Chapter 441 How many fields does our Ming Dynasty have?

Jinhua County Government Office.

After the county magistrate Zhang Zishan posted the notice, he forgot about the matter.

It was not until three days later that a group of people came to visit and said that they had been ordered by the emperor's grandson to come and inspect the fields. Only then did he realize that this was happening.

Zhang Zishan was neatly dressed and ran out of the Yamen to greet him with light steps. When he saw that there were only five people in the group, he could hardly believe his eyes.

From the very beginning, he felt that there was something wrong with the Emperor Taisun's decree. To inventory acres of land across the country would be a big project, at least hundreds of thousands of people would be needed, right?

Even if they were to conduct a thorough investigation in Jinhua County, three to two thousand people would not be enough.

However, the emperor's grandson only sent five people. Could it be said that it was just a formality?

"May I ask who is in charge?"

Lu Qingshu pointed at Huang Wenjing in front of him and said.

"Huang Sheng is in charge, I'm in charge of recording, Zhang Junhu is in charge of controlling the flying balls, and the other two Jin Yiwei brothers are in charge of protecting our group."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zishan, the leader of Jinhua County, hurriedly raised his hand to Huang Wenjing.

"It turns out to be the emperor's grandson, whom I have admired for a long time!"

"If you guys have any business to do, please come with me to the Yamen to talk."

"good!"

Several people followed Zhang Zishan into the Yamen. After the guests and hosts were seated, Zhang Zishan asked them about their purpose of coming.

"May I ask what business you have?"

"We are here to inspect the Jinhua fields on the orders of the emperor's grandson."

"oh?"

"Just the five of you?"

"Of course not!"

"We hope that there are thousands of students from the school, and this time they were all sent out by the emperor's grandson."

Zhang Zishan heard that there were a thousand people, and they were all students, so he felt that it was reliable.

"Although a thousand people is a bit small, if they were all workers, we could almost complete the inventory of the acres of land in our county."

Huang Wenjing quickly waved her hands after hearing this.

"Master Zhang misunderstood. Although the Emperor Taisun sent more than a thousand people, only five of us were assigned to Jinhua County."

When Zhang Zishan heard this, he stood up on the spot in shock.

"Just the five of you?"

"It's too much for the emperor's grandson, isn't it? What can the five of you do alone?"

"It's not that I am complaining to you, nor is it that I am unwilling to cooperate with you."

"I receive a salary from the imperial court, so I should be loyal to your majesty and the emperor's grandson. However, I am also appointed by the imperial court and am not familiar with the land of Jinhua County. As for the servants in the yamen, all the officials are locals of Jinhua County.

I don't dare to expect them to be diligent in the king's affairs, so how can I dare to send them to you?"

For Zhang Zishan, Jinhua is just an inn in his resume. If he is not promoted after serving his term, he will be transferred to another county magistrate.

Therefore, neither publicly nor privately, he had any intention of obstructing the imperial court's investigation of the fields. He simply felt that this matter was difficult to handle, not to mention the loss of life and money, and the final result of the investigation might not be possible.

Huang Wenjing smiled slightly when she heard this.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for reminding me, but we are not here to ask for help. We just want you to send someone to verify it."

"verify?"

"Yes!"

"We have mapped out the approximate locations of the fields in Jinhua County. All we need to do is, Mr. Zhang, take out the fish scale atlas of your county and compare it to find the fields that are not on the atlas."

Zhang Zishan was dumbfounded when he heard this, his face full of disbelief.

"Have you finished checking?"

"You also drew an atlas of my fields in Jinhua County?"

"When did you start doing this?"

Huang Wenjing smiled proudly.

"To be honest, we have been investigating in Jinhua County for three days."

Zhang Zishan was even more puzzled when he heard this. Three days is enough for them. It is estimated that this group of people have not even finished the Shuanglong Mountain in Jinhua!

"Huang Shengyuan, is this a joke?"

"Are you sure that it only took you three days to conduct an inventory of all of Jinhua County?"

Huang Wenjing smiled confidently.

"certainly!"

"We have redrawn the land map of Jinhua County, and every rice field and mulberry field has not been left behind!"

"this……"

Although Zhang Zishan didn't believe it, he still ordered someone to bring the county's fish scale atlas.

When the land distribution map of Jinhua County was placed on the table, Zhang Zishan looked at Huang Wenjing provocatively.

"Huang Shengyu, is it time to take out the album you drew?"

"certainly!"

After Huang Wenjing said this, she took out a yellow booklet from her handbag, opened it and spread it on the table.

Zhang Zishan hurriedly looked over and was stunned by the graphics on the yellow book after just one glance.

"this……"

"Is this really my map of Jinhua County?"

Huang Wenjing replied with a smile.

"more than!"

"This is not only a county map of Jinhua County, but also a map of the distribution of fields, ponds, etc. in Jinhua County."

"All rice fields, mulberry fields, ponds, fish ponds, etc. in Jinhua County are marked on the map."

"The first page is a summary map, followed by an album of fish scales from each area. Please take a look at it, Mr. Zhang!"

After hearing this, Zhang Zishan immediately flipped through the album, making a sound of astonishment as he read.

"this……"

"If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, even if you beat me to death, I wouldn't believe you could accomplish all this in three days!"

"Could it be that the rumors in the market are true and that you really drew the picture in the sky?"

Zhang Zishanshi was completely shocked by the map drawn by Huang Wenjing and others. Not only were the outlines accurate, the peaks, roads and other information were clearly marked, but even the boundaries of the fields in the villages were clearly drawn.

Compared with the fish scale atlas revised in earlier years, I don’t know how many times better it is!

"That's not a rumor!"

"The Emperor's Grandson built the Flying Divine Ball. We rode the flying ball in the sky to observe the topography, topography, and landforms, and that's how we drew such an accurate and detailed atlas!"

"Now I would like to ask Mr. Zhang to send officers to the newly marked area to investigate, find out who owns these acres, and urge them to come and change the name and transfer the ownership as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, once the deadline is up, according to the latest imperial decree, all these acres will be treated as ownerless wasteland!"

Zhang Zishan was shocked when he heard this and cupped his hands towards Huang Wenjing.

"Thank you, Brother Huang, for reminding me. I would like to thank you for your kindness on behalf of the people of Jinhua!"

Huang Wenjing smiled and waved her hands after hearing this.

"That's not what I meant. It was the emperor's grandson's special instruction before we left."

"The emperor's grandson said that people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and cultivate some unused fields in the mountains and fields, just to make more money every year, and to give them a chance to make corrections. Only those who involve too many acres of land and refuse to make corrections will be severely punished.

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Upon hearing this, Zhang Zishan immediately bowed deeply in the direction of the capital.

"The emperor's grandson really deserves the name of benevolence and righteousness!"

"I would like to express my gratitude to the great grandson Gaoyi on behalf of the people of the county!"

After Huang Wenjing said these words, she ordered people to call all the scribes and officers in the county to the county government office. She also ordered people to call Li Zheng, township chief, grain chief and other grassroots management people scattered throughout the county to wait for orders.

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Not long after, all the scribes and servants in the county gathered at the county government office.

Huang Wenjing did not show politeness to them, she directly placed the album drawn by Huang Wenjing and others on the table and asked them to come and check it out by themselves.
To be continued...