Li Qiao also smiled.
"Huh? Those six young men were rewarded by the Holy Spirit?" Master Duan was shocked.
Several other officials nearby who were eavesdropping also took a breath of cold air. Rewarded by the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Guard is only given to the prince!
"Yes, the Holy Spirit rewarded me. I have a bad temper and often conflict with others. The Holy Spirit was afraid that I would be beaten, so I specially gave him the bodyguards he personally trained."
"Your Majesty's great kindness will be unforgettable."
Li Qiao said and cupped his hands in the direction of the palace.
Lord Duan, including several nearby officials, were stunned. They were really the same bodyguards as the prince!
Quan Da Sheng is the only one, and they alone cannot even have such negative emotions as envy and jealousy, because this kind of holy favor is too far away from them. At this time, except for wonder, there is no other reaction in their minds.
Awesome, Mr. Li!
Master Duan came back to his senses and congratulated Li Qiao with a smile. Now his personal safety is guaranteed.
Several nearby officials also expressed their congratulations.
After listening to their words, Li Qiao couldn't help but praise Sheng Hong's confidentiality work again.
The specific process of the night when the fifth prince rebelled was not known to the outside world. Others only knew that he was promoted because of his meritorious service that night, but the specific process of his meritorious service was unknown to everyone.
fine.
The fewer people who know what happened that night, the better, so that he won't have trouble making a sneak attack when he encounters this kind of situation again.
The fact that Li Qiao was granted a bodyguard by the Holy Emperor set off a wave of waves in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty, including among the nobles.
Everyone had a clearer understanding of Li Qiao's weight in front of Sheng Hong.
The prince has the same style. Now besides the prince, who dares to provoke Li Qiao?
At the same time, everyone also knew that Li Family Logistics had changed its name and would become Royal Logistics from now on.
Royal Logistics is just Royal Logistics. You can use it as you should. The price is cheap anyway.
After the novelty wears off, there are still quite a few people using logistics in Shengjing City.
At this time, the logistics ordering method has been changed. Li Qiao has set up stalls in some downtown areas, and everyone can just go to the stalls to place orders.
Morning, noon and evening, any time is ok. In addition to vegetables and meat, other goods can also be transported.
Some businesses, such as the Li family's hot pot shop, as well as some restaurants and restaurants, all use logistics.
You can ask logistics guys to buy groceries, or you can ask these guys to deliver takeaways.
Occasionally, other merchants who don't have enough manpower and vehicles to transport goods will turn to logistics.
But overall, it is still losing money.
But Li Qiao didn't care.
After Sheng Hong took over, Sheng Hong didn't care.
When it comes to subsidizing money, Sheng Hong is so skilled. He started subsidizing the state treasury from his private treasury before he ascended the throne. After he ascended the throne, he subsidized even more.
Compared with the money used to support officials and the imperial army, this is nothing.
Moreover, the prospect of his private treasury is no longer dark, because Li Qiao has used several seemingly simple small businesses to break through the darkness and let the sunshine in.
At present, there are branches of Royal Dim Sum Shop in several prefectures in Jiangnan area.
Don't underestimate this snack, his ability to collect money is like that of a robber, which greatly alleviated his financial crisis.
Of course, there are also gambling houses.
After some discussion between him and his father, he decided to amend the regulations on gambling houses in Dasheng Law.
According to existing laws, only one gambling house is allowed in a city above the county level.
Starting next year, two gambling houses can appear in a city above the county level. This new gambling house can only be opened by his father, and only two types of games, bully fighting and mahjong cards, are allowed in it.
This modification is very bold.
One of them might be committing sin.
Therefore, even if the law is changed, it will only be put into trial operation in the wealthy areas of Jiangnan, step by step.
If there are any signs of deviation, immediately close the door and correct it.
There is no way, he is really under great pressure to support such a big country.
For example, the recent weather, which is so important for the autumn harvest, has been rainy and rainy, which is annoying!
Li Qiao also felt annoyed. It had been either cloudy or rainy for half a month. The collected corn, millet and other grains could not be dried and had to be covered. If they were covered any longer, they would become moldy.
After working hard for half a year, I saw that I was just one step away from putting the grain into the granary, but God was not in my favor!
It’s difficult for farmers.
In fact, when the water power reaches level five, it can extract water from objects. Whether it is plants, animals or even human bodies, as long as it contains water, it can be extracted with the power.
But currently Li Qiao's superpower is only level three.
Moreover, even if he reached level five, he would not dare to use it to absorb moisture from food.
The only thing he could do now was to pray that the weather would clear up soon.
If that doesn't work, farmers can try drying grain on the kang.
This method wastes firewood and manpower. It depends on the farmer's choice. Alas!
Meng Yue and Zhuang Wen both come from farming families, and they don't like this kind of weather. They don't know what's going on over there in Sanliu Village, but they hope Sanliu Village won't suffer from this kind of weather.
Xin Zhi is the son of the Hou family. Compared with other sons from aristocratic families, he is already very sympathetic to the hard work of farmers, but he is not from a farmer's family. In this weather, he is more concerned about his greenhouse.
The weather was getting colder day by day, and his greenhouse had been repaired. He invited Li Qiao to visit his house and experience his greenhouse.
During this year, Li Qiao secretly tinkered with cement by repairing the greenhouse, but he did not dare to succeed, lest he arouse Sheng Hong's suspicion.
The rainy weather persisted for a full month. When it cleared up, farmers suffered heavy losses, including Li Qiao Tao Zhu.
The couple owns more than 600 acres of fields in Shengjing, and nearly half of the food in these fields has been lost.
Sitting in the carriage returning to the city, Tao Zhu frowned.
"Will the Holy Father decree tax exemptions?" He held Li Qiao's arm and asked with a frown.
"Probably not. Although the loss is close to half, the tax is not heavy. The farmers will have a hard time after paying the tax, but they will not starve to death. This is Shengjing after all, and the farmers are richer than other areas. There is more food at home. .”
Li Qiao said.
Of course, another reason is that Sheng Hong is under great pressure. If taxes are reduced or reduced at every turn, what will Sheng Hong do?
Hearing this, Tao Zhu pursed his lips.
It’s not easy for farmers.
When he returned, he bought someone and changed his name to Tiangong Zuomei!
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Chapter 159 The Third Prince Donates Food, There Are Many Older Young People
Although Dasheng has a wise ruler and a variety of high-yielding crops, productivity is low at this time, and grain yield per acre is low, so ordinary farmers' ability to resist risks is also low.
But this is Shengjing after all, and even if half of the autumn harvest is destroyed, the farmers will not be desperate.
Even in Sanliu Village before Li Qiao crossed over, apart from Tao Shu and the original person, the rest of the family could withstand similar disasters, not to mention that this place was at the feet of the emperor.
Therefore, Shenghong has no intention of exempting himself from taxes.
Farmers can only admit that they are unlucky. In addition to cursing a few words, they burn incense and pray to God to pray for God next year and stop wasting food.
After working hard for half a year, it was obviously just one last shudder, and as a result, half of it was lost. Who wouldn't feel sad about this?
Sheng Hong did not reduce taxes, but Li Qiao and Tao Zhu decided to reduce them.
In Dasheng, farmers are generally divided into owner-peasants and tenant farmers.
Homeowner farmers are like Li Liang's family, they own their own fields.
A tenant farmer is a farmer whose family has no land or only a small amount of land and has to rent other people's land to make a living.
All the fields owned by Li Qiao and Tao Zhu in Shengjing were cultivated by tenant farmers. The tenant farmers not only had to pay taxes to the court, but also had to pay rent to the owners of the fields they farmed.
Under normal circumstances, after paying taxes and rent, tenant farmers can still have half or one-third of the food left.
For example, the small village owned by Sheng Hongshang and the more than 80 acres of land purchased from relatives of the Xin family. The tenants who rented these fields could still keep half of the grain in their hands after paying the rent and taxes.
However, the British government exploited tenants very harshly. The tenants in the British government were busy all year round and could only survive to eat -
This is because the Sheng family father and son are watching. Without the Sheng family father and son watching, the vicious greed of the British government will definitely lead these tenants to a dead end, just like those who rented the Lu family's fields in Daze Prefecture and Yuanshan Prefecture. Like tenants.
According to Zhao Cun's investigation, the British government not only used underground gambling houses in Daze Prefecture and Yuanshan Prefecture to make money, but also put the tenants of the Lu family in dire straits. Not only did these tenants work as cattle and horses without enough to eat, but their wives Women were also bullied, and dozens of lives were lost over the decades.
Now, Sheng Hong has awarded Li Qiao 500 acres of first-class farmland owned by the British government in Shengjing. Li Qiao will not exploit tenants like the British government did.
He discussed with Tao Zhu and exempted all tenants in the family from rent.
Anyway, his family is not short of rent.
Moreover, Tao Zhu really called Ren Yazi over and bought four more servants, named Tiangong Zuomei.
Mainly, right now, families do need people to do housework.
Now that Li Qiao is an official, he also has to take care of his two little ones, so he must arrange for servants to do things like washing, sweeping, and sewing.
When Li Yu was here before, plus Li He and Li Le, they could barely cope with these things.
Now that Li Yu has borrowed money from the banker, his manpower is immediately tight. Therefore, this time Tao Zhu specially selected people who were strong, capable of heavy work, and good at needlework.
As soon as Tiangong Zuomei came into the house, Tao Zhu immediately packed up the bedding needed for the winter, took it apart, washed the fabric, and then stretched the cotton again to make several new beddings.
The new bedding is soft and comfortable to lie on.
