fair to say that she is the fourth most talented woman in the capital. However, her special status puts her alongside Xie Xiaoyan, and people are worried about insulting the royal family's face.

Princess Yufeng, no matter how much she is not loved by her father and grandma, she still has a royal status after all. Xie Xiaoyan is a brothel girl after all. The royal family will not like the juxtaposition of the royal princess and the brothel girl.

Qifeng Villa is located on the outskirts of Beijing, only ten miles away from the city. It is on both sides of the official road with Green Willow Villa.

Qifeng Villa covers an extremely large area. If the valley is included, the area would be at least dozens of square kilometers.

Where the capital is located, every inch of land is precious, and having a manor measured in square kilometers is pretty awesome, right? Maybe His Majesty the Emperor wants this kind of effect. When outsiders hear it, Princess So-and-so owns such a large manor in the capital. How much does the royal family love her? But if you understand deeply, you will know that this place is indeed big, but it is useless...

This is a true portrayal of the current situation of Princess Yufeng. Her name is very scary. In fact, the emperor does not like her at all.

Just like her brother, her brother King Chen also owned a large area of ​​land, but unfortunately it was all wasteland that ordinary wealthy households did not want.

Before they arrived at Qifeng Villa, they saw a large number of refugees and a long porridge shed. A few guards-like people were serving porridge there. Fengshanzhuang kowtows, then walks away holding the bowl of porridge. Their relatives may be lying on the roadside dying at this time. This bowl of porridge is their life...

Zhang Haoran had a complicated expression: "Princess Yufeng will give porridge every few days. Maybe I, Green Willow Villa, should learn from her."

Giving porridge is the most common operation done by kind-hearted wealthy households in this era when facing refugees.

Lin Su never did this, but he still respected this kind act.

The two passed by the long queue of refugees and walked towards Qifeng Villa. They bowed slightly to the gatekeeper: "Please inform Her Royal Highness Princess Yufeng that Haining Linsu and Jingcheng Zhang Haoran would like to see you!"

In the backyard of the villa, Princess Yufeng held a copy of "The Legend of the White Snake" in her hands, her eyes slightly closed, her fingers tapping lightly on the pages, her mind wandering under the Lei Feng Tower...

"The Legend of White Snake" came out of nowhere, and it had countless interpretation methods.

A storyteller appeared in the restaurant, interpreting the Legend of White Snake in the form of stories.

Folk scholars, under the old trees, tell the story of the White Snake.

Scholars from all over the world are writing the sequel to the Legend of White Snake under the lamp...

Xie Xiaoyan had a sudden idea, could she combine "The Legend of White Snake" and the brothel ditty by singing?

As soon as this idea came out, it was unanimously praised by Bi Xuanji and Lu Youwei, and Princess Yufeng also applauded. Literary ethics requires opening up a literary path. As women, they cannot open up a literary path, so can they open up a theatrical path? If it really succeeds, it will be famous forever!

Whether Princess Yufeng or the three most talented women in the capital, they are all arrogant people. However, under the general situation where women are not educated, they are destined to spend only a moment. Although life is short, they still want to perform Show their own style.

Having said that, apart from this, what else supports them moving forward?

Life is long, life is boring, the world is difficult and dangerous, and everything is sad...

However, how easy is it to create a new artistic situation?

What singing style to use, what content to sing, how to connect the story and how to present it are all tests. Although the four talented women are all talented, they still find it difficult to face the major breakthrough in the adaptation of "The Legend of White Snake". Yesterday, Xie Xiaoyan went to Xishan , came up with an idea, how about we call in Lin Dacai? He is the creator of the Legend of White Snake, and he is also a generation legend above the literary level. Can we ask his opinion?

Yes, he is the creator of The Legend of White Snake. To adapt "The Legend of White Snake", who in the world can be more authoritative than him?