Sheng Hong continued to speak slowly.
"...Huh?" Li Qiao was surprised, and then immediately asked: "Dreams are all backwards. I wonder what you dreamed about?"
"I dreamed...I dreamed that I was poor."
Sheng Hong looked speechless.
But Li Qiao was already dumbfounded: "Huh?"
He just read Gao Zhiyuan's pamphlet yesterday, but last night Sheng Hong dreamed that he, the emperor, was poor?
"This dream is very real, as if I have experienced it myself. After waking up in the middle of the night, I tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep."
"Probably the content is that we have been experiencing constant disasters during this great period, and both the national treasury and my private treasury have been used for disaster relief. The treasury is so empty that even rats don't want to visit it."
"Do you think this is ridiculous?"
Li Qiao: "...The Holy One loves his people like his own son, and I admire him greatly! However, the dream is the opposite, so don't take it to heart."
Although there was a storm in his heart, he didn't show it at all on his face. It was as if he had heard a joke, and he persuaded with a slightly calm tone.
"That's right, with my current financial resources, if a disaster is discovered in Dasheng, I will be able to deal with it."
Sheng Hong couldn't help but straighten his back.
To be honest, in the first few years after he ascended the throne, he gradually ran out of money. The income from the treasury was not enough to spend. He and his father added their own money and it was still not enough. As a last resort, sometimes he even had to accept his eldest son Sheng The money given by Zhi Jian.
At that time, he set his sights on corrupt officials everywhere and lawless noble families like the British Duke.
They are all fat sheep. Normally, out of love, the father and son would not touch these people, but if they were really forced to have no money in their hands, then the father and son would definitely raise the butcher's knife.
Is there any faster way to get money than by confiscating homes?
No.
Even gambling houses can't compare.
But who knew Li Aiqing appeared.
Not only did Li Aiqing pay him a huge amount of business taxes, but he also came up with money-making ideas one after another. Moreover, they did not affect the interests of other people and were just new ideas that appeared out of thin air.
Now, not only is his money not tight, he is quite relaxed.
But the absurd and desolate scene of the empty private treasury last night was inexplicably imprinted on him, like a shadow that spread all over his body and lingered.
So his mood today was very unhappy.
Although it was ridiculous, looking at Li Aiqing's tall figure, he couldn't hold back and told this terrible nightmare.
Now he has strong financial resources and confidence.
He is not afraid of this nightmare.
He can speak out openly.
"I have the confidence today. Li Aiqing, you have put in a lot of effort, so you can choose another 60,000 acres of cultivated land. I will give you a round number. This is what you deserve."
This little cultivated land is left alone, and it is better to reward Li Aiqing, a great hero.
In the past, he neglected to give material rewards to Li Aiqing because Li Aiqing was not short of money. This was not good.
Li Aiqing may not be short of anything, but he has to give it.
Sheng Hong's tone was calm, but in Li Qiao's ears, he was naturally shocked and waved his hands: "Your Majesty, you have just rewarded me 20,000 acres of cultivated land. I haven't digested your kindness yet. If you do it again, Reward, I am young and have little fortune, so I am afraid that I will not be able to receive such a great favor from the emperor."
Even among the founding officials, there was no precedent of rewarding 60,000 acres of cultivated land in one go.
If we add the 20,000 acres from some time ago, it would be 80,000 acres!
That is to say, when it came to rewarding several princes and princes, Sheng Jun, Sheng Hong and his son were so generous.
"The number one scholar in our Da Sheng Lian's Six Yuan Awards is already a third-rank official at a young age. Why can't you take it? Since I gave it to you, you deserve this favor."
Sheng Hong stood up as he spoke, walked slowly to Li Qiao, raised his hand and patted his shoulder, and said seriously: "Li Aiqing, take it with peace of mind, don't let me live up to my expectations of you."
I always feel that the constant natural disasters in my dreams are somewhat similar to those in the past two years!
Li Qiao: "..."
He lifted up his clothes and knelt down.
Okay, if Sheng Hong has to give it, then he will accept it.
To be honest, the 40,000 acres of cultivated land currently in hand is indeed a bit short. Sheng Hong is willing to get it all for him, which saves him having to spend more money to buy it.
With such kindness, he will definitely give back to Sheng Hong more than the 80,000 acres of cultivated land in the future.
However, Sheng Hong suddenly had a nightmare. Was it because of Gao Zhiyuan's book?
If this is true, then he has to thank Gao Zhiyuan.
Sixty thousand acres of cultivated land are all first-class fields. One mu of land costs thirty taels of silver, so sixty thousand acres of land is one million eight hundred thousand taels!
A mountain of silver!
After leaving the palace, Li Qiao returned to Hubu.
Suddenly there were 60,000 acres of arable land, and he had to dig out Dasheng's map to make a good selection.
Soon it was time to get off work. Tao Zhu did not come to pick him up today. Tao Zhu went to the shantang today.
When we got home, Li Liang and Wang Guihua were both there.
After the Chinese New Year, the number of sweet potatoes decreased and the sweet potato workshop stopped working. The couple shifted their work focus to his farmland.
At present, the farm work in the farm is to water the crops. The couple does not have to keep an eye on it every day, so they have more free time.
At this time, the couple were sitting at the door of the tool shed in the front yard, leading people like Li Suyi to make wheat sickles.
Before he could share with the couple the great news of 60,000 acres of farmland, Li Liang said: "Xiao Qiao, today Jiang County Magistrate... ah no, it's Jiang Magistrate. Jiang Magistrate's grandson handed me the greetings." Post, I would like to visit you during your next bathing break."
"I promised it for you."
"Okay, Lord Jiang wrote to me before." Li Qiao said and came to the couple, ready to share the good news with them.
But Li Liang said again: "This little grandson of Magistrate Jiang is so handsome. He has fine skin and tender flesh. Your sister-in-law fell in love with him at a glance. You should examine him carefully and see if he is worthy of being entrusted to our children for the rest of his life." .”
"……Um?"
Li Qiao was surprised.
Li Liang laughed when he saw this: "Actually, I also fell in love with him. He's very well-behaved, and he's the grandson of Magistrate Jiang. Magistrate Jiang is a good official, and his grandson will definitely be good."
Wang Guihua also nodded: "No. However, Xiaoqiao, you still have to observe and observe. Even if our girl is older, we can't be hasty."
"...Okay. However, both the man and the woman must be willing to get married. We can't just get carried away."
Li Qiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Although he agreed, he reminded him of the most important point.
"This is natural. If someone doesn't like our girl, we certainly can't force it."
Wang Guihua understands quite well.
But it was rare for a good idea to appear that made both her and Li Liang shine, so they had to give it a try.
Next, she couldn't help but start talking about things in Zhuangzi.
She and Li Liang were worried about the drought, and they didn't know what was happening in Pingcheng.
There are also those fields in Langfang Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, and Weiqing County. They are very concerned about it, but they cannot see it with their own eyes.
Alas, I am troubled by the fact that there are few people in my family and I cannot take care of the cultivated land myself. I always feel uneasy and feel that the grain I harvest will be ignored by the tenants.
Li Qiao listened to these words and silently swallowed the news that his family had gained another 60,000 acres of farmland. He would wait until Tao Zhu came back to share the good news.
If he had spoken at this time, the couple would have focused their conversation on the issue of tenants stealing his family's food.
He knew that the couple was doing this for his own good, but he really didn't like to hear this. He might as well go back to the study to select farmland.
So, Li Qiao waited for Tao Zhu to come back, and then announced that his family had gained 60,000 acres of farmland.
Sure enough, Li Liang and Wang Guihua began to worry about the tenants again, but with Tao Zhu present, Li Qiao listened patiently.
Tao Zhu actually had such worries in the past, but as his family became more prosperous and he established a charity, Tao Zhu no longer cared about this.
However, there are indeed few people in his family.
So much farmland is left unattended.
Sweet trouble!
Chapter 205: Let go of the cement formula and build roads together in Dasheng. Plant chestnut trees and lotus root starch.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu discussed the 60,000 acres of cultivated land all night, and finally decided to put 50,000 acres in Jibei Province and 10,000 acres in Weiqing County.
Jibei Province is close to Shengjing, and now there is a cement road. It does not matter whether it is convenient to go for inspection or to transport food back to Kyoto.
The same is true for Weiqing County. When the villagers from Sanliu Village go to Weiqing County in the future, they don't need to worry.
However, Weiqing County is separated from Pingcheng by a prefecture.
Based on the current distance, it would take almost ten days to walk on the official road.
This time is a bit long. If a cement road is built, the time can be shortened by more than half. Therefore, the next day, Li Qiao specially informed Ming Shenghong that he wanted to pave the official road between Weiqing County and Pingcheng into a cement road.
Sheng Hong waved his hand and said, "Okay, this is a trivial matter." He immediately issued an edict to the prefects of Hexi Prefecture, Qiu'an Prefecture where Weiqing County is located, and Zhouyang Prefecture between these two prefectures, asking them to cooperate. Road construction is going on over there in Pingcheng.
Nowadays, all the roads in Pingcheng have been built into plaster roads, and even some country roads are paved with plaster.
The main roads in the remaining four counties of Hexi Prefecture were also paved with plaster.
Therefore, people in Pingcheng have rich experience in repairing plaster roads.
This plaster road that runs through the three prefectures must be led by the people of Pingcheng.
Speaking of which, after the official road outside Shengjing was paved with plaster, Shengjing's road construction team went all the way south into Jibei Province.
Later, the weather got colder, Jibei Province was too far away from Shengjing City, and there were many people in the construction team. Daily food and accommodation for these workers was a headache. Therefore, most of the Shengjing construction team The people returned to Shengjing, leaving only a small backbone as technical guidance.
The remaining road construction manpower was supplemented by local people organized by the local government.
If it happened to be during the corvée period, no wages would be paid.
