Reclaiming Wasteland: Carefree Mountain Farmer

Chapter 245 The country is peaceful and the people are safe
"Shan Nong Daily! Shan Nong Daily! Autumn Harvest Log!"

The new year's autumn harvest log has been released, and newsstands across Beijing are already seeing long queues of people.

Hu Yan and another colleague helped out; one was responsible for collecting money, and the other for separating the heavy newspapers.

Xiao Gua picked up stacks of newspapers and distributed them to the men and women according to their weight.

"Give me thirty catties."

"I want fifty pounds!"

"Twenty pounds is fine for me!"

Men and women crowded around the newsstand window, vying to pay with their silver ingots.

It wasn't just Xiaogua's place that was incredibly lively; the other newsstands were just as bustling.

Newspaper clerks are no longer newspaper clerks; they have transformed from street-sold newspaper vendors into distributors who control the distribution channels for newspapers.

In the counties near Luoyang, there are many middlemen who buy newspapers and resell them.

Places where newspapers can be legally obtained have become gold toilets that rake in money.

Xiao Gua and other newspaper clerks only needed to sell newspapers by the kilogram; individual merchants and small vendors would sell the newspapers to various places on their own.

Some of these people have government-registered accounts and earn extra money, while others are idle people with nothing to do.

Most merchants would buy newspapers and then hand them over to their children to sell, ostensibly for training purposes.

Of course, if even a single copper coin was missing, a severe beating was inevitable.

Exploitation is everywhere.

Arctic Martial doesn't care about such things, nor does he mind his subordinates getting rich.

After finishing his breakfast, Beijiwu sat in the Shenwu Hall reading the newspaper and handling various official duties.

"Wages shouldn't rise too fast. They've risen too quickly in the last ten years. It will be troublesome if they can't rise any further."

Arctic Mart is quite satisfied with this year's 1% increase.

Train tickets, bath tickets, newspapers, fruit, glass, soap, medicine, clothing.

In short, the internal loop must be completed.

People in Beijing can be wealthy, enjoy life, and live a stable life with their household registration.

However, it cannot affect other people.

Arctic Armed Forces' bottom line is that they do what they're supposed to do.

The newspaper sellers sold their newspapers, the sales clerks sold all their goods, and they dutifully paid their taxes and completed their tasks.

The rest of them can earn some extra money on their own, which is openly permitted by Arctic Martial Arts, but they shouldn't be so arrogant as to treat public business as their own, refusing to sell to whomever they want.

The main reason for the crackdown on the newspaper industry was that these people had newspapers they didn't want to sell, but wanted to hoard them to raise prices, rather than simply raising prices.

Arctic Martial Arts is neither too good nor too bad to his subordinates. As long as they don't cause trouble or disobey Arctic Martial Arts' orders, living a good life is very easy.

Great wealth and high status depend on both ability and opportunity.

Even the slaves of Linyi, who grew fruits for the Northern Martial Arts in Lingnan, were openly allowed to sell them to merchants for profit, as long as they met the basic needs of the imperial palace.

It wasn't a tacit agreement, but rather an open statement from the beginning allowing it, thus relieving them of any worries.

As long as you can obey management and do your job, living is very simple.

Humans are not so easy to tame; there are always some people who do things without thinking.

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The Governor-General of Huanghuai Province, Ma Rudao, recommended fifty people, all of whom applied for certification based on sensationalist and exaggerated claims such as killing their wives to be filial to their mothers, or being benevolent and charitable.

Ma Rudao lacked the correct understanding and concepts that a mountain farmer should have. He did not understand the importance of seeking truth from facts. Knowing the impact of such exaggerated discipline on cadres, officials, and the country, he still recommended these so-called talents to the court and to King Wu.

He accepted bribes, fabricated lies, and treated the important matter between King Wu and the Shan Nong tribe as a joke in order to save face for his aristocratic colleagues. He knew they were a bunch of rubbish, but he insisted on packaging this garbage, which would only lower the reputation of the Shan Nong people, as gold and presenting it to King Wu.

Ma Rudao was stripped of all his posts, his home was confiscated, and his entire family was exiled to Siberia.

Chen Xiuyong, the governor of Southwest Province, had his home confiscated and his entire family exiled to Suzhou.

Wang Qing, the governor of Shanxi Province, was demoted to a thousand households and demoted to an agricultural official in Jinzhou. For five years, he was stripped of all welfare benefits except for housing, including salary, food allowance, and transportation subsidies.

Zhao Pengcheng, the governor of Pingyuan Province, had his home confiscated and was demoted to the position of prefect of Jizhou.

Wan Qizhen, the governor-general of Southeast Province, was demoted to the position of salt transport commissioner of Shu Prefecture.

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In the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Renzong of Tang, 612412 people applied for the Mountain Farmers' Medal, and the governors of various provinces recommended 1910 people.

The following 500 people have obtained the Shan Nongren certification. Their household registration and resume are as follows: Che Guolong, 41 years old, Han nationality, miner of Qingzhou Gold Mine, has been engaged in underground mining for 17 years. He was assigned to the first production team of Qingzhou Gold Mine in 2 AD. He worked hard, was honest and returned lost gold, was good at discovering and thinking about problems, improved mining technology, and improved the output and safety of gold mine. He contributed his command and hard work to the gold treasury of King Wu.

Zhao Haochuan, 26 years old, Han nationality, fisherman of the East China Sea. In 9 AD, he joined the East China Sea fleet at his own expense and worked as a crew member. He is good at learning and exploring, good at recording details of life, and taught himself how to use navigation instruments such as magnetic compasses and gyrocompasses. He directed the crew to perform emergency rescue in ocean storms, and encouraged the crew members on board with a positive and optimistic attitude while exploring the ocean. When he arrived at the native islands, he was brave enough to negotiate.

Bian Jingshu, 30 years old, Han nationality, veterinarian of Tongzhou, followed the orders of King Wu to select chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep that were more suitable for breeding from various pig breeds across the country, which provided a small help to the animal husbandry and the meat supply of residents, and bred heavy draft horses.

Mei Huaixin, 45 years old, Han nationality, farmer, was registered as a public household in the early years of the Common Era. His ancestral home is Huaixi, and he currently lives in the First Production Team of Huanghuai Province. In accordance with the decree of King Wu, he successfully cultivated the high-yield wheat variety Huanghuai No. 1, with an average yield of 300 jin per mu. Following King Wu's instructions, he established a seed management company to concentrate seeds, achieve professional production, accelerate the breeding and promotion of improved varieties, change the long-standing situation of "many, chaotic, and mixed" seeds used in the field, and gradually achieve standardization of field seeds to further increase production.

Hua Mingzhe, 29 years old, Han nationality, member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was recruited in 2 AD and joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard in 8 AD. He was responsible for foreign affairs and had been on 19 business trips, covering a distance of 50,000 li. He successfully completed 7 tasks assigned by King Wu on his own. He was hardworking and conscientious, had his own ideas, and was able to properly handle various emergencies while completing his tasks, always prioritizing the will of King Wu.

Li Zhou, 55 years old, of the Qiang ethnic group of Xiliang, whose real name is Dugu Chou, escorted the Western Regions caravan according to the decree of King Wu. He took the initiative to provide assistance to the Western Expeditionary Army and the western railway workers, led his people to participate in the railway laying work, and participated in the expedition to destroy the desert forces that liked assassination.

Tang Mingren, 40 years old, was an Egyptian nobleman who joined the Shan Nong Kingdom during the westward expedition to fight against the Arab invaders. He assisted in administration and translation, drew maps, and eliminated resistance forces.

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Arctic Martial Arts School rewarded many of the hard-working people and also punished some of the corrupt ones.

Knowing full well that some people are idiots, these governors still insist on presenting these idiots' self-portraits to the Arctic Army.

Then don't blame Arctic Martial Arts for being angry.

Those whose homes were to be confiscated were confiscated, and those whose posts were to be dismissed were dismissed. The governors of twenty-one provinces directly dealt with twenty-one of them!

Arctic warriors aren't afraid of having too many people, they're only afraid of not having enough to kill!
The missing personnel can be easily replaced; Arctic Martial Arts University is never short of people.

From the very first year of the rebellion, the problem with the Arctic Army was that there were too many people and too much territory.

Trying to play word games with Arctic Martial Arts, or trying to disgust Arctic Martial Arts under the guise of political correctness, is just asking for trouble!
Beijiwu has never won the hearts of the people. He did not win the hearts of the people when he rebelled and killed, nor did he win the hearts of the people when he occupied the Yamaguchi-Kyushu.

People surrendered because they were afraid of Arctic military forces.

Emperor Wenchao ceded Pingyuan Province and Shannong Province because he was afraid of Beijiwu. Moreover, Beijiwu had forcibly demanded them and threatened to attack if they were not given!

Public sentiment and popular support have absolutely nothing to do with Arctic military affairs.

The Crown Prince ceded Luoyang because if he didn't flee soon, it would be too late; the enemy was already at his doorstep. So he simply handed it over to Beijiwu.

Although the takeover of Luoyang was indeed a choice of public opinion, it was never the case that Beijiwu followed the will of the people, but rather the people's will followed Beijiwu.

It is said that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, but Beijiwu's path to power was not like that; he simply became a powerful fighter.

Despite being a foreign race and facing widespread rejection of other races, they forcefully overwhelmed countless people with their military and economic power, becoming the dominant force.

Just strong!
He was a powerful emperor who fought his way to the top!
Arctic Martial Arts once again demonstrated its capabilities to everyone through concrete actions.

Everyone is a dog of Arctic Martial Arts.

They can replace whomever they want.

Anyone who disobeys or fails to complete the task will bear the consequences.

There is no such thing as the law not punishing the masses. Arctic Martial has always been willful and single-handedly defeated an entire legion, leaving most of them running away in a sorry state, hiding in the bushes to play dead, trembling with fear.

Despite significant improvements in economic income and food production in all aspects by the tenth year of the Common Era.

However, for the entire imperial court and officialdom, they had to be extremely cautious and keep a low profile when serving as officials.

The bureaucratic group may have a collective consciousness, which used to be about strengthening itself, but now, in the face of an emperor who kills people like dogs, it has quickly turned into self-preservation.

Honestly fulfilling King Wu's task is the first standard for every public household and temporary servant's family.

Scientific progress has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness. The powerful countries in World War I and World War II exerted maximum pressure on their internal forces. The more militarized their management, the higher their industrial completion rate.

Commercialization and liberalization are actually detrimental to military progress; progress aimed at profit is too random.

After King Wu of the North Pole confiscated the property and dismissed or even killed those who disobeyed him, the rest of the people did not unite to rebel. Instead, they all became obedient grandsons and tried their best to repay King Wu's cultivation.

Mechanical technicians from the three provinces gathered together to work overtime to modify the combined engine or to scrap it and start researching internal combustion engines again.

The liquid fuel needed for the internal combustion engine was also transported from the desert oil fields and began to be distilled and separated, refining the simplest kerosene and the relatively complex gasoline and diesel according to King Wu's arrangement.

By boiling crude oil in a large pot, and collecting the steam generated from boiling according to the different boiling points of its components, kerosene and gasoline can be obtained after condensation.

These people may not understand chemistry, but they know how to get things done.

At this time, the entire Shan Nong Kingdom was in a state of disorganization, lacking technical knowledge but skilled in design, improvement, and repair.

Fortunately, Arctic Armed Forces no longer needs combine harvesters or most of the technologies.

Nowadays, even if we use human labor to farm, it's already more than enough.

The year 10 AD slowly passed, and natural disasters continued to plague the land.

But the country is peaceful and prosperous.

(End of this chapter)