The most arrogant in history

Chapter 331: Violent and unkind.

Qin Chou thought for a moment:

"In the Dujiangyan irrigation area and near the city, most farmers live quite well, much better than we do in Caomiao Village. The harvest is low in the surrounding mountainous areas, but we can hunt and fish to supplement our lives. As for eating meat, two or three times a month is enough."

In fact, Ye Kun could also see that the number of vendors selling chicken, duck, fish, meat, grains and cereals in the Chengdu market had obviously increased, and the prices had also dropped.

This shows that resources are abundant and productivity has caught up.

Xie Baochan lived a life of luxury and never knew the suffering of ordinary people. He asked, "Is it so difficult for ordinary people to have a bite of meat?"

Ye Kun and Qin Chou looked at each other in bewilderment.

What a joke! Is it that easy for ordinary people to eat meat?

Ye Kun knew that before he traveled through time, hundreds of people starved to death in Africa every year. There was another country that wanted to let its people drink meat soup, but three generations of people worked hard for 70 years and still couldn't do it!

Jiang Yourong pointed at the farmers' meals and said with a smile:

"Baochan, you don't know that this kind of coarse rice is only eaten by adult men in the family during the busy farming season. If they don't eat it, they won't have the energy to work. Normally, ordinary people eat brown rice porridge with some wild vegetables to fill their stomachs, and they don't even bother to add coarse salt."

Xie Baochan sighed: "It turns out that ordinary people are so tired and suffer so much."

Dai Xi suddenly said, "So, Lord Ye hates corrupt officials and ruthless gentry the most. Killing a corrupt official and confiscating his property can feed a thousand people."

Xie Baochan was stunned and said with a wry smile: "That's right."

Ye Kun changed the subject and said to Qin Chou, "By the way, Mr. Qin, how is the sugarcane industry that I asked you to develop going?"

The Dading Kingdom has had sugarcane for a long time.

But the planting area is too small!

Ye Kun wants to promote sugarcane to make sugar into brown sugar and cane sugar blocks.

This thing is a strategic material.

When cavalry march, each person should carry some sugar blocks. They can save lives when hungry and can quickly replenish physical strength!

For pregnant women, the elderly and the weak, drinking some brown sugar in moderation can be very beneficial.

From the moment he settled in Yizhou, Ye Kun requested that a large amount of sugarcane seeds be saved in the autumn of that year so that they could be vigorously promoted in the following year.

After a year of breeding and promotion last year, this year's planting area should be considerable.

Qin Chou smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Ye. I have distributed the sugarcane for seed to various counties and prefectures, requiring each village to plant at least 20 mu. In addition, in the south where water and fertilizer conditions are good, we have set up four test sites to plant sugarcane, a total of 3,000 mu."

Ye Kun was very satisfied and said with a smile: "That's good. Come to my place tomorrow and I'll let you taste the sugar cubes we made."

Before dark, everyone returned to the city together.

Jiaonu's mother Huaihua came running over to complain to Ye Kun:

"Master Ye, my Qin Chou is running outside every day and is really too tired. You should let him stay nearby and be a minor official. Isn't Mianzhu... in need of a governor?"

Qin Feng was speechless and glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking about, woman? Is it your turn to make decisions about who will be appointed as an official?"

He is very brave to ask Ye Kun directly for an official position.

Ye Kun certainly couldn't argue with a woman, so he waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, Brother Qin, we are all from the same village, it's just a joke, what are you afraid of?"

“……” Qin Chou’s old face turned red, feeling that he had suffered a loss.

Why do you still call me Brother Qin?

Ye Kun looked at Huaihua and said with a smile, "Jiao Nu's mother, you don't know that your Lord Qin is now an official no less important than the governor of Mianzhu. If you are worried that he will be tired, I will let him rest in Chengdu for a few months, okay?"

Huaihua pouted again: "The little salary Qin Chou gets is not enough to support the family. If Erwu hadn't given us some money, we would have starved to death!"

"I also know that Lord Qin is the most upright and does not take bribes, so he is a little more impoverished."

Ye Kun nodded and smiled at Jiao Nu, "Jiao Nu, I will accompany you home for dinner tomorrow and bring some gifts to your father. By the way, Lord Ma Zhao said that Lord Qin is an honest official and works hard, so he will be rewarded. It is estimated that there will be more than a thousand taels of silver."

Huaihua then became happy and thanked him repeatedly.

In fact, Qin Chou was indeed honest and upright, and not greedy at all.

But his salary is only enough to cover family expenses.

Fortunately, Qin Erwu was rich and had a lot of military rewards. Ji Qinnu stayed in Chengdu and was often exploited by Huaihua.

The next day, Ye Kun brought his slave girl to visit Qin Chou's house.

He brought Qin Chou one thousand taels of silver and many gifts.

Huaihua was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling, and was running around busy preparing the food and wine for lunch.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Ye Kun said to Madam Qin Chou, "Jiao Nu's mother, if you run out of money in the future, tell Jiao Nu not to cry poor everywhere. It doesn't sound good."

Huaihua blushed: "I have money to spend this time."

In fact, the Qin family does not have many people, but Huaihua brought all of her family members to Chengdu, including dozens of men, women, young and old, so the cost was a bit high.

Qin Chou was very worried about his brother Erwu, so he asked Ye Kun:

"Master Ye, my brother Erwu has been stationed in the three counties of Shangyong. That place is too close to Xiangyang. It is very dangerous to confront Xiahou Chang's army. I am not afraid that Erwu will die on the battlefield, but I am afraid that he... will delay your important plan."

Ye Kun frowned and said, "Erwu is my general, I rely on him to guard this area. Don't worry, with Erwu's ability, he can resist Xiahou Chang."

Qin Chou thought about it and shook his head:

"But when I was doing agriculture in the three counties of Shangyong, I heard people talking about Erwu, saying that he was 'violent and unkind' and had a bad temper. When he was drunk, he would whip his soldiers for no reason."

"Ah, there is such a thing?"

Ye Kun was shocked: "Erwu is courting death by doing this. No, I will go to Shangyong tomorrow and persuade him personally, or replace him and let him rest for a while!"

Zhang Fei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms committed suicide in this way!

Qin Chou finally smiled: "Master Ye, I will accompany you tomorrow."

"No, I'll take Jiao Nu with me tomorrow." Ye Kun grinned.

Qin Chou also smiled awkwardly and raised his glass to toast.

The next afternoon, Ye Kun was ready and took Jiao Nu with him to Shangyong, patrolling along the way.

Ma Botao accompanied the emperor with three hundred personal soldiers.

There is also Gongsun Erniang, who accompanies Ye Kun.

The road to Shangyong is not easy to travel and you have to pass through Hanzhong.

It was Jiao Nu's first time to go out with Ye Kun. She was very happy and chattered all the way.

Ye Kun was not in a hurry to travel. He walked and stopped to check the construction progress.

Fifteen days later, Ye Kun arrived in Shangyong.

Qin Erwu led his troops to greet them.

Ye Kun entered the camp, sat down in the big tent, and said with a stern face: "Erwu, I have already issued a military order that all generals and soldiers in the army are not allowed to drink alcohol unless necessary. But you disobeyed my military order, often got drunk, and whipped the soldiers, what's going on?"

Qin Erwu was stunned and argued: "No, who said that?"

Ye Kun glared: "It's your elder brother who said that!"

Qin Erwu's eyes rolled: "My elder brother is not in the army, how did he know?"

"Your elder brother is not in the army, but he knows that you drink and beat people. This shows that you often do such things, and everyone knows it!"

Ye Kun sighed, "I know you've been leading troops outside for years, and you must be a little tired. How about this, I'll let Ma Botao take over your military duties, you come back to Chengdu with me and spend some time with your wife. I'll let you lead the troops when we go to war in the future."

Qin Erwu was very surprised: "Brother, you took away my military power just because I drank a little?"