Chapter 2068 Xiao Qi Returns to the Village
In Anze Prefecture, Jia Heming had already selected three locations. After reporting to Shao Yunduan, construction of granaries began simultaneously at the three locations, one large and two small.
After discussing with Qiao Xuan, Shao Yunduan issued another notice to encourage land reclamation. Regardless of whether planting medicinal herbs, fruit trees, cash crops, potatoes, etc., taxes would be exempted for the first five years, and the silver for purchasing wasteland was also reduced by half compared to before.
Anze Prefecture originally had a small population and many mountains, so as soon as this notice came out, there was a sudden enthusiasm for land reclamation.
Think about it, the three princes are fighting each other so fiercely, who knows how long they will fight? Who knows if the whole world will be in chaos after the fight?
When the world is in chaos, the people are often living in poverty. At this time, it will never hurt to open up more land and grow more things at home...
Shaoding Village.
Xiaoqi finally came back after leaving his hometown for so many years. The Shao family, the villagers, and the clan were all extremely happy.
Mrs. Fang and Uncle Shao held Xiao Qi's hands and couldn't stop looking at her.
Ding Jinshan, a fellow villager, also enlisted in the army with Xiaoqi, but did not come back this time.
Someone from the Ding family came specially to ask eagerly. Xiao Qi said that he and he were not assigned to the same military camp, but he knew that he was doing well. This time he came back, Ding Jinshan could not go back, but entrusted him to bring some things home, including several pieces of leather and two hundred taels of silver notes.
The Ding family was very disappointed and complained to Xiao Qi. Since he could come back, why couldn't Ding Jinshan? After all, they were from the same place.
Couldn't Xiao Qi help him put in a good word? Maybe the boss would see that they were from the same place and let Ding Jinshan come back with him?
Ding Jinshan's grandparents also said many more unpleasant things implicitly.
He felt that the things Ding Jinshan asked Xiaoqi to bring back were too few, so he hinted and questioned Xiaoqi in both explicit and implicit ways, asking whether he had embezzled Ding Jinshan's things and money.
Especially when they asked Xiaoqi how much things he brought back and Xiaoqi refused to tell them, they became even more suspicious.
In the end, I just asked directly.
Yuan Mi was furious, and she frowned and scolded him, saying that Xiao Qi was now a fourth-rank lieutenant general, had made many contributions, and had received countless rewards. That Ding Jinshan was just an ordinary soldier, so why would Xiao Qi embezzle his things? What a joke!
If Xiao Qi hadn't stopped her, Yuan Mi would have told them that these pieces of leather and two hundred silver coins were not given by Ding Jinshan, but by Xiao Qi.
What future can Ding Jinshan have? He is lucky to be able to make a living on his own, and he can forget about saving any money.
Xiaoqi just thought that they were all from the same village, and that he had been away from home for so many years and had not been able to take care of his family, so he would rather give some money to his family to improve their lives and as a comfort.
But who knows that people's hearts are filled with lies? Not only do people not have good intentions, but they also have wild and evil thoughts and make malicious speculations.
When Ding Jinshan's family heard this, they were even more shocked and immediately asked Ding Jinshan what rank he was now, with their eyes shining.
Qin Yuanshan sneered: "Do you think it's so easy to become a general? Xiao Qi is an excellent martial artist and archer. He has gone through many dangerous hardships and made many contributions. General Feng rewarded him according to his merits, and he became a fourth-rank lieutenant general!"
"That Ding Jinshan you're talking about is not in the same military camp as Xiao Qi. He doesn't have any special abilities. He's just an ordinary soldier!"
(End of this chapter)
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