Chapter 337 Lu Er's Inspection
Liaodong County, Houcheng
Liaodong County has now become a blessed land.
There are no bandits or robbers here, so your life and property are safe.
In addition, Lu Songli brought a lot of grain from the south, and the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce’s grain and oil store opened regularly to sell affordable grain.
While grain prices were soaring everywhere, grain prices in Liaodong County remained at the level of non-disaster years and were completely unaffected by the disaster in the south.
After learning that Liaodong County regularly sold grain at affordable prices, no one wanted to go to Liaodong County to buy grain, especially Liaodong County’s neighbors - Liaoxi County and Xuantu County.
They lived next to Liaodong County and were the first to learn the news.
They also wanted to buy affordable grain. But the affordable grain in Liaodong County was only available to people with local household registration in Liaodong County! Even if they said they lived next door to Liaodong County and were neighbors, it wouldn't work.
Some people wanted to sneak in and buy food, but they couldn't because they had to look at their household registration book before buying food.
They really wanted to say, "What's the big deal? It's just buying food. It's not like we won't pay."
Later they found out that the Liaodong County household registration book was very useful!
Are people who are living a decent life still hesitating whether to change their household registration book?
People who can no longer make ends meet feel that there is no other way but to move and change their household registration! They have to survive, right?
As a result, many people from Liaoxi and Xuantu counties moved to Liaodong. Later, people from other places also came from thousands of miles away to Liaodong.
Houcheng County Magistrate's Mansion
All the grain shipped from the South was stored in the warehouse. At the same time, news came back from the South that more than 200 members of the Zhu family had been executed on the spot.
After hearing the news, Lu Songli felt a little heavy-hearted, and she decided to visit the ten or so children of the Zhu family again.
These children are now placed in a new house in Tianshui New Village. Their official identity is that they came here to live with their relatives after the disaster in the south.
When Lu Songli arrived at Tianshui New Village, she heard bursts of crying as soon as she entered the Zhu family's house.
She knew that the Zhu children had been inquiring about news from the Southland since they arrived in Liaodong County. The last time Zhu Huating met her and his eldest uncle, Qin Heng, he had begged them not to conceal any news from him about the Zhu family in the Southland, regardless of whether it was good or bad. Lu Songli agreed.
At this moment, they should have just learned the news that the Zhu family was killed on the spot.
The Zhu family's old servant's eyes were red. When he saw Lv Songli and her group arrive, he was about to call Zhu Huating, but she stopped him. Lv Songli intended to let them have a good cry and vent all the negative emotions that had accumulated in their bodies.
The old servant could only ask her to sit down and serve her tea.
After waiting for a while, the old servant couldn't help but go in to find Zhu Huating.
Not long after, Zhu Huating came out. The twelve-year-old boy had red and swollen eyes, and it was obvious that he had been crying bitterly.
"Aunt Lu——"
"Cry if you still want to." Lu Songli sighed. The Zhu family first suffered a major change, and now... it was too cruel for these children.
Zhu Huating sniffed and held back his tears.
He looked at Lu Songli and said, "Aunt Lu, we want to change our surname. Is that okay?"
Lu Songli paused. This child was quite sensible, having actually thought of changing his surname to Zihui. This was to protect himself, and also to avoid causing trouble for them.
"Sure, what surname would you like to change it to?"
Zhu Huating said, "We want to change our surname to Cao." Cao was the surname of their first-generation grandmother, and this branch of the Zhu family was descended from her. They also have Cao blood flowing in their veins, so changing their surname to Cao makes sense.
"Just make your decision."
Zhu Huating nodded with tears in his eyes.
Lu Songli comforted him, "Don't think too much. Only by growing up safely and well can you live up to your grandfather's hard work and sacrifice."
Lu Songli stayed at the Zhu family in Tianshui New Village for a while before leaving. She was really busy and had to go out of the city to inspect the breeding farm on the outskirts of the city.
The farm reported that a batch of rabbits were old and could no longer reproduce, and asked whether they should be killed for meat.
After Lu Songli found out the number of old rabbits in this batch, she decided to go to the breeding farm to take a look.
Suburban Farm
Chen Rong is currently the head of the breeding workshop.
When Lord Lu was sent out to other places, his whole family followed him to Houcheng.
After arriving in Liaodong County, his uncle continued to serve as the chief steward of the Lu Mansion.
As Lord Lu rose from the magistrate of Houcheng County to the governor of Liaodong County, his uncle's status also rose, and now he is the chief steward of the Liaodong County Governor's Mansion.
Subsequently, various construction projects in Liaodong County were launched, and there was a shortage of manpower everywhere.
His uncle didn't let him stay in the inner house as a manager, but kicked him to the breeding farm and asked him to work hard.
After reporting the rabbit situation two days ago, he had been waiting for someone from the County Magistrate's Office to come. He didn't know who would come, but he knew they took the matter very seriously.
Just when he was bored, someone came to report, "Manager Chen, hurry up, someone is coming from the County Magistrate's Mansion!"
Chen Rong immediately took two steps at a time and ran towards the gate, with his men chasing him frantically.
When Chen Rong discovered that the person who came was the Second Young Lady, he was overjoyed. Others might not know, but he knew the Second Young Lady's abilities. To be disrespectful, the Second Young Lady's words were more effective than those of the eldest young master in the Lu family.
"Second Miss, please come in!"
"Manager Chen, I've heard Uncle Chen say that you're doing a good job at the breeding farm. Now it seems you're really doing well."
"Miss, you are too kind. Please rest in front." Chen Rong said as he led people to the main hall.
Lu Songli stopped and said with a smile, "Manager Chen, I won't rest any more. Let's go to the rabbit area directly."
They followed Chen Rong to the rabbit breeding area. Before entering, he specially found an old master to come over.
This old man is an old man named Cheng. He is also the chief director of rabbit breeding.
When the old man saw so many of them and heard they wanted to go in for a tour, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "We can't have so many people going in."
"Why?"
Uncle Cheng explained that rabbits are timid animals and sudden noises, strangers and unfamiliar animals such as cats and dogs will make them panic.
When raising rabbits, you should try to avoid noises that may scare the rabbits, and it is best to prohibit strangers, cats, dogs, etc. from entering the rabbit house.
Lu Songli understood that animals all have stress reactions, so she asked her attendants to wait outside while she and Chen Rong followed Master Cheng inside.
Everything else is easy to deal with, but Luo Tieniu insisted on following her around. He is her bodyguard.
After Luo Tieniu came to Liaodong County, his skills were specially taught by Qin Sheng, and now he is better at fighting than many people.
Finally, the four of them went into the rabbit breeding area together.
Uncle Cheng led them to visit the rabbit area and gave them an introduction while they were at it.
In fact, they just looked from a distance and didn't get close.
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