The old man and his two sons were all farmers. They had no other skills but were very strong. It only took them one year to save enough money to marry a wife.
In the following years, the youngest son got married and built a house.
Now that he is old and can no longer work, he stays at home to take care of his grandchildren.
At the end of his speech, the old man's tone was full of gratitude.
"I've never read a book, but I know the current emperor is a very good emperor. He ensures that the people have enough food and clothing..."
When he was young, whenever the villagers heard that the imperial court was conscripting labor service, their faces would change immediately.
They spent money everywhere to find ways to be exempted from corvee labor, but now when people in the surrounding villages hear that the government is collecting corvee labor, they all scramble to get a place for their family members.
His eldest son was also lucky. By chance, he was appreciated by an official and was now taken to work on the railway.
The younger son also benefited from the elder son's help and now works as a craftsman on the railway.
Although it is hard and tiring, they all know that if they learn it well, the family's food will depend on this skill in the future.
Who knows, it might even support a scholar, who could change his family status and get a salary from the emperor!
As the old man thought about this, his eyes couldn't help but glance at the young men behind Yinreng.
These dolls were all dressed in silk and satin, and they were all fair and clean, and it was obvious that they were well-educated.
He also has to train his grandson to be a scholar.
Yuanbao felt honored when he heard this, his little face full of pride and admiration. The other young men also looked at Yinreng with admiration and respect when they heard this.
Yinsi secretly glanced at his second brother next to him and found that his face was still calm and unmoved by praise or criticism. He couldn't help but admire him secretly in his heart.
If he were praised like this, he would be so happy.
My second brother didn't react at all.
Tsk…
It takes a lot of effort to cultivate your energy.
Yinreng did not feel much pride in his heart. He had seen the living conditions of ordinary people in later generations, so he did not think that the life of the old man's family was that easy.
In the entire village, less than half of the families are well fed and well clothed like the old man's family. How can this be considered a good life?
Those who really have it better off are the common people in those developed countries in later generations.
Those are the places where the elderly can truly have a place to rely on and the young can be taken care of.
I spend more than half of my time every year traveling around the world, experiencing culture and enjoying life.
There is no need to get up early and work late every day just to get a little bit of food.
Now all his efforts are going in that direction.
He wanted all the descendants of Yan and Huang to have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear, to be respected wherever they went abroad, and to communicate in Chinese in every corner of the world.
This room is full of people.
No one knew Yinreng's ambitions.
He had no intention of revealing it.
He is already 48 years old this year and doesn't know how many more years he can live. For him, every day sitting on the throne is precious.
After having a not-so-rich lunch at the old man's house, the group left the village in a mighty procession.
The old man took his grandson to send them to the village entrance. When he returned home, he heard his wife say that there was a gold ingot on the dining table at home.
The old man picked up the gold and took a bite. Looking at the teeth marks on it, he smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed.
"Old lady, we have met an honorable person!"
"That's right! I was just heartbroken about killing those two chickens, but I didn't expect to get a piece of gold. That must be ten taels, right? The two of them can't earn that much gold in a year!"
The old woman was also very excited.
These ten taels of gold can build a decent house in the village.
Who can believe that this was exchanged for two chickens and a few pounds of dried sweet potatoes?
The old man happily put the gold on the kang.
"Now I can make two more sets of winter clothes for Xiaobao and his friends. Xiaobao said before that his classmates at school were all wearing new cotton-padded clothes..."
"Xiaobao has good grades and is smarter than the older one. We may have to rely on Xiaobao to bring honor to our family in the future, so we have to treat him well."
The old couple huddled on the kang to keep warm, watching the snowflakes falling outside, and sighed,
"From now on, I will be more and more hopeful!"
That afternoon, Yinreng led the team to visit several villages again, but he did not go to people's homes for meals. He just found the village head and asked some questions. It was enough to know that the people were now living a stable life.
After seeing the huge difference in life between the local people and the herdsmen on the grassland, a group of half-grown children quietly planted the seeds of studying hard and helping the king.
In mid-October, the northern tour team finally returned to the capital.
After returning to Beijing, Kangxi was unwilling to live in Qixiang Palace anymore. He directly sent someone to notify Yinreng, packed his luggage and went to Changchun Garden.
Yinreng did not stop him.
Having been in the court for ten years, he has already taken control of all the armed forces.
Even if Kangxi wanted to cause trouble again, he had the confidence to suppress it with lightning speed.
Moreover, next year will be Kangxi's death date. He went out for a walk when he was at his oldest and weakest. It is not easy for him to still hold his body together and not fall down.
After Kangxi left the Forbidden City, life returned to peace.
Yinreng thought he would receive news from the Fourth and Thirteenth Brothers in the West before the New Year, but he waited and waited, but did not receive any word.
He felt a little uneasy.
But then he thought that the boss had already brought weapons and ammunition to support them. With the boss's experience in leading troops in battle, he thought they shouldn't have any problems.
Thinking of this, Yinreng felt much relieved.
At the end of the year, the brothers scattered across the Qing Dynasty also returned to the capital.
Fourteen is no exception.
After more than half a year, he returned to the still prosperous capital and felt as if he was in another world.
Even though he had anticipated the hardships of this mission before leaving, when he actually left Beijing and participated in the lives of ordinary people, he truly experienced what it meant to endure hardship.
Although he didn't have to eat coarse food like the common people, just living with them on the construction site made him feel very boring.
Needless to say, in order not to be looked down upon, he had to carefully coordinate the project details with the people from the Ministry of Works. He was exposed to the wind, sun and rain all day long. In just three months, his skin color became the same as that of the locals.
If he appeared at the palace banquet with this appearance, it would definitely surprise everyone.
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