Two days later, Bao Shou had settled down in Xizhou City.

I also became familiar with my colleagues.

The governor You Shixiong was a subordinate of Hengqu. He was a decisive person and acted vigorously. He often did not go to the prefecture office, but went to the local area to inspect cotton shops in various places and supervise water conservancy ditches.

The military commander of Xizhou is Xiang Zongji of the Xiang family.

This person is very happy with the children of wealthy families in the state every day, riding horses and hunting.

The military, military, training, and inspection in the state were ignored and they were all left to his men.

However, this royal relative is easy to talk to.

The state Chinese official will help him if he needs any help.

So the official voice in the state is very good.

Everyone from top to bottom was very satisfied with him.

However, the thoughts of the Empress Dowager's family are obviously no longer in Xizhou.

Xiang Zongji's deputy was the Zhong Jianzhong family.

This person is not very similar to a military official. He has a strong temperament of a scholar-official, and is elegant in his words and actions.

certainly……

The premise is not in the army!

If you see him in the army, you will see the other side - domineering and stern.

The training and inspection of the soldiers in Xizhou is Zhong Jianzhong responsible for it.

In addition to these appointed officials from the court.

There are also a large number of foreign officials in Xizhou.

For example, his relative, Bao Shun, the patriarch of the Bao family Xizhou subcontracted by Luzhou, was the Rongzhou Tuanjian envoy and the inspector of the headquarters envoy.

His sons and brothers are also high-ranking generals.

Since Bao Shou took office, his "relatives" often visited him.

In and out of the words, they all revealed that they wanted to go to Luzhou to worship their uncle when they returned to the court to report their duties.

Bao Shou has the emperor's will, so he naturally agreed happily.

So the host and the host and the host all enjoyed each other.

In addition to the Bao family, there is another foreign official family in Luzhou - the Zhao family.

This is a descendant family of Zampu, Tubo, who was given the surname of the country by the late emperor.

Their family has moved to Qinzhou to live.

But in Xizhou, there is still power.

In addition to these two local tyrants, there are also families of 20 to 30 Tubo, Qiang, and even Dangxiang people.

So few people in Xizhou have real Han household registration.

oh……

wrong!

The Bao family in Xizhou has now been included in the Luzhou Bao family genealogy.

Bao Shun has also become the half-brother of Bao Shou's father, Bao Zheng.

Therefore, nowadays, Han Chinese household registration accounts for more than 60%!

Although most of them don’t even know how to say the Rhyme, let alone understand the Rhyme Book.

But this did not prevent the young people of the Bao family from wearing Confucian robes and wearing hooded heads, imitating the food, clothing, daily life of the scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty.

They also learned from Fan Wenzhenggong to establish a charity village in Xizhou and set up a charity school.

What is even more exaggerated is that the Bao family took the lead and joined forces with the Zhao family in Xizhou and other Qiang, Fanhu and Miscellaneous Hu to build a large-scale provincial school in Xizhou Prefecture.

Now, the construction of this state school has started.

Bao Shou went to see it and it covered more than 100 acres of land alone!

It is said that in the end, there will be 300 thresholds for school buildings and 50 thresholds for teaching buildings.

This is a super state that can accommodate at least thousands of students and more than fifty scholars to teach here!

Bao Shou’s hometown, the size of the prefectures in Luzhou cannot even keep up with half of the prefectures in Xizhou!

To be honest, Bao Shou couldn't understand it.

Isn’t it said that Xihe is bitter and cold and poor?

He is ready to endure hardships!

result……

This was really beyond his expectations.

So, on the day of the holiday, Bao Shou arrived at the door of You Shixiong's house.

Xizhou City is very small and the prefecture yamen is also small.

Therefore, Bao Shou, the residence of Tongzong, and You Shixiong, the residence of the prefect, were actually together.

There is only one wall between the two.

"Brother Jing... can you be at home?"

You Shixiong was playing chess with his staff at this moment. When he heard Bao Shou's voice outside the door, he quickly stood up and replied, "But Jun Hang?"

"It's right down!"

You Shixiong hurried to open the door.

In the past few days since Bao Shou took office, You Shixiong has noticed that the son of Bao Xiaosu, the son of Bao Xiaosu, is not at all yamen.

On the contrary, this is a person who really wants to do things and is willing to do things.

This made him respect it very much.

After opening the door and greeting Bao Shou, You Shixiong asked, "Is there anything Junhang has to do?"

"Yes!" Bao Shou bowed and said, "I'm just trying to ask Uncle Jing for advice, so I'll ask Uncle Jing for advice!"

"Jun Hang's words are so heavy!" You Shixiong invited Bao Shou home.

Seeing this, the aide who played chess with You Shixiong accused him of the crime and retreated.

You Shixiong took Bao Shou to his study room, asked him to sit down, and ordered his servants to bring tea and snacks. After waiting for Bao Shou to take a sip of tea, he asked, "I don't know what happened to Jun Hang?"

Bao Shou bowed and said, "But it was what I saw and heard in Xizhou City these days..."

You Shixiong smiled: "Jun Hang is curious about the financial path of Xizhou?"

"Yes!" Bao Shou nodded and said, "Before I took office, I saw the tax situation in the seventh year of Yuanfeng and the eighth year of Yuanfeng in Xizhou..."

"If I remember correctly, Xizhou reported in the eighth year of Yuanfeng, two taxes per year, and exemption of service, etc., would be only 13,000 guan of iron coins!"

"To this end, the Ministry of Revenue needs to allocate tens of thousands of chunks of money to spend in Jixizhou every year."

Just this, the money allocated by the Xihelanhui Roadside Defense Finance and Administration Department has not yet been included.

In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, the imperial court allocated horse money to the Xihe Lanhui Road Border Defense Finance Department, border guard money and military expenses, which combined exceeded 5 million guan!

This is also the reason why there are frequent sounds of Qixihe in the court.

It's too expensive here!

Almost every year, millions of dollars are spent to raise.

Once a war begins, the cost may reach tens of millions of RMB!

The country's annual income is only more than 60 million!

Economically, it's too unreasonable.

You Shixiong picked up the teacup and took a sip: "What Junhang said is indeed the truth!"

"In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, I was the emperor, except for the governor of Xizhou. When I first took office, all of these inside and outside Xizhou were wastelands and pastures..."

"Nomadic people grazed everywhere, pursuing water and grass... Only a few families settled in the reclamation land..."

"At that time, the tribes of Aligu in Tubo sometimes brought their livestock to Xizhou, Hezhou and other places nomadic..."

"Why?" Bao Shou was puzzled.

"When Junhang came, did he see the fields in Xizhou?" asked You Shixiong.

Bao Shou nodded.

"Can Junhang know what are the main plants in Xizhou now?"

Bao Shou shook his head.

"Cotton!" You Shixiong said a word gently.

"Last year, there were more than 10,000 mu of cotton fields in Xizhou. Picking 12 kilograms of cotton bolls per mu was worth 1,200 mu!"

"And with virtue and eloquence, the land reclamation of Lanhui Road on Xihe is exempted from taxes for five years, and there is no money for service!"

"For this reason, the entire Xihe Road is now reclaiming wasteland to grow cotton!"
To be continued...