Female-to-male: I live on farming

Jinyang has never been a person who indulges in negative emotions, and what's more, she has a lover by her side who can share her worries, so those insignificant sorrows have dissipated.

After a night, she regained her original calmness and rationality and continued to handle government affairs.

"An Yi, how is the progress of the women's army during this period?"

Jinyang sat in the main seat in the conference hall, dignified and solemn, with a sharp light flowing in his phoenix eyes.

Xiao Anyi lowered his eyes slightly and replied: "We have only recruited more than a thousand people so far. I have already asked Li Nanqiao to go to other counties in Liangzhou to recruit soldiers."

"It's pretty good already. How is the military camp doing now?"

"After the past year, the army has grown to 80,000 men, and the crossbow and bed crossbow teams have also been formed."

Jinyang nodded and ordered: "Continue to recruit soldiers and horses, and if there is a need for food and fodder, report it in time."

However, in just one year, their army expanded from 20,000 to 80,000. This speed can be said to be rapid. In fact, it was mainly due to the fact that Liangzhou now had sufficient supply of food and grass.

At the beginning, Jinyang's military expenses mainly relied on Gu Lanxi's support. Later, after a year of recuperation and development, Liangzhou is now able to support the army's food and grass on its own.

Of course, most of the credit goes to Qin Ke's grain varieties and agricultural design planning. For example, the terraced fields in Taiyuan County have doubled the county's harvest.

However, this amount of troops is far from enough. She needs to continue to recruit soldiers in order to have a place to fight for.

At this time, Xiao Anyi had already stepped aside as ordered. Jinyang turned his gaze to Lu Youqing and asked, "Are there any more victims who have escaped from Yizhou?"

Lu Youqing stood up and replied, "Your Highness, the court has sent officials to Yizhou to provide disaster relief a few days ago. The disaster in Yizhou has gradually subsided and entered the recovery stage, so there are no more disaster victims coming here now. The disaster victims who fled to Liangzhou a while ago have now been properly resettled and registered."

Jinyang lowered her eyes and thought. She had naturally received news that the disaster in Yizhou was gradually subsiding. She even knew who the officials sent by the court to provide disaster relief were.

This has always been the procedure of the imperial court for disaster relief: officials were dispatched to provide disaster relief. However, the silver allocated by the imperial court was exploited at every level from the imperial court to the local governments, and only one-tenth or one-twelfth of it remained in the hands of the victims.

If the victims are dissatisfied, they will be suppressed by force and then labeled as mobs.

Although the snowstorm subsided, many people died in the snowstorm. However, the governor of Yizhou who neglected his duties was only reprimanded in the end.

Simply because he is from the Seventh Prince's camp.

"Be sure to verify their identities to prevent spies from entering." Jinyang warned.

"Yes, Your Highness." Lu Youqing nodded in agreement.

After discussing all the matters in Liangzhou with Lu Youqing, he finally looked at Qin Ke.

"How's that new factory you mentioned going?"

The factory she was talking about was the plan Qin Ke submitted a while ago. His next plan was to build a glass factory. You know, nowadays, the containers are all porcelain, and the windows are all paper-pasted, which is not only not warm, but also has poor light transmittance.

This is his key project this year. You know, the research and production of glass can be considered a luxury product, and it can definitely become an economic pillar.

Qin Ke reported: "It's cold now, so the construction progress is slow, but the design drawings have been completed a long time ago, and it will be completed in just two months after the spring. As for the production of glass, the Ministry of Industry has already started experiments, and it should take some time to get results."

The influx of disaster victims was not without benefits. At least the labor force in Liangzhou increased significantly. As long as a job recruitment notice was posted, large numbers of people would line up to sign up.

Jin Yang nodded and continued, "Spring ploughing is about to begin. Have you planned the seeds?"

Although Qin Ke is in charge of the affairs of the Sinong Department, the department also knows that he holds several positions, so most of the matters are handled by the Sinong Minister. Qin Ke only needs to grasp the general direction or cultivate new seeds.

"Sweet potato seedlings are being planted and will be distributed during the spring ploughing season. This will be a continuation of last year's policy for distributing potato seeds."

As for potatoes, after two rounds of cultivation, people are now able to be self-sufficient and no longer need regulation by the court. The market economy can naturally maintain balance.

Very good. After listening to the reports from various departments, Jinyang was very satisfied. Although he was anxious, he also knew that Liangzhou's current development speed was already a miracle.

No one would have thought that she could develop one of the most barren places in the Great Yan Dynasty into its current state.

This was the result of her concealing the iron and coal mines as much as possible. The iron mines were now mainly used to provide weapons for her army, and were hidden in the mountains and forests together with her military camps.

Although coal mining has been going on, it is currently only sold and used within Liangzhou. Once this stuff leaks out, it will inevitably attract the covetousness of various forces.

But even if she only sold it within the state, the silver she earned this winter was considerable. Moreover, she could use coal to smelt ironware and weapons. Not only did coal save time compared to charcoal, it also had almost no cost.

All these briquettes are used locally, and most of the local charcoal is exported. In this way, the needs of local residents are met and more money can be earned.

Lanxi has already shown her the income of the coal factory and the profit of the soap factory last year, plus the funds of Gu's Commercial Bank. All of these together are the capital for Jinyang to recruit troops at present.

Money, food, and soldiers were all being secretly accumulated. Her savings were now much greater than those of the prince and others in the court.

But that's not enough, she needs to be foolproof and also needs to wait for the right time.

The reporting meeting lasted from morning to noon. Qin Ke and Lu Youqing returned home and rested for a while after having lunch.

In the past, according to Lu Youqing's workaholic personality, she would have wanted to go to the government office to work directly after lunch. However, she was getting older and older, and she was often sleepy, so she couldn't hold on even if she wanted to.

She has always been rational, knowing what to do and when to do it, and keeping her work and private life separate.

After Qin Ke sent Lu Youqing to the government office in the afternoon, he went to the Ministry of Industry to oversee the production of glass.

Now that the glass factory has not been built yet, we can only do research in the Ministry of Industry for the time being. Except for a few experienced craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, most of them are craftsmen and apprentices sent by the eldest princess. Their lives and property are in the hands of the eldest princess, and there is no possibility of betrayal or leaking secrets.

In fact, no one had ever heard of what the glass Qin Ke was talking about. In the Great Yan Dynasty, even colored glaze was very rare, let alone glass. They couldn't even imagine what could be so transparent and bright. This material was completely beyond their cognition.