Chapter 557 The Current Situation of Xifeng Country
After dinner, Murong Li came back tiredly after a long time, his head still buzzing with noises because of the ministers who were asking for money.
Su Yue supported him and asked, "Why did you come back so late?"
"It's all about the money. I just solved one problem, and now another one comes up. It's such a headache. Now I understand why my father threw this mess to me so quickly."
Murong Li helped Su Yue sit down. He pinched his eyebrows tiredly, sat down on the stool, poured a glass of water from the cup, and drank it down in one gulp.
The Xifeng Kingdom is truly riddled with holes, with no place needing repair. Although the Jiangnan area is a bit more prosperous, it suffers from floods all year round. Even if the people can fill their stomachs, they don't have much silver in their hands.
His bank was located there, but there weren't many large deposits. If it weren't for collecting information, he would have wanted to close the Sihai Bank.
"It's the money issue again. I have a good idea. Let me tell you what you think."
Murong Li raised his head, looked at Su Yue and nodded, "Then Yue'er, tell me about it."
Su Yue nodded and told Murong Li her method.
After hearing this, Murong Li's eyes lit up and his tiredness instantly disappeared. He patted his thigh and said, "Yuer, you are so smart. Why didn't I think of this? Right now, people everywhere are starving. Using food as wages is more pleasing than paying them directly."
Murong Li was so happy that he hugged Su Yue and kissed her fiercely.
"Stop!"
Su Yue felt uncomfortable when he kissed her. She was pregnant now, and it would be troublesome if Murong Li accidentally fired the gun.
When Murong Li heard her shout, he stopped immediately, suppressed the anger that had just risen in his body, touched Su Yue's belly, and thought to himself that for the sake of these three little guys, he had deprived his father of all his benefits. When they came out, he would give them a good spanking.
"Then let's go into the space and take a look. I need to make some careful plans."
Su Yue nodded lightly and took Murong Li into the space.
The next day, Murong Li told the ministers who had asked for money his idea. The ministers were delighted to hear it. Like Murong Li, they clapped their hands and said, "Okay, this is a good idea." But they all looked at Murong Li and asked, "Your Majesty, where will the food come from?"
Murong Li waved his hand at them and said, "Don't worry, we won't use the national treasury. The Queen has many farms and has stored a lot of grain. We can use that grain."
When the Minister of Revenue heard that he didn't have to use the national treasury, he was very happy. When he heard that Murong Li wanted to open a dried meat workshop, he immediately took the job.
Opening a workshop outside was the result of discussion between Murong Li and Su Yue. After all, making dried meat in Su Yue's space was not a long-term solution. Even if they were no longer in Xifeng Country, the dried meat workshop could still be opened.
Murong Li, the Minister of Revenue, was of course happy to take on the task of opening a workshop, and the two of them quickly put the matter into practice.
Once the matter was settled, Murong Li felt refreshed.
So he left the court early. He remembered that today seemed to be Su Yan's wedding day, and he wanted to see if Yue'er wanted to go back.
Su Yue wanted to go back and take a look, but she was not in a good condition to go out. The last time Princess Zhaoyang tried to assassinate her, it cast a shadow in her heart.
There is a wedding banquet at the Duke's Mansion today, and there are many people and things to do. She is afraid that something might happen, so it is safer to stay in the palace.
However, Su Yue still sent Hongye on a trip. Hongye and Hongyu were the aunts in charge around her, and their status was not ordinary. She went there to represent her and also to bring honor to the Duke's Mansion.
That night, Su Yue moved all the food out of the space and handed it to Murong Li, and then handed all the food to the Ministry of Households for arrangement.
Seeing the mountains of grain, the Minister of Revenue cried with joy.
He divided the food into ten parts, sent four to the border, and one to the Wei army. Only when the soldiers were full would they have the strength to guard the border and the Xifeng Kingdom.
Two were left in the national treasury, and the other three were immediately sent to various places and distributed as wages.
The working people were motivated to work as they held the white grain in their hands.
These people, who have been growing grain all their lives, have never eaten such fine grain. Now the government pays it to them as wages. How can they not work hard?
When dried meat was distributed, the people worked even harder.
When the grain and dried meat were very popular among the people, officials from all over the country reported the information back to the court. There was an uproar in the court. They all praised Emperor Murong Li as the smartest, wisest and most courageous emperor they had ever seen, and almost praised Murong Li to the sky.
Murong Li just chuckled dryly. After all, praising him and Yue'er was praising both of them. They were one as husband and wife, so he didn't refute it and accepted it calmly.
Three months passed in a blink of an eye. Su Yue was already seven months pregnant. Her belly was as big as a basin and she had difficulty walking.
It was almost August, the weather was getting cooler, and the autumn harvest season was approaching.
In the first half of the year, the areas where sweet potatoes were planted had a good harvest. In the second half of the year, people all over Xifeng Kingdom planted sweet potatoes and were waiting for the autumn harvest.
This year, the people of Xifeng Kingdom will finally no longer go hungry.
However, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has not been completed yet and it will take about two years to complete.
Murong Li's secret guards were also used. When they encountered a place where a mountain needed to be opened, they would sneak in at night and use their internal force to open the mountain directly, which saved a lot of time.
Otherwise, if ordinary people just rely on their hands to dig, it will take ten or even twenty or thirty years.
The defense works along the four frontiers were nearly completed by the end of the year and are now in full swing.
News came back from Qingniu Pass that since the soldiers there had become self-sufficient through farming, more and more people had gone there to settle down.
The number of soldiers there has increased from the original 100,000 to the current 200,000. With the increase in soldiers, not only the land in front of Qingniu Pass was reclaimed, but also a lot of land near the Qingniu Mountains was reclaimed.
Now the Qingniu Mountains belong to the Xifeng Kingdom, and many people have settled down at the foot of the mountain.
Murong Li fully supported this. Not only that, he also encouraged people who had difficulty surviving in other places to move there.
The East Phoenix Kingdom will no longer exist in the future, so whether or not people go there to live will have no impact on the West Phoenix Kingdom.
It will not affect future wars between the two countries, and Murong Li will not set the battlefield at Qingniu Pass.
In addition, under the leadership of Lord Fang, your people in Northwest County have all solved the problem of food and clothing.
Sweet potatoes are most suitable for growing in Northwest County and are the first to be planted. With sweet potatoes, the people of Northwest County will never go hungry again.
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