When Li Yuan heard this, she had an idea in her mind. She was going to take advantage of his two days of rest to list out the gift list for him to review!
If there is no problem, then she can start preparations.
It's really cold in the capital in winter. Although it doesn't snow outside, the north wind is blowing like a typhoon.
Since Li Yuan arrived here, she rarely sleeps in the room at night, and basically sleeps in the space.
When she felt sleepy, she took Xie Yanzhi into the space.
"Thank you, brother, I'll go to bed first, and you can wash yourself and relieve yourself."
Xie Yanzhi had a lot to say, but seeing that she was so sleepy that she was yawning, and knowing that she was very tired from working in the greenhouse during the day, he said nothing more.
The couple, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, rarely slept together in each other's arms that night.
1. After a good night's sleep until dawn, Li Yuan woke up first. She was planning to take people out of the space and then went to the greenhouse to pick vegetables. Xie Yanzhi, who was holding her, also woke up.
"Brother Xie, you are up just in time. I have to be busy. Let's go out first. After Dong Liu's house has collected the dishes, we will pack up and go to the Hou Mansion!"
Li Yuan said, and when she was about to put on her clothes, she heard Xie Yanzhi say: "Mother Yuan, Mr. Xu came to see me on the eve of the provincial examination. He wanted to merge Liuyun County and Liufeng County into one city and continue to be under his control. "
Li Yuan had not heard Xie Yanzhi say this. She paused when she heard this and looked at him in confusion.
"What's going on? He can't even be a county magistrate. How can he have such great ambitions?"
"He is now a good official in the eyes of the people. In addition to the previous disaster, he minimized the casualties, which can be said to be a great contribution. In addition, with Master Bai by his side, he feels that he is quite capable. How can he be willing to just do it? Just a small county town?”
"Brother Xie, you said he came to find you, and then what? Then Liuyun County and Liufeng County were merged into one city?"
Xie Yanzhi shook his head: "No! I have heard people discussing this matter in the Imperial College these days. I heard that when the third prince went to court in the morning, he said that the current population of Liufeng County was less than 50,000, and that the county seat of Liuyun County was destroyed, and the population was less than 70,000. . Bringing people from these two places together will make management easier.”
"The other three princes said that the cultivated land in Liuyun County has been washed away and there is mud and sand everywhere. In addition, the city has been destroyed. Instead of spending money to rebuild the city, it is better to merge directly and let the people in Liuyun County move to Liufeng County. "
Li Yuan: "..."
Why do the words of the third prince sound a bit unintelligent?
Also, Liufeng County is larger than Liuyun County and has a larger population. Why are there less than 50,000 people left?
As for the people, are they all dead?
Seeing the unspeakable expression on Li Yuan's face, Xie Yanzhi smiled and pulled her to the dressing mirror and personally helped her draw eyebrows and curl her hair.
"The third prince's proposal was rejected, and the Holy One directly issued an imperial edict to allow Liuyun County to rebuild the city. In addition, regarding issues such as sediment, the imperial edict mentioned that Liuyun County should be allowed to plant sweet potatoes on a large scale."
"sweet potato?"
"Yes! The high-yield sweet potatoes were sent to the capital by people from Lijia'ao through Xu Chongguang. In the eyes of the Holy Emperor, the sweet potatoes come from Liuyun County. I remember Yuan Niang, you wrote to me at the beginning and said that Xu Chongguang reported to the court At that time, I wrote in detail how to cultivate sweet potatoes. I think the Holy Spirit also wanted to know what the so-called "not picking the soil" means. Nowadays, the land washed away by floods is not suitable for growing rice. If you grow other crops, the yield will be high. Not going anywhere. I can only grow sweet potatoes that are not too picky about the soil."
"I heard the news. In the imperial decree, it was mentioned that the national treasury is in dire straits and cannot allocate funds to build a city. If Liuyun County wants to build a city, the court can exempt them from taxes for ten years. Let the people plant sweet potatoes and use them after harvesting. The sweet potatoes are tax deductible. At that time, the court can help sell them as seeds to other cities. The money earned will be used to build cities! "
Li Yuan: "..."
Why is the emperor's plan so loud?
How much money will it cost to rebuild the city?
The treasury does not contribute a penny, but only gives the county government tax exemption for ten years and lets the people grow sweet potatoes. This is really enough!
With Xu Chongguang's temper, he might be vomiting to death, right?
Thinking like this, Li Yuan asked: "Brother Xie, I remember that Liufeng County has a larger population than our Liuyun County, so why are there less than 50,000 people left? Also, is it possible that no county magistrate has taken office yet? "
"Today's Liufeng County is a tricky place, and no one wants to go there. The reason why there are only less than 50,000 people left is that some people died in the snowstorm last year, and some people died in the labor force in March this year. People. The second was the drought. Those whose families were a little better off felt something was wrong. In addition, the local officials only recognized money but not people, so they took the lead in stuffing some money into the yamen and creating a road to lead them away."
"For the remaining people, it is said that the hail before the flood killed many people working outside. In the end, due to the indifference of parents and officials, there was a plague in some places, and some died. Then there were only less than 50,000 people left. ”
When Li Yuan heard about the plague, her eyebrows jumped.
She thought that something had happened to them, the Li family'ao people, when they were in Liufeng County.
Later, Wang Can's spiritual spring water cured him.
Could it be that in addition to those, there are people from other places who are also suffering from the plague?
How was it solved later? It's not like Wang Can said, locking people together and burning them to death, right?
Xie Yanzhi saw her frown and stretched out his hand to smooth it away.
"I'm just telling you the specific situation there, so you don't have to worry about it. Besides, Yuan Niang, it's useless for you to worry. Those are beyond our control. Come on, let's get out!"
Li Yuan thought about it. She was a little woman and couldn't even take care of her family. How could she take care of anything else?
Since the day before yesterday, the Xie family, regardless of age or sex, has gotten up early every day to help collect vegetables.
When she is halfway through her work, Caiwei will go back to cook.
As for the servants, Aunt Ou went to cook.
After loading the dishes into the carriage sent by Liu Dong's family, they dispersed to eat.
It's the same today, except there is one more Xie Yanzhi.
When everyone was done, Caiwei also prepared breakfast.
The group ate in a hurry and prepared to go to Zhenguo Hou Mansion.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the carriage left the house, it ran into the Miao family's carriage!
Chen Wu is driving the Miao family's carriage.
His energy was not very good, and he looked particularly decadent.
After seeing Li Jun, he cheered up and shouted: "Junzi!"
"Brother Wu!"
Li Jun stopped the carriage, and Xie Yanzhi raised the curtain.
At the same time, the curtain of the Miao family's carriage was also lifted.
Miao Lisheng stepped out of the carriage and greeted Xie Yanzhi.
"Shi Jianzhi, Miao has been admiring your name for a long time. Yesterday I learned that Xiu Mu from the Imperial Academy came here without saying hello today. I'm sorry for disturbing you, but I hope Haihan will do it!"
Xie Yanzhi also bowed his hand to him
"Shao'an has also heard of Master Miao for a long time. It is really a blessing for Shaoan to see Master Miao today! Come on, please come in!"
With that said, he jumped off the carriage and walked ahead to lead the way.
I knew in my heart that I might not be able to go to the Marquis Mansion as a guest in the morning.
