"Why don't you give each of them a working ox?"
On the way back, Miaoyin looked at Yun Zheng with confusion.
Chen Luoyan originally wanted to ask this question, but Miaoyin beat her to it first. She then looked at Yun Zheng with confusion.
Yun Zheng is not a stingy person.
Even if he gave each of those old farmers a working ox, it would be just a drop in the bucket for him.
Not even a hair.
“Nothing comes without effort.”
Yun Zheng smiled and explained: "That old farmer answered my question. This is his contribution. He deserves to be rewarded! As for the other old farmers, they didn't say anything, so they can only benefit from it..."
A few oxen were really nothing to him.
But he couldn't give each of these old farmers a working ox just because he felt sorry for them.
...
...
There are so many people like this in the world, how can he send them all away?
The real goal of equal treatment is to reduce the burden on all poor people!
The purpose of allocating land tax to each household is to do this.
A hint of understanding flashed across Shen Luoyan's eyes, and he asked again: "Then should we give them a set of plows? They definitely don't have a plow! If we only give them oxen without a plow, they won't be of much use with the oxen!"
Plow?
Yun Zheng thought silently.
To be honest, he didn't really want to give the plow to those people.
It's not that I'm stingy, but I want them to find ways to solve their problems themselves.
If he were a farmer, and given a plowing ox, he could easily get a plow.
It's like a house.
He gave someone a fully furnished house, so he should have to pay for the water and electricity, right?
However, those people were all honest farmers. If they were asked to find ways to solve the problem of not having a plow, they would probably be exploited again.
never mind!
Be a good person to the end!
Yun Zheng thought for a moment, then ordered Chen Kuan to send someone to buy a plow and send it over.
After today's trip, Yun Zheng and his friends have broadened their horizons.
To be honest, the imperial court was more thoughtful about land utilization than he thought.
The imperial court had clearly arranged what should be planted and what should not be planted.
He used to always hear people talking about spring ploughing, but he didn’t even know what crops needed to be planted in spring ploughing. He thought that the fields were all planted with wheat in this season!
On the way back to the palace, Yun Zheng had been thinking about where in Fuzhou the first round of large-scale potato planting should be promoted.
At present, there are no large areas of official fields in Fuzhou, so it is obviously unrealistic to plant a large number of sweet potatoes in the official fields.
Since we want to promote planting, we must concentrate it in one place, so that it will be easier to control.
However, if we want to promote planting, we cannot use all vacant land to grow potatoes.
In this regard, we still need to learn from the imperial court.
There must be regulations on how much to plant.
This matter must be implemented as soon as possible!
Yun Zheng thought for a while, and then ordered Shen Kuan: "Immediately send someone to notify the officials of the seventh rank and above in Sifang County to come to the palace to discuss the matter in three days!"
After returning to the palace, Yun Zheng found Ye Zi and called Yu Fu over as well.
They need to have a preliminary plan before the officials arrive.
We will have a detailed discussion after officials at all levels arrive.
When Yun Zheng finished talking about promoting sweet potatoes, Yu Fu looked embarrassed, "Your Majesty, I... I don't understand these things!"
"I called you here because you don't understand!"
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Although the prince and the princess have lived here for a short time, this palace still needs to have some land. You need to understand things like land rotation so that you can arrange things on the palace's land in the future. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
Yu Fu laughed dryly.
Afterwards, Yun Zheng and Ye Zi discussed the promotion of sweet potato cultivation.
Ye Zi used to help Yun Zheng manage internal affairs, and she knew much more about farming than Yun Zheng. When she analyzed things with Yun Zheng, her analysis was clear and organized.
Yun Zheng also thought that many of the suggestions she made were very good.
During this period, it was basically the two of them who discussed the matter, and Yu Fu basically did not interrupt. Yun Zheng and Ye Zi asked for his opinion on some preliminary decisions, and he did not have any opinion. No matter whether it was good or bad, he said he would listen to Ye Zi and Yun Zheng.
Yun Zheng and Ye Zi chatted for almost an hour before they decided on a general plan.
"Okay, go do your thing!"
Yun Zheng waved at Yu Fu, "I will have a good chat with Madam Zi again."
"I'm leaving now!"
Yu Fu quickly stood up and left as if he had been pardoned.
Looking at Yu Fu's departing back, Yun Zheng had a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"He must have some problems!"
Ye Zi seemed to have guessed Yun Zheng's thoughts.
Yun Zheng turned around and asked, "Do you think so too?"
Ye Zi smiled and said, "He is a housekeeper, but he doesn't know anything about farming. I always think there is something wrong!"
What is a butler?
It means taking care of all the big and small affairs of the family.
Especially the housekeepers of wealthy families.
Many wealthy families have farmers or tenant farmers.
The housekeeper of a wealthy family must know something about farming. Otherwise, if the housekeeper doesn't arrange these things, does the master of the family have to do it?
The reason why she was familiar with farming was not only because she had helped Yun Zheng manage internal affairs, but also because she had played the role of housekeeper when she was in the Shen Mansion. She was the one who arranged the farming affairs of the farmers in the Shen family. It was also because she did these things that Shen Luoyan did not understand farming affairs.
"Yes, I think so too."
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "Even if he is not that old man, there must be something wrong with him! It seems that we really need to check his background carefully!"
"Check it out!"
Ye Zi agreed: "Even if we don't live here permanently, the housekeeper must be someone we can trust! Otherwise, it would be too tiring to be on guard against thieves all day long."
really!
Yun Zheng nodded in agreement, feeling a little emotional.
It would be great if there were more people like Ye Zi around me.
These domestic affairs are really too energy-consuming.
It’s much more tiring than fighting in a war!
If possible, he really wants to be a hands-off boss and not take care of anything.
"By the way, is there any news about Hou Shikai?"
At this time, Ye Zi suddenly asked again.
"There is news."
Yun Zheng nodded and said, "Hou Shikai has gone to Shuofang. He must have seen the potential of Shuofang in the future and wanted to seize the opportunity in advance! If nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to come in the next two days."
"That's good."
Ye Zi felt relieved. "Spring ploughing is about to begin. We need to solve this problem quickly. We can't let this matter delay the next spring ploughing."
"Um."
Yun Zheng smiled, stood up and helped Ye Zi up, "You've been sitting for so long, let me take you for a walk! You'll be giving birth in a month or two, so you need to walk more."
"I now understand how Luo Yan felt at that time." Ye Zi couldn't help laughing, and tilted her head to ask, "Do you want me to have a son or a daughter?"
"It will be all right!"
Yun Zheng reached out and gently stroked Ye Zi's belly. "Whether it's a son or a daughter, it's our child! But if it's a son, I'll have to put in more effort."
"What do you mean?"
Ye Zi was puzzled.
"I have to name our son!" Yun Zheng laughed, "If it's a daughter, we can just use the name our father gave her!"
Ye Zi laughed dumbly and said angrily: "You are so lazy!"
Yun Zheng laughed and helped Ye Zi walk towards the rockery...
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