Moreover, the Xin family is rich, right?
Then be more considerate to the Xin family’s tenants.
After dinner was prepared in the kitchen, Li Qiao interrupted Xin Zhi and Li Yuan's conversation. It was time to have dinner.
The weather was cold, so Zheng Qianqian and Li Xia couldn't take Li Erbao and Brother Ju around, and knowing that Xin Zhi was here, Li Yuning and Li Xiaolan didn't come either, so today's dinner was Li Qiao Tao Bamboo Belt The three little guys, Li Xiaorui, Li Changfeng and Li Yunfan, ate together with Xin Zhi and Li Yu'an.
Li Qiao's staple food was still snail noodles. While eating, he talked about Zhuangzi through Li Liang Wang Guihua.
Now is the slack period for farming, but Li Liang and Wang Guihua have set up a small sweet potato vermicelli workshop, so the couple are quite busy. Like Li Shu and Li Shu who look after the shop in Li Dashan, they leave early and come home late every day.
However, the couple's main business is farming.
It hasn't snowed for a long time, and the couple talked about what to do after spring, planning to dig more wells on his family's farm.
"Zi Zi, are there many wells on your farm?" Li Qiao asked, pretending to be a casual question.
Hearing this, Li Yu'an also looked at Xin Zhi across the table.
"Uh... it should be enough."
Xin Zhi was a little unable to answer.
Although he already knows how difficult it is for farmers to farm, he is concerned about the farmers in Dasheng. He doesn't understand the specific tenants and farms of his family yet.
He never went to hang out on his farm...
But it was obvious that his answer was not acceptable in front of the Li family.
Facing the eyes of Li Qiao and Li Yu'an, he immediately said: "After I get home tonight, I will ask the housekeeper who is in charge of this area. When I take a break next time, I will go to the farm to conduct an on-site inspection. Ichiban.”
This is what Li Qiao wanted, but it was not enough. He pretended to remember the past: "When planting crops, the most tiring work is watering the ground. It's good to have a cart at home. If there is no cart, you can only use it." The poles carry buckets of water, one bucket at a time, to irrigate the crops.”
"But a bucket of water only has so much water, but an acre of land is so big. Now that I think about how my elder brother, sister-in-law, and my parents watered the land in the past, I wish I could beat myself to death."
These words resonated with Li Yu'an, and he nodded his head: "When I was at the Song family, my mother carried a pole to water the wheat, and both shoulders were bruised by the pole."
As soon as these words came out, Xin Zhi couldn't help but take a breath of air.
He really didn't know about this before!
"Xiao Yu'an, don't worry, I will fill the Xin family's farm with wells, and I will never let the tenants worry about watering their crops."
He assured, patting his chest.
Don't let the shortage of water wells make Xiao Yu'an sad.
"You're so kind." Li Yu'an couldn't help but smile, and looked at Xin Zhi with bright eyes.
Seeing this look, Xin Zhi straightened his back and said: "Not only are the farms here in the capital digging wells, but I will also teach those in my hometown to dig wells where they should dig wells, and dig ditches where they should dig ditches." , we must ensure that every tenant of the Xin family does not have to worry about irrigation."
"Hmm...wouldn't this be too much trouble?"
When Li Yu'an heard this, she didn't care to praise Xin Zhi, but felt a little uneasy.
He ordered Xin Zhi to work in the Xin family without marrying Xin Zhi. What would the Xin family think of him...
"It's not troublesome. How can this be troublesome? It's just a matter of one sentence. Don't worry, my family is very kind and they won't have any opinions on you because of such a trivial matter."
Xin Zhi saw Li Yu'an's worried expression and understood what he was worried about, so he immediately spoke to reassure him.
"Really?" Li Yu'an had some doubts.
"Of course it's true! If you don't believe it, you can ask your fourth uncle." Xin Zhi pointed at Li Qiao.
Li Qiao immediately said: "This is indeed a small matter for the Xin family, Yu'an, don't take it to heart."
With Li Qiao's words, Li Yu'an finally felt relieved. He smiled at Xin Zhi and said, "Your family is so kind."
"No, my family can still enjoy prosperity and wealth in peace after being rejected by the Supreme Emperor, just because everyone in the family is good."
Xin Zhi was a little proud and couldn't help but start talking about the generous deeds of his family.
His family members are all very good-natured, and they don't engage in bullying or exploiting the common people. They just eat, drink, have fun, and enjoy a peaceful life.
Of course, his family also wants to return to the center of power in Dasheng, but this is what his grandfather, father, and uncle should consider.
The members of his Xin family eat and drink every day, buy all kinds of things, and enjoy a wealthy life.
If Xiao Yu'an had married, she would have lived like this.
However, Xiao Yu'an was used to being busy, so he could leave the management of his courtyard to Xiao Yu'an. If Xiao Yu'an wanted to help in the shop, he would support it.
Eat and drink for one day.
It takes one day to work hard.
Anyway, as long as Xiao Yuan is happy.
Li Yu'an listened to these words, and the more he listened, the more he couldn't hold back the smile on his face. Li Qiao sat aside. Although he wanted to interrupt Xin Zhi's words, Xin Zhi readily agreed to provide irrigation facilities for the Xin family's fields. For his own sake, he resisted the idea of getting between the two of them.
The Xin family actually doesn't have much farmland in Shengjing. The Xin family's fields are all in their hometown. There are 500,000 acres of cultivated land all over Huaidong Prefecture where the Xin family is located.
If the Xin family develops water conservancy in their hometown, the people of the entire Huaidong Prefecture will benefit.
Now Xiao Yu'an has solved the irrigation problem of the entire Huaidong Mansion with just one sentence. The Xin family is indeed worthy of being entrusted to them for life.
After dinner, Xin Zhi stayed for a while, and then reluctantly left at Li Qiao's urging.
Not long after Xin Zhi left, the Li family came back after a busy day outside.
There is a happy event for the Li family today:
Li Ershan fell in love with a girl and wanted to go to her house to propose marriage.
This is a big deal in the Li family.
Li Ershan is twenty-two years old this year, and will be twenty-three after the Chinese New Year. In ancient times, he was definitely an older young man.
Li Qiao had arranged for him to get married to Li Xia a few years ago. Li Xia fell in love with Zhao Shen at first sight. Now his brother Ju, whom he has with Zhao Shen, is over a year old, and he finally made a move!
Li Qiao was very concerned and quickly asked whose family this girl belonged to.
Although Li Ershan has long been able to stand alone and is much more mature than before, he is still a little embarrassed when it comes to the girl he likes.
"This is the fifth lady of the Fan family who is engaged in the coal business in Xishan Province. She loves duck food and always goes to our shop. I think she is quite kind, so..."
At this point, he coughed lightly: "I feel that she has a crush on me and always looks at me secretly, so I came back to ask my uncle, how is the Fan family? Can this happen? ?”
"The Fan family..."
Li Qiao was a little surprised.
The Fan family is in the coal business and owns several coal mines. In terms of family wealth, it is one of the best in Dasheng.
When Sheng Hongguang invited people with strong financial resources to carve up the Grand Canal terminals, the Fan family successfully took over a terminal in the south of the Yangtze River, which shows the Fan family's financial resources.
He has a good impression of the Fan family, because he heard a few words from Mr. Zhao from the Ministry of Industry, saying that the Fan family's coal business pays great attention to safety issues, and even if there is a mining disaster, the compensation will be enough.
However, now Li Ershan actually looks at each other with the fifth lady of the Fan family?
What a surprise.
Previously, his official position was low, and Li Ershan did not have a wide range of choices. In the past two years, his official position had been promoted, and Li Ershan was a bit picky.
Because there are so many people who come to be matchmakers.
There are also noble families among them, and these nobles are willing to marry their noble daughters and brothers.
But after Li Ershan looked at each other quietly, he didn't agree.
Li Ershan looks ordinary. He grew up in the countryside. In the past few years, he followed Li Qiao around the capital, the capital, and the capital. His knowledge has increased and he has become more stable.
But in the final analysis, they are very different from the noble daughters and noble brothers raised by rich families.
Xin Zhi and Li Yu'an get along well, mostly because Xin Zhi, the prince of the Hou family, is short-sighted and simple-tempered, and he doesn't have the habit of thinking too highly of himself or looking down on others.
But Xin Zhi couldn't find many of them in the capital. Therefore, Li Ershan was not interested in the noble daughter and noble brother introduced to him.
These ladies and gentlemen looked kind and friendly on the surface, but in fact they despised him as a rough man from the countryside.
She was willing to go on a blind date with him purely because of Li Qiao.
Li Ershan doesn't like these people.
But now Li Ershan has fallen in love with the fifth lady of the Fan family!
Then this fifth lady of the Fan family should be a good person.
"I will inquire carefully and give you the results soon." Li Qiao said with a smile.
If Li Ershan really gets married to the fifth lady of the Fan family, then the fifth lady of the Fan family will live in the Li family. There will be one more person in the family, so he must inquire carefully.
The next day, Li Qiao first went to the Ministry of Industry to find Mr. Zhao.
In Dasheng, coal is under the control of the Ministry of Industry.
After inquiring from Mr. Zhao's mouth, he asked the chief doctor of the Household Department in charge of Xishan Province to inquire about the Fan family's taxes, land properties, household registration and other matters.
At the same time, he also sent people to the area near the Fan family and in the Fan family shop to inquire about the temperament of the Fan family and the fifth lady of the Fan family.
Of course, he also hired people from Royal Logistics to go to the Fan family's hometown in Xishan Province to find out the news.
After making inquiries this time, he found no faults.
Tao Zhu also took out the charity’s donation list, and the Fan family donated thousands of pieces of warm clothing in the second wave of donations.
So, Li Qiao first sent a matchmaker to the Fan family to meet with the head of the Fan family, Fan. Then on the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, he took a day off and took Li Ershan and Li Liang Wang Guihua to the Fan family to propose marriage.
The Fan family was naturally overjoyed and tried their best to entertain Li Qiao and his party, fearing that Li Qiao's dissatisfaction would ruin the marriage.
Li Qiao was naturally satisfied.
The Fan family has a good reputation both in Xishan Province and Shengjing. Not only does the family own several mines, but it also has 300,000 acres of cultivated land, making it a big landowner.
With so much arable land, he naturally mentioned the hardships Li Liang, Wang Guihua, Li Ershan and other Li family members had suffered because of farming, as he did when talking to Xin Zhi. As a well-rounded big businessman, Fan Buzhu immediately patted his heart. Tell him how the tenants of the Fan family are doing.
Li Liang and Wang Guihua have been growing crops for half their lives, so they have a special say in this topic. In addition, they and Fan have nothing in common to talk about, so the two of them have been talking about this topic.
The couple has always understood that Li Ershan and the fifth lady of the Fan family are just engaged. Besides, even if they are really married, the couple will not comment on the Fan family's affairs. Therefore, what they talk about is their own family. thing.
But Fan didn't listen.
As a big fat sheep that is easy to be slaughtered, Fan Buzu is particularly good at understanding the thoughts of those in power. Li Qiao is like Sheng Hong, who clearly shows his preferences and acting style, never being moody or moody. Keep secret.
Thinking of Li Qiao's generosity, generosity, and caring for the people at the bottom, Fan Buzhe secretly made a decision. From now on, the Fan family should treat their tenants in the same way as Mr. Li.
