After returning from the snow-capped mountains, Lin Xue went back to the capital.
After a period of calm, the old emperor also calmed down!
When the old emperor was actually discussing the details of governing Yuhai County with Huang Dehai, he realized that things were not as simple as he had thought.
First, there needs to be a lot of food as a foundation.
Secondly, there needs to be a remarkable woman like Mrs. Huang Dehai involved.
Finally, this approach simply cannot be applied to other impoverished areas.
In recent years, most parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty have suffered from natural disasters, such as floods and droughts. The imperial court simply cannot provide enough grain for its officials to govern the people.
Besides these internal troubles, there were Japanese pirates on the coast, bandits inland, and barbarians on the border!
It can be said that the Great Zhou Dynasty is now beset by internal and external troubles!
Not every place is as blessed with favorable weather as Huangjia Village, and not all people can have enough to eat.
The old emperor was filled with deep regret. Why did he have to bestow a beautiful concubine upon Huang Dehai?
Now that Madam Lin has been driven away, who can he consult now?
For example, Huang Dehai knew nothing about where the grain came from!
All that was known was that it was his wife who led people to buy it from the neighboring prefecture. But as the man at the pinnacle of power, how could the old emperor not know that those prefectures simply couldn't produce that much grain!
Furthermore, this magistrate's wife also knew how to ask the gods for help in driving away foreign enemies.
Her own strength was not to be underestimated. According to the Imperial Guards who went to chase Huang Dehai and his wife, Madam Lin's lightness skill was so high that no one could catch up with her at the time.
And then there are those unheard-of aquaculture techniques, shipbuilding techniques, cement technology...
Even he didn't have these things, so how could a mere refugee be able to master so many skills?
If these things could be implemented throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, it would bring about earth-shattering changes to the people.
Shipbuilding technology is only applicable to coastal cities, but aquaculture technology is not limited by region. As long as people master these skills, they will surely be able to make a living.
And then there's cement technology. This stuff is used for building city walls, houses, and roads.
Even now, the old emperor still travels on brick or stone paths, never imagining that there would be a perfectly flat cement road in the world!
He learned this from Yu Qianhua, because the streets of Yuhai County were paved with cement.
When the carriage travels on it, you really can't feel any bumps at all.
The old emperor always had a premonition that they didn't really understand Madam Lin at all.
There are still too many questions that remain unanswered!
Now, no one knows where Madam Lin has gone, and even the emperor has no clue about her whereabouts.
That day, Huang Dehai was finally released after being tortured by the old emperor for most of the day.
As soon as he entered his house, he noticed something unusual. He rushed inside and saw Lin Xue sitting in the main room, drinking tea and eating snacks.
"My wife!"
Upon seeing Lin Xue, Huang Dehai's lips trembled and tears almost welled up in his eyes.
"What, did the emperor bully you?"
Looking at Huang Dehai's pathetic appearance, Lin Xue couldn't help but turn her face away.
"My wife, I thought you didn't want me anymore!"
Huang Dehai couldn't hold back for a second and immediately moved closer to Lin Xue, squeezing into the same chair with her and resting his chin on Lin Xue's shoulder.
"My lord, it's inappropriate to do this in broad daylight!"
Lin Xue patted Huang Dehai's head. She remembered that he wasn't like this when she first met him. When did her husband become like this?
"My wife, you have no idea how outrageous the Emperor is! He summons me every day and asks me those questions over and over again!"
"I don't know how he never gets tired of listening to me! I'm exhausted from talking to him!"
Huang Dehai stood beside Lin Xue, his upper and lower lips colliding wildly as he recounted everything that had happened to him to her.
Actually, even if Huang Dehai hadn't said anything, Lin Xue already knew all about these things.
After all, she didn't raise those little darlings for nothing. If she couldn't even get this much information out, what was the point of her practicing Gu magic?
"Sigh, when I decided to help you, I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect it to come so soon!"
Lin Xue sighed deeply. Seeing the people of Yuhai County back then, she couldn't help but feel compassion.
Moreover, on the way to Yuhai County, we saw that the people were poorly clothed and starving.
As a mission taker and a transmigrator deeply influenced by nine years of compulsory education, Lin Xue could not turn a blind eye to these people who only sought to make ends meet.
She left in a huff earlier to teach the old emperor a lesson; otherwise, given his arrogance, he wouldn't have taken her, a mere woman, seriously at all.
In that case, even if she were willing to help the country, she herself wouldn't be respected by others, so how could those people possibly follow her orders strictly?
Before taking action, we must first gain control of these people!
Although this is the old emperor's empire, the people belong to all the people of the world.
The birth of every life is a gift from God. People live to pass on civilization and its legacy, not simply to suffer!
That's it!
The day after Lin Xue returned, someone came to her door.
The old emperor, dressed in his usual attire, arrived at Lin Xue's house early in the morning with several trusted ministers and Yu Qianhua.
"Your Majesty, this humble subject greets you!"
Upon seeing the old emperor arrive, Huang Dehai immediately knelt down and paid his respects.
Lin Xue hesitated and was about to kneel down, but before she could fully kneel, the old emperor told her to get up.
"Madam Lin, you're still angry with me!"
"You're not that old, so why are you so temperamental?"
Seeing that Lin Xue had a cold face the whole time, the old emperor was truly impressed. He had never seen such a petty and narrow-minded woman.
All the women in his harem flattered and pampered him; how could a mere county magistrate's wife dare to give him attitude?
If it weren't for the woman's skill, which truly caught his eye, he would have had her dragged out and stabbed to death long ago!
"This humble woman dares not!"
Lin Xue only said that she didn't dare, but she didn't say that she wasn't angry anymore.
"Well, no wonder our ancestors said that only women and petty men are difficult to deal with!"
"In all my years, I've never been wronged by a woman. Madam Lin, it's only because you're like this. If anyone else dared to give me such attitude, I would have already subjected them to severe punishment!"
"well!"
That's true, but talented people are hard to come by!
Especially those talented people who can govern the country. Even though they are just women, they are capable. No matter if they are men or women, young or old, it cannot stop the old emperor from admiring capable people.
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