"Lei Er, you should get married as soon as possible!" Li Hebai came over with a smile, "Marry a wife to help take care of the fields."
Ren Ning has Ying Pan; Xiao Gang has his own Zhongyong Mansion; Li Hebai also has his sister helping him.
Although there are people in Lei Er's hometown, the second eldest son is illiterate. It would be difficult for them to replace or manage fields far away.
Lei Er rolled his eyes and said flatteringly: "Sister-in-law, why don't you replace it or take care of it for me?"
Don't worry about whether it can be replaced or not, as long as the fields are not left unused and there are harvests.
"Okay." Yingpan did not refuse.
Xingji is full of high-level gates in the city. If you don't enter the third level, almost no one will take it seriously.
The future of Ren Ning and others is promising, but at this time, they are still far away from the third level. Guanyi has asked the men of the Ministry of War to take care of it as much as possible, but the fields allocated are still in remote places.
But after all, it was the same batch of rewards, and their fields were not far apart.
As for Lei Er's so-called escrow, he asked Yingpan to send a few trustworthy stewards there, and then recruit some local farmers to rent the land to them for farming, and then collect the rent during harvest.
That's all.
After Yingpan finished packing her clothes, Ren Ning said, "We can charge less for the land rent, so that the people can survive."
When passing through Laigu County, they were depressed and angry when they saw the surrounding situation.
Comparing one's feelings with one's own, we cannot allow the situation where people are struggling to make a living and sell their children for sale on their own territory.
Anyway, Ren Ning and the others don't live on that little land rent.
As long as the rubber industry in Guangxin County is well developed, it will be enough for our children and grandchildren to enjoy life for several lifetimes.
"I know." Yingpan knew this well and nodded with a smile.
"Mr. sir," she asked, "How about we try our best to replace the paddy fields and mountains with Guangxin County?"
In this way, most of the rubber forests in Guangxin can be completely included in the bag, so that no more money is spent to buy them.
Unlike those superior counties, most of the barren mountains and ridges near the border are ownerless. It's easy to exchange. You only need to take the land deed to the Ministry of Household Affairs and exchange it for a piece of mountain land of similar size.
Unlike the Imperial Capital or the vicinity of Xingluo County, it is not easy to buy a property in these good places unless someone changes or sells it.
Ren Ning understood what Yingpan meant and nodded with a smile: "Okay. You can make up your own mind."
Zhennanguan is going to be moved south to Huchou Pass, and Guangxin has gained a large piece of land.
Although there is no fertile farmland there, there are lush rubber forests growing in many places, which are like shining golden treasure mountains.
However, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development does not yet know the value of these mountains, and treats them completely as barren mountains, which is the best time to buy them.
"Old Ren and my sister-in-law, please remember to exchange mine for mine." Lei Er's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran to the yard where he lived and took out the land deed.
After explaining this and looking at the sky, several people moved to the school grounds of Zhenguo Gongfu next door and met the other dragon boat team members waiting there.
There are not many clan members of Zhenguo Gongfu in the imperial capital, but there are quite a few people on the school grounds at this time. Everywhere he looked there were young people with high spirits, both men and women.
Ren Xi stood pretty among a group of girls wearing veils. She came to cheer for Ren Ning and her cousin Ren Rong.
Ren Xi's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw Ren Ning and Ying Pan coming in. But she didn't want to shout loudly, so she waved her hand slightly to say hello.
Ren Ning nodded, ignored her, and then swept around with his golden finger.
Everyone in the school grounds is a bright green.
He couldn't help but feel relieved.
On the surface, the current dragon boat race is a folk competition celebrated by everyone, but in recent years, it has become more like a division and comparison among the youth forces in the imperial capital.
In previous years, some teams would even play dirty tricks on powerful opponents in order to compete for a good ranking.
Especially three years ago, Xingji City had just concluded its martial arts competition. Under the instigation of some people, some martial arts people started fighting directly on the dragon boat...
Ahem!
Huo Qing coughed twice.
He has the highest status among the young people, and is the initiator of the dragon boat team, so he is naturally regarded as the captain.
Walking over to say hello to Ren Ning and the others, Huo Qing chuckled: "Is everyone here?"
"Your Majesty, it's all here!"
"I just counted them and they are all here!"
Huo Qingxiao: "Now that everyone is here, please bring out the dragon boat."
Everyone was startled, looked at each other and nodded in unison.
The town government mansion occupies a vast area. There are not only several lakes in the mansion, but also canals and moats that are connected to the Xinglan Grand Canal.
Contestants like Ren Ning and spectators like Ying Pan can take a boat directly from the Zhenguogong Mansion to the river section where the dragon boat race takes place, instead of having to carry or drag the entire dragon boat across the city, which is extremely convenient.
However, before the dragon boat is launched on its maiden voyage, it is usually necessary to find a highly respected person to light the dragon.
After lighting up the dragon's eyes, the dragon boat can go smoothly, ride the wind and waves, and run fast and steadily.
Everyone looked towards the main courtyard in unison.
The most virtuous and respected person in the Duke's mansion is naturally Princess Yiguang.
Even Emperor Changxing had to address her as "Royal Aunt" when he met her. Let her have a clear first voyage, which is naturally enough.
Bah bah!
Deafening firecrackers sounded.
Princess Yiguang, who was full of hair and energetic, was dressed in heavy make-up, and walked over with a smile and a female official, as kindly as an old lady next door.
"See Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." The juniors bowed and saluted.
Ouch!
Princess Yiguang pretended to be shocked.
"You bastards and silly girls, you are all shouting so loudly. Do you think I am old and have trouble hearing?"
"No, no." Ren Ning and others laughed, waving and joking: "Your Highness, your ears are better than ours."
Ren Xi, who didn't often visit the Zhenguo Palace, looked at each other a little bit. They were bent over, still maintaining their saluting posture, not knowing what to do.
"Hello everyone." Yingpan smiled and quietly came over to explain to them.
"When the eldest princess calls herself 'I', it usually means that she is in a good mood and treats us as her own family. So don't be too restrained, just treat us as your own family."
Ren Xi and the others were relieved and straightened up.
It's just that after all, they don't really dare to treat the Zhenguo Palace as their own home.
The group of people hugged Princess Yiguang and walked to the long dragon boat.
This dragon boat was specially ordered by Huo Qing for this dragon boat race. In fact, it has already been launched into the water.
There is no way around this.
When the team first gets together, they can just find a dragon boat and train. However, not only the team members need to get along with each other, but also the players and Dragon Boat need to get along with each other.
Therefore, in the past two days, Ren Ning's training has shifted to this dragon boat for competition.
Princess Yiguang was not surprised either.
She smiled and said words of encouragement to Ren Ning and the other contestants, and then washed her hands with grapefruit leaves in the gold basin next to her.
Then he hung up the red flowers, lit the incense, and put a bunch of fresh grass into the dragon's mouth. Then he picked up the gold pen that Huo Qing brought over, smeared the ink on it, and carefully touched Long Qing.
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