"The [Chinese] people here love this young general Ares very much."
Margaret Ruowei paused for a while, thought carefully, and then continued to write: "Ares, his real name is Wang Hengyue, but I prefer to call him 'Ares'
His bravery on the battlefield was completely shocking. And when I came to the small city of Rong County, I was also surprised by the local people's support for him.
You can hear people talking about everything related to Ares everywhere. How he protected his people, how he guarded a dead old man on a rainy day, and how he returned salt wells that can produce huge economic effects to the local people.
Businessmen and so on.
Maybe people here don’t know who is the current president of China, but there must be no one who doesn’t know who Ares is. Everyone is talking about him, and I have almost never heard anyone say anything bad about him. Of course,
In addition to banning the cultivation of crow tablets, he encountered great resistance.
He seems to have a deep hatred for opium pills, and has repeatedly stated on different occasions that the existence of opium pills must be banned within his jurisdiction. But for many local people, growing opium pills can bring them additional benefits.
Income. When the harvest season comes, you can see beautiful poppies everywhere. After Ares repeatedly issued orders banning the cultivation of opium poppies, the effect was not obvious, and most people still continued to do so.
with this project.
Forcing a ban by force is an option, but this will cause certain damage to Ares's reputation. Under such circumstances, Ares began to implement a two-pronged approach of prohibition orders and subsidies.
The so-called prohibition order, of course, prohibits the planting of crow flakes, and introduces a series of severe punitive measures to scare the locals. As for the subsidies, he encourages the locals within his sphere of influence to plant sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes.
, snow beans and other crops, he will provide a three-year economic subsidy for the losses caused to the local people by stopping the cultivation of crow peas.
Since one acre of land can harvest 50 to 60 taels of opium flakes, and can earn 6 to 8 taels of silver, farmers who give up growing opium flakes will receive Ares if they sign a contract to ensure that they will no longer grow opium flakes in the future.
The annual subsidy of 9 taels of silver lasts for three years. If you choose to plant crow slices again after three years, you will be severely punished. This is clearly stipulated in the contract.
In terms of corn, if you harvest corn from one acre of land and sell it, you can get an income of less than 2 taels of silver. Plus the subsidy of 9 taels of silver, it already exceeds the benefits of growing crow tablets. I believe this is what the locals are willing to do.
have witnessed.
At the same time, he began to introduce high-yielding crops such as strawberries, leafy vegetables, melons and fruits, etc., to gradually replace the local people's enthusiasm for growing crow flakes within three years.
Someone once suggested to him that planting crow flakes could bring him a lot of financial resources, but he refused without hesitation. Compared with money, he valued the future more. He once said,'
I can find other ways to raise funds, but I can no longer let crow pills harm my people. I can't make the whole country do this, but I will work hard within my sphere of influence.'
Ares is a very smart man, he knows what methods to use to achieve his goals.
[China] once forcibly banned opium tablets, and the hard-line Lin Zexu even burned a large number of opium tablets. However, [China] was burning more and more opium tablets, even the Qing Dynasty who had ended his life.
The government finally had to adopt a permissive attitude.
And with Ares’s two-pronged approach, I firmly believe that he will be able to get what he wants.”
As I was writing this, there was a knock on the door, and Margaret did not look back: "Please come in."
Rong Hanyan walked in, saw Margaret writing furiously, and smiled: "Are you writing about your Ares again?"
Margaret put down her pen and made no secret of her feelings: "Yes, he is a charming person. From the first time I saw him, I was completely attracted to him."
"If you were a [Chinese] woman, you would be accused of being 'shameless' if you said this, and your reputation would be completely ruined. This is a country with very strict ethics." Rong Hanyan said with a smile.
Margaret felt very strange: "I like someone, why can't I say it?"
""Rong Hanyan didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
[Chinese] It is difficult for foreigners to understand the etiquette and customs of Chinese people.
"I heard that Ares came back from the United States. I believe he and I have a lot in common." Obviously, Margaret is full of confidence in herself!
Unfortunately, she didn't know that Wang Hengyue had nothing to do with the United States.
Rong Hanyan said: "Don't you know that he has a wife? And he will marry another wife soon. In China, it is legal to marry more than one wife."
"Then I can be his third wife, or his lover." Margaret answered without any hesitation.
Rong Hanyan was a little dumbfounded: "Of course you have the right to do this, but for him to marry you, it is a very strange thing to outsiders, and he will bear a lot of pressure."
Margaret really didn't understand.
If Ares also likes him, then he can definitely marry him. Why is there pressure? He is the highest official of the place, who will put pressure on him?
Rong Hanyan knew that it would be difficult for him to make sense for a while. In this case, he could only wish his good friend good luck.
In fact, Rong Hanyan himself is full of curiosity about Wang Hengyue. Wang Hengyue is very young, how did he get this position so quickly? Everything about him seems to be a mystery.
She once tentatively asked Wang Hengyue about his family in the United States, but every time Wang Hengyue was very vague and perfunctory.
He knows a lot about many things in the United States and Europe, even some things that Rong Hanyan and Margaret don't know. He has been in China all these years, so why would he care about people outside China?
Does he know things so clearly? Has he always had connections with foreign countries?
This young man is full of enthusiasm and vitality. He likes all new things and has many fantastic ideas. He even predicted during a chat that in the future, humans will be able to go to the moon to see what is in the moon.
There are no immortals.
He is just like the famous French novelist Jules Verne, no one can ever guess the weird things in his mind.
He also won the unanimous support and love of all his subordinates. He always exuded a strong personal charm in front of his subordinates. He brought heavy machine guns, cannons, rifle guns, and various new weapons to his subordinates.
The weapons gave his troops a strong combat effectiveness.
It is said that every time he fights, he always likes to go to the front line and even fight the enemy himself. This is the most respected by his subordinates.
What about his shortcomings? Rong Hanyan thought about it for a moment, and there are some.
According to the American Pete, Wang Hengyue was very shameless. Every time he promised to give himself a salary increase, he would always find a way to get it back later.
Pete was very "angry" on several occasions and said that such acts of exploiting employees would be prosecuted in the United States. Unfortunately, here Pete has no way to "sue" his big boss.
Peter even kept an account. In the past few years, Wang Hengyue owed him a total of nine hundred and eighty taels of silver, including a house of his own with a garden, a pocket watch, and two antique vases.
A comfortable bed made of huā pear wood, and he also promised to help Peter find a beautiful [Chinese] wife.
It's a pity that when Wang Hengyue needs Peter's help, he always makes promises of one kind or another, but after the matter is done, Wang Hengyue can always find various excuses to deny it.
Rong Hanyan also asked if this was the case, why not leave this boss and find another job with a higher salary? Peter thought about it seriously: "I like this person and like to be with him. In the future, my name will be
I will definitely be recorded in the book with him, okay, I admit that I can tolerate his cheating."
Thinking of this, Rong Hanyan couldn't help but laugh.
There was also a burst of laughter from the courtyard outside, and it was from Wang Hengyue.
Rong Hanyan and Margaret looked at each other, stood up, and walked out.
Wang Hengyue got a bicycle from somewhere and was teaching Ma Yunxin how to ride a bicycle with great interest. Xing Meizi and Ye Baoer were watching from the side, and from time to time they let out a burst of mocking laughter, and of course there were exclamations.
!
Wang Hengyue was holding the car behind, and Ma Yunxin was riding awkwardly. Suddenly, Wang Hengyue let go, and Ma Yunxin screamed, rushed forward a few steps crookedly, and then fell down.
Wang Hengyue smiled and helped his wife up: "Don't be afraid of falling when riding a bicycle. If you fall a few times, you will get better."
"I won't ride anymore, I won't ride anymore." Ma Yunxin covered the painful place where she fell, and angrily said to Xingmeizi: "Xingmeizi, you come and ride."
Xingmeizi waved her hands repeatedly, she didn't want to fall down.
"Ye Baoer, come here!"
"I won't come, I see you are hurting from the fall."
I don't know why, but looking at their appearance, Rong Hanyan felt envious and jealous.
"I'll come, I'll come, I can ride." Margaret rushed out happily.
Margaret was very skilled in riding, which made Xingmei curl her lips and hum in a low voice: "What's so great, I ran out on my own, I'm not shy."
Ma Yunxin smiled and shook her head, and whispered: "It seems that she is planning to stay with us and not leave."
Wang Hengyue didn't know what his eldest wife and his future wife were talking about, but instead he cheered loudly, which made Xing Meizi even more unhappy.
Well, this is the "real" Wang Hengyue, Rong Hanyan thought in her heart.
In front of his family, he doesn't have the majesty of being a soldier. He is full of childish actions and laughter, and he is also full of energy!
Becoming his wife is really a good thing. Rong Hanyan suddenly felt a fever on his face!@.